please join me in welcoming jay hakes, and president and mrs. jimmy carter and our special guest, senator howard baker. [applause] [applause]. >> [inaudible] [laughter] >> as tony said i'm jay hakes the director of the carter presidential library and would like to welcome you here today, our topic is one that seems to have captured the public interest. it is bipartisanship. in the 1970s, and bipartisanship today. and, we could not have a better panel to discuss that topic as i think you will all agree. i will start with the person whose name is on the building... [laughter]. >> president jimmy carter, and the 39th president of the u.s. and, also, the founder along with his wife, rosalynn of the carter center. we will get into that presidency in considerably depth as we move through the program this morning. our guest today is senator howard baker, former senator of tennessee, republican minority leader, majority leader in the senate, chief of staff to president reagan, but, also, perhaps, even more important than all of that, a great photographe