Any other gadget that might vibrate or distract us. I would like to thank the sponsors who make this possible and in particular the friends of the book fair. Any friends in the room . Wonderful. Thank you. We are thrilled to partner with you. It is a pleasure to welcome reverend willis. Please welcome him. [applause] good morning. I am pastor willis and happy to introduce two friends and intelligent people. Joyann reid is our first guest. She is on regular prime time programs including hard ball with Chris Matthews and the last word with lawrence odonal. She has written columns for the new york times, miami herald, south florida times, and in her book, fracture barack obama, the clintons, and the racial divide, published by monroe, she shows that despite progress made we are still a nation divided as seen in headlines with the killings of tragedies like Treyvon Martin and the uprising in baltimore. America expected an open dilying about race but discovereded the irony of an africanamer