dr. martin luther king, jr. it's called "they killed a king." ♪ ♪ they killed a king >> please welcome back to the show, sam moore. great to have you back, my friend. thank you. you played many, many times with everybody i can think of. from springsteen, you played with everybody, goes across the gamut. and one of the things, this music you've done with the song about martin luther king, i hope people will go to the website and watch it. but you know we're not going to let you come on here and not play one of the great hits that put you in the rock 'n' roll hall of fame. >> why? >> i just figured, first of all, being able to play with you is a big thrill for me. and we want to make sure that we play one that everybody will

dr. martin luther king jr. who said "of all forms of inequality, injustice in health care is the most shocking and inhumane." is not only a civil right, it is a moral issue. you, madam speaker, for your political and moral leadership for helping those to secure a more advanced protection and benefit, especially in the area of mental health and election. -- interdiction. -- and addiction. thank you, president obama, for providing the politics of hope, rather than the politics of fear. >> find more highlights from 35 years of house floor coverage on our facebook page. by america'sed cable companies 35 years ago and brought to you today as a public service by your local cable or satellite provider. >> this week on "q&a," a talk with participants in the 2014 united states senate youth program, held at the renaissance mayfair hotel in washington dc. >> tell me your name, where you are from, and what his group is all about. >> my name is catherine and i am from the state of michigan. we are at the 2014 u.s. senate yo

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martin luther king and evan wolfson of freedom to marry and tavis smiley of pbs. >> his upcoming book is death of a king, the real story of dr. martin luther king, jr.'s final year. let me just start with you, evan. so now it is gay rights. is that the next chapter of the civil rights struggle that has been going on for so long? >> i wouldn't call it the next chapter. i think it is part of the same struggle. i think what the struggle has president obama said is that the civil rights movement did so much to lay the foundation for and president johnston's work and all the millions of others was to create an america that s'more perfect union for everybody and gay people are part of that everybody but as we just saw and heard and said we are not done with any of these fights on any of these fronts that overlap anyway and my blood boils when i see voter suppression, the assault on women's access to conception that we are debating that, so it is not a matter of this or that or that, civil rights is about the america we want for everybody, where everybody can participate and contribute. >> george bush was talking about closing the achievement gap, nikole, w

dr. martin luther king, jr.called "they killed a king." ♪ ♪ they killed a king >> please welcome back to the show, sam moore. great to have you back, my friend. thank you. you played many, many times with everybody i can think of. from springsteen, you played with everybody, goes across the gamut. and one of the things, this music you've done with the song about martin luther king, i hope people will go to the website and watch it. but you know we're not going to let you come on here and not play one of the great hits that put you in the rock 'n' roll hall of fame. >> why? >> i just figured, first of all, being able to play with you is a big thrill for me. and we want to make sure that we play one that everybody will just absolutely love. >> but you got on your bass. >> we're going to play it. you're going to do it. you've got to, sam. >> but you're playing? >> i'm playing because it's my show. it's that simple. >> you ain't got to get mad. >> we have some of the little rockers playing with sam's band today. we'

dr. martin luther king, jr. telling npr that tears came down his face, dr. rted crying and we all cried. dr. king said to me, john, we will make it to montgomery and the voting rights act will be passed. and, indeed, it was passed. martin luther king, jr. and lbj the southern former congressman and senate leader whose voting record in congress included opposing anti-lynching voting rights and desegregation bills became unlikely allies in the push to prose a broad civil rights agenda. part of a phone call between the two men shortly after the assassination of kennedy and johnson's assumption of the office of president. >> you have our support and backing. we know what a difficult period this is. >> it's an impossible period. we got a budget coming up. it's -- we've got nothing to do with it. practically already made. civil rights bill that hasn't passed the house. everybody wants to go home. got a tax bill they haven't touched. we just got the letter -- not letter upon any of them and keep going and i guess they'll say -- i'm going to ask the congress to stay

dr. martin luther king jr. was killed 46 years ago today.ay the fight for civil rights he started has shifted but it's far from finished. ♪ no two people have the same financial goals. pnc investments works with you to understand yours and helps plan for your retirement. talk to a pnc investments financial advisor today. ♪ thoughtful combinations, artfully prepared. fancy feast elegant medleys. inspired dishes like primavera, florentine and tuscany. fancy feast. a medley of love, served daily. . >>> 46 years to the day after martin luther king jr. was killed, the civil rights fight he gave his life fighting is far from over. in many ways, the battle is even more important now than it was then. even two years after his "i have a dream" speech, dr. king called his famous dream a nightmare. in a sermon to atlanta's ebenezer bap kis church, king preached in part, i'm concerned about white poverty as much as i'm concerned about negro poverty, so yes, the dream has been shattered and i have had my nightmarish experiences, but i tell you this morni

dr. martin luther king jr.'s closest associate. it was fitting those two were paired together.s it was when mrs. abernathy participated and protested in her native alabama, the work of civil rights requires a combination of activism and legal acumen, individual bravery and institutional knowledge. from the beginning of the civil rights movement, skilled attorneys worked alongside expertly planned public demonstrations to produce the fragile victories that spanned the heroic period during brown versus the board of education and the votes rights act. the shriver center, is still doing that work. and when the bravery of four plaintiffs from that group of 300 potentially displaced families in joliet met the legal expertise and commitment to civic justice that the center continues to embody in the tradition of its founder who was the driving force behind the peace corps under the administration of his brother-in-law jfk and the man lyndon johnson tasked with implementing the war on poverty through programs like headstart. it was an unstoppable force. those tenants won their fight wi

dr. martin luther king jr. face of the civil rights movement to at least most white americans and i wanted to play a little tape. you know this tape so well because you've cure ated all of the audio -- >> this is lbj talking to dr. king. >> i think one of the great tributes that we can pay in memory of president kennedy is to try to enact some of the great progressive policies that he sought to initiate. i'm going to support them all and you can count on that and do my best to get other men to do likewise. i never needed your help more than i do now. >> you know you have it and feel free to call on us for anything. >> thank you so much, martin. >> the date is november 25th, 1963. we're talking three days -- >> day of the jfk funeral. >> that is a call made. do you think lbj knew at that time that j. edgar hoover was eavesdropping on dr. king? >> he certainly found out very soon and that was something he had all sorts of a.m. bifl enss about. lyndon johnson comes into office, and made a pretty good civil rights

dr. martin luther king jr. was assassinated. the lorraine motel in memphis, tennessee. the night before he delivered his famous mountaintop speech, a prophetic, powerful address that brought the audience to tears. >> i just want to do god's will. and he has allowed me to go up to the mountain. and i've looked over. and i've seen the promised land. i may not get there with you, but i want you to know tonight that we as a people will get to the promised land. so i'm happy tonight. i'm not worried about anything. i'm not fearing any man. mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the lord. >> as we remember dr. king's death, we must also remember why he was in memphis. he was there in support of sanitation workers on strike. dr. king had turned his focus to social and economic issues as the next stage in the fight for civil rights. he was planning a poor people's campaign to call attention to the crisis of poverty in america. and in that famous speech about the promised land, he also issued a call to action for improving our li

martin luther king junior. and here is why. dr. martin luther king jr. never preached class warfare. is a class warfare tax. nothing to do with how much money we spend on the military, so i happen to think this dishonors it. addressing the right problem, and the right problem that they ought to be addressing is how do you get the graduation rate up for minorities in this country, more college graduates so they can be on wall street rather than attacking wall street? i happen to believe it dishonors dr. king because he did not stand for class warfare. stuart: how about the tax itself? is proposed it would take half a percent out of all financial transactions. that would actually be a money gusher for the government if it were actually imposed. they go so far as to say this would take care of high-frequency trading problem because every single time he ever made one of these high-frequency trades you would be paying a tax discouraging high-frequency trading. what do you make of that? >> i don't think it would. in terms of it being a gusher for the government, we don't need any more fina

dr. martin luther king jr., to ena ktd the law as a memorial to dr. king's life and work.he last of lbj's major victories for civil rights. it was one of his last legislative acts as president of the united states. by the end of that year, the 1968 presidential election meant the work of enforcing johnson's laws. putting its promises into practice would now fall to someone else. it turned out, sma someone else was was secretary of housing and urban development. nicole hanna jones writes that this person saw america's housing patterns as a, quote, high-income white noose. they could have sbrerped it narrowly as a prohibition against discrimination. but he believe it gave them the authority to the promote racial integration in the nation's cities. hanna jones goes onto describe that man's belief that the authority to pressure white communities to build more affordable housing and end discriminatory zoning practices. maybe you're wondering who was this radical who believed the law gave him a mandate to force an end to racial segregation. it was none other than george romney a

dr. martin luther king, jr., was assassinated in memphis.s how senator robert kennedy broke that news during a speech in indianapolis. >> i have some very sad news for all of you and i think sad news for all of our fellow citizens and people who love peace all over the world. and that is that martin luther king was shot and was killed tonight in memphis, tennessee. >> later that year in june, senator kennedy would also fall to an assassin's bullet. the lorraine motel opened as a museum in 1991. it's been closed for a year and a half for a sweeping renovation. that motel is reopening today. msnbc.com's tremain lee is in memphis. good afternoon. what's the scene like there today? >> reporter: first of all, the culmination of the day happened about 15 minutes to go when museum officials broke the chains to open the doors of the museum. they released doves. and a minister declared it holy ground and said that violence will not be victorious. violence has played such a major role in american history. but so has nonviolence. you see it inside the

dr. martin luther king jr., everyone can be great because everybody can serve. you only need a heart full of grace, a soul generated by love. thank you, abe, for your service and for giving your heart and soul to making our world more just and peaceful. i know that i join everyone in this room in wishing you the very best in the years ahead. i can't think of anyone who deserves it more. thank you all very much. [applause] [inaudible conversations] >> well, we have a pause for a minute or two, and let's everybody just, everybody just take a deep breath and exhale, how about that? that was nice. [laughter] i'm glad everybody brushed this morning. [laughter] one thing we didn't get to do but we can do for the legions of our fans on c-span is identify some more glass participants, and we've been identifying different regions who are here and noting the interest drawn when i announce that particular region. so let's see how we do this morning. do we have the atlanta and southeast region in the house? [applause] >> adl! adl! [laughter] >> that was pretty good. >> how

dr. martin luther king jr. and mrs. coretta scott king. i introduced the house bill and my good friend, senator levin, sponsored the senate companion. the legislation passed in the house and senate by voice vote. unfortunately, a couple of years later, my good friend, coretta scott king, passed away. she was a beautiful and strong spirit, and like her husband, a national treasure. they were heroes, breaking down barriers, opening doors, fighting injustice across our country and building bridges around the world. it is only fitting that this congressional tribute is an exhibit to the world and a permanent national memorial. again, mr. speaker, i'd like to thank the bipartisan leadership and staff for all of their good and great work and support of this commonsense legislation. i yield back the balance of my time, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. green: mr. speaker, i am so honored to be a part of this and i will thank again the honorable john lewis for his accord the t only congressional gold

dr. martin luther king jr.'s life ended here on this balcony back on april 4th, 1968.n 1991, the motel became the national civil rights museum. now it's being transformed. >> this museum, after 22 years, needed to be updated. needed to have more technology. needed to be engaging to a younger generation. >> reporter: nearly $30 million was raised to give the civil rights history displayed here a face-lift. design teams and architects gave exhibits a state-of-the-art and vibrant feel. >> it's automated. it's high touch, multi-user. you'll be a part of history before you leave. you'll feel it. >> reporter: dozens of scholars and researcherses focused on giving visitors a complete history. not just king and rosa parks. but the everyday people involved, and the lesser-known named, such as ella baker and russ tin. >> they're the many faces of the civil rights movement and we need to make sure that deeper story is being told. >> reporter: museum leadership tells me the new exhibits and all of the renovations was a move they just had to make in order to keep the national civil

dr. martin luther king jr. on the university of texas campus. at least three people were arrested.ent to take executive action is being issued right in front of his own house. three people have staged a hunger strike since tuesday in front of the white house demanding their loved ones be released from immigration detention. one of the activists, 18-year-old cynthia diaz, is taking time away from her studies at the university of arizona to protest the detention of her mother, ria rodriguez who has been in detention since march. cynthia joins us now from washington. nice to have you. >> hi, thank you for having me. >> so, cynthia, you are currently right now hunger striking, is that right? >> yeah, that's right. this is my fifth day. >> so tell me why. why are you hunger striking? >> i am doing this hunger strike for my mom. she was unfairly deported on may, 2011. when i.c.e. raided our home, i was 13, cynthia, they're taking your mom. i was confused because i didn't know what that meant so i went to my front yard and there i saw ten i.c.e. officers all over my front yard and i saw m

dr. martin luther king jr. said in justice and health care is -- most shocking and acumen and inhumane.th care is not only a civil right, it is a moral issue. thank you, madam speaker, for your leadership for helping those to secure a more advanced protection, especially in the area of mental health and addiction. , for you, president obama delivering on your promise of providing the politics of hope rather than the politics of fear. i yield back the balance of my time. >> more highlights from 35 years of house floor coverage on our facebook page. america'seated by cable companies 35 years ago and brought to you today as a public service by your local cable or settlement provider. " continues.journal host: we are back with vikrant analyst forr policy right on crime, joining us from texas to talk about sensing reform. mr. reddy, what is right on crime? guest: right on crime is a project of the texas public policy foundation here in austin, texas. it is a think tank like any institute, the brookings institution -- we focus on state-level policy. we focus on things like andation and health

fourth marks the forty six anniversary of the assassination of dr martin luther king jr and to honor the memory of dr king this friday a massive worldwide wave of action is taking place this global demonstration aims to commemorate both the spirit of nonviolent dissent and dr king's message that change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability but instead it comes through continuous struggle already the hash tag wave action has sparked conversation all across social media calling for demonstrations of former occupy sites all over the world this new call to action is reigniting the dialogue over the massive socio economic exploitation against the ninety nine percent so to help go over what the goals are and what we can expect to see from the demonstrations i'm joined now by david de graw organizer with the world wide away of action what is up david a great to be on with you thank you so much for coming on and so david a wave of action begins tomorrow april fourth on the anniversary of this as a nation of dr martin luther king talk about what's being planned. so it's a three month

dr. martin luther king jr. being gunned down in memphis, tennessee. dr. king is well-known for his speech "i have a dream" about civil rights, social justice. but when he died he was fighting for economic justice. he was fighting for the right to organize and for better wages for human beings and to attack poverty. unfortunately in this house too often we hear about opposition to jobs' bills, opposition to the minimum wage, opposition to health care for individuals who cannot afford it and we even see the voting rights bills being struck down in the supreme court and a difficulty of getting a new one in the house and people don't question the need for the civil rights bill. dr. king's dream is still that, a dream, but many of us share that dream and one of us will wake up and see the reality that the dream must be fulfilled. i hope that day comes soon. in memphis, it's a holiday for dr. king. it should be a holiday for everyone and we remember the great man and his great works. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yi

his one nine hundred sixty seven book where do we go from here chaos or community reverend dr martin luther king jr wrote that i am now convinced that the simplest approach will prove to be the most effective the solution to poverty is to abolish it directly by a now widely discussed measure guaranteed income. is absolutely right it's time to eliminate poverty in america and give everyone a shot at living the american dream. and that's the way it is tonight thursday april twenty fourth twenty fourteen and don't forget democracy begins when you get out there get active to your. technology innovations all the developments from around russia. that's huge you're covered. her. mum. the folks. across top roles in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want. coming up on r t in afghanistan a security guard kills three americans at a kabul hospital this while the pentagon is looking for ways to drawn down its military equipment in the country more on that just ahead and the assy sea may soon change how internet data travels new rules could have companies paying for access to faster internet the crit

dr. martin luther king jr. and beside his concern for those who did not have equal rights, he was also an economist to the extent that his advocacy was to extinguish poverty. the last days of his life were spent in planning the poor people's march in 1968 to raise the income and to raise the quality of life of men and women across america. so i rise to raise the question of where we are in 2014. now this is not a conversation that we easily engage, mr. van hollen, with our friends on the other side of the aisle, but to my knowledge, in your passing of the budget resolution, the process that you're in, to my knowledge, there was no effort to include an increase in the minimum wage, there was no effort to ensure that 164,000 persons in the state of texas would get unemployment insurance extension, thereby ceasing to lose their homes or be evicted from their rental properties or literally be able -- not be able to support their family. now we have on the floor of the ouse legislation that simply exacerbates the ci

his one nine hundred sixty seven book where do we go from here chaos or community reverend dr martin luther king jr wrote that i am now convinced that the simplest approach will prove to be the most effective the solution to poverty is to abolish it directly by a now widely discussed measure the guaranteed income. is absolutely right it's time to eliminate poverty in america and give everyone a shot at living the american dream. and that's the way it is tonight thursday april twenty fourth. twenty fourteen and don't forget democracy begins when you get out there get active tag your. world with. science technology innovation all the latest developments from around russia we've got the future covered. plate. crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want. what a. pleasure to have you with us here. he voted for barack obama twice but says he has serious problems with some of his policies progressive talk agenda ugur head of the young turks network as he didn't discuss new media big money and what's ahead in american politics it's all next on politicking. the politicking on larry

of images of people who we don't necessarily know and also images of people like martin luther king jr. this is one of dr. king's mug shots as found in the files of the mississippi state sovereignty commission. mississippi sovereignty commission kept on with this work until 1973. the state officially disbanded in 1977 the of the and accord ing to the official history by that time mississippi with the state agency had collected enough intel on its own citizens to fill six filing cabinets along with, quote, two unsealed paste board boxes, two separate folders in a manila envelope and a bound volume of minutes. they locked the records away and ordered them kept under seal until the year 2027. now the fight to get the state to open up the records earlier started the same year they locked them up, in 1977. and that fight was a long fought fight. it took a long time. a lot of stages in that fight. but the reason we've got those photos i just showed you is that these photos and records are finally now all online. as of 2002 you can see everything in the collection. some day i myself am planning a long field tri

and i saw martin luther king jr., i was so afraid to be in his presence, and he said, well, you the boy from troy? are you john lewis? and i said, drg me the boy from troy. he inspired me. he taught me how to stand up, to speak up, and speak out. he became my inspiration, my hero, my big brother. >> and we'll have more of my conversation with congressman john lewis tomorrow. he also shared with me his incredible story about buying a suit for his first protest. >> this was my first protest. and it led to my arrest. i had just turned 20 years old. and i wanted to have a nice suit to wear. and i couldn't afford a new suit, so i went to a used store, used men's store and bought this suit for $5. >> $5? >> $5. >> and what year was this? >> this was 1960. february the 27th, 1960. 89 of us, students in nashville was arrested. >> was this a lunch counter protest? >> we had been sitting in at the woolworth's lunch counter. >> we'll have a special coverage all this week marking the 50th anniversary of the civil rights act. please tell us what civil rights means to you today. share your thoughts using the #advancing the dream. [ male announce