you just call floyd abrams. and then to sort of talk about the elephant in the room and really bring us to the point of understanding what the problem is, what the underlying problem is and where things are going and i'm hoping there's a lot of cross dialogue. i'm going to ask each person to speak for about five minutes to set the stage.

you just call floyd abrams. then i'm going to ask fred stevens to it but to talk about the old in the room and really bring us to the point of understanding what the problem is with the underlying problem is and where things are going to open there's a lot of cross dialect or i'll ask each to speak about five minutes. sylvie first will tell us what's going on and what the problems are from her perspective. i will let floyd outlined sort of the differences and similarities between our ideas in america of free expression and perhaps the french notion which may differ in some respects. and then finally bret. so with no further ado sylvie, can you let us know what you think? >> thank you very much and thank you for having me here. it's always a great pleasure to come back to new york where i have spent five of probably the most productive and enjoyable years of my life. i will go straight to the point. we have a very serious situation in france at the moment. i would like to remind you of the basic fact which is tha

you just call floyd abrams. and then to sort of talk about the elephant in the room and really bring us to the point of understanding what the problem is, what the underlying problem is and where things are going and i'm hoping there's a lot of cross dialogue. i'm going to ask each person to speak for about five minutes to set the stage. silvie first, will tell us what is going on and what the problems are, from her perspective. i'll let floyd outline the differences and similarities between our idea and america of free expression and perhaps a french notion which may be different in some respects. and then finally bret. with no further ado, sylvie, can you let us know what you think? sylvie: thank you very much and thank you for having me here. it's always a great to come back to new york where i have spent five of probably the most enjoyable years of my life. i will go straight to the point. we have a very serious situation in france at the moment. i would like to remind you of a basic fact to start with, whic