john heltman, covering the fed in the fsoc. bryant harris washington , correspondent for japan's largest newspaper. christopher gentlevisto. a journalist at huffington post. jane sanders, the senator's wife. [applause] a reporter at "usa today" and vice chair of the closest speakers committee. skipping over our speaker for a moment. a reporter for bloomberg news and the committee member who organized today's event. thank you. [applause] the chief of staff for senator sanders. congress reporter for bloomberg first word. lacy crawford, jr., and phil contrino, chief analyst at boxoffice.com. [applause] senator bernie sanders is widely known in vermont simply as bernie. he began a life of activism as a student at the university of chicago, where he led a sit in two protest discriminatory housing policies. after graduating and living on an israeli cabinets, he moved to vermont and had a series of jobs in areas ranging from filmmaking to carpentry. he ran and lost as a third-party candidate for several offices before winning a race f