thank you, reverend parker, and thank all of you for being here. i want to thank kamala for her not only capacity to do what she does, but the fire with what she brings to the things cares a lot about. to all the members of congress, including representative bennie thompson, senator tammy duckworth, representative danny davis, senator -- durbin, who is a wish, a speedy recovery from covid, just recovered from covid right now. and who have long fought to honor the two family. it's not any of them to the children, really. it's an honor to be with you again. you know, when i was preparing his remarks i. i cried, frankly. and my colleagues understand this i found myself trying to temper my anger as i was ready to. i'm not joking. i can't fathom i can't fathom what it must have been like. it's hard to believe was 12 years old. and i just you know, i know no matter how much time has passed, how many birthdays, how many events, how many anniversary is it's hard to relive, brings it all back. we're talking about rev as it happened yesterday the images in y