David Brancaccio

you know, I was concerned.

What if I get some laryngitis in the middle of the night?

What if I, you know, break my arm?

What if I get a kidney stone?

He volunteered, Kai Rizdal volunteered and said, if there's ever any problem, he can get into the studio for 3 a.m.

with 20 minutes notice.

He has been my backstop for all these years.

No one else would do that.

Of course, he's up jogging at that hour anyway.

I think that's what it is.

But, no, it's Pacific Time, 2 a.m.

alarm, a bleary first phone call at 2.15 with the...

morning show producer to talk about what really happened based on the plans we put into place yesterday and what's happened overnight.

I've read in a bit in those 15 minutes.

I've skimmed the Financial Times, the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, the Washington Post, Politico, The Hill, and a bunch of blogs.

Speed reader.

So that meeting, I get a cup of espresso, and then I come into the studios for a 3 a.m.

meeting with the gang.

We're on at 3.50, and then we do five of those live shows a day, five a day live.

So what do you want out, David?