President Trump Announces Executive Order To Honor Pope Francis

President Trump announced an executive order on Monday to lower flags across the nation to half-staff to honor Pope Francis.

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00:00well thank you very much everybody and a very happy Easter to everyone it was a beautiful day

00:07yesterday and it's a beautiful day today we don't have to worry about sunburn but we looks like it's

00:14not going to be raining it's going to be really something special 40,000 42,000 people are expected

00:20all throughout the day and it's an honor to have you I just signed an executive order putting the

00:26flags of our country all of them all federal flags and state flags at half-mast in honor of Pope

00:34Francis so he was a good man worked hard he he loved the world and it's an honor to do that I

00:42want to thank everybody for being here this is some band I've heard this band actually indirectly for

00:50four years and very directly now for four and a half and I like the direct method even better

00:56but the Marine Corps band is very very special thank you very much what a great job thank you