in 2022, the npd group merged with i try to become circana. so i was hired by a initially the npd group, a market research company, but in terms of the clients that work with us in the clients that work with our data, it includes major publishers here in the us. and of course those book retailers as well. final question, what are you what are your predictions for the book market in 2025? great question. i think we will see continue new interest in the adult fiction market, particularly for themes of escapism, those that i mentioned earlier that are doing well on book talk, fantasy and romantic. see, i'm also watching books with cozy settings. i've seen some standout titles there that have done well last year, and i think that there will be an audience who is interested in reading these types of books. i expect to see a rebound in kids book sales, as i mentioned, because of that improved performance i watched throughout the year. and in terms of adultctn and i expect to see overall stability. so and potentially looking at a flat market for adul

providing outer and inner security support to both capitol police, npd and secret service. [inaudible] is currently pending the number is 7800 is the current quest. cooks yes i'm sorry major generalyo jon expending general for the d.c. national park. yes, sir? >> channel seven. i don't who was a take this one perhaps cheap. i've seen the political dynamic is different this time than it was four years ago for generally six. but, if you see any possibility that could be any sort of disruption we saw back then? is there any intelligent anyone is coming to town? she have any expectations could happen again? that's five questions. >> five questions. there is no credible intelligence we expect a mass demonstration like we had four yearsyo ago. anytime you ask a question about what intelligence what we are reacting to from the intelligence community always ends with, there's always the lone wolf. there's always the person operating by themselves and you have no warning about those individuals. that is what occurred in the past few days. these were folks that were by themselves. th

inauguration and his troop, we will be providing the inner perimeter support to both capitol police, npdcret service as well. >> did you give a number for the inauguration? >> currently pending, the number is 7800 as the current request. yes, i'm sorry, major general john the commander general for d.c. national guard. >> brad bell with channel 7, i don't know who wants to take this one, perhaps chief major. obviously, the political dynamic is different this time that four years ago for january 6th, you see any possibility there could be any sort of disruption like we saw back then? is there any intelligence that anybody is coming to town? do you have any expectation, and could it happen again? that is five questions. >> there is no credible intelligence that we expect a mess demonstration like we had four years ago. anytime you ask a question about what intelligence, and what we are reacting to from the intelligence community, it always ends with, but there is always the lone wolf, always the person operating by themselves, and you have no warning about those individuals . that is what o

npd and now us. we feel very confident with these measures and put in place. we have 15 other law enforcement agencies around the country similar to chief smith mentioned to come in and supplement our workforce. we also have national guard partners we very much appreciate and tsa's. got the metro system over 900 security uniform personnel to keep people safe they'll be walking trails, platforms, bus areas the whole idea is to get ahead of something, see something say something. lots of uniform personnel to keep people safe. additionally a lot of signage throughout the system really explained to people where they can go where they can't go. i went to highlight for people who are trying to get granular information with a little bit more detail. chief mager said we did get a request of the secret service and capitol police were going to be opening the metro rail system at 4:00 a.m. the day of inauguration to help us out. will increase service throughout the day as well. on the red light we expect fort bend at frequency all day long eight minutes on all the other