Secretary, nick ten son and emergency management director, mike strayberry, steve traxler and bill gray, north carolina guard and very pleased to have libby turner from fema. thank you very much for your regional coordination in this area. i also want to thank lee williamson who helps with the hearing impaired and deaf. we appreciate you helping us out in that area. instead of me doing all the talking, i m going to ask that several of these individuals give an updated report primarily on the overall activity of our emergency response team which mike will give. then, i m going to ask steve traxler, a great partner in the executive branch to give an update on the ag situation. the farmers are impacted in a