we need to try to apply common standards, rootd rooted in obje fact facts. liberal democracy 101, so don t complain about cancel culture and then try to cancel voices on the other side. because if you really love this country, then have the confidence to recognize the good and the bad in our past. if you really love freedom, then have the courage to extend that principle consistently, beyond politics, especially on campus. and that s your reality check. you know, as a student told us the other day, history has not ever looked fondly on people who ban books. that s right. a universal truth. it does not age well. john avlon, thank you very much. a bipartisan group of governors is telling president biden the country needs to move away from the pandemic. we re going to speak to a democratic mayor who is lifting covid measures in his own city. and breaking this morning, pfizer is about to seek fda authorization for its vaccine