Sam j. Of the book ervin, last of the founding fathers. He will be guiding the ship through the waters of watergate. In the center, we have former state attorney general and no street or to most people here, nous edmisten and stranger to most people here, Rufus Edmisten. [applause] closest to me, i hope no stranger to people around here or maybe not, he is a judge. Judge sam ervin iv. [applause] all right. Thank you, guys. I will let them take it away. Good afternoon. It has been 40 years and a few hours since Richard Nixon resigned from the presidency. [laughter] [applause] wow. [laughter] for those of us of a certain age, we remember the trauma of watergate and perhaps for decades later, we are ready to put the scandal in a greater historical context. Whothose of you younger dont remember of watergate, perhaps youre wondering why every scandal since 1974 has to end with the word gate. Example, new jersey bridge gate. This anniversary of watergate has created the usual controversies i