Ladies and gentlemen on behalf of the 115th congress, welcome to the wreathlaying ceremony by chapman major collins, United States air force. Let us pray. Eternal god, we are thankful for this moment of remembrance. It is in the silence of this hall we remember the sacrifices of those who laid their life down in service to this country. We remember the brothers and sisters in arms who willingly took on the responsibility and bore the burden to this country. We are thankful for the sacrifice and remembrance of their families. He dinky do since the founding after the civil war serving of memorial day was reminder of servicemen and women of our news that laid down the altar of freedom. This will honor the memory of those laid to rest. To receive the report Brigadier General scott perry, United States army. Report. Army all present. Marines all present. United states navy all present. Air force all present. Coast guard all present. Todays ceremony will feature six wreaths representing army, navy, marine corps, air force, coast guard and those missing in action. Representing the United States army, Brigadier General steve siver, and major tulsi gabbard. Representing the United States marine corps, lt. General jack bergmann, and colonel al cook. Representing the United States navy, commander tim murphy and Lieutenant Commander peel olsen. Pete olsen. Representing the United States air force Brigadier General donald bacon and major adam kinzinger. Representing the United States coast guard, Ralph Abraham and seaman steve blainye. To represent those held captive or still unaccounted for, command Sergeant Major tim walls and colonel joe wilson, United States army. Ladies and gentlemen, we will now observe a moment of silence, followed by taps. [moment of silence] detail, attention. [playing of taps] ladies and gentlemen, that concludes todays sorry money. Thank you for attending. Ceremony. Thank you, maam. 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You can also watch this hearing live on cspan. Org or listen using the cspan radio app. This Holiday Weekend on booktv, on cspan2, saturday, 8 30 p. M. Eastern, former u. S. Secretary of state condoleeza rice looks at democracy around the world, in her book, democracy, stories from the long road to freedom. Americans in particular were blessed with Founding Fathers who understood an institutional design that would protect our liberties, our right to say what we think, to worship as we please, to be free from the knock of secret police at night. To have dignity that comes with having those who are going to govern you have to ask for your consent f we were blessed with that, and we believe we were endowed by our creator with those rights, it cant be true for us and not for them. Sunday at 2 20 p. M. , Columbia University professor, John Mcwhirter on controversies around and perceptions of sounding black. In his book, talking back, talking black. We need to get comfortable black people have slightly different sound because they often spend more time with one another just because white people sound like one another because they spend more time together. That is true of all human groups. That is not racist. It is just true and harmless. Monday at 4 30 p. M. Eastern, former president george w. Bush on his book, portraits of courage. Commanderinchiefs tribute to american warriors. The first guy i painted was major chris turner. I was sitting next to turner at a dinner, why are you here . Because i cant he get out of my mind seeing a buddy of mine killed. And i paint from pictures, and, photos, and as im painting turner, im thinking what that must be like in his mind. For more on this weekends schedule go to booktv. Org. This Holiday Weekend on American History tv on cspan3, tonight at 10 00 p. M. Eastern, on real america, the 1977 documentary, men of bronze, about the allblack 369th u. S. Infantry regiment known as the harlem hell fighters during world war i. Approximately 24 germans attacked them. Roberts got shrugged almost immediately. Johnson fought them off. He shot and he caught them, he swung his rifle around and defeated 24 men. Those that werent killed or wounded cut out. He had 21 wounds in his body but he refused to die. Sunday at 9 10 p. M. , historian and author Elizabeth Cobbs of the operators of the u. S. Signal corps. Before they got the american line up, that meant that the local operator had to speak to a french operator. They had to parlay view. Most doughboys could not. In other words they began recruiting women not because they were as good as men, otherwise you would just use men but because at least at this job they were better than men. Monday at 9 00 a. M. Eastern, well visit the National World war i museum and memorial in kansas city, missouri, and talk with the you museums senior curator, door rin clark, Mitchell Faulkner and museums president and ceo, matthew naylor. We seek to do here tell the story through the lives of people, ordinary people, men and women, volunteers as well as those who served in the armed forces from all sides. For our complete American History tv schedule, go to cspan. Org. Law enforcement officials from new york, massachusetts, and maryland testified about efforts to combat the ms13 street gang in local communities. Ms13 is a multinational gang which started in los angeles with members in major u. S. And Central American cities. The Senate Homeland security and Governmental Affairs committee