Thanks to at home for joining us this hour.

I'm really happy to have you here.

I will say just one note before we get started tonight.

I know things might look a little different than usual.

That is just because I'm doing the show tonight

from someplace new.

I am in Los Angeles tonight. I'm at what is essentially

the midpoint of this book tour that I'm doing for my new book. That's why I'm here. I am not a great traveler. I am not great at this but I just before I start the

show tonight I just briefly wanted to say thank you to all the bookstores and

the venues that we have been at so far and all the moderators who have been on stage with me.

Thanks in particular to everybody who has come out to one of these events.

It has been thousands of people so far, which is crazy.

But it's just been really nice to be out there at so many events in so many different cities

to meet people who value this show, who love MS NBC.

I've heard a lot of love for my MSN BC colleagues. So it's just it's been

fantastic and I do this very very rarely and I know that it is a huge amount of

work and a pain in the butt for everybody involved in making this happen in part because I personally am a pain in the butt.

So it just makes me all the more grateful.

Out of the rest of this book tour.

Again, we're about halfway done.

There are only two dates left that still have seats.

And those are events this week, Phoenix on Wednesday

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