dr. martin luther king junior had come to portland in the early 60s. there was a huge, huge gathering for him at vancouver avenue baptist church. i was not present for that but my grandmother on my mothers side, alberta louise randolph, i carry her middle name, grand mal randolph was present. in fact, she got, she came away with dr. king's book, stride toward freedom, signed by him. and i now have that book in my collection. but that was a huge moment and event in the portland black community that connected portland's black community to the movement. >> what stands out to me as a spark for her early activism was when she had her first job in the oregon division of corrections, and after sort of leaving home, leaving community, leaving campus, now out in the state, sort of the state apparatus, state structure and having to use your voice, both on the half of parolees and people in the system, and on behalf of her own behalf because of the treatment that you were given in that job. i don't know if that's the spark spark, but to me that's a crucial moment

dr. martin luther king jr.made the changes. >> interesting, you were this young guy, the 23-year-old in the group of elders. and you were really representing students who had a -- a different, orientation. less patience. than some of the others. >> we were then, venting some of the frustration and the sense of discontent on the part so many people. to see so many people arrested and jailed and beaten. and -- seeing like washington were looking the other way. but on the day of the march, on the day of the march. the march was all over. president kennedy invited us down to the white house. and he stood in the door of the oval office. beaming like a proud father. and he kept saying -- yo did a good job, you did a good job. and when he got to dr. martin luther king jr. he said you did a good job. you had a dream. >> the mississippi freedom summer. you, you, write in your book that you were inviting college students down from the north. mostly white students. not exclusively, and one of the reasons was that you felt

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dr. martin luther king, who yesterday it was his assassination time in tennessee. she said, i like chaos because from chaos comes creativity. we are now in the middle of a conversation about financial chaos. whether or not you will have money to support your programs. let's use this is a moment of creativity. i will take them up -- a point from malcolm gladwell who did research on the italian renaissance. when he talked about all of the people we know from the italian renaissance that made it great, he said what made them great was not the fact that they were geniuses, they were not geniuses by themselves, but they became geniuses because they can together. at this moment we will do the genius thing by working together across left and right so at the end of the day it is not about left and right, it is doing the right things for kids to make sure they are not left behind economically. from a test for me, my take away would be let's take the chaos and become creative. [applause] bonnie: i want to offer two pieces, one, celebrate your success. we all have to learn ab

dr. martin luther king and yesterday was his assassination time in tennessee and she said i like chaos because from chaos comes creativity and we are now in the middle of a conversation about financial chaos, whether you will have the money to support your programs. let's use this as a moment of creativity and i will take a point from malcolm gladwell. he did research on the italian renaissance and when we talk about all of the people who made the italian renaissance great, he said what made them great isn't the fact that they were geniuses. they were not geniuses by themselves. they became geniuses because they came together. in this chaotic moment, we will do the genius thing working together because at the end of the day, thought about left or right, it's about doing the right thing for kids to make sure they are not left behind economically. take the chaos and become creative. >> i want to offer you to pieces. number one, celebrate your success. in education, we have to learn about marketing, talking about what works, and how you are successful. the beautiful opportunity in this movement r

dr. martin luther king took his last march in memphis.k men taking renewed responsibility for themselves, their families and their communities. >> welcome to the million man march. >> there are big goings-on in the nation's capital today. this is an enormous crowd of black american men and boys and yes even some women. >> i remember the power of stepping out of the d.c. metro and seeing this sea of faces of color on the national mall. >> the million man march was called for by louis farrakhan who is head of nation of islam. >> the basic reason this was called is for atonement and reconciliation. >> he's always been a controversial figure because of his anti-semitic utterances but the march becomes bigger than louis farrakhan. >> why do we march? we're trapped for second class schools and first class jails. >> we've been locked up and brutalized. >> this became the first mass expression we could make together that we need to be regarded and respected and and heal this racial breach. >> we aren't all drug dealers. we can come together and h

dr. martin luther king jr. had come to portland in the early .0's there was a huge gathering for him. my grandmother on my mother's side, louise, randolph. she got -- she came away with booking's book area -- signed by him. book in mythat collection. in the moment in the black community that connected portland's black community to the movement. me was hernds out to first job in the department of , after leaving home and leaving community, leaving out in the state andratus or structure, having to use your voice on behalf of parolees and people and on theirstem own behalf because of the treatment given in that job. that is a crucial moment of transition. the port or firm you are nowiving an education was severely threatened. there is a moment in the interviews. i wasn't sure if anybody was going to do anything about them. you had to write those letters. these intense layers of racism at every corner every turn go undocumented and uncontested. and engaging beyond the supported at the visit them you grew up with and in an unknown territory. i was one of the few african americans and afric

dr. martin luther king went -- was assassinated on the fourth. that up to the president except arthurmiami, went mcduffy was killed and there was a rebellion against that, and then after the rodney king trial, after he will -- the child him being beaten and the officers were acquitted, those standout because more or less there haveresent, been black and latino elected who conserve as a voice for those communities. not resolve these issues, certainly, but when people feel there is a past where people can adjust the issues, -- and nonviolent path to adjust their issues, people take that path. forre we condemn people writing and creating violence in the community, let's look at what opportunities exist for people to a dress these concerns in ways that seem normal to other communities but are not there for the communities we are talking about. we look at baltimore, ferguson, a number of cities, we have to raise the issue. opportunities and does everyone in those cities equally have an opportunity to address concerns around economic, social, and polit

dr. martin luther king jr. in "the butler."lis' manager saying he died of complications of heart failure. in addition to his on-screen rolls, ellis worked as a playwright and a director. he was just 39 years old. >>> another high profile actress is speaking out about the hollywood gender gap. oscar winner emma stone is adding her voice to the demands for equal pay. ariel reshof has the story. >> reporter: emma stone sounding off about a double standard in hollywood dollars. in an exclusive cover story for "out" magazine, stone saying, i've needed male costars to take a pay cut so that i have parity with them. praising their actions and drawing on her new role as billie jean king. the actress telling the magazine, "we are all equal, we all deserve the same respect and the same rights." the oscar winner joining a host of actresses who claim hollywood is no la la land for leading ladies. robin wright playing hardball in negotiations with "netflix." demanding to be paid the same as her "house of cards" costar kevin spacey. >> i wan

dr. martin luther king and robert f. kennedy shook an already weary nation to the core., zero. dickerson: nasa's apollo 8 mission successfully launched three astronauts into space, beating the soviets to become the first manned flight to leave the earth's orbit, circle the moon, and return safely. it was a breakthrough that stunned the world. joining us now is jeffrey kluger, the author of "apollo 8", looking back at that seminal mission. jeffrey, why is apollo 8 so important? >> it's important culturally, as we said at the beginning of the segment. this was the most tragically blood-soaked year in modern human and global history. we had terrible events. there was the tet offensive. at the same time three american astronauts had been lost in a spacecraft fire just the year before, in 1967. white, grissom, and chafee. the space program which was our charm was moved out of reach. here we were in the summer of 1968. there was no plausible way we were going to make president kennedy's deadline of getting a man on the moon before 1970, and the guys at nasa said, you know what

dr. martin luther king's i have a dream speech and taking the trump administration to task for endangeringhat dream. go to nationalactionnetwork.net to sign up. >>> coming up, civil rights organizations are suing the trump administration over his voter fraud commission claiming it was formed to make voting harder for people of color. that's next. this is "politics nation" on msnbc. chances are, the last time you got a home loan, you got robbed. i know-- i got a loan 20 years ago, and i got robbed. that's why i started lendingtree-- the only place you can compare up to 5 real offers side by side, for free. it's like shopping for hotels online, but our average customer can save twenty thousand dollars. at lendingtree, you know you're getting the best deal. so take the power back and come to lendingtree.com, because at lendingtree when banks compete, you win. >>> this issue is very important to me because throughout the campaign and even after it people would come up to me and express their concerns about voter inconsistencies and irregularities which they saw. in some cases having to do with

dr. martin luther king jr. in "the butler."ger saying he died from complications of heart failure. in addition to his on-screen roles, ellis works as a playwright and a director. he was just 39 years old. >>> another high profile actress is speaking out about the hollywood gender gap. oscar winner emma stone is adding her voice to the demands for equal pay. abc news has the story. >> reporter: a-lister emma stone sounding off about a double standard in hollywood dollars. in an exclusive cover story for "out" magazine, stone saying, i've needed male costars to take a pay cut so that i have parity with them. praising their actions and drawing on her new role as billie jean king. the actress telling the magazine, "we are all equal, we all deserve the same respect and the same rights." the oscar winner joining a host of actresses who claim hollywood is no la la land for leading ladies. robin wright playing hardball in negotiations with "netflix." >> tell me, am i really the sort of enemy you want to make? >> reporter: demanding to

dr. martin luther king used to say. it's not about the content of their character.s about the content of their wallet. power are influenced by and prestige. it's about material things. have comeoney that we up more influence and power that we have. those are the people that are running government. those are the people that have more influence in washington. there's white people that are greedy. there's black people that are greedy and corrupt. those are the people that we are continually putting in office. we neglect our right to vote. this is the result. host: you are saying that through voting you can change some of this? caller: absolutely. we have to start tapping into -- we have to start from the bottom up instead of starting from the top. helen on twitter says, save the republic. people need to take back their power from the citadel. she adds, say no to the empire. you can express thoughts on twitter and facebook through the phone lines. we will continue to do so. and nbc street journal news poll takes a look at the research they have done what it comes to sup

dr. martin, thank you for joining us, happy fourth of july to you. >> senator manchin: happy fourth to youhappy birthday america. >> john: up next we will bring in our sunday group to get their take on work health care go from here and reaction to president trump's big wins on immigration this week. plus, what would you like to ask the panel about the senate's plan to repeal and replace obamacare? go to facebook or twitter, @foxnewssunday, and we may use your question on the air. >> john: the white house defends tweets attacking cable news host. >> the american people elected somebody who's tough and smart and a fighter, that's donald trump. >> john: we will ask the panel with the president's recent >> we can all agree obamacare status quo is simply unsustainable and unacceptable. we have to act and we are. >> john: senate majority leader mitch mcconnell this week defending the senate's push for repeal and replace. time now for our sunday group, kimberley strassel is with us. marie harf, gerald seib from "the wall street journal" and charles hurt is the opinion editor for "the washington t

dr. martin luther king was slained. dr. king gave his last speech in memphis the night before, the mason temple. the "i have been to the mountain top" speech. and it was in memphis where he started his last march about a week earlier marching from historic clay burn temple with garbage can federation workers not recognized as a union and not recognized as men. i am a man. and dr. king came to memphis as part of his fight for justice and freedom. the clay burn temple has risen from the ashes -- clayburn temple has risen from the ashes as a place for events, worship, concerts and protest. and the civil rights museum has risen at the lorraine motel where dr. king was slain, the national civil rights museum which is outstanding and next year we'll commemorate the 50th anniversary of the assassination. our own john lewis will be there. h.r. 1927 would help to memorialize these events and these places across the united states and others, from north carolina where the sit-in started, nashville, the voting rights march in selma, th

dr. martin luther king jr. at the time, and he immediately was ready to go public, he was ready to vote for nixon and announce or kennedy. kennedy mentioned casually to salinger, did i mention that i called mrs. king just now? and they said, you did what? bobby kennedy is furious. he says, my god, we have lost the election. he calls the civil rights office and yells at them. he says, you are not going to do anything further in this campaign. you may have lost it for us with this one call. jack kennedy did not have a problem with it, they did. day, someonethin a close to bobby kennedy, he has wonderful oral histories about ours he was a colleague of and we interviewed him before his death, he got a call from bobby kennedy the next day and bobby kennedy is checking in and he says, bobby, i need to tell you we have a crazy wire report from tortoises you -- from georgia that says you have talked to this crazy judge. don't worry, we already put out a retraction. bobby kennedy says, you better withdraw that attractio

dr. martin luther king that i just love where dr. king says if we are to have peace on earth, which i also take to mean to build a sustainable civilization our loyalty must become, must transcend our differences and we must develop a world perspective i feel that one of the messages i try to get across in this book is that if we really look at ourselves on the sleep through the lens of science can give us and see where and who and what we are on this planet with the multigenerational and global perspective that planetary science naturally leads us to, then that knowledge does lead us towards developing a world perspective, so that is one of the things, which of you do read the book i hope you'll take away. why would an astrobiologists write about humans on earth? i will read you just a little bit from the intro of "earth in human hands." gazing over the complex fluctuations and transformations and earth multibillion.year history i'm struck by the unique strangers and as the present moment. suddenly find ourselves sort of running a pl

dr. martin luther king. should i continue? the republican party has always led the way. was the party of the kkk. abby: what is her agenda then? what is she trying to get at here? what does she want out of this? >> look, i think this goes back to what the democrats are actually doing. this is the victim hood mentality, which i would argue that the republican party needs to let's people, especially in my community, know how much we have in common. when you listen to a simple hip hop song, they talk about capitalism. that's our argument. that's not the left's argument. when we talk about reforming education when it comes to school choice, all these issues that we stand for, we should be capturing people in different communities. black folks have never wanted a handout. they have always been go-getters. when we are talking about black wall street at one point in time were the most black millionaires. you think those were democrats? those are capitalists. those are people that were businessmen. and so we got to go to the community and let them know that we're on the same pag

dr. martin luther king junior against criminal organizations in montgomery, alabama in 1960. trump up charges. dr. king was said to have been stung by his acquittal at the hands of a jury, the verdict that the writer scott king later described as a miracle every storage or faith in human good. as with all miracle makers, though, mr. mayne made tremendous sacrifice financially in pursuit of racial equality. it is an honor the sacrifices today that we gave an award in his name. following in mr. mayne's example of today's honorees, bonita group to. as many of you know, ms. cooper was head of the civil rights division at the department of justice the last three years of the obama administration. during her tenure at doj, perhaps the most aggressive program civil rights enforcement our country has ever seen. the daughter of indian immigrants graduated from new york university law school in 2001, immediately gravitated toward civil rights work and accepted a position at the naacp legal defense and education fund. there she was thrown directly into the fire and the investigated treb

dr. martin luther king jr. appeared he talked about establishing a blueprint.id that if you can't be a tree -- if you can't be a bush, i'm sorry. if you can't we abolish coming you can be a tree. if you can't be a highway, just be a trail. if you can't be a son, bsr. and it isn't whether you win or fail. be the best at whatever you are. if you can't fly, then run. if you can't run, walk. if you can't walk, crawl. but whatever you do, move forward. i'm going to pause here because i think you may have some questions for me. and you don't have time. anyway, with that being said, i hope you enjoyed my top -- what is that got to do it, be prepared to an aromatic thing. thank you so much. [applause] >> i'll invite lauren appelbaum to bring the family up to the front. while she is coming to the front, i will say a few words about lauren appelbaum because the respectability we have an extraordinary staff. we are an organization. we literally only have five people on our staff. that is how small we are. we are tiny but mighty in part about this because of the extraordin

dr. martin luther king jr. dr. alveda king. great to see you this morning.n pushback on this whole george wallace comparison. but what to play this and get your take on it. >> what about the president and his actions suggest to you that he is in the tradition of a famed, notorious segregation? >> i think for the record, the voter registration records. that's a form of harassment. >> dr. king, your thought. >> well, first i would like to say my president is leading the charge for civil rights today for the little unborn persons in the world who have a right to live. i'm director of civil rights for the unborn and i say that everybody civil rights count around the world to the tune coming young, old, sick, elderly, babies and a woman everything. the president is certainly fighting for civil rights. with african-american leaders and everyone there is supporting. i believe president trump might agree that we are defending america. you're supporting him. as the african american museum for example, he was knowledgeable of much of the history when we stopped and lo

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dr. who christmas special before that. >>> actor martin landau has died after unexpected complications followingical center. landau probably best known for his role in ed wood and for playing a master of disguise in the original 1960s mission impossible tv series. landau was 89. >>> let's get a check on cnn money stream this monday morning. global stock markets are mixed after china's economic growth beat expectations and wall street hit fresh record highs. the s&p 500 and dow on friday closing the week at records. corporate profits are keeping the bulls running. companies are making a lot of money and that is driving the stock market. we'll hear from more companies this week including netflix, goldman sachs, microsoft, and hopes are high here last season's profit growth was the best in years. >>> visa is offering restaurants $10,000. the catch? they have to stop accepting cash. it's called the visa cashless challenge. visa wants to convince small businesses to stop accepting cash forcing customers to on pay with credit cards. the incentive is clear here. credit card companies charge processing

dr. king to come to memphis to lead the sanitation workers' strike. he convinced martine to memphis to get on the front lines of the fight for the sanitation workers. james lawson thought he was the one that got martin king killed by getting him to come to memphis. he and james harding who wrote beyond vietnam -- i talked to them so many times across the years. i ran into him the other day in l.a. he retired now. he's part of a grand legacy. >> yes. >> of those who worked alongside dr. king in memphis and beyond and ironic in a matter of months will commemorate the 50th anniversary of king's assassination. past tored for a lot of years and he's an icon to many people in the movement. >> yeah. >> that said, that's why holman gets us excited when you hear that name in this city. cuba, you guys have been doing this for a number of years. tell me about the kacaravan. you don't get involve in politics but how has the death of castro, the opening of our policy with cuba under the obama administration and trump threatening to do a 180, does any of that affect whatever it is you

martin luther king jr. because of my own previous book on dr. king. black liberation theology is a radical doctrine.ne of my oldest closest academic friends, a theologian, jim is the leading progenitor of black liberation theology, and what jeremiah's church came to represent was the living embodiment of what black theologians like jim cohen and cornell west have championed. reverend wright's preaching, barack was not there that day. barack and michelle were not there for another of reverend sermons.notorious i do not think the reverend's preaching is in any way reflective of barack obama's beliefs. trinity church was great if you were an aspiring young african-american politician in chicago. but, as many good things can be but, as many good things can be said about reverend wright, i would say that no one should be judged by history for the three stupidest things they have ever said. there is a much worse clip from the national press club some years later -- brian: is that the one where he damned america? david: yes. i mean it's -- but, the immense amount of good the reverend jeremiah wright has do

martin. >> thank you, mr. chairman. dr. hicks, in your testimony you say it is appropriate for a new uamf to create a most stringent notification requirement for the president's use of ground forces in combating terrorist troops and recommend language that gives the president expansive authority to send our service men and women into combat, as in the notifies congress as soon as possible. what is your perspective on whether we should include any requirement for the president notifying congress within 48 hours after he substantially enlarges the evel of u.s. forces in a foreign country where combat appears likely? >> i think the fundamental challenge for a new uamf in all aspects is this balancing of ensuring the hat's ability -- is ensuring the flexibility of what the the flexibility of what the commander needs on the ground. and the appropriate role of congressional oversight. i think the bill put forward by representative schiff with regard to notification on ground forces used in a combat role is an example of an approp

martin sillcox potentialized innational security policy. dr. cragen is a research fellow at the national defense university. recently left a position as political scientist at therand corporation and has taught at georgetown university and the university of maryland. miss georgia home or is at the institute of peace where she oversees a broad portfolio of legal related subjects and projects and research. she chairs the working group on counter violent extremism. mr. hears, we will start with you. you have five minutes. >> thank you. chairman, ranking members, distinguishes distinguished members of the committee. europe is facing a sustained threat from the islamic state. an estimated more than 5,000 europeans have travelled to syria to join isis. the percentage of european foreign fighters who have returned to their countries of departure is estimated as high as 30%. in the united states, some 250 americans have travelled or attempted to travel to isis controlled territories. of the 250, the program on extremism has identified more than 60 u.s.

politicking my guess is wrong paul martin you're a doctor your son is a doctor to republican senators bill cassidy of louisiana john mccain of arizona now suggests that the republican dr bill drug dealing with place obamacare is dead where is all that going. well i hate to be so that emphatic but it doesn't have much life in it even though it may be the very best thing to do under these conditions but you know building a welfare state is easy because it's a give away if you're wealthy it's super easy because you can promise a lot of things to a lot of people and you can win elections with these promises but eventually a nation becomes too poor see it as a way to did well as long as they were very wealthy in the oil kept coming in and they hadn't destroyed their their economic system so when you build a system of medical care which depends on so much of government you know nobody really complained of medicare and and medicaid you know throughout the years and prescription drug programs all these things that republicans support and eventually comes to an end because you can't afford it it becomes a bureaucratic monster people get on happy the costs go up and they have t

martin shkreli striel. the former biotech ceo conned investors. his lawyer argues no one should feel sorry for the alleged victims because they all made money on the deal. >>> dr. luke wants lady gog got to testify in his lawsuit against kesha. kesha sued dr. luke in 2014. dr. luke countersues accusing her of defamation. last year, she dropped her claims, but the defamation case continues. the lawyers want her to testify about text messages she got from kesha. >> honolulu is the first city to ban people from using their phones while crossing the street. the first violation can cost you $15 to $35. if you do it again, it could cost you $75 to $99. >>> happening right now, bike riders are on a 65-mile trek from philadelphia to atlantic city as part of the irish pub tour de shore. the 30th year for the event that raises money for the irish pub children's foundation which benefits families of fallen first responders and other local children in need. here's a live look now over the ben franklin bridge where you can see those bicyclists heading over from old city into south jersey. the bridge is closed because of the event until about 8:00 this morning. once those b

dr zubaida haque from the runnymede trust. she's researched this issue extensively. tobie martinsarticle about the lack of black teachers. patrick dempsey who is the diversity lead for teach first, the recruiter responsible for 5% of all teacher placements in england. and allana gay is the deputy head of lee valley primary school in london. and nikki cunningham—smith, a teacher, who'sjoining us from ross—on—wye. welcome to all of you. obviously, i am going to ask you why you think there is such a shortage. you have done research, zubaida. tell us why. it is across the piece, starting from the beginning, in terms of recruitment, the government have not done very well in terms of recruiting. only one in ten of the new recruits are from ethnic minority backgrounds. where the story is really interesting and worrying, if you like, is around retention, the teachers that stay within the occupation, and now increasingly research showing teachers are more likely to leave. why is that? there are lots of reasons. first of all, it is important to know approximately 75% of black and ethnic min