David davis provides the history of the first Wheelchair Basketball Team comprise a world war ii veterans. Its a great honor to be at bromance. I spent many evenings on the second floor listening to local authors speak about their the o really appreciate the invitation. What to say hi to everybody out there who i havent i have beeo see facetoface in person, so thank you for tuning in. Obviously doubly honored ron kovic has agreed to speak with me tonight about the book. Ron kovic, not kovac. Not go back. We were introduced by tom hobart, sports need a writer and ron has been very encouraging and helped me quite a bit with this book in terms of background and research and so forth. Ron of course was a vietnam veteran. Most of the book that i wrote is about world war ii veterans are just want to give you a little background before we start speaking. Before world war ii if you are paralyzed you were pretty much a dead ender, and no hope or as they were called. The average life span was a
To being extra cautious. But ultimately the president didnt want to put his vice poodle at additional risk. I want to thank the commission and the university of utah for hosting this event. And senator harris, its a privilege to be on the stage. Jimmy now if they could just get him to stop humping trumps leg, theyll be set. [ laughter ] the truth is a lampshade cone would have made more sense than what team pence was fighting for, which was nothing. They wanted no extra precaution. They initially said no to a divider made of plexiglass between them. Kamala wanted it. Pences team did not. Mike pence believes that if youre going to separate a man and a woman it should be from their children at the border of the united states. [ moans and applause ] this is my own staff booing me. Thank you, guillermo. [ laughter ] for just clapping at whatever i say. Guillermo youre the boss. Jimmy an aide for mike pence said the Vice President is looking forward to having a conversation about the marked
But ultimately the president didnt want to put his vice poodle at additional risk. I want to thank the commission and the university of utah for hosting this event. And senator harris, its a privilege to be on the stage. Jimmy now if they could just get him to stop humping trumps leg, theyll be set. [ laughter ] the truth is a lampshade cone would have made more sense than what team pence was fighting for, which was nothing. They wanted no extra precaution. They initially said no to a divider made of plexiglass between them. Kamala wanted it. Pences team did not. Mike pence believes that if youre going to separate a man and a woman it should be from their children at the border of the United States. [ applause ] this is my own staff booing me. Thank you, guillermo. [ laughter ] for just clapping at whatever i say. Guillermo youre the boss. Jimmy an aide for mike pence said the Vice President is looking forward to having a conversation about the marked shift left that joe biden wants to
We might know you better than you know yourself. 7eleven. Always open. In San Francisco we spoke to a single parent who says Distance Learning is just not working for her kids. Several summits are reacting to governor newsoms plan on reopening schools in the fall. A sweet surprise. An unexpected baby shower spread across an entire community. Bringing the heat this weekend. Ill have the temperatures coming up. Abc7 news at 11 00 starts right now. Civil rights hero and congressman john lewis has died. The 80yearold had been battling cancer for seven months. He stood shoulder to shoulder with the legendary dr. Martin luther king jr. In the 60s and continued to fight for equality on capitol hill. A look back at lewiss iconic life. Reporter john lewis was born outside troy, alabama, in 1940. The son of share croppers. As a teenager he was drawn to activism surrounding the montgomery bus boycott. In the 1960s he was at the center of nearly every major mole in the Civil Rights Movement. Organ
Was one of the first freedom riders. This shows him with a bandage on his head after he and other riders were beaten, just the beginning of what would be many arrests for the civil rights activist. We must all cry together. We want our freedom and we want it now. By 1963 at the age of just 23, he was dubbed one of the big six leaders of the Civil Rights Movement who helped plan the historic march on washington. Let us not forget that we are involved in a social revolution. Reporter he helped spearhead one of the most defining moments of the era, leading more than 600 Peaceful Protesters across the bridge in selma, alabama in 1965. It was known as muddy sunday. He was struck in the head, suffering a fractured skull at the hands of the police. I was the first one to catch the blow. Reporter lewis was elected to congress in 1986. He served as u. S. Representative of georgias fifth Congressional District where he continued to get into what he called good trouble. I got arrested 40 times in