i just want to read this from -- this is from bernice king, dr. martin luther king's daughter.'s tweeting. she said farewell, sir, you did indeed fight the good fight and get into a lot of trouble. you served god and humanity well. thank you, and take your arrest. #johnlewis. she posted a beautiful picture. that's a great tribute, bernice king, if you're watching. and please call in. we'd love to speak to you. i want to get to suzanne malveaux joining us from phone. what you can tell us about congressman lewis' passing? >> you know, don, it's so nice to hear from you, it's great to hear from andy young and bernice king. and just the time we spent in atlanta, it's amazing that congressman john lewis, it wasn't just inspirational, but he was always relevant and he was always current. he was always on the streets, no matter where we. just recently, he was just at black lives matter plaza in washington, d.c. and, granted, he did not look the same as he had before. he was a little bit frail. a little bit thinner, but his presence was larger than life. and he was out there on the str

i just want to read this from -- this is from bernice king, dr. martin luth martin luther king's daughter. she said farewell, sir. you did, indeed, fight the good fight and get into a lot of good trouble. you served good and humanity well. thank you. take your rest. hashtag john lewis. and she posted a beautiful picture. that's a great tribute, bernice king, if you're watching. thank you, so much, for that. and please, call in. we'd love to speak to you regarding this. i want to get, now, to cnn's suzanne malveaux. she joins me now. suzanne, thank you for joining us. what can you tell us about congressman lewis's passing? >> well, you know, don, it's -- it's so nice to be with you because i feel like i'm in atlanta, and it's so great to hear from andy young. and just -- just to hear from bernice king and everybody, and just the time that we spent together in atlanta. you know, it was amazing that congressman john lewis. i mean, he wasn't just inspirational. but he was always relevant and always current. he was always on the scene, on the streets. n

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i thank my friend, reverend bernice king, who stood by my side, and gave a fascinating sermon in onef the most challenging periods of my life. i thank president and mrs. bush, president obama. speaker pelosi, thank you, and representative hoyer and representative clyburn, who i really thank for, with the stroke of a hand, ending an interfamily fight within our party. proving that peace is needed by everyone. matta mayor, thank you. you have faced more than a fair share of challenges in these madam mayor,or -- thank you. you have faced more than a fair share of challenges in these last few months. and you have faced them with candor, dignity, and honor. and i thank you for your leadership. [applause] i must say, for a fellow who got his start speaking to chickens, john's gotten a pretty finely organized, and orchestrated, and deeply deserved sendoff this last week. his home-going has been something to behold. [applause] i think it's important that all of us who loved him remember that he was, after all, a human being. a man, like all other humans, born with strength that he made the m

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king's daughter and ceo of the king center bernice king thank you so much for being here i'm curious,rial you have of the man i know you referred to him as uncle john. >> yes in our family we refer to in the movement as aunt and uncle and he was certainly one of those. a couple of memories my mother when she started the king center, she wanted to ensure that people understand the work of nonviolence went behind the victories of the civil rights movement and so we have used to have institutes on nonviolence and i remember him participating in those over and over again he was still fairly young at that time as well. and then when i was 16 years old and his wife lillian lewis, aunt lillian, planned a sweet 16 party for me at their home and so those are some of the my early memories of him from a personal standpoint. and we all were so excited when he ran for congress, of course to represent us here in the fifth congressional district and certainly will miss his moral voice and his ability to appeal to the conscience of not just the congress but to those of us in this nation. >> what a ne

king's daughter, the reverend bernice king. >> we praise you, oh, god, for this nonviolent warrior, who peace. >> reporter: as hundreds watched outside, inside, former presidents paid tribute. >> we live in a better and nobler country today because of john lewis. >> we honor our friend. >> reporter: and america's first black president delivered his eulogy. >> america was built by people like that. at the ripe old age of 25, john was asked to lead the march from selma to montgomery. he was warned that governor wallace had ordered troopers to use violence. but today we witness with our own eyes police officers kneeling on the necks of black americans. george wallace may be gone, but we can witness our federal rn tear gas and batons against peaceful demonstrators. ( applause ) even as we sit here, there are those in power who are doing their darnedest to discourage people from voting. >> reporter: obama called on congress to strengthen the voting rights act that lewis fought for nearly six decades ago. >> you want to honor john? let's honor him by revitalizing the law that he was willing t

bernice king. >> after my father's assassination, he was one of a few who continued to remain committednonviolence as a philosophy, a methodology and a way of life. >> reporter: earlier sunday 46 lewis' flag draped casket carried by a horse-drawn caisson over the edmund pettus. red rose petals where he bled for the right to vote on sunday, march 7th, 1965 when state troopers attacked him and other civil rights demonstrators as they crossed that bridge. >> he's labored. he's done his work. he's done his job like so many others. now it's time for us to do ours. >> reporter: lewis returned to the bridge year after year bringing bipartisan delegations with him. most notably marking the 50th anniversary of bloody sunday in 2015 walking across that bridge with president obama who credited lewis with helping to make his presidency possible. back in montgomery last night martin luther king jr.'s daughter with this message. >> vote together but don't forget to pray together or you will get weary and one day there will be a great camp meeting where we will all join together and say, free at last,

bernice king, the daughter of dr. martin luther king jr.be carried on. >> what did you all learn from him and how are using his message to continue your efforts in black lives matter? >> you know, i think i learned that this is a long-haul fight and struggle, that the work that we do matters most if we stay inside of it and if we recognize that nothing changes overnight. >> my father defined a revolt as moving people. but a revolution as changing people and systems. so the question is whether we will see the true change and man fessation that this -- manifestation that this is revolutionary. >> reporter: what do you think is the next group of people to lead this movement? >> we need to make sure there are people that are spokespersons, even if it's 20, and that the messaging is the same. you don't have to literally say the exact same words, but the narrative and the focus and the target, that those people who represent this generation are sending that same message. >> so much of what we get to do in our day is because of the tremendous work

bernice king, and so many others whose names you would know in a minute. we also, as we hosted congressman lewis home for the john lewis day, he also delivered the keynote address for that conference. i want to make sure that all of you know about the conference and you are invited to join us in february when we host that conference each year, perpetually known as the congressman john lewis leadership conference. [applause] it is our belief, and i hope the family shares this, that it is a fitting tribute. god bless the memory of a very good man. thank you. [applause] >> on the half of the citizens , theoy and pike county troy city council, three of whose members are here, i would like to offer to the family the of our community and the that that we have congressman lewis has come home. i have frankly never felt more worthy to be in front of a salvation short of my and the opportunity to be a father, i do not know if i have ever felt worthy of being on this stage, but as a leader in this community, i would offer up a few thoughts to the family. three things

i asked about bernice king who said, in austria one point she knows deep down in your solar father didke a vote for same-sex marriage. it was a jaunty comment for those of us who followed a king and his legacy. i asked julian about that and expected him to tiptoe around the issue lady just came right out and said she's a homophobe. there's not another word for it. she has a red her father's work. he went into a diatribe against bernice king here in fact, she was equally upset at the man whom she worked with who was bishop eddie long from atlanta. maybe, pam, you could tell a story about julian's decision to boycott the funeral of coretta king. >> it was because it was great be at eddie long's church and he was going to be there, and because he was quite sure that coretta would not have wanted her service to be there. and then i don't know if you remember but it get worse because they disinvited harry belafonte and nobody had been closer to the king family and then more for the family in the wake of the assassination ban harry, and so that was an unforgivable thing to do. and julian was

i thank my friend, reverend bernice king who stood by my side and gave a fascinating sermon in one ofsident obama, speaker pelosi, thank you and representative hoyer and representative clyburn. who i really thank for, with the stroke of a hand, ending an interfamily fight within our party, proving that peace is needed by everyone. madam mayor, thank you. you have faced more than a fair share of challenges in these last few months, and you have faced them with candor and dignity and honor, and i thank you for your leadership. [ applause ] >> i must say for a fellow that got his start speaking to chickens, john's gotten a pretty fineely organized and deeply deserved sendoff this last week. his home home going has been something to behold. i think it's important that all of us who loved him remember that he was, after all, a human being, a man like all other humans born with strengths that he made the most of when many don't, born with weaknesses that he worked hard to beat down when many can't, but still a person. it made him more interesting, and it made him in my mind even greater. 20

bernice king and then we will follow the department of defense's instructions as they carry out our representativescial invited guests join with us as we enjoy the viral video of our honorable john robert lewis dancing to his favorite song, by pharrell williams entitled "happy." this is an opportunity for all of us to dance with him and . [inaudible] ♪ ♪ clap along if you feel like a room without a roof ♪ ♪ because i'm happy ♪ clap along if you feel like happiness is the truth ♪ ♪ because i'm happy ♪ clap along if you know what happiness is to you ♪ ♪ because i'm happy ♪ clap along if you feel like that's what you wanna do ♪ [inaudible] [inaudible] [applause] >> allied feed outside of ebenezer church in atlanta, georgia, where we just watched the service and a beautiful final good-bye for civil rights icon john lewis and three former president spoke at this. george w. bush, bill clinton, and the eulogy by barack obama. it has been six days of journey, a home-going for john lewis, from selma, alabama, to washington, d.c., and atlanta, georgia. and next, we will not be following this, the media outle

bernice king invoking her father dr. martin luther king jr. on the causes of john lewis' life.y, only what you do from christ will last. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ you may build great cathedrals ♪ ♪ large or small ♪ you may build skyscrapers, grand and tall ♪ ♪ you may conquer all the failures of your past ♪ ♪ oh, but only what you do for christ will last ♪ ♪ you may think earthly power, wealth and fame ♪ ♪ and the world might be impressed by your great name ♪ ♪ some glories of this life will all soon be pass ♪ ♪ , what you do for christ will last ♪ ♪ remember only what you do for christ will last ♪ ♪ remember only, only, only, only what you do, yeah ♪ ♪ for christ will last ♪ oh, only what you do it will cou counted ♪ ♪ in only what you do for christ will last ♪ ♪ oh, remember only what you do for christ will last ♪ ♪ oh, remember, what you do, only what you do for christ will last ♪ ♪ only what, only what you do, what you do for christ will be counted ♪ ♪ only what you, what you do for chri christ, oh, it's going last ♪ ♪ oh, it's going to last, yeah ♪ oh, only what you do, what you do for ch

i thank my friend reverend bernice king who stood by my side and gave a fascinating sermon and one of speaker pelosi, thank you and -- and representative hoyer and representative cliburn who i really thank for with the stroke of a hand ending an intrafamily fight within our party, proving that peace is needed by everyone. madam mayor, thank you. you have faced more than a fair share of challenges in these last few months, and you have faced them with candor and dignity and honor, and i thank you for your leadership. [ applause ] i must say, for a fellow who got his start speaking to chickens, john's got a preetly finally orchestrated sendoff this last week. his home-going has been something to behold. . i think it's important that all of us who loved him remember that he was, after all a human being, a man like all other humans born with strengths that he made the most of when many don't, born with weaknesses that he worked hard to beat down when many can't but still a person. it made him more interesting, and it made him in my mind even greater. to years ago we celebrated the 35th an

bernice king, and then we will follow the department of defense's instructions as they carry out ournd special invited guests join with us as we enjoy the viral video of our honorable john robert lewis dancing to his favorite song by pharrell williams intitled "happy." this is an opportunity for all of us to enjoy this worship experience and to join in and dance with him and clap along if you feel -- >>> john robert lewis. remembered as a man who spent the better part of six decades getting into the best kind of trouble, to move america just a little bit closer to the best version of herself. for the last three and half hours, we have been watching and listening as the late congressman was remembered as a boy, as a teenager, as a man of faith. as an inspiration to a future president, as a legislator, as a civil rights titan who belongs in that pantheon alongside mahatma gandhi, nelson mandela. from here, that flag-draped casket will head to south view cemetery. fitting that the late congressman would be buried there. that is also where dr. martin luther king jr. is buried, and of cou

but as for bernice king and another comment for those of us that althoug follow king and thy i expectedim to skip around the issue. there's not another word for it and he went into a diatribe. she was equally upset at the man from atlanta and maybe since you were there you can tell a story about the decision to boycott. >> host: because it was going to be at the church and because he was quite sure that she wouldn't want her service to be there. and i don't know if you remember but it got worse because they disinvited harry belafonte and nobody had been closer to the king family and had done more for the family in the wake of the assassination and hairy so that was an unforgivable thing to do. he was glad he hadn' had increae price of his dozens -- graced the place with his presence [inaudible] >> host: not as much evidence on that as i would like. [laughter] if you could walk us through some of the reactions to 9/11 and the war on terror because there wasn't a whole lot, there is some in the book but not a whole lot. >> guest: i guess we all remember where we were. they were on our way

bernice king, daughter of dr. martin luther king, who is head of the king center in atlanta., it has been a day of meaningful symbolism, a reminder of our history, how far we have come as a country and what we still have yet to achieve as we see the officials pay their respects one by one to john lewis. arthel: out really is -- it really is a moment to take in, eric, as we watch these dignitaries, as you say, pay their final respects but also with bowed heads because as they try to break john lewis so many years ago on that bridge, he may have been bloodied, but he was never broken, never bowed. alicia acuna is this there on the ground in montgomery and, alicia, if you could tell us what's happening outside of the state capitol. >> reporter: absolutely, arthel and eric. the street were line here, dexter avenue was lined with folks waiting just for a moment to be able to see congressman lewis' hearse go by, and now they will await the time when the front doors of the capitol building will open and the public will be welcomed to pay their respects. that will happen a little bit

i thank my friend, reverend bernice king, who stood by my side and gave a fascinating sermon in one ofhe most challenging periods of my life. i thank president and mrs. bush, president obama, speaker pelosi, thank you and representative hoyer, and representative who i really thank for, with the stroke of a hand, ending an intrafamily fight within our party. proving that peace is needed by veryone. mayor, thank you. you have faced more than a fair share of challenges in these last few months. and you have faced them with candor and dignity and honor. and i thank you for your leadership. [applause] who gotay, for a fellow his start speaking to chickens, john's gotten a pretty finely organized and orchestrated and deeply deserved sendoff this last week. his home-going has been something to behold. [applause] i think it's important that all of us who loved him remember that he was, after all, a human being. a man like all other humans, that he made ngth the most of us when many don't. born with weaknesses that he worked hard to beat down when many can't. but still a person. it made him mor

of course, you'll have family members speaking, bernice king, the daughter of dr. martin luther king jr. you're going to be having the president speak, of course, bill clinton, george bush, barack obama will be deliver the eulogy and nancy pelosi will also pay tribute there and, remember, this is a celebration of the life, so there's going to be moments where it's somber and perhaps even bordering on sad, but you can also bet that it's going to be a celebration, especially as we get to the end, a home-going celebration. ebenezer baptist church, this sanctuary that's being used today, is the horizon sanctuary. normally that would seat about 2,000 people. that is not going to be the case due to covid, of course, social distancing, and safe practices. there will only be 240 people that will be inside for the service, and half of those will be family members of the congressman, so you can understand for the public if they wanted to participate, it's a private ceremony, so instead outside a large screen and speakers will have to suffice for such a remarkable life. jim a

needed to do but i knew the voices that needed to be heard and that's why you saw killer mike, and bernice kinghe -- i should make it clear that while he's one of my favorite rappers, he's also an incredible activist and i think that really came through when he was on stage with you you mentioned your older son, who just graduated high school in quarantine, is that correct >> that's right. >> seth: you also -- one of your younger sons is, i believe you've referred to it as "club quarantine." he's learning how to deejay during this time >> he is and he loves it he has a little corner set up in my office. and now he even stays up all night like a deejay. when i get up at 6:00 in the morning to take a shower, he's taking a shower to go to bed so we're going to have to undo some quarantine behaviors. but yeah, it -- that's -- that's been the upside of this. >> seth: all right give all your kids our best. and give our best to the city of atlanta. and -- and best of luck with everything we really appreciate the work you're doing >> and thank you so much for just giving me a platform to talk about thi

and he went on a diatribe on bernice king. and she was-- pam, maybe you can tell us a story about julian's decision to boycott the funeral of coretta king. >> it was because it was going to be at eddie long's church and eddie long was going to be there and he was quite sure that coretta wouldn't want her service to be there. i don't know if you remember, but it got worse because they disinvented harry belafonte and nobody had been closer to the king family and done more for the family in the wake of the assassination than harry so that was an unforget anl thing to do and as julian, he was happy that he had not graced the place with his presence. i will say that bernice seems to have become somewhat more enlightened since then. >> haven't seen as much evidence of that as i'd like. >> well. >> so, 9/11 happened while you two were together. maybe you could get julian's reaction to war on terror. there's not a whole lot-- there's some of it in the book, but not a whole lot. >> you know, i mean, i guess we all remember where we were

bernice king. >> after my father's assassination, he was one of a few who continued to remain committed philosophy, a methodology, and a way of life. >> reporter: earlier sunday, lewis' flag-draped casket, carried by a horse-drawn caisson across the edmund pettus bridge in selma. where lewis bled for the right to vote on sunday, march 7th, 1965, when state troopers attacked him and other civil rights demonstrators as they crossed that bridge. >> he's labored, he's done his work. he's done his job, like so many others. now it's time for us to do ours. >> reporter: lewis returned to the bridge year after year, bringing bipartisan delegations with him. most notably marking the 50th anniversary of bloody sunday in 2015, walking across that bridge with president obama, who credited lewis with helping to make his presidency possible. congressman lewis will lie in state at the u.s. capitol both today and tomorrow. >> and then his funeral will be held thursday in atlanta. >>> coming up next half hour, the blast from the past with the new twist. during our pandemic pause, with so many theaters c

i thank my friend, reverend bernice king, who stood by my side and gave a fascinating sermon, and one mrs. bush, president obama, speaker pelosi, thank you, and representative hoyer, and representative clyburn. who i really thank for, with the stroke of a hand, ending an interfamily fight within our party. proving that piece is needed by everyone. thank you, you have faced more than a fair share of challenges in these last few months, and you have faced them with candor and dignity and honor.. and i thank you for your leadership. [ applause ] >> i must say, for a fellow who got his start speaking to chickens, john has gotten a pretty finally organized and orchestrated and deeply deserved sendoff this last week. his home going has been something to behold. [ applause ] >> i think it's importantl of u remembered that he was, after all, a human being. and then like all other humans, born with strengths, that he made the most of, when many don't. born with weaknesses that he worked hard to beat down, when many can't. it made him more interesting, and it made him, in my mind, even greater.

i thank my friend, reverend bernice king, who stood by my side and gave a fascinating sermon, in onerepresentative hoyer and representative clyburn. who i really thank for, with the stroke of a hand, ending an int intrafamily fight within our party. proving that peace is needed by everyone. madame mayor, thank you. you have faced more than a fair share of challenges in these last you few months, and you have faced them with candor and dignity and honor. and i thank you for your leadership. [ applause ] i must say, for a fellow that got his start speaking to chickens, john's gotten a pretty finely organized and orchestrated and deeply deserved send-off this last week. his home-going has been something to behold. i think it's important that all of us who loved him remember that he was, after all, a human being. a man like all other humans, born with strengths that he made the most of, when many don't. born with weaknesses that he worked hard to beat down, when many can't. but still a person. it made him more interesting, and it made him, in my mind, even greater. 20 years ago, we celeb

we saw both what representative lewis wrote in his final records and then what bernice king and laterver access to the ballot box is real. it's something that's still going on for a lot of people. it's not a settled question. so there's a lot at stake there. we still have major questions to answer about voting rights in places like d.c. or puerto rico, or should we do automatic registration or a federal holiday. so, you know, this is not a fight that's over. i think that's something representative lewis talked about often. i think one of the things he said, he wrote this in his piece, at times there can be a sense that people feel as though they voted and it hasn't paid off for them or they feel disenchanted, but he noted in a democracy the vote is the most powerful tool. he was urging a lot of the young activists and protesters, he supported them and supported the work they were doing in the streets but he was urging them to show up in november as well. >> and he certainly passed on the baton to the next generation of activists. what do you think they can learn from him briefly? >> c

i think my friend, reverend bernice king who stood by my side and gave a fascinating sermon in one ofendingn intrafamily fight within our party, proving that peace is needed by everyone. you have faced more than a fair share of challenges these last few months if you face they facm with candor and dignity and honor, and i thank you for your leadership. [applause] i must say for a fellow that got as far speaking to chickens, he got in a finely organized, orchestrated and deeply deserve to send off this last week. his home going has been something. [applause] i think it's important that all of us that left him remember he was, after all, a human being. a man like all other humans, born with strength that he made the most of when many don't. he worked hard to beat down when many can't, but still a person. it made him more interesting, and it made him in my mind even greater. 20 years ago, we celebrated the 35th anniversary of the selma march and worked together along with coretta and many others from the movement. we are grateful for andy young and reverend jackson and many others who su

lying in state at the capitol building where the public can pay their respects to luther king jr daughter bernice was among those to speak in a vigil the city is the final leg of the selma to montgomery voting rights trail discussed retraced that journey early it was driven across the edmund pettus bridge in selma on the way to the morial service it's 55 years since lewis led hundreds of black demonstrators across that very same bridge was beaten unconscious state police violently broke up the march christopher wilson is with the national museum of american history he says john lewis is passion for the civil rights movement is something that will live on. john lewis leaves such a such an amazing legacy we've had him many times here at the smithsonian institution. to look back on his history and the history of the movement i think that the most important thing to me in his legacy and looking at that moment today is that he was leading that march tonight 65 but he would have always thought about it not just him in private but all of the people who were working in places like selma on a local level

lying in state at the capitol building where the public can pay their respects martin luther king jr daughter bernice was among those to speak at the vigil the city's the final leg of the selma to montgomery voting rights trail and as his casket retraced that journey well earlier it was driven across the edmund pettus bridge in selma on the way to the morial service it was 55 years since louis that hundreds of black demonstrators across the same bridge i was beaten unconscious state police violently broke up the march for joining me now is christopher w. wilson from the national museum of american history and kristof as an expert in african-american history on the civil rights movement he joins us from tacoma park in maryland christina great to have you on the program let's talk 1st about john lewis his final journey today his casket being taken over the edmund pettus bridge in selma alabama where he was almost killed by state troopers back in 1965 as you watch that moment today christopher what were your feelings and what it means to you. well john lewis leaves such a such an amazing legacy we've ha

king's daughter, though, bernice, thinks her father would have met with trump if he were alive. do you agree with that? >> well, i -- i knew her father very, very well. >> yes. >> i met him when i was 18. i first heard of him when i was 15. and meeting him, working with him, and getting to know him. i think he would've took the same position that i took. >> hmm. who are you, america? who are we? the difference here, indeed, the difference between the two men, is how have you spent your life? have you stood for principles? put your life on the line, for -- in service of what -- what is right, what is just? like dr. king and like john lewis. have you spoken out, in times when it was uncomfortable? or have you acted, in your own, narrow self-interest, fueled by grievance and hurt feelings? are you a president trump? or are you a congressman lewis? >> very simple. when you see something that is not right, not fair, not just, you have a moral obligation to do something. to say something. to speak up and speak out. >> the great john lewis. we, also, have some breaking news on the coro