friend, our friend, a woman who was with us in baltimore whose dad was a mayor of baltimore, tommy d. alessandro, a grit leader for america, nancy pelosi, the democratic leader of the house. >> good afternoon. thank you very much, mayor villaraigosa, for your generous introduction, for your service to the city of los angeles, for your great leadership as president of the u.s. conference of mayors. you know, when i come here, when we were in baltimore last year, i said it was like coming home. i know -- i hope that the great mayor of baltimore is here. i don't know -- stephanie? stephanie rollings blake. good to see you again. we're very proud of our mayors of the city i'm from. tom cochran knows that not only was my father the mayor of baltimore but my brother. my brother serving with tom for many years. isn't tom wonderful? aren't we blessed to have his service? it really is great to be here for all of you. this says really an important time. i want to thank villaraigosa for his leadership in worked with to the fore. it outlined the challenges making the entire nation. the urgent need to create