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
Im rosemary conners. Today marks the unofficial start of the Summer Season. It certainly feels like summer and as matt delucia reports from ocean city the crowds down the shore are taking advantage of it. Reporter a few people on the boardwalk tell me this is the best memorial day weekend weather theyve seen in recent memory and that can translate into big business but will it last . I found it. Reporter whether its finding seashells. Just came to celebrate memorial day and enjoy nature. Reporter or collecting something a little bigger. Have a little bit of fun. Try to find some money, diamond rings. Reporter the not so Hidden Treasure this weekend has been that the sun and surf are spot on. This is the start of the summer, so we want to start off with a bang. Reporter at the original fudge kitchen, these ladies have been waiting for the season to begin. This is the weekend that some shop owners use to gauge the rest of the summer at the shore. Some folks say business was slow the year
All welcomed the news update on cctv news on that pillow to beijing. We begin this hour with the general elections in bangladesh where at least five people had been killed and dozens of others injured in box Prime Minister sheikh sabah had refused to step down on the point in neutral caretaker to oversee the election. This is good to protest on a boycott of the election by opposition parties. Police opened fire to stop protesters from seizing a Polling Center in the northern run Port District killing two people a half. In the not for more moderate District Police fired at about two dozen protesters also killing two people. Da carson daily star newspaper said that the ring of the men belonged to the opposition jam at it. I islami party. Elsewhere police said opposition activist of the polling official to death. Local media reported. That and that the trial was set to about one hundred thirty polling stations across the country the voting began at eight pm local time sunday but televisio
The city is leading the way. It will be immediately recognizable and iconic from various parts of the city or even if you see a picture. Thats the sfpuc building. Its a wonderful building. It goes back to the 18 50s Fishermans Wharf, megs wharf which was the place in San Francisco to enjoy yourself. Eventually Fishermans Wharf moved into youctionv to where the explore or yum is and it moved back up here. But in the 1950s, the port was coming out of world war ii, was trying to understand what container station was going to look like, and they commissioned a study that looked at the Economic Impact of the port to the city. That sounds familiar, does continue, mr. Mayor . And particularly to how the port could participate in the citys tour and commercial industries as well as their cargo industry, and specifically that report found that this area, since we were moving into containerization, were no longer really needed for cargo, that cargo would be better off being in the southern waterf