dr. martin luther king, jr.y holding the rally when and where they did. >> we shall overcome some day ♪ >> the reverend al sharpton led a counterdemonstration nearby. >> later they told me that others are going to be at the mall. and they're going to be standing where dr. king stood. well, they may have the mall, but we have the message. >> over these grounds where we are so honored to stand today, we feel the spirit of dr. martin luther king, jr. >> reporter: others saw the gathering as a call to prayer and renewal of faith. ♪ >> reporter: it remains unclear how many people attended the rally today. organizers applied for a permit for 300,000 people but the national park service stopped estimating crowds in 1997 after being accused of undercounting the million man march in 1995. tony larussa always spoke at the glen beck rally. he presented albert pujols with an award for his charity work. >> what separates albert is his total commitment to his life in and out of billion. -- in and out of baseball. his commitme

thank you reverend sharpton and martin luther king iii for calling on all of us to reclaim the dream of dr. martin luther king jrdream. >> i am the dream. >> i am the dream. >> you are the dream. >> you are the dream. >> we are the dream. >> you are the dream. >> reclaim the dream. i want to recognize the ladies your year today in great numbers. i bring you greetings on behalf of my 81-year-old mother who is watching us here today. i am honored and humbled to be with all of you today to celebrate the life and legacy of dr. king and those leaders who joined him on the 1963 march on washington for jobs. can we say jobs? >> jobs. >> just as. >> justice. >> and equality. >> equality. >> 250,000 unem andsung -- to 250,000 unsung heroes came to washington, d.c. to cash a check that was marked "insufficient funds." we are gathered here today to renew and rededicate ourselves to dr. king's dream, and to open the doors of opportunity to all of god's children. 47 years ago dr. king gave his i have a dream speech right here in the nation's capital. he declared the 1963 was not an end, but a beginning. we are working to ach

dr. king stood. well, they may have the mall, but we have the message. >> and over these grounds where we are so honored to stand today, we feel the spirit of dr. martin luther king, jrll to prayer and renewal of faith. ♪ >> dan noyes, abc 7 news. >>> it is not clear just how many people attended beck's rally. organizers requested a permit estimating the crowd at 300,000 people but the national parks service stopped estimating crowds after being accused of undercounting the million man march back in 1995. this morning mexico's largest airline remains grounded because it's run out of cash. mexicanna filed for bankruptcy protection on august 2nd. it hopes to return to business by restructuring its debt. yesterday passengers at u.s. airports scrambled to catch flights before the last plane departed. >> a few people hearing living in l.a., they can go home. but me, i'm stuck. the airlines not putting up for a hotel or food or anything. so a long day. >> mexicanna says it was badly hit by the swine flu outbreak last year that scared away travelers. the soaring cost of jet fuel and the refusal of pilots and flight attendants to take pay cuts has already affected the airlin

dr. martin luther king. and many krilt sicriticized him. did you agree with that speech? dana? can dana hear me? let's bring in, let's bring in alveta king, the niece of the late dr. martin luther king jr., founder of king for america and pastoral associate, priest for life, she attended the glenn beck restoring honor rally in d.c. this past weekend. alveta, do you think your uncle would have been an admirer of glenn beck? >> well, you know, larry, that is a good question, but it is not really about glenn beck. he would have admired glen's message of faith, hope, charity, love, of honor. my uncle would have admired the message. so is is not so much about the man as the message. my uncle often said that. and, you know, as a pro-life advocate with priest for life, founder of king for america, i understand that. it is not about me. it is not about glen. it is about the message. my uncle would have admired the message that glen brought that day. >> larry: could you also have attended al sharpton's rally commemorating your uncle's speech? >> actually i could have. it was interesting. i wasn't invited is nesnitially. reverend sharpton and i were on a joint television program that friday nigh

dr. martin luther king jr. had a dream that one day all americans would receive equal justice, justice, not based on the color of their skin but the content of their character. today, i am excited that we can celebrate the many accomplishments of african- americans. people of color still struggle with the plethora of issues that are eating away at the very core of our community. we struggle with inadequate education of our young people which is based on where they live and not what they can become. we struggle with the heads of our households being under employed or not employed at all we are still the last hired and the first fired. we struggle with minority businesses being marginalized and undercapitalized. we struggle with the recycling pandemic of gun violence in urban centers across america. our children have begun. they are hopeless, misdirected, and the american people choose to stand by and do nothing about it. father was son's murdered, gun violence i made a personal commitment on that day to lend my

dr. martin luther king jr. e of 47 years ago on the steps of the lincoln memorial was an american dream. i think this is something that dr. alvada king said on the steps as well. just on saturday. she said that we are one race. we are an american race. this was an event about unity. i don't think there was any malicious purpose. anything other than that, that was the whole reason for having this event. >> larry: al, there are some supporters of the restoring honor rally criticizing you saying you didn't plan to do anything commemorating dr. king's speech until beck announced his rally. >> well that is not true. we announced it in april at our convention. we started planning two months ago. we have done it for the last several years. in 2000, mrs. coretta scott king spoke at our action network rally. every year we do something. 2008 we did it at the democratic convention. we never knew beck knew what civil rights was at the time. it was not to psychoanalyze whether he was malicious or not. i think dana is right,

dr. martin luther king jr.g the rally when and where they did. ♪ we shall overcome. >> the reverend al sharpton ran a counter demonstration at a nearby high school. >> they told me that others are gonna be at the mall. and they're going to be standing where dr. king stood. well, they may have the mall, but we have the message. >> and over these grounds where we are so honored to stand today, we feel the spirit of dr. martin luther king, jr. >> others saw the call to prayer and a renewal of faith ♪ >> dan noyes, abc 7 news. >> now, it remains unclear just how many people attended that rally. organizers requested a permit for 300,000 people but the national park service has stopped estimating crowds after being accused of undercounting the million man march back in 1995. former oakland a's manager and danville resident tony larusso spoke at the glenn beck rally. he presented slugger albert with an award for his charity work. >> what separates albert is his whole commitment to his life in and out of baseball. his

dr. martin luther king jr.he five quotes, one from president obama abraham lincoln's gettysburg address. government for the people, by the people. >> the hurricane the big story along the east coast. the minimum riptides and big surf. a pretty big storm. let's show what you it did to puerto rico over the last 24 hours. you can see some of the heavy rain falling there and some of the flooding rain that has been taking place in that area. good news as we look at live doppler 7 hd. i've got it zoomed down to san juan. you can see the storm clearly pulling away, just scattered thunderstorms. the heaviest of the rain is over. it is a category 4 so it's a major damaging hurricane with 135 mph winds. let's take a look where it's going to go. anytime hurricanes get close to the eastern seaboard, the westerlies kind of kick in and those tend to make it recurve back to the north and northeast and that's why it's going to skirt the east coast, maybe cape hatteras, maybe the cape in boston or massachusetts may get a glanci

dr. martin luther king, jr.hat said, we would like to welcome each and every one of you to one of the great historical institutions in america, and that is dunbar high school, the first public african-american school in the country. in our 140-year history, we are celebrating many great in achievements from this school. one of the first is the first black general, the first black judge, the first black aviator, the first blacks senator since reconstruction, senator edwin brooks, and we include in that range eleanor norton homes, our congressional delegate from the district of columbia, and one of our great civil rights leaders, and of course one of the greatest doctors that have ever practiced medicine, dr. charles drew. these are some of the great leaders in their fields that have graduated from this great school. very quickly, throughout the world, we have many problems, but it is our job as educators to ensure that we teach our young children, we must love them, we must care for them, and we must guide them s

dr. martin luther king jr. when she was 15 years old. >> i'm very familiar with rocks being thrown into people's homes, that happened in birmingham. so when that happened when i walked in this office and saw that, for a moment there i thought i was back in birmingham. >> reporter: hayward police detectives are not ruling out a hate crime. >> we can't assume one way or the other. unfortunately, we also can't assume automatically that it's a hate crime. >> prior to this we have been receiving phone calls of people not understanding the position regarding the tea party. >> reporter: davis is referring to a recently passed resolution by the national naacp chapter that condemns extremist elements that they say are tied to the tea party. they want tea party leaders to put an end to signs like these that read, "obama is a muslim," "impeach obama." the naacp wants tea partiers to stop using them at their rallies. >> there's a lot of tension and stuff going on that ought not to be. >> reporter: davis says she is hoping

dr. martin luther king jr. when she was 15 years old. >> i'm very familiar with rocks being thrown into people's homes and burning. so when that happened when i walked in this office and saw that, for a moment there i thought i was back in birmingham. >> reporter: hey word police detectives are not ruling out a hate crime. >> we can't assume one way or the other. unfortunately, we also can't assume automatically that it's a hate crime. >> prior to this we have been receiving phone calls of people not understanding the position regarding the tea party. >> reporter: davis is referring to a recently passed resolution by the gnash naacp chap fehr that condemns extremist elements that they say are tied to the tea party. they want tea party leaders to put an end to signs like these that read, "obama is a muslim," "impeach obama." the naacp wants tea partiers to stop using them at their rallies. >> there's a lot of tension and stuff going on that ought not to be. >> reporter: davis says she is hoping this doesn't sign

the jury is still out on whether or not he succeeded and whether you honor the legacy of dr martin luther king jr by having speakers like his niece at the event or if he only dishonor that even further archie's cedric moon was there and he has the report. ask just about anyone in washington what you absolutely they go there unquestionably little bit silly rock have to do and will probably have three words for you and so evil that this is bad as it is founded in one thousand nine hundred fifty eight converted from an old silent movie theater it's where everybody. comes for a little gastronomical gilt chili dog as. a right but that has mortgages taken over i'm listening for about five bucks i got you can get a timeless classic serve with a side of history at a place that's a timeless classic itself it went bananas on you three i mean they burnt down everything you know riding moving. fire storm still come and go through this town although there are a bit friendlier now and on this day august twenty eighth. now remember that date a firebrand of a figure the radio host glenn beck whipped up his cult

from new york now still to come our tool time later tonight we'll tell you why the niece of dr martin luther king jr is on our radar for bashing gays with an over the top comments and will discuss surveillance how some citizens here in the us are being arrested for filming police officers who are on duty. seven in the russian capital you're watching r t thanks for being with us these are your headlines smaug that's blanket in moscow over the past week is now showing signs of dispersing change in wind direction and then unexpected thunder shower brought some much needed relief from the forest and peat fires after a month record breaking temperatures firefighters and military in volunteers have been working around the clock to get the fires under control climate prime minister vladimir putin even took to the skies and phidias aircraft to help dump tons of water on the flames forecasters say the heat wave could continue into mid august. one ton of moby's youngest prisoner tainted just fifteen is facing a military trial for his crimes that he says he was tortured into admitting omar kotter now twenty th

dr. alveda king. she is dr. martin luther king jr.'s niece. she will be speaking later today. ome to the show. >> thank you. good morning. >> good morning to you. dr. king, why are you attending this rally, the glenn beck rally there in d.c. today? >> i'm attending this rally to help reclaim america. when glenn said he's reclaiming the civil rights movement, i don't need to be reclaimed. i am the civil rights movement. so, i'm joining glenn to talk about faith, hope, charity, honor. those are the things that america needs to reclaim. our children need to remember how to love each other. how to honor each other, their parents, god and their neighbors. i agree with glenn an all those principles. and for me, it's principle over politics. that's why i'm here. my uncle talked about love. my uncle talked about faith, hope and charity. my uncle talked about honor. and i'm expecting to honor my uncle today. my daddy, dr. a.d. king, my grandaddy, martin luther king sr., we're family. that's why i'm here today. >> and dr. martin luther king also talked about bringing people together, hea

dr. king stood. well, they may have the mall, but we have the message. >> over these grounds where we are so honored to stand today, we feel the spirits of dr. martin luther king, jrothers felt the call to prayer and renewal of faith. ♪ >> it remains unclear how many people attended beck's rally. organizers requested a permit for 300,000 people but the national park service has stopped estimating crowds after being accused of under counting the million man march back 1995. >> mexico's largest airline is grounded, it ran out of cash. it hopes to return to business by restructuring. yesterday at u.s. airports were scram scrambling trying to catch flights. >> the airline is not putting up for hotels or food so it's been a long day. >> mexicana says it was badly hit by the swine flu last year and they also point to the soaring cost of jet fuel. if you still have a ticket you are being directed to mexicana's website. come here, we have beautiful weather in store. >> the sun is out downtown and across in oakland, that weak disturbance, we head outside from the roof camera, you see clouds out over the bay but we're going to see a sunny and warmer day today. >> also ahead

dr. martin luther king jr.'s "i have a dream" speech back in 1963. rights leaders accused beck of trying to derail dr. king's day and his dream. but some of beck's supporters hear important he can co's in dr. king's words. >> not the color of their skin but the character that makes a difference. and that's what this is about. >> organizers say that about a half million people attended yesterday's rally. nbc bay area political analyst larry enginegerston is here to about the budget. but we want your take. glenn beck said it's not the date, just a coincidence. but how could you possibly have a coincidence that big is this. >> you can look at this several ways. on the one hand, fighting a message, who are they honoring. but on the other hand, it's really the summary of discontent. people are unhappy. the economy is a mess. and when that's the case, the worst in awful us comes out in lots of ways. we express ourselves, say things we don't necessarily feel, and in some cases, organize to come together to express our grievances. a lot of that is going on al

dr. martin luther king, jr.plause] he who, two score and seven years ago, gave voice to a dream that would challenge us to honor the sacred charters of our liberty -- that all men are created equal. honoring these giants -- who are linked by a solid foundation of faith in the one true god of justice -- in honoring them, we must not forget the ordinary men and women on whose shoulders they stood. they called for an extraordinary bravery. i'm speaking of america's finest -- are men and women in uniform -- our men and women in uniform, a force for good in this country. that is nothing to apologize for. [applause] abraham lincoln once spoke of the mystic chords of memory stretching from every battlefield and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone all over this broad land. for over 200 years, those mystic chords have boundless in gratitude to those who are willing to sacrifice to restrain evil, to protect god-given liberty, to sacrifice all in defense of our country. they fought for its freedom at bunker

dr. martin luther king jr.he come on this very day, to score and seven years ago, -- two score and seven years ago, gave voice to the sacred charter of liberty, that all men are created equal. in honoring them, we must not forget the ordinary men and women on whose shoulders they stood. the ordinary, called for extraordinary bravery. i am speaking of america's finest, our men and women in uniform, who worked for good in this country and that is nothing to apologize for. [cheers and applause] abraham lincoln once spoke of the mystic chords of memory stretching from every battlefield and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone across this broad land. and over the years, those misericords have found us in gratitude to those willing to sacrifice to restrain evil, to protect liberty and to fight for our country. they fought for its freedom at bunker hill. they fought for its survival of at gettysburg. and when the ideal stands, liberty and justice for all, on a thousand battlefield's far from home. it is

dr. martin luther king jr.ay. >> reporter: the fox news personality's event will be a highly publicized event for america's troops. sarah palin will be one of the key speakers along with ml k's niece, a longtime advocate for conservative causes. >> we need unity. we have to rebuild america and we need unity to do it. >> beck claims it's nonpolitical. many of the thousands will get there on tea party buses. the event's timing has touched a nerve. the reverend al sharpton who will lead a separate march the same day criticized beck, saying the things beck stands for are antithetical to the civil rights movement. >> he uses conflict, tension, fear and resentment. where martin luther king was a uflighter at the end of the day. glenn beck is a dwyer. >> his rally is expected to be >> announcer: this weather report sponsored by mercedes benz, experience truly great >> this weather report sponsored by mercedes benz. experience truly great engineering today at your authorized dealer. >> that's a quick look at your weath

dr. martin luther king, jr.plause] he who, two score and seven years ago, gave voice to a dream that would challenge us to honor the sacred charters of our liberty -- that all men are created equal. in honoring these giants -- who are linked by a solid foundation of faith in the one true god of justice -- in honoring them, we must not forget the ordinary men and women on whose shoulders they stood. they called for an extraordinary bravery. i'm speaking of america's finest -- are men and women in uniform -- our men and women in uniform, a force for good in this country. that is nothing to apologize for. [applause] abraham lincoln once spoke of the mystic chords of memory stretching from every battlefield and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone all over this broad land. for over 200 years, those mystic chords have boundless in gratitude to those who are willing to sacrifice to restrain evil, to protect god-given liberty, to sacrifice all in defense of our country. they fought for its freedom at bun

martin luther king jr.'s "i have a dream" speech. beck called that timing a coincidence. he and palin praised king. >> we feel the spirit of dr. martin luther king jr. >> reporter: the civil rights activist reverend al sharpton led a smaller competing rally. >> they want to disgrace this day and we're not giving them this day. this is our day, and we ain't giving it away. >> reporter: the context is full of tension. beck also said his rally would reclaim the civil rights movement. >> meaning people of faith that look at equal justice and look at every man the same. that's who needs to reclaim it, not the politicians. not the parties. not white people or black people. >> reporter: and beck tried to sort of shake some of the imagery here. he had asked some of the followers not to bring signs and often signs at these sort of events if they have controversial images or words attract a lot of negative attention. beck regretted those words calling the president a racist but said he was not retracting them, simply amending them. matt? >> kelly o'donnell, thanks very much. as you heard the reverend al sharpton led his own rally this we

glenn beck is staging a massive rally in washington this weekend, brazenly tied to martin luther king jr.'s famous march, an dr. king's niece will join him. is this man really america's new civil rights hero? >>> and big easy blues. the ugly crimes committed by new orleans police in the aftermath of hurricane katrina, and the new top cop brought into a city still gripped by scandal and violence. can he make it right? >> announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with terry moran, cynthia mcfadden and bill weir in new york city, this is "nightline," august 27th, 2010. "g" evening, i'm terry moran, and we begin tonight with the surgeon report's this summer of deadly bear attacks. a camper killed in his tent. a hiker mauled near yellowstone and a grizzly handler in ohio killed in his animal farm. and there's rocky, the who grizzly who killed a trainer in 2008. we called to rocky's handler, who explains what sets these animals off. we want you to be forewarned that our report includes material that some viewer may find disturbing. brian rooney has the report. >> come up, up, up. >> reporter: this is animal

dr. martin luther king's speech. i'm not big enough to do that. no one is. >> reporter: and martin luther king jr.'has weighed in on this, saying his father would never limit voices. but that he urges that everybody use the right rhetoric, david. >> we'll be watching this weekend. >> diane sawyer and how a simple treat to the mall with her tells us so much. morning america." g ] day after day allergy season drags on. oh how many days are you going to suffer? nasonex is the only prescription that's proven to help prevent most seasonal nasal allergy symptoms including congestion so you can have more symptom-free days. [ female announcer ] side effects were generally mild and included headache viral infection, sore throat, nosebleeds and coughing. it does not come in generic form so ask your doctor about nasonex. [ female announcer ] and save up to $15 off your refills. go to nasonex.com for details terms and conditions. [ female announcer ] lunch at red lobster... it's laughs over a coastal soup and grilled shrimp salad. catching up over wood-grilled shrimp and chicken. and with lunches starting at j

martin luther king, jr.'s "i have a dream" speech in the same spot where king delivered it. civil rights leaders say beck's conservative attack style goes completely against the message of dr.>>> time now is 8:49. more than 500 bears live in yosemite national park. this summer there has been an increase in bear sightings and close encounters. park rangers say humans are to blame. they say campers who leave food in their vehicles or their coolers are asking for trouble. this year bears have already caused almost $90,000 damage in property, mostly to vehicles, because people leave food inside. >> one reason that bears can't open it, they can't figure out how. it has lots of space. >> the drivers also oppose a problem to the bears. sixteen bears have been hit so far this year, and six of them have died. so with the big crowds expected over labor day, the rangers have this reminder for you: properly store your food, drive slow, and keep your distance if you spot a bear. >>> up next, the bay area company that says it plans to go on a hiring spree. >> and a great event this weekend that involves those miniature horses and the kids that need help out of a crisis. be >>> trying to

dr. martin luther king jr., stood here and proclaimed, "i had a dream."redible moment in history, the descendant of african and irish ancestors speaking to the nation about freedom, about just as, and ultimately about love. pin shorted all that what the order did pool they seek to oregon. they seek to serve. the book of god teaches us that we should celebrate and honor their lives today. i can only imagine what these heroes have experienced in their own trials, even as my uncle did in his lifetime. we know how long kollmorgen road on the margins of an old newspaper the beginnings of his baby -- is famous letter from a birmingham jail. it was there that he focused not on his around is -- surroundings, but his focus. hallelujah, hallelujah. today, we are here to honor special men and women who, like my uncle martin, are blessed with servants hearts. though they gave their service in ways very different from martin luther king jr., they are not afraid to give their lives for the freedom of others. if uncle martin could be here today, he would surely commend