the chancellor of troy university. on behalf of our board of trustees, several of our trustees are here this morning, i want to welcome you to this very special occasion. in particular that welcome is .xtended family we certainly extend our condolences to the family and our appreciation for the family and what congressman lewis have meant not only for the state and country but to the world around us. and i welcome his -- on behalf of the party as well. i would be remiss this morning if i did not call attention to the efforts of one of our trustees, mr. lamar higgins, in bringing all of us together in this place at this time. today truly is a time to welcome home the native son of this county. we are very proud that dr. martin luther king put that troy" ony from congressman lewis so many years ago. we are very proud of the identity that it affords. i can't begin to tell you how many messages and calls i have had from not only inside this country but around the world the last few days as people have learned that john lew

[applause] [no talking] >> on the half of the citizens of troy and pike county, the troy city councilthree of whose members are here, i would -- i want to offer to the family the prayers of our community and the pride that we have that congressman lewis has come home. i have frankly never felt more unworthy to be in front of a microphone short of my salvation and the opportunity to be a father, i do not know if i have ever felt as unworthy of being on this stage, but as a leader of this community, i would offer up a few thoughts to the family. three things have come to mind for me over this past week. i have a long-standing connection to the lewis family. coached me and darrius on an all-star team for the city of troy. darrius was sure a lot better ballplayer than i was, but they let me hang around. the thing that kept coming to mind and that i would see, you know, grant lived by example. he was not one of those coaches that hauler or had to yell. he lived that way. and that is what john robert lewis did. he was a man of action. he was a man of action. i was looking at something this

but now we're in troy, his hometown.e know him as an icon and congressman from georgia for decades, but he is the son of alabama, born to sharecroppers on the outskirts of town. and he knew very quickly growing up the injustice of segregation. he experienced it, which is why he fought against both his entire life. and he's back home one last time. and his family and friends and that neighborhood there are all gathered to pay tribute inside trojan university on the university of troy. i should point out one of the problems they are dealing with is there are more people who wish to attend than can under the safety rules that are being applied due to the pandemic. there were about 800 tickets made available. you can see the social distancing taking place. after the service that will include family members. then there will be a public visitation for two hours and then of course john lewis' body will be moved to selma. there will be another service tonight and another public viewing and then tomorrow, one last trip over the b

thank you, merciful master, for the boy from troy, who was the conscience of congress. thank you, self-sufficient sustainer, for embedding in john lewis the actuality that christianity and politics can coexist ethically and with equity. thank you, holy one for john lewis, whose christianity shaped his politics, and john never allowing politics to disfigure his christianity. most holy, thank you for john lewis, who embraced the redemptive calls of engaging himself in good troubled. good troubled allowed him to cross bridges blockaded by legalized lynch men who were inspired by the false notion of racial supremacy. thank you, father of all mercy, for john, who wore the mantle of good troubled i did not flinch in the face of fear when confronted i deputized demons who intended to discourage, deny, and ultimately destroyed the just cause of john robert lewis. , true and righteous judge, for john lewis and his engagement in good troubled. good troubled that confronted, institutionalized racism. compared thisthat boy from troy, the conscious of congress, to deny himself and t

>> well, because he grew up just toutside city of troy.ean, he was the son of sharecroppers, and he saexperienced kind of racial discrimination that everyone did. he couldn't check books out of there were the other, colored water fountains and the white water fountains-- and one thing that was pointed out to me over the years is, those colored water untains had warm water, and then the white ones d cold water. so, i mean, if you're in alabama in one of those 100-degree days, i mean, it's pret awful. so, alabama turned out to be kunind of aattleg not only for him, but also for dr. king. b f his family who attended en masse for this event today, it was kind of a-- it was a homecoming for them. and some of the stories they told were-- were really heartwarming, really kind of give you a side of john lewis you didn't know about. >> sreenivasan: what struck you? what's an example of something thate are unlikely to hear, when it comes to the, sort of, pressional eulogies that might happen later in the week? >> well, his sister confided that he wa

again, this is at troy university. as soon as the family of john lewis speaks, we'll take you there live. freedom unlimited card to buy heavier weights online. got it! go time! with freedom unlimited, you're always earning. i should've purchased lighter weights! hold on one second... sure. okay... okay! safe drivers save 40%!!! guys! guys! check it out. safe drivers save 40%!!! safe drivers save 40%! safe drivers save 40%!!! that's safe drivers save 40%. it is, that's safe drivers save 40%. - he's right there. - it's him! he's here. he's right here. - hi! - hi. hey! - that's totally him. - it's him! that's totally the guy. safe drivers do save 40%. click or call for a quote today. >> this is henry grant lewis, the brother of john lewis at troy university. let's listen in. >> that i want you to know about is that john lewis that would gravitate for the least of us, would drive by his four-year-old nephew's birthday party. he would feed the hungry and homeless on thanksgiving day. took the time to go by a young man's hou

of skybridge,ski troy going into slow-motion briefly. on the bond market, 10 yield -- 10 year yields down. real yields get in the headlines. tom: there will be a major headline in a bit, the 10 year tips has come down on the edge of -1.00. that is a round number. jonathan: unbelievable, seemingly everything pricing off this move of real yields in america. gold up, the dollar drifts higher. people want to deliver growth. monster tech delivered growth. lisa: we are watching the disappearance of getting money for lending money to higher-rated companies. the 3,at record lows in 5, and 10 year maturities. how long can we continue to get a bifurcation in bonds and stocks? jonathan: this is the ultimate challenge. had anlast 24 hours, we ugly gdp print. let's look at jobless claims that spoke to an economy that is rolling over and yields -- lower yields in the bond market. credit is tight because we have a huge incentive higher in the mix. mega cap stocks can make money in a shutdown with us all at home. do those reflect the underlying economy?

and there is still a lot of family members that live in troy.ommunity and his family want to embrace him, want to celebrate his life. so there's a service about to begin at the top of the hour and there will of course be hymns and readings and family members who will be speaking. the problem with all of these events that are planned over the next couple days is that there will be far more people who want to attend than can under the conditions of this pandemic. so, for instance, at troy university the arena, only 080 people will be allowed to get in even though it's a really large facility, that's for safety reasons because of coronavirus. and everywhere the family is encouraging people to wear masks and social distance. at the ent here tonight that will be held at selma at this church, there again going to ask people limit who can show up. so the family is pointing out that everywhere, all these events will be streamed live. so he comes to selma this afternoon, another service, another public viewing and then tomorrow the remarkable day where h

king told the boy from troy he would need his parents' permission to take on troy state.ut they were afraid of the consequences and refused. as lewis returned to nashville, he was determined to do something. and then he met the second role model who would change his life. >> jim lawson came to nashville, and he enrolled as a student at vanderbilt university divinity school. >> this unbelievable young man taught us the philosophy and the discipline of nonviolence. and he kept saying respect the dignity and the worth of every human being. even if someone beats you, throw you in jail, look them in the eye and respect them. >> lawson's group began sit-ins at lunch counters in downtown nashville in early 1960. lewis and the other students filled the counters, tried to order food and then took whatever abuse was hurled at them. when the 20-year-old lewis was arrested for the first time in february 1960, his parents were shocked. >> a lot of people of color at that time, they were afraid of what was going to happen. he could die. they could lose the land or any number of terribl

and that boy from troy. appropriately because of troy university there. we know that his body will lie in repose for the next three hours and the public can pay their respects there at the trojan arena. thank you so much, priscilla. >>> very quickly before i say good-bye i wanted to ask about the other -- i'll do it later. let's turn to the extremely tense situation unfolding in portland, oregon as we have nbc's maura barrett saying the peaceful protests quickly gave way to the clashes with federal agents. there were fireworks set off and aimed right toward the federal courthouse. tear gas deployed in response to all that then the federal agents made an announcement to disburse and fired pepper balls and more tear gas. what a scene. joining me right now juan chavez, an attorney with the oregon justice resource center. juan was at last night's protest in portland. okay, juan, tell me how tense that situation was, first of all, what you witnessed. >> sure, well, what i witnessed was what we've seen for the last 50 days, which is police escalating a protest

john lewis was born in troy, grew up in troy, and hoped to attend troy university where he is lying in repose but at the time he applied and never heard back. as we know that sort of prompted him to write a letter to dr. martin luther king jr. who had invited him to montgomery and john lewis went there and met with him and it was dr. king who called him the boy from troy. he said are you that boy from troy? that name has stuck throughout his life. now that boy from troy is still inspiring the next generation of leaders. i want you to take a listen to what one young woman told me. >> no matter what age we are we should all fight for civil rights. you just need to fight for what you believe in. you just need to try. we can really do that. just because you're one person doesn't mean you can't make a change in the world. >> so many people in lewis's hometown inspired to continue his legacy even though he is no longer here with them and he will lie in repose for about another hour and then he will journey on to selma, alabama where there will be a private service held and he will also lie i

"are you the boy from troy?" and from that day on he started calling me the boy from troy.was, i am sure that he is immensely proud of his legacy. john lewis there, speaking to the bbc seven years ago. a man who was filmed being detained while a police officer knelt on his neck has appeared in court in london — charged with possessing a knife in public. the metropolitan police's deputy commissioner, described the footage as ‘extremely disturbing'. shot on thursday, a police officer has since been suspended and another placed on restricted duties, while an independent investigation is carried out. european union leaders in brussels are struggling to reach agreement on an economic recovery package worth 750 billion euros, it's aimed at repairing the damage done by the coronavirus. a revised plan has been put forward on the second day of the summit, and is being discussed this afternoon. the bbc‘s europe correspondent, gavin lee explains what the sticking points are on the deal. the main element is that 500 billion euros is to be given out as grants to countries worst hit by c

so i believe the way we have to honor the boy from troy is to remember what the boy from troy fought for. we have an omnibus bill. if they really want to honor him and in that, restore the voting rights act that mcconnell has blocked for 2,586 days today. pass universal health care immediately so we can have it in the midst of this covid-19. pass living wages that john fought for, even in '63 he was talking about it. what we need to do is not just have ceremony, but to really emulate his life and lastly, if we really want to honor him if the boy from troy was still alive, he would be saying to his colleague, pass a stimulus bill that truly protects essential workers, that truly protects the people we're calling heroes. stop letting people die. give them health care. give them sick leave. give them unemployment. give them rent forgiveness. give them moratoriums on their utility. that boy from troy never forgot where he came from. he never forgot the people there, and he always remembered it in public policy. that's what makes him so powerful and why we must continue to emulate his leg

king told the boy from troy, he would need his parents' permission to take on troy state. but they were afraid of the consequences and refused. as lewis returned to nashville, he was determined to do something. and then he met the second role model who would change his life. >> jim lawson came to nashville and he enrolled as a student at vanderbilt university, divinity school. >> this unbelievable young man taught us philosophy and he kept said respect the dignity and the worth of every human being, even if somebody beats you or throw you in jail, look them in the eye, and respect them. >>> lawson's group began sit-ins at lunch counters in downtown nashville in early 1960. lewis and the other students filled the counters, tried to orders food and then took whatever abuse was hurled at them. on the 20-year-old lewis arrested for the first time in february, 1960, his parents were shocked. >> a lot of people of color at that time were afraid of what was going to happen. he could die and they could lose the land and any number of terrible consequences. >> lewis and the other s

the story that began in troy isn't ending here today. nor is the work. john lewis lives forever in his father's house and he will live forever in the hearts of americans who act justly, love mercy, and walk humbly with their god. may the flights of angels see john lewis to his rest and may god bless the country he loved. [applause] ♪ [applause] pres. clinton: thank you very much. first, i thank john-miles and the lewis family and john's incomparable staff for the chance to say a few 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 i

♪ the boy from troy. let me just offer this we praise god for john lewis., we're reminded that as a teenager, he actually wrestled with a call to ministry. a farm boy, he used to preach to the chickens. i guess you have to start somewhere. and at age 16, he preached what we baptists call his trial sermon in a little country church. but as his life took shape instead of preaching sermons, he became one. he became a living, walking sermon about truth-telling and justi justice-making in the earth. learned how to love him back. we celebrate john lewis. at a time that there is so much going on in our world, the news cycle is packed and moves as a dizzying pace. yet for the last several days, it is as if time stood still while the nation takes its time to remember him. i rise simply to ask in this call to celebration, what is it that has summoned us here? calls us to slow down, to linger for a little while, with so much swirling around us? we're summoned here because, in a moment, when there are some in high office who are much better at division than vision. who

king was seeking help to get into troy. but also, then you have to realize that he was in line with dr. king's training about nonviolence, as we've heard earlier today. he had gone on from troy over to nashville, and to a baptist seminary, and he was studying, again, the principles of nonviolence. people like james lawson and others who had been over to india, even, to study gandhi and the like. they had brought back these principles of nonviolence. they took root in john lewis' heart as he became one of the founders of the student nonviolent coordinating committee. he held the freedom rides that we have described earlier. the second thing is, they will stop at the lincoln memorial. as we've heard, he was the speaker immediately before dr. king. the man who opened the march on washington was a philip randol randolph. >> harris: we are watching now, they are in the of columbia, and they are about 10 minutes or fewer away from the mlk memorial where they will stop first. let's take this to a quick commercial break. more on th

and the troy state university band led the parade. and that chancellor of the university heard i wanted to attend tri-state so he invited me to come down to the next graduation, and they gave me an honorary degree, so i have an honorary doctorate from tri-state university. i got it the easy way. [laughter] my goal tonight is to do what i can to help make our world a world of peace. that is a long struggle. to do what i can to help build the beloved community here and in america and around the world, a community at peace with itself. so i have spent a lot of time traveling around the country and visiting other parts of the world speaking about love, , nonviolence. >> hi, my name is rhonda and i am a junior at eastern senior high school in the academy. i know you say that you are supposed to keep going with what you're doing but was there any time in the 1960's as a civil rights leader that your fear made you stop or hesitate? rep. lewis: it is good question. never ever did i consider giving up or throwing in the towel. or say maybe thi

the story that began in troy isn't ending here today. nor is the work. john lewis lives forever in his father's house and he will live forever in the hearts of americans who act justly, love mercy, and walk humbly with their god. may the flights of angels see john lewis to his rest and may god bless the country he loved. [applause] ♪ [applause] president clinton: thank you very much. first, i thank john-miles and the lewis family and john's incomparable staff for the chance to say a few words about a man i loved for a long time. i am grateful for pastor warnock to say it in ebenezer. a holy place, isn't aified by both the -- 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 who i really thank for, with the stroke of a hand, ending an intrafamily fight within our party

king told the boy from troy he would need his parents permission to take on troy state, but they were afraid of the consequences and refused. as lewis returned to nashville he was determined to do something. and then he met the second role model who would change his life. >> john lawson came to nashville and enrolled as a student at vanderbilt university divinity school. >> he taught us the philosophy in the discipline of nonviolence and he kept saying respect dignity and the worth of every human being. even if someone beats you, throws you in jail look them in the eye and respect them. >> lawson's group began sit-ins at lunch counters in downtown nashville in early 1960. lewis and other students filled the counters, tried to order food and took whatever abuse was hurled at them. when a 20-year-old lewis was arrested the first time in february 1960 his parents were shocked. >> a lot of people of color at that time were afraid of what was going to happen. he could die, they could lose the land or any number of terrible consequences. >> but lewis and the other students continued their s

the boy from troy. let me just offer this. we praise god for john lewis. as we gather in this house of god, we're reminded that as a teenager he actually wrestled with a call to ministry. a farm boy, he used to preach to the chickens. i guess you have to start somewhere. at age 16 he preached what we baptists call his trial sermon in a little country church. but as his life took shape, instead of preaching sermons, he became one. he became a living, walking sermon about truth telling and justice making in the earth. he loved america until america learned how to love him back. we celebrate john lewis. [ applause ] >> at a time that there is so much going on in our world, the news cycle is packed and moves at a dizzying pace. here for the last several days, it is as if time stood still while a nation takes its time to remember him. i rise simply to ask, in this call to celebration, what is it that has summoned us here and caused us to slow down, to linger for a little while with so much swirling around us. we're summoned here because, in a moment when there

he was nicknamed the boy from troy.when they first met. a few blocks away from troy university where hundreds came to honor his life and his legacy, john lewis was denied a library card. he was told that the library was told for whites only. well, decades later, he would be elected to congress and that same library invited him back for a book signing of his autobiography, and that day he said, hundreds of black and white citizens showed up and he ended up walking away that day with a library card. just someone that was able to see the legacy of his life play out in front of him in such a powerful way, george. >> in such a powerful way. pierre thomas though, he had no idea on march 7, 1965 whether he would actually get across that bridge. >> reporter: that's right, george. you know, the word hero is thrown around way too much. as a black man from the south, let me go there for a second and describe what he faced in that period. this was a time when george wallace was the governor of that state. george wallace was a face

the958, i went back to library in troy for a book signing. hundreds of white and black citizens showed up and they gave me a library card. it says something about the progress we have made in america . two of martin luther king -- to what martin luther king called an interracial society. how do you get involved, you may ask? when i finished high school in 1957 at the age of 17, i wanted to attend school. it is now known as troy state university. application, had my transcript sent to the school. i never heard a word. i wrote a letter to martin luther king, junior and told him i needed his help. i did not tell my mother, my father, any of my sisters or brothers. dr. king wrote me back and sent me a greyhound bus ticket, invited me to come to montgomery to meet with him. i will never forget it. on a saturday morning, september, 1957, my father drove me to the greyhound bus station. they gave me a $100 bill. they gave me a footlocker. i put everything i owned except those chickens in my footlocker. dr. king heard from one of his friends, who was

the story that began in troy isn't ending here today nor is the work.ericans who act justly, love mercy and -- and walk humbly with their god. may the flights of angels see john lewis to his rest and may god bless the country he loved. [ applause ] ♪ [ applause ] >> thank you very much. >> first i thank john myles and the lewis family and john's incomparable staff for a chance to say a few words about a man i loved for a long time. i am grateful, pastor warnock to say it in ebenezer, a holy place sanctified by both the faith and the works of those who have worshipped here. i thank my friend reverend bernice king who stood by my side and gave a fascinating sermon and one of the most challenging periods of my life. i thank president and mrs. bush, president obama and 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 challe

>>today memorial services honoring lewis took place in troy and selma, alabama. reporter molly crane can was at troy university in talks with lewis's family and colleagues about the life of the civil rights legend. >>it was here at troy university that representative john lewis applied to attend, but never heard back from the been all white college now the university is honoring the boy from troy representative john lewis was born and raised in troy alabama and it was here that his efforts for racial equality began in dallas was less my hero and he was the best hero ever his humble is his love of his patients that's who he who he is every day traded and that what he told us and i believe each and every one of us can walk away and said that we are louis for a lewis was known as the moral conscience of congress serving over 3 decades in georgia's 5th congressional district john was more than just a colleague he was a dear friend. it's rare that you get a chance to thank your hero or even to befriend your hero let alone to get to work with him each and every day in

we thank you for the faith foundations that his mother and father established in troy, alabama. we thank you for his leadership of snic and the march in washington. we thank you how he was bloodied for us, breeze e bruised for us willing to give up his life so we might have the life, liberty and pursuit of happiness. today as his colleagues, friends and especially family members come as he lays in state in this hallowed rotunda, we come on this day recommitting ourselves to march as he marched to ballot boxes and this year for mailboxes and for voting rights and for civil rights and for human rights. we'll keep doing that until that day of justice rolls down like mighty waters and righteousness like a mighty stream. finally on july 17th we want to say thank you that he crossed another bridge. not the edmund pettus bridge that we pray will one day be named the john lewis memorial bridge but the bridge from earth to glory. when he got this elijah cummings and others welcomed him home as they marched down that street paved with gold. thank you for allowing our # throne, we heard hi

"are you the boy from troy?" and from that day on he started calling me the boy from troy.eaking to the bbc seven years ago. joining me now from atlanta to discussjohn lewis' legacy is the son of martin luther king jr, human rights activist martin luther king iii. thank you very much for being with us thank you very much for being with us to talk to british years about john lewis. and the work he did, following on from your late father's achievements and legacy. how important which is the was to the ongoing campaign for equality and human and civil rights in the united states ? human and civil rights in the united states? extraordinarily important. in factjohn lewis became the conscience of congress. and really the conscience of our nation. he a lwa ys the conscience of our nation. he always did up forjustice and righteousness and equality. he brought people together. he worked ina bipartisan brought people together. he worked in a bipartisan fashion, more than probably anyone else, that is what he was about. we have got to bring people together to get something done. in fa

i grew up 50 miles from montgomery, 10 miles from troy and i planned to go to a school called troy state college, now known as troy university. submitted my application and i never heard a word from the school so i wrote a letter to doctor martin luther king jr. and he wrote me back and sent me around trip greyhound bus ticket invited me to come to montgomery to meet with him but in the meantime i've been accepted at this college in nashville. so i went off to nashville, he gave me $100 bill, more money than i've ever had and gave me one of these big upright footlockers. i put everything that i owned in this locker, my books, my clothing and went to nashua and i literally grew up in nashville. it was there that i started studying philosophy and discipline of nonviolence. >> who are shorty and sugar? >> shorty was a name that my mother and some other of my father and my father called my mother sugar. >> what did they do? >> they worked on the farm in 1944 and i do remember i was for. i remember when i was four. my father had been a sharecropper, but in 1944 he had saved me hundred dollars

king told the boy from troy that he would need his parents' permission to take on troy state.ut they were afraid of the consequences and refused. as lewis returned to nashville, he was determined to do something. and then he met the second role model who would change his life. >> jim lawson enrolled at vanderbilt divinity school. >> this unbelievable young man taught us a philosophy. and he kept say respect the dignity and the worth of every human being, even if someone beat you, throw you in jail. look them in the eye and respect them. >> lawson's group began sit-ins at lunch counters in downtown na nashville in early 1960. lewis and the other students filled the counters, tried to order food and took whatever abuse was hurled at them. when the 20-year-old lewis was arrested for the first time in february 1960, his parents were shocked. >> a lot of people of color at that time, they were afraid of what was going to happen. he could die. they could lose the land or any number of terrible consequences. >> but lewis and the other students continued their sit-ins. and after month

john saw the malignancy of racism in troy, alabama.ormed in him a sensibility that he had to do something about it. he did not know what that was, but he was convinced that he was called indeed to do whatever he could do, get in good trouble but stop the more ro horror thay folk lived through in that part of the 20th century. john was not alone. martin king had the same experience as a boy. i had the same experience at the age of 4 in the streets of ohio. matthew mccullough, a pastor whose name you don't know in south carolina, had the same experience. c.t. vivian had the same experience. i maintain that many of us had no choice to do what we try to do primarily because at an early age, we recognized the wrong under which we were forced to live and we swore to god that by god's grace, we would do whatever god called us to do in order to put on the table of the nation's agenda. this must end. black lives matter. [ applause ] and so between 1953 and 1973, we had major campaigns, year after year. thousands of demonstrations across the nat

john saw the malignancy of racism in troy, alabama.d in him a sensibility that he had to do something about it. he did not know what that was. but he was convinced that he was called, indeed, to do whatever he could do, get in good trouble but stop the horror that so many folk lived through and in in this country in that part of the 20th century. john was not alone. martin king had the same experience as a boy. i had the same experience from age 4. in the streets of masalin, ohio. matthew mccollum, a pastor whose name you don't know in south carolina had the same experience. ct vivian had the same experience. i maintain that many of us had no choice to do but we tried to do primarily because at an early age we recognized the wrong under which we were forced to live and we swore to god that by god's grace we would do whatever god called us to do in order to put on the table of the nation's agenda this must end. black lives matter. [ applause ] and so between 1953 and 1973, we had major campaigns, year after year. thousands of demonstrat

the story that began in troy isn't ending here today, nor is the work.mercy, and walk humbly with their god. may the flights of angels see john lewis to his rest and may god bless the country he loved. [ applause ]. ♪ ♪ [ applause ] >> thank you very much. first, i thank john miles and the lewis family, and john's staff for a chance to say a few words, about a man i loved for a long time. i am grateful of the pastor to say it in ebenezer, a holy place, sanctified by both the faith and the works of those who have worshipped 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 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 ha

alicia acuna there in troy, alabama.hank you. ♪ eric: now to the coronavirus, the centers of for disease control released a new report about covid-19 symptoms. researchers are finding one-third of the patients that were symptomatic when tested did experience life-altering symptoms for weeks and even months after first getting sick, even if they weren't sick enough to go to the hospital. it seems to have long-lasting effects. this sadly as the number of cases in our country continues to go up, passing 4.1 million and more than 145,000 americans have now been reported to have died. jacqui heinrich is live with the latest details on the fight against coronavirus. hi, jacqui. >> reporter: hi, eric. that study you mentioned showed that coronavirus is having a lasting impact even on people who are experiencing milder symptoms. 35% of people who had the virus and were able to self-treat at home reported still feeling sick two to three weeks later and of those people aged 18 to 34, 20% were still feeling ill weeks later. more th

joining us right now from the memorial services in troy, alabama, is nbc's priscilla thompson, you hadortunity to speak to lewis's brother, henry grant lewis. what did he have to say? >> reporter: well, yeah, i caught with him just as he was leaving those services here today. and we spoke about just the outpouring of love and support that he's seeing here today. that has meant so much to this family that is grieving this loss, and he was just saying seeing all of these people who have decided to come out even amid a pandemic to pay their respects to his older brother has just been so touching and moving and really, you know, shown what an impact john lewis had not only on this country, but also on this world. and you know, i also ask him about his favorite memories of his older brother that he'll carry with him, and i want you to take a listen to what he described to me. >> how generous and how kind he were, and how he would pick out the least among the crowd, and gravitate towards that person. he had that kind heart. he had that inner peace within himself. and he would just go out of

john's story began on a tiny farm in troy, alabama.ce so small he said you could barely find it on the map. the doctor talked about the chickens. i did a little research. every morning, he would rise before the sun to tend to the flock of chickens. he loved those chickens. already called to be a minister who took care of others, john fed them and tended to their every need. even their spiritual ones. for john baptized them, married them, and he preached to them. when his parents claim one for family supper, john refused to eat one of his flock. going hungry was his first act of nonviolent protest. he also noted in later years that his first congregation of chickens listened to him more closely than some of his colleagues in congress. john also thought that the chickens were just a little more productive. at least they produced eggs, he said. from troy to the sit-ins of nashville, from the freedom rides to the march on washington, from freedom summer to selma, john lewis always looked outward, not inward. he always thought of others. he

in the little town of troy, we visited birmingham. i saw the signs, white men, colored women, i would come home and asked my mother, my father, my grandparents, my great-grandparents, why? don't get in the way, don't get in trouble. but one day, in 1955, 15 years old, in the tenth grade, i heard about rosa parks. i heard the words of martin luther king jr. on the radio. 1957. i met rosa parks at the age of 72. in 1958, i met martin luther king jr., and these two individuals inspired me to get in the way, to get in trouble. so i come here to say to you this morning, on this beautiful campus, you must find a way to get in the way. you must find a way to get in trouble. [applause] use your education. you have wonderful teachers. wonderful professors. use what you have. use your learning. use your tools. help make our country, help make our world a better place, where no one will be left out or left behind. you can do it, and you must do it. it is your time. [applause] in a few short days, we will commemorate what we call the mississippi

. ♪ born in troy alabama ♪ born in troy, alabama ♪ to eddie and willem ♪ share croppers working in thehey were ♪ ♪ he knew there was much more and so he asked the lord to show ♪ ♪ yes he did ♪ all he's achieved in his life we already know ♪ ♪ we were there when you called in a hurry ♪ ♪ tell you the truth don't you worry ♪ ♪ he was willing to fight in the struggle and he was willing to get into trouble ♪ ♪ yes he was ♪ he was willing to get into trouble ♪ ♪ and civil holding rights ♪ no matter the problems he faced he kept his eyes on the prize ♪ ♪ and then he learned to walk and believe god until the end ♪ ♪ yes he did ♪ and knew we would overcome and love is going to win ♪ ♪ he was there when you called don't you worry ♪ ♪ he tells the truth in a hurry ♪ ♪ he was willing to fight for the struggle and willing to get into trouble ♪ ♪ yes he was ♪ oh yes he was ♪ willing to get into trouble ♪ and as you put on your robe to guy home we will continue to fight and be strong ♪ ♪ we continue to fight continue to fight ♪ ♪ he was there to call and tell you the truth ♪ ♪ don't you worry ♪ he w

outside of a little place called troy. my father was a sharecropper farmer, but back in 1944, when i was only 4 years old, my father had saved $300. and with the $300, he bought 110 acres of land. my family still owns that land today. how many of you remember when you were 4? what happened to the rest of us? it was many, many years ago when we were visited the town of troy, visit montgomery, visit tuskegee, visit birmingham, i saw those signs saying white men, colored men. white women, colored men. white waiting, colored waiting. i would come home and ask my mother, my father, my grandparents why. they would say 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 tenth grade, i heard about rosa parks. i heard the words of martin luther king jr. on the radio. 1957, i met rosa parks at the age of 17. in 1958, at the age of 18, i met martin luther king jr., and these two individuals inspired me to get in the way, to get in trouble. so i come here to say to you this morni

congressman and civil rights hero john lewis is being honored in his hometown of troy, alabama. institutionallized racism and champion for the disenfranchised. >> he was fearless because with god, he was chosen. he helped others, he often told us if you see something wrong, do something. >> we heard from his siblings who knew him as robert, and leaders here in alabama of the man who would show up to the members of his family's classrooms when they were kid as a surprise guest and no matter how sick he felt at the end, was asking how everyone else was. that was john robert lewis. he grew up in segregated schools after he will be taken to selma, alabama for service at brown chapel and a & e church. and tomorrow in one of the more poignant moments, the caisson will take him across the he had mound pettus bridge one last time, and this is where lewis' skull was cracked after an alabama state trooper attacked hundreds of peaceful marchers. and this is the symbolism of the carrying of his casket. >> for action on the edmund pettus bridge, confronting alabama state troopers. and now, a

king told the boy from troy he would need his parents' permission to take on troy state, but they wereaid of the consequences and refused. as lewis returned to nashville, he was determined to do something. and then he met the second role model who would change his life. >> tim lawson came to nashville, and he enrolled as a student at vanderbilt university divinity school. >> this unbelievable young man taught us the philosophy and the discipline of nonviolence. and he kept saying "respect the dignity and the worth of every human being, even if someone beats you, throw you in jail. look them in the eye and respect them." >> lawson's group began sit-ins at lunch counters in downtown nashville in early 1960. lewis and the other students filled the counters, tried to order food, and then took whatever abuse was hurled at them. when the 20-year-old lewis was arrested for the first time in february 1960, his parents were shocked. >> like a lot of people of color at that time, they were afraid of what was going to happen. he could die. they could lose land or any number of terrible consequenc

i wanted to go and attend troy state college.ch had never admitted black students so i wrote a letter to martin luther king junior and said i needed his help. he wrote me back and sent me a round—trip bus ticket and invited me to come to montgomery to meet him. in march 1958, i am 18 years old by then, he was standing behind the desk, i was so scared and dr king spoke up said, are you john lewis, are you the boy from troy? and so the boy from troy became a civil rights leader himself. as a student he took part in citizens to protest —— in sit ins. i was beaten, arrested and taken tojail. but i felt so free when i was arrested. i felt soliberated, you arrest me, beat me, thrown injail, what else can you do to me? you kill me? dr king said it is better to die a physical death than to die a spiritual or psychological death. in august 1963, john lewis was the youngest speaker at the march on washington where doctor king delivered his famous i have a dream address. when the march was all over, and dr king had finished speaking, we wer

are you the boy from troy?" and from that day on he started calling me the boy from troy.e author and playwright bonnie greerjoins us now. a sad day, the death ofjohn lewis, but what a life. well, i am sitting here thinking i was young people knew his city before they set out on their and john lewis is the reason you need to learn history. john lewis did everything that black lives matter is about right now. they just do not lives matter is about right now. theyjust do not know it or they do not want to acknowledge it. i am sorry to sound angry but this man did everything. they tried to keep him off the podium on the march on washington because he was so fiery. he led students and refused to accept segregation when you did things like that in those days you got killed. it was not an idea that my gear got killed. john lewis faced all of this. he got thrown in jail in mississippi as a young man and when that happens you did not come out. so, this guy was black lives matter, every second of his life, andi matter, every second of his life, and i wish people would stop using th

we come today thanking you for the faith foundations that his mugt and father established in troy, alabama. the march on washington. we thank you for how he would bloody for us, bruise for us, sat in for us and was willing to give up his life that we might have life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. his colleagues, friends and, especially, family members come as he lays in state in this hallowed rotuntdau. we come on this day recommitting our selves to march as he marched to ballot boxes and this year to mail boxes and for voti voting rights and civil rights. he'll keep doing that until that day just like muddy waters and righteousness like a stream and finally we want to say thank you that he crossed another bridge, not the edman pettus bridge that we pray one day will be renamed the john lewis memorial bridge. when he got the congressional crowd of witnesses welcomed him as they walked down the street paved of gold. we want to thank say thank you from emmet till to george floyd, thank you for not allowing our deaths to be in vein. we heard you say well done by good and faithful serv

thank you for joining us with the release of the new book it is called white house and tevi troy is the author for commentary on the book. let me start by introducing our guest and we are looking forward to having some of you ask questions as well. and then to be a person of action to be a scholar tevi troy hands work in many places to several departments and the department of labor but also at the white house also an accomplished author who has written in addition to this piece on the white house with intellectuals as well as the use of social media presence. i hope you will listen but also think about buying the book fight house. we have fourth of july and then to learn more about the white house. a person a scholarly refute someone his work most recently in the white house and the state department of the advisory and other roles and the director of politics and strategy at carnegie mellon university. there she has studied the presently written books on reagan and foreign-policy as well. we have a great lineup today. john on - - jumping into the meat of the book we want you to get a s

and today, he returned to troy, alabama, where his story began. cbs this morning saturday co- host michelle miller starts us off. >> reporter: just after dawn, john robert lewis began his final march, carried from the funeral home in atlanta's west end. first stop, his hometown of troy for a memorial at the once- segregated university where he was famously denied admission. ( singing ) here, those that knew him best came to remember but also to celebrate and "dance home" the boy from troy. his older brother freddie, the one who advised john as he left home "don't get into trouble," bade a heartfelt farewell. >> i am so honored that john was my brother and he will live forever in all of our hearts. i love you, brother. rest on, and i will see you again one day. thank you. ( applause ) >> yuccas: sunday promises a poignant moment, a final crossing of the edmund pettus bridge, where alabama troopers notoriously busted up the 1965 march to montgomery. ngresswoman terri e and mentor will help lead tomorrow's "final crossing." >> the irony is that the f

are you the boy from troy?" and from that day on he started calling me the boy from troy.hn lewis there, speaking to the bbc seven years ago. earlier i spoke to the playwright and author bonnie greer who said thatjohn lewis's legacy should be the example for all of those standing up for the rights of others... i wish young people knew history before they set out on their matches and stuff, and john lewis is the reason you need to learn history. john lewis did everything that black lives matter is about right now, they just don't lives matter is about right now, theyjust don't know it, or they don't want to acknowledge it. i am sorry to sound angry, but this man did everything. they kept him... they try to keep him off the podium on the march on washington because he was so fiery. he led students in refusing to accept segregation when you did things like that in those days you got killed. it wasn't any idea of oh, we're going to defund the police, you got killed, 0k? idea of oh, we're going to defund the police, you got killed, ok? so jon lewis faced all of this, he got thr

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