mr. craig shirley. [applause] >> interviewing mr. shirley today will be juan williams, man who almost needs no introduction but we'll introduce him anyway. an emmy award winner and texas news contributeyear since 1997, sell ited brow author, has be a prolick chronicler of the civil rights experience, and selected tiedled include eyes on the prize, and thurgood marshall, an american revolutionary. a ton more but for the sake of time i trunk indicated truncated to those two. as a treasurer of the democratic party i'm pleased to announce the democrats are a three to one majority over registered republicans in our county, so, juan, welcome to friendly territory. [applause] >> if you ever need a respite from fox news, we welcome you here with open arms. gaithersburg, join me in welcoming juan williams. >> thank you. great pleasure to be here with craig shirley who i have known since the reagan white house. that's when -- early '80s. did not know about lacrosse. that is fabulous. but i wanted to start with a very basic question for the peop