miss chai ling. >> thank you so much. thank you so much for being here with us. remembering tiananmen 20 years later. i would love to invite my colleague, my dear friends, and all of the friends that have been with us 20 years ago to come to the podium with me. i am not only speaking on behalf of myself, but on behalf of all of us. if so, please, [calling out their names] and many others who were here for the press conference earlier, please join me on the podium. please give them a big round of applause. [applause] thank you. [unintelligible] >> 20 years later, i still remember the sun rising behind the chinese history museum, setting its bright light on to the square. the morning of june 3, 1989. a student had a broadcasting -- is to the broadcasting center had just begun its newscast. a gentle female voice said, "our peaceful city [unintelligible] and 20 more days remain before the national people's council meeting, where we hoped the representatives will carry out our request, lifting martial law, according to the constitution. we believe that liberty will ri

lee, chai ling? tashi? may we stand on stage and wait for the speaker to come. [applause] >> speaker of the united states house of representatives, nancy pelosi is, in the words of president barack obama, an extraordinary leader for the american people. in the past 20 years, she has been the most consistent and outspoken supporter of human rights in china and around the world. recently in shanghai, she said, she would continue to speak for human rights in china and around the world. now, let's welcome the hon. speaker, nancy pelosi. [applause] >> thank you. good afternoon. i think it is now afternoon. thank you very much. thank you for bringing us together this morning and this afternoon. words failed to adequately tell you what an honor it is to be on the same stage and in the presence of so many of the heroes of june 4. to have a message at the same time from his holiness, the dalai lama in solidarity for more openness in china and tibet. we stand here in front of the capital of the united states, a beacon of freedom to the world with a great history of free s

victor chai is the former asia director at the national security council and he's a professor at georgetown university. leon seigel is a professor at the social science research council in new york and author of disarming strangers, which is a diplomatic history of the 1994 agreed framework and nancy liquor ingborg has helped deliver food aid to women and children in many parts of the country. we're greatly appreciative for their expertise being here and i just introduce ambassador bosworth. he as many people know, he's one of our most distinguished veterans of diplomacy in the united states. served in many different posts. i had the pleasure and senator lugar did also way back -- not way back in 1986. i worked very closely with ambassador bosworth and senator lugar was then chair and worked very closely with them on the philippines and we had many philippines and we had many meetings and many visits to thek philippines as we transitioned to the democracy from the marcos regime and it was a really astounding transition and i will say again as i've said previously in public that we were luck