please help me welcome johanna neuman and judy woodruff. [applause] >> thank you. i'm so delighted to be here and i know johanna is, she's going to get a chance to sit and just a minute. i have to start of full disclosure and say when johanna wrote me about this event a few months ago and said is any chance you'd be free, i wrote her immediately back and said absolutely. i would love to see you. the book sounds great. i can't wait to see it. because we go way back. as you just heard we go back to the white house during the early 1980s when both of us were just out of middle school. [laughing] put it this way, we were early on in our career as a journalist and we bonded back even though i was a broadcast, she was in red. we always kind of gravity towards each other. i was such a huge fan of a reporting and she was such a respected journalist. but johanna comehither got onto even greater things. she went on to earn her phd as you just heard. she is a scholar in residence. she's done extraordinary historical work and this latest book is just a treat for all of you who

neuman and jeudy wood drive. >> i'm so excited to be here and johanna is. i have to start off, full disclose sure and say when johanna wrote me about this event a few months ago and said any chance you other be free, i wrote her immediately back and said, absolutely. i'd love to see you. book sound great. we go way back. we go back to the white house during the early 1980s, when both of us were just out of middle school. [laughter] >> we were early on in our careers as journalists, and i think we bonded back anyone, even though i was in broadcast, she was in print. we always kind of gravitated toward each other. i was such a huge fan of her reporting and she was a respected journalist. but johanna, you have gone on to great are things. went on to earn her ph.d. she is a scholar in residence, done extraordinary historical work and this latest book is just a treat for all of you who haven't had a chance to read it yet or peek at it. you are truly in for a treat. johanna, without going any longer on all the prefaces, just why haven't you changed? 30 years? >>