we have sheila and john here. so far, sheila, so good.we've got a beat and we're seeing a pop after-hours. what is that primarily due to? >> well it looks like it is really thanks to the iphone numbers. 31.2 million which is a record for the june quarter, handily beating estimates of 26.1 million. that is great news. iphone is one of the core profit centers for the company. all the other headlines were solid as well. on bottom line, profits of $7.47 a quarter. david: she will last, forgive me for interrupting. we were expecting 26.5 million iphones? this 31.2 million would be a significant beat on number of iphones sold? >> a very significant beat. this is what everyone wants to see. does apple have the iphone magic. if you look at what the company delivered this quarter, seems like they do. revenue for the quarter coming in higher than expectations. $35.3 million, versus estimates of 35 billion, excuse me. also gross margin, this is something a lot of analysts on the street were looking for. as apple starts to discount its product and di

this piece started out as a larger sheila picture. let's see.e didn't like to shop so when a birthday or christmas came along he and my mother would make a card. this first card i was pregnant with my first card i wanted a rocking chair so my parents give us a little bit of money to buy that. the second part my son needed a bed at some point he was growing very fast and my dad made the card. the forty my husband and i which to new york my parents give us a $100 we were supposed to buy some glasses and go to our favorite restaurants and to go here to look. and other dilates and we did have a wonderful time. and then finally there's a card that i will mention that we can't find. i hope someday we will but my mother needed and wanted a suit. and so my father knew this and got her that for her birthday - he took a square of plywood and paint a suit and put a little handwriting on the top and said good for one suit so i hope we find the citizen i like it a lot. when i was little just what his profession was confused me. he referred to himself as a pa

c chairwoman sheila bair now it's time for today's daily door. guess what we got sam sachs back here at thank you for joining me for today's dual thank you bob let's get to our first story. we got the apple product it's called i watch you gotta love that name i watch out for all this tech stuff according to forbes apple is said to be hiring outside help to tackle design problems with its smart watch and according to the financial times a tech firm wants to bring in fresh pair of eyes to look at the device because it's in the house developers may be struggling to solve the problems i give you the floor this one i don't really get the point of this i mean. i don't even know why we're watch any more than the fact that my wrist feels weird if i don't have a watch on it really seems to check their time with their i phones their i pads i had to help you later watching the one nine hundred eighty s. it wasn't that cool but i mean are we regress into the prior state where you know google glasses seems to be the future here why is apple going with a watch

prevent a repeat of or rhyme of two thousand and eight justin underhill interviews x f.d.i.c had sheila bair on too big to fail in just a bit and here is the wife and your prime interest. m.m.t. who are modern monetary theory it emerged in part from the writings of warren mosley or in his book seven deadly fraud frauds of economic policy it's a model of the economy that relies on precise definitions of financial assets such as u.s. treasuries and it also incorporates national accounting identities such as the g.d.p. recently i spoke with mr mosley or about the importance of these identities within the m.m.t. framework here's what he said. loans create bank deposits to the penny so if you borrow two hundred thousand dollars to buy a house you take it all for two hundred thousand the bank gives it two hundred thousand were sold the house the bank now has a two hundred thousand dollars loan and there's been a two hundred thousand dollar deposit that didn't exist before and it's a bank liability and we tend to call their money under certain definitions of money that would be considered mone

we tested sheila ashcraft, a postal worker who works for at least five hours during the hottest part of the day. >> this is giving us sheila's heart rate which you can see is in the 120s which is really consistent with exercise. >> reporter: another test you can do. >> pinch this skin here. you're pretty well hydrated. we tall it tenting. >> reporter: if the skin doesn't snap back, you could be dehydrated. to stay safe, take dr. ashton's advice. >> if you can modify your activity to be more indoors than outdoors, do so. if you can, take frequent breaks in cool environments and staying well hydrated. >> reporter: dr. ashton told me if you are going to be outside for a long period of time in this week this week you have to have not just water but alternate with a sports drink that has electrolytes. just don't overdo it on the sugar. that can actually dehydrate you more. and keep them cold. that will keep your core temperature cooled. i have to show you how hot it's going to stay. new york city was 94 today. look at these numbers for cities like new york city staying in the 90s. washing

c chairwoman sheila bair now it's time for today's daily door. guess what we got sam sachs back here at thank you for joining me for today's dual thank you bob let's get to our first story. we got the apple product it's called i watch you got to love that name i watch after all this tech stuff according to forbes apple is said to be hiring outside help to tackle design problems with its smart watch and according to the financial times a tech firm wants to bring in fresh pair of eyes to look at the device because it's in the house developers may be struggling to solve the problems i give you the floor so i don't really get the point of this i mean. i don't even know why we're watching more than the fact that my wrist feels weird if i don't have a watch on it or a seems to check their time with their i phones their i pad as i had a house you later watch in the one nine hundred eighty s. it wasn't that cool but i mean are we regress into that primary state where you know google glasses seems to be the future here why is apple going with a watch yeah

and i'm delighted to say that congresswoman sheila jackson lee joins us now.d afternoon, ma'am. >> martin, so good to be with you and your viewers. how are you? >> thank you. the reaction to the verdict has been divisive in many ways. congressman andy harris, a republican from maryland, said about the verdict, that's the way the american law system works. get over it. i'm not sure any of us could get over the shooting death of our own child but be that as it may, doesn't this reflect the chasm in understanding that currently exists in this nation? >> martin it, reflects the lack of understanding and sensitivity to the wealth of thisfation and the wealth of this nation is invested in her people and the diversity of her people. i'm glad you used that quote so the that i can disabuse the congressman of his lack of knowledge. first of all, a state jury in fact, a local municipality jury, rendered a decision regarding the trayvon martin case. but petitioning your government and seeking relief gives you a wide, vast realm of opportunity and rights. one of them happe

as sheila jackson lee counterpoicounpointed out, barbara jordan led that. the fact is that for people who do care about this right we do have an attorney general who is doing his job and this is what we need. because i'm telling you, ohio, pennsylvania, there are a lot of states that should be opted out. >> michael, we are talking about texas here, but north carolina is set to enact some of the most strict and discriminatory voter i.d. provisions. they are trying to roll back same day voter registratioregist early voting by a fuel week. i can't believe anybody gets behind the principle of deterring people from the polls. >> there's an interesting fact which is the politics of this cuts in multiple ways. last time there really was a backlash against the effort to cut back on the right to vote. you saw people going to vote because they were angry that someone was trying to take their right to vote away and one has to hope that people will stay angry. the north carolina law is really appalling. it is a wish list of every bad voting idea the country could come

sheila bair made a good point. blessing and burden in america is that we have no memory. it works to our advantage from time to time but it is also a burden. i was so glad at the outset of this program you reminded people only five years ago what we were going through. the numbers of unemployment on a monthly basis for over 13 months of over 500,000 people. some $12 trillion of economic loss had occurred in the country. personal wealth in excess of almost $19 trillion. you've 8 million people that lost their homes. unemployment rate was staggeringly high at 10 olympic. jumped from 5% to 10% in the space of almost a year. people have forgotten how bad it this was. if we aren't doing anything to straighten out the financial services of this country we could find ourselves right back in that hole again and america ought to lead. what barney and i were determined to do is set a template. if we didn't lead, someone else would. what happened last week with the derivative subject matter allows us to leave because now europe is going to follow the lead of the united states. that'

congresswoman sheila jackson lee is joining us from washington.ning us, thank you. >> good morning, thank you. stuart: the point we've been making is that some unions now oppose obamacare. a lot of employers oppose obamacare and so do some seniors, but i think you still support it. you see it going through as-is, intact, on schedule, do you? >> i'm enthusiastic about obamacare and the affordable care act and i believe that the evidence shows that i'm right and those who attempt and want to repeal it for the 38th time are absolutely wrong. first of all, if we pass a repeal on the individual mandate, 13 million americans will become uninsured, states like new york who have seen lower costs in their health care costs will see a surge and an increase. we'll see young people lose the opportunity to be insured under their families, medicare prescription drugs prices going up for seniors, and certainly, those of pre-existing diseases in essence being thrown under the bus. so, i think there's a great value to the affordable care act and we're right to go

i want to welcome the curate -- the great congresswoman from texas, sheila jackson lee, has just joinedus. i would assume from an airplane in an airport. thank you, for being here. i'm going to ask you to absorb all of this first. and then i will happily ask you a few questions. so as congresswoman brown talked about domestic violence, and we had, for those who weren't here today, we had for the amazing breakout sessions, really inspiring, inspiring breakout sessions. for those who did participate, we thank you for participating. we're going to have some reports back from the breakout sessions about some of the solutions that some of you all came up with during the breakout session. i see our friend, our nine year old friend who was the youngest member of our group, i'm glad you're still with us and steal away. thank you for coming. the first breakout session on going to call up is the leader from domestic violence. >> good evening everybody. hello, family. i and marian perkins and chairperson of the criminal justice political science and philosophy department of chicago state universit

i walked into the studio today and went into the makeup room to see my makeup artist and sheila was bumpingd hammond. everybody loves fred hammond. kirk franklin. just run the list. >> all of them. tavis: i love them all, but before all of them, you were changing the sound. the message was there, but you were changing the sound. started, -- when we started, gospel music was somewhat restricted. push the not parameters. brothers, we lived in munro, michigan, 33 miles south of detroit. motown was in detroit. we were teenagers just holding on waiting for the next 45. we were raised in a church where we had to go every night. necessaryr thought it that we do something musically such as singing and playing to keep us interested in the church. playing some of those motown songs during the service. , weonly thing different would change the words, the lyrics to the songs. ,avis: you'd kept the groove but you change the words. my god ♪ tavis: how did that go over? >> my grandmother and the people at the church, we headed crowd if if we had 25 people, they would have fits over it. they loved it. back

we tested sheila, a postal worker who works for at least five hours during the hottest part of the day this is giving us sheila's heart rate, which you can see is in the 120s, which is really consistent with exercise. >> reporter: another test you can do -- >> you can pinch the skin here. you're pretty well hydrated. we call it pincing. >> reporter: if the skin doesn't snap back, you could be dehydrated. dr. ashton tells me if you're going to be outside for the whole week in this real high heat and outdoors all day, it's best to not only just have water but alternate with sports drink. watch the sugar content because that can dehydrate you more. also keep them cold. that will keep your core body temperature cooler. ginger zee, abc news, new york. >> i need a daiquiri. all right. listen -- >> how does that work again? >> you pinch the skin. i found this interesting. if the skin bounces back, which yours did, it means you're hydrated. >> let's do you. give you more of my cold germs. nicely hydrated. >> i'm not pincing. >> we're not dehydrated. we are not dehydrated but, man, oh, man, are

this week author sheila jager miyoshi in their latest book sub sub -- "brother at war" the unbending conflict in korea. the historian provides a complete overview the korean conflict on the occupation by japan during world war ii to its current tensions over north korea's nuclear threat. this program is about an hour. >> host: i am so bored. i'm here today with sheila jager miyoshi an anthropologist by training and an associate professor at oberlin college director of the east asian studies program. she has just come out with a new book called "brother at war". it's particularly well-timed because we are right on the cusp of the 60th anniversary of the armistice which brought an end to the fighting phase of the war one of the interesting aspects of the way that you have framed this book is that it's not just about the events of the fighting phase of the war itself but also talks a lot about the impact of the korean war on asian history and on world history and even on the contemporary positions of the main countries. how did you decide you wanted to write a book on the korean war? >>

last year democratic congresswoman sheila jackson lee of texas responded to the zimmerman shooting with legislation requiring all neighborhood watch volunteers to register, but this year she's withholding that proposal according to the hill her spokesperson said, we just don't see it being politically viable at this moment. joining me now, msnbc.com national reporter, and reporter for the griea.com. i want to get your thoughts on the first tv interview with trayvon martin's parents. they have hit all of the major networks. that said to me that they don't want to limit this message. they don't want this to be about one network owning their story or one reporter, they want to own their son's story and move this forward. >> definitely. they are really focusing on this foundation now, the trayvon martin foundation. this foundation is going to focus on supporting parents going through what they've gone through. it will include more legislation that will either repeal stand your ground laws or at least adds an amendment that makes it less difficult for someone to use that in a defense case if

i'm talking about sheila burke. she was bob dole's chief of staff as majority and minority leader of the senate. she helped a -- held a bunch of other senate posts. executive dean of the kennedy school at harvard. been the chief operating officer of the smithsonian and is one of the country's most respected health policy analysts. recently she helped shape the proposal by the bipartisan policy center to restructure medicare's benefits and we asked her to tell us a little bit about that plan which was issued jointly with the endorsement of alice rivlin. >> host: pete demenschy, bill smith and tom daschle. did i get it right? >> you got it right. >> sheila, thanks for being with us. >> thank you. i was afraid ed was going to say i was there when they wrote medicare and sort of going down there. not quite that old. and we have a special connection in days there is announcement out of london. we want to be the first ones to let you know. i have, as ed pointed out, i want to thank the alliance and the kaiser family found

i'm sheila's friend. >> according to a report he was approached by an air canada flight attendant whoed him to say a few word on video for her boyfriend daughter. testament to his gracious nature in seeing how happy and healthy he looked to the tragic fact that the life ended all too sichbility found about his death few minutes before everybody else around 10:00 o'clock on saturday night. friend said that she lost her mind she was crying.

first of all, i want to just say to those who have been here, whatever time you've been here, sheila i really thank you for coming to chicago for this. and maxine and corinne and sandra, they come from their districts and i know how troubling it is to come to another city. so i really appreciate you for coming and maxine and others for coming. danny and robin and -- i really appreciate the opportunity to work with them. and i appreciate -- let me bring one in here. those who were here, had to leave, those who came in later, those who participated in the brain trust -- in the breakouts, this has been an historic day, a remarkable day. not only for the conversations inside the breakout sessions, but the conversations in the cafeteria, the conversations on the sidewalk, in the hallways, a lot of conversations going on around this particular issue. and when we as a community start having conversations about the problems and we are well on our way to solving the problems. it's when we don't talk to each other, that's when the problems become more magnified and intense. let me leave you on

congresswoman sheila jackson lee says republicans are starving children by cutting food stamps. i have said really? "fox & friends" starts final hour of the week -- it's about to go, i believe it is. now. ♪ tell me why ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> gretchen: hate to interrupt john popper, that's such a great tune. you know them as blues traveler. they are performing outside of our studios right here. if you're in the area, come on down to get some barbecue. they'll perform another tune at 8:50. >> steve: that's right. they got started in the '90s, boys who played in a school band in new jersey in high school and look how far they've come. >> brian: by the way, we have never had a lip syncing scandal here on the show. >> steve: 'til now? >> gretchen: why are you bringing that up? >> brian: that's another selling point for our concert series. we don't lip sync. that's really john popper that we know of. >> gretchen: you know what, geraldo? it's a daily question. >> brian: so judgmental geraldo with a new hair cut. >> steve: he's been on vacation. >> gretchen: fox news alert for you now. overnight wi

. >> i think sheila answered your question perfectly to our studies don't actually address beneficiaries with disabilities separate from the traditional population overall. i think you raise an important question. aside from these proposals to restructure medicare cost sharing and change the rules of supplemental coverage, specifically with regard to medigap, looking more specifically at how the medigap rules are different for people with disabilities than they are for people aged 65 and over on medicare is an issue that our studies don't address but it's certainly an issue that is worthy of policy makers attention. >> kind of like if you want to find out what could happen to seniors if you change medigap, you can look at the disability population since they don't have medigap. thank you. >> joe raises an additional point that i would raise. and that is i think there's increasing interest in looking at how the states are dealing with some of these issues. because of the unique nature of some the state programs whether it's new york and others. and so in looking at sort of these solutions

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sheila will with us. breaking everything down that you need to know.i said, we have brian over at morningstar. we will get great perspectives on this. let's get to the floor show. a good story. travelers, as well. how does this pertain to what we see on the lower part of our screen? >> the market seems to be overbought and polish. we are seeing a little bit of a bounce. liz: are the metals doing well because gold certainly skyrocketed yesterday? >> down about 150 points so far. these metal stocks have been down. there are a couple things, the nasdaq has not followed the dow and the s&p to new highs. in the longer-term picture, that is a little bit of a concern. sentiment is starting to get more and more enthusiastic. people right now are starting to get polish. liz: right below me, you see the intraday picture. first, they were doing well, then they dropped. now they are climbing back in this last hour of trade. >> this is an earnings story entirely. we have real company stocks. they are coming out in the next couple days. i think that they will have t

i have some questions for sheila bair.ld you explain to us in the audience what a derivative is? [laughter] hold on. i have a couple of more. with regard to the dodd frank act, couldthey have the same run europe. that is why so many banks invested in this trust that. you tell us what the was, and secondly, after it was passed, what was respect to the number of people that could become qualified for mortgages. i appreciate your answer. guest: sure. what is a derivative -- a derivative is basically an instrument, and investment, if you will, where the return on it is based on some other asset's performance. for instance, during the crisis, there were derivatives based on the performance of something called an abx index, which is ofex on how a basket underlying derivatives were performing every it is like gambling on a foot all game -- performing. it is like gambling on a football game. you can have that's placed on home mortgages will perform and you can do that on a lot of assets -- physical commodities, stock indices. a de

you heard sheila bair. she asked questions that could be asked from those two regulators. of implementing the dodd-#rank bill. take a look at this. this is from june 2010 to july 2013. what do you make of those numbers? you sat in meetings like that. >> it just shows there are reform groups pushing. shows unevenly matched this debate is. that's one of the reasons we formed the system. we tried to provide some balance as well as the feedback and input. it's a huge problem. it's a spectacle. they need a credible regulatory process. relentless lobbying all rigged and the banks driving the process and helping to write the rules. that undermines long term interest. their industry is all about trust. if people don't trust their regulators, they will not trust them. let's get the rules done. they will tell you, we want the rules finished too. but it's only the rules they like. i really wish the leadership will take it from their hand and the lobby operations here. the people who are trying to stick to the public interest are outmanned with all of these people going to the regulat

. >> our next "washington journal" we'll talk with sheila bair. she now chairs the systematic risk council. then tom skully, he talks about the eligibility requirement and the cost of the u.s. medicare program. later bill allison discusses the tracking fundraising. plus phone calls, e-mails and tweets. "washington journal" is live everyday at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> now a conversation on violence in urban communities. this event hosted by the congressional black caucus focused on domestic gang and gun violence. this forum was in chicago state university last week. >> good evening. thank you all for coming this evening on a friday night in chicago. how are you? you got a medal. we welcome you to the town hall of the national summit on urban violence here at chicago state university, i first like to introduce the president of the university dr. wayne watson to give you some greetings and welcome you to the university. >> good evening. we can never acknowledge and thank those who have the courage to have vision and the courage to bring it for

. >> but she also did something else which was very successful and susan and sheila having both workedd that is she had it both ways in the sense that she was able to speak out on equal rights amendment and abortion and use hot button issues and at the same time present the image of a devoted quote/unquote traditional wife and mother, a woman who has her husband's concerns and children's concerns, who liked to entertain, was involved in the menus, still playing the expected old-fashioned role and yet maybe the press gave her the leeway because she did that. >> one of the best social secretaries ever and i really do, i think you were great, nancy. you should hold your hand up and what they did was -- and i don't call this political -- was to use the dinner parties as a way  that you bring in different $ kinds of people, you mix, you match, and it became a very important -- well, like the kennedys, use that, as well, influence the whole world. >> and people gave dinner parties like crazy and copied your menus and so forth as they always do with the white house but today entertaining

i'm sheila's friend. to let you know that, stay out of trouble and stay in school. >> it's heartbreaking. new video coming out overnight. cory monteith speaking to a young fan, just days before his shocking death. we're going to hear more of that coming up. also going to hear from one of his closest friends speaking out in an abc news exclusive. we say good morning, america. josh in l.a. this morning, coming from the espys last night. >> what's going to happen in a few days. >>> also ahead, vanished. we have a beautifuling mystery in michigan. a young woman disappears. her co-worker is found dead. what authorities are saying right now about the case and their desperate search to find her. >>> then, there's "king of queens" star leah remini. she recently announced she is leaving the church of scientology. her sister is speaking out. we'll tell you what she's saying about that decision and why the actress became disenchanted with the church. >> that's a big deal. she was a leading and famous proponent of it

applause ] >> we've got governor quinn here. [ applause ] >> i'm told we've got your lieutenant governor sheila simon is here. there she is. [ applause ] >> attorney general lisa mannigan is here. [ applause ] >> i see a bunch of my former colleagues folks i haven't seen in years. one in particular one of my fairrifai favorrities john sullivan is in the house. [ applause ] john, was one of my earliest supporters when i was running for the u.s. sen tate and it ca in handy because he has a big family. they have an entire precinct in the family. and they all look like john the brothers do. he doesn't have to go to the event. he can send one of the brothers out. dick durban couldn't make it today. but he is doing a great job. and we've got one of my favorite neighbors, the senator from missouri claire mccas kikill ine house. because we are going to missouri later this afternoon. [ applause ] >> and all of you are here and it is great to see you. [ applause ] >> and i hope everybody is having a wonderful summer, the weather is perfect. who ever was in charge of that good job. s so, 8 years ago i cam

applause ] we've got governor quinn here. [ applause ] i'm told we've got your lieutenant governor, sheila simon is here. there she is [ applause ] attorney general lisa matting is here. i see a bunch of my former colleagues. some folks who i haven't seen in years and i'm looking forward to saying hi to. one in particular, john sullivan is in the house. [ applause ] john was one of my earliest supporters when i was running for the u.s. senate and it's came in handy because he's got ten brothers and his wife and sisters and his wife has got ten brothers and sisters so they have this entire precinct in their family and they all look like john. he doesn't have to go to every event. he can send one of his brothers out. it's good to see them. dick durbin couldn't make it today but he sends his best. we love him. he's doing a great job. [ applause ] we've got one of my favorite neighbors. the senator from missouri. we're going to missouri later this afternoon. all you have are here and it's great to see you. [ applause ] i hope everybody's having a wonderful summer. the weather is perfect. whoev

. >> reporter: sheila is holding her daughter gun but last april she got salmonella. >> it was the scarieste of our life. we don't know if she was going to make it . none of the doctors have ever heard of any baby getting this unside an icu. >> reporter: the county health officials say it's more serious for the elderly and babies because the infection could invade the bloodstream and damage organs. vega believes her baby got the infection by baby formula fed to her. >> only way to catch it is to eat the bacteria. the only thing she was eating was formula. >> reporter: the makers of the formula said that it was tested and did not show science of contamination. the health department asked for an investigation. the vega family said it has never been contacted. >> she was born fine, healthy, so excited and to hear that phone call, or not the phone call but to hear them say she was sick. we had no idea. >> every day it was worry and every day now still because she is positive. >> reporter: the family said the baby isn't allowed to attend daycare and worry their daughter will not have a normal li

his mother, sheila, fought to hold the department accountable for her son's death, hopes this week's give her a bit of closure. >> i say thanks to the federal government for finally seeing things our way. it's like it happened yesterday, to me, you know? i miss my son very much. and i'm just glad this is, you know, is coming to some type of conclusion, you know? maybe i can get some type of closure. >> the department of justice's report pulled back the veil on a particularly rotten miami police department. the department that regularly uses an excess of force. the use of excess force by police against the very citizens they're sworn to protect is by no means limited to miami. in an amazing new book titled "rise of the warrior cop" radley balko argues the para-militarization is leading to a police force that increasingly sees itself at war with the american people. joining me now is the author of "rise of the warrior cop," radley balko and also senior writing for the "huffington post." it's a fantastic book, remarkable reporting. i suggest folks check it out. what did you make of this

sheila e and estelle. we always love it when you come by, booker t.h your presence. [ cheers and applause ] it's so much fun. >> my pleasure. >> jimmy: and thank you for those baby gifts, too. i appreciate that, bud. it was very nice of you. we have a great show tonight. i'm so psyched about this. the first time this gentleman is coming on the show. he's one of my favorite human beings ever. he was so -- right? i mean, we love him. >> steve: he's the greatest. >> jimmy: he was so nice to me when i first started on "snl." i just love him so much. i don't want to gush too much, but anyways. he's the man. he's as good as you're going to get. dan aykroyd is here tonight. [ cheers and applause ] >> steve: i love that guy! >> jimmy: i love her, too. from the new movie "two guns," the beautiful paula patton is stopping by. [ cheers and applause ] she's just fun and gorgeous and -- i love having her on the show, too. and we have music from a new up and coming country superstar. [ laughter ] he's new on the scene. i don't even -- hopefully, you like him and en

i'm told we've got your lieutenant governor sheila simon is here. there she is.ttorney general lisa madigan is here. i see a bunch of my former colleagues, some folks who i haven't seen in years, and i'm looking forward to saying hi to. one in particular i've got to mention, one of my favorites from the illinois senate, john sullivan is in the house. you know, john was one of my earliest supporters when i was running for the u.s. senate, and it came in really handy because he's got like ten brothers and his wife and sisters and his wife's got ten brothers and sisters so they have got this entire precinct just in their family, and they all look like john, the brothers do, so, you know, he doesn't have to go to every event. he can just send one of his brothers out. it is good to see them. dick durbin couldn't make it today, but he sends his best, and we love dick. he is doing a great job. and we've got one of my favorite neighbors, the senator from missouri, claire mccaskill in the house because we're going to missouri later this afternoon. and all of you are here,