what s going to come of this meeting, but it s certainly an important meeting that they want to have to sort of put this foreign policy agenda sort of in place, so that he can come back home and focus on his very busy domestic agenda, as well. very busy and in a little bit of trouble, thanks to joe manchin. nbc s mike memoli, thank you very much for bringing your expertise to us this morning. we really appreciate it. and earlier on in the show, we asked all of you, why are you awake? hailey writes, i m up way too early working my night shift and snacking. thank you for all you do. lindy tweeted this. i am up way too early so i can get coffee and breakfast ready for my guys at the homeless shelter today. four of them will be starting brand-new jobs, so it will be a very good morning. indeed, it does! linda, thank you so much! and so glad to have everybody back in school. also, thanks to those of you who tweeted to let me know that i said this morning that it was january and not june.