i want to thank my family, yad da, yad da, thank you, mr. president, thank you to my family. while bill richardson is talking, it goes horribly wrong. this is bill richardson speaking but keep the right side of your screen on bill daily. watch. >> to my wife and family, barbara, thank you. i apologize for writing in the d.c. 350 years old without windows. i won't do it again. to those on my congressional staff, those that accompany me on these -- >> i think he's fine. he fainted. we'll see. thank you. okay. i think he fainted. i think he's fine. we'll give you a report in a minute. >> bill richardson is like, this is not an auspicious beginning. but william daily, while being ppsz announced as the nation's next commerce secretary, he just full-on passed out. he was 48 years old at the time. generally healthy. he said he hadn't eaten lunch, it was hot under the lights, he was really tired, been exhausted recently and he just fainted and he told reporters he had never fainted before in his life before he fainted in that high-profile moment. as far as we know, he never fainted a