. . rachel: good good morn america. it is 6:00 am here in new york city. that was your national anthem. i m so happy to welcome joey, brian to the couch today. brian: that was live. i wasn t aware it goes from one nation do this. rachel: you are american history. that is why we do that. brian: i don t think that is the reason. what did you think about, the way to open the show. brian: i did not know you did it. i did not know you get real viewer pictures so people mail in different photos. joey: first time i filled in on the show, it wasn t viewer pictures but dogs. then it was cats. somebody complained about cats. rachel: we did all babies, all dogs, and because of pete we did cats. the ratings changed. started the cats. love the photo of the couple picking blueberries in the summer. nothing more american than that. that is what we do ends. brian: that is what we do. nothing more american than picking blueberries. i don t foe what kind of traditions you have in your ho
i wonder if we suck too. rachel: absolutely. we ll cover this story more including conversations about hunter biden s laptop, how that is affecting actually this china situation. so we ll talk further about that. we ll turn now to your headlines. another one bites the dust as vice president kamala harris is losing another aide. her director of public engagement, michael collins announces he leaves his post after just 16 months. over a dozen harris staffers left her office with more than 30 leaving the administration in total. comedian chris rock has some jokes about will smith following the actor s delayed apology this weaken for slapping him at the oscars four months ago. rock comparing smith s to notorious former death row records executive sug knight. comedian joking everybody is trying to be a victim. if everybody claims to be a victim then nobody will hear the