Of emergency in southeastern australia where catastrophic bushfire conditions back. So that we begin in iraq where thousands have been attending a procession for those killed in fridays u. S. Airstrikes targeting Major General cause some sort of money the formal funeral has been underway for the top iranian commander as well as. The Deputy Commander of the around by Popular Mobilization forces behind us will later be buried in not just in iraq so the monies body meanwhile will be flown to iran lets go straight to baghdad where zone pinch of aid is standing by and is ahmed just take us through the days events have things gone. Well dick in this warning we got the funeral procession under way from just the outskirts of the green zone in baghdad moving to words meant shyam and then towards karbala and then another for it would be the final resting place of 100 the 2nd in command of the Popular Mobilization forces along with class into the money the leader of the force the mood here has be
To begin our program, please welcome the honorable donny r. Tuck, mayor of the city of hampton. Please take your seats. Good morning, and welcome to the 400th anniversary of the first african landing commemorative ceremony. Its my honor to welcome Governor Ralph Northam and first lady pamela northam, Lieutenant Governor Justin Fairfax, attorney general mark herring, senator mark warner and senator tim kaine, u. S. Representative bobby scott and representative elaine lorry of virginia. Representative karen bass of california and representative william clay of missouri. Speaker of the house of delegates, kirklin cox, first counselor for the embassy of rwanda, former Virginia Governor jared, former Virginia Governor robert mcdonald, former missouri governor eric greitens, former representatives james moran and l. F. Payne, chief judge Roger Gregory of the First Circuit court of appeals, members of the governors cabinet, members of virginia General Assembly, including Senate Majority leade
From fort monroe in hampton roads, virginia, this is about two and a half hours. [ applause ] to begin our program, please welcome the honorable donny artuck, may your of the city of hampton. Please take your seats. Good morning, and welcome to the 400th anniversary of the first african landing commemorative ceremony. Its my honor to welcome Governor Ralph Northam and first lady pamela northam, Lieutenant Governor justin fairfax, attorney general mark herring, senator mark warner and senator tim kaine. U. S. Representative bobby scott, and representative elaine luria of virginia, representative karen bass of california and representative william clay of missouri, speaker of the house of delegates, First Council lawrence monzai for the embassy of rwanda, former Virginia Governor robert mcdonald, former missouri governor eric grietens, chief judge Roger Gregory of the First Circuit court of appeals, members of the governors cabinet, members of virginia General Assembly including Senate M
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Kristen the iop is honored to welcome speechwriters behind the words that have inspired us. Terry edmonds served as assistant to the president and director of speechwriting for president bill clinton, overseeing production of domestic policy speeches. Over a career spanning 40 years he has written for nasa administrator Charles Bowden as well as top executives at ibm, columbia university, time warner, the list goes on. He is a graduate from Morgan State University and is adjunct professor at hofstra university. Our next panelist, sarah , sarah hurwitz, served in the white house from 20092017, first as a speechwriter for president obama before becoming had speechwriter for first Lady Michelle obama. Previously she served as chief speechwriter for Hillary Clinton during her 2008 president ial campaign. She is a graduate of Harvard College and harvard law school, and has an upcoming book about judaism coming out in september. And John Mcconnell served more than 10 years in the white house