Memorial. Its a distinct honor to be a part of your ceremonies as we commemorate the 69th anniversary of v. J. Day. As citizens of a grateful nation, we salute those of the greatest generation who helped save the world from tyranny. We also offer a special salute to this generation, another great generation, a generation of men and women of our armed forces who are presently serving in the ongoing war on terrorism. Their service is greatly appreciated. To all these warriors and veterans, past and present, we owe a great debt of gratitude and our lasting appreciation for their service to our country. Again, i want to thank you all for being here today and special thanks to our veterans for your service and sacrifices for our nation. Ladies and gentlemen, im pleased to introduce the official party now for todays v. J. Commemoration, our keynote speaker for todays event, mr. George prescot bush. Its a long walk, mr. Bush. The chairman of the board for friends of the National World war ii
The only language understood by killers like this is the language of force. So the United States little being with with a Broad Coalition to dismantle this network of death. The president there being forceful and eventually optimistic with his message. Calling on the world to join in on this fight against isis. Hes also said that this is a time for the world, especially muslim communities, to explicitly and forcefully reject the ideology of organizations like al qaeda and isis. He went on to emphasize in this effort the United States does not act alone. So far, more than 40 nations have offered to join this coalition to fight the terrorists. Barbara. Thank you, angie. The president s comments follow new air strikes overnight, targeting isis in syria and iraq. U. S. Defense leaders say they launched four air strikes in iraq and one in syria. They used a mix of attack, both bomber and fighter jets. The u. S. Arab partners helped in the air strike in syria. Well, break out the umbrella. S
Got a lot of rain in a fairly short time. Moving to the north and the yellow the heavier elements and downpours expanding to the north and northwest. The heavy thunderstorms will stay offshore but it will get augusta and the rain will get steadier and heavier. We think up to an inch would be common with some spots of heavier downpours. Rain is on the way we will have timing and more details about what is coming this way in just a few minutes. From ferguson to new york and college park images of Police Officers using violent methods are making a lot of headlines. Today, d. C. Took steps to try to stop the problem before it starts here. The mayor and chief of police says d. C. Police officers will start wearing body cameras one week from today. We are live at Police Headquarters with a look at this Pilot Program. October first, chief says, d. C. Police officers will have a Pilot Program with 165 officers wearing body cameras will stop the chief and mayor called a News Conference to show
We salute those of the greatest generation. We also offer a special salute to this generation. Another great generation. A generation of men and women who are presently serving in the ongoing war on terrorism. There services greatly appreciated. To all of these veterans past and present, we are grateful. We have a lasting appreciation for their service to our country. I want to thank you all for being here today. Special thanks to our veterans for their service and sacrifices for our nation. To introduce the official party for todays commemoration. Is mr. Note speaker George Prescott bush. [applause] it is a long walk. The chairman of the board for friends of the National World war ii memorial. [applause] district, theary corporal chaplain. [applause] it is a warm day and we will try to make this brief. I think youll find it impressive. Presentationor the of the colors and the plane of the National Anthem and the invocation. Please be seated. Youso want to introduce to robert vogel, th
Cspan pauline maier, author of american scripture, where did you get that title . Guest it began, actually, as sacred scripture. I was interested in how what was a workaday condocument of the Second Continental Congress became a sacred document for americans. And i was told sacred scripture wasnt going to work because it would get classified as a religious book. So in the course of negotiations, we retitled the book. Cspan and whats this book about . Guest its about the declaration of independence, about how it was originally drafted, about the event, independence, that it announced to the world and particularly to the people of the United States and then how really the American People and ultimately, with the very eloquent help of Abraham Lincoln, redefined it into a document that served a very different purpose. Cspan early on in the book you tell a story about two summers ago1995. Guest yes. Cspan you were at a Woodrow Wilson scholars seminar and you walked across the street to the