alija cummings was the son of sharecroppers who moved to baltimore maryland for a better life raised to do the right thing cummings took that belief 1st to law school and then to congress in 1996 most recently cummings ran investigations into the trumpet ministrations alleged corruption over the mass 2 years president try to set the tone from the top in his ministration that behaving ethically and complying with the law is optional ladies and gentlemen i stopped by you to simply say we're better than that cummings was chair of the house oversight committee on which launched investigations into president donald trump's handling of security clearances and campaign finance law violations the lifelong democrat who quickly earned trump's wrath for condemning his policy to separate migrant children from their parents at the u.s. southern border cummings district is a disgusting rat and rodent infested mess but as word of cummings death spread on thursday the sympathy message from trump on twitter. my warmest condolences to the family and many friends of congressman elijah cummings cummings

alija cummings was the son of sharecroppers who moved to baltimore maryland for a better life raised to do the right thing cummings took that belief 1st to law school and then to congress in 1996 most recently cummings ran investigations into the trumpet ministrations alleged corruption over the mass 2 years president try to set the tone from the top in his ministration that behaving ethically and complying with the law is optional. ladies and gentlemen i stopped by you to simply say we're better than that cummings was chair of the house oversight committee on which launched investigations into president donald trump's handling of security clearances and campaign finance law of violations the lifelong democrat who quickly earned trump's wrath for condemning his policy to separate migrant children from their parents at the u.s. southern border cumming's district is a disgusting rat and rodent infested mess but his word of cummings death spread on thursday the sympathy message from trump on twitter my warmest condolences to the family and many friends of congressman elijah cummings cumm

democratic and republican lawmakers have been paying tribute to the late alija cummings used body is lying in state in the u.s. capitol the much loved representative served in the house for 23 years a leading democrat cummings was a central figure in efforts to impeach president donald trump. is name is il ham told a jailed member of china's we good minority and he has been honored with this year's secor off prize the award is given out by the european union and pays tribute to defenders of human rights tony has worked for more than 20 years to improve the rights of the weaker is in china but he is now in jail as part of beijing's crackdown against the group which is seen more than a 1000000 years locked up in internment camps the european parliament says that he deserves the award for his attempts to foster dialogue with china's han majority. or earlier we spoke with his daughter in washington d.c. and she told us that the prize what the prions means to her and her family i would say this part of what it means safety belt for my family and my father i would hope this a white can hel

in the united states family friends and political colleagues all ring the life of congressman alija cummings funeral service in his home town about 4000 mourners filled the light democratic politicians on church in baltimore cummings was a key figure in the impeachment inquiry into donald trump's presidency former secretary of state hillary clinton as well as former presidents barack obama and bill clinton would in attendance. his integrity and character his can do spirit made him a guiding light in the congress he pushed back against the abuse of power he was on we bring in his defense of our democracy he had little tolerance for those who put party ahead of country or partisanship of truth. well still ahead on al-jazeera. to the samsung empire ricky is in court with his future hanging in the balance protection for a revered rock a ban on funny will rule you know straight comes into effect in sports a bittersweet we had to stand to the brink at the same pace so with its. head there that we have seen some rain showers across northern sections of the middle east and there are still a fair few

my us democratic and republican lawmakers have been paying tribute to the latest alija cummings whose body is lying in state in the u.s. capitol the much loved representative served in the house for 23 years leading democrat cummings was a central figure in efforts to impeach president donald trump. a jailed member of china's weaker minority has been honored with this year's sucker of prize the award is given up by the european union and pays tribute to defenders of human rights told he has worked for more than 20 years to improve the rights of the weakest in china but he is now jailed as part of beijing's crackdown against the group which has seen more than a 1000000 we locked up in internment camps the european parliament said he deserved the award for his attempts to promote dialogue with china's han majority. earlier we spoke with the daughter of ilam tortie in washington d.c. she told us what that prize meant to her and her family. i would say this profile awarded means a safety belt for my family and my father i would hope this award can help him being safe in the presence ins 2

in the impeachment inquiry us democratic congressman alija tell means is died aged 68 as chairman of the house oversized and inform committee cummings led multiple investigations into president trump's governmental dealings cummings passionately advocated for the poor in these black majority district of maryland he died in hospital due to complications from longstanding health problems we're going to bring in holly joy castro now to join us live from war on all of this from washington d.c. and we'll start with today's hearings and of course gordon song lund how critical is this going to be as a read because we've already seen evidence has been very critical of president trump thus far. that's right stand and someone has an interesting background he was a wealthy hotel owner and donor to trump's campaign before trump appointed him to be the u.s. ambassador to the u.n. and as you mentioned he is a central figure in what democrats have labeled this shadow u.s. foreign policy campaign directed at ukraine which was trying to pressure the ukrainian government to dig up dirt on trump's political rivals here in the u.s. and someone played a