i'm very embarrassed to have had to have taken a coughing break. now it looks like i've been crying for an hour and a half. you know what, i didn't have allergies until i was in my 40s. i got them in my 40s. i have no ability to cope with them whatsoever. not that i envy people who have had allergies for their entire life. i feel like when you got them when you were 8 you figured out how to deal with them. now every year whatever happens that brings on my allergies comes on in the fall. it's like i'm a goldfish swimming around the bowl seeing that castle for the first time. oh, my god, castle. shocks me every time. i have no ability to deal with it. so forgive me. i know i sounded terrible on the show on friday night. i realized i had to take a break for coughing, but keep hope alive. all right. as i was saying, "new york times" had a remarkable report today on north korean national security issues unrelated to their nuclear program and their