reading and i had the pleasure and the challenge of having on my team one of those boys chamberlin of upi. [laughter] [applause] i feel like a lot of you know him. [laughter] so looking forward to a terrific discussion this evening and now i have the pleasure of introducing the chair of the national press club history and heritage tv 87 the presiden president, the bureau chief of the washington bureau for university of oklahoma and a dear friend. [applause] thank you the role of the press club is the legacy of the press the 112 year history as well as journalism and washington. we are pleased and new book called tales from the national press club escape one - - scheduled for those that have had an impact on american and world history. this event was proposed by evan who himself is part of the great washington family for generations they publish national geographic along with his great-grandfather alexander graham bell who by the way invented the telephone. [laughter] now ed