we'll talk to alveda king, the niece of martin luther king, jr., about her message of hope.y gonna double. but dad, you've got allstate. with accident forgiveness they guarantee your rates won't go up just because of an accident. smart kid. indeed. are you in good hands? (groans) hmph... (food grunting menacingly) when the food you love doesn't love you back, stay smooth and fight heartburn fast with tums smoothies. ♪ tum tum-tum tum tums >> trying to deliver of unity over division. the we have a nation in mourning following two deadly mass shootings as president trump and the first lady are preparing to visit the affected communities tomorrow. so, how do we come together as americans? here now, -- king, the niece of doctor martin luther king junior and a fox news contributor and author of the book . thank you for joining us. this is such a tough time. you have so many come out and say the president needs to come out and denounce white supremacy and call the nation together. he did that verbatim. he was instantly criticized. there is so much screaming, what is the answer? >>

alveda king, good to see you. >> good evening, liz. to the show, thank you for getting the word out. elizabeth: doctor what is happening, it is unprecedented. bernie sanders and elizabeth warren calling president trump a white supremacist? >> he is not a white supremacist, president trump several times denounced that white supremacy. he did it even before he was a candidate, through the years he has done that. president trump loves everyone, you heard him say we all believe the same. he believes in the human race, he is not a racist, not a white supremacist, he believes on the lines of we're brothers and sisters, we can work together, hear each other and listen. i've had a lot of experience with racist and white supremacists, i lived in a house that was bombed, my grand-daddy was shot, i understand that, that is not president donald john trump. elizabeth: your points are so well taken, it resonates so much with viewers what you said. we had maxine waters say things like we need to knock them out, he and mike pence. now "washington post

alveda king.nt to the congressman is be very careful pointing a finger at the president or anyone individual for shootings that do way beyond that individual. what do you think? >> i heard that part of the interview. i agree with you. if we are honest with ourselves in america, some things are so shocking and so horrendous, we want to blame somebody. i remember when my dad and i'll tell you this before, rev remembered a.d., his brother, m.l., martin luther king jr. had been killed. i said oh, daddy, i hate white people. they killed my uncle. my dad said, alveda, no, we can't hate white people. white people march with us. white people go to jail with us. white people pray with us. no, white people did not kill my brother. white people did not kill your uncle. the devil did. i can't blame the president of the united states for my uncle or when my dad a.d. was choked and thrown in the swimming pool. we have to go to the systemic evil and be very real about it. i guess the initial shock, you want to b

martin luther king, jr., alveda king. >> hello, heather, hello, everyone. >> what about that?d several comments that some of the 2020 democratic candidates had to say over the weekend in iowa, it's been going on for a while, the allegations of racism, is this the correct way to try to tackle the issue? >> what i'm hearing, what i did in 20th century, fair housing movement led by my father reverend king and his brother martin luther king, we were living in louisville and we were trained and we were taught to demonstrate to march but to first pray for ourselves and to ask god to forgive us and guide us into freedom. so what's missing when you begin to rail at someone who you don't agree and calling president trump a racist, president trump isn't a racist, he said slavery was dark time in history, thank god for the resill yeants of the african-american people who have done so much to build this country, that's kind of the language president trump says we all believe -- he sees us as human beings, not as separate racists, not in color blind way, not -- heather: also different resp

alveda king, niece of dr. martin luther king jr.ehow everybody? todd: great. jedediah: thank you so much for being here. i saw this praising of al sharpton. i wanted to get your reaction. what do you make of it. >> you know, reverend sharpton is not a peace maker, is he a pot stirrer. he stirs it up. sometimes he will touch things that nobody else wants to talk about. he will put it out there in such a bold, sometimes ugly way that you have to talk about it. you can't ignore it. the only thing is he doesn't remember what my uncle martin luther king jr. was all about. peace, love, coming to the table, talking, not slamming each other, not stabbing at people. so he does what he does well i have to say that. griff: alveda, the democrats running for 2020 are praising him as a civil rights champion. as you are aware al sharpton's national action network has not always been on the side of fighting for issue's civil rights. >> well, the civil rights movement of the 20th century was bathed in prayer when we took the knee. i was a youth orga

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martin luther king joins us now. alveda, welcome as always. >> good morning america. absolutely fine by me. >> we do it every day, alveda. every time he's here. >> let me be serious. let me remind you today is sunday. many americans are worshiping today. going to church. when i get to church in my heart i'm going to pray for america and for candidates that don't have a platform and all they can do is play the race card. i'm really praying about that today. i pray about it every day. >> what do you make of the narrative of the democrats following up trump being racist. do you think it will be effective? >> it is not effective when you see a whole slate of conditioned dates and all they can say is racism. i thank you guys for covering it. he's dealing with white supremacy, racism, disavowing it, saying it's terrible. he did that when he was not a candidate, not a president. always done that. in the civil rights movement where i faced guns and dogs and bully clubs, family members choked or killed, shot and killed, our home bombed, i know what racism is. president trump s