days than not, sam stein. thanks for being here today. let's start with -- you listened to my interview with white house press secretary jen psaki. what was your sense as to the points she was trying to emphasize here, as the white house projects forward, tries to get momentum coming out of the state of the union? we know the president is about to hit the road to wisconsin. >> yeah. i thought she and biden himself really sort of underscored a tale of two speeches here, right? the first half being ukraine, very ukraine specific, outlining what the president has done to confront russia, rallying support. the second a bit more defensive about the domestic agenda and why it stalled out, but with a plea that, you know, the priority the president and the white house are pushing could solve the current situation with respect to inflation, could aid people with respect to child care costs. i don't know how much traction he's getting. already you're seeing a lot more