dr. martin luther king jr. as we listened to president johnson. i looked at dr. king. tears came down his face. he started crying. and we all cried a little when we heard the president saying, "we shall overcome." and dr. king said, "we will make it from selma to montgomery, and the voting rights act will be passed." two weeks later, more than 10,000 of us, people from all over america, started walking from selma to montgomery. and by the time we made it to montgomery five days later, there were almost 30,000 black and white citizens-protestant, catholic, jewish, men, women, young people. it was like a holy march. and the congress debated the act, passed it, and on august 6, 1965, president lyndon johnson signed it into law. amy goodman: congressmember john lewis. we continue our conversation after break. [break] [break] amy goodman: the morehouse college glee club performing "we shall overcome." morehouse college was the alma mater of dr. martin luther king jr. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman, as i continue with my i

dr. martin luther king jr.. he said he is honored by this recognition. >> i am happy. i'm happy i lived this long. they thought enough of me to make a celebration out of it. >> congratulations to you. it there's a lot of love in this room. it is a reflection of the love and service in the life you have given to the city in people of our state. >> to mar the church will hold a concert in honor of rev. would. congratulations. there's so much more to come. a warning for airline passengers. a dispute between american airlines and a pilot union means more delays. a man jumped into the tiger cage at the bronx zoo. he tells police why he made this week. taking the game into >> nyse police plan to arrest a man mauled by a tiger in the bronx zoo. he told investigators that he deliberately leaked into the exhibit because he wanted to "be one with the tiger." he's in the hospital in stable condition after was bit in the back. he also suffered broken bones. the director said the outcome could have been much worse. >> it was a really good day here at the zoo. we had the cat which i

dr. martin luther king jr. &pmuseum. civil rights - copperfield purchased the more than 50-yearrold tape weeks after it was found in a man's will put the recording on exhibit in the motel room where king stayeddhis last night before being killed.the tape was appraised at 100- thousand-dollars.coppprfield says he's giving it to the museuu because it's "just the righh thing to do." the n-f-l kicked off last night, but for the first time in 15 years..... e're still talking baseball during football season. peason. joel d. smith is live at the sports legends museum at ccmden yards with a preview of tonight's game against the yankees with first place on the line... and how ticket sales llok for the rest of he weekend. good &ptonight---- club level $102 friday --- plenty remaining outsunday --- plenty the orioles will unveil a sculpture of hall of famer cal ripken jr. prior to thuusday's series opener at camden yards. it is one of six sculptures the club is celebrating this season and comes on the 11- ripken passed lou gehrig b

dr. martin luther king jr., who marched, demonstrated, and preached countless sundays, was honored.but he did not want a lot of hoopla. >> i am happy that i've lived this long. and they thought enough of me to make a celebration. >> governor of mali -- o'malley said -- >> its presence in the baltimore has blessed us all. >> he has always come up with some unnamed innovative ideas -- with so many innovative ideas and ministries. he is done a wonderful job. i do not think anybody can beat him. >> he embraced the day as a humble man of faith who a few years back you it was time to hand the reins over to a co- pastor of. >> that is the way it goes. one generation leaves, another comes. >> reverend what was a member of the first class of african- american ministers except in the theological seminary. he received a distinguished alumnus award. he is amazing. >> and it looked fantastic. like 92. hard to believe. congratulations. >> it was in the 80 posted today. unusual for this time of year. things will settle down now. it will be dark for the rest of the night. 7 day forecast is next. >>

dr. martin luther king, as well, i understand. >> and jim palmer. i was blessed to be -- a frat brother. i was in the fraternity. so i began to get access in that situation. but that was that, and then in north carolina, jim palmer was a huge force in that time. i've been blessed to be around men and women of stature. marian wright edelman. these persons have had great impact on my life. >> what did you learn from dr. king, in particular, because your legacy is so intricately tied to dr. king's. you were literally standing on the balcony. >> i was on the ground. we were talking to each other. >> to be that close to him not just at that moment but over the course of those years u what were the big lessons you learned from dr. king? >> oh, boy. one i think is intellectual preparation. he was a serious scholar. you think of him, he did a debate on the negro and the constitution at age 14. >> . he finished at 19. he was a furious scholar. he read at least one fiction an nonfiction book a week. i mean, he was as scholarly as he was activist. and so i'm n

when i was only about 18 years old, back in 1955 at the age of 15i heard rosa parks and martin luther king jr. i heard dr. martin luther king jr. speak talking about non-violence and passive resistance. as a young person i start studying the way of peace, the way of love, the way of nonviolence. to lay down the burden, the burden of hate to and try to move toward community, that sense of one family, one people, one house. in this book across that bridge i tried to suggest, but they're is a better way. a better example of moving toward a sense of community, not just american community, but the world community. what is faith all about. keeping with the philosophy in the difference in nonviolence, to believe in some way that you're going to succeed if you're going to overcome, but you have to be persistent and you have to insist. you have to be like the tree, planted by the rivers of waters. your anchor, did you may get arrested, you may go to jail. over and over again. but you have to keep the faith. keep your eyes on the price. never ever give up, never given or out. before we have been on a city, and the

dr. martin luther king jr., it is a misnomer to say that black churches have endorsed political candidates. black churches have endorsed political movements. >> we're a people of influence, and that's a lot of weight to carry, and to just come out and say, "hey, we need to get behind this guy." i don't think that's our job. what i think we're supposed to do is inform them about, you know, making sure that they do vote and that they understand what's at stake. >> what i will do on pulpit freedom sunday is simply to outline what are some of the key biblical issues in this year's election, and then who are some of the candidates in opposition to biblical truth? who are some of the candidates running in support of biblical truth? as a follower of jesus christ, i want to encourage people to vote for people who would follow biblical truth. >> reporter: do you have any idea how many churches have been audited, how many churches have lost their nonprofit status? >> there's not a single church that's lost its nonprofit status in 58 years. >> reporter: in fact, at least one church briefly lost its n

dr. martin luther king, jr., it happened late saturday night. the killing was oakland's 8 first homicide of the year >>> democrats are gathering this week for their national convention, sandra is in charlotte with the big question as they push for president barack obama's reelection, good morning san from. >>> didn't democrats are warming up darks and several performers will be warming up and then party democrats will be getting down to business. democrats are gearing up for their convention. it officially starts tuesday but the president spent the weekend previewing his message. >> on thursday night i believe i will offer you a better path forward, a path that will create more jobs and strengthen the middle class and you get the choose. >> reporter: mitt romney wants them to officially not name this -- nominate him for president. >> i accept your nomination for president of the united states. >> and it is better than it was when president barack obama was elected. >> without a change in leadership why would the last four years be different than

tests methods used in an era we thought was behind us all these people marching here including dr martin luther king. he's in the middle they were fighting for a dream that at least some of them got to see realized in the voting rights act of one thousand nine hundred sixty five and when he signed it president lyndon johnson said this most basic right of all was the right to choose your own leaders and that the history of this country in large measure is the history of the expansion of that right of the people he said this is a history that may be about to begin a new chapter the outcome of which has yet to be determined now i'm not one who ever likes to fear monger but what's happening now has the makings of a perfect storm of disaster that some say could make the results of the november sixth election take a whole lot longer to be determined deja vu anyone. we want to bring this to your attention and to make sure this discussion stays in the public eye so that when election day comes there won't be any surprises and christine in washington for our . capital account is up next let's check in with l

dr. martin luther king, jr. way late saturday night, no arrests have been made. >>> and turning now to election news, democrats are gathering for the national convention in charlotte north carolina this week. they are facing the biggest news for people who want president barack obama reelected, sandra? >> reporter: that's right, democrats are kicking off festivities with a labor day weekend celebration but tomorrow they will be getting down to party business. this stage is set and democrats are fathering up for their convention. it starts tuesday but the president spent the weekend previewing his message. >> on thursday night i will offer a better path forward a path that will grow this economy and strengthen the middle-class and the good news is, you get the choose the path we take. >> they met last week to officially nominate mitt romney as their candidate for president. >> mr. chairman and delegates, i accept your nomination for president of the united states. >> it raised the question of whether it was bette

dr. martin luther king junior talking about nonviolence in path of resistance. as a young person, i started studying the way of peace, the way of love, the way of nonviolence. to lay down the burden of bitterness, the burden of hate and try to move to areas that sense of one family, one people, one house. in this little book, "across that bridge," i tried to suggest that there is a better way. there's a better example of moving toward a sense of community, not just american community, but the world community. what is faith all about? in keeping with the philosophy and nonviolence jubilees somehow and someway pressure point to succeed and overcome, but you have to be persistent and you have to insist. you have to be literature he planted by the river's water, district anchored, that you may be beaten me make it arrested or you may go to jail over and over and over again, but she had to keep the face. keep your eyes on the prize and never, ever give up. never give in. before we went on and he said in, any march, before but on the freedom rides in 1961 committee sa

dr. martin luther king was assassinated, they offered comfort amid the unrest. >> people were wondering all of the streets wondering what to do. we were open. >> they say st. stephen's historical open-door policy remains despite the fact that a masked man with a gun entered saturday afternoon. >> the first time any of us can remember that there has been an armed robbery inside the church. >> detectives a saturday around noon, a man walked into the church. the gunman followed him in off the streets and put a gun to the back of the victim's head. he robbed him. reverend goodman pointed the gun at her, police said, before he escaped. >> what happened was shocking to was. our mission is to continue to welcome people in from the neighborhood. >> at a time when some churches are only open at some times of the day, she says they will not close. >> we are not going to close our doors because that is part and part of our mission. >> the rev. says she hopes they find themselves. >> i wish his heart to be changed. she does not want the focus on the robbery here. she wants to focus on the mission of th

dr. martin luther king said a generation ago, two generations ago that we would be right here because ourre all messed up. we are spending money on wars we do not want we are not investing in social endeavors that would enhance the american population. i am hoping the democrats will go to those messages that will affirm where we need to go not just talk about where we have not been and all of that. nobody wants to hear that. people want to know how we can become more prosperous how to expe extend the middle class. >> the debt is hitting $16 trillion. do you feel like members of your party are starting to get it things are growing out of control in this country and we may not be able to afford those going down the road? >> entitlements, bane capital got a bailout, wall street got a bailout. the $700 billion ba700 billion dollar bailout dame bsh bsh >> they made money. because those companies paid back the bailouts. we made money off of it. i am talking about entitlements from medicare and social security. do you think members of your party are starting to realize some of those costs are sp

dr. martin luther king jr., who marched, sat in, demonstrated and preached countless sundays was honored. but he did not want a lot of hoopla. >> i'm happy that i have lived this long. and they thought enough of me to make a celebration out of it. >> reverend wood guide parishioners during some of the most volatile times in the nation's history. >> he has blessed us all. >> reverend wood has adapted to the times, building everything from a solar heated church to an aids ministry. >> he has always come up with so many innovative ideas and programs and ministries. i just think he did a wonderful job. i don't think anybody could beat him. >> reverend wood embraced the day as a humble man of faith who a few years back knew it was time to hand the reigns over to a co-pastor. >> that's the way it goes. one generation leaves, another generation comes. >> deborah weiner, tv 11 news. >> 9:07. 58 degrees. still ahead on 11 news, howard county executive ken allman will be joining us for this morning's q and a. and how the presidential election will impact your wallet. >>> and if you're going to the

dr. martin luther king.n told that there were men looking to kill him that night. and they drove up to a house, and bill and king were staying in the house together with a group of other people. bill told the story that people were petrified that night. i mean, they thought that the house was going to be bombed, and they darkened the house so there were no lights at all. and he was afraid for his life. and king must have sensed this fear in the room. and he walked over to a piano and started to play "this little light of mine," and the whole group just started to sing this song, and they sang songs all through the night. and bill said at the end of this time, it was like there was nothing to be afraid of. i mean, he himself, a non-religious person, was moved by this music and himself strengthened by it. [light piano music] [explosion] [folk guitar strumming] ♪ it was back in 1942, ♪ i was a member of a good platoon. ♪ (seeger) plato was supposed to have said, "it's very dangerous for the wrong kind of music

dr. martin luther king, jr.as a registered republican because the republican party was actually the party that was fighting the racism in the south. and that has flipped. and it's flipped because indecision has allowed that to flip. >> wrap it up, guys. >> we need to speak up about racism now. >> this conversation shows it's a useful conversation to inflame the voter. second, it's not just me. are you suggesting the supreme court of the united states is racist because they have approved and seen that every one of these laws is constitutional? >> i'm saying you need to look at the genesis of why this law was created or why these people pursued in the timeline and in the fashion in which it was pursued. why wasn't this conversation being so nationally pushed when w. was running for reelection? why is it when the first black president of the united states is on the ballot that all of a sudden we're racially motivated to make sure there's no voter fraud. >> all good questions. we let this go about 10 minutes longer

dr. martin luther king, jr.'s famous i have a dream speech. for nearly two years the old leaking reflecting pool has been torn up, reconstructed and fenced off from the public. construction and clean-up crews put finishing touches on the $34 million reconstruction project and shortly after noon scott stevenson of korman construction started taking down the fencing. a few minutes later the public was invited to come down and see the new reflecting pool which instead of being filled with tap water is now filled with water taken from the nearby tidal basin and processed to make it cleaner. there were some logistical problems in the rebuilding of the reflecting pool on. what is now a field there used to be buildings occupied by the u.s. navy. >> all those substructures and drains and inlets and storm trains and electrical duct banks were still in the ground and when you go to put foundations in, you run into those things that no one knows. about. >> reporter: but the project is now done and there are some significant improvements here. what used t

dr. martin luther king is well embeddeded in african-american voters throughout the nation.e don't want to go back to our social and civil rights being denied for promises about our economic rights. we realize president obama is standing with us on economic rights, education, pell grants which will be cut by the romney administration, medicare which will be cut by the romney administration, unemployment insurance which is necessary for those trying to get a job will be cut by the romney administration. and investment in infrastructure which will be cut by the romney administration, african-american voters are not monolithic, they don't think this one way. they think holistically. i believe the enthusiasm level are rise and rise and north carolina will be in the column along with new mexico. i'd like texas. new mexico and our southwestern states with the hispanic vote and certainly women will remember in november. this is going to be a vote for going forward and not going backward. >> one issue impacting minority voters is voter i.d. in your home state, a federal appeals cour

dr. martin luther king in protests like this one in selma, alabama, in 1965.ht unfair voter registration practices. almost 50 years later, we still fight racism at the polls. but there's some good news out of ohio tonight. secretary of state john husted has backed down. at least a little. he's been fighting to block early voting. the real battle is over these three days. historically, ohioans have been able to vote on the weekend before the election. the republicans worry most of the early voters are democrats and obama supporters. 93,000 folks in that state voted during the weekend before the election in 2008. this year, john husted decided to shut down the polls on those specific days. now, the obama campaign is taking husted to federal court. at first, he ignored the judge and told every county in the state to keep the polls closed. no early voting no matter what. but today, husted apologized, maybe he realized he can't ignore a federal court directive. the judge ordered him to personally come to the next hearing and this afternoon, husted assured the court

dr. martin luther king jr., who marched, sat in, demonstrated and preached countless sundays, was honoredot want a lot of hoopla. >> i'm happy that i lived this long. and they thought enough of me to make a celebration out of it. >> governor o'malley said reverend wood guided parishioners during some of the most volatile times in the nation's history. reverend wood has adapted to the times building everything from a solar heated church to an aids ministry. >> has always come up with so many innovative ideas and programs and ministries. i just think he's done a wonderful job during that time. i don't think anybody can beat him. >> reverend wood embraced the day as a humble man who a few years back knew it was time to hand the reigns over to a co-pastor. >> and that's the way it goes. one generation leaves, another generation comes. >> deborah weiner, wbal tv 11 news. >> congratulations to him. >> congratulations. >>> time 6:08. 54 degrees on tv hill and at the airport. straight ahead, news of a recall at trader joe's. why health officials are warning consumers not to eat one of their peanu

dr. martin luther king said it the best. he said that when you have an emergency sometimes you have to ignore the red lights, be the ambulance drivers and drive through the red light. and that's what time it is now in america. and we've got to stop saying that something is not possible because is it possible. >> why is it possible, what do you mean? >> there's always a beginning. >> are we at some tipping point? >> yes, we definitely are at a tipping point. again, speaking to the amount of children that are going hungry every day in this country, the eight million families that have lost their homes to foreclosure -- my nieces are african american and they lived in their home for 20 years, a little house on the corner of 38th and 10th street in minneapolis. now today, you know, my nieces are living in my mother's little living room right now because they were one of the victims that lost their homes to foreclosure. right after obama came into office i went with a bunch of women that were in foreclosure. we flew to washington

dr. martin luther king died from an assassin's bullet. >> martin luther king, dedicated his life to lovew human beings. he died in the cause of that effort. >> in this decade, we have lived through periods of more hate, violence, than perhaps any other time in the history of our country. what has become of our land? what disease has affected us as a people? how many good men must we give? >> senator robert f. kennedy has been shot and wounded at his headquarters shortly after making a victory statement in the california primary. >> senator kennedy died at 1:44 a.m. today. he was 42 years old. ♪ >> from his parents and from his older brothers and sisters, joe and kathleen and jack, he received an inspiration which he passed on to all of us. my brother need not be idealized or enlarged in death what he was beyond what he was in life, to be remembered simply as a good and decent man, who saw wrong and tried to right it, saw suffering and tried to heal it, saw war and tried to stop it. those of us who loved him, and have taken him to his rest today, pray that what he was to us, what he wishe

dr. martin luther king, jr. i often do. in 1963 in birmingham alabama in prison king talking about the great well of democracy. and what dr. king meant by the great wealth of democracy. he said the young black teens and the ten and 8 and 9-year-old girls were being arrested in april and may children's cur said. he said they were bringing the nation back to the those great wealth of democracy and rededucted in a tradition he was accurate that one day people would recognize these young abused people as brings the nation back to the great wealth of democracy. you've written a book called "democracy matter." sometimes my work has been criticized for talking about democracy. what i talk about is the small democracy of carmichael in alabama. and in jackson, mississippi and mississippi delta. the democracy i talk about is that i believe in is fannie lou haimer meant by small disple and ruralville mississippi making less than $2 a day. or eel will baker who was telling people that democracy was more than just a hamburger or sit in

dr. martin luther king, jr. i naively believed we would cure the cancerous effects of racism in my lifetime. i now know that is not true. race remains a central issue in the evolution of our political, economic and cultural environment. it continues to haunt me personally. >> guest: well i think it does. in so many ways. way as on a panel recently about the of early days of john f. kennedy and some people may remember he was not enthusiastic warrior when it came to the civil rights movement because of the political consequences in the south but he ended up doing the right thing and he had great men at his side like john deorr who went down, he sent the 82nd airborne into mississippi to protect the rights of james meredith. we had a panel about that, susan rice, u.n. ambassador was there, and she talked about her children in school in washington still very much aware of what their race is and she said we've not gotten beyond that. i do have hope that generationally it will change but i think it takes the best eff

dr. martin luther king has been, um, killed. also father brooks intrigued me as somebody who was a pioneer who went out there and, basically, circumvented the admissions process. he was very controversial, as you know those of you who have read the book and know him, he's a very strong-willed man and basically went out in a car with jim gallagher, drove to the schools, personally interviewed a lot of these men. not the men who came in through other means such as eddie who came in through an athletic scholarship, and i think -- is there a -- oh, am i popping my piece? there. can everybody still hear me? probably were better. so, you know, and then sat in a coffee shop one night and decided who was going to get in, the two of them, and then he presented a bill to father sword who was the president at the time. it was $80,000 which for a college that had about a million dollars in endowment at the time was, you know, quite a cost to bear. so, but what he was looking for, i asked him, you know, how do you decide? anybody who's a par

dr. martin luther king who stood up to the surge of discretion.vely championed that each of us must be judged not by the color of our skin, but the content of our character. it is the story of president ronald reagan who turned back the growth of government and restored morning in america. who stood up against the oppressive evil of communism and demanded, mr. gorbachev, tear down this wall. it is the story of my mom. irish and italian working- class, the first in her family ever to go to college. she became a pioneering computer programmer in the 1950's. it is the story of my father, imprisoned and tortured in cuba, beaten nearly to death. he fled to texas in 1957, not speaking english, with $100 sewn into his underwear. he washed dishes making 50 cents an hour to pay its way through college and to start a small business in the oil and gas industry. my father is here today. when he came to america, [speaking spanish] he had nothing, but he had heard. a hard for freedom. thank you, dad. -- a heart for freedom. it is the story of each and everyone