Hello everyone and welcome to The Young Turks. It's really weird I was going to say damage

for it there, but I managed it. What the hell is going on though? There's like a bunch

of people on the screen. It's almost like we've got a power panel here. Francesca,

Francesca, for your antennae and Mark Thompson, it has been a while.

Yes, it has. Too long. This is really cool. Yeah, I'm glad to have you all back.

There's a lot to be said for the new socially distance giant eye roller, don't you think?

Francesca, I think maybe being far away from John is the best way to take him in.

Yeah, you know, you can't smell it as much. Yeah, it's always helpful.

Love the implication that smell is still somewhat of a concern. I'm not near you.

I haven't been in a year. Well, I'm glad that I'm in charge of this Friday

first hour again. It's been wonderful so far. You know, as we were getting ready to start,

I was trying to tell myself, okay, John, remember, this is the damage report. This is a

serious news show. You have to keep it together, but you guys have ruined that, so no.

We're going off the rails. But anyway, very excited to have you here, especially considering

the news, which ranges from the very grim to the very bizarre. And there's some interesting

irony here. We've got a lot for you. And once we're through with this first hour,

Anna Kasparian, we'll be taking the reins for the second hour with some awesome guests as well,

so definitely look forward to that. What do you say we launched into this thing?

What do you think? Ready for some noise?

Yes.

Okay, well, it's great good news. So get ready for this.

Only good news, please.

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