[applause] president obama this marks the First Official state visit by a singaporean Prime Minister in over 30 years and celebrates the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations between our two nations. It is a reflection of my friendship and partnership with Prime Minister lee in the past eight years. Its an opportunity to repay the hospitality that the Prime Minister and the people of singapore showed me when i visited during my first year in office. We were there for the apex summit with the tradition of dressing of shirts that are somewhat colorful, a tradition we will reserve only for those summits and are not duplicating today. A halfcentury ago, when singapore was an island of rural villages and crowded tenements, few would have imagined a day like today. Singaporeans pride themselves as being the little red dot on many maps with a big impact on the world. In less than a generation, under the vision and stewardship of Prime Minister lee kuan yew, singaporeans transformed their n
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Alabama, marking the 50th anniversary of bloody sunday when Voting Rights advocates on a march were met with violence from Alabama State troopers and local police. Starting here shortly, the commemorative Church Service in the historic brown chapel ame church, the starting point for that summontgomery marches. Expect to hear today from eric holder andrew young, Martin Luther king the third, reverend al sharpton, and alabama congressman, whose district includes soma. That is expected to start shortly here in selma, alabama. Down by the riverside down by the riverside down by the riverside down by the riverside im going to put on my long white robe. Down by the riverside down by the riverside down by the riverside down by the riverside [applause] thank you, sir. All right. [applause] live on American History tv on cspan three, the brown chapel ame church. We will be hearing from eric holder conger holder, andrew young, Martin Luther king the third, reverend al sharpton. During this comme
And its just about one dollar per person. But it does so much to alleviate the pain of the poor. It turned out six of the Companies Involved in that were in seattle. I had been invited by the mayor of seattle to the mayors prayer request for thanksgiving. I said why dont you do what they did in india, since your companies did it for india . He did not know whether they could do that. Yesterday, the governor invited me back for his prayer break and the legislature is doing something to try to help the poor. They had tried to get the money they government a lot some without all the middlemen. That is progress. We are looking at progress here socially but i still remember the farmers, i remember the people who let us camp on their land. I remember the ones who put up their property for bonds when we went to jail. The children are doing all right. Theyre going to school at these universities and doing well, but they still own this land. If we dont find them a new crop, they are likely to l
This is American History tv on cspan3. [applause] let me thank god this day for there is no other place i would rather be at this hour than in the house of the lord. Amen. Before i say what i want to say, which will be quick, i must proud i am to once again have i am proud to have my wife and our daughter here with us. [applause] the only grandchild of martin and coretta king. I was asked to do a tribute, and it has been 50 years, but i am not feeling like a tribute because i find it challenging to celebrate yes, we celebrate so many who some gave their lives and others walked over the bridge yesterday 50 years ago and were beaten badly, but when we think about what Martin Luther king, jr. Would want us to do, i imagine he would tell us that our work was not done. Do, i imagine he would tell us that our work was not done. It has certainly been 50 years and there are so many here today that would not have been here. Cabinet secretary that were certainly not here 50 years ago, and i am p