and there's another example of it too even after dr martin luther king jr was jad and now because of the jury decision in december of ninety nine in memphis tennessee we know that the jury decided that the evidence was overwhelming that the united states government itself but just played it in a conspiracy to kill dr martin luther king jr and guess what that did in the smearing the smearing continued well after he was dead oh yeah i mean that's still ridiculed and mocked as a conspiracy there i mean this is declassified documents that have led to the civil suit that you're talking about that have overwhelmingly confirmed it is unanimous decision from over seventy eyewitnesses who testified there and let's go over some of the things that you did speak out on when you were in office i love this quote i remember you grilling rumsfeld on the house floor in two thousand and five over number of issues i wanted to play one in which was regarding dying core in child trafficking let's take a look at that. called for the punishment of those involved in this horrible business but at the very mo

and there's another example of it too even after dr martin luther king jr was dad and now because of the jury decision in december of ninety nine in memphis tennessee we know that the jury decided that the evidence was overwhelming that. the united states government itself but just have paid it in a conspiracy to kill dr martin luther king jr and guess what back in the smearing the smearing continued well after he was dead oh yeah i mean that's still ridiculed and mocked as a conspiracy there i mean this is declassified documents that have led to this civil suit that you're talking about that have overwhelmingly confirmed it is unanimous decision from over seventy eyewitnesses who testified there and let's go over some of the things that you did speak out on when you were in office i love this quote i remember you grilling rumsfeld on the house floor in two thousand and five overheard a number of issues i wanted to play one of which was regarding dying core in child trafficking let's take a look at that. called for the punishment of those involved in this horrible business but at the

dr. martin luther king, jr. it is 45 years ago today dr. martin luther king, jr.d in memphis tennessee. it is being called protecting the dream. king was a leader before being shot and killed and to this day, he is the youngest person to win a nobel peace prize. >>> he was one of the people killed in the oikos university massacre. people of the tibetan association prayed as they remembered 33-year-old female one of the 7 people killed in the oikos university nursing school. >> our family is still emotional and we are grateful we have a good and strong community and everybody is supporting the family. >> she moved to the bay area from india and was studying to become a nurse. she was never interested in making a lot of money but simply wanted to give back to her community. >>> according to education west, they are preparing students for college those who have relatively small percentage scored a "b" overall and the next group earned a "c" plus. others scored lowest overall with a "d" minus. >>> the rally will be held including spirit squads and remarks from the hea

dr. martin luther king, jr. it is 45 years ago today dr. martin luther king, jr. tennessee. it is being called protecting the dream. king was a leader before being shot and killed and to this day, he is the youngest person to win a nobel peace prize. >>> he was one of the people killed in the oikos university massacre. people of the tibetan association prayed as they remembered 33-year-old female one of the 7 people killed in the oikos university nursing school. >> our family is still emotional and we are grateful we have a good and strong community and everybody is supporting the family. >> she moved to the bay area from india and was studying to become a nurse. she was never interested in making a lot of money but simply wanted to give back to her community. >>> according to education west, they are preparing students for college those who have relatively small percentage scored a "b" overall and the next group earned a "c" plus. others scored lowest overall with a "d" minus. >>> the rally will be held including spirit squads and remarks from the head coach. thi

tennessee found local state and federal government agencies guilty to conspiracy to assassinate dr martin luther king jr the civil trial consisted of over seventy testimonies from witnesses who one after the other called into question the original narrative and concluded that james earl ray was nothing more than a patsy king's wife coretta scott king stated that this jury confirmed what was already suspected by their family. she said it provided their quote family with a long sought sense of closure and peace which had been denied by official dissin from ation and coverups yet even now over a decade since that civil case questioning james earl ray's guilt as the lone man who killed martin luther king is received as nothing more than a wacky conspiracy theory but i guess it's easier that way isn't it tonight the facts rather than giving them credence after all putting up an m.l.k. memorial in d.c. is always easier than putting m.l.k. is real murderers on trial. i'm in sochi the only city in europe i'm the host of the twenty fourteen winter the picket. signs. thank you. so much. thank you if you saw a. do

dr. king's wife, coretta, opened the package. horrified, she showed it to her husband and his advisors. >> it was blackmail, basically. >> it was blackmail. >> i think j. edgar hoover had a dislike for martin luther king jry? >> it was a personal dislike. >> lewis believes hoover's hatred blinded him to dr. king's dream. >> i think j. edgar hoover was convinced that martin luther king jr. was a threat to the order of the american society. >> yet, king was unmoved by the fbi's truly dirty tricks. >> he saw this as part of his life, just the way he would have to live for the rest of his life. >>> still ahead, military spies on the rooftop. >> they said they wanted to take pictures. >> and the fatal moment. >> he probably never even heard the shot. [ male announcer] surprise -- you're having triplets. [ babies crying ] surprise -- your house was built on an ancient burial ground. [ ghosts moaning ] surprise -- your car needs a new transmission. [ coyote howls ] how about no more surprises? now you can get all the online trading tools you need without any surprise fees. ♪ it's not rocket science. it's just common sense. from td ameritrade. >>> early in 1968 black garbage collectors in memphis, tennessee, wen

dr. martin luther king, jr. a rally is being held in his honor and we will have the special name it is given. >>> a man who land his car in wal-mart and the attacked customers are due back in court this afternoon. he will be charged with several sell any counts before that happened. four people were hurt that day and he has had sever others in october in a case where he threw a chair through a pub while high on cocaine. >>> zuckerberg promises an announcement and many are saying it is a facebook phone. leaked 9:00 to 5:00 say it is a 9:00 to 5:00 facebook phone. it adds they would allow them to chick in with their facebook friends and it shows you can go check in with your friends. >> i don't like everything being so tapped into facebook and my phone. i don't like all of that. >> the survey shows 82% of americans would not be interested in a facebook phone but they would bees pebblely in europe. >>> the schools will send the rally off which will include remarks from the a head coach. this is the first time call

dr. martin luther king, jr. a rally is being held in his honor and we will have the special name it is given. >>> a man who land his car in wal-mart and the attacked customers are due back in court this afternoon. he will be charged with several sell any counts before that happened. four people were hurt that day and he has had sever others in october in a case where he threw a chair through a pub while high on cocaine. >>> zuckerberg promises an announcement and many are saying it is a facebook phone. leaked 9:00 to 5:00 say it is a 9:00 to 5:00 facebook phone. it adds they would allow them to chick in with their facebook friends and it shows you can go check in with your friends. >> i don't like everything being so tapped into facebook and my phone. i don't like all of that. >> the survey shows 82% of americans would not be interested in a facebook phone but they would bees pebblely in europe. >>> the schools will send the rally off which will include remarks from the a head coach. this is the first time call

dr. martin luther king, jr., 45 years ago today delivering his last speech, the mountaintop. before being assassinated by james earl ray. we have never before seen video of ray returning to memphis to face a trial in dr. king's murder. girls don't talk about pads... but they do talk about always infinity. [ marcy ] it's like memory foam. [ female announcer ] the only pad made from a revolutionary material. [ erina ] it totally fits to your body. [ female announcer ] it's incredible protection, you'll barely feel it. always infinity. tell us what you think. by going low. tdd# 1-800-345-2550 like offering schwab etfs tdd# 1-800-345-2550 with the lowest operating expenses tdd# 1-800-345-2550 in their respective lipper categories -- tdd# 1-800-345-2550 lower than ishares tdd# 1-800-345-2550 and vanguard. tdd# 1-800-345-2550 and with all our etfs commission-free tdd# 1-800-345-2550 when traded online in a schwab account, tdd# 1-800-345-2550 it leaves our investors with more money to invest. tdd# 1-800-345-2550 something they've come to count on with us. tdd# 1-800-345-2550 so as i

dr. martin luther king, jr., was assassinated. on a motel balcony in memphis. a previously unpublished life magazine photo shows his open briefcase as he left it in his motel room that day. so many people were forever changed by that visit to memphis. he was there, after all, to support striking sanitation workers. tonight ann curry has the story of two who were there. >> reporter: memphis, the spring of 1968. 1300 sanitation workers on strike against unsafe working conditions. the reverend martin luther king, jr., standing with them. >> memphis has gotten by for a long time with numerous injustices where black people are concerned. >> reporter: king's own advisers urged him to skip memphis, fearing violence. and there was. alvin turner, now 79, was there. >> he took that billy club, and he popped me right there. >> reporter: cleo smith, 70, was too. >> people getting beaten, fire extinguishers turned on them. >> reporter: turner says the job paid just 70 cents an hour, but that wasn't the worst of it. >> i had been treated like a boy for so long. boy, get over

the words of dr martin luther king jr come to s-j-s-u for a momentous anniversary. the book is closing on a 55 year old s-j-s-u landmark. what does it mean to students? but first we ask students what they are going to do with their tax refunds. ">>>with my tax refund i am going to pay off my credit card. i am going to go see my boyfriend in dc and i'm probably going to do a little bit of shopping. so with my refund check i'm going to use it to pay off my books that i used with my credit card. i don't work so i don't get a tax refund. if i had one i would probably use it for lunch. i'm just planning to save it up for next semester because i'm always short on money. so i'm just going to use that towards either pay tuition or housing. i currently don't work right now but if i were to get tax return money i would spend it on clothes and more food around campus. no, i didn't get one but i also didn't have to pay anything but i kind of was doing it with my dad. so i think he claimed me and i fell like he said that since he is claiming me i couldn't do it." a fifty-five ye

years ago when a single shot was fired from the lorraine motel in memphis tennessee killing dr martin luther king jr men who shot dr king james earl ray was brought into custody two months later yesterday never before now. before seen video of ray just after he was arrested was released by the shelby county registrar in tennessee the video includes ray being read his rights being stripped searched by police as well as interviews with potential jurors for the trial but despite these new videos in those forty five years since the assassination of dr king the real story behind his death of why he was killed has rarely been told and today as these cycles of history come around again this story is more important than ever so joining us now is lamar waldron historian and co-author with tom hartman of the book legacy of secrecy the long shadow of the j.f.k. assassination lamar welcome back to the show great to be with you so you know yes today is the anniversary of dr king's assassination but it's always important to look back at what happened and to remember it why is this especially relevant today though

well today is so significant because this is the day that the reverend dr martin luther king jr one of our great civil rights leaders was actually assassinated and ironically the reason why he was assassinated he was there is to see and he was protesting that he was organizing for the rights a fight for wages for the sensation workers i say so you know the u.s. the food industry it grosses here in the united states two hundred billion dollars a year in the average fast food employee you know they only make around eleven thousand a year in salary why do you think we're seeing this disparity among what they're bringing in versus what they're paying their employees well i think one of the reasons is because of the fact that many of the employees don't have the opportunity to really challenge the employer for a fair wage because of the fact that if they do make a woman they can risk losing their jobs they can be fired almost immediately and have someone else replace replace them almost instantaneously say so workers in the industry you know they're making i guess around half of the poverty

kick him out because he started yelling at them during a friday sermon that was praising dr martin luther king jr so even the muslim community in boston had shunned this guy and therefore he went the radicalized by himself but of course you still hear people like bill o'reilly and i'm going to paraphrase this because we don't have time to play it but he basically said that most americans should apologize on behalf of whenever these things happened how do you. i mean something like that why respond by saying you know did white americans apologize after timothy mcveigh bombed a federal building in oklahoma city and then people say well you know that religion was an ideology there really it was his coconspirator terry nichols was a self professed member of the current identity movement and so why is it that one minority group in america is placed with collective guilt more than any other demographic group in america if we're going to ask people to apologize for the acts of a few then we should ask everyone to apologize for the acts of a few but that's ridiculous because that's a completely un-americ

kick him out because he started yelling at them during a friday sermon that was praising dr martin luther king jr so even the muslim community in boston had shunned this guy and therefore he went to the radicalized by himself but of course you still hear people like bill o'reilly and i'm going to paraphrase this because we don't have time to play it but he basically said that most americans should apologize on behalf of whenever these things happened how do you respond to something like that why respond by saying. you know did white americans apologize after timothy mcveigh by a federal building in oklahoma city and then people say well you know the religion was an ideology there actually it was his coconspirator terry nichols was a self professed member of the christian identity movement and so why is it that one minority group in america is placed with collective guilt more than any other demographic group in america if we're going to ask people to apologize for the acts of a few then we should ask everyone to apologize for the acts of a few but that's ridiculous because that's a completely un-

kick him out because he started yelling at them during a friday sermon that was president dr martin luther king jr so even the muslim community in boston had shunned this guy and therefore he went in the radicalized by himself but of course you still hear people like bill o'reilly and i'm going to paraphrase this because we don't have time to play it but he basically said that most americans should apologize on behalf of whatever. these things happened how do you respond to something like that why respond by saying you know did white americans apologize after timothy mcveigh bombed the federal building in oklahoma city and then people say well you know that religion was an ideology there actually it was his coconspirator terry nichols was a self professed member of the christian identity movement and so why is it that one minority group in america is placed with collective guilt more than any other demographic group in america if we're going to ask people to apologize for the acts of a few then we should ask everyone to apologize for the acts of a few but that's ridiculous because that's a complet

martin luther king jr. was assassinated down in memphis. andrew young and dr. king's grandson dr. martin luther king iii join us to talk about voting rights and gun violence. >>> let me finish with this. nine out of ten americans support background checks. why doesn't congress? and this is "hardball." the place for politics. >>> would ronald reagan support marriage equality? his daughter thinks so. patti davis says reagan likely would have supported marriage for gay couples. while she never discussed it with her dad, she says he probably would have bucked his party on the issue for three reasons. hollywood acting career. close friendship with a lesbian couple who cared for patti, and ron. and government intrusion into people's private lives. my mant? trust your instincts to make the call. to treat my low testosterone, my doctor and i went with axiron, the only underarm low t treatment. axiron can restore t levels to normal in about 2 weeks in most men. axiron is not for use in women or anyone younger than 18 or men with prostate or breast cancer. women, especially those who are or

dr. martin luther king jr.'s assassination in memphis, dr. re his death, was there to support striking sanitation workers. at the king center in atlanta today, they kicked off a campaign of 50 days of nonviolence for young people. in washington, african-american clergy gathered to celebrate dr. king's life. and louisville guard kevin ware is in atlanta today, ready to cheer on his team at the final four with saturday's tip-off in the georgia dome, ware has been cheered on by millions following his gruesome injury. and his heroic comeback. here's how he described the awful moment. >> i went to block a shot like i'm always trying to do. jumped too high. didn't see where i was coming down, didn't know how fast i was coming down. didn't get a chance to gather myself and looking at coach p's eyes gave it away. >> kevin ware with craig melvin of msnbc. >>> coming up next, inspiring women, celebrating them, our women in the world series with diane von fufrtenberg, congratulations. >> andrea congratulations on five years of the show. it's just amazing

dr. martin luther king jr., tamerlan stood up and called the p a contaminating >> community members t andmost who stood him what you're doing is wrong. next to you that you playrayed with that you sou capable of something of this nature just it goes beyond anything. determining what led tsarnaev down the path of extremism and in some ways it's the most troubling. >> it does look like a lot of the radicalization was self-radical willization online. >> that goes along with what the younger broth cnn that one of the bombs found last week is very similar to a design found in an online magazine al qaeda affiliate.is is just in to cnn for the very first time. we're hearing the voice of an alleged terrorist, a new video is now circulatingr two, dzhokhar sar navy him being taken into custody or chased by police. it's cell phone video of the suspect before the bombings playingke my face? you burped in my face! out! >> no! >> getroom! >> no! >> i said get out! give me kiss. no. give me a kiss. atta out. >> no get out. >> no okay okay okay. give me another kiss. >> that video was uploaded to tsarnae

martin luther king jr. was assassinated down in memphis. andrew young and dr. king's grandson dr. martin luther king join us to talk about voting rights and gun violence. >>> let me finish with this. nine out of ten americans support background checks. why doesn't congress? and this is "hardball." the place for politics. sorry. sore knee. blast of cold feels nice. why don't you use bengay zero degrees? it's the one you store in the freezer. same medicated pain reliever used by physical therapists. that's chilly! [ male announcer ] bengay zero degrees. freeze and move on. >>> would ronald reagan support marriage equality? his daughter thinks so. patti davis says reagan likely would have supported marriage for gay couples. while she never discussed it with her dad, she says he probably would have bucked his party on the issue for three reasons. hollywood acting career. close friendship with a lesbian couple who cared for pat tirks, and ron. and government intrusion into people's private lives. textile production in spain, and the use of medical technology in the u.s.? at t. rowe pric

martin luther king jr. was assassinated down in memphis. andrew young and dr. king's grandson dr. martin luther king iii join us to talk about voting rights and gun violence. >>> let me finish with this. nine out of ten americans support background checks. why doesn't congress? and this is "hardball." the place for politics. as your life changes, fidelity is there for your personal economy, helping you readjust along the way, refocus as careers change and kids head off to college, and revisit your investments as retirement gets closer. wherever you are today, fidelity's guidance can help you fine-tune your personal economy. start today with a free one-on-one review of your retirement plan. >>> let me finish with this. nine out of ten americans the hollywood acting career and close relationship with patty and ron and general opposition to government intrusion in people's private lives. we'll be right back. book ahead and save up to 20 percent at doubletree.com, so you can sit back, relax and enjoy. doubletree by hilton. where the little things mean everything. arrival. with hertz go

dr. martin luther king jr. was assassinated standing on a balcony in tennessee.ideo tapes have been released that "dateline" nbc helped restore. james earl ray, the man who killed king. they up collude him being read his rights on a plane after going on the run. >> rights, one, you have the right to remain silent. anything you say can be used against you in a court of law. three, you have the right to a lawyer. talk to your lawyer. any questions you have during question i questioning. >>> time for "your business" entrepreneurs of the week. the founders of tongel imagined how commercials could be made. they could crowd source ideas and get input. today, ford, mcdonalds and nasa are using it. for more, watch "your business" on sunday mornings on msnbc. so if you have a flat tire, dead battery, need a tow or lock your keys in the car, geico's emergency roadside assistance is there 24/7. oh dear, i got a flat tire. hmmm. uh... yeah, can you find a take where it's a bit more dramatic on that last line, yeah? yeah i got it right here. someone help me!!! i have a flat t

dr. martin luther king jr. and robert f. kennedy, the country was really shaken. peaceful activist based misguided legal actions, abuse of words, and threats of violence. in california thousands of latino high school students walked out of their classrooms to protest this -- discrimination in the system. in 1968, the future of the progress to which dr. king, dr. kennedy and 70 others had dedicated their lives was anything but certain. the founders were not only under unfounded but surprisingly optimistic. build a strong base of support and began to intervene in civil legal aid cases. over the next 45 years come of this -- as this organization grew, your dedication to the values of equity and inclusion has remained steadfast through educational our reach, legislative advocacy, community engagement and principal litigation you have consistently fought to secure the rights of immigrants and underserved populations. a played a key role in high- profile policy debates and supreme court cases. and you have taken a difficult stance against long odds and sometimes deep op

dr. martin luther king jr., james earl ray. lots of fascinating stuff to sort through here.ay can be seen having his rights being led to him back to memphis, also his arrival at the shelby county jail, where he was searched, examined by a doctor, and placed into a cell. footage has been released to mark the anniversary of king's death, which is tomorrow. find the videos and read more on the shelby county registrar's website. this fascinating, maddening, and hilarious article is the second awesomest thing on the internet today. i just had the good fortune to stumble upon it today. it is a fantastic takedown by a little noticed move by the pentagon to spend a billion on 14 new ground-based missile defense systems in response to north korea's increasing provocations, and it makes a convincing case even if we assume the worst about north korea, that defense system won't even protect us. this is an in-depth look at the fine print of military spending that goes on without anyone noticing. while everyone focuses on cuts to social programs in the sequester, there's a billion bucks g

dr. martin luther king, jr., who gave a news conference outside the jail praising their act of civil disobedience appreciation for what they're doing for the peace movement and for what they've done for the civil-rights movement, i will take time out of my schedule to come out to see them, to visit them, and let them know they have our absolute support. and i might say that i see these two struggles as one struggle. [applause] there can be no justice without peace, and there can be no peace without justice. >> martin luther king, jr., speaking outside the santa rita county jail january 1968 after visiting with joan baez, her mother, and the peace activist iras and perot, who had all been in prison for protesting the vietnam war. joan baez, sr., died saturday at her home in woodside, california at 100 years old. iris and provide a week earlier on april 13 at the age of 90, from a respiratory infection. those are some of the headlines. this is "democracy now!," democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with juan gonzalez. >> welcome to all our listeners and viewers from around the

dr. martin luther king jr. delivered his famous "i have a dream" speech.there in 2009 when barack obama went to lincoln memorial to celebrate his election as the nation's first black president. ma marian anderson gave vote to a call for justice and the awakening of a civil rights movement. e

dr. martin luther king jr.ound as he stood on a balcony at the lorraine hotel in memphis. just four years before his death, the nobel peace prize committee honored dr. king for combatting racial injustice through nonviolence. and in his acceptance speech, 49 years ago, dr. king said something that still resonates as a challenge to all of us today. "there is a sort of poverty of spirit which still stands in glaring contrast to our scientific and technological abundance. the richer we've become materially, the poorer we've become morally and spiritually. we've learned to fly the air like birds and swi

dr. martin luther king jr.new civil rights for african-americans and all americans, beginning with 1955, the 1963 march on washington where he delivered his "i have a dream" speech and the 1965 march for voting rights in selma, alabama. more than four decades later, the legacy of dr. king's work is all around us. most notably in the white house. and his son is carrying on his work. today, martin luther king iii marched side by side the sanitation workers which he was doing when he was killed. joining me is dr. king's eldest son, martin luther king iii. thank you for being here. >> thank you, rev. >> thank you for being here to mark the day that your father gave his life for us. you were in memphis this morning visiting the striking garbage workers. ironically, your father was there 45 years ago for the same union. did you think about that and the irony of that 45 years later, they are striking again and you are there as the one holding your father's legacy? >> i certainly did. more than anything else i thought

dr. martin luther king, jr.'letter from a birmingham jail for it was written as a response to one alabama clergy who criticized king's actions during the birmingham campaign, a series of nonviolent sit ins and marches held to protest racial segregation. this is dr. king reading a pa of a letter he wrote in jail after he was arrested for defying a judge's ban on protests. >> you speak of our activity as extreme. was not jesus an extremist for love? bless them that curse you and pray for them which despite fully persecute you. we be extremists for the preservation of injustice, for the extension of justice. >> that was from the film "king ." those are some of the headlines. this is "democracy now!," democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with aaron matÉ. >> welcome to all our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. bombing from monday's at the boston marathon stands at three dead and 144 wounded, 17 critically. it was the worst bombing since the oklahoma city attack

dr. martin luther king jr. he was standing on a balcony in lorraine, tennessee.speaking for sanitation workers. some of those same workers are holding a day of remembrance today. it is one of the tributes, memorials and rallies happening around the country right now. joining me in the studio, naacp president ask ceo, ben, it is always good to see you. it is an important day as we look back and reflect as a country. now we have this new publicly never seen video that "dateline" helped enhance and restore that shows some of our living history from 45 years ago of the killer james earl ray and what he went through in booking. this was kept under raps for so long and it is really a time capsule as we look back. where are we today? 45 years later. what would dr. king think of how we progressed? >> you know, the more things change, they have changed, the more things stay the same. so on the one hand, i think as a society, dr. king would say there is a lot of positive change. the south has changed in many ways. and yet as justice said, we still need the voting rights. h

dr. king's march, the march on washington, hundreds of thousands gathered at the foost of the lincoln memorial stretching out over the mall to hear dr. martin luther king jre a dream speech" how much progress have americans made over the last five decades, especially when it comes to the economy, joining me is dr. mark moral, director of the national urban league. this is one of those days once a year, i love being with you, because it's a chance to take stock and where are we and how far have we not come? >> thank you for having me, andrea. we appreciate all your good work. we know that the economy and the recovery is fragile. we're on the road back, but it's a very difficult road back this year we took a 50-year retrospective. going all the way back to 1963 and said, where are we as a nation in 2013. and here's what we found, it's a t two-sided coin. on the one hand, for african-americans the graduation rate has gone from 25% to 81%. the number of african-americans with college degrees has increased five-fold. the poverty ratd for african-americans has been cut in half and for african-american children has been cut in half. but on the other hand, the un

dr. martin luther king jr. was a great person remembered in history. the older suspect stood up, shouted, and called him a nonbeliever, said he was contaminating people's minds, and began calling him a hypocrite. people of the congregation in turn shouted back to the older suspect, leave now. due to the congregation's disapproval he left the sermon. these accounts are so important in our collective attempt to answer the why question because they are these tiny little windows into the fascinating and awful psychological process that i think so many people are just trying to understand. the process of going from a person who sees the world through the framework the majority of us share no matter our politics to a view of person who views the world in such a strange and dire way he could possibly place bombs next to crowds and bystanders. how did the process happen in the case of tamerlan tsarnaev? it appears to be completely counter to the way we think or at least i have thought about radicalization and extremism. we typically understand the model of peo

dr. martin luther king jr.se to national fame in 1955 as a leader of the landmark bus boycott in montgomery, alabama. 8 years later he delivered one of the most important speeches in american history when he told the nation "i have a dream." in those turbulent times the civil rights leader also had enemies. while he was on his way to dinner that fateful night a fugitive james earl ray shot dr. king as he stood on the balcony of the lorain motel. his message still lives on because dark day in memphis changed our nation 45 years ago today. and now

dr. martin luther king jr. it's long overdue. i'm a bit dismayed of the controversy around the film.and why some are upset steven spielberg cast meryl streep to play the king. seeing meryl streep lead the march on washington and the montgomery bus boycott and preaching from the pulpit in southern baptist churches and writing the letter from the birmingham jail. streep will do this without appearance altering makeup. will take mental gymnastics at first to see this white woman and see dr. king. her monumental talent as an actor will make us see it, as our ability as a nation to see beyond someone's skin. for those who say they're post-racial, this will be your test. until the film comes out, the relationship between streep and black america will be as facebook would say, complicated, but i think this choice on the part of spielberg is a stroke of gen genius. this gives us the modern american culture, black and white remixed into one body and gives us the embodiment of king's philosophy, the content of our character is more important than the color of our skin. streep will embody king'

dr. martin luther king, jr. grew up, if you walked down auburn avenue which used to be a thriving center of black entrepreneurship and small business, it is just a shell of itself. so, we have to be very concerned. and we have to start breaking away from this dependency society and get back to an opportunity society and, promoting the right type of policies that enable that to occur. neil: allen, i was thinking of you today when i heard the president mentioned as he released his budget, very late, i might add, didn't want to do anything that would put pressure on the backs of the middle class and poor, by inference minorities. because that would be unfair. so, tax the rich or have the rich pay their fair share of, a theme he repeated again and again. even on top of taxes they have already paid. as an african-american yourself, on just that level, and, thinking back to this group that, sean was talking to. how does that make you feel? >> he will well, first of all, it is a false argument that the president is bri