please join me in welcoming giving amy goldstein a warm welcome clima.[applause] >> the first thing i want to say is standing here seems presumptuous to be talking about your own story. you've been generous enough to share with me. i want to say thank you. suspended the biggest work of my career and thank you for helping me to do it. be here today is pretty emotional and i wanted to make it clear that i wasn't going to start crying in front of the television cameras here today. i arrived here at the complete stranger in 2011 and there are people in this room today welcomed me into your living room, welcomed me into your classrooms, welcome me into your offices, showed me the files in the janesville room at the library here and people who have helped me understand this community. i am so grateful and i can't tell you how crushed and humbled i am by the size of the crowd in this room. it means a lot to me. i am also interested to hear your questions and to hear your take on what i've learned and what i have written because this is, after all, how i see you