And his wife, until the day he died, he died in his sleep, almost at the age of 80, two days before my wife and i were supposed to have dinner with him and his wife here in washington with his other friends to celebrate his impending 80th birthday. But he had the courage to keep out of step when everybody was marching to the wrong tune. He how do i say this . He would face wad dilemma, like maybe voting with his caucus or voting with the president , and something that he just thought was wrong, he was amazingly he would, like, say, what is the right thing to do . Ive heard him say this moreen this a few times. As governor, chairman of the National Governors association, here, he would say, what is the right thing to do . He wouldnt say, what is the easy thing to do, what is the expedient thing to do, but what is the right thing to do . He was a person of deep faith. We have a Bible Study Group that meets here every thursday, just upstairs not far from this floor, about seven or eight o
Past national conventions. Saturday night at 8 00 eastern on cspan. House democrats joined Community Leaders and victims of gun violence for a late evening vigil thursday to show support for more comprehensive gun laws. This gathering outside the u. S. Capitol is just under two hours. [ cheering ] [ chanting ] no bill no break no bill no break what do we want . Internships. What do we want . Now. People over here. Now what do we want . Yeah. No bill no break [ cheering ] thank you very much for being here this evening. We have been observing a Critical Mass of people who are being offloaded here over to my left, your right. And well give them just a few more moments. To get here. But before we start this evenings program, i think it is fitting and proper as i bring forward for an invocation and hopefully an observance for the people of france who once again are experiencing the wrath of commented beings who are inflicting their notions upon unsuspecting people in such a way that it bri
And to the other families im sorry about what happened. Obviously, you guys are devastated as we are, but i know for a fact things will get better as time goes on. I just want to thank you guys for reaching out to me. Were going to hear more from that impressive young man and tim jackson lost his 87yearold grandmother. Just hard to process that. My grandma had to leave earth this way. Its just real really hard and its challenging because i dont believe that she deserved to kind of go this way. And the pastor of the Emanuel Church is is being remembered as a force in that community. He is the one minister the one leader that brought that kind of zeal and energy to our church. And he will be extremely missed in this community and especially as the leerd of our church. Amazing person the nation and Law Enforcement now turning their full focus on the case at hand of this alleged shooter. Last night, we learned from a woman who spoke to one of the survivors that the killer allegedly allowed
Any sort of recognition. But because this is an active hate crime investigation, for the next two hours, we will occasionally use the confessed killers name and occasionally show images of him, but sparingly. But our focus, as always, will continue to be remembering those who were killed here and their loved ones. Today the confessed murderer made his First Court Appearance by video link. Some Family Members of victims were at the bond hearing and the judge allowed them to address the man who murdered their loved ones. What they told him was frankly humbling. Instead of hate, they often offered forgiveness. You took something very precious from me. I will never talk to her ever again. I will never be able to hold her again. But i forgive you. And have mercy on your soul. You hurt me. You hurt a lot of people. But god forgive you and i forgive you. Those words and others floored a lot of people. Heres what president obama tweeted about that extraordinary display of grace. In the midst o
Funeral services for ethel lance will begin at 11 00 a. M. Eastern. Also next hour the first of two viewings for the reverend and state senator clementa pinckney. The earlier viewing will be at his home church in rich laendland ridgeland. Reporter good morning, two of the victims of this massacre will be having their funerals today. The first will be ethel lance. She was 70 years old when she died. The other Funeral Services will be for reverend Sharonda Coleman singleton singleton. Tonight at mother emanuel there will be a viewing of reverend Clementa Pinckneys body. Yesterday thousands of people showed up at the State Capitol to show their respects where he was lying in state. Now, were also learning a little bit more about reverend pinckneys funeral. We know that large delegation a bipartisan delegation will be traveling from washington to charleston tomorrow for the funeral, and we also have heard that the president has begun drafting his eulogy the eulogy that he will be deliverin