Good afternoon. My name is william pelfrey, and my book is Billy Welford and and generalfred motors the story of two unique man at a Legendary Company and remarkable time of American History. Before we start this afternoon, i want to emphasize that i especially honored to be talking about my book care of the Renaissance Center General Motors headquarters especially in light of the headlines that everyone is reading across the country today. When i started this book more than two years ago, i had no idea that the timing would be such that it is. Before i begin my but also like to thank a few people that made this event possible. Cspan and book tv, of course, at borders pruett bookstore here in the Renaissance Center, adrienne hecky, i dream coming into the rest of the team at amicom books. Christine durham, the manager here of the Renaissance Center, and finally come ed snider and John Mcdonald of General Motors Corporate Communications who facilitate of all of the audio and visual set