safeguard u.s. national security interests. of course, your brief at the national security council was exactly this part of the world. and yrb know it s been one you followed very closely. thank you so much. thank you. that is all in for this evening. the rachel maddow show is right now. good evening, rachel. good evening, chris. i m in a weird place. you sound weird. thank you very much. i ll explain. thank you for joining us this hour. i know this does look a little different and sound a little different than it usually does. i m at my home studio in all of its cabiny glory. there have been time thins past i appeared with no notice because something was desperately wrong. this is not one of those times.