program that this administration has presided over, you know, it is sort of joyful in there almost, people not wearing masks, people not having to be six feet apart. we're seeing, today, first -- only the second foreign leader visit in the biden term and the first one that can be sort of a full visit with all the pomp and circumstance and certainly one befitting of a traditional ally like south korea. and of course we are seeing this ongoing push with the infrastructure plan, you know, the white house making a counteroffer to republicans today. it's not quite clear whether that will get a deal done, but they see the -- feel like the wind is at their back. public polling supports not just the infrastructure plan but biden himself. he remains very popular now four months into his administration, and they feel like they capitalized on the momentum, including with what was his first, perhaps, diplomatic triumph this week, quietly pushing israel behind the scenes to get to that ceasefire with the palestinians and hamas. >> rick stengel, how they did it, i think, is a story worth