[applause] ben franklin will be portrayed by is six the generation grandson marrec skousen who's an economist, professor, financial newsletter publisher and an author of many books. and one of the books he is authored or compiled for the regnery is the completed autobiography of benjamin franklin. ben franklin wrote his autobiography and only covered until 74 g7 a lot of things happened after 1757 and dr. skousen has taken the actual awards of benjamin franklin and compiled the rest of the story so at our book party immediately following we will have copies of the completed autobiography to be handed out. now i give you benjamin franklin. >> thank you. [applause] >> thank you very much. it is most agreeable to be here with you on this beautiful day in new york. i am sad and of course to discover after being gone for over 200 years that the city of new york is substantially larger than my home town of boston and philadelphia. what has happened to this country? but in the end, it was a pleasure to know that new york is the capitol capitalism and the world, and for that, i would always be in fav