>> i'll appreciative the both of you came on to talk to me about this morning. dr. imani perry, the author of "south to america: a journey below the mason dixon to understand the soul of a nation" and jelani cobb, both are prolific authors. if you get a chance, read everything they write. i want to make an important acknowledgement, today is february 6th, it is a great day, with great birthdays. babe ruth, bob marley, ronald reagan, rick astly, who i'm never going to give up, the birthday two of our own at "velshi," rich pegala and jared blake, they work very hard every day to make this program go along with the rest of the staff. i like them a lot. so i want to say happy birthday to them on tv. jared wrote these words that i'm reading right now. so i have no idea what's coming next. one would think he would make this shoutout better for him.