>> see house speaker nancy pelosi waiting inside the capitol rotunda as the casket of congressman john lewis is brought inside.

after a journey through montgomery and the nation's capitol through key locations in this town where congressman lewis, his activism through legislation as he moved from one phase of his life to another, spending decades as a member of the house of representatives. so, we are awaiting this moment. as you see there are socially distanced members of congress and of the senate. you see the senate majority leader next to house speaker nancy pelosi. i want to bring in dana bash as we await this moment. she is there on the grounds of the capitol complex and far away in the canon. actually, we do not have dana right now. but we are awaiting this ceremony. as you can see, this is

something that, under ordinary circumstances, you would have more people in attendance. but because of times being as they are, you see the senate minority leader, chuck schumer there. times being what they are, this is an invited group of law makers and they are here to pay tribute to john lewis. let let's listen in.

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personal and very sad honor to welcome my colleague, john lewis, up to the capitol, to welcome his family and his many friends to acknowledge his sacred life. please stay standing for the invocation by dr. reverend brown jr. ebenezer ame church. >> let us bow our heads in a word of prayer. eternal god, our father, i come before you in the name of jesus thanking you for the many different faiths and believes and religions that makeup your beloved community that come to celebrate the life and legacy of john lewis. we come today thanking you for the faith foundations that his mugt and father established in troy, alabama. the march on washington. we thank you for how he would bloody for us, bruise for us, sat in for us and was willing to give up his life that we might

have life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. his colleagues, friends and, especially, family members come as he lays in state in this hallowed rotuntdau. we come on this day recommitting our selves to march as he marched to ballot boxes and this year to mail boxes and for voti voting rights and civil rights. he'll keep doing that until that day just like muddy waters and righteousness like a stream and finally we want to say thank you that he crossed another bridge, not the edman pettus bridge that we pray one day will be renamed the john lewis memorial bridge. when he got the congressional crowd of witnesses welcomed him as they walked down the street paved of gold. we want to thank say thank you from emmet till to george floyd, thank you for not allowing our deaths to be in vein. we heard you say well done by

good and faithful servient. you have done the good fight and you have kept your eyes on the prize. and now enter into the joy of the lord. and after you said that, gabriel told the angels to lift every voice and sing. and we heard dr. king sing free at last, free at last, the congsness of congress is free at last. in jesus name, we pray. >> the honorable mitch mcconnell, majority leader of the united states senate. >> please be seated. in his memoirs, john lewis described a child hood home that was quite different from the place he lies today.

that farm house in pike county, alabama had no running water or electricity. it stood on the first land his father's family had ever owned in a part of the country where segregation had led to almost total isolation along racial lines. it would have been hard to conceive back then that the young child tending his family's chickens would, by age 23, be leading the movement to redeem american society. that he'd be addressing hundreds of thousands of civil rights marchers from the steps of the lincoln memorial. i was lucky enough to be there that day. i marveled at the massive crowds. the site gave me hope for our country that what john's doing,

even on that day, as his voice echoed across the mall, i wondered how many dared imagine that young man would come to walk the halls of congress. america's original sin of slavery was allowed to fester for far too long. it left a long wake of pain, violence, and brokenness that has taken great efforts from great heros to address. john's friend, dr. martin luther king jr. famously said the arc of the moral universe is long but it bends towards justice. but that is never automatic. history only bent towards what's right because people like john paid the price to help bend it. he paid that price at every nashville lunch counter where his leadership made segregation impossible to ignore.

he paid it in every jail cell where he waited out hatred and oppression. he paid that price in harassment and beatings from a bus station in south carolina. to the edman pettus bridge. john lewis lived and worked with urgency because the task was urgent. but even though the world around him gave him every cause for bitterness, he stubbornly treated everyone with respect and love. all so that, as his friend dr. king once put it, we could build a community at peace with itself. today we pray and trust that this peace maker himself now rests in peace. all of john's colleagues stand with his son, john miles, their family, and the entire country

in thanking god that he gave our nation this hero it needed so badly. may all of us that he will lead behind under this dome, pray for a fraction of john's strength to keep bending that arc on towards justice. >> ladies and gentlemen, the honorable nancy pelosi, speaker of the united states house of representatives. >>. >> to the family of john lewis, welcome the rotunda, under the dome of the u.s. capitol, we have bid farewell to some of the greatest americans in our history. it is fitting that john lewis joins this pantheon of patriots,

resting on the same as abraham lincoln. his identification with lincoln was clear. 57 years ago, at the shadow of the lincoln memorial where john declared our minds, souls and hearts cannot rest until freedom and justice exist for all people. words that ring true today. mr. leader, i see -- between then and now, john lewis became a titan of the civil rights movement and then the conscience of the congress. here in congress, john was revered and beloved on both sides of the aisle, on both sides of the capitol. we knew that he always worked on the side of the angels and now we know that he is with them. and we are comforted to know that he is with his beloved lillian. it may be comfort to john's home

and the entire lewis family, michael collins, the entire staff that so many mourn their loss and are praying for them at this sad time. god truly blessed america with the life and leadership of john lewis. we thank you for sharing him with us. may he rest in peace. john lewis often spoke of a beloved community, a vision he shared with reverend dr. martin luther king jr., of a community connected and uplifted by faith, hope, and charity. and indeed john has deep faith. believing that every person has a spark of devinty, making them worthy of respect. and he had faith in the charity of others, which is what gave him so much hope. as he wrote in his book, the need to hate and -- release all

bitterness, hold only love, only peace in your heart. knowing the battel for good to overcome evil is already won. john, the optimist. through it all john was a person of greatness. he also was a person of great humility, always giving credit to others in the movement. john committed his life to advancing justice and understood that to build it, a better future, we had to acknowledge the past. exactly one year ago, it was a privilege to be with john and members of the congressional black caucus, karen bass, to observe 400 years since the arrival of the first slaves from africa. some of the descendants of those slaves filled this capitol where john and i lies in state on the lincoln catapult. i wish you could have seen the response that john received when

he was introduced to the guiana parliament. my colleagues are shaking their heads. it was overwhelming. overwhelming. i wish you could have seen him at the door of no return, which the slave people were sent through on to the death ships to cross the atlantic. i wish you could have seen what it meant to him. he knew that the door of no return was a central part of american history, just as was the -- is the edmund, pertpettu bridge and the march on washington. he was the youngest speaker at the march on washington program. in the final days of his life, he summoned the strength to acknowledge the young people peacefully protesting in the same spirit of that march, taking up the unfinished work of racial justice.

helping complete the journey begun more than 55 years ago. we've all seen the photographs of john being brutally beaten in selma, which painted an iconic picture of injustice. what a beautiful contrast to see john and the mayor of washington with us today at the black lives matter plaza standing in solidarity with the protesters, an iconic picture of justice that will endure and will inspire a nation for years to come. john focussed on the future, on how to inspire the next generation to join the fight for justice. in his quote, to find a way to get in the way. as one of the youngest leadors of the freedom ride march on washington in march to montgomery, he understood the power of young people to change the future. when asked what someone can do

who is 19 or 20 years old, the age he was when he set out to desegregate nashville, lewis replied, a young person should be speaking out for what is fair, what is just, what is right. speak out for those who have been left out and left behind. that is how the movement goes forward. john said. imagine the great joy he had traveling the country to share that message of action with young people. no need imagine. it is my personal privilege right now for me to yield to our beloved colleague, the distinguished gentleman from georgia, congressman john lewises. >> i grew up in rural, alabama, victimized in montgomery, i started in a little place called troy. my father was a share cropper farmer. but back in 1944, when i was

only four years old, my father had saved $300. and with the $300, he bought 110 acres of land. my family still own that land today. how many of you remember when you were four? what happened to the rest of us? it was many, many years ago when we were visiting troy, montgomery, visit tuskegee, birmingham, i saw those signs that say white men, colored men, white women, colored women. i asked why. they said that's the way it is. don't get in the way, don't get in trouble. but one day in 1955, 15 years old in the 10th grade i heard of

rosa parks. i heard the words of martin luther king jr. on the radio. 1957, i met rose aparks at the age of 17. at age of 18, i met martin luther king jr. and these two individuals inspired me to get in the way too, get in trouble. so, i come here to say to you this morning, on this beautiful campus with great invitation, you must find a way to get in the way. you must find a way to get in trouble. good trouble, necessary trouble. use your education. you have wonderful teachers, wonderful professors. researchers. use what you have, use your learning, use the tools to help

make our country and make our world a better place. where no one will be left out or left behind. you can do it and you must do it. it is your time. in a few short days we will commemorate what we call the mississippi summer project. more than 1,000 students, from all over america, many from abroad made a trip to mississippi to encourage people to register to vote. and in the summer night of june 21st, 1964, three young men that i knew, two whites and one african-american, nicolas, and

andy and jam, went out to investigate african-american church. these three young men detain bood thisheriff, taken to jail, out of jail, turned over to the klan where they were beaten and shot and killed. i tell students today these three young men didn't die in vietnam. they didn't die in the middle east. or eastern europe. they didn't die in africa or south america. they died right here in our own country trying to help all of our citizens become participants in a democratic lifestyle. as young people, you must understand that there are forces that want to take us back to another period. you must say we're not going back. we made too much progress and we're going forward. there may be some setbacks, some delays, some disappointments, but you must never, ever give up. or give in. you must keep the faith and keep

your eyes on the prize. that is your calling. that is your mission, that is your moral obligation. that is your mandate. get out there and do it. get in the way. [ applause ] in the final analysis, we all must learn to live together as brothers and sisters. we all live in a same house and it doesn't matter whether we are black or white. latino, asian american, it doesn't matter whether we'restrated or gay. we're one family. we all live in the same house. be bold. be curages. stand up, speak up, speak out, and find a way to create the

beloved community. the beloved world. a world of peace. world that recognize the dignity. of all human kind. never become bitter. never become hostile. never hate, we are one, one people, and one love. thank you very much. [ applause ] [ applause ]

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>> this is the final good-bye for congressman john lewis from so many of his colleagues in the capitol. we just watched a service honoring him for a small

gathering of socially distanced lawmakers there who were invited to this ceremony. i want to bring in bakari sellers to talk about what we just witnessed. it was so touching, bakari, just to hear everything from the reverend browning jr. who said he is now on bridge from earth to glory, to mitch mcconnell saying that john lewis led the movement to redeem american society and he paid the price to bend the arc of the moral universe toward justice and house speaker nancy pelosi reminding everyone that he understood the power of young people to change the future which really speaks to the final public moment that we saw of john lewis going to black lives matter plaza and sending that message is really his final message. but i think it was john lewis's words themself that we were able to hear that perhaps were the

most moving on this day where so many of his colleagues are saying good-bye to him, bakari. >> yeah, you have a whole lot of emotions going through your head. but what i think about most at this moment is reverend fips and him saying amazing grace and you sway back and forth as the spirit moves you and fills you. that rendition was so emotional and pitch perfect and so right in the rotunda. and then you got to be a bad man to eulogyize yourself. that tells you what kind of life john lewis lived. the words are the words that he's going out on, listening to that speech again and the power of his voice and the inflection and the oratory and the greatness and the faith and hope that john lewis so eloquently brings every single day. and the last thing that i recognize and i was watching my good friend and a hero of mine,

congressman jim clyburn give the benediction, final words. and i think about the fact that john lewis was 80 years old. jim clyburn was 80 years old. emmett till would have been 79 on saturday. and i just think about all of the pain and the trauma that news men have seen throughout their lives. i look at all of the blood that has been shed from the edmund pettus bridge and all of the things that had to happen from the '64 and '65 voting rights act and king assassinated in april of '68 and how much men and women have been through so we have the progress that we have today. i think about mother e manual church in the moment state of south carolina and the blood that was shed. and when you see john lewis resting today, you just want him to rest in power because he did so much work. and then when you have mitch mcconnell and others who are up

there, you do realize that we still have so much work to do. because the difference between john lewis and others who do not espouse the same beliefs is that john lewis understood that justice and freedom were verbs. he understood that freedom is not free in this country and he lived a life as such. so the void is going to be huge. but one of the things about john that we always knew is that he wasn't concerned about who would fill the void because he knew young people were going to stand up and fill that void. so he was always on the side of those of us who were out here causing good trouble, those of us who always ask for forgiveness but never ask for permission. he always believed in the power of young people. so the country is going to be in good hands because of the young people but they stand on the people of the shoulders like john lewis today. >> and just to follow on what you were saying there, you really did make me think about

all of the trauma that he saw. and so many others saw in their fight for justice and for freedom. but those words that he spoke, we heard him speak again, don't become bitter, don't hate, he said. even after everything that he saw, he said that we all live in the same house and he talked about building community, bakari. he had a message of reconciliation and bringing people along. and creating a community that was peaceful. >> yeah, but let's not act as if john lewis was not angry. >> sure. >> anger is not a sin. john lewis was angry, but his anger was one of righteous indignation. and he was not docile or passive, but he had the righteous anger. the difference is that john lewis could have lashed out at

his enemies but he believed in what abraham lincoln said, a generation of people who said the death of med ger edward and those in birmingham that were bombed and saw martin luther king jr. assassinated, saw malcolm x assassinated and saw the death of goodman, churney and cheney and middleton. these individuals saw all of the pain so they could attempt to make this country bend its moral arc to one of justice and they know they would not have any success but for the blood shed. what makes john lewis so great is that all of the blood that was shed, all of that pain, he didn't retreat. he didn't lash out. but what he did was he utilized that to try to get into good trouble and bring people together. see that is a special type of faith because i ain't that far on my christian journey yet to

be turning the other cheek. i'm not that far on my journey yet to make sure that i could stand as tall as john lewis did. so that is what we have to aspire to. because through all of that pain, through all of the that blood that was shed and the anger, he never lashed out. instead he used that righteous indignation to go to the halls of congress and attempt work with people like mitch mcconnell, to attempt to work with the john boehner and these individuals who did not see the world as he saw it but believed they wanted america to be better. he's leaving us with the task that the work is undone. but he's just tired right now so he needs to rest. >> that is what he said, bakari. get in the way. right. he wasn't talking about playing by the rules. he was talking about breaking them with a clear goal in mind. and i do want to bring in john avalon to talk a little bit what we're seeing and also what we will see later in the day. we're going to be seeing the

vice president and the second lady, they will be coming a little later this evening, john, to pay their respects. we did just hear from the president as he was departing the white house that he is not, no, i won't be going, no, he said. and it would be quite frankly, john, odd, if the president were to come pay his respects. >> unfortunately, yes. but he's a man who cannot measure to same moral stature of john lewis. but simply that declaration, that he would not come pay his respects, the consistent refusal to play the role of the president's are obligated to do to try to unite the nation and the way that contrast, brianna, with the words we hear from john lewis echoing under the dome one last time that bakari and you mentioned. never be bitter. never be hostile. never hate. we're one family. one people. one love. we must try to build a beloved community and the example

president trump sets not just through his hate tweets, not through his plantering to the better opposition of the nature, it is the exact opposite of those words of wisdom, of john lewis. and it is why he was so revered by both sides of the aisle and perfectly followed but respected deeply and became a living legend and one of the greatest americans of our time. >> we pay our respect to john lewis. his legacy commands our respect. and our coverage will continue now with brooke baldwin right after this. we made usaa insur veterans like liz and mike. an army family who is always at the ready. so when they got a little surprise... two!? ...they didn't panic. they got a bigger car for their soon-to-be-bigger family. after shopping around for insurance, they called usaa - who helped find the right coverage for them and even some much-needed savings. that was the easy part. usaa insurance is made the way liz and mike need it-

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