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Thank you. You know what it is Thursday morning, as I like to call it, you guys know I like to call it Friday Eve. If you've been around, you know I call it Friday Eve. Good morning, everybody. Welcome to Hot Topics on this Thursday morning. Hi, Boomer. Hi, Barkley. Hi, boys. They're both back there. You can't really see Barclay, though. He's back there next to Boomer. They love to like hang out next to each other until they don't. So welcome to the program. Hit the like and the thumbs up. You guys have to hit the like and the thumbs up because again, as I've been telling you, you gotta do it now, now, now, now, first order of business. Because it affects the algorithm, more people become aware of our conversation, our channel. There's Barclay. Hi, cutey pie. Okay, so thank you for joining us this morning. I have a lot to talk to you about.

It is really a day of hot topics and a lot of topics.

I hope you have your coffee.

You have coffee with our little lemon live

and our Don Lemon Show mug, so that's good.

So join me with your Don Lemon Show mug. Like I'm all merged out today. I got the bigger mic thing on instead of the little one and I don't know because it's blocking it's blocking my elimination shirt and this is my favorite long sleeve one. Sounds good. All of my felt. It does. Does it sound better sound better is it blocking them i think it's good

noise okay we've been working testing new stuff we're doing new stuff so let's get to the program

everybody thank you i'm glad that you're here as you know i love you guys um i had i don't know i don't if I'll share, but I had a great conversation with a friend yesterday who works in the news.

And anyways, and I won't share our conversation, but anyway, she's, I just love her to death.

And anyways, so she reminds me of what's important and that we all are interesting and not perfect and all that stuff.

So it was great speaking to you if you were watching this morning.

Okay, so good morning everybody. Welcome to Hot Topics.

How you doing?

I miss that.

Don't you guys miss Wendy?

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