with that, let me turn to bob mcguire. you want to start us off? >> i can do that, peter. the podium here today. >> let me just ask if we can try to keep his to about 10-12 that is, it didn't -- i can see people already raising their hands. >> well, and peter, you are right that haiti would draw crowds even on a friday in the middle of august. so i thank everyone for coming out today. many of us like myself who are here today are following this process in haiti from a distance, but i know there are some of you out there who are actually in haiti putting her fingers on the pulse of the electoral process and what happens on august 9. i hope that my comments will offer more of a platform to stimulate discussion and debate them provide answers. las.. what about this. here is the headline. unanimity in haiti, elections were chaotic here here's the first sentence of the story. parties and election observers across the political spectrum criticizes chaotic and disorderly elections than they were a key step in establishing democracy in this impoverished nation. this headline and t