john lewis. a civil rights icon, responsible at a young age for lasting progress and remarkable courage in the face of violence and injustice. he was the conscience of our congress. the room quieted and people listened when he spoke. mr. thompson: it was a true honor to serve with him in the house and for me on the ways and means committee. it was surreal to walk with him over the pettus bridge in selma on the 50th anniversary of bloody sunday. and constituents thank me to this day for inviting him to my district. our great country is better because of john lewis and we should all work to be just a little more like john lewis. john, we miss you. rest in peace, my friend. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from mississippi seek recognition? the gentleman is recognized for ne minute. >> this evening i rise to honor the life of charles evers who passed away earlier today. charles and his brother, medgar, dedicated their time on this earth to the advancement of civil rights

john meacham who is writing a book on john lewis told us yesterday on a caucus call that when john was born he was born into a garden. he loved to be in the garden. he loved to be with the chicks, as we know, little chickens. and he loved to see things grow. loved to see things grow. and he lived his life in that way. he loved to see progress grow, he loved to see love and peace grow. he loved to see ideas grow. and he loved to see a more perfect union grow. many of our colleagues will have many things to say this evening and because of the -- because it's the personal order i don't have my usual one minute which is endless so i'll be briefer and save some remarks for another time but here's what i want to say. just to say job has always been about non-- john has always been about nonviolence. that was his spirit and everything he did was respectful of other views and respectful of other people. in the spirit of nonviolence, that was dr. lawson, reverend lawson taught that to him, to dr. king and the rest, and it was much of it in the spirit of gandhi and the nonviolence that he put fo

we talk about plenty sunday you have to think of john moses and john lewis. dr. king told john lewis, do not go over that bridge that day. they argued about what day they are going to march. over that marched bridge and dr. king told him do not do it. it was bloody sunday. i will never forget when i came home from church as a kid and i saw all that violence. but john lewis went across that bridge, knowing that. he was going to do what he was going to do. dr. king was not on the bridge that day, on bloody sunday. dr. king was not on that bridge. he told them children do not go over that bridge. and john lewis took them anyway. i will never forget that, bloody sunday on the bridge. you understand what i'm trying to tell you? bob moses and john lewis? great characters. but dr. king told john lewis don't go over that bridge. thank you. have a statement coming from former president bill clinton and former secretary of state hillary clinton on john lewis's passing. we have lost a giant, john lewis gave us all he had to redeem america's unmet promise of equality and jus

john: yes.: so, when you were back in chicago, did you ever play basketball with barack obama? john: several times. david: is he that good of a player? john: he's a very good player, he knows what he's doing. he's a little bit of an in between size, 6'2", 6'5" or so. david: he can't dunk the ball? john: i don't know about that. he probably could. he's a little left-handed, and makes clutch shots all the time under pressure. david: there was another player in chicago even better than barack obama named michael jordan. did you ever play against michael jordan? john: i did get to play against michael around chicago a lot. he was at the different clubs and you could be on the court with him. david: do you think he's overrated? john: no. i think he's the greatest player of all time. david: i understand at one time you played against him and beat him, the only person who ever beat him in a one-on-one game. john: it was a very fortunate circumstance. i used to go to a senior fantasy camp for people 35

but i love john miles then and i love john miles now.lillian and john stayed married. i put it together but it lasted 43 years. that's not a bad record, is it? they were happy and lillian gave him every support a wife could ever give a partner. and they gave love to john miles in the process. john was an unusual individual. ambassador young is sitting over here. we all loved him all the time. his sincerity was apparent. he worked hard and he said that he wasn't going to stop. i don't need to tell you anything about john. all of you knew him. all of you know his fervor. and his commitment to equity and the love he had for everybody. and i want us to look at the john we thought we knew, the john who convinced us we knew the real man because he was constant. but i ask him one time, john, what in the world is bad trouble? i said, when i was a young girl my sister and i were, we were courting and go out on a date, my mother said, okay, have a good time but don't get in no trouble. well, we didn't know nothing else except trouble was not good.

[laughter] but i loved john miles then, and i will love john miles now.rried. i put it together, but it lasted 43 years. that's not a bad record, is it? they were happy, and lillian gave him every support a wife could ever give a partner. and they gave love to john miles in the process. john was an unusual individual. ambassador was sitting over here, and we all loved him all the time in. his sincerity was apparent. he worked hard, and he said that he wasn't going to stop. i don't need to tell you anything about john. all of you knew him. all of you know is fervor, and his commitment to equity, and the love he had for everybody. and i want us to look at the john we thought we knew, the john that convinced us we knew the real man, because he was constant. but i asked him one time, "john, what in the world is that?" when i was a young girl, my sister and i were court and come every time we go out on a date, my mother said, "okay, have a good time, but don't get in no trouble." well, we didn't know nothing else, except trouble was not good." but john said, "

but john miles stand up, john miles, stand up. that is john miles, now. >> now, wait a minute take a good look at john miles. i am almost 90 years old and there he is. i am supposed to spank him what he does not do right. when i walked up to give him a spanking i had to get a chair. i love john miles. i loved him then and i love john miles, now. i will take care of him and spank you, whether you like it, or not. but, lillian and john, stayed married. i put together and it lasted 43 years. that is not a bad record, is it? they were happy and lillian gave him every support and they gave love to john miles in the process. john was an unusual individual. we all loved him all the time. she sincerely was a parent. he said, he was not going to stop. all of you knew him i'm not going to tell you anything about john. all of you know his fervor you know the love he had for everybody. i want us to look at john we thought we knew, and the john who convinced us we knew the real man, because he was constant. john, what in the world is bad troub

john: i was. david: the advantage is that your parents put a lot of time and attention in on you, is not -- that a good thing? john: they focused everything on me. they got divorced when i was three years old. had twohad -- i different lifestyles. my dad loved in a studio apartment not far from downtown. my mom lived in a large house in hyde park. they were different political persuasions. my mom was republican, and my dad was a democrat. so i learned to negotiate two different worlds each and every week. david: and you win to chicago lab school, which is known for its k-12? john: i got there in ninth-grade. terrific place. david: and in addition to your academic pursuits, you are a basketball player? john: i was. david: and you went to princeton and you played basketball at princeton? john: i was fortunate to play basketball for the hall of fame pete pick -- cuerill. he was a legend in someone who transformed my life. david: you were a captain your senior year? john: i got the chance to be one. t

but i love john miles then and i love john miles now.ive a husband. in the give love to john miles in the process. john was an unusual individual investor. we all loved him all of the time. his sincerity was apparent. he worked hard. i don't need to tell you anything about john. all of you knew him. a few no is commitment and the love he had for everybody. i want us to look at the john we thought we knew. john convinced us of the real man. with the will last on, is that trouble. so every time we would go out monday, my mother said, have a good time but don't get into no trouble. well we do know nothing else except trouble is not good. john said, the good trouble is when your mother says do not get into trouble. to right the wrongs of our society. and he did a pretty decent job of that. [applause]. and during this week, john was on television all day every day. and i love doing people and i had an opportunity, i was invited to speak to a group of kids. they said to them, and watching television, i want you to know that that's not a regist

served almost a quarter century with john and loved john. still does. i talked to dale about john quite often. that was a relationship that led to me wanting to make sure that i tried to develop that same relationship and of course becoming a member of the ways and means committee we spend so much time together. despite the fact that we haven't been able to the last couple of months, as a committee, we spend an enormous amount of time working together, having meals together, talking to one another. it felt like i had a chance to get so much closer to john and i will never forget that. as big and monument also a life as he led, as important a voice as he was, such a soldier for justice and a figure in american history, as good and decent as a man he was in that respect, as we all know now, of course, is that he was that good a friend. he was that good a human being. he was that generous a person. for me, the last couple of months, obviously it's been hard but it's been special. because john under our temporary rules, john, of course, hasn't been able to

john's episcopal church and other churches around the nation ringing their bell to pay tribute to john lewis as his funeral services are about to begin there in atlanta. van jones, i'm sorry to interrupt you, just making the point that this is -- this is the final march. >> yeah. >> you know, it's -- it's such a powerful moment. this summer you have the death of a legend and the rebirth of a movement happening at the same time, and it feels like this -- this birttersweet of a circumstance. he was the young voice, the voice, what you now call black lives matter and it's so controversial and people don't know what to think about it. this was the student nonviolent coordinating a committee in the 1960s through the mid-1960s and he was that young voice, the youngest guy on tage already a national figure at 23 years old, a couple years later beaten within an inch of his life, and now as he passes on what an unbelievable movement, all these, you know, thousands and john lewises and janette lewises across the country rights up to take the bat op but it would take a movement of the size that y

but i loved john myles then and i love john myles now.n stayed married, i put it together, but it lasted 43 years. that's not a bad record, is it? they were happy and lillian gave him every support a wife could ever give a partner. and they gave love to john myles in the process. john was an unusual individual. ambassador young sitting over here, and we all loved him all the time. his sincerity was apparent. he worked hard and he said that he wasn't going to stop. and i don't need to tell you anything about john. all of you knew him. all of you know his fervor and his commitment to equity and the love he had fori everybody. and i want us to look at the john we thought we knew, the john who convinced us we knew the real man, because he was constant. but i ask him one time, john, what in the world is bad trouble? i said, when i was a young girl, my sister and i we were courting, every time we went on a date my mother said have a good time but don't get in no trouble. we did not know anything else except trouble was not good. but john said,

that was john lewis. it's a miracle that he didn't die when angry klansman -- klansmen torched that bus carrying john lewis and other freedom riders in 1961. it's' mazing that he survived the edmund pettus bridge on bloody sunday in 1965 when the alabama state troopers nearly beat him to death. clearly there was a purpose in his life that had to be served. i had the honor to serve with congressman lewis in the house for ten years and i called him my friend for nearly 40 years. for a man who had witnessed the depths of hatred and dispair, john lewis was one of the most hopeful people i have ever met. he once said the only time he came close to giving up was after the murder of robert kennedy in 1968. martin luther king had been assassinated two months earlier. and when bobby kennedy died, it seemed for a few weeks that any hope for justice and equality had died, too. that's what john lewis said. but he didn't allow despair to overcome him. he didn't spend his life hoping for better. he spent his life makin

thank you, john lewis. president obama presented the presidential medal of freedom to john lewis in 2010. here's what president obama had to say about john lewis. [video clip] quote inscribed in a doorway in nashville where students refused to leave lunch counters years ago. it said it, if not us, then who? if not now, then when? hass a question john lewis been asking his entire life. back to theed him edmund pettus bridge in selma after he had been beaten two inchof his life -- to an of his life days before. it is why all these years later, he is known as the conscience of congress, still speaking his mind on issues of justice and inequality. generations from now, when parents teach their children what is meant by courage, the story of john lewis will come to mind. he knew the change could not wait for some other person or other time. host: let's go back to our phone lines and see what you think about the life of congressman john lewis. let's go to nadia from yonkers, new york. caller: i want to thank john

served almost a quarter century with john and loved john. still does. i talked to dale about john quite often. that was a relationship that led to me wanting to make sure that i tried to develop that same relationship and of course becoming a member of the ways and means committee we spend so much time together. despite the fact that we haven't been able to the last couple of months, as a committee, we spend an enormous amount of time working together, having meals together, talking to one another. it felt like i had a chance to get so much closer to john and i will never forget that. as big and monument also a life as he led, as important a voice as he was, such a soldier for justice and a figure in american history, as good and decent as a man he was in that respect, as we all know now, of course, is that he was that good a friend. he was that good a human being. he was that generous a person. for me, the last couple of months, obviously it's been hard but it's been special. because john under our temporary rules, john, of course, hasn't been able to

john: what's up, man? lemonis: how you doing? john: [ laughs ] i'm john.emonis: john, how are you? john: nice to meet you, man. lemonis: nice to meet you. mike: mike, awesome. lemonis: mike, how are you? can you guys give me a tour of the store? i'm trying to understand the concept. john: absolutely. so, tankfarm is supplies for gentlemen of sport and leisure. our strong demographic is male 25 to 45. that's our audience. this is our brand. fits great. it looks great. we buy the blank. mike designs the graphic. it's really high quality. this is seal beach. this is the seal beach pier. lemonis: all $29? all your t-shirts? john: they are. lemonis: cost? john: about 6 bucks. lemonis: killer margins. good quality. john: great quality. lemonis: and the product is well done. mike: thank you. lemonis: you guys understand color. you understand quality of fabric. you understand design. are these all your house brand, or is there a combination? john: we have about 65 brands. a guy comes in, and he can get everything from his socks, boots, to sunglasses. lemonis: exce

john said. imagine the great joy he had traveling the country to share that message of action with young people. no need imagine. it is my personal privilege right now for me to yield to our beloved colleague, the distinguished gentleman from georgia, congressman john lewises. >> i grew up in rural, alabama, victimized in montgomery, i started in a little place called troy. my father was a share cropper farmer. but back in 1944, when i was only four years old, my father had saved $300. and with the $300, he bought 110 acres of land. my family still own that land today. how many of you remember when you were four? what happened to the rest of us? it was many, many years ago when we were visiting troy, montgomery, visit tuskegee, birmingham, i saw those signs that say white men, colored men, white women, colored women. i asked why. they said that's the way it is. don't get in the way, don't get in trouble. but one day in 1955, 15 years old in the 10th grade i heard of rosa parks. i heard the words

john had resisted.nd then julian made some comment that john had abandoned the voters of the city. >> if it walks like a duck, it acts like a duck it quacks like a duck, it must be a duck. >> i said, well, mr. bond, i think you're the one doing the ducking. i challenge mr. bond to take a drug test. >> that's okay, john. that's all right. >> the challenge rocked bond's campaign, and three days later, john lewis won the runoff by four points. >> i want to thank those folks, those good people who had the courage, the raw courage to change their votes in the runoff and vote for me. thank you. >> the sense of shock and absolute surprise in atlanta the night that john lewis won that seat is unlike anything i have ever seen. i mean people were stunned. >> for the two friends, the damage was done. >> it was hurtful to him. i think he was hurt by the way that john presented those issues. >> their friendship was the price they paid. >> there's been a real strain put on this relationship between the two of us. but

john's friend, dr. martin luther king jr., famously said the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice. but that is never automatic. history only bent toward what's right because people like john paid the price to help bend it. he paid that price at every nashville lunch counter where his leadership made segregation impossible to ignore. he paid it in every jail cell where he waited out hatred and oppression. he paid that price in harassment and beatings from a bus station in south carolina to the edmund pettus bridge. john lewis lived and worked with urgency, because the task was urgent. but even though the world around him gave him every cause for bitterness, he stubbornly treated everyone with respect and love. all so that as his friend, dr. king, once put it, community at itself. today we pray and trust that this peacemaker himself now rests in peace. all of john's colleagues stand with his son, john miles, their family and the entire country in thanking god that he gave our nat

first, i thank john-miles and the lewis family and john's incomparable staff for the chance to say aew words about a man i loved for a long time. i am grateful for pastor warnock to say it in ebenezer. a holy place, sanctified by both the faith and the works of those who have worshiped here. i thank my friend, reverend bernice king, who stood by my side, and gave a fascinating sermon in one of 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 o

in fact, john was shy.le to call it the john lewis bridge if he were alive to see that happen. terry sewall, for example, representative, she wants it to be john lewis. and i think there's going to be probably some back and forth in that community. bulletly, i think that the name -- ultimately, i think the name of the bridge going to change and, hopefully, it can be changed to john lewis. he would probably not be excited about naming anything after himself. harris: representative emmanuel cleaver, you were pastor at a church when i was a young news anchor in kansas city. love to hear you preach. and now you're a leader on capitol hill and giving us so much experience and history today as we honor the legacy of congressman josh lewis. thank you -- john lewis. thank you for your time. >> good to be with you. god bless you. >> god bless you. as we watch this, a couple of things to tell you about. so this is the route to the bridge, and this is really where you will not see any other vehicles except for those e

john the optimist. through it all, john was a person of greatness. he also was a person of great humility. always giving credit to others in the movement. john committed his life to advancing justice and understood that to build a better future, we had to acknowledge the past. exactly one year ago, it was a privilege to be with john and members of the congressional black caucus, madam chair, karen bass, for a pilgrimage to ghana to observe 400 years since the arrival of the first slaves from africa. some of the descendants of those slaves would build this capitol, where john now lies in state on the lincoln catafalque. i wish you could have seen the response that john received when he was introduced to the ghana parliament. my colleagues are shaking their heads. it was overwhelming. i wish you could have seen him at the door of no return, which enslaved people were sent through onto the death ships to cross the atlantic. i wish you could have seen what it meant to him. he knew that the door of no return was a central part of american history, just as

john: they were there with us. john: yes. >> the same food you ate? john: yes. it was not too long after that i got assigned to the 64th field hospital for the prisoner exchange in panmunjom. >> 64th field hospital. john: we took all of our pows we had left and exchanged them for the ones -- the south korean soldiers and americans. >> whether any pows left? john: i thought they all got away but there were about 3000 left. we had that exchange. interestingly enough, when we were taking them up to panmunjom -- i think we called it the freedom village. we issued the prisoners all new uniforms. fatigues and boots, new socks, haircuts, everything, so when they are going up in the trucks they would look good. on the way up there, they took all their close off threw them on the road, scratched each on the road, scratched each other. , when they got up to the exchange point they are saying look with those guards did to us in the prison camp. i have pictures of that, where the road is strewn with boots and clothing. that shocked me that they would do that. we treated the

thank you, john lewis. president obama presented the presidential medal of freedom to john lewis in 2010. here's what president obama had to say about john lewis. [video clip] quote inscribed in a doorway in nashville where students refused to leave lunch counters years ago. it said it, if not us, then who? if not now, then when? hass a question john lewis been asking his entire life. back to theed him edmund pettus bridge in selma after he had been beaten two inchof his life -- to an of his life days before. it is why all these years later, he is known as the conscience of congress, still speaking his mind on issues of justice and inequality. generations from now, when parents teach their children what is meant by courage, the story of john lewis will come to mind. he knew the change could not wait for some other person or other time. host: let's go back to our phone lines and see what you think about the life of congressman john lewis. let's go to nadia from yonkers, new york. caller: i want to thank john

congressman john lewis.ight now, we are watching for the arrival of the late congressman's casket at joint base andrews in washington, d.c. a plane carrying some of his family members, as you can see, has arrived. his family members de-planing now on the right side of your screen. they are waiting for the beloved congressman from georgia to land any moment now, after lying in state in alabama and crossing that edmund pettis bridge in selma one last time on sunday. the man who has been known as the conscious ence of congress return to the capitol one final time, where he will lie in state. in his final journey through washington, a motorcade is going to carry him through the city before ending at the capitol. a live look now at the plane carrying congressman john lewis' body. thousands will say their final fair wel farewells over the next few days, but as this year has shown, his life's work fighting for equality is far from over. i want to bring in kelly o'donnell, who is on capitol hill for us. kelly o., yo

john: yes. i had one done day. -- one doctor. no. no medical. assisted. it was a great experience. we had what we called the monkey house, a psych unit separate from the hospital. it was sort of a -- when i got there we were having trouble with water. i built a four foot thing around our barracks. when we had the breakout in june i was able to put my men behind that barrier. so when the pw's came roaring by they went around is because i had a wall and we had guns. we survived that. i tried to call the mp area to provide guard service and protection. we could not get through. they had cut the lines. we were a mile away from any helpers. >> what do you mean by they broke out? john: the prisoners. yes. >> tell me about it. when and how? john: it happened at about 1:30 in the morning on the 18th of june, we heard the firing. we rolled out of our bunks. got our weapons and ran to see what was going on. the lights were on in the guard towers between fences that held the prisoners on the others of -- o

thank you to all those who loved john. ♪ john's love was unique and all-encompassing.t was powerful. you felt it radiate. i miss him dearly, but we are so deeply blessed to have been touched by his greatness. he will forever change selma and this nation. on bloody sunday in 1965, john was confronted by alabama state troopers and their dog. they beat him with billy clubs, fracturing his skull, but john was determined to fight for equality and justice, putting his own life on the line in the service of others and a brighter future for everyone. john crossed bridges so many times, insisting that our nation live up to the ideals upon which it was founded. as he always said, he gave a little blood on that bridge. as always, john was humble. his humility rang true. as he takes his final march, that final crossing, john bridged the gaps that so often divided us. our political parties working every day for a more just and equitable america. my heart is full knowing that john is crossing that selma bridge today in his final march. his final march, that final crossing so differe

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john lewis.ob well done. >> that op ed that he penned is an incredible gift and it's worth reading in its entirety but i will just redo one excerpt. he writes in part, though i may not be here with you, i ask you to stand up for what you truly believe. it's a more excellent way and now it's your turn to let freedom ring. funeral services of chorus unfolding here at atlanta's historic ebenezer baptist church where congressman lewis' friend and lifelong mentor was baptized, and during the 1960s preached to this congregation. harris, back to you. >> harris: jonathan serrie, thank you very much. i want to bring in now another friend, alvina king. niece of dr. dr. martin luther king jr. and fox news contributor. we will set this up today in terms of talking about john lewis, but we can't lose the thought of the fact that i know herman cain worshiped not far from there at antioch baptist church. born in atlanta, i know some of the other children of that great city. i ask for your review and your spirit

in john lewis. and he came to symbolize the student movement. >> he believed that he could help a country find its soul. >> risking death to fight for what's right. >> i did not think john would survive. >> he likes to stir things up. he likes a little drama. >> let us vote! >> john lewis is not about popularity. he's about purpose. >> never give up. never give in. >> the 17-term congressman faces a new foe. vowing to battle cancer, with the same courage he's used to fight for civil rights. his commitment through the years paved the way for a new generation. >> barack obama does not become president of the united states without a john lewis. >> john lewis led them on a mission to change america. >> our country will never, ever be the same because of what happened on this bridge. >>> when activists turned out to protest the trump administration's separation of migrant children from their parents in june 2018, congressman john lewis was there. >> i am sick and tired, sick and tired, of what happened t

lewis with john lewis?esn't get any better than that. and i got a chance growing up as a little girl in selma, alabama, as a daughter of selma and a member of brown chapel ame church to sit in the pew to the left that my parents always sat in and witness so many amazing foot soldiers come back year after year, you know, everyone from coretta scott king to ct vivian, joseph lowrie and, of course, john lewis and so many of them are gone now. what a heavenly crew that must be up there. but john was such an amazing mentor and friend and it's not auchl you get a chance to really meet your real life american hero and i got to meet him and more importantly got to befriend him and he became such a mentor to me. i have so many wonderful memories of cohosting those pilgrimages, ten times. only john would be so willing to give and share a platform and to put a spotlight on the importance of the next generation. john was so giving. >> and that was so key. you are the first african-american woman to represent alabama in

i need to tell them some things about john that they might not know. the john lewis that i knew. john lewis that i want you to know about is the john lewis that would gravitate toward the least of us. would drop by his four-year-old nephew birthday party, to feed the homeless on thanksgiving day. took the time to go by a young man's house in troy who had portrayed a young john lewis in his black history class, asking his young brothers to be part of this special guest list while receiving the medal of freedom from president barack obama. making a surprise visit to his great nephew's fifth grade class at charles henderson. always attending family functions, even if he could only stay for an hour or so because of his busy schedule. he was always concerned about the health and well-being of his family and members of others. to sum up his life of john lewis, i would say he worked a lifetime to help others and make the world a better place in which to live. and on a personal note, i talked to john on thursday, the day before he passed, and we would always have these interesting conver

in fact, john was shy. he probably never would be able to call it the john lewis bridge if he were alive to see that happen. terry sewall, for example, representative, she wants it to be john lewis. and i think there's going to be probably some back and forth in that community. bulletly, i think that the name -- ultimately, i think the name of the bridge going to change and, hopefully, it can be changed to john lewis. he would probably not be excited about naming anything after himself. harris: representative emmanuel cleaver, you were pastor at a church when i was a young news anchor in kansas city. love to hear you preach. and now you're a leader on capitol hill and giving us so much experience and history today as we honor the legacy of congressman josh lewis. thank you -- john lewis. thank you for your time. >> good to be with you. god bless you. >> god bless you. as we watch this, a couple of things to tell you about. so this is the route to the bridge, and this is really where you will not see any oth

just listen. >> thank you, john lewis! thank you, john lewis! lewis to bring us all together, and just to remind us that progress, you know, is elusive. every generation has to fight for it. >> compromise is the hallmark of america. that's how we came to be a country, and we somehow lost the ability to do that in certain issues. i think it's inspiration to go back from here to washington and say, okay, let's try again. it may take several times before we get the compromise. >> for young people who are just learning about your dad, what is the most important thing for them to take away? >> you know, i think the most important thing is to understand the concept of nonviolence. many are very, very proud of the young people in parkland, who a leading, not following and waiting for something to happen. >> this three-day civil rights pilgrimage not only crossed party lines, it crossed generations. teenagers also came on this journey. charlotte was one of them. >> how can we wrestle with our parents in a way that is respectful, so we can aid them in se

but john miles, do you mind? just stand up, john miles. stand up.m 4'11" and almost 90 years old. and there he is. and i'm supposed to spank him when he doesn't do right. when i walk up to john miles to give him a spanking, i've got to get permission from him. can i spank you? because he's pretty big now. but i loved john miles then, and i love john miles now, and i will take care of you and spank you whether you like it or not. okay. but lillian and john stayed married. i put it together, but it lasted 43 years. that's not a bad record, is it? they were happy and lillian gave him every support a wife could ever give a partner. and they gave love to john miles in the process. john was an unusual individual. ambassador young sitting over here, and we all loved him all the time. his sincerity was apparent. he worked hard, and he said that he wasn't going to stop. and i don't need to tell you anything about john. all of you knew him. all of you know his fervor and his commitment to equity and the love he had for everybody. and i want us to look at the

john lewis to you means? >> john lewis means change to me. his life, his sacrifices and all that he did was to better the world. not just our country, but the world. and i think that through his continuous fight and his seeing things, the struggle, to put his life on the line for us, i think it will make this country so much better, such a better place. and even when he couldn't fight physically, he kept fighting. the work he did throughout his life is evident here by the people who came out. me being one. i wouldn't miss this here to honor his life. the legacy. and hopefully i will pass his legacy on through my actions of trying to help others, as he did. >> reporter: real quick, talking of legacy, how do we all commit to the legacy? >> of course it's voting. but just talking, having conversations, getting to know people, look around at the crowd today, it's a very diverse crowd. instead of just blocking ourselves off into our own ideologies, getting out, meeting people but definitely voting for your convictions and the things you believe in

as you see congressman john lewis there.re's so many details about his life that stand out on a day like today. for instance, he was born 79 years after the start of the civil war, and there was much work to do, as you heard him say, and his very words not long ago. and now we revisit some of his journey. and this is a celebration. his family has been part of planning all of this weeklong celebration nearly, six events that will commemorate his life. so you will hear a lot of that type of tone today. let's watch the church service in selma. >> we are so deeply blessed to have touched, been touched by his greatness. he will forever change selma and this nation. on bloody sunday in 1965, john was confronted by alabama state troopers and their dogs. acng his h h skull.billy clubs, buttnoh was determineeternene tt for equalieqlity jusustice puttintt le on thennine he ser ofth a brigightuthteut foror everyone.y john chn bridgo m man m live u to th tethdeals uponpo wn it was fou f. as he always said, s he g gee a little bloodloodn

john: i did. got to be cochairman of the illinois finance committee with a friend of yours, jim crown. we worked for penny pritzker, and that was a magical thing to be able to be involved with on the ground floor. once he was elected president, i got to be cochairman of the inauguration, and that was special. and what was really special, when he first got elected, we were the temporary transition headquarters at ariel. so for three days he was there helping to form the government. that i will never forget. david: you helped him in his campaign, he is using your offices for the transition. did he offer you a job and if so why did you not take it? john: we never really had that conversation. i love investing, and i love our business and i have a great team, as i mentioned earlier, at ariel, so there was never a thought i would go to washington. david: are you worried about a recession in the near future? john: i am not worried about a recession. warren buffett always says that last century the dow s

like john the baptist preparing the way, like those old testament prophets speaking truth to kings, johnis did not hesitate and he kept on getting on board buses and sitting at lunch counters and got his mug shot taken again and again, marched again and again on a mission to change america. spoke to quarter of a million people at the march on washington when he was just 23 and helped to organize the freedom summer in mississippi when he was just 24. at the ripe old age of 25 john was asked to lead the march from selma to montgomery and he was warned that the governor had ordered troopers to use violence and that he and josÉ williams and others led them across that bridge anyway and we have all seen the film and the footage in the photographs and president clinton mentioned the trenchco trenchcoat, the knapsack, the book to read, the apple to eat, the toothbrush, apparently jails weren't big on such creature comforts and when you look at those pictures and john looks so young and he is small in stature and looked, and every bit that shy, serious child that his mother had raised and yet he

>> john: that's what i'm saying, those are really good pitches. these are strikeout type pitch pitches. >> kevin: good time to tell you if you haven't checked it out yet a brand-new fox sports app and website debuted this week. this is a moment in this game, jeff mcneil battling matt barnes. nobody out, tying run on. this one to left and caught by benintendi. first out of a nine pitch at-b at-bat. so now it's j.d. davis, 0 for 2 with a walk in the sixth inning. he will put the shift on for davis just a little bit. >> john: you've got to make him hit th high fastball. one of the better lowball hitters, power hitters last ye year. >> kevin: comes upstairs and got a piece of the bat, strike strike one. >> john: what i miss most about not pitching is the cat-and-mouse game with the execution, knowing what the other guy can and can't do. >> kevin: got it by him from 95. diaz has already warmed for the mets in the bullpen, you would think getting ready if the mets take the lead but who knows? maybe he comes in anyway. familia through 13 pitches and it c

john? >> you're right.ition to being a civil rights hero, american icon and kind and gentle man, he also could be, when he thought the right thing to do a fierce partisan and in the eulogy today, president obama urging continuing the work and unmistakable, dana, what president obama was doing when he said this, going back to when john lewis crossed that bridge and george wallace, then governor of alabama, sent in the state troopers. >> george wallace may be gone, but we can witness our federal government senting agents to use tear gas and batons against peaceful demonstrators. we may no longer have to guess the number of jelly beans in a jar in order to cast a ballot, but even as we sit here there those in power who are doing their darndest to discourage people from voting. >> pretty clear, pretty blunt. we are 14 weeks from a presidential election and president obama i'm assuming with the full blessing of his now departed friend of john lewis now wanted to make a point, those in power could have been the m

john lewis' blood literally runs the soils of this great country. john lewis was beaten.n lewis lost loved ones along the way. but he never stopped being the north star. he never stopped fighting for justice. and john lewis also realized that other people take for granted. he also realized that the election of barack obama wasn't the end or culmination of justice in this country, but instead, the beginning of where we need to go. so, tonight is a tough night. however, we have so much to celebrate, don. you know, we've, unfortunately, done a few funerals together on tv. but you just know that atlanta music. you just know that atlanta whooping they're going to be doing in church down there and the sermon they're going to have when they put him to rest is going to be something i just can't wait to be a part of, as there's so much to celebrate in the life of lewis. >> gentlemen, will you stand by. i want to get to congressman andrew young who joins us by phone. congressman, thanks for joining. i want to say good evening to you, but it's not a good evening. i'll be honest. >>

king's leadership and john didn't share that. john wanted to change the world. and he was not thinking about credit. >> martin luther king was his hero and example and model. >> i think they shared a total commitment, there was no moral compromise, they were fearless. >> when king's group organized a protest march from selma to montgomery in march 1965, snic refused to join. but john lewis chose to march anyway at the front of the line. >> we are marching to demonstrate to the nation that hundreds of thousands of negro citizens are denied the right to vote. his napsack was with a apple and a toothbrush, he was ready to go to jail as often before and worse. >> he was always available to risk death. and i think it was not that he wanted to die, it was that the basis of had his leadership was showing on fearlessness that encouraged others. >> when the marchers crossed the edmund pettus bridge a line of state troopers confronted them. >> you are ordered to disperse, go home or go to your church. >> they refused to turn back. the violence was broadcast on national te

the blood of viola, the blood of john lewis. we celebrate john lewis.e was wounded for america's transgressions. bruised, for our iniquities, and , and by his strength, we are healed. so, let us remember him today, and recommit to standing together, and fighting together, and voting together, and standing up on behalf of truth and righteousness. we will get through this together. we will have faith in our democracy together and let us worship the lord. let us worship the lord together. thank god for john robert lewis. amy: senior papastor rafael warnock of the ebenezer bapaptit church and is s running for the u.s. senatee in nonovember. speaking at thursdayay's funeral for john lewis. fullan sesee our four -- interview at t democracynynow.o. when we come back we willll hear from the revererend james lawso. and present -- resident barack obama. ♪ [music break] amy: jennifefer holliday singing precious lord take e my hand on the e funeral on thursday. this is democracy now!, thee quarantine report, i am amy goodman. he bring you highlight from the funeral

king, the great john lewis. democratic congressman from georgia and an icon of the several rights movement followed his friend and civil rights icon into that good night. john lewis 11 years younger than dr. king and a force unto himself and who had been the lone remaining number of the big six who spoke at the march on wug was 80 years old. he died after a battle with stage four pancreatic cancer. born to a family of sharecrop r sharecroppers john lewis became an early leader in the stunts nonviolent coordinating committee where he worked to fight for the rights of black people and organized and several lunch counter sit ins throughout the south. he played an integral role in the civil rights movement and was arrested or jailed at least 40 times throughout the 1960s often putting his very life on the line to progress the rights of black people in america. he was an original freedom writer in 1961, a speaker at the historic march on washington in 1963 and gained prominence when he and hundreds of marchers were b