long time. absolutely. there will be thousands of these parades in home towns, all across the community, fire trucks, boy scouts, girl scouts, firefighters all marching together, retired police officers. it s part of americana. one hopes they will be tightening up security in the weeks ahead. thank you so much. nice to see you this morning. thank you. good to see you. chinese tennis star pe peng shuai has finally appeared in public. she appeared in a video call with the international olympic committee where peng said she is safe and well. concerns for her well-being be are not going away. cnn s christi lu stout joins us from hong kong. she says she is well and safe. it doesn t quell the controversy about what s happening here, does it? reporter: no, not at all. according to the ioc a video