thank you mr president. my name is curtis kelley i represent thurgood marshall who academy here in the district of columbia. thank you vice president madam secretary for having myself and gregory baldwin who represent thurgood marshall. my tragedy started september the twentieth of last year i have two twin sons that attend thurgood marshall in the elite athletes junior olympics one of my sons was young s council member for the district of columbia in ward five and one day he was this was this is after school you know we need to agri we need to protect our kids in schools but we need to protect them on the safe passage ways home as well and their extracurricular activities and their pox and recreations and everything that they try to go for their piece. so my sons i hear kelly went to college bound right after school to announce that he was declaring for his college to run track and to further his education and become mayor of district of columbia or something like that. or h
president trump: it s an honor to have you here. we are going to do this thing. i ve heard some of your suggestions. we are going to do something about this horrible situation that is going on. we will figure it out together, so. i want to listen and after we listen, we re going to get things done. if we could say the prayer, it would be appreciated. thank you. our father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name [inaudible] in america [inaudible] spirit [inaudible] comforted [inaudible] [camera shutters] [inaudible] no [inaudible] right now [inaudible] [camera shutters] [inaudible] president trump: thank you very much, pastor, appreciate it. vice president, i would like you to say a few words and then introduce you. many of you know, some of you met a little while ago. mike? pence: firstt off, thank you, mr. president. i want to thank the families and assure you of our deepest condolences. as the president said last week, the american people are united with one heart that
president trump: i m very honored to have you here. we re going to do something about this situation that is coming on. i want to listen and then thank you.ten [inaudible] president trump: thank you very much. appreciate it. i would like you to say a few words and i would like to ntroduce you to betsy devos. mike? first off, thank you mr. president. i want to thank the families and assure you of our deepest condolences. of this family and of the american people. as the president said last week, the american people are united with one heart that s roken. the president called this meeting asthma to talk about what s happened in our country over the last few years, and to find out from all of you together, by listening, by learning how we might ensure that this is the last time this ever happens. i, along with the president, and deeply moved by the tories of courage. and i m candid with those who have the courage to do what it takes to be here today. i just want to encourage
thurgood marshall in the elite athletes junior olympics and one of my sons was a youth council member for the district of columbia in ward five and one day he was this was this is after school. now we need agree we need to protect our kids in schools but we need to protect them on the safe passage ways home as well. and the extracurricular activities and the parks and recreation and everything that they try to go for their peace. and so my son ziar kelly went to college right after school. to announce that he was declaring for his college to run track and to further his education and become mayor of district district of columbia. on his way home he got a text from hi son who was going to make it and found out there was press he decided not to. because locally we were burnt by the press. zion is texting diar, watch out there is someone in our passage way coming home. and in a split-second, zier was walking home, maybe from this distance to where that the curtains are