dr. martin luther king behind bars. s documentary shows -- it is hard to believe it was only 13 years, the trajectory of the public life of dr. king. the much more we want to play for you. lee's call-in. 4334. your call makes it possible for link tv to happen. i'm amy goodman, your host of democracy now!, independent, international investigative news hour bringing you this remarkable dvd set. it only played that once and then over the decades, maybe a much shortened version played. finally in conjunction with the library of congress and the museum of modern art modern art, this film was remastered, 35mm archival dvd settion, now 2- available for you for $150. we urge you to go to the phone and let us know you are there. please call in right now, let us know that democracy now! matters to you. 866-359-4334. this is a monumental documentary that follows dr. king from 1955 until 1968 him in his rise and from regional activist to world renowned leader of the civil rights movement. rare footage of his speeches, protests, arre

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dr. martin luther king jr. the president spoke in very personal terms tying dr. king's journey to his own struggles growing up. >> we know that too many young men in our community continue to make bad choices and i have to say, growing up, i made quite a few myself. somebody i wrote of off my own failings as just another example of the world trying to keep a black man down. i had a tendency sometimes to make excuses for me not doing the right thing. but one of the things that all of you have learned over the last four years is there's no longer any room for excuses. be the best husband to your w e wife, or your boyfriend or your partner. be the best father you can be to your children. because nothing's more important. whatever success i have achieved, whatever positions of leadership i have held, have depended less on ivy league degrees or s.a.t. scores or gpas and have instead been due to that sense of connection and empathy. the special obligation i felt as a black man, like you, to help those who need it most, people who didn't have the opportunities that i ha

dr. martin luther king, jr., city officials and president kennedy negotiated a truce. one week later, kennedy announced the deal on national television. >> the city of birmingham has committed itself wholeheartedly to continuing progress in this area. >> reporter: progress meant birmingham would desegregate its public facilities. >> we were being abused and no one was paying attention. and nonviolence proved to be, i think, a much more powerful weapon than violence. we felt victorious in a sense. >> reporter: a victory that was felt far beyond birmingham. the children's sacrifice helped pass the civil rights act the following year and forever changed the nation. michelle miller, cbs news, birmingham. >> and that's the "cbs evening news" for tonight. for all of us at cbs news all around the world, good night. the world captioning sponsored by cbs

dr. martin luther king. took him years to come to that position, and i think that one of the things that is happening in our society is that there is so much racism and bigotry towards the president coming from the right. i think a lot of liberals feel they are in a triage mode. do we say something about this or hold them accountable? eric holder it is speech about killing american citizens without due process, and that they will ultimately benefit the political opponents of the president, because they are going to you that and say you're a guy was the man expanding all of this. your nobel peace prize-winning president is the one normalized all of these policies. tavis: what are the implications of this policy if we do not we'll it back in? politically, militarily, and i have to imagine that we're creating a lot of enemies around the world, starting with the families of these victims that we kill with these drones, which, as you said earlier, you cannot surrender to a drone. >> there is going to be blowback.

dr. martin luther king jr. >> the president received an honorary degree from the historically black, all-male institution. he urged graduates to use education and skills to not only make money but become socially conscious community leaders. >> soap your experiences give you special insight -- so your experiences give you special insight that today's leaders need. if you tap into that experience, it should endow you with empathy. >> last week the president delivered the commencement address at ohio state. his third and final speech of graduation season is scheduled at the u.s. naval academy on friday. >> thank you for watching nbc bay area news at 5:00. "nbc nightly news" is next. then more local news at 6:00. we will see you then. good night! >>> on this sunday night -- high alert. severe weather breaking out right now from the plains to the great lakes. >> wow! look at the rotation! >> damaging winds, tornadoes and flooding. tonight why close to half the u.s. population could be at risk from dangerous storms before it is over. >>> collision course. dramatic new images of a commuter train cr

dr. martin luther king, jr. the president said the points and minds have been changed and that someone like you can become the president of the united states. >> it is up to you to care about justice for everybody, white, black and brown. everybody, not just in your own community, but all across this country and around the world. >> well the president received an honorary doctorate of laws from morehouse. >> and the school is not named after her, but if scandal keeps it up, it may be. kerry washington gave the commencement at her alma mater, george washington. she said she is still haunted by being cast as a frog in her college musical but now she is olivia pope on the abc hit show scandal. >> we are thinking we're celebrating our academic and intellectual achievement with the lady that has had an awith the president on the tv show -- an affair with the president on the tv show. >> she recalls more than a few drinking nights when she was a student there. >> and tomorrow night on "dancing with the stars" and jaco

dr. martin luther king jr. not only marched here -- he was born here. and so was rosa parks -- the african-american woman who refused to move to the back of the bus. it may be a simple flag, but alabamians take pride in it. in addition to the pledge of allegiance to the stars and recite a special pledge of allegiance to their state flag. with "flag facts," i'm katie. >> grab a pen. aubrey has another great recipe from the culinary institute of america. >> hi, everyone. i hope you're doing well. today, we're going to make really, really easy and delicious hummus with homemade pita chips. earlier, i cut and toasted my pita... ...i squeezed the juice out of a lemon... ...and i peeled some fresh garlic. i have all of my ingredients ready. we have 2 cups of chickpeas, half a cup of olive oil. we have 2 tablespoons of tahini, which is a sesame paste that you can find in any grocery store. we have garlic. i peeled more garlic than i need, but once i do it, i can use it for the rest of the week in all of the food that i make. we also have salt and the juice of

dr. martin luther king, jr., and a string of presidential campaigns, ground-breaking coverage of the environmentll. if you watched a lot of tv news back in the day, especially if you were an nbc family, you knew his name, his face, his work. he was a tough, competitive montana original. our colleague don oliver was 76 years old. >>> great moment on the field at fenway. jeff bowman lost both legs in the boston marathon bombing but survived thanks to the guy we know as the man in the cowboy hat. he's carlos aridondo. together last night they threw out the first pitch in front of a roaring hometeam crowd. they did a great job. boston sports teams continue to honor all the victims at every event. we were in boston earlier today where we sat down with six of the most extraordinary women you will ever meet. they are all amputees. they are all boston marathon victims. some of them knew one another before. some met just today. you will want to hear them tell their story. our conversation will air on an all new rock center this coming friday night, 10:00/9:00 central. >>> there is another old song "lipst

dr. martin luther kings juniors letter from birmingham jail. he reports on the effect the letterhead on the civil rights movement. this is about an hour and 15 minutes. >> good evening. welcome. very pleased you all joined us this evening. also want to welcome our good friends from c-span who are taping tonight's program. it will be broadcast on booktv at a future time. also please know we have books for sale in the back, and i'm sure our office will be happy to sign those for you. the doors are locked. you cannot leave until all the books have been sold off lack country -- [laughter] thomas parker said the arc of the universe is long but it bends towards justice. i was thinking about that today as we set up and prepared for this program because today is april 9. on april 9, 1963, 50 years ago this very day, for young black college students walked in the front door of the building downstairs. they went over to a table. they sat down and started to read. or as one of them described to me later, fake raid because he was scared he is about to rest

dr. martin luther king jr. it's been 50 years since the historic i have a dream speech delivered at the height of the struggle for civil rights and justice in this country. and on the steps of the lincoln memorial in 1963. the president spoke for 34 minutes about his own life and the experience of being black in america. >> i was raised by a heroic single mom, wonderful grandparent. made incredible sacrifices for me. i sure wish i had a father who was not only president, but involved. didn't know my dad. i want to break that cycle. when a father is not at home. when a father is not helping to raise that son or daughter. >> i want to be a better father. a better husband. a better man. too many young men make bad choices. i have to say growing up i made quite a few myself. sometimes i wrote off my own failings as just another example of the world trying to keep a black man down. i had a tendency sometimes to make excuses for me not doing the right thing. whatever positions of leadership i have held have depended

dr. martin luther king was gunned down in memphis, tennessee. he had gone there to organize with sanitation workers. for that crime, he had lost his life. a year to the day before he was killed, april 4, 1967, dr. king spoke at riverside church in new york city. he uttered those words about the united he loved, about states, that it is the the greatest purveyor of violence in the world today. was speaking out against the vietnam war, something even his closest inner circle warned him against. he said you are the most powerful person on earth, you got the civil rights act, you got him to agree with you, why would you alienate him now? dr. king said, this was all a seamless web, this concern about human rights at home and abroad. for the next year, he was increasingly outspoken about war. , fromsponse of the media the "new york times" to "the whatngton post," decrying he said at the riverside church, calling it propaganda that sounded like it was from hanoi. i think we have to look back 45 years ago and assess where we are today 45 years later. wh

dr. martin luther king, jr., spike lee and am you'll jackson. >> recent scandals are not no hurting the president when it comes to his approval rating. cnn and orc shows 53 mrs. of americans approve of the job president obama is doing, whilee 45% disapprove. the numbers virtually up changed from polls taken from the scandal hit. >>> white house in firefighterring mode as a try effect that tries to derail the second term agenda. a fox 5 melanie almwick has your round-up. >> i think it's a 30 day review. those had a count-up. >> reporter: this badge did five sunday talk shows, white house senior adviser dan siphers turn, the associated press and beangzs talking point. where the white house said it won't spend a lot of time? >> if he was involved in those.t like i said the cart nal rule is you don't get involved in independent investigations andit you don't give the appearanceeaa doing so. >> i've seen this playbook fromm republicans before, what they want to do is try to drag washington into a swamp of part zhan fishing expeditions andnd false allegations. >> reporter: it's not just republicans mak

dr. martin luther king. that in decided montgomery, alabama, black people had to face the same crisis on the buses, as the white people, but we had to sit in the back. and we could only sit in the back if every available person was taken by a white person. if a white person was standing, a black person could not sit. dr. king and his associates got together and said, this is inhuman. we will boycott the bus system. understand what a boycott is. a boycott is a passive act. it is the most acid lyrical act -- it is the most passive political act a person can commit. we are simply saying, we will not ride your buses. no antagonism. it was not verbally violent. it was peaceful. dr. king's all as nonviolence blackachieve gains for people in the united states. if youn assertion was are nonviolence, if you suffer, your opponent will feel suffering and be moved to change his heart. that is very good. he only made one salacious assumption. in order for nonviolence to work, your opponent must have a conscience. the uni

dr. martin luther king jr. he said this. to lift himself by his own bootstraps, but it is a cruel jest to say to a bootless man that he ought to lift himself up by his own bootstraps." now, the president talked about dr. king, but do you think he included enough of the spirit of dr. king in what he was saying? because you can say all kinds of things to young black men and women, but if a child is living in poverty with a single parent and a relative in prison, and all kind of difficult circumstances, it's not always their fault that they're not doing well. >> absolutely right. and let me tell you what. the only person who didn't earn a degree that day was a barack obama. everybody else earned their degrees. he got an honorary degree. they put in hard work to make sure they were successful. the president is a great man. he gives often great speeches. this, i think, was a bit misplaced. he has a tendency to scold african-american people, the very ones who don't deserve it. if he was at a detention center or at a prison i could

dr. martin luther king. much of the march on washington iconography features came either up close at the podium or with a faceless crowd behind him. but here, the leader and the former president from afar at a distance atmospheric and collective shot. as king speaks, freed at this capturing front and back shots of the crowd, the thousands of marchers separating freed and king with lincoln behind him. this image serves as a complex and collective portrait of the march on washington at the lincoln memorial. within a year freed crosses paths with king and he photographed the leader of the baltimore street parade on october 31, 1964. freed had gone back to europe and returned again and king himself had just gotten back from europe. on this trip it was announced he would receive the nobel peace prize and this was one of the first public gatherings in his honor. freed devoted a full day photographing king of baltimore including a parade honoring him and his speech at a local synagogue. this photograph from the par

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dr. martin luther king jr. delivered his famous "i have a dream" speech. and thanks to dr. work, and the work of others before and after him, we've seen real change in the struggle for civil rights. history made with our first african-american president, but now, 50 years after the march on washington, we're dangerously close to regressing on some of the most fundamental advancements in our society. the support reme court is ready rule on an affirmative action case that will impact the admission practices of schools throughout the country. our education system is leaving minority and poor students behind. and today we're seeing red flags. the headline "new york times" in the today reads, "racial diversity efforts ebb for elite careers." the "time"s says that only a little more than 1% of the nation's fortune 500 companies have black chief executives. at the nation's biggest companies, only about 3.2% of senior executive positions are held by african-americans. about 5% of physicians and dentists are black. just 3% of american architects are black. the generation of dr. king

dr. martin luther king. much of the march on washington iconography features came either up close at the podium or with a faceless crowd behind him. but here, the leader and the former president from afar at a distance atmospheric and collective shot. as king speaks, freed at this capturing front and back shots of the crowd, the thousands of marchers separating freed and king with lincoln behind him. this image serves as a complex and collective portrait of the march on washington at the lincoln memorial. within a year freed crosses paths with king and he photographed the leader of the baltimore street parade on october 31, 1964. freed had gone back to europe and returned again and king himself had just gotten back from europe. on this trip it was announced he would receive the nobel peace prize and this was one of the first public gatherings in his honor. freed devoted a full day photographing king of baltimore including a parade honoring him and his speech at a local synagogue. this photograph from the par

dr. martin luther king.uch of the march on washington iconography features came either up close at the podium or with a faceless crowd behind him. but here, the leader and the former president from afar at a distance atmospheric and collective shot. as king speaks, freed at this capturing front and back shots of the crowd, the thousands of marchers separating freed and king with lincoln behind him. this image serves as a complex and collective portrait of the march on washington at the lincoln memorial. within a year freed crosses paths with king and he photographed the leader of the baltimore street parade on october 31, 1964. freed had gone back to europe and returned again and king himself had just gotten back from europe. on this trip it was announced he would receive the nobel peace prize and this was one of the first public gatherings in his honor. freed devoted a full day photographing king of baltimore including a parade honoring him and his speech at a local synagogue. this photograph from the parad

dr. martin luther king jr. -- these men were many things to many people and they knew full well the roleacism played in their lives. but when it came to their own accomplishments and sense of purpose, they had no time for excuses. every one of you have a grandma or uncle or parent who has told you that at some point in life as an african-american, you have to work twice as hard as anyone else if you want to get by. i think president mays put it even better. he said "whatever you do, try to do it so well that no man living in no man dead and no man yet to be born can do it any better. [applause] --romise you what was made what was needed in dr. mays time, the work, dedication and no excuses is needed now more than ever. getou think you can just over in this economy because you have a morehouse agree, you are in for a rude awakening very if you stay hungry, if you keep on your, if you keep grind and get other folks to do the same, nobody can stop you. [applause] i talk about pursuing excellence and setting an example, not not just talking about in your professional life. one of today's gra

dr. martin luther king jr. this is the first time that a sitting president has addressed a commence are commencement in the state of georgia. that area is under a thunderstorm warning until 12:45 eastern. the president joked that the first lady would never sit out in the rain. investigators are looking into whether the elderly man who plowed his car into a parade in virginia may have suffered a medical emergency before the crash. thankfully, no one died, but 60 people, including the driver were hurt. the man reportedly drove the car more than 100 feet into the crowd before hitting hikers. investigators have not ruled out charges, potentially, in that case. well, just one ticket has matched all six numbers in the powerball jackpot. while we don't know who the winner is yet, we do know where the winning ticket was sold. >> reporter: hello, shannon. well in this case, one is not the loneliest number you will ever do. one lone ticket in zephyr hills, florida, matched all six numbers, bagging the highest powerball j

dr. martin luther king would be invited to any of the celebrations of his life on the federal holiday that people fought so hard for for so many years. >> think about how they reacted th to the military whistle blower who brings forward these documents. if you've seen the movie, the documentary, it almost amounted to civil disobedience. when one main stream media was stopped another picked it up. when they were stopped another picked it up. now look how they've reacted to the whistle blower named bradley manning. this 25-year-old who is facing life in prison. the iraq war logs, the afghan war logs, the u.s. state department and the role they play in atrosstiss or covering up prosecutions in europe against c.i.a. officers who have engaged in torture or kidnapping. it's like night and day. >> i think it's very important to talk about bradley manning. this about this: this is a young man who was in the army in iraq who has said he did download these documents. he has been held for three years without trial, three years. when it was last time you heard his voice? if you tune into democracy now

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dr. martin luther king's suits, for example. and say how can he be expected to wear a civic leader when he wears these baggy gray flannel suits that are so ill-fitting. and you read this and say, god, you don't see what's happening before your very eyes. that's so much of sports journalism today. before i talk about some of the revolutionary changes i think have happened in sports since roughly 2008, i do want to talk a little bit about sports journalism. because i do think most sports journalism, it falls roughly in three categories. the first category is just, you could call it the us weekly of sports. who's the athlete dating, what kind of cars are they driving. you don't know where the kardashians kardashians and the nba exists. it's like this horrifying human sent period. and -- centipede. and there's so much coverage to it, it doesn't matter how famous the player is. you're a lot were better off ben some way connected to the kardashian family than taking a stand. the most famous basketball player on earth right now has to

dr. martin luther king used in his strategies of pray-ins but also we can use our modern tool so the interneteat ways. i'm so glad to hear about these moral mondays. i want to see more of this. right now north carolina is ground zero. but it is critical that we fight in the other eight states. where we have these critical fights going on right now around attempts to suppress the right to vote. >> barbara, i should say something slightly different. how important is north carolina in 2014 and in 2016? >> well, the whole fight is over north carolina. i mean, this battle right now in 2013 is over 2014. we should be clear that already this year since january 58 to 60 voter suppression bills have been introduced in the various state legislatures. people are thinking really hard about 2014 and how to make sure that people cannot vote and those of us who believe in democracy, we're fighting to make sure that people can vote and expand the right to vote. so there's a fight, wheels, counter visions, different perspectives, but we are fighting every day. and i want to make sure the people are engaged in

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dr. martin luther king was gunned down in memphis, tennessee. he had gone there to organize with sanitation workers. for that crime, he had lost his life. a year to the day before he was killed, april 4, 1967, dr. king spoke at riverside church in new york city. and he uttered those words about the country he loved, about the united states, that it's the greatest purveyor of violence in the world today. he was speaking out against the vietnam war. something even his closest inner circle warned him against, said you've got the voting rights after the most powerful person on earth on your side, referring to president johnson, you've got the civil rights act, you got him to agree with you. why would you alienate him now? but dr. king said this was all a seamless web. his concern about human rights at home and abroad. and for the next year, he was increasingly outspoken about war. the response be of the immediate -- the response of the media from "the new york times" to "the washington post" to "time" magazine decrying what he said in that liveside

dr. martin luther king would be invited to any of the celebrations of his life on the federal holiday that people fought so hard for so many years. >> think about how they reacted to the military whistle blower who brings forward these documents. if you've seen the movie, the documentary, it almost amounted to civil disobedience. when one main stream media was stopped another picked it up. when they were stopped another picked it up. now look how they've reacted to the whistle blower named bradley manning. this 25-year-old who is facing life in prison. the iraq war logs, the afghan war logs, the u.s. state department and the role they play in atrocities or covering up prosecutions in europe against c.i.a. officers who have engaged in torture or kidnapping. it's like night and day. >> i think it's very important to talk about bradley manning. think about this -- this is a young man who was in the army in iraq who has said he did download these documents. he has been held for three years without trial, three years. when it was last time you heard his voice? if you tune into democracy now you

dr. martin luther king who was 28 years old at the time, and they got along, and king had been trying tosee nixon to lobby for civil rights. wanted to get to eisenhower. he said, come see me. and they met in washington -- nixons office and stayed in touch regularly, and king really felt -- they had correspondence, king admired him and the one black man in eisenhower's when is white house was named fred morrow, and he felt completely alienated. some people the -- he saw nixon -- he said, fred, i don't think you should always be talking about jobs and issues that affect black people. you should -- that demeans you, and appreciated the sensitivity. baffling. he baffles me in so many wisdom but the public nixon was always pretty good, and i can't forget or explain the later tapes but presidents vent. the job is terrible. it's horrible, and they have so much pressure on them, and harry truman would use the n-word, refer to jews as kikes, but people thought good old harry truman, and -- it's what they do that counts. i give nixon a little pass on the grousing he does about the liberals who alw

dr. king preached. 13 students from martin luther king middle school will make the trip. they are part of a program called students of pride helping to close the achievement gap of some minority students. bob ivory is the program director one of eight chaperones traveling with students. >> i think it can only enhance our students to know your zip code does not necessarily dictate where you're going. >> he says they are on track for college. >> i'm thinking of go tok stanford. >> the cost is $24,000. many organizations and people helped to fund this trip they're still short f you want to help, visit our web site. and click it on see it on tv. >> that is nice. >> coming up next an important tip by michael finney. >> if you're planning to get a car we can he >>> if you're thinking about getting a car we have important information for to you consider before you decide whether to buy or lease. >> yes. there are many changes and michael finney is here to explain what is up. >> yes this, is good news. car leasing can help you keep payments down but i've got ways to never leave m

dr. martin luther king would be invited to any of the celebrations of his life on the federal holiday thatfought so hard for for so many years. >> think about how they reacted th to the military whistle blower who brings forward these documents. if you've seen the movie, the documentary, it almost amounted to civil disobedience. when one main stream media was stopped another picked it up. when they were stopped another picked it up. now look how they've reacted to the whistle blower named bradley manning. this 25-year-old who is facing life in prison. the iraq war logs, the afghan war logs, the u.s. state department and the role they play in atrosstiss or covering up prosecutions in europe against c.i.a. officers who have engaged in torture or kidnapping. it's like night and day. >> i think it's very important to talk about bradley manning. this about this: this is a young man who was in the army in iraq who has said he did download these documents. he has been held for three years without trial, three years. when it was last time you heard his voice? if you tune into democracy now had you

dr. martin luther king who was 28 years old at the time, and they got along, and king had been trying to see nixon to lobby for civil rights. wanted to get to eisenhower. he said, come see me. and they met in washington -- nixons office and stayed in touch regularly, and king really felt -- they had correspondence, king admired him and the one black man in eisenhower's when is white house was named fred morrow, and he felt completely alienated. some people the -- he saw nixon -- he said, fred, i don't think you should always be talking about jobs and issues that affect black people. you should -- that demeans you, and appreciated the sensitivity. baffling. he baffles me in so many wisdom but the public nixon was always pretty good, and i can't forget or explain the later tapes but presidents vent. the job is terrible. it's horrible, and they have so much pressure on them, and harry truman would use the n-word, refer to jews as kikes, but people thought good old harry truman, and -- it's what they do that counts. i give nixon a little pass on the grousing he does about the liberals who al

dr. king preached. 13 students from martin luther king middle school will make the trip.hey are part of a program called students of pride helping to close the achievement gap of some minority students. bob ivory is the program director one of eight chaperones traveling with students. >> i think it can only enhance our students to know your zip code does not necessarily dictate where you're going. >> he says they are on track for college. >> i'm thinking of go tok stanford. >> the cost is $24,000. many organizations and people helped to fund this trip they're still short f you want to help, visit our web site. and click it on see it on tv. >> that is nice. >> coming up next an important tip by michael finney. >> if you're planning to get a >> if you're planning to get a car we can help put cash i@÷ ♪ ♪ >> if you're planning to get a cso you can make easy, no-fee reloads with cash and checks... and know you're not on your own. so you can get the reloadable card that keeps up with you. chase liquid. so you can. >>> if you're thinking about getting a car we have important in

dr. martin luther king and other african-american leaders of that generation. the president's visit comes nearly 50 years after king led the march on washington and 150 years after abraham lincoln issued the emancipation proclamation. the president plans to speak on >> to. he's going to offer an overview of his administration's counter-terrorism policy in a speech thursday addressing such issues as the legality of the covert drone program and his pledge to close the guantanamo detention center. this is from the "wall street journal." some other stories from the news, banks have paid less than half of the $5.7 billion in cash owed to troubled home makers brokered by the government in 2008. delaying -- and chinese hackers resume attacks on u.s. targets. the military units is seen as using new methods to retrieve data. it looked at kansas and how the crops and lands are faring out there. it is dry and the fertile planes are steadily turning to dust. let's take one last call on the question of how congress is handling a trio of issues, the i.r.s., the department of

dr. martin luther king jr. wrote in his letter from birmingham jail, quote, injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere, end quote. i pray that the families of olin montgomery, ozzie poul, willie robinson, charlie, eugene and andy and roy may take comfort in alabama's full acknowledgment of the innocence of these wrongfully accused young men. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from oklahoma seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one inute. >> mr. speaker, i stand before you today not only as a mib of congress but as a concerned business owner agered by the fact that obamacare may be putting my companies at financial risk. currently, those businesses employ over 120 people in the state of oklahoma. because of the size of these companies, when obamacare is fully implemented, it will mean an immediate cost of over $200,000 for that business. i ran for co

dr. martin luther king jr. once said we are brothers in the fight for equality. with the strong support of latinas i would not be standing here today as president of the united states. [applause] that is the truth. given that that is america's eritage, given that we share a border with mexico, given tis the run back generations it is critical united states recognizes the need to reform our immigration system. we are a nation of laws that we are also a nation of immigrants. like every nation we have a responsibility to ensure that our laws are upheld. we also know that as a nation of immigrants the laws we have to not reflect our values right now. the separate families when we should be reuniting them. they tell people to live in the shadows and deprives them of the balance of so many young people. immigrants have been the engine of some of market economies. that is one of the reasons i acted to lift the shadow of deportation. that's why i am workign withour congress t -- working with our congress to pass comprehensive immigration reform this year. [applause] refo

dr. king's letter from a birmingham jail, the 50th anniversary of the renowned march on washington and dr. king's "i have a dream" speech and the founding of the martin lutherlege. today on this proud occasion, we add another significant event to this list of noble anniversaries to be celebrated in the years to come, the presence of our honorable speaker for the morning. ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states! [ cheers and applause ] >> hello morehouse! thank you, everybody. please be seated. i love you back. that is why i am here. i have to say that it is one of the great honors of my life to be able to address this gathering here today. . i want to thank dr. wilson for his outstanding leadership at the board of trustees. we have congressman cedric richmond and sanford bishop, both proud alumni of this school, as well as congressman hank johnson and one of my dear friends and a great inspiration to us all, the great john lewis is here. we have your outstanding mayor, mr. cassim reid in the house. to all the members of the morehouse family and most of all congratulations to this distinguished group of morehouse men, the class of 2013. i ha

martin luther king jr. and i met rosa parks in 1957 when i was 17. i met dr. king for next year in 1958 at the age of 18. my folks kept saying to me don't get in trouble, don't get in the way that rosa mart parks and martin luther king jr. inspired me to find a way to get in the way. i was so inspired that in 1956 at the age of 16 with some of my brothers and sisters and cousins we went down to the public library in the town of true alabama trying to get a library card, trying to check out some books. we went to the library that was for whites only and not for. i never went back to that library until july 5, 19 -- and the book walking with the wind. [applause] and hundreds of lack and white citizens came. we had a wonderful program, food something to drink. at the end of the program they gave me a library card. it says something about the common purpose. some of you in my little book walk with the wind i just try to tell the story. i was deeply inspired to move my feet, to move my body and to adhere to the philosophy and the discipline of nonviolence. before any sit in, before any sit in at a theater, bef

help but think reckon back again to martin luther king i mean last week was the forty fifth anniversary of his assassination and. i'm sure you're aware forty five years dr west and people are unaware of something in in all of this but think thirteen percent of black youth addicted to drugs thirty was that away due to dictate a drug sixty five percent of convictions in america are black if you want to deal with criminality you know i was still a wall street look at insider trading market manipulation flawed human accounting why is it not one executive of wall street firm has been investigator prosecuted many of them a dining in a white house but actually involved in an activity that is quite criminal and is not a matter of trashing wall street human beings are human beings let's have a fair rule of law and not capricious an arbitrary for the poor targeting the poor and allowing the well to do this somehow get off just. a wiretap years that's true for torture that of the bush administration while they walk around sipping tea when they violated a law analyst me up very honestly but as you noted i've accused the president himself of being a war criminal in