Lightning. I said dont stand next to me in rainstorm and last request telling my son the story and telling them listen my dad was struck by lightning, his dad was struck by lightning and hes like oh my we could be struck by lightning and i would say we wont be but sure, we might be. Tonight, this is true my son and my family, my wife and my kids were taking the amtrak train to washington d. C. For this event. And theyre trained was struck by lightning. My son texted me and hes like you are not going to believe what happened tonight. [laughter] destiny people, so you will see they will come in running late but this is destiny. A couple of other things which we can do anywhere else in the Country First of all where is jim day . I want to say thank you to jim. Jim, stand up on second. This is jim who does so much work for lego versions of me and all these other things but i love you, thank you for all you do. [applause] fine gem if you want a sticker of a lego version of me. Jim has them.
And andy. He was one of the most important film directors in the late 1930s. Sunday night at 8 00 on the presidency, john meacham and ron about the process of writing a president ial biography. For our complete American History tv schedule, go to cspan. Com. Tv,ext on American History holocaust survivor julius menn describes his experiences growing up in poland and palestine to the 1930s and 1940s. 10yearold julius menn and his family were on extendedstay when the german army invaded in september of 1939. He described how his family narrowly escaped by traveling to force and feels, dodging hunger. After a year in lithuania, the family returned to palestine in october 1940. This event as part of the holocaust museums firstperson series. It is just over an hour. Good morning and welcome come to the United States Holocaust Memorial museum. My name is bill benson, the host of firstperson. Thank you for joining us today. We are in our 17th year of the first person program. Our first person
Holocaust museums firstperson series. It is just over an hour. Good morning and welcome come to the United States Holocaust Memorial museum. My name is bill benson, the host of firstperson. Thank you for joining us today. We are in our 17th year of the first person program. Our first person today is mr. Julius menn whom we shall meet shortly. This season of firstperson is made possible by the generation of the loos frequent Smith Foundation with additional funding from the arlene and Daniel Fisher foundation. Firstperson is a series of conversations with survivors of the holocaust who share with us their firsthand accounts of their experiences during the holocaust. Each of our firstperson guests serve as volunteers here at this museum. Our program will continue twiceweekly through midaugust. T these himh the louisiana 0 the museums website provides information about each of our desperate the website address is www. Ushmm. Org. Anyone interested in keeping in touch with the museum and i
About republican messaging, that was all about talking points to distract through messaging through terrorist talking points, glossing over the hate crime nature against lgbt people. One thing that the president said that stuck with me is that those of us that have felt the sting of discrimination cannot use that, cannot used to not fight against discrimination of all. And then using that discrimination to then discriminate against a whole class of people, the muslims. I want to wrap this up because i want to yield the floor to my leader. Thank you that the time i have this morning. I repeat i appreciate his remarks. I started wearing this bracelet and sundayption, when we heard this terrible news of orlando, people said to me but i was wearing it before orlando. The juxtaposition inc. Was so high as well. It is the dawn of a new day in terms of how america looks at this issue. This morning brings again a new for gun safety. Our members are inspired by john with the instruction of clar
Bring the vote to the floor. Let us show where we are at. No buy. Bring the bill to the floors. No bill, no break. No bill, no break. No bill, no break. The man from kentucky. Congress,me to everyday he has lived in briefed article one. John yarmuth. [applause] thank you, john. Thank you leadership. Inspiration not just today, but everyday. Thank you for what you have brought to this body and this country. Im incredibly proud of this man and this moment. This was a very proud moment. Not just a proud moment for me, its very comfortable moment. Im comfortable because i know that the work that we prevented from being done on the floor importantot nearly as as the work that we are trying to get done. [applause] the American People feel that way. We all know that. We see what is on social media and the reaction. I got a call from a teacher in kentucky, not my district, a teacher from kentucky who said thank you so much for what you are doing today. I had to ship my students from a man with