Started at noon. Live coverage here on cspan. No justice, no peace when do we wanted . Want it . Now. [indiscernible] no justice. No peace no justice. No peace. It is 35 degrees out here today. But we shall not be what . We shall not be what . Trump, we want to send a strong message to him. He denied our president barack obama for eight years as a legitimate president. As ae are denying him black american president. No justice. No justice. No justice. No justice. Amen, thank you. Some people are coming to washington next week, because they believe they can make America Great again. You, youuggest to cant make America Great again if you didnt make her great the first time. It was our grandmothers and grandfathers who prayed us through slavery. They made America Great. It was africans that crossed the atlantic. We made America Great the first time. They make America Great. You cant make America Great again if you didnt make her great again the first make her great the first time. To let yall know that we have not forgotten what price we pay to get here. Are not going to let you take the blood of our anddparents and ancestors cheap in it and flush it down the drain. America. O reclaim this is a nation built on our labor. We are going to make America Great again. We come by the thousands to say to those that want to shrink americas profits, to those that want to take the American Dream , weput it on a high shelf come to say to you the American Dream is larger than anything you can put in. Now it is time to start the rally. I want to bring to the microphone at this time, a woman who stands at the helm of the city, which is the capital of our nation. She is the mayor of washington dc. And she has joined us to stand in the fight and in our city. Our mayor, the nations mayor and the capital of america washington dc,. Mayor of washington dc. Good morning. I am the mayor of the best city in the world. I want to welcome the National Action network to washington dc. I want to welcome you all to my hometown. Recognizethank and for hisrend al leadership and vision, and for standing up for all of us. We all have been reminded of the values we have to fight for. How he told us that we had to look beyond ourselves and our own generation and make sure this was in america. Reminded we are in the local level, state level, and federal level. We are proud that the nation will look to us. In our city we know we cant rely him the federal government. And we dont have a state government. We have fought to get our crime rates down. More people are getting a Second Chance in our city. Made ec one of the most anywhere in the United States. We are committed to justice and peopleand making all deaf making america values all peoples values. We know we can be at the forefront to fight for criminal Justice Reforms that make our city and nation fair. We have worked with brothers and sisters to pass a minimum wage. We call upon the nation to do the same. We know we cant have a proper city we are proud of if more washingtonians participate in it. Committed toe are more Affordable Housing than ever. We know we have to stand up for the rights of women and girls, of our Lgbt Community. Of anybody that would be threatened or scared. Stand upking you to for us on this issue. We live in the shadow of the nations capital. We demand statehood because that is the only way we can truly be equal. I hope in washington you are going to see our fantastic memorial. You will remember he said five decades ago, if you cant fly you should run. If you cant walk you should crawl. Means, keep moving. Keep moving National Action network and washington d c is right here with you. Now for our indication, he is the Senior Pastor of the church in brooklyn, where dr. William jones baptized reverend sharpton, it is his home church. We are grateful to have them with us. Let us center ourselves. Eternal god, grand architect of this universe, we thank you for this day, we thank you for this Beautiful Day. A day to resolve our determination to stand for justice. King we thank you for his legacy that continues through the National Action network and through reverend al sharpton. We pray for those who have gathered across this country and stand for equality and freedom. In your name we pray amen. Let us receive my colleague of the west coast Regional National ork, the reverend no justice. No justice. Sisters, it is a Beautiful Day as i look amongst you. One of the things i recognize his god is alive and well. I spoke to him earlier this morning and he assures me everything is going to be all right. Today, know about you but today we have come to send a strong message to this nation, that we shall overcome, that we shall not be moved. We come this morning from the west coast, from the east coast, from the north to the south to send a strong message to make some noise and let this world no that we will not bow down, we will not take a stand we will not bow down, that we will take a stand, that we will march. I dont know about you today, but i am excited he can is an look amongst these beautiful people, as i look amongst you i see the audacity of hope. I see individuals ready to get into the street. I see individuals ready to raise their voice. Boys we three hebrew are not going to bow down. We are going to move with the vigor of god. We are going to speak truth to power. We have seen what this world is coming to. Here we are 14 days into a brandnew year. Message thatnd a these officials you are appointing to these national positions, they will hear from us. The sad thing is he dont sound good. Are you ready to fight . Are you ready to win . Make some noise. Make some noise. Keep it alive. My brothers and colleagues, the midwest regional director and the Senior Pastor of King Solomon Baptist Church in , let us receive dr. Charles williams. It, it isme is fighting time. Let me hear you. What time is it . Justice, no justice. What do we want to . When do we want it . Let me hear you make some noise. We stand here in the shadows of the washington monument. We stand in the shadows of dr. Martin luther king jr. s monument. But we dont stand here because we just deserve. Somebody had to pay a price. Is we had theion opportunity to stand here now. But are we willing to stand up and fight back so that those who come after us get the opportunity to stand here . The question is are we willing to fight to make sure that we hold on to health care . Fight to make to sure that every man and woman has the opportunity and access to jobs . Are we willing to stand and fight the racist police that continue to reign terror on our boys in cities across america . If we fight we win. When we dont, we wont. Although we are happy to be in the real fighty, is the fight we must fight when we go back home. Is the troy to pennsylvania, philadelphia. Whether it is in washington dc, whether it is in new york, that must go back with us. And if we fight we win. One of the reasons i have a lot of faith in our future is because our future is in the of people like my young sister, who was a student in filming college, carrying throughout atlanta and georgia. She is our National Youth and carries that message across the nation. She is a millennial leader in her own right, let us receive my sister. [applause] i think it is important that i acknowledge the fact that millennials organized this march with the assistance of reverend sharpton. They organized this march and they deserve that acknowledgment. David carter, ashley sharpton. Some. I may be forgetting i could go on and on about millennials across the country that put this together. As always, please give these young people a round of applause. I cant help but to think about the woman who at this very sexuallye being assaulted and they have to face their rapist because their people advocating to end the safe abortions in our country. But think about the africanamerican teenager today that lost their lives due to gun violence. Health of mye loved ones, who no longer have health care because they are trying to repeal the Affordable Care act. While these issues may seem different to you, the truth is that cannot be any further from the truth. That we had a dream could all stand together in unity and Work Together. Recently all i am seeing in the news and media is divisive miss. In order for us to move forward there needs to be unity. There is a war on women in this country, a war on black and brown values in this country, a war on justice in this country. So today we stand here to tell sessions, andjeff everybody else in his administration that we will not be moved. Immigrants are working together, standing together in unity. And the spirit of dr. Martin luther king. And so many great people. Today we need to understand it is not donald trump we need to worry about. All politics are local. To find it in your self to go back home. And keep up the fight for four years. It is our duty to fight for our freedom. It is our duty to win. Other andve each protect each other. Lose but ourng to chains. Thank you. The liberation seeker. He is the people preacher. He is the founder and president of the National Action network and he is the one who calls us to be here today to send a message to those that will come tomorrow. They will receive at this time the president and founder of the National KnackNational Action network. Reverend dr. Al sharpton. No justice. No justice. No justice. What do we want to . What do we want to . What do we want to . When do we want it . When do we want it . When do we want it . When do we want it . , we wont goack back, we wont go back. , we wont, we wont. We wont go back. We are gathered here and we march in the driving range, because we want this nation to that what has been that your in gains, are going to need more than one election to turn it around. We have called this march on for nonnegotiable issues. Voting rights, criminal justice and Police Reform, equal and , and theomic justice Affordable Care act. We come to washington from all over this country. Look at this crowd in the rain. We come not to appeal to donald trump. He has made it clear what his policies are. We come to the democrats and the senate and in the house and into the moderate republicans to get some backbone. Get some glut get some guts. We didnt send you down here to be weak kneed and get in the room and try to make friends. To stand up for senior citizens, to stand up for students. To stand up for victims of police abuse. We are not going to compromise on those things. Tomorrow there is action all over the country. Then as we see the votes on confirmation, taking the lift today. We are going to visit them right before the boat. We need to make some housecalls. We needed to stay a little while. Dr. King died fighting for these rights. That is why we came to the king memorial. Saying that session should be on the federal bench. We only do to her to have a rule called on those that would put him in the Justice Department. You are not getting a pass, we want the world to see if you sell us out we are going to let everybody know who you are. When we look at the facts that whene confirmation hearing he was sitting there if you support folder id support voter id why did you allow 37 in alabama where they could get their id . The close them right after the Supreme Court decision. Eight of the top 10 black counties closed them. You didnt say anything about it senator. You cannot be the head of the Justice Department and protect are rocking the vote. You said you were against federal intervention and federal people getting involved in local cases. In baltimore, a reporter in chicago, he would stop. Are not here because we didnt have Something Else to do. We are here because we fought hard. We are not going away now. Criminal justice and Police Reform must go forward. I saw on the front page of the Washington Post about the case of i thought about how in this is the casertment shot on the back and video, where the federal case, all of the reenlivening of it, the revival love it started with a young boy with nothing but skittles and iced tea in his hand, going home to his daddy. And they wouldnt even arrest the assailant. And stood up for trayvon martin. We are going to stand up for eric garner. We are going to stand up for walter scott. President s, but we are going to switch legs. We wont back down. We wont be tromped. We wont be trumped. You to join me in welcoming the stage, the face of these movements, the mother of trayvon martin, the mother of eric garner, and the brother walter scott, they came to march with us today. We will not be moved. The media likes to put out their friends. We work with the families. That have suffered. We have been with sabrina from the beginning. We have been with walter scott and we are going to see that till the end. He was one of the young men that donald trump said he should be executed. We march for him. We stood for him. After finally exonerated 13 years in jail. We gave him a job we are still here. One of the central park five. Fight trump. O a man shot and killed with a question of mentality in San Diego California. His father joins us. These are the cases to make sure they have backbone to deal with. Families hear from the and members of the senate, a couple that would come with us. Think thatnt you to you came all this distance just for parade. How many are you ready to make housecalls . How many are ready for the day to go in and have a session on sessions at your office . We want to break it down state by state. Call it sessions for session. Then we started away. We called it a summit since the Public Sector has in closing on us. We need to select the private sector, the companies violating our principles. To have a Going National withdrawal of our dollars. We will make sure the private sector balances out the Public Sector. We will cut you off at home. Mother of trayvon martin. Say he stood with me. We should not be moved. Although it was my son who shot say led, i want you to i want you to have the same compassion for me as if it was your child. It is so very important we look out for our young people. They cant defend themselves. I continue this fight because my son was shot down and it made me stand up. Wont you stand up and make a difference to your community . Thank you and god bless you. The mother of eric garner. Thank you, everyone. We all need to be here. This is not the end. When we leave here we have work to do. They stand with us when the lights are on and when they go out. Go back tou when you your home, it will be like nothing happened. There are things at stake that we have to address. Our Voting Rights. We must not embarrass our forefathers by letting them take the voting right. We will not stand by quietly. Why we manipulated the Voting Rights. Died, our blood is on that bill. We must uphold them. And our civil rights, the right to a living wage, we must have the first two or three jobs to get the minimum. Everyone deserves a living wage. Why do they think we are any less, the 60 million getting less than a living wage. We dont want the minimum wage, we want a living wage. We want for women. Women are being paid . 67 to every dollar that a man is making. We do the best work. We should get paid accordingly. We must remember we must demand the way that we want our community to be policed. We must demand that they respect human life better than they do. That theymand communed sentences for people with low crimes who they are keeping in jail for two or three lifetimes. For what . We have to stand together on this. Hisobamacare that was pet project. We cannot allow that to be abolished. Sayill not stand here and let them take it. No. The election. We did not lose our minds. And wegoing to stand up, are going to push back. We are going to tell our senators and policy men stand with us if you want our vote. I think you all so much. Thank you all so much. Ofwe all saw the video walter scott. A man shot in his back while running away. The sunday after he was shot, i went to North Charleston with reverend rivers and we had a prayer vigil at that spot. The man we had lead us in prayer was reverend pinckney. He was one ofer, the nine People Killed in his church in charleston. There is too much going on to play games with the Justice Department. In the Justice Department is this case of walter scott. His family is just like the gardener family. They had advocated for nothing except asking for justice. They have not called for one word of hate or act of violence. The question, mr. Trump, is not how we act. The question is how are you all going to act about justice . How are you going to act for the people. How are you going to stand up and make America Great when you can see people moved out mowed down in a church during bible class and forgive the killer. Tweeting in the middle of the night is not make you great. Hate is when you can look in the face and refuse to hate and become alike the hader hater. I bring you brother scott. I am the youngest brother of walter scott. Mother, unfortunately, could not be here today. She wanted to be here, but her health caused her to not