steven lebovitz is president and ceo. so you were open on thanksgiving, why close this time around? >> we looked at it last year, and we decided this year that it was the right thing to do for our employees, for our retail partners, and for our communities. we have 1,500 cbl employees, almost 100,000 stores across our portfolio. >> what's been the reaction since this announcement? >> the reaction has been incredibly positive. we've gotten calls, e-mails, social media. the customers, the shoppers, the community, everyone has supported us. they feel like it's the right thing to do. they're appreciative. they say, we'll come to your mall on black friday. we don't want to shop on thanksgiving. we think this is a great thing. >> and you must be hoping they do so, because your exerts, including general grove and simon mall operators will be open on thanksgiving. people may be able to just go there. >> that's true, but a lot of our malls are the only mall in their market or in their community. so we're not competing with other malls, per se. and the communities feel strongly that this is t