[applause] that evening and welcome, im coauthor of rose along with my wife Lisa Muscatine and on behalf of everybody at pnc and all the holds your listener, i thank you so much for coming. We have been working with listener auditorium for a number of years putting on large author events and we are very grateful to be able to have access to such a spacious and convenient facility. Here in downtown washington. And what a terrific crowd this evening. I really have to marvel at the size of this audience and what it says about dan rathers continued popularity. For those of us on a certain generation who grew up watching dan report the news on cvsfor 44 years, i can appreciate his appeal in the indelible mark that hes left on our consciousness. But i see a lot of younger faces out there this evening and you all are a testament to dans amazing ability still to connect with and communicate to people of all ages. Dan himself has expressed surprise at the Significant Impact that hes had in rece