dr. martin luther king. he will begin in about two minutes. 30 minutes ago, the only times as the marchers arrived, there was some rainfall. at the moment, still just a rain -- gray overcast. the lee terry presence still prevails -- military presence still prevails here. the chief of the united states marshals was allowed to proceed to the opposite side of the street. for over two hours, members of the alabama conservation service have been at the lower steps at the capital. various members of the alabama legislator has been on the steps here witnessing the activities below. master of ceremonies is the reverend abernathy. he has served as master of ceremonies. most of the crowd has taken the opportunity to be seated. many are seated at this time. the majority are still standing. this out of necessity. there has been not one single incident from the time this march started -- >> will you please add their names to the list. the reverend mclean of montgomery, alabama. the reverend nelson smith of birmingham, al

dr. plant martin -- dr. martin luther king jr. the idea of a just america and fair america and inclusive america and generous america that idea ultimately triumphed. as is true across the landscape of american history we can not examine this moment in isolation. the march on selma was part of a broad are campaign that spanned generations generations. the leaders that day part of a long line of heroes. we gather here to celebrate them. we gather here to honor the courage of ordinary americans willing to endure billy clubs and the chasening rods, tear gas and the trampling hoof and despite the gush of blood and splintered bone would stay truth to their north star and keep marching toward justice. they did a scripture instructed for joy and hope, be patient in tribulation. be constant in prayer. in the days to come they went back again and again. when the trumpet call sounded for more to join the people came. black and white. young and old. christian and jew. waving the american flag singing the same anthems full of faith and hope. a

dr. martin luther king at the head of the contingent. dr. ralph bunch also at the head of the contingent. the mass of humanity begin to fill this area. to my right, a statue of the first president of the confederacy. and a jet at an at tud less than 1,00 feet just zoomed over the capitol. no one has yet mounted the speakers' platform at least none of the speakers have yet mounted that platform. it would seem that at the moment, some marchers are holding up some 50 foot from the platform to allow photographers to snap those pictures that they've been waiting for for some time. and as the front ranks spill out, more marchers still coming. we see signs in the group, atlanta students, canada. u.s. flags, more in evidence now. when the marchers first arrived, not many in evidence. >> fact push . >> faces in the crowd harry belafonte. harry belafonte sammy davis, jr., alan king, they were all there alock with many others. belafonte joined the march yesterday for a few miles. picking up at the edge of montgomery and moving into st. juds. this march

dr. martin luther king's lawyer was in the class of 1951. dr. martin luther king and corralled us king lived on our campus after their house was on the montgomery. we are proud to be part of this legacy of courage, determination, vacation at -- dedication and faith. we talk a lot about face but it is the faith that has allowed us to move forward when our ancestors walked together, even though they were being beaten, bruised, battered and killed so we could exercise our rights and freedoms today. we don't need to get comfortable . we don't need to get amnesia and think everything is all right. we know that the journey is not complete. for too many in our community, they have developed profit laryngitis, but now is the time to speak up. we come today to acknowledge we have come a long way but we still have a long way to go. i ask you today to continue to support our hbcu's. we need your funding, advocacy and support. we still have many more steps to take on the vision to victory but for those who are of the christian faith, we read this book and we

dr. martin luther king, jr., who led the civil rights march from selma to montgomery, alabama. dr. king, who is the winner of the nobel peace prize, is president of the southern christian leadership conference. he is in san francisco, where he delivered a sermon this morning for bishop pike at the grace cathedral. our panel of reporters is in washington, d.c., and we will have the first question now from lawrence e. spivak, permanent member of the meet the press panel. mr. spivak: dr. king, former president truman was quoted by the a.p. as saying that the march from selma -- and this was his word -- was silly, and can't accomplish a darn thing except to attract attention. there have been two murders, many beatings and a federal expenditure for troops of about $300,000. would you say that what the march accomplished was worth that cost? dr. king: well, first, i would say that the march was not silly at all. i would think that the march did more to dramatize the indignities and the injustices that negro people continue to face in the state of alabama and many other sections of the so

dr. martin luther king jr. she is a visionary and strategic and reparations. dr. king founded "be a king," whose mission is to rebrand generations of people to elevate the way they think, act, live, and lead. in september of 2007, she launched the first summit in montgomery alabama, on the campus of alabama state university. prolific prophet whose dna is that of greatness, she is a woman, a friend, a woman of excellence and achievement, a woman of power and determination, a woman of purpose who lives out her daily commitments to our mighty god, a woman who is transforming lives in this generation using the precept of nonviolence. old, impactful extraordinary brilliant, creative, captivating, majestic, anointed, appointed, black, and highly favored. montgomery, let us give a warm alabama welcome to the daughter of dr. king, the reverend dr. bernie a. king. rev. bernice king: wow. thank you very much, my good friend. you have made it hard for me up here today. governor bentley mayors, senator, mrs. peggy wallace kennedy, to all of the foot soldiers i thank you for th

dr. king and ushered me into the office of the church. and i was told dr. martin luther king, jr. e reverend were standing behind the desk. i was so scared. i -- know what to say or what to do. and dr. king said are you the boy from troy? >> jon: wow. >> are you john lewis? >> and i said dr. king i am john robert lewis. i gave my whole name. and he started calling me the boy from troy. >> jon: what an amazing experience. how great a writer must you have been to sen this man a letter that he thought we have to get this guy over to the office. >> he saw something in me. maybe he saw something in my handwriting. >> jon: i think he felt the passion. so this is an image we are have from that-- fateful day in selma. that is you at the front i believe, is that dr. king right next to you? you can see that image? can you see that? >> the young man walking beside me was on dr. king's staff. jose williams. the two of us were leading the march on that day, march 7th 1965. >> stephen: and-- . >> jon: and that's on the bridge. here's the next image. this is you just crossed the bridge and this i

dr. martin luther king to help. in early february 1965, the reverend dr. martin luther king, jr.outhern christian leadership conference took to the streets for voter rights. and led him to prison. >> things are pretty well, as well as you can expect in jail. i think as a result of being there, as a result of the creative witness of hundreds even thousands of neeg rows in this community, we have been able to bring this -- negroes in this country, we have been able to bring this situation to the attention of the entire country and i think the conscience. >> moved from selma to marion, a predominantly black town but only a handful of african americans were registered to vote. a march there ended in confrontations with police and the shooting by a state trooper of protestor jimmy lee jackson. his death a week later was the catalyst of the march selma to montgomery. when they arrived at selma's edmond peddis bridge they were attacked with clubs. it became flown as bloody sunday. it spread across the nation, two days later the marchers set off again, this time king led the procession.

dr. martin luther king jr. segregation in particular in chicago, in northern cities. it was part of how he moved a southern civil rights movement into a kind of broader national movement. and yet it has remained so sticky. it has proved more difficult even than -- as difficult and as much blood as was shed in the context of getting the vote and bringing down those colored and white signs, man, housing has been tough. what kinds of creative new tools start to expand the opportunities for equal housing? >> one of the big missions at hud, because we have a fair housing office that is very robust, is to ensure that there's a level playing field. for instance we know today that african-americans and hispanics are shown 10% fewer rental properties when they go out there into the market and so we have testers that go out. we work with nonprofits that try and uncover discrimination where it exists and then ensure that there are consequences for that. beyond that one of the things that that article that you mentioned ta

dr. king! >> who is our leader? >> dr. king! >> who is our leader? >> dr. king! >> god bless you. >> dr. martin luther king's address to the march on montgomery. this is reverend aston wahl reporting from the state capitol. >> we are going to sing now "we shall overcome," and following the singing, dr. edwin teller, the executive secretary of the american baptist convention who is the official representative of the national council of churches here today will pronounce the benediction. let us now stop in our tracks and let us join our hands. the 300 people who march, stay where you are. we have transportation for you back to selma. we shall over come. ♪ we shall overcome we shall overcome we shall overcome someday oh, deep in my heart i do believe we shall overcome someday god is on our side god is on our side god is on our side today oh deep in my heart i do believe we shall overcome someday ♪ >> black and white together. >> ♪ black and white together black and white together black and white together now oh, deep in my heart i do believe we shall overcome someday ♪ >> we are not afraid. >> ♪ we are n

dr. martin luther king jr. and others came to selma and dr. king was arrested.the courthouse continued every single day except for sunday. one day in february 1965 a young man by the name of jimmy lee jackson was involved in a non-violent protest a few hours from selma. he was shot in the stomach and a few days later he died in selma. because of what happened to him we made a decision to march from selma to montgomery. so in 1956, at the church we conducted a non-violent workshop. we lined up in twos to walk in an ordinarily peaceful, non-violent fashion to hospital gospelry. we get to the highest point on the edmund pettus bridge. down below we saw a sea of blew of alabama state troopers. a man smoke up and said i'm with the alabama state troopers. this is an unlawful march. you will not be allowed to continue. i'll give you three minutes to disperse and return to your homes or to your church. a young man from dr. king's organization walked beside me, helping to lead the march. he said, major give us moment to kneel and pray. he said troopers advance. and you s

dr. plant martin -- dr. martin luther king jr.he idea of a just america and fair america and inclusive america and generous america that idea ultimately triumphed. as is true across the landscape of american history we can not examine this moment in isolation. the march on selma was part of a broad are campaign that spanned generations generations. the leaders that day part of a long line of heroes. we gather here to celebrate them. we gather here to honor the courage of ordinary americans willing to endure billy clubs and the chasening rods, tear gas and the trampling hoof and despite the gush of blood and splintered bone would stay truth to their north star and keep marching toward justice. they did a scripture instructed for joy and hope, be patient in tribulation. be constant in prayer. in the days to come they went back again and again. when the trumpet call sounded for more to join the people came. black and white. young and old. christian and jew. waving the american flag singing the same anthems full of faith and hope. a w

dr. martin luther king jr., who gave his famous "i have a dream" speech here during the march on washingtonfreedom in 1963. two years later, dr. king took his struggle for civil rights to selma, alabama, and on march 7, 19 five, -- 1965, 50 years ago today, king and supporters marched from selma to montgomery alabama by way of the pettus bridge. their non-violent protests were met with billy clubs and they were driven back into selma. the clash was seen around the world and it had come to be known as bloody sunday. a few years later on march 1, 19 -- a few weeks later on march, 1965, he delivered is beach in the alabama capital. he quoted the battle open -- he quoted lyrics from the battle hymn of the republic. it became the anthem of the civil rights movement. you're with me today, the children of the gospel choir who will perform a medley of spirituals. get on board, little children oh, freedom, and america, the beautiful. and they will include with dr. king's montgomery speech. ♪ ♪ get on board, little children get on board, little children get on board, little children there's room for

dr. martin luther king marched across the bridge. i spoke to dr. ers had been beaten. >> of all the activities in the past weeks of selma come to a fruition now? is this the grand climax? >> i would say this and its culmination on the march on capitol on thursday. >> reporter: those pictures and these jilted the conscience of a nation. the late photographer spider martin covered selma for the birmingham news. his daughter tracy at a birmingham exhibit of his work. >> i guess that's his most iconic image. that's major john cloud who is telling them that the marchers john lewis and jose williams who are leading the march, that, you know it's unlawful it's not going to go on. >> reporter: martin's editors tried to pull him off the story. they didn't like the pictures. >> youemilia. >> you can see that's her club and gassed. she's 103 now. >> at 103 civil rights activist emilia boynton still has images of that day stoo the police department came up and started beating us and i stood up there and finally i fell. >> reporter: as she lie unconscious, someo

dr. king? who is our leader? >> dr. king! >> who is our leader? >> dr. king. >> god bless you. >> dr. martin luther kick's address to the march on montgomery. reporting from the alabama state capitol. >> we are going to sing now. "we shall overcome" and following the singing dr. edwin teller, the executive secretary of the american baptist convention who is the official representative of the national council of churches here today will pronounce the benediction. let us now stop in our tracks and let us join our hands. the 300 people who march, stay where you are. we have transportation for you back to selma. we shall over come. ♪ we shall over come we shall overcome we shall overcome some day ♪ oh, deep in my heart i do believe we shall overcome some day ♪ god is on our side god is on our side god is on our side today ♪ deep in my heart i do believe we shall overcome some day. ♪ >> black and white together. >> ♪ black and white together black and white together black and white together now oh, we -- deep in my heart irks i do believe we shall overcome some day ♪ >> we're not afraid. >> ♪ we are not

dr. martin luther king jr. the voting -- the protests helped bring about the 1965 voting rights act. democracy now! was in the streets of selma this weekend. >> i am the director council of the end of lazy p legal defense fund. we are happy to see so many -- of the naacp legal defense fund. lawyers representing the marchers in all of the battles in federal court. as a matter of fact, we put up on our website the original march plans that the lawyers created and submitted to the port, which was approved right down to the number of toilets, and the number of marchers that would march three all of that had to be approved at the federal level. it was the bloody sunday march, the second march in which dr. king let people to the bridge, knelt in prayer, and turned back. amy: explain why dr. king turned around. >> it is a really good question. here is what i think. dr. king at that time, as did many in the civil rights movement, felt that the federal judges were the judges who had been really most understanding of the efforts in the civil rights movement. so they really never wanted to cont

dr. martin luther king. president obama and george bush will join survivors where dozens of civil rights activists were beaten and tear gassed by police. >> selma is now selma is about the courage of ordinary people doing exroarld extraordinary things because they believe they can change the country and shape our nation's destiny. >> people are heading to selma by the bus load to participate in the commemorative event. >>> state liquor control board made a ruling yesterday, two distributers sued the board to get a definitive answer about what constitutes a case of beer, their answer was anything over 128 ounces. >>> back in business, special events are planned all weekend long last month you may remember the roof collapsed in this location injuring several people. much more to come on "action news" saturday morning. keeping your large appliances in tip-top shape will save you money in the long run. >> reporter: eva, say goodbye to the cold. in some areas we have record cold this morning, but the big story th

dr. martin luther king jr.'s eldest son, and we will speak to one of the few republican members of congress who went to selma this weekend, alabama senator jeff sessions. >> i am on free voting. things happen in two weeks or more before the election, and oftentimes people are, you know urged to go to vote and vote before they are ready. amy: and we will go to the edmund pettus bridge, where on sunday more than 70,000 people marched for voting rights today. all that and more coming up. welcome to democracy now! democracy now!.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. a group of 47 republican senators has released an open letter to iran in a bid to disrupt the obama administration's attempt at a nuclear deal. it was spearheaded by senator tom cotton and signed by a number of potential 2016 presidential hopefuls, including senators marco rubio, ted cruz and read -- and rand paul. it reads in part, "we will consider any agreement regarding your nuclear weapons program that is not approved by the congress as no

dr. martin luther king jr. this action all leading to the birth of the voting rights act back in 1965. it is an emotional, poignant, historic and deeply meaningful saturday afternoon in selma, alabama, as the president along with the first lady and their two young daughters walk across the bridge honoring and remembering and celebrating the progress that this country has made and honoring and paying tribute to those who went those steps 50 years ago. we just heard from the reverend jesse jackson talking about the meaningful tribute that he had and the people who were crying and walking up to him asking him, imploring him, thanking him for the civil rights movement of this country. >>> just a few hours ago, mourners gathered in prescott, arizona to remember international aid worker kayla mueller. the 26-year-old was the fourth american to die in isis captivity. mueller was captured back in 2013 after leaving a doctors without borders hospital in syria. u.s. officials confirmed her death last month but have not verified claims by isis that she was killed in a jordanian air strike. will c

dr. martin luther king, jr.one of the protesters beaten on bloody sunday was congressman john lewis, then a 25-year-old organizer with sncc, the student nonviolent coordinating committee. >> was beaten by state troopers, not to the ground -- knocked to the ground. a in 2012 i interviewed congressman john lewis and asked him to talk about selma and bloody sunday. >> on that day, a group of us attempted to march from selma to montgomery alabama to demonstrate that people wanted to vote. one young african american man had been shot and killed a few days earlier in no journey -- and adjourning county. the home county of mrs. abernathy, of mrs. andrew young. and because of what happened to him, he made a decision to march. in selma, alabama in 1965, only 2.1% of blacks of age to vote were registered to vote. the only place you could do it was at the courthouse. he had to pass a so-called li. on one occasion, a man was asked [indiscernible] on another occasion, to count the number of jelly beans in a jar. through afri

dr. martin luther king for ministers of all races and religions to come to selma, the theory, the police would not attack the clergy, but his faith would no protect him or two others. they took a wrong turn and ran into a group of white glen they came across the street rather hurriedly. we wits perked to each other to just keep walking. i turned around and saw the man swing the club, and i heard the sound of that hitting jim's head. a sound that i will not forget. and then ien. >> his friend jim reed died two days later. and his death would do more to galvanize the country than the horrifics horrific image of blacks being beaten. on the day that reed was buryied president johnson read the voting rights act one that assureed the right to vote. it has ban half century since olsen held his friend's hand, and watched him slip into unconsciousness and into the pages of history. >> i've had so many opportunities to talk to people about this. my god that's just--it's a gift. it's a gift to me. >> he never crossed the bridge in selma with the others back then but now, 50 years later he'll finall

dr. martin luther king for ministers of all religion to come to selma that the police would attack the clergy. but they took a wrong turn and ran into a group of white glen they came across the street rather hurriedly. one of them was carrying a club. we whispered to each other just keep walking. we turned around and saw the man swing the club. i heard the sound that have hitting jim's head. a sound that i will not forget. and then i ran. >> his friend jim reed died two days later and his death would do more to galvanize the country than the horrific images of so many blacks being beaten because reed was a minister, and he was white. americans protested across the country and on the day reed was buried president johnson introduced the voting rights act, insureing african-americans the right to vote. >> one good man, a man of god was killed. >> it has been half a further since olsen held his friend's hand and watched him slip into unconsciousness and into the pages of history a moment and a story he has told many times since. >> at this time in my life i've had so many opportunities to talk to

dr. martin luther king's call to come to selma believing that police would not attack clergy. they took a wrong turn and came across a group of white men. >> they came at us rather hurriedly. we said to just keep causing. we saw the man swing the club and i heard the sound that have hitting jim's head. a sound that i will not forget. and then i ran. >> his friend jim reed died two days later and his death would do more to galvanize the country than the horrific i thinks of so many blacks being mercilessly beaten because he was a minister, and he was white. americans protested across the country. on the day that reed was buried president johnson introduced the voting rights acts insuring african-americans the right to vote. >> one good man, a man of god was killed. >> it has been half a century since olsen held his friend's hand and watched him slip into unconsciousness and into the pages of history, a moment and a story he has told many times sense. >> at this time in my life we've had so plane opportunities to talk to people about this. my god that's--that's just-- just--it's

dr. bernice king speaks of the philosophy of dr. martin luther king, jr. and not just her father's nonviolent approach. >> he was able to galvanize people around typically a single focus instead of combining the effort in a very organized way. we kind of diluted our efforts. >> reporter: that loss of momentum and dilution king says left activists unprepared when the supreme court overturned the voter rights act, the very one fueled by selma. >> people may be very concerned that we are rolling back the clock. >> reporter: but selma at 50 has never seen so fresh. last year's movie brought vivid imagery to a new generation, one building its own activism after the deaths of michael brown, tamir rice and eric garner. king hopes weekends like this cultivate those efforts. >> one of the tragedies of commemoration sometimes, the place gets hyped up, all the attention and suddenly people disappear and it goes back. it's about having a plan and a strategy. >> as for selma itself, king says it's not progressed very far in terms of its black sit decembers. she says th

dr. martin luther king to selma to join in their fight for voting rights.e crowd kind of parted to let him through. now many people outside of selma do not know who f.d. reese is but to see this crowd respond with the level of respect that they did adds to the level of amazement to stand back. >> take us to sell marx alabama, as we're watching this live pictures of people crossing the edmund pettus bridge. smell, alabama 50 years ago, selma, alabama, today. what's different? >> when you look at the city leadership from the mayor, the police chief, the majority of the people on the city council, those faces are now black. they're african-americans in those positions. but what hasn't changed is this community's black community, which is the majority community, is still suppressed in certain ways, economically there's the high unemployment rate, families are being torn apart by drugs so there's so so there's so much progress here. if you wanted to sit next to a white man and have a cheeseburger, you can do that. but if you want to sit next to a white student,

dr. martin luther king jr. >> now to iran and a possible nuclear bomb. the clock is ticking on the nuclear talks deadline. it's only 15 days away and president obama this morning vowed his administration would walk away from a bad deal. the president sat down with cbs sunday morning. >> this is no deal. you're willing to walk away. >> absolutely. if we cannot verify that they are not going to obtain a nuclear weapon that there's a breakout period so that even if they cheated we would be able to have enough time to take action. >> does he have that confident? an ambassador joining us. senior foal senior fellow and a fox news contribute. do you think the administration would walk away frat table. >> stranger things have happened. i'd be hard pressed to name one. i think the administration's zeel to get this deal done has been evident for far too long. i think your hearing efforts to help influence the last stages of the negotiation and i think what's really driving the timing here is that the administration is very worried if it doesn't get this done by ma

dr. martin luther king, jr. thousands of others to arrive on montgomery on their historic march from selma. angry police on horseback were moving in for another beating of williams and the protestors. cornered and cowering with fear when someone in the group started to sing ♪ this may be the last time. ♪ may be the last time. ♪ i don't know. ♪. >> the police backed down. it was on the cusp of the greatest civil rights action of the moment being won even if they didn't know it at the time. while juneous williams represents a generation that was on the front lines of the civil rights struggle a half century ago, today, a younger generation is carrying on that same movement but helping it to evolve. darnell moore wasn't even born when williams was facing down police in montgomery but today, moore, an out spoken rider and advocates for gay african americans. >> we can sit here and talk about racism. >> he says the movement of today is led by a more diverse group of youth voices than it was 50 years ago. >> the face

dr. martin luther king, jr. to join the selma movement. on their third attempt, they reached the capitol in montgomery to demand voting rights. >> it was a great feeling of triumph and victory. after having gone through all the indignities, sacrifices that had been made by many people. >> reporter: five months later, president johnson signed the voting rights act and those sacrifices changed the course of history. marlie hall, cbs news, selma, alabama. >> tomorrow, sunday, civil rights veterans will lead a symbolic walk across the edmond pettis bridge. >>> in canada, a freight train carrying crude oil derailed, sparking a large fire. it's the third oil train derailment in north ontario region in less than a month. no one was hurt today, but several train cars caught fire and health warnings had to be issued to nearby residents because of the thick, black smoke. >>> former vice president walter mondale has been released from a minnesota hospital. at 87 years of age, mondale was being treated for flu and cold symptoms at the mayo clinic in m

dr. martin luther king marched from selma to montgomery and the steps of the capital where governor georgelace had declared segregation forever. wallace wallace's daughter peggy stood on the same spot and embraced congressman john lewis who was badly beaten on bloody sunday. >> there are opportunities for all of us to raise the call for justice in our lifetime. >> reporter: lewis joined armed with peggy wallace kennedy and led dozens of members of congress from the capitol to the memorial for those who died in the civil rights movement. >> reporter: i'd like you to review the history and talk about it. >> i knew that's what i had to do for them was welcome them home. >> your father is looking down from heaven his soul proud. >> reporter: at brown chapel back in selma, dr. king's headquarters for the voting rights movement attorney general eric holder urged a new generation to remember those who gave their lives. >> if you think about them and all of the other people who gave so much so that we would have the right to vote -- >> reporter: here at the state capitol they commemorated the pass

dr. martin luther king, jr. to join the selma movement. on their 3rd attempt they reached the capital in montgomery to demand voting rights. >>> there was a great ceiling of triumph after having gone through all of the injustices and sacrifices that have been made by many people. >> five months later president johnson signed the voting rights acts and those sacrifices changed the course of history. marley hall. cbs news, selma alabama. >> and thereby a walk tomorrow across the edmund pettus bridge. >>> nonrepublicans hopefuls split on immigration in a forum. >> and a food truck caught fire send the white house on lock down. we will have that story coming up. at perdue, we know fresh chicken. well, not that kind of fresh. but we do take extra steps in our farms, trucks that deliver daily and everywhere in between... ... to bring you a fresh tasting chicken. perdue. we believe in a better chicken. ♪ building aircraft, the likes of which the world has never seen. this is what we do. ♪ that's the value of performance. northrop grumman. at perd

dr. martin luther king's lawyer was in the class of 1951. dr. rtin luther king and corralled us king lived on our campus after their house was on the montgomery. we are proud to be part of this legacy of courage, determination, vacation at -- dedication and faith. we talk a lot about face but it is the faith that has allowed us to move forward when our ancestors walked together, even though they were being beaten, bruised, battered and killed so we could exercise our rights and freedoms today. we don't need to get comfortable . we don't need to get amnesia and think everything is all right. we know that the journey is not complete. for too many in our community, they have developed profit laryngitis, but now is the time to speak up. we come today to acknowledge we have come a long way but we still have a long way to go. i ask you today to continue to support our hbcu's. we need your funding, advocacy and support. we still have many more steps to take on the vision to victory but for those who are of the christian faith, we read this book and we r

dr. martin luther king successfully wed over 3500 people from selma to montgomery. >> russian president vladimir putin is taking a 10% pay cut and opposing it on state officialsen including himself in the face of a $250 billion def sixt russian xee is suffering because of lower oil prices. fall of the rubel and sachings against russian government. >>> u.s. am bar door mark ripper will remain hospitalized until doctors are ready to release stephen from his face. the man shouted south and north korea should be reunified as he lunched at the bam bar door slashing him with a 10" knife knife. >> actor harrison ford is spending his night in the hospital. there is new video of the vintage claim before his carsh santa monica golf course. the wreckage will be analyzed. harrison ford is expected to make a full recovery. >> let's get the latest on the full weekend atlantic city. meteorologist cecily tynan. >> jim starting with bitter cold but i guess as we heed through the weekend nice next week. stormtracker 6 double scan showing we have dry conditions out there tonight and clear skies tonight. so "action

dr. martin luther king, jr. she wasn't there. she didn't march in selma.and of course her famous uncle later, but her home was bombed two years earlier. so she certainly knows well the events of that era and she joins me now. it it's a pleasure to have dr. alvita king, director of african-american outreach for priests for life and a fox news contributor. reverend, thank you so much for being with us. it was interesting, it was a very eloquent speech beautifully written. what caught my attention at one point, and there are a great many fine points to be made, but the president said i reject the notion that nothing has changed in 50 years. prejudice and discrimination back then, he said, were endemic. they are not now, they are more the exception than the rule. would you agree? >> i listened very intently to the president and to congressman lewis. i could almost see my father there on that edmund pettus bridge on bloody sunday with congressman lewis and so many others, josea williams, and my heart is deeply touched. i also heard what the president did not sa

dr. martin luther king jr. to join the selma movement.n their third attempt they reached the capitol in montgomery to demand voting rights. >> it was a great feeling of triumph and victory after having gone through all of the indignities, the sacrifice that is had been made by many people. >> reporter: five months later president johnson signed the voting rights act and those sacrifices changed the course of history. marlie hall for cbs3 "eyewitness news." >> as the first family prepared for their departure to selma they were briefly locked down in there white house when a food cart caught fire just east of the north lawn. no one was injured and the lockdown was lifted shortly before noon. >> ♪ >>> stay with us everyone. coming up on "eyewitness news" a mother racked with grief after her unarmed teenaged son is shot and killed by police. find out what led to the deadly shooting. plus. >> i deal with you the same way as i deal with you in new jersey. >> find out who those protesters were and why they were so upset at new jersey governor ch

dr. martin luther king, jr. library students clash with the homework over desk space and open computers. one student thinks it's all because of the city's recent action to shut down the jungle. >> it was only about a mile that way. of course they'd come this way. >> we don't have any data on the number of homeless people who come to our campus. >> reporter: the university administration says it can't stop people from using the benches or even being on campus unless they try to camp overnight. >> we want people to feel safe and secure and if anyone has any concerns we do want them to report them so we can take action right away. >> the university says people should dial 911. the phone call will be routed to their university police department. they should also get a description of the person involved. reporting live in san jose len ramirez kpix 5. >>> other bay area headlines. it had char red skeleton of one south bay garage is all that's left of a fire this morning. flames gutted that structure damaged two neighb

dr. martin luther king. i was there for cbs news.tar entertainment will drive home once again the point that they want their freedom and that they want it now. >> reporter: a few months later, congress passed the voting rights act of 1965, and blacks did begin to vote and hold office. but in 2013, a supreme court decision rolled back a major part of the law. state a history of discrimination no longer have to clear voting law changes with the department of justice. >> we're much better off now than we were but we are constantly losing ground. >> reporter: andrew young then a lieutenant of dr. king, later a member of congress and u.n. ambassador. >> changing precincts purging voter lists -- those kinds of things are still happening. we still don't have the unfettered right to vote. >> reporter: and charlie 50 years after blood was shed here for the right to vote, the problem is not just that officials in some places can still make that difficult. in fact, many people just don't bother to vote. here, for example an official tells us th

dr. martin luther king marched from selma to montgomery and the steps of the capital, where governor georged declared segregation forever. today, wallace's daughter peggy stood on the same spot and embraced congressman john lewis, who was badly beaten on bloody sunday. >> there are opportunities for all of us to raise the call for justice in our lifetime. >> reporter: lewis joined arms with peg by wallace kennedy and led dozens members of congress to the memorial to those who died in the civil rights movement. >> to talk about that history -- >> i just knew what i had to do. >> reporter: at brown chapel back in selma, doctor, headquarters for the voting rights movement, attorney general eric holder urges a new generation to remember those who gave their lives. >> think about this. you think about all the other people who gave so much so that we would have the right to vote. >> reporter: in selma today and here at the state capitol, they commemorated the events which led up to the passage of the voting rights act but there was fear as well that the supreme court's removal of some of those re