among those speaking is alexis herman and maya angelou and many others. that gets underway at noon and we will have live coverage in about 25 minutes here on c-span. conversation from this morning's "washington journal" on civil liberties. rnal" continues. host: we are back live. let me introduce you to james stanley, a senior policy analyst at the american civil liberties union, and a constitutional law professor at the american university college of law. we have called the segment telecommunications freedom and public security. i want to read a story out of great britain. the question is could this happen here? from london -- it's called in the wake of revolutions epstein calls for free speech and democracy -- host: let me start with jay stanley. could this happen here? guest: it has. the metro system in san francisco ut off the cell phone and computer wireless system because a group of protesters were planning to stage a protest over police actions. this was "the communicators a big mistake because -- this was a big mistake beuse in this country, the g

i was hoping for an introduction by alexis herman. hasn't she been wonderful this afternoon?of god. i am delighted to be here, and on behalf of bet network, i want to express my gratitude to the dr. martin luther king jr. national memorial project foundation for bringing together this is steamed group of women today in honor of the women of the civil-rights movement. it is so good to be here among so many friends and familiar faces. over the past few days, i thought about this afternoon's 0 luncheon and the impact that the women before us, these amazingly brave and strong women, had on our country and our global community. what was particularly important to me was that while each woman displayed an incredible amount of parade -- brave courage, it was the strength of their collective in the fight for equal rights that was truly amazing. those women knew that when we've banded together, whether it is fighting for the right to vote, equal access to quality education, or empowering our young girls to dream big, we can achieve anything. [applause] that was the premise of dr. king'

let us thank the wonderful, the vivacious, courageous alexis herman for all that she has done. thank you. >> thank you, harry. i want to give a special thank you to my husband, and one more time, let's thank our captain of this ship, harry johnson. thank you so much. we are going to close out as we began, in prayer. bernice already took us to church, but we are going to have our benediction by our chaplain, cynthia hale. thank you so much. >> will you stand, all over the building, and pray with me. great and of some god, what a glorious time this has been of remembering, honoring, and celebrating the women of the civil rights movement who dared to dream of liberty and justice for all. we have remembered the women who for the most part remained in the shadows, being rarely ate knowledge, but who risk their lives and work tirelessly to achieve a social revolution in our nation. we have honored the sisters to organize the movement, arranged carpools, marched in the streets, spearheaded campaigns for voter registration, demonstrated an educated sometimes quietly, but always holding