district of california, also the former speaker of the house, nancy pelosi. >> thank you so much for being here. i want to ask first about the speech and the message that president biden had on the importance of america's role in standing up for democracy. now, as it was 80 years ago well, first i wanted to say how exhilarating it is to be here. are purpose and coming. >> to the d-day, celebrate observance as we have done for a number of years, is to thank our men, women, and you are our veterans. and each year the number the smaller the ages, older, the enthusiasm is evermore increased to see them to hear about there. they don't talk about their bravery. they just said we we did our job. we generate job. so let me just let me just say the purpose of coming of course, is to observe but to thank first and foremost, it is