now i'm going to turn this over to my friend michael kline who's going to take this from the point of legal evidence. thank you very much. [ applause ] >> no lawyer goes anywhere without a power point, so i'm going to indulge you for a minute here. okay. >> there you go. >> okay. thank you. thank you very much, joe, for the introduction. since you're my jury, i always like to know the makeup of my jury before i start my presentation. just with a quick show of hands, imagine this was february of 1861, and you're living in that time period. i'd like to see how many of you would side with the union during that time. wow! [ laughter ] >> how many of you brave souls would side with the southerners? there are a few of you. as you can imagine when that question gets asked in atlanta where i live the vote comes out a little bit differently. it's always good to know where your jury stands before you get started. well, thank you to tom for that great introduction on what the baltimore plot was all about. i don't have to therefore give you a recounting of what it was. but obviously to avoid the