Well, its a really great honor to be here and to be back in new york. Were on a 100city tour for the 20th anniversary of democracy now . And i also want to shout out to my colleagues, norman and dena and aaron over there in the back and the volunteers and the interns who are helping out. Democracy now is a joint effort, a joint project, a brain trust, a Remarkable Group of reporters and producers and videographers for the last 20 years. We didnt think it would go past nine months. It was the only election broadcast in 1996. I was asked to do the show when i was in a safe house in haiti and the first coupe. People who announced for office could be gunned down. People who would go to the polls would be gunned down and still the overwhelming number of people voted. But in our country when i was asked to do a daily election show sitting there from that advantage point, many people didnt vote, facing nothing like the adversity that they faced in haiti. But most people didnt vote. And i thou
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