dr. martin luther king's jr. estate -- king jr.' estates. >>> they said that the recession has likely come to an end. so if the economy is improving, why is it tougher than ever for people to get mortgages and car loans? we'll have that story and much more tonight, only on the cbs evening news. i'm creigh deeds, candidate for governor and my campaign sponsored this ad. the washington post calls bob mcdonnell a "culture warrior." and what does that mean for virginia? it means: bob mcdonnell introduced 35 bills to restrict a woman's right to choose. he wants to outlaw abortion-- even in cases of rape and incest. and mcdonnell opposed birth control for married adults. learn more about bob mcdonnell's crusade to take virginia backwards. >>> an update, reports out of new haven connecticut, they have released the death of the 24-year-old, annie le, her body was found on sunday, stuffed inside a basement wall of the university research lab where he worked. news report say that the possible suspect is a fellow lab worker. police are not con

dr. martin luther king junior. it pledged to raise or donate $1 million to build the memorial planned if the national mall. so far $107 million of the $121 million needed to build it has been raised. >>> october 12th is a big day for michael jackson fans. that's when the king of pop's first post huous song is scheduled to be released. two weeks later, sony is releasing a two cd set that will include new hits and old and a spoken poem from jack soon son called planet earth. >>> peter brown is a philosopher and the author of the book right relationships, building a whole earth economy. welcome to the show. thank you for coming with your new book. >> thank you for having me. i'm pleased to be here. >> what is a whole earth economy? >> it is to start with the characterrics of the planet and fit the economy within that. what we do now is we plan the economy and ignore the constraints and characteristics of the planet. >> so you look at characterrics of the planet and plan around that, give us an example of what that mea

dr. martin luther king junior's letter from a birmingham jail this year. in 1960 he read from a state prison. >> this is a letter from dr. martin king jr. to his wife. on october 206th 1960. the the, the island. today i find myself a long way from you and the children. i and at the state prison and reads bill which is about 230 miles away fromdmonton. they picked me up from the big help sell at 4:00 a.m. this morning. i know this whole experience is very difficult for you, especially in the conditions of your pregnancy, but as i said to you yesterday this is the cross that we must bear for the freedom of all people. so i urge you to be strong and safe and this will in turn strengthen me. i can if you bet it is extremely difficult to think of being away from you for four months. but and ask god our lead for the power and endurance. i have the fai to believe that this excess of suffering which has now come to or family will in some blue line serve to make atlanta and a better city, georgia a better state, and american a better country. to his talent i do not

dr. martin luther king. notice he did not say i have a wish because wishes have no substance. but if you can have a dream you can dream about doing incredible things. you can dream of starting a business or going back to school. you can dream of buying a home. dreams have stub stance and that's why i encourage you to dream about big things and then move on those dreams to create real realities. if you do, you not only change your life but you can literally change the future. this is willie jolly. visit my website at willie jolly.com for free motivation and make each and every minute count. >>> today is high school hero central friday. a new way to highlight heros across the region. kristin fisher is in hyattsville, maryland. who's the big hero there, kristin? >> our high school hero this morning is the head coach for the dematha high school varsity team. he was named high school coach of the year for starting a program here in the washington area to teach high schoolers how to play the game and how to live life after football. it is three days before the third game of the seas

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dr. martin luther king and clinton was trying to feel taylor out about what was the best way to leave a historicalted, provide a more thorough glimpse into his thinking and decisionmaking process. >> will, this is so absolutely fascinating that these secret tapes were being made, some of the most controversial moments, including the monica lewinsky scandal, at the white house. that president clinton was stuffing these tapes away in his sock drawer so they wouldn't be subpoenaed. i have a question now about the lawyers going back and saying, wow did they fully turn over all of the evidence? did he need to turn that over? what did we learn from these tapes? what did clinton tell his old buddy, taylor branch about the whole monica lewinsky scandal? >> fascinating. one of the aspects of this book interesting to me, parts as a reader and later interviewing taylor was that taylor took copious notes about his interviews with clinton and this book is written from taylor's notes. so, driving back from the white house to taylor's house in baltimore late at night, sometimes near the break of dawn after these

dr. martin luther king jr. so given the things we just talked about how is the person, an average persono make the distinction? how arwe supposed to know? is the government really out to get us? are theyeally treating conspiracies or is thisust another, you know another wrong explanation? .. from one that is imagined or maybe there is no way to do that exit of th investigation. >> guest: i mean what was watergate? there s a coniracy among the "washington post" involved in this conspiracy and then they proved it was a real conspiracy, iran contra, until the evidence comes u real conspiracy. other conspiracies, you know, we don't have the evidence yet. that doesn't mean all ways they didn't happen but it doesn't mean we need to dend delete could demand the evidence. >> host: thank you very much. it's been wonderful. >> guest: thank you. >>> to present their reasons for engaging in the confrontation. he also profiles key participants including arican president william polk and antonio lopez de santa anna. the publ

dr. martin luther king jr. post office. dr. martin luther king jr. became one of the most important public figures of our time. his leadership in the civil rights movement helped make america the country it is today. because of his many accomplishments in the pursuant of justice and liberty, it's clear he deserve this is honor and recognition. he began his career as a baptist minister who was also a leading civil rights leader in the 1950's and 1960's. it's hard to forget his stirring and often-quoted "i have a dream" speech that established him as one of the great american orators of all time. his crusade to end all forms of racial inequity was crucial. his cry against segregation and other forms of discrimination brought this issue to the forefront of american culture. dr. king was awarded the nobel peace prize in 1964, which helped show the word that racial discrimination could be ended through nonviolent means. he was awarded the presidential medal of freedom and congressional gold medal. in his recognition of many accomplishments for our country

dr. martin luther king, everyone can be great because anyone can serve. we reach out and look for anyone who has an interest in serving and help them find the place to do it. you can serve in a lot of different ways, you can be a tradition volunteer and skilled volunteer and volunteer in emergency rooms and we mobilize thoerz volunteers as well. you can be a volunteer that says i want to serve on a nonprofit board. we have the largest developments in board leadership and placement we do. when we talk about the typical individuals, it's anyone with the heart and the head and wants to serve, and we can help make that connection for you. >> for anyone that living in alexandria. >> i love the organization and they're sponsoring the cleanup day. just contact our high school. we can help direct you to that site. you know, again, it's such a spirited place to work that, you know, the students will approach us and in many cases what more can we do? through our involvement and through the impetus of our project, you're students go to the elementary schools and tro

dr. martin luther king, jr. clearly this award is begin to those who had accomplishments the world.d we have recipients of this award and i want to give a brief introduction. they are not in order, though many of these people you recognize by face, as i call them out, i want them to identify themselves. first five representatives of the little rock nine. [applause] a name that is often associated with the little rock nine is daisy bates, and she was not a student that just participated in little rock school, she was the president of the little rock branch. we have with us five of the original nine participants. they are mr. ernest green. [applause] mr. carlota reynier. mr. terrence roberts. mr. jefferson thomas. and mrs. minniejean brown-tricky. just to provide the briefest background in context, these are recipients of the 43rd medal in 1958, they desegregated little rock high school in 1957, that was a previously all white high school. there was a little resistance when they tried to do that. a mob of irate white citizens formed and the governor of arkansas at that time, called ou

dr. martin luther king jr..o clearly this award has been given to luminaries from a variety of appeals who have made very significant accomplishments of to society and the world. we have a collection of previous recipients of the war. i would like to give a very brief introduction to them -- recipients of the award. the introductions work -- are not in order. as i call them out, i would like for them to identify themselves. that means the to five representatives of the little rock nine. -- let me introduce by representatives of the little rock nine. [applause] a name that is often associated is miss daisy bates. some of us may not realize she was not a student who for dissipated in the desegregation of the little rock schools. she was the president of the naacp branch in little rock at the time this activity occurred. we have with us today five of the original nine participants who were identified as the little rock nine. they are mr. ernest green, ms. carlotta lanier, mr. terrence roberts, mr. jefferson thomas,

dr. martin luther king junior talked about when we're judged by the content of our character and not by the color of our skin. that's the way it's supposed to be. and, in fact, i've got recently called racist by information -- i was told by one reporter, who called over the posey bill that does something very simple and i know there are people out there conservatives, maybe radicals the bill simply says beginning in 2012, you have to show you're qualified. all of a sudden, i start getting calls, i got mentioned in "doonsberry" by name. they're mentioning language, one reporter says she got it from a high source at the white house, i was trying to delegitimize the president. when i recommended the reporter read the bill and she did, we didn't hear any more about it. then i've also gotten all kinds of information, apparently this information, supposedly some of it came from the white house, they've branded me a racist. i think it's appropriate to note, with my apologies to the texas former senator phil gramm, who i really appreciate his politics, i liked alan keyes better in 1996. i voted for

is to say kennedys were anywhere near on board with the early civil rights campaign of martin luther king. when dr. king talked about the kennedys were really not his allies. jack and robert. let us talk about history. robert kennedy signed off as attorney general on the wiretapping, illegal wiretapping, if you will, instigated by j. edgar hoover, on martin luther king to get dirt on him. hoover was famous for getting dirt on politicians. so, the kennedys, robert and jack were no great friend of martin luther king or the civil rights movement. guest: thank you for the question. for whatever it is worth, senator kennedy says in this book that he thought j. edgar hoover went way too far. he was disgusted by the wiretapping and he says that whenever he passes the j. edgar hoover building he feels a sense of despair. senator kennedy in his book was very careful to talk about his own personal experiences. so this is not a book about robert f. kennedy, it is a book about ted kennedy. his own experiences with the civil rights movement -- i believe i ever presented them accurately and i encourage you to r

dr. martin luther king junior. it pledged to raise or donate $1 million to help to build the dr. martin luther king junior memorial which is planned for the national mall. so far $107 million of the $120 million needed to build that memorial has been raised. >>> coming up next, kim will be here with our forecast. >>> i'm relaxing on our beautiful weather terrace lawn furniture. it is great to see you. nice and toasty out here. feels more like summer than fall. i will let you know if we keep this vibe in to the seven-day forecast when i see you next. you are watching 9 news now. lr this fiber? i'd had my fill. lr then i found miralax. announcer: miralax is the only brand clinically proven to relieve constipation with no harsh side effects. you'll see. it's clearly different. restore your body's natural rhythm with miralax. day on monday and then tuesday and wednesday, cooler weather makes a comeback. our highs on tuesday and wednesday next week only in the 60s. >> thank you, kim. >>> medium is a drama that is based on a real life story and it will air tomorrow night on wusa. and