i want to be very clear that to date we have found no record of an investigation of frank r. james by an fbi office before the shooting yesterday. and the reports new mexico field office previously investigated him are inaccurate. i want to thank our partners in this case, nypd, the atf, u.s. marshals and the u.s. attorney s office and all the members of the fbi and nypd joint terrorism task force. we have had such a tremendous response from all our partners in the case that have led us to this moment now. i also want to take a quick moment to highlight the work of the jttf. i m fortunate i get to work with them every day, truly an outstanding group of people, led by carrie farly, outstanding job on this as they have every time new york has faced a threat of this nature. thank you, and turn it over to john devito.