trish redman who was at my first term. those famous words, don't f it p. we have been in the trenches of many battles. my friends every year. some of my investment bankers that are here on this matter. some of the judges i have appeared in front of and i assure you i am very thankful you did not hold me in contempt. i noticed some of the pictures they usually happy with my mouth open which is not my normal state of affairs. what is interesting about what al says is bankruptcy is unique in america. what i thought i would do is discuss three points with regard to detroit -- how we got there, what we're doing now, and what we see happening. i will do that by invoking a point of privilege that my wife reminds me of regularly, the five b's a public speaking. "be brief, brother, be brief. [laughter] al is right, i got involved in this matter as a part of the pitch team to receive the epresentation. when we went in others were there and when we went in we had a very frank discussion, and one of the questions they asked is, do you need an emergency manager? i thou