please help me welcome ronald goldfarb. thank you. [applause] -- >> thank you. i know you have encountered to see me some going to do something that's very difficult for washington lawyers. i'm going to speak very, very briefly. before the election i thought my wall with the kind of warm-up the house with some witty remarks like mentioning how bernie does a terrific imitation of larry david. [laughter] and how a better storyline for the election would have been poor kid from brooklyn whips rich kid from queens. [cheers and applause] [applause] but after the election a week ago, i decided it that ryan witty doesn't work and i'ves toed those notes away. because i know you all understand as i do that we're in a very frightening political season. bob dylan's line came back to me, it's not dark yet, but it's getting there. that said our speak or tonight does offer an individual ray of light. with no money, no organization two years ago but with good ideas and an integrity that shines through as you'll see in his word he won 22 states including i would add wisconsin,