starr, who joins us now. [applause] >> thank you. what a beautiful and stirring tributes, mr. president, america's first lady, you honor us by being here. the governor and lieutenant governor and the attorney general are here -- congressman floras, former congressman are to representatives are here and our two mayors. mayorduncan of waco, and mosca of west. perhaps may say so, above all, the people, the good good people ofhe west. [applause] america's great poet laureate robert frost wrote "good fences make good neighbors." today there are no fences. on the banks of the brasas and across the river -- to bell view and ross and over to abbot, home of willie nelson, and then up to west itself. there are no fences. we are all together as neighbors. standing figuratively, arm in arm, and a beautiful reception as the people came into the paul j. meyer arena, where we are accustomed to celebrating graduations, victories -- earned championships. today is a day of remembrance. a time to treasure one another and these great stories we hear, stories about our neighbor. what powerful worl