this is david anwan any shaw. they live in birmingham, a.m. they have been married for 4 years with three children. earlier this week he received a hateful letter at his business. it reads in part, it's hard to imagine a birmingham leaving and bringing back a black wife. you need to move to california where that is sop or accepted. the letter was anonymous. so david had no idea who to respond to. so he posted a response on his facebook page and the response has been receiving overwhelming support. joining us now on skype, david anwan any shaw to talk a little bit about this situation and good morning to both of you. >> good morning. > we've got -- i heard about the criticism. i heard about the letter. and were you surprised to get that kind of negative in 2015? >> yes. absolutely. to say the least. since we've been married i don't think we ever received any kind of derogatory, negative comments. second glances of course to be expected, but other than that, that's the only negative response we've ever gotten and even since we've opened the stor