But were mad. Weve been had and were not so glad, quote the lorax. Thank you, go bless some of the United States of america d blese United States of america bless United States of america d blese United States of america good day, everyone. Im Andrea Mitchell, as we try to dig out our way in the nations capital. Many on the east coast still with record levels. Three feet in some areas. At least 37 deaths are now attribute to the storm. Mass transit was crippled including nearly 12,000 cancelled flights. Hundreds more cancelled today alone. The federal government is still shut down today along with thousands of schools from washington to new jersey. Im joined now by Morgan Redford in central park where 26 inches of snow fell down today and hit with severe flooding over the weekend and luke in washington, still trying but not yet succeeding to get back to normal. Morgan, first to you. Lets talk about new york city. Much bigger than expected snowfall. Reporter thats right, andrea. The temperature is still beginning to drop, but whats interesting, the roads here in central park are finally clean. People are biking behind me. Theyre running, theyre walking their dogs and just to give you a sense of the speed of this recovery and why its so markable, back in 1996, a snowfall hit new york and it hit it with 20 inches of snow. 40 inches, in fact, but it took hours, hours and hours for them to clean up the snow. Where just this weekend, we saw a similar amount of snow. 30 inches in queens. But it took 11 hours of them to clear 95 of the roads but things are basically back to normal here in the city. Cars have been allowed on the roads. New york city Public Schools are finally open. And the mayors planning an allcall for emergency people to come and help clear the citys bus stops, the sidewalks, the crosswalks. And thats just so that new yorkers can move around but that doesnt undercut the severity of the storms we saw this past week, andrea, we saw upwards of 30 People Killed across 13 states and even as we begin to dig ourselves out of the snow, you can see my boots arent even visible here in central park. Theres expected to be more snow in other parts of the country this week. Thanks to you and rahayma ellis in new jersey. The flooding was terrible over the weekend. Weve already seen that chris christie, the governor, flew out early yesterday saying all was fine there. How is it in new jersey . Reporter well, they would contradict what the governor is saying. Its not at all fine. We spoke with one of the administrators of West Wildwood borough and he would describe it as catastrophic. You can see the tire on the piling and thats not where its supposed to be. The water is receding. Were now able to see what is, was a beach here. Just a couple of hours ago, it was all water. Down here, if we could take a look, this is the bulk of what was supposed to protect this community from the rushing water. But that water was so fierce, so angry, that it knocked the bulk head down and then rushed into this community. One administrator told me they had water in this area anywhere from two feet to six feet high. Look at down here. This used to be a playground. This is a sense of how much mud theyve got to clear out. Theyre shoveling snow in some parts but here, they try to move the mud away, people literally trying to get it out of their driveways, out of their basements, and to get the landings that were by the sea and now in driveways on the streets. Not where theyre supposed to be. There will be some time trying to get back together but im assured that they will get it back together in the coming days and months and weeks. But one thing theyre concerned now is the possibility of another storm coming by the weekend. And its a good thing, rahamya hes in New Hampshire and has been since early yesterday morning. And not on the ballot in new jersey right now because it looks like quite a mess there. Thank you very much for your reporting. And luke russert in the capital. Reporter its the dc digout. Its an important one. The weather is cooperating. The snow is mushier. The mayor calling in some trackers. I want to show you behind me. You see the process going on. Its a dump truck pulls up and the tracker takes it, puts it in the back with an offsite dump area of around rfk stadium and the field. Its the big parking lots and thats really what has to happen here in downtown dc because it has been crippled throughout the weekend to this morning. The federal government shut down and dc government shut down and school shut down as well. This is so much snow that mayor boweser is asking to help out with the cost. And i think its going to take at least another few days before all the residential areas are plowed out. Weve seen photos from northwest and northeast, all four quadrants of a lot of cars still trapped by the snow and folks unable to get out of their homes with their vehicles. Now, its not only the cars that have been stuck by this, andrea, its also planes. Thousands of cancellations up and down the east coast. Theres a bit of good news. Reagan National Airport starting to get back to the normal rhythm of things. Thats also the case of bwi dulles and virginia. And amtrak with trains from new york to dc and thats back up running as is the metro here in washington. Albeit with limited service, but theyre getting there. Maybe if this continues to keep up, people can get back to work tomorrow but might take another day simply because when it gelts cold tonight, this stuff turns into ice which makes it difficult to move. Luke russert, thank you to rahaima ellis and morgan in central park. We have to show you this. The most snow of all West Virginia this weekend. Whopping 42 inches. This was sent to us by a friend of the show and local viewer. Good luck to the people in glenn gary still digging out for quite a while from all the snow. If you need more proof that donald trump is all in for the first time on the campaign trail, he spent the night in iowa. Instead of his lavish estate. He stayed at a Holiday Inn Express in sioux city, iowa. Complimenting the staff. And saying its time for ted cruz to either settle his problem with the fact he was born in canada and was a citizen of canada or get out of the race. Touting former president governor rick perry and rick perry joining us now. Thank you very much, governor. Thank you for being with us. Good to be with you. Why endorse ted cruz after all the criticisms of ted cruz and the fact that senators dont know as much as governors that you made when you first were launches your own Business Time around . I spent a lot of time with the senator over the course of the last 60 days. And hes spent an entire day with me in round top, texas. His request, a precious thing, give up your day off to spend with someone else, but the fact of the matter is we sat there and talked. I want to know who ted cruz the man was. Not ted cruz, the politician, was or what the caricature of what i had heard of him, people by and large drew this picture of ted cruz who couldnt get along with people or anyway, the long story short, i found an individual probably one of the best listeners that i had ever been around in that business and a person who knows what he doesnt know. And that is a real virtue in this business. Let me play just, remind you while your fix your ear piece there, sir, what you had said back in june when you launched the race about the president ial candidate and president of the United States of people who come out of washington. The question of every candidate will be this when have you le . Leadership is not a speech on the senate floor. Its not what you say. It is what you have done. And we will not find the kind of leadership needed to revitalize the country by looking to the Political Class in washington. So will you just, what converted you . Just that one day he spent with you in your home in texas . We spent more time than just one day. But the American People have discounted the experience. I happen to think back in june when i announced that was going to be what the American People were really looking for, but obviously, thats not true. When bobby jindal or scott walker or jeb bush and rick perry discounted greatly, im not going to argue with the American People. I basically say, of those individuals still in the race, who is the person whos going to be ready to be the commander in chief on day one and ive come to the conclusion that thats ted cruz. He is a consistent conservative. I happen to think this is an individual who can put together a coalition of diseffected democrats, minorities of women who are tired of washington, dc not listening to them and to truly be able to put this country back on track economically, militarily, get our reputation back internationally and i think ted cruz can do that. What about donald trump and the impact his criticisms of ted cruzs citizenship including a tweet just today thats an impact, the polling numbers really slid since the whole issue of canada and natural born citizen. Dont you have any concerns about that . None at all. Ted cruz is a citizen of the United States. Hes a proud texan and this is a deflection. Who can get the country back on track economically and who is it that americans will have faith . Theyre going to be there standing up for our veterans and active duty military . I think that the consistency in this race is really important to me and i think to most people as they wisely make this choice. Mr. Trump has been all over the board whether its weapons and now mr. Second amendment, whether its issues of social issues which hes been on both sides of. And which donald trump are kbroing yyou going to get . With ted cruz, you know its going to be a consistent conservative and the constitution and devolving back out of washington, dc back to the states. What do you think about Mike Bloomberg into it if its ted cruz or donald trump . Well, i think it makes for an interesting conversation and well have to see whether he wants to take that big step or not. I do believe that the caucus process is not a national poll. That youre going to see an outco outcome. Ted cruzs supporters are committed. Hes got the best organization in iowa. I am very comfortable that when the caucus is over with, that ted cruz is going to be standing at the top of the mountain. Would you support donald trump if he becomes the nominee . Oh, listen. Whoever on the republican side is going to be monumentally better than Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders. Rick perry, governor, thank you very much. Thank you very much. So long. Thanks. Chbtt coming up, the long run. Should the 2016 primary campaign be training for a marijuanathon a sprint . Youre watching Andrea Mitchell reports on msnbc. This is joanne. Her long day as a hair stylist starts with shoulder pain when. Hey joanne, want to trade the all day relief of 2 aleve with 6 tylenol . Give up my 2 aleve for 6 tylenol . No thanks. For me. Its aleve. Yourewhen a majestic beastwoods runs into view. Then you run into a tree. But your totaled new car isnt totally replaced. With new car replacement, well replace the full value of your car plus depreciation. Liberty mutual insurance. Mike bloomberg is considering a third party run. His threshold, by march 1st, donald trump or ted cruz would win the nomination or Bernie Sanders, the democratic nod. Former mayor has the money, certainly, to advertise and likely the staff to get on the ballots as an independent candidate, not a small task and would likely take more from the democrats than the republicans. The democratic hopefuls weighed in on sunday. That is not what the my view of american democracy is supposed to be about. A contest between billionaires. If that takes place, i am confident we win it. Youre not worried about him getting . The way i read it, if i didnt get the nomination, might consider it. Im going to relieve him of that and get him the nomination so he doesnt have to. Joe benton is the chief strategist for the Hillary Clinton campaign. I guess youre hoping that the Michael Bloomberg independent canvas does not materialize. We know the primary fights from 2008 can be a marathon, not a sprint. We are geared up for that kind of campaign. Were confident that Hillary Clinton will be the nominee at the end of this process. Shes out there working very hard for every vote, particularly in iowa, as we lead up to the caucuses in New Hampshire and then we are prepared to do that. I think mayor bloomberg will make his decision in due time and were focused on making our case to democratic voters and American Voters that Hillary Clinton is the person with the values and the experience to get stuff done that will make a difference in their lives. Certainly, bloomberg would not be considering this, according to people very close to him, if he thought that Hillary Clinton were doing better against Bernie Sanders. Hes clearly concerned as are a lot of other democratic supporters that she is not proving to be a better retail candidate. You know, i think weve had rumblings from the bloomberg world before about whether he would run for president or not. Run as an independent or a democrat and then registered as a republican to run for mayor of new york. Clearly, hes done some things here where he served three terms as mayor and ran for office three times. I think as senator sanders said in his knowledge, he has the resources to try it. Its an uphill fight for independent candidates and president ial campaigns. Weve had third party candidates. Im not saying it cant be done but its been more of an uphill climb than a downhill ski slope when you come in and do those. I think the last time we had it was ross piroe. But im sure mayor bloomberg and his team will think long and hard about what it takes to do such a thing. This is what happened to Bernie Sanders. We were with Bernie Sanders today in iowa falls when a woman in the crowd really responded to his appeal about the way people have been hurt, hammered, in terms of their income by the recession and the aftermath of the recession. Lets watch. I have a degree. Divorced. Its just im waiting disability to come through, so my parents have to support me. Its just hard. Thank you. Thank you. It is not easy for people to stand up and say that. But the truth is that until millions of people who are experiencing exactly what you guys are experiencing do say that. We dont make change. Thats fueling the socalled Bernie Sanders revolution. How do you counteract that . I think from the start of his campaign, Hillary Clinton has been talking to americans who said to her and she has said, nobody said being middle class was going to be easy but it shouldnt be this hard. She has from the outset of her campaign talked about the very real concerns of more families who are twoincome households just to get by. More families that are now with the breadwinner or cobreadwinner as a woman, sometimes a single mom. The struggles of these folks have been real and central to the campaign. Shes laid out a series of plans and programs throughout this campaign to meet the Economic Needs of people who are just not looking for any special rewards but just real rewards. Fair rewards. Getting paid with their worth, whether theyre women fighting for equal pay. Working people fighting for a minimum wage that will lift 35 Million People out of poverty including one out of four working mothers. Shes been making this case across america and i think thats part of the strength of her campaign. And i think as we close in now on caucus day and primary day in New Hampshire, i think the real choice that voters in both of these states are going to make as they size up these candidates, which one of these people is really going to get the results that will make a difference in my life and make a real difference in improving my lives . Were confident as voters make that choice and weigh the candidates carefully that Hillary Clinton is going to be their coach. First of all, youve got to get them to the right caucus location. Bernie sanders has been appealing to students, to the young people that are flocking to the rallies. Hes going to help them get home and bus them home to the caucus locations. Caucuses and Hillary Clinton just tweeted out how to caucus video. A 30 second video. It is complicated to get them where they need to be. Thats where barack obama beat her, when you were on the obama team. You know how to do it. We are showing and finding the caucus location and got to meet the threshold. This is not an easy task. Was that your question, andrea . Yeah. I think thats a fair statement. The caucuses are different but theyre not unique. You do have to go to your appropriate place, the precinct where you are supposed to be caucusing. And thats why we started right from the beginning of this Campaign Building a ground operation throughout iowa to do this. Were confident that as we do this, were prepared on caucus day to get our people out, precinct by precinct where they need to be. It is critically important. I think that the Sanders Campaign is trying to match that operation and obviously, the rubber is going to hit the road on monday in the caucuses. We feel good going into it. We think our Field Operation has been extraordinary. And that when voters go in to caucus and make that choice, as i say, i think theyre going to be thinking about which one of these people has what it takes to do all parts of the job . Keep us safe based on our global challenges and help me and my family get ahead and stay ahead. And why is she going off to fundraise to philadelphia with bon jovi and new york, why not stay in iowa . Is it because she needs the money that her contribute fors m maxed out . Some were scheduled with commitments for a long time. She has been on the ground in iowa night after night. Shell be back there very quickly and again night after night. This is a pause of whats on the ground in iowa. This is where she spent the bulk of her time, certainly since the first of the year. So theres no mistaking how seriously were taking iowa. Weve been focused on it from the beginning. We said this is the first contest and nobody, you know, has to tell Hillary Clinton how important these caucuses are. And in terms of South Carolina, how good is your firewall . Because just in the last 20 minutes, justin bamber, the attorney representative, switched from Hillary Clinton to Bernie Sanders. And theyre beginning to really organize and try to take away from Hillary Clintons inherent strength in South Carolina with the Africanamerican Community. Yeah. Well, right now, Hillary Clinton is very strong in the Africanamerican Community in South Carolina. She has a lot of support. All the data weve seen indicates that, you know, we have to do in South Carolina what were going to do everywhere else, which is work hard to earn every vote, whether theyre white, latino, africanamerican, young or old, we are going into South Carolina and nevada after these first two states which get a lot of focus and were going to campaign there very aggressively, particularly as we come out of the turn on New Hampshire. We feel very good about our chances there. We think thats a state where, you know, we respect the representative. Today, obviously. But we feel weve built up a very Strong Campaign there with very strong reach into the Africanamerican Community and we are going to fight for every vote in South Carolina and try to bring that primary home. Joe, thank you very much for being with us. Coming up next, give it the old college try. Will the youth brigade pay off in iowa . His top advisor joining me next. Youre watching Andrea Mitchell reports on msnbc. 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I think the president was fair to bernie. We appreciate the opportunity and bernie spoke to him. I dont think the president has been unfair. But he seemed to be praising Hillary Clinton more than Bernie Sanders. No, i dont think so. Again, i think the president was fair. We have no beef with the president or argument with him. We think hes done a great job and bernie wants to build on the progress of the obama years. What about the Des Moines Register and boston globe with favor over Hillary Clinton than bernie . Hillary has received a lot of endorsements in this campaign. We knew if we win, it wasnt the endorsements. But the path to victory. Mike bloomberg would only run if he loses to Bernie Sanders and the other side got donald trump. Already getting too complicated for me to follow. Not complicated, just base sly saying ted cruz and donald trump on one side and Bernie Sanders on the other are not, you know, experienced enough to be president of the United States and that would spark an independent run by a multibillionaire to get on ballots. Well, listen. I mean, if Bernie Sanders is the nominee of this party, i think bernie will mobilize an electorate to not only defeat two, three, four but mobilize an electorate not only to elect a democratic president but a senate and house as well. Those are the people to bring out. Whether its a three way or four way race, those are the people who make a difference in this election. Bill clinton. Campaigning on thursday and talking about how hangry Bernie Sanders is. Want to play more of that. Got to fight for it. And we got to tell people who think they may be lured by people who that this other guy is madder than she is. And that feels authentic. And besides these slogans are easier to say. So is his big advantage simple slogans and anger . No. Far from it. As bernie said, he is angry. And i think that anger reflects the anger of the American People. Its rigged against them and political system is corrupt because of the way its funded and bernie is going to do something about it as president. How are you going to get these thousands of students who have been showing up on campuses in iowa . How do you get them back home and get them to the place where they can caucus . Its not an easy task. Its not and thats why weve been working on it. We hope theyll go home and visit their parents and not their own local caucus but we have an Advertising Campaign targeting 17 to 24 years old in iowa right now. Its five second ads to get young people out to vote. The whole theory of this candidate is to mobilize people that others cannot. Thats how we win. Eight years ago, it was during winter break, the Iowa Caucuses were over new years eve. Now theyre in class. So youre telling the kids, forgive me, but telling them to stay out of school on monday and tuesday and go home i cut a few classes at Brown University to graduate. So to work on videos. I participated in democracy at this level, its time well spent for any young person in iowa. I hope they do. And the bus. The bernie bus in iowa. Is that part of the strategy to get him to rural areas . Because you need him to get out of the University Centers and out of other areas where hes getting that. Its important to make sure we get a great turnout around the states. This is not a primary for whoever wins the most votes win but a caucus system to get people to come to caucuses, win delegate equivalencies. The fact shes leaving iowa this week and, what does that tell you about the longterm in the campaign . And his ability to match dollar for dollar . It tells me theyve developed a top down on maximum contributors. We designed bottom up. And if we succeed, we believe more than 1 Million People who made 2. 5 more contributions contribute again with enormous resources to take this from the four or five states where were running television now. And we Just Announced a few minutes acres were going on television in South Carolina. So the First Campaign to run statewide advertisement in South Carolina as the first in nevada as well. Take that to a lot of other states because if we receive the kind of resources that we think we can, i think well have a resource advantage going into march. See you in iowa in a couple of days. Thank you very much ted ad devi. And larry with his famous bernie impression. Host with the saturday night live before the New Hampshire primary and coming up, seeing double. Tina fey back as sarah palin but will donald trump get the last laugh . Whether youre a mom or two broke girls or three men and a baby or a rock n roller, holy roller, pushing stroller, pro bowler with an abscess molar. 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Dare say trump and his trumpeters are bitter clingers of our gun but he can kick isis ass because he commands fire. I hope nobodys allergic to nuts because weve got a big one here. Shes two corinthians short of a bible. How could they resist. Whats old is new again in 2016 politics, sarah palin and now Michael Bloomberg in the headlines on top of an already unpredictable race. Msnbc contributor Washington Post fix club and the american urban radio networks. Welcome both. April, you cant make this up. Michael bloomberg, what about the effect of a third party race . He says or his people, people close to Michael Bloomberg say if Hillary Clinton were to falter and if donald trump or ted cruz gets to get the republican nomination . Well, you have to factor in the fact hes running, if he does, as an independent and youre going to have a lot of republicans very upset and some republican states may not want to have that happen and they may even bolt if he does try to put his name on the ballot in some of these states and thats what im hearing from some supporters out of new york. Now his positives, the fact that he is a man who knows how to bring people together from all sides of the political spectrum. But running as an independent when you are on a republican ticket is bad for him if he were to do that. Well see how that plays out. Whablt tt about the complexi of the iowa caucus . Barack obama had really organized Hillary Clinton and shes been on the ground early and often. But Bernie Sanders has been to far more events and had much bigger crowds than she. Can you translate that into the complicated caucus victory . One other thing to note with bernie and the thing thats interesting here, he has money. This is not an underfunded candidacy. Hes running from the outsider but in theory, money helps you build good organizations. It is a really complicated process and the thing is, sos so much more complicated because its sort of about, you gather in your group and if your group isnt 15 or whatever the threshold is, you move. Its not like the republican side. The thing that you cannot buy, the thing that you cannot sort of put into place and build the structure is passion and organic energy and passion. That was the problem in 2008 for Hillary Clinton. I actually think andrea, her organization, while it gets sort of, it gets criticized, actually, it was pretty good. It was just people were excited about barack obama and he had a really good organization. The question now, can organization overcome organic passion which quite clearly, i think sanders is the momentum and energy candidate right now. And were going to find out in seven days. And april ryan, on the republican side, donald trump spending the night in a motel, a Holiday Inn Express in sioux city, iowa. The first time he hasnt gone back to maralago, one of the most lavish in the country and then going to church on sunday morning. This is what he had to say out of church about the sermon. Just got back from church and it was good. It was really good. I learned something. We talked about humility at church today. I dont know if that was aimed at me perhaps. Humility. How about that . Well, the question is, was the motel six laced in gold and bronze when he stayed there . But that is a big problem for donald trump. He is a billionaire whos very lavish and he had to address issues about his religion. He talked about the little cracker and the wine being a condescending to some with issues of church and then when he was questioned about, you know, the book of the bible, he said, 2 corinthians, so he needed to come out and show that the bible indeed was his number one book next to the deal. So he had to come out and show he is real and one thing that america right now needs is people to understand that a president ial candidate understands they have hurt in their lives for real and for him to sleep in a motel six without the gold and adornment and go into a church and hear a sermon about humility gives him a little bit more of a common look or a walk with the people more so than it has been viewed before. And very briefly, chris, does that mitigate him saying, my people love me so much i could go into the middle of fifth avenue and shoot people, they would still vote for me . I wish i could say i knew. But the answer is i dont because any other candidate who said anything like that or the hundred other things he said would be really hurt. Its sort of, its a thing and then its not a thing anymore and he just rolls on. Its the story of the Donald Trump Campaign so far. Chris, alyssa, thank you so much for rolling us with us today. Coming up, new clues about robert levinson. 2012, his son daniel, joining me next. Youre watching Andrea Mitchell reports on msnbc. Our cosmetics line was a hit. The orders were rushing in. I could feel our deadlines racing towards us. We didnt need a loan. We needed shortterm funding fast. Building 18 homes in 4 ½ months . That was a leap. But i knew i could rely on American Express to help me buy those building materials. Amex helped me buy the inventory i needed. Our amex helped us fill the orders. Just like that. Another step on the journey. Will you be ready when growth presents itself . Realize your buying power at open. Com i am totally blind. I lost my sight in afghanistan. If youre totally blind, you may also be struggling with non24. Calling 8448442424. Or visit my24info. Com. Jake reese, day to feel alive jake reese, day to feel alive jake reese, day to feel alive last week, White House Press secretary suggested levinson may not even be in iran but new reporting on the New York Times based on the book said that iran did have levinson and offered to release him if the u. N. Atomic energy would delay a negative report on the facilities. Details never shared by the levinson family. Im joined by daniel, his son. The first you learned of this was when is this. About 2011 talks. This is the first we heard over the weekend. From the New York Times . Absolutely. No one ever told you irans ambassador to france had met with intermediaries for the u. S. . No, we did not know that. Its surprising to us and outrageous nothing was acted upon once we heard about this. Had you had any contact with the government since you learned of this . No. We had not heard from the government in nine days. We got the phone call from white house officials, apologizing for not giving us the heads up about it. But we have not heard from anyone in the United States, the Obama Administration since then. Your father was working for the u. S. Government formally. Can you give the context when he was taken . He disappeared on march 9th, 2007. He was a contractor for the cia and meeting with a man, a 24 hour trip and the man said they were both detained by Iranian Security forces. There was an Iranian State media report three weeks later that said he was actually detained by Iranian Security forces. And this report in april of 2011 only verifies that. And its amazing to us that the u. S. Government, the fbi, the investigators on the case, there was a report last week that said they believe the iranian government took him. The iranian government knows where he is and he is in iran. The fact theres the white house now saying he might not be in iran is not helping us at all. They know that hes there. They need to press these officials in the iranian government. Im sure there are people in the irani government who do not know where he is. The diplomats or foreign minister may not know but the intelligence services, the security services. These are the people they need to be talking to and need to be putting pressure on because right now, giving them that out and saying hes not in iran is being very counterproductive to everybodys efforts. Now our own Pete Williams talked to governments officials today that said they did try to follow up on this meeting in paris back in 2011 and that nobody in iran would ever offer any proof or evidence. I dont know what to say about that. They should have pressed harder and cowl continue to preuld con hard. That was after we got video of him. They try to divert attention from the fact the iranian government had detained him. If they knew he was held by the irani government, they should put forth all efforts to make sure he was home that day. What will you like the president and this administration to do for your father . First, wed like to hear from anybody from the administration. It has been nine days and all of this has been going on and were just the silence is deafening. We have not heard from anybody. They have my moms cell phone number and my emails. They can contact us. We want to have a meeting with the Obama Administration officials, president obama, cia director, susan rice, anybody who will listen to us and tell us what their plan is to get my father home. Thank you, dan levinson. Our best to your mother. Thank you. Much more here. Be right back. Beyond natural grain free pet food is committed to truth on the label. When we say real meat is the first ingredient, it is always number one. 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