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President bush good morning. Distinguished guests, johnmiles, lewis family and friends, i thank you for inviting us to be here today. Johns story began on a tiny farm in troy, alabama, a place so small he said you could barely find it on the map. He talked about the chickens. I did a little research. Every morning he would rise before the sun to tend to the flock of chickens. He loved those chickens. Already called to be a minister who took care of others, john fed them and tended to their every...

Colliding with hurricane season. Florida to the northeast on high alert. Rob in miami tracking the very latest. Final farewell. Civil rights Champion John lewis last words just revealed this morning. Former president barack obama set to give the eulogy for this extraordinary American Hero. Two other former president s will also be in attendance to help honor the conscience of the congress. Shark sightings. At the height of the beach season swimmers on high alert after that deadly great white att...

Remarks from three former president s, george w. Bush, bill clinton, and barack obama. Live coverage is here on cspan3. Amen. This is john lewis favorite poem, invictus. Out of the night that covers me, black as a pit from pole to pole, i think whatever god may be to my inconquerable soul. In the fell clutches of circumstance, i have not winced nor cried aloud. Under the bludgeons of chance, my head is bloody, but im bound. Beyond this place looms but the horror of the shade. And yet menace of t...

Opportunity. So i would i would advise any first lady to do what she wanted to do. If she doesnt want and another thing i learned is youre going to criticized no matter what you do. I could have stayed there at the white house, poured tea, had receptions, and i would have been criticized as much as i was criticized outside of for what i did, but and i got a lot of criticism. But you learn to live with it, as i said earlier. I mean, just live with it. You expect it, and you live with it and never...

7027. The clerk h. R. 7027, a bill making additional supplemental appropriations for fiscal year ending, september 0e, 2020 and for other purposes. The speaker pro tempore the question is on passage of the bill. Members will record their votes y electronic device. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc. , in cooperation with the United States house of representatives. Any use of the closedcaptioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purpose...

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Had receptions, and i would have been criticized as much as i was criticized outside of for what i did, but and i got a lot of criticism. But you learn to live with it, as i said earlier. I mean, just live with it. You expect it, and you live with it and never let it influence me. Rosalynn carter, in a recent interview conducted for this series in atlanta. She was her husbands political partner from their first campaign. As first lady, she attended president jimmy carters cabinet meetings and ch...

If i get paid, then i have to do what the first lady is supposed to do, but you can do anything you want to do and its such a great soap box. Its just such a great opportunity. So i would, i would advise any first lady to do what she wanted to do. If she doesnt want, and another thing i learned, youre going to be criticized no matter what you do. I could have stayed in the white house, poured tea, had receptions and i would have been criticized. As much i was criticized outside. For what i did a...

For a longer piece. It is an extraordinary watershed, historical moment. I think we are living through a third american reconstruction effort to reconstruct democracy so that it is multiracial, multicultural. Our first efforts were after the civil war. 1865 to 1877. We did achieve some racial progress. We had black elected officials. 1500 we had a freedmens bureau. We had the creation of black churches and Public Schools, but we also institutionalized racial segregation rather quickly by the 188...

Susan dr. Peniel joseph, you and i planned this interview three months back, but we got sideways with the covid lockdown. As a historian, how are you processing this time this country is going through . Prof. Joseph i have been writing a lot, both opeds in for a longer piece. It is extraordinary watershed moment. I think we are living through a third american reconstruction effort to reconstruct democracy so that it is multiracial, multicultural. Our first efforts were after the civil war. 1865 ...