it's the job of a police officer to run into danger but shouldn't we make the world safer for them? to that point, we're learning more about red flags in the alleged shooter's background and when and how he armed himself and also witnessing a community in mourning in about an hour, a candle light vigil begins and we'll bring you moments from when it does. also tonight, revolutions about the january 6th insurrection and evidence of coordination before the fact between the so-called oath keepers and so-called proud boys. and later, new developments in democratic efforts to get a voting rights bill through the senate including a new threat from republican leader mitch mcconnell of a nuclear winter if democrats end the filibuster. a busy night ahead. first, the latest from boulder and cnn's kyung law. >> reporter: investigators continue to collect evidence at king sooper's grocery store and search for a possible motive. from his online activity a law enforcement official tells cnn to one of the biggest questions, the gunman's connection to this specific location. why did he drive to this boulder store 30 minutes from his home? the suspect's family home is in the suburbs of denver where police are digging into the background of ahmad al issa. a third degree assault in 2017 he cold cocked a classmate at school. >> i saw a man with a beard, what i thought was possibly like tactical sort of clothing and ar-15 style rifle. >> reporter: the gunman carried a ruger ar 556 pistol. the arrest warrant said he purchased it six days before the shooting. that timing suggests to investigators as a law enforcement source to cnn this attack was planned. >> my understanding is it was purchased at a gun dealer outside of boulder, potentially in arvada where he lives. >> reporter: across boulder, the enormity of the loss settling in. mourners lined the city streets to watch the procession for boulder police officer eric talley. fellow zcitizen father of switc moved from the coroner's office to a funeral home. >> there is a hole, there say hole in our family that won't be filled. >> reporter: the uncle of rikki eri rikki olds honored the life she never lived. >> sad she didn't get to experience mother hood. she didn't get to experience marriage. she was 25 years old. >> reporter: boulder grapples with a sense of helplessness that they are likely not the last american city to experience this. >> i am angry because this could be anyone's town. i think it's easy to remove ourselves from these situations when we're not -- when it's not the store we buy birthday cakes at and not our colleagues and mentors and our friends and our teachers and our neighbors and our person that comes into your restaurant every day and orders the same drink. i would just beg anyone that has the power to make change, to imagine if this was their community. >> kyung law joins us now. what else are you learning about the investigation? >> reporter: well, it's really the lack of information that's quite notable. a lack of a record and contact with this particular gunman. i mentioned that 2017 assault charge, what a law enforcement source is telling us that what is really notable is that he was not part of any sort of federal investigation previous to what happened here, and that's how he was able to purchase the gun. the other thing that is notable, anderson, and this is a little grim is that something that we don't usually see in a mass shooting are wounded survivors. usually you see somebody you can interview and there were no wounded survivors in this case. so that is something that investigators certainly are at least noting. anderson? >> kyung law, thanks very much. for more on investigation, we're joined by cnn contributor and deputy director andrew mccabe. what information will ichb investigators get from the alleged family and friends as they interview him? >> it's important to note, anderson, it's not necessary to prove his motive or to understand why he did this in order to convict him for these murders. he will be convicted of these murders. it pretty explicit the forensic evidence will be undeniable. it is important for society and for the rest of us to understand why did this person commit this horrible act of violence? in order to shed light on that, investigators are going to look at everyone that he was interacting with. they're going to talk to his friends, family members, if he has a job, they're going to talk to his work associates and they're going to look at his social media postings, anything else he may have written that indicates his state of mind, whether he harbored any biases or grievances against any particular people or groups. just to shed light on that question to answer that penetrating question of why did this happen and particularly why in boulder at that moment? >> it's not just to understand why this happened, to tell people but also build a case against him and prosecutors are fully aware of what his future defense attorneys will likely or potentially argue in a court, and they want to try to counter act that, don't they? or at least gather as much information as they can to counter act it. >> sure, it's likely that for instance, his defense attorneys could mount an insanity defense. they could say he wasn't responsible, he wasn't capable of understanding right from wrong and therefore shouldn't be held accountable and in order to counter act that defense, the prosecutors will use all the evidence they are collecting of his planning, of his purchasing the firearm days before the event, of his decision, the very distinctive decision to leave his house, you know, 20 miles away, you know, 30-minute drive and go up to boulder and to target that specific grocery store, that specific time. those are all very distinctive decisions that would undermine a potential insanity defense. >> it's interesting, which makes his online activity all the more important not just to figure out is there some contact with some sort of group or ideology reason behind it but also, was he shopping online? does his online activity give an indication of his level of planning? >> that's right. that's right. and, you know, there has been some reporting about his social media posts and kind of airing of grievances about bullying that he might have been the blunt of that he perceived he was being bullied because of his faith. so those are all in addition to kind of shedding light on why this gentleman or this person, i don't want to call him a gentleman, engaged in this act. it also important evidence for the prosecutors to use in his trial to kind of undermine those defenses that we mentioned. >> how long until -- i mean, how long will the investigation go on for? the trial could be a long way off. >> it could. it all depends on how much they're able to find. let compare it to the las vegas shooter stephen paddock. that was an extensive investigation because of course, he committed suicide. there was no prosecution after his shooting, but we were essentially unable to uncover any specific evidence that would have indicated his motive for engaging in what is the worst mass shooting in american history at this point. so that went on and on and on. we continue looking, looking, looking, following down every lead, interviewing every person that came across and looking at every financial transaction, everything he might have been involved in and because it was hard, it was impossible to find. it took quite sometime. with this individual, if those indicators are more easily uncoverable, you know, that could shorten the time period of the investigative effort. >> what does it tell you that there weren't wounded survivors in this mass shooting? it's something uncommon in a crime of this nature, obviously, the kind of weapon used, you know, is particularly lethal, the rounds when they enter the body but what do you make of that? >> it's really hard to say at this point. it definitely uncommon. so i think, you know, the folks, particularly in the fbi, places like the behavioral sciences unit will go back and figure out how this differs from mass shootings but it could come down to something tactical. so in other words, he may have been able to conceal the weapon in a way that he was able to kind of get very close to his victims before scaring them away and he would have been able to engage them with a firearm from a much closer distance and that could have made his shooting much more lethal. >> and it been very important over the years how the fbi studied mass shootings and gathered information and learned from them and that helps police tactics down the road. is that an on going process and will the fbi look at this and sort of add this into the horrific database of information they already have? >> yeah, absolutely. and there is other opportunities or there may be other opportunities with this shooter because he's still alive. and so after the criminal prosecution is completed, if there is an opportunity to engage with him in an interview to collect firsthand information to understand like what he was thinking when he made these terrible decisions, i mean, tha opportunity. there is a lot of legal hurdles to doing that. it that kind of really careful, thoughtful research that enables us to shed some light on what these people are all about and why they do what they do, which ultimately helps us protect folks, that's the same sort of information that led to our active shooter training so many thousands of people have benefitted from around the country. >> andrew mccabe, appreciate it. >> sure. >> we heard a moment ago from the uncle of a victim. hard to imagine what it's like to go on camera and talk so openly about a loss so immediate and raw and we've come to learn anyone that lost someone close, it's important to be able to tell their story and talk about what their life was and not have them defined just by how their life ended. here is more of what robert said about his niece rikki. >> she was one of a kind. she was that person. she was -- she would come to the house and joke around and we'd laugh and she would start laughing so hard she would snort, and she's probably, you know, like throw something at me or something for telling you guys that. but she was a snorter when she laughed hard. and i will really miss her. i'll really miss that personality of hers. just her being around. >> kimberly moore joins us now, she's a pharmacy tech at king soopers and worked with rikki olds. thank you for joining us. so sorry it under these circumstances. can you first of all, just talk about what rikki was like? >> she was a very fun, loving person. that's one of the things that we really just enjoyed about her. it doesn't matter what part of the store you worked in or what you were doing that day, she was on her way to come find you and talk to you and make you feel like you were just better for even being around. >> i heard she'd often check on the folks in the pharmacy -- >> oh, yeah. >> you worked a lot of long shifts in these days. >> absolutely. since we started giving covid vaccines, we've been working pretty hard and it really nice to see people outside of the store, you know, come and connect with you and even like i said, just come by and tell you a joke, give you a high five those kinds of things really is what made working at that king soopers like a family. >> i said nicky, rikki, of course. can you walk us through -- when you were on duty, when did you realize something was wrong? >> we were in between some shifts of us starting to give more covid vaccines, and the manager that yelled there was an active shooter really gave us a head start. >> the manager was online, i understand, with the family member, right? >> i mean, i'm not 100% on that. i just know that i heard some commotion from outside and then, you know, people screaming and running and, you know, fortunately for -- >> sorry, go ahead. >> go ahead. >> no, i talked with one of your co-workers maggie and she talked about sheltering in the counseling room. were you in the same room? >> so they headed towards the counseling room. i stayed back. i wanted to make sure my other colleagues in the pharmacy were okay so we ended up hunkering down more in the back of the pharmacy, but for the beginning of the initial part of the attack, it was really terrifying because you felt extremely exposed. all he had to do was jump over our counter. >> so you were, what, underneath the counter or? >> so, there's these shelves that go behind the pharmacy we keep our medications, and we had eventually moved our way back there, which is pretty deep into the corner as you can get being inside of the pharmacy. and we just hid there. >> wow. and do you -- you probably weren't able to see anything, were you? which must -- >> i didn't see -- >> make it even more terrifying to just be hearing what is happening. >> correct. i didn't see anything but i heard everything and i tried my best to pay attention to what i was hearing and feeling that was going on around me, which eventually would let us move further back into the pharmacy instead of staying so up close. >> and did you know where the gunman was? could you understand based on the sound, whether it was louder or farther away? >> yeah. lack of sound and then, you know, gunshot sounds that traveled throughout the building and then you could hear the shuffle because we're right next to the stairs that go up to where the manager's offices are. you could kind of there that rustling noise, as well. >> and then when you finally were able to -- when it was over, when he gave up, do you remember what it was like walking out of store? >> it was pretty intense. you know, right before we left, we had just figured out that this man had been hunkering down in front of us for probably at least a good 20 minutes. >> wow, right in front of the pharmacy. >> right in front of the pharmacy and it was crazy to notice that once when they were telling him to surrenderer and he said he was surrendering before he walked out, he was just sitting there, you know, and then you hear him be escorted out. swat comes in, makes sure you're okay and being escorted, it difficult. they're trying to keep your focus on your feet. try to keep your focus to the right of you and then to the left of you. just doing the best they can to make sure that you don't have to see anything more than you've already probably experienced that day. >> yeah. kimberly moore, so sorry for what you and everybody there has gone through and i appreciate you talking tonight. >> absolutely. thanks for having me. >> thank you. coming up next, we'll talk with the congressman that represents boulder and supported the local gun legislation that was law until days before the suspect bought the weapon and a key video of the capitol insurrection and shows two extremists groups worked together in advance of the attack. ♪ (singing in korean) ♪ ♪ like an arrow in the blue sky ♪ ♪ (singing in korean) ♪ ♪ on my pillow, on my table ♪ ♪ yeah life goes on ♪ ♪ like this again ♪ ♪ oh oh oh oh ♪ ♪ like this again ♪ dana-farber cancer institute discovered the pd-l1 pathway. pd-l1. they changed how the world fights cancer. blocking the pd-l1 protein, lets the immune system attack, attack, attack cancer. pd-l1 transformed, revolutionized, immunotherapy. pd-l1 saved my life. saved my life. saved my life. what we do here at dana-faber, changes lives everywhere. everywhere. everywhere. everywhere. everywhere. 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>> good evening, anderson. it been a devastating few days here in boulder, colorado. devastating for our community, for our state and for our country. this is a community in mourning. folks are grieving the terrible loss, the tragedy of ten people, ten cherished members of our community whose lives were cut tragically short on monday and tonight, is an opportunity for folks to come together as you said to draw strength from one another to share memories, to be with one another as this community begins to heal and there will be many more vigils in the coming days and weeks ahead. it going to be a difficult process. it's going to be a long process for our community. i know this community is a kind one a compassionate one, it our community, it my community and we will come together at this really critical and difficult time. >> i know you're going to be speaking at a virtual community gathering later. do you have a particular message you intend to send? >> my message was threefold. it's first to make sure that we honor the victims and you've had so many of your guests have been relatives of the victims. they've shared the incredible stories of those ten souls who, you know, lived such incredible lives and it's important for us to take a moment, a step back and honor their memory and cherish their memories and to be together. that's my first message. i want to ensure from a mental health perspective hearing what i heard a moment ago in terms of kimberly describing the scene to you which is terrifying and sounded more like a war zone than a grocery store in the quit united states of america. it important for survivors to have access and my third message is the time for inaction is over. my constituents are tired of excuses. they don't want to see war scenes play out in grocery stores or movie theaters or schools. they are tired of it and so i am hopeful that we can ultimately make progress at the federal level and finally curb gun violence in the united states. >> the city of boulder had an ordinance banning assault weapons in 2017 and the judge recently ruled the ban was unenforceable. a few days later, the allege the shooter bought a weapon. do you know that ordinance would have otherwise prevented that purchase or can that connection not be made? 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"the new york times" obtained videos for the first time show how capitol police officer brian sicknick was attacked with chemical spray and in new court filings, prosecutors say that have ed of coordination prior to the attack between two right wing extremists groups, the oath keepers and the so-called proud boys. more now from our senior national security advisor, excuse me, security correspondent. >> reporter: as the violent insurrection raged at the capitol building, new video obtained by "the new york times" shows officer brian sickni ck facing off with rioters and how he was wounded. in the crowd were julian and george. cater armed with both pepper spray and bear spray according to prosecutors moved up to within just feet of sicknick and in the new video can be seen unleashing a stream of chemical spray. sicknick was hit and retreats. a day later he was dead. they have both been arrested and charged for assaulting three officers with chemical spray including officer sickni ck. federal prosecutors are discovering evidence of more coordination amid the chaos. new court filings alenleging fo the first time there was collaboration between the far right extremist groups, the proud boys and oath keepers. messages show that oath keeper kelly megs discussed on facebook his communication with proud boys leadership saying he quote orchestrated a plan with the proud boys for january 6th. two weeks before the riots, mags wrote we made contact with proud boys and they always have a big group. three days later, christmas day, megs wrote to someone about the proud boys saying i've been communicating with the leader, we are going to march with them for awhile then fall back to the back of the crowd and turn off. then we will have the proud boys get in front of them. we will come in behind antifa and beat the hell out of them. prosecutors say the communication shows evidence of coordination but have yet to allege conspiracy between the groups. something that at least ten oath keeper haves been charged with along with several proud boys. court filings show megs discussing rallying 50 to 100 oath keepers to washington for january 6th. in one message megs sent a list of gear to bring including body armor and weapons. d.c. is no guns meggs wrote so mace and gas masks, batons, if you have armor, that's good. all of the communication released by the justice department to argue against releasing meggs from jail before trail. he's pleaded not guilty. >> alex, i assume they have not been able to directly, at this stage, link officer sicknick being sprayed with a chemical agent and his death, have they. >> they haven't and investigators haven't said what the official cause of death is. they haven't been able to tie, the medical examiner hasn't tied the use of the chemical spray to his death. it is incredibly powerful stuff, anderson. another of the officers, they were all temporarily blinded said that during her training, it was more powerful than any of the pepper spray that she had experienced. so that's why they are -- prosecutors are using this video that has been obtained by "the new york times." these two men are still in detention and tried here in washington d.c. anderson. >> alex marquardt, thanks. andrew is back with us. >> what do you see when you see this new video? >> well, i mean, it disgusting. i it's -- you know, watching these videos how these law enforcement officers were assaulted and t terrorized are disturbing to anyone who has ever worn a badge and a gun. but i have to say that i think the investigators are really in a tough spot here on this one. so we have, you know, incontrovertible proof of an assault by these two defendants on officer sicknick and that's a serious charge but to raise it to murder, we have to know that the assault led to his death and i would guess that there is probably not a large volume of reliable scientific evidence that shows us what happens when a human is attacked with bear spray. it not made for humans. so this is not the average post mortim medical examiner's report. they will have to dig into the science and figure out how that stuff will impact him on a fatal level. >> we heard senators, johnson and others talk about how these rioters were not armed saying that, you know, indicating that it wasn't really a serious as we all saw it was. you see in that email from that, you know, so-called oath keeper saying, you know, d.c. is no guns. it's interesting for those who say gun laws don't make much of a different, i guess, d.c. has strict anti gun laws so they are afraid to bring guns but say don't bring guns but bring other items and we know people were armed with tasers and obviously, these chemical agents. >> yeah, i mean, the comments by people like senator johnson and others are preposterous. you see what is happening in the videos. you see people concealing ax handles and metal poles and carrying them like they are flag poles and using them to beat cops and law 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republicans that would restrict many voting rights a as sign how important it is, chuck schumer and mitch mcconnell made a reqare appearae before the committee. here is some of the back and forth. >> it's one of the most despicable things i've seen within all my years, shame, shame, shame. instead of doing what you should be doing when you lose an election in a democracy, attempting to win over those voters in the next election republicans instead are trying to disenfranchise those voters, shame on them. >> the turnout in the 2020 election was the highest since 1900. states are not engaging in trying to suppress voters whatsoever. this is clearly an effort by one party to rewrite the rules of our political system but would create an implantation nig nightmare. >> perspective from abby phillip and anchor of "inside politics sum sunday" and bakari. it's interesting to hear senator mcconnell saying there was a huge voter turnout in 2020 so that is evidence republicans are not trying to lower voter turnout when in fact, they are trying to change laws based on what happened in 2020. >> yeah. exactly. i mean, remember, mitch mcconnell was the same person even though he voted against convicting former president trump of inciting an insurrection really indicted trump for these election lies saying he misled his supporters. the election lies that trump ed spoused for months are the basis for the voting restrictions that are being rolled out in states across the country. what republicans and state legislatures are trying to do, state after state is try to rollback any of the changes that might have been made due to covid that allowed more people to vote and in some cases, they're rolling back changes to election laws that preceded covid, changes made by republican legislatures for example in georgia and in pennsylvania. so look, this is clearly -- it's clearly a case where republicans are actually trying to rollback efforts to make it easier for people to vote and mcconnell is choosing to ignore that by siting the fact that more people voted in 2020. that is exactly what many of his republican colleagues all across this country are trying to change and make sure that never happens again. >> yeah, bakari, the fact that more people voted in 2020 than had in a long, long time, that's actually a good thing. both republicans and democrats and independents, more people voting more citizens voting i would think is something that all, you know, folks in congress would like. >> you would think unless you've lost swieven out of the last eit like the republican party has. they don't want to go out and win voters over. i think chuck schumer said that. instead, the strategy is to limit the access to the ballot box. i mean, rafael said this best in the state of georgia, it's easier to purchase a weapon in georgia than it is to go out and cast a ballot. i mean, these are some of the things that we have to look at in this country and i tell people, especially young folk, if your right to vote wasn't so important, they wouldn't be working so dang hard to take it from you. instead of having conversations about making voting a national holiday and putting it on a saturday, instead of having conversations about automatic voter registration at the age of 18, we're having conversations about how to limit access to the ballot box and even attorney general barr's justice department came out with the report saying that there was no wide spread fraud that they could find in the 2016 election. 2020 election, excuse me. so this red herring is why you have to push back against these laws. >> the irony of sydney powell in court being sued and claiming in reasonable person and i'm paraphrasing her lawyer's opinion, no reasonable person could have taken her claim seriously, it's, you know, a lot of these bills in state legislatures across the country are based on the big lie that not even the people telling the big lie truly, truly believe but the problem is abby for democrats, it obviously a top legislative priority but they don't have the entire caucus on board, particularly joe mansion. >> no, they don't. joe mansion said that he's interested in protecting the vote. he has some problems with some elements of this particular bill that he thinks go beyond just voting. i think there are a couple things that i'm interested in that we don't quite know yet with joe mansion, what parts of the voting rules part of this bill is he interested in and would he be willing to do it with or without republican support because at the end of the day, you know, mansion seems to be more interested in making sure that the senate is operating in a bipartisan way than, you know, perhaps pursuing legislation that he and other democrats believe in and if that's the test, there must be bipartisanship, there is a real question whether democrats can get to 50 votes because i think republicans are actually fairly united in their opposition to casting any votes in the senate 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( horn blaring ) tonight the head of the cdc is sharing new concern as the drop in the seven-day cases of coronavirus has begun to drop off. hospitalizations and deaths have also flatten this week. >> i continue to be worried about the latest data and the apparent stall we're seeing in the trajectory of the pandemic. cdc is watching these numbers very closely. >> on monday, she warned of the serious threat, were her words, of a new surge of covid restrictions around the country lifted too soon but is celebrating the pace of vaccinations. dr. anthony fauci has seen new hope for real-world success based on study of health care workers. >> rate now as the week go by, we see more and more that not only are these vaccines efficacious but in the community they're extremely effective in preventing infection. >> with me now, former cdc director tom frieden. we keep to see this push and pull between dr. walensky, saying she's worried about the data but more states keep easing restrictions. what are your thought on these trends? >> we see really encouraging trends in deaths decreasing, vaccination increasing. we're now at an important benchmark, more than two-thirds of people over the age of 65 have already gotten a dose of the one or another vaccine. and because of that, i anticipate we will see a real decreased in deaths. however, because we are seeing reopenings and because the variants are spreading, i also think we're likely to see a fourth surge. probably not a huge one, probably not nearly as lethal, but we do have to stay safe, really. it ain't over till it's over. mask up. get vaccinated the moment you can. and for the upcoming holidays, maybe don't take the travel you were planning. travel can rapidly increase spread of the virus. >> dr. fauci, as we mentioned, highlighted the efficacy of the vaccine among health care workers in texas and california. there was a study done at medical center in dallas that found that after fully vaccinated only .05% of employees became infected and health care workers in ucla and ucsd reported a .05% positivity rate after being vaccinated. health care workers who face increased risk, the data seems remarkable. are you hopeful that it may provide some kind of confidence to people who may be on the fence about the vaccine? we're not just talking about people who didn't show symptoms. just people were not getting infected. >> these vaccines are remarkably effective. i'll give you one more really striking trend. it used to be that about four out of ten deaths in the u.s. are in nursing homes. for the last few weeks, it's been more like two out of ten and falling rapidly. maybe one out of ten in the future. if that proportion had stayed the same, more than 40,000 americans who are alive today would be dead. vaccines have already saved at least 40,000 lives in this country. they're remarkably effective. they're remarkably safe. get vaccinated the moment it's your turn. >> and that's the thing. mask wearing, continued mask wearing now can save potentially all throughout this pandemic, we've seen where mask wearing can, over the course of several months save tens of thousands of lives, especially now waiting for everybody to get vaccinated. the cdc is tracking breakthrough cases of covid. people have become infected after being vaccinated. what's important to learn about those cases? are you confident that sequencing in the u.s. is where it should be? >> the plain truth is that there's a lot we won't know about vaccines until we see how they perform over many, many months. we don't know how long the protection will last. maybe it's lifelong. maybe it's a year or less. only time will tell. we don't know whether the variants will overwhelm the vaccine protection or protection from prior infection. so, that kind of study of looking at possible breakthrough infections is very important. we do expect some. no vaccine is 100 prs effective. you may see some adverse events. we're seeing one serious al allergic reaction out of about 100 people vaccinated. everyone has been successfully treat buddy we may find rare adverse events. the benefits of the vaccine are really striking. other than a sore arm or a day or two of not feeling well aren't really substantial. >> there was a report released by the health and human services inspector general who found medical staff are, quote, mentally fatigued, experiencing possible ptsd. what can be done? >> what's really important, anderson, is that we resume and improve health care. what we know is that many people died not from covid, but because of covid. because they were afraid to go to the hospital or because the hospital wasn't available. we have to strengthen our primary health care system in this country for cancer screenings, treatment of high blood pressure, high cholesterol. these are the major killers that we have. by making sure that people get the care they need when they need it, where they need it, how they need it, we can save a lot of lives but that's going to mean learning from the pandemic. for example, scaling up telemedicine, which has been sktively used -- not for all visits but for many. figuring out how we can make sure that primary health care becomes the center of our health care system. that will make a huge difference not just in covid where it's important for diagnosis and vaccination but also treatment of killer diseases and saving lots of lives and preventing people from having to go to the hospital in the first place. >> the victims of the colorado shootings as new details surface in the investigation. i'll speak to a survivor of the parkland shooting straight ahead. have you ever seen this before? 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(chuckles) she looks...kind of like me. yeah. that's because it's your grandma when she was your age. oh wow. that's... that's amazing. oh and she was on the debate team. yeah, that's probably why you're the debate queen. >i'll take that. >>look at that smile. i have the same dimples as her. (laughter) yeah. >same placements and everything. >>unbelievable. ♪ ♪ it's a wishlist on wheels. a choice that requires no explanation. it's where safe and daring seamlessly intersect. it's understated, yet over-delivers. it is truly the mercedes-benz of sports sedans. lease the 2021 c 300 sedan for just $449 a month at your local mercedes-benz dealer. ♪ ♪