bernice king, welcome to "the daily show." >> thank you. i am so honored to be here. >> trevor: let me start by saying happy belated martin luther king, jr. day. i've seldom seen aany different people in as many different ways as i have seen with m.l.k. day in america, and as the daughter of dr. martin luther king, jr., i'd love to know what you feel m.l.k. day should be about. >> well, i try to capture it in three ways. it's a time to educate, advocate and activate. and people fall under, you know, each one of those in different ways. some people use this as a time to, you know, advance the teachings of dr. king, and then some people advocate. there are people in this nation people are concerned about and they use that time to raise their voices to advocate for issues and groups of people, in fact. and then activate -- how do we capture the holiday under one massive theme and focus? and it became about a day of service. so we started touting a day on, not a day off. >> trevor: in your lifetime, you saw your father go from being one to have the most hated men in america to now being one of the most beloved men in america, but, ironically, almost not because he's

a human being? >> well, fundamentally, dr. bernice king made that point about the triple evils that dr. martin luther king indicted the united states for. we lose track of the fundamental point he was a disdent. he was critiquing the prevailing order of things, which is exactly why they were leading people on these massive marchs, which is why they marched 54 miles from selma to montgomery before he gave that speech indicting the economic order of the south and, you know, reverend barber is great on this how the disenfranchisement of black voters at the end of the 19th century was a prerequisite for creating an economic system that would disadvantage all poor people across lines of color and dr. king talked about that. they don't want to grapple with the dr. king that said we needed to look into basic income, we needed a fairer redistribution of all those kinds of things, those demands he issued that were indictments of the prevailing order that none of that is heard. what we've heard is the simple version of this imaginary character they are calling dr. king. >> yeah, indeed. and his st

king jr. fought poor, the right for a free and fair vote. dr. king's daughter, bernice

king jr. fought poor, the right for a free and fair vote. dr. king's daughter, bernicested a particularly poignant quote of her father that speaks directly to the moment that the country finds itself in now. she quotes her father the traj dai is we have a congress with a senate that has misguided senators who will use the fill bust tore keep the majority of people from even voting. you can see that she tagged kennedy republican mitch mcconnel and so-called centrist kifrt insinema. in order to pass much-needed federal voting protections and sinema dashed the hopes of achieving that any time soon with a speech signaling that she would not be changing her stance on filibuster reform and due to this ongoing tight to persuade just two democratic senators to join the rest of their party in trying to save voting rights, majority leader chuck schumer has pushed a planned debate on the legislation from monday to tuesday. at a press conference this week senator schumer said, quote, failure is not an option, and he's right. failure to pass federal voting protections is simply n an

bernice king ceo of the king center, instead of a day off of work and school is calling for a day on.>> putting pressure on our united states senate to bypass the filibuster. reporter: it still falls on the martin luther king jr. memorial in washington dc on what will be the civil rights icon's 93rd birthday. legislation to protect voting rights from installed. >> passed the freedom to vote act. pass it now. reporter: >> president biden made the rounds last week making impassioned speeches to push congress to adopt the john lewis voting rights act. even if it means eliminating the filibuster. legislation is in response to legislation passed by 19 mainly republican states. >> i will not support separate actions that worsen the underlying disease of division. reporter: arizona senator kyrsten sinema and west virginia's joe manchin are that you hold out democrat senators voting -- blocking the senate -- blocking the voting rules legislation. >> he has to figure out how to use the bully pulpit of the presidency to mobilize his base. reporter: james taylor, legal science professor sees the

. >> bernice king, it's also a pleasure to hear from you, to hear your wisdom. we're so happy to have you here. thank you so much. >> thank you. >>> so from voting rights to the coronavirus pandemic, americans are more divided than ever. is there a way to fix it? presidential historian jon meacham and michael currie are here next. yes, please! neuriva. think bigger. finally getting there...is the best! but with febreze freshness in your car... ...driving there is pretty darn good too. enjoy 30 days of freshness with febreze car. ♪ la, la, la, la, la ♪ look, this isn't my first rodeo and let me tell you something, i wouldn't be here if i thought reverse mortgages took advantage of any american senior, or worse, that it was some way to take your home. it's just a loan designed for older homeowners, and, it's helped over a million americans. a reverse mortgage loan isn't some kind of trick to take your home. it's a loan, like any other. big difference is how you pay it back. find out how reverse mortgages really work with aag's free, no-obligation reverse mortgage

bernice king, daughter of martin luther king jr. and ceo of the king center, says we should have a> putting pressure on our united states senate to bypass the filibuster. >> as snowfalls on the martin luther king jr. memorial in washington, d.c. on what would be the civil rights icon's 93rd earth day, minutes away in the halls of congress, legislation to protect voting rights is stalled. >> passed the freedom to vote act. pass it now. >> president biden made the rounds making impassioned speeches to push congress to adopt the john lewis voting rights advancement act and the freedom to vote act, even if it means altering -- altering or limiting the filibuster. this is in response to restrictive measures passed by 19 mainly republican states to limit access to early and mail-in voting, and imposes stricter voter id laws. >> i will not support separate actions that worsen the underlying disease of division. >> kyrsten sinema and go mansion

a long way to go. charles: last year i read where you joined bernice king, cc wine nance, donna knoxville, in an effort city going through one of its most violent times in history. all the stories i read about it, the media talked about gun violence. every time i see that it frustrates me, rev, this is people violence. when we talk about the black experience we always talk about it from what society and the government should do for us but aren't there things we should be doing for ourselves as well? >> you know i believe in a balance between the handout and a hand up i lean in the direction of a hand up. if you're going to help me, help me in a way that empowers me to help myself and when we were in knoxville, you know, the history of knoxville, tennessee, the racial tension that existed there for many, many years, we wanted to take a conversation, civil discourse and exchange of ideas, i tell you, charles, people were very, have he nervous about it. they didn't know how we would treat it, how it would turn out and what happened it turned out incredibly well because people were hungry for civil discour

a wreath at the tomb of reverend dr. martin luther king jr. and coretta scott king. >> we see the president and vice president walking with martin luther king iii and we see bernice kingthe vice president. we, of course, expect the president to lay a wreath here. he'll have some remarks on voting rights a little later this afternoon. we'll, of course, keep an eye on what happens here and bring you any significant remarks that the president makes. >>> so, we will take a quick break. y'all heard it here. if you wanna be fresh, you gotta refresh, like subway®. like the new baja steak & jack tender, thicker-cut steak and. wait sooo you're not coming out of retirement? i'm just here because subway has so much new, they bought time in this press conference to talk about it. ♪ (peaceful music) ♪ ♪ ♪ (battle sounds from phone) ♪ ♪ (battle sounds stop) ♪ ♪ (dragon roar from phone) ♪ ♪ >> vo: my car is my after-work decompression zone. ♪ music ♪ >> vo: so when my windshield broke... i found the experts at safelite autoglass. they have exclusive technology and service i can trust. >> singers: ♪ safelite repair, safelite replace. ♪ welcome to the next level. this is the all-new l

voting rights is tied to a deep issue, and martin luther king, jr. always understood that. >> i had bernice, professor, she still believes you can win people over. she says you have to try especially young folks, college age students she happens to win them over. i digress here. not one republican senator -- not one republican senator is onboard for either voting rights, the voting rights bill being considered, even considered. the last time the voting rights act was authorized was in 2006. 16 current gop senators supported. i want you to listen to this. >> we have a renewed the voting rights act periodically. since that time overwhelmingly and on a bipartisan basis year after year after year because memembers of congress realized this is a piece of legislation that has worked, and many of my favorite sayings many of us use from time to time if it ain't broke, don't fix it. this this is legislation that served an important purpose over many, many years. >> in that same speech mcconnell touted access to voting rights -- gay voting rights in the south. what changed? >> he's the same brother f

bernice king today at the pulpit that her father preached from at ebenezer and what we need to teach are facts in our schools, and i'm not going to stem back. i have awho is in georgia public schools, and i want him to be taught accurate history, the facts. are we not going to teach the legacy of drf. king our nation' history has a sorted pass but we have an obligation to make sure we teach those facts for the next generation. >> congresswoman, always a pleasure. thank you. >> thank you, victor. >>> how well could a fourth dose of the covid vaccine protect you. we have new details about an additional booster, next. behind neuriva plus. ve thee unlike ordinary memory supplements, neuriva plus fuels six key indicators of brain performance. more brain performance? yes, please! neuriva. think bigger. why choose proven quality sleep from sleep number? because my sleep number 360 smart bed is temperature balancing so i stay cool. and senses my movement and effortlessly adjusts to help keep me comfortable. the sleep number 360 smart bed is on sale now. only from sleep number. to make my vision a reality. i have to take every perspective, and see clearly fr