It added that there is so much Carbon Dioxide and other Greenhouse Gases in the atmosphere, that the warming will last at least several decades. But there is a silver lining. Aggressive emissions cuts around the globe could limit the warming beyond the year 2050. The stakes are high, and many People are asking what we can do about the climate crisis. Well get into that Tomorrow Night. Well, it is top of the hour, and its good to be with you tonight. The taliban have seized control of at least three provinial capitals in one day. President biden is deploying thousands of troops to afghanistan to evacuate embassy staff. But what comes next . Gh the u. S. Just saw its strongest Backtoback Vaccination days in over a month. Could this be a result of the new Vaccine Mandates . Our Saturday Night panelva is he totu discuss it. Also, the 2020 census data is finally here. We will break down the new numbers and see how america is becoming more diverse than ever. And later, Batmans Sidekick is d. C. s newest openly queer super hero. Are comics reflecting the culture or leading the way from from nbc News Headquarters in New York, n im Joshua Johnson. Welcome to the week. The u. S. Is reporting a rate of new covid cases that we have not seen since last november. The current Sevenday Average is 107 cases per day. Right now basically everyone in america lives in an area with a high or substantial risk of community transmission. Thats up from about one in five americans last month. And perhapsam because of that, Vaccination Rates are also going up. The u. S. Te saw its single large total in over a month, with nearly One Million shots in arms today. And more help is on the way. Yesterday, the cdc gave final approval to Pfizer And Moderna Booster Shots for immunocompromised americans. The Cdcs Announcement came less than 24 hours after the fda approved the same recommendation. And with both agencies approvals, boosters can be given immediately, again, just to americans with weakened immune systems. Ke the spread of the Delta Variant has sparked new Vaccine Mandates across the Country. Some corporate offices, schools, even Concert Venues are requiring proof of vaccination. At the same time, the new wave of, regulations has reenergize vaccine protests. But the r mandates could accelerate once the fda grants full approval to the vaccines in the coming weeks. Currently they have emergency use authorization. Theyre clearedge for Human Use but through a shorter process. As a result, fake Vaccine Cards are on the rise among those who still refuse to get the shot. Lately, Government Investigators Cyber Security Experts are noticing more schemes on Social Media to sell illegal proof of vaccination. These cards have shown up for sale onsites like amazon, ebay and etsy. So how will organizations requiring the vaccines tell the difference between a legit card and a fake . T lots for us to talk about with the Saturday Night panel. Joining usay now is nbc senior reporter Brandy Zadrosni. She covers misinformation online. And jamil smith, senior Cold Front at vox and cohost of the podcast vox conversations. Good toas have all three of you tonight. Brandy, let me start with you. Youve been doing some reporting on antivaxxer, particularly those who are also nurses. Tell usar more about that. Yeah, i mean, the Nursing Community has never been immune from antivaccination misinformation, unfortunately. Now this particular group, they call themselves americas Health Care workers for medical freedom, and that mouthful is basically promoting this Zram Account with a few thousand followers, but its made up of a stable of Registered Nurses who are also antivaccination influence owners the app. What this is basically Credibility Laundering, which means, you know, these same tired kdebunked pieces of information, but dressed up in scrubs. So there is a reason that when you see an infomercial for a crabby product, so often its a guy in a white Lab Coat selling it. Its because that sort of Credibility Laundering really works. It has a danger at the moment of going sort of viral on Social Media and collecting a whole new group of People under this antivax umbrella. Jamil, weve also got to talk more about the governors of florida and texas, particularly Ron Desantis, who promised to begin dispensing the Monoclonal Antibodies from regeneron through mobile clinics during this Recordbreaking Stretch of newec cases and hospitalization. Florida accounts for one out of every five covid hospitalizations in the nation. T one out of fight. It seems like what Ron Desantis is doing just in the state of florida impacts the state and the nation more and more broadly pretty much every day. Of course. St and the thing is, the problem is that theyre coopting the language of frankly People who are trying for prochoice campaigns. Theyre saying my body, my choice. Y really, its our bodies and their choice. Really, theyre making choices about the health of themselves, not just themselves, but also everyone around them. Em and frankly, i have a good idea for governor desantis. If you wish to get ontario bodies into the arms and the bodies of these residents, frankly, there is a lot better way to do that, and thats to promote vaccines. And make vaccines not just available to the larger florida community, but also make sure theyre targeted to communities that frankly have been undervaccinated. Were not just talkinge about People who choose not to get t vaccinated. Were talking about People who have not had availability for those vaccines. And as of july, i know vox reported that the Vaccination Rate was about 15 lower for black People than for white People in the u. S. I knowpe that gap is shrinking some degree. I know in a lot of communities, particularly places like north carolina, those gaps are not shrinking fast enough. So we need to talk about the lack of vaccinations. I mean, 50. 5 is not nearly enough at this point. We need to talk about the lack of vaccinations from the standpoint of race how things have been owdisproportionately disadvantaged to those communities. And for my fellow African Americans who are concerned about thee medical Establishme Becauset of the Tuskegee Study please go back and look for my essay about tuskegee. It aint what you think. That reason is not as strong a justification as you think to not get vaccinated. Nadine farsad, i want to know what you think of the impact of this. Thats kind of the power of trolls on facebook. They kind of coopt or invent a form of credibility that sort of goes against the establishment and People who have inherent Distrust Glom on to that. And now unfortunately its getting People hurt, getting People killed. Yeah, its really scary. But im also, you know, im sympathetic to the People who are consuming this. Because i see someone in scrubs, i see someone in a Lab Coat, and oh, what do they have to say . They look official. So i can see how easy it is to kind of Fall Prey to these and like your other guests were saying, the Credibility Laundering thats happening thats being amplified through social bmedia, i think its really easy Toin Fall Prey to that. Also, brandy, weve heard more about these protests around the aCountry. Im justar looking in the last w minutes. There wase a protest inside th Oklahoma State Capitol today, the socalled oklahoma freedom rally. The lapd had to respond to two duelling protests outside of l. A. City hallts on the South Ln where one guy stabbed somebody else. Like one protester stabbed a counterprotester. And you, brandy, have been reporting on the proud boys who have been showing up and kind of or excuse me, the Daily Beast has been reporting on the proud boys who have been teaming up with antimaskers where there have been protests at School Boards. What is going on here, brandy . Yeah, my good friend kelly weill, Shout Out to kelly. What weve been seeing is a trend since 2020. That is proud boys, white supremacists, antivaxxer, antimasker, Second Amendment People, regular sort of Freedom Conspiracy Theorist folks, all of these People who seem like they have disparate motivations are actually coming together under this like antiestablishment freedom banner, sometimes protrump. Now we saw all of these groups out protesting at the antilockdown protests in the Spring Ofck 2020. Now they have a lot of other things to add to their big umbrella of supposed grievances. And that includes the socalled anticritical Race Theory Stuff that were seeing at School Boards. A lot of School Board Stuff is antimask too. School has started again, and qanon People and the proud boys all need somewhere to go. And so theyre going to these rallies. And now theyrees taking up the banner of save the children. Most of these People dont even have children that are standing up and talking at these rallies, talking at these School Board meetings. Its likear very, very worrisom i love this idea that they need somewhere to go. Because we would hate for the proudca boys to get bored. Jamil, what about this idea of People making these fake Vaccination Cards . I dont see first of all, if you get caught with a fake vaccination card, you can get fined a lot of money. We reported not too long ago about a group of guys, travel evers, who used fake Vaccine Cards to Enterfa Canada from th u. S. , and the canadian government fined them nearly 16,000 for using fake Vaccination Cards when a vaccine is free. R in jamil, i dont even i dont even i dont even. L, i bet you thats a lot more than it cost them to buy those Vaccination Cards on amazon, itty or whatever. Those corporations really need Toor Step up and be held accountable for this, and be held accountable by us in the press. You have these things available widely. And the corporations act like they have no resource as to whether or not theyre sold. So lets talk about the fact that, you know, yes, People are going to come up with cockamamy schemes. But these large corporations which have the capability to weed these things out can in fact take them out. Fa now i just want to also address something that that really what were seeing more broadly, proud boys and all of this stuff is really a lack of critical thinking, and were seeing People take advantage of that lack of critical thinking thats happening in our society. Yes, its easy forpp People to e a Lab Coat and think that means authenticity. But wes need citizens to be particularly vigilant right now, because frankly this is killing People when it didnt have to be killing People. We need People to understand that this is not about them. Its about all of us. At yeah. Before you believe one of these influencers online, do yourself a favor and ask what price would they pay for lying to me. What price would they pay for lying to me. If i lie to you in this forum, i dont just lose this job, i lose my entire career trajectory. I canre never come back if i li even k once. If those People online lie to you, what would they lose if they lie w to you . Just something to consider before you trust someone. Im really heartened by the mandates. I had t a friend who wasnt goi to get the vaccine, wasnt going to get the vaccine, and finally did get the nevaccine. And i said what changed your mind . And it turns out his favorite bar was mandating it. He wanted to go to his favorite bar, he had to get the vaccine. So there are motivations out there. And, you know, hey, maybe its your favorite bar. So ife small businesses have t power, large businesses have that power, lets these mandates can really make a difference. See, im interested in that. There are more bars and gyms and restaurants that are geoghan mandating this. New orleans is going to start mandating it to drink at bars ir new orleans. And if you think about what it takes to get rejected from a bar on bourbon street, the thing that means they wont take your money is youre not vaccinated . We have crossed my boundary. I did not see none of this coming. Much more for us to talk about with the panel as we spend our Saturday Night with Brandy Za dr rozny, negi anyfarsad. Five provincial capitals reportedly fell to the taliban today. Nbc news has confirmed three with afghan lawmakers. The taliban claimed to have taken two others. But the capitals we know fell included Mazar El Shareef in the north of afghanistan. President biden authorized deploying another thousand troops to that region. That brings the total to 5,000. L nbcs Meagan Fitzgerald has the latest. Hey, meagan. Yeah, joshua. We are looking at a dire and deteriorating situation thats happening in afghanistan. Nbc news confirming at least three provincial capitals have been seized just today by the taliban, one of them mazaresharif which is the fourth largest is the any the Country, a commercial hub as well as the last northern stronghold. What Thisst Means is the taliba now has control of the entire northern part of the Country. Of in addition to that, more than twothirds of the Country as well. So this is why we see a sort of global scramble if you will, where the u. S. Deploying more troops into afghanistan to secure, make sure that the personnel in these embassies are secure and safely transported out of kabul. Were seeing this with other nations as well, closing down their embassies as the taliban inches closer to trying to take over kabul. Were seeing thousands of People fleeing to kabul in fear for their lives. Now today we did hear from the president of afghanistan, who vows to not give up and to try and reduce the bloodshed that were already seeing. He also mentioned that over the past 20 years, weve seen such progress as it relates to women, being able to be educated, being able to start careers of their own. The biggest fear here is if the taliban seizes kabulhe and take control of the entire nation, things will certainly change. Right now afghanistan is on the brink of a humanitarian crisis. Joshua . Thank you, meagan. Thats nbcs Meagan Fitzgerald with the latest on afghanistan. Coming up,fi the 2020 censu shows that the u. S. 2 is more diverse than atever. We willth break down some of th key dotakeaways. Plus, many fans cheered when marvels loki revealed being bisexual. One Superhero Or Antihero paving the way for a new generation. Hey, richard. Hey, joshua. Good to see you. More on the breaking news coming out of haiti. The Death Toll has jumped to overto 300 following a 7. 2 magnitude earthquake. Rt hundreds more are injured or missing. The Quakes Epicenter was just about 80 miles west of the capital. 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I think that was the term they were using to characterize the rhetoric from others, not their own view on this. I hear what theyre getting at. It feels like were already there. Like this pushback has already begun. But i wonder how you see this, whether the census data could sort of prove what white nationalists have been saying about replacement and all of that over the last few years . All right, two things. One is, as opposed to before . Its somehow different . I mean, thats what im trying to understand. How is this all of a sudden going to provoke more violence . Weve seen an increase in racist violence, weve seen an increase in racist rhetoric, weve seen hate attacks all across the Country. All of a sudden theyre going to read the census and be, this is a reason to get even madder . Look, racism is going to be here, folks. Its going to be part of our lives until we decide its not going to be. And frankly, listen. The numbers here what we need to be paying attention to, i think, are the fact that, yes, its hispanic residents, half the Population Growth in places like texas. Weve seen growth of brown and black People throughout the nation. But they consolidated in these urban areas. How are republicans, who are in charge of a lot of these states, going to get cracking and start trying to make sure that they maintain their power base, statewide and nationwide, while these communities are growing . Its going to be interesting to watch. Honestly, the violence, thats a whole other problem we cant be worried about backlash. No progress comes without backlash. I want to ask negin about one of the fastest growing metro areas of the Country. First of all, do you know what the Fastestgrowing Metro Area in the Country was over the last decade . Oh, im going to guess phoenix. No. Wasnt phoenix. Am i close . You are on the wrong coast, my friend. Brandy, do you know . No, i didnt know there would be a quiz. Youve got to be ready, always got to be ready on this broadcast. Houston . No, no. Ill give you a hint. Ill give you a hint. The census showed that the Nations Retiree Population is slowing down in general but not here. The villages in florida . The villages. That is exactly right. Ten points to you. The villages, the nations Fastestgrowing Metro Area over the last decade. Negin, i dont know if that surprises you. As a native floridian, it doesnt surprise me at all. I am from a retirement community, i grew up in palm springs, california. So that doesnt surprise me at all either, just knowing how they roll. Literally in golf carts, how they roll. But can i, just before we move on, i just want to take a quick moment to celebrate the census. I know that theres always, like we want to get into the backlash. I think its amazing 33. 8 million People identified as being part of two or more races, up from Nine Million in 2010. That was a fantastic statistic that you shared. Im the mother of a person with two or more races, so i feel partially responsible for this. And also, youre welcome. My kid is black and iranianamerican. And this is a part of the american fabric. This is actually the gist of what makes america, america. That we threw a bunch of different People into one Country and we said, do a Country. And we keep doing that. And, you know, to call it a brown and foreign invasion obviously, you know, like your other panelists were saying, ignores the fact that there was a white invasion when Native Americans were here in the first place. So its a just completely ridiculous argument. But i think it really we should look at this kind of thing and really celebrate it. This is what makes america so fantastic and amazing. Yeah, yeah. By the way, i should have given the numbers. In the 2010 census, the villages, which is in northcentral florida, north of orlando, before you get to jacksonville. In 2010, the population of the villages was about 51,000 People. 2020, 79,000 People. The Fastestgrowing Metro Area in the Country. Brandy, redistricting one of the big aftereffects of the census. There is a lot of concern about gerrymandering and that kind of thing. Theres also an effort to try to preserve enclaves in the Country, including lgbtq enclaves. The victory fund, a lgbt Advocacy Group that tries to get more lgbtq People elected announced this week its launching a kind of Redistricting Effort of its own, to prevent enclaves from being broken up, to kind of keep them together for the sake of representation. This is an aspect of redistricting that i dont know that we think about nearly as much as we think about the red versus blue aspect. I mean, its interesting to see. I think what youre alluding to is that so much of the conversation about redistricting has been a conversation about defense. How to stop republicans from, you know, crisscrossing, making these crazy Jigsaw Puzzle Kind of districts, to hold on to power and create strongholds of power. And so, i mean, thats really just as a political reporter, as an informational reporter, thats really interesting to me. And it sort of does also carry on this idea of, for so long i think progressives have often been sort of in this defensive situation. And this is the same thing with misinformation, which is what my key beat is, People are now not just happy to fight the lies, but also how can we be offensive with the truth. Its really interesting. I want to just say one thing about the census and the lies. I totally agree. Tucker carlson was saying this in april. He was talking about the great replacement literally saying, they are trying to replace you. He said it friday night. I just dont think you cant underestimate the little kick in the pants or the fire that stuff like this, these little Data Points really does light under true hardcore white supremacists, the People that tune many to tucker that just thrive on this stuff that fundraise on this stuff, that, you know, create meetings and momentum. For them, for these sorts of People this really was a sort of banner report. One more thing before we pause. Negin, i want to ask you about this. Theres something were going to discuss tomorrow but i want to get your sense of it tonight. There was a New York times piece that pointed out some place where Americas Diversity is not yet reflected perhaps quite as strongly as it could be, and thats in the grocery stores. It was asking why grocery stores, many of them, still have an ethnic aisle, section. Were going to talk more about this on tomorrows program. But how do you see this . Am i lazy . I love the ethnic aisle. Its like a place to browse and find stuff that i havent heard of, or its just the place where i know i can get some of the weirder things i need to make some of my weirder dishes. And so ive always embraced the ethnic aisle as just a simple organizational tool in the grocery store. But that might make me a lazy ethnic person. Im not sure. Oh, i would never call you such a thing. Before we pause, what is one of these weirder dishes that you make that youre talking about . Theres a really delicious iranian dish, fesenjan, a pomegranate, molasses, walnut chicken dish. So theres a weird one. That sounds brandy, jamil, i dont know. I would try it. Doesnt sound bad at all. I would try it. Im a mom of three and a fulltime reporter, so basically i eat halfeaten hot dogs for every meal, so that sounds like the most amazing thing ive ever heard of. See . See . We just had a breakthrough. Panel, please do stick around. 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Robins one of the most iconic characters in comic. Some consider this a big win for representation. We are back with our Saturday Night panel. Brandy zadrozny, Negin Farsad and jamil smith. Jamil, let me start with you. I wonder what your reaction is to robin not really coming out, but owning the fullness of who he is, in a way . Yeah, as my friend Wade Davis likes to say, its about allowing People in, not necessarily coming out. I think thats a beautiful thing. I think, honestly, its important to have representation like this in this kind of media, because if youre unless youre white, you dont see People who look like you in Mass Media every day. Thats just a fact. And unless you are white and straight and wealthy, frankly, you dont see those People in Mass Media every day. So when you see the culture reflect yourself back at you, you know, not just in one entity, but these various versions of you, including in Comic Books, i think it increases the number of possibilities. I think young People out there who are lgbtq can imagine for themselves, and i think frankly, every little step helps. It doesnt necessarily need to be more than what it is. I think its just a beautiful example of how representation matters. Braerngsd brandy, Megan Fitsmartin was the writer of this arc in robins story. Heres what ms. Fitzmartin said. While female Lgbtq Representation is very important, theres also a history of deeming these characters as acceptable only because lgbtq are often fetishized. Therefore, it becomes uncouth for male characters to explore their sexuality because of what it may mean for the male readers. Ultimately what i want for art is for it to challenge the way we see the world and face us with the truth that exists below the surface. What do you make of that . Im a librarian, thats how i got into news librarianship, eventually reporting. So im a lover of books. And basically for the same reason that was just mentioned. And its because it opens a whole world to you. I grew up in a small town in florida. I didnt see many representations of lgbtq People. It was a fairly white, middleclass enclave. That was a place where you learned that there was a whole world outside of your tiny world. I want i have two sons. I want them to pick up books and see all of these different types of People represented so they can see themselves in it. So we can live a whole Human Experience and make connections with People that may not look necessarily like us, that we share lots of other qualities with. So i love it. I love the quote. I just think its such a lovely thing. Can i go a Half Step deeper with you, brandy, as our resident librarian, as a son of a librarian, so you get to speak twice. For parents, i dont think as many parents realize as they should that for many young People, Comic Books and graphic novels are their first form of real literary complex storylines, deep themes, dealing with motifs like kids take a lot more from comics than just, bang, pow, i saved the day. Oh, my gosh, my reluctant readers, yes. Thats the name we have for them. We had shelves and shelves from bone to batman. We had comics that would be the bridge between People who said, i hate to read, young People, and young People who couldnt take these books out of their hands. And when you look at comics themselves, the vocabulary is so elevated. The storylines are very intricate. The characters are very developed. Show me a Comic Book and i will show you an incredible story that is teaching all sorts of things. So yes, Comic Books for life, forever. My sons Reading Manga right now downstairs. Very cool. Our time is shore but we had the marvel character loki, who has a selftitled series on disney plus. I finally watched the final episode last night. I was ago, i need to watch now. That was a lot. He and the female main character silvi have a conversation. She asks is there a princess waiting for you back home . A prince . He says, a bit of both. Both in this series and batman, which was reading on my phone before we got there, the character that they connect with is Someone Else who can kick butt. Sylvie is another tough fighting character. This guy, bernard, who robin finally asks out on a date, he goes to rescue Bernard And Bernard helps him fight his way out. I feel thats a nice additional touch, as opposed to just being the damsel in distress or whatever the equivalent, the dude in distress . I dont know what youd call it. I found that a very cool touch. Yeah, i think the amazing thing about what shows like this are doing what Comic Books are doing, expanding the definition of masculinity. Masculinity can mean youre gay or bisexual, but that you also kick butt. It can have a lot of shades and nuance. I think kids are going to grow up with this and its not going to feel like a big deal the way it does now. The revolutionary change is happening now, but this generation is just going to grow up with it feeling normal. Theyre going to have this expanded notion of what masculinity is, and thats great. You know who else kicks butt . The three of you. I appreciate you Making Time. You do, youre fabulous. Ive had a great time talking to you all tonight. Nbcs Brandy Zadrozny, Negin Farsad and jamil smith, appreciate you all Making Time for us. Thank you all very much. It is a race against time in afghanistan. The taliban continues its siege and the u. S. Scrambles to get allies out of harms way. Well have the latest from kabul next. 45. 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Fans of the show have spent months watching an array of guest hosts, learning just how hard alex Trebeks Job really was. This week Sony Pictures television, which makes Jeopardy announced who the permanent host would be. Starting next month the shows Executive Producer, mike richards, will host the syndicated daytime show. Hell share hosting duties with Actress And Neuroscientist mayim bialik. She will handle primetime and spinoff shows, including a New College tournament. Mr. Richards has run Game Shows at the highest levels for years. He is also the Executive Producer of wheel of fortune. He has listen both The Price Is Right and ran both the price is rice and lets make a deal. Alex trebek also produced Jeopardy for the first three years of his run. None of which mattered to many of Jeopardy s most vocal fans. Including those who had already told the show exactly who they wanted. Lavar burton made no secret of his intense desire to host Jeopardy . The buzz around him was very strong. Some of it gently stoked by him. Others by viewers who saw a perfect fit. From roots to star trek, his career has centered around the power of knowledge to elevate us all. And lets be honest, he just wanted it so bad, you could feel it. I am a huge Jeopardy fan, have been since i was a kid, going back to the days of art fleming. And in many respects i feel like i have been preparing my whole life for the job of hosting Jeopardy . And should that job come my way, i would be exceedingly glad. So what now . Well, i shared an idea on twitter that, after thinking about it, i need to take back. Nothing offensive, just not my best thinking. I was responding to a tweet from Director And Producer ava duvernay. She shared an animated gif of Dan Levy representing, quote, me trying to create a Show Right in this moment for lavarburton to make an international hit. Clearly mr. Burton noticed, responding that she should check her messages. We dont know if anything is going to come of this. Well see. I tweeted an idea for what they might consider. Since he has such a strong pbs following, if its a Game Show theyre looking for, the answer seemed obvious. Kind of funky. Right . Thats rockapella, an update to their theme to the classic Game Show Where In The World Is Carmen San Diego . Rockapella performed live top on the show when it aired in the early 90s. Carmen san diego meant so much to me as a kid. The theme will bring tears to my eyes. I kid you not. And if i would trust anyone with a show that was such a huge part of my past, its lavar burton. And that is exactly why this idea is the wrong answer. Its not that he couldnt do it, of course he could. The reason is, in ms. Duvernays tweet, remember what she wrote . She was trying to create a show for lavar burton. To create is to bring into existence, to form something new, to move forward. How can you move forward with an idea from the past . Besides, netflix already revived Carmen San Diego. Our favorite thief is an animated hero now, stealing back what other villains have stolen. I think its easy when faced with a problem to seek answers in our past. Reviving Carmen San Diego would be fun for awhile, but that does not really count as creating anything. This is a time for groundbreaking and risktaking. There must be something better, something new, and really, isnt that the challenge we face with just about everything right now . Figuring out what to do next . I mean, look at todays news. How will the u. S. Recalibrate its relationship with afghanistan if the taliban succeed in taking kabul and overthrowing the government . Where can we build consensus across political lines to end this pandemic, especially now that more children are dying of covid . When will the World Fight Climate Change as one, especially with fires in the western u. S. , flooding in turkey, and this july being the hottest july on record . This uniquely difficult moment gives us a unique responsibility. It means letting the past instruct the future, not construct the future. Moving forward despite the disappointment. That is the correct response. So mr. Burton, if youre watching, i have a suggestion. If the producers of Jeopardy should ever come to you someday, for whatever reason, and offer to make you the host after all, i would just ask you to think very seriously about respectfully turning them down. Say no. Ive been blessed to work for People who saw me as their favorite, not their fallback. You may have missed your chance to be host, but they also missed their chance to hire you. Shake the dust off your feet and dont look back. And with that said, wed love to hear from you. Especially if youve been moving forward from difficulties and disappointments. What setback have you faced recently, and what was your correct response . Tweet us, or stitch a video to this one on stitch or tiktok. Also at instagram. 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