During the summer months, reach out to your elected officials with cspans congressional directory. It contains all of the Contact Information you need to stay in touch with members of congress, federal agencies, and state governors. Online today at cspanstore. Org. John lewis, an icon of the Civil Rights Movement and a 17 term georgia congressman died july 17 at the age of 80. Widely respected across the political spectrum, he was awarded the medal of freedom by president barack obama in 2011. He is being widely eulogized and we thought it would be appropriate to reair the 2012 interview he gave this program about his memoir, across that bridge so you can hear congressman john lewis in his own voice. Brian congressman john lewis, why did you name your book across that bridge . Rep. Lewis well, during the past few years, ive been crossing bridges, rivers, mini bridges, bridges of understanding, building bridges, trying to bring people together to create what i like to call the beloved c
Americas pastors, lets give it up for pastor franklin. Thank you all. You may be seated. First of all, first of all i want to say what a tremendous honor it is to be here with hall of you. Theres been very encouraging about getting together again. And especially with people love america, who love god, who loved the church and who love jesus. ,love worship. Who love the bible. And still believe jesus isthe answer. And ive just come tonight to first of all say what an honor it is to be here and i made a decision in 2016, paula and jonathan are just some of the greatest people that we have known for many many decades. Weve known you paula and now jonathan and the more that i know jonathan the greater my respect gets for him. Because hes just, theyre just a power couple in the kingdom of god, they really are and doctor jackson is here and wrap is here and doctor lee is here and im leaving somebody out there important im sure we are all here, not to list ourselves, not to talk about ourselv
In this state the measure of miamis put a curfew back in place from 10 pm till 6 am and has put a mandatory mask order in place there is a 40 man squad of Police Officers now enforcing that theyve handed out over 100 tickets already but that is something that rhonda scientists the governor of the state will not monday a saying its peoples personal preference whether they want to wear masks or not and then of course you go all the issues with the testing here the lines are getting longer but more importantly the wait for those results is getting on the acceptably long it takes at least 10 days in some cases 2 weeks to get those results back which means in those in that period of time people could catch courbet 19 its supposed to be 2 days those are the c. D. C. Guidelines that is not happening in this state meanwhile the pandemic in the corona virus continues to really ravaged the entire state. The number of corona virus cases in south africa has surged past 400000 and thats prompted pr
Across that bridge . Rep. Lewis well, during the past few years, ive been crossing bridges, rivers, mini bridges, bridges of understanding, building bridges, trying to bring people together to create what i like to call the beloved community. Brian where does the Edmond Pettus bridge come into that picture . Rep. Lewis well, the Edmond Pettus bridge is symbolic of so many bridges, but in 1965, when i was much younger, and head of an Organization Called the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, a group of young people, students, and others, attempted to cross the Edmond Pettus bridge in selma, alabama to march 50 miles from selma to montgomery to dramatize to the nation and to the world that people wanted simply to register to vote. We were walking in twos. And when we arrive at the apex of the bridge down below, we saw a sea of blue, Alabama State troopers. And we continued to walk. And we came within hearing distance of the state troopers. And a man identified himself and said im
Is your account. Hundreds of thousands of indias mind Migrant Workers left their jobs in the cities to flee the coronavirus now back home they struck 2 feet that found. A classic german novel 21st century make up a new film based on the novel bellino that sums up plots tells the story undocumented migrant who tries to build a life and germanys capital but gets caught up in the criminal underworld. Of his welcome to the program spain has been paying its respects to those who have died during the corona virus pandemic it is one of the hardest hit Countries Worldwide with covert 900 claiming at least 28000 lives at the royal palace in madrid. Phillipa and Community Joins members of the government and their families of sorrow and the families of some of the victims in a solemn ceremony e. U. Leaders also attended sending a sign of solidarity ahead of a summit on friday i would still discuss a controversial 750000000000 euro 8 package to bail out ailing members along with the grief felt thr