The ceremony is one hour and 15 minutes. Ladies and gentlemen, please members of the United States house of representatives and the members of the United States senate and the speaker of the United States house of representatives. [applause] ladies and gentlemen, the speaker of the United States house of representatives, the honorable john boehner. [applause] that afternoon and welcome to the United States gavel. Congress is celebrating the heroes of the Civil Rights Movement. Frederickt proves douglass was right when he said if there is no struggle, there is no progress. Among the begins between his , for little lights standout. It was three weeks in a day after the march on washington, was inluther king jr. Birmingham, alabama. Sermonize,there to he was there to eulogize to make sense of the sunday morning murder of young addie mae collins, Denise Mcnair, carole. Obertson, and Cynthia Wesley the innocent blood of these may well serve as a redemptive force. What may have been discomfo
Ladies and gentlemen, the speaker of the United States house of representatives, the honorable john boehner. [applause] good afternoon and welcome to the United States gavel. The congress is celebrating the heroes of the Civil Rights Movement. A time that proves Frederick Douglass was right when he said if there is no struggle, there is no progress. It was three weeks in a day after the march on washington, Martin Luther king jr. Was in birmingham, alabama. He was not there to sermonize, he was there to eulogize, to make sense of the sunday morning murder of young addie mae collins, denise mcnair, carole robertson, and cynthia wesley. The innocent blood of these little girls may well serve as a redemptive force. What may have been discomfort turned out to be prophecy. Birmingham had to go through hell, but found its way back and pushed itself forward and pushed the whole country forward as well. This is one of the true american stories. Two representatives from alabama have joined toge
Religious freedom mean freedom to discriminate against gays . Arizonas Legislature Took its stand. All of the pillars of society as we know it today are under attack. Should the governor sign the controversial bill or veto it . I will do the right thing. On the left van jones. On the right Newt Gingrich. In the cross fire, granderson who is against the bill and ken kucuccinelli who is for it. Is arizona trying to protect religious freedom or legalize discriminati discrimination . Tonight on crossfire. Im Newt Gingrich on the right. Im van jones on the left. Tonight the nfl, american airlines, marriott and even mitt romney and john mccain all agree with me. Arizona governor jan brewer needs to veto this socalled religious freedom bill that would actually legalize discrimination against gays and lesbians. She has until saturday to make her decision. Governor, one of the greatest achievements we ever had in america is simply this. We got rid of six words. Those six words, we dont serve yo
Into whether he had a third undisclosed meeting with the Russian Ambassador. Could he be at risk for perjury charges . And winner loses. A federal contractor named Realty Winner charged with leaking classified material has been denied bail. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in swoom swoom. Breaking news tonight. President trump says hes 100 ready to be questioned under oath as he and fired fbi director james comey accuse each other of lying. At his first News Conference in weeks, the president refused to say if there are any tapes of his conversations with comey that might prove who is telling the truth. Tonight leaders on the house Intelligence Committee, they are trying to force the president s and. They have asked the white house to and over any recordings if they exist by june 23rd. They are also asking comey to give him his memos on his conversations with the president. Also tonight, mr. Trump is sending mixed messages about comeys explosive and incriminating testimony, the president claimin
Was named the safest city, thats not the case today. 17 were killed in the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School today. Investigators have identified 12 of the dead but they have not released any information about them. We dont know how many of the 17 are teachers, how many are students. At least 14 are others. Police say a 19yearold who was expelled from the high school last year was apprehended as the shooter and as he was leaving trying to leave, trying to blend in with the crowd of students rushing away from the high school after the shooting. This is the 45th day of 2018 and in this year we have already had 18 School Shootings. Investigators say the shooter was armed with an ar15 Assault Rifle and several magazines. The video that you are about to see from inside the school is some of the video that was taken while the shooting was actually going on by some of the students in the school and they have posted it on social media. It is absolutely unspeakably grim. It