rabbit hole. kevin mccarthy is following the facts and that he will pursue impeachment proceedings against president biden if that s what it takes to get to the truth. and they had to see what i had seen. the tragedy and the pictures that shook a nation. today president biden unveilings his plan to make sure america never forgets what happened emmett till. i m dana bash. let s go behind the headlines and inside politics. up first, her pain power eda movement. today, emmett till is enshrined as a possibility both how this country is tape capable of evil and how americans can bend the arc of history towards justice. we start our coverage at the white house with arlette scientist. what do we expect this hour?
he doesn t have the votes in his conference to pull this off, and it s something that can be alienating. sorry to interrupt. want to go straight to the white house for the emmett till ceremony. members of congress, the members of the till family and my fellow americans, today we gather to remember our history. we gather to remember an act of astonishing violence and hate, and to honor the courage of those who called upon our nation to look with open eyes at that horror and to act. the story of emmett till and the incredible braver of his mother helped fuel the movement for civil rights in homework. their stories continue to inspire our collective fight for justice. when i served in the senate, i was so profoundly honored to sponsor the emmett till
including we re land parker, he will serve as the introduction. and reverend parker was the younger cuousin of emmett till. he was actually the last living survivor that witnessed till s abduction. it will be a powerful moment held here at the white house with emmett till s family as president biden signs this proclamation establishing this national monument. but this comes at an important time when you really see the white house and the president trying to become more vocal in this debate over how these painful moments in u.s. history are taught to students in schools. you have vice president kamala harris travel og to florida just last week to talk about the guidelines that have been in place. but in a short while, the president will be trying to honor emmett till and his family try ing to ensure that these thoez these moments are not erased from history.
reporter: any moment now, president biden is expected to sign a proclamation establishing a new national monument that will honor emmett till and his mother, ab effort from the president to try to shine a spotlight on some of the most painful moments in american history. the president has long talked about the need to ensure that the moments are not erased from history. and it comes as just a 1955, emmett till was 14 years old when he was brutally murdered after being accused of whistle ing a the a white woman. the president will be establishing three locations for this monument, including two in mississippi and one in chicago, illinois. that includes the chicago church where emmett till s funeral was held. his mother insisted on holding an open casket to ensure that the brutality of that incident, the brutality of racism against her son was not hidden from public view. it s worth noting that president biden will also be hosting some members of emmett till s family,
seriously, all you moms out there. imagine the courage it took to say, let them see. the courage. it s now my honor to sign this proclamation in memory of emmett till, and i thank you all for being here. i am i know i m considered too much of an optimist, but i believe if we keep pushing, we re going to continue to make progress. we re going to continue to make progress. it s already being made. the idea that when that 14-year-old was buried, this many people of color holding powerful office, changed the