All right, it is Monday.

And joining me behind the table is the one and only Alyssa Farah Griffin.

Hello, Brian.

Happy Monday.

How are you?

Good, good.

Are you back and rested from D.C.?

Yeah, I went down to the White House Correspondence dinner, which you've been to many times in many roles, I imagine.

So you were,

it's probably different when you're part of the administration and a guest and everything else.

Yeah, you feel like you're working at when you're part of the administration. And I actually,

I went when I was twice when I was with Pence, because I think Trump banned people from

attending at some point. And it's fun, but you're sitting with journalists. You're aware of eyes looking at

you, how you react to jokes. And people also, like, reporters will ask you questions about, like,

policy and things that are happening. So you have to be very on. Like, I wouldn't have like a glass

of wine at it. But then it was very fun when we went, like, all the co-hosts, almost all the co-hosts a few years ago. That was the first time I got to do it like a party and it was a great time. And that's when you introduced me to the chairman

of the Joint Chiefs when I was holding Sarah's purse. Yes, I introduced you to General Millie,

a four-star general in his proper attire and you're holding a bunch of purse. Like three or four This time there was no comedian. Amber Ruffin was supposed to do it and then wasn't, and she'll be on the show soon to talk about that.

And there was no sitting president there.

So it was a different, it was a little more subdued, but it was to honor journalism.

And, you know, the views under ABC News were not a news show per se.

But I was honored to be there with my ABC News colleagues.

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