give us your ideas and stay with us as we work through them. >> well, as i appreciate noel scanner but i'm not sure what the whole elected thing eight years ago. [applause] >> in my head i was trying not to use that had crowd i was with. >> not over it yet. [inaudible] >> i do think that, it's hard to add to the things spencer said about president obama's presidency means. but i will say that, you know, to seek -- i think what this presidency means, yes, change. but change anytime when donations are desperately needs needs the change. i think it's the combination of the man, the agenda, and the moment that are so powerful for me and so moving for me. and so why i am willing to get up early in the morning and stay late at night, miss my kids, do all the things i do to serve. because i think you have an extraordinary leader. this is an extraordinary person from his judgment and talent and ability to lead the country. an agenda, a policy program that really can put the country out of the cycle of boom and bust economic that we have been on an out of the various problems we have had on the

. >> i appreciate noel's candor although i am not so sure about the elected thing eight years ago. [applause] [laughter] >> i was trying not to use that word knowing the crowd i was in. >> not over it yet. look, i do think that it is hard to add to what was said about what president obama's presidency means. i will say that to see -- what this presidency means is change but change at a time when the nation so desperately needs to change. it is the combination of the man, the agenda, and the moment that are so powerful for me and so moving for me. why i am willing to get up early in the morning and stayed late at night and missed my kids and do all the things i do to serve because i think you have an extraordinary leader. an extraordinary person in terms of judgment and talent and ability to lead the country. an agenda, a policy program that really can put the country out of the cycle of boom and bust economics we have been on an ad of the problems we have had on the domestic and international front and put us on the right footing at the time when we could not needed anymore as a na

>>noel -- i am having trouble with my mike. i think they are bringing them up and down. you serve as legal counsel at a time that has general -- that has generated great controversy. and number of opinions of the office were withdrawn by the bush administration before they left office. there is a review now some of what went on at that time. i will ask you to follow up on what lisa said. as you look at the way president obama has handled these cases in particular, what have you agree and disagree with? what surprised you about the approach in the administration is taking on this basket cases on torture at guantanamo and how to prosecute the people who are being held? >> i would like to start out with something i completely agree with lease on. regardless of which administrations lawyers you are looking at, these lawyers are always trying to do the right thing, struggling with very, very difficult legal questions. take the torture issue. there was no lawyer in the united states government that was roving around the world trying to push on others various practices. rather,

taj gibson but even recently renardo sydney, it was a mutual, understanding for him to get out, and noel johnson, a major impact player with u.s.c. he got out of his national letter of intent because ofer these accusations. all these things starting to wear on tim floyd, and that's one of the things that led himwe to this decision, releasing tos statement to a good friend ofhi his in the jackson clarion ledger. >> what to watch for tonight, yes, the nba finals game three. lakers-magic. phil jackson the man who already owns nine rings at the podium an hour and a half away from tip-off. we take you out to orlando. >> i don't think anybody mentioned that one. but that was... he got his hand caught in the rim on that one, no doubt about it. pau did, yes. >> should have that been a goal tending technically? >> basket interference according to the rules, yeah. >> next question for coach. >> second row, over there. >> phil, with the point guard rotation, you've been bringing shannon in a lot, just in the fourth quarter. that's been his run in the first few games system there something specific

administrations that you would bring to bear on this set of problems, and if you want to jump in with lisa and noelt into the substance of those questions feel free to get in that also. >> we'd did get rid of the man sized safe. [laughter] >> before i answer john's question though i have to say just personally, i need to take a second, just to say as lisa did how exciting it is to be here. i had the great honor eight years ago in a small classroom of georgetown classroom being an outside speaker which is now acs, and see how far this group has come in eight years. it's really just spectacular and wonderful to be here and be part of it. it's also to be exciting to be here tonight, to be here with my friend john podesta. for those of you who share anywhere near the level of pride and joy i do over what the obama administration has been able to accomplish these first 125 days, an extraordinary amount of credit goes to john and the transition he put together and the job he did on behalf of the president and vice president-elect. it's also great to be here with lisa given her contribution to acs. but mo