We dont want to blind our speakers. And if you will put all of your cell phones on silent. That would be wonderful. And if you want to post anything on social media, we would love for you to tag at politics rose and at each of you underscore events. So we can see your stuff and possibly reposted. My name at britney and i am the partner Events Manager at politics and prose and i first just want to thank all of you for coming out on a friday night for tonight his event. Tonight is the joint effort its our venue partner George Washington university and we are also pleased to bring you jim mattison conversation its david brooks tonight. Before we get to tonight his program i just want to tell you of a few other Exciting Events we have coming up in partnership its gw. So next week on september 11, we have an event its malcolm and bill at listener for his new book talking its strangers which will be part of a live recording of sam sanders podcast on npr. On september 12, right here we have S