Government data. what we found is that in 29 states, if you look at april to d december, sort of the pandemic time to the non-pandemic time before then, overall, er visits went down 26% pre-pandemic versus during the pandemic. they went down because fewer people were in cars, having car accidents, et cetera. but overall, er visits for firearm injuries went up 34%. in other words, just at the time when er visits were going down for other things, they were going way up for firearm visits. john? 34% spike in er visits because of firearms. elizabeth, thank you very much for sharing that insight to us. gosh. thanks. an american citizen who was ambushed and held at gunpoint for more than 300 hours is going to tell us about his time in russian captivity. he joins new day next.