next session we are very lucky to -- the key feature of any introduction is to know your person, greg booker, u.s. attorney and head prosecutor for the district of minnesota. minnesota has been a key part of the department of justice's efforts and i hope we can build on the work of the last panel. i will give you some useful information about all the terrific work they are doing there. greg has been a longtime prosecutor and has served for over a year as the head prosecutor as the united states attorney. minnesota is one of the districts that features a team focused on the human trafficking problem in the district. without further ado, i would like to turn it over to u.s. attorney booker. [applause] greg booker: thank you all for -- it was seven below zero in minneapolis, it was warmer outside out here. thank you for the introduction and thank you all for participating in this very important summit, sponsored by the attorney general. i am here to talk about an issue that my office is deeply committed to and that the department of justice has placed such a priority on, prosecuting human traff

when they come back, greg booker, u.s. attorney for the district of minnesota, will lead a law enforcement case study presentation. they will take another break at about, actually they will be back at 1:00 eastern. that will be a panel on victim support. then one on engaging the business community. dhs secretary kirstjen nielsen will address the conference that will talk place at about 4:30 eastern. u.s. senate will have brief pro-forma session in ten minutes. we'll have live coverage of that we'll return to the conference after that ends. while we're on a break, we'll show you comments from this morning's session, from attorney general jeff sessions. [applause] >> good morning. thank you all for being here. thank you, rachel for your kind words and more importantly for your strong leadership as our third in command of the department. those two are rod and rachel, are harvard graduates. they are experienced lawyers. they are, rod had 27 years in the department. rachel has had a number of years in the department previously,