we ain't going to let nobody turn us around. >> and bernice king is dr. king's youngest child. she just turned 5 years old when her father was killed. bernice sat down for a cnn.com red chair interview. >> hey, fred. we recently sat down with bernice king at ebeneezer baptist church here in atlanta and she told us about learning of her father's death when she was only 5 years old, what it was like growing up as martin luther king jr.'s daughter. >> when the assassination occurred i was asleep. and the next day or -- my mother had to find a way to to explain to me that your father -- when you see him, he's going to be in a cassette and he won't be able to talk with you. wow. i mean, for a 5-year-old. wow. ♪ literally seven days before his assassination was my 5th birthday. we couldn't celebrate it that day because my father was leading the march in memphis, tennessee, in fact. and he came back home and it was the next day when we celebrated it. probably as usual i was happy and joy use to have dad at home. but the interesting thing, the emotional roller coaster that occurred for

obama, president clinton, president carter, i want to thank bernice king, the king family and nationalrks service who invited me here to speak today. when i look out over this diverse crowd and survey the guests on this platform, i seemed to realize what otis redding saying about wha, and wt reverend martin luther king spoke about, this time in history has been a long time coming, but a change has come. plucome. [applause] >> we're standing in the shadow of abraham lincoln, only 50 years after the historic march on washington for jobs and freedom. we've come a great distance in this country in the 50 years we still have a great distance to go before we fulfill the dream of martin luther king jr. sometime i hear people saying, nothing has changed, but for someone to grow up the way i grew up in the cotton fields of alabama, to now be serving in the united states congress makes me want to tell them come and walk in my shoes. come and, walk in the shoes of those who the police fought with fire hoses and night sticks and arrested and took to jail. i first came to washington the same year t

we're expecting to hear now from bernice king. let's listen in. >> president obama, mrs. nton, congressman lewis, ambassador young, to my brother martin iii, dexter scott king, and to my entire family, i was 5 months old when my father delivered his "i have a dream" speech, and i probably was somewhere crawling on the floor or taking a nap after having a meal. but today is a glorious day because on this program today we have witnessed a manifestation of the beloved community. and we thank everyone for their presence here today. today we have been honored to have three presidents of the united states. 50 years ago the president did not attend. today we are honored to have many women in the planning and mobilization of the 50th anniversary of the march on washington. 50 years ago there was not a single woman on the program. today we are honored to have not just one young person but several young people on the program today. it is certainly a tribute to the work and the legacy of so many people that have gone on before us. 50 years ago today in the symbolic shadow of this gre

i wish he were here. >> bernice king in her own words tonight.we'll be broadcasting from washington tomorrow. you can join the nbc news dream day project using the #dreamday. we'll be right back. >>> our final story tonight is about a small but extraordinary ray of hope in a place where there's far too little hope. that syrian refugee camp in jordan. nbc's ann curry has the story of one young boy in desperate need of medical attention, and a doctor who's making a difference to help him. >> reporter: on the move through zaatari camp, a doctor leads us to one of the most vulnerable here. suleman, a refugee himself, was determined to get help for a boy who desperately needed it. >> when i saw him, the life in my eyes died. >> reporter: the life in your eyes died when you saw him? >> when i saw him. >> reporter: suleman took us to the boy's mother. may we see your son? she led us down unmarked roads to a place we could not have found by ourselves, into her small shelter. and there he was, his face gaunt, his arms like twigs. his name is ibrahim. he i

king's youngest daughter bernice was just 5 months old that day in 1963.e sat down with her recently at historic ebenezer baptist church in atlanta where her father was pastor. she talked about the speech and memories of her father. here's bernice king in her own words. >> him lifting me up is exactly what i remember growing up with my father. you know, as i grew up, i had a range of emotions. i became, you know, angry. angry that he left, angry at god for not protecting him. angry at whites at the time, because i felt they were responsible for his death. angry at blacks because i felt we weren't doing enough to continue his work. and so i think at that moment, i realized the importance of his contribution, but at the same time, i realizes the magnitude of my own loss. in the sense that, you know, why my dad. >> because i have a dream. >> every time he speaks, you know, he's challenging us to be better, to do more. >> will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character. i have a drea

i understand that connectedness. >> bernice king, the youngest of his children. the work continues. ood to have you on. tonight. for your time coming up next, a conversation with her brother martin luther -- martin three luther king iii. stay with us. king iii is the oldest of the children. he was not yet six when his father delivered the i have a dream speech. he is the author of a new book for young people called "my : dr. martin luther king, junior." organizers ofthe the march this past saturday. he joins us from washington, taking a break from signing books with his baby daughter. to have you on the program. thanks for your time. before i get to the ongoing tell me about what the message is. >> there are a lot of books written about that the elegy, the leadership of martin luther was --unior, but i written about the legacy, the leadership of martin luther .ing, junior there was an example where someone gave us way gun for guns for, -- toy christmas, and back then we could incinerate our own trash. we burn them up against we did up believe in -- burn them because we did not believ

mark strasman set down with bernice king, the only one of dr. hey talked about her father thand allege dear speech. >> 1963 is not an end but a beginning. >> reporter: no morning to find the movement quite like this. dr. martin luther king jr. articulated the dream from the steps of the lincoln memorial. >> struck loong the high plain of dignity and discipline. >> as i listen to him, his messages, as i read his speeches, it's like, wow, we need you. we need your voice today. >> reporter: pastor bernice king is dr. king's youngest child. >> so you guys would sit here. >> right, either the first, second, or third row. >> we met her inside atlanta's historic ebenezer baptist church. do you feel your dad in here? >> he is constantly with me wherever i go. i think about him more today because he was a moral voice in our society. we don't have that today. that moral voice is missing. >> reporter: dr. king and his wife, coretta scott king had four children, two boys, two girls. bernice, now 50, remembers her father was gone a lot but his home comings we

bernice king, dr. martin luther king's youngest daughter yesterday.was saying how even though we still have challenges, we have come so far. so i think a part of what's happening here is that you are looking at the 50 year trajectory of wish politics and matters of racial equality in this country. in 1953, i think it's fair to say that hardly anyone that stood on that mall that day could have imagined that the man standing before them next wednesday would be the first african-american president. that is a sign of however we've come. there are underlying issues that we can discuss. >> i listen to the people on that bus, and i'm not so sure they think we've come that far. >> when you look at sort of, i think what's interesting about the pew research poll is that it looked at racial outcomes, not barriers to opportunity. so a lot of what we're dealing with, particularly in economics is that the same barriers still exist for african-americans, or the same disparities still exist. the wealth gap is still basically the same, if not worse than it was in 1963

bernice king, and the king family, for inviting me here.thankful for them, continuing on that path, that rocky path, to freedom and justice for all in the united states and around the world. i am not only here to commemorate this auspicious occasion, but to speak about another form of injustice. we are degrading. the lives of our children and health of our planet. no one knows this better than my congressman and hero rev. john he is not only a fierce civil rights activist, but he is also a staunch environmental champion. he has said the environmental movement is an extension of civil and human rights. and that is because the least of these, and our children everywhere, are the most impacted -- adversely impacted, disproportionately impacted. there is no justice in a world where powerful people and corporations can affect the lives of every man, woman, and child. one of the themes today is the freedom to prosper. but our children cannot prosper if we continue to destroy the natural systems that support all of our lives. our children cannot p

i am thankful to my friends, reverend after bernie scanning and the -- bernice king and the king familyor inviting me here. i am thankful to them for continuing on that rocky path to freedom and justice for all in the united states and around the world. i am not only here to commemorate this auspicious occasion, but to speak about another form of injustice. we are degrading the lives of our children and the health of our planet. no one knows this better than my congressman, reverend john lewis. he is not only a fierce civil rights activist, but he is also a staunch environmental champion. he has said that the environmental movement is an extension of civil and human rights, and that is because the childrenthese and everywhere are the most impacted and adversely impacted, disproportionally impacted. in a world justice where powerful people and theorations can affect lives of every man, woman and child. our children cannot prosper if we continue to destroy the natural systems that support all of our lives. our children cannot prosper and they are sick and from -- ackened from exposure to

we just heard from bernice king, the daughter of martin luther king jr. he was only five years old when her father was assassinated. she just finished the days speeches doing so with prayer. asking that the people who are here today and all who are watching would be bound together, working together, movi moving towards the sorts of things we heard. attorney general eric holder, congressman john lewis and other leaders spoke today from the steps of the lincoln memorial standing in the same place where martin luther king jr. articulated a dream for the american democratic project 450 years ago. joining me now for ongoing coverage of today's event is ed schultz, schultz. so nice to have you. >> a fabulous last hour. a number of different speeches. there's no doubt that reverend sharpton is the contemporary civil rights leader of our time. >> he's fearless. >> i thought his recognition of jesse was so profound and important for the generational uniting moving forward. it was a theme reverend sharpton stepped forward with. he lived the fight. he's a man of ver

bernice king, and the king family, for inviting me here.t path, that rocky path, to freedom and justice for all in the united states and around the world. i am not only here to commemorate this auspicious occasion, but to speak about another form of injustice. we are degrading. the lives of our children and health of our planet. no one knows this better than my congressman and hero rev. john lewis. he is not only a fierce civil rights activist, but he is also a staunch environmental champion. he has said the environmental movement is an extension of civil and human rights. and that is because the least of these, and our children everywhere, are the most impacted -- adversely impacted, disproportionately impacted. there is no justice in a world where powerful people and corporations can affect the lives of every man, woman, and child. one of the themes today is the freedom to prosper. but our children cannot prosper if we continue to destroy the natural systems that support all of our lives. our children cannot prosper when they are second f

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bernice king. [ applause ] >> president obama, mrs. ressman lewis, ambassador young, to my brother martin iii, dexter scott king, to my entire family, i was 5 months old when my father delivered his "i have a dream" speech. and i probably was somewhere crawling on the floor or taking a nap after having a meal. but today is a glorious day because on this program today, we have witnessed a manifestation of the beloved community. and we thank everyone for their presence here today. today we have been honored to have three presidents of the united states. 50 years ago, the president did not attend. today, we are honored to have many women in the planning and mobilization of the 50th anniversary of the march on washington. 50 years ago, there was not a single woman on the program. today, we are honored to have not just one young person, but several young people on the program today. it is certainly a tribute to the work and the legacy of so many people that have gone on before us. 50 years ago today in the symbolic shadow of this great emanc

. ♪ reverend bernice king opened the service. ng says her father is often remembered for his fight for equal and human rights. she says his passion was based in his faith. >> the you can stay tuned for complete >> and the closing ceremony is under way now. a young trumpeter on the stage. our live coverage from the lincoln memorial as news 4 lincoln memorial as news 4 midday continues. "i'm terry mcauliffe, candidate for governor, and i sponsored this ad." it's been called "cuccinelli's witch hunt" "designed to intimidate and suppress" ken cuccinelli used taxpayer funds to investigate a uva professor whose research on climate change cuccinelli opposed. cuccinelli, a climate change denier, forced the university to spend over half a million dollars defending itself against it's own attorney general. ken cuccinelli. he's focused on his own agenda. not us. >>> welcome back live to the lincoln memorial here as we mark the 50th anniversary of the march on washington with the closing ceremonies at this hour. on the stage, you'll see the h

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today's beyonding a dream interview with reverend king's youngest child, bernice. >> willard intercontinentalotel is where dr. martin luther king jr. put the finishing touches on his famous i have a dream speech. it is where i sat down with king's daughter,ber meese, to discuss her reflections of her father's legacy. >> one of the things that may father was really trying to say to us, not just 50 years ago, but 50 years agoer, 49, 48, 47, all the way, 45, when he was assassinated. he was really speaking to us about humanity and understanding our interconnectiveness and interrelated must. that's what he talked about sitting down at a table of brotherhood and, in other words, us understanding that we were one huge human family. that's why he talked about and not judging the color of his skin but the character. >> reporter: what can you do in order to spur that kind of thinking, again to keep -- have people refocus on the moral clarity and courageous leadership and the unselfish service that your pear championed? >> the thing about what happened in connecticut, i mean, that should have jolted us

we'll be hearing more from him, as well as reverend bernice king, the only minister in the family of ervice. they will march from that particular church service at shiloh baptist here to the mall. they'll make stops at the department of justice and the department of labor because this is a march 50 years hence, calling it a march for jobs and justice. brian, a lot going on here today. we'll be right here to bring it all to you live of this momentous, historic occasion. >> brian: all right. kelly wright issues thank you very much. big speech for the president, historic as the first african-american president to see how far we've come and see what we'll be doing next when it comes to syria in the middle east. >> gretchen: that could take place in the next 24 to 48 hours. some sort of strike number now. why are we knowing so many details about what will happen? we're learning how it may play out, likely using tomahawk missiles. the mission will be to deter them prosecute using chemical weapons again but not replace the regime. that's not likely going to happen. it will last hours. not da

bernice king. >>> president obama, mrs. , congressman lewis, ambassador young, my brother martin the third, dexter scott king, and to my entire family, i was five months old when my father delivered his "i have a dream speech", and i probably was somewhere crawling on floor or taking a nap after having a meal. but today is a glorious day because on this program today, we have witnessed a manifestation of the beloved community. we thank everyone for their presence here today. today we have been honored to have three presidents of the united states. 50 years ago the president did not attend. today we are honored to have many women in the planning and mobilization of the 50th anniversary of the march on washington. 50 years ago, there was not a single woman on the program. today we are honored to have not just one young person but several young people on the program today. it is certainly a tribute to the work and the legacy of so many people that have gone on before us. 50 years ago today the symbolic shadow of this great eman

[ applause ] >> joining us now, bernice king, the youngest child of dr. martin luther king, junior.ing a part of this special. this is an incredible anniversary, 50 years since removed from when your father gave a famous speech called "i have a dream." we're here at the willard hotel where he actually did the finishing touches of that speech. what are your recollections of watching your father as a child and doing all the great things that he wanted to do for this country? >> well, i mean, kind of emotional knowing that you're connected with a man that has had such great impact across the world. you know, when people speak to me invariably from different places in this world, the first thing they want to bring to my attention is the "i have a dream" speech and how it has touched them and their life. it's an humbling experience to know that that's my dad. >> where have we gone astray in fulfilling that dream today? >> i think it still goes back to economics and spirituality, those two issues i think are very critical. and the whole fervor of materialism in a society, in our society a

i want to thank my great friend reverend bernice king and the king family for inviting me to be partlewis, dorothy heights. daisy bates and all the others who led there massive march knew what they were doing on this hallowed ground. in the shadow of lincoln's statue the burning memory of the fact that he gave his life to preserve the union and end slavery, martin luther king urged his crowd not to drink from the cup of bitterness, but to reach across the racial divide. because, he said, we cannot walk alone. their destiny is tied up with our destiny. their freedom is bound to our freedom. he asked the victims of racial violence to meet white americans with outstretched hands, not a clenched fist and prove the redeeming power of unearned suffering. and then he dreamed of an america where all citizens would sit together at a table of brotherhood and little white boys and girl and little black boys and girls would hold hands across the color line. where his own children would be judged not by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. this march and that speech chan

speakers include bernice king. terry o'neil. the wife of slain civil rights leader, slain mr. everett said. and you can watch that this morning live on c-span3. tonight on the encore presentation of first ladies, frances cleveland is so's -- popular. people imitate her clothes, hair style. they really want a piece of her for himself -- for herself. we always felt we owned the first lady, someone we knew. pictures became extremely popular pier yen you can picture -- by pictures to vote in your home. while we have grover cleveland running for president, we also have lucas cleveland running for first lady. >> encore presentation of our original series continues tonight at 9:00 eastern on c- span. >> coming up live, washington journal. at 11:00 eastern, health and human services secretary kathleen civilians talking about the affordable care act. institute randolph boasts a for marking the 50th anniversary of the march on washington. coming up, a look at the cato and astute -- institute report on the rise the cost of social security disability insurance. frank oliveri discusses the

we just heard from bernice king, the daughter of martin luther king jr. he was only five years old when her father was assassinated. she just finished the days speeches doing so with prayer. asking that the people who are here today and all who are watching would be bound together, working together, movi moving towards the sorts of things we heard. attorney general eric holder, congressman john lewis and other leaders spoke today from the steps of the lincoln memorial standing in the same place where martin luther king jr. articulated a dream for the american democratic project 450 years ago. joining me now for ongoing coverage of today's event is ed schultz, schultz. so nice to have you. >> a fabulous last hour. a number of different speeches. there's no doubt that reverend sharpton is the contemporary civil rights leader of our time. >> he's fearless. >> i thought his recognition of jesse was so profound and important for the generational uniting moving forward. it was a theme reverend sharpton stepped forward with. he lived the fight. he's a man of ver

we heard from bernice king, the daughter of martin luther king. she was born precisely five months before he delivered that speech. and it was a speech that has stood the test of time as one of the great pieces of rhetoric in american history. >> one of the measures we take now is how much progress has been made since the speech was made 50 years ago in terms of civil rights, job equality and so forth. >> in terms of political progress it's been substantial. we got an african-american in the white house. we have black americans in the last two presidential elections that actually voted at higher rates than white americans. that shows the participation is there. in terms of economic equality -- >> john harwood hold on a second we'll listen to the bells. [ pealing of the bell ] [ applause ] >> that marks the time exactly 50 years ago today when dr. martin luther king, jr. began that historic speech. >> there will be a singer here for just a moment before the president begins his speech today. and, again, this will be a key moment not only in this da

bernice king, and the king family, for inviting me here. to speak about another form of injustice. we are degrading. the lives of our children and health of our planet. than mynows this better congressman and hero rev. john lewis. fierce civily a rights activist, but he is also a staunch environmental champion. he has said the environmental movement is an extension of civil and human rights. and that is because the least of these, and our children everywhere, are the most impacted,- adversely disproportionately impacted. there is no justice in a world where powerful people and corporations can affect the lives of every man, woman, and child. one of the themes today is the freedom to prosper. but our children cannot prosper if we continue to destroy the natural systems that support all of our lives. our children cannot prosper when they are second from exposure to a toxic cocktail of chemicals that are unregulated and untested in the air they breathe, the water they drink, the food they eat, and the products they use. and our children, and t

martin luther king, reverend bernice king, to fulfill her dad's dream that all people would have a seat at the table of brotherhood. >> we will overcome hate with the spirit of love. we will overcome prejudice and discrimination bias, with the spirit of compassion and understanding. we will overcome ultimately that which separates and divide us with a spirit of unity. >> reporter: so you can see right there bernice king is basically talking about a spirit of unity and how to overcome hate with love. pretty much the same kind of words that her her father talked about many years ago, darkness can not drive out darkness, only love can do that. haste can not drive out hate, only love can do that. reverend king told me personally, she hopes one of the many things they will accomplish that she hopes to see everybody will have a seat at table to establish the love of brotherhood for the community. jamie. >> kelly, do organizers feel like they have accomplished that goal? >> reporter: well, they don't, actually. that's why 50 years later they're still marching for jobs and justice now. this is

he will talk to folks like reverend jesse jackson and martin luther king's daughter bernice king andthers for the race for america on the 40th anniversary. you can see it here on fox news later today at 5:00 eastern time. >>> coming up, other news, with continuing concerns over new chemical whens attack in syria. president obama is meeting with the national security team at the white house. looking at options on what can be done to stop the syrian government from killing its own people. defense secretary chuck hagel saying warships in the mediterranean are being repositioned. for more on what may lie ahead, molly henneberg has the latest on this story. molly? >> reporter: uma, the white house says president obama wants to hear from a united nations investigative team on the ground in syria. trying to determine if the chemical whens were used this week. before the president makes a decision about how the u.s. will respond. but the president has said that reports about a chemical attack are "very troublesome." in the meantime, the president has asked the pentagon to come up with strate

bernice king's candid accounts of her life at 2:00 p.m. eastern.d, "fareed zakaria gps" continues right now. >>> today more than 50% of the world's population lives in cities. by 2030, 60% will be urban. 70% by 2050. china alone is planning to move a quarter of a billion people from rural to urban areas. by 2025. >>> but this isn't a phenomenon happening just in emerging markets or third-world countries. even in a country like the united states that is already 80% urban, people are still moving to the cities at a rate of about 1% each year. what does all of this mean? i'm joined by a great panel to explore it bruce katz and jennifer bradley from the brookings institution co-wrote the "metropolitan revolution" lee gallagher is the author of "the end of the suburbs" and joe kotkin is distinguished fellow in urban futures at chapman university and the author of "the next 100 million: america in 2050." welcome to you all. do you find that when you look at the urban issues in america, are people going to cities for a reason? are they going away from sub

king's daughter-- the reverend bernice king-- was an infant in 1963. y, she spoke as head of the king center for non-violent social change. >> for there's a remnant from 1963 congressman lewis, ambassador young that still remain. who has come to bequeath that message of freedom to a new generation of people who must now carry that message in their time, in their communities and amongst their tribes and amongst their nations of the world. >> reporter: georgia congressman john l. lewis was the youngest person to address the crowd in 1963. he's now 73, and the only living speaker from that day, and he reflected on the changes he's seen. >> 50 years later, we can ride anywhere we want to ride. we can stay where we want to stay. those signs that said white and colored are gone. but there are still invisible signs. barriers in the hearts of humankind that form a gulf between us. too many of us still believe our differences define us instead of the divine spark that runs through all of human creation. >> reporter: another georgian-- former president jimmy cart

how much they had suffered, of hearing the reverend bernice king speak and deliver such a forceful messageded me of a father, and i felt a sense of prime with that, i've had all of these mixed emotions. >> when you hear that, one of the things that's been striking to me about the dream defenders is how clearly and forthrightly you place yourself in the tradition of the civil rights struggle. >> yes, of direct action, direct nonviolent action. how do you feel being here, and when you hear the story of medgar evers, knowing the line of sacrifice that has come before you? >> you know, i speak for myself and others and say, we're just humbled to be here. the civil rights movement is our compass, it's our blueprint. it's the reason for being, it's the reason we're here. we're blessed to having that as a compass, due north for us. it's humbling to be here, it's humbling they speak so highly of us, and really the work that we have to do is sadly reminiscent of the work that was spoken about in the i have a dream speech. >> one of the things that i think is interesting. you did this occupation for

we'll also hear from the king family, including martin luther king iii and the reverend bernice king. civil rights leader and former u.n. ambassador andrew young spoke to the crowd earlier today and then broke into song. ♪ i woke up this morning come on, help me. >> a pretty festive atmosphere out there. joining me, donna brazile, and also joined by van jones, two good friends of mine here. you know, we just saw andrew young, we talked to him just the other day. i didn't realize he was such a beautiful singer, donna. give us a sense of what this is like to be there. >> well, this is a historic occasion. this is a reminder of not just a journey that we traveled over the last 50 years, but it's also a call to action to continue to fight for those issues and those concerns that dr. king laid before us 50 years ago. the march for jobs, the march to raise the minimum wage. the march for freedom and economic justice. this dream continues. despite the weather, people are here because they want to celebrate, but they also would like to recommit themselves to the fight for freedom for all. >>

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bernice king a couple of days ago and she said one of the things she thinks is important to tell the next generation of civil rights leader is that the struggle never ends. her mother used to say freedom is won and lost in every generation. you have to keep winning it over and over again. i think that's a wonderful way of looking at it. it might be a slightly pessimistic but i think she is talking about the reality of the human existence. so the fight for full civil rights and equality will continue. >> you think we have fallen short in carrying that message to the next generation? >> well, the historical memory is a complicated thing. we look at how this nation remembers king in that speech, i have a dream. it's king, the dreamer. so it's very easy to look at that glorious celebration of american life and look at where we've come and say, the dream has been fulfilled. we live in a post-racial society and, therefore, commemorating the dream becomes a way of marking off the time of unfreedom of old to the lush freedoms of today and that kind of smugness and self congratulations would

bernice king said, the struggle continues. >> so the things that have legislatively succeeded in north carolina were attempted in a big way in ohio, but it was mobilization of the people that turned it back. >> that's right. and we've got to keep doing. even just a few weeks ago, ed, a state representative from the gop, and the gop doesn't want people to vote, because they can't win with better candidates and better ideas. they try to cheat. he just introduced a bill to cut in half the early voting days in the state of ohio and take away the last three days, that sunday in particular. and we know what they're trying to do. we are better together and we've got to lift our voices. the vote is the great equalizer in this country, and we cannot have anybody try to take it away. >> do you think that north carolina becomes the model? if what they have tried, i mean, they have succeeded. it becomes a model of their success. you have been through this in ohio, where polling places, hours -- you were with us, ed. >> attempted to be cut, absolutely. why is it that there are long lines in minorit

bernice king and marty king iii and dexter king. this will be a very important moment.e the way forward. president obama last night acknowledged the progress we've made. he also paid tribute to those who have sacrificed with their own lives but i think he's going to talk about the way forward in terms of where dr. king would have taken us today had he lived, clearly jobs, employment, civil rights laws, immigration reform, this is a big coalition not just of african-americans but latinas, gays and lesbians and women and others. this is a wonderful occasion. i'm glad to be a part of it. >> john king brought up an interesting point. he said how he's looking forward to see how personally the president speaks in his remark today. we have noticed since this past election the president you've seen in some remarks especially on race issues speaking more personally about his experiences, his daughter's experiences and family experiences. how important do you think it is for the president to speak personally in his remarks today? >> he's the president of the entire united states

we mark the 50th anniversary of the march on washington, martin luther king's youngest daughter bernice kingt the speech and the memories of her father. here she is in her own words now. >> him lifting me up. exactly what i remember growing up with my father. as i grew up, i had a range of emotions. i became, you know, angry. angry that he let. angry at god for not protecting him. angry at whites at the time because i felt like they were responsible for his death. angry at brack blacks because i we weren't doing enough to continue his work. so i think at that moment i realized the importance of his contribution but at the same time i realized the magnitude of my own loss. in the sense that, you know, why my dad. >> 'cause i have a dream. >> every time he speaks, you know, he's challenging us to do better, to do more. >> to one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. i have a dream. >> the whole purpose of remembering and commemorating is not to be satisfied with just the accomplishments that we've made. but it's als

. -- elder bernice king. whomever you are near, we are going to play.-- we are going to pray. god of our silent tears. our weary years. god who has brought us thus far on the way. god, we thank you that you continue to be with us to every situation and circumstance. we bless you, lord god, for this great august body of people who have assembled here 50 years later. we thank you, god, that the spirit that inspired those 50 years ago is inspiring us today, either. -- father. we are continuing the struggle. as my mother said, freedom is a never ending process. --in this generation, we are taking a baton and we are determined to be vigilant until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like the mighty stream. we pray that you will bind us together like never before regardless of our background and regardless of our differences. give us the strength and the courage and the humility to transcend those differences that we might be able to join together as a freedom forced to continue to move this nation and

in april 1963, coretta scott king had just given birth to her fourth child, bernice. she was just days old when her father, reverend dr. martin luther king, jr. was arrested on good friday in birmingham alabama that april. that arrest is remembered because while he was in jail in birmingham, a group of mostly white clergy in alabama spoke out and published an ad calling on dr. martin luther king to stop the protests, to work inside the system and stop organizing these demonstrations. to stop being the outside agitator, he responded with a letter from the birmingham jail which he wrote longhand in the margins of the newspaper in which he was able to read the ad and read the stories of his fellow ministers criticizing his tactics. his arrest was one component of a big activist plan for birmingham that year. birmingham was seen as being among the most impossible places for progress. it was the most stubborn, the most violent, the most rigidly opposed to desegregation. the plan was to push there in one of the worst places notice country. and see what happened. see how they

as the voting rights ability of 19656789 our own kelly wright sat down with martin luther king's daughter berniceaid about the event. >> one of the things that my father was really trying to say to us not just 50 years ago. 47, all the way, 45 when he was asan sin nateed. he was really speaking to us about humanity. not judging by the color of the skin but by the content of the character. >> you can hear more thampt view kelly wright hosting "beyond the dream" here tonight. we heard from allen west earlier on "fox & friends" and he spoke how the weekend is a very strong representation of folks' faith. take a listen. >> we have things that were positive in nature to offer to children so would did not get involved in the negative. faith is a very important part of this church very important. dr. king would be absolutely appalled what he sees happening in the inner city neighborhood i grew up in and he grew up in across the united states of america. this is not the fulfillment of his dream. i hope someone addresses that today. >> stay tuned. we will be here all day as i said prominent speakers at 9: