By the dawns early light. What so proudly we hailed. By the twilights last gleaming. Whose broad stripes and bright stars. Through the perilous fight or the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming. And the rockets red glare. The bombs bursting in air. Gave proof through the night. That our flag was still there. Oh say does that starspangled banner yet wave. Over the land of the free. And the home of the brave. [applause] i pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america. For one nation for liberty and justice for all. Thank you to the 177 fighter wing from the new Jersey National guard for providing coverage for this evening ceremony. Tonights invocation we are pleased to have with us u. S. Senate chaplain black serving in the u. S. Navy for over 27 years and completed his distinguished military career as the chief of navy chaplains. June 2003 the rear admiral was elected to serve as the 62nd chaplain of the United States senate and has been in that role ever sinc
Canada ropeik berthing south korea europe because he changed the tone of his country not only the United States details the world short flowing things that work. In their time which hangs even a piece of work but you know just dont keep. Also coming up tonight his anger and his hope have come to life many times on the big screen the activists in film director spike lee tells g. W. News why his hope is now attached to one day in november where you see hope for the future hope i see it of millions of americans taking to streets and saying enough is enough i see hope and. It was hopeful. On november 4th that they had the president elect. Lets have our viewers on p. B. S. In the United States and all around the world welcome we begin the day as one man is laid to rest leaving behind a world that is in unrest today george floyd was buried in his hometown diffused in texas it has been 16 days since this africanamerican man was pinned down to the ground by a Police Officer and killed his deat
Scheer Robert Scheer its an honor to have you on the show great to be here you are bad i truly legendary career as a journalist ramparts magazine in the l. A. Times the nation true dig radio shows things have changed a lot over the years in some ways theyre actually fewer gate keepers then when you started and you know anyone can post articles online and ostensibly get them seen by the world but on the other hand the Mainstream Media is now owned by just a handful of massive corporations how do you feel journalism and news media have changed over the course of your career is it better or worse. We should not under our underestimate the worse at least there used to be something about attracting eyeballs or having readers and so when i was at the l a times it wasnt easy to fire me because there were lots of people want to read me so there was a marketplace restraint that is gone now they dont need eyeballs would you targeted advertising with the surveillance that is the norm to the inter
Lets turn to ashley banks standing by with the latest on the ground actually. Not very monella i am here at the site where george boyd was killed by former officer derrick truant and as you can see behind me there are a large crowd of people were here just trying to remember his a life you can also hear music people are grilling and handing out free food theyre handing out free water theyre just happy that these 4 officers have been charged and of course theyre waiting on at these convictions now just moments ago the city im now so it will ban it troll cold and is basically requiring police to report and to intervene if they see any excessive use of force taking place now this is just one change thats come in the wake of george boyds death but there are many more changes to come to go on. In the wake of george lloyds death Minneapolis City Council has called an emergency meeting today to discuss possibly disbanding the police department. Bricklin the block and other Grassroots Communit
As we watch those photos together i want you to think about this in the midst of what is one of the worst health and Economic Crises ever america seems to be coming apart at the seams today its almost as if the coronavirus and the worst unemployment numbers in history were not enough no now we have. In our nations largest cities exploding with rage interestingly enough its happening much in the same way that weve watched occur most recently in places like hong kong where protesters took to the streets destroyed public property and attacked Police Officers all in the name of justice and freedom interestingly enough our government here in america cheered those protesters on calling them Freedom Fighters lovers of liberty because they were pro democracy pro democracy while we criticize china for threatening to use its military against those protesters switch today as americans take to the streets and attack police and destroy property the same voices in our government who supported the ho