Former nasa astronaut don thomas discusses the history of space station, comparing the development of american and russian programs since the early 1950s and looking at the future of International Space station efforts. Sunday at 4 00 p. M. On reel america, appointment in tokyo is a 1945 u. S. Army signal corps film documenting the course of world war ii in the Pacific Theater from the japanese. Get our complete schedule at cspan. Org. Up next, a portrait unveiling for Longtime House Judiciary Committee member john conyers. Then attorney general eric holder, Vice President joe biden and former chairman James Sensenbrenner at the event honoring the michigan democrat who has been on the committee for 50 years and is the longest serving member of the u. S. House. I guess well go ahead and get started. Im going to assume everyone has a program with when it gets a little too loud, im going to stop because this is a very important occasion. Weve waited a long time for this. All you have to d
Today, we ask you to instill within us your peace, your courage, and your strength. Lead us to all that is good and brings honor to your creation. Help us to defeat the evils we face each day. Bless us with the wisdom to celebrate and recognize our capacity for good. To free the oppressed let us serve all with valor as these men have shown and witnessed to us today. Be upon us now and remain with us always. Amen. With that, we conclude the formal ceremony, but i welcome everyone to join in a wonderful reception, and lets give our medal of honor winners one big round of applause. [ applause ] thank you, everybody. Here is what is coming up today on c span 3. Next, a portrait unveiling for long time house judiciary member john yonyers. And then honoring members of the First Special Service Force in world war ii. They were formed in 1942. Another ceremony for the doolittle tokyo raiders. And then president obama honors two Army Soldiers for their courage and action in world war i. Florenc
Im going to assume everyone has a program. When it gets a little too loud im going to stop. Because this is a very important occasion. We have waited a long time for this. All you have to do is look around the room at the portraits, and its going to be very interesting to have the congressman looking over at all these individuals and all these individuals looking over at the congress. Im bill madison with serious xm radio, the american view. I will get started right away, as we should start. That is, with the invitation. Our good friend, the right reverend dr. Wendell anthony who is not only president of the detroit naacp but also and most importantly the pastor of the great fellowship chapel, if he would come forward and give us indication invocation. Thank you, joe. Let me say, good afternoon to everybody. I do want to just say to congressman john conyers, the dean of the Congressional Black Caucus and the longestserving congressman in the history of the u. S. Congress [applause] for
President joe biden, nancy pelosi, attorney general eric holder, congressman bob goodlatte, and james clybourn. This is just under an hour. I guess we will go ahead thats even better will get started. I assume everyone has a program. When it gets too loud, i will stop. We have waited a long time for this. Look around the room. Look at the portraits. Its going to be very interesting to have the congressman looking over at all of these individuals and these individuals looking over the congressman. Im going to get started right away as we should start. That is with invocation. Our good friend dr. Wendell anthony who is not only the president of the detroit double naacp if you could come forward and give the invocation. Thank you. Thank you. Good afternoon everybody. The longestserving congressman in the history of the u. S. Congress. [applause] for the historic occasion by which we have gathered and for those of us who live in detroit, we are proud of this individual who has led the way
Up next on a second look, celebrating the life of dr. Martin luther king and remembering the dark days of 1968 when americans saw not one but two great hopes for the nation assassinated. Also a white man raised in the segregated south with a lifetime dedicated to racial equality. One small act of defiance led to one Great Movement for dignity. How the nation remembered rosa parks as she was laid to rest. Plus a look at great speeches that made an impact on history. Tomorrow is the day we celebrate the life of Martin Luther king jr. An event that shook the nation to its foundation and brought civil rights to the forefront of that years president ial campaign. A gunman would assassinate reverent king then two months later, robert f. Kennedy was shot and killed on the night he won the california primary. George watson brought us this report back in 1988. 20 years after the king assassination. Like anybody i would like to live a long life, longevity has its place. But im not concerned abou