welcome also to michael mariupol and margot severson. as of last night we had more than 1200 people registered either in person or on line for this event. [applause] we have never had a response quite like this. i have a feeling it's mostly for subsixteen -- billy. i would imagine it's for you too. some of you may then overflow rooms so stay tuned because the conversation in the commentary in the performance is going to be truly amazing. again billie really liked fdr and maybe because fdr was the firstco president to bring contemporary music and his favorite singer may have been kate smith. at least that's what he told kate smith and the king of england during a visit to hyde park but maybe he had cooler taste when he would stay here in town because he was and he ran his presidential campaign from there. fdr was the first presidential campaign candidate to choose his campaign song from a modern source happy days arein here agn in 1930 musical called chasing rainbows. i looked for the ultimate connection that the composer and lyricist mik