FORCEDDED
FORCEDDED TO SAY GOOD-BYE TO. THEY'RE PART OF THE FAB BRECK
AND TAPESTRY OF THIS CITY.
WE'VE HAD SIX DAYS, TODAY IS
THE FINAL DAY OF OUR
CELEBRATION OF LIFE OF JOHN
LEWIS AND TODAY WE WILL SAY OUR
FINAL GOOD-BYE TO THIS GREAT
HERO OF ATLANTA, OF THE NATION
AND THE WORLD.
THERE'S NO QUESTION ABOUT IT,
FOR HIS COMMITMENT AND HIS
COURAGE TO LIVE OUT HIS BELIEF
AND TO HELP AMERICA LIVE OUT
ITS OWN CREED.
I MEAN, YOU HAVE TO IMAGINE TO
GIVE HIS ENTIRE LIFE INTO HIS
80s, UP TOP HIS 80th BIRTHDAY
TO THE FIGHT FOR JUSTICE WHEN
HIS LIFE COULD HAVE BEEN ENDED
SO MUCH SOONER AND HE KNEW IT
BUT HE WAS COMMITTED IN SPITE
OF THE DANGER, COMMITTED THAT
HIS LIFE MIGHT BE TAKEN.
HE NEVER GAVE UP.
HE NEVER RAN OUT OF ENERGY.
THAT'S WHAT HE SAID UNTIL HIS
VERY LAST MOMENT, HIS LAST
MESSAGE TO ALL OF US IS DON'T
GIVE UP.
GIVE UP.
GIVE UP. KEEP FIGHTING.
KEEP FIGHTING. KEEP MARCHING UNTIL THAT BELL
FOR FREEDOM RINGS.
WE'RE WATCHING FOLKS ARRIVE,
TAKE THEIR SEATS AT THE NEW
EBENEZER BAPTIST CHURCH, THE
ORANGE WHERE DADDY KING AND DR.
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. WERE
SENIOR PASTORS WHERE THE CIVIL
RIGHTS MOVEMENT GOT ITS BIRTH.
FAMILY MEMBERS AND INVITED
DEFENDANTS, DIGNITARIES ARE
COMING IN IN A STAGGERED
FASHION AND EVERYTHING IS
MOVING QUITE ON TIME WHICH HAS
BEEN THE CASE THE LAST FIVE
DAYS.
DAYS.
DAYS. >>
DAYS. >> I JUST WANT TO PAUSE FOR A
SECOND AND MENTION THE
DEVASTATION OF THE DEATH OF HER
MAN CAIN.
MAN CAIN.
MAN CAIN. ON OUR NIGHTLY BROADCAST WE
HAVE REITERATED HOW COVID-19
HAS IMPACTED THE BLACK
COMMUNITY AND WE ARE SEEING
THIS FUNERAL SERVICE BE
EXECUTED IN A WAY THAT IS MUCH
SMALLER THAN WE WOULD HAVE
WITNESSED WHAT DOES A HOMEGOING
FOR JOHN LEWIS LOOK LIKE.
THAT'S BEING DONE BECAUSE OF
THE PANDEMIC SO GIVING RESPECT
TO SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN SO
VICIOUS TO OUR NATION AND TO
SEE A MAN OF SUCH GREAT STATURE
RESPECTED BY SO MANY PEOPLE IN
THE STATE OF GEORGIA TO BRING
THE BREAKING NEWS OF HIS DEATH
AS A RESULT OF COVID-19 IS
ABSOLUTELY HEARTBREAKING.
ABSOLUTELY HEARTBREAKING. WE'RE WATCHING CORY BOOKER AND
KAMALA HARRIS.
KAMALA HARRIS. TAKING YOU BACK TO THAT MOMENT,
I HAD TOP PAUSE AND BRING
ATTENTION TO HOW THIS HAS
IMPACTED ONE PARTICULAR
COMMUNITY AND IT'S TELLING.
WE ARE SO PROUD TO SEE HOW THIS
IS BEING EXECUTED WITH SUCH
SAFETY AND CARE TO EVERYONE WHO
WANT TO PAY RESPECT TO JOHN
LEWIS.
LEWIS.
LEWIS. THE BROTHERS OF PHI BETASIGMA
FRATERNITY.
FRATERNITY. THEY SAID HOW MUCH HE WAS THERE
FOR THEM AT THE DROP OF A DIME.
WHATEVER THEY NEEDED, HE WAS
GOING TO BE THERE.
THAT REALLY SPEAKS TO A MAN WHO
WAS VERY TOUCHABLE, WHO WAS
VERY REACHABLE AND IN THIS
MOMENT, THAT'S WHY WE'RE SEEING
PEOPLE OF ALL LEVELS SAY, IT
DOESN'T MATTER, I'M GOING TO
PUT ON THAT MASKED I'M GOING TO
PAY MY RESPECT.
>> YES.
>> YES.
>> YES. SO MANY HAVE THE HONOR TO DO
THAT.
THAT.
THAT. WE'RE LOOKING AT MEMBERS OF
CONGRESS WHO ARE IN TAPS TO PAY
THEIR RESPECTS.
THEIR RESPECTS. CORY BOOKER.
CORY BOOKER. REPRESENTATIVE SHEILA JACKSON
LEE.
LEE.
LEE. THEY'RE ALL WEARING THE MASK
THAT SAYS VOTED IT'S VERY
TIMELY.
TIMELY.
TIMELY. VOTING WAS A KEY ISSUE FOR JOHN
LEWIS ALL OF HIS ADULT LIFE.
WE HAVE A BILL ON CAPITOL HILL
CALLING FOR A NEW VOTING RIGHTS
ACT TO BE PUT INTO LAW.
NOW THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES PASSED A BILL
ASKING THAT THE VOTING RIGHTS
ACT BE MADE STRONGER SO WE
DON'T HAVE ISSUES ABOUT VOTER
YOU IS PREPARATION AND PEOPLE
NOT BEING ALLOWED TO EXERCISE
THEIR DEMOCRATIC RIGHT.
VOTING STILL AN ISSUE AS WE SAY
GOOD-BYE TO HIM AND AS WE MOVE
FORWARD.
FORWARD.
FORWARD. >> WE ARE TAKING A LOOK AT
EBENEZER.
EBENEZER.
EBENEZER. WE ARE ABOUT SEVEN MINUTES
AWAY.
AWAY.
AWAY. THERE WILL BE A COMMENT FROM
REVEREND RAPHAEL WORNOCK AND
DR. KING FROM THE KING CENTER.
WE'LL ALSO HEAR FROM JENNIFER
HOLIDAY AS SHE SING "ONLY WHAT
YOU DO FOR CHRIST WILL LAST."
WE'LL HERE FROM GEORGE W. BUSH.
WILLIAM CLINTON, SPEAKER NANCY
PELOSI.
PELOSI.
PELOSI. FORMER MAYOR OF ATLANTA, BILL
CAMPBELL WHO WAS A CLOSE FRIEND
OF CONGRESSMAN LEWIS FOR YEARS.
THE WYNANS IS HERE AND
PRESIDENT OBAMA, THE 44th
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
WHO WILL DELIVER THE EULOGY.
>> THAT WILL BE SO POWERFUL.
THEY HAD A UNIQUE RELATIONSHIP.
THE LAST TIME PRESIDENT OBAMA
AND CONGRESSMAN LEWIS SHARED
SOME TIME TOGETHER WAS RATHER
RECENT IN A FORUM IN THE WAKE
OF THE GEORGE FLOYD DEATH
DURING A VIRTUAL TOWNHALL
MEETING WITH THE TWO ACTIVISTS.
THE TWO SPOKE AND LEWIS TOLD
PRESIDENT OBAMA AS REPORTS SAY,
HE WAS PROUD OF A NEW
GENERATION MAKING THEIR VOICES
HEARD, WHICH WAS REEMPHASIZED
AND RESTATED IN JOHN LEWIS'S
LAST ESSAY JUST A FEW DAYS
BEFORE HE PASSED.
OF COURSE PRESIDENT