Aljazeera. And on the. Roof. I dont at all watching aljazeera thats for money about top stories this hour george fords calls and has arrived at the fountain of praise church and his hometown of houston where people have been gathering to attend his funeral his death in Police Custody sparked 2 weeks of protests across the u. S. And around the while. Hundreds of people have also gathered to pay their last respects to floyd in minneapolis the city where he died. And burundis president has died at the age of 55. 00 a government statement says he died of a homes attack on monday he was due to step down and organist off to the recent president ial election. Well lets take you back to houston now and the fountain of praise church where as you can see the beginnings of the funeral of george floyd are currently underway a large number of people have arrived we did see the reverend al sharpton walk in with George Floyds family now u. S. President ial democratic hopeful joe biden will not be att
[singing] [organ music] [singing] [choir singing] [organ music] [choir singing] this is a celebration of life for george floyd. We are in celebration of life for our brother. [singing] [singing] [choir singing] [choir singing] [organ music] [applause] [organ music] please be seated at this moment so that the family may enter. As you are seated, please respect social distancing. Appreciated. Ly god bless you and thank you. [organ music] please move to your seats swiftly so the service may begin to honor the memory and legacy of mr. George floyd. Your presence here is greatly appreciated. We are asking everyone please be seated at this time. Lived up thine eyes into the hills. My help comes from the lord. Suffer he they keep its made shall not slumber, behold he they keep its israel shall not slumber nor sleep for the lord is the keeper. The lord is the shade on my right hand. Lord shall preserve the from all evil. He shall preserve thy soul. The lord shall preserve thy going out and com
Of five i went out to protest gay people originally and then from there it morphed to everyone outside our church was headed for hell and we had a duty to go and warn them of the consequences of their sins and our whole lives were organized around that ministry. How did the picketing Ministry Begin if you talk about this loving family that you u have a normal childhood, when did the god hates fags signs come. In 1991 when i was five years old and incident occurred, actually shortly before that incident happened at a local park where my grandfather was biking to the park and he thought he saw my older brother who was then about four years old or five years old, being approached by two men trying to lure them into the bushes and he discovered this local park that was wellknown as a Meeting Place for gay men. He went and started trying to get the city to clean up gage park at started my grandfather called it the great gage park decency drive. Even in the very first protests we had a sign
Compliment you on your wonderful dress, its beautiful, i dont know if its the dress or the other the blouse looks perfect, despite the war, well, women, especially, began to dress very brightly and wear a necklace every day, she is beautiful as before, only on holidays, and i thought the same way, maybe its somehow mentally i want it, we just understand that we have to live every day somehow this is what is happening now we are interested in kharkiv. Well, there are such and such elements , and look at the fortifications. The fact is that the russians built very serious fortifications in the occupied territory of Kharkiv Region, it is near kupyansk, where dvorichna is very serious. They tell us that there are even some underground ones. Crossings and along the border and of course we have to do something in response and it is very good that such an amount has been allocated for kharkiv oblast, work is underway if we talk about what is happening abroad abroad what is happening in neighb
Much. Now i know its raining outside, but when i come to the podium, i really enjoy a great round of applause. Lets try it [applause] while you all are here in the room there are a number of people watching on cspan. We want them to get the full experience of being here in miami, even in the rain we are very cheery about books but thank you for that kind introduction. Youve read it exactly the way i wrote it. Very well done. But im thrilled to be here to introduce todays author. Im going to come to the gentleman in my left in a moment but before i get there im going to start with Robert Samuels and ask him to come to the dais. He is a National Political Enterprise Reporter for the Washington Post, focusing on the intersection of politics, policy and people. He joins inthe post in 2011 after spending nearly 5 years working at the miami herald. Working at the miami herald. Now you get it. He is the coauthor of the book hihis name is george floyd one mans life and the struggle for Racial