and you always want to thank you're in-laws. bill and marilyn from mankato. thank you, dudley dee who traveled with prince for so many years for being here. hey if prince could do that halftime snow all that rain, i can do this, in this snow. sounds of blackness, thank you. rabbi zimmerman. thank you, friends, from across the country. this is why we live here. thank you, greater minnesota. thank you our suburbs and thank you the twin cities of minneapolis-st. paul. we are gathered here today on this beautiful mississippi river, america's great river, running straight through the middle of our country, through the heartland. it takes its name from the native american word "for the father of waters."