there? >> yeah, i mean i think it all brings us together and realize we're all connected and you know the sun is 93 million miles away the moon is 240,000 miles away. here we're all connected in this universe together >> shepard: i like that. you know as we're watching this, this is the first family there, taking a minute to come out and sort of enjoy it with the rest. you see the son barron out front enjoying it as well. they're not getting a total eclipse in washington obviously. you have to a few states south into south carolina where they're having it right now in columbia south carolina. a good partial eclipse in washington for the first family, for all of us to enjoy. and i don't know, you know, coming into today i'm stuck in a studio for this but i really enjoyed hearing from people all across the country ernie, including people like you. >> thank you very much. very much appreciate it. >> shepard: you're on the back side of it. the thing that you've been waiting for, for two years as