but, in the conversation, earlier today, was colman advocates, parents for public schools, the baby association for youth, chinese affirmative action, the central american resource center, james town center and mission graduates are all talking about this issue and what can they do to get information to the family and bring the services to the youth that they serve. so that part of it is exciting to see that that kind of work is moving forward and i think probably next week, when i am working in the district that will be something that i will be helping to support and move forward as the pac tries to do that from the parent perspective. we also really appreciate commissioner fewer's invitation to submit the questions that the pac has for the conversations that you are having with the curriculum committee and i think that we are going to get you some questions by next monday if that is okay, for this meeting after that. and we are and finally to close on this topic, we are convening a series of briefings about the topics through the school year to look at the different initiatives that the distr

colman was a very accomplished guy. >> really accomplished. wasn't a fan of "the love boat," carol? come on. >> i loved it. >> everybody loved that show. according to the death notice that was released by the family, henry colman passed away last week. he was a producer and writer on that famed series. yeah, very accomplished. he work on shows like "hotel," "peyton place," "dr. kildare." everybody should know he also served in the army corps during world war ii as a navigator on a b-29. he was actually taped himself for the archives back in 2001 talking about how "the love boat" really had to survive a stormy start before its smooth sailing. let's watch a bit of that. >> i think we shot it in september of '76 and went on the air not too much longer after that. it was not a smash success. a whole different cast than appeared in the series. >> it's hard to imagine that show with a different cast. no gaten mccloud. according to to a posting from his son the academy started a fund in henry colman's name. it's interesting. i think there's a generat

thing that i know for certain is the commission's report and work is far stronger because of thompson colman. the book here today is also informed largely by tom's experience on the commission staff. we are also very fortunate to have with us elex to offer his thoughts on the book. currently alex is a fellow at the american enterprise institute. i first ifrs got to know alex got to know alex at that gate ago when he was president and chief operating officer of the federal homeland think the chicago a position he held from 19,912,004 and i have always found alex to be one of the most insightful -- so with that i'm going to turn the podium over to tom. >> thanks very much mark and good afternoon. i think it's afternoon. it's a real pleasure to join each day the cato institute. i'm extremely grateful to cato and i want to express my thanks go years ago i wrote a monograph that raise questions about the financial soundness of fannie mae and freddie mac and then i wrote the book that mark alluded to, "a state of risk," will government-sponsored enterprises be the next financial crisis? fannie mae