As i said earlier today, i want to thank the Maryland Democratic party, the easter caucus of the dnc for hosting us. The honorable catherine pugh, the mayor of baltimore, for her hospitality, and i want to thank my colleagues on the dnc and our special guests in the audience once again, once again dnc members will be able to talk to the candidates, have a dialogue and those of you are special guests, we have is you know these forms, fill them out we have been bringing the questions to april, april ryan to interact with the candidate. Fill them out. We have some who will be walking around. Therell be many people who like to get into the auditorium. We would like them to commit as well. We are ready to get started. Its my honor to bring back to the stage of veteran journalist, White House Correspondent for the American Urban Radio Network and as i mentioned of a brandnew book at moms knee, april ryan, the author presidency in black and white and chris matthews, and given april a plug bec