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And good evening. Thanks for being with us. In divisive, inflammatory words could kill the coronavirus, the president of the United States would be heading to stockholm right now to pick up his nobel prize in medicine. Instead, he is surrounded by people frequently Wearing Masks and from the safety of his biological bunker, he is encouraging the rest of us not to follow the best scientific advice. He is trying to persuade the country that the virus is simply vanishing. Or if that wont work, he i...

Thank you so much, to john king. I am Brianna Keilar and welcome our viewers here in the United States and around the world as we watch this special live coverage right now of the nations tribute to congressman and civil rights icon john lewis. This is the third day, the third of six days of Memorial Services for the man known as the conscience of the country and he was of the country, the congressmans cass ketd ket is arrive at Capitol Plaza. You see right now this processional heading toward t...

It is 3 00 p. M. On the east coast, 12 00 noon out west. The inauguration festivities are in full swing here. On the National Mall, if youre just tuning in. Thank you for joining us, im john berman. And im soledad obrien. Were live in washington, d. C. For our special coverage of president Barack Obamas inauguration. Its great to be here. We are in the second term right now. It is official. Barack obama has been worn . For the second term as president of the United States of america. The preside...

Bond, andrew young, gwen eiffel ifill, and Dorothy Gilliam. To pick up on what and a young just said, let me put on my reporter hat for a minute, over the years when most people think about the march on washington they only think about the dream speech and that part of the speech. They dont think about anything else and you are right. He said a lot harsher things than anyone talked about. This is including the absence of women on the stage on purpose. They even missed the dream part of the speec...

And others understood the intersection between racial equality and economic justice. The civil rights struggle is a struggle for good jobs and decent wages. And no while not the only solution they got, that Educational Opportunities is the highway to Economic Opportunity, which is why we must reclaim the promise of Public Education. And as i close, let me just say this, we stand here today as students, my friend and brother lee saunders, and myself, 50 years ago another gay person had to be in t...

Im well aware of the deadline. So are my colleagues. They cant lead their caucus to a deal. Anything that is remotely associated with me, they feel obliged to oppose. In an interview that aired this morning, president obama talked about everything from syria to congress, the constitution and his assessment of our economy. Five years after the financial crisis. The president sat down with Abcs George Stephanopoulos on friday before the breakthrough u. S. russian deal on syrias chemical weapons. O...

And they tried to interview him but he refused to say anything more than this that he could not recall how fast he was going 37 he has not talked to the National Transportation safety board either. And anderson i want to talk to you before i go to drew because i thought it was interesting when you spoke to the mayor and he said he didnt know how many were unaccounted for. He sent out more people to survey a wider area. Because its complicated for authorities to try to figure out who is on the tr...

Individual whos talking about shutting down the government. Im well aware of the deadline. So are my colleagues. They cant lead their caucus to a deal. Anything that is remotely associated with me, they feel obliged to oppose. In an interview that aired this morning, president obama talked about everything from syria to congress, the constitution and his assessment of our economy. Five years after the financial crisis. The president sat down with Abcs George Stephanopoulos on friday before the b...

We talk about it as separation of the races, customs and traditions that have been built up over the last 100 years that have proved for the best interests of both, the colored and the white people. It was almost 100 years after the emancipation proclamation, and america is still racially and rigiddy segregated. Black people couldnt vote in the south. They couldnt even go into the Public Libraries. The Public Libraries were segregated. The churches were segregated. Amen we are in atlanta, georgi...

A demonstration again . We want our freedom and we want it now. Open hostility towards the civil rights. Black power this is the wrong way we talk about it as separation of the races, customs and traditions built up over the last 100 years that proved for the best interest of both, the colored and the white people. It was almost 100 years after the emancipation proclamation and america is still racially segregated. Black people couldnt vote in the south. They couldnt even go into the Public Libr...