we have council member renee gil pratt who i think is here. yes, renee gil pratt is here. council member cynthia willard lewis is in the back. we have district attorney eddie jordan who's here -- [inaudible] offices being represented and cynthia morrell's office is being represented, so we do have some other elected officials that are here, all right? let's go. >> mayor nagin can, moving forward is the hardest direction. if the world would just know what you and the rest of us have gone through, it seems like the images that i'm getting from my friends in los angeles are everything's fine now, we're all okay. we need to let them know we're not all okay. [applause] number two that i would like to discuss is i represent the musicians of new orleans proudly. i've got about 800 of them that through musicianscharity.com have united. we're communicating for the first time in history, i think, the musicians of new orleans are communicating. the songs that are being written now will be sung forever. we need to unite, get behind you. you are our leader right now, our coach. between