dr.ollins: it is basically the entire instruction book for an organism. david: was it harder to discover the human genome or be appointed by two different presidents? dr. collins: both of those had certain challenges. david: how much longer do think people really can keep increasing their longevity? dr. collins: we might figure out how to achieve that by tinkering a bit with the biology. david: what is the single greatest health challenge the united states faces today? dr. collins: more people died of opioid overdoses than of car wrecks last year. it is just unbelievable. >> would you fix your tie, please? david: well, people wouldn't recognize me if my tie was fixed, but ok. just leave it this way. alright. ♪ david: i don't consider myself a journalist. and nobody else would consider myself a journalist. i began to take on the life of being an interviewer even though i have a day job of running a private equity firm. how do you define leadership? what is it that makes somebody tick? dr.

dr. king. reminder coming at the top of the hour rebroadcast on c-span and on c-span3, live coverage from the crosstown concourse in memphis as civil rights leaders and the head of the children's defense fund reflect on dr. king's legacy. joining on the conversation, 202-748-8920 in eastern time zones. and in the western time zone, 202-748-8921. rochester, new york. i stayed home from work for this. when you think about 50 years of a remarkable man. a phenomenal man. a man who wasn't afraid to share a dream, that many people still think, even to this day, that it is not possible, but it is. it is a blessing to see we can commemorate a man who never gave up, and never gave in. when you think about the past couple of decades, you think about how far we have grown, especially with barack obama being president back in 2008. i voted to that year. the one thing i remember saying a lot is how people would prepare for barack obama's -- compare barack obama's election to martin luther king stream

he inspired dr. king -- dr. cone along with malcolm x. dr.one has inspired us.many of we would not be doing what we do is or not for the incredible impact of his voice on the american religious landscape. amy: we're going to get a break and come back to this discussion. over the weekend, the reverend dr. james cone died. he was considered the father of black liberation theology. we're joined by two of his students, dr. kelly brown-douglas and dr. raphael warnock. dr. kelly brown-douglas at union theological was of dr. warnock a senior pastor of ebenezer baptist church. as well as the head of union theological seminary, dr. serene jones. this is democracy now! back on dr. cone in a minute. ♪ [music break] amy: "nobody knows the trouble i've seen" sung by mahalia jackson. one of reverend dr. james cone's books was titled "the spirituals and the blues: an interpretation." he wrote in his book "no black person could escape the reality they brace. bb king, generally king, mahalia jackson to find my blackness." those the words of the late dr. cone.

he inspired dr. king -- dr. cone along with malcolm x. dr.one has inspired us.many of we would not be doing what we do is or not for the incredible impact of his voice on the american religious landscape. amy: we're going to get a break and come back to this discussion. over the weekend, the reverend dr. james cone died. he was considered the father of black liberation theology. we're joined by two of his students, dr. kelly brown-douglas and dr. raphael warnock. dr. kelly brown-douglas at union theological w was of f dr. warna senior pastor of ebenezer baptist church. as well as the head of union theological seminary, dr. serene jones. this is democracy now! back on dr. cone in a minute. ♪ [music break] amy: "nobody knows the trouble i've seen" sung by mahalia jackson. one of reveverend drdr. james 's books was s titled "the e spiris and the blues: an interpretation." he wrote in his book "no black person could escape the reality they brace. bb king, generallyly king, mahaa jackson to find my blalackness." those the words of the late dr. con

dr.artin luther king, jr. community foundation and again, we want to welcome you here today. on april 4, 1968, at the lorraine motel in memphis, tennessee, dr. king, guess it was around 6:30 in the afternoon, weary body, tired, came out and they were headed out to a meeting and, rang out, standing on the landing there at the lorraine motel, with 3 or 4 folks, jesse jackson on one side, and shots rang out and hit dr. king. he fell and was pronounced dead at the hospital and was moved to a mortuary about six blocks from the motel. that shot changed america. it changed america in a way that enlivened our senses to what it means to treat persons as persons. that all of us are persons. and all of us have human dignity, inately, in and of ourselves. the day after dr. king died, nearly 7,000 people were standing outside at civic center plaza here right outside these front doors mourning the death of dr. king, understanding the significance of his life and the impact of his death. three days late

dr. king, dr.arshall, reverend walker, ernest willis, and others are demanding that we take our collective energy to ensure that the promise of america is realized by all americans regardless of the color of their skin or their sexual orientation. today is the day that urgency calls upon us to fight against injustice no matter where we find it. silence is not an option in 2018. so we must stand up and demand educational equality. we must fight against police brutality. we must fight against discrimination. we must fight against health disparity. and we must fight against targeted voter suppression that keeps people from the polls based on the color of their skin. we must fight. we must fight. stephon clark, michael brown, trayvon martin, and eric garner are saying to us from heaven that if you love dr. king, keep on fighting. if you love me, keep on struggling. never give up. so as we say in the house of alpha, we will fight until hell freezes over, and then we will fight on the ice. today, this fr

welcome, dr. hall. please begin. dr. hall: chairman enzi, ranking member, members of the committee, thank you for inviting me to testify about the congressional budget office's most recent analysis of the outlook for the budget and the economy. my statement summarizes c.b.o.'s new baseline budget projections and economic forecast which the agency released on monday. in the congressional budget office's baseline projections, which incorporate the assumption that current law, governing taxes remains unchanged, the federal deficit grows substantially over the next few years. later on between 2023 and 2028 it stabilizes in the relation to the size of the economy though at a high level. as a result, federal debt is projected to be on a steadily rising trajectory throughout the coming decade, approaching 100% of gross domestic product by 2028. projected deficits over the 2018 to 2027 period have increased marketedly since we issued our last budget and economic projections in june of 2017. the increase stems primarily from tax

dr. martin luther king, jr. why now? why this subject that we need to talk about now, james earl ray? >> guest: first of all, it's a book of always wanted to write. i remember dr. king. i remember when he came to chicago in 1966 on a reuse greed with hatred. i remember the assassination, so vividly because my father had a famous cookie factory in chicago and the day after the murder he came home early from work and i said why are you home? he said a lot of my employees lived on the south and west side of chicago. their neighborhoods are on fire. they're going home to protect the house and the families. a few weeks after the rights he drove me to the neighborhoods because he wanted to see it for history. it's as drafted with since i was was a child. i knew the anniversary is coming up but it is an important occasion. it's the climax of the trilogy of books i've done on assassination in american life. abraham lincoln, john kennedy and now dr. king. for different reasons. they're all great a

dr.ing. i would like to keep that in mind as we move forward. it is a beautiful sight to stand here and it is incredibly humbling for me to stand here at this moment on this day. [applause] ms. freeman: he was a man, a husband, father, a son. he was a preacher and a scholar. he was a visionary, scholar, leader and servant. he was a radical thinker. a believer in the concept of peaceful, direct action and as a disobedience successful means to affect change. truths to be self evident that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain in a billable -- in alienable rights and the pursuit of happiness. it was a dreamer and he had a dream, but he wasn't simply a dreamer, but a man of action who made the ultimate sacrifice. peace, harmony and integration were goals. access ority or opportunity. economic equity, educational access to housing, free from environmental hazards. access to safe neighborhoods, fresh fruit and sound health care in the opportunity to achi

dr. table in 1968. i'm humbled by your commission to offer a reflection on what the legacy of dr. king's .ovement means for today in short run saying is i think the legacy of dr. king's movement is about our future if we are lucky to make it so, it's not about our past. that's because it goes so deeply to the principles that are either going to take us forward or that we will be lost. i want to convince you in a short amount of time by reviewing dr. king's career that we are poised on a practices -- precipice of whether or not we recover its principles. me?are entitled to ask, why why a white southerner born in atlanta who grew up in segregated lanes have is here -- atlanta is here talking to you about the legacy of martin luther king. it is a fair question. i was a certainly not meant to do that. i grew up in a nonpolitical family. my father was a dry cleaner. i was planning to be a surgeon. i did not care of a politics. -- about politics. it is the tenacity of the movement that changed

dr. king, dr. take our selective energy to ensure that the promise of america is realized by all americans regardless of the color of their skin or their sexual orientation. today is the day that urgency calls upon us to fight against injustice no matter where we find it. silence is not an option in 2018. so we must stand up and demand educational equality. we must fight against police brutality. we must fight against discrimination. we must fight against health disparity. and we must fight against targeted voter suppression that keeps people from the polls based on the color of their skin. we must fight. we must fight. stephon clark, michael brown, trayvon martin, and eric garner are saying to us from heaven that if you love dr. king, keep on fighting. if you love me, keep on struggling. never give up. so as we say in the house of alpha, we will fight until hell freezes over, and then we will fight on the ice. it is the fraternity of brother king. saying on the place that he died that you did not

king from dr king that inspired you to do so absolutely you know dr king said that it is our responsibility to bring about a radical redistribution of economic and political power and i think that's not only what motivates me but it also motivates so many young leaders across the country right now we're seeing a resurgence of black progressive leadership black grassroots activism. and it is really taking. taking taking. it is really moving forward with a lot of fervor and you know so here in memphis where we are seeing the same levels of poverty in equity that were here where dr king died we know that we need new progressive leadership we need to reduce to redistribute economic opportunity only the opportunity here in our city is still staggering it's still staggering at the levels of systemic oppression that exist and so that's what aspires me to write is because i think it's. shame that fifty years after dr king was killed we're still fighting the same people are still living under the same passion yet you're not happy. with how memphis has commemorated the sanitation march or the fiftiet

dr. martin luther king jr. protesters kr r demanding the same things he demanded during his life. how far have we come? >>> plus target or subject. a new report says the russia special counsel's team told the president he's not a target of his investigation, but a subject instead. does that mean he's safe? >>> and trade war, get ready to spend more at the grocery store. china. slapped the u.s. with a new round of tariffs. the white house says we're not this a trade war. but we start this hour with what happened that changed the art of history in so many ways. the face and embodiment of the non-violent resistant moment shot dead a half century ago today. dedeg grags, voting rights, faith in action, equality in the literal sense. itmany of the things that consud and ultimately up end dr. king's life are the core of protests and rallies and marches in remembrance ceremonies that have been happening all day from washington to miami and the city where dr. king was assassinated. memphis, tennes

dr martin luther king set out to do and the thing that worries me the most is the watering down of dr king's message you know fifty years ago dr king was a threat to national security and was one of the reasons why he was assassinated and now you see this administration on his birthday earlier this year sending out tweets about some of his statements how do you explain this i mean you know you and i both we belong to the generation that was born you know right after those terrible days in the late sixty's and you would think that two generations later the dream of these ideals would be cemented into the national fabric of the u.s. so what do you think happens. i think that you know people have held on to as you said dr he was murdered by a white supremacist and people have held on to this ideal not just in day to day but in capitalism in politics but also we see in interactions you know being here in berlin you would think it would be a free and open place but as we know the far right has is on the run is on the rise and has made games. to take a look at just some of the voices from t

dr. martin luther king jr.. we will bring you a cbs news special report that was broadcast on april 5, 1968. this includes coverage of the funeral in memphis, reaction from president johnson and some of the riots that followed. i am the resurrection and the light, sayeth the lord. he that liveth in me and believeth in me shall never die. the lord gave, the lord hath taken away. blessed be the name of the lord. >> good evening, this is harry reasoner. a day after the death of dr. martin luther king the nation has two questions. one, has the murderer been caught? he has not. authorities say they will catch him. two, what has the effect been? the nation has not caught fire, but there is a countrywide reaction. turmoil in a dozen cities were 40, including the capital city. regular troops are on duty there. the number of places that the national guard has been called out, probably set a record for domestic disturbance. many sides tonight are quoting dr. king who himself, never wanted to be cit

well dr king got to get it was not perfect dr kill dr king was not was not complete he was he was a young man when he was when he was shot down and he was evolving rapidly in this conversation has just and i think he was he was being radicalized he was being radicalized because he was a leader with some menace integrity and he wanted to align himself with the with the feeling with the aspirations of the master he set up in class. at the end of the shows are going to say thank you to russell to reference to tattle to this conversation continues of course on line. thank you very much part of this conversation truly a profound take definitely. april on al-jazeera. from the stories beyond the headlines phone lines examines the u.s. is role in the wilds fifty years since the death of martin luther king we examine the impact of his assassination and the state of race relations in the u.s. today the winning show writes returns for another season with stories about solutions to some of the greatest manmade environmental problems as the first meeting since the friends it vote is set to take place

fifty years on and dr king's final speech still reverberates today. and with me at the big table tonight is just a tailor she runs and hides the monthly so long that the big sprays followed six called black in berlin and she may be familiar to some of you because she was with this on the night of the u.s. election back in november two thousand sixteen it's good to see you were there to see you know fifty years ago got to martin luther king was murdered. it's obviously a day to remember it's a day of mourning is there a reason to rejoice. you know i think so i think that dr martin luther king jr's goals of nonviolent resistance and of equality have definitely made big strides but i think that what we're lacking is equity one thing that got to martin luther king talked a lot about equality but equity means more about striving to see what we can give to not just everyone but who needs it so not just one for one that's a quality but exactly who needs what we heard at the beginning of the program so. when say that the current leadership in washington is a

you know i think so i think that dr martin luther king jr. goals of non by. resistance and equality have definitely made big strides but i think that what we're lacking is equity one thing that dr martin luther king talked a lot about is equality but equity means more about striving to see what we can give to not just everyone but who needs it so not just one for one that's a quality but exactly who needs what we heard at the beginning of the program someone say that the current leadership in washington is a threat to dr king's dream do you agree definitely definitely i mean this current administration number forty five is looking to unseat all of the dreams that dr martin luther king set out to do and the thing that worries me the most is the watering down of dr king's message you know fifty years ago dr king was a threat to national security and was one of the reasons why he was assassinated and now you see this administration on his birthday earlier this year sending out tweets about some of his statements how do you explain this to me and you know you and

dr. king. he didn't have a key. they said they didn't have a key to any of the rooms. you had to go to the office and they would let you in. while i was here, i was doing research. maybe some people were here from the mississippi valley collection. an assortment of your ancestors and to some of you from that an almost biblical event happened here when dr. king was killed. let's gather information, oral histories so other people can figure it out because it goes very deep. in what is here in memphis pier 1 of the many collections was that they went out and they got all of the film footage from the memphis television station. what had been on the air and what had not. i went through all of this. i am sitting there looking at an outtake of a white reporter on the night dr. king was killed, in memphis, in the hospital, trying and the reporter was saying, what did you see? did dr. king say anything? did you see the shooter? he kept asking all these questions. i think he was in shock. i think h

dr king mythology what's in it he is. so i actually one hundred percent agree with professor richard i think that the big issue here is that we fail to acknowledge fully bed during king's life he was really hated by a lot of kind of mainstream political leaders by f.b.i. agents by the most of the kind of narratives that we're thinking about today in terms of the color blindness post racialism a lot of that was leveraged against people like martin luther king jr and still today were fifty years as out from his assassination in a lot of cases we we had this kind of ideal it romanticized idea of who he was because that's a really more comfortable way of remembering him is sometimes we call it whitewashed or we call it. a more easy kind of learning right so it's very hard to learn that this person who was going to nobel peace prize was someone that was also hated in that head of his home bombed after he had his first child right that's not a really good narrative about america but it is the truth and it is the real history be

dr. martin luther king. amazing. today i have the privilege to introduce our keynote speaker, taylor branch. now that i look over i hope taylor is here. he was sitting over here. taylor has written many books. you probably have read some of them. if not, you need to. i would be remiss if i did not call them out as being one of our great alumni from the university of north carolina. he is a tar heel. heels.the hydes are tar he is also a morehead scholar. with hisnted to say many achievements and awards he has received i think the biggest of course is the pulitzer prizes he won in his narrative history of the civil rights era. it is called america in the king years. throughout my career at fedex, which is meant decades and decades and decades and decades -- i hit 42 years yesterday if you can imagine. . thank you. i think fred smith would not be applauding right now. i've had the privilege of taking my family with me all around the world. canada. we live in canada. we live in europe, the mi

dr. mortimer used his own sperm. when ancestry.com test results said he was her father. she thought there was an error. she discovered her birth certificate had been signed by mortimer. she was horrified. ancestry.com says dna testing helps people make new powerful dis discoveries. we are committed to delivering the most accurate results. however, with this, people may learn of unexpected connections. >> the law suit also states dr. mortimer cried when the mother said the family was moving from idaho to washington state. jeff, the family believes that dr. mortimer knew he was her biological father. >> tough to hear that. thank you. >> how an nfl star may have blocked another school massacre. ♪ hey, sir lose-a-lot! thou hast the patchy beard of a pre-pubescent squire! thy armor was forged by a feeble-fingered peasant woman... your mom! as long as hecklers love to heckle, you can count on geico saving folks money. boring! fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insuran

dr. martin luther king the nation has two questions. one, has the murder of been caught? he has not. authorities say they will catch him. two, what has the effect been? the nation has not caught fire, but there is a country ride -- countrywide reaction. turmoil in a dozen cities were 40, including the capital city. regular troops are on duty there. the number of places that the national guard has been called out, probably set a record for domestic disturbance. many said tonight are quoting dr. king who himself, never wanted to be cited in defense of violence. in mississippi, in 1966 after james meredith was shot he spoke with bitterness and passion about what was then the new gospel of the black militants. >> i am disturbed about a strange spirit that is circulating. telling me that i ought to end who has been killing and lynching people and throwing them in rivers. now people are telling me to stoop down to their level. oh no. [applause] oh no! is reason i will not do it that i am not go

they'd like to see if dr. jackson could, perhaps, survive the next 24, 48 hours, see if he could come out of this situation in a better position, perhaps, reschedule a hearing, but the question is does this report, these findings from back in 2012 make that more difficult? and as garrett points out, if he's suggesting to senators that he knew nothing about an i.g. report and yet, he appears to have ordered this up in 2012, that could be a big problem. >> ken thomas and garrett haake, thank you. joining me now is a member of the senate of the veteran's affairs committee. thank you for being here. >> good to be here. >> we got word confirming the allegations against dr. jackson include improperly dispensing drugs. being drunk while traveling on the job and a hostile work environment. have you heard that? >> i have. i don't have first-hand knowledge. that's what i hear. now that you're referencing the i.g. report, that's more problematic to me. to have a report that focusing on an intense rivalry that dr. jackson

dr. aurelius walker and true hope church of god. the staff determined that the property was eligible for local landmark designation and that additional historical documentation would be important to telling the story of dr. coleman and the medical center. to that end, the property was added to the hpc's landmark designation program on january 17, 2018 to enable staff to carrie out further documentation and prepare the draft landmark legislation report before you today. designed by architect hansg. glass and constructed in 1960 for dr. coleman, 6301 third street is located in the bayview neighborhood of san francisco. the property looks almost identical to how it did in 1960. the subject building derives its significance from its association with dr. coleman. >> president wolfram: advancing automatically. >> a mind of its own. >> there it goes again. >> i'll just continue. this building derives its significance from its association -- of dr. coleman, a nationally prominent african american

dr. martin luther king jr. was sassinated in memphis, tennessee. >> i don't know what will happen now. we have got some difficulties ahead. but it really doesn't matter with me now because i have been to the mountaintop. amy: we will speak to pulitzer prize winning historian taylor branch, looking at kings radicalization in his final years as he fought against what he called the three evils -- racism, materialism, and militarism. all of that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. president donald trump said tuesday he's preparing to deploy the military to the u.s. southern border in the latest escalation of trump's campaign to win funng for an expanded u.s.-mexico border wall. pres. trump: we are going to be doing some things. i have been speaking with general metals -- general mattis. we're going to be guarding our border with the military. that is a big step. amy: trump has offered few details on how such a plan would

if dr. jackson is willing to go and raise his right hand and answer questions, then the whole world can see that, and it's called a confirmation hearing. i would really push back heartily at the democratic senator chris murphy singh may be the president will do a better job venting his people. these are the fitness report counseling records from president obama, high mark stuart varney jackson. most impressive leader who continues to perform at the flag officer level. ronny has earned my confidence and gratitude of my family for his diligence and knowledge. goes on and on. we should know that in 2014, this in 2016, exceptional physician and leader. this is someone, dr. jackson has been serving several different presidents. republicans and democrats. the president today said that he understands if dr. jackson wants to stand down but that he, the president, sticking by him. >> bret: let me play that sound bite and get your reaction. >> i will tell you he's one of the finest people that i have

dr.to lift his voice like a trumpet and assure the disenfranchised, forgotten, vulnerable, helpless, that there was a promised land. to speak tod moses a fatigued jewish people over 7000 years ago, dr. king likewise prophesies from a divine revelation what you enabled him to see through the eyes of fate. his shadow of death became a reality one day later on april 4, when a gunshot rang out over at the motel a few blocks from here. many declare that dr. king was just another false prophet, crying in an abandoned wilderness of despair. however we stand here this evening to proclaim and to declare that the promised land that moses and dr. king saw exists yet exists today. existence is not contingent upon who occupies the white house. nor is it reliant on the mutual cooperation of the united nations. it exists because you gave us a promise. it continues because your word is true and shall stand forever. notice tong, we serve all of the negative and oppressive powers that be that it is true th

dr. jackson's to make. and some say it led to a less thorough vetting process. jackson denies any allegations facing him and today multiple people said his nomination should be going forward. >> we want to make sure they look at the latest allegations that came forward. we think that dr. jackson is a great american patriot. >> he's a very highly qualified, highly respected personin the military and in the medical community. that's something that we strongly feel that veterans need. >> we're not going to write him off in any way before his hearing and, quite frankly, neither should members of congress. >> what is jackson accused of? one incident had secret service step in so he wouldn't wake up a sleeping president. what are they alleging? >> they are dealing with a slew of allegations against ronny jackson. i've spoken with four sources, including one with direct knowledge of this incident. it dates back to 2015 on an overseas trip. our sources tell us ronny jackson traveling on this trip

dr.lift his voice like a trumpet , and assure the disenfranchised and the week, that there was a promised land. as you graced mosys to speak to the fatigued jewish people over the 7000 years ago, dr. king likewise prophesies from a divine revelation what you enabled him to see through the eyes of fate. as shadow of death became a reality one day later on april 4, when a gunshot rang out a few blocks from here. was declared that dr. king was another false prophet, crying in despair. stand here to proclaim and declare that the promised land that moses and dr. king saw exists even today. its existence is not contingent upon who occupies the white house. on the mutualant cooperation of the united nations. it exists because you gave us a promise. it continues because your word is true and shall stand forever. notice tong, we serve the negative and oppressive powers that be that it is true that the mental failed 50 years ago, but like the profit of ja, we picked up that mental. today we will le

dr. ronny jackson is facing. there are even more allegations that have been levelled at him in the last 24 hours, one which might involve an hippa violation or an alleged hippa violation. do you have anything more on the allegations against jackson? is the white house saying anything about it? >> yeah. dr. jackson's record as a white house decision has been impeccable. in fact, because dr. jackson has worked within arms reach of three presidents, he has refed more vetting than most. given his unique position of trust and responsibility, dr. jackson's background and character were evaluated during three different administrations. dr. jackson has had at least four independent background investigations conducted during this time at the white house, including an fbi investigation conducted as part of the standard nomination vetting process. during each of those investigations, dr. jackson received unanimous praise from dozens of witnesses and the investigations revealed no areas of concern. d

dr. king's father was invited. he declined but sent a telegram expressing full support for the president's stop the violence plea. they interrupted their session to attend memorial services for dr. king at the cathedral. jammed the historic church, the largest crowd in its history, larger than that even for john kennedy at the cathedral. back at the white house, mr. johnson resumed his discussions with white leaders such at chief justice -- u.s. army troops real rolled up behind the white house just before the sun went down. not to ring the white house, that would be left to government police in hopes of easing the picture impact overseas. it was the saddest day of the johnson presidency since that november friday in 1963 -- from dallas. dan rather, cbs news, the white house. >> washington bore the brunt of the -- chicago claimed that fearful decision as night fell. there 6,000 national guardsmen were called to duty and fires raged through a 16-block area. ted duval has the story. >> they call it garfield park, lon