Ladies and gentlemen please stay standing. Let us pray. Internal lord, god, the source of our hope and dreams, we think you for the doolittle tokyo raiders. A group of 80 patriots who bathe himself the country loved. We are grateful for the morale boost their exploits provided. A beleaguered nation, infusing america with the spirit of hope when it needed it most. Lord, we ask your special blessings on the two surviving raiders, the retired with a net kernel Lieutenant Colonel and the Staff Sergeant. Bless also and comfort the families of a third doolittle raider, the retired Lieutenant Colonel, who recently died. Made inspiration we see from this congressional Gold Medal Ceremony that celebrates the humble heroism of the doolittle tokyo raiders, motivate us to live more laudable lives. We pray in your great name, amen. Amen. Please be seated. Ladies and gentlemen, u. S. Representative from the 22nd district of texas. [applause] good afternoon here it i want to thank leaders of both par
In france, i had two uncles in world war ii. My dad served in the navy on my wifes side, her brothers served in vietnam. I learned much from them. It is really the vietnam side that opened my eyes in the late 70s and early 80s because by that time the time i was old enough to absorb things as a young teenager, the family members on my side were well beyond their service. I dont remember my grandfather ever talking about world war i. I dont remember my uncle talking about world war ii until i started doing this work in the and then i would take him everywhere and give him talk. He would spend memorial day at the concert. He unfortunately passed away. This past october. As did my brother in law who was a combat that in vietnam. Stayed in the army for 22 years. I learned so much from him and so much from my wifes two brothers. Theyve really got me thinking and so i got involved in the Vietnam Veterans groups in the 80s and in the chicago area supporting them. So, ten years later, i had an
This is al jazeera live from new york city, im erica pitzi. A man that attacked a Movie Theater hat a history of mental illness. He had at least one arrest as well as multiple commitments to Mental Health facilities in his past. He had moviegoers in tennessee ducking for cover. [ gunfire ] thats the sound of the latest theater shooting suspect being shot dead by police in tennessee. It was a lot, oh lot of shots. It was coming from outside the theater. Police began receiving calls after 1 00 p. M. In the nashville suburb of antioch. Witnesses say the 29yearold vin tente David Montano walked into the movie wearing a surgical mask, as well as two backpacks and a weapon. He was armed with a hatchet and armed with a weapon that strongly reassembles a semiautomatic pistol that we know now after examination is an air soft gun. He was allegedly armed with pepper spray. The gunman apparently unleashed this pepper spry throughout the theater, as additional officers to swat team entered that the
This is Al Jazeera America live from new york city. Im stephanie sy. The Republican Partys top president ial hopefuls will try tonight to lay claim to next years nomination. Ten of the 17 candidates will take part and it takes place in the key battleground state of ohio. Michael shure is there. Reporter by holding not just their National Convention next july but their first debates tonight in cleveland, the Republican Party is being anything but cavalier in their effort to win the swing state of ohio next year. Are people going to vote for republicans over the democrats because the convention was here . No maybe not. But it may help ginning up enthusiasm in ohio. Reporter ginning up enthusiasm among female voters is important. Concern over remarks by jeb bush hasnt helped the g. O. P. Cause. Im not sure we need a half a billion dollars for Womens Health issues. Hillary clinton wasted no time responding via twitter reporter the bush comments came days after Senate Republicans failed to
Interview, tony harris conversation with Michael Browns mother one year after her son was killed in the ferguson. The Obama Administration is just suffering a major set back in the push to get rebel forces to fight for u. S. Interests in syria. The u. S. Military officials have now been forced to acknowledge that rebel troops trained by the u. S. Are refusing to go into battle. Jaime mcintyre is live at the pent gone with the latest, jaime. David you take a very complicated situation on the ground and an incomplete understanding by the u. S. Military and that results in a major miscalculation. And an embarrassing set back, the u. S. Sent the first of its trained and equipped fighterred into northern syria, the so called 54, that were going to embed with moderate Syrian Opposition forces but never thought that the front, linked to al quaida would engen those forces that turned out to be a very flawed assumption, and on friday of last week, there was an attack, it had to be repelled with