brown, please stand. let's give her a round of applause. [applause] >> now will everyone please stand, everyone please stand for the invocation which will be given by reverend dr. harold carter, pastor of the new shiloh baptist church in baltimore maryland. let's all give him a of applause as he comes out. [applause] >> my dear friends, let's bow our heads and humble our hearts. before our god. we thank you as always, gracious god, for the gifts of life, for the gift of another day. we still our hearts in your presence because only you have brought us through the night. and we say thank you. and our gracious god, we lift the language of the song that he could basis of the day that you have made and we're here to be glad and rejoice in it. with all of the gifts and talents that you provide us with an grant to us, we know that one thing we cannot do is make a day, but we are grateful that you have and you care. and so we've come, o gracious god, at the beginning of this day having been blessed to the course of the weekend, to call upon your name and to invoke your holy presence in front of all that we speak to do, as a part of this grand work, the naacp. with knowledge