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we know that the protests in portland were starting to calm down, and we know that the presence of federal authorities has substantially aggravated a really challenging situation. when i go into a community, i talk to the leaders. i talk to the elected leaders, and i talk to the community leaders. and i ask them what can i do to help? not only did they not talk to us beforehand, they are refusing to listen to us. so that tells me this is all about scoring points. this is all about political theater, and obviously not about public safety, nor about problem-solving. >> governor, thank you, best of luck. please be safe. >> thank you. you stay safe, too. >> we'll be right back. every time we pre-rinse we waste up to 20 gallons of water let's skip the rinse. new finish quantum with activeblu technology, designed to clean without pre-rinsing.

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>> i would urge the leaders, the local political and other leaders in states and cities and towns to be as forceful as possible in getting your citizenry to wear masks. >> dr. fauci saying that americans are actually slowing down the reopening of the country by not wearing masks. let's discuss. cnn's senior political analyst ryan liss is here and dr. jonathan reiner is director of the cardiac catheterization program at george washington university hospital. gents, hello to you. ryan, it's been a minute. why don't i call on you first. >> how are you? >> i'm doing well. thank you so much. i hope you are, as well. coronavirus is spiraling out of control in this country. new daily cases are at record highs. the president barely talked about the pandemic all week. and at the white house, they are moving around portraits of previous presidents so the president doesn't have to see them. what on earth is he doing?

>> i think they made a decision weeks ago that they would just move on from this, that what they call hot spots could be contained, and the death count though ticking upward and on every chyron and every news network, as long as hospitals weren't overflowing and as well as other images on tv weren't bad, that it would be this kind of silent killer that people would move away from. that was obviously a catastrophic mistake. and they are now just delayed in reversing it and returning to the obvious methods that they used in the early spring to control this. but i think they made a -- a decision based along politics and the re-election, and it's proved to be disastrous. and obviously it shows up in

trump's polling numbers. the head-to-head matchups with biden. but most starkly in the mounting number of cases and deaths. and he will have to reverse course quickly before this gets even worse. >> if he can do that. well, there's a lot of time between now and the election. listen, dr. reiner, take a listen. this is dr. fauci, something else he said earlier tonight. >> you may need to pull back a bit on a phase. you don't necessarily need to lock down, but you've got to do three or four or five things that are absolutely critical, judy, because we know they work. that is universal wearing of masks. stay away from crowds. close the bars. you appeal to the people in the local areas, close those bars, they are seriously one of the major reasons why we're seeing this. and i think if we do that for a couple of weeks in a row, judy, i think we're going to see a

turnaround. >> doctor, almost 140,000 americans have died from this virus. we know how to handle it, and we're just ignoring it, why? why? why? >> because we don't have coordinated leadership coming from washington. you know, the governors of these southern states that opened too soon pressurized by the white house to actually do that despite the fact that the cdc did come out with really smart, measured, paced guidelines to open under the pressure from the white house. they opened too quickly. and we are where we are now. but with a cover from the white house with political cover, yeah, the governors in these states that are really reeling under the tremendous burden of thousands and thousands of patients a day, they can turn this around. what the white house should say is very simple -- yeah, we have a national mandate, i'm going to write an executive order

mandating that every american wear a mask. we're going to look at the hottest spots, and we're going to close them down. we're going to shut down places that are really out of control right now. this is our quickest path to getting schools open. that's what i would say. the president should completely change course and become the general of this war against the virus. i think that they've taken entirely the wrong tack, and that's what he needs to do. he would be lauded for it. >> seems like you and ryan are saying the same thing. before you weigh in, let me get one more thing from dr. reiner. this unpublished report by the white house coronavirus task force said that 18 states with surging cases should roll back reopening measures. another why question for -- why wouldn't they put out this information? >> because it runs counter to the narrative that there are a

few scattered hot spots that will get better their own. the report really reads simply, people can go on line and look at it because it lists every state separately and shows recommendations. for instance, for florida, it basically says all bars and gyms need to be closed. florida needs universal masking. there should be no gatherings of more than ten people. it talks about increasing testing. it's a well-written document for every state in the united states. and now that it's out, maybe the government, state governments will take those to heart and get that done. >> yeah. ryan, i think this fits into your response. if it doesn't, then you can add what you wanted to say anyways. according to the census bureau survey, half of the adults in this country live in households that lost income from this pandemic, half. how bad is this for the president's re-election pitch? >> oh, it's disastrous. this is the tension between

dealing with the pandemic but suffering through harsh economic problems, and it's why the government should be there helping people like that. they should continue as much robust economic help as they can. the federal government's shutting the country down. i got back from a cross-country roadtrip from california to d.c. and you see across the country the scattered approach to social distancing and mask wearing. it's everywhere you go it's different, and people are treating it differently. and you know, we know how public health campaigns work. people wear seat belts now. they wear helmets. they don't drink and drive. we know we have a massive communication effort that's unified. public health campaigns work. why it's not working now is because of polarization and because the messaging from the white house has been completely confused and mask wearing has

turned into this cultural phenomenon where many conservatives don't want to do it because trump seems dubious of it. if he switched course and there was unified message on these stuff, this would very quickly turn things around. >> well, if that will happen. speaking of what's happening across the country, dr. reiner, for five consecutive days, florida has led the nation in coronavirus cases per capita. the governor of that state, ron desantis, says he won't close down gyms. this is his reasoning -- listen. >> if you're in good shape, you know, you have a very, very low likelihood of ending up in significant condition as a result of the coronavirus. >> this is why we are where we are in this country now. >> yeah. i mean -- it's wrong on so many levels.

where to start. we're talking about a virus that's transmitted from person to person. we're not talking about how well a weightlifter is going to do with it. we're talking about transmission of the virus from people who acquire it in a gym to their families and community. you know, i know people who know the governor of florida, and they say, you know, he's a really smart guy. somehow it doesn't translate to this pandemic. i don't understand why he's hitched his wagon to the president. it's a losing strategy. thousands of people are dying. he needs shut large parts of that state down, and it has to happen now. >> isn't it better, though, if you're outside walking, doing your exercises outdoors, maybe in your back yard instead of being in a gym, in a closed place where everybody's touching everything? wouldn't it be healthier for you to do that outside? >> everyone wants to -- everyone wants to go back to normal. but it's going to take a while for that.

we have to have a new normal. we exercise in different ways. we exercise safe. in the interview today, anthony fauci, actually if you listen to him, he's an optimist, he really is an optimist. he tells it straight, but ultimately he's an optimist. he said if we hold together as a country we can get our arms around this, and we can beat this backme. he sounds like ben franklin. during the revolutionary war he said if we don't hang together, we will surely hang separately. and that's sort of where i see us now. it's tame for us to pull -- time for us to pull together and to do the right things. in short order, we can put in virus down. we can do it. >> if you don't wear a mask, surely you're going to hate having a ventilator on your face. >> endotracheal tube. i'll turn to athena jones with more on florida's record surge of coronavirus cases.

>> reporter: it's a new epicenter for the virus. florida now leading the nation in cases per capita. >> we are at the center of america's epicenter for covid-19. >> reporter: the virus even forcing the temporary closure of part of the state's emergency operations center after a dozen employees tested positive. the toll on southern florida particularly evident as hospitals in hard-hit miami-dade county have started to overflow. intensive care units now at 119% capacity. coronavirus infections trending upward in 38 states, with national coronavirus case numbers hitting new highs on a near daily basis. topping a record 77,000 on thursday. the nation's top infectious disease expert, dr. anthony fauci, with a warning. >> people keep talking about the possibility of a second wave in the fall when you're having, you know, up to 70,000 new infections in certain areas of the country, that's something you need to focus on right now

as opposed to looking ahead at what's going to happen in september or in october. >> reporter: and the debate over masks rages on. >> masks are important. >> reporter: despite clear guidance from public health officials. >> i would urge the leaders, the local political and other leaders in states and cities and towns to be as forthful as possible -- forceful as possible in getting your citizenry to wear masks. >> reporter: in georgia -- >> we continue to see outbreaks in workplaces, in businesses, in congregant settings, day cares, camps, fraternity houses, many churches. >> reporter: a legal battle over the mayor of atlanta's mask order -- >> mayor bottoms' mask mandate cannot be enforced. shuttering businesses and reducing economic growth is devastating. i refuse to watch aster us on policies threaten the --

disastrous policies threaten the lives and livelihoods of our citizens. >> the governor is putting politics over people. for the governor to sue us on a mask mandate when the cdc has told us south florithat it helps speaks to his lack of leadership. >> thanks. florida and texas are two of the nation's biggest virus hot spots. next i'm going to talk to the mayor of miami and the mayor of austin. ♪ ♪all strength ♪we ain't stoppin' believe me♪ ♪go straight till the morning look like we♪ ♪won't wait♪ ♪we're taking everything we wanted♪ ♪we can do it ♪all strength, no sweat robinwithout the commission fees. so, you can start investing today wherever you are - even hanging with your dog. so, what are you waiting for? download now and get your first stock on us. robinhood.

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warn people about not wearing their mask in public. we're going to go directly to a fine. it will be a $50 fine for the current occurrence, $150 for the second, $500 for the third. obviously we put in a series of remediation measures that are showing from level of bending of the increase curve which obviously is good. our icus are slightly down from yesterday. our vents are still continuing to increase. so there's -- you know, and our hospital system is managing this crisis by basically shutting down elective surgeries and basically increasing obviously their mix of covid patients and decreasing their mix of non-covid patients. >> today you announced that people in miami will no longer get a warning. you say they failed to wear this mask in public. instead that there's going to be a fine, as you said, $50, increases with each additional offense. so why do you think it's come to this where people are -- any won't do it just for the right

thing, that it's somehow become political? >> yeah. i don't know accu-weather it's become political -- i don't know why it's become political. obviously it would be great in our president, you know, were to adopt a national mask in public rule. i've said and i've told our governor i think we should have a statewide mask in public rule. i think what happens is you have -- >> when you say this to him, what does he say? >> he says that all the urban estates have a mask-in-public rule which they do. within the urban estates, there's a secondment -- a segment of your population that will only list to those officials. if they were to advocate for a mask in poob -- and i will give the governor some credit, he did say a couple of days ago we have to listen to local leader and the local rules of mask in public. i do think the signaling of a mid-atlant

mask in public has shown up to an 85% chance of reducing the chance of trans mission, to me it's a no brainer like wearation seat belt. again, your -- wearing a seat belt. again, your past guest alluded to this. this should be a no brainer. we're already seeing the delta actually in our increase of rate positives. we're starting to see some change. >> why then no full stay-at-home order? i have friends who are there, one of them works at a very prominent hotel on miami beach. saying the occupancy rate has been like 7% and lower. and i said, how many people are staying? he goes, really you can count on one hand. you're already seeing the effects. people are afraid to come there. why not have -- why not make people stay at home, a stay-at-home order, given the surge in cases? >> yeah, look, it's something we're considering every single day. you know, our hospital system, administrators, and our

bioscientists and epidemiologists have asked us to stay the course with the measures we've implemented. we are seeing some measure of improvement. that's part of the reason why. i think the other part of the reason why is obviously there is no federal safety net. right now -- we had unemployment at 3% and a tremendous federal safety net with unemployment benefits and with ppp. right now we're at 11% unemployment with no federal safety net. we have to balance the fact that we know that the stay-at-home order will probably put hundreds of thousands of people out of work without a safety net. we have to feed people in our cities. and you know, we don't know what kind of compliance there will be. on the other hand, we have a health care crisis that is incredibly dire and is getting worse and worse by the day. so we do see some improvements in we can implemented the remediations. we're head coaching the improvement will be dramatic

enough to avoid a stay-at-home order. >> i've got to get to another mayor here, but you don't think if you did the stay-at-home order, got things under control at least as much as you can get it under control, you don't think that would help your economy? >> yeah, there's been studies that show that it does. for my perspective, again, i've never ruled it out, and we're talking about it every single day. it may happen. so you know -- we're weighing a variety of factors. >> you're all feeling better and i hope you stay that way. i hope everyone in your state -- in your city does, as well. thank you, mayor. i appreciate it. thank you so much. >> appreciate your time. >> yep. texas reaching a grim new berchmark today in the fight against coronavirus. passing the 300,000 cumulative cases mark. the state has had on this request more refrigerated trucks. while there is no statewide mask order, austin's public health has extended the city's face covering order to mid-november.

despite the spike, texas governor greg abbott says there is no need for a lockdown. let's discuss now with austin's mayor, mayor steve adler. mayor, thank you. good to see you again. wish it was better news, again, as well. texas is suffering right now. over 10,000 new cases today. how bad is it in austin right now? >> we're on the edge. you know, 2.5 weeks ago we were told that we were on such a trajectory, it was rising so quickly, we were told that right about now we'd be running out of icu beds. we had a community that came together on masking. we have pretty wide adoption in the city, and we're a case study -- i think if anybody doesn't believe that masks can make a difference, they should come to austin right now. our numbers here have plateaued pretty much in hospital admissions over the last week. we're fighting hard to hold on to it. it came as a direct result of a community that was prepared to start masking. >> today the texas education

agency issued new rules that give local school districts more control over the decisions on start dates and how long schools can remain closed and teach students on line. what do you expect for austin's students when it's time for school to start? >> even before our state agency acted here locally, we just ordered that schools were not to open at their scheduled date in mid-august and issued an order that schools weren't going to open until at least after labor day. when we did that, it was unclear as to whether or not we had the authority to do that. the state agency came out ultimately a few tollways later and said it was something that we could do. we're looking right now at whether or not to extend it past labor day. we've told people that the default is that we're going to. when you come into a community like austin where the infection rate is so high, we have to lower the viral load before we actually have students and

teachers show up at school. too many of them would show up already infected. so we're working with our schools right now to figure out whether we're not. there's a program for students that are -- are very much at risk and need school. but other than that, we're trying to get everybody comfortable with the idea that it could be a while before schools open up. >> yeah. wear a mask, wash your hands, be safe. mayor, thank you so much. i appreciate it. >> those are the messages. thank you. defense secretary esper effectively banning the confederate flag from military installations. is he sidestepping president trump? i got this mountain bike for only $11. dealdash.com, the fair and honest bidding site. an ipad

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the secretary of defense, mark esper, issuing a new defense department policy today on the display of flags on military installations. while the policy doesn't specifically mention the confederate flag, it's not listed among the approved flags under the now policy which means it's essentially been banned. in a statement obtained by cnn, esper writes this, "the flags we fly must accord with the military imperatives of good order and discipline, treating all our people with dignity and respect and rejecting divisive symbols." let's discuss. sean turner is here, national security analyst. and mitch landreau, cnn political commentator. good evening to both of you. good to see you. sean, i'm going to start with you. >> hey, don. >> there's been a ton of debate over the confederate flag in the military as well as for confederate officers. give me your reaction to this sort of de facto ban and the way esper implemented it. >> you know, overall i think that while this decision is

overdue on the part of secretary esper and the department, this is a right-minded decision. look, it is -- it has always been an abomination to see the confederate flag flown on military bases, in military barracks, all over military installations, alongside flags that represent true heroes. so you know, i spent 21 years in the marine corps and serve a lot of places and got to see this flag a lot. i think from the perspective of retirees like myself and a lot of people who are on active duty in the military, i think this was the right thing to do. now i will say that, look, the military is place where rules matter. there are a lot of people in the military from the south, people who have a special tie to this flag. and i think this is going to be challenged by some of the rank and file. i personally know there are leaders out there who are not going to like this. people need to understand that this is a decision that's been made and the military has to get

on board. >> let me ask you because you told us earlier when you were deployed in iraq you would see fellow soldiers receive care packages with confederate flags in them, right? >> yeah. yeah. you know, and -- you know, this was an interesting thing. peel all over this country, one of the great things about americans, when you're deployed, people come together, they put care packages together and send them to you overseas. they're not always addressed directly to a particular service member. but you get these things. i remember being in iraq and fallujah in 2019 and opening up care packages and finding confederates flags, finding gear there with deification of the confederate -- depictions of the confederate flag. i remember having feelings here i am, halfway around the world, fighting on behalf of my country, fighting for the iraqi people. blue from are people back home -- but there are people back home who send reminders. some of the most difficult things we face in the united states. you know, things like that

shouldn't happen for our service members. people have to understand that this flag does not mean the same thing to everyone. as a result. that, it's time for this flag to be retired. >> mayor landrieu, you played a big mapart in having the confederate monuments removed down in new orleans. what does it say about where we are as a country now that the defense secretary had to sneak this in almost behind the president's back? >> well, first of all, i haven't had the pleasure of meeting sean, but sean, thank you for your service. and he arctticulated about as wl as anybody how painful it is for our service men and women to be asked to work in and around anybody that's showing the confederate flag which is simply adoration for the folks that fought to destroy the united states of america, not to unite it for the cause of protecting slavery. you can imagine what young men and service women think about that. i commend him for his services and opinion. secondly, i think secretary esper made the right decision,

and i thank him for that. it is long overdue. the way they did it is backhanded, in my opinion not appropriate. we ought to have the courage to say forcefully and clearly once and for all that we're not going to revere people who honored the confederacy. there's a difference between remembrance and reverence. by the way, there's a huge difference between warriors and patriots. and there's not another example in the world of a country honoring people that fought against the country. and so i think it's the right thing to do. it's long overdue. i think they should be forthright about it. the same should be said about the monuments, and the same should be said about naming or renaming bases. >> previously the president has boiled the confederate flag issue down to a family of speech issue. watch this. >> all i say is freedom of speech. it's very simple. my attitude is freedom of speech. very strong views on the confederate flag. with me it's freedom of speech. very simple. like it, don't like it, it's freedom of speech.

>> so mayor, as an elected official, give me that perspective. does freedom of speech even apply to the display of this flag? >> first of all, the first amendment's critically important to the salvation of the country, it's important that citizens know they can redress grievances against the government. if someone wants to put a confederate flag in their pocket and walk up and down the street, god bless them. i disagree, but have at it. that's different from having a public building or public space lift up the confederacy which is what you do when you allow that flag to be displayed on public property. and as i said, there's a huge difference between remembrance, people want to remember it, they can remember it however they want. and reverence. and when we name things, especially on bases, it's a big difference. the other thing, too, is that huge numbers of heroes that have fought for the united states of america, sean being one of them, and we have 12 bases or 11 that could be named after them. so you know, i feel fairly strongly about this. i think the country is clear about it now. we have to put it in its proper

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tonight the u.s. attorney in oregon calling for the inspector general to investigate federal officers detaining protesters in portland without probable cause. officers dressed in camouflage, driving up to people in unmarked minivans and detaining them. earlier i spoke with the governor of oregon, kate brown, who does not want the feds

policing portland. now want to bring in two men who broke the story mp. conrad win and jonathan levenson, both for oregon public broadcasting. thank you so much for joining us. i appreciate it, gentleman. jonathan, i'm going to start with you. you and conrad broke the story, and it is so disturbing, it's hard to believe that this is america in 2020. what is going there? >> it's since -- protests started across the country in the end of may. it has been going every single night here. sometimes numbering, you know, over 10,000 people. more recently in the hundreds, isolated or centered around the federal courthouse and police headquarters and the county jail. largely nonviolent. the protesters, you know, they throw water bottles at the cops sometimes. police have said that people have thrown rocks. i have never seen that myself. predominantly nonviolent protests. they have been met with really

alarming level of violence, i think, teargas and impact munitions, flash bangs, almost every night, the protests have ended that way. and then on july 4th, the federal officers started playing a bigger role in the crowd control and protest response. their level of violence was just levels above what the portland police had been doing. same thing -- it was teargas and impact conditions. but just it -- more of the same, much higher quantities. and also much -- less predictable. the police would give warnings, and it would be incremental. you knew it was coming. with the federal officers they go from relaxed and seeming patient to just -- just the streets are filled with teargas and impact conditions are sort of flying everywhere. it's pretty scary. >> conrad, listen, i want to play this viral video. unidentified agents picking up a protester, no explanation,

driving off in an unmarked van. here it is. >> what are you doing? use your words. what are you doing? use your words. what are you doing? use your words. what is going on? who are you? we'll get you out. what's your names -- tell us your name -- you're fine. we'll get you out. >> bro, what's -- >> we got you, friend. >> listen, i'll say we don't know what occurred before the recording began. these are the scenes that you describe in your reporting. what happened in this video? >> so the story we wrote is about mark petibone. he said he was at a protest july 15th. and around 2:30 in the morning, he was leaving, and that's when a van pulls up, out came men in camouflage. they pulled his beanie over his

eyes so he couldn't see, he says. and they put him in the van. they drove him to the federal courthouse. he actually didn't know where he was going but was taken to the federal courthouse where he was searched, photographed. he was put in a u.s. marshal's holding cell there. he was asked if he wanted to give away his miranda rights and was asked if he wanted to kind of give up those rights and answer in questions. he said no, he asked for an attorney, and federal law enforcement said this is -- you know, this interview is terminated. he spent about an 90 minutes or so in the cell there before he was released. and as far as we know he hasn't been charged with anything. >> but so then for what? why are they doing this? offering no explanation? what is going on? to you at least -- we have a statement from them. what are they saying to people who were actually there? >> well, at npr today, dhs,

deputy secretary acknowledged that this is something that they are -- they're doing. i mean, they basically said this is something that is happening. they haven't really spokenen about petibone specifically. the marshal service is saying we didn't do this. the department of homeland security has acknowledged that this is something that they have been engaged in doing this. so far there have been about a dozen people or so that have been charged. and you know, there's -- at least six that we know of that haven't been charged. it's unclear if petibone is one of those six or not. >> listen, i have to go. charged -- what are they being charged for? what -- >> yeah, they're being charged with things like assault on a federal officer. >> got it. >> allegedly things like using laser pointers, misdemeanors. there's more serious crimes,

too. there's one incident where a protester allegedly used a hammer on -- hitting a federal officer. >> got it. >> but that's -- it's the minority of incidents, largely nonviolent. >> similar to what cvp said about the video that we're seeing there, said the suspect was -- they thought he was identified as someone who had been destroying property and assaulting an agent, and there was a large violent mob that forced them to do that with that man. thank you very much. we appreciate it, gentlemen. we'll be right back. as we move forward, let's continue

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his own account was arrested more than 40 times. he went on to serve 33 years in congress. again, gives me chills to report that. but john lewis, a legend, back in december of 2019 was diagnosed with stage-four pancreatic cancer following a routine medical visit. and we know that he had been sick over the last months. but still trying to make appearances during anniversaries, even showed up at the edmond pettis bridge where he marched and had his skull broken by white police officers against the march in selma. he was a leader for the civil rights group called the student nonviolent coordinating committee. one of the key participants in 1965 civil rights protests pushing for voting rights from selma to alabama's capital,

montgomery. and left a legacy just as big as this world, as big as the universe. let me bring in congressional reporter lauren fox with more on our breaking news, the deaths of congressman john lewis. lauren, what are you hearing? >> this is devastating news for capitol hill. i mean, he was often viewed by many people as the conscience of the congress. he was someone that democrats and republicans alike looked to for guidance in tough moments when it came to tough votes. when it came to moments in the country's history, he was a legend on capitol hill. he was such an important and seminal part of the civil rights movement. and you know, we just got a statement from house speaker nancy pelosi, and i want to read a short bit of it. she said, "john lewis was a titan of the civil rights movement, whose goodness, faiths, and bravery transformed our nation." and you can just tell the

outpouring that we expect to come as folks really remember their friend, their colleague, someone that many people went to for advice and guidance in tough moments when it came to this country's legacy with race. and a legacy that the country's still struggling with. you know, i talked to his staff many times over the years and spoke with a staffer of his today. and you know, just a few hours ago, this morning, she said, you know, he was the bridge that connected what happened during the civil rights movement with the moment that we are living in now. and members of congress are going to miss him dearly. the country is going to miss him dearly, and you know, he's just really, as nancy pelosi said, a titan. a titan. >> yeah. lauren, he was also sometimes referred to as a conscience of

the u.s. congress. and he is known for getting into good trouble as he would call it. i just need you to tell our viewers the sad news, congressman john lewis has died at the age of 80. born the son of a sharecropper, became one of the leaders of the civil rights movement. he went on to serve congress nearly 33 years in congress, arrested by his own account more than 40 times. and the video you're looking at there was the 55th anniversary, march 8th, a week-long celebration and commemoration of the edmund pettis bridge, marching over the bridge for rights and freedom for all, for civil rights for all. and as he marched across that bridge, the original time, 55 years before then, he had his skull broken by white police officers during that march across the edmund pettis bridge. a key figure in the movement.

one of just a giant when it comes to shaping the history of this country. and shaping the consciousness of this country. not just the congress but of this country. and anyone who came into contact with congressman john lewis, if you spent any time, you could feel his stature and that he -- you knew you were in the presence of a living legenlegen respected by all, loved by all. and true lie will be missed by all. it had been said earlier as we were awaiting confirmation from the family and from the congress that the family wanted to pay tribute to ct vivian who also died, civil rights icon, died at 95. they were holding off on announcing john lewis' passing, but the word started getting out. now there is confirmation. two gentlemen dying today who

really fought for the rights for all people in this country. the legendary ct vivian and new john lewis. he represented the district that included much of atlanta. had been doing that since 1986. our breaking news tonight -- the death of a legend and the history of civil rights, congressman john lewis has cnn's martin savidge has the story now of his life and times. >> reporter: throughout his life, john lewis stood for people's rights, born in an alabama cotton farm in segregated america. he would not only live to see an african-american president elected president, he would be a major part of making it happen. >> tonight, tonight, we get to hear just in this magnificent state in general, because we still have a dream. we still have a