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they don't need john king on cnn. they can find him on youtube or anywhere they want. >> well, i think tv journalism is definitely changing. most major national broadcasters now do have a youtube channel, and they use it to reach their audiences online as well as on tv, and i think also tv is changing because the broadcasting experience can now be more interactive. you can hear from your audience, you can talk with your audience, they can help inrmour prograing. so i think th nature of how we have a public dialogue about the issues of the day is actually becoming more robust, and that can happen best what happens with a hybrid model, i think, between web and tv. >> what does that mean, a hybrid model? >> i think it means leveraging the power of people who are using the web to consume news throughout the day to help inform how you cover it yourself. so it means putting clips of your news shows online to help reach new audiences, it meanasking the audience to give you feedback about stories that you're reporting. it mea
they don't need john king on cnn. they can find him on youtube or anywhere they want. >> well, i think tv journalism is definitely changing. most major national broadcasters now do have a youtube channel, and they use it to reach their audiences online as well as on tv, and i think also tv is changing because the broadcasting experience can now be more interactive. you can hear from your audience, you can talk with your audience, they can help inrmour prograing. so i think th nature of...
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>> larry: thanks, john king, the host of john king usa. let's swing to john mccain headquarters at the phoenix convention center in very hot arizona. jessica yellin, our cnn national political correspondent is on the scene. she's been there all day. the polls don't close until the top of the hour. he pulled -- mccain has pulled ahead in the polls, hasn't he? >> reporter: he has, larry. he's pulled ahead and is clearly feeling confident, but still cautious enough that he wouldn't take questions from reporters today and he kept saying, you know, it's not over until it's over. this was a very close race for some time. john mccain seeking his fifth term was so threatened by his charge, j.d. hayworth here, that he first of all spent a record amount of money on this primary, $20 million just on the primary, never been done before here. and he also had to shift his policies quite considerably, running significantly to the right, especially on immigration, which has been, you know, his signature issue. there is a question, will he have to moderate
>> larry: thanks, john king, the host of john king usa. let's swing to john mccain headquarters at the phoenix convention center in very hot arizona. jessica yellin, our cnn national political correspondent is on the scene. she's been there all day. the polls don't close until the top of the hour. he pulled -- mccain has pulled ahead in the polls, hasn't he? >> reporter: he has, larry. he's pulled ahead and is clearly feeling confident, but still cautious enough that he wouldn't...
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it is. ♪ >>> i'm john king in washington. let's take a quick run through tonight's primary election results, beginning with john mccain projected as the winner in his republican senate primary in arizona. let's take a peek at the results. almost from the moment he lost the 2008 presidential election, understanding he would have a challenge from the right. senator mccain outspent his opponent and with 59% of the vote, cnn projects john mccain will keep the republican nomination for the senate seat out in arizona. perhaps the biggest surprise of the night came in the florida gubernatorial primary on the republican side. former health care executive rick scott who spent millions of his own money, we project he will be the nominee for governor in florida. rick scott defeating the state attorney general will mckcollum. another big primary in florida, the democratic contest for senate. kendrick meek, he will be the democratic nominee, winning that contest. we can peek at the results here, despite millions of spending by the billion
it is. ♪ >>> i'm john king in washington. let's take a quick run through tonight's primary election results, beginning with john mccain projected as the winner in his republican senate primary in arizona. let's take a peek at the results. almost from the moment he lost the 2008 presidential election, understanding he would have a challenge from the right. senator mccain outspent his opponent and with 59% of the vote, cnn projects john mccain will keep the republican nomination for...
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he came in this country in 1924, ended up in john hops king in the early 30's and wrote a paper in 1943, very classic paper entitled autistic aspects of disorders. he didn't title the paper autism. he borrowed that term from the schizophrenia literature, the inward looking nation, the inward looking nature of some people with schizophrenia. they are totally introverted. i want to read you a few words of his description before showing you a voas a video. in his first paper he talked about 11 children. one of them donald he realized was happiest when he was alone drawing into a shell and living within himself, oblivious to everything around him. donald liked, had a mania for spinning toys. he liked to shake his head from side to side. all of these illustrate some cardinal features of autism. he liked to spin himself around in circles and he had temper tantrums when his routine was disrupted. he also noticed that donald had explosives, seemingly irrelevant use of the words and he referred to himself as the third person and repeated words. let me now quote epilelia. he calculated his own de
he came in this country in 1924, ended up in john hops king in the early 30's and wrote a paper in 1943, very classic paper entitled autistic aspects of disorders. he didn't title the paper autism. he borrowed that term from the schizophrenia literature, the inward looking nation, the inward looking nature of some people with schizophrenia. they are totally introverted. i want to read you a few words of his description before showing you a voas a video. in his first paper he talked about 11...
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he had to leave, but john is my eldest, dearest, labor mentor. leroy kingrom the longshoreman was my mentor, especially after jimmy herman died. jimmy was just the best. the love to sit next to jimmy at meetings, and he was a real guiding force. passing jimmy herman and terry bridges. i hope to see when commissioner brandon passes me. that would be good. he takes second place. i hope i did not leave anybody out. it has been fun. i love it. i loved serving as commissioner. those wonderful people, ernestine white, who probably attended more meetings than any other commissioner, so, ernestine, thank you for all your opinions, and we took it serious. and when tom said earlier that -- we definitely care what he said, but i listened -- no, that is not true. the person on the waterfront that always made the most sense was tom. since he does it from his heart, he does for the right thing, and he will accept any challenge, and, tom, you are the best. i appreciate that. i have to leave now because
he had to leave, but john is my eldest, dearest, labor mentor. leroy kingrom the longshoreman was my mentor, especially after jimmy herman died. jimmy was just the best. the love to sit next to jimmy at meetings, and he was a real guiding force. passing jimmy herman and terry bridges. i hope to see when commissioner brandon passes me. that would be good. he takes second place. i hope i did not leave anybody out. it has been fun. i love it. i loved serving as commissioner. those wonderful...
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john conyers. on the republican side we have peter king, john campbell, ron paul. so there really is this growing bipartisan support that the legislation, chairman frank's bill is up to 70 co-sponsors. in the senate there has been some movement beyond menendez's bill. senator ron wyden has actually introduced that says let's regulate the industry, let's tax it and use the revenue to help provide more health coverage to the uninsured. he also introduced another bill with senator gregg which is dealing with tax reform and simplifying the tax codes. and in that legislation is also the provisions to regulate online gambling. clearly for this to be done it needs to go through the house and senate. i think as the house continues to move forward it's going to put pressure on the smat to bring up this issue. host: and remind us, what has the white house said on this issue? guest: well, the white house has not been involved. they have not publicly commented on it. host: let's hear from south carolina now. it's been. good morning, ben. caller: oh, yes. how you doing? host: f
john conyers. on the republican side we have peter king, john campbell, ron paul. so there really is this growing bipartisan support that the legislation, chairman frank's bill is up to 70 co-sponsors. in the senate there has been some movement beyond menendez's bill. senator ron wyden has actually introduced that says let's regulate the industry, let's tax it and use the revenue to help provide more health coverage to the uninsured. he also introduced another bill with senator gregg which is...
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checked with homeland security and they say we never spoke to anyone in ohio john kerry didn't fight was. hiding out being low king me one of his attorneys told me he wants to remain viable in two thousand and eight. congressman conyers ohio. to make his report on what had gone wrong in the old four presidential election he's one of the most respected congress he's the democratic leader of the judiciary committee and they do great job what happened in ohio. corruption very great skill. mr blackwell secretary of state of ohio does anybody here think that john kerry should become the president. but i have yet to see any proof. that anything incorrectly. my blog because the. mainstream media was not doing their job i was seeing things that needed to pee reported and talked about i talked about them and people started to take notice including the mainstream media washington post and so forth who would. i was reporting but wouldn't do it themselves and still are not doing. will. of the two thousand and four election because at this point the votes in ohio counted. not even once the same kind of crap. employed to stop t
checked with homeland security and they say we never spoke to anyone in ohio john kerry didn't fight was. hiding out being low king me one of his attorneys told me he wants to remain viable in two thousand and eight. congressman conyers ohio. to make his report on what had gone wrong in the old four presidential election he's one of the most respected congress he's the democratic leader of the judiciary committee and they do great job what happened in ohio. corruption very great skill. mr...
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john? the resilient elizabeth edwards is next -- on "larry king live." >> larry: it's a great pleasure to welcome back to "larry king live" one of my favorite people, elizabeth edwards, the author of the number-one "new york times" best-seller "resilience, reflections on the burdens and gifts of facing life's adversities." it's now out in paperback. with a very candid and compelling new afterword. elizabeth is a senior fellow at the center for american progress, working on health care issues. it's always good to see her. you look so good. you got to tell me, how are you feeling? >> i feel great actually. you know, i'm always going to have some sort of treatment. i'm on chemotherapy now. had chemotherapy this morning, as a matter of fact, in north carolina. sometimes the treatment gets you down, but the disease is not getting me down. >> larry: what does the chemo do? you're in stage 4, right? >> i'm stage 4. the chemo i'm taking right now actually has a lot of effect on my blood. so i'm not supposed to cut my cuticles or floss or do things that might introduce infection. and sometimes i'm breathl
john? the resilient elizabeth edwards is next -- on "larry king live." >> larry: it's a great pleasure to welcome back to "larry king live" one of my favorite people, elizabeth edwards, the author of the number-one "new york times" best-seller "resilience, reflections on the burdens and gifts of facing life's adversities." it's now out in paperback. with a very candid and compelling new afterword. elizabeth is a senior fellow at the center for...
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johns, cnn. >> that's it for "360." thanks for watching. larry king starts now. larry king starts now. see you tomorrow night. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >> larry: tonight -- "family guy" creator seth macfarlane. >> i want you to meet your family. >> you're my family? >> larry: his twisted, dysfunctional, even perverse take on mom, dad and the kids have made him hollywood's $100 million man. the highest-paid writer in television. and only in his 30s. he's an equal opportunity offender. >> death to americans. >> larry: christians, gays, sarah palin, you name it, nothing, no one off limits. >> i met larry king. >> name dropper! >> larry: cruel or cool? wicked or wonderful? seth macfarlane, next. >> you know, today started as a really nice outing, but as usual, you had to ruin it. >> larry: on "larry king live." that is funny stuff. and by the way, we have a group, a gang of nice-looking people here in the studio from the pacific ridge school in carlsbad, california. all high school students here as fans of our special guest, seth macfarlane. the emmy-winning creator -- there t
johns, cnn. >> that's it for "360." thanks for watching. larry king starts now. larry king starts now. see you tomorrow night. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >> larry: tonight -- "family guy" creator seth macfarlane. >> i want you to meet your family. >> you're my family? >> larry: his twisted, dysfunctional, even perverse take on mom, dad and the kids have made him hollywood's $100 million man. the highest-paid writer in television. and...
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john boyd. >> hello, weashed washington, d.c. i want to say today to dr. kingnder, the originator, the emancipator, the man who paved the way for blac in this country and paved the way for america to be what it is today, let's give a hand for dr. king. let him hear today. let dr. king hear us today. and dr. king gave us a miracle in 2008. he gave us the first african american president in history. we ought to let that be known today. we support our president. you know, in the early 90s i made so many trips no washington, d.c. about the plight of black farmers, the plight of land loss for black people in this country. and you know something, people? a landless culture is a power lines culture. those who -- powerless culture. my plight is your plight. what is the connection from black farmers and african americans in this country? we have to be able feed ourselves. and if we don't own any land, people, we can't feed ourselves. can we? or you all ain't with me today. that ought to be important today. and we march to get a settlement in 1999. that settlement gave u
john boyd. >> hello, weashed washington, d.c. i want to say today to dr. kingnder, the originator, the emancipator, the man who paved the way for blac in this country and paved the way for america to be what it is today, let's give a hand for dr. king. let him hear today. let dr. king hear us today. and dr. king gave us a miracle in 2008. he gave us the first african american president in history. we ought to let that be known today. we support our president. you know, in the early 90s i...
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martin luther king and his colleagues whitney young and roy wilkins and james carter and john lewis a/ philip randolph and others gathered with 250,000 men, women, children of all races, creeds, colors, and religions to affirm a new vision for america in the 20th century. they gathered because they wanted to affirm those words embodied by the founding fathers of this nation that all men -- that all people are created equal. and all people, all people are endowed with certain inalienable rights, the right to life, the right to liberty, the right to the pursuit of happiness. let the word go forth -- we are here today as the children and grandchildren of the generations of dr. martin luther king. let the word go forth -- that in this crowd are also many who truly march with understood and understood dr. king's vision of 40 years ago. let the word go forth that we are here to reclaim that dream. , to reclaim that dream once and for all invest the 21st century. we've reclaim that dream because it is a dream of health care for all. it is a dream of access to affordable housing for all. he i
martin luther king and his colleagues whitney young and roy wilkins and james carter and john lewis a/ philip randolph and others gathered with 250,000 men, women, children of all races, creeds, colors, and religions to affirm a new vision for america in the 20th century. they gathered because they wanted to affirm those words embodied by the founding fathers of this nation that all men -- that all people are created equal. and all people, all people are endowed with certain inalienable rights,...
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martin luther king and his colleagues john lewis, a philip randolph, dorothy height and others gatherededs, colors and religions to affirm a new vision for america in the 20th century. they gathered. they gathered because they wanted to affirm those words in body -- words embodied by the founding fathers of this nation that all people are created equal and all people are in doubt with certain inalienable rights, the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. let the word go forth. we are here today as the children and grandchildren of a generation of dr. martin luther king. let the word go forth that in this crowd are also many who truly marched with, understood, and shared dr. king's vision 47 years ago. let the word go for the we are here to reclaim that dream once and for all in this, the 21st century. we reclaim the dream because it is a dream of health care for all. it is a dream of access to affordable housing for all. it is a dream of good schools with good teachers for all children everywhere. it is a dream of good jobs with a living wage for all people. we reclaim th
martin luther king and his colleagues john lewis, a philip randolph, dorothy height and others gatherededs, colors and religions to affirm a new vision for america in the 20th century. they gathered. they gathered because they wanted to affirm those words in body -- words embodied by the founding fathers of this nation that all people are created equal and all people are in doubt with certain inalienable rights, the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. let the word go forth. we...
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king. >> it's 5:55. two closely watched senate primaries have produced different outcoming for incumbent republican senators. senator johnin won last night but his victory is not taken for granted. mccain promised his supporters to fight with every ounce of his strength in november to keep his senate seat. a different story in alaska. incumbent republican senator lisa mckowski is in a tight race against tea party candidate joan miller. she has the support of sarah palin. trails miller by about 1900 votes. many say the outcome will offer a look at the political strength of both palin and the tea party movement. >> the state is saving money by cancels prison visits. corrections officials say state prisons will be closed to most visitors on labor day september 6th. that should save $325,000 in overtime. lawyers will still be able to visit their clients. so will relatives of terminally ill prisoners and juvenile offenders. prison officials say labor day draws the fewest visitors of any holiday. >> a san francisco sandwich shop too popular for its own good has a temporary reprieve. ike's planned to close its castro district d
king. >> it's 5:55. two closely watched senate primaries have produced different outcoming for incumbent republican senators. senator johnin won last night but his victory is not taken for granted. mccain promised his supporters to fight with every ounce of his strength in november to keep his senate seat. a different story in alaska. incumbent republican senator lisa mckowski is in a tight race against tea party candidate joan miller. she has the support of sarah palin. trails miller by...
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king really was a republican prior to becoming a democrat. he became a democrat with regard to the civil rights movement and john f.dy and willing to pass the civil rights bill. i am sick of black people talking about foxed new spirit is the white people who hire them. this is why we have no jobs. your views, reverend sharpton, at one point would you fall behind black people and help us to propel our children and our people into independence. there has to be a point about conservatism among the black community. blacks did not help them. they never have. thank you. guest: dr. king was a republican. the emancipation proclamation process and the civil war. the progressive wing. democrats were of the stripes of george wallace. in 1932, america hit rock bottom and the come back with jobs and a chicken in every pot. there was a big shift to republicans to democrats. dr. king was a republican. republicans were not as polarized as they are today. it is true that the military was desegregated. we got little luck resolve to some extent. we should devote our interest and not our fears. host: arizona, linda, republican line. y
king really was a republican prior to becoming a democrat. he became a democrat with regard to the civil rights movement and john f.dy and willing to pass the civil rights bill. i am sick of black people talking about foxed new spirit is the white people who hire them. this is why we have no jobs. your views, reverend sharpton, at one point would you fall behind black people and help us to propel our children and our people into independence. there has to be a point about conservatism among the...
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john huntsman, i will carefully deliver this to him and his family a graciously thinking on his behalf. [applause] >> 47 years ago, on these various steps, dr. martin luther kingems a simple one -- justice, freedom, and the promise that all men are created equal, the promise that is america for all of her citizens. that day, 200,000 people, black and white, young and old, gathered across the national wall to hear his words. many had run out of faith. many had struggled just to survive. more had lost hope. he knew that this was the day to inspire change. this was the day the american people would rise above politics, rise above the hate, and rise to the occasion. martin luther king was born into a time of fierce segregation. while parts of the country bought strictly in black-and- white, can only solve right and wrong. from the beginning, he recognized america as an idea, one that can only succeed if everyone was given a seat at the cnter. just like the founding fathers before him, he knew the fight for freedom was not easy. a fight for equality was even harder. even though the fight was exhausting, the obstacles demoralizing, he firmly stood by his belief. in
john huntsman, i will carefully deliver this to him and his family a graciously thinking on his behalf. [applause] >> 47 years ago, on these various steps, dr. martin luther kingems a simple one -- justice, freedom, and the promise that all men are created equal, the promise that is america for all of her citizens. that day, 200,000 people, black and white, young and old, gathered across the national wall to hear his words. many had run out of faith. many had struggled just to survive....
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king really was a republican prior to becoming a democrat. he became a democrat with regard to the civil rights movement and john f. kennedy and willing to pass the civil rights bill. i am sick of black people talking about foxed new spirit is the white people who hire them. this is why we have no jobs. your views, reverend sharpton, at one point would you fall behind black people and help us to prol our children and our people into independence. there has to be a point about consertism among the black community. blacks did not help them. they never hav thank you. guest: dr. king was a repuican. the emancipation proclamation process and the civil war. the progressive wing. democrats were of the stripes of george wallace. in 1932, america hit rock bottom and the come back with jobs and a chicken in every pot. there was a big shift to republicans to democrats. dr. king was a republican. republicans were not as polarized as they are today. it is true that the mitary was desegregated. we got little luck resolve to some extent. we should devote our interest and not our fears. host: arizona, linda, republican line. you w
king really was a republican prior to becoming a democrat. he became a democrat with regard to the civil rights movement and john f. kennedy and willing to pass the civil rights bill. i am sick of black people talking about foxed new spirit is the white people who hire them. this is why we have no jobs. your views, reverend sharpton, at one point would you fall behind black people and help us to prol our children and our people into independence. there has to be a point about consertism among...
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king's "i ha ve ve a dream" speech. both events are available are our website at c-span.org. and we will replay them tomorrow evening beginning at 8:00 on c- span. johns joining us from philadelphia. republican line. good morning. caller: hi, steve. i watched both rallies. i enjoyed both of them. i have watched glenn beck over the years. i enjoy his radio show. he gets too deep for me and the stuff was to a religious for me, but the one thing that gets me is the first paragraph of the article in my local paper -- the very first line says that a predominantly white crowd, notice race. of course, the left has a problem when something is too white. i watched the sharpton rally. it was predominantly black. we're having a talk about dr. king, and we are having to be gated rallies. two segre i noticed something about the tea party. you look at the continents and the happiness and the patriotism on their faces. -- and the countenance. and some people see things sinister. they are just people who are really happy, kind. they did not even leave a candy wrapper behind. compare that to the left, often have these angry protests. they are just people who care abo
king's "i ha ve ve a dream" speech. both events are available are our website at c-span.org. and we will replay them tomorrow evening beginning at 8:00 on c- span. johns joining us from philadelphia. republican line. good morning. caller: hi, steve. i watched both rallies. i enjoyed both of them. i have watched glenn beck over the years. i enjoy his radio show. he gets too deep for me and the stuff was to a religious for me, but the one thing that gets me is the first paragraph of the...
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king marched on the mall and even after that, they could not break the fall southern filibuster in the senate for it required the assassination of johnew months later and lyndon johnson, the first southern president since the civil war, by the way, to bring that about. i think we have to recognize as americans whichever political side we are on whether we are white, black, brown, or yellow, we need to recognize that given that history, that this is a very difficult topic. if we can talk about it in mutual respect and if we can agree or disagree without being disagreeable, i think we will go a long way. on an optimistic note, no, i don't know what it means to have felt the sting of that discrimination. as a southerner, i have seen it. i have had friends who have experienced it. i would just say that you look at where we were 47 years ago when an african-american in the south could not go away restaurant or lunch counter or get into a school of the wanted to. that is where we were 47 years ago today. today, not far from here, a mile from here, an african-american sets in the white house and there are african-americans in congress and w
king marched on the mall and even after that, they could not break the fall southern filibuster in the senate for it required the assassination of johnew months later and lyndon johnson, the first southern president since the civil war, by the way, to bring that about. i think we have to recognize as americans whichever political side we are on whether we are white, black, brown, or yellow, we need to recognize that given that history, that this is a very difficult topic. if we can talk about...
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john huntsman, i will carefully deliver this to him and his family and graciously thinking on his behalf. [applause] >> 47 years ago, on these various steps, dr. martin luther kingmple one -- justice, freedom, and the promise that all men are created equal, the promise that is america for all of her citizens. that day, 200,000 people, black and white, young and old, gathered across the national wall to hear his words. many had run out of faith. many had struggled just to survive. more had lost hope. he knew that this was the day to inspire change. this was the day the american people would rise above politics, rise above the hate, and rise to the occasion. martin luther king was born into a time of fierce segregation. while parts of the country bought strictly in black-and- white, can only solve right and wrong. from the beginning, he recognized america as an idea, one that can only succeed if everyone was given a seat at the counter. just like the founding fathers before him, he knew the fight for freedom was not easy. a fight for equality was even harder. even though the fight was exhausting, the obstacles demoralizing, he firmly stood by his belief. in the pr
john huntsman, i will carefully deliver this to him and his family and graciously thinking on his behalf. [applause] >> 47 years ago, on these various steps, dr. martin luther kingmple one -- justice, freedom, and the promise that all men are created equal, the promise that is america for all of her citizens. that day, 200,000 people, black and white, young and old, gathered across the national wall to hear his words. many had run out of faith. many had struggled just to survive. more had...
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john boyd. >> hello, weashed washington, d.c. i want to say today to dr. kingamerica to be what it is today, let's give a hand for dr. king. let him hear today. let dr. king hear us today. and dr. king gave us a miracle in 2008. he gave us the first african american president in history. we ought to let that be known today. we support our president. you know, in the early 90s i made so many trips no washington, d.c. about the plight of black farmers, the plight of land loss for black people in this country. and you know something, people? a landless culture is a power lines culture. those who -- powerless culture. my plight is your plight. what is the connection from black farmers and african americans in this country? we have to be able to feed ourselves. and if we don't own any land, people, we can't feed ourselves. can we? or you all ain't with me today. that ought to be important today. and we march to get a settlement in 1999. that settlement gave us the largest settlement in history for black people. the black farmer settlement, where 14,000 black farmers
john boyd. >> hello, weashed washington, d.c. i want to say today to dr. kingamerica to be what it is today, let's give a hand for dr. king. let him hear today. let dr. king hear us today. and dr. king gave us a miracle in 2008. he gave us the first african american president in history. we ought to let that be known today. we support our president. you know, in the early 90s i made so many trips no washington, d.c. about the plight of black farmers, the plight of land loss for black...