i want to introduce wayne pacelle in the briefest possible way. when i met him in 20 years ago slow the ideas he had were on the edge of our society and he has led those ideas into the mainstream. there was a time when there were people who comfortably hold the middle ground in american society and wayne move them off of the middle ground. those of us in this room who know wayne now represent the middle of america and animals count now more than they ever have in our hearts and minds and public policy and thus they this sincerely. wayne doesn't pay me the enough to say this. he is the guy more than anybody on the plan has led us to that view. wayne pacelle, we are starting tonight. [applause] >> there are some seats up here. i will speak for does three four hours a you really do want to be seated if you can. a few brave souls come on up. welcome, all of you. thank you very much for that generous introduction and thanks to each one of you for being here for the launch. i have thought about writing a book for an awfully long time and i was waiting f