[applause] thank you. Thank you very much. And i hope youou all had a truly wonderful Independence Day weekend in spite of the heavy rain and it was really heavy. We had a remarkable salute to america on the national mall. Incredible. [no audio] [applause] standing on the steps of the Great Lincoln memorial and looking out on the crowds, these incredible big beautiful crowds, braving the weather all the way back to the washington monument. We celebrated freedom in all of its magnificence while saluting our great military. It was something really special and i will say this. It was a wonderful day for all americans and based on its tremendous success we are just making the decision and i think we can say weve made the decision to do it again next for and maybe we can say the foreseeable future. [applause] as we celebrate our nations founding, we are reminded once more of our profound obligation to protect americas extraordinary blessings for the next generation and many generations in c