Need the strength of your everlasting arms and the comfort of your holy spirit to abide with us in our grief. We pray that you would speak into our pain. Allow us to hear your tender voice in the words spoken. The tributes offered, and the prayers lifted in billys honor. Soothe our sorrow with the indelible memories of good times shared with him, evidence of the blessings of a life well lived and well loved. Shine yaur light into the gloom of deaths shadow. May it shed courage and consolation upon officer evans mother, janice, his children, logan and abigail, and their mother, shannon in the sure and certain hope of the eternity you have promised. We commend them this service to your will and your servant william to your keeping. In your strong and holy name we pray. Amen. Ladies and gentlemen, please take your seats. Ladies and gentlemen, the honorable charles eschumer, majority leader of the United States senate. To the family, my colleagues, members senator schumer to the family, my
Be among us in this moment. For we have lost a son, a father, a friend, and a partner, officer William Billy evans. And we need the strength of your everlasting arms and the comfort of your holy spirit to abide with us in our grief. We pray that you would speak into our pain, allow us to hear your tender voice in the words spoken the tributes offered and the prayers lifted in billys honor. Soothe our sorrow with the indelible memories of good times shared with him. Evidence of the blessings of a life well lived and well loved. Shine your light into the gloom of deaths shadow. May it shed courage and consolation upon officer evans mother, janice, his children, logan and abigail, and their mother, shannon in the sure and certain hope of the eternity you have promised. We commend them this service to your will and your servant william to your keeping. In your strong and holy name we pray. Amen. Ladies and gentlemen, please take your seats. Ladies and gentlemen, the honorable charles eschu
Memory as best you can. At approximately 13 34, that is 1 34 p. M. , agreed . Yes. You took his invitals . Correct. And that includes the Blood Pressure at the time . Yes. And did you record what his Blood Pressure was at that time . Yes, it was 216 160. Did you ultimately make recommendations to transport mr. Floyd to the hospital . Based on that and other issues. Okay. And ultimately, was he brought to the hospital . Eventually. Good morning. Good morning. You provided treatment to george floyd on may 6th, 2019, correct . Correct. And you were concerned about his Blood Pressure at that time, correct . That is one of the things. And in the course of your treatment of him, he explained that his high Blood Pressure wasnt something new, right . Initially he denied medical issues. But then when i discovered his Blood Pressure, i specifically asked again and he said, yes. He had history of hypertension and had not been taking his medication. And he said he hadnt been taking his Blood Press
And we anticipate to also see with him shortly in addition to the bidens, the Attorney General Merrick Garland were told will be with the president. We have seen this unfortunately play out before following January 6th Riots, the officer Brian Sicknick became the third officer to die defending the capitol shortly after the January 6th Riot its. Now evans becomes the fourth to die there. He was hit at a barricade by someone who was barreling through and lost his life there, too. He was not the only officer hit but unfortunately he perished because of it. So now we cover this honor and when you look at some of the things that have been said you may have heard trace and dana talking moments ago about the reputation of some of these officers. I mean, they go to work in a place every day where yes, they are defending the Capitol Building but they have relationships with the people around them. And senators have described officer billy evans as being very friendly, someone who not only just
William evans is set to lie in honor. And any minute now, as hallie just mentioned, President Biden, House Speaker nancy pelosi and Senate Majority leader Chuck Schumer will all honor his bravery and service. Officer evans lost his life on april 2nd after a carramming attack at the u. S. Capitol. He was an 18year veteran of the Capitol Police force. And he leaves behind two Young Children. Frankly, it has been an unimaginably tough year for the Capitol Police force. So far this year, Capitol Police have lost three colleagues, dozens more were assaulted, of course, during that january insurrection. Today, though, is about honoring the life of William Evans. Our team is standing by with me, as we watch this congressional Tribute Ceremony get underway for Officer Evans. Nbcs Garrett Haake is on capitol hill. Nbcs mike memoli is covering the white house. I also want to bring in former Seattle Police chief, carmen best. Shes now an msnbc Law Enforcement analyst. And garrett, well start with