in the relentless barrage of media coverage about the election, we saw nothing about jesse jackson in the campaign. i don't mean that in symbolic terms of. the political scientist, ron walther who passed away recently, in the university, i called him -- >> worked closely with the jackson campaign. >> in the '88 campaign i called him and asked him what if the election was taking place with his thinking was panned when we saw this complicated math that went with the proportional allotment of delegates, if a person gets a this or that many, one of the main things jesse jackson sought in 1988 campaign. they wanted a proportional -- did you have in mind it would help the black presidential candidate? you didn't dream it would. what you did believe -- more people of color, and the national party. going to the convention, does an about-face, six months just shy of being christlike and you should vote for him. when jesse jackson endorsed michael dukakis he wanted among other things this proportional system. were it not be proportional system it would be eaten to obama's clock. obama won a lit

jesse jackson they make this story line that jesse jackson was making a racial. [laughter] so with 2007 and 2008 it was the important story. i was part of the process and it came out in a particular way nobody would endorse but that was not the important aspect of the obama's story line. >> quickly how dr. cogs title came to be where he says obama was selling people on help but jackson said help is one thing and substance is another. jackson was an inspiration going back through 84 he saw him on stage with gary hart, walter mondale and began to think maybe this is something i could do to get into politics. one of the reasons he ran for president, a jackson took his place there is a famous picture on election night jackson was trying to go through washington darman he is trying to force it back down. [laughter] >> a picture is worth 1,000 words. >> and after obama loses that campaign you have to learn to give a speech so he started to go to the rainbow push meetings and the jackson still a lot to give him streak read all over the sell side during the election and

the reverend jesse jackson explains why his country is on the verge of moral and spiritual bankruptcy and what needs to be done to save it. our chief sitting down with a renowned american civil rights activist prominent political and religious figure in the united states reverend jesse jackson sr and i think you are good for joining us today sir my first question to you is about the wall street projects economic summit that you're hosting here in new york right now as we speak what is the main goal of this gathering is what are you looking to do is it hold wall street accountable try to find a situation where you could try to create more jobs for millions of people who don't have them right now and whom do you hope this message will reach out in the quest for economic justice and racial justice and are the days promises we bail out the banks who when tool crisis because. the cost of greed and the cost of marco oversight and sort of a bill out result this home pull closure is only the rise the result is to the loan that is not where the credit card bit and so wall street being accounta

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so host of these guys, including jesse jackson, reverend jackson, know how to deliver a great speech and how to write one, and i think there's a great interaction between them and the speech writer. >> and just one thing that's really over the top. sadly enough, you know, i guess it can be agreed that a lot of people said that adolf hitler was a really powerful communicator, and i was wondering you, as experts, if you knew whether or not he wrote all of his speeches -- >> i don't know, and i'm not going there. [laughter] >> okay. yeah, i -- >> we'll leave that one alone. >> that was off. [laughter] >> thank you. >> thanks for your questions. >> hi. i have to say that i'm so glad to actually meet some of the speech writers because there was so much talk at least this my circle at the time -- in my circle at the time that really we were hearing kind of a return to oratory that i don't think we'd seen maybe since jfk or maybe that ability to sort of enthrall and, you know, inspire a group. it's good to kind of meet the people, some of the people who are behind that with barham. barack.

. >>> civil rights leader jesse jackson coming to the bay area this weekend and here's why. a first of its kind celebration set this weekend across the state really for japanese american civil rights leader. fred koromatsu became the first person to successfully appeal a conviction during the war camps. his life and legacy was celebrated today. just like last year, lawmakers passed legislation marking january 30 as fred koromatsu day. >> there are so 34 americans, today school kids know the contributions that were made. but there's another american hero who still many people don't know the wonderful things and the lessons that he has taught us as americans. >> well said now the word is spreading. as we mentioned, jesse jackson, scheduled to be a keynote speaker. >> okay, the beard is back. crazy a appearance by giants pitcher brian wilson. pp >> brace yourself for a change. we have your forecast in a few moments. >> all those lovely days of the spring-like weather wie've had had us thinking of ice cream. >> we go above and beyond the 31 flavors. >> how many ice cream shops d

the only republican came from jesse jackson.defined as 3/5 of one person. >> it is of consequence of we are. >> also, republicans put the wheels in motion to repeal the health care law with contention at a house committee meeting. >> and i suggest that we yank out the obama health care, by the roots, and eradicate. and did not leave any of its dna behind. >> the peak years that you were in charge left nothing. the eight years that you were in charge. >> and a sticking, the congressional budget office estimates that a repeal would increase the federal deficit by two moderate $50 billion by 2021. and >> and i did not think that repealing obama care is going to increase the deficit by 250 billion pipe 2021. >> and republicans will the slim majority shot right back. >> and we are saying that these policies are dead upon of rival. >> to hold a procedural vote. in washington, samantha hayes. >> dead upon-our arrival. >> and with cabinetry shifting, and with the former commerce secretary will be his new chief of staff. and humbling for

on january 3rd is, we invite you to join jesse jackson and -- to mark the first celebration of this in california. secondly, there is another resolution, a hundred years of voting rights in california. i urge you all to support this resolution. i would like to ask that you add nancy pelosi and the text says the first woman to assume speakership of the house of representatives. i encourage you to join us on february 15th for the women making history celebration. >> i am a longtime san francisco resident. i would like to urge you today to support the resolution regarding sales of kusf. this is a tragedy. this is a gem for our community. losing that would be shameful. i urge you to help us shame the university of san francisco into reconsidering what is clearly a hasty and secretive deal to rid themselves of something they no longer want on their spread should. -- on the spread sheet. there is chinese-language programming, the weekend shows, everything. even classical music. my other pleasure has been teaching the students who come through their in their real world aspect of what it means

a symbolic move, the only obstruction from jesse jackson, that only wanted the original text.slave was on the constitution as 3/5 of a person. >> and a representative, jesse jackson wanted that read, in its a regional content the original content. >> off and several are looking to repeal the obama health care. >> since you were in charge! eight years, it was going out of control. >> and the new speaker of the house, john boehner >> and was not in favor >> and we are saying that this is dead upon arrival. >> and a health care repeal is going to be voted on on friday. >> and with the school shooting in omaha. after a 17 year-old walked on campus. he killed one of them. and then he killed himself ahoy he was suspended for driving on and the athletic field. and you want to talk to his father, france, and his father was a detective in the it no idea. that cracked his service handgun and went back to school for. and he left a message saying it was about to leave and to evil things. >> and with more dead birds. near of lebanon, similar cases in arkansas, louisiana, kentucky, and no w

hundreds attended the celebration, including reverend jesse jackson, and oakland mayor jean quan. his daughter says the support has been overwhelming. >> education was my father's mission, and he truly believed that if you can make a difference in the world, if you appreciate each other's differences. if you're going to fight racism, we need to teach these lessons at a very young age. >> alan: on this day of recognition, schools are being incurrented to teach students korematsu's story and the importance of civil rights. >>> state senator mark leno wants to stop employers from firing employees who use michigan marijuana outside of work. and it would make it illegal not to hire someone because they use medical marijuana. the state courts rule nothing bars an employer from firing medical marijuana uses who test positive for pot. >>> coming up, two minor earthquakes shake the south bay this morning. also, food for the homeless. a bay area girls school serves up lunch to dozens of families. >> and a human -- huge rummage [ male announcer ] rockin out to the big hot pastrami. big. hot.

the reverend jesse jackson and al sharpton among those calls on schools to find other ways to makeup for lost school days. school administrators say the decision not meant to devalue contributions of the leader and they say there are few options. especially in areas where schools face mandatory furlough day autos looblging for something fun and free to do this weekend with no further than national parks. yosemite, 100 other parks are waving normal entrance fees in honor of martin luther king junior day. and there will be some additional free days later this year. while entrance is free other fees may still apply like reservations, skpf tours. >> and a grand reopening for one of the oldest landmarks. palace of fine arts opened today after a makeover. it's been repainted and the dome and statues reinforced and paths have been added. it's built in 1915 so the exposition only meant to last a year but became so popular enthusists paid for several refurbishment autos a lot of sprem a great deal of passion about the palace of fine arts. they have their memories of feeding the ducks and swan

a film on the story was screened as parts of the event at wheeler auditorium and jesse jackson was the key note speaker there. >>> san francisco police are said to start enforcing the controversial sit lie ordinance this week. the law was approved by 54% of voters in november and makes it illegal to resit or lion public sidewalks. it went into effect officially in december but police decided to not enforce it until this tuesday. they wanted to send officers through a training program to make sure they understood the law and enforce it fairly. >>> coming up next at 5:00. a new device changing the way some patients are treated. showing us a wild catheter to treat blocked leg arteries. >>> the royal wedding in april. >>> a rummage sale is under weft to benefit orhisty. we'll explain when the news continues. hi shift your weight forward onto the left foot. take the right leg up, holding the inner arch of the foot... introducing instant action alerts, only from chase. left arm up... manage your account and help avoid overdrafts with a click of a button. just reply to the alert with how much

. >> reporter: civil rights leader the reverend jesse jackson calls korematsu a civil rights leader, much like king or mandela. >> we all learned from fred, his moral integrity, his willingness to sacrifice and suffer for a cause greater than himself. >> reporter: fred korematsu supporters say they may not have known him before today and will now never forget him. >> linda yee in berkeley, thanks for the story. >>> wikileaks founder is once again defending himself, saying he didn't do anything wrong in releasing secret u.s. documents. in a 60 minutes interview airing tonight, julian assange also says he didn't encourage anyone to leak any u.s. military or diplomatic materials. his latest response comes in response to a u.s. criminal investigation into how wikileaks obtained the secret documents. assange calls the investigation harassment. the entire interview will air tonight on 60 minutes, right here on cbs 5. >>> flowers, fruits, flags. how this annual bay area festival always marks a first. >>> and a live look outside tonight. lawrence will be back with your work week forecast. ,,

. >> reporter: the reverend jesse jackson called fred a liberation fighter much like martin luther king and nelson mandela. so the children who may not have known fred koromatzu before today will now hopefully never forget him. in berkeley, linda yee cbs5. >>> some important events of the asian new year underway tonight. celebrating in the tenderloin for the 15th year. dragons and parades. great food, art and vietnamese families clean their houses and eat special food. a lunar new year's celebration with martial arts, demonstrations and more traditional foods. by the way, this is the year of the rabbit. >>> another precurser to oscars in hollywood. the one movie that walked away with an arm load of s.a.g. awards. >>> why the monteray aquarium says this penguin chick is not ready for prime time. >>> tonight on "game day," hear why the coach says this may not be the case. >>> can you remember the biggest catch in 49ers super bowl history. we will go one on one with the man who caught that football. >>> and, the flying tomato needed a great finish to win gold in the x games. wait till you

hundreds attended today's celebration including reverend jesse jackson. his daughter says the support has been overwhelming. >> edge wages was my father's mission. and he truly believed if we were going to make a difference in this world, if we are going to appreciate each other's differences, if we are going to fight racism, we need to teach these lessons at a very young age. >> and on this annual day of recognition, schools are encouraged to teach students his story and the importance of civil rights. >>> a three-week old penguin chick born at the monterey bay aquarium this month has been taken out of the exhibit. this is youtube video of the baby. it is the aquarium's first african black footed penguin chick, and officials removed it because they wanted to protect it from drowning and other aggressive penguins. it weighs 2.4 pounds and the sex is unknown. they will spend the next few months hand-feeding it fish and teaching him out to swim. then it will be urn ared to the exhibit with its parents. >>> and a wiemer reiner took top place. more than 100 b

a movie about korematsu's life, presentation from students and civil rights activists such as jesse jackson. korematsu, by the way, is the first asian american to be honored with a state holiday. >>> thanks for watching the bay area at 11:00. we've got "sports sunday" coming up next. you may have seen him on tv commercials. well introduce you to the san francisco man who has been to every single super bowl. >>> and spring training is just few weeks away.heav g siayonthoatsu thend aiants an the a's have been up to. laurence scott is up next. have a good night. >>> now an nbc bay area editorial. >> we've made great strides in restoring san francisco bay. even dolphins are returning. yet the worst polluter threatening our progress is us. i'm suzanne shaw. ordinary people, you and i remain the primary source of bay area pollution from our cars leaking oil to our lawns leeching fertilizers. our runoff flows to the bay. in just one day along san francisco bay, crews cleaned up 130 tons of waste, mostly plastic. 90% of the trash in our streams like styrofoam does not biodegrade. and now two dozen

. >> reporter: civil rights leader the reverend jesse jackson called koramatsu a civil rights leader, much like martin luther king and nelson mandela. >> we can all learn from fred, his willingness to sacrifice and suffer for a cause greater than himself. >> and that was linda yee reporting. >>> a festive chinese lunar new year celebration in oakland today. n]♪ the lunar new year is thursday, but today people who wanted to celebrate early got a chance to celebrate, and lots of great traditional food. lunar new year is one of the most importantly traditional chinese holidays where people reconcile, forget all grudges, and sincerely wish peace and happiness for everyone. >>> well, nearly 100,000 square feet of space all filled with stuff on sale. bay area shoppers can feel good about spending money here. >> finally, a little rain around the bay area. the question is, anymore coming? we'll let you know, next. sts! you gave us the space age... but your savings accounts are stuck in the stone age! earn more commodore with interestplus savings at capitalone.com. that's new school banking, b

. >> reporter: the reverend jesse jackson calls fred a liberation fighter much like martin luther king and nelson mandela. so the children who may not have known fred kormatzu before today will now hopefully never forget him. in berkeley, linda yee, cbs5. >>> some important events of the asian new year underway tonight. they began celebrating pets with traditions including house cleaning and special holiday food celebrations. a big part of the new year focuses on letting go of troubles and focusing on a better year to come. a lunar celebration with a holiday bizarre and lots of great traditional foods. the new year focuses on reconciliation and wishing peace to everyone. by the way, this is the year of the rabbit. >>> well, the warriors finally end their losing streak at home. i'm dennis o'donnell. speaking of streaks, the flying tomato. wait until you see this. next. fee court is now in session. ♪ [ judge ] let me get this straight -- you changed flights in order to get home to your buddies for new year's. and i paid the difference in airfare... plus, i paid a 150-dollar change fee. o

a few minutes the reverend jesse jackson tells our team why america is saving the wrong people as itscrambles for economic recovery before that we have business update cream with korea. hi welcome to business good to have you with us we'll start with an exclusive for the first time ever b.p. says it will bear the burden of the initial investments into developing the russian optic shelf which it plans to do with also have exploration work in the car a c. is to take comm five to seven years and will start in two thousand and eleven. what we've agreed is that between ross to. complete the exploration license of the geisha that are in the licenses now for the three blocks and there is we expect there to be in the neighborhood of a billion dollars the first billion dollars will be financed by b.p. . and then that will be paid back out of the proceeds from an exploration development the board of mobile communications major ventile com has approved the purchase something telecom assets owned by egyptian billionaire and some various could tell of six and a half billion dollars that's despite

or jesse jackson jr., salon found him in 2004, '06, '07 and '08.ut once salon reporter started spotting patterns -- >> here's dale. this is not only is he in it every year, this is the same spot. >> reporter: it did raise an interesting question. in a chamber with this many seats, how do you get those few seats on the center aisle where the spotlight may shine? >> get there early. if you want to get a seat there, you have to get there early. >> reporter: that's right. it is open seating for the state of the union. >> and by early inmean, you know, more than ten hours early and then ten hours early when the president comes in, maybe you're on tv for three seconds. >> reporter: ten hours for three seconds? what's that calculation? say, new york's elliott engel, another top fiver on salon's list. visible in 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008 and '10. here's what he was doing at 8:30 this morning. >> he found a place on the aisle where he wants to be tonight and he's camping out there for the day. this is like people waiting all night to get concert tickets

and next start talks to one of america's leading civil rights activist the reverend jesse jackson explains why this country is on the verge of moral and spiritual bankruptcy and what needs to be done. my first question to you is about supergirl wall street projects economic summit what is the main goal of this gathering what are you looking to do and who do you hope this message will reach the quest for economic justice and racial justice. are the days promises. the banks who when tool prices because. the cost of greed because of marco oversight so the bill out there is all this home foreclosures on the rise result is to the loan that is not where the credit card debt and so was she being accountable is a big deal it's been over two years now that the economic crisis really reached its peak really seems that no one was quite held accountable in this time do you think it's something that's still likely to happen will not like that because it seems as if we made the decision to bail out the makes now washing capital they were said to be too big to fail and so while they have been protected b

. >>> the reverend jesse jackson was the keynote speak honoring the late civil right leader fred korematsu. they screened a film about korematsu. oakland native rose to civil rights hero while during world war 22 he was arrested for refusing to go to an interment camp. governor schwarzenegger signed today, january 30th as fred korematsu day. >> we have a martin luther king day for african-american and we need someone in the asian community to recognize someone who spoke out during the injustices against japanese- americans during world war ii. >> fred korematsu day is a time for students to learn more about the activist and speak up when they see unfairness or discrimination. >>> firefighters this afternoon responded to a leak at the conoco refinery on san pablo avenue. they were on the scene to monitor a leak reported by the company. fire officials couldn't specify what was leaking. no injuries were reported. fire crews left the refinery about two hours later. >>> sanitary officials in marin city say a damaged pipe, not ecoterrorism may have caused the 842,000-gallon spill. the investigat

caller: i would say that along with jesse jackson -- i would say jesse jackson and all sh -- al sharptonthe people that are most demonized. host: why you think that he -- that they embody that legacy? why are they most demonized? caller: like martin luther king in his day, they were demonized by the white conservatives. they face the issues that still exist today. racial profiling, police brutality, things like that. pate crimes that still occur. host: next is arlington, virginia. good morning. caller: hello? i am a democrat. i read a lot about the martin luther king. none of the american leadership have the knowledge and idea of how to lead this new generation. no one compares with martin luther king. host: thank you very much. next is houston, texas. republican line. good morning. go ahead. caller: i am on the air? host: yes. what do you think -- who do you think most of bodies martin luther king? caller: ron paul. he has consistently trying to throw off the shackles of the enslaving of currency. i think that ron paul finishing the federal reserve banking system -- will be free our cur

. >> one objection came briefly from democratic congressman jesse jackson who wanted the original texthat declined the slave as 3/5 of a person included. >> the eight years you were in charge you did nothing in terms of health care or any type of health care bill. >> reporter: a repeal would increase the deficit by $2 million by 2021. new house speaker boehner says it's the other way around. on the other side of the capital building, democrats who hold a slim majority in the senate fought back. >> we're here today to say these fiscal policies are dead on arrival here in the senate. >>> there was a bit of excitement. today as the members of the congress read the constitution today. >> no person other than a person a u.s. citizen shall be eligible to be the office of president. neither shall -- >> accept obama. >> reporter: representative simpson who was presiding halted the proceedings and ordered the protester removed. >>> vice president joe biden found himself in a bit of a tricky situation while swearing in new senators all because of the quick actions of a little boy. >> you won't g

. >> reporter: reverend jesse jackson with him when he was assassinated said he hopes it will inspireisitors to carry on kick's work. >> the -- kings work. >> the symbol must point us toward the direction. >> they have brought in $108 million they are $12 million away from reaching the goal. scott goldberg, cbs news washington. >>> breaking news about apple ceo steve jobs what his sudden medical leave means for the future of the company. >> looking for that extra jolt with your morning coffee, a sneak peek at the new starbucks size that will put the vente to shame ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, rocket scientists! you gave us the space age... but your savings accounts are stuck in the stone age! earn more commodore with interestplus savings at capitalone.com. that's new school banking, baby! [ laughs ] instead of earning zilch, your savings will be earning three times the national average. three times more? roger that! go online and sign up at capitalone.com. what's in your wallet?! where to sputnik? [ chuckles ] p-g and e admits over the past 7 years... it >> experts saying the san bruno pipeline t

reverend jesse jackson there, jean quan. his daughter says support has been overwhelming. >> education was my father's mission. and he truly believed if we're going to make a difference, appreciate each other's differences, if we're gonna fight racism that we need to teach these lessons at a very young age. >> schools are encouraged to teach students the story and the importance of civil rights. >> today giants fans in the east bay will get another chance for an up close view of the giants' world championship trophy. the 2010 world series trophy will be on display in walnut creek this afternoon, just the latest in a nationwide tour for the trophy. from noon to 2:30 at the lesser center for the arts on civic drive. fans can pay to have their photo taken with the trophy but you may want to get there early. previous stops have brought out thousands of fans. >> you're asked to look but not touch that trophy. >> makes sense. too many prints and damage. this weekend we got a little rain. snow in tahoe, of course. >> a lot of areas

a lot of people voted for obama because he wasn't you might say jesse jackson.bama in a sense has developed a public first, that is not defined in specifically racial terms. i am attracted to obama and those grounds. in fact, couple of years ago i wrote an article called obama and the end of racism praising obama, saying he is a nice man. he has is has got a nice familyd i think he will help to bring this country a little closer to martin luther king's idea of a colorblind society. and yet we still have to ask him his martin luther king stream obama strain? in the way to ask that question is to ask this. have you ever heard president obama passionately defend the idea of a colorblind society? if you haven't, it is because he hasn't. never once has obama not even in his famous race speech in philadelphia at the size or ally himself with martin luther king strain. never has he said, let's move in this direction and here is why. obama frequently -- his favorite quayle is he says as martin luther king said and he uses the phrase, the fierce urgency of mouth but all

i mean i think it was jesse jackson who said we came over in different ships but we are aim in the same boat. and i think that has to be acknowledged, admitted and worked upon. at this point. one of the encouraging signs as mark ud does hal, freshman democratic senator. he's proposed, we've all watched this puppeteering in the state of the union, our side gets up and cheers, then the other side gets up and cheers and we sit on our hands and they sit on their hands. and he suggested that they all sit together. i mean, you know, not sit on strict democratic side and republican side. lisa murkowski the republican senator from alaska cosigned a letter with him. 19 senators have agreed including john mccain. ten of the 19 interestingly enough, a number of them republican, are women. maybe that will be the leader in civility but that is an encouraging sign. and even kevin mccarthy the republican whip in the house has sort of given it a semi endorsement anyway. but that's a step. we can sit and talk with each other and we're human beings. >> lehrer: why would that be important? >> because the

candidates from across the political spectrum, from ronald reagan to jesse jackson, have voluntarily participated in the presidential financing system. now, as a colleague on the other side mentioned, there is no doubt that the current law needs to be modernized. it needs to be fixed. we saw that in the last presidential election, but rather than throw out something that has served the country and the electorate well for 36 years, rather than throw it out let's fix it. and mr. price from north carolina and i and others have introduced legislation to do exactly that. so rather than shielding an avelampling of unlimited special interest money from public view, we should shine a light on it, we should do it by modernizing the presidential system and also pass the disclose act which we could have brought up and voted on except for the previous question was just defeated. mr. speaker, at the end of the day our nation's democracy doesn't belong to presidents or members of congress. it belongs to the voters who send us here. and we have a solemn responsibility to safeguard it on their behal

or jesse jackson jr. salon found him in 2004, '06, '07 and '08. patterns -- >> dale, not only is he in year, the exact same spot he is in every year. it did raise an interesting question. in a chamber with this many seats, how do you get those few seats on the center aisle where the spotlight may shine? >> get there early. if you want to get a seat there, you have to get there early. >> reporter: that's right. it is open seating for the state of the union. >> and by early i mean, you know, more than ten hours early. and then ten hours later, when the president finally comes in, maybe you're on tv for three seconds. >> reporter: ten hours for three seconds? what's that calculation? say, new york's eliot engel, another top fiver on salon's list, visible in 2003, '04, '05, '06, '08 and '10. here's what engel was doing at 8:30 this morning. >> he had found the place on the aisle where he wants to be tonight. and he's camping out there for the day. this is like people waiting all night to get concert tickets or something. >> reporter: except being in t

joined by jesse jackson jr. bill kildee. as the president greets the members of the supreme court, this is a bit of a story in itself. chief justice roberts was at a law school and called ate pep rally and questioned his own attendance. said he didn't want to go to state of the unions any further. he is here tonight, though, because of the shooting in arizona. because we're just coming off a national moment. having lost a federal judge, john roll, who was an acquaintance of his. rather robust turnout of the nine justices as you see the joint chiefs of staff. david, all part of the ritual. >> well, it is. and the symbolism is important. you have talked about some of it in the seating tonight. but also, you know, that show of solidarity after what happened in tucson mattered. speaker boehner spoke to some of us this morning saying that everyone was given pause after the shooting. and thought about, reflected on the kind of debates we're having in washington and how it can be done more civilly and so i think a pep rally of sort

where is jesse jackson? where is al sharpton? where is the naacp?nference? and where, for god sake, is the african-american church and the pastor? abortion is killing our nation. its impact on women of all races devastation. women are suicidal just to mention a few problems. a few weeks ago a woman of a page called me and she said i was depressed. she said she had a psychologist and a psychiatrist. she said she has been by a nose as being manic depression and bipolar. i asked after talking for a while if she ever had an abortion. she responded yes i have but i don't like to talk about it. i said why don't you like to talk about it? she said because i am under the impression that the child may not have gone to heaven. i said is there any other reason you may be upset about having the abortion? she said yes, i can't have children now. abortion is not a friend to america. it's not a friend to women. it's not a friend to anyone. we must stop this in its tracks. no exception! no exception! [cheers and applause] this is not an isolated place for this youn

. >> reverend jesse jackson, with king when he was assassinated in memphis in 1968, says he hopes theinspire visitors to carry on king's work. >> so, the symbol must point us toward the direction martin luther king was guiding us toward. >> completed, what, two weeks ago? >> two weeks ago. >> when finished, it will be the first on the national mall dedicated to a civilian. >> jefferson memorial right there. >> president lincoln in back of dr. king. what better place to put a king than between two presidents? >> nice. >> fund-raising efforts have brought in $108 million. the project is still $12 million away from its goal but harry johnson says it will not delay its dedication in august. incredible sight. >> it is massive it seems. are there other symbolic pieces throughout the memorial. >> they plan a cherry tree which of course bloom in the early part of april around the same time he was assassinated, april 4th, 1968. people are thinking people will come around the time the cherry blossoms bloom. also the address of the memorial is 1964 independence avenue. 1964, of course, being a r