flex jet, honeywell, nec, ntt, samhsa, suite chemicals. we sit we appreciate your support veryup much. we offer some time to network and enjoy getting to know each other this morning. i like to introduce now our host for the day, my colleague and associate editor, he will walk you through the logistics and get us going. [applause]. >> wall coming and everybody. it's great to see people here from years past. this are 12 counsel. as all of you know, the day has mass at this very interactive. if you have not downloaded the app for the session, please do so and here's how to also get into her full of questions as you know one of the things that they're going to be used for is will going to be asking your opinion through the course of the day on the issues that are being presented on stage. want to know what you think. so one way for that to happen is for you tore express your opinis through the app and through the polling questions. there is any of you who do not already download it and sort of test target at registration. there are folks outs

. ♪ ntt's big break came at 24 when he took over for a sick boston symphony conductor mid concert.tics predicted he'd be the next leonard bernstein who was a mentor and friend. he's conducted orchestras all over the world including in london. for the last 25 years, he's been the music director of the san francisco symphony. ♪ a role he's stepping down from after this season. ♪ ntt is also a maverick, a huge fan of the godfather of soul, james brown. ♪ and a collaborator with metal band metallica. >> there were people inside of classical music who chastised me and said why are you going off to be on the road with james brown when you could be practicing and learning another symphony. >> really mike bloomberg's never been afraid of tough fights, the ones that make a true difference in people's lives. and mike's won them, which is important right this minute, because if he could beat america's biggest gun lobby, helping pass background check laws and defeat nra backed politicians across this country, beat big coal, helping shut down hundreds of polluting plants and beat big tobacco, h