Broke this. It is so important for these the resilience here. It is also the third time i have had the pleasure of welcoming we shoot on board. This is also a special slide because duke and josh are the very last to make it to space. As we celebrate this, we have a special gift. I guess the family wants to hear from you. Here is mike. Thank you so much. It is incredible to be in space. Mom, i am finally in space. It has been such a pleasure training with this amazing crew. We are looking forward to getting to work here on expedition 68. I dont know that i had a chance to think. Thank you guys so much. I love you. And mom and dad and my sister, kiersten. Thank you. I want to thank nicoles husband. I have been very lucky my entire life to be a part of some amazing teams that enabled us to do some phenomenal things. And they come up here and meet some of the greatest friends i have ever known. It is breathtaking. I know it has been a complete pain but it is certainly worth it. Thank you terry buddy who enabled us to do this. Just the people who know what they are doing. Everyone in my live has contributed to some small way in some small way and i cant thank you enough. Thank you for the introduction. It is great to be back in jersey. This is like coming back from a home away from home for me. I appreciate my Family Support for me to be able to do this. I want to thank everyone. I really appreciate all the help you provided. Cant wait to work with this wonderful crew. Yes. We are really glad to share the time of the guys at the station. I am happy to share my time with the people. And for all the people who are all just glad for us. Share with us your feelings. We will keep working hard. This is so wonderful. To have friends here and on the ground this is wonderful. My big hello to everyone i know and to my family. To my husband, angelina, my mom, my brothers. Everybody who is able to come and support me at the long side. Everything is super. Thank you for all of the support. Welcome to expedition 68. That concludes the event. Click cspans washington journal, every day they take calls jim into the day. The university of florida professor Michael Mcdonald will be on to talk about voting in the 2020 u. S. President ial election. And then victor child talks about north koreas launch of an intermediate range Ballistic Missile over japan. Also, bill glover previous the u. S. Senate debate and mandela barnes. Watch washington journal life at 7 00 eastern friday morning on cspan or on cspan now, our free mobile video app. Join the discussion with your phone calls, facebook comments, texts and tweets. On friday, a preview of the midterm elections. And president bidens agenda. Watch live coverage from American University in washington dc. You can also watch on our free video app, cspan now or online at cspan. Org. Cspan is your unfiltered view of government. We are funded by these Television Companies and more including cox. Homework can be hard but squatting in a diner for internet is even harder. Homework and just be homework. Connected to compete. Give you a front row seat to democracy. Voters in iowa heard from marty walsh during the fundraising