dr. carson there at ebenezer church in atlanta. e annual event where they gather to remember dr. king whose church that was. what do you read there? what is dr. carson saying without saying? >> i think what dr. carson is saying is what a lot of black republicans are saying, though he's still a part of this administration, he vehemently condemns what the president says. he is hinting at the fact there are people who are calling the president racist and even if he doesn't wholeheartedly agree with them he sees those comments as being treading in that territory. so there's this idea that ben carson who stood a couple days ago right next to the president as he signed that proclamation, all those african-americans were around him clapping. on the record and off the record you are now seeing black republicans and republicans of color including mia love, a u.s. congresswoman, they're all saying this is essentially unacceptable. >> do you think that this will be one of those situations -- and i've asked various forms of this question i feel

dr. carson. [applause] dr. carson: thank you very much. thank you and good morning. it is a real pleasure to be here with you, and i would like to thank your president and all of the talented men and women who ,ork at the manhattan institute the panelists and the moderators for tackling such an important topic today, and to all of you for braving the cold weather and the threats of terrorism. you know, it will take a lot more than a failed bombing to discourage new yorkers. in his 1964 address to graduates of the university of michigan, where i went to medical school, lyndon johnson said "we have the opportunity to move not only toward the rich society and the powerful society, but upward to the great society. the great society rests on abundance and liberty for all. it demands an end to poverty and racial injustice, to which we are totally committed in our time." those were good sentiments and a grand division. the question we face today is whether the federal government has succeeded in making t

dr. ben carson and mlk's nephew earlier today. apparently, dr. carson and the president were talking about how he can handle the controversy, we're told by a person familiar with that meeting. but the president we'll have to see what he has to say this weekend. he did not answer those questions from april ryan and essentially dodged the issue all day long. he is now at mar-a-lago tonight, jim, which we should point out is his ritzy resort down there in palm beach, florida which also, by the way, employs a lot of haitians. jim? >> goodness. and a lot of haitians living in florida, a lot of them fled that earthquake. jim acosta, white house correspondent, thank you very much. again, the president's remarks including his disparagement of an entire continent of people is not his first racist verbal attack, certainly not. and sometimes they are aimed not only at an entire race or religion but also individual people. kaz ir khan knows that all too well. as the father of a muslim army captain who was killed in iraq, khan spoke at the democratic conventio

dr. eugene carson blake united pres br tee tyrian church of the united states of america. >> clearly the served behind and the strength he has been carrying. and the another thing we did produce was a nonsegregated march. >> also a member of the committee that met with president kennedy. >> and believe the real significance of what we have started with today is we have learned the groundwork for the building of a functioning coalition of americans from all walks of life, from all points of view, from all races and creeds and color who can carry on not only the common struggle to achieve an effective and meaningful civil rights legislation, but can do this practical work. the day to day job of fighting problems in employment, housing. and i think this is the true significance of what we have started today. >> proud to present the moral leader of our nation, one who has conducted a massive moral campaign in the southern area of the nation against the citadel of racism, dr. martin luther king, jr. >> i think this has been one of great days of america. and i think this march will go down as

dr. eugene carson blake, united presbyterian church of the united states of america was another of the marchthis religious occasion is dr. martin luther king and we are proud to have served behind and with the strength that he is portraying. and we did produce a nonseg are regated church. >> mr. otto luther was also a member of the committee that met with president committee from the united a auto workers. >> the real significance of what we have started here today is that we have laid the groundwork for the building of a functioning broad coalition of americans from all walks of life, from all points of view, and all faces and creeds and color to carry on an effective and meaningful legislation but who can do this practical work with the day to day job of fighting discrimination, and education, and housing and employment and public accommodation, and this is the true significance of what we have started today. >> the pleasure now to present the leader of our nation, the one who has conducted a massive moral campaign in the citadel of racism in our nation, dr. martin luther, jr. >> thank you

dr. carson that he is not the kind of person that he's hearing about. and the media. here's what he had to say. >> the president said to me he's not the guy being described in the media. >> and do you believe him? >> and i don't think that president trump is a racist in the traditional sense as we know in this country. i think president trump is racially ignorant or racially uninformed. but i don't think that he's a racist in the traditional sense. >> and what does that mean that we have somebody like that that you just described as president of the united states? >> it means that we have him until 2020 or until something else happens. >> reporter: and so there you hear from isaac newton faris junior, that is not exactly pry prai high praise for the president of the united states. and even going to show you even the people invited to the event, and keep in mind many were republicans or supporters of the president, but here you have the nephew of martin luther king saying the president of the united states is racially ignorant. >> thank you, jim acosta i'm going to use

dr. carson's remarks, he captured the spirit, everything that dr. king represents. i still have faith in this country. i do. i recognize that presidents come to go and while donald trump is here, once he leaves it, we as people have to begin the process of rebuilding and coming together again and trying to chart a course where we all have. >> today they have to do clean up around the world. the ambassadors are being called in. am i a shithole country? they are being given guidance to tell the host country to reaffirm the commitment to the countries they have the honor of serving and secretary tillerson that resonated today and had a new meeting that said values matter. they talked about the difficult history that the u.s. has with slavery and said the nation is not imperfect, but we strive to be better. those remarks taking on a greater meaning. >> thank you to all of you and i appreciate your insights on an extraordinary day. john king will pick up after a quick break. your insurance company won't replace the full value of your totaled new car. the guy says you pic

luther king's nephew he did not speak to this controversy directly but certainly he is well as dr ben carson the housing and urban development secretary spoke repeatedly in language that suggested that they were trying to heal and clean up some of the the mess while also pointing to the fact that what is needed desperately in the united states right now is equality dignity and healing the divisions of the age almost speaking to the president's remarks directly now the president is denying that he has said anything racist into morning tweets he said that he use strong language but never anything derogatory but that is being contradicted in fact by a very prominent democratic senator dick durbin who in fact was seated at the meeting and says the president in fact did make what he considers to be very racist and vile comments. to no surprise the president started tweeting this morning good night good news for sure. it is not true that he said these hateful things and he said them when he did and when i mentioned that fact that he should do we need more patience. and then he went on when you sta

dr. ben carson came and read words and spoke of unity and dr. king. and then after that dr. king's nephew spoke. and then the president moved from the podium and then he sat down and signed the proclamation designating the king site, historic site, as the king national historic park. bringing in some of the buildings, the temple in that area that was the first building of the sclc where it was founded. and right after that the president started getting up to shake hands. and the reporters started asking questions, and i was one of them. and while i was asking questions one of the supporters of the president decided to basically try to shut me down while i was asking the question. and he persisted, being very loyal to the president, i guess you would say, a black gentlemen, an african-american person. >> you don't want to name him? >> darrell scott. darrell scott. and you can see it. it's on camera and everything. >> what was he saying to you? why was he trying to shut you down? what did he say? >> because he's loyal to this president and he did not want me -- he said to me i

dr. ben carson speaking, and then the nephew of dr. king, it was hard but the question had to be asked.re was such irony there. you had a celebration for a man of peace who wanted inclusion, who wanted first-class citizenship for this nation and then i had to ask a united states president, are you a racist? would you apologize for those statements? it is a sad day and it's hard. this is not anything to jump for joy about. >> yeah, i know it was difficult for you to even raise those issues, raise those questions with the president of the united states. abby, you're one of our white house correspondents. there is a history now for this president of racially charged comments. let me put some of them up on the screen. that president obama was not born in the united states. some mexican immigrants are rapists. calls for a shutdown of muslims entering the united states. attacks on a u.s. judge of mexican heritage. very fine people among the white supremacists and neo nazis in charlottesville. uses the personal pocahontas. "new york times" reported quoting him as saying, the white house deny i

dr. ben carson. i interviewed him one-on-one at the start of the last presidential campaign, we went over and over on this. i was like, you're a brilliant brain surgeon. you don't know anything about governing. he was confident that he could do it better than donald trump was. then jeb bush and so forth. that proved to be a struggle for him into this stood out to me. we've been talking a lot about this president and the white house. this relationship with the truth. the president has been bragging a lot about things, including african-american unemployment rates. it was tweeted today it is great the jobless rate for after kan can americans has fallen. trump is saying the dems had nothing to do with it. under obama it fell from 16.1%s in 2009 top 7.8% in january of 2017. it has since fallen to 6.8%. is it fair for this president to be taking credit here for that? >> especially not fair for him to be taking credit for it when he thought she is same statistics from the bureau of labor statistics were fa

dr. ben carson today in atlanta at the m.l.k. day.what i'm saying is that president trump really is draining the swamp. the employment rate is going up. the unemployment rate is going down in the black communities as well. people are getting bonuses at work. minimum wage is going up. all of that will help every community to come to have equality. one skin color, one blood. but getting equal opportunities to work and to be safe, that's what the president is doing. none of that is racist, neil. not any of that is racist. >> neil: dr. alveda king, thanks very much. >> thank you. >> neil: do any of you remember this? ♪ some of the biggest stars came out in support of haiti in 2010 after a massive earthquake. a total of about $13.5 billion was raised. last check, haiti is still one of the poorest nations in the world. charles payne has been doing some digging. good to have you. what happened? >> neil, to be frank with you, it's a big question mark now. there's been improvement if you recall after the earthquake. 1.5 million haitians were h

dr. ben carson there, the secretary of housing as well. >> of course obviously as is tradition for decadesember of the cabinet that does not attend the state of the union in case the absolute unthinkable happens. so somebody can carry out the leadership of the government. tonight that

dr. ben carson, who is the secretary of housing and urban development deliver a very passionate speech. he has spoken about this and the plight of african-americans for a long time growing up in a poor detroit inner city home to a single mother. and becoming a famous neurosurgeon and now secretary of housing and urban development. i think the contrast is pretty stark if you think about what has happened, transpired over the last 24 hours and this event. it is clearly not over for this white house. >> heather: as you said, this event had been planned previously so it was on opportunity to focus on something entirely different but instead we're brought back to the controversy. there is a lot of work to be done in the next seven days. how can we avoid a government shutdown, how can we come to an agreement on immigration and spending within that amount of time when we have all of these controversies taking away the focus of the work? >> i don't think it will happen. i think there is a real uphill battles for lawmakers to do that. in fact, it may be just talking to sources on the hill an uph

dr. ben carson also speaking, as well carl >> eamon, there's a lot of heat around these comments and whetherwere made or not and what the implications are, but when it comes down to it, what's the political reality does this change the chessboard at all when it comes to immigration or other policy? does this really shift anyone's position in congress >> well it does, john, it shifts the politics around the immigration debate we saw something early in the week between democrats and republicans, saw the president leading a 55-minute session discussing daca and comprehensive immigration reform, seeming open in that meeting on live television to compromise deal on immigration after daca if he gets what he wants, which is wall funding and also some security spending in terms of the borders for the united states. that seemed to be a moment where a deal was possible. the question is, as we reach the end of the week, if it is still a moment where a deal is possible in the wake of the president's words. we'll wait and see what all the parties involved have to say about it >> indeed. the market, clear

dr. ben carson saying the president's move to protect mlk's legacy will benefit generations to come. >> hisge of equality, justice and the common dignity of manure sounds today. urgently needed to heal the divisions of our age. >>> the president encouraged all americans to observe this day with acts of civic work and community service. in new york, laura ingle, fox news. >>> two young girls from washington, d.c. reported missing last week were found in new jersey this week. authorities found them in u-haul van. four men now facing charges. fox 29's jeff cole is live in our studios with more on this story. jeff? >> reporter: dawn the men certainly do face charges but their small charges not charge that is will actually land them in jail. big concerns are being raised tonight over why these men were traveling with young girls and if there are larger concerns. >>> 9:30 at night january 6 and haddon heights spot a u mall van arizona plates broken down with its back end sticking into traffic. the van a two cedar had six passengers all piled in to the nearby mcdonald's. four men all in their 20s

dr. emmett carson who was the guest speaker there and gave a lot of words of encouragement to a lot of people. the fight for equality for all of us is still very, very alive and we must continue together for a better life for all of us. it was an amazing event to be a part of. thank you to all who attended and welcomed me. >> and that's how marcus looks when he is not sitting behind the anchor desk. he has to put his chair way down. he is a tall drink of water. >> well, thank you. >>> let's get to that morning commute with mike right now. >> that is a good note. by comparison that podium that was down here for marcus is always up here. i can lean on it without any problem so that's a little disparate at the news desk. over here no problem, showing different speeds around the bay. the peninsula is just fine, i told you we would tiek a look at the south bay so we will. we have just your typical patterns, orange, so speeds into the 50 mile per hour mark which feels really slow for 101, 87 and 85, but we know it can get much worse. not a major problem coming through silicon valley right now. just

dr. emmett carson was the keynote speaker there and there were so many people. it was a great event to get out and a lot of people there were just amazing and so many stories and just kind of just really getting out in the community. i had a really good time. thank you again for everyone for allowing me to be a part of that event. kari, you did that last year and you know how great it is so it was truly an honor. so thank you. >> good to have you. good to have you back. up earlier this morning look who else is back, mike inouye. >> i'm noticing people were paying attention to marcus when i emcee lunches a lot of times they are just like this. >> a lot of silverware clanging. >> not so well done right now, this is your commute oakland in towards san francisco. right around this bend things are jamming up at the top of the incline over toward the treasure island tunnel, that's westbound 80. now, the map shows closlowing across the bay bridge as well. a disabled vehicle has been reported mid span getting towards the treasure island tunnel. the rest of the bay shows

dr. ben carson there. >> obviously as is tradition for decades there's one member of the cabinet that doesd the state of the union in case the absolute unthinkable happens. so somebody can carry out the leadership of thego

dr. king and then ben carson and the nephew of dr. king, i felt bad that i had to ask this, but the day before was really big. i mean, this president is accused of saying this repeatedly. so i had to ask the question hs th s that i did today. in a moment like this, you have a great moment, then you have to go to the reality of the time. allegedly the president is saying africans, el salvador and haitians come from s hole places. i had to ask the questions. >> you know, we are hearing, gloria borger, has a source that says the president, as he's been obviously keeping track of all this coverage of this controversy of the words he's apparently chosen to use, and that the source is saying the president loves it. loves it. >> he loves this? okay. >> what are you hearing? >> well, what i'm hearing, well, as you say the president loves, there is collateral damage. i've had more people calming me yesterday, hbc presidents, presidents of historically black colleges and universities very upsetment they are now saying they have to go to their s

dr. ben carson there, the secretary of housing as well. >> of course obviously as is tradition for decades now, there is one member of the cabinet that does not attend the state of the union in case the absolute unthinkable happens. so somebody can carry out the leadership of the government. tonight that individual is the secretary of agriculture, the former governor of georgia, sonny perdue. he is in a secure location, watching the state of the union take place. >> he's called the designated survivor. it's been a tradition. very often it's the secretary of agriculture, who is the designated survivor. >> i did not know that. >> dan glickman was the secretary of agriculture during the clinton administration. he was once the designated survivor as well. >> it has to be somebody that could serve as president, so it can't be somebody that was born abroad. >> that's correct. that's why elaine chao, for example, could not be a designated survivor as well. let me bring kate back in. kate, you see the first lady of the united states. tell us a little bit about her special guests. >> this is a big

dr. ben carson there. >> obviously as is tradition for decades there's one member of the cabinet that does not attend the state of the union in case the absolute unthinkable happens. so somebody can carry out the leadership of the government. tonight that individual is the secretary of agriculture, the former governor of georgia, sonny purdue in a secure location watching the state of the union take place. >> he's been the designated survivor. very often it's the secretary of agriculture who is the designated survivor. >> i did knnonow that. >> dan glickman during the clinton administration, he was once the designated survivor. >> it has to be somebody who could serve as president, it can't be somebody who was born abroad. >> that's correct. >> kate, you see the first lady of the united states, tell us about her special guests. >> this is a big moment for her. her special guests consist of veterans, family averaged by ms-13, the gang. also that police officer that cnn did a story on who adopted a baby born to a heroin-addicted mother he met in the line of duty. people who are going to refl

dr. ben carson, the secretary of housing and urban development to have remarks and take questions. we will start with the first panel which focuses on . education, and education reform in particular. i will sit down with our panelists. >> can everyone still hear me? okay. ecutiv so to my immediate sleft derrell bradford, and he is the the o vice presidentnt of the organization 50 can, and a re longtime education reform advocate. that is how we first mett over the years discussing issues like vouchers andls and. so forth. he frequently contributes to educationba debatestes an and p digital and tv immediamedia and on several boards dedicated to put the needs of students and families first and including the success charter academy here in new york. wh to theit derrell's left is mark whitaker whose file i have here somewhere. ong mark is the author of o"memoir, my long trip home" and "slow town" which he will tell us about. mark is a journalist like yours truly, and former managing editor of cnn where he was previously with the washington bureau for nbc news and reporter and editor at

entire lecture with professor clayborne carson on dr. martin luther king jr.'s early years this coming monday at 8 p.m. eastern here on american history tv. up next on the presidency, columbia law professors sit down at the new york historical society to talk about presidential war powers and how they have evolved over time. this is one hour. >> if you are not a lawyer, which most of us are not, reading the columbia law review is unlikely to get you very excited, with all due respects the two great lawyers here. matthew waxman, the chair of the cyber security center and the cochair of the program on national security and law road -- wrote an article that is truly intriguing and you will all agree. it is worthy of serious discussion. it is called "the power to wage war successfully." it touched on many things that we at the society are interested in. first and foremost, it centered on a truly historic figure that sadly, few of us know much about anymore and has basically been lost to time. i don't like that phrase but it has been lost to time. it is the extraord

announcer: you can watch the entire lecture with professor clayborne carson on dr. martin luther king jr.'s early years this coming monday at 8 p.m. eastern here on american history tv. up next on the presidency, columbia law professors sit down at the new york historical society to talk about presidential war powers and how they have evolved over time. this is one hour. >> if you are not a lawyer, which most of us are not, reading the columbia law review is unlikely to get you very excited, with all due respects the two great lawyers here. matthew waxman, the chair of the cyber security center and the

dr. king's nephew, i saw ben carson and i was like, what are you guys even doing this there? how could ben carson -- >> tom. >> how could he stand there and say things like, the message of dr. king, equality, justice, the common dignity of man, you are jetbluely needed to heal the division, standing next to the most divisive person in the room. >> surreal. >> and then i saw these other black folks standing around and applauding while he was ignoring the questions. thank god for april ryan. i started to think do they work for him? i wasn't aware there were that many black employees at the white house or did he hire them like the extras? >> you heard april ryan, you know, april's going to get an award for the type of work she's done in the last year. >> bless her heart. >> she asked the president, are you a racist? president wasn't even facing reporters at this point. he turned the back immediately. we can probably show the video again. as the signing ceremony ended, the president turned his back and started walking out of the room. it is 2018. we have esteemed members of the p

dr. king in the roosevelt room of the white house. president trump: good morning, everybody. thank you very much. thank you. i want to thank secretary carson alone with mr. isaac newton farris jr. and guests for joining us today. it is a great honor. earlier this week i had a privilege to join isaac and others to sign into law legislation redesignating the martin luther king jr. national historic site to the martin luther king jr. national historic park. the new law expands the area protected and historic sites for the future. generations of americans are becoming so important, and this is a great honor for us and a great honor to dr. king. today we gather in the white house to honor the memory of a great american hero, the reverend dr. martin luther king jr. on january 15, 1929, martin luther king jr. was born in and atlanta. if he would go on to change the course of human history. he decided to follow the calling of his father and grandfather to become a christian pastor. he would later write it was quite easy for me to think of a god of love mainly because i grew up in a family where love was central. that is what reverend king preached

carson: thank you mr. president. it is an honor to be here honoring the solemn occasion. i thank you for signing this legislation to designate the birthplace, church, and tomb of dr. martin luther king as a national historic park. his monumental struggle for civil rights earned these places in his life, faith, and death the same honor as mount vernon, and the famous humble log cabin in illinois. this april we will observe the 50th anniversary of dr. king's assassination. i remember so vividly that day as a high school student in detroit. far from silencing his dream, death brought him immortal in the american heart. this message of equality, justice, and the common dignity of man redounds today. urgently needed to heal the divisions of our age. today, we honor the legacy of the man who marched on washington for jobs and freedom, achieving both for millions of americans. of all races and backgrounds. his legacy also calls us to remember where these ideas, equality, freedom, liberty get their power. our good efforts alone are not enough to lend them meeting. -- to lend them meaning. by what should i be called equal to another man? it cannot be my wealth, for there w

for all his controversies, carson pulled himself up from poverty, became a neurosurgeon, represents so much of what dr. king fought for and dreamed. behind him, a president who makes us wonder how really feels about people who look like carson. and then you have vice president mike pence, characteristically silent. like he is on his boss' vulgar slur. but pence isn't alone. you hear that? that is the silence of the gop leadership, mcconnell, ryan, so many others seemingly content to swallow whatever trump feeds the country, as long as they can get legislation they like. many of you have voiced your feelings to me since we learned these words from the president, hot and cold. we've seen news folk outraged, even weepy. but what about those elected to respect our values and lead by example, where are they now? none are looking to come on tonight, so let's get after it with a man who knows donald trump so well, he wrote a book about him. former campaign manager cory lewandowski, his new book is called "let trump be trump." cory, always a pleasure. >> chris, i had nothing else to do on a friday night. so i

dr. king's extraordinary life and his great legacy. thank you, god bless you all. and god bless america. and with that i would like to ask a -- great trend of mine secretary carson or for remarks, then we're going to be signing the very important proclamation. thank you very much. ben. thank you mr. president. honor to be here today. celebrating this psalm occasion. and i thank you for signing legislation to designate the birthplace, church, and tomb of dr. martin luther king as a national historic park. his monumental struggle for civil rights earned these places in his life, pate, and death the same honor as mount vernon and that famous humble log cabin in illinois. this april, we will observe the 50th anniversary of dr. king's assassination. i remember so vividly that day as a high school student in detroit. far from silencing his dream, death brought him immortal in the american heart. this message of equality, justice, and the common dignity of man resounds today urgently needed to heal the divisions of our age. today we honor the man who marched on washington for jobs and freedom that achieving both for millions of americans. much all races and backgrounds

dr. king's nephew this past friday. i was pleased to see secretary ben carson was in atlanta at ebb knees kneeser baptist church. was pleased to see vice president pence go to the martin luther king memorial site and lay a wreath. in totality i was pleased to see the administration. and others in the administration did. on whole, it was good. but again, if i had been there i would have advised him to do at least one of those things. >> rich, in your opinion, is there a difference if the president said shit hole or shit house? >> no. i strongly believe from the meeting it was house. but it was the vulgarity. it is going to be offensive to all groups of people if it comes out. the reaction is over the top. he wasn't saying vile racist things repeatedly. he was talking about the visa lottery programs. the proposal on the table was to continue that program at least in part in a different form. and the president's position, tom cotton's position, the position of immigration restrict igs is that we should move away on countries of origin and go to merit of system. what matters is your educational attainment and your s

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dr. king's extraordinary life. it was extraordinary indeed and his great legacy. thank you, god bless you all, and god bless america. and with that i would like to ask a great friend of mine, secretary carson, for remarks and we're going to be signing the very important proclamation. thank you very much. ben? >> thank you, mr. president. it is an honor to be here today celebrating this solemn occasion. and i thank you for signing legislation to designate the birthplace, church and tomb of dr. martin luther king as a national historic park. his monumental struggle for civil rights earned his places in life, faith and death, the same honor as mount vernon and that famous humble log cabin in illinois. this april we will observe the 50th anniversary of dr. king's assassination. i remember so vividly that day as a high school student in detroit. far from silencing his dream debt brought him immortal in the american heart. his message of equality, justice, and the common dignity of man resounds today. urgently needed to heal the divisions of our age. today we honor the legacy of the man who marched on washington for jobs, and freedom, achieving both for millions of americans of all races and bac

dr. king has three principle biographers, taylor branch, david garrow, and claim on carson. book is written without the heavy lifting that has already been done with branch and gero and carson. what makes this book different is it is the first book that looks just at that last 12 months, april april 4, 1967, april 4, 1968, the first book ever looking at just the last 12 months. it is the first book i might add that tells the story in real time. so we put you in the space with dr. king. as a matter of fact in this book, he is never even dr. king. to you and to me, he is doc. i want to humanize him for you, take him off that pedestal, and put you in his inner circle so you know him as dr.. -- doc. don't think i am talking about somebody else. we are talking about doc, and all throughout the book you will know him as doc, like his colleagues and coworkers and friends knew him as doc. i will put you in the space with him, and it is like a real-time movie where you going with him every step of the way for the last 12 months, until he arrives in memphis at this sacred space, the l

dr. jay was not feeling well. he was taken to the hospital as a precaution. expected to make a full recovery. >>> carsons named to the second team as is fletcher cox and wayne jane -- johnson voted first team all pro. eagles host the atlanta falcons next saturday, whoever they face, the eagles know it is do or die next saturday. >> we have to go out there, we have to keep working hard. >> it's a one-game season you hear it over and over again, you never may get this opportunity again. the mindset is is to get every little bit of ounce of everything out of everybody on the team. >> reporter: nfl playoffs kick off on 6abc, andy reid and the kansas chiefs host the tennessee titans at 4:30. >>> college hoops postponed because of weather. drexel ends a three game losing streak faces charleston. directional winning by 5. it is their first conference win. villanova will play marquette later today. now with the flyers taking on the blues this afternoon. that's sports, i'm jeff skeverski have a great day. >> losing your fantasy football league can be punishment enough, a group took it one step further, justin ha

dr. jay was not feeling well. taken to a local hospital as a recaution. he wecovery. notxpected to be serious. >>> brady beat out carsoni wentz. the team. nick foles and the eagles have the weekend eyes on the wild card games whoever they face the eagles know it is do or die saturday. >> no breaks now we got to go out there and work hard. >> it's a one-game season, you hear it over and over again you never know if you'll get this opportunity again. i think the mindset on this team is to get every ounce of everything everybody on this team. >> nfl playoffs kick off today on 6abc, andy reid and the kansas chiefs host the tennessee titans at 4:20 p.m. >>> college hoops penn and princeton postponed because of weather, instead they will play this afternoon. drexel ends a three game losing streak, last night facing charleston. kirk lee going coast toes coast. directional has their first conference win. villanova plays marquette. flyers take on the blues this afternoon. that's sports i'm jeff skeverski have a great day. >> much more to come on "action news" saturday morning. tech companies are scrambling to solve a security f

dr. martin luther king. >> i want to thank secretary carson along with isaac newton faris jr. it's a great honor. earlier this week i had the tremendous privilege to join isaac and alveda to sign into law legislation redesignating the martin luther king jr. national historic site to the martin luther king national historic park. new law expands the area protected, and historic sites for the future generations of americans are becoming so important, and this is a great honor for us and a great honor to dr. king. today we gather in the white house to honor the memory of a great american hero, the reverend dr. martin luther king jr. on january 15th, 1929, martin luther king jr. was born in atlanta, georgia. he would go on to change the course of human history. as a young man, dr. king decided to follow the calling of husband father or and grandfather to become -- father and grandfather to become a christian pastor. he would later write that it was quite easy for me to think of a god of love mainly because i grew up in a family where love was central. that is what reverend king pr

carson. he said call for equality, justice and the common dignity of man. >>> monday march the day the nation observes the birth of reverend dr. luther king junior but this year amid the plan celebrations and educational programs there is also concern stemming from comets attributed to president trump. jesse geary is live in downtown san jose with more. >> reporter: a few minutes ago a children's program about the life and work of dr. martin luther king junior the civil its root -- civil rights movement started inside the labor that bears his name behind me. let's look at our video. the library houses an extensive collection of material on the civil rights movement. the sum your come this there for area these more visitors as people try to get in touch with the spirit of inclusion. >> we have a lot of members of the public that stop by and pick up epic. they go to the gallery that reflects a lot of key points in dr. king's life. >> reporter: as the nation moves toward his birthday many say america has taken the step away from progress following controversial comments by president donald trump. the chief executive is accused o

dr. king. i looked across the whole spectrum of folks sitting in that room. what i heard the president say about king's words and what i heard secretary carson say were consistent with not only the words but the feelings projected. i, in fact, asked people in the white house about the president's alleged statements and they, in fact, told me that he didn't make those statements and the statements that he made were taken out of context and i will say, i believe that he is entitled to an understanding. he's the president of the united states of america. he's getting our economy growing again. unemployment among black americans has dropped to a record low in modern daytimes. one of the things that i do know is that he is a president that has put the people of america of all races first and i think that's important for us to understand. >> thank you so much. i appreciate that. i know you have to take off. i appreciate seeing you for this amount of time. >>> we're going to continue our conversation. revere reverend, you heard the conversation with ken blackwell. what's your reaction to that? he said at the white house they said the president, a, did not say those re

dr. king's extraordinary life and it was extraordinary indeed and his great legacy. thank yo god bless you all and bless america. with that i would like to ask a great friend of mine, secretary carsonmarks and then we'll be signing the very important proclamation, ben. >> thank you mr. president. it is an honor to be here today celebrating this solemn occasion. i thank you for signing legislation to designate the birthplace, church and tomb of dr. martin luther king as a national historic park. his monumental struggle for civil rights earned these places in his life, faith and death, the same honor as mt. vernon and the famous humble log cabin in illinois. this april we will observe the 50th anniversary of dr. king's assassination. i remember so vividly that day as a high school student in detroit far from silencing his dream death brought him immortal in the american heart. his message of equality, justice and the common dignity of the man resounds today. urgently needed to heal the divisions of our age. today we honor the legacy of the man who marched on washington for jobs and freedom achieving both for millions of americans of all races and backgrounds. but his legacy also call