i have a few thanks -- warm thanks to diane idman, to doing a the monuments today. 2001, they worked with joel and the state department and created 35 exhibitions of the which traveled throughout the world as a state department said to our friends and enemies alike and was seen by 4 million people. and the for the installation of the photographs and to the julliard and the president of the julliard, dr. robert polisi for graciously giving us the julliard chamber orchestra for this evening. to phaeden the publisher of this publisher book and liz thompson and to the studio director for joel marowit to my assistants who tried to live my life on time. and to joel merowitz who brought this project to my attention. it is an honor to have him here tonight. [applause] >> thank you, paul. and thank you for live at the new york public library for opening this magnificent room to us. when i was sitting in the room next door waiting to answer, i could hear the hum of your voices. there was good-hearted warmth in it. a kind of community sense. and it made me think about five years ago tonight and