Pres. Obama james wrote to the believers, consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. Preach. Obama let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, lacking nothing. It is a great honor to be back at Ebenezer Baptist church in the pulpit of its greatest pastor, dr. Martin luther king jr. , to pay my respects to perhaps his finest disciple. An american whose faith was tested, again and again, to produce a man of pure joy and unbreakable perseverance, john robert lewis. To those who have spoken, to president s bush and clinton, madam speaker, reverend warnock, reverend king, johns family, friends, his beloved staff, mayor bottoms, ive come here today because i, like so Many Americans, owe a great debt to john lewis and his forceful vision of freedom. This country is a constant work in progress. Were born with instructions. To form a more perfect union.
President bush good morning. Distinguished guests, johnmiles, lewis family and friends, i thank you for inviting us to be here today. Johns story began on a tiny farm in troy, alabama, a place so small he said you could barely find it on the map. He talked about the chickens. I did a little research. Every morning he would rise before the sun to tend to the flock of chickens. He loved those chickens. Already called to be a minister who took care of others, john fed them and tended to their every need. Even their spiritual ones. For john baptized them, he married them and he preached to them. [laughter] when his parents claimed one for family supper, john refused to eat one of his flock. Going hungry was his first act of nonviolent protest. [laughter] he also noted in later years that his first congregation of chickens listened to him more closely than some of his colleagues in congress. [laughter] john also thought the chickens were just a little more productive. At least they produced
Remarks from three former president s, george w. Bush, bill clinton, and barack obama. Live coverage is here on cspan3. Amen. This is john lewis favorite poem, invictus. Out of the night that covers me, black as a pit from pole to pole, i think whatever god may be to my inconquerable soul. In the fell clutches of circumstance, i have not winced nor cried aloud. Under the bludgeons of chance, my head is bloody, but im bound. Beyond this place looms but the horror of the shade. And yet menace of the years finds and shall find me unafraid. It matters not how straight the gate, how charged with punishment the scroll, im the master of my fate. Im the captain of my soul. John lewis was my hero and my friend, lets honor him by getting in good trouble. [ applause ] only the inconquerable spirit and the magnanimous soul of john lewis could summon all of us together in this place at this time. Only john lewis could compel three living american president s to come to this house of god. To celebra
The temperatures will drop in the lower 20s in the city. The wind chills are in sinkallal digits and teens. When you walk up, the air temperatures in the teens to 20 degrees in most areas. Wind chill is much lower than that. For kids that will be at the bus stop in the morning, sunshine, a breeze, temperatures averaging 22 degrees. Well check out the next ten days to see if there is any real sign of spring weather in a few minutes. Alison we look forward to that. Thank you. The snow is not the real threat to the Cherry Blossoms in the tidal basin. Its the bitter cold. Today the National Park service says it is inspecting the buds that have yet to blossom to see how bad the damage is. Richard reeve is along the tidal basin now. So this is really critical couple of few days ahead. Richard yeah, that is right. They are calling this widespread damage. Now take a lack at the blossoms here look at the blossoms here. They are fully exposed in the puffy white stage. They dont have the look at
Pup will find two men illegally dumping trash in berks county. Are we looking at summer in a few weeks, when you go out, you might think late winter or early fall. David is off, karen rogers, is here, were scratching you are heads. Reporter its 40s in the northwest suburbs, 46 in martins creek. 48 in fleetwood. 49 in pottstown, 47 in coatsville and kennett square, breezy, too, 54 degrees and breezy in center city. In the suburbs in noon. 51 in browns mill. 52 in hammonton, 54 in cinnaminson and 54 in dover, delaware. Each day weve been stepping it down in the mornings. 7 degrees cooler right now in philadelphia than at this point yesterday, but its a noticeable change. Heres what to expected satellite and radar, showing after the severe storms out of here weve got nothing but clear skies. Bright sunshine, the next couple of days are quiet no storms for couple of days. Its a cool start, beautiful bright sunshine, high of 75. Cooler than average, it will feel okay with the sunshine comin