. >>> president's press secretary robert gibb is on "meet the press" this morning. we're going to bring you that full interview on msnbc coming autopsy 2:00 p.m. eastern. >>> new details about tips, u.s. officials receive before the 2008 mumbai terror attacks. two wives of a businessman convicted in the attacks spoke to u.s. authorities about their husband in 2005, and in 2007. but government officials say the wives of david headley provided information that was only general in nature and didn't involve specifics about any particular plot. earlier i talked to a reporter who helped uncover the story. >> there's also the concern, obviously that the investigation in mumbai has shown evidence that suggests pakistani intelligence has contact with headley and involve with handling him on his spying missions in india and that raises the specter he might have been a double agent playing both sides against each ear. >> 166 people dies in the

democrats in particular who are not very well enamored of robert gibbs after some incidents over the course of the last several months they were angry about, no, there's not much to it. let's review what happened over the course of the last few days. of course, there has been an exodus of sorts. two top executive advisers have left. no great surprise there. let's see. rahm emanuel obviously left friday to run for mayor of chicago. all of this hasn't been really, you know, taken anybody by surprise. it was more or less expected. this gibbs report on the internet took a lot of people by surprise. the story goes according to politico he would go to the dnc. he would be the chairman there. tim kaine would get some sort of position within the administration, perhaps a cabinet position. it got shot down all the way around. i talked to one senior white house official yesterday after we had spoken, alex, after we got off the air that it was all quote/unquote b.s. it was thrown out at a meeting. don't put too much stock in it. i heard that over and over again from deep resources in the white

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white house spokesman robert gibbs says a personnel announcement is planned but will not confirm it is about emmanuel. >>> another big rally on the national mall this weekend. hundreds of thousands of people are expected to gather tomorrow for the one nation working together march. the rallying cry, to help put america back to work. karen gray houston has more. ♪ we shall overcome &&. >> reporter: there is quite a history of marching on washington. martin luther king's 1963 rally for social justice is one that stands out. the next millennium saw the million man march. most recently, glenn beck's restoring honor rally on the same day at al sharpton's march to reclaiment dream. now comes the -- to reclaim the dream. now come the nation working together march. this is an appeal to come out saturday and send a message to congress, no matter who controls the house and senate after the mid-term elections. >> the obstructionism in the u.s. senate hasn't all been republican. there have been democrats who have dug in and who have kept important jobs bills from getting through. >> reporter: they

he took to twitter, robert gibbs took to twitter and he said the following. i have not had any conversations about the future. it is a great honor to have the job i have right now, and i am very happy doing it. so no indication there that gibbs is going anywhere at least for the foreseeable future. we've had a number of people leave. obviously rahm emanuel tops among them. christina roamer, larry summers, thoughts that david axelrod will leave next summer, no surprising news. >>> bank of america now says it's joining two other big banks in delaying foreclosures because it may have rushed that process for thousands of homeowners. gmac and jpmorgan are reviewing tens of thousands of cases after it was reveal that employees at some companies signed foreclosure documents without even reading what was in them. bank of america is not saying how many cases will be affected. >>> new developments this morning in the terror threats targeting big cities across europe. u.s. counterterrorism officials now say osama bin laden may have had a key role in the planning. let's

the white house press secretary robert gibbs defended browner earlier today. >> i think it is fair to say that carol probably did hundreds of hours of interviews and may have misspoke once, which is a pretty darn good track record and one that -- one that we made sure was accurate certainly just a few days -- a few hours later. >> shepard: in a statement, the white house also calls the federal response to the spill full force and immediate. the commission says the white house waited a month before releasing worst case scenario while everyone was trying to get info. >> the numbers were coming out and just days after this rig blew, the national oceanic at moss feerk agency noaa as well as the coast guard knew very well what the numbers were somewhere between 2.5 million gallons and 4.7 million gallons a day was plunging into the gulf. but the report says until late, the white house maintained that only 210,000 gallons a day was spewing into the water. the report goes on to say by initially underestimating the amount of oil flow and then at the end of the summer appearing to underestimat

joining me now, white house press secretary, robert gibbs. welcome back to "meet the press." >> thank you. >> we are just 16 days away. something in "the washington post" caught my eye that summed up the difficulty for the president and the democrats. i'll put it up on the screen. it's about the west virginia senate race and hopeful joe manchin. he was one problem, the pesky d after his name. that's one problem he can't fix. quote, there's not much wrong with him, said john jenks, attending an event for republican john raese on wednesday. it's just that he's a drtemocra. why is that such a problem? >> there's different political environments in different states. the over jowl environment is driven by our overall economic picture. it took us years to get into the mess we got ourselves in at the end of 2008. it will take us a while to get out. we saw a financial system near collapse. we have a continuing housing crisis that we're making progress on dealing with. we have positive economic growth and we have nine straight months of private sector

i had robert gibbs, the press secretary, look through. you know, where is this? and he didn't say that. but there's a certain realism here. and i think -- and, again, the book goes into great detail about the terrorist warnings that the president gets every morning, and it would make your hair stand up. and i honestly think he's preparing the country, saying, you know, somebody's going to get through. it hasn't happened. you can't have zero defects. we're not going to stop them all. >> larry: why are people angry at his statement? >> because it suggests that somehow we're, you know -- >> larry: vulnerable? >> -- it's okay, it's okay. i don't think that's what he was saying. and even bill o'reilly the other night, i was on his show, and he said, you know, that's -- the president, you know, should be applauded. early in the obama administration, remember, he actually said, i screwed up, when he made a mistake on something. presidents should be honest. i think the more transparent he is the better. and so, you know, he said we can absorb a terrorist attack. >> larry

megyn: robert gibbs said the chamber has said money from overseas does not buy ads.ay they take money from overseas. we know they are spending between $75 million and $80 million an ad. let's see where the money comes from for those ads. they are running ads and we take them at their word that they take money in overseas and they say the burned is on you to prove there is no foreign funds commingled. and the bigger point they are trying to make is why not disclose the names of all your their donors. >> this is a head thing from gibbs. this is the administration that carved aught, the unions, organized labor and one other group, the nag tall rifle association. it disenfranchised other non-profits and specifically the business communities. what they want is us to divulge where contributors are. why? what we saw last year when some of the contributors who are healthcare issue ads, they were confronted by move on, seiu and others with protests at the corporate headquarters, threats and intimidation and harassment against them, on and on and on. much like we have seen out

. >> reporter: white house spokesman robert gibbs was present in the interview and says he does not think the president is drawing conclusions ahead of time saying there are no postmortems going on here. we're focussed on what we have to do each day. shone says democrats fighting for their political lives recognize they have to keep their distance. >> what i am hearing is president is only useful for fundraising. >> obama said he and his team took groper ves pride and now says you can't be neglecting public opinion. but ari fleischer says the me sanel isn't his problem. it's an issue of substance. in interview with bloomberg, joe biden said they are not running on healthcare, financial regulatory reform and stimulus because it's, "to hard to explain." democratic official says the comments coming from the president have clearly hit a nervous with many in his party about tax and spend and stimulus. noting that the democratic candidates are already trying to defend their vote on stimulus and have another booby trap to deal with in debate. >> bret: more on this with the panel tonight. mike em

whether or not robert gibbs. think he will in the next year or so, as far as leaving that position, but let's start with you, ron. is this a sign of trouble for the obama administration or par for the political course that the staff comes in. >> the turnover is not unusual and three years is it normal because it's a high pressure, but what i find interesting, it's a lot earlier than you would normally expect and i think with all the negative news about the obama agenda that claims of incompetence and not really being in touch with the american people, it puts a lot of pressure on folks and i think some of them are probably thinking other things i can do with my time. >> we do see this type of turnover after certainly, as you mentioned high stress, two years, but right before a crucial mid term, november election, this is strange timing because the democrats need all the help and all the support and continuity they need right now. >> actually, i don't think the timing is strange of life expectancy for a chief of s

and then press secretary robert gibbs at that time said he probably misspoke. top job. but where do we find charles bolden today, brian? >> we find him in saudi arabia signing two agreements with saudi arabia to help with our space program. and also to salute their contributions to it. >> that's right. and one of the things in saudi arabia was to mark the 25 years since a muslim went into space, somebody who went up on one of the space shuttles as well. it's interesting, though, given the fact that he had said in that kind of gaffetastic quote about muslim outreach and robert gibbs walked it back, according to the orlando sentinel, top nasa officials urged him not to make the trip. could be a bad message. we don't know why they urged him not to make the trip. but they urged him not to make the trip. >> at nasa, you can't be happy with this administration. you've had both missions cut off at the knees and basically, you have got -- i don't know why they're not speaking out because they have no mission to go to. there's no moon to shoot for literally which we wer

that's to wit something we just learned from the briefing from robert gibbs a few moments ago.hat is michelle obama, obviously the first lady, recently named by forbes magazine as the most powerful woman in the world will be joining the president on the campaign trail october 17th in columbus and cleveland, ohio. we've known that the first lady was going to be on the campaign trail now. the idea is for her to fire up the base. last night we heard the president say yet again to democrats, stop sulking. we can't have this and keep our majorities in the house of representatives and the senate. a continuing effort by the white house. more travel on the way. the president has plenty more trips. another rally sunday in philadelphia. he has an mtv event coming up later this month. he has a number of other things. >> thank you, mike. this sunday on "meet the press" david gregory kicks off the debate series. it's sunday. it is "meet the press." >>> another big story. the nra is setting sites on an unlikely target in advance of the november midterms. democrats. the pro-gun advocacy group

. >> i wanted to mention we have heard from robert gibbs at the white house that the president may call the president of chile to talk about this situation and he may speak about the situation hearing from him in the rose garden later this afternoon so we'll be watching for that. david lariskey is founder of safety solutions international and former assistance secretary of labor for mine safety an enhealth. how would you characterize the more than two months we have spent watching this situation? when it comes to the fact they survived the mine fall-in and now they are being rescued. >> well, certainly, there's uncertain. there's a lot of emotions. i'm certain for the families, maybe more so than the miners, but also an incredible effort on the miners' parts to do what they needed to do to keep their hopes alive and do the things necessary to advance this rescue. and an incredible effort by chile and the engineers and the drillers and everyone that's had their hand in this rescue effort. it's been remarkable to watch. it's obviously very emotion-filled. a lot of adrenaline flowing right

. >> robert gibbs is still willing to stand in front of everybody and paint a rosey picture.y are sending a bad message by letting him take vacation and play golf and everything, they are still standing in front of the american people and saying things are getting better. >> sean: i am advocating, i think robert gibbs has done a great job as white house press secretary. i do not want him fired. i want him to stay where he is. >> i'm sure president obama will listen to that advice. >> the irony too of what you are saying about the imagery and the lack of sensitivity, the image they are putting out that the economy is getting better, hang in there, going on all of these trips, you think back to the 2008 campaign, sean and sandra, the whole thing was imagery. the whole thing was an illusion. i was all smoke and mirrors. you would think they would be extra sensitive to how their actions are being perceived now they are in office and they've been tone-deaf. >> sean: the president can catch a break his little presidential seal came off while he was speaking. >> major symbolism, not

robert gibbs was asked about it in today's press hearing.s building are focused on what they're doing here now, much like i am. i'm happy doing what i'm doing. i love my job. >> charlie, sounds like a nondenial denial. >> right. that's the only thing you can do at this stage. it's really just a trial balloon meant to go out to sort of test the waters. it's in the early stage give tennessee time that remains until the midterms and afterwards when the plan, if it ever was implemented came together. that's the approach you want to take if you're gibbs. >> it is interesting even though we're gearing up, we're now ab month out from the midterms. the 2010 midterms that a lot of the shakeup that the white house is prepping for the 2012 reelect with axelrod planning to go home for next year with this trial balloon about gibbs going over to dnc chair. they're already lining up the ducks in a row. >> well, you have to in a lot of ways. particularly in an election like this where you see such significant change, or at least we're likely to see so much

robert gibbs said foreclosure coulfreeze could cause "broaderm to the housing market into the housing recovery." tuesday, a florida attorney representing hundreds of homeowners released depositions of bank employees describing the frenzy to approve foreclosures on a mass scale. woe lawyer says he deposedrk50 workers who said they signed foreclosure affidavits without looking at them. some of the employees had no experience and received no training after previously working as hairstylists, wal mart floor workers, and assembly line employees. in a congressional study says the number of people denied medical coverage because of pre- existing conditions has grown by nearly half. according to the house energy and commerce committee, over the last three years, the four top for-profit insurers -- aetna, him and a coming unitedhealth group and wellpoint -- have denied coverage to 49% more people because of medical history. all over 257,000 people were denied last year, compared to 172,000 in 2007. all followed a policy of considering pregnancy a pre- existing condition, leading to an automati

but white house press secretary robert gibbs denied today that political pressure played a role. he said the decision flowed naturally out of a series of public meetings. >> this was part of a very deliberative policy process that quite frankly just got done more quickly than the original time line. >> woodruff: the announcement also came as a federal judge was considering a new legal challenge to the moratorium. the ban is now lifted immediately, but it could be weeks before any drilling resumes. >> woodruff: and we turn now to "washington post" national environmental reporter juliet eilperin, who's been covering the story for the paper. thank you for being with us. >> thank you. >> woodruff: what is the new information that the administration has that has caused them to lift this ban? >> the administration has a few different components that they think make them more comfortable about allowing deep water drilling in the gulf. one of them is that they've imposed new safety, workplace safety as well as drilling rules that will basically require tougher inspections of key componen

. >> robert gibbs knocked down pretty hard -- press secretary -- this week. i suspect you will not find the principals talking about this, but you will have friends of hillary, who probably have a good idea. i don't think they are close to talking about this seriously. >> what do you think, mark? >> usually when this speculation, always idle speculation, starts, it is because the partisans see the vice-president as a liability -- in the case of dan quayle, for instance, in the 1992 ticket with george bush. it is a reflection more of the problems that the presidential candidate has. that is what this reflects. i don't think it is real. it is washington kind of chatter. but if, in fact, or 6% and obama was at 61 percent approval, it would be saying, "what a hell of a ticket." >> this is the tribute to the power of bob woodward. he repeats the idle chatter that has been going on for months, and suddenly it is serious. it could happen in two years, but at the moment, mark is right, it is a reflection of obama's problems, not joe biden. >> if there is no rapid rec

. >> but robert gibbs knocked it down pretty hard, the press secretary, this week. i suspect we will not find the principals talk about this, but friends of hillary, who probably have a good idea. that is where it will stay. i don't think they are close to talking seriously about this. >> what do you think, mark? >> when speculation like this, which is always speculation, starts, part since see the vice president as a liability, like with a dan quayle. but that is inside baseball, and a reflection more of the problems with presidential candidates, and that's what this reflects. i don't think it is real. i think it is washington kind of chatter. but if, in fact -- unemployment you announce today is 6%, obama is 61% approval, this is a hell of a ticket. >> this is the power of bob woodward. he repeats the idle chatter that has been going on for months, and suddenly it is serious. it could happen. it could happen in two years. but at the moment, mark is right, it is a reflection of obama's problems, not joe biden. >> but if there is no rapid, a strong recovery in the e

. >>> white house press secretary robert gibbs is pushing back on an explosive report blasting the obama administration's response to this summer's gulf oil spill disaster. that investigation found that in the early days of the spill the white house may have blocked the disclosure of the worst-case estimates of the amount of oil flowing into the gulf it criticized the president's energy adviser for comments she made in august claiming "the vast majority of the oil is gone." at the white house press briefing yesterday, gibbs said he didn't think the report reflected a lot of the context. >> i think it's important to understand that our response attacked the oil spill in an unprecedented way. no information was altered. no information was withheld. and nothing in the report had anything to do with the robust response. >> and another new report is slamming america's heavy reliance on private security forces in afghanistan. saying they aat they often bene the taliban. there is significant evidence that some security contractors work against coalition forces and pay kickbacks to warlords. the

robert gibbs is white. >> i'm not saying he doesn't like white people. before he said, i'm not saying he doesn't like white people. >> he talks with utter self assurance at all times about things he has just contradicted himself sometimes a few seconds earlier. again, he's a very believable figure but he also unfortunately for him has come of age in an age of videotape and web searching and video searching where you can easily find the contradictions, sometimes within a few sentences of each other. >> you write in tart curveball that he's worried, he wears bulletproof vests at public events, trying to improve security around his properties. does he receive legitimate threats or is he paranoid? >> you could argue he's taking necessary precautions especially because he has young kids. i wouldn't say he's paranoid. he has a vivid imagination and has a very acute sense of what is possible. >> do you have a more confident sense now of what is real and what is not, who is real and who is not after this in the sense that here's a guy whose hero is orson wells,

politico reported over the weekend robert gibbs may be -- some of his friends or allies may be anglingtic national committee. robert tweeted about on saturday and down-played it but never actually denied it, said he hadn't had conversations about it. people pressed him again today, fellow reporters, is he going to get in or not. he again said i haven't had conversations but didn't really shoot it down. peter baker of "the new york times" says, look, you shot down the secretary clinton for vp harder than this. even robert laughed as did the rest of the press corps because it's true. i think bottom line he's keeping his options open. he's made it clear at some point he wants to step down from the podium. maybe not right away. if the dnc came calling he's very close to this president. he might be a very forceful advocate for him on the outside. >> ed and ali on the off hours. yesterday we talked about you teaching me how to swim and first we would buy board shorts together because as you mentioned they're more forgiving. maybe now we can sing together. i understand you're a karaoke guy. >

press secretary robert gibbs could take on a new white house role and senior adviser david axelrod says he is heading back to chicago to run the president's re-election campaign. emanuel kicks off his campaign with a listening tour of chicago thabdz this weekend. and rouse is one of the least visible members of the president's senior staff but said to have, quote, a steady hand that can guide the white house through uncertain times. betty, back to you. big changes coming up. >> no doubt. tara mergener in washington for us, thank you. >>> a con voif tankers carrying fuel for u.s. troops in afghanistan ambushed and destroyed in southern pakistan. that convoy, en route from karachi to quetta, attacked by at least ten gunmen early this morning. the convoy was using an alternate route to afghanistan. pakistani authorities angered by u.s. helicopter strikes in pakistan shut down the main border crossing thursday. >>> now to south america, troops in ecuador have rescued president rafael correa from protesting police. last night, ecuadorean troops stormed a hospital we are was treated after bei

. >>> with all eyes on the white house and elections, press secretary robert gibbs will be david gregory'sxclusive guest on tomorrow morning's "meet the press." also on tomorrow's program, the colorado senate debate. >>> after ten weeks in forced seclusion, 2,000 feet below ground, those rescued chilean miners are experiencing their first weekend of freedom, adjusting to the double-sided coin of sudden fame, opportunity, and shattered privacy. and for one of the men, taking an, emotional journey back to the place that nearly took his life. kerry sanders remains in chile and joins us with the latest. kerry? >> reporter: well, good evening, lester. today some of the miners began what will become part of their new routine -- going to the clinic where today doctors checked on their eyesight to make sure it's acclimating to the sunlight okay, as well as adjusting some of their medication. this as the men themselves are working on their emotions. jose enriquez with his family returned to the san jose mine today. the 54-year-old is the first to tour where his family camped for 70 days as he was t

. >> yes, but robert gibbs and knocked it down pretty hard -- press secretary -- this week. i suspect you will not find the principals talking about this, but friends of hillary, who have a pretty good idea. i don't think they are close to talking about this seriously. >> what you think, mark? >> usually, when speculation like this, always idle speculation, starts, it is because it partisans see the vice-president as a liability, like with dan quayle in the 1992 ticket with george bush. but it is always inside baseball, and it is a reflection more of the problems that the presidential candidate has. that is what this reflects. i don't think it is a real, i think it is washington kind of chatter. but if, in fact, unemployment were 6% and obama was 61% approval, they would be saying, "what a hell of a ticket." >> this is a tribute to the power of thought or word. he repeats the idle chatter the -- has been -- a tribute to the power of the bob woodward. he repeats the idle chatter of the past month and suddenly it is serious. it could happen in two years, but at the moment, it

that was of course white house press secretary robert gibbs on the news about that in 1940s, actuallyted states government researchers deliberately injected guatemalans down in that country from sexually transmitted disease from medical study. president clinton called the president of guatemalan. president obama did the apologies to all those affected. robert brazell and nbc news health and science chief correspondent. robert, thank you for this. you know it despirits me, i love these country, and when i hear done these things like innes to skiingy, these third world nima third world country. going to check them for syphilis, gonorrhea. how does this fit in the context of medical research. >> it fits into the context of human behavior in this society. you mentioned tus cogee, tus keegee went on for four decades until the press revealed it 1972. african-american men infected naturally but told they were treated for syphilis and they weren't. this was on guatemalans for two years instead they ran out of money and stopped the project but in both cases it's racism. it's thinking that othe

that's white house press secretary robert gibbs on the news that in the 1940s u.s.ernment researchers deliberately infected quatd malians with sexually transmitted diseases for a medical study. the president called the president of guatemala to express deep regret and extend an apology to all affected. robert bazell is nbc news's chief medical correspondent. did dispirits me. i love this country. when i hear that we've done things like at tuskegee, i guess you have to wonder about the mindset of people thinking poor people in a third world country. go inject them with gonorrhea and maybe pens krillin will work. how does it fit into the context of medical research? >> human behavior in the society. you mentioned tuskegee. it went on for four decades until the press revealed it in 1972 on african-american man infected naturally but told they were treated and they weren't. this was on guatemala for two years until they ran out of money and stopped it. in both cases it's racism. it's thinking other people can be research subjects because they're lesser human beings than

. >> tonight, the white house shooting down reports that robert gibbs is about to change jobs.considering gibbs to become the democratic committee chairman next year. he says he is happy with his current job. >>> a tornado touched down in the maryland on thursday. the twister packed winds up to 80 miles per hour. it cause moderate damage. >>> fortunately, it is a very calm night. it is almost all-like. >> let me tell you, our skies are clear right now. clouds are just off to the west in the shenandoah valley and atomic highway. take a look at our temperatures. they are dropping quickly. leesburg is at 82 degrees. 49 in martinsburg. here are our weather headlines -- cool and dry tonight. increasing clouds tomorrow. or you ready for more rain for the upcoming work week? we will have the forecast in much more detail in a few minutes. >> more rain. we will check back with you soon. >>> a drug store is set to open in an historic area of manassas. demonstrators say they were misled about what the store would sell. the owner says he filed the proper paperwork. >> everyone thought that

. >> robert gibb said the professional left wouldn't be happy if they put in dennis kusinich as president. >> president obama was elected, i always predicted that it would be the people on the far left that would be his undoing. from day one, if you go and look through excerpts of the book, it is interesting. every siege l time a democratic president getting elected, they take on philosophies of the republican party. the far left will be this president's undoing. >> the economy is this president's undoing. in this midterm. i wouldn't count him now for reelection. liberals are disappointed. this is, i think, a fanciful criticism and -- [ inaudible ] this is not a reality. this is not a reality based -- [ inaudible ] >> how have they have suggested president obama get the 60 votes he needed to get the public option? >> this is why they are limited. >> with obama were widespread than this -- >> is this why there are limits to how much he can take if they take >>> issue four, first lady on the trail. >> first lady, michelle obama has been on a campaign swing. three weeks, seven states. this w

press secretary robert gibbs said the important work of education leaders has to continue regardless of the outcome of elections. >>> a developing story, the chilean mine rescue is complete. [ singing ] >> the celebration tonight after the last of the 33 miners pulled to the surface just after 9:00 our time. the rescue operation expected to last 36 to 48 hours. it only took 22 hours 37 minutes. reports tonight the shift foreman volunteered to be the last worker out of the mine. the president spoke about the rescue efforts earlier today. >> the tears she shed after so much time apart -- they shed after so much time apart expressed not only their own relief and joy, but the joy of people everywhere. >> tonight's rescue brought an end to the 69 day ordeal that riveted the world. no one has ever been trapped so long and survived. fox 5's laura evans at the chilean embassy. >> reporter: the good news here, brian, is the party is over. everyone has gone home. the jumbotron has been taken down, wheeled out of here about an hour ago. the chairs have been taken away. everybody has gone home,

but white house press secretary robert gibbs disagrees. >> i think that campaigns, in this cycle, are being run on a lot of local issues and issues that are important not nationally but to individual states and independent -- individual congressional districts. i think our candidates have done a remarkably good job in a tough political environment and i think that come election night we'll retain control of both the house and the senate. >> reporter: last summer he caught a lot of flack for saying democrats could lose the majority come november. >>> one republican senatorial candidate not doing well in the polls says the republican party isn't giving her the support she needs. christine o'donnell, who made the now famous "i am not a witch commercial" says the gop senatorial committee is not helping her campaign in delaware. >> we're asking the national republican senatorial to help us. we've got the democratic senatorial committee coming after me. we're hoping that the national republican senatorial committee will help us. but, it's two and a half weeks left and they're not. >> a spok