i'm len stevens, executive of external communications at liberty university. mark spang, in lynchburg, us,k you for being with tonight we'll bring the candidates out one at a time. each candidate will begin by forering questions from me the first half of their appearance. i and my co-moderator len the only two shall have seen these questions prior to tonight's event. q and a, we'll send things over to you. >> and that is when things are more to get much interactive, mark. i'm going to be with dozens of liberty university students who over the country, they will be allowed to ask questions directly of the candidates. ended,at segment has each candidate will have one minute to make a closing statement. know these young voters have thought a lot about the issues, they are ready to go. are.t's hope they let's hope the candidates are ready for them. we want to remind our studio cheerse to refrain from or applause during our question and answer sessions. to applaud,riate however, when we welcome each candidate onto the stage. gentlemen, please welcome corey stewart.