Has good reason to worry facing its giant neighbor across a Narrow Strait of water. This year chinese warplanes have flown the close to taiwan over and over again. Prodding until taiwanese fighters intercepted. And out of chinese warships to the sense of constant threat. Because i one has lived with that threat for more than 70 years but now its rising to a new level and the world needs to pay attention. Under president Xi Jinping China has been flexing its muscles more and more openly not just on occasions like it 70th Anniversary Parade this year in one of the most remote places in the world chinas mountainous border zone with india out of the blue a sudden escalation in tensions between chinese and indian troops. Left dozens of people dead chinas Defense Ministry published videos of its forces training in tibet the message seeming to be were ready for anything that relations with the United States have soured to the brink of imbue cold war with donald trump and she jinping at logger
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
This big puckture of john lewis was just put up here, rest in power. You cant see from the tv but over here in the front row is a big bouquet of white flowers. Its in the place where john usually sat in the front row of a section that many of the members of the congressional ack caucus held forth, conspired sometimes, plotted, and made progress for the American People. Its appropriate that we have those flowers there. Where john sat. For so many years. John meacham who is writing a book on john lewis told us yesterday on a caucus call that when john was born he was born into a garden. He loved to be in the garden. He loved to be with the chicks, as we know, little chickens. And he loved to see things grow. Loved to see things grow. And he lived his life in that way. He loved to see progress grow, he loved to see love and peace grow. He loved to see ideas grow. And he loved to see a more Perfect Union grow. Many of our colleagues will have many things to say this evening and because of
To the life of one of the iconic figures of not just the Civil Rights Movement, but of the ways and Means Committee. I sat next to john lewis for 25 years on the ways and Means Committee and i must tell you, he was the bravest, most gentle person i ever met. He nearly lost his life in pursuit of justice and confronted some of the darkest society at the Edmund Pettus bridge as a very young man. But he never lost faith in what america could become. During those many conversations, and he offered a tutorial to me about the life and the legend that he had offered to america, his unyielding optimism and hope lifted the spirits of his fellow members of congress and the American People in our nations most trying moments. With quiet strength, grace and love, he shouldered unthinkable burdens and changed this world for the better. Through it all, he was unfailingly humble, selfless and kind and i must say, and i was commenting a moment ago to some colleagues on the committee, if he was in the r