mark, it s good to have you back. hey, thanks, michael. always good to see you. tell stan powers hi. you got it. thank you for that. let s see what your reference to my novel talk, appreciate that, see what you re saying on my twitter and facebook pages. smerconish, could stricter immigration standards in the u.s. result in economic decline as a subsequent consequence of immigrants opting to immigrate to other countries? well, geographically speaking, where are they headed, going south? thinking of mexico in particular, but the more interesting question behind your tweet, i think, is that age-old one of are americans going to do those jobs, are americans going to do the jobs that illegal labor is doing today? and i don t think there s a clean easy answer to that question. still to come, a federal court ruled the north carolina gop improperly rigged its election maps. just one of many swing states being brought into court. are we on the road to fairness?