[inaudible conversations] thank you all for coming. i m bob deans, i m the associate directer of communications for the natural resources defense council, and it s my high honor tonight to welcome you to the national press club and to introduce to you the author of in deep water, peter lehner, the executive directer of the national resources defense council. want to thank everybody here for coming out on a monday night, and especially those who have traveled from afar. i understand we have the mayor of racine, wisconsin, with us here tonight, and i want to assure you, sir, we will get you out of here on time to watch the green bay packers kick you off tonight against the chicago bears. we also want to say thank you to the reporters who are here after spending a long day at the hearings of the national commission of the bp oil spill. we certainly appreciate you being here. on the night of april 20th after weeks of misjudgments, operational mistakes and be equipment failure