Cspans live on this memorial day at the amphitheater of Arlington National cemetery. President obama will be taking part in the memorial day ceremonies here along with the chair of the joint team joint chief of staff and defense secretary. We will watch here for a few minutes and take you over to the tomb of the unknown soldier where president obama will take part in the annual wreath laying. Heading over now to the tomb of the unknown soldier, getting ready for president obamas wreathlaying. A short distance away from the amphitheater. President obama has arrived and is being greeted by the host for todays observance. The honorable ashton carter, secretary of defense. General Martin E Dempsey chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, Esther Patrick k callahan, executive director Arlington National cemetery. Major general jeffrey s buchanan
0 it is worth every bit of time i spent. i have dear friends who are all-around here. we saw the lawmakers turn up and sara pay lynn and texas senator ted cruz and utah senator mike lee all republicans and they all said they were frustrated with the way things stand with the government shutdown. these are our veterans from all across the country speaking up and saying stop playing games with veterans. stop playing games with memorials. and you can see that things are a little quieter right now. police came down and shut down 17th street which separates the world war ii memorial from the washington monument which is just across the way. they did that when a group of about a half a dozen big rig trucks came in and had the horns blaring and people were running into the street to give the truck you ares high five s and they were basically blocking both lanes of we are getting new reaction from the folks at the center of the shutdown. senators head back to capitol hill this afternoon