from winning votes to become mayor of the small arkansas town. the mayor-elect smith is set to become the youngest black mayor in u.s. history at 18 years old. and the payor-elect jalen smith joins us now. mr. mayor-elect, thank you for joining us. congratulations on your big win this year. just a year ago, i think, you were the president of your high school class. now the mayor of earl. tell us about why you ran for office. good morning. thank you for having me. the reason i ran for mayor, it all started in high school. the student government association i joined the organization in 7th grade, but we made a dear friends in the school district. also made an impact in the community. and so that drove me to want to be mayor today. go ahead, joe.
grave. investigators recovered skeletal remains. dental records revealed it was sandi. i was in the 7th grade. i just remember coming home from school, and asking my dad, you know, why is there, you know, reporters trying to talk to us or whatever. my dad explained to us that they had found her remains. finally, sandi s family had the cold comfort of a funeral. greg brought his kids back to washington for the service. it was a difficult day for everyone. especially greg. there were some at that funeral who still wondered if he had a role in sandi s death. how were you received at
8 hours but we re also in the heart of the postseason. for the next 27 straight days, we can watch football, whether college or the nfl. every single day until right before thanksgiving. that is a christmas gift for bob costas. thank you for sticking around. i want to ask you, it s been a couple weeks since the nfl put their new concussion particles into a fact. as a parent of a football player, my boy, my 13-year-old is now playing tackle football. he s in 7th grade. do you think we are still taking baby steps when it comes to head injuries? i think that there have been significant steps taken. there used to be to know. the nfl treated it the way that cigarette companies treated the connection between cigarettes and lung cancer for a long
inflation in the united states. so that s the balance. it is a balance, and you read that article in the new york times and what do you see, you see that despite years of whining, despite years of fear and loathing about the decline of america, i remember my teacher in 7th grade talking, telling our class in 7th grade that america was going the way of the roman empire. the fact is america is strong and resilient. the dollar is at a generation gnat high, and the united states right now is more powerful relative to the rest of the world economically and militarily and culturally than it has been at any time since i would say 1945. this continuous chatter of america s decline, it s nonsensical. actually, our greatest challenge is electing politicians who are worthy of the country they represent, politicians who will
asked if you like what they are wearing, or having a bad meal. i have five choices, only one is true. this is what i said today. anthony fauci is tall, handsome and accurate. keith olbermann makes a lot of sense. i wrestled until the 7th grade and i have three kids. which one is true. i m going to say wrestled until 7th grade because three kids you know of. brian: even though i thought number one was right, you are righter. sylvester stallone is having a problem with his marriage. on his deltoid is his wife. has this ever happened to you? kennedy: yes, i had wynona