bravery to nine public safety officers including two who died in the line of duty. the ceremony is underway, let s listen in. we re incredibly proud of all of you, skpi mean that, incredibly proud of all of you, and we re going to have your back as long as we need to, as long as you re engaged. in just the past two weeks, our nation has observed a national fallen firefighters memorial weekend, national police weekend, national peace memorial officers day. and i ve also hosted this event several times as president and vice president and cosponsored a bill that created the medal of freedom when i was a u.s. senator, the medal of valor when i was a u.s. senator. these are the same these are some of the most meaningful things that i do as president because knowing you, meeting your families, looking in your eyes, seeing your courage gives me so much hope for the country. this is not hyperbole, you represent the very best of us, you represent the best of who we are as american
try to give meaning to it, and the meaning that i m going to try and give is that jordan can be a symbol of what was wrong with the city as well as the chokehold. you always do bring meaning to these moments and comfort the families, and it means so much. so thank you, rev. mika, thank you for your patience with me specifically today. isn t she willie, can you please tell joe what time the show starts? i m closing it now. we re over 10:00 a.m. it s ana cabrera s time. 7:20 eastern i ll be here. 6:00 a.m. ana picks up the coverage right now. thank you, mika for that nice handoff. i m ana cabrera reporting from new york. i want to take you right to the white house where president biden is awarding the medal of valor for acts of heroism and