Thank you very much, everybody. The sandman. My wife asked me why the sandman . First lady. Because he put the battery to sleep. A lot of people dont know that. The yankees fans know that. Watched it for a long time. Thank you for coming. The first lady and i are delighted to welcome you to the white house. We present the nations highest civilian honor, the president ial medal of freedom, to american baseball legend, maybe the greatest pitcher of all time, big argument, you see the greatest peach are . Reliever we want . There is a real question he may be the greatest pitcher in the history of baseball, Mariano Rivera. When you hear the stats you know why i say that. I want to congratulate you on this extraordinary achievement. On behalf of this whole country, thank you very much. [applause] we are delighted to be joined by Vice President mike pence and his wonderful wife karen. Along with many members of our distinguished and hardworking and very successful cabinet. Thank you for bein