shoulders, a price he s more than willing to pay. if you notice a pattern here, china shrugging us off over hong kong, russia shrugging us off over alexei navalny, the taliban shrugging us off. you re seeing it, the u.s. influence and the ability to change behavior on the part of rivals, that influence is way down. we appreciate you getting up this morning. hope you will come back soon. next time maybe you can taunt me about the yankees. earlier we asked why are you awake? one viewer writes my cat did her best rendition of the hails are alive with the sound of music outside my bedroom door at the top of her little lungs, precisely at 4:45 a.m. another viewer emails my cat alarm went off with no snooze bar. we do well with cats on the show. it s a key demographic.