our friend willie geist is going to be back here. [ cheers and applause very exciting.now them from their work on "the sopranos" and their podcast "talking sopranos. they have a book out today called "woke up this morning: the definitive oral history of the sopranos." steve schirripa and michael imperioli will be here [ laughter ] two great gentlemen. and you know her from "kenan" and the "mindy project." she's currently on her "2 sweet, 2 salty tour." the very funny fortune feimster will be here [ cheers and applause but, before we get to all that, you know, these days, let's be honest, the news stinks. it's either terrifying or depressing or terrifyingly depressing but every once in a while there's a story that makes me feel great, and i'd like to tell you about one now in a segment called "the kind of story we need right now." ♪ [ cheers and applause >> seth: this is eugene bozzi. eugene was relaxing at home recently when a six foot long alligator wandered onto his lawn so he did what any normal person would do -- he caught the alligator in a trash can take a look. [

tonight -- willie geist authors of "woke up this morning," actor steve schirripa and michael imperiolimedian fortune feimster. featuring the 8g band with roy mayorga. ♪ [ cheers and applause and now, seth meyers >> seth: good evening. i'm seth meyers, and this is "late night. we hope you're all doing well tonight. and now, we're going to get to the news president biden appeared to briefly fall asleep yesterday during a speech at the u.n. climate summit

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. >> so mika is going to stand between stephanie ruhle and willie geist, because we saw what happened during the marathon, willie. >> i was going to do it the other way this morning. jump into your arms. >> i think i pulled a hammy on sunday jumping over that barrier. there's no chance it's going to happen today. >> come on, let's see this. >> i'm not going to jump, i promise. >> stephanie, the funniest part of the entire story is -- here we go. >> i tried to save it. >> willie geist. >> you know, willie said that the best part of that whole thing -- mika and i were just dying laughing -- i was in hysterics. but willie said, as he's running, jump and he's swinging you around, it's straight out of a movie. he looks over at your husband and your boys and they're like, this happens every day. >> it happened in a grocery store, it happened during a sale a few weeks ago. >> she runs up to somebody that puts out the turkey -- runs up, hey! but how about willie? he didn't break pace. he hugged you, put you down, kept running. >> under four. >> people kept saying, oh, my gosh, you delayed him

i did spot our willie geist at one point. look at that. going strong. limp to a camera later on "morning joe." congrats to everyone. janessa webb, thank you also. >>> still ahead, we'll tell you how investigators are responding to a refusal to answer regarding the insurrection on january 6th. >>> why are you awake? email your answers to waytooearly@msnbc.com or tweet me @jonlemire. we'll read some of our favorite answers later in the show. some answers later in the show. our sleigh is now ready, let's get on our way. a mountain of toys to fulfill many wishes. must be carried across all roads and all bridges. and when everyone is smiling and having their fun i can turn my sleigh north because my job here is done. it's not magic that makes more holiday deliveries to homes in the us than anyone else, it's the hardworking people of the united states postal service. your heart is at the heart of everything you do. it'and if you haveng heart failure, there's a medicine specifically made for heart failure entresto. it's a heart failure medicine prescribed by m

i'm willie geist. closing arguments begin tomorrow in the trial of kyle rittenhouse. he is the teenager charged with killing two men and wounding another during last year's protests in kenosha, wisconsin. the national guard now has been deployed to kenosha ahead of a possible verdict this week. we will have the very latest in a live report. >>> then our sunday focus on rising prices, labor shortages and empty shelves across america as we approach the holiday season. what is driving these trends, even in a healthy economy? >>> plus, in our sunday spotlight, harry smith gets a rare look at one of only a dozen remaining original copies of the united states constitution as it heads to auction for an eye-popping estimated price. >>> and later, a new sunday sitdown with "saturday night live" star michael che on his new netflix stand-up special and his rise from the lower east side to snl, with an eight-season run as co-anchor of "weekend update" that admittedly was a little shaky at the start. >> what did those early days feel like? >> hell, man, it was horrible. >> really?

[ cheers and applause >> seth: i want to thank my guests, willie geist, steve schirripa and michael imperioli. fortune feimster, everybody. [ cheers and applause i want to thank roy mayorga and the 8g band. stay safe. get vaccinated we love you guys [ cheers and applause ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> right now at 11:00, it is a go. shots are starting in just a matter of hours in the bay area. pfizer's covid vaccine officially approved for kids 5 to 11. how fast can you get an appointment? >>> you can't put a price on safety, great lengths one neighborhood so is going to. >>> racist and homophobic slurs targeted teachers spray painted all over a south bay high school, plea from the principal. >>> took matters into his own hands after elderly parents were attacked on the street. >> the attacker picks up construction, one of those a-frames, swings it at my dad. >> tracked down the attacker and hoping to help others. >>> good evening. check out pharmacy websites, including walgreens, you can schedule an appointment for your kids right now. cdc has given the green light for pfizer vaccine. >> lower dose for 5 to 11 b

[ cheers and applause >> seth: i want to thank my guests, willie geist, steve schirripa and michael imperioli. fortune feimster, everybody. [ cheers and applause i want to thank roy mayorga and the 8g band. stay safe. get vaccinated we love you guys [ cheers and applause ♪ >>> we begin with breaking news tonight, chp issued amber alert in alameda and contra costa counties after three-year-old boy was abducted in sacramento. >> issued little more than hour ago. leo. police say man shot his mother. joshua yago, leaving sacramento in black 2011 bmw sedan and could be headed to san jose. california license plate number 6ntu367. police say he's to be considered armed and dangerous. >>> other top story, another bay area county now offering anyone 18 or older a covid-19 booster shot if they want one. >> sonoma county issued the county this afternoon. public health officials hope the boosters will prevent a spike in cases this winter. sergio quintana. >> reporter: nights are getting longer and cooler and more people are heading inside. that combination is growing concern for the bay area. >> there's

and here's msnbc's anchor stephanie ruhle jumping over the barriers to hug colleague willie geist. very own bill cairns bringing home the medal with a time of 3 hours and 38e comparim past years and a huge shout out to producer cody schultz who ran the marathon for the first time. he's like, dang, there's not any chocolate in this. but he's fast asleep or catching a flight, because he has a caribbean vacation >> well deserved congratulations to everybody out there who accomplished that tremendous feat. better than i. now to the weather some coastal al flooding from connecticut. welcome back, janessa. >> good morning. good to see you guys both. and a big congratulations to everyone that ran the new york marathon a big accomplishment there now, let's talk weather and get your week going here we have a coastal low that's happening just offshore of the carolina coast into the hartford area we're going to be dealing with high surf. so if you're a boater, definitely going to be seeing that throughout the day. 8 million people are impacted all the way down to florida. we do have coastal f

congratulations to bill caron and willie geist. willie is here at 8:00 talking about stephanie ruhle and all the other challenges. >> exactly. >> and what it must feel like to have that in the rear-view mirror because he's been training for months. >> with us, we have the host of "way too early," it was good jonathan lemire. i was watching this morning. you came hiding in the corner. >> i go where they tell me where the cameras are. >> that's your first mistake. >> don't listen to him. we'll do it right here. >> you should be right here at the end of the show. >> if i am here, joe's here and join us, what the heck. he's got to gate backbone here. >> host of msnbc's politics nation, reverend al sharpton is here. >> how was your weekend, rev? >> very good. i was glad that we ended up getting something good in terms of infrastructure, i am waiting on something positive to preach on sunday. i was glad. i was glad to see how the friday night gave me a thunderstorm. >> that gave you a case, something inspirational. finally. former treasur

here is what you can expect with willie geist. >> good morning, i sit down with michael che, one of theael is out with a netflix special called "shame the devil," another big leap and career that began in poverty of new york's east side. >> do you ever think of i grew up here and where i came from and now i am going to drive up to midtown and get an elevator and be the head writer and one of the biggest stars of "saturday night live." >> it does not make sense. >> that ball could have bounced any other way. >> and the latest news and another life well lived when sunday today airs at 6:00 in the bay area. set the dvr and we'll see you when ever you are ready for us. kira. >> thank you, willie. good to see you. back here locally, here is a quick look at the top story we are following. out of control violence is plaguing the streets of oakland. there has been a surge of freeway shootings including that toddler they are now offering $10,000 for anyone who knows who shot and killed that toddler. now pastors are collaborating with other churches and the city of oakland by providing a safe hav

. >>> welcome back, here is what you can expect tomorrow on "sunday today" with willie geist. >> goodice, great to see you. a conversation with lynn manuel miranda. the creator and star of "hamilton" is making his debut as a feature film director with the release of "tick tick boom." >> as a first time director, "tick tick boom" is over and credits come up, directed by lambert miranda. >> oh man, what does it feel like? >> it felt amazing. it's such a dream come true for me. >> lynn manuel miranda and the latest news and another life well-lived when "sunday today" airs at 6:00 a.m. in the bay area. if you are not up, set the dvr and we'll see you when ever you are ready for us. candice? >> thank you, willie. >>> here is a quick look at our stories, chaos at union square, hectic videos here. police reports of looting and vandalism at several retail stores in union square, that included a smash and robbery at this louis vuiton store. officers chased suspects surrounding a car at one point. police say several people had been arrested, anyone with information on these thefts are asked to

willie geist. good to see you.y association, that you were a liability and might be fired by hillary clinton. and yet as you write in the book, had you a conversation with her, and i think maybe some other executives could take something out of this conversation you had. what did she say to you in that moment? >> well, she -- she has been, hillary clinton generally in my life, anytime i've had challenges has approached it, approached the conversation with me first as a friend and with my self best interest in mind and as a boss second. and, yes, lots of people calling. i don't know who they are. never actually been told who they were, but did tell he she should let me go and when i drove out to her house, tock my little boy and i sat at her kitchen table and she basically said, i -- i value you as a staff person, as an adviser and i don't think you should pay for a mistake that is not yours and i'm not going to listen to outside voices, and -- i'm grateful to her for that. >> can you tell us, huma, a little bit mor

it is willie geist. we're going to talk about a bunch of issues.ople want to ask you questions. personally now, you can exhale and drink in this victory, as someone who grew up very poor in brooklyn, in queens, the son of a housekeeper and a butcher, to now see yourself as the mayor of the city where you grew up. what does it feel like today? >> you know, it is the subtext that many people are missing. i talked about it last night when i gave my victory speech. what is that saying to the dishwasher in the restaurant? where you are is not who you are. you continue to tell in this amazing country, say it to a person in a holding cell. i sat in a holding cell, and now i'll be in charge of the entire police department. what does it say to a young person with a learning disability? i have dyslexia. did not get it properly identified until i was in college. now that third grade student who is dyslexic can look and say, wait a minute, this is not the end of the road for me. it's just the beginning. so that subtext is really pumping me up. new york is goin

looking good for bill karins and willie geist. the weather is cooperating.ooking at temperatures in the upper 30s, low 40s, which is perfect for the marathon. >> yes, it is. my job is stand ag long the road cheering them on, maybe holding up a joe scarbrough face or something. thank you very much. >> or a mimosa. >> yes. that would be my contribution to the race. >>> coming up, there's a pledge of a smooth transition. i'll bring in a panel to talk about that and what tuesday's results mean for both republicans and democrats next year. >>> but before we go to break, we want to know why are you awake? email your reasons to waytooearly@msnbc.com or tweet me @jonlemire. we'll read some of our favorite answers later in the show. e of answers later in the show. and i'm a federal contract investigator. as a single parent, i would run from football games to work and trying to balance it all. so, what do you see when you look at yourself? i see a person that's caring. sometimes i care too much, and that's when i had to learn to put myself first, because i would care

right now we'll send you back to willie geist and a look at christmas in the park. ♪♪ >> ouch. brings them to the top where i can spear them. >> oh, i'll spear you. >> that is a 14-year-old brooke shields in the 1980 movie "the blue lagoon". it helped to make her a global star just as she was entering high school. the term icon has been cheapened by overuse in recent years, but it applies to brooke shields. in movies, tvs, and famous ads for new jeans, the new york city native has been in our lives since she was child. brooke stood out of her whirlwind career long enough to attend princeton, and found after graduation the world moved on while she was studying. she found a new path. and then another. and another. brooke and i got together in new york to talk about her navigating the life in the spotlight. for nearly all of her life, brooke shields has had one of the most famous faces in the world. >> one thing that i kept doing was not stopping. okay, you don't want me here? that doesn't mean i'm going to sit at home and stare at the phone. i'm going to go over here. >> an iconi

who's more handsome and charming, jason sudeikis or willie geist? them. any chance we can expand to those adults who don't want them? because they're the problem. >> we'll talk to mayor de blasio and ted lasso, jason sudeikis. steve bannon pleads not guilty on the attack. paul gosar is booted from his house assignments after posting a violent cartoon threatening his colleagues. can lawmakers finally get a grip after weeks left to deal with the debt limit and a possible shutdown. that's the question among many this morning. welcome, it's thursday, november 18th, with us here in washington, we have michael steel, ed

tonight -- willie geist authors of "woke up this morning," actor steve schirripa and michael imperioliy during a speech at the u.n. climate summit worst of all, it was h

bill karins and willie geist both running. i plan to be out there cheering them on. you for that. >>> still ahead, house democrats want paid family leave back in their bill. we'll have the latest on the capitol hill developments. >>> but before we go to break, we want to know why are you awake. i'm us or send me a tweet. we'll read some of our favorite answers later in the show. ite swaners later in the show. at t-mobile, we believe you shouldn't have to choose between the most 5g coverage and great value. so we unleashed the 5g experience on magenta max. with 4x more 5g coverage than verizon. and unlimited premium data. only at t-mobile. imagine having someone else do your books for you. as your quickbooks live bookkeeper, i'll categorize expenses, reconcile accounts, and close your books. cool. - yep. know where your business stands. intuit quickbooks live bookkeeping. with 0% parabens... sulfates... ...and dyes. tresemmé's pro pure collection lets you style without compromise. tresemmé pro pure 0% compromise, 100% you. super emma just about sleeps in her cape. but

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tonight -- willie geist authors of "woke up this morning," actor steve schirripa and michael imperioli

there he is, willie geist.he took us a second to leave us a message not too long ago. >> good morning from staten island in the starting line of the new york city marathon. i can't believe i'm about to do this. here goes nothing. i'm running my first marathon. i'm doing it father and the 5 million with parkinson's. i'm going to raise as much money as i can for research. wish me luck, and i will see you at the finish line. >> good luck, willie. we're cheering you on and all the runners. and if you'd like to donate and help in the fight against parkinson's, go to the website for the michael >>> a live look in san josÉ. look at the beautiful sunrise. current temperatures as you head out the door, low 40s for most spots. san josÉ, 45 degrees. a chilly start, and then by the afternoon expect partly cloudy conditions as we head into interior valleys expect to see rain early on. monday morning, more clouds and breezy at times. hayward, 55. >>> straight ahead, the highs and lows of the week including the grandmother an

our top stories this morning, here's what you can expect tomorrow morning on "today sunday" with willie geistreat to see you. tomorrow morning on "sunday today "request the my conversation with actress elizabeth banks who made a name for herself with memorable emmy-nominated roles on hit tv shows like scrubs, 30 rock and modern family and by producing and acting in the blockbuster "pitch perfect" movies, all part of a career built on creating her own opportunities. >> i really love trying new things. and i love when people put me in a box. immediately blowing the box open. i have had conversations with hollywood producers who have told me, i don't think you can direct an action movie because i don't think male actors will follow you. >> come on. >> yeah. but, man, that -- that's a motivator for me, being told no, you can't do it. motivates the hell out of me. >> elizabeth banks. plus, the latest news and another life well lived when "sunday today" airs at 6:00 a.m. in the bay area. if you don't be happen to be up at that hour on a sunday, we have you covered. set the dvr and we'll see you whe

i got to cheer on my dear friend and colleague, willie geist.i mean, i did break the rules. i jumped over the barricade to hug him. for those who are saying, you are terrible, stephanie, you slowed him down, i don't know, maybe i actually supercharged him. and should i have run a couple more blocks with him? maybe, but jumping over that barricade, i think i probably pulled a hammy. grache congratulations to willie. he raised over $500,000 for the parkinson's foundation. it's a great day for new york city. >>> coming up next, president obama speaking right now, sounding the alarm on climate change. we're going to share what he just said. >>> and coming up, the committee investigating january 6th could issue a dozen new subpoenas any minute, as yet another former trump official refuses to cooperate. so what do those subpoenas mean if you don't get what you need? everything you need to know, next. t you need erything you need to know, next to make my vision a reality. i have to take every perspective, and see clearly from every point of view. with

everybody wants to see a happy willie geist here.. we are so excited. this is the biggest marathon in the world. it's going to look a little different this year because of the pandemic. runners is expected to provide one negative proof within 48 hours or proof that they had at least one vaccine and they're going to be asked to wear masks to the starting line, at the starting line but not along the course. don't worry about that. the marathon expo over the weekend over the javid center will not be opened this year. there will be more start waves. there will be five. i am don't feel bad being in the fourth wave, i am not the last one this year. that's double the time. runners love that. probably the biggest change is the new york marathon, the biggest in the world attracts 50,000 plus runners. this year we are expecting 30,000 plus but they are bringing a whole lot of energy and some cash to new york city. i caught up with the ceo to talk about the impact. >> it's important as expect, we do economic impact after the race, we have seen

it's willie geist.oposal we're hearing is for four weeks. president biden in 2020 made this a central promise of his campaign, we're going to get paid family and medical leave. so can you explain what you mean when you talk about this? are you saying it's important but it should be its own piece of legislation or are you saying that you object to it altogether? >> no, i do not object to it at all as far as the concept of family leave. people should be able to have family need as they need it but we should be paying into it as we do for social security, employer/employee participation. we can work a bill out in the regular process that doesn't put a burden on taxpayers and also more debt. because when you start the programs, you never stop them, you just don't. anytime we do something through reconciliation it's done only by one party. the senate was not designed to work off partisan politics but bipartisan politics. to me that's the most stable country in the world. we don't flip back and forth every ti

he sat down with willie geist this week to talk about all of it, including the lasting impact of "hamiltonst cautious and burr is the most reckless, one kills the other. then you have the story of eliza, who lives more than twice the age of anyone else in the thing and has a more significant and meaningful life than the folks chases legacy. you can't leave that show without thinking what am i doing with my life. >> for more of willie's conversation check out more here on today sunday. >>> and i'd like to wish you both an early happy thanksgiving, that is your pop start. >> like a modern day jim henson. >> maybe that's your best prop yet. i hope you eat the ice cream. >> you have another story in our next half hour as well. so we'll see you soon. >> it's the incredible lengths and lights i will go just >>> still to come right here the high school football team with an incredible co we're making the fagioli! ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ this looks great. awesome. alright. thank you! what... what recipe did you use? oh. my nonna's! she a good cook? -no. your skin isn't just skin, it's a beautiful reflection of ev

canceled last year over 30,000 runners will be participating on sunday, including our very own willie geist time talking about that we can hit that later. but i am ready maybe a little too ready i feel like i've been so excited the last couple of days. my wife, christina, wants me out of the house she wants a special waiver for me to run early. these are the photographs that i -- when i started training, the first one is i was so excited that i took a two-mile run. i couldn't believe it. that was last year and yesterday i finished my train, a breezy two-mile run and it was sort of speaks to the progress i've made as a non runner to be so proud of two miles and then now conquering this thing hopefully on sunday, 26.2 of them >> and you're doing it for a really good cause and holding someone very dear to you in your heart as you run willie, tell us about it >> yeah. my dad is has had parkinson's disease for 30 years now and we've been so inspired by michael j. fox and the michael j. fox foundation that i wanted to do something and give. >> purpose to this run so i'm trying to raise as much mo

. >> among those who finished the grueling 26.2 miles, willie geist, our guy. d that trail. it was special and personal for him. he was running in honor of his father. and he, by the way, raised nearly $300,000 for parkinson's research, something his dad was diagnosed with decades ago. willie said if one nickel had been raised while running, it would have been worth it. he raised more than his goal. >> three times his goal. that's amazing. and it led to a memorable moment among many. check this out. stephanie ruhle, our pal, jumping the sidelines, hopping a barricade to hug willie. >> she's lucky he didn't fall over. >> in new york, you see somebody in a cape coming at you, you tend to run in the opposite direction. >> he ran fast, too? like a nine-minute mile? >> his first ever marathon, that's next level. he didn't just run it, he blazed it. >> just ahead, we have another new marathoner who started from scratch. and yesterday, she crossed -- >> yes! >> you know erin azar. she's a motivational mom, tiktok star, what do we call it, the struggle is real marathon?

, right >> the real deal >> the high school marching band guys, you know who deserves a parade willie geist much he raised for a cause so close to his heart. willie is with us this morning >> willie. >> willie g. >> willie, check, refresh the website, how much have you raised for parkinson's research? >> i can't believe i'm saying this, but we've raised $503,000. half a million dollars for the michael j. fox foundation. here is the thing about it there were no corporate gifts, no huge donation from a company. this was all $5, $10, $20. there were some bigger ones, but to read the stories and everyone who said i've only got 5 bucks to give you, but my father had parkinson's or my mom had parkinson's. i hoped, and it was a crazy goal, to raise $100,000, but as of yesterday, we raised $500,000 almost exclusively on small donations. >> look at this. i think this is the most beautiful shot of the marathon you hugging michael j. fox and giving his wife a kiss tell us what that moment meant to you >> yeah, hoda, that was the notorious 24th mile that goes uphill on 5th avenue you don't realize 5th

. >> so mika is going to stand between stephanie ruhle and willie geist, because we saw what happenedr. there's no chance it's going to

. >> andrew, it is willie geist, congratulations on the book.hink for fear so you get a lot of peoples people looking around wondering what the right thing to say is or virtual signaling on social media. so why in your assessment are there not more andrew sullivans, people willing to upset both sides in our political media culture right now. >> well because even i got fired last year. that the atmosphere in mainstream media and i'll say this with all seriousness, that's been so oppressive. the fear of offending someone is great and the threat of a honest mistake, a single statement that might be faulty and which their entire career is destroyed over this. there is a fanaticism in the newsroom that is chilling the discourse and preventing younger thinks to say what they think and encouraging everybody to uniformity. we should be able to argumentu and we should be able to argue without everybody's feelings be constantly wounded. we can't go forward if we don't have a certain amount of resilience, self-understanding. i remember eleanor roosevelt, n

. >> carlos, it's willie geist.johnson. that is the country we live in today. many of those books you're reading and you write about so well, in some ways the story of a different country in terms of how divided we are. so if god forbid we ever encountered another moment like that, how different would the lessons be? how would we apply those lessons to a country reflexably so many people would object to whatever the president says or does, because of the party he's in, or whatever member of congress says or does, because of the party he or she is in? how different are we today than we were 20 years ago? >> i think that's a great point, and i think if you look at 9/11 at one point and 2021 in another, it certainly looks like a different place, but i think that in many ways, these things happened incrementally. there's some, there's some continuity, i think, as well as disruption. in many ways the legacy of the war on terror is the country that we've become today. you know, it's hard to imagine a, a political candidat

>> for "morning joe" but a lot of stuff for willie geist, sunday's "today" show. >> you got to get theait right now. >> that comcast commerce tree though, it does more than just teach children -- >> it's inspirational. >> it's inspirational. it teaches them about market share. >> money. >> importance of broadband when they sit down with santa, talking about the entire comcast package -- >> and santa at the mall. there's a shortage. >> there is. so a lot really to be looking forward to as the comcast commerce trade rings in the new season, and you can expect to see holiday bells and lights from the top of those satellite dishes because that's just what mika does, christmastime for her penthouse condo. a lot to look at, willie. >> you know what the kids love to do, they come to see the tree and get the picture, and if you look up every so often, it's not scheduled, mika will lean over the balcony and wave with a white glove down to the children who have come to see the tree and are hastily funneled into the nbc experience store to buy merchandise. >> and talking about what happened befor

it's willie geist. congratulations on a fifth year of thundergong.aken care of. and yet you get a call back that says, sorry, we can't help you. how is that possible, and has that changed since you started this work? >> well that is injustice, and that's why -- there's a lot of that in america -- and that's why that's possible, unfortunately. the fact that i even have to have this job -- you know. a lot of insurance policies don't cover prosthetic care at all. we've not changed the legislation just yet, but that's the grand scheme is to create a place where my job doesn't need to exist. in the meantime it does. we're a place for those folks who have nowhere else to go when they've lost a limb and just want to get back to work but they can't pay for it. and we're here to help. >> i do want to make it clear to the folks that run and own insurance companies if they stop dicking people over like that we will still do thundergong. thundergong won't go away. i don't want to put that on their plate. if they want to be nice and generous and help people we'll

it's willie geist. let me ask you about masks in schools.supportive of the school districts and played by the rules, okay, if all the kids are going to be vaccinated, or most of the kids vaccinated from 5 up, isn't it time here pretty soon to get rid of those masks in schools? even people who support vaccines. parents who don't want their kids to be in masks for years on end. at what point do you think the masks can go away? >> it's a great question and i agree, i think everybody is looking forward to that time. i don't want to get ahead of our experts who review all the data and everything pretty much continuously. the three things that really went into our decision to recommend masks in schools are the same considerations we're going to be looking at if we -- when we make any further recommendations. first the percentage of people immunized, the more who are immunized, the safrp it is. the second is the level of spread in our communities. i think we know rates are coming down now, but they are leveling off a bit and they are still higher t