Protections for the American Press contrast with those of their foreign counterparts. Welcome. Thanks for coming on a saturday morning in the summer. I would think we have a great panel here on President Trump and the press and the First Amendment. Before do anything else id like to introduce really a wonderful panel, and i thank them for coming out. To my immediate left is floyd abrams. Floyd is a cato gordon ryno writing your picky then preeminent First Amendment attorney in this country formerly the last 40 or so years, worked on the pentagon papers case for the new times back in 1971, spin in the Supreme Court for just about every major Media Organization or high Appellate Courts since then, and is a matter of full disclosure, i should say that 43 years ago today i was working about three offices down the hall from it as a Summer Associate at cato gordon sort of know each other and been friends for a long time. To his immediate left is jim rutenberg. Jim is the media columns of the