Now the entire Funeral Service for representative john lewis in atlanta georgia. Friends and family pay tribute to the civil rights leader as well as former president george w. Bush, bill clinton and barack obama. The president remembered the pre life and legacy of representative john lewis and shared personal stories. [silence] [silence] [silence] [silence] good morning and welcome to the historic Ebenezer Baptist church. We are americas freedom church. My name is doctor Patrice Turner and as i serve as the director of worship of the arts here today. We thank god for the life of representative John Robert Lewis and so, at 11 00 a. M. We shall join with churches and institutions all over the land and ring the bell for his life 80 times to represent his 80 years here on earth. Let us remain silent and remember his contributions and legacy to our people at this time. [bells silence]. [ringing of bells] [ringing of bells] [ringing of bells] [ringing of bells] [ringing of bells] [ringing o
To the civil rights leader as well as former president george w. Bush, bill clinton and barack obama. The president remembered the life and legacy of representative lewis and shared personal stories. [silence] [silence] [silence] [silence] good morning and welcome to the historic Ebenezer Baptist church. We are americas freedom church. My name is doctor Patrice Turner and as i serve as the director of worship of the arts here today. We thank god for the life of representative John Robert Lewis and so, at 11 00 a. M. We shall join with churches and institutions all over the land and ring the bell for his life 80 times to represent his 80 years here on earth. Let us remain silent and remember his contributions and legacy to our people at this time. [bells silence]. [ringing of bells] [ringing of bells] [ringing of bells] [ringing of bells] [ringing of bells] [ringing of bells] [ringing of bells] [ringing of bells] [ringing of bells] [ringing of bells] [ringing of bells] amen. We thank go
Remarks from three former president s, george w. Bush, bill clinton, and barack obama. Live coverage is here on cspan3. Amen. This is john lewis favorite poem, invictus. Out of the night that covers me, black as a pit from pole to pole, i think whatever god may be to my inconquerable soul. In the fell clutches of circumstance, i have not winced nor cried aloud. Under the bludgeons of chance, my head is bloody, but im bound. Beyond this place looms but the horror of the shade. And yet menace of the years finds and shall find me unafraid. It matters not how straight the gate, how charged with punishment the scroll, im the master of my fate. Im the captain of my soul. John lewis was my hero and my friend, lets honor him by getting in good trouble. [ applause ] only the inconquerable spirit and the magnanimous soul of john lewis could summon all of us together in this place at this time. Only john lewis could compel three living american president s to come to this house of god. To celebra
Gdp in this country of 32. 9 . 3. 29 would have been a big drop. It would have been almost as big a drop from the last recession. 32. 9 . That is the measure of all of our work, lawrence. That is where the rubber hits the road. Thats our lives. Thats our prosperity. And it is our future as long as we are not running an Effective National campaign to control the coronavirus, which we are not under the Trump Presidency. Thats right. Every economist you speak to and i speak to says the same thing. There are not economic answers to this economy. There are only Public Health answers and leadership answers to it. Thank you, ali. Have a good night, lawrence. Thank you. Well, we were greeted by something extraordinary today when we opened the New York Times in print or online. There was an oped piece by john lewis. There he is. By john lewis on the day of his funeral. The New York Times says that john lewis wrote this essay to us shortly before his death with the intention that it be published
This country of 32. 9 . 3. 29 would have been almost as big as the drop from the last recession. 32. 9 . That is the measure of all of our work, lawrence. That is where the rubber hits the road. Its not an obscure economic number. And its our future as long as we are not controlling the coronavirus, which we are not under the Trump Presidency. Thats right. Every economist you speak to and every economist i speakto to sa the same thing. There are not economic answers to this economy. There are only Public Health answers and leadership answers to it. E thank you, ali. Have a good night, lawrence. Thank you. Av well, we were greeted by something extraordinary today when we opened the new york th times in print or online. There was an oped piece by john lewis. There he is. By john lewis on the day of his funeral. The New York Times says that john lewis wrote this essay to us shortly before his death with the intention that it be published on the day of his funeral. And as soon as i saw the