we ve been apart from each other for a good while until now. scatter family and friends. create new memories. let s make a special time of every moment we have. get ready. it s about to be a fun time. where everybody s in the same room. it s gonna be a great christmas day. ready, it s about to be a fun time. oh, yeah. [ applause ] bravo. beautifully done. that was jakailin carr singing great christmas as part of the all american christmas concert series. thank you so much for being beinghere this morning. thank you so much. she will performing oh, holy night coming up. rachel: can t wait for that. we never miss a reason for a concert series. christmas certainly qualifies. rachel: oh, holy night qualifies for sure. i love oh, holy night. rachel: me too. moving to some other topics this morning, starting with this. you may have seen this late yesterday, but the president of the university of pennsylvania has resigned, as has the board, the ch
u.s. embassies in kenya and tanzania. he was, of course, also involved in the planning of the 9/11 attacks. although he is also said to be argumentative unlike osama bin laden. he is not particularly popular analysts say within the al qaeda hire arcky. that could count against him. also, shep, all the experts say is that he may be more focused on anything simply on surviving rather than trying to become the outspoken leader of al qaeda. shepard: then there is the man in yemen. anwar al awlaki. yeah. and al awlaki may be a more inspirational kind of leader for al qaeda if they choose to go in that direction. that s because he has in the past few years taken more action than any other principle al qaeda figure. he was as you pointed out of involved and inspiration for