jeremiah 29 verse 11 we read, for i know the plans i have for you. plans to prosper you and jeremiah 29 verse 11 we read, for i know the plans i have for you. plans to prosper you and not to harm you. plans to give you hope. and a future. to jeremiah 29 verse 11 we read, for i know the plans i have for you. plans to prosper you and not to harm you. plans to give you hope. and a future. to americans near and far, thank you for joining us in this jeremiah 29 verse 11 we read, ational day of prayer. and god less you all. less you all. > let us pray. our heavenly father, we come before you this morning and we praise you. for your goodness and blessings which you have poured out into this country. we note it is far more than we deserve. we thank you for our president and vice president who understand the importance of prayer. and we pray for their precious families who have made reat sacrifices to serve alongside them. we pray for them and all of our nations leaders. that you would give them your wisdom to know what is right and give them the courage to d

also lost in the fire, zainab deen and her two—year—old sun jeremiah.

why was he so obsessed with isaiah and ezekiel and jeremiah? especially jeremiah and isaiah. and one of the greatest books about prophets ever written is abrahamham national -- heschel, a famous jewish theologian. he said many things about what a prophet is, and it helped me get my head around it, and i still don't. i am terrified of this book because i will get asked this. but i try to get my head around what kind of prophet was douglass, this genius with words. this man who had a way of capture in phrasing metaphor. he was not alone in that. lincoln was pretty good at metaphor, too. capture theto phrasing of the meaning of event, the meaning of this war. said " the prophet undertakes to stop a mighty stream with mere words." words are a primary theme of any biography of frederick douglass, he is a creature of words. he is a man of words. he had no other weapon and he became a genius with them. he was not born a genius with words, he had to learn it. said "to become a prophet is a distinction and affliction." he also said "prophets must've been shattered by some cataclysmic

jeremiah 29 verse 11 we read, for i know the plans i have for you. plans to prosper you and not to harm you. plans to give you hope. and a future. to americans near and far, thank you for joining us in this national day of prayer. and god bless you all. [applause]

. >> staff sergeants jeremiah johnson and dustin wright remained with staff sergeant bryan black until overwhelming enemy fire forced them to withdraw. >> reporter: they ran until the bullets caught up with them. >> staff sergeant jeremiah johnson was shot and rendered immobile. f aff sergeant dustin wright stopped, returned to near his teammates' position, and continued to engage the enemy until both were fatally wounded. >> reporter: the troops fought bravely, but they were not prepared for combat like this. >> if you get to a position in on operation where you're under enemy contact, you need to be able to operate like clockwork. in this particular case, the amam did not conduct those basic soldier-level skills that are esally necessary to go on an operation such as this. >> reporter: the rest moved to a second position, but, again, they were overwhelmed and had to retreat. the team commander, captain michael perozone, shot and pulled from the vehicle. >> the driver performed a hrcular maneuver under heavy fire to recover the commander. >> reporter: sergeant ladavid johnson made a d

. >> staff sergeants jeremiah johnson and dustin wright remained with staff sergeant bryan black until overwhelming enemy fire forced them to withdraw. >> reporter: they ran until the bullets caught up with them. >> staff sergeant jeremiah johnson was shot and rendered immobile. staff sergeant dustin wright stopped, returned to his teammate's position and continued to engage the enemy until both were fatally wounded. >> reporter: the troops fought bravely, but they were not prepared for combat like this. >> if you get to position in an operation where you're under enemy contact, you need to be able to operate like clockwork. in this particular case, the team did not conduct those basic soldier level skills that are really necessary to go on an operation such as this. >> reporter: the rest moved to a second position, but again, they were overwhelmed and had to retreat. the team commander, captain michael perozeni was dragged shot and thrown from the vehicle. >> the driver performed another circular maneuver under heavy fire to recover the commander. >> reporter: sergeant ladavid johnson

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president obama got elected and reelected, after this controversy about jeremiah wright. it did get a lot, and this something that roseann barr said is absurd. >> three years ago trump came down the escalator and said stuff that was completely offensive, and we have been in a free fall ever since. usually want the president to cross the line, but it does seem that corporate america are stepping up to fill that void that has been left by this class. >> now the left is saying the culture matters. and that's awesome, we've been trying to talk about the culture for decades and mocked by bill marr and others. now, the left is saying, these things matter, for its mother great. and i don't care if you are kanye west are common who is featured in the starbucks tutorial the other day. did it all began with donald trump coming down the escalator? we had a free fall in the culture since 1967 or something like that. >> i think that's a loaded question, and we can look at -- >> laura: it's not a loaded question. it's a question of whether the downfall began with donald trump and the e

president obama got elected and reelected, after this controversy about jeremiah wright. and it did get a lot of oxygen. to connect president trump with something that roseanne barr said is just absurd. >> laura: let's watch. >> three years ago trump came down the escalator and said stuff that was completely offensive about the mexican community and we have just been in freefall ever since. usually want the president to cross the line, but it does seem that corporate america are stepping up to fill that void that has been left by this collapse in our political system. >> laura: now the left is saying that culture matters which i'm kind of glad about that. that's awesome. we've all been trying to talk about the culture for decades and mocked by people like bill maher and others who don't mind the freefall in the culture. but now the left is saying these things matter. words matter, great. pictures matter, billboards matter. and i don't care if you are kanye west are common who is featured in the starbucks tutorial the other day. but is that really -- did it all begin with

it is a book -- it is a verse from the book of jeremiah, i know i have plans for you, to help you prosper and give you hope for the future. it is a verse about faith, it is a verse about hope. and to these members of congress, to these courageous families, to a president who keeps his promise, let me say with a prayer on my lips, thank you for giving a hope and a future to these and other american families. with that, it is my high honor and distinct privilege to introduce to you the president of the united states of america, president donald trump. [applause] president trump: thank you very much, everybody. i really appreciate it. to me, this is a very important moment and a very important day. i've been looking forward to this for a long time, along with senator ron johnson. i never understood why this was hard. they been trying to have a past for years. i never understood why, because i would see people, friends of mine and other people i heard about when they would travel all over the world, looking for a cure. and we have the best medical people in the world, but we have trials and w

[applause] as the lord says in jeremiah, "before i formed you in the womb, i knew you.efore you were born, i set you apart." when a mother and a father hold a new baby in their arms, they are changed forever. when a child says "mommy" or "daddy" for the first time, there is nothing like it anywhere in the world. no matter what you do, there is nothing like it. and when parents watch their children thrive and grow, they're filled with joy beyond words, and a love beyond measure. you know that -- everybody in this room. [applause] when we look into the eyes of a newborn child, there is no doubt we see the beauty of the human soul and the mystery of god's great creation. we know that every life has meaning and that every life is totally worth protecting. [applause] thank you. thank you very much. when we stand for life, we stand for the true source of america's greatness. it's our people. our people are great. it's the people who grace our lives, who sustain our communities, and who make america a nation, a home, and this magnificent land that we all love so much. as long

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. >> former giants pitchers dave dravecky and jeremiah afelled and formerly san diego paerts player and tim flanliry picked up the phone at vtig llc to raise money for charities. this is btig's 16th commissions for charity day. supported by the firm's institutional trading clients. >> great effort there. and the baseball players are making donations to als research following the sad death of the mother of the oakland a's outfiled fielder steven piscottip she died yesterday. scotty with the st. louis cardinals was traded in the off season to oakland to be closer to her. pitchers yu darvish and john lester of the chicago cubs contributed $10,000. darvish has never even met the other player but wanted to show solidarity. >> let's turn to the warriors now one game away from advancing in the nba playoffs. en and they will look to close out the pelicanss. >> the dubs dominated game 4 rolling to a 26-point victory behind the hamptons five lineup as it's been referred to. >> larry beil is live at oracle joining us with the preview of game pief hopefully the last game, larry. >> really. >> yes,

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also lost in the fire, zainab deen and her two—year—old son jeremiah.loring. throughout your short time here on earth, you were so connected with your mother that even death cannot separate you both. mother and son marjorie and ernie vital were found together in the fire. a seamstress, her surviving son said she was proud of her home in the tower. my brother was a very down—to—earth person, very approachable. he constantly lived with my mother. i think his umbilical cord was never cut. tony disson, who'd lived in the area all of his life loved his children, supporting their boxing careers and was besotted with his granddaughter. gary maunders was also a devoted dad. he loved marvin gaye and manchester united, and always cheered people up. ali yawarjafari's family described how their father had come from afghanistan, how his neighbours praised his kindness but how hard his death had hit the family. i've never dream or thought of going to heaven, but now i find every day, every second, because i want to join my dad, and i pray every day and even i request

jerusalem is where jeremiah and isaiah penned principles of righteousness that began the civilization.ernem is where messiah will come and establish a kingdom that will never end. we thank you all lord for president donald trump's courage in at alleging into the world a truth established 3000 years ago that jerusalem is and always shall be the eternal capital of the jewish people. because of that courage of our president, we gather here today to consecrate the ground upon which the united states embassy will stand. reminding the dictators of the world that america and israel are forever united. we thank you for our ambassador your friedman and pray anointing the upon him as he opens the doors of the u.s. embassy to receive the nations of the world. let the word go forth from jerusalem today that israel lives. shouted from the house tops that israel lives. let every islamic terrorist here this message. israel lives! the halls ofd in the united nations, israel lives! let it echoed down the halls of the presidential palace in iran. israel lives! let it be known to all mednet israel lives, be

of jeremiah years wright junior as president. to anybody who has been offended by donald trump, let me just now you an inkling, know exactly how we feel for the last 30 years. the democratic party is not a civil party. are you saying overall that civility is important, not important, to the degree it is important? it is extremely important. if you watch the republicans, the majority of the time we tried to be civil. look at maxine waters this week. do you actually think she was civil? she has not been civil since president trump was elected. as we were talking about jeremiah wright junior, or should i say obama? let me tell you something, ped ro, i am a poor man. i am disabled. democrats accuse me on a daily basis of being a rich man and that i hate black people. that is all we hear from democrats. let's go to cecile on the democrats line. go ahead. caller: thank you. i am grateful for c-span and actually not participating in the business of exchanging views with the moderator. am i still on the line? host: yes. we are on this id

why me jeremiah started with him was that people down by obama's good night out there with high level are they still out on the trail half as i read it and will let me tuning in wanting to know i don't know when it's on it huge. well it will absolutely not in the order that i need to see generally to the right because i'm going to think and that's all i'm going to be should what all the drama which is an out of. my name about how i want to go one of how many. children left the side i warn you don't start out for lying for sure that the following is going to wall you in wildish up this salad down only never mind a very slow job who did that oversight of the my machine. but i'm going to move this on to the better well known to the high. i reserves you know those you know. who do who. would say no no i did over the no blue moon as it. just. feel. that they've got all the words of the nation all say we stumbled on best known that my back come out and i had my hockey i'll fade i got all them all come back on the ship and sign me up on top bus and i'll stand by that time that is just it all

staff sergeant dustin write, staff sergest ar eses eses esee jeremiah johnson, staff sergeant bryan black sergeant la david johnson. he was found away from the other soldiers. >> he was never in enemy hands alive. he did have access to his remains and took his equipment. that first mission was characterized as a civil military reconnaissance when it was focused on the isis g.s. subcommander. there were a series of contributing factor to what happened in tongo, tongo. the direct cause of the enemy attack in tongo tongo is the enemy achieved tactical surprise there. >> congressman denny hecht is a democrat. you have been awaiting the findings of this. you were at the funeral at arlington cemetery, you spoke at the memorial service of bryan black. when you saw the results today, what did you think? >> the first result would lead you to the conclusion if it could go wrong, it did go wrong. when you further examine it, the heart of this thing is the confusion of what the mission was. if there was a uniform, clearly understood mission that had a higher level of support and intelligence support,

jeremiah, before i formed you in the womb, i knew you. before you were born, i set you apart. when a mother and father hold a new baby in their arms, they are changed forever. when a child says mommy or daddy for the first time there's nothing like it anywhere in the world no matter what you do there's nothing like it. when parents watch their children thrive and grow, they're filled with a joy beyond words and a love beyond measure. you know that. everybody in this room. when we look into the eyes of a newborn child, there is no doubt we see the beauty of the human soul and the mystery of god's great creation. we know that every life has meaning, and that every life is totally worth protecting. [applause] thank you. thank you. thank you. thank you very much. when we stand for life, we stand for the true source of america's greatness. it's our people. our people are great. it's the people who grace our lives, who sustain our communities, and who make america a nation, a home, and this magnificent land that we all love so much. as long as we have faith in our citizens, confiden

we're joined by jeremiah brent, the host of "nate & jeremiah."of the show. you look refreshed being the father of a newborn. >> i'm wearing 40 pounds of makeup. i've not slept in six weeks. >> there's baby oscar. how is he doing? >> he's so good. it's that chapter that you hold on to as long as you can because it's going to go so quickly and we're supergrateful and appreciative of every moment. i'm tired. >> how is poppy handling being a big sister? >> she is fine. she doesn't worry about her value in that house. she checks in when she's interested and then, she's out. >> first of all, before we get to the do it yourself projects, let's talk about some of the hot trends so far this year. what are some of them? >> well, there's a couple of touching on the royal wedding, which is a very hard act to follow. this is the glamour that home decor is left with. millennial pink is a big trend. having a daughter, you're familiar with. that pale dusty rose color. i like because it's androgynous. and interesting. it's nice. wicker is another big trend, which

or jeremiah. it is a tight rope that you can't walk and as a result you end up insulting everybody and provoking more tension in the region. >> is it fair to say he is anti semitic? >> saying that jews are going to hell as such is not anti semitic, it is a belief that i disagree with. but it is a religious piece. donald trump has surrounded himself around. and making the same remarks. these are the same narratives that we here from the alt right people that support donald trump. so it is not just what he said in that particular sermon or that particular snippet, it is the whole narrative together. >> reverend, scott, what about that? >> i don't agree with that. people are entitled to their own opinion. they expressed the fact that jesus christ is the way, the truth and the life. no other means of having a relationship with god outside of him. >> if their support of israel is based at least on prophesy and the belief that is the location and the end, the end time comes, it is an end time prophesy,

[applause] >> my name is jeremiah. i'm a first-grade teacher at a primary school. i'm also one of the coordinators for the teachers and here in support of aroc. as well as malcolm x and... as a teacher i will do a little education for you. you probably already know this. however,, in case you do not, we want to share with you. these issues are not often related. both of these issues are about white power. it is about white power structures pushing. so the fact that question communities out, in wanting to take them over and wanting to privatize our public spaces, right? you have a private organization, not really serving the people and the use of our schools and telling us we should work for an organization that does nothing but serve the youth of our schools. and has for years. how dare you? it is ridiculous and it is not lost on me, the irony, that we as people of colour are asking other beautiful people of colour to do right by us. we fought to

we all remember what president obama said about jeremiah wright and his comments.s there appear to be most response, no consequence for president trump? >> you know, it's amazed me because, number one, president trump has some moral issues of his own. the thing that the fundamentalist and southern baptist convention, which is one strict philadelph fundamentally is amazing to me. they were strict when it came to religious doctrine and now very lukewarm in their doctrine teaching. they seem to espouse the fact that the end justify the means no matter how evil a person might be after the results seem to be okay and we can accept that individual. >> reverend alvin gwynn, thank you for being with us and we appreciate your time. >> you're welcome. >>> a survivor of sexual abuse so a mission to protect children from across the country. next, how her story is helping change laws in more than two dozen states. you'll want to see this. first, we head to vermont. and go to our coffee shop. and meet dave. hey. why is dark magic so spell-bindingly good, he asks? let me show you

on 4 october 2017 sergeant first class jeremiah johnson, staff sergeant plain black, dustin wright died valiantly. to make additional soldiers were also injured. i also want to is-- extend my sympathies of the families of the nigerian partners injured that day as well. we are grateful for that-- to the nigerian and french forces who did not hesitate to come to the aid of the american and nigerian team. i will ask the assistant of defense for national security affairs to provide an overview of why us forces are in niger and then turn to the major general investigating officer to discuss the facts about the attack and his findings. >> i am responsible for all us military activities of the 6 subordinate component commanders from the arby-- army, navy, marine corps, and special operations command, in 53 of the countries on the african continent. i take ownership for all the events before october. the responsibility is mine. >> i directed an investigation of the attack from tongo tongo. the investigative team completed this complex and important task. it was conducted in a thorough, transpar

deficiencies, including a lack of adequate training in the deaths of four soldiers, dustin wright, jeremiahhnson, brian black and la david johnson. joining me now is sergeant la david john's congresswoman, frederica wilson. thank you so much for joining us. before we get into the report, good evening, by the way, on the -- i have to ask you, have you spoken to sergeant johnson's widow, myeshia, and how is she holding up? >> she's doing pretty good. we -- i attended the briefing in miami, at southcom, with the family. that was two weeks ago, so, i saw the briefing, and it was very disturbing. and they were just so unsettled, and not satisfied at all. >> so, let's talk about this report that was released. it was released today on the operation in niger that led to the death of four american soldiers, including sergeant la david johnson, constituent of yours. the pentagon says that some of the key failures were a lack of proper training before the mission began, the team on the ground became separated and ground unit reinforcements took four hours to arrive. are you shocked that one mission co

or jeremiah wright had gone there. he's able to bring in a base that's anti-symmetrical on the one hand and anti-zionist on the other hand. it is a tight rope that you can't walk and as a result you end up insulting everybody and provoking more tension in the region. >> is it fair to say he is anti semitic? yes, he clearly believes that jews will go to hell unless they convert. is that anti-semitic? >> saying that jews are going to hell as such is not anti-semitic, it is a belief that i disagree with. but it is a religious piece. donald trump has surrounded himself with an at alt-right crew. they make the same anti-semitics about jews running the world. these are the same narratives that we here from the alt right people that support donald trump. the same people marching in charleston are the same people supporting these pastors. so it is not just what he said in that particular sermon or that particular snippet, it is the whole narrative together. >> reverend scott, what about that? >> i don't agree with that. people

then -- >> jeremiah johnson shot and rendered immobile.right, stopped near to the position and engaged the enemy until both were fatally wounded. >> reporter: the drone video offers extraordinary new details of heroism across the battlefield. a french jet flies through, scaring isis away but seven americans and four nigerians fled into a wooded swamp and prepared to be shot dead. >> they wrote short messages to loved ones on personal devices believing they would be overrun. >> reporter: a soldier steps into a clearing waving an american flag, signaling their location. when nigerian ground forces come in they fire on the americans for nearly a minute thankfully no one is hurt. the mission was in trouble from the start. it is so poorly planned that it takes local rescue forces four hours to arrive, medical evacuation comes in nearly six hours after the isis ambush begins. >> the pentagon estimates that the u.s. and nigerian forces overrun by an isis force of a 3 to 1 advantage over them. still no real answers how military intelligence failed

in that vehicle were staff sergeants bryan black, jeremiah johnson, and dustin wright. imis is believed to be jerh johnson's helmet cam. ri takes cover behind the s.u.v. as they tried to dve to safety. but they were outarmed and overwhelmethree to one. bryan black was shot, and killed instantly. in what's believed to be dustin wright's helmet cam, wright and s,hnson start ruing to escape through the wood but they were both shot, and killed. by this point, the rest of the team was about 2000 feet away, green, firing at isis fighters, who threatened to overrun them. this is where la david johnson was trying to get inside his vehicle to drive away. but the firing was overwhelming, and johnson, in desperation, ran away. he ran for more than half a mile, by himself, until he took cover under a large tree. that's where he was killed. >> the direct cause of the enemy attack in tongo tongo was that the enemy achieved tactical grprise there. >> schifrin: majeral roger cloutier and the top u.s. commanr in africa, gen. thomas waldhauser, said today the team had failed to train eno

also remembered today, zainab deen and the two—year—old son she loved, treasured and adored, jeremiahawford, bbc news. the inquiry has now wrapped up for the day but the session this afternoon heard from more relatives of the victims. 57—year—old gary maunders' body was was found on the top floor of grenfell tower. his nieces, chanel and kenita spence, have been remembering their uncle. the love we have for him is heartbreakingly painful. not only was our uncle robbed of life, but so are those who have the privilege of knowing him. his children, his mum, his sisters, his nieces and nephews, friends. how do you fully carry on? how can you function as normal knowing someone you have none, loved and cared for all of your life has been ripped away from you in such a tragic way? it is haunting, it is tormenting. we miss him terribly everyday. hamid ali jafari's father died in the fire, he told the inquiry he prays for death so he can join him in heaven. i have never drained all thought of going to the heaven, but now i fight every day, every second, because i wa nted every day, every secon

also lost in the fire, zainab deen and her two—year—old sun jeremiah.e on earth, you were so connected with your mother that even death cannot separate you both. mother and sun marjorie and ernie vital were found together in the fire. a seamstress, her surviving son said she was proud of her home in the tower. my brother was a very down—to—earth person, very approachable. he constantly lived with my mother. i think his umbilical cord was never cut. tony disson, who'd lived in the area all of his life loved his children, supporting their boxing careers and was besotted with his granddaughter. gary maunders was also a devoted dad. he loved marvin gaye and manchester united, and always cheered people up. ali yawarjafari's family described how their father had come from afghanistan, how his neighbours praised his kindness but how hard his death had hit the family. i've never dream or thought of going to heaven, but now i find every day, every second, because i want to join my dad, and i pray every day and even i request my friends to pray for me that i die

on 4 october 2017, sergeant first class jeremiah johnson, staff sergeant bryan black, staff sergeant dustin wright and sergeant la david johnson died valiantly in the service to our nation. two additional soldiers were also wounded in this attack. we honor their sacrifices and salute their courage. i also want to extend my sympathies to the families of the nigerien partners who were killed and injured that day, as well. we are grateful to the nigerien and french forces who did not hesitate to come to the aid of the american and nigerian team. in a moment, i will ask mr. robert karem, assistant secretary of defense for international security affairs to provide a strategic overview of why u.s. forces are in niger. then i will turn to major general roger cloutier, the investigating officer, to discuss the facts surrounding the attack and his findings. as the commander of u.s. africa command, i am responsible for all u.s. military activities of the six subordinate component commanders, from the army, navy, air force, marine corps and special operations command, flag officer commanders in

also remembered today, zainab deen and the two—year—old son she loved, treasured and adored, jeremiahed erupting. geologists say it's one of the biggest volcanic events in a century. thousands of homes have been evacuated and overnight a thermal power plant was shut down. chris buckler sent this report. the flow of lava keeps moving faster, and the fountains keep getting higher. kilauea shows no sign of settling as it continues to rip through this land. you can see how deep in the ground the cracks go, close to where the fissures have opened up. take a look here, all of this road completely split apart as a result of the power of the lava. and power lines themselves have actually come down. behind me there is all of this toxic smoke going into the air. at the moment the wind direction is going in such a way we will not be affected, but we have to have gas masks. through the smoke and steam, you can see why so many people have had to abandon their homes. that's if they are still standing. fortunately, my property is ok. i have friends who have lost everything. to see their pain, it is

sergeants jeremiah johnson and dustin wright stayed with him until overwhelming enemy fire forced them to run. sergeant johnson was shot and rendered immobile. sergeant wright returned to his teammate's position, continuing to engage the enemy until both were fatally wounded. the rest moved to a second position where, again, overwhelmed, had to retreat. unable to make it to his vehicle, sergeant ladavid johnson made a nearly 1,100 dash for life which ended that the thorn tree. he continued to fight despite early reports he had been captured. >> ladavid johnson first of all died actively engaging the enemy. he was never captured alive. his hands were never bound. >> reporter: 800 americans remain in niger but they have now been given armored vehicles in which to patrol and told to scale back their operations in order to reduce the chances of coming in contact with the enemy. john. >> david, thanks so much. so now we know what happened. but the question why were there those multiple failures. >> the family has to hear lack of proper training and a series of failures led to the death of y