[indiscernible] [drums playing] chris please be seated. Ladies and gentlemen, it is a pleasure to welcome you to this magnificent white house nixonnd to the Richard Memorial today. I will be a master of ceremonies this morning. Please allow me to introduce pastor phil. Pastor phil and his wife tammy, wife tammy are the senior pastors at influence church in anaheim hills. Theyre special mentors to many, including myself. Pastor phil is my pastor. Pastor phil and tammy were aboard aircraft over new york city when the terror attacks september 11, 2001 took place and had family on the ground below. Pastor phil will be leading us in prayer in this ceremonys invocation this morning. Pastor . Thank you, chris. There is nothing sweeter than to be able to talk to god, communion with him and knowing he oversees all that we do and say. Lets pray. Heavenly father, in that great name of jesus, we thank you for this day that we can remember. We remember those who we lost. We remember how our nation
During the george w. Bush administration. Talked about his role in grounding all planes immediately following the september 11th terrorist attack on new york and washington d. C. [drums playing] please be seated. I will be your master of ceremonies this morning. Please allow me to introduce pastor phil. Pastor phil and his wife tammy are the senior pastors at influence church in anaheim hills. Their special mentors to many including myself. Pastor phil and tammy were aboard aircraft over new york city when the terror attacks september 11th 2001 took place and had family on the ground below. Pastor phil will be leading us in prayer in ceremony invocation this morning. Thank you chris. Theres nothing sweeter to be able to talk to god. Commune with him and he oversees all that we do and say. Lets pray. Heavenly father, in that great name of jesus we thank you for this day that we can remember, we remember those who we lost. We remember how our nation changed and resolve that we all gather
[drums playing] attack. Children, youngest who please be seated. My name is chris and i will be your master of ceremonies this morning. Please allow me to introduce pastor phil. Pastor phil and his wife tammy, are the senior pastors at influence church in anaheim hills. Theyre special mentors to many , including myself. They are my pastors. Pastor phil and tammy were aboard aircraft over new york city when the terror attacks september 11, 2001 took place and had family on the ground below. Pastor phil will be leading us in prayer in ceremony invocation this morning. Pastor . Thank you, chris. Theres nothing sweeter than could be able to talk to god. Commune with him and he oversees all that we do and say. Lets pray. Heavenly father, in that great name of jesus, we thank you for this day that we can remember, we remember those who we lost. We remember how our nation changed, and resolve that we all gathered together in that day, and the days that led forward to be better, stronger and m
Center of irvine and i hope that you will take up the offer to come back and visit. Ive been honored to get to work with the folks here. I do a lot of Community Service and go to a lot of Public Events for homelessness, the environment, virtually every event i go to, i the Islamic Center of irvine, out in the community volunteering. So thank you for your hospitality. I want to give a special shout out to the Irvine Police department. [applause] we have a number of city former city officials, including our current sitting congresswoman. I meant councilwoman. Its a habit. I said congressmen more i have said congressmen katie porter more times than i can count. So i want to talk for a a couple of minutes. For how many of you, is this your first town hall . Great. I run these town halls so your voices can be heard and theres an equal chance to be heard. Then weor five minutes will draw questions out of the center. If we dont get to your question, know that i go through all of them, and the
Directors at the Islamic Center. We serve 5000 muslims in the area. Every0 of whom come here friday. Is a great honor to host [laughter] host is a great honor to our neighbors and guests from our Congressional District to participate in this discussion with a representative in congress. Please make yourself comfortable. Please note that the doors on my for women. Restrooms on my left, there are restrooms for men. Please forgive us for any shortcomings. Please let us know if you need any assistance. To invite our religious director at the Islamic Center to welcome our congresswoman. [applause] peace be with you. Good afternoon, everybody. And as the e mom religiousf the center. This is beautiful. [applause] [laughter] well, i lost my words. I like your tshirt. I am from pittsburgh actually. It is a great city. [applause] i would like to welcome all of you here in our humble facilities. How many of you are here for the first time . Almost everybody. Your dream has come true. [laughter] y