Read him, to a remarkable man, jerry west. I would like to congratulate you on this tremendous atresia and achievement and congratulations to your family. We are delighted to be joined by jerrys wife, karen, and their wonderful family. Thank you very much, everybody. Look at that family, huh . You did a good job. Beautiful. We are also pleased to have with us senator joe manchin and governor jim justice. Two terrific people. Stand up, jim, in case they cant see you. Now you can see him. Thats great. Great to have you. Joe, thank you very much. Thank you both for being here. They are busy. They are very busy people, and i think we will meet on a certain subject later on, joe, and thats good. Jerry was born in West Virginia in 1938, the fifth of six children. He grew up hiking in the woods, fishing in the clear water and exploring the beautiful mountains of West Virginia, great, great state. I should not say this, but i won it by 43 points. Thats a lot. We love West Virginia. Probably he
On thursday, President Trump awarded the medal of freedom to Basketball Hall of fame player jerry west, who played for the los angeles lakers. This was about 15 minutes. President trump thank you very much for coming today. Its my privilege to award our nations highest civilian honor, the president ial medal of freedom, to a remarkable man, jerry west. Jerry, id like to congratulate you on this tremendous achievement and congratulations to your family. Congratulations, jerry. Fantastic. [applause] President Trump were delighted to be joined by jerrys wife, karen, and their wonderful family. Thank you very much, everybody. Look at that family, huh . You did a good job. Its beautiful. Were also pleased to have with us senator joe manchin and governor jim justice, two terrific people. Jim, thank you. Stand up, jim, in case they cant see you. Now you can see him. Thats great. Great to have you. Joe, thank you very much. Thank you both for being here. Theyre busy. Theyre very busy people, a