toby served as a fighter pilot in the united states air force reserve. since leaving the air force, is a principle with rose velt resources. he is married with a one-year-old son who is in the audience tonight and a three-year-old daughter who is also here, his beautiful family here in the front row. thank you for being with us today. toby, the podium is yours. >> i would like to say thank you to the friends of the national world war ii memorial for inviting me to this ceremony today. i would also like to thank the audience for being here to commemorate the 70th anniversary of d-day. on june 6st, 1944 u i, of course, had not been born. my father was 7 years old. it is likely he had not yet gone to bed, he had listened to his grandfather pray before the country that evening. among it many legacies, a better world. where people reaffirmed at great costs. the central ideas of the rule of law, the idea of which this country was founded. at a time of the outcome of great contests to sustain those values hung in the balance. the president of the united states

united states. the plane carrying nancy writebol landed at dobbins reserve air force base in marietta georgia just minutes ago. we've got some pictures as well that we're looking at of the airport. we're keeping our eyes peeled for the ambulance that's sure to arrive at any moment to actually meet that plane. and then transfer her from the airport, sort of throughout the city and then towards the university hospital. you will remember the details that miss writebol contracted ebola in liberia along with dr. brantly who arrived on american soil on saturday. they've both been given an experimental drug never been used on human beings. it is called zmapp and it appears the medicine has increased both their chances for survival. she is stabilized. her appetite, we're told, is improving. that's according to the relief organization she was working with in africa. she apparently had a penchant for liberian potato soup and coffee before she left on that plane for the united states. writeb writebol's son is expected to see her when she arrives. her husband, who was also working as a missionary in liberia, he staye