Present arms. [starspangled banner] order arms. Present arms. [drum roll] [taps] order arms. Ladies and gentlemen the wreath ceremony is complete. The Memorial Day Service will begin shortly. Please take your seats. [applause] [applause] ladies and gentlemen, please stand and remain standing. The command chaplain, joint force headquarters, and the United States Army Military district of washington. Major general, jeffrey s buchanan, commanding general United States army, military district of washington. Mr. Patrick k. Hallinan, executive director, Arlington National cemeteries program. General martin e. Dempsey, chairman, joint chiefs of staff. The honorable ashton carter, defense secretary. Ladies and gentlemen, the president of the United States. [applause] [applause] [applause] ladies and gentlemen, the chaplain. I invite you all to pray with me. Almighty god, we gather today across america, very mindful of the cost paid for the freedom we enjoy. We gather on these Hallowed Grounds
Reports of prizewinning author lawrence wright, and your phone calls. Near the end of june, watch for the annual roosevelt reading festival could reading vessel. Then author interviews and panel discussions. At the beginning of september were live from the Nations Capital for the National Book festival, celebrating its 15th year. Thats just a few of the events this summer on cspan2s book tv. President obama says this is the first memorial day since the end of military operations in afghanistan and the first memorial day since 9 11 that the u. S. Is not involved in a major ground war. The ceremony at Arlington National ceremony is 50 minutes. Present arms. [starspangled banner] order arms. Present arms. [drum roll] [taps] order arms. Ladies and gentlemen the wreath ceremony is complete. The Memorial Day Service will begin shortly. Please take your seats. [applause] [applause] ladies and gentlemen, please stand and remain standing. The command chaplain, joint force headquarters, and the
Order arms. Present arms. [drum roll] [taps] order arms. Ladies and gentlemen the ring ceremony is only great wrceremony this morning will take place. [applause] [applause] ladies and gentlemen please stand and remain standing. The command chaplain, joined force headquarters, and the United States Army Military district of washington. Major general, jeffrey s buchanan, commanding general united dates army, military district of washington. Mr. Patrick callahan, executive director, Army Military cemeteries program. General martin id. See chairman, joint chiefs of staff. Dempsey, chairman, joint chiefs of staff. The honorable ashton carter, secretary. Ladies and gentlemen, the president of the United States. [applause] [applause] ladies and gentlemen, the chaplain. I invite you all to pray with me. Almighty god, we gather today across america, very mindful of the cost paid for the freedom we enjoy. We gather on these Hallowed Grounds particularly to remember and to honor, with singular de
Present arms. [starspangled banner] order arms. Present arms. [drum roll] [taps] order arms. Ladies and gentlemen the ring ceremony is only great wreath ceremony is complete. The Memorial Day Service will begin shortly. Please take your seats. Cspan live at Arlington National cemetery for the wreathlaying. He now moves to the amphitheater for the official ceremony. The same theater was officially dedicated in may 1920. This is where the rest of the ceremony this morning will take place. [applause] [applause] ladies and gentlemen please stand and remain standing. The command chaplain, joined force headquarters, and the United States Army Military district of washington. Major general, jeffrey s buchanan, commanding general united dates army, military district of washington. Mr. Patrick callahan, executive director, Army Military cemeteries program. General martin id. See chairman, joint chiefs of staff. Dempsey, chairman, joint chiefs of staff. The honorable ashton carter, secretary. La
Few blocks from that location. Police couldnt find it. Before 5 00 p. M. Today is when they had the third sighting and thats when officers really started putting a lot of effort towards this. Theyre blocking streets off right now. Theres a perimeter set up. It appears about fourblock radius so theyre just making sure everyone stays away. Theyre asking people to stay in their homes if theyre in that perimeter and not to leave, especially keep the animals inside. And theyre making sure that no one is allowed in or out. Theyre directing traffic at this point. I did meet up with a man who saw the Mountain Lion this morning and heres what he had to say. It was just running around the backyard. We have a big pool back there, and its all gated so i dont know how the heck it got back there. But its just a big shock. Reporter so the Mountain Lion is described as about 70 pounds and not acting aggressive. Thats a very important note. So they dont believe people are at risk but at this point they