dr. king's memory. e king family used the occasion to break ground on an atlanta community center which will be named after dr. king's father. its tracks in shk and stopped in disbelief the night dr. king was shot and killed. >> from. abc news vault, some of our primetime special report coverage from the evening of april 4th, 1968. >> here in new york is abc commentator bob young. >> good evening. the reverend dr. martin luther king, 39 years old and a nobel peace prize winner, and the leader of the nonviolent civil rights movement in the united states, was assassinated in memphis tonight. a sniper's bullet cut down dr. king as he stood on a hotel balcony in memphis. within an hour, dr. king was dead. that happened at 7:00 p.m. eastern time. the nation was shocked. president johnson expressed horror and then postponed his trip to hawaii until tomorrow. we're going to go to memphis now and talk to abc's tom jeral who's on the scene. >> here in memphis, of course, a great deal of shock, a great deal of con

that was the beginning of the dr. king movement. >> host: it was a turning point. >> guest: he didn't want to do it, dt? >> host: he was a very reluctant person, but he was callable. and sometimes they're callable. and i think the two of you have been callable to pull able and you're playing a well. >> guest: is wonderful, thank you. but it's wonderful that i get to play this role. but bill can't we do this together. the stories that we wear the design for this first conference. it's ironically black-and-white and it does raise some reconciliation and there's one that says the dream, you know, because we love dr. king so much in his shin. and we give it away at the conference two of the participants so that they could remember and they could find this kind of unity, this endless ring that is circled. and it so ironic that bill and i would be doing this together because they took another u.s. supreme court decision to allow us to marry. but then our age of reason, we were adults in 1967 and it wasn't until 1967 that the sup

a few weeks into their strike, which had been met with opposition and violence, dr. king arrived. he addressed a rally then returned to lead a march that ended in smashed windows, gunshots, and tear gas. so now, king came back to memphis one more time to try to put things right, and made the famous speech that would prove prophetic. >> i just want to do god's will. and he's allowed me to go up to the mountain. and i've looked over. and i've seen the promised land. i may not get there with you. but i want you to know tonight, that we, as a people, will get to the promised land! and so i'm happy, tonight. i'm not worried about anything! i'm not fearing any man! mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the lord! >> moyers: the next night he was dead. 12 days later, the strike was settled. the garbage men's union was recognized and the city of memphis begrudgingly agreed to increase their pay, at first by ten cents an hour, and later, an extra nickel. that paltry sum would also be prophetic. all these decades later, little has changed when it comes to economic inequality. if anyt

i am so glad that i had a chance to talk about my mentor and my friend, dr. king, in honor of dr. oks. so glad that my late adopted mother, coretta scott king, dr. hooks had a special bond. i am so glad today that we had a special relationship. he told me, he said, you are my pastor, and you are my friend. as i leave you, mrs. hooks, i say to you, that i remember the last sermon he preached last year at the greater new mount moriah church, the sermon topic was entitled it's your turn. little did i know how prophetic that message would be. it's your turn. the lord called him home last thursday, those words rang out in my ear to let me know it's your turn. it's your turn, roslyn brock, to go to another level. it's your turn. it's your turn, been jealous, to go to the next level. it's your turn. it's your turn, marc morial's, took up the kings highway. it's your turn. it's your turn, michael hooks the second to go on high. it's your turn. it's your turn, to lift up the bloodstained banner. it's your turn, all of the young freedom fighters to stand tall and to go higher, because soldie

dr. kingd in my hometown, memphis, tennessee, we observed that horrific day with activities and remembrances this past weekend. dr. king talked about health care being a right and that one of the great inhumanities was not providing health care to people. then you have this group 40 years later, almost entirely white, opposing the united states government for giving health care to making this is last industrialized country in the world to provide health care for its people. it just doesn't seem like we've come that far and reflecting on doctor king, having been a proponent of health care, seeing the opposition to health care which affects so many people white and black but a disproportionate amount of people who are black, it was just a flash back to an error. jim clyburn said he hasn't seen words expressed since the '60s by these groups and seemed to be consistent. >> there were people on the right i was listening to, fox, they were denying, laura ingram sitting in for bill o'reilly, they wer

and fond of quoting him. >> dr. king always says the black man needs the white man to free him of his freer and the white man needs the black man to free him of his guilt. we need each other. >> reporter: she was awarded for her public service in one of america's most turbulent eras. joe johns, cnn, washington. >>> in the battle against the bulge, america is losing and sugar may be partly to blame. if you are on the losing end, it may not be your fault. why researchers say you could be fighting an unfair battle. >>> these little critters love to hang around in the summer. we'll explain how to keep the annual visitors to maryland from stinking up your plans to head outdoors. >>> taking a look now at the highland school in bel air. we'll be right back. now pay just $99.99 a month for verizon fios tv, internet and phone -- guaranteed for two years! it's an amazing offer that could save you hundreds of dollars. call now to lock in this guaranteed low price for two years. with 100% true fiber optics to your home, fios deliver

dr. hooks. i am so glad that my late adoptive mother, correct scott king, dr. oks had a special bond. -- coretta scott king. i am so glad we had a special relationship. you are my pastor and you are my friend. as i leave you, mrs. hooks, i say to you that i remember the last sermon he preached last year at the greater new mount moriah church bingo the topic was entitled "it is your turn." little did i know how prophetic that message would be. it is your turn. when the lord called him home on last thursday, the words rang out in my years to let me know if it is my turn. it is your turn to go to another level. it is your turn to go to the next level. it is your turn, marc morial, to go higher. it is your turn, pat, to livft up the blood spattered banner. the soldiers of old are leaving here one by one. good night, dr. hooks. i will see you and in the morning. thank god for a job well done. he is a servant of god. weary of life and the battle is won. be not dismayed when the men a want to leave you for he will understand and say well done. when i come to the end of

>>guest: i think i would have to say the leadership of dr. king. the quality of leadership, have to say that in eight surprising way, the leadership that lyndon johnson gave in helping the country get the civil-rights back. >>host: you mentioned mary and how did you get to know were and why was she so important in your life? >> >>guest: she became an adviser to the president of united states. the only african-american woman to have a four year accredited college. and 4b common 1937, to have under tours tutelage, to have the opportunity to see how she worked with the powerful people and the powerless was really a critical element to my whole growth and development. >>cspan: what was she doing in 1937? >>guest: president roosevelt had run her to washington as his adviser on minority affairs for the national youth administration and later she became a special adviser to the president which was a unique role. this is for me, for the person who dealt with the simplest matters as well as a larger issue. always related to the her how she could bring peopl

dr. king's message, still unfairly disadvantage as african- americans and other people of color. looking out on the economy today, african americans have 1.5 times the unemployment rate of white americans, a little bit more. that is a sadistic grimly consistent since the 1950's -- that is a statistic grimly consistent since the 1950's. discrimination in hiring and who gets hired and what kind of jobs they get, a problem we have come some way as results of two generations of civil rights activist, but we have a ways to go. many employers continue to relegate african-americans and other minority workers to the bottom rung of the latter, to jobs that do not provide that upward mobility that was provided for people coming from my background to a much greater extent. to economic issues, they need to be front and center. >> you must have been reading my notes. that is exactly where we're going to the next point. wal-mart, speaking of cheap things that we do not need and spending too much money -- let's talk about the economy. most of us have heard the statistic that the unemployment ra

lomax, professor sugrue, dr. king, gwen ifill. by the way, you can stay and gwen will sign copies of her book. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] cable satellite corp. 2010] >> coming up, cut -- several experts in nuclear security talk about president obama as upcoming trip to prague. and the irs commissioner on his role in collecting tax revenues. after that, a discussion on conservatism and the global economy. tomorrow on "washington journal," a discussion on how massachusetts was used as a model for national health care legislation with the massachusetts health and human services secretary. a look at anti-government militias in the u.s. with marked potok third we will also check with joe and lublin of the "wall street journal" about a survey taken nuncio's about pay and perks. tuesday, a discussion on federal oversight of car safety standards with former administrators of the national highway traffic safety administration. along with the president and

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>> and when that day comes, we'll be able to see as dr. kings, we're free at last. >> reporter: and you'll be up in heaven singing hallelujah. >> i hope so. >> reporter: anne curry, nbc news, new york. >> that's our broadcast for this tuesday night. thank you for being with us. i'm brian williams. we hope to see you back here tomorrow evening. good night. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com ♪ music plays ♪ [ sneezing ] ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] what are you gonna miss when you have an allergy attack?

dr. coretta scott king. what a powerful group of women whose history parallel eached other but in essence, they were sisters. i rise today to be able to acknowledge this woman who came easily to the national congress and now -- and to be able to thank her. when we were looking to pass legislation to include so journer truth as the only -- sojourner truth as the only standing figure now of an african-american woom in this united states congress, this great heroine, this great woman added her leverage, her power and her support in sisterhood to ensure we place sojourner truth, a suffragette and abolitionist here. . let it be known we do recommit ourselves to the universal access to education for all children. for the education of america's children, for reminding us that haiti's children now suffering in the wane of an earthquake must be provided education. and to be reminded that there is no shame in being an agitator and provock tour and someone who -- provock tore and someone who vites -- fights. and the wo

>> and when that day comes, we'll be able to say as dr. king said, we're free at last. >> dorothy height was 98 years old. >>> it is now 9:05. now let's get another check of the weather from al. >> what a tremendous lady. >>> let's show you what's going on as far as your western's concerned. jet stream band of air 20,000 feet above the earth's surface, still coming across iceland, across the atlantic and into the uk and much of europe. good news is by saturday, it takes more of a west-to-east flow, hopefully helping cut off the ash flow going into europe. rest of the country, wet weather along the west coast. sunshine in the northeast. sunny skies in the plain. >> good morning, we are off to a quiet start of this tuesday for the clouds will thicken up as we headed to this afternoon. the temperature will be nice and we expect a high in the upper >>. >>> now "joy's diet s.o.s." from the pros and cons of carbonated water, "today" nutritionist joy bauer is here with the answers to your questions. first, we have a question from kristin, coming to us

she was on the platform with dr. kinguring his i have a dream speech, but much of her work was done quietly. >> the president, she counseled roosevelt and truman and eisenhower and kennedy. >> she played the role as the glue in sieve -- civil rights movements. >>> president barack obama issued a statement reading import -- we will have more on her life and legacy, when we talk to her friend, alexis, that is coming up in the 9:00 hour. >>> also coming up. here's to the believers. the risk-takers. the visionaries. the entrepreneurs... who put it all on the line to build and run their own businesses. at at&t, we know something about that. our company started out in a small lab, with not much more than a dream. and today, we know it's small businesses that can create the jobs america needs. that's why at&t is investing billions to upgrade and build out our wired and wireless networks. making them faster, smarter, and more secure. connecting small businesses to markets across the country, and around the world. we invest now, b

these words like "nullification," i mean do we have to go back to dr. kingo get some refutation here? congressman? what's going on? why are they talking this language of secession and nullification again? >> well, you know, it's human nature and they fought the civil war because a man oppose said to slavery was elected president. i think a lot has to do with the fact that we have an african-american president who has an agenda. he wants to make -- create equal opportunity for every one of this country, he wants to make this a greater, a more inclusive society. i think he's doing a good job, personally. but they object to who's doing it, and what his ultimate objective is because they think this is their country and i think a lot of this has do with race, but a whole lot of it has to do with this attitude that government is the enemy. it started back in 19 -- in the 1980s. and you know, it sure is defining the republican versus the democratic party. it's a schism, but i don't think that these folks represent more electorate. let's hope not. >> congressman mor

when eiffel -- gwen ifill, martin luther king the third, michael lomax. following dr. lomax's remarks, chuck williams will additional -- will introduce are additional panel members and moderate the discussion. dr. williams is the former co- host of a show on pbs radio and he is currently an assistant clinical professor and the director of the center for prevention of school lead to violence. -- school-aged violence. it is my pleasure to introduce to you dr. michael lomax, who will share his thoughts with us before we move to the panel. he is one of our nation's foremost leaders in advocating racial equality and justice. for years, dr. lomax has been encouraging americans to see education as the pivotal area where racist dynamic must be acknowledged and addressed. and it is noteworthy that tonight, as we begin to some of the challenges of racial division in america, the president obama just this week introduced a blueprint for an updated elementary and secondary education act that will overhaul the troubled behind, and i know that dr. lomax agrees that the president is

going to these sites like oxford, mississippi and selma, montgomery and birmingham and memphis where dr. king was killed and visiting the civil rights museum there. >> mr. smith, what about you? >> i would say one of my -- my first president -- go to plymouth notch, vermont. plymouth notch is a little town. there are six homes there now. there were six homes there in july 1872 when calvin coolidge was born there. the whole village is a museum. thank god, apparently through the coolidge family, it's been preserved. it's a wonderful way to step back in time and experience a very different america. you know, coolidge is a much more interesting character than he has often been portrayed and in fact one of the interesting things is i think post-reagan we're rediscovering the fact that there is an alternative to the new deal model of the presidency. >> you're a boston native, harvard graduate. >> nearby -- nearby boston. >> leominster? >> no, townsend, little town. >> oh, excuse me. >> four thousand people. >> harvard graduate, undergraduate degree, no doctorate degree. >> absolutely. >> and ph.d.

dr. martin luther king, jr.d that instinct. dorothy height was a drum major for justice. a drum major for equality, a drum major for freedom. a drum major for service. and the lessons she would want us today, the lessons she lived out each and everyday. that we can all be first in service. we can all be drum majors for a righteous cause. so let us live out that lesson. let us honor her life by changing this country for the better, as long as we are blessed to live. may god bless dr. dorothy height. [applause] >> and the union that she made more perfect. [applause] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ great is thy faithfulness ♪ great is thy faithfulness ♪ great is thy faithfulness ♪ lord unto me... [applause] ♪ ♪ [applause] >> the holy gospel of our lord jesus christ according to matthew: when jesus saw the clouds, he went up the mountain. and, after he sat down, his disciples came to him. then he began to speak and taught help saying, blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. blessed are

dr. coretta scott king. what a powerful group of women whose history parallel eached other but in essence, they were sisters. i rise today to be able to acknowledge this woman who came easily to the national congress and now -- and to be able to thank her. when we were looking to pass legislation to include so journer truth as the only -- sojourner truth as the only standing figure now of an african-american woom in this united states congress, this great heroine, this great woman added her leverage, her power and her support in sisterhood to ensure we place sojourner truth, a suffragette and abolitionist here. . let it be known we do recommit ourselves to the universal access to education for all children. for the education of america's children, for reminding us that haiti's children now suffering in the wane of an earthquake must be provided education. and to be reminded that there is no shame in being an agitator and provock tour and someone who -- provock tore and someone who vites -- fights. and the wo

dr. martin luther king jr.e greater good, towards changing a community and the country for the better, toward doing the lord's worke#ñ. i sometimes think dr. king must have had dorothy height in mind when he gave that speech. for dorothy height met that test. dorothy height embodied that instinct. dorothy height was a drum major for justice, a drum major for equality, a drum major for freedom, a drum major for service, and the lesson she would want us to leave with today, the lesson she lived out each and every day, is that we can all be first in service. we can all be drum majors for a righteous cause. so let us live out that lesson. let us honor her life by changing this country for the better, as long as we are blessed to live. may god bless dr. dorothy height and the union that she made more perfect. [applause] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [applause] >> the holy gospel of our lord jesus christ, according to matthew. when jesus saw the cross, he went up the mountain, and after he sat down, his disciples came to him. th

. >> i thought about mandela, dr. kingo, the music stops for america's sweetheart. >> i was scared to death most of the time, to be out there. >> reporter: kate gosselin has danced into our hearts over the last few weeks. unfortunately, she has done so very, very poorly. >> when i watch you dance it's kind of like the charlie brown teacher. >> it wasn't really a dance. it was a strol. >> reporter: and a an atrocious performance on "dancing with the stars" this week was more than the voting public could bear. >> leaving right now is kate and tony. >> reporter: kate will see on down the road, on your next self-promotional, exploitive venture. >> thank you for believing in me. >> reporter: the number one story of the week. [ speaking forei eyjafjallajokull. >> eyjafjallajokull. >> eyjafjallajokull. >> reporter: that icelandic volcano which, for the record is pronounced roethlisberger. >> hey, you want to see something cool? >> reporter: the bibb lickal cloud hung over europe for well over a week, stranding thousands of restle

dr. martin luther king, jr.. this marks the anniversary of his assassination. the event also honored the victims of tuesday's mass shooting. it was the worst shooting in the district in 16 years. >>> new at 11:00, fire officials want to know what sparked a barn fire that killed animals in maryland. thick clouds of black smoke could be seen for miles. more than 100 cows and calves in the barns died in the blaze. crews are still clearing at this hour. >>> a scamming device was found on the cash machine at the wachovia bank at congressional plaza -- a skimming the device. in most cases, people do not know anything is wrong until money starts to be missing. >>> many catholic leaders chose this year to address the role of the pope during a sex scandal. rebecca cooper is here with what they had to say. >> today, in an op-ed, "in the washington post -- inthe washington post," there were talking about addressing the scandal head on so the church could move forward. it was a packed congregation downtown today with the archbishop of greater washington having easter servi

dr. martin luther king jr. and led the national council of negro women for four decades. memorial services are planned for next week. we posted a three-day itinerary on our website, wbaltv.com. tackling the city's budget remains a top priority for baltimore mayor stephanie rawlings lake, but several proposed taxes to help close the gap have come under fire. this morning the mayor addressed the concerns of some of her constituents. >> with the beverage tax, if your buying milk or juice or a large containers, you are exempt. if you cut your hair down one degree, you did not even pay the tax. we look for ways you can balance it out and ways that the burden is shared between residents, not for-profit businesses, all across the board. >> the city council is currently reviewing the mayor's budget plan. baltimore stands to gain from a change in the way that prisoners are counted in the census. the extra 12,000 residents for baltimore could carry political clout when redrawing legislative districts. maryland is the first day to make this move. lawmakers in urban areas applaud tha

dr. martin luther king, jr., and one of his esteemed sons, martin luther king iii. i believe that his twitter named in @kingiii. martin luther king iii, we're glad to have you here honoring your father's memory. [laughter] you thought i was joking about the coordination of the ties. we're very pleased to have gwen ifill, moderator and managing editor of the popular pbs -- pbs show, "washington week." she has served as moderator of presidential debates, most recently in 2008, which featured joe biden and sarah palin. she has written a book on these topics. ladies and gentlemen, gwen ifill. [applause] no i will take the seat. >> i did not get the memo. [laughter] >> thank all of you guys for being here tonight. i've got my notes arranged here , in my drexel university folder. a shameless plug. but they pay me so i have to work that in some doubt. somebody said that's right. i figured i would start with the story that has been in the press lately, that i think ties a lot of this together. maybe i am wrong -- we will see. and that as wal-mart. i don't know if you have b

let's run the martin luther king video and then we will do the jfk. >> i would like to present to you, dr. martin luther king. >> now is the time to rise from the darkness of the valley of segregation. it now is the time to lift our nation from the quicksands of racial injustice to the solid rock of brotherhood. i have a dream that my children will not be judged by the color of their skin. i have a dream. i have a dream. crooked places will be made straight. i have a dream. america could be a great nation. let freedom ring from the hilltops. let freedom ring from the mighty mountains. let freedom ring, let freedom, let freedom ring. let freedom ring from tennessee. let freedom ring from mississippi. let freedom ring from every city and every hamlet. all god's children, black men and white men will join hands and say in the words of the old negro spiritual, free at last, free at last, thank god almighty, we're free at last. i have a dream. crooked places will be made straight. we cannot turn back. i have a dream. >> i, john kennedy will -- >> ask not what your country can do for you, ask w

dr. martin luther king's assassination but in height of the file exin the neighborhood, it became a call for a new peace effort. >> will we continue to let ak- 47's come in our streets and be more accessible than a schoolbook. >> reporter: they are ask neighbors to sign a peace pledge. >> don't retaliate. there has got to be change and change starts with us. >> this cannot continue to go on. you should be able to walk your street as a child. >> that was roz plater reporting. community leaders are calling this new effort the dmv percent authority. the families of those killed in the shooting will start holding their funerals this week. >>> new this were monthing, we are less than two hours away from one of last shuttle missions. coming up next, we'll get a full update from cape canaveral. you are watching fox 5 morning news. what -- >>> welcome back. the space shuttle discovery is ready and cleared for liftoff about 09 minutes from now at 6:21. the crew about is to set off on a 13-day mission. there will be four women on the space station. harris faulkner has more. >> reporter: excitement

dr. martin luther king, jr. delivered that famous speech in 1963, height was right there beside him.g before that, she was marching for the civil rights not only of african americans but women. and for 40 years she said the national council of negro women. >> african american women seldom do just what they want to do but always do what they have to do. >> couric: in 2004, president bush presented height with the congressional gold medal. about working for civil rights she liked to say "if the time is not ripe, we have to ripen the time." dorothy height was 98. to stay in tune with life after 50, i switched to a complete multivitamin with more. only one a day women's 50+ advantage... has gingko for memory and concentration. plus support for bone and breast health. just what i need! one a day women's. a deep ache all over. i found out that connected to our muscles are nerves that send messages through the body. my doctor diagnosed it as fibromyalgia, thought to be the result of overactive nerves that cause chronic, widespread pain. lyrica is believed to calm these nerves. i learned lyr

and that is that martin luther king was shot and was killed tonight. >> dr. martin luther king, jr.n a balcony in the lorraine motel in memphis, he was to show support for a strike and he was shot down and the sniper's name james earl ray. ray may have ended king's life, but not his dream 42 years ago today. now you know the news as fox reports this sunday, april 4th. happy easter. god bless you and your family. i'm harris falkner in for julie banderas, thanks forwa

dr. martin luther king jr.. she died tuesday at the age of 98. >> the time is 9:08. it is 54 degrees. still ahead, our veterinarian is standing by to answer your pet questions. it includes exotic animal issues. >> the maryland lottery is here with the best game to play. >> o.j. brigance is the soul of the team. his battle with lou gehrig's disease will have nearly everyone in baltimore ravens organization here next weekend for a 5k race. coming up, how you can join in. >> the morning started off my. there is a big storm that is edging closer. we will see when things start to >> now, nor forecast with meteorologist john cons. >> take a look at our radar. it is cloudy. there are a lot of thin spots. it is a nice morning south of the district of columbia, in lower parts of the chesapeake bay, there are some sprinkles and showers. that wind is sitting there. it is not advancing. -- that line is sitting there. it is not advancing. hit the sec we are ok this morning and for a good chunk of the afternoon. a sprinkle could develop. this storm system will pushed closer to us. we are under a th

dr. martin luther king delivered his famous "i have a dream speech." she wasn't allowed to talk. >> reporter: promment civil rights movers and shakers have high prize for dr. height. >> she counseled roosevelt and eisenhower. >> reporter: she was an organizer and leader with the ywica. she has mapped out a plan for the whole year. this is the seventh year. she has mapped all of the plans. she was the founding member of the service so wrote delta sigma fata and established the black annual reunion on the national mallment. >> she played the role as the glue in the civil rights movement. mrs.height could bring it together. >>> as news of her passing spread, admirers stopped by the negro women building on pennsylvania avenue to pay tribute. this sunday at coppan state university in baltimore the schoolable is announcing an endowed chair in dorothy height's name and renaming the dorothy i. height school of justice. >> she is just such a remarkable woman and i interviewed many times. the last time i interviewed her was the day of the inagriculture race. i wa

dr. martin luther king jr., whitney young, and our own john lewis.uring the march on washington, she was the own african-american woman on the speaker's platform during dr. king's historic "i have a dream" speech. in 1994 clin president clinton aword dr. height the presidential medal of freedom. in 1995 in my hometown of memphis, tennessee, she received the national civil rights museum's freedom award. in 2004, president bush presented her with the congressional gold medal. during dr. height's lifetime, the freedom gates were half ajar yet she fought to open them full and wide for everybody. our nation mourns the loss of a great woman, a great african-american leader, a great civil rights leader. hers was a life well lived. thank you, madam speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas rise? >> request permission to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. poe: mr. speaker, this wee

dr. martin luther king. with roy wilkins and john lewis, our colleague, but remember what i said, the only woman. what i've come to know dr. height as a member of congress and before, is that she is a woman that can speak in a resonating fashion. at the drop of a hat you can turn to her and say, dr. height, can you give us some remarks. when she finishes, you feel you can fly like the eagles fly. she has given you words that will capture your heart and spirit. you say, i will be a fighter for justice. a distinguished woman a hat-wearing woman, but one thing about dr. height, she was a woman of dignity. but she never ran away from a fight for justice. she knew how to be an agitator and protester but she also knew how to be loving. the many things we can attribute to her include her work in the international tribunal of the international woman's year. she's won so many awards and i wanted to come to this floor tonight to be able to say dr. height, there will be many more words that will come on your passing but

dr. martin luther king said the measure of a person is not where they stand in times of comfort and privileget where they stand in times of challenge and controversy. your presence here today answers the question. your standing up to say enough is enough. you're standing township say i'm willing to fight back. you're standing up to say our values matter and we're putting a marker down and we're going to restore common sense to the united states of america. >> you look at palin and bachmann. then you look at this republican rising star. they really do represent different parts of the republican party in a way who very much need each other, i guess. how do they relate to one another? >> well, sarah palin and michelle balmman do not need the pawlenty ring to do what they do. if tim pawlenty wants to be president, he is going to have to deal with and energize that wing of the party that palin, bachmann wing but do something that bachmann and palin do not care about. he came out for freedom, liberty. he came out for a lot of things that are easy to say. the tougher part is coming up with policies

dr. martin luther i believe his twitter name is king 3. is that true? martin luther king iii, a leader in his own right, served as the

dr. martin luther king jr.owerful speech -- >> i have a dream -- >> she was off to the side, pushing for change, but always behind the scenes -- >> racism was so overwhelming that where i was didn't seem to make that much difference. i was there with the men who were great leaders in the civil rights movement. >> the big six. >> although i have to say, it was seven because i was one. >> do you think that because you are a woman, that that is one of the reasons why most america does not even know your name? >> that's the way it was for women. i think this is one reason that we can say honestly, that the civil rights movement gave a certain imptous to the women's movement. >> she was one on the principal planners to the march on washington. >> it's one of the reasons we drove on to achieve the civil rights act of 1964. >> that landmark legislation made clear in black and white, that it was against the law to discriminate on the basis of race, whether in public facilities like hotels and schools, or at the workpla

19 indications that our pursuit of the shooter of rob krenz, we had state department correction, dr. king teens, i.c.e. ages, sheriffs deputy, to border patrol sector, represented who couldn't talk to each other. and none of us could talk with each other. it's inexcusable. until that problem is resolved all of our law enforcement efforts, no matter how will coordinator will have a soft underbelly and the bad guys are going to continue to win. senator mccain mentioned 17%, people captured across the border are criminal aliens, previously committed crimes in this country. that number comes from the douglas station of tucson border patrol and confirmed that before i came here. that means that of all those millions of people, hundreds of thousands of people who enter here, the bad guys keep coming. no matter whether the apprehension rates rise or fall, the numbers of criminal aliens rise. and that, sir, gentlemen, is the threat to our homeland security in this country. catastrophic events are of great concern, and are crossing because and people with intent, and any crossing of criminal minds

dr. martin luther king worked together, and he lived to see dr. ing go from being someone who was reviled to someone who was honored by having a national holiday in his name. in 1972, benjamin hooks became the first black appointed to the federal communications commission. that was at the recommendation of senator howard baker, a republican senator, and a republican president, richard nixon. ben hooks was able to support leaders of both parties. he supported the 1972 presidential republican ticket. he supported senator baker in his races, and his wife francis supported me every time i ran for public office in tennessee, which has been a lot -- five different times -- and everybody knew that francis hooks wouldn't have been supporting me if ben hooks didn't know about it. in fact, it's hard to think of ben hooks without francis. i can't think of a time that i talked with him that i didn't start with her. she was his sweetheart, his ally, his secretary, his assistant, his advisor, and all of us send to her and to her family our -- our thoughts during

founded that newspaper in 1960 reporting on all of the civil rights matters, the assassination of dr. king, the 1964 civil rights act and 1965 voting rights act. and then his untimely death in 1971 calls this young woman and young mother, the mother of karen and constance, to take up the helm of this great paper. this paper became the third most read newspaper in the southwest after two of our major papers in houston, and this lady became the dolph all of us. her name clearly was a name we favored. lenoiria dahl carter, born in arizona. but she was not only a friend toward the advancement of african-american achievement. overall, she person find distinctive grace, style as a chaplain for the common good. she was also my friend and she passed away this past saturday. we honor her, we salute her. she's a great hero of america. we will miss you. may you rest in peace. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from ohio rise? >> to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. >> thank you, mr.

he joined with dr. king and the southern christian leadership conference in 1966 after being ordained as a minister in memphis at middle baptist church. he was an attorney, he was a businessman, he was a minister, he was a civil rights leader. he was awarded the medal of freedom by president bush in 2007 and recently was up here in congress and talked to many members of the congress in the rayburn building just two months ago. he leaves his wife, frances, and many, many millions who benefited from his leadership and his courage. his was a life well lived. thank you for coming our way, benjamin hooks. thank you, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from south carolina rise? mr. wilson: mr. speaker, i ask permission to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. wilson: mr. speaker, a grassroots group in akon, south carolina, is holding a meeting about the principles of our

dr. martin luther king, we love him to death than to make a long story short we even get hit with that. we gave $1 million to the martin luther king statue, therefore we have no more money to put into marketing with the black racing team. you hear the national publishers association talking about why cutting general motors. well, that is good and that is bad, but ford motor company for example has never given any decent money into the black racing community since the 60s not since the 60s, and they say okay if we give the urban league money, you don't get the money. then they say brown doesn't get any money. that is a different budget. these are big hidden budgets in america and right now, just like in nascar for example, you can have a chief mechanic, eighth grader 12th grade education and never hardly went to vocational school but get $500,000 salary, they salary, 500,000. with bonuses it is 800,000 take-home pay a year. all these things are going on behind the scenes, and we are lumped. like tiger woods with buick for example. tiger woods was getting $26 million a year. you say that

when eiffel -- gwen ifill, martin luther king the third, michael lomax following dr. lomax's remarks, cecil williams will introduce in more detail are additional panel members, and he will also moderate the discussion. dr. williams is the former co- host of the show on pbs radio and, and he is currently an assistant clinical professor and director of the assistance for school age regioviolence. it is my pleasure to introduce

dr. martin luther king, whitney young jr., a. philip randolph, roy wilkins, and john lewis. when the movement subsided, dr. height's work continued. she was energetic, went everywhere and to everything. she developed women by serving as their mentor and friend. two women i know and worked with in chicago are miss rosie bean and ms. annetta wilson. both of them were willing to call themselves desipeles of dr. dorothy height. she was an unbelievable dedicated woman whose life was the true essence of living. i think the poet may have had dr. height in mind when he penned "house by the side of the road," when he wrote, there are her met toads that live in the place of their self-content. there are souls like stars that dwell apart in a firmment. there are pioneer souls that blaze the pass where highways never ran. but met let's me live by the side of the road and be a friend to man. let me live in a house by the side of the road where the race of men go by the men who are good and the men who are bad, as good and as bad as i, i would not sit in the scorners' seat nor hurl the cyn

dr. martin luther king jr. at every turn, at every moment in his life, he waged a fight against injustice. he became an attorney and was eventually appointed as the highest-ranking black federal judge in the state of tennessee. but that was only the beginning of a remarkable career in public service. benjamin hooks was the first african-american to serve on the federal communications commission, where he spoke out against bias reported in the media and called for minority ownership of tv and radio stations. in 1977, he was unanimously elected as president of the national association for the advancement of colored people, the naacp, a position he would hold with distinction until his retirement in 1993 and which could be -- which would define his career. throughout those tumultuous years, benjamin hooks was at the forefront of the nonviolent struggle for civil rights. he constantly challenged old assumptions, stood up to discrimination, and fought against those who defended the status quo. mr. president, he taug