May god be the glory. What the devil means for evil, god means for good. Come on, this is a celebration today, and well be able to celebrate the life of a man who he lived here on this earth and god has used him in his death to expand his name to make change. Amen, amen, amen. God bless you to all of our dignitaries. Mayor turner, i think youre a preacher. You have a dove on your finish. We thank god for his leadership, amen. The program calls for, i believe theres another Video Montage thats about to occur. And we thank god for the young lady who has put them together. These videos somebodys still celebrating for the things he has done. Oh, yes. Angie hill is the video artist who has put together these Video Montage. But i want to ask the family members to please make your way to the stage. Kathleen mcghee, bob, and m mr. Cerol white. There is a tribute being sung by r b artist neyo. That will be followed by one of the alumni who is offering a poem. And then another musical selection,
[singing] [organ music] [singing] [choir singing] [organ music] [choir singing] this is a celebration of life for george floyd. We are in celebration of life for our brother. [singing] [singing] [choir singing] [choir singing] [organ music] [applause] [organ music] please be seated at this moment so that the family may enter. As you are seated, please respect social distancing. Appreciated. Ly god bless you and thank you. [organ music] please move to your seats swiftly so the service may begin to honor the memory and legacy of mr. George floyd. Your presence here is greatly appreciated. We are asking everyone please be seated at this time. Lived up thine eyes into the hills. My help comes from the lord. Suffer he they keep its made shall not slumber, behold he they keep its israel shall not slumber nor sleep for the lord is the keeper. The lord is the shade on my right hand. Lord shall preserve the from all evil. He shall preserve thy soul. The lord shall preserve thy going out and com
Casts. More now about the 2007 surge of troops in eric with a foe cuss on the planning by the Bush Administration. Okay, ladies and gentlemen, good afternoon. My name is stef, it is my great pleasure this afternoon to introduce our distinguished panel of speakers. We have ambassador edelman who has served in the department of state and the white house, and u. S. Ambassador to finland, turkey, and was Vice President dick cheneys deputy assistance. He has a department of defense medal for distinguished public service. From the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, and a distinguished service award. To my far left we have general lute, he retired in 2017, previously he had a distinguished 25 year career in the u. S. Army and he served for a total of sick years in the white house under both president s, george w. Bush, and barack obama. And in 2007 he was named to coordinate the wars in iraq and afghanistan. It was both on the joint staff in washington dc and on the United States central
Studies, Johns Hopkins university, in d. C. Ambassador edelman has served in senior positions at the department of state and defense as well as the white house. Hes served as u. S. Ambassador to finland and turkey and was Vice President dick cheneys Principal Deputy assistant for National Security affairs. Ambassador edelman has received several awards including a department of defense medal for distinguished public service, a distinguished civilian Service Award from the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff and a president ial distinguished Service Award. Then to my far left, we have general doug lute. General lute has served most recently as the United States permanent representative to the north atlantic council, a position in which he retired in 2017. Previously general lute had a distinguished 35year career in the u. S. Army. He also served for a total of six years in the white house under both president s george w. Bush and barack obama. And in 2007, president bush named him dep
Eamon, its jon fortt by my account its been about a week since the last gasp of real partisan that i saw when mcconnell and mccarthy were talking about the house bill calling it an ideological wish list and what not. I think the lawmakers pretty quickly started getting on the same page and getting too a different posture, but from where you sit at this point, is it clear where there might be any types of divides around what types of measures congress is willing to take . I know that payroll tax cut was on the table for a bit and then off the table, but beyond that, are there areas where democrats and republicans clearly differ at this point . You know, its unclear right now. You saw Chuck Schumer out earlier today and yesterday saying that what democrats want is a real focus on the workers, if theres going to be bailouts we want to make sure the focus here is on labor and the workers, the people who might get hurt and not just bailouts that would benefit executives. I think theres a sp