. >> and jim palmer. i was blessed to be -- a frat brother. i was in the fraternity. so i began to get access in that situation. but that was that, and then in north carolina, jim palmer was a huge force in that time. i've been blessed to be around men and women of stature. marian wright edelman. these persons have had great impact on my life. >> what did you learn from dr. king, in particular, because your legacy is so intricately tied to dr. king's. you were literally standing on the balcony. >> i was on the ground. we were talking to each other. >> to be that close to him not just at that moment but over the course of those years u what were the big lessons you learned from dr. king? >> oh, boy. one i think is intellectual preparation. he was a serious scholar. you think of him, he did a debate on the negro and the constitution at age 14. >> . he finished at 19. he was a furious scholar. he read at least one fiction an nonfiction book a week. i mean, he was as scholarly as he was activist. and so i'm not bad as a scholar, but i certainly appreciate the need to keep

already we've got frank and earl and we've got eddie and jim palmer, they're already there.onight cal ripken is taking his place among those legends here. in baltimore baseball lore. it was on this day. 17 years ago back in 1995 that cal ripken jr. became baseball's all time consecutive games leader at 2,131 games. he passed lou gehrig's mark here at camden yards against the california angels. you know the guy who we were talking about, president clinton was here for the game in the booth with espn when cal had his home run in the 4th inning and that was a milestone in baseball. many say will never be broken. to give you a little perspective on this megan, the current active games leader in baseball is at 300 games. cal ripken played 2,632 games in a row and tonight it's going to be all about him. >> 1995 was cal's record- setting yearment '96 and '97 were the playoff years at camden yards and you know here we are 15 years later and hopefully on the cusp of another playoff season. >> reporter: good faiths are gone to -- gates are going to open at 5:00 tonight and the ceremon

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you got jack, you got frank and you got eddie and even got jim palmer up there. what better night to do it than when the orioles take on the yankees in game one of the four game series that's going to be for the division playoff race that we're in the middle of right now. before the game all about cal. >> even though he retired almost ten years ago a little over ten years ago now, you know, people still recognize cal's name no matter where you go across the country. and even around the world. certainly the impact he had on the game transcends just baseball. >> reporter: monica says gates are going to open at 5:00 tonight and the ceremony at 5:15. there's going to be a pre-game only field ceremony at 6:20 prior to the first pitch at 7:05. the game tonight here at the yards is a sellout. but bar low is saying if you make your way out to the ballpark, if you have that ticket, be patient because they're expecting a big crowd. now megan coming up later on "good morning maryland," we're going to take you back 17 years and show you the memorabilia that was handed out th

jim, thank you. thank you for your support. i am very grateful, and i thank you for that. we need to mobilize our veterans and barry palmermander here. thank you for your hospitality and jim hardy, thank you, it's wonderful to see you again. finally, two inmates in the chow line in the state prison. one of them turn to the other and said the food was a lot better here when you were governor. [cheers] [applause] anyway. i tried a joke in illinois. i think all of you. i finally said, what an honor it has been to serve the united states senate, particularly the armed services committee with kelly ayotte. she has done a magnificent job. many areas that kelly has been involved in. one of them is this whole issue of treatment of prisoners. she took her experience as the attorney general of the state to washington to work on these very difficult any issues. as you know from the president wants to close guantÁnamo bay and once read them there in the rights and kelly ayotte does not leave the terrorist should give miranda rights. and i want to tell you that she has done a magnificent job. her partner, joe, thank you. thank you for