good friend and colleague, alina cho. and i must say, t.j., that s a spectacular back drop. i m jealous you re out there. good morning, everybody. i m alina cho at the cnn headquarters in atlanta. i know you, t.j., and there s a lot to talk about there. there is a lot to talk about. and many in the republican gop are giving us even more to talk about. now, of course, you think nevada and you re sthig about fabulous nevada, you re thinking about fabulous las vegas and the las vegas strip and what happens in vegas stays in veg crass. you know what they re thinking about here, know? they re thinking about the unmroit rate, one of the highest in the country. 147 of 2% unemployment. we are hearing from a lot of people here who are hurting. they have a message for you. annoy, i can give you statistices and tell you a lot of that, but a lot of them, they can tell you bet just by looking at the strip. also, something happening right now on the other side of the country we want to