john fed them and tended to their every need. ones, for spiritual john baptized them, married them, and he preached to them. when his parents claimed one for supper, john refused to eat one of his flock. going hungry was his first act of nonviolent protest. he also noted that in later years that his first congregation of chickens listen to him more closely than some of his colleagues in congress. thought the chickens were just a little bit more productive. at least they produced eggs, he said. nashville, from the freedom rides to the march on washington, from freedom summer to selma, john lewis always looked outward, not inward. he always thought of others. in preachingieved the gospel in word and in deed. insisting that hate and fear had to be answered with love and hope. john lewis believed in the lord. he believed in humanity and he believed in america. he has been called an american saint. a believer willing to give up everything. to bear witness to the truth that dro
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democrats in the 116th congress. their leadership elections. we ll look for comments from democratic leaders for that as well. as we wait for the house to return a. look at today s washington journal. washingto. host: joining us is scott news.n for e&e key is here to talk about the release of the trump administration. good morning to you. it is called the fourth national climate assessment. how did we get to the point where he got the document produced in the first place? guest: it is congressionally mandated. it is a sweeping survey of the latest in climate science. is fairly comprehensive. it looks at all sectors of society and the economy. just a broad-based survey of where we are in terms of what we know about climate change. host: how much of the trump administration scientists or people assigned were done? was it started earlier than that? guest: i think the actual writing took place under the trump administration. one of the lead authors pointed that out yesterday. s