lillian was single, and so i decided that lillian needed a good man. not just the bums who were approaching her. she was highly intellectual, well traveled, well educated, and i wanted her to have someone who really would appreciate her skills and her charm. so, i looked around, and decided that i like john. but lillian didn't like john particularly. [laughs] she thought he was kind of slow, and i said, "but lillian, he's busy. he's fighting the evils of the world." and she said, "yes, but --" but i decided, "girl, listen, this boy is going places. so let's see what he can do to get this thing moving." so we decided, what i did as her friend -- and that's what you do for friends, you have to help them out. [laughter] so, john had to go to the hospital for an examination, and i said, "oh, lillian, this would be a good moment for us to be florence nightingale." so we went to the grocery store and bought a little bunch of flowers, and took it to the hospital. i said, "he'll be impressed." because she was a little slow, too. and i said, "we'll go to the ho

and i admired his fervor and all of his tenacity and lillian was single so i decided that lillian needed a good man. not just the bums who were approaching her. she was highly intellectual, well traveled, well educated. and i wanted her to have someone who really would appreciate her skills and her talent. so i looked around and decided that i liked john. but lillian didn't like john particularly. and so she thought she was kind of slow and i said, but, lillian, he's busy. he's fighting the evils of the world. and she said, yes, but -- i decided, girl, listen. this boy is going places. so let's see what he can do to get this thing moving. so we decided, well, i did as her friend and that's what you do for friends. you have to help them out. and so, john had to go to the hospital for an examination and i said, oh lillian, this would be a good moment for us to be florence nightingale. we went to the grocery store and bunch a little bunch of flowers and took it to the hospital. i said he'll be impressed because he was a little slow, too. and i said, we'll go to the hospital and that would j

and lillian was single. and so i decided that lillian needed a good man. not just the bums who were approaching her. she was highly intellectual, well-traveled, well-educated. and i wanted her to have someone who really would appreciate her skills and her talent. so i looked around and decided that i liked john. but lillian didn't like john particularly. and so she thought he was kind of slow. and i said, but lillian, he's busy. he's fighting the evils of the world. and she said, yes, but. well, i decided, girl, listen, this boy is going places. so let's see what he can do to get this thing moving. so we decided, what i did as her friend, and that's what you do for friends, you have to help them out. and so john had to go to the hospital for an examination. and i said, oh, lillian, this would be a good moment for us to be florence nightnightingale. so we went to the grocery store and bought a little bunch of flowers. he was being a little slow too. so i said, go to the hospital, that will impress him, he will notice you more because you're bringing him flo

lillian was single. and so, i decided that lillian needed a good man. not just the bums who were approaching her. she was highly intellectual. she was well educated and well traveled. i want her to have someone who really would appreciate skills and her talent. so i looked around, and i decided that i liked john. but lillian did not like john, particularly. she thought he was kind of slow. i said, lillian he is busy. he is fighting the evils of the world. and she said, yes, but i decided, girl, listened as boys going places. let's see what he can do, to get this thing moving. so we decided, but i did as her friend, that is what you do for friends. to the hospital for an examination. i said, oh lillian, this is a good moment for us to be lawrence nightingale. we bought some flowers. i said, he will be impressed he was a little bit slow, too. i said, will go to the hospital. and that will really impress him. he will notice you more. because you are bringing him flowers while he's in the hospital. we got in the hospital and there was a woman already there.

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i'm home in heaven with lillian. we always knew he worked on the side of the angels, and now he is with them. may he interest in peace. thank you. may had rest in peace. thank you. ♪ ♪ >> thank you. pastor, sisters and brothers, members of this lewis family that so wonderfully nurtured john and in love, hope and courage and faith and the rest of it. and sisters and brothers, sesalof malosa, a polish catholic poet, sets the tone at least in part for me as john lewis has journeyed from the eternity of this extraordinary, mysterious human race into the eternity that none of us know very much about. when he wrote this poem called "meaning," when i die, i will see the lining of the world. the other side, beyond bird, mountain, sunset. the true meaning ready to be decoded what never added up will now add up. what was incomprehensible will become comprehended. and if there is no lining to the world, if a branch is not a sign but just a thrush on the branch if night and day make no sense following each other and on this

the separation wasn't easy. >> lillian didn't like it and complained a lot about it. and then she finally realized that he was wed to that work. >> lewis traveled to atlanta weekly to see lillian and their son, john miles. >> john miles looked forward to seeing him come home for the weekends. they would do things together as the boys would do sometimes. >> the couple made the long-distance arrangement work for decades until lillian's death in 2012. atlanta was vital to john lewis, not just as his home but as his political base. >> anything we need from washington, he's got enough friends to get for us. >> lewis built relationships with colleagues across the political spectrum by leading congressional trips to selma and other sites of the civil rights movement. through the faith and politics institute, he traveled with more than 300 politicians over the years. >> when we were going down to those lunch counters, when we were marching -- >> i think he's one of the few people in congress who could bring people from many different parties together and say, let's spend thre

lillian and to president carter's brother, billy? >> yes. ms. lillian was really the celebrity. when the democrat national convention was held in the summer of 1976, most of the delegates had already met the carter family except for ms. lillian because she had stayed home to take care of amy. so when -- she was the carter family member that people hadn't already have met, so the big push at the convention was because i -- can i get to meet lillian carter. >> well, it was exciting to be in elementary school at this time. i grew up in georgia and to watch them go to the white house and for amy to grow up in the white house. it was -- it was a really exciting thing to watch if you were a kid. and she seemed right there in the center of all of the events and i remember thinking about that a lot as something that was really exciting. >> as a mother with a young child in the white house, how did she approach protecting young amy from the press, the public interest, that sort of thing? we have a photograph right here, it looks like kind of like coming down the stairs from the blair hou

. >> lillian didn't like it and complained a lot about it. and then she is finally realized that he was wed to that work. >> lewis travelled to atlanta weekly to see lillian and their son john miles. >> john miles looked forward to seeing him come home for the weekends. they would do things together as the boys would do some times. >> and the couple made the long distance arrangement work for decades until lillian's death in 2012. >>> atlanta was vital to john lewis, not just as his home but as his political base. >> anything that we need from washington, he has got enough friends to get for us. >> lewis built relationships with colleagues across the political spectrum, by leading congressional trips to selma and other sites of of the civil rights movement. through the faith and politics institute, he traveled with more than 300 politicians in the years. >> when we went to the lunch counters and when we were marching did she. >> -- he was one of the few that can bring people from different partyies and say, let's spend three days wrestling wi

the separation wasn't easy. >> lillian didn't like it and complained a lot about it. and then she finally realized that he was wed to that work. >> lewis traveled to atlanta weekly to see lillian and their son, john miles. >> john miles looked forward to seeing him come home for the weekends. they would do things together as the boys would do sometimes. >> the couple made the long-distance arrangement work for decades until lillian's death in 2012. atlanta was vital to john lewis, not just as his home but as his political base. >> anything we need from washington, he's got enough friends to get for us. >> lewis built relationships with colleagues across the political spectrum by leading congressional trips to selma and other sites of the civil rights movement. through the faith and politics institute, he traveled with more than 300 politicians over the years. >> when we were going down to those lunch counters, when we were marching -- >> i think he's one of the few people in congress who could bring people from many different parties together and say, let's spend thre

lillian myles. >> i said to myself, this young lady is really hip. and i started talking with her. >> she read everything about john's background and respected him tremendously. >> she was a wonderful, beautiful, charming, and she taught me a great deal. >> within a year, the couple was married. lewis, also, began a new work assignment in 1968. traveling for robert kennedy's presidential campaign. >> i got to know robert kennedy when he was attorney general. i admired him, and i thought he would be a great president. >> lewis took over the recruitment of black voters for the campaign, in several states. >> it was a big deal for robert kennedy, and it was a big deal for john lewis. it marked his transition to politics. >> lewis was at a rally with kennedy on the day his idol, dr. martin luther king jr., was shot. >> martin luther king was shot and was killed tonight in memphis. >> just two months later, the nation still reeling from king's death, kennedy won the california primary. lewis was in the candidate's hotel suite, waiting while he gave his vi

the separation wasn't easy. >> lillian didn't like it and complained a lot about it. and then she finally realized that he was wed to that work. >> reporter: lewis traveled to atlanta weekly to see lillian and their son, john miles. >> john miles looked forward to seeing him come home for the weekends. they would do things together as the boys would do sometimes. >> reporter: the couple made the long-distance arrangement work for decades, until lillian's death in 2012. atlanta was vital to john lewis, not just as his home, but as his political base. >> anything we need from washington, he's got enough friends to get for us. >> reporter: lewis built relationships with colleagues across the political spectrum, by leading congressional trips to selma and other sites of the civil rights movement. through the faith and politics institute, he traveled with more than 300 politicians over the years. >> when we were going on to those lunch counters or when we were marching -- >> i think he's one of the few people in congress who could bring people from many different parties t

i don't think we've mentioned lillian cart rer yet. >> known as miss lillian. she was a nurse and where as the prevailing attitude was that african-americans had to come through the back door, the schools were separate. as far as miss lillian was concerned, everybody was u equal and she tried to carry out her nursing responsibilities that way. and everybody saw that. and one of rosalynn's sisters was named after miss lillian. so there was a respect for her. so even at this time although the prevailing culture was a segregated society, i think both grew up with a basic sense of fairness that said this isn't the way things ought to be. then as they traveled around the world, they've broadened their perspective. >> i would that had neither of them wsh amongst the white southerners that stood up against a kind of segregationist way of life. i mean, they may well have had their personal views that these things aren't fair, but they were very quiet about those views and that's what i think is interesting about his governorship is that's when you start to see that kin

and lillian was single. and so i decided that lillian needed a good man. not just the bombs who are approaching her. she was highly intellectual, well-traveled. well educated. it i wanted her to have somebody who really would appreciate her skills and her talent. so i looked around and i decided that i liked john. lillian did not like john particularly. he though she thought, i mean, e predict and i said he is busy. he is fighting the evils of the world. and she said yes but .-ellipsis and i said girl lesson. this boy is going places. let's see what you can do to get this thing moving. so i decided what i did as a friend. this what you do for friends. you have to help them out. so john had to go to the hospital for an examination. edison lillian, this would be a good moment for us to be of florence nightingale predict so we went to the grocery store and bought little bunch of flowers. it took them to the hospital. and i said he would be impressed because she was a little slow too. i said will let's go to the hospital. it would impress him and he will notic

i was able to be a part of of this and lillian and john, we said those names together because of the impact that their partnership had. >> they were married right here in this church in 1968, and the funeral here, the late lillian myles lewis here in 2013. andrea young, thank you so much for speaking with us for a few moments. let's send it back to john in washington. john? >> and, victor, as we wait for the services to formally begin, let's retrace some of the history john lewis was until we lost him, living history at the age of 23. the youngest speaker, june 1963, the march on washington. >> we are tired, tired of being beaten by policemen. we're tired of seeing our people locked up in jail over and over again and then told to be patient. how long can we be patient? we want our freedom, and we want it now. [ cheers and applause ] >> and recently at the age of 880 as cancer made his days scarce, john lewis connecting the blood he shed on they monday pettus bridge to the racial reckoning across america today. >> when i had been beaten on bridge, i thought i saw death. i thought i wa

. >> buried alongside his wife lillian who died in 2012. today's celebration marks the end of six days that honors the life of lewis as he makes his journ journey. it included one final crossing of the edmund pettus bridge where in 1975 he led hundreds of people across the bridge in a march to demand voting rights for african-americans only to be attacked by alabama state troop troopers in what became known as bloody sunday. he was afforded the rare honor of lying in state in the capitol rotunda. back to atlanta, the city he represented in congress for more than 33 years where he never received less than 69% of the vote. now we're joined by my friend and colleague nicolle wallace. nicolle, what a day of contrasts especially given the utterance of our current president earlier today, especially given the fact we're in the midst of a pandemic that is chewing up real estate and people across our country. >> you know, i think everyone has this desperate need to be filled up. i think that what john lewis did in his own words in an op-ed he penne

lillian hellman had a very hard living existence. this woman is a federalist playwright, she drank a smoked, pulled in front of the house un-american activities committee, joe mccarthy's committee in the 50s, she was blacklisted from hollywood, from broadway as well. thinking about her life years later during her autobiography as i was finishing the weird part, she had a quote that captures the spirit of the book in a nutshell. nothing of course ever begins when you think of this. i remember reading that thinking that is the book in a nutshell, when you look at the history of anatomical features, structures, dna itself, nothing ever begins when you think it does. if you think when animals first evolved walk on land, if you think feathers arose as the ancestors of birds took place you would be in good company but you would be wrong. we've known much of this for over a century. that is the story in a nutshell, whether it is jeans or anatomical structures, the changes we associate with the great transitions in the history of life rose w

and then when i was 16 years old and his wife lillian lewis, aunt lillian, planned a sweet 16 party for me at their home and so those are some of the my early memories of him from a personal standpoint. and we all were so excited when he ran for congress, of course to represent us here in the fifth congressional district and certainly will miss his moral voice and his ability to appeal to the conscience of not just the congress but to those of us in this nation. >> what a neat thing to have your sweet 16 party in the home of uncle john and aunt lillian that is so cool. honestly. >> that was cool. >> i bet that was. i'm sure you look at pictures of that still but tell me about the relationship between lewis and your dad, what kind of things you remember about their friendship >> well, i was not -- i was one when the -- i mean i was five months when the march on washington occurred. so i have no memories of any of that but i know my mother talked a great deal about that day and the involvement of congressman lewis as the youngest voice speaking on that day and i remember all of the conver

the separation wasn't easy. >> lillian didn't like it and complained a lot about it. and then she finally realized that he was wed to that work. >> reporter: lewis traveled to atlanta weekly to see lillian and their son, john miles. >> john miles looked forward to seeing him come home for the weekends. they would do things together as the boys would do sometimes. >> reporter: the couple made the long-distance arrangement work for decades, until lillian's death in 2012. atlanta was vital to john lewis, not just as his home, but as his political base. >> anything we need from washington, he's got enough friends to get for us. >> reporter: lewis built relationships with colleagues across the political spectrum, by leading congressional trips to selma and other sites of the civil rights movement. through the faith and politics institute, he traveled with more than 300 politicians over the years. >> when we were going on to those lunch counters or when we were marching -- >> i think he's one of the few people in congress who could bring people from many different parties t

we are comforted to know he is with his beloved lillian. it should be a comfort to his son john miles, the entire family, and the entire staff that so many mourn their loss and are praying for them at this sad time. god truly blessed america but the life and leadership of john lewis. we thank you for sharing him with us. may he rest in peace. john lewis often spoke of a beloved community that he shared with the reverend dr. martin luther king jr., of a community connected and uplifted by faith, hope and charity. indeed, john had deep faith, believing that every person had the spark of divinity making .hem worthy of respect he had faith in the charity of others, which is what gave him so much hope. theye wrote in his book, " need -- " release all bitterness. hold only love, only peace in your heart, knowing the battle for good to overcome evil is already won." john the optimist. 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

tose that anecdote underscore something lillian says about the elite. just because you have negative preferences about putin doesn't mean you are brave enough or willing enough to act upon them. many people don't know this but the first book i wrote was about political change in southern africa. gentlemen in two zimbabwe. both of the political leaders were extremely unpopular yet they stayed in power for decades. don'tthat as a way -- i know who's right or wrong. understand, we are bad at those productions and that leads me to the answer your question. we cannot pretend that we know the answer to when the political opposition will have their opportunity to do what vladimir was describing. i do think it's incumbent upon term,st -- and i use that or the democratic rule together -- to not do anything that rememberthe autocratic this vividly from a colleague fighting against mubarak. ,e said we don't want your help we don't want your money and all that, we just want you to stop helping our opponent. i think that's really smart wisdom for how to deal with pu

keep moving. 20 years ago, when i came here after the selma march to a big dinner honoring john and lillian and john-miles, you had a big afro. [laughter] and it was really pretty. and your daddy was giving you grief about it, and i said, john, let's don't get old too soon. i mean, if i had hair like that, i'd have it down on my shoulders. [laughter] but on that night, i was almost out of time to be president, and people were asking me, well, if you could do one more thing, what it would be? or what do you wish you had done that you didn't, and all that kind of stuff. and someone asked me that night, because i had many friends in atlanta, and i said, if i could just do one thing, if god came to me tonight and said, "ok, your time's up, got to go home, and i'm not a genie, i'm not giving you three wishes, one thing, what would it be?" i said, i would infect every american with whatever it was that john lewis got as a 4-year-old kid and took through a lifetime, to keep moving and keep moving in the right direction. and keep bringing other people to move. and to do it without hatred in his hea

stars of birth of a nation is lillian gish. the same character here. the audience makes the connections. it's very clear. of thiss ubiquitous use added an extra layer of meaning by adding -- letting the rape stand for what was at stake in the war. certainly, national honor and other things, but also brutality against women and the threat to the family. that's one of the central ways in which propaganda was portrayed to americans. cameen, support to the war framed as protection for their families. hollywood's use of this rape warery supports allied aims, obviously, but it's a vehicle for re-inscribing victorian notions about women's passivity and vulnerability. another genre which one critic has called the slacker film, talks about the dangerous side of familial love. there are at least a dozen of these enlistment dramas or slacker films that feature an overly protective mother who tries to keep her son from enlisting. a motherlm features who alters her son's birth certificate to make him ineligible for service. therding to photo play, mother is a stran

we are comforted to know that he is with his beloved lillian. may it be a comfort to john's son, john miles, and the entire lewis family, michael collins, the entire staff, that so many mourn their loss and are praying for them at this sad time. god truly blessed america with the life and leadership of john lewis. we thank you for sharing him with us. may he rest in peace. john lewis often spoke of a beloved community, a vision that he shared with the reverend dr. martin luther king jr., of a community connected and uplifted by faith, hope and charity. and indeed john had deep faith. believing that every person has a spark of divinity making them worthy of er which is what gave him so much hope. as he wrote in his book, release the need to hate to harbor division and the enticement of revenge. release all bitterness, hold only love, only peace in your heart, knowing the battle for good to overcome evil is already won. john, the optimist. through it all, john was a person of greatness. he also was a person of great humility, always giving credit

he met lillian, they got married. i met emily in jail. we got married. they were both librarians and they became great friends. and some of my fondest memories was listening to emily, at least her end of the conversation, with lillian. and sometimes they expressed their disagreements with how we were conducting ourselves. so, john and i got to be fast friends and it was sealed because our wives became such good friends. >> it's doubly a tragedy his death happens at this time in our history because, "a," because of the pandemic, he is not going to get the kind of sendoff that previous leaders of his stature have been able to be given, in terms of mass crowds, mass fwu mass funeral attendance and such. but also because of who the president is and his reluctance to fully understand the greatness of mr. lewis. after a delay, president trump did send out a short tweet saturday afternoon saying that he was, quote, saddened to hear of john lewis' death, calling him a civil rights hero. are you satisfied with that response? what would you like to see from presid

. >>> john lewis is being laid to rest alongside his wife of 44 years, lillian. >>> a strong backlash tonight after president trump suggested that this fall's elections could be delayed by his concerns about mail-in voting nbc's peter alexander has more on that from the white house. >> reporter: facing a surging pandemic and struggling in the polls president trump today for the first time is suggesting the november election, just 96 days away, be postponed, tweeting with universal mail-in voting it will be the most fraudulent voting in history delay the election until people can properly, securely and safely vote. >> i don't want to delay. i want to have the election but i also don't want to have to wait for three months and then find out that the ballots are all missing and the election doesn't mean anything. >> reporter: but the president has no power to delay a general election the constitution says it's up to congress to set the date and with democrats controlling the house that will not happen there's also no evidence of widespread voter fraud due to mail-in balloting. president

lewis will then be buried next to his wife, lillian, at south view cemetery. >>> supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg is back in the hospital this morning. ginsburg's admission was for her to undergo a nonsurgical procedure to correct a biostint. she was previously admitted to johns hopkins hospital earlier this month to treat a possible infection. ginsburg announced a few weeks ago she is receiving chemotherapy for a recurrence of cancer. >>> california is setting a new record for covid deaths. and on tuesday alone, yesterday, 197 people died from the virus, and that is a new high. again, the previous record was 159 deaths that was set back on july 23rd. >>> an urgent call for help right now. there is a backlog of covid-19 tests. people are heeding the call to be tested, but now they're waiting more than a week for their results. the fda is now giving a green light to a major testing company to use a new technique to speed up the process. >> reporter: in the beginning covid testing was scarce, then it ramped up, and now the time to get results is backed up so much people are wait

these images i can recall of john lewis and his wife, lillian's funeral. you see this man brokenhearted. his partner for 41 years was gone, and so today for people of faith -- i know people in that church are mindful that john lewis is with her again, his partner, this woman who they worshipped god together in that place. and ebenezer is a special place. it was the eaccep epicenter of civil rights movement in the 1960s, and america will be exposed to something. it will see the grandness of a black church, that historically in a black church, that's where we discuss politics. that's where people find comfort. that's where the medicine of music exists. today we'll hear from grammy singers, grammy award winners. we'll hear from three presidents, so yes, politics, yes, the comfort of music and also the strategy that came out of a black church. where do we go forward? where do we go monday? we'll hear about that today. where do we go as a nation taking john lewis' mission forward? >> we saw the congressman coming into the chapel today. you see kamala harris, an

if you heard of a sustainable food broker, mark lillian virginia is one and he says business is booming. ♪ >> i got into this linef rk through research i did in grad school. one of the lettersas wazards and threats of the future. they did a 20 year forecast on our food system and it made me e,aghat was going on with our current food system. which is unsustainable. i wanted to design a system that s more sustainable. my main objtive is to support local farms and local farmers into get theoo fto people who want it. i drive 600 miles a week all over the state just to source peoples food for them. ♪ thbu far was a mobile market concept i had, i took an old school bus. i wanted to create that local, sustainable model. that was the premise. know what to expect. i think people wereearful that they wouldn't be able to access food supplies, that fear ma them want to focus more on local food. threeppened within two o weeks. i had to shift. i hado hire people, i trucks, put a lot of cash by trucks, put a lot of things it -- i had to buy trucks, put a lot of things into motion. the retail outle

he resided here and this is also congressman lewis's home church where he married his beloved wife lillian and where so many are now saying their goodbyes. >> let's remember him today and let's recommit tomorrow to standing together and fighting together and voting together. >> reporter: in a final gift, john lewis wrote an essay in the new york times published today urging others to continue standing up for what they believe in. michelle miller, cbs 2 news, atlanta. >> herman cain a former presidential candidate and supporter president trump has died after a battle with covid- 19. he had been hospitalized since earlier this month. he was a cochair of black voices for trump and attended a rally for the president in tulsa where he was seen without a face mask. it is not clear when or where he was infected. the former pizza company executive ran for the gop nomination in 2012. he was 74 years old. >>> president trump defending his tweet about delaying the november election. he now said he wants to raise concerns over vote by mail. earlier he tweeted this, with universal male and voting canno

and we are comforted to know that he is with his beloved lillian. and may be a comfort to john's son, john miles, and the entire lewis family, michael collins, the entire staff that so many mourn their loss and are praying for them at this sad time. god truly blessed america with the life and leadership of john lewis. we thank you for sharing him with us. may he rest in peace. john lewis often spoke of a beloved community, a vision he shared with reverend martin luther king jr., of a community connected and uplifted by faith, hope, and charity. and indeed, john had deep faith. believing that every person has a spark of divinity, making them worthy of respect. and he had faith in the charity of others, which is what gave him so much hope. and as he wrote in his book, release the need to hate, to harbor division and the enticement of revenge. release all bitterness. hold only love. only peace in your heart. knowing the battle for good to overcome evil is already won. john the optimist. through it all, john was a person of greatness. he also was a pers

and we are comforted to know that he is with his beloved lillian. it may be comfort to john's home and the entire lewis family, michael collins, the entire staff that so many mourn their loss and are praying for them at this sad time. god truly blessed america with the life and leadership of john lewis. we thank you for sharing him with us. may he rest in peace. john lewis often spoke of a beloved community, a vision he shared with reverend dr. martin luther king jr., of a community connected and uplifted by faith, hope, and charity. and indeed john has deep faith. believing that every person has a spark of devinty, making them worthy of respect. and he had faith in the charity of others, which is what gave him so much hope. as he wrote in his book, the need to hate and -- release all bitterness, hold only love, only peace in your heart. knowing the battel for good to overcome evil is already won. 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.

i'm with lillian. may he rest in peace. our dear john. we mourn him as a death in the family. but now we pass 150,000 americans dead from the coronavirus. many of them were not necessary to have met that fate. today on the floor of the house, we'll have a moment of silence to observe the loss of 150,000 americans. ten weeks ago, we passed the hero's act, more than ten weeks ago we passed the heroes act which had a path of containing this virus, testing, tracing, treatment, mask wearing, sanitation. the republicans said they wanted to take a pause. well, the virus didn't. since then, 65,000 americans have died. 300,000, huge number of americans have -- 3 million americans since then have become infected. so much for the pause. now the beginning this week, the republicans in the senate came back with a piecemeal approach. clearly they and perhaps the white house do not understand the gravity of the situation. 150,000 americans died. almost nearly half of them since we passed our bill. 3 million. you know how it goes. the first million took 100 days. to get to 2 million took 43 m

i was reading a biography of lillian hellman who had a hard living existence as you can see here a fabulous playwright she drink, smoke, have amazing tales, she was put in front of the house on the american activities committee in the 50s, she was blacklisted from hollywood, broadway as well and in thinking about her life years later during her autobiography she had a quote that captured the spirit of the book. nothing of course begins when you think of this. when you look at the history of anatomical features, structures, even dna itself nothing begins when you think it does. if you think that long's evil they learned to walk on land, if you think that there is a rose he would be in very good company. you would also be wrong. that is the story in a nutshell. it's the changes that we associate with him so much is about repurposing. and i the story has new meanings we think about dna into thinking our studies. we think of the molecule. what we have is a molecule as is famously described. you have a 6-foot strand of dna rolled up in it so on each cell and inside the nucleus of just how. think

we are comforted to know that he is with his beloved lillian. mark: the congressman was a widower. his wife died a few years ago. diagnosed ins december with pancreatic cancer, was 80 years old. they bag found with rifle magazines during a peaceful protest turned into an intense confrontation earlier this morning. federal agents fired what appeared to be teargas, flashbangs, and pepper balls before don to clear demonstrators from outside of the courthouse in portland. demonstrations also turned violent in richmond, virginia, austin, texas, and aurora, colorado. the democratic convention will feature speakers from around the country broadcast in prime time. the televised version will include live speeches and produced videos broadcast from cities and landmarks around the country. the convention will be held from august 17 through august 20. the pandemic continues to spread around the world. the world health organization says the number of cases globally has doubled over the past six weeks. there have now been more than 640,000 deaths worldwide. the head of the agency said today, "we

keep moving. 20 years ago, when i came here after the selma march to a big dinner honoring john and lillian and john miles, you had a big afro. and it was really pretty. and your daddy was giving you grieve about it. i said, john, let's not get old too soon. i mean, if i had hair like that, i would have it down to my shoulders. on that night, i was almost out of time and people were -- to be president and people were asking me, if you could do one more thing, what would it be, or what do you wish you had done that you didn't and all that kind of stuff. and someone asked me that night, because i had many friends in atlanta, and i said, if i could just do one thing, if god came to me tonight and said, okay, your time is up, you've got to go home, and i'm not a genie, i'm not giving you three wishes, one thing, what would it be? i said, i would infect every american with whatever

, john miles, lillian, john miles, you had a big afro. and it was really pretty. and your daddy was giving you grief about it, and i said, "john, let's don't get old too soon. if i had hair like that, i'd have it down to my shoulders." but on that night, i was almost out of time. people were to be present. people were asking me, "well, if you can do one more thing, what would it be? what do you wish you would have done that you didn't?" all that kind of stuff. someone asked me that night, because i had many friends in atlanta, and i said, "if i could just do one thing, if god came to me tonight and said, okay, your time is up, you have to go home, and i'm not a genie, i'm not giving you you three wishes. ' one thing. what would it be?" i said, "i would infect every american with whatever it was that john lewis got as a four-year-old kid and took

he was the husband to one wife, our aunt lillian, the father to one son, our cousin john-miles, and the brother to a lot of siblings. too many to name right now. we don't have time. while we knew how important he and his work was to the world, when we were with him, we saw uncle robert. we saw the man that enjoyed spending time with his family, reminiscing about days gone by. catching up on family dynamics. enjoying a good meal. sharing laughter and love. we, like the world, knew the john robert lewis that personified hope, courage, bravery and sheer humanitarianism. as we all know before he was chosen to congress, yes, i say chosen, because the word of god tells me that many are call but few are chosen. his first call was to that of the civil rights movement. for the last 60 years as a nonviolent civil rights activist, he was the voice for those that couldn't speak. the feet for those that couldn't walk. and a champion of injustice for those that couldn't fight. he, along with many other civil rights icons, became the change agents that the world so desperately needed. as a member of c

afternoon will take place in atlanta side effect cemetery he will be laid to rest next to his beloved wife lillian who passed in 2012. full week of celebrations in honor of john lewis. >> brennan: a celebration of his life and message. michelle miller. thank you, i know you'll be covering it for all of us. we'll be right back. ♪. ♪. ♪ come on in, we're open. ♪ all we do is hand you the bag. simple. done. we adapt and we change. you know, you just figure it out. we've just been finding a way to keep on pushing. ♪ put. >> brennan: thank you for watching, until next week for "face the nation," i'm margaret ♪. ♪. ♪. ♪. ♪ spake out this all seemed impossible. but these inspiring athletes, my friends and teammates took the brave first step. proving once again that women lead the way. you show this nation how to come together. you reveal the power of believing in each other. you had the courage to take a stand

s father, the funeral services for his beloved wife lillian were held here in 2012, so it is only fitting that this be the place where atlanta and the country come to say goodbye to john lewis. lester? >> blayne alexander, setting the scene as we see people taking their places in the pews, family and dignitaries, will be filing in here shortly, the service itself scheduled to be under way in several minutes from now. joining our coverage today, senior adviser to president obama, valerie jarrett, great to see you today. we know three former presidents will be here, among them of course barack obama, can you talk a little bit about their relationship, and how it grew over those eight years? >> it was a very close relationship. i think from the moment that they had been together, a tough time in the primary given the relationship with the clintons, he was just not an adviser but a friend, and there isn't a time during the course of the eight years -- relying on the advice and counsel that congressman lewis always provided. >> can you tell me, give me your memories of 2015, and the 50th anniv

keep moving. 20 years ago when i came here after the selma march to a big dinner honoring john and lillian and john miles, you had a big afro. and it was really pretty. and your daddy was giving you grief about it, i said, john, let's not get too old too soon. if i had hair like that, i'd have it down to my shoulders. but on that night, i was almost out of time and people were -- to be president, people asked me what do you wish you would have done and all that kind of stuff. and someone asked me that night, because i had made friends in atlanta and i said, if i could just do one thing, if god came to me tonight and said, okay, your time's up. got to go home. and i'm not a genie and not giving you three wishes, one thing, what would it be? i said, i would infect every american with whatever it was that john lewis got as a

there's my wife, lillian. she's walking with me. proud and happy just a wonderful evening to be able to walk and there's nothing like a victory march or walk. peter: bill in massachusetts. it. guest: how are you. rep. lewis. it either want to offer my sentiments on the racial situation. about a half a century. on your comments. i believe that a lot of tragic over the last decades if people assessed the situation properly. i believe that there is obviously white racism. excuse me. as a believe there is black racialism. i also believe that the white racialism in the black on the basis of sexual - and no one likes to talk about it. the only people who talk about it or comedians. i want your opinion. i also want to add if you are honest about it. it's really a sexual crime. because all he did is muscle at a white woman. and look at the price he paid all of because of whistling. that's pathological of people don't even talk about it in terms of the sexual basis of the murder. i would like your assessment. ultimately, it's also spiritual.