the most famous graduate of morehouse college is martin luther king. he was class of 1948. am class of 1979. i went to college with his son, martin the third. i used eat sunday dinners at the king family home on sunset avenue in atlanta, georgia. dr. king said this in a 1965 address before a largely white audience in atlanta, georgia "i tend to believe that history can rhyme, and that those that do not learn the lessons of history are bound to repeat them." this is what he said 59 years ago. "people are often silent today because of fear. fear of social, political, and economic reprisals. in the name of god, in the interest of human dignity, for the cause of democracy, these millions are called upon to gird their courage, to speak out, to offer leadership that is needed. history will record that the greatest strategy -- tragedy of this period of social transition was not the vitriolic words and violent actions of the bad people but the appalling silence and indifference of the good people. this generation will have to repent, not only for the words and actions of the childr

>> you have just heard the morehouse college glee club singing eternal father. that was the navy him. it was preceded by america the beautiful and be thou my vision by the 282nd army band out of ft. jackson, south carolina. mark remarks will be offered by jason carter, grandson and chair of the carter center board of trustees. >> it afternoon. we will have many chances this week to pay tribute to my grandfather. it was important for all of us that we stop here. these buildings, as you all know, are filled with his life, not just because this is a museum to his life, and not just because there is a collection here of his beloved paintings, but his spirit fills this place. the real reason that this spirit fills this place is because of the people who are standing here. the people in this room, from the library, then use them and the carter center itself, you all are the real keepers of my grandparents legacy. the jimmy carter library museum holds the historical legacy, tells my grandparents story, which is an unbelievable american story, you hold it and you presen

mitchell, i'm anxious to get your thoughts because a lot of our viewers probably don't know that morehouse college is a historically black college in atlanta, georgia, and it was deliberately chosen to deliver this kind of performance. >> and the glee club is world renowned for its music, musicianship, and it's a high quality. i also was struck when i was watching the service. meredith evans, who's over the carter presidential center and library, was there, and a quick story about her. when she was four years old, she wrote to her then president, jimmy carter. she asked, could she have her birthday party at the white house? she put a dollar in one sense in the letter and mailed it off. president carter wrote back to her. he said, i'm sorry you can't have your birthday party here and gave her her money back. and that was so meaningful to her as a four year old. well, now she's the first black woman to lead a presidential library. she actually can pull that letter she wrote as a four year old out of the archives that are contained at the center. and i saw her there at the services today. so it just

so choosing morehouse college as the glee club to sing here today certainly important. but when you look through the administration of his time here as governor as well as the presidency, he diversified the west wing, the entire cabinet and the federal courts. this is something that has a he has a long legacy. he didn't choose a supreme court candidate, but he diversified the federal courts more than any president up until him diversified not only the federal courts and his cabinet and his administration, but also his administration here as governor, appointing more women, more blacks, more latinos than any other governor before him. >> i can show you or i can see. rather, we don't have a shot here to show you here that there are scores of people who are waiting alongside the road here, hoping that the motorcade will pass by them to get to this honor guard at the circle of flags. i'm not able to determine whether that will be the path based on where they're standing, but they've come here anyway. again, to say thank you and to say goodbye to the former governor and 39th

this was the morehouse college singing as well.ocession to the carter center all day long. jonathan, you been watching with us. your thoughts on this somber but beautiful ceremony? >> it was a beautiful ceremony. and the first speaker, jason carter, grandson jimmy carter really explained nicely why the ceremony was taking place here. why the former president so intentional when he is planning his own funeral that the carter center would prominently featured. it is because he really was extremely proud of the work that he did here at the carter center which works to promote democracy around the world by monitoring elections, and fights disease it is nearly eradicated guinea worm which used to be a purchase huge scorch across the continent of africa. reproducing cases from that millions now down to the low teens very close to eradicating it. so the president was very proud of the work done here the carter center. until after his death, his grandson thinking all the people at the carter center. the staff, many of whom have worked with

junior's father and doctor king were classmates at morehouse college river nance, who was just 9 years old at the time, knew doctor king would change the world. >> and the impact that he did make that lead to the be right. say acts that pave the way for black people go to facilities of like your body feels that the martin luther king junior came to st. louis, missouri to speak at washington tabernacle baptist church where nance's uncle was the minister. >> my dad did a wonderful introduction of him. >> and a king, he mesmerized the crowd. that king spoke to me. they and me a question, did not know why. they would pay. and that. i think any state where he it too, create a future for you live into july. you. >> 6 years later in 1968, dr. king was assassinated. dr king was a recipient of the nobel peace prize. king's birthday was approved as a federal holiday in 1983, and all 50 states made it a state government holiday by 2000 reporting in st. louis. kelley hoskins. >> coming up after the break, we have chilly temperatures and some gusty winds to start the week. i'll have the forecast af

she said you don't have to be to morehouse college, you don't have to be a minister or a civil rights end up going to morehouse and i did end up becoming a civil rights leader, but i did not go into the minh istry. not because it's something that i considered, but just because it's a calling. >> this year marks 60ers yoo y bloody sunday, 60 years of the act. there have been enormous advances and progress made and also setbacks? >> my father used to say that whenever there is a perception and a reality of progress, there are always inevitable setbacks. 1963 when he was delivering the "i have "i have a dream" speech the nation was very excited and everything felt really great, but less than three weeks after the march the 16th street baptist church was bombed. when george floyd tragically was killed, for a year, we were doing all kind of incredible things to create opportunities for people who have been excluded historically. after about a year the pushback came and we started banning books and we started to dismount -- dismantle, dei. >> this year the day that we remember and mark, you

. >> morehouse college professor...st performed at his inauguration back in 1977 and at his carter center memorial ceremony this saturday. >> i felt a tremendous sense of pride to be a part of this but also even after 100 years such a loss because a dear friend who has contributed so much to this world, not just to the united states, not just to people of color, is passed on. and you don't replicate those kinds of people every day. >> the public visitation runs until 6:00 a.m. tomorrow. and then the former president's will be taken to washington, d.c., to lie in state in the u.s. capitol rotunda. sandra? >> sandra: jonathan live there in atlanta for us. now this. >> while we mourn my grandfather's passing i know in my heart, you all do, that his legacy will live on. >> sandra: justin carter eulogizing his late grandfather at the carter center on saturday. he joins us now. welcomed jason thank you for joining us. >> thank you for having me. >> sandra: obviously emotional time and moment there for you. what do you believe

junior's father and doctor king were classmates at morehouse college river nance, who was just 9 years old at the time, knew doctor king would change the world. >> and the impact that he did make that lead to the only right say acts that pave the way for black people go to facilities of like your body feels that the martin luther king junior came to st. louis, missouri to speak at washington tabernacle baptist church nance's uncle was the minister. >> my dad did a wonderful introduction of him. >> and a king, he mesmerized the crowd. that king spoke to me. they and asked me a question, did not know why. they would pay. and that. i think any state where he it too, create a future for you love into july. you. >> 6 years later in 1968, dr. king was assassinated. dr king was a recipient of the nobel peace prize. king's birthday was approved as a federal holiday in 1983, and all 50 states made it a state government holiday by 2000. >> still ahead kron, 4 news at noon, an international effort now underway to save the species. latest efforts out of london to rest of air after careful review o

charles person was a student at morehouse college in his hometown of atlanta where he had been arrestedined on that trip aboard a trailways bus by six other black freedom riders, including future congressman and civil rights icon john lewis and six white riders. their mission was to test the supreme court's order to deseg grate the inner state bus system. along the route a group of men that included members of the ku klux klan boarded the bus, beating person and others unconscious when they refused to move to the back. when the bus arrived in birmingham on mother's day 1961, another mob of men was waiting and the riders including person were beaten again. the images from alabama helped to galvanize the civil rights movement as hundreds of new freedom riders joined the cause. two weeks later, president john f. kennedy ordered the immediate desegregation of all interstate bus terminals. person an engineering whiz accepted to m.i.t. but could not afford the tuition, later joined the marines corps serving two years in vietnam. he retired from the military in 1981, starting an electronics bu

morehouse college, the glee club there, of course, the historically black university here in atlanta, sent him off with a stirring battle hymn of the republic. that was, by design as a nod to the civil rights legacy. so jimmy carter clearly was a modern governor in the south. there's no question his. grandson here at the service perhaps put it best when he said, you can cram a lot of life in 100 years. >> yeah, no question about it. and, jeff, this is inside politics, of course. and jimmy carter's 1976 electoral map is just stunning to look at. our viewers can see it there on your screen. texas was blue in the west like california was red. that is quite remarkable when you look at today's politics. >> manu chao. it certainly is. of course, jimmy carter was elected because of anger in the country over the vietnam war and in the watergate era. of course, he was sent out of office on a different kind of anger over inflation and the economy. when you look at the red and blue divide in this country, so different. he was the last democratic presidential candidate to sweep the south. of cour

he planned every moment of his funeral some decades ago, including music from the morehouse college gleelub. the family watched and listened as they sang battle hymn of the republic. and flanking armslist. >> is true. is marching along. >> those strains were chosen themselves by the carters, a nod to the deep importance that civil rights played in his governor and indeed his presidency. now the late president will be lying in repose here in atlanta through tuesday morning before going to washington. jeff zeleny, cnn, atlanta. >> and we move on to washington now where we are learning that donald trump plans to concentrate his ambitious policy agenda into one large, sweeping package. it now appears trump expects some of his biggest campaign promises on tax policy and the border to pass through congress in a single massive bill. sources say the u.s. house speaker told republican lawmakers of the plan in a closed door meeting on saturday after the spending bill debacle and a narrow speaker's race. trump seems to believe there will be very little room to maneuver separate bills, but legislati

after graduating from morehouse college and a theological seminary, dr. king enrolled in imraj graduate studies at boston university. informs boston where dr. king would meet coretta scott, who was also a student at the nearby new england conservatory. and as we all know, as history has taught us, the two would ultimately marry and coretta would become coretta scott king. together they would be a formidable force in their own right in their own time, and in joint pursuit of equality and justice for all. so this remarkable partnership between dr. king and coretta scott king also brought forth four children who grew up to embrace, uphold and protect the values that their parents had devoted their lives for. now, i would be remiss if i did not lift the names of martin luther king iii, bernice alberts canine -- albertine king, and dexter scott king who we unfortunately lost last january. in 1954, as i indicated, their father became think pastor of the dexter avenue baptist church in montgomery, alabama. dr. king, by this time, was a member of the executive co

it's the nation's oldest historically black college for women. as a morehousean, this was something of a homecoming for king, he told the audience, quote, morehouse men always consider it a privilege to speak to spelman ladies, end quote. they were sister colleges in atlanta. doctor king's profile was a civil rights activist. as a civil rights activist was growing. it was the dawn of a nationwide student sit in movement, a nonviolent civil rights protest tactic. and that particular movement started in greensboro, north carolina, when a group of black college students sat at a woolworth's lunch counter and were denied service. they refused to leave, and the next day, more students joined the sit in a wave of sit ins spread across the across college towns in the this line e if you can't fly, run. if you can't run, walk if you can't walk, crawl. but by all means, keep moving. end quote. keep moving. doctor king was telling those college protesters. he was telling black people all over the jim crow south. he was telling any and all americans, black or white, who we

here, morehouse chosen, of course, the historically black college here in atlanta as a nod to how important civil rights were to the carters. of course, through the course of his governorship and indeed the presidency. now the late president is lying in repose here in atlanta through tuesday morning at 6 a.m., when he's taken to washington, ammar and danny. >> turning to dc. now, we have a live look over capitol hill this morning. it will be a busy week there starting tomorrow. house speaker mike johnson getting ready for his first full week with the 119th congress. and he's got that razor thin majority. and across the city, heavy security is in place as vice president kamala harris gets ready to certify the election she lost to donald trump. joining me now is cnn political analyst and anchor with spectrum news sarah lewis. good morning, errol. uh, listen, vice president harris has known this moment was coming ever since election night. it's part of the job, but it's still likely going to be hard. and yet, that peaceful transfer of power will happen. can you just reflect on how different th

the eternal father strong to save, a navy him, being sung by the morehouse college glee club.ee the carter family gathered there in the first rows, next to the casket of jimmy carter, many others in attendance, one of the long—standing request of the carter's, bothjimmy carter and rosalynn carter, was to include the many people who supported their work at the carter centre, their diplomatic missions across the world, their global health missions among their battle against guinea worm disease, many of those in attendance today that was one of the wishes of the carter family. was one of the wishes of the carterfamily. those was one of the wishes of the carter family. those employees in attendance, there been invited to pay their respects as well. there we see the morehouse glee club. that service about to begin here in atlanta, georgia, the memorialfor the late here in atlanta, georgia, the memorial for the latejimmy memorial for the late jimmy carter, 39th memorial for the latejimmy carter, 39th president of the united states, ceremony by his family, his children, grandchildren