Good evening. Good evening, everyone. Welcome to the Don Lemon Show, Lemon Live at 5.

What city am I? I told you guys. I'm in New Orleans, so I made it safely, flights on time, everything.

So thank you for joining us. I am in. I just honestly checked in my hotel room, and then I'm going to go to the festivities tonight or whatever to the opening night.

I'm at the book festival here in New Orleans.

So there you go.

That's why I'm not in my home studio.

Maga's in crisis, y'all.

They're in crisis and they're trying to pretend

that they are not in crisis, but they are really at the crisis.

It's not hyperbole.

This is not spin.

That is a simple fact.

Wait till my guest who's coming on next.

We'll see what you have to say about it.

Donald Trump's cabinet knifing itself right now, left and right.

The Dow Jones is cratering.

It's down nearly 200 points yet again.

And then we have breaking news, right?

Just today, President Polk, Congresswoman, Elise

Stephanix nomination to UN ambassador, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, because

he has seen the polling. That is, she leaves Congress. Then Republicans are in a real

doozy of trouble. Republicans are likely lose the House majority, and he does not want that.

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