One of the main reasons i wake up in the morning, my motivation is to have breakfast. Otherwise, it is like, what time is it . Lisa good morning. Our guest today is speaker of the house, nancy pelosi. It is her 13th appearance at a monitor breakfast. The first was in 1985 before she was even elected to the house. At that point, she was serving as the finance chair of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign committee, and i do not know how they figured out she was the future speaker, but i applaud my monitor predecessors for inviting her 34 years ago, so welcome back. Speaker pelosi has been in politics pretty much her whole life. Her father was a member of congress and then mayor of baltimore. After college, she married and moved west to San Francisco where she became a fixture in the state democratic party. She won a special house race in 1987 and has been a member ever since. Speaker pelosi is now in her second tour as speaker of the house, and we are delighted to have her here today. Now