BREAKING: Speaker Pelosi, Senate Majority Leader McConnell announce that the late Rep. John Lewis will lie in state in the U.S. Capitol rotunda.
There will also be a procession through Washington, where members of the public can pay their respects., masks will be required to enter the line and social distancing will also be enforced.
Lewis' family is also requesting that members of the public do not travel from across the country to Washington. Instead, virtual tributes may be posted online using the hashtags #BelovedCommunity or #HumanDignity, the release said. Pelosi told MSNBC's"The ReidOut" that the Lewis family will provide additional funeral arrangements late Thursday beyond lying in state.Lewis dedicated his life to the fight for justice and equality. First, as a leader in the Civil Rights movement in his 20s and then by serving Georgia in Congress for more than 30 years. He was the last surviving speaker from the 1963 March on Washington.
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