joseph lowery. [applause] [applause] >> thank you. we have not got all day.hter] of the to go hear a fellow speak named barack obama. [applause] i came today to do in the spirit of this structure that we are dedicating. to quote martin luther king jr. in his speech at oslo when they gave him the nobel peace prize -- one of the things he made clear was that while we have come a long way we still have a long, long way to go. while the presence of this imposing structure forever reminds us of a long and perilous journey that the struggle has brought us through, it also points toward the future. in the words -- through many days of toil, we have already come with grace that brought us safe thus far and grace will lead us home. we recognize here that in the midst of the amazing truth that an african-american preacher who never held public political office is recognized here among the fathers of the country. indeed, he has become a father of the country. [applause] for his leadership gave birth to a new america. this marvelous president is in peril by forces that c

. >> the reverend joseph lowery turning 90 and taking a stand. it's all here on cnn. >>> hello, everyone. thanks for joining us. i'm don lemon. you are in the "cnn newsroom." we're going to start tonight with two subjects consuming the nation for the last few days. politics and religion. more specifically, what is keeping republican voters from fully embracing mitt romney? if you believe the headlines out of the value voters summit, the annual conference for conservatives it could be his mormon religion. as candy crowley reports, many in romney's own party of doing what they can to sidestep the issue. >> thomas jefferson talked about the wall of separation between church and state. nobody said anything about separating church and politics, but everybody knows it's a sticky wicket. >> is mitt romney a non-christian? >> i'm not running for theologian in chief. i'm a life-long christian. krp and what that means is one of my guiding principles for the decisions i make is i start with do the right thing. i'm not getting into that controversy. >> rick

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stevie wonder, jennifer holliday and people bryson performed at the 90th birthday today best for joseph lowery atlanta. -- in atlanta. there he s. >> one of the originals. it is 6:26 and still another half hour of "good morning washington." >> tiger woods >> a permit problem could force hundreds of people protesting in d.c. to pack up and go home. i am jummy olabanji live freedom plaza. >> i am adam caskey and we are tracking a shifting weather patterns. another beautiful day to day but you will notice the changes toward the middle of this week.hey, what are you drinkin'? i'm drinkin' dunkin'. coffee -- black, straight up. extra cream, three sugars. french vanilla. iced coffee for me. iced coffee with a turbo shot. i'm drinkin' dunkin'. i'm drinkin' dunkin'. i'm drinkin' dunkin'. drinkin' dunkin'. america runs on dunkin' coffee. what's the one best thing about vacation on the gulf? the great outdoors in mississippi. our seafood in louisiana. our beaches in florida. alabama beauty. choosing between them might be tough. but everyone agrees, the gulf is vacation at it's best. and we've gone all o

. >> joseph lowery now 90 was one of king's closest confidants. >> i'm proud of a country that mass seen to honor him and honor the movement that he led in such fashion. >> reporter: on the day before the official ceremony, hundreds of people visited the king memorial. >> like the ultimate dream come true to see this happen. >> a resonance here for me today. >> you could see every race here to see how he's changed america. >> reporter: martin luther king iii was 10 when his father was assassinated in 1968. the king children approved the design of the memorial. >> the first emotion i had when the first saw the monument, i began -- i had to fight back tears, tears of joy. >> reporter: there is also controversy. first over the selection of a chinese sculptor, some thought the sculptor should have been african american or at least american. now there is growing criticism over one of the quotations on the monument. the excerpt reads -- >> i was the drum major for justice, peace and righteousness. that's powerful. >> reporter: in his actual speech king condemned people who act like they are a

the sheer courage of a martin luther king, of a john lewis, of a jesse jackson, of those who -- joseph loweryr lives on the line. it seems so impossible sitting here in 2011 with an african-american president. but the truth is they were dangerous times for these men. >> reporter: extremely dangerous times. and, you know, we know of numbers of people in the civil rights movement who were irreparably harmed. i mean, there were people who died, certainly. there were people who were jailed. martin luther king himself survived a stabbing attack that nearly killed him even -- long before that day when he was shot to death. and so a lot of people in this movement who never lived to see this day. and you know, even a reference to it made by john lewis who said there were something like ten speakers here in the march on washington in august of 1963, and out of those ten, martin luther king was number ten. he, john lewis, was number six. and he said -- i believe i heard him say he's the only one left. so that tells you that, you know, age has taken some of them as well as -- you know, there were some g

when you said, our religious leaders, i spoke with reverend joseph lowery today.d this reminded him of the 1960s when people were fed up up. i think maybe the religious leaders are coming on board. the reverend said the same thing. >> let me make it clear. they're out there. if you're talking about same-sex marriage and you're talking about abortion, you cannot stop hearing from the religious community. and so there's no moral reason why they have to wait for something to catch on. all of this is in the bible. it's about the disadvantage. it's about those that are vulnerable, about the poor, about the sick, about the old. what's missing in the scripture except the spiritual leaders? >> charlie rangel, thank you, sir. appreciate you coming on on a saturday when you have all those people in your city there today. thank you. >> my pleasure. >> make sure you stay with us here on cnn. we're going to be reporting more on the occupy wall street protest coming up at 7:00 p.m. eastern. we're going to speak with one of the organizers. his name is tyler. and we'll ask him to

. >> and as you might imagine, civil rights veterans such as reverend joseph lowery have a much different perspective. >> the people know that he's not responsible for our financial dilemma, and they know that the financial community is responsible. that the greed, the corruption, the selfishness of the financial community, and even today, when the wealthy are not willing to share their world, they want to keep less than 10% of the people own more than 90% of the wealth. that's unfair. >> well, many people are comparing occupy wall street with the tea party. and i put the question to princeton professor dr. cornell west. you'll see him sitting next to tv and radio commentator tavis smiley. i'll explain why, but first, listen to dr. west. >> the tea party movement is a right-wing populist movement obsessed with individual liberty, obsessed with small gochlt and lower taxes, whereas what you see with the young people especially in the occupy wall street movements around the country is a different kind of movement. not just populist in the progressive sense, but it's inclusive. it's embraciv

joseph lowery. [applause] [applause] >> thank you. we have not got all day. hear a fellow speak named barack obama. [applause] i came today to do in the spirit of this structure that we are dedicating. to quote martin luther king jr. in his speech at oslo when they gave him the nobel peace prize -- one of the things he made clear was that while we have come a long way we still have a long, long way to go. while the presence of this imposing structure forever reminds us of a long and perilous journey that the struggle has brought us through, it also points toward the future. in the words -- through many days of toil, we have already come with grace that brought us safe thus far and grace will lead us home. we recognize here that in the midst of the amazing truth that an african-american preacher who never held public political office is recognized here among the fathers of the country. indeed, he has become a father of the country. [applause] for his leadership gave birth to a new america. this marvelous president is in peril by forces that come today to turn

joseph lowery. [applause] [applause] >> thank you. we have not got all day. [laughter] of the to go hear a fellow speak named barack obama. [applause] i came today to do in the spirit of this structure that we are dedicating. to quote martin luther king jr. in his speech at oslo when they gave him the nobel peace prize -- one of the things he made clear was that while we have come a lon way we still have a long, long way to go. while the presence of this imposing structure forever reminds us of a long and perilous journey that the struggle has brought us through, it also points toward the future. in the wds -- through many days of toil, we have already come with grace that brought us safe thus far and grace will lead us home. we recognize here that in the midst of the amazing truth that an african-american preacher who never held public political office is recognized here among the fathers of the country. indeed, he has become a father of the country. [applause] for his leadership gave birth to a new america. this marvelous president is in peril by forces tha

maybe not as quickly as he once did, but the reverend joseph lowery, civil rights icon, known as the civil rights movement, is being honored this weekend with a big 90th birthday bash. happening in atlanta. before he went to his big party, he stopped by to talk to me. we didn't really plan on talking about politics, but he just couldn't help himself. wanted to talk about the republican presidential race. listen. >> probably one of the more sensitive fellows in atlanta is huntsman. they don't pay any attention to him. they're -- they're interested in herman cain, bless his heart. he's having the time of his life. he would give ten years of his life for what's happening to him now. and i'm -- i'm happy for him. i don't think he realizes that -- >> what do you mean -- >> they're using him. i think they're using herman to send their resistance against romney and perry and the other fellows who are up top in the money raising. if you'll notice, i don't think herman's money is anywhere -- it doesn't reach his vote in the popularity contest. that's how you can measure how much support he ha

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the reverend joseph lowery celebrated his 100th birthday this weekend. >>> our recession officially ended two years ago, but that didn't stop the slide in u.s. incomes. a new study calls our overall slump a significant reduction in the american standard of living. christine romans is joining us nompt now. household income fell more after the recession than during. >> that's right. $49,900 is the average household income in this country, and it's down. back in 2007, it was about $55,000. so a new report from two former analysts from the u.s. census finding that this has been a very tough situation for households, even after the recession has been officially over. you can catch this whole story on this on the front of "the new york times" today. but i will tell you a little bit -- something really interesting here. a couple of reasons. your house value is likely down. your job is likely either you've lost your job, or if you haven't lost your job, you are back into the work force and people are taking new jobs with significantly less pay. so their wages are not keeping up with the general i

jesse jackson, congressman john lewis, ambassador andrew young, and our elder statesman, reverend joseph loweryd 90 years old, 90 years young just last week. welcome. [applause] dan -- >> thank you very much. i'm humbled to be here. heroes are honored in their time. gends live through the ages. whe considering dr. king's legacy, an obscure poem called "lifters and leaners" comes to mi. dr. king was a world class lifter. others leaned on him, i never saw his shoulders give way or his backbend. he was as great a man as i have ever seen. the historical weight of this long overdue monent reminds us that we must be lifters' now. in the 1960's as today, divisiveness was based on fear and prejudice and misinformation. now with the cost and 24 hour news cycle, the power of misinformation has increased. we must remind ourselves that intelligence drums in ignorance every time -- trumps ignorance every time. when given the facts, people make good decisions. that leads to a problem dr. king faced 50 years ago, one that is worse today and that is the court for visitation, the politicization and the triviali