my name is brad turner. good to see you. today, i wanted to hand in a statement i typed up, giving some background on how we got here, and the basic overall. i think many of you know in the democratic state platform, with the good help of christine pelosi, we advised open source systems with mandatory paper ballots, similar to what was just described. we want you to know the ranked choice but to an issue is not the main focus of the election reform community, but it has become an issue, because at this point we are still not obtaining better security within the voting systems. that, in our opinion, is the job at hand, to make sure we have better election systems. people like allen becker, royce altman, the fellow that wrote the certification process for the federal government. it is pretty much concluded that the current systems are not appropriate. the question is where we go from here. this conversation seems to have been in the direction of talking about ballot design issues, and whether it is prudent to have an instant r

you know i'm biased. >> nischelle turner is standing by. >> reporter: we're waiting for brad pitt andelina jolie. right next to me is viola davis, she debuted her short natural hairdo at the "essence" in black women in hollywood and wearing the hair on the red carpet tonight, looks like a dream. we talked to george clooney and stacey keebler and george told us he played basketball and hung out and took a nap before he came here today, very cool. is he always the epitome of cool here on the red carpet. for now back to you and hopefully we'll be able to grab viola in a couple of minutes. >> all right, thanks, nischelle, so much energy on the red carpet as the stars are arriving. lisa, the man you're waiting for is here, we saw george clooney speak a moment ago. how can you mess up a tux? he's been said to have the best nux hollywood. >> absolutely. the bow tie is back, that was a big deal. a lot of people are wearing ties for the long tie and the bow tie is back. i'm soarry, a.j., had to put it out there. >> what about the stars you're looking forward to seeing tonight, among the women