Hello, everyone. Welcome to Lemon Live at 5, except it's Lemon Live at Five on Pacific Coast Time.

Pacific Time. Thank you so much for joining this evening on a Friday. Sorry, I'm three hours late for the five o'clock show, but, you know, I had some things that I had to do today.

But at all seriousness, I am fine. I am doing well. And I appreciate all of your love and your

support. I really do more than anything. As a matter of fact, I want to tell you guys, like,

I ran into Lemonhead today. There was a gentleman who's a Lemonhead in the court, in the courtroom this

evening with a Don Lemon Show hat on, you know, the really the light blue hat,

and he made sure that I saw him and he waved.

So I have a lot of folks to think in no particular order, but the mayor of Los Angeles was there,

Karen Bass, I think it was fantastic.

By the way, I don't know anything. Like,

I have not seen the news. I haven't seen anything. I did not know. I've been getting

feedback from everyone about what has happened. I had no idea that all of this turmoil was going on.

I just thought, like, you know, it would be, I thought people would report on it, but not to this

extent. So thank you guys. And hit the like and hit know, it would be, I thought people would report on it, but not to this extent.

So thank you guys.

And hit the like and hit the thumbs up because it does affect the algorithm.

And more people become aware of our conversation and our show.

And today is a really important one.

And it's important for our democracy and to the Constitution of the United States.

And what the amendment that I believe is the bedrock of our democracy, and that is the first amendment.

Freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom to peaceably assemble, all of those things.

This encapsulates all of that. And I'm glad that at least to the extent that it has that people are realizing the critical

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