john cummings for all the work they did it in the computer area and the i.t. design, and elizabeth for making sure we stayed on budget. and we did. everybody did a tremendous job. it is an example of how the employees of nectar have excelled at allow us to have this as bardeau. -- as our new home. most importantly, i think mayor newsom for all the work he has done in bringing nectar to this site. if i go back a number of years, when i was a ceo of another company, mayor newsom called me up and said you really should think about moving from colorado to san francisco because we have great opportunities for you. he was absolutely right. we move from boulder, colorado, to mission bay. tremendous success, beautiful laboratories. we ultimately sold the laboratories to merck, and i took over a nectar and essentially got the same call. and appropriately so. mayor newsom has been a visionary. we are here with about 150 employees. we are a growing company. we will be bringing more employees to the site and hiring employees right here in mission bay and san francisco. i

john has done everything that you would think. he started with the washington star, graduated magna cum laude. i graduated thank the lord. he was at cnbc, meethe press -- everything that you think of when you think of a big, giant guy as part of the media establishment. i do not know if it is a good thing to be part of, but you are. let's bring the real war, new orleans welcome to one of the real intellectual people -- real warm, new orleans welcome to one of the real intellectual people here. john harwood. and -- you'll get a waiver on tuititioon for being here. [applause] >> thank you for that nice introduction. if the -- if what he said is not enough to make you dislike me, i will say one more thing. i am a duke guy ended duke basketball -- and a duke basketball fan. i know duke is pretty popular universally, so bring it on. [laughter] >> can you guys hear me? can you hear me now? ok. ok, guys. we have a fantastic panel. everybody is in the room. i will introduce each one. i will have a question for each one, just to start us off. it is want to be relatively short answers so that we can get into the broad subject of t

john has done everything that you would think. he started with the washington star, he graduated magna cum laude the and i graduated "thank the laude." [laughter] he's on cnbc, "meet the press," everything you think of when you think it's a big giant guy as a part of the reestablishment. it is a good thing to be part of or not, john, but you are real new orleans welcome to one of the really intellectual people in all of political reporting, john haulwood. [applause] >> and, don't get a waiver of tuition for being here. [laughter] >> exactly. i'm going to get miced up and think james for the introduction and save all the things he says are not enough to make you dislike me as a member of the media stubbles and i will just add one more thing. i am a duke fan and think that it is pretty popular most places, so bring it on. [laughter] [inaudible conversations] >> [inaudible conversations] >> okay, bias. we have a fantastic panel. everybody in the roman going to introduce each one. i'm going to have a question for each one just to start us off and it's going to be relatively short answer before we get into the broad subject of the panel

john cummings for all the work they did it in the computer area and the i.t. design, and elizabeth for making sure we stayed on budget. and we did. everybody did a tremendous job. it is an example of how the employees of nectar have excelled at allow us to have this as bardeau. -- as our new home. most importantly, i think mayor newsom for all the work he has done in bringing nectar to this site. if i go back a number of years, when i was a ceo of another company, mayor newsom called me company, mayor newsom called me up and said you really shou