 This is my dad Marjorie Rogers. Good to see you. Good to see you. I'll put you in the middle. I'm leaving Monday to go to the George Bush campaign. That's what I understand. We're 12 months away from a lot of the promises. Which you didn't even know at all. I was thinking that the other day that's going to be here for you. No. You can see us for a minute. I think you and I should get a picture. Oh, that means two chairs. I told Jim I brought a lot of candidates and campaigns in here to have a picture taken in these chairs. And I always wanted one. I appreciate the opportunity. It's been done. Where's going on? I appreciate it. Of all the groups that I ever brought in, I think the most interesting one was the American Lifesavers Association. And I found out that you can save 77 lives. That's right. As a lifeguard. Yes. Seven summers as a lifeguard on the river, the Rock River in Illinois. But actually unofficially 78. Oh, is that right? It's unofficial because after I was out of school and become a sports announcer over in Iowa, I had a vacation. I drove over this summer and I went up to Lowell Park where the fellow that had used to work at the stand had now become the lifeguard. And when I went down to take a swim, he asked me of mine, watching the beach for about 15 minutes, he had to go up to the bath house. So I said, sure. And in those 15 minutes, believe it or not, somebody started to do it. And I went in and got the film. My father's got a gift from uniquely from Alabama. He was being a sports announcer. This is Alabama's best. This is Bama and the Bear. And the last page is the best page. That's where you made your fine statement about the Bear Bride after he died. And I want you to have this book if you don't already have one. If you do, you'll have two now. Tell them there about him in 1935 as a sports announcer and he was playing in the road ball. Yeah, I'm going to cast the road ball. Well, I'll work you to have that. Thank you very much. I'll be very delighted to have that. I'll get the chair and get into it. Just a couple of souvenirs. Okay. Thank you. Thanks, sir. Thank you for your service. I appreciate being here and I hope what I'm doing is going to be the best way to carry on what it is you've been doing here for the last six years and for eight years. Can you move in? Here we go. Where's your office going to be? It's going to be just about two blocks from here at 15th and H. I understand it's a slum, but you know how campaign financing is. Today, I want to tell you what my wife of 36 years said, she was getting my clothes out last night and I said, now get out the best suit I have. She said, I won't make any difference. The president is going to look better than you. So I'll go back and tell her what happened. You tell her we both have the same color suits on. Yeah. We're in red time. Yeah, okay. Thanks again, Mr. President. Well, all right. You bet. We checked about you the last time. Thank you very much. Thanks a lot, James. We have a few questions. I would like to read to you this citation in journalism, politics and government. Larry speaks has faithfully served the cause of truth and in doing so, the cause of America. Veteran of the White House Press Office for nine years under three administrations conducting some 2000 daily press briefings during this administration. Larry speaks has become a familiar sight to all of us. America has come to know him as a man cool under pressure, conscientiously working to get the facts out. A man from the American people could always count on to tell him the truth. America is more knowledgeable because of Larry speaks. And therefore I am awarding you the presidential citizen. Oh my goodness. That's quite a deal. No, that might give me some authority in there that I hate. I've never been at a loss for words, but I think I've arrived at that point. Well, I can only say to you, Mr. President, you've given me a wonderful opportunity and one that I'll never forget. And to all these people standing around here, you know, a press secretary is only as strong as his guys. We've always said that. And these are the people that have provided the information day after day that kind of kept us going out there. They're good friends and I won't forget them. Surely will. Thanks a lot to everybody. I'm the only one who hasn't been giving you any information. Well, those of you that can't turn in on the briefing, the new summary has done three songs that are unbelievably good about relations with the press. Some of them have to be censored. But we've got to tell them in the briefing room. Great. Thank you, sir. Appreciate it. Hope you know it. Hello there. Good to see you. My son, Scott. Hi, Scott. Hello. This is my wife, Lara. Hello. Nice to see you. I think we need a family picture. Good. How do you want to line it up? Here. All right. Jeremy, come over here. Scott, you stand by Lara. I'll do it. That's great. Get in close. It's not in the book. I've had my eyes closed every time. Well, we have a future real soon. Oh, OK. Goodness. That was quite a souvenir you gave me this morning. You're not that fragile. Oh, OK. Hey, Lara, did you fall off today? No. I didn't wear it in the briefing room. They would have taken it away from me. Oh, thank you. This is mine. Thank you. I was going to pass it down here. And then, wait a minute. Here it is. Yes. All right. Thanks. Oh, great. Thank you. That was a great question. Well, we appreciate it. You know, that was the beginning of it. No, they would have taken it away from me. Well, I just wanted you to know how much it's meant to us, to be in your administration. It's been a fabulous job. Well, we did. I've often said, you know, the family puts a lot into this because they're long hours and days on the road and you take a lot of criticism that they read about, but they see and do more and they talk about more than the average family does. It benefits us a lot. It's sort of been down a road that we never thought we'd get on. Well, congratulations. Well, thank you very much. Well, thank you very much. We appreciate everything. What time's your big speech here? 1 o'clock. I'm going over to the press club and tell them. I'm going to tell them good. Well, thanks so much, Mr. President. Thanks a lot. Great. It's been a great pleasure. Okay. Thank you. See you. Take care. God bless. Thank you. Look it up. We'll see you. Thanks. All right. All right.