and we are broadcasting tonight at the church where dr. king pastored and began his quest for civil rights. my exclusive interview with his son, his oldest son martin luther king iii from inside the church his father preached in. >> let's have the same i.d. we had when we elected george bush jr. for president. but you'll not get to the re-election of barack obama and now we need a different i.d.? we're going to play the game by one set of rules. ♪ [ shapiro ] at legalzoom, you can take care of virtually all your important legal matters in just minutes. now it's quicker and easier for you to start your business... protect your family... and launch your dreams. at legalzoom.com, we put the law on your side. a living, breathing intelligence teaching data how to do more for business. [ beeping ] in here, data knows what to do. because the network finds it and tailors it across all the right points, automating all the right actions... [ beeping ] ...to bring all the right results. it's the at&t network -- doing more with data to help business do mor

the story that i was told -- i was too young to know dr. king well, but i knew mrs. ell -- was when president johnson brought dr. king to the white house in '64, nobel prize winner saluting him, dr. king said, this is all well and good, wu but we need to right the vote. president johnson said, i just got the civil rights bill through of '64. he said, i don't know if i can do it. dr. king sid, i know how to do it. that's when they went south and started climbing and created the climate. i'm so happy, melissa, you made it clear it is wrong to assume the mantle of dr. king went to president obama. the mantle of kennedy and johnson went to obama. he's a president, not a civil rights leader. there are others that must pull the mantle of dr. king and bring the pressure to the white house, but he did not become the answer to dr. king. he became the extension of a president. >> actually, rebecca, i want to pull you into the conversation because when i say kings in the plural, i like to say dr. king isn't sitting there with the president because he is the smartest, biggest voi

we voted in the spirit of dr. king and trusted the american people to also make their choice based on the content of barack's character and that's in the spirit of dr. king. we did not expect to have someone in the white house who would pick up the gauntlet that dr. king dropped beyond what was called for from the presidency. >> so you think the expectations were unreasonable. >> i think the expectations were not only unreasonably in some cases, they were poorly thought out. we have to realize that barack obama is the president of the united states, not the president of africa america. >> in a second term presumably he is going to strive to have a democratic congress to give him freedom to do what he is inclined to do. what that might be on behalf of the african-american community. >> i think he would be able to do more in terms of education. i think he'd be able to target certain kinds of circumstances and situations, as much based on class and race and ethnicity that would be very difficult for him to do at this poin

dr. king, father drain and, they're not conservatives. >> and billy graham to his credit was not involved as faldo did in was courageous on segregation if they were in an auditorium the required segregation he made them move location. he would not preach to segregated congregations but i think all wellcome's christian political involvements. the result is shutting down the moral majority nobody rises to take his place but through his university you have smaller jerry fall wells it and the law school puts out a lot of acolytes for the cause. >> what about pat robertson? >> they had a friendship you to the different theologies. if there was a professor at was charismatic for holding a prayer meeting he was very suspicious he had gone to yale, the father a senator and always from the wrong side of the tracks. in the empire was never as large or as successful as a christian broadcasting network that robertson started. in 1988 when robertson ran falwell endorsed george hw bush. falwell understood t

dr. king and many of them were not for kennedy. in fact, dr. king's father was for nixon. >> wow. >> the phone call showed a sensitivity. there was a lot of criticism at the time that kennedy was flirting with the alabama segregationists. the phone call showed he had a heart or sensitivity. i think what romney and santorum failed to do is forget politics i a wouldn't shouldn't be called this and i want to personally show myself sensitive that's what the president's call did. they could have turn it had around by also closing. i thank you window closed now because i think women say you don't care that you are going to call a georgetown student sitting before the congress, speaking her mind, a slut? you are not sensitive to that? you can't fake that. either you are sensitive or you're not. kennedy got a lot of ground. he may not have the even politically was prepared deserve at the time because he showed he cared enough about a human being who was fighting segregation. they had an opportunity to show that to women. they failed big time. >> can i g

whereas when dr. king stood on the steps of the lincoln memorial and do this i have a dream speech he spoke about the creative redemptive power of suffering and how suffering of some tactical value. i am familiar with. only if you are a who recognizes the book of job for a christian who worships to crucify god. does that send as a doctor king make any sense whatsoever. so we have the idea that dogma -- dogmatic as a negative thing. but i also think we had this strange notion that dogma and the public square necessarily boost to the inquisition. and i don't know whether that's true. and dr. king's case it truly was not true. a followed by reducing notion to affix produces this idea in a certain type of tactics. you see this on us, to which the gospel is only for social justice and for conservatives is only about social pyramid system. and religion it's very much about who caught it and how we worship him appropriately. and the others are derivatives. but if you leave the dogma at the door, the argument has

dr. king has been assassinated in april of that year, rights and anger flat and to get osama country. the feeling on the street was it was about to hit the fan. hating whitey was the hip thing to do. from street corners to campus rallies, what he had been gone from being the man to the peace. young black students were trading in their feel-good motown records for the recorded speeches of malcolm x and the angry jazz recordings that are not colburn. i went down to 125th street in harlem that night, tonight dr. king king was assassinated. overturning cars sitting trashcan fires and hurling bricks and businesses. intakes close appliances and whatever else they can carry. not everyone else alluded in fact. most of the crowd continued to do see the king is dead and black power and it was enough for the cops to swing clubs, shoot their pistols and make arrests. before he could handcuff me and put me into the paddy wagon, a group of writers across the street from the police car over to the cop told m

i went down to 120th street in harlem that night, the night that dr. king was assassinated. protesters and writers swarmed the streets, clashing with cops, overturning cars, setting trashcan fires and hurling bricks of white owned businesses. one of the windows was shattered by an airborne trashcan. looters ran into the store and started taking clothes, appliances, and where else they could carry. not everyone who looted. in fact, most of the crowd continued to chant the king is dead, and black power. but it was enough to start swinging clubs, and making arrests. a cop grabbed me and threw me against the wall. before he could handcuff me at plugging into the paddy wagon, a group of riders across the street turned the police car on. the cop told me to stay put, and ran toward the riders. i was scared. but i wasn't stupid. i took off running in the opposite direction. i blended in and try to that which way to go. the group of cops headed towards us, some of the rioters ran into some clothing store that was being looted. i followed. the cops into the store swinging clubs and ma

and then undermine what dr. king is being celebrated for. one of them is voter rights. >> reverend al sharpton, host of "politics nation" on this very network. reverend al, i have to say not only do i enjoy your show very much, which you know, but seeing your recent success. you've been banging in ratings lately. congratulations. >> thank you. i'm told to be like you. >> that's backwards. all right. you can watch "politics nation" on msnbc weeknight on 6:00 p.m., and you should. it's good and it's good for you. >>> lots and lots and lots and lots of other stuff happened in the news today out the republican presidential nominating contest. i know, weird, right? some of that stuff and some more from tonight's results all ahead. >>> on days like this, election nights like this, it's easy for all the other news in the news world to be crowded out by what's going on in politics. frankly, given what's going on in alabama, mississippi -- and in mississippi tonight, being riveted by electoral politics is totally forgivable in america right now. espe

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dr. martin luther king talked about economic structure.he said there are 40 million poor people and the country, and you have to ask what kind of country creates 40 million poor people. you have to ask about the structure of our economy. we are only second to sweden in inequality of income distribution, and nobody wants to talk about -- if you talk to other people, they will say, this is class warfare where you begin to talk about the differences between who earns one or they need to work harder. there is no one harder working than an undocumented worker cleaning somebody's house and getting paid under the table. [applause] tavis: since you raise these prepaid cards, you have a card called the approved card and that is different from anything else. i want you to respond and tell us about what makes this card different. >> there is a big business with people being poor. the more poor you are, the more you pay for insurance, the more you pay for everything, the more money they make of you, so i would not disagree about capitalism. there is a

show that was kevin powell he's an activist and author of barack obama ronald reagan and the goat dr king. thank you. all more controversy this week surrounding the practice of fracking the u.s. department of agriculture has dropped a plan to require an extensive environmental review before handing mortgages to people that plan to use the land arroyo and gas drilling now this has outraged opponents of hydraulic fracturing who say it eases up on rules on this method of drilling be able to leave the practice comes with extremely harmful health and environmental risks so another debate over energy rages on and america let's talk more about this i was joined by greg palast he's an investigative journalist and author of the buck vultures picnic and person of petroleum pegs power pirates and high finance carnivores it's out in bookstores on november fourteenth take a listen. well fracking is a brand new wave getting gas and oil only out really really used for about a decade or so. it is what we they do is they drill down then they go horizontal through shale deposits which normally couldn't get

the night that dr. king was assassinated. protesters and rioters stormed the streets clashing with cops, overturning cars, setting trash can fires and hurling bricks a white on businesses. one of the windows was shattered by an airborne trash can. lewis ran into the stores and started taking clothes and appliances and whatever else they could carry. not everyone looted. in fact to most of the crowd continued to chant the king is dead and black power. it was enough for the cubs to start swinging clubs, shooting pistols, and making arrests. the cops grabbed me and threw me against a wall. before you can give me and put me into the betty wright a group of writers across the street turned the police car over. a cop told me to stay put and ran toward the riders. i was scared. i was a stupid. i took off running in the opposite direction i blended them with a group of writers and try to figure which will go. a group of cubs at its widest. some of the rioters ran into a clothing store that was being looted. i followed. the cops into

dr. king's march. starting at the brown chapel a.m.e. church in selma and ending at the alabama state capitol in montgomery. since 1998, members of congress have participated in an annual civil rights pilgrimage on the selma to montgomery national historic trail. in march of 2009, i had the privilege of participating with my wife in this event. we marched across the edmund pettis bridge and we were inspired by those with firsthand experiences from the events of 1965. documenting and sharing the experiences of members who participated in the historic and annual marches from selma to montgomery is critically important to the recognition and preservation of the achievements of the american civil rights movement. as i understand it, mr. lewis from georgia, the majority leader whip, mr. mccarthy, will lead the 2012 congressional civil rights pilgrimage starting tomorrow. it is fitting that we are here today with this resolution as another group of members begin their journey. i want to thank my col

it's ironic we would celebrate dr. king and then undermine what he was for. one of which was voter rights. >> reverend al sharpton, not only do i enjoy your show but happy to see your recent success. you have been banging lately. >> i hope to grow up to be like you. >> that is backwards. watch politics nations weeknights at 6:00 and you should it's good and good for you. >> lots of stuff happened today. some of that stuff and some more from tonight's results, all ahead. can. >>> on days like this it's easy for other news to get crowded out because of the politics. just so you know what else is going on in the world in the meantime -- today, "the new york times" they published what might happen in the wake of the shooting rampage tomorrow, mostly at the hands of a lone u.s. army staff sergeant. the u.s. has apologized and while u.s. veterans and their supporters are doing everything they can to stop the public here from conplating the insane actions of one soldier broadly. gachb officials got shot when they showed up at the site of the accident to investigate.

it's ironic we would celebrate dr. king and then undermine what he was for. one of which was voter rights. >> reverend al sharpton, not only do i enjoy your show but happy to see your recent success. you have been banging lately. >> i hope to grow up to be like you. >> that is backwards. watch politics nations weeknights at 6:00 and you should it's good and good for you. some of that stuff and some more from tonight's results, all ahead. >>> on days like this it's easy for other news to get crowded out because of the politics. just so you know what else is going on in the world in the meantime -- today, "the new york times" they published what might happen in the wake of the shooting rampage tomorrow, mostly at the hands of a lone u.s. army staff sergeant. the u.s. has apologized and while u.s. veterans and their supporters are doing everything they can to stop the public here from conplating the insane actions of one soldier broadly. gachb officials got shot when they showed up at the site of the accident to investigate. the historic which is whether or not

you mentioned dr. king. even when dr. king clearly, publicly, vigorously oppose the vietnam war, he did not call for a boycott of all american products and producers. he did not do that in europe or the united states. he targeted where he was aiming. i think bds, as presently framed, does not target. i, myself, do not purchase products made by, produced by israeli settlers on the west bank. i encourage others not to do that. but that is a laser beam with pride. that is a boycott of the oppressive acts of the israeli government and of settlers on the west bank. it is not a demonization of israeli society as a whole. it seems to me that the present framing have bds, that it aims at all israeli institutions and processes and products. and it talks about not only in the occupation, but, for example, it seems to be talking about the return of millions of descendants, families, of refugees to within the legitimate boundaries of israel. i think that's adds up to an attack on illegitimacy of israel as a whole. you may not intend t

that's the church where dr. king preached during some of the most critical days during the civil rights movement. that's tonight at 6:00 eastern. >>> still ahead. >> we know where they are abducting and where they are killing. we want the international community to respond. >> director of kony 2012 is now on the defense over his film and his charity after critics raised questions about where that group's money is really going. >>> also, burn notice. mitt romney is running out of money and asking his supporters for more cash. we need an balance. we need some help. >> whitney houston's long time air stillist speaks out. stay with us. look! the phillips' lady! we have to thank you for the advice on phillips' caplets. magnesium, right? you bet! phillips' caplets use magnesium. works more naturally than stimulant laxatives... for gentle relief of occasional constipation. can i get an autograph? [ female announcer ] live the regular life. phillips'. the sleep number bed. the magic of this bed is that you're sleeping on som

it's ironic we would celebrate dr. king and then undermine what he was for. one of which was voter rights. >> reverend al sharpton, not only do i enjoy your show but happy to see your recent success. you have been banging lately. >> i hope to grow up to be like you. >> that is backwards. watch politics nations weeknights at 6:00 and you should it's good and good for you. >>> mitt romney's thoughts about a theorhetical romney-rick santorum ticket. plus the latest results from alabama and mississippi still ahead. >>> this is turning in an exciting night. in mississippi right now, nbc news says the race is too close to call with 44% of the vote now in, in mississippi, the race is a three-way too close to call bunched up knot. rick santorum at 33%, newt gingrich at 31%, mitt romney also at 31%. that's mississippi. >> in alabama, nbc news also says it is a three-way race and as you see here, too close to call. in alabama right now, just 8% of the vote in, rick santorum at 34%, newt gingrich and mitt romney each with 29% of the vote. you're watching as the percent

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dr. martin luther king walked. as martin fell at the age of 39 in 1968, harry belafonte never gave up the flag and continued that battlefront to ensure that those who could not speak for themselves were heard through his wonderful and sweet resounding voice, his ability for lyrics and his acting talent of the many movies that he allowed us to enjoy. . so i'm delighted to join you in wishing harry belafonte a very happy combirget day and again let -- birthday and again let him know that he's too long from seeing us. we saw him just recently but any time he wants to come to the united states congress and share with us in our fight for justice , in the desire to pass legislation that makes sense, whether or not it is dealing with the rights of women, whether it is to fight for the overdue passage of the equal rights amendment or to ensure the re-authorization of the violence against women's act or to make sure we fund the office of civil rights, or we ensure that the stamping and trampling on the rights of 96-year-old

the format was borrowed from us dr king of cooper who in one thousand sixty eight devised a twelve minute bounce to train american soldiers properly he claimed two thirds of a person's muscles would be used within this time frame but watching the fights one sensed every single muscle was being strained however both fans and boxers seemed to enjoy a new take on the otherwise classic sport of the ultimate them for me the twelve minutes went by really quickly i hardly noticed them of course you're doing gauge to notice much in there in any way but it's my first time doing and i really enjoyed it hopefully this can wind will have a more frequently in future. though there are no strict limits as to who can compete all fighters invited to the night's events at various levels of professional boxing experience and tough fights ahead organize a believe this will help revitalize boxing as a whole has been a chance of actually we are many people why they don't like professional boxing anymore and many said the fights were too long and boring to watch and also many feel that the winners a pre-determi

then dr. king got killed and i was enraged, angry. and so the day after this i went to school. on the fringes, on television you would see stokely carmichael, unity h. rap brown, you would see bobby seale and huey newton. and the news described them as the black militant. and, of course, stokely was talking about black power. i want to back up and talk about pa baltimore because all of my lessons in black history, i don't want you to think it was over the dinner table with books spread out. he was a working man and he was a good judgment what they called in those days a race man. so a lot of my lessons would be as simple as, we be watching television, old black and white tv, it are some of the come on. johny weissler was going across the screen doing the tarzan yell and he would speak his language and the lions would go here, the elephants would go here, the monkeys would go here. he would be looking at that and after about five minutes he would go, what the hell is that? now, you tell me how a little cracker baby can fall out of the airplane, boy, change the damn channel. it w

letter, and with quotations from madison, the quotation from martin luther king, where king said, dr. king said, "injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." without objection, that will be made a part of the record. i would like to now invite our second wife, whose husband is being unjustly persecuted, li jing, for your testimony. >> distinguished chairman, co-chairman, ladies and gentlemen and friends, my name is li jing. i would like to thank you for giving me this opportunity to speak out the persecution of my husband and our family. my husband, guo quan is currently in prison serving a ten-year sentence for peacefully expressing his opinions about democracy and human rights. after several years of harassment, my son and i arrived in the united states three weeks ago. we are exiled in this country currently enjoying freedoms here that hopefully will some day be enjoyed by everyone in china. because i now have a freedom to speak, i want to tell you a little about my husband's case. he is an academic and a professor with a degree in law and a doctorate in philosophy. he starte

we met with dr. king. he came to our church. he was beaten. you could see that on television every night where the ministers were beaten trying to get people to vote down in new orleans and baton rouge. when i came down here, the same thing was going on. we went to san francisco state university to get my credentials and my master's degree. we had to close the school down to get to ethnic studies. the police marching on us at san francisco state. after leaving new orleans and coming here, it was still a fight. comparing the schools, yes, i can see the different -- i can see the difference. those parents are there, and they bring in money for those schools, and they have all kinds of book fairs and arts festivals, computer labs, and at hunters point, it is a whole different story. you do not have a computer labs there. we do not have a parent involvement. it is a total difference. >> your perspective on jamal, awaiting the decision on whether he will be executed or spend his life in prison. >> he should be released. [applause] one of my profess

dr. martin luther king jr.ht activists like al sharpton and jesse jackson are raoeulg up americans with that type of language, and her quote, playing the race card. evetta king joins me now. dr. king welcome, good to have you here. >> thank you for letting me join you. martha, if i may say, just listening to reverend sharpton and reverend jackson. reverend jackson, no justice no piece. there is power in the blood of reverend martin luther king jr. there is power in the blood of trayvon martin. certainly the power is in the blood of jesus christ. we are in easter season. to say no justice, no peace if you know jesus you know there is peace. trayvon's family is grieving right now and they don't need a lot of anger and fear surrounding that. certainly trayvon martin, a young man, cut down in his prime, i would say because of my ministry, a late abortion, now his dreams are dead. also with mr. zimmerman his life is turned upside down. two young men, one dead. of course we love oufr children, we love all children. a

dr. king, that caused a standing ovation in that auditorium, 7,000 people and i'm one of the young students in the year 1962. he was the first person that truly inspired me. the next one was none other than nelson mandela and his plight and the need to end apartheid which i wound up carrying signs that was over in san francisco, the consulate was the extension tfr united nations something. and so on. and the next thing i know, 1963, i'm in a situation, in a period where i'm in a situation in a period where martin -- no. john f. kennedy is killed and malcolm x leads the nation of islam and he creates the oau, and i vow that i'm going to try to get myself to new york at some point and join malcolm x's organization. to push the story on up, malcolm x was killed in 1965. i had a one-man riot. was nobody else on the street rioting. i'm talking about i'm coming down the street from my house with crocodile tears running down, i'm so upset that malcolm x has been killed, as far as i am concerned the r

people in these countries and the kind that actually causes development within these countries i like dr king more and more every day shannon if you want to. i have kind of a conspiracy theory about this i think this might be a smear campaign by nigeria and colombia there are people who are trying to contest that position no no this is if this is going to be a conspiracy theory thing and you know who would be behind this mayor campaign larry summers ok that would be my bet. you're going to everybody together let's move on because from possible world bank president to a former i.m.f. chief and earlier i called him the former i.m.f. president i think the head of the i.m.f. it's called the managing director so i'm sorry i think i got that wrong please forgive me i hope you will buy this story because dominique strauss kahn of course we have heard so much about him over the last year or so he's been put under a preliminary investigation for his alleged involvement in a french prostitution ring what are his charges aggravated him being so you look. what exactly is this charge aggravated pimping wh

dr. martin luther king middle school. i am not capable of teaching there. all of the suspensions, how many have i done? none. how many kids have a kick out of the classroom? none. do i have perfect classroom control? yes. why do we take our kids out on the streets? why are they out of class? my son is an attorney, my niece is a medical doctor. we believe in education. they have perfect attendance throughout the history of going to school. tonight, i wondered what i would say and i knew this thing would go off. so what? so what? i am tired of watching our kids get a kick out of school. kicked out for what? for fighting? fix it. you are supposed to fix this stuff, not kick kids out. we are tired of our children being kicked out of school. i have not take anyone out of school but i am being kicked out. for what? for loving my students? i have a 125 get well cards from my students that brought me here. president yee: thank you. thank you very much. >> what are we teaching our children? when we take them to occur, -- to the curb, we are no better than the people

being done right kevin powell activist and author of barack obama ronald reagan and the ghost of dr king take a listen. to the way of. where this is supposed to sound with. worry over i don't like the forty's it both ways but i know that it's like this is a result. more also. of fear power. this is a little self imposed so i was going to. do it like there was free trade or more help for the folks there in israel who also. works because we do things that we do for with us but it's a way for people who are so close family and so so on and i know that my grandparents program folder you can see in our region that with their right to do yoga teachers nurses were the most they were basically. the to cavite what about get the right to bear arms is a constitutional right why pair people of this right. well you know it's like the band they're always with the civil rights but i reckon you know the song we were banned from the right to vote because black people those people polled were banned from right to vote for third place that was part of the country style the artists really brought us not eve

dr. martin luther king, jr.out the deep south battling injustice, but have you ever wondered how dr. king learned about issue that is impacted the lives of african-americans? many people simply wrote to him. 100-year-old amelia boynton is one of them and today she's making her mark. considered one of the pioneers of the civil rights movement, boynton helped organize the selma to montgomery march in 1965 known as bloody sunday. she was one of the 17 hospitalized after being beaten by police. that incident brought national attention to the voter rights movement and led to the signing of the 1965 voting rights act. all this week activists mark the 47th anniversary of bloody sunday by recreating the imagine and other activities. they say the push for voter rights is just as relevant today. so for her fight against injustice and contribution to history, we choose amelia boynton as our person who is at 100 years old making their mark. . [ male announcer ] even if you think you can live with your old mattress... ask me