Behalf of the more than 19 Million People in our nation and half a Million People in michigan who show us every day what service and sacrifice and love of country is really all about. These patriots landed on beaches in normandy and their pacific theater, crept through jungles in korea, shed blood in vietnam, survived attacks in iraq, and fought terrorists in afghanistan. These people are heroes. They love our nation so much, theyre willing to put their lives on the line for our democracy, our people, and our way of life. Thats why it is so incredibly shocking and infuriating to hear the president of the United States, the commander in chief of our armed forces, disparage our veterans. President trump called them losers and suckers. Losers and suckers. He said he couldnt understand why anyone would join the military, because whats in it for them . He said veterans who have lost limbs shouldnt be in parades. Why . Because he couldnt handle seeing them, didnt think people would want to s
Guard before joining the Capitol Police. Sicknick was defending the Capitol Building and congressional lawmakers on january 6th when he was brutally killed by protrump rioters. Please consider this man lost his life protecting the building, his remains now lie in. His viewing comes just days before Donald Trumps Impeachment Trial begins, when a lot of those very same lawmakers paying tribute to sicknick will be in the same chamber deciding if trump will be held accountable for that deadly riot. I want to bring this Garrett Haake on capitol hill and Peter Alexander at the white house. Garrett, this is going to be a very emotional day where you are. Lets talk about this tribute and whats expected for the rest of the day. It it started with an emotional, somber ceremony last night when officer sicknicks remains were brought into the capitol in the bitter cold. Dozens and dozens of his fellow Capitol Police officers were lining the steps in the east front outside of the capitol. His remain
It will not be long before there will be no firsthand survivors alive. During the holocaust. I saw the word auschwitz. The doors opened. Terror hit us immediately. Narrator they were just children then. How many people have seen a gas chamber in action . Narrator now, they are the last generation to have witnessed the horror first hand. I remember looking at the flames and thinking, which is my mother . Narrator now on frontline, intimate stories from the last survivors. We are the last ones. You want to hear . Here it is. Frontline is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. And by the corporation for public broadcasting. Additional support is provided by the abrams foundation, committed to excellence in journalism. Park foundation, dedicated to heighting Public Awareness of critical issues. The john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation, committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More at macfound. Org. The isingsimons
It will not be long before there will be no firsthand survivors alive. During the holocaust. I saw the word auschwitz. The doors opened. Terror hit us immediately. Narrator they were just children then. How many people have seen a gas chamber in action . Narrator now, they are the last generation to have witnessed the horror first hand. I remember looking at the flames and thinking, which is my mother . Narrator now on frontline, intimate stories from the last survivors. We are the last ones. You want to hear . Here it is. Frontline is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. And by the corporation for public broadcasting. Additional support is provided by the abrams foundation, committed to excellence in journalism. Park foundation, dedicated to heightening Public Awareness of critical issues. The john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation, committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More at macfound. Org. The heisingsi
Tased if you keep it up. The project is about uncovering hidden deaths. Narrator in collaboration with the Associated Press, an investigation into police restraint. People know about the deaths in police interactions, but no one really knows the extent of it. In many cases, its sort of unclear what role the police force played in the death. Were realworld practitioners, so were dealing with a realworld problem. Given this reality that officers are often the ones responding to Mental Health crises. How are they trained to do that . Thats one of the problems. Theres an inconsistency there. Narrator and the impact on families. Were devastated. We want answers. He should not havdied. You find so many families left with unanswered questions. Its important to identify what went wrong and who was responsible. Narrator now on frontline, documenting police use of force. Frontline is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. And by the corporation for p