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American politics. we have to get our act together and get right. thats why im running for governor in florida. >> for the record, mr. crist did correctly give the author credit and quoted him correctly on the golden rule. thank you for being with us, charlie crist. coming up, ron desantis is trying to make himself a mini-trump off the backs of peet poorest floridians. and another funeral for a young black man. coming up, my record from michigan after deliver the eulogy for patrick lyoya. bu...

If that were -- if there was greater interest in the humanity of people in addressing these reforms, we would have gotten it done already >>well, thats one of the reasons in the eulogy we said we needed the george floyd justice and policing act passed. theres no real direct accountability to the police officers with qualified immunity still in place. and i know in michigan, charles williams who heads the national action network and others have been fighting along with the issues you raise in the...

Me now. jason, whats been happening so far? >> reporter: these services should be getting under way in a few minutes from now at the renaissance church of god in christ in grand rapids, michigan. weve already seen lyoyas mother overcome by grief as you can expect, holding the picture of her son as we saw her being comforted by loved ones there at the church. al sharpton will deliver the eulogy. the family attorney ben crump, civil rights attorney, expected to speak there as well. we heard from l...

Well. now, tax on gasoline, i think we ought to be able to get a carveout according to what kind of work people do so people in rural communities, people who rely upon gasoline purchasing in order to protect their small familiars, i think we can do something and get a -- for these people, and im hopeful that that will be done as soon as we get that. >> congressman, before we lose you, protests are ongoing in grand rapids, michigan nearly two weeks after a man was shot in the head and killed by a...

The crisis. the doj has reached a settlement in 20 cases involving lafayette square protesters protesting against racial injustice following the death of george floyd. the united states park police released a new policy that would require officers to be clearly identifiable with visual name plates on gear and pell mets. the policy also lays out the new guidelines about the use of non-lethal force, such as using deescalation tactics and seeking approval before using defense equipment. thats som...

[ speaking foreign language ] >> yes, sir, we would like to acknowledge that and tell the reverend al sharpton, tang you to taking your a time to come and mourn with us. you want you would be performing the eulogy, so we wanted to thank you on behalf of the lyoya family, patrick and his mom, we want to thank you, reverend for taking care of the funeral. it was true, everything is correct. thank you so much from the bottom of our hearts. >> im honored to be asked to do that, thats what we do, and...

N-word, yet he stood with impeccable dignity and discipline and broke down a barrier that now we take for granted when we see blacks playing baseball and other professional sports. its always the pioneers who take the abuse while others reap the benefits. he did even more sthan that, he was a civil rights fighter, he sat in the front of the bus a decade before rosa parks and he changed the culture by his dignity in breaking down barriers in the leisure world. i remember as a young teenager i was...

The quality of the political elite has been watered down to reflect wider dumbing down of society

Kyoheirwe appeared to be well in the immediate period following the operation on Monday April 4. She died the following day, at the age of 63, felled by what is believed to have been pulmonary...

I am cynical enough to know that eulogies are largely self-serving tools of conformism