State dinner at the white house in 99 brought. my mother as my date. and they could not have been more charming and warm to my mother. ali, i have this tease about what we have coming up in the show. we have ian mackie of missouri. we have michelle, i m sorry, mallory mick morrow. the michigan state vanneter senator. both of whom give impassioned speeches. we have all of that. i m going to take this time into cheese, ali, to thank you. to say, i am happy to see you back. safe, in the united states. you have always been a role model as a journalist, as an anchor. but what you did, day after day over weeks in ukraine, rick a master class in how we do this job. why we do this job. why it is important. and what i loved most, in addition to your reporting, was