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[laughs] Thanks, Rick.

And, uh, as I have said before, it's, I've, I've known Rick and Joe and Stuart, who's not on today, for more than 20 years.

I've known them a long time, uh, in the course of our political efforts and when I was in the media, which many of you know, uh, me from.

I was chief political analyst for ABC News for 10 years and then was senior political analyst for, um, MSNBC until last September.

So I've got to know Joe and Rick for a long time and I've known of Tessa from afar with great respect for her as well as for Rick and Joe in all of this.

And so my sort of step into this was I worked on political campaigns around the country, uh, before I did the media stint, um, both Democratic and Republicans.

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Yeah

... all of that, that it's, it's increased the likelihood that, that more people through Iran is gonna radicalize other people around the world, and that's what's so amazing about this.

And Iran has, is more...

I mean, Th- that Trump won't admit this, but Iran today is more powerful in its ability-

Right

... on any of this.

And they keep...

You hear these guys, these congressmen on, Republican congressmen on, on the talk about the price of gas like, like as you said, like trying to convince people of a reality that doesn't exist i- in this.