dr. martin luther king jr. to a man with a rifle. we lost senator robert kennedy to a man with handguns. we've seen too many gun deaths. and i am here to say right now, this must stop. and it must stop now. [ applause ] we were elected to lead. we were elected to be a headlight, and not a taillight. i said to all of you, to all of my colleagues on the other side, we must have raw courage, to make a down payment on ending gun violence in america. we can no longer wait. we can no longer be patient. if there was a fire, we would bring water. if there was a virus, we would send medicine. if this was a storm, we would give shelter. but this is about guns. and so once more, this congress does nothing. don't tell me -- don't tell me we need mental health reform when you won't provide every american access to mental health care. don't tell me it's about protecting the second amendment when you won't stand up for the first amendment. [ applause ] don't tell me this is about anything other than greed, greed, money, and fear. i said to each one

dr. martin luther king jr. to a man with a rifle. we lost senator robert kennedy to a man with 10 guns. , have seen too many gun deaths and i am here to say right now, this must stop, and it must stop now. [applause] we were elected to lead. we were elected to be a headlight, and not a tail light. i say to all of you, to all of ,y colleagues on the other side we must have courage to make a down payment on ending gun violence in america. we can no longer wait, we can no longer be patient. if there was a fire, we bring water. with a virus, we send medicine. with a storm, we bring shelter. this is about guns and so, once more, this congress does nothing. me we tell me, don't tell need health reform when you won't provide americans access to mental health care. is aboutll meneed this protecting the second amendment when you won't stand up for the first amendment. [applause] don't tommy this is about anything other than greed, greed, money, and fear. i don't tommy this is about anything other than said teach one of us, to all the members

fuel the civil rights movement just a few years later in december one thousand fifty five dr martin luther king jr organized among.

fuel the civil rights movement just a few years later in december one thousand fifty five dr martin luther king jr organized the monk omri bus boycott after rosa parks refused to give up her seat to a white man twelve months later the bus system was desegregated across the country from birmingham to washington to chicago king brought peaceful demonstrators. sions to demand an end to racist city policies and poverty while the people were peaceful they were often met with violence from the state and one of their efforts to transform politics and one hundred sixty four corps and other organizations began the freedom summer a drive to register black voters in mississippi black and white volunteers from in and outside the state worked to increase black registration they registered twelve hundred voters and established fifty freedom schools to continue their cause but it didn't come without tragedy their peaceful campaign resulted in the arrest of one thousand sixty two volunteers the beatings of eighty freedom summer workers the bombing or burning of thirty seven churches and thirty black homes or busi

fuel the civil rights movement just a few years later in december one hundred fifty five dr martin luther king jr organized among the many bus boycott after rosa parks refused to give up her seat to a white man twelve months later the bus system was desegregated across the country from birmingham to washington to chicago can brought peaceful demonstrations to demand an end to racist city policies and poverty while the people were peaceful they were often met with violence from the state and one of their efforts to transform politics in one hundred sixty four core and other organizations began the freedom summer a drive to register black voters in mississippi black and white volunteers from in and outside the state worked to increase black registration they registered twelve hundred voters and established fifty freedom schools to continue their cause but it didn't come without tragedy their peaceful campaign resulted in the arrest of one thousand sixty two volunteers the beatings of eighty freedom summer workers the bombing or burning of thirty seven churches and thirty black homes or businesses t

year to the day before he be assassinated in memphis paper for nine hundred sixty eight dr martin luther king jr reiterated in the strongest terms his commitment to nonviolence. decided that on this question of nonviolence i'm going to stand by it i've taken to. martin luther king take the nonviolence to be my wedded wife. worse for richer or for poorer in sickness and in health unto death. do us part. does from your book death of the king and you touring next year fifty cities. with the musical accompaniment in films how did this come about next year as you mentioned fifty years since king's assassination and i wrote the book couple years ago so j.j. abrams our friend j.j. abrams and i are producing as a film with warner brothers but that won't be out until later in twenty eighteen the anniversary again april for next year and so the idea just came to me one day that we should take this book and turn it into a sort of a one man show with some musical accompaniment and. let people understand in a stage on a stage in a theater setting what the last you have his life was like and people most peopl

dr. martin luther king jr.use college once said, and i quote we are interlaced and interwoven in a garment of destiny. we are all bound together in one great humanity. we find ourselves bound together in one great humanity at the intersections of history and place, no more so ladies and gentlemen than here in little rock, arkansas. i was four years old when the supreme court ruled that separate was inherently unequal. i was six when the naacp filed suit against the little rock school district on behalf of 33 african-american students who had attempted to register in all white schools only, of course, to be rebuffed. i was 7 when arkansas governor orville eugene favas defied a federal court order in the name of segregation. and when a young african-american woman, elizabeth eckford cradling her books encountered a furious mob of taunts and lynching threats. when president eisenhower ordered the 101st, which fought so valiantly on d-day in france. and the little rock nine braved lengths of hate to walk in this sc

dr. martin luther king jr.se college said and i quote we are interlaced and interwoven in a garment of destiny. we're all bound together in one great humanity. we as americans find ourselves bound together in one great humanity at the intersections of had history and place, no more so, ladies and gentlemen, than here in little rock, arkansas. i was 4 years old when the supreme court ruled in brown v board that separate was inherently unequal. i was 6 when the naacp filed suit against the little rock school district on behalf of 33 african american students who had attempted to register in all white schools only to be rebuffed. and i was seven when arkansas govern, oroville eugene faubs, defied a federal court order and when a young african american woman, elizabeth ecfort, cradling her books and wearing that white dress and those dark sunglasses encountered a furious mob of taunts and lynching threats. when president eisenhower ordered the 101st which had fought so valently on d' day and the little rock 9 to wa

dr. martin luther king jr.'who said it is irresponsible and dangerous, especially when white supremacists feel emboldened. >>> a police officer is under fire for his halloween costume mocking the ex49erex49erex49erer kaeperni kaepernick. >> the police chief at the university of nevada in reno is apologizing after one of his officers dressed up as colin kaepernick for halloween. and this is from the gazette journal who first reported the story. i have it pulled up on my computer screen and i want to show you the costume. you can see their university police officer's photo next to what appears to be the same man in a wig, a painted beard, a false nose and a sign that says will stand for food. he said i offer my sincere apologies. members of our profession are held to a higher standard and denigrating another on or off duty is insensitive for its lack of respect and a lack of understanding on how others may negatively view their actions. kaepernick of course chose to kneel. abc7 news. >>> questions are beginning to

dr. martin luther king jr.'7-1968 poor people's campaign, which called for america to stand against what king called the triplets of evil -- systemic racism, poverty, and militarism. on tuesday here in new york, bishop barber was presented the andrew goodman foundation's hidden heroes award "for courageously defending the moral values of american democracy." he joins us now in our new york studio. it is great to have you here in studio for the first time, bishop barber. >> thank you so much. amy: there is a lot being made in the media right now about facebook and their russian ads. you had a very interesting response to that last night about who is manipulating the elections, who gets to vote, and who doesn't. concerned that while we should focus on the russian hacking, but that we are missing the greatest hacking of racialized voter suppression. let me give you some numbers. 868. that is the number of -- the sites in thevoting black and brown community in 2016. black, brown, and poor communities. 22. 22 states

dr. martin luther king, jr. who called on us to radical love so many years ago.said, i come here today to plead with you, believe in yourself and believe you are somebody. you are somebody. i drop to-- i talked to a group last night. nobody else can do this for us. no document can do this for us. no lincolnion emancipation proclamation with to this for us. no johnson's civil rights bill can do this for us. if the negro is to be free, he must move down into the inner resources of his own soul and sign with a pen and ink of self-assertion personhood of its own emancipation proclamation. don't let anybody take you personhood. be proud of your heritage. we don't have anything to be ashamed of. somebody told a lie one day. we know this lie. they couched it in language, they made everything black, ugly and evil. look it up in your dictionaries and see the word synonymous for black. it's always something degrading, low, and sinister. look at the word white, it's always something pure, and high and clean. well, we want you to use the right language today, we need to also

dr. martin luther king jr. to a man with a rifle.lost senator robert kennedy to a man with hand guns. i've seen too many gun deaths and i am here to say right now this must stop. >> congressman john lewis of georgia joins me now. you were the personification of the civil rights movement. you've been through all of this. you won that fight at least in the law. is this ever going to be won, the battle for gun safe any. >> chris, we will win this fight. the american people will not stand to see hundreds and thousands of their fellow citizens mowed down because the lack of action on the part of the congress. we have to do something. you know, at 50 today, 58 or 59, how many tomorrow? it made me very sad to see what is happening. >> do you think this number will do it? i remember when bob kennedy was killed, your friend, i wrote my congressman, maybe the only time i ever did, and something happened. there was a safe streets act or something there. but nobody has really done anything. dianne feinstein's bill allowed e lapse, toomy and mans

among some of the most heavily redacted documents were lists of individuals in contact with dr martin luther king jr details on his relationship to various communist movements and how his international legacy carried on following his assassination however many questions still left unanswered wiki leaks is offering a one hundred thousand dollars reward for the files that are not yet released and we spoke with the host of the world according to jesse jesse ventura for his thoughts on this take a look. well you know donald trump's always says one thing and does another that seems to be his forte he doesn't worry about misleading people very often. my view is this first of all why would if lee harvey oswald is who they told us he was a little marine private too became a marxist leninist or whatever hated our country defected to russia came back and then decided to kill our president why would anything need to be locked up if you were told the truth but because they've locked up these thousands of documents that tells you one thing you don't lock anything up unless you're hiding something now do i think

dr. martin luther king jr.emorial commission and serves on the virginia indian commemorative commission and the task force on the preservation of the history of former enslaved african-americans. she co-chairs the capital region caucus and is a member of the virginia legislative black caucus, rural caucus, woman's health care caucus, and the fire and e.m.s. caucus. >> told y'all she's a shero. >> so senator mcclellan, as a state senator, we've heard about the aftermath in charlottesville and really what was happening before charlottesville. can you share with your colleagues what important lessons you've learned through these events and what people can start to do to build community outside of charlottesville in their respective places? because a lot of times people just want to go to the place where it happened and don't want to acknowledge that it's happening everywhere, we just got the news story in that place. >> so, it's not so much what i learned, it was what was reinforced. prior to being elected to the

dr. martin luther king jr. memorial commission and serves on the virginia indian commemorative commission and the task force on the preservation of the history of former enslaved african-americans. she co-chairs the capital region caucus and is a member of the virginia legislative black caucus, rural caucus, woman's health care caucus, and the fire and e.m.s. caucus. >> told y'all she's a shero. >> so senator mcclellan, as a state senator, we've heard about the aftermath in charlottesville and really what was happening before charlottesville. can you share with your colleagues what important lessons you've learned through these events and what people can start to do to build community outside of charlottesville in their respective places? because a lot of times people just want to go to the place where it happened and don't want to acknowledge that it's happening everywhere, we just got the news story in that place. >> so, it's not so much what i learned, it was what was reinforced. prior to being elected to th

dr. martin luther king jr.lege once said, we are interwiv int interwoven in a gashment rment destiny. we as americans find ourselves bound together in one great humanity no more so than in little rock, arkansas. i was 4 years old when the supreme court ruled in brown v. board that separate was inherently unequal. i was 6 when the naacp filed suit against the little rock school district on behalf of 33 african-american students, who had attempted to register in all-white schools, only, of course, to be rebuffed. and i was 7 when arkansas governor orville eugene faubus diefied a federal court order in the name of segregation and states' rights. and when a young african-american woman, elizabeth eckford, cradling her books and wearing that white dress and those dark sunglasses encountered a furious mob of taunts and lynching threats. when president eisenhower ordered the 101st, which had fought so valiantly on d-day in france, and the little rock nine brafred a phalanx of hate and fear of change to walk in this sc

dr. martin lu luther king, jr., called kelly irresponsible and dangerous. >>> now to the tight race for virginia governor. >> the men running for the state's top elected office are raking in some major cash with just one week to go until the election. campaign finance reports show republican ed gillespie and democrat ralph northam raised a record $20 million combined this month, 10 million apiece. virginia has the only competitive gubernatorial contest in the nation this year. you can get caught up on everything you need to know before you go to vote by searching virginia governor in >> quite a lot of people are about to head out for trick or treating tonight and doug is back with a look at what you can expect where you are. >> and we're staying on top of the breaking news out of new york city. eight people now dead. we continue to wait for this news conference from the police and the mayor. narrator: ed gillespie's false attacks. independent press says they're false. fear mongering. absurd. and was an army doctor for eight years. in richmond, dr. northam helped pass longer sentences for gang me

dr. martin luther king jr. he end, we will remember not the words of our enemies but the silence of our friends. dr. king talked about silence. anti-nazi -- , an said silence in the face of evil is evil itself. the doctor said, not to speak is to speak. not to act is to act. so it's important that we speak and it's important that we really act. thank you very much. [applause] mr. weber: with the basis being the ume right of religious freedom -- human right of religious freedom, we worshiped freely in this country with the first amendment, the free exercise clause. protecting us and guiding us. the freedom restoration act people will have strong protections for liberty here at home. there's good reason to have these and good reason to dough manned the government reach a high bar before infringing on the average private citizen's religious exercise. moreover, our religious freedom, protections at home and advocacy at home gives us the credibility to promote it abroad. yet, the status of our religious freedom at ho

dr. martin luther king jr.. stick with us. ♪ i will survive.mprove short-term memory. prevagen. the name to remember. people would ask me that we traveled,ntries what is your nationality and i would always answer hispanic. so when i got my ancestry dna results it was a shocker. i'm from all nations. it puts a hunger in your heart to want to know more. >> pete: moments ago the national anthem played in london between the dolphins and saints game let's take a look. >> as she sings the u.s. national anthem. ♪ oh, say can you see, by the dawns early light, what so proudly we hailed at the twite light's last gleaming. whose broad stripes and bright stars, through the perilious fight, ore the rampart s we watched were so gallantly streaming, and the rockets red glare, the bombs bursting in air, gave proof through the night that our flag was still there, oh, say does that star spangled banner yet wave, ore the land of the free, and the home of the brave ♪ >> [applause] >> pete: well all of those shots from what we could see included players standing f

martin luther king jr. was invoked by both sides of the political spectrum. last saturday, a day after the president's initial criticism of athlete protests during the national anthem, dr. king's daughter, bernice, and the nonprofit she runs in his name tweeted images of civil rights activists kneeling in prayer before facing the dangers of the movement. as we approach the 50th anniversary of dr. king's assassination in april, a new university of chicago poll suggests that most black americans are pessimistic about president trump's america and their place in it. joining me now is civil rights leader advocate martin luther king iii. martin, as we look at this poll, one of the things that your father struggled with and many have struggled with before him and you and i after him and our generation and those younger than us is trying to give people that are treated in a double standard and that are being in many ways wanting equal protection under the law hope and not pessimism, despite the adversity of the hour. in this hour, how do we deal with that, when you have an outright fight going between the president and athletes over the very issues that you and i and your par

dr. benjamin mays the , spiritual mentor to the reverend doctor martin luther king jr. president of the morehouse college from 1940-19671 said and i quote, " we are interlaced and interwoven in a garment of destiny. we are all bound together in one great humanity." we as americans, found ourselves bound together in one great humanity at the intersections of history in place no more so, ladies and dutchmen, here in little rock, arkansas. i was four years old when the supreme court ruled in brown verse board that separate was inherently unequal. i was six when the naacp filed suit against the little rock school district on behalf of 33 african-american students who had attempted to register in all-white schools only to be rebuffed. i was seven when arkansas to anor orval eugene find federal court order in the name of segregation in states rights. when a young african-american woman, elizabeth, cradling her books and wearing that white dress and those dark sunglasses encountered a mob of taunts and lynching threats, when president eisenhower ordered the hundred and first w