i know you re upset. let me just say good news. mornings are better with friends. good morning everybody. welcome back elisabeth. thank you very much. kimberly was great yesterday. we had a columbus day hike with the kids. finding your italian roots. not just columbus day. every day. at the end of the day was pizza. you stared at that. italian on the crane camera. all righty. the big news story today is this. we re talking politics and democrats will be taking the stage. five of them in las vegas tonight for their first debate face to face. there s the lineup. there s a place for the vice president if he wants it. cnn is begging him to get there. live in las vegas, what can we expect? just in case before 6:00 p.m. the vice president decides to get in, there s a podium for him, correct? reporter: good morning to you. that s right. more of a publicity ploy there than any sense of reality when it comes to joe biden. at least in the near term. but certai