Thank you. It took a village. Dr. Watson has published more than 40 books, hundreds of scholarly articles, and encyclopedia referenced essays. He has coconvened National Conferences on the american presidency, moderated political debate, and delivered within 1000 keynote addresses. He has founded three nonprofit think tanks dedicated to civic education, political reform. He is a frequent media commentator on cnn, foxs special report with britt hume, msnbc, usa today, the new york times, and the bbc. Dr. Watson has lectured at the four arts numerous times and will do so in the future. We again welcome him as he works his magic with our formidable historians. There you go. [applause] dr. Watson can everybody hear me now right . Most importantly i have my coffee. Thank you, again, molly, dr. Brenneman, and the entire team at the society. And congratulations on yet another important and successful and exciting program. I would also like to thank cspan as was mentioned earlier, for covering
five big stories on abc 7 news. at first, the overnight storm that could impact your new year s eve plans. search for a killer. the bold steps officers are taking to solve a murder. and her loved ones are blaming the police. mr. warning signs on the christmas day attack. missed warning signs on the christmas day attack. and a new honor for michael jackson. we begin tonight on store much as a winter weather system is already here. let s get right to chief meteorologist doug hill who is following the storm in the weather center. is not a big storm, but with enough cold there, we do not need a lot of precipitation because issues. the advisory in effect from 4:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. this new year s eve. the storm scan shows the precipitation moving in already across portions of kentucky, north carolina, south west virginia, snow in the mountains. i think we will see snow, sleet, freezing rain. it is not how much we will get about what it does when it hits the ground. the w