Them for you so theres an advance announcement for that. Some of you may remember andy was here three years ago and it was august so we are conservative and 30 so i guess weve always had to do that the same way and due to extreme planning on andy and my part, including double lot i am so thrilled to announce that this year tonight is the World Premiere of andyafter the release of his book which happened today. Sometimes that just works out. Those of you who work here three years ago may recall andy spoke about blind shake and some of those passings so hes the center of attention for that. He was at the center of attention with the Mueller Probe and the book of collusion which you will hear about in a few minutes and has some thoughts on the epstein case and if theres time in your questions he can talk about that as well because hes always the center of attention so thank you so much for coming and ladies and gentlemen, mister andy mccarthy. [applause] thank you so much erica, thank you
[cheers and applause] mr. Franken werent they great . I told james, who played bernie , he has to start at a higher level and ramp it up. Wow. It is great to be here, isnt it, at politicon . People all over the ideological spectrum, left, right, farleft, farright, the nutcase left, the nutcase right, and there are even people here from nutcase middle. David brooks is here. [laughter] mr. Franken wrote another great column in the New York Times about how there arent enough americans like him, and it was very, very balanced, i have to say. I know a lot of you might be wondering what i have been up to. Well, when i left the senate, i was going to give up my seat, but not my voice. Thank you. [applause] mr. Franken i have spent a lot of time thinking about how to do that, and how best to make a difference, so i have been spending the last few months going around the country, making speeches, about politics, health care. I have been raising money for organizations that do great things, like
[cheers and applause] mr. Franken werent they great . I told james, who played bernie come up he has to start at a higher level and ramp it up. Wow. It is great to be here, isnt it, at politicon . People all over the ideological spectrum, left, right, farleft, farright, the nutcase left, the nutcase right, and there are even people here from nutcase middle. David brooks is here. [laughter] mr. Franken wrote another great column in the New York Times about how there arent enough americans like him, and it was very, very balance, i have to say. I know a lot of you might be wondering what i have been up to. Well, when i left the senate, i was going to give up my seat, but not my voice. Thank you. [applause] mr. Franken i have spent a lot of time thinking about how to do that, and how best to make a difference, so i have been spending the last few months going around the country, making speeches, about politics, health care. I have been raising money for organizations that do great things,
[cheers and applause] mr. Franken werent they great . , who played bernie come up he has to start at a higher level and ramp it up. Wow. It is great to be here, isnt it, at politicon . People all over the ideological left,rum, right, farleft, farright, the nutcase left, the nutcase right, and there are even people here from nutcase middle. David brooks is here. [laughter] mr. Franken wrote another great column in the New York Times about how there arent enough it wasns like him, and very, very balance, i have to say. I know a lot of you might be wondering what i have been up to. Ill, when i left the senate, was going to give up my seat, but not my voice. Thank you. [applause] mr. Franken i have spent a lot of time thinking about how to do that, and how best to make a difference, so i have been spending the last few months going around the country, making speeches, about politics, health care. I have been raising money for organizations that do great things, like Trained Service dogs fo
Conservative and sturdy so i guess we will do that the same way. Due to extreme planning i am so thrilled to announce that this here tonight is the World Premiere of andy after the release of the book which happened today. [applause] sometimes it just works out. Those who were here three years ago you may recall that andy spoke about some of those passings say hes at the center of attention for that and was the center of attention for the mueller pro handbook of collusion which we will be hearing about in a few minutes and also has some thoughts on the epstein case and if theres time and in your questions he can talk about that as well because he is always the center of attention. Thank you for coming. Ladies and gentlemen, mr. Andy mccarthy. [applause] thank you so much. She says its dumb luck. I think that she was planning this from the start. [laughter] it is a delight to be back here. I think we started to talk about coming back four or five months ago and i had such a great time t