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
[ applause ] ladies and gentlemen, please remain standing for the departure of the official party. This weekend on the cspan netwo networks, politics, books and American History. On saturday, at 6 00 p. M. Eastern, hurricane katrina, the 10th anniversary. Speakers include bill clinton and the mayor mitch landrieu. And sunday evening at 6 30, speeches from Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders at the Democratic National committee in minneapolis. On cspan 2 book tv on saturday at 10 00 eastern on afterwards, author danel Padilla Peralta talked about his book, chasing his journey from an grbt to his college education. And then hurricane katrina, featuring Haley Barbour and Investigative Reporter ronnie green. On American History tv on cspan 3 a few minutes past 2 00 p. M. , don thomas discusses the history of space station and comparing russian and American Development and looking at the future of International Space station efforts. And on sunday at 4 00 p. M. On real america, appointment i
Devils brigade. I was on the hallowed grounds of arlington today to see the canadian cross of honor erected in 1930 by our government in those majestic fields to honor the 3,000 americans who died in world war i serving with canadian units. And the heroics of the devils brigade continue. Our joint defense of north america through norad, korea where tommy prince served in the battle of kapyong, in the korean war. In afghanistan, where the 40 americans who died serving alongside canadians in kandahar are held as close to our chest as the 158 men and women we frost that dangerous province. And today our Royal Canadian air force and our soldiers from the jtf 2, the successor unit to the devils brigade, are serving in iraq in cause of freedom and alongside our allies and friends like those in the United States. So its my honor to represent canada here today to thank you for recognizing these special, special veterans and allowing us to remember the service and sacrifice their unit remembers
Families. Reporter in one, a daughter writes, my mother was sold from me when i could but crawl. This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley the trump family has vowed to keep its vast financial interests separate from the government, but today we learned of a possible conflict of interest involving the president s daughter and top adviser ivanka. China gave her business potentially lucrative trademark approvals on the very day that she and the president were having dinner with the chinese president at the trump estate in south florida. Our justice correspondent zoilaf pegues is looking into this. Reporter when President Trump hosted chinese president xi jinping at maralago, the foreign leader was serenaded by the president s granddaughter. That performance was posted on instagram by mr. Trumps daughter and adviser ivanka, and it went viral in china where she and her fashion brand are immensely popular, the same day as these visits, according to the associated press, the iva