Before the election. We will be showing this again tonight at 8 00 eastern time tonight. Tune in on cspan. [general chatter] gov. Kasich fall is here. Good afternoon. [applause] good afternoon, everyone. It is a real pleasure to be here today in Old Town Hall in bow. I have been your quite a few times. Im sure not nearly as often as many of you in the audience. We appreciate you taking the time to come out for governor kasichs townhall meeting. I would like to begin by asking marge welch to lead us in the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic, for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty, and justice for all. Thank you very much, marge. Thank you all for coming out. It is my pleasure to take just a moment to introduce someone im proud to call a great friend, john kasich. I was first elected to Congress Nearly 20 years ago. I became a proud member of the Budget Committee. It was exactly where i