My names alex, im the executie director of the Truman Library institute, the nonprofit partner of the harry s. Truman Library Museum in independence. Welcome to a Wonderful Program tonight, thanks for coming. And i want to thank Vivian Jennings and rainy day books for copresenting tonights lecture with a. J. Baime. And we are in for a great story. If you havent read the book, i highly encourage it. Itll be available for sale. And just a couple of words, i cant resist the opportunity to plug the Truman Library. Its not too far away, about 25 minutes directly that way. If you havent been there recently, i encourage you to visit it. Weve got a fantastic special exhibit there right now on trumans renovation of the white house. Great story, many of you probably dont know that. A couple of other plugs, weve got several Upcoming Events including on december 6th a program called nato truman to trump, presented with our partner, the American Public square. On december 14th, the faith of a first