but that leaves airlines to essentially ban passengers on their own. and the fear here is that a passenger could be banned from one airline, and then fly on a different airline completely unnoticed. by the way, there is this push to ratchet up the punishment on those who step out of line, onboard planes. but there is also this effort to relax the restrictions, namely a lawsuit from the attorney general of texas to the biden administration trying to end the transportation mask mandate, which is set to expire on march 18th and could be extended, john. pete muntean, reagan national airport, thank you so much for being with us tonight. okay as you know, been a lot of drama at the olympics this year and not all of it great. in fact, most of it, not. or much of it not but there are some just awesome moments happening and my next guest is at the center of one of them. america s new favorite every-man athlete, who just now happens to be a gold medalist, nick baumgartner joins us, next.