trying to interview ralph abernathy. the reporter was saying, dr. abernathy, what did you see? did dr. king say anything? did you see the shooter? he kept asking all these questions. abernathy i think was in shock. he didn't say a word. the reporter got frustrated. believe it or not i started identifying with the right -- white reporter. by that time i had interviewed ralph abernathy several times myself and not get much out of him what this guy was getting. i got the standard civil rights interview. martin increased in wisdom and stature and i was his best friend. and it wasn't very useful. and then all of a sudden this reporter got so frustrated that he said well dr. abernathy, you can't talk about what happened tonight. can you tell me when you first met martin luther king? it was like that he snapped out of his trance. he said young man i first met martin luther king on a cold, rainy, january day in 1954 when he arrived at my car soonish -- my parsonage in the company of our prophet, vernon jones. he started telling vernon john's story. i knew who he was but i didn't know m

soledad: nell abernathy, so nice to have you. thank you. nell: thank you. >> next on "matter of fact," teens locked up with adults. akeem: they're are in these situations where they're forced to protect themselves. >> can new york meet the deadline to remove kids from riker's? plus, congress is ignoring voters? what? cesar: congress is not listening to the american people. >> could indecision over daca sway the midterms? -i've seen lots of homes helping new customers bundle and save big, but now it's time to find my dream abode. -right away, i could tell his priorities were a little unorthodox. -keep going. stop. a little bit down. stop. back up again. is this adequate sunlight for a komodo dragon? -yeah. -sure, i want that discount on car insurance just for owning a home, but i'm not compromising. -you're taking a shower? -water pressure's crucial, scott! it's like they say -- location, location, koi pond. -they don't say that. your but as you get older,hing. it naturally begins to change, causing a lack of sharpness, or even trouble with

ralph abernathy came by. he of course would have been dr. king's designated successor with the southern christian leadership conference. the poor people's campaign in d.c. during the interim and they brought a version of that to each of the party conventions that year. i met dr. abernathy on the floor. , thenk it is safe to say party in 1968 was more on the road. more diverse than in later years. on the other hand, they were people who felt richard nixon -- he was running a law and order campaign. people thought that was an way appealin a soft to the constituency, to say i sympathize with your views. do not throw away your vote on a third-party candidate. elect me and we can pursue this. speechesis nixon gave on the issue of civil rights in 1968. when he was vice president, he was speaking of dr. king. he and dr. king had formed an alliance of sorts to promote a civil rights bill in 1957 and to be honest, i think to push the eisenhower administration a little more aggressively in that direction. the party in 1968, this is for the republicans

that's not something that the principles like doctor king, doctor abernathy or doctor young, they never lived there days when or nights thinking at the dangers. they lived there days and lives with hope and dreams of making the country a more just nation. the same with my parents. yes, there were dangers every day in every window in every corner, but the shared host into the dream of making selma in this nation a place of peace and prosperity over ruled by fear. he had the world on his shoulders and if i had only known what this man was committed to doing and how much he had on his shoulders, i probably one day wouldn't have tugged on his pant leg and begged him to have tea and mud cakes with me. he stopped because my mother was going to intercede and pull me away. he looked at my mother and he looked at me and he said i must have tea and mud caked and he did. for about 45 minutes we sat in the living room and as a part of the questions i asked for out of the mouth of babes. again i wish i had understood a little bit more because i asked uncle martin why is the dirt brown and why is the

abernathy -- dr. king's designated successor of the soft -- of the southern christian leadership conference. will go live now to the roosevelt room in the white house were president trump is reeouncing his drugf community program grant. pres. trump: we have never done anything to this extent or this large that will reach of so many people. great people. the drug-free communities program is a proven success cutting alcohol and prescription average of 20%n among high school students and participating communities. a 20% reduction is at the top of the pack, incredible what they have been able to do. you should all be extremely proud of your life's work. very important life's work, so great going. also want to tell you, deputy director -- somebody who really is inat the heart, and he love with what he does and that is jim carroll, thank you very much. >> thank you, mr. president. many of us have a friend, colleague, or a loved one who has struggled with dependency. i had a brother who had a very big alcoho

abernathy, ambassador young, you know, they never lived their days and their lives thinking about the dangers. they lived their days and their lives with hope and with dreams about making this country a more just nation. same with my parents. yes, there were dangers every day at every window, around every corner. but again, the shared hope and the dreams of making selma and this nation a place of peace and prosperity overruled fear. the world was quite literally -- he had the world on his shoulders, and if i had only known what this man was committed to doing and how much he had on his shoulders, i probably one day would not have tugged at his pant leg and begged him to have tea and mud cakes with me. and he stopped, because my mother was going to intercede and pull me away, and he stopped and he looked at my mother and he looked at me, and he said i must have tea and mud cakes with the baby, and he did. and, for about 45 minutes we sat in the living room. and as reported, the questions i asked him were out of the mouths of babes. again, i wish i had understood a little bit more becau

king and reverend abernathy, the 7th of march was the first sunday.ted in. was judgment at nuremburg. so all of the jewish community and all of the liberal christian community and all of the people of goodwill who understood what hitler had done to germany, realized it was happening in alabama. well, well, i could go on with the details. but but the conclusion is -- that before the end of march, lyndon johnson, who had no power in december, stood up before the congress of the united states and introduced the voting rights bill. and and a whole bunch of baptist preachers with no money, no army, no nothing but faith in the power of the lord, found that we were able to not only give the president power, but that's where we began to raise up our people to vote and to redeem the soul of america. yes, i was there. when a bullet struck. but you know, africans say you ain't dead until people stop calling your name. that bullet only released his spirit, and it released his spirit all over the world. i've been to 152 countries, i never been anywhere yet where s

abernathy -- avenetti for his wonderful speech. it's time for a raffle so get your tickets now. there will be arapahoe in about 10 minutes, thank you. just there will be a raffle in about 10 minutes thank you. >> thanks for coming out. >> great message. >> how are you? >> so nice to meet you, too. >> you are a powerful force for good. >> thank you so much. it's a pleasure, thanks for coming out. >> go tigers. >> how are you? >> that's so nice of you, thank you. >> we exchanged emails. >> yes, thanks for reaching out to me. >> can i get a picture? if i can figure out how. >> absolutely. >> thanks very much, good seeing you, take care of yourself. >> good luck. >> thanks for coming out. >> thank you so much. keep doing good work. would you mind taking a picture? thank you. >> thanks for coming out. >> where you from? how long of a veneer? >> thank you for having me. >> i think i'm going to volunteer. >> how are you? >> i'm good. >> i like your shirt. fight ifght the good you remember. >> yes, we were in the trenches. >> i was the business manager. >> hopefully this doesn't and lik

and we marched with dr martin luther king and reverend ralph abernathy. we did the sit—ins.t we had to do because that was the plan and it was a masterplan, and as you can see it worked pretty well. what do you think that the music world has lost with the death of aretha franklin, in terms of what she meant to us musically? just her presence. because, you know, italked to aretha may be about five weeks ago or so, and her plan was she was going to retire from doing performances, but she was always going to record. she said, "smoke, i'mjust not going to do any more dates, but i'm going to continue to record," but she has left us with a musical legacy that kids who haven't even been born yet will get a chance to experience. smokey robinson talking on cbs news. the headlines on bbc news: devastating monsoon floods in the southern indian state of kerala have left more than 300 people dead and 200,000 without homes. mps call for the rules around e—cigarettes to be relaxed — they say they help people to stop smoking. the prisons minister, rory stewart, promises to resign if he fail

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abernathy said i've seen him give all the speeches, hundreds, thousands, i've never seen him better. it was as though he sensed that it was coming. he had been arrested summing times, his home was bombed, he was shot out, he was threatened with death, that's why, in many ways mark luther king was one of the most courageous leaders in american history. abraham lincoln was not threatened with death every day. john kennedy wasn't threatened all the time. anytime martin luther king when out in public, there is a chance that someone would try to kill him. he didn't have proper bodyguard bodyguards, it was a dangerous committed life and we should remember on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of his death how truly great he was. >> you've written for both adult, young adults. this one is aimed toward younger adults, if i'm not mistaken you've written for both adult and young adults. tell me who this is aimed at. >> this is aimed at teens and adults. >> i enjoyed it. i tried to tell the story in two ways. first i tried to tell a rich visual history. at one level the diagrams alone tell th

ralph abernathy came out of room 306 and the motel and too , extracted from a laundered shirt a cardboard into the mason jar and swept the blood into it saying this is the blood of the profit. shed for us. they opened up his body, he was 39 years old. they said he had the heart of a man 65 years old. the stress, tension, eating. all of that together. so self-care was a critical moment. jimmy baldwin down way too, but also his sensitivity to does are marginalized in others even as he spoke for the masses of black people. so if he had to come back, they brought him back, revive tin in a way and that same sense, frederick douglass to wait the appropriate moment for the revival to occur. [applause] >> that makes me very, very proud that we are bringing them back to life this year. thank you, sir. >> i want to thank you both for just your commitment. i am 59 as well. >> you look much better than me, man. >> thank you. >> she's like that's true. >> i am torn in the times we are today. i remember a soldier crying when martin luther king died. i'd never seen my father cry before. but every day st

reverend abernathy picked it up. carried it forward. i think later on this afternoon you'll hear from bernard lafayette and some of those people who were just on the ramparts in pushing that particular initiative forward. dr. king was very much concerned about all people. obviously the whole issue of black americans, and the situation we face, i was looking at some statistics just the other day, was saying that there's more than 40 million people in this country below the poverty line. and we know that a good percentage of those are people of color. people of color who are struggling to make ends meet. when we had the poor people's campaign, 600 people arrived in detroit in 1968. they were part of this general crusade, this march, that was on its way to washington. they were stopped in detroit. they were confronted by the police ultimately. the only brutal -- the only real violence that came out of that whole campaign happened right in detroit. obviously it was familiar turf for us. because we had been struggling against police brutalit

ralph abernathy came out of room 306 and the motel and too , extracted from a laundered shirt a cardboard into the mason jar and swept the blood into it saying this is the blood of the profit. shed for us. they opened up his body, he was 39 years old. they said he had the heart of a man 65 years old. the stress, tension, eating. all of that together. so self-care was a critical moment. for the revival to occur. [applause] that makes me very proud that we are bringing him back to life. >> thank you. >> i have to give shorter responses. >> i want to thank you both for your commitment. i am 59 as well -- >> you look much better than me. [laughter] >> thank you. in the times that we are in today, i vividly remember my father was a soldier crying when martin luther king died. i'd never seen my father cry before. but every day still i want to cry because we are living in the same times. i feel the same anxiety that i felt in the 60s and early 70s that i feel today. but we weren't there with you, we were not there at ferguson. we stayed in our capitalist comfortable environment and said look at

ralph abernathy came by. he of course would have been dr.g's designated successor with the southern christian leadership conference. the poor people's campaign in d.c. during the interim and they brought a version of that to each of the party conventions that year. i met dr. abernathy on the floor. , thenk it is safe to say party in 1968 was more on the road. more diverse than in later years. on the other hand, they were people who felt richard nixon -- he was running a law and order campaign. people thought that was an way appealin a soft to the constituency, to say i sympathize with your views. do not throw away your vote on a third-party candidate. elect me and we can pursue this. speechesis nixon gave on the issue of civil rights in 1968. when he was vice president, he was speaking of dr. king. he and dr. king had formed an alliance of sorts to promote a civil rights bill in 1957 and to be honest, i think to push the eisenhower administration a little more aggressively in that direction. the party in 1968, this is for the republicans thi

thank god for the reverend abernathy. thank god for the martyrs. who paid the price. thank god.p hope alive. keep hope alive. keep hope alive. >> justice. is it expedient? and then expedience comes along and asks the question, is it politics? vanity asks the question, is it popular? conscience asks the question, is it right. there comes the time when one must take the position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but he must do it because conscience tells him it is right. doctor martin luther king jr., march 31, 1968. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪lift every voice and seeing the. hear us in the have been ring. ♪ ♪lift every voice and sing. ♪ ♪s cerise sound. ♪ lift every voice and sing. ♪ ♪lift every voice and sing. ♪ ♪ ♪let us rejoice. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> thank you, choir. the choir was led by noted conductor and composer doctor roland carter who led that rendition of lift up your voice and sing. thank you. now we will hear reflections on doctor king from derrick johnson, president and ceo of the aa cap. and the president and ceo of the national urban league. >> thank you. 1968 wa

thank god for ralph abernathy. thank god for the martyrs who paid the price.nd then expedience comes along and asks the question, is it politic? vanity vanity asks the question, is it popular? conscience conscience asks the question, is it right? there comes a time when one must take the position that is neither safe nor politic nor popular, but he must do it because conscience tells him it is right. dr. martin luther king, jr., remaining awake through a great revolution, or as i like to say the stay-woke speech, march 31, 1968. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ lift every voice and sing ♪ lift every voice and sing ♪ till let heaven ring ♪ ring with the harmonies of liberty ♪ ♪ lift up your voice and sing ♪ let us rejoice ♪ high as the listening skies ♪ let it resound ♪ loud as the rolling sea ♪ lift every voice and sing ♪ sing a song ♪ lift every voice and sing ♪ sing a song ♪ lift every voice and sing ♪ the blessing exalt us ♪ facing the rising sun ♪ of our new day begun ♪ let us march on ♪ let us march ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ we have ♪ oh, we have come ♪ away with jesus ♪ oh, we hav