who currently work at msnbc and often overlooked purpose of tonight's dinner, serious business and over the purpose of tonight's dinner to reward scholarships to students who have shown great achievements in journalism. these brave young souls are the future of the industry and i like to stop right now congratulate tonight top scholarship recipient arizona state senior george santos. [laughter] george couldn't be here tonight, he's auditioning for a drag r race. [applause] [laughter] we say good luck to you, george. also, speaking of drag queens, can we stop with the grooming stuff? and you stop talking about that? drag queens are not at the