awkward. at 29 past the hour, welcome back to "morning joe." here with us now, republican senator from arizona, senator jeff flake. and democratic senator from minnesota, senator amy klobuc r klobuchar. good to have you both back on the show. joe will be here in a second, talking to my dad, can't get over that story. and i am glad he didn't wake me up. what an incredible -- >> living on the edge. >> can you imagine? >> because they had a black book that listed options if the missiles are coming in, do we attack in the soviet union? military targets? economic targets? leadership targets? and it was a menu that if this occurred, the president would have to say, let's hit here and here and not here. >> he only told me that story recently on a mountaintop in maine. and i mean, it was very windy. and everything went silent as he told it because it was so absolutely gripping. and i was just -- i think about 10 or 11. okay. so let's get to what we're