hoses, buckets, scrub brushes and cleaned the vietnam veterans memorial wall by hand, a solemn, relatively new tradition that serves as a reminder of what unites us instead of what divides. these enormous pieces of black granite which emerged from the national mall like a wound are the names of 58,318 service men and service women who lost their lives fighting in one of america s longest wars. the vietnam war. in a town so often divided, today members of congress from both parties were united and came together to wash this wall by hand ahead of memorial day. republican congressman mike walls from florida is a green beret who did combat tours in afghanistan, the middle east and africa. he organized this bipartisan event with fellow lawmakers who have also served. it s a reminder for us, the
live now to melinda haring, a nonresident seniorfellow at the american think tank the atlantic council s eurasia center. what did you make of the parade? tit was a small, sombre, short, and solemn. it was not much of a parade at all. it was less than an hour and as you noted, there was only one soviet tank. there were far fewer soldiers than in the past, 11,000 or 8000 this year. there were far fewer vehicles as well. there were 131 last year and about 50 this year. it really shows how degraded the russian military has become. that is a big problem for putin. this is the biggest day on his calendar and his legitimacy rests as the heir that.
The service for the King's coronation is centred around the theme of 'called to serve' and his solemn vow to God, the people of the nations and the realms.
justice! no charges have been filed, but the manhattan district attorney s office said it is under investigation and is a solemn and serious matter. the d.a. s office is asking any witnesses to come forward. they say they ve put on senior prosecutors to look into whether or not there are charges. it s also important to note, ana that, when a death is ruled a homicide, that doesn t necessarily mean there was a crime committed. what they re going to be looking at specifically is whether or not this was done in self-defense. ana. that s unfortunate, it s disturbing and perhaps more than that. thank you so much, stephanie gosk, for that reporting. when we re back in just 60 seconds, new propublica reporting involving justice clarence thomas, a gop billionaire donor and tuition for a private school in georgia. the reporter behind this story joins us next. plus, we are live in mexico at a migrant camp near the border. thousands have the u.s. in their sights as a covid era border po
that what we are seeing from today s nonaligned movement countries that draw distinction between working with china on and russia economically and then maybe supporting the united states on other geopolitical issues and they re buy if you are indicating their foreign policy. brian: maybe we shouldn t accept that maybe we should say you have got make a choice. right. brian: that would make a difference if we got all in and had one policy. dan hoffman, thank you so much. appreciate it? all right. brian: meanwhile, go over to steve. steve? steve: we have got some news top stories. moments ago the manhattan district attorney s office released a statement on the death of that homeless man jordan neely who died after a marine placed him in a chokehold on the subway. neely was behavinger rafd particularly holding him down on the train this week for about 15 minutes. they say, quote, the d.a. this is a solemn and serious matter that ended in the tragic loss of