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acknowledge the head of the national urban league and the former mayor of new orleans. thank you. [applause] rev. al sharpton. [applause] the president of the national naacp, cornell brooks. [applause] and of course, the legacy continues with the king family. why don't you stand? [applause] let the folks see you. bless your hearts. reverend randolph miller reverend jesse jackson, where are you?

stand up. [applause] i didn't see him. i thought you and reverend sharpton were joined at the hip sitting together. [laughter] reverend randolph miller, come with the musical selection called "the old ship of zion." we have the choir that will join in. king jesus is our captain. turn to somebody and say, get on board. come on, reverend miller. >> [organ plays] >> put your hands together and give god high praise. come on, let me hear you shout hallelujah. let me hear you shout glory. now clap your hands and tell the

lord thank you. well, if clementa could speak right now, he's over there with jesus. and he told me to tell you if you want to see it, you've got to get on board. can i get a witness? ♪ oh, ship of zion. it is the old ship of zion and i know it is the old ship of zion

oh, get on lord if you want to see oh, come on, get on follow me let me tell you something there's no danger in my choppy waters oh, there's no danger, no danger, no danger and i know there's no danger in my dark water. tell your neighbor, get on board

if you want to see oh, come on and follow me come on help me sing it it has landed many a thousand it has landed many a thousand oh, i know he has landed many a thousand tell your neighbor get on board if you want to see oh, come on and part of me now here's the best thing

king jesus he's the captain oh king jesus he is he is the captain oh, and i know king jesus he is the captain oh, get on board if you want to see oh lord and follow me oh, king jesus he is the captain oh, king jesus, king jesus he is the captain oh, and i know king jesus he is the captain oh, get

on board if you want to see yeah yeah oh get on board follow me if you're old if you're dying oh oh, it is the old ship of zion and i know it is the old ship of zion everybody get on board if you want to see get on board follow me ♪ ♪ and the people of god shall say amen ♪ ♪ and the people of god shall say amen.

let somebody say hallelujah. somebody say, praise the lord. we come now, reverend dr. charles watson will come followed by the invocation by the presiding elder of the mount pleasant district, the reverend dr. keith. the scripture lesson will be given by the reverend joseph postell.

the presiding elder of the lancaster district. dr. watson: a hymn of comfort. it is well. when peace, like a river attendeth my way. when sorrows rose what ere my lot has taught me to say, it is well with my soul. though satan should buffet and trials should come, let this blessed assurance control that christ has regarded my helpless estate and shed his own blood for my soul. it is well with my soul. it is well.

it is well with my soul. i will ask all but the family to stand as we sing this great son of the church. "it is well." >> ♪ when peace like a river attendeth my way when sorrows >> ♪ when peace like a river attendeth my way when sorrows like sea billows roll whatever my lot thou hast taught me to

know it is well, it is well, with my soul it is well, it is well with my soul, with my soul it is well, it is well, with my soul though satan should buffet though trials should come let this blest assurance control that christ has regarded my helpless estate and hath shed

his own blood for my soul it is well, it is well with my soul, with my soul it is well, it is well, with my soul my sin, oh, the bliss of this glorious thought my sin, not in part but the whole is nailed to the cross

and i bear it no more praise the lord, praise the lord, o, my soul! it is well, with my soul it is well, it is well, with my soul oh, trump the angel oh, voice of the lord blessed hope, blessed rest of my soul it is well, it is well with my soul, with my soul it is well, it is well with my soul it is well it is well with my soul it is well, it is well, with my soul it is well

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>> amen. >> let me invite all of our pastors across this faith community to pray with us and with this family.

god of our weary ears, god of our solemn tears, thousand,000 thou who has brought us thus far on faith, who has led us into the light, keep us forever in thy path, we pray, lest our feet stray from the places, our god where we might be. to the great grand and supreme architect of the universe, to the one and only true god, the

eternal father, and his son, jesus christ, and in the holy ghost, we pray. we gathered this day symbolic of being knee bowed and body bent before the throne of grace. it is this day that we bow our hearts beneath our knees and our knees in some lonesome valley. we have gathered for the celebration, like an empty pitcher to a full fountain. no merits of our own, oh lord, open up a window of heaven. pour out thy blessings among this awaiting congregation. lean out far over the

battlements of glory and hear our sincere prayers. lord, have mercy upon our souls, with the forgiveness of our sins. bless our gathering on this day. this morning, mount up on your milky white horse, and in your ride, ride to save us from our sins and to create within us a clean heart. oh, lord, bless our president, the president of these united states of america, president barack and first lady. pin his ears to the wisdom and make his words as sledgehammers of truth.

put his eyes to the telescope of eternity. and let him look upon the paper walls of time. perpetual motion in his arms. fill him full of dynamite of power. anoint him all over with the balm of salvation and let his tongue be like fire. bless our bishop and supervisor, norris. and all the bishops of our zion and the visiting bishops. bless our congress, our senate our governor, our mayor, our elected officials and all clergy across the community and their spouses. and this bereaved family, and the entire emanuel families. now, oh, lord, when we have drunk our last cup of sorrow when we have been called everything but a child of god,

when we have done traveling up the rough side of the mountain oh, mary's baby, jesus, stand by us! we'll start down the steep and slippery steps of death, when the old world begins to rock beneath our feet, lower us to the dusty grave in peace, to await for that great getting up morning. meet us, jesus! that our souls would rest in peace. hallelujah! amen. amen. amen. ♪ ♪

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to whom, then, will you liken god? or what likeness can compare with him? an idol, a workman and a goldsmith overedged with gold? as a gift, one chooses mulberry woods. wood that will not rot. then seek out its a skilled artist to set up an image that will not topple.

have you not known, has it not been told to you from the beginning, have you not understood from the foundation of the earth, it is he who sits above the circle of the earth? and its inhabitants are like grass hoppers, who stretches out the heavens like a curtain and spreads them like a tent to live in, who brings princes to not and makes the rulers of the earth as nothing.

he blows upon them and they whither. and the tempests carry them off like stubbles. to whom will you compare me? who is my equal, says the holy one? lift up your eyes. who created thee? he who brings out the host and numbers them, calling them all by name, because he is great in strength, mighty in power, not one is missing. why do you say, oh jacob, and speak, oh israel? have you not known? have you not heard? the lord is the ever lasting god, the creator of the ends of the earth. he does not grow weary. his understanding is unsearchable. his powerrers give to the faint and strengthen the powerless. even youth can be weary and the young will fall exhausted. but those who wait for the lord shall renew their strength. they shall mount up with wings like eagles. they shall run and not be weary. they shall walk and not faint. the word of god. >> amen. [applause] >> the reading, from paul's first letter to the church in corinth. the 15th chapter, verse 50. now, this i say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of god, nor does corruption inherit incorruption. behold, i tell you a mystery. we shall not all sleep but we

shall all be changed. in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet, for the trumpet will sound and the dead will be raised

incorruptible. we shall be changed. the corruptible must put on inconcussion and this mortal must put on immortality. so when this more mortal has put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the thing that is wring.

death is swallowed up in victory. oh, death, where is your sting? oh, grave, where is your victory? the sting of death is sin and the strength of the law. thanks be to god, who gives us the victory through our lord jesus christ. therefore, my beloved brethren be steadfast, unmovable, always abounding in the work of the lord. knowing that your labor is not in vain in the lord. the word of god for the people of god. >> our next reading comes from the fourth gospel, the gospel according to john, first chapter, 16th verse. for god so loved the world that he gave his one and only son that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. for god did not send his son into the world to condemn the world but to save the world through him. whoever believes in him is not condemned but whoever does not believe stands condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of god, the one and only son. this is the verdict. light has come into the world. but men loved darkness instead of light, because their deeds were evil. everyone who does evil hates the light and will not come into the light, for fear that his deeds will be exposed. but whoever lives by the truth comes into the light so that it may be seen plainly that what he has done has been done through jesus, the christ. amen. >> amen. >> amen. >> and the people of god shall say amen. at this time, it's our opportunity to present to this bereaved family and this entire gathering the presiding overseer of the episcopal district of the methodist episcopal, the chief pastor, the right reverend richard norris. except for the families, all others please rise and receive him. [applause]

>> thank you. to all of the established protocol of this day, stretching across every segment of this nation and of our government, i rise on behalf of the seventh episcopal district of the methodist episcopal church to express my thanks and appreciation to each of you for your support, your encouragement and your support of the family during this time of sorrow and loss. we come not as those who have no hope but we come reassured that nothing separates us from the love of god. [applause]

and therefore, we press on. to do those things which are acceptable in the sight of god. now, even a presiding bishop has sense enough to know not to block the way when the president is waiting to speak. [laughter] >> i ask you to give me just about 40 seconds. to say to you how grateful we are to each of you for what you have done and for what you continue to do. seeing that we are encompassed by so great a cloud of witnesses, i say to us, let us run on! run on and see what the end will be. for i am persuaded that god will bring everything into fruition and god will bless our going out and our coming in. i stand to say that the nine who lost their lives had at bible

study, i'm calling upon the board of trustees of allen university to raise a memorial on the campus of that institution -- [applause] >> -- in memory of the nine who lost their lives. i am persuaded that coming generations who will study on the campus of allen will be reminded of the importance of what happened during this period of time.

i close by saying to you that we are convinced that south carolina rose to its greatest height during the last week. [applause] >> there is no period, there is no period in the history of this great state that will excel the love and togetherness that exemplified itself as a result of the dastardly act that was perpetrated a few days ago. but i say that i can tell the world about this. i can tell the nation that i am blessed! tell them that he has come. and brought joy to our souls. [applause] >> i am told that it is my

responsibility to say that the president of the united states of america, the honorable barack obama, will come at this time. [applause] [applause] [cheering]

>> giving all praise and honor to god -- [applause] the bible call us to hope. to persevere and have faith in things not seen. they were still living by faith when they died, the scripture tells us. [applause]

>> they did not receive the things promised. they only saw them and welcomed them from a distance. admitting that they were foreigners and strangers on earth. we are here today to remember a man of god, who lived by faith. a man who believed in things not seen. a man who believed there were better days ahead. off in the distance. a man of service, who persevered, knowing full well he would not receive all those things he was promised, because he believed his efforts would deliver a better life to those who followed. to jennifer, his beloved wife,

lilliana and milana, his beautiful, wonderful daughters. to the mother emanuel family and the people of charleston, the people of south carolina, i cannot claim to have the good fortune to have known reverend pinckney well, but i did have the pleasure of knowing him and meeting him here in south carolina. back when we were both a little bit younger. [laughter] back when i didn't have visible gray hair. [laughter] first thing i noticed was his graciousness, his smile, his reassuring baritone, his

deceptive sense of humor, all qualities that helped him wear so effortlessly the heavy burden of expectation. friends of his remarked this week that when clementa pinckney entered a room, it was like the future arrived. that even from a young age, folks knew he was special. he was the progeny of a long line of the faithful, a family of preachers, who spread god's word, a family of protesters who so changed, to expand voting rights and desegregate the south. clement heard their instruction and did not forsake their teaching. he was in the pulpit by 13. pastor by 18. public servant by 23. he did not exhibit any of the cockiness of youth nor youth insecurityies.

instead, he set an example worthy of his position, wise beyond his years. in his speech, in his conduct, in his love, faith, and purity. as a senator, he represented a sprawling swath of the low country, a place that has long been one of the most neglected in america, a place still racked by poverty and inadequate schools, a place where children can still go hungry and the sick can go without treatment, a place that needed somebody like clementa.

[applause] his position in the minority meant the odds of winning more resources for his constituents were often long. his calls for greater equity were too often unheeded. the votes he cast were sometimes lonely. but he never gave up. he stayed true to his convictions. he would not grow discouraged. after a full day at the capitol, he'd climb in his car and hid to the church to draw sustenance from his family, from his ministry, from the community that loved and needed him. there he would fortify his faith and imagine what might be.

reverend pinckney embodied a politics that was neither mean nor small. he conducted himself quietly and kindly and diligently. he encouraged progress, not by pushing his ideas along but by seeking out your ideas. partnering with you, to make things happen. he was full of empathy and fellow feeling, able to walk in somebody else's shoes and see through their eyes. no wonder one of his colleagues remembered senator pinckney as the most gentle of the 46 of us. the best of the 46 of us.

clem was often asked why he chose to be a pastor and a public servant. but the person who asked probably didn't know the history of a.m.e. church. [applause] as our brothers and sisters in the a.m.e. church know, we don't make those distinctions. [laughter] our calling, clem once said, is not just within the walls of the congregation, but the life and community in which our congregation resides. [applause] he embodied the idea that our christian faith demands deeds and not just words. that the sweet hour of prayer

actually lasts the whole week long. [applause] >> but to put our faith in action is more than just individual salvation. it's about our collective salvation. to feed the hungry and clothe the naked and house the homeless is not just a call for isolated charity but the imperative of a just society. what a good man! sometimes i think that's the best thing to hope for when you're eulogized. after all the words and recitations and resumes are read, to just say somebody was a good man.

[applause] >> you don't have to be of high station to be a good man. a preacher by 13. pastor by 18. public servant by 23. what a life clementa pinckney lived. what an example he set. what a model for his faith. and then to lose him at 41

slain in his sanctuary, with eight wonderful members of his flock -- >> say it! >> -- each at different stages in life but bound together by a common commitment to god cynthia hurd, susie jackson, ethel lance, the middleton doctor, tywanza sanders, danielle simmons, sharonda singleton, myra thompson. good people. >> good people. decent people. god-fearing people. [applause] people so full of life and so full of kindness, people who ran the race, who persevered, people

of great faith. to the families of the fallen, the nation shares in your grief. our pain cuts that much deeper because it happened in a church. the church is and always has been the center of african-american life. [applause] a place to call out own in an too-often hostile world. a sanctuary from so many hardships.

houses where the free could gather together and shout hallelujah. restaurants along the underground railroad. bunkers for the foot soldiers of civil rights. -- rest stops along the underground railroad. we continue to organize for jobs and justice. places of scholarship and networking. places where children are loved and fed and kept out of harms way and told that they are beautiful and smart and taught that they matter. [applause] that is what happens in church.

that is what the black church means. our beating heart. the place where our dignity as a people is inviolate. there is no better example of this tradition than mother emanuel. [applause] a church built by blacks seeking liberty, burned to the ground because it's founders soft to end slavery. -- sought to end slavery. only to rise again, a phoenix from these ashes. when there were laws banning black church gatherings, gatherings have any weight in defiance of the laws. there was a movement to dismantle jim crow. dr. martin luther king jr.

preached and marches began from its steps. the sacred place, this church. not just for blacks, not just for christians, but for every american who cares about the steady expansion of human rights and human dignity in this country. a foundation for liberty and justice for all. that is what the church meant. [applause] [applause] we do not know whether the killer of reverend clementa pinckney and eight others knew

all of this history. but he surely sensed the meaning of his violent act. it was an act that drew on a long history of bombs, arson shots fired at churches. not random, but as a means of control. a way to terrorize and oppress. [applause] an act that he imagined would incite fear. and recrimination. and violence and suspicion.

an act that he presumed would deepen divisions that traced back to our nation's original sin. oh, but god works in mysterious ways. [cheers] [applause] god has different ideas-- [applause] he didn't know he was being used by god. [cheers] blinded by hatred, the alleged to look could not see -- the alleged killer could not see the great surrounding -- the grace surrounding clementa pinckney and that the bible study group. the love they showed when it opened the church doors, inviting a stranger to join in their prayer service.

the alleged killer could have never anticipated the way the families of the fallen would respond when they saw him in court in the midst of unspeakable grief with words of forgiveness. he couldn't imagine that. [applause] the alleged killer could not imagine how the city of charleston, under the good and wise leadership of mayor riley and the state of south carolina, how is united states of america with respond, not merely with repulsion at his evil act, but with goodhearted generosity, and more importantly, the thoughtful introspection and self-examination that we so rarely see in public life.

blinded by hatred, he failed to comprehend what reverend clementa pinckney so well understood. the power of god's grace. [applause] president obama: this whole week, i've been reflecting on this idea of grace. [chatter and applause] president obama: the grace of the families who lost loved ones. the grace that reverend clementa pinckney would preach about in his sermons. the grace described in one of my favorite hymnals, the one we all know.

amazing grace. [applause] how sweet the sound. that saved a wretch like me. i once was lost, but now i'm found. was blind, but now i see. president obama: according to the christian tradition, grace is not earned. >> no sir. president obama: grace is not merited. it's not something we deserve.

rather, grace is the free and benevolent favor of god. [applause] in the bestowal of blessings grace. as a nation out of this terrible tragedy, god has visited grace upon us. for us has allowed us to see where we have been blind. [applause] he has given us the chance where we have been lost to find our best selves. we may not have earned it, this grace, with our rancor and

complacency and shortsightedness and fear of each other, but we got it all the same. he gave it to us anyway. he has once more given us grace. but it is up to us now to make the most of it. to receive it with gratitude. and to prove ourselves worthy of this gift. for too long, we were blind to the pain that the confederate flag stirred in it too many of our citizens. [applause] it's true, a flag did not cause these murders. but as people from all walks of life, republicans and democrats

acknowledge -- [applause] -- we have to knowledge the flack is always represented more than just ancestral pride. [applause] ♪ >> for many, black and white that flag was a reminder of systemic oppression and racial

subjugation. we see that now. removing the flag from this state capital would not be an act of political correct this. -- correctness. it would happen insult to the soldiers. it would simply be an acknowledgment that the cause -- of the cause of which they thought. the cause of slavery was wrong. [applause] the imposition of jim crow after the civil war, the resistance of civil rights for all people was

wrong. [applause] president obama: it would be one step in the becoming of america's history. a modest, but meaningful bone in so many unhealed wounds. it would mean expression of the ranging changes -- the amazing changes that have transformed this state and the country for the better because of the work of so many people of goodwill. people all races, striving to form a more perfect union. by taking down at that flag, we express god's grace. [applause] president obama: but i don't think god wants us to stop there.

for too long we've been blind to the way past injustices continue to shape the present. [cheers] president obama: perhaps we see that now. perhaps this tragedy causes us to ask some tough questions about how we can permit so many of our children to languish in poverty. or attend dilapidated schools, or grow up without aspects for a job or a career. perhaps it causes us to examine what would cause some of our children to hate. [applause] perhaps it softens hearts towards those lost young men tens of thousands caught up in the criminal justice system, and

lead us to make sure that that system is not biased, that we embrace changes in how we train and equip our police so that the bonds of trust between law-enforcement and the community make us all safer. maybe we now realize the weight racial bias -- the way racial bias can affect us, even when we don't realize it. so we are guarding against not just racial slurs, but also against the subtle impulse to call johnny back for a job interview but not jamal. [cheers] [applause]

president obama: as we search our hearts when we consider laws to make it harder for some of our fellow citizens to vote. by recognizing our common community -- common humanity, by treating all children as important, regardless of the color of their skin or the station into which they were born and to do what is necessary to make opportunity real for every american. by doing that we express god's grace. [cheers] [applause]

president obama: for too long-- >> for too long! president obama: for too long we've been blind to the unique mayhem that gun violence in flex upon this nation. -- inflicts upon this nation. [applause] president obama: sporadically, our eyes are open. when 8 of our brothers and sisters are cuts down in a church basement. 12 in a movie theater. 26 in an elementary school. but i hope we also see the 30 purchase lives cut short -- 30 precious lives cut short i got violent every single day. -- by gun violence every single day. the survivors crippled. the children traumatized and fearful every day they walked to school. the husband who will never feel

his wife's warm touch. the entire communities whose grief overflows every time i have to watch what happened to them happen to some other place. the vast majority of americans the majority of gun owners, want to do something about this. we see that now. [applause] and i am convinced that by acknowledging the pain and loss of others, even as we respect the tradition, ways of life that make up this beloved country, by making the moral choice to change, we express god's grace.

>> amen. president obama: we don't earn grace. we're all sinners. we don't deserve it. [applause] president obama: but god gives it to us anyway. in we choose how to receive it. it is our decision how to honor it. none of us can or should expect a transformation in race relations overnight. every time something like this happens, somebody says we have to have a conversation about race.

we talk a lot about race. there is no shortcut. we don't need more talk. [applause] president obama: none of us should believe that a handful of gun safety measures should prevent every tragedy. it will not. people of goodwill will continue to debate the merits of various policies, as our democracy requires. as a big and raucous place america is. and there are people on outside of these dates. -- these debates. whatever solutions we find will necessarily be incomplete. but it would be a betrayal of everything reverend clementa pinckney stood for, i believe, if we allow ourselves to slip into a comfortable silence again.

once the eulogy has been delivered. once the tv cameras move on, to go back to business as usual. that's what we so often do. to avoid uncomfortable truths about the prejudice that infects our society. the symbol for simply justice without following up on the hard work of long-lasting change. that is how we lose our way again. it would be a reputation of the forgiveness -- a refutation of the forgiveness of those families if we merely slipped into old habits, where those who disagree with us are not merely wrong, but bad. where we shout and barricade ourselves behind preconceived notions or well practiced

cynicisms. reverend clementa pinckney once said, across the south, we have a deep appreciation of history. we haven't always had a deep appreciation of each other's history. [applause] president obama: what is true in the south is true for america. if i'm understood that justice grows out of recognition, of ourselves in each other, then my liberty depends on you being free too. that history can't be a sword to justify injustice, or a shield against progress, but must be a manual for how to avoid

repeating the mistakes of the past. how to break the cycle toward a better world. he knew that the path of grace involves an open mind. but more importantly, an open heart. that's what i felt this week. an open heart. that, more than any particular policy or analysis, is what is called upon right now i think. what a friend of mine, the writer marilynne robinson calls, that reservoir of goodness beyond and of another kind that we are able to do to each other in the ordinary cause of peace. that reservoir of goodness.

if we can find that grace, anything is possible. [applause] president obama: if we can tap that grace, everything can change. amazing grace. amazing grace. president obama: ♪ amazing grace ♪ [cheers] president obama: ♪ how sweet the sound ♪ [crowd joining) that saved a wretch like me ♪

>> ♪ i once was lost but now i'm found was blind, but now i see ♪ [applause] president obama: clementa pinckney found that grace. cynthia hurd found that grace. susie jackson found that grace. ethel lance found that grace.

depayne doctor found that grace. tywanza sanders found that grace. daniel simmons found that grace. sharonda singleton found that grace. myra thompson found that grace. they passed it on to us. may we find ourselves worthy of that precious and extraordinary gift. as all of our lives into her-- our lives endure. may grace lead them home. may god continue to shed his grace on the united states of america. ♪ [organ music]

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>> we will have a prayer of comfort and then the funeral home gives us direction and we will be on our way. i want to thank you, mr. president, for a powerful message. [cheers] ♪

>> that's right, a powerful message. let the church say "amen." >> amen. >> join me in prayer. when i come to the end of my journey, carrying the staff and the cross a reduction, -- of redemption, he will understand and say well done. by the grace of glory, a ruler and redeemer. -- our ruler and redeemer. bless and comfort us as we leave this place. we mourn today the tragic death of clementa pinckney. we also celebrated his exemplary spiritual life of service. this grieving passing will be rejoice for, because he is your child. he lives eternally where there is no violence, no pain, and no danger. rejoice that he now lives

eternally in the land where every day is a day of unspeakable joy. bless us to remember him as the navigate -- as we navigate life's unpredictable pathways for if we follow you, we will never walk alone. father in the extended families of the eight other souls to grapple with their grief, with their refuge, and their strength. help them to remember, even when the visitors have slacked off and the calls become less frequent, you are still just a prayer away. bless those in the ame church and the broader faith to keep our spiritual arms around them so that we can be instruments of consolation and insurance. -- assurance. bless us to live our faiths

so that we can change things for the better. bless our communities, state and world. we have come together in a mighty way to deal with this horrific tragedy. it will keep us together so that we continue to stand and work together to find common ground for equality and prosperity and justice and progress, not on our terms, but on your terms. blessed be with us, dear lord. protect us so that we can remember clementa pinckney about serving you as he did. when life is over for each of us, our legacy will say after me and him, it capitulated his legacy. if i can tell someone as i pass on, then my living will not be in vain. amen. >> amen. >> thank you so much. may you please be seated for a moment and receive these instructions, please. please be seated.

you will not be able to exit the building, so it's best to have a seat. [laughter] >> ladies and gentlemen, following the closing selection, as the bishops and elders and others will greet the family. the order of departure from this sanctuary, senator clementa pinckney and immediate family, the number of clementa pinckney 's extended family who were traveling to marion for the burial. the president, the first lady, the vice president, dr, bide. biden, secretaries and representatives of u.s. congress, bishops and supervisors, and after these folks have departed, we will dismiss the rest of the congregation. let me acknowledge the fcl president, dr. steel.

thank you for being here. congressman steny hoyer. i want to acknowledge you. we want to thank the reverend president. [cheers] for a powerful message. and to close, i want to thank all law enforcement who have helped us. [cheers] localm,, state, and federal -- thank you. and we want to thank our local chief of police. if you can't get out of charleston -- you can't get out

of charleston without his help. thank you so much. after i leave, we will give further direction, then the church's assistance to join at the exit behind the order in which i listed. thank you. thank you so much. >> to the reverend president -- [laughter] >> mrs. obama, vice president biden, dr. biden, on behalf of mrs. pinckney and her two daughters and the family, i want to thank you for your presence today, but also for your cards and letters. we do not have the opportunity to make individual expressions at this time, but they have seen the letters and flowers, and we thank you so very much for your prayers and concerns for this family during the hours of

bereavement. those thinly members -- family members who will be running with us to marion, south carolina after the immediate family is transported to limousines, we invite you to go out this exit where secret service and security officials will take you to the georgia street exit, so that you may go quickly to your cars. we will wait 15 minutes on the corner of meeting and lee street. then we will process together to marion, south carolina for the middle and internment. -- committal and internment. >> let me ask the crowd to sing "my hope is built" and go into the transitional selection.

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>> let me have your attention, please. okay, well he's the president, so. if he's all right, i'm all right. go ahead. [laughter] [congregation singing] ♪

>> let me have your attention

please. we will have to -- after the bishop, we have to go the other way. then let's follow the instructions we gave. thank you so much. i know, i understand. continue to sing. ♪

>> we will now have senator pickney's immediate family who are traveling to marion, south carolina. the president, the first lady, vice president, and dr. biden, secretary clinton, u.s. senators and representatives of congress, you need to now move as we do the recessional selection.

please pay attention. we have been beautiful all day. turn to somebody and say "you have been beautiful all day." let us not lose our beauty. follow the instructions, please. ♪

>> members of the church will follow right after the president. ♪

>> let me have the bishop's assistants. please, let them through.

>> next, former maryland governor martin o'malley on national security issues and then louisiana governor and republican presidential candidate bobby jindal at an event in new hampshire. after that, president obama's eulogy at the reverand pinckney funeral in south carolina. on the next washington journal the supreme court decision making same-sex marriage legal in all 50 states. we will talk with a supreme court correspondent for the wall street journal and we will take your calls and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. washington journal live at 7 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> i'm not one of those who believes in the psychiatric

examination of people. i believe most of these people should be on the couch of themselves rather than psychoanalyzing people they never met. on the other hand, when i meet people i don't judge them in terms of whether they have a firm handshake or have i contact, but what i tried to do when i meet people is to listen to what they say. you don't know anything when you are talking. you learn a great deal when they are talking. >> one of the great tragedies of richard nixon, he was not very self-aware. nixon did have a psychiatrist. he was an internist. the doctor said he was careful not to have nixon think he was analyzing them. he had psychosomatic illnesses. his head hurt and he could not sleep. the doctor gave him some mild therapy but nixon hated it.

he was always denouncing psychiatrists. he was afraid of looking at himself in a realistic way. one of the reasons -- he used to say i don't carry grudges. richard nixon was one of the great grudge carriers of all-time. he could be very un-self reflective and is heard him because this lashing out at enemies is what destroyed him. >> evan thomas talks about the victories and defeats and inner turmoil of richard nixon focusing on the personal stories of the nation's 37th president. sunday night at 8:00. who asked him or credit presidential candidate martin o'malley spoke recently about national security. the former maryland governor talks about his idea on homeland security. the event was hosted by the truman national security project in washington, d.c. this is one hour.

fmr. gov. o'malley: thank you very much. when i left the pentagon in 2012, i said no to a lot of tempting -- but i said yes to the prospects of being part of the truman national security project and center for national policy. i did so because i thought then and convinced now this organization and its members throughout the country are dedicated to one thing -- making a difference. your political members are dedicated to making things happen while governing. your policy members are dedicated to strong, smart and principled approach to a national security p olicies. the returning veterans are applying your leadership values

into the community. it is not often that all of those qualities can be embodied in one leader and that is why it gives me particular pleasure to introduce the keynote speaker. martin o'malley comes not from a background of financial wealth. he is a descendent of a veteran of the war of 1812. he is the son of an army air force pilot and veteran of world war ii. the washington post called his mother barbara who has served as a gatekeeper for 27 years perhaps the most well-known auction in person on capital never elected to office. his wife is a baltimore city district court judge. his father-in-law was maryland's attorney general. martin lost his very first race for public office for mayor by 44 votes. you never lost again. he was elected to the baltimore

city council in 1991 and served for eight years. he was elected mayor of baltimore in 1999 and served for eight years. he was elected governor of maryland in 2007 and served for eight years. do you see a pattern here? [laughter] >> as mayor of baltimore, he made things happen. his city use a tracking system based on accountability and results in government which is saved baltimore hundreds of millions of dollars and generated a surplus. he won his first may or election with 90% of the vote. in 2005, time magazine named him one of america's top five big-city mayors. as governor of maryland, he made things happen. he recovered one her percent of the jobs lost during the national recession. he held firm to great pressure to keep college tuition costs

down and education was recognized in maryland as having the best public schools in america for five years in a row. he took action to restore the health of chesapeake bay and reduced greenhouse gas emissions. he worked to uplift the dignity of all of his constituents by signing marriage equality into law. he worked to pass the dream act to get more marylanders access to college education. a little-known fact -- maryland under martin o'malley ranked first in the united states in the percentage of women-owned firms. martin o'malley served two terms as the chair of the democratic governors association where he carved out a position of leadership on homeland security among other issues and president obama chose him to be the democratic cochair of the council of governors to represent homeland security. it is not a little-known fact that his irish catholic heritage

has been a strong influence throughout his life. reflected in his determination perseverance easy and natural connection with people and the music which puts smiles on all of our faces throughout the years as the lead singer of o'malley's march. i met martin working for a political leader of irish heritage who influenced a generation of young men and women who have made significant differences in this country. it is the words of another irish catholic politician that perhaps best sums up martin o'malley's approach to public service. there are those who look at things the way they are and ask why, robert f kennedy told the generation of americans, my generation. i dream of things that never were and ask why not? i'm very proud to call martin o'malley my friend. there are many in my generation and very many in years who would

be proud to call him the next president of the united states. please welcome martin o'malley. [applause] fmr. gov. o'malley: thank you. thank you very much. thank you. doug wilson, thank you very much for your kindness, friendship and your counsel through these years. it is a great honor to be with all of you so many people who have done so very much for the country that we love. for more than a decade the truman national security project has been at the forefront of nurturing a new generation of leaders in for policy and national security. for military bases in san diego to federal agencies in washington, you are not only

advocating for a strong, smart approach to a national affair, you are taking action and you are doing it every day through operation free. you are mobilizing a coalition of veterans, activists who know our reliance on fossil fuels threatens the security of our country. through no exceptions, you are working to make sure our military recruits the most talented americans regardless of gender and through the front lines civilians initiative, you are supporting the diplomats, journalists, the development professionals who are not in uniform but nonetheless put their lives on the line to alleviate human suffering around the world every day. thanks to all of you the truman project has emerged as a valuable source on some of the toughest challenges facing our nation today. we need those old ideas now more than ever.

america's role in the world is to advance the cause of a rising global middle class. free from oppression from fear. after 12 years on the battlefield of iraq and afghanistan, after a global financial crisis and a long recession that our people are still struggling to fully recover from, it is understandable that many americans would like to disengage from the world around us. understandable but it is not responsible. because our nation's security in our children's prosperity demand that we actually be more engaged with the world around us and not less. we do this primarily by making our nation more prosperous and secure here at home. we do this by exercising our economic, diplomatic, military

and healing power around the world in ways that are consistent with our most deeply held moral principles. in essence, we must create a more farsighted and proactive foreign policy based on engagement and collaboration rather than going it alone. we must construct a new framework for national security strategy focused on the production of threats. today's challenges defy easy solutions. we may have the most sophisticated military in the world but we don't have a silver bullet. this morning i want to share a vision with you of a more agile innovative and forward thinking approach one that will enable us to master the challenges of our time rather than falling victim to them. my purpose in our short time today is not to offer soundbite

solutions to a laundry list of crises around the world. my purpose here today instead is to lay out a long-term framework for pursuing our national interests in a fast-changing world. some important history -- as america and allies brought world war ii to a close, a man named harry truman became our president. having fought in the first world war, truman knew something about her rich, service -- courage, service and sacrifice. it was truman who concluded world war ii. it was truman who brought forward the marshall plan that would turn our former enemies into longtime democratic allies. it was truman who led the united states to recognize israel immediately upon her founding and it was truman who crafted and signed into law the national

security act of 1947, the most long-lasting overall of our national security strategy and institutions. we must take the broader lessons of what work in truman's day and apply them to the emerging threats of our own time because today we face an equally daunting array of threats. these threats are much different and in some instances for more complex than those we saw in the 1990's. what am i talking about? violent extremism, nuclear proliferation, pandemics cyberattacks, rising inequality, failed to nation states, the mega-droughts and the floods caused by climate change. more refugees now on our planet than an anytime since world war ii. it is time for a new national

security act one focused on the reduction of threats like these. understanding -- to understand, we must ask the right questions. among them -- how do we balance the use of our military, diplomatic and economic tools to advance our national interest in ways that are consistent with the most deeply held american principles? what roles would institutions like the centers for disease control play in looking over the horizon to alert us far earlier to threats? what are the forward-looking investments in new alliances that we can make with other nations that would stem the root causes of instability? how can we best prepared to defend ourselves from our enemies while doing all that we can to prevent conflict in the

first place? the first and foremost response ability of the president is to protect the people of the united states. today, this means transforming our military's structure to focus on 21st century challenges. it means protecting our privacy and our security at the same time. it means reducing security threats not only with better technology, but with better human intelligence on the ground and in the cultures that are important for us to understand. did mean transforming the way we partner with the private sector and civil society. harnessing the energy and the talents of the american people to advance our values. it means joining with allies to deploy renewable energy technologies so both at home and around the world to confront the very real danger,

potentially reversible climate change. it means understanding that comprehensive immigration reform here at home is both an economic and national security imperative. it means protecting the united states from cyber attacks, on the digital battlefields and servers and smartphones. it means rethinking every deal with nations like russia and like china which are neither trusted allies or total adversaries. it means forging a new alliance of progress right here in our own hemisphere which we have undervalued and neglected for far too long. and it means forming regional partnership to address emerging threats in places like the south china sea and the sea lanes of the middle east. there is urgent work to be done. nowhere is this more collaborative approach to this work more important than in

confronting the growing challenge of severe climate change. for years, the pentagon has recognized global warning as an urgent national security threat. your organizations leader, mike breen, put it best at a recent congressional hearing when he said "over 97% of climate scientists say that man-made climate change is a reality. as a combat leader, if 97% of my intelligence indicated that i was about to face a leap of danger that would risk the lives of my paratroopers, i would be committing malpractice if i did not listen and act." mike is right. the energy technologies needed to combat challenge change -- climate change exist today. it is the political world that

is lacking. america can and must lead the way by pursuing an ambitious plan to ensure our country is howard 100% by clean energy -- powered 100% white clean energy by -- by clean energy by 2050. it is a threat to human life and also the greatest business opportunity to come to our country in over 100 years. we must seize that opportunity by creating an american green jobs agenda. it is a match for the climate challenge. we need to invest in resilience from the jersey shore to california's central valley. we need to spur innovation to develop cutting-edge technologies that will create jobs at home and unlock new markets abroad. we need new ideas at every level in states that show that it to work like california and as we did in maryland where in eight years we increased renewable

energy capacity by 57% and made ourselves a clean tech jobs hub and cut carbon emissions by 10%. america's leadership an example are absolutely essential because climate change is a global challenge with global consequences. it is the transformation that transforms everything. by confronting this challenge we can realize global economic opportunities and job opportunities for the united states. we must partner with emerging markets in our own hemisphere and beyond to distribute renewable energy solutions in green design. we must push for global emissions agreement in venues like the upcoming un climate summit in paris and we must scale and deploy american-made renewable energy technologies throughout the world to reduce mankind's carbon footprint to preserve the living systems of this earth for ourselves and our

posterity. like climate change, it is a global challenge. trade has global consequences. in our closely connected world prosperity is not a zero-sum game. while the cause of a rising global middle class is vital to our long-term economic and national security, our power our power is grounded in the strength here at home of our own middle-class. what gain is there for united states and secret trade deals that fast-track and export american jobs and undermined wages for american workers? trade deals but actually raise standards for workers and the environment are trade deals that are good for you the united the united states. trade deals that lowers standards for workers and the environment are trade deals that are bad for the united states of

america. this is not a call for protectionism. i have led trade allegations all around the world. it is a call for fair competition. the kind of competition that is consistent with our most deeply held american values and the cause we share. the national interests of the people of the united states is not measured by the bottom line profits of multinational corporations however large. no nation ever offshore it its way to greatness. to rebuild the american dream we must stop making it easier to ship american jobs abroad and start making better investments to grow our economy and build up her own country here -- build up our own country here at home. one such investment is a cyber security. a new domain that is an emerging opportunity and an emerging

challenge to every facet of our society. for centuries nationstates sought to protect themselves from attacks by land and sea and later by air. now in this information age, we must defend yourselves and our economy by attacks carried out over the internet. last year global cyber attacks jumped by nearly 50%. stolen intellectual property and other opportunities lost to cybercrime could cost us as many as 200,000 american jobs annually. our critical infrastructure remains extremely vulnerable to hackers. nuclear power plants, public transportation, air-traffic control, even the electric grid itself all in danger of being shut down with a few lines of malicious code. the harm would extend far beyond

just the loss of personal data. it could grind our national and areour economies to a halt. we must have a comprehensive new agenda for cyber security that protects every level of our society. to accomplish this goal, we must punish the skills of american engineers and scholars from silicon valley to fort meade in order to secure our networks and we must empower our national guard with a new mission. a mission of protecting our cyber networks here in the homeland on a state-by-state level. i have seen this firsthand as doug mentioned, a group charged by act of congress to work with the secretary of defense and the secretary of homeland security. i advocated for a new national initiative to