Chance of shower and thunderstorm later today, angie. More on that in a little bit. Thanks. Days the first day of police week in washington. Officers remember those who died on duty. It starts with a log ride this morning. News 4s derrick ward at rfk stadium where officers are getting ready to get on their bike and ride. Good morning, derrick. Reporter good morning. Indeed they are. You can hear the telltale sign behind me. This is the scene here. Its an annual tradition in washington and grows every year. For the past 20 years its been going on. Its the start of police week. There are riders from all over. Some are in uniform. Some are in civilian clothes. Make are Police Officers and some arent. Its all a matter of bringing this Community Together as we hear from one of the organizers. The Community Involved event, not just Law Enforcement. We welcome, you know, because we have families that come out and support us. Then through the Washington Community its important because they com
Nearly 2,000 government officials and Community Leaders gathered at George Washington university for First White House summit on Pacific Islanders. Yours is a growing voice. A growing population. A lot of efforts to grow into the population and white house is part of that giving Asian Americans a voice in our country and feature unique tal enand skill sets our community is bringing for. An how about here in the Washington Community . I grew up in a low in come area in washington, d. C. My family came here when i was six years old. We struggled. We fought all the challenges. Growing up i wished there was a program like asianAmerican Youth to help other kids not have the same struggles i did. Ive seen a huge difference. Ive seen the young people we help. They are just growing and have a better understanding of their identity and also taking a lot of leadership roles. Would you agree with florida . I would agree with that. Helped me come to terms with my culture identity september 11th ge
Carolina at the Greyhound Bus station. In 1961, i was at the freedom ride. We left washington ecma four, 1961, 13 of us. To test a division of the United States Supreme Court. Been in segregation on public transportation. My seatmate on the Greyhound Bus from washington d. C. , you must understand and 1961, black people in white people couldnt be seated together. Assist the charges against him. Well, for the two of us we arrived at a little Greyhound Bus station in south carolina. A group of white men met us in the doorway and started beating us and left us lobbying in a pool of blood and the officials came up and wanted to know whether we wanted to press charges. We said no we believe and of love and peace and nonviolence. I didnt know at that time may 9th, 1961 that this man was wilson, years later in february february 09 after president barack obama had been inaugurated he came to my office on capitol hill to seek out the peace grown. Mr. Lewis, will you forgive me . I want to apolo
Took the lives of 700,000 americans, north and south and when we think about this civil war it is typically with the sense of the divisive relationship between north and south and the violence that captured the nation well before the war began. Men from the north and men from the south became a angry and angrier, challenging one another with words and with guns over the issue of slavery and washington d. C. Has long served as the epicenter of that discussion. When we think of the coming of the civil war almost common picture is of the caning of Charles Sumner, an anti slavery senator from massachusetts by South Carolina congressman Preston Brooks on the floor of the senate in 1856. I will talk about this in a minute but tonight i want to talk about how the picture of washington as violent and divisive is misleading. Instead, the real key to understanding washington in the mid19th century is to recognize that in many ways it operated more like a social fraternity, hence the name washing
We are marking 15 years of booktv on cspan2. Here are some programs to watch this weekend on booktv. All weekend we are live from the 2013 southern festival of books in nashville would some of the operas featured are kitty but the run end of light care, the removal of tennessee governor ray blanton in 1979. And the jfk association. See a complete schedule of the days events and also a look at a late alexander cockburns book a colossal wreck. Aero difficult political scandals and American Culture at 9 00 on sunday. A 00 p. M. Sunday your thoughts what does not apply here. Up next representative john lewis, a democrat from georgia. The 14 term congressman talks about his role in the Civil Rights Movement, Race Relations in the obama event political partisanship on capitol hill, he has written wind a memoir of the movement, across that bridge life lessons and a vision for change and march book 1. Congressman john lewis, who is elwin wilson . Guest id met him in 1961. I was part of the fre