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What do you want people to reflect on during their time off for this brand new federal holiday? >> well i think it is very important for us to find an opportunity to be somber, to seek knowledge and to have a jubilee and a joyful time. but i'm so excited about is for those who have never heard of juneteenth now have a moment of reflection. we have seemingly had an opposition to be able to discuss slavery, we've talked all around it, even as we discuss hr4 the permission to study hr4, for some reason some people think we should not talk about that period of her life. one thing the president sai...

2007, 2008, when george bush signed it. why can't we fix that? why can't we pass a bill that talks about studying slavery and the disparities that exist today? why can't we talk about social equity? social justice? and racial equity? this administration has begun this? i'm so glad the president said that if he looks back over his legacy, this may be the greatest honor for him that he's ever had and that is establishing juneteenth as the 11th holiday and 38 years after mlk holiday. >> the image of vice president kamala harris holding opal leads hand is beautiful and it brought tears to my eyes ...

You never leave the house without your luvs or your big dad energy. because...when you see a leaky situation you have luvs ready for that pro-level leak protection. luvs. parent like a pro. >> juneteenth marks the day in 1865 where union troops made their way all the way to galveston, texas. that is when the enslaved people living there learned that they were now free. mind you, this was more than two years after president abraham lincoln signed the emancipation proclamation. so if you are a federal worker, you should know, most of you will get the day off tomorrow. because president joe biden

Signed a bill today making juneteenth a national holiday set to take effect immediately. during today signing ceremony biden made a point of highlighting a 94-year-old woman name opal lee who had spent decades of her life fighting to make juneteenth a national holiday. >> we're blessed to mark the day in the presence of miss opal lee. i have the honor of meeting her in nevada more than a year ago, she told me she loved me and i believe that. i wanted to believe it. miss opal you are incredible, the daughter of texas, the grandmother of the movement to make juneteenth a federal holiday. junetee...

Who did not survive this period, indicated that a nation divided cannot stand. juneteenth is a reckoning that we wanted to survive as a nation, and we freed the slaves. that is a beautiful story, even in the backdrop of the brutality. i hope as we go over and over again, we will have a juneteenth museum. it was out of houston texas. those are good stories and i worked on them for years. telling the story of juneteenth. look where we are today. an amazing vote in the senate, and an actual vote in the house of representatives, 415 people. i think the real question on this critical race theory is...