More aid. Well, President Trump tweeting from his golf course today in new jersey responded with this. The mayor of san juan, who is very complimentary only a few days ago has now been told by the democrats that you must be nasty to trump. The mayor has been critical of the Trump Administrations response to Hurricane Maria, blaming the federal government for scenes like these, lines forming at stores and gas stations across the island, people waiting for hours with no guarantee that anything will be left when they finally make it to the front of the line. Mayors response to the events unfolding this morning, the goal is one, saving lives. This is the time to show our true colors. We cannot be distracted by anything else. Heres her emotional plea from cnn last night that started this whole exchange. People are dying here. We truly are dying here, and i keep saying it. S. O. S. , if anyone can hear us, if mr. Trump can hear us, lets just get it over with and get the ball rolling. We have a team of correspondents and analysts on the ground in puerto rico, but we start with cnns ryan nobles, who is near the president in branchburg, new jersey. Ryan . Reporter yeah, thats right, martin. 3. 5 million americans living in puerto rico, struggling this morning for food, water, electricity, and shelter, and the president of the United States from his golf course in new jersey deciding that today and this morning was a good time to pick a fight on twitter with the mayor of san juan, carmen yulin cruz. As you mentioned, in a series of tweets this morning, the president unloading on mayor cruz and specifically her leadership during this crisis. This is what the president had to say this morning. He said, such poor leadership ability by the mayor of san juan and others in puerto rico, who are not able to get their workers to help. They want everything to be done for them when it should be a community effort. 10,000 federal workers now on an island doing a fantastic job. And its important to point out, martin, that mayor cruz has asked and pleaded with President Trump for support, but she has yet to specifically criticize the president , yet this is the response from the commander in chief to a mayor on an island in desperate need of help. Martin . Ryan nobles with the president this morning, thank you very much. And in san juan this hour, russell onray, who led Hurricane Relief efforts after katrina. Would you please respond to one thing, donald trump said they want everything to be done for them when it should be a community effort. What kind of Community Efforts have you seen . Is there anything suggesting that the people of puerto rico are not trying to help themselves . Yeah, just around this hotel, the streets here were opened by local citizens yesterday, i observed it with my own eyes. One of the things people need is gasoline. If you want the trucks to run, we got to get gasoline in, my suggest is to give everybody a tank of gas. You want the stores to open, you want the people to drive in from the rural areas and outside of san juan, youve got to get gas so they can go to work. When people can go to work, this thing will fix themselves, but until we get gasoline to everybody and get communications up to everybody, people cant talk. Thats what i think two big priorities and a lot of things are sorting themselves out. Once people can go back to work. You can bring a million soldiers here, but if people cant move and talk, it wont work. It takes the businesses to be open to get things working and to get the stores back stocked and get the walgreens open, and get the at t cell towers up and the verizon so people can talk. One of the key enablers right now to change things here in 24 hours, give everybody a tank of gas to get the trucks moving, stores opened, streets clean. Until that happens, were at a standstill. That would be my recommendation. What is your reaction to the president s tweets this morning . I have no reaction. The mayor is living on a cot. I hope the president have a good day at golf. The president is going to be there on tuesday. He tweeted this morning hell be there with his wife, with the first lady. If you could meet him there, what would you want to take him to show him . What would you want to say to him . I would encourage him to give general buchanan everything that he think he wants, direct the secretary of defense, joint chiefs of staff, and commander to be on scene. She has the authority to give general buchanan everything thats needed right now, full support, no ifs or buts about it, boots on the ground to kick start the system so we can do things like get the enablers up, get gas employed, medicines at the right place. We need at least 150 helicopters here. Last count we had less than 80. You need the helicopters for what . Help people who are watching understand, general, what do we need the helicopters for specifically . To make distribution out to the outlying areas. Every mayor right now should have a military Liaison Officer with a sat phone or ability to call back and get in emergency medevac and keep people alive. Until we start doing those type things, were going to be hard pressed. Need a lot more helicopters, and need some subordinate commanders that can come in here and help him and help the National Guard. Youve got a Great National guard here, but many of them are incumbent because they are taking care of their families. We could fly the National Guard families out to military bases back in the United States so the guardsmen are not worried about what their family are going to eat tonight and take care of them. Its a great guard. I deployed them to iraq several times. They are good troops but incumbent by the same thing the First Responders are, trying to work and take care of their families. We can get the enablers going, this is going to straighten up quick. 40 of the people here are unemployed. Empower the mayors similar to the wpa work program, put people to work and pay them later. Keep their names and a lot of things could start happening, but cant do it following the existing rules of commerce and government in the United States, where everybody has to have a contract, a number, and a website to work for the government. That b. S. Has to stop if we want to build this territory back to its previous state. All right, general russell honore, we so value your thoughts and opinions on this. Thank you so much. The governor of puerto rico is responding to President Trumps tweets attacking the san juan mayor. Cnn correspondent Brynn Gingras joins us now. You asked the governor to respond to the president s comments. What did he say . Right, i actually, martin, just read that tweet that ryan had read earlier for your viewers about the president sort of giving some criticism to the local authorities here and puerto rico helping itself, and he hadnt seen that tweet, but he stayed somewhat neutral in his response, really just saying that he will collaborate with anyone who is here to help the people of puerto rico. He also said that he is getting a lot of help from the administration. He said he was satisfied with sort of the conversations hes had with the president and his requests have been answered, according to the governor here of puerto rico, but heres more of what he had to say to my question. I spoke to the president. I dont feel that that message was sent in general. I do reiterate that the only way for this to work is for us to have collaboration and let me stress this, i am committed to collaborating with everybody. This is a point where we cant look at differences, we cant establish differences based on politics. And really he did address sort of a spat that has been going on, it seems, between the mayor of san juan and now the president and he basically said that hes putting those politics aside. He would like everyone to put politics aside and just focus here on the people of puerto rico. Some of the things they also talked about in this News Conference i want to mention, they say, you know, were still in a state of emergency, they are aware of that. They are aware of the dire need of many across the island, but progress is being made. They are making priorities, of course, of the hospitals and the airport and they are relying on local municipalities across the island to communicate here at the central hub with what their needs are so they can get food and water and other necessities out there. They are also trying to improve communications, so his News Conference was more of a positive note. Really, again, being neutral about the administration and instead just appreciating the collaboration that is going on here and across the island. Back to you guys. Brynn, thank you very much, cnns Brynn Gingras in puerto rico. And we want to play for you the moment the mayor of san juan did criticize the president. This is the mayor last night on cnn. I have to get the voice of our people out there. I lived in the United States for 12 years. I went to school there, i had my child there in pittsburgh, pennsylvania. I know what the u. S. Heart is all about. You know, you are an intelligent, daring people, so i just dont understand why things have become so complicated and the logistics are so unsurmountable. It hurts me so much to hear so many people on this island say to me and reporters, were americans, were americans, that they have to explain that as if we shouldnt know that. I just find that so i mean, i think it says something about the way people here feel about the way things have been handled. Theres a lot of linked history. Theres a lot of cross moving. Theres people in orlando, philadelphia, los angeles, houston, every time there is a problem, we are a kind of people that share our sorrows, but also share our triumphs, and we just dont understand and sorry, maybe im too tired, i get a little emotional, but were dying here. We truly are dying here, and i keep saying it, s. O. S. , if anyone can hear us, you know, if mr. Trump can hear us, lets just get it over with and get the ball rolling. Again, i heard a former fema administrator Michael Brown earlier this week talking about the fact we are now going into this ten, even 11 days now, and without food and water that is accessible to people, we are going to continue to see a desperation on their part. Puerto rico wasnt the only caribbean island that was hit hard by two backtoback storms. Over a week after Hurricane Maria, most of the u. S. Virgin islands are still without power. Power has only been restored to 15 of the homes in st. Thomas and 10 of the homes in st. Croix. This week fema said that hundreds of people are still in storm shelters throughout the islands. U. S. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson is wrapping up his visit to china now. Hes been feeling some new information today about americas direct dialogue with north korea. Were live in beijing. Stay close. I kept looking for ways to manage my symptoms. I thought i was doing okay. Then it hit me. Managing was all i was doing. When i told my doctor, i learned humira is for people who still have symptoms of moderate to severe Crohns Disease even after trying other medications. In clinical studies, the majority of people on humira saw significant symptom relief and many achieved remission. Humira can lower your ability to fight infections, including tuberculosis. 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Well, the secretary of state is actually on a plane back to the United States right now, but it was just a few hours ago that i was able to sit in on a meeting with a couple of other journalists and the secretary of state and talk about north korea and ask a couple of questions off camera, and one of the things that jumped out, the most interesting thing that jumped out, he was asked is north korea ready to talk about this, and he said, look, we have direct communications to pyongyang about this Nuclear Testing issue. He said weve asked them, would you like to talk. Now, he wouldnt say how north korea responded, if at all, to that question, so were not sure if north korea is, in fact, ready to talk, but its significant because its really the first time that at least publicly the Trump Administration is saying they have direct lines of communication with pyongyang for some sort of diplomatic solution to this ongoing crisis, specifically about the Nuclear Weapons system. We know that both sides have talked before when Otto Warmbier was released from north korea. Both sides actually met directly in oslo, norway, but that wasnt about the missile program. That was about a hostage the north korean regime had, so this is an interesting step forward, its perhaps a good sign given the kind of rhetoric that weve seen from both sides over the last several months, that there might be some push forward now for a diplomatic solution. Thats exactly what the secretary of state said is the preferred outcome here, not war, but diplomatic talks. Okay, so matt, did he give any indication as to strategically what this means or how it would process out . No, he didnt give specific inclination as to whats going to happen moving forward. In the beginning of our sit down with him, he actually said the first time i would have the opportunity to sit down with the north koreans, it would be what do you even want to talk about when it comes to whats on the negotiating table and specifically said we havent gotten that far yet. Clearly, yes, this is a step forward in the sense theres Diplomatic Communications happening, but clearly, christie, in the beginning stages of conversation and negotiation that would happen between both sides to try and reduce the tension of this particular conflict. Yeah, but it is interesting to hear secretary of state say we are talking directly to pyongyang, youre right. Matt rivers, thank you so much, sir. Still ahead, the president turns on puerto rico, saying, they want everything done for them. In the wake of two devastating hurricanes. The reaction is pouring in. Theres a Restaurant Owner who grew up in puerto rico and hes doing so much, everything he can to help. 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Such poor leadership ability by the mayor of san juan and others in puerto rico, who are not able to get their workers to help. They want everything to be done for them, when it should be a community effort. 10,000 federal workers now on the island doing a fantastic job. Again, those are tweets from the president of the United States. Fema and the governor of puerto rico just gave an update on the recovery effort. Heres what we know right now. 51 hospitals are open. 50 of the gas stations are now operational, and fema is working on distribution of food. The governor also blasted anyone making the crisis in puerto rico about playing politics. I spoke to the president , i dont feel that that message was sent in general. I do reiterate that the only way for this to work is for us to have collaboration and let me stress this, i am committed to collaborating with everybody. This is a point where we cant look at small differences. We cant establish, you know, differences based on politics. This as President Trumps health and Human Services secretary tom price is forced to resign after a scandal. Remember price dominated headlines after it was revealed he used taxpayer money to take private flights for government business. He ran up a tab of more than 1 million for noncommercial flights. Well, lets get back to puerto rico here, because officials there and here in the states are pleading with President Trump for more aid after Hurricane Maria destroyed most of the island. We talked earlier with new York City Council speaker mark vivarito and she says, you know what, for her this is personal. This is serious. This is about life and death. This is about lack of preparation, lack of planning, lack of appropriate response. This has to be acknowledged. We all knew this hurricane was a category 5 and catastrophic. We all know puerto rico is an island. We all knew it was going to be a direct hit, so all of that should have led to a level of preparation where the next day resources and boots were on the ground. There is not an appropriate response, and there has to be an 5 acknowledgment. Now what we need to do is save lives. We only have about 10,000 between troops and relief workers, when there were 40,000 in florida with irma, when there were 30,000 in florida with harvey. This is not an appropriate response, and that has to be acknowledged. So we need much more seriousness. We need President Trump to basically pull away from his fragile ego and not making this about himself, to get out of his golf course cocoon and get to work. He needs to be in charge. He needs to take control. He needs to demonstrate some level of empathy over what is happening. The tweets this morning are despicable, are deplorable, are not statesmanlike at all, and we need some level of understanding that there is going to be a seriousness given to this crisis. This is a catastrophe that has never been seen, not only in puerto rico, but in context of the United States, and we need an appropriate response. We need someone that is going to stand there and say we are going to give you everything you need, make this possible, make sure we work with you to save lives. We need some sort of understanding of what it is what were going through as a people. Theres also a Restaurant Owner who is doing everything he can to help his former home in puerto rico. Elmer broke down a bit here as he explained what he knows his family is suffering, and he shared an Emotional Message for the president. They need help, you know, all the consumable goods, theres no water, no electricity, as youve heard. The other issue is, is that the communications. Families from that are there cant reach out to the families that are outside of the island, and vice versa. Have you physically spoken to family . I have. I was able to get in touch with my cousin. And how are they emotionally dealing with all of this . Destroyed. Destroyed . Yes. And what does he say to you . First of all, theyve never experienced this, and second of all, she told me, remember home, it doesnt exist anymore. That breaks my heart. To hear her say that. She says, i literally stepped out of the house, i walked a couple of houses down, couple of blocks, looked around, she said, i live in a different place. Everything that she remembered is gone. And just to hear that, to hear that plea, to hear that cry for help, it drove me to do the efforts that im doing here now. We dont want anything done for us. Were survivors. Were warriors, but in return weve given our lives to this nation, so is that a lot to ask . You need to do this yesterday. You need to get your hands in there. Get involved, get dirty. Go. Go look around. See how the people are dying right before your eyes, you know, this is not just were not talking about a very small crisis or a period of a couple of days. Theres an outcry. Theres an outbreak. And elmer is collecting food and water and supplies that are being sent to his family there and to everybody who needs it in puerto rico. Joining me now, cnn political analyst and senior White House Correspondent for bloomberg news, matthew nusbaum, former republican governor of South Carolina andre bower and brian stelter. Good morning, thanks to all of you for being here. Andre, let me start with you. The president accusing the mayor of san juan of poor leadership in response to this disaster. Interesting point, since there was some debate about who is really the poor leader here. Whats your reaction . My reaction is, im a states rights guy. Look, i believe the federal government has a role and responsibility to come in and help, but local leadership is supposed to lead, not the federal government, and so it really falls on the backs of the people that have been elected, and make no mistake, resources have been given. 11 major highways cleared, 10,000 people down there, youve got an acting secretary on the ground, fourstar general, 11 points of distribution, 500 gas stations of gas, air dropped supplies into places they cant get to major hubs, 40 million available right now, so things have been done. The federal government has come in, but my feeling is the federal governments role is not to come in and take over. As a local guy thats served in local elected office, i wouldnt want the federal government to ever come in and take over. I think i know what my people need better than the federal government. And the mayor of san juan made that point. She said if you turn it over to local municipalities, theyll distribute the aid, but the point is, its the president of the United States who should be sort of reassuring the people of puerto rico, instead hes picking a fight with the mayor and makes it sound like hes being highly critical saying they, and i presume hes referring to people of puerto rico, only want us to do everything for them. Well, keep in mind the mayor is the one that actually struck first. Here the president is doing everything he can, two other major catastrophes. My house was flooded four feet, i helped myself. I realized theirs is much worse than mine, but i think the mentality too often is to turn to washington every time you turn around, and local leadership needs to take this by the horns. If the federal government comes in and helps, thats great. But again, this is a territory, they have to take care of themselves and we have given them an unbelievable amount of supplies, but to fault the president when hes personally coming down on tuesday, sent members of his staff, wait a minute, we want a full understanding before we immediately send funds down there, and as a taxpayer thats prudent to make sure the funds are spent as efficiently and effectively as possible. These folks need help, but it needs to be done in an organized manner with a lot of thought put behind it before you just immediately throw money at it. Hold on, andre, let me bring in brian. I think i heard him gasp there at one point. Brian . I recognize President Trump is a counterpuncher, andre, i know thats his brand. Hes been saying that and doing that for 30 or 40 years, but is it ever appropriate to counterpunch, even if you think youve been punched, and we can argue whether hes been punched or not by anyone in puerto rico. Is it president ial to punch back in the middle of a catastrophe . Its president ial, because donald trump did it and hes the president , and hes not dont do the ceo businessman that is changing washington, and i elected him hes not even in washington today, andre, hes at his golf resort in new jersey. Yesterday talking about tom price, he said i didnt like the optics of tom price flying in private jets, then he flew in a private jet to his golf resort. What about those optics today . You dont like it, work against him in the next election. You didnt want him to get elected before, the people of america are sick of the same thing. Most americans actually are opposed to this president , and Many Americans think hes a racist. He has a race problem. And when he tweets about puerto rico saying they, saying they need a handout, he makes his race problem worse. When he does that from his golf course in new jersey hes the president , and its going to be the same tomorrow. I hate it for you, but hes your president , too. All right, hold on, both of you, because were going to take a break. Theres, obviously, a lot more to talk about. Well be back with more right after this. Amid the coverage of the recent storms, we have heard, havent we, some really Inspiring Stories about everyday people who are pitching in to do something good here, and this weeks cnn hero found a unique way to do so. After a disaster, theres two basic needs that a person has. The first ones shelter, and the other one is nourishment. And so barbecue, besides being a nourishing meal, is comfort food. Being able to give somebody a hot barbecue meal in one of their worst times, we not only are giving something nutritious, but we are giving them maybe a little bit of normalcy for just a short period of time. And we know that means so much. 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All i have is time for people to move forward, get help, and what kind of a puerto rican, what kind of a human would i be, if i know of other mayors getting no water and no food and if i look the other way and just have my city taken care of . So i will continue to do whatever i have to do, say whatever i have to say, compliment the people i need to compliment, and call out the people that i need to call out. If mr. Trump wants to see me, i would be very glad to meet with him. But again, this is about saving lives, and what i would really like him to do is not just have a helicopter ride over to survey areas, just to go out into the towns where people are drinking out of creeks, or the towns where all the cows and the dead people are together, or those towns where there is no medicine, and hear from the people of puerto rico and see their passion for life, see what we are doing to get back on track, and listen to their hearts. One can visit as a photo op, or one can visit to make sure things get done the right way. And that is the mayor of san juan, puerto rico, responding to criticism by the president of the United States this morning. And were back with our panel. Margaret, matthew, andre, and brian. Margaret, let me start with you. I want to play what the threestar general, whos now been tapped to lead the puerto rico recovery, said to cnn yesterday about where things stand. Well, were certainly bringing in more. For example, on the military side were bringing in both air force, navy, and army medical capabilities, in addition to more aircraft, rotary wing aircraft, helicopters of different types, and a lot of logistical support. You know, the answer is, no, its not enough, and were bringing more in. I understand margaret cant hear me, so im going to turn to matthew real quick. The president is, of course, going to puerto rico on tuesday. Hes already in a verbal fistfight, and im wondering just what is going to happen tuesday when he gets there . What do you expect the response will be . Well, its certainly going to be interesting now that hes kicked off, like you say, this fistfight, not just with the mayor of san juan for what he perceived was criticism of him, but with puerto rican leaders and responders more broadly, saying they want everything done for them. So what was going to be perhaps a slightly uncomfortable and awkward visit in the first place, given the response to the storm, i think, has only become more so. Look, there are legitimate criticisms that can be made about the infrastructure puerto rico had in place to respond to this storm. They dont have the same kind of capabilities florida and texas had. Thats not what the president s doing, however. Hes making a partisan attack to dismiss any criticism of his response and saying, oh, this is just a democrat trying to score political points, where his people on the ground are actually saying, look, there is more to do and were trying to do it. Andre, the president is accusing the san juan mayor of poor leadership in response to all of this. Whats your reaction . Well, i dont know enough im not there, so i dont know exactly whats being done, but i know as a taxpayer we are sending enormous resources and at some point in time the local leadership has got to say we have this many resources, were going to allocate them to the best of our ability. Thats what leadership is, and they cant put it on the backs of everybody else. They have to make it happen, whatever the resources are. To me it seems like they are getting a great deal of resources from our president and from many branches many facets of government, whether it be the military or what have you, so they need to take those look, resources are spread thin. We have a country thats 20 trillion in debt. We know we just helped the state of texas, the state of florida, my own city of charleston had unbelievable damage, and so there are a lot of things going on in this world that we want to help, but you only have so many resources that you can send. When youre dying, when youre suffering, in the midst of a disaster, you dont want to hear someone give you financial reasoning. What you want is help and you want leadership. And in this case coming from the president of the United States. There would be criticism if the federal government came in and the president said were taking over. The criticism would be unbelievable with them saying, look, we dont want washington telling us what to do. Were in a different place and they dont know what we need. So to me, when you have 10,000 people down there helping, 800 fema workers, to me at some point in time they are stepping over each other. Too many indians too many chiefs and not enough indians. You only can have so much before you can disseminate the goods and services, so, again, that falls i doubt if they are stumbling over one another, but let me bring in margaret, because i wanted to at least have a question with her. We played the sound from the threestar general whos now leading puerto ricos recovery effort there and he was saying they are going to bring in more of this and that and more. So the fact hes bringing in more would imply they dont have enough already. Thats right. Look, i think to the extent that were having a he said she said conversation about whether the president is right or the mayor of san juan is right, it means were not talking about the effectiveness of the u. S. Response so far, and thats just a reality. But look, these are american citizens, the president has previously stated publicly that hes committed to helping them and hes making an effort to go there on tuesday. Thats still happening. Its gotten a lot more politically awkward all of a sudden, but thats still on pace, so i think the rhetoric is just in such stark dissonance to what the administrations roll out and effort has been so far. Hes got a series of calls planned this afternoon with various leaders in the puerto rican government, as well as fema and the virgin islands, but the mayor of san juan is not listed on that public schedule. I think this was probably an inadvertent gut reaction thats going to overtake the news cycle today, when, in fact, the relief efforts and impact on americans citizens is whats important. Margaret, matthew, andre, brian, thank you all for joining us and contributing at the conversation this morning. The nfl controversy is spilling into College Football now. Coy wire has a preview, and players, i understand, are going to be locking arms on the field . Yeah, College Football is a little different than the nfl, so were going to talk about Something Special northwestern is going to do, also about this incredible atmosphere here. Its game day at the university of wisconsin. Big game in the big ten. My name is Cynthia Haynes and i am a senior Public Safety specialist for pg e. My job is to help educate our First Responders on how to deal with natural gas and electric emergencies. Everyday when we go to work we want everyone to work safely and come home safely. I live right here in auburn, i absolutely love this community. Once i moved here i didnt want to live anywhere else. I love that people in this community are willing to come together to make a difference for other peoples lives. Together, were building a better california. It is College Football saturday, and today were at the scene of a mighty big ten matchup. Yeah, coy wire in madison, wisconsin, just a few hours from now the university of Wisconsin Badgers taking on the northwestern wildcats. Coy is surrounded by only one team at the moment, which is probably safe. Hi, coy. And they are wearing the right colors. Im at the university of wisconsin with the badgers, and unlike the nfl, College Football players, talking about the national anthem, they are not on the field for the anthem, but northwestern, they are going to lock arms when they walk out and go on to the field to show solidarity in their own way, promote unity. Unity is what we have a lot of going on right now. Were at the pep rally here for wisconsin, and it is incredible. The band is playing, theres a rich tradition here, not just of College Football, but this is the 100th anniversary of camp randall, the stadium where they play. During the civil war those grounds were used as a Training Ground for over 70,000 troops, so rich, rich tradition here at the university of wisconsin. One thing that makes this place great are the fans, and we found one of the best in all of College Football. His name is ken. Meet ken warner, a wisconsin grad and self proclaimed badgers super fan going by the name kilted ken. I started collecting somewhere around 30 years ago or so. I have 753 books on football, 146 pennants. They go back to 1894. 417 football programs going back to the late 1800s. 30 different hats that i use for games. Ken is such a huge fan, he married his wife at halftime of a wisconsin game. We walked straight across the 50 yard line and did all our vows, bucky badger, who was my ring bearer, by the way. The tux, actually, was part of my wedding, 150,000 stitches of bucky badger on the back. Kilted ken is on the mission to set a record for the most College Games attended in a lifetime. Hes up to almost 500 games and has the hopes of attending 300 more. Go, ken, go. My wife and i have gone to every game home and away. I keep track of it here. Thanks for stopping by. Go badgers ken and his wife travel about an hour to get to every game. True super fans like lindsey here. Whats one of your favorite things about games at wisconsin . The jump around. Jump around. Jump around. Third quarter, jump around, voted best college tradition in past years. How about you . I love the fifth quarter where the band comes out and stays after the game, plays really cool songs. Fifth quarter, absolutely fantastic. The band is back there getting the crowd ready. Big matchup, number ten wisconsin taking on northwestern. Going to be a good day, guys. Will be a good day for you. Coy wire, thank you so much. Good luck, everybody out there. And thank you so much for making us part of your morning. We appreciate it. I hope you make some good memories today. 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