Love acceptance speech. Now i want to bring in a special guest who is at the State Of The Union. Last night i have with me tonight Grammy Nominated artist, entrepreneur, philanthropist, all around wonderful man, fat joe, nice to see you. Hey, laura. Whats up . Thanks for having me on. Im so glad youre here. Im happy you were in town. You were actually there last night as congresswoman barragans guest. Right in part because, joe, you have been an enormous advocate for a Transparent Health care system. I mean, you even released a psa with with rick ross, with busta rhymes. Others listen to what you had to say. I want everyone to see this. Love our nurses, and we need our doctors. But hospitals and insurers rigging a system to make profits off of people thats in struggle is unforgivable. We demand prices and transparency in health care. Power to the patients. First of all, youve got the best beard of everyone we just saw. Im just saying for a second there, dont tell them that you you know, you know, you see it, you see it. I see it. But you have been passionate about this. Im wondering, given that, are you optimistic coming out of the address last night, that at least that portion will be met . Well, i know thats what i was doing there. On for Health Care Transparency. Over 100 million americans are in debt. Dont due to, hospital, prices. And so i was over there and i was mingling with everybody. So i, you know, im a die hard democrat, but i snuck in the speakers gala first because i had to deal with the republicans. Im im trying to bring this law through bipartisan. So i went up in there and he saw me. He said, fat joe. He told his wife, yo, i got street cred. Fat joe came to check me. Then they had an incredible spread of food. And in true, democrat fashion, i was the first thing eat the food there. And then i talked to everybody about Health Care Transparency on the republican side. Then i went to see Hakeem Jeffries hung out over there. So theyre spread up to, you know, and just hung out with everybody over there and just bringing awareness that america is in a big crisis. You know, a lot of people are losing their homes, losing everything they got due to health care prices. And so thats why i was in there. But now the atmosphere , this was the super bowl of politics. So standing room only im upper deck too. I didnt have like a front row. Im usually courtside at a knick game. Im upper deck. I dont feel too bad because the governor kept me all come from from new york was sitting next to me. So we both was in the cheap seats, right . But we had the time of our lives. The president , vintage joe biden. Ive been a fan for so many years since he was a senator. He was so shocked. He hit every point he had to hit. He was flawless. He was, comedic in a way. The whole thing is theater. So you got him making his points. You got the Vice President , my girl, kamala harris, shes cheering them on. And then you got the speaker behind him making all kind of faces. Man, this is theater. This. This was the all star game of politics. And i was glad i had a seat in the house. Well what about those who were in the Crowd Heckling . Were you surprised by that . What was your reaction when you saw and heard President Biden responding to calls from the audience and the audience, of course, were members of congress. He showed that he was sharp. He showed that this wasnt like a scripted thing because he was responding right back to them, to whatever they were saying. He was responding. And, thats just the state of politics now. You know, this aint the back in the days. This is now where you got, you know, everybody screaming out, doing whatever, you know, and thats just the state of politics. Thats where we at, right now, 20, 24. Well, let me ask you. I mean, you said you met with republican and democrats. Im happy to hear that because obviously you have been so passionate. You know, the only path forward is the bipartisanship on an issue like that. When you spoke to speaker johnson, when you talked to republicans, did you feel more than the fan love . Did your policies . Did your proposals . Were those resonating . He told me he was the speaker, told me he was a Health Attorney before this and knows all about the issue. And he said, hes all in. And so we love this, power to the patients and myself. We love this bill being presented by Bernie Sanders and senator bond, which is a bipartisan bill that forces the hospitals to show us the prices. Now, joe, whats so important about the prices . Well, if you got to have an mri, theres a such thing going on right now in the same hospital. They could charge for different for different prices for different patients, in the same hospital, at the same time. So now we want to know the prices so that we can do our research. Look at three hospitals and it builds competition and it helps the americans. So im just spread the word talking to everybody, letting everybody know. They all know im a die hard democrat. But they know wow. And then, i want to shout out to the rep because she had never shes a congresswoman for eight years. She had never been to the speakers gala. So i convinced her. I said, yo, we got to go and so we started out. She was talking to everybody and we was talking to each other. It was a great event for me. For me, it was, amazing. And then i actually bumped into the president. What did he say to you . You know, im the forrest gump of hip hop, man. Im everywhere i need to be. You cant make this up. You cant make this up. Ive walked into all the. Here comes the president. He says, man, i mean, you want to know what he really told me in the thank you for being here. He said, thank you for being loyal. And then he hugged, congresswoman and, he shook my hand. And that was that was amazing to me because i had no clue the president was walking right towards me. I had no clue. And it was that was it. That was the that that was amazing. I walked out of there because, you know, they they locked down the whole washington dc. And i walked maybe 15, 20 blocks. So happy just walking. I met the president at the time of my life. I had a great time. The American People were there. I mean, it was amazing. Im going to tell you something. I think you are the only person in the world who could refer to you as far as gump. So im going to let you do it. But i would never do. Im gonna call you fat joe the diplomat. Thats. Im gonna call you from now on because, wow. Order in the hallways. Im so glad that you came. You brought a big smile to my face. Thank you for the advocacy and what youre talking about for health care. Because ill tell you, i remember a couple years ago going to the Hospital Thinking i had, like, some sort of heart palpitations. And the bill i got caused a heart attack. Okay . I was like, are you are you joking . Really . Are you kidding me right now with this . So i understand. And for people who have been in various situations, the cost is up scene. So im glad to know that you are making some headway, at least in bipartisanship. Real quick though, i know i got to go. Theyre telling me i got to get off with you, but i cant help it. I got to ask you, you know, with this upcoming election, your enthusiasm, your charisma is something that people dont necessarily have for the upcoming election. How do you get people to be excited about participate in the elections and voting . I think they are. I think they just keeping it to themselves. Theyre trying to act like theyre not really motivated, but theyre really motivated. And they and they really know what they got to do. And so on both sides, i feel a big energy. You know, i got trumpets here in miami with me. They they dont stop. And then i got the democrats up in new york talking about, yo, joe, we gotta go all the way and so everybodys really, really excited. And now its crunch time because before it was the primaries. Now its one on one. Lets go. Lets get the business. And joe biden came out swinging last night i dont care what anybody says. I havent seen joe biden like that in years. He was really, really shocked last night. Well, you were there. You had a front row seat, well, cheap seats, but still with the front row compared to the rest of america, im gonna call it that. Okay. Fat joe, so nice. So nice to see you as always. Thank you for coming. Hey, listen, i want to be a juror on your show. Nobodys ever asked me to be a juror, man. Done. I want to be a juror on one of your shows. I cant wait court of Public Opinion with fat joe. Done. Ill even bring a gavel. Just saying. All right. Well talk soon. Okay. Thank you. Well talk soon. Bye man. What a pleasure. I really like him. I really like him. 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Our nation is a Global Leader in reducing emissions and innovators in delivering more Energy Sources to secure our future. 9 in 10 americans agree american oil and natural gas are vital to our economy. Lights on. Im Clarissa Ward in jerusalem and this is cnn. President Biden Railing against hungarian authoritarian leader Viktor Orbans visit to mar a lago this evening when he met with former President Trump for nearly an hour. Joining me now, cnn Global Affairs analyst and former defense secretary under President Trump, mark esper. He serves on the board or as a Strategic Advisor for a handful of aerospace and defense related companies as well. Secretary esper, thank you so much for being with us. I had to almost my head for a second listening to that characterization of viktor orban. That must be striking to hear some of the accolades he was bestowing upon him. Yeah, well, good evening, laura, first of all. But look, no, its not surprising. Viktor orban is the odd man out in europe within nato as well, he tends to buck both the union and the alliance at times and has drawn himself closer to, to Vladimir Putin in russia. Hungary was the last country to approve, swedens admission to nato in the last few weeks. And theres always been this, again, relationship between him and, him and, donald trump, as there has been with between trump and others who he views as strongmen. So, look, this is not a surprise necessarily. Im im a little surprised that orban came all the way from hungary to the United States to florida to meet with trump, but maybe hes leaning into the election, figuring that trump will be elected in november. And he wants trump to remember that we often think about that phrase strong men, but give us some insight into trumps worldview here because, i wonder why does he gravitate towards these autocrats . Is it the strength that he perceives, or do they have some similarity in their worldviews . Yeah. Look, i wish i could explain that as many times as ive been asked that question. But clearly he has a predilection for leaders whom he whom he perceives to be strong. So think about xi jinping in china, Vladimir Putin in russia, Erdogan In Turkey and others. And of course, if youre not a strong leader, youre considered a weak leader. So think about, the canadian Prime Minister. Think about, Prime Minister of england, may at a time, Angela Merkel of germany, when she was in office, he saw them as weak. And so that kind of painted his view not just toward them, but toward, what he would see as the us policy toward those countries. And thats just how he breaks the world down. He breaks things down between strong and weak. You know, orban was also a featured speaker at cpac. I wonder what does that say to you about where the Republican Party is today . I wonder why the Republican Party is giving him this kind of platform. Well, you know, i dont know. He was at cpac, as i recall, as well. You know, clearly orban is going to say things that folks going to cpac want to hear about donald trump and how, donald trump would be right for the United States. And so theres that International Validation that is out there, i assume thats a big part of it. But again, i think orban is also playing a strategic game here, trying to stay in Donald Trumps good graces, understanding that theres a chance that trump will be president again. This is a kind of a contingency plan, a just in case, it seems in many respects, you know, democracy was front and center at last nights State Of The Union. It made up, i think, about 17 of bidens overall speech. And notable, by the way, when compared to last years nearly two minute mention here, is the president talking about the threat to democracy. I say this to congress. We have to stand up to putin, send me a bipartisan National Security bill. History is literally watching. History is watching. The United States walks away. It will put ukraine at risk. Europe is at risk. The free world will be at risk, emboldening others to do what they wish to do us harm. The president saying he wont bow down to putin and needs and knows that, there is a need for congress, he believes, to pass aid for ukraine and without that help, what would happen to ukraine . Yeah, well, first of all, look, i think its right for the president to speak about the issue of democracy because clearly the world right now is dividing itself up between the democracies of the world, led by the United States and the autocracies of the world led by, china and, Vladimir Putin and russia. And as somebody who considers himself a reagan republic republican, that type of, language and that type of messaging about whats at stake in americas role in the world, appeals to me. But, you know, sadly, not enough in the Republican Party these days. And, you know, my view is if ukraine is, aid is not sustained, then its only a matter of time before they will be unable to continue to repel russian assaults, in the donbas and elsewhere. And its only a matter of time before other allied assistance will falter as well. And then its the question will be is how long can ukraine hold out . How long will they fight . How much terrain will they give up . Now, on the other hand, i do think its important that the president continue to connect the importance of, aiding ukraine with what it means to americans, he needs to talk about how the, the 60 plus billion dollars in assistance thats being proposed isnt going straight to ukraine. Its actually coming back to americas factories and Defense Companies and employees. And he needs to talk about the strategy and the end game. I think those are legitimate critiques that remain out there that ive offered in the past, as well, about how to connect those dots and connect more with the American People, and hopefully with Decision Makers in washington as well. Thats a part of a very Effective Communication strategy to make sure those dots are connected, but also to follow up and let people understand why himself and others, like even senator Mitch Mcconnell and beyond, have been very, very vocal about the idea of connecting these dots between democracy at risk in some places and here. And two men couldnt really be more different than the two of them and their policy stances. Otherwise, i want to turn to the ongoing israelhamas War Secretary because biden unveiled a new plan to build a floating pier of sorts used to deliver humanitarian aid to gaza. But listen, no u. S. Boots will be on the ground. A temporary pier will enable a massive increase in the amount of humanitarian assistance getting into gaza every day. My ears peeked when you hear no boots on the ground, but this pier will need as many as, i think 1000 us Military Personnel to actually complete. So even though theyre not going to be on the ground, will u. S. Troops be in the line of fire . Yeah, i think its a stretch to say that. I mean, maybe technically not on the ground. Even that is hard to believe. But youre right. Its up to a thousand soldiers will probably take 45 to 60 days. This is something the United States military does exceptionally well. Thats logistics. And in this case, its called logistics over the shore. And look to do that youre talking about assembling pieces of a bridge by boat with soldiers on there and hitching them together. And at the end of the day, you have to anchor it to the, to the shore. So somebody has to anchor it to the shore. You have soldiers crawling up and down that causeway that could stretch hundreds and hundreds of feet to connect it to what will be a floating pier. So look, theres going to be a lot of americans, crawling around out there assembling this pier. Its going to take some time to do it as well. And then it has to be maintained. And so, look, the bottom line is there will be americans exposed. And the question is what type of security will accompany them to make sure that theyre theyre protected. But also how will hamas react . Well, will hamas respect them, respect what theyre trying to do to bring aid to Palestinian People in gaza, or will they use them as, you know, as targets or as something to go after to continue to raise the profile of the cause that theyre trying to advance . I think the Security Issue is a big unknown. I have no doubt that we could build the causeway, that it will help with supplies. Its better than airdrops. Not as good as a as a as a land corridor. So itll have a big impact over time. But there will be a Security Issue that has to be addressed up front. Well, what would that look like in terms of addressing that security . Well, i think youre going to have to think about security from, from from the air and the sea, and then youre going to have to figure out how do you provide whats called local security, right . So if, if, if you have sailor, im sorry, if you have soldiers working building the causeway, maintaining it as well, you have to figure out how do you protect them from, both indirect fire, which would means you would need a means to shoot down a rockets or mortars or whatnot, but also direct fire. You dont want armed groups coming aboard your causeway, and, and taking american soldiers, assaulting american soldiers, you dont want them interrupting the, the flow of logistics coming off of the causeway and hitting the beach. And thats a really another big unknown is who is going to handle the security on the beach at the landing point, and then whos going to be in charge of distribution once it hits the ground . These are all Big Questions that need to be answered again before you can start flowing. Supplies from the sea, into the onto the beach and then into gaza. And by the way, secretary, will any of these answers be provided publicly, or is it something thats going to happen behind the scenes, obviously, due to the Security Risks were talking about . No, i think you want to i think you want to be as transparent as possible with, with, certainly with your friends, with the my understanding is there may be private Companies Helping as well. There has to be some protection for them. Also, clearly the Israeli Government has to be bought into it. And then you have to have, you know, hamas and, and, and whoevers in charge in gaza on that end, make sure that they know that there will be consequences if they, if they mess with us troops, if they mess with the flow of logistics and so on. Secretary mark esper, it sounds like a very daunting proposition. But then again, look how severe the humanitarian crisis is. Thank you so much for joining us this evening. Thank you, laura, have a great evening. You too. Coming up, cnns presentation of hbos overtime with bill maher. So what do you think about these, we like this one. Yeah, we love that. When its time for an update or a complete remodel, rebath is with you every step of the way. Were going to take everything down to the from design and products to removal and installation. We handle the entire process to create a beautiful and functional bathroom for whatever your life needs. Honey, you were right. Turned out amazing. So did rebath with you every step of the way. 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Here is overtime with bill maher. Oh, hi, cnn, its us here at real time when my panel, a fellow at the modern War Institute at west point, max brooks, and shes a senior Political Correspondent at puck, tara palmeri, okay, here are the questions. Any predictions for the Oscars On Sunday . Oh, im not the person to ask. What are you looking at me for . I aint there i dont have a movie. I mean, i know. Wait, wait wait, i know youve Bradley Cooper will win something because he seems so desperate for an oscar, right . Yes. Well, i can tell you. I mean, my personal favorite as as a novelist is american fiction. Thats great. I think its amazing. Everybody. Thats amazing. So go, guys. Okay. What do you think of mrs. For you. But everybody can answer. What do you think of Trump Meeting with viktor orban. He is the dictator. Is that too strong a word of hungary. I mean hes a secretarian. Hes as close as it gets in the western world. He was elected, but so was hitler, right . And he seems to be elected over and over and over again. Yes. But i think actually most americans know nothing about viktor orban, so it probably has no impact on his electability. And i would agree with that. Youre right. So i thats true. Yeah. But can we educate them a little . Yes. Youre we are on a country. Were on cnn now. Yeah come on. So yeah. Who is viktor orban . Theres a country. Its called hungary. You may have heard of it. Its part of my heritage. Yeah. Its hungarian, its amazing. And it is on Eastern Europe. And it became a part of the european union. But it is definitely the most difficult member of the european union. Yeah. You used to be part of the soviet bloc. Was part of the group with with east germany and poland and czechoslovakia and allies with hitler in world war two. Yeah. Well many were right. And they were they were one of the countries that basically were like, dont worry, hungarian jews, were not going to turn you over. Were not going to turn you over. Youre not going to turn. Yeah we are. And then by the very end, bam all at once. Right. And they have a very strong antiimmigration stance, especially with the migrants that are coming through europe. They have been the most resistant to taking any migrants that have come through. Actually, the borders of Eastern Europe as they came through syria, and yeah, its a its an interesting thing to see this country like try to have the benefits of the west, but also be resistant as well. You know, who else didnt take any Syrian Refugees . Saudi arabia. Where they might have fit in a little better. Right. Im just saying, yeah. You know, its yeah, i know i got it. Fair enough. Yeah. Okay. Do you think a two State Solution for israel and palestine is possible . Yeah we got 80s. Lets 100. And this is what so many people dont understand about you. Do you think that. I think its 100 possible. Bidens the guy to do it because hes established his bona fides. These things do not happen overnight. And the first step of making peace is establishing your cred. Theres an old saying its either Us Diplomatic corps or star trek six. Only nixon could go to china, right . He was the only guy with the bonafides to do it. And biden was so smart in israels darkest moment, right after october 7th, he came to israel and said, i am your friend. I am your protector. So now he is in a position to say, as your friend and your protector, i can tell you the only long terme solution for israel is a creation of. Youre only talking about this from one side. You do realize that hamas does not want a two State Solution . No, no. They want the whole thing from the river to the sea. Right. But hamas needs to be isolated, and we need to talk. The fourth player in this quartet is the arab world. Right . These are the and the good news here is that the world has changed in 20 years. And its not your fathers middle east anymore, right . This is not dictators in the in some ways, in some ways. But its not like in some ways it is. Yeah. But now there is a new coming war with iran. And there are. Yes. This this is huge. And the gulf arabs war between israel and iran or between the iranians and the gulf arabs, thats the war. Thats the big conflict. And the gulf arabs are scared to death. Yeah. Which is why they tried to do a peace treaty with israel, forgetting the palestinians, because their attitude is we need. Well, and again, for those people who we imagine dont know this stuff, but they probably i think they probably do because theyre watching cnn. Yeah. The iranians are shiites. Right. And the gulf arabs, most of the arab world is sunni. Yeah. Okay. Thats i think 85. But the shiites are very strong. And the iranians have proxies in almost every country that is surrounding israel. They have the houthis, thats in yemen. Thats to the south. They have they took over iraq because we stupidly went and undid the Balance Of Power there. Syria and lebanon. Hezbollah so that is a shiite iranian led arc that goes all around the middle east. And yes, it is very frightening. And that was causing saudi arabia and israel to make peace with each other because the friend of my friend is or the friend of my enemy or whatever thats saying is my cousins cousin is my friend. I dont know where, but you know what im trying to say . You know, but were in a better position than weve ever been in between alternate energy tech and alternate Energy Business practices and infrastructure. Were not their crackers anymore, right . Right. Were in a position now where if we walked away, wed be in a much less pain than we were 20 years ago. And 20 years from now, we can just walk away. And they know that, right . So now is the time to really pressure them and say, listen, if you want our support against iran, you need to back a palestinian state and use your money to build it. And then use your sons in their uniforms to be a peacekeeping force. Right. But again, youre going to have to convince the palestinians themselves, right, that they dont get the whole thing because they dont seem to really want to give up on that idea. Well, thats river to the sea. We get it all. Well, thats thats hamas. Are we talking that or regular palestinians . Well, you know, most palestinians are just regular people who want a life. And remember, it was arafat who walked away from that right . Well, he was their leadership. He was what you would call a regular palestinian. I dont know what that means. But, you know, about the west bank as opposed im talking about the west bank versus gaza. Those are two different ecosystems. Okay. So, what do you think of katie porters claim . Okay, for people who dont live here in california, katie porter, congressperson ive had on the show, not successfully, did she come with a whiteboard . I cant remember, no, no, but we dont like each other. Okay, no. Its true. I mean, she would say the same thing. And if you cant get along, everyone, i mean, and shes not very. I feel quite vindicated by this because everyones saying shes a nod and shes a sore loser. She claimed that the California Primary she ran against adam schiff, shes a Congressperson Running for the senate, and now she claims the California Primary was rigged. Yeah. Everyones. Yeah. What do you think about that . I just feel like you cant use the rigged word, especially when youre trying to. Its just like, yeah, thats trump. The r word. You cant, like cry wolf, right . You just cant do that. Adam schiff elevated his republican opponent so that he could be in an election where he was up against a republican rather than another democrat. And in a way, he saved the democrats a ton of money. Now theyre now all this money isnt going into the california race for a senate seat that will be filled by a democrat. Two democrats fighting against each other. Its republican and democrat, a democrat will win, and everyone can put their money into other races. And its just you lost. Its politics. Its dirty. People do this kind of stuff, you know . Its what i its what im always saying to the trump people. You think hes so macho and youre the big tough guys, but the most tough, the basic tough thing that a tough guy would do is be able to say, i lost and not pout and not be a whiny little. That what do you think of jorge santos attending the State Of The Union . I was oh, well, you know, you got Floor Privileges for the rest of your life, so he might come every year. Is that right . Yes. Wait a second. And it will help his cameo in his future. Only fans. He has to be famous. If hes not famous, then what is he . And bill, i dont know if you saw the latest news. He plans to primary the republican who from new york, who worked so hard to try to evict him from the house. But i will say like privately, youre not going to believe this, but some republican members say to me, we shouldnt have got rid of George Sanders until he was actually convicted because we needed that vote. Seriously. Oh, im sure they say that all the time. Theyre like, we just we shouldnt have done it. Weve waited before for other people to be convicted, and thats what theyre thats what they privately say. Well, is it menendez still a democratic senator . I mean, because they need the vote. I mean, this is the vote. This is you know, this is the guy who was embarrassing, but. Right. But when you need the vote, you know, hey, he was stuffing gold bricks in his pajamas. Well were not all perfect, you know, but im very curious about this. So jorge george santos, he was in congress. He he got kicked out right . Which is very rare, i dont think. I dont think its happened in hundreds of years, 150 years or something. They kicked him out. I mean, even the republicans couldnt take it anymore. Okay, so hes not in congress . No. But youre saying even if youre expelled, you have Floor Privileges . Yes. Like a gym . Yes yes. You really. But is It Floor Privilege . Any time. Can he just show up on any day . Im pretty sure that you have Floor Privileges. Privileges for the rest of your life. No matter what you do, even when you get expelled, i am okay. Can we change that . I mean, if hes in prison, you cant go to the floor, right . So itll be difficult. But im going to run as a one issue candidate on this. But i have to say goodnight for now. Thank you, cnn. Thank you. You guys, and well see you next week. You can watch real time with bill maher on friday nights on hbo at 10 p. M, and then watch overtime right here on cnn friday nights at 1130. Up next, a major plane scare in midair. Flames shooting out of the engine of a United Airlines flight. A passenger who was on board. That looks terrifying. Joins me next. 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The massive tire landed in a nearby parking lot, crushing multiple cars, and thankfully nobody was injured. The plane was diverted to los angeles and then landed safely and earlier this week, another united flight was diverted after flames were seen shooting out of the engine, causing the aircraft to shake and at one point take a nosedive. In a statement, the airline says, quote, United Flight 1118 returned to houston shortly after takeoff due to an engine issue. The flight landed safely and the passengers deplaned normally. Well, my next guest was one of the passengers on that united flight. Elliot trexler, thank you so much for joining us. That must have been terrifying. I mean, you were on this flight from texas to florida. Can you just take us back to the moment that you say you heard this loud explosion . Yeah, it was a loud explosion. So i actually was sitting in the row where the engine was, so. Yeah. And it was a night flight, so the entire cabin was dark. And about 20 minutes into the flight, there was this really loud explosion. And by the way, ive flown a lot, so im used to bumps and little gyrations. But this was a loud explosion that id never heard before. And simultaneously , the, the whole area lit up with red and orange and yellow light because of the explosion. And the plane started to nosedive as well as rock back and forth. So all of that happened all at once, just in the blink of an eye. And, you know, i looked over to the left like that and saw massive flames coming out of the out of the engine. It was terrifying. I, im so happy to be talking to you and that everyone was safe. But in those moments, i mean, you you were so scared. You wrote an email to your wife saying, quote, i love you. You should be free to live your best life. You gave me everything and are an angel. I love you. And then a few minutes later you wrote another email to say, as of now, my plane is probably making an emergency landing. I love you, i am calm, i am listening to the power of now. I cannot imagine my husband sending me these and my i mean, i and hopefully she got them after the second one and was maybe doing something else. But my god, in that moment, what was going through your mind . So so actually, whats interesting about the timing of those emails, it appears that there are only one minute apart because of when they actually were able to be sent through, but they were written 15 minutes apart. They just because finally they were able to get sent through at the same time, anyway, what was going through my mind when i sent the first email was, im going to die at. And i was resigned to that fact, as you saw in the second email that i sent to my wife, i was listening to a meditation. I figured if this is my last One And A Half or two minutes on this planet, im going to go out comfortably and peacefully. And, in fact, there was a nice young couple sitting next to me who had just had their first born, baby. And, her mom was babysitting the baby, and they actually wrote an email for their newborn. Oh, to read, you know, at an age when she was older, i mean, and this isnt unique to just me and this other couple. Everybody. Not every. I dont know if everybody, but a lot of people were had done similar things. Oh my gosh, elliot, thank god that everything turned out okay. But just thinking about what could have been and what was going through your mind, i had to tell you kudos to you because im pretty sure i would have had either beyonce or i dont know what i would have. Maybe some like my way frank sinatra. I would have had something blaring in my ears. But you chose a meditation. A better person than i. Elliott trexler, thank you so much. Thank you. Yeah. And i love the romance to your wife. That was really beautiful. Thank you for joining us. Thank you for being here. 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