ms. whitman thank you for doing this. i know you deny the allegations from nicky diaz. she makes charges. you say when she started work for you in november of 2000, she provided a social security card. but she claims that starting in 2003, you and your husband received several letters from the social security administration saying there was a mismatch in the numbers. did you receive those letters? >> we never received those letters. and when we hired nicky, we used an employment agency. nicky provided her social security card, a california driver's license. she filled out a 1099 because we told the employment agency question have to hire only people that are documented to work here. so, we had no idea that she was not here legally. >> no idea at all? absolute, unequivocal denial? >> absolute, unequivocal denial. >> you also say in your statement, this is a shameful example, the press conference, by nicky diaz and gloria allred. do you think jerry brown is behind this? >> well, gloria allred's been associated with jerry brown since the early '80s. she's contributed to his campaign. she's a