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 is trying to divert peoples attention elsewhere to smearing a black nascar driver. So kneeiowing its a diversion, begin where attention ought to be. White House Task Force member Anthony Fauci put it today, quote, we are still knee deep in the first wave of this. Today, the country crossed another milestone. 130,000 lives lost. By tomorrow or wednesday, it will pass another 3 million known covid cases. That milestone. Those are facts. So is this. We now have more cases than any other country on e
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 the capitol, away from the white house. He will be lying in state at the u. S. Capitol following a ceremony which is set to begin shortly. This motorcade has been carrying lewis and his family through the streets of washington, d. C. Where he served our country and congress for more than three decades. The motorcade is pausing at key spots including a short time ago at the memorial to reverend Martin Luther king jr. , who was kronk lewis beloved mentor and friend. It stopped the black lives matte
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 president took the oath of office with Supreme Court chief justice john roberts, heres how it went. Please raise your right hand and repeat after me. I, Barack Hussein obama do solemnly swear. I Barack Hussein obama do solemnly swear. That i will faithfully execute. That i will faithfully execute. The office of president of the United States. The office of president of the United States. And will, to the best of my ability. And will to the best of my ability. Preserve, protect and defend. Preserve, pro
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 speech. They were looking so much for the violence that they did not see it. Im wondering how they thought, with anyen there, notice that theyve missed the story. I want to address Media Coverage on the march on washington and i remember the three Major Networks were there. Withoutered it interruption and they broadcasted it to europe. The Washington Post assign more than 60 reporters to cover that story. It was really big news. A congressman, you said that the Civil Rights Movement without the media
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 the shadows. But today i speak as a teacher, a worker, a labor activist, and a gay person deeply committed to my faith. \his is who we must be. A country that believes in equality and acts on that belief. So lets take a lesson from king. Lets unite. People of faith in a national day of prayer. To end Child Poverty. Lets use sitins to oppose stand your ground laws. Lets have freedom ring for the message of equality to save regards to immigrants as anything less than equal. And let all of us, not s