dr. seuss and the news produced interest but it wasn't just that goose in sales that came as a result of the cancellation. the -- more broadly, there is a netflix series, there is an amazon series. dr. seuss enterprises, which are his descendants who manage his rights, are making a bunch of big, new deals. so a comeback for the cat in the hat. >> i like it. mike alan, thank you very much for being here today. and thanks to all of you for getting up way too early with us on this friday morning and all week long. have a great weekend, everybody. "morning joe" starts right now. good morning, we have got new developments this morning in russia's invasion of ukraine. the kremlin hits back at the u.s. intel that shows vladimir putin is being misled by his advisers about the war. and new reporting that there is no russian commander on the ground in ukraine. we will dig into that all of this as russia keeps up its relentless assault.