the civil rights movement that dr. kingpioned was the perfect example of the positive and healing role that religion can and should play in public life. dr. king'ser is mons, speeches, and even his acts of civil disobedience inspired and people at a time that was marked by harsh division and blatant hate. from his words, both the strategies of his work and the substance of his work, we have a lot to learn. especially in the midst of hotly contested primary elections involving deeply divide and seriously divisive partisan political campaigns. dr. king's dedication to his message of hope and justice was deeply rooted in his personal faith, but his message about faith resonated with all people of faith and good will, not just the members of his baptist fellowship. dr. king focused on core religious values that coincide with basic democratic values. his call to let freedom ring recognized no exemmingses, no conditions, no special preferences related to that freedom. little wonder that his summons to liberty echoed in temples an

i know from my studies, dr. kingould be the first to say, i was not the first to, and i should not be the last who will serve the cause of civil rights. so when we are talking about dr. kaine, we are talking about not only giving recognition to his -- dr. king, we are talking about not only giving recognition to his efforts, but to civil rights itself. one of the most powerful movement in the world and american history. it is easy to look at these things in the abstract when you study them in history but we often take history for granted in our personal lives, be it the sacrifices of our parents. as a nation, we also take for granted the contributions people made to allow us to be where we are today. it is easy to take for granted the contributions of those in the civil rights movement. it is easy to look at eyes on the prize and how sentiment for it. but what this holiday is supposed to be is to make sure that we reflect seriously on what that movement meant, and what it was so powerful. it was a difficult movement

dr. king spoke, it to the priorities of our society and into the work of our government without compromising the guarantee of liberty for all people, regardless of their religion or lack of religion. tonight as we remember and celebrate dr. king's light, we will be compelled to respond to that the man in question. dr. king, like few other people, embodied an exemplary relationship between spiritual practice and social change. it had an appeal that transcended traditional divisions within the nation. that is why it is so very fitting for this evening's panel to involve outstanding leaders from the jewish, muslim, buddhist, and christian communities. you already been introduced to them and there is information about each of them in the program that you have been handed. the civil rights movement that dr. king champion was the perfect example of the positive and healing role that religion can and should play in public life. dr. king's sermons, speeches, and even his acts of civil disobedience ins

dr. king had been murdered shortly before. bobby kennedy was to paris that same summer. as though this was not a litany enough of errors, on a personal note, --died accidentally in bangkok in december of that same year. but i wanted to refer especially to the magical excess of this gathering in central park led by coretta scott king. weeks after the death of her husband. she has this to say. all "my dear friends, the peace and freedom, i come to new york today with a strong feeling of my husband snatched suddenly from our missed three weeks ago. you would've wanted me to be present today. though my heart is heavy with grief, from having suffered an irreparable loss, my faith is strong for today than ever before. i have suffered an irreparable loss and my faith is stronger than it ever was. as many of you probably know, my husband had accepted the invitation to speak to you today. paddy been here, -- had he been here, i'm sure there would have been a higher level of understanding. i want to sha

dr. king's live, we will be compelled to respond to that demanding question. dr. king, like few other people, embodied an exemplary relationship between spiritual practice and social change. it transcended traditional divisions within the nation. that is why it is so fitting for this evening's panel to involve outstanding leaders from the jewish, muslim, buddhist, and christian communities. you have already been introduced to them and there is information about each of them in the program that you have been handed. the civil rights movement that dr. king champion was the perfect example of the positive and healing role that religion can and should play in public life. dr. king's sermons, speeches, and even his acts of civil disobedience inspired and unified the american people in the time that was marked by harsh divisions and a bleak and heat. from his work, -- and blatant hate. from his work, we have a lot to learn, especially in the midst of hotly contested primary elections involving deepl

we really keep dr. king frozen on august 28th 1963 with the i have a dream speech in his washington, d.c. and we don't think about the king who was much more combative even though he was non-violent because he believed he could use of violence as a moral and political force, really a battering ram to transfer of democracy. so it wasn't that king wasn't combative, he was very combative. the difference between king and african-american critics was heated and believe that violence was acceptable politically or morally. >> host: it also was true everybody praises him now back in the time even among african-americans a lot of people didn't want him coming in to their towns and neighborhoods because when he left he made life more difficult for many of those who had stayed behind. >> guest: absolutely. when we think about king and the sclc, the southern christian conference. they are not sncc led by john car-mart -- carmichael. he goes to places like albany, georgia, like chicago, memphis tennessee and he stirs thi

dr. king's birthday, january 18th. dr. king has really been shorn of his complexity and really his radical edge. i mean, king is one of the most vociferous critics of american democracy. he describes america as the piggest purveyor of violence in the world by 1967. and we have to take note that his riverside speech april 4, 1967, in new york city when he first comes out against the vietnam war in a very robust, public way is given one year to the date before he's assassinated in memphis. so when we think about king tweps between 1965 and '68, even two years before riverside, by the time king is going to chicago, and he's in chicago to try to transform the slums. he talked about a slum clearance campaign and desegregate housing in chicago, he's talking about poverty. he's talking about economic marginalization of poor people, laborers. king makes a very famous speech where he talks about all labor has dignity which is one of his last speeches in 1968. king's poor peoples campaign is something we shunt aside as well. we reall

dr. king's dream. so it is fitting and appropriate that we pause as a nation and as a people to remember the life of dr. martin luther king jr. and through the music, through the song, "happy birthday" of stevie wonder's, we all continue to be inspired as dr. king inspired a nation and changed america forever. madam speaker, we all spent some time in reflection this weekend and all monday, but today we encourage all citizens to try to live the teaching of dr. king, and will move us closer to dr. king's dream of creating a beloved community a. community of justice based on -- at peace with itself. again i thank chairman conyers for his work and for bringing this piece of legislation before us today. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the chair recognizes the gentleman from texas. mr. smith: madam speaker, i yield as much time as i might consume to the gentleman from tennessee, zach wamp. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman f

we've really keep dr. king frozen on august 20th, 1963, with the "i have a dream" speech right here in washington, d.c. and we don't think about the king who was really much more combative, even though he was non-violent. king believed that you could use non-violence as a moral and political force, really a battering ram to transform democracy. but to say king was not combative. he was really combative. he did not believe that violence was unacceptable politically orr morally. >> host: it also is true that, everybody embraces it now, but back at the time even among african americans a lot of people did not want him coming to their towns and neighborhoods because when he left he had made life more difficult for many of the sioux had to stay behind. >> guest: absolutely. and we think about king and the southern christian conference, they are the premier mobilizes of the civil-rights movement. they are not grass-roots organizers. led by stokely carmichael and in an earlier incarnation by john lewis. king goes into

dr. martin luther king. dr. king devoted his life to the causes of equality and social justice, believing that unity in nonviolence and service to our fellow man would empower individuals and strengthen our communities and our country. . as the king day of service approaches encourage my peers, colleagues, and every american citizen to answer dr. king's call to service by volunteering within your communities. last year, the 2009 king day of service brought together more than one million volunteers across the nation to work on more than 13,000 projects. this year public and private entities alike, including the corporation for national and community service, the martin luther king jr. center for nonviolent social change, clear channel, u.p.s., and habitat for humanity are committed to building on last year's success and generating an even larger show of unity and service in this country. service and volunteerism are fundamental values demonstrated by our citizens throughout history. in good times or hour of greate

but dr. king had an insight that transcended his religious convictions, although it is my belief that by being a minister, that gave them an additional, very important base upon which to move out into all these other religions, all these other activities. there was one thing about dr. king that i want to share with you. it is a very interesting celebration and memorial that we're having here the woodrow wilson center. king never challenged anybody is religious conviction or did he use it as a test or did he try to win people over to his religious persuasion. never. he would tell you what his was, and he was, of course, supreme as a religious advocate, but it never had anything to do -- he did not know and made no big deal of what you're religious conviction was or what it was not. all he wanted you to do was to come into the struggle, and that gets me to the point that i am making. it is that he had a world view of these issues that did more than tried to make you join in the movement or get more

a legacy of dr. king is ones that lives on through the service and goodwill of americans and communities all across the country. and dr. martin luther king jr.'s day serves as an annual opportunity for people across the nation to give back and to volunteer to help those who are suffering. it was his generosity of spirit that defined dr. king's life and work. and by living out his sellless dedication to our fellow man, we can honor his vision and continue the work he left behind. mr. president, the fact that i stand before you today on the floor of the united states senate is proof of the endid youring legacy of -- enduring legacy of martin luther king. out of the chaos and violence of segregation, dr. king found the strength to speak of peace, hope, and righteousness. where many saw hate an resen resentment, dr. king saw an opportunity to build bridges, to seek out the humanity of those on both sides and to appeal to the compassion that lives in each of us. there were some who lashed out with clenched fis

dr. martin luther king, jr. to help the rest of us it is a debate during the election because hillary clinton said even though martin luther king, jr. was important it took a president to signed the voting rights act that is when then senator obama i kept invoking dr. keying as a fierce urgency of now and senator clinton said hold up. it took a president to sign that bill. she was invoking the notion that our politics still run it a top down way even though keying was the seminal figure her point* is that you still need a president to transform this nation and really i think the most transformative part to our history when you think of the civil-rights movement and the power movement of the '60s and '70s and the postwar period, it is people who transform this point* it is seamstress. it is regular people who would converge of these people who become iconic. >> host: one of the things i loved about your book is the complexity of its and to try a complex portrait. martin luther king, jr. for instance was a critic

shortly before dr. kingas assassinated, he was in a campaign to end poverty in this country but throughout the world as well. he also stood up against the current wars the the country was involved in. the war in vietnam. considering that iraq and afghanistan have become such quagmire is, it seems that there has been some progress, but some things may have gotten worse. i think that what we need to do to honor dr. king would be to stand in opposition of these wars. and also to help to end poverty throughout the world. host: thank you for that. the architect of the marbling tooth -- martin luther king jr. memorial joins us on the phone. ed jackson, thank you for calling this morning. caller: good morning. how are you? host: doing very well. give us some details on where the memorial is being built. caller: it is on the mall, there is a 4 acre site that links the lincoln memorial and jefferson memorial. the tidal basin is linked to the southeast, with independent avenues to the north and south are the fdr memor

and of course dr. kingwas killed in april and we had this mass of memorial, probably -- i left in june. i was finishing at the same time we were organizing -- i was a bus driver at the time and we organized the largest tract in the history of the city in 68. at the big rally which involved many people that had been involved with us at the time, some of you remember the name of rogers. they were all there. fred and i spoke on the same panel. i considered league a student. it was clear that fred was emerging. it was clear to me. i don't remember precisely, i don't usually talk about this. we learned you should be about trying to shake it too much. one of the things i was articulating and i had heard at that time, it was about undying love for black people. my team was undying love for black people. chairman fred came behind me and it wasn't his seem but he made comments ontheme but he made comments on my speech. remember -- if they are not for us they are against us. that is -- he was very popular. things wer

dr. martin luther king's birthday. he would be 81 this coming year, and dr. king, as you may know, his first pastorate was in montgomery, alabama, the home of alabama state. that is where jesse white was going to school the very time darter king arrived in montgomery. he joined with his friends to help support dr. king. he was there when rosa parks said she was not going to move to the back of the bus. jesse white as head ally of service. half a century of helping mentor young people and making sure they go the right way in life. i am publicly but very grateful to you, jesse. you have been a great friend and adviser. i really appreciate your help in these tough times in the state of illinois. thank you very much. [applause] as i mentioned, any time we can save a life, it is a very important thing. one of my very first bill that i signed this year had to do with mammograms and breast cancer screening. we do not want anyone to be denied health measures that they need in order to save their life and make their life better. sometimes it takes the efforts of lots o

lindh fred when from head of the naacp he marched with dr. king on the west side.so worked with the black power movement. he got together a very impressive library of black history books and then, when sncc and the panthers came together in '68 when bobby rush came back from the west coast to form a panther chapter, the first person he asked to join with fred hampton. so in november 191568 fred became the chairman of the black panther party which immediately grew under his sort of electric energy, and fred imprest people so much that they did the work that he said but not only the work that he said but the work he did. he went to the breakfast for children club at 6:00 in the morning. he fed the kids. he didn't just talk about it and fred have the ability to inspire people and i think his rhetoric certainly was very strong. it was revolutionary rhetoric, and sometimes it was-- which to the panthers meant get police to abuse the side of the community. the police obviously didn't necessarily see it that way but there was a conflict growing and a month before fred was

in the words of dr. king, man must evolve for all human conflict a message of revolution that rejects revenge, aggression, and retaliation. we're the second state to began a family leave program because we believe nobody should have to choose between caring for a sick family or a new board child -- newborn child. [applause] building a more progressive state also means extending equal opportunities and equal rights to all citizens. in 2006, we ask that an important civil unions law. we did so because we value fairness and equality. many of us hoped civil unions would extend equal rights to same-sex couples as heterosexual ones. like many of you, i understand we fell short. i have listened with care and concern to people whose civil unions have not been respected by hospitals, schools, insurance companies, and other institutions. i have been moved by the argument that separate institutions can never be equal. our nations and states are funded by the principle that all citizens have a right to equal treatment un

dr. martin luther king jr. the leader of the forces for freedom and equality in america's second civil war. racism, segregation and the oppression of african-americans did not end with the end of the first civil war in 1865, and the passage of the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments. in the decades that followed segregation, conducts lavery, and the separation of races was forced by law and by practice. slowly over the long years after the civil war, the inconsistency of these policies with the sacrifices made in the civil war, and a clear mandate in our declaration of independence, that all men are created equal forced america to look into a mirror to see that the ugly image of america that was in that mirror did not reflect the america we wanted. did not live up to the dreams that our founding fathers had. we needed another civil war, this time not a violent one on the battlefields of virginia, but a war of ideas, a war of values, a war of protest to shadow that mirror, to shatter the image and to create a new ref

dr. king would have that conversation.hink it's up to us as the american people, i think it's up to black leadership, it's up to leadership in other community willings to really come together and have an honest shard core dialogue to get these issues on the table so we can address them. if we sweep it under the rug, it's going to plague us like a festering disease it already is. >> good to speak with you tonight, thank you. >> thank you. >>> did the senate majority leader stomp on his re-election chances? hear what the gop challengers for his seat have to say about no good choice of words. >>> how people in the sunshine state are working hard just to stay warm. i have been congested for the last 10 days and it is so frustrating. (announcer) do you want to give afrin a try? ok. i can breathe through my nose immediately. afrin has made me happy. is that a silly statement? (announcer) afrin. why suffer? >>> a winter weather nightmare in suburban atlanta when thin ice gives way underneath two teen boys. the boys between the ag

you must recall as you think about dr. king on this day that he was assassinated, murdered, shot down like a dog, and the dream didn't fail then. it didn't fail yesterday. and it will not fail tomorrow for as long as there is one black child who understands and is taught about the life of king, we will make america right in spite of itself. >> i have a theory that what we write about chooses you more than you choose him -- just like -- i feel that it's choseen. his locale. his people. it's in his blood. >> charlie: it's in my blood too. that's exactly where i'm from. i know the character. >> i'm sure you do. i'sure you do. >> charlie: the drunks and the sober ones both. >> that's right. >> charlie: lauren county. >> and i have never had any choice about it. i just -- instinctively, this is what my imagination goes towards. for good or bad, that's where i am. >> charlie: is being a writer the same thing? it chooses you? >> in my case, it certainly is. it certainly -- i was chosen, in a way, yeah. i didn't have any conscious -- i

often times the civil rights movement is taught the as if it sprung fully formed from the head of dr. kingn the mid 1950s. >> guest: right. >> host: as if there wasn't with ground work laid before then. >> guest: right. >> host: and in all three men as well, you see evidence of that ground work, and the idea that we're going to challenge racism in ways that maybe will inspire people. the law of unintended consequences, if you will. >> guest: right. >> host: about to take it to sugar ray robinson, you have this brilliant chapter in the book about his experience in the u.s. army -- >> guest: yes. >> host: and comparing and contrasting his demeanor as, i believe, a corporal? >> guest: right. >> host: with the experience of his running buddy, joe lewis. >> guest: right. >> host: can you speak about his army experience? he was still a young fighter at the time, but very famous. >> guest: yes. >> host: what was his experience in the army and how did he, for lack of a better term, buck convention? >> guest: yes, it was a fascinating experiment. first lady eleanor roosevelt wanted to convey to the

dr. king's dream of the beloved community. >> suarez: i know how people heard it.what did stokely car michael mean when he used the phrase black power? >> car michael was really one of the few civil rights activists to become a black power militant. car michael had been a grass roots organizer in mississippi and alabama. for him black power meant actually exercising the voting rights and the citizenship rights that he had struggled to organize along with many other civil rights activists during the first half of the 1960s. so it meant black elected officials. it meant black political leaders but it also meant community control of schools. it meant a different definition of black identity. before this period african- americans were really called negros or referred to as people of color. it's after the black power period that they're referred to as black or african-american by the 1980s. >> suarez: the book reminds us of parts of this story that we sometimes forget because the history of this era gets smoothed over. weren't there many strands of opinion about how to

he said dr. king, i've never heard you woop before. at dexter you never woop. at dexter the sisters and shout and call to me like they do in birmingham, and he responded to a southern black congregations as he got further from his graduate school errors and persona and so you hear king john lewis told me the first time he heard king he was a little boy in alabama and he heard a sermon and coming off of montgomery radio and he said right away he could tell this was a learned intellectual man that he could still hear their rhythms of black preaching and he could tell again he didn't woop the there was a certain powerful expressive to mention and if you hear king when he's back stage and ebenezer you hear a man with a passionate relationship of the savior who played this down in synagogues. he didn't talk about jesus as a savior. was moses and again exodus. he knew how to talk the talk. but king was not the fundamentalist but he had a passionate relationship with jesus and if you listen to him celebrating and his vision of god was just as direct as immediate and w

dr. king is the niece of dr. martin luther king, and she now says, how can my uncle's dream survive if we murder the children? dr. martin luther king talked about inclusion, the politics of inclusion, not disenfranchising someone by reason of their age or condition of dependency or race or by reason of their sex. she now heads up a group that reaches out to women who have had abortions and have suffered and offers the path through faith, through god and through friendship to come between sense of reconciliation and restoration as a result of the trauma of abortion. tragically never again, as abby said, the abortion clinic operator at planned parenthood, abby johnson, when she walked out and said never again. never again comes too late for the approximately 52 million babies who have been slaughtered in planned parenthood clinics and abortion mills throughout america since the infamous holdings of the supreme court in 1973. 52 million babies lost. it's staggering, stunning and beyond tragic. but you know, it doesn'

where we visited the birth home of dr. kingsations about how it is important that we tell all of america's story. for sure it is important that we make sure we are taking care of thathe natural wonders that we have and how we move forward with a 21st century conservation agenda. as important as that agenda is, it is equally important an agenda to make sure that we as the custodians of history tell all of america's story. that includes the stories of the japanese internment camps, or the story of our newest national park in california, which essentially tells the story of discrimination against african american soldiers in world war ii. that is very much a part of the responsibility of this department. so i would say to you and to all people who are listening to this statement from the, when i speak about diversity, i speak about diversity in its completeness. that means no one gets left behind. not white males and not african- american females, not first american's, nobody gets left behind. [applause] c'mon, is 2010. it is time

where we visited the birth home of dr. kings about how it is important that we tell all of america's story. for sure it is important that we make sure we are taking care of thathe natural wonders that we have and how we move forward with a 21st century conservation agenda. as important as that agenda is, it is equally important an agenda to make sure that we as the custodians of history tell all of america's story. that includes the stories of the japanese internment camps, or the story of our newest national park in california, which essentially tells the story of discrimination against african american soldiers in world war ii. that is very much a part of the responsibility of this department. so i would say to you and to all people who are listening to this statement from the, when i speak about diversity, i speak about diversity in its completeness. that means no one gets left behind. not white males and not african- american females, not first american's, nobody gets left behind. [applause] c'mon, is 2010. it is time for y

unprecedented challenges, i am reminded that dr. king "the ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy." together we face challenges, and the choices we make this session will come after much reflection and debate. if we can show leadership and agree to cooperate we will move virginia through these difficult times. i ask that you make decisions based not on which house or political party or branch of government wins, but whether or not virginia wins. much of the marvelous story of america was written in virginia. and much of her future will be written here as well. "with challenge comes opportunity." if that is true - we have lots of opportunity before us. i pledge to work with you to create "a commonwealth of opportunity" for all virginians. [ applause ] as the early colonists, the founding fathers, and the civil rights leaders, the technology entrepreneurs seized the opportunities before them, so too will we seize ours. i want to see o

dr. king's older sister, mrs. farris, not only here in washington but also in atlanta where we visited the birth home of dr. king. and so it's an agenda that is important for me.wc] it's an agenda where tom strickland and john jarvis and i often had conversations about how it is important that we tell all of america's story. for sure, it is important that we make sure that we're taking care of the natural wonders which we have responsibility for on behalf of the american people and how we move with a agenda to the landscape scale and we will get that done. but as important as that agenda is, it is equally as important an agenda to make sure that as we, the custodians of history, the custodians of telling america's story that we tell all of america's story. and so that includes the stories of the japanese internment camp or the story of our newest national park in california, which essentially tells the story of discrimination against african-american soldiers in world war ii. >> we'll leave this talk at this point

for both your prayers and your earnest efforts in making atlanta that shining city on a hill, as dr. kinguld have it be. i also know, as so many of the great leaders of atlanta have known before me, that service is the tangible way we demonstrate our own acceptance of responsibility. when we put others in front of ourselves, when we sacrifice self interest in the name of collective responsibility, when we stand with others rather than going it alone, we do so because we recognize that the responsibilities we have are greater than anyone of us. there is an african proverb that i would like to share with you because it means so much to me. it is simple and elegant. it says if you want to go fast, go along, but if you want to go far, go with others. atlanta, let's go far today. [applause] so while i stand here before you as a mayor who has sworn to undertake those responsibilities, as a servant of this city, i am looking out at so many of you who have also understood and shared in this effort. your service inspires me and will continue to inspire me as we face a set of responsibilities that

both your prayers and your earnest efforts in making atlanta the that signing city on a hill, as dr. king would have it be. i also know that so many of the great leaders of a plan that have known before me, that services are the tangible way we demonstrate our own acceptance of responsibility, because when we put others in front of ourselves, when we sacrifice self interest in the name of collective responsibility, when we stand with others rather than going it alone, we does to-- do so because we recognize the responsibilities we have far greater than any one of us. there is an african proverb that i would like to share with you because it means so much to me. it is simple and elegant. it says if you want to go fast, go alone, but if you want to go far, though with others. i atlantic, let's go far today. [applause] so, while i stand here before you as a mayor who has sworn to undertake those responsibilities i am looking out at so many of you who have often understood and shared in this effort. your service inspires me and will continue to inspire me as we face a set of responsibilities

dr. martin luther king, what did he say, judge me by the content of my character, not the color of my skin, and i think that's somewhat what this administration is trying to deal with pushing race aside and let's deal with the issues. >> do those you've spoken with and how about yourself, do you think the president's statement and the acceptance of this apology goes far enough or do you think more should come from this? >> well, again, as a journalist, i mean, i'm the one reporting on it, but if there is more to come, yes, there is going to be a bigger deal. if civil rights community leaders come out saying things, that's when, you know, it becomes a bigger issue. when you hear people in the house, democrats come up, that's when it becomes a bigger issue. if the community comes out and starts really saying, look, this needs to be handled and tackled, that's when it becomes a bigger issue. and we're hearing about it, but we'll see how the grand swell happens. and that's where it goes. it depends upon the groundswell and how the president handles it really is the way it is guided. he's steer

dr. martin luther king jr. from his lesser-known speeches and private conversations with colleagues. he spoke at the friend select school in philadelphia. this program is just over one hour and contains language some may

we did so because in the moral words of dr. king man must of all for all human conflict a method of resolution which rejects revenge, aggression and retaliation. we were the second state in the nation to implement a family leave insurance program because we believed that no one should have to choose between caring for a sick family or a newborn family and keeping their job. [applause] building a more progressive state also means extending equal opportunities and equal rights to all citizens. in 2006, we passed an important civil unions law. we did so because we value the principles of fairness and equality. at the time, many of us hoped that civil unions would extend equal rights to same-sex couples as enjoyed by many of you. like many of those in the commameber, i understand we fell short. i listened to the stories of those whose civil unions have not been respected by hospitals, schools, insurance companies and other institutions. i've been moved by the compelling argument that separate institutions can never be equal. our nation,

dr. martin luther king, the apostle of non-violence in the civil rights movement has been shot to death intennessee. >> reporter: the murder of the civil rights leader triggers violence in city after city. just a few months later, the killing of a potential president is followed by riots at a political convention to end all conventions. >> a policeman isn't there to create disorder. the policeman is there to preserve order. >> reporter: now consider the year 1959. could that really be called a year that changed everything? the last year of the '50s, a decade whose image is all about etched in stone. men in gray flannel suits, stepford wives in sub urban complacency, a veritable white bread sandwich of a time. would anyone seriously claim that this was a year when the earth moved, when foundations began to crumble? >> there was this growing sense that things were changing, that change.... >> reporter: journalist fred kaplan thinks 1959 is exactly that kind of landmark year. >> the newest good, the new is good. the new is something worth embracing. >> reporter: his argument ranges far and wi

dr. king had an answer. the time is always right to do the right name. to each of you sitting here in front of me this day, i ask you, let us work together to do what is right for our people, all of our people, we are all good people. we all have values. our work is complicated and sometimes values collide. what we do about that is called governing. so let's leave the partisan politics to election. washingtonians hate how divided things have become. they just want us to solve the problems. [applause] so i'll tell you right now. if you have better ideas on how to create jobs, reform government, balance our budget, improve our schools, provide quality affordable health care or insured public safety, i am ready, i am willing to listen to every idea. these are serious days ahead. too many families today are getting layoff notices, watching unpaid bills pile up at home, losing health care for their families, telling their kids they can't attend college, standing in line at a food tank or dipping into a dwindling savings account just to get by. let's not waste

. >> larry: we welcome to "larry king live," this special edition, dr. administrator of the united states agency for international development. that's usaid. he's at the state department. he's met frequently, in fact, today with the president of the united states. dr. shah, what's the status, the current status of our efforts in haiti? >> well, larry, thanks for having me. i think first it's worth just saying, you know, our hearts and our prayers are with the people of haiti. this has been a tremendous tragedy and of course you and the network have been covering it very closely. this is really a tragedy of tremendous proportions. clearly the worst earthquake to hit there in 200 years. and it has created a vast amount of devastation and loss of human life in port-au-prince and throughout haiti. so we are working aggressively to try and address the needs and try to save lives while we still can in this early response period. i'm happy to describe a number of things we're doing but this is really a tremendous catastrophe. >> larry: our role, would you put i

dr. martin luther king's birthday.t's the difference wean what we're doing here and what the germans did during world war one sinking ships of various countries. and what does this world thinks of germany for doing this? is it any wonder that america thinks less and less for doing these attacks? and finally, my question is i read something in the paper i want you to confirm it, na after the assassination attempt, that chapman base there in afghanistan, there was an increase in the number of these drone attacks. and that looked to me like it did for five and six days in a row, i read that somewhere, and that looked to me like collective punishment. what do you think about that, sir? guest: there have been an increase since those c.i.a. agents were killed. you know, and they would tell you as we've discussed here that this is a state of war. they're killing us and we are going to try to discourage them to do that and one way to discourage them is to increase the number of hits that they suffer if they do something like t

dr. martin luther king jr. and encouraging the continued commitment to the martin luther king jr.he rules and agree to the resolution. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a five-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 379, the nays are zero. 2/3 having responded in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the resolution is agreed to and without objection the motion to reconsider is the speaker: the house will be in order. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from california rise? >> thank you, madam speaker. i ask for unanimous consent to speak out of order for one minute. the speaker: without objection. the house will be in order. without objection. ms. jackson lee: madam speaker, and members, i rise to ask for a moment of silence for

dr. martin luther king had a heart for people. i believe our president has a heart for the people.is easy for someone to judge when they are not walking in his shoes. i think we should come together. it is not about one person. it is about the american people. i think he did a phenomenal job on the state of the union and just now. >> president obama spending about an hour-and-a-half with republicans and extra time along the rope line. we're hoping to bring your news conference with house republican leaders. later tonight, we will air all of this again in its entirety at 8:00 p.m. eastern. we have joseph on the republican line. new lenox, illinois. >> i really appreciate mr. obama coming to meet with the republicans. hopefully, people will remember that both sides have bashed both sides. the ideologies are quite different on health care, terrorists coming to new york. these things have not been answered. unless those are answered adequately by the actions, not just words, i think will be similar as it was, contentious in the meeting with republicans. especially when mr. obama's said

dr. martin luther king, where the president will also deliver remarks.esident will attend meetings at the white house. on wednesday the president will host an event that the white house and honor of national mentoring month. on thursday the president will meet with a delegation from the u.s. conference of mayors at the white house to talk about strengthening the economy and creating jobs in communities large and small across america. on friday the president will travel, as we previously announced, to loraine, ohio, on the next out of the white house to meet strict war and he will hold a town hall at the lorain county community college with workers, business leaders and small business owners for ideas on continuing to grow the economy and putting americans back to work. one more thing before we take questions. çççmartin of the king. how are we doing this? the website -- this is the website that is now active for people to donate on behalf of the relief and building efforts of haiti that is being coordinated by former president clinton and former presid

an opportunity to come before our colleagues tonight and join with representative king from iowa and representative roe, dr. roe from tennessee, and later on, you'll hear from michelle bachmann, representative bachmann from minnesota. talking about the health care bill and health care reform in general, i think, we'd be remiss if we didn't talk about the election yesterday and the -- in the bay state, massachusetts, maybe my colleagues have already spoken about that. there's a lot of political pundits on every channel, cable, broadcast network, whatever, trying to analyze and say, well, what happened? how did this occur? you no, i, we all have our own opinions, but quite honestly, i think it's a lot about health care. it was kind of instructive that when people were asked, coming out of the voting booths, what they thought about the health care reform bill in the bay state, that the same percentage that were opposed to it is the percentage that senator-elect scott brown received in the election. it was the same margin system of clearly health care was a significant issue in that race in my opinion. i think

dr. sanjay will come back with us in hour number two of our two-hour special. what you're watching if you just joined us expecting to see "larry kingn hour. this is our special "haiti: how you can help" through unicef and the red cross. jennifer lopez will join our phone bank in los angeles, so call now. scarlett johansson and john mayer next. he'll sing for you and the people of haiti after the break. don't go away. #ñ#ñ#ñ#ññññññ >>> tension mounts, desperate survivors push for a place in lind. . >> some were left empty-handed. >> larry: so many have such goodwill for the people of haiti. here's actress scarlet johansson with her heart-felt plea. watch. >> hi, i'm scarlet johansson. you can help save lives in haiti to donate to oxfam. they're on the ground in haiti providing life saving assistance like clean water. please donate to oxfam america.org. >> there are so many sources to help. the two principal ones we're doing tonight, unicef and the american red cross. john mayer has always been here for us when we needed him, and he's back for the people of haiti. john joins us now from london performing "heart of life." here's

king live," our continuous around the clock coverage of the tragedy in haiti. our first guest has had quite a day in port-au-prince. we're joined by cnn chief's medical correspondent dr. sanjay gupta. before we speak with him, though, we want to show you how sanjay examined and treated a 15-day-old baby after he was approached by the father of the injured child asking for help. watch this incredible moment. okay. i'm sorry. we don't have that video. what happened, sanjay? >> reporter: well, this was a situation that's playing out over and over again as you might imagine in port-au-prince. families and in this case, actually the uncle of a 15-day-old baby walking through the streets literally with this baby looking for help. any kind of help. in this case specifically wanted a neurosurgeon to look at this baby who they were concerned about having had a head injury. the baby obviously was in a home that was devastated by the earthquake. the baby's mother died in that accident and the father was simply too distraught to leave the home. eventually the uncle came, grabbed the baby and started walking the streets. someone aimlessly looking for help and ran into us, larry.

king jong il go through another health situation where he doesn't recover. perhaps we have short-term stability, but what about the long term? can they make that transition? >> thank you. last question for dr. park in the back. >> thank you. i'm a visiting fellow at brookings. a all you think we need to accident up and down the cooperation at a multilateral level, as well as the bilateral level. korea will host a g-20 summit. this is an important agenda, such as financial regulations. but we could include some global issues based on korea and u.s.'s strong support. we could consider the climate issue and g-27 so. my question is for professor change. so what do you think about it and will you try? thank you. >> elaborate on the question a little bit. >> well, korea, they host the g-28 summit in north korea. it already already has some agenda. but the government will try it some important issues in the agenda. so we could consider development and climate change issue in the summit, so what do you think about it? >> i do think there's a way in which climate change issues are coming up in the context of the g-20. i don't know if it's going to necessarily be a center piece because the issue of