aurora munoz is with the young women's project here in washington. thank you, all of you, for being with us. >> thank you. >> brenda let's start with you. in recent decades teen pregnancy rate has fallen dramatically here and across the country. what is the situation here in washington and how close are you to reaching the goal? >> we're delighted the teen preg nanny rate is at the lowest level in years, 49.4 pregnancies per 1,000 girls 15 to 19 well on the way to reaching the captain. double dinl pregnancy rate isn't good enough for the capital and we would like to reduce teen pregnancy even more. >> what do you think has been the key in getting the numbers down as far as they are. >> i think krishna and aurora and other organizations in the city have worked together. we've had the goal of cutting in half together. we've worked with research-based interventions. we've engaged parents. we're talking to the media like we're talking to you now. we've listened to teens so we could continued find out what's important to them about making the decisions wh