charlie curtis, thank you for being here. charlie and deb, thank you for being here. they have been partners with us in raising so many important issues of our day. just as a bit of a safety announcement first, in case, we may hear a voice that says we have an emergency. if that happens, please follow my instructions. we've got an exit right there and one over there that will take us down to the street. we'll go down, take two left hand turns once we get there, go to "national geographic," i'll have hot chocolate waiting for everybody. nothing is going to happen, but just in case. follow my instructions if we need to do anything. i don't think we ever had a more qualified individual to be secretary of energy then ernie moniz. ernie was, if you could design someone who was perfect for the ernie. was he knew government well. he knew the private sector very well. he had the honesty and objectivity of being in academia where he could reflect on what he saw, both in government and in the private sector. and he brought to the job just enormous energy. i look back and say, t

great friends and i have the pleasure to roam around with brent scroll croft each week and also charlie curtis dragging himself out of retirement to help us with the first. so last month i had the pleasure of speaking at the university of chicago the 75th anniversary of the first controlled trade reaction -- chain reaction it was the precursor to the manhattan project which had started technically but his work was critical for the manhattan project. at that time he was already recognized at that time the dual nature of this technology that on one hand the potential that were quite different from other instruments of war of the technology with beneficial applications so this duality facing from the beginning it really draws from a common technology base challenging governments and international institutions. focusing on this for four decades and committed to extending the outstanding work with the broader national security community now being judged only by those metrics nuclear energy provides one sixth the energy it saves countless lives to say we have enjoyed that peaceful usage while afford

charlie curtis, thank you for being here. charlie and deb, thank you for being here. they have been partners with us in raising so many important issues of our day. just as a bit of a safety announcement first, in case, we may hear a voice that says we have an emergency. if that happens, please follow my instructions. we've got an exit right there and one over there that will take us down to the street. we'll go down, take two left hand turns once we get there, go to "national geographic," i'll have hot chocolate waiting for everybody. nothing is going to happen, but just in case. follow my instructions if we need to do anything. i don't think we ever had a more qualified individual to be secretary of energy then ernie moniz. ernie was, if you could design someone who was perfect for the ernie. was he knew government well. he knew the private sector very well. he had the honesty and objectivity of being in academia where he could reflect on what he saw, both in government and in the private sector. and he brought to the job just enormous energy. i look back and say, t