Tonight remembrances continue to pour in for the man known as the conscious of congress. John lewis lost his battle with pancreatic cancer last night at the age of 80. Today a memorial is growing below a mural of representative lewis. From selma, alabama to capitol hill, lewis was dedicated to the fight for civil rights. Chris pallone has more for us on how people are remembering the man who spent his life fighting for equality. Reporter in the midst of his georgia district, people have ay to pay respects to the man people called the conscious of the congress. Lewis served the people for 33 years bull years but was a civil rights leader in his early 20s along id Martin Luther king jr. Martin luther king iii said in fighting for Voting Rights lewis leaves behind an enduring legacy. We are seeing more young people engaged in voting. Fellow civil rights leader and former Atlanta Mayor andrew young said lewiss death is not a tragedy because his impact moves on. Just as Martin Luther king i
Really make sure that our country stays on the course toward freedom and justice and inequality and opportunity and equality and opportunity for all of us. We organize across the country. In this moment, we have folks who are deeply involved in their cities and counties on the issue of Public Safety, on the response to covid, and who are fighting to make sure that our supreme court, quite frankly, comes back to the values we hold dear. Does not keep lurching toward being the institution that could end health care as we know it, since obama passed the aca. We were funded primarily by people, some support from foundations. We built a Movement Across this country, to really make sure that this country remains a place for all of us. Frankly, with the great dream of this country, the dream that you can rise as high as your own ambition and intelligence and ains true, because without the american dream, quite frankly this country would be a hard place for our families. Dot on police reform,
We will get to that conversation in a minute. The former National Security advisor has a link the excerpt lengthy excerpt of his book online. Trumphe writes the conversation with xi reflected not only the incoherence in a trade policy but the confluence in trumps mind of his own political interest in u. S. Natural national interest. Trump co. Mingled the personal and the national not just on trade questions but across the whole field of National Security. I am hardpressed to identify any significant trump decision during my white house tenure that wasnt driven by reelection calculations. Martha raddatz has an interview on sunday. The network released clips of her interview. Here is john bolton talking about Vladimir Putins perception of President Trump. Describeuld you Vladimir Putins relationship with trump . I think Vladimir Putin thinks he can play him like a federal. He doesnt think he is faced with a serious adversary. I dont think he is worried about donald trump. Donald trump se
On cspan2. Joining us this morning is ben, the former naacp president and now the current president of people for the american way. You just took over as president for this group. Remind our viewers what is the group . How are they funded and what are you priorities for it . Thank you. So, we were started 40 years ago by norman leer and congresswoman barbara jordan, as a Multiracial Group to really make sure your country stays on a course towards freedom and justice and equality and opportunity for all of us. We organized across the country. In this moment, we have folks who are deeply involved in their cities and their counties on the issue of Public Safety. On the response to covid and who are fighting to make sure that our Supreme Court quite frankly hears back to the values we hold dear. It doesnt keep lurnching towars being the institution that could end health care as we know it since obama passed the aca. Were funded primarily by people. Some support from foundations on the c3 s
American history tv, the National History center hosts a conversation on u. S. Gun rights and regulations. Watch American History tv tonight and over the weekend on cspan3. U. S. Schools are looking at how to safely reopen during the coronavirus pandemic. Educators spoke to members of the Senate Health committee about plans to decrease class size, continue Home Learning and schoolwide coronavirus tests to make sure students and staff are safe when they return to the classroom. Widespread testing not only helps contain the virus, it builds confidence that the schools are safe. U. S. Assistant secretary for health told our committee that there will be 40 to 50 million diagnostic tests available per month by september. Thats four to five times the number of todays tests and todays number in the United States is twice as many as any other country. And dr. Francis collins who led the human genome project and leads the National Institutes of health, leads a shark tank enterprise at the nih t