john king has the day off. president trump and the first lady are about to board a plane together to go to ohio. but they'll go their separate ways when they hit the ground to sell different parts of the trump agenda. >>> and if you thought the memo drama was over, think again. tonight the house intelligence committee is facing another big vote, this time it's the democrats' memo. and republicans are pushing back on the president's claim that the gop memo undermines the special counsel's republican -- excuse me -- russian probe. but houw far are republicans willing to go to challenge trump? >> i wonder when the republican leadership in the congress is going to come to their senses. i had a lot of respect for paul ryan. i thought he was taking these matters seriously. but the things i've heard him say and do over the past several months makes me question whether or not if there is going to be removal of rod rosenstein as well as bob mueller. what will the republicans do? will they allow that to happen? it cannot

anyone in the european institutions who doesn't like this coalition treaty because as we just heard john king was younger it's all about europe not all but there's a large part about europe something they haven't seen in the past like that but there's also the acknowledgement that this was a difficult bitter pill to swallow for going to mexico for example here the french of the moment says if this really stands it will be a victory from out insurance from the social democrats and even a little harsher here are the financial times right here you know if you can see that machall has to pay a heavy price ok max what are europe's partners now expecting from this new government i mean the the new government is of sensually the old are they expecting anything different well the most important thing for most partners at least in europe is not the details of what they really want to do especially not in germany it's that there is a functioning new german government because the situation that they had to deal with in last month's was difficult this is a time when the european union wants to reform it

i'm john king. thank you for sharing your day with us.el is asking about precampaign trump organization dealings in russia. the president lashing out at attorney general jeff sessions. disgraceful is the new insult. plus, honoring america's pastor. a farewell tribute to billy graham at the united states capitol. and back to school at marjory stoneman douglas high school. students confront their fears, and some, their frustration. >> the thing that makes me the most mad is even after two weeks, even after two weeks of all of this, not a single bill has been passed at the state or federal level. none of our glass is being replaced with bullet proof glass. none of our locks that are being replaced are able to be locked from the inside. no legislative action has been taken. all we have now is more guns and more chances f

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i'm john king. thank you for sharing your day with us. one of president trump's most trusted aides testifying this hour on capitol hill. he was the bridge of his son after word was leaked about trump jr.'s meeting with russians. archbishop alex rogers says the president has not given him authority to counter russian meddling in cyberspace. >>> congressional action on any new significant gun controls is unlikely. top republicans in the house, including shooting survivor scalise, said the problem in parkland was incompetence, not inadequate laws. >> i think what angered me the most was there was a sheriff's deputy trained and armed at the school, assigned to protect the school, and he hid out instead of protecting those students and confronting the shooter. i wouldn't be here right now if it wasn't for law enforcement confronting the shooter in my case. and it's really disappointing that ultimately somebody didn't go into that school that was there and armed to protect those kids. >> let's stay right there on that point. this hour the repub

i'm john king. thank you for sharing your day with us. the trump white house launches new sanctions against north korea, sending a message by upping the pressure on pyongyang before the olympics in south korea come to a close. >>> plus new charges from the russia special counsel and a white house scramble now to help presidential son-in-law jared kushner keep his access to the government's most sensitive intelligence. >>> and the president gets a hero's welcome at cpac, supporting his border wall and a man who they not too long ago considered a cancer. >> you don't mind if i go off script a little bit, because it's sort of boring. i've got this beautiful speech, everything is wonderful, but a little boring. >> we begin the hour with the president and guns and some mixed messages from a leader who sees different from politicians but at least today is acting like one. we see president trump and mr. turnbull at the white house. we'll get a glimpse of those sessions. the president has spoken twice about guns, including a rowdy speech to curon

i'm john king. thank you for sharing your day with us. it is a sad day trying to make sense of something senseless. 17 people gunned down at a florida high school. i want to take you to the senate in a moment of silence for the victims in parkland yesterday. >> the senate will observe a moment of silence for the victims of the florida school shooting. >> mr. president, t. >> the senate will come to order. >> mr. president? >> senate will come to order. >> bill nelson, the senator from florida about to speak. obviously his state struck by this tragedy. we'll go back to the floor if necessary. actually, why don't we listen for just a minute. >> those of us who are parents, you can imagine the parents of those children. wondering what else can be done. because yesterday a former student at marjory stoneman douglas high school in northern broward county, parkland, florida walked onto the campus with a gas mask, smoke grenades and carrying an ar-15 assault rifle. he pulled a fire alarm. he waited for the students to come out into the hallway,

john king starts after a quick break. >>> welcome to "inside politics." i'm john king.g your day with us. a new charge from the russia special counsel sends a message. if you lie, you will be hauled into court. plus, your president at work. morning tweets attacking the media, his predecessor and a woman who says donald trump forcibly kissed her years ago. >>> and student survivors from parkland, florida are heading to the state capitol today vowing their new activism will not fade with time. >> there is no going back from it. there is no going back from being so outspoken on twitter, from organizing meets with the legislators in tallahassee. because even if and when we solve this and this all passes, there's no going back. there is no going back to the way things were before. that has been taken from us,

i'm john king. thank you for sharing your day with us. most trusted aides testifying this hour on capitol hill. he was the bridge of his son after word was leaked about trump jr.'s meeting with russians. archbishop alex rogers says the president has not given him authority to counter russian meddling in cyberspace. >>> congressional action on any new significant gun controls is unlikely. top republicans in the house, including shooting survivor

i'm john king. thank you for sharing your day with us.w sanctions against north korea, sending a message by upping the pressure on pyongyang before the olympics in south korea come to a close. >>> plus new charges from the russia special counsel and a white house scramble now to help presidential son-in-law jared kushner keep his access to the government's most sensitive intelligence. >>> and the pre

welcome to inside politics, i'm john king. thank you for sharing your sunday. the president talking about replacing his chief of staff. it sounds tone deaf or worse as he speaks kindly of a top aide that has to resign because of domestic abuse allegations. >> we wish him well. we found out recently, i was surprised by it, we wish him well in this tough time for him. he did a very good job when he was in the white house. we hope he has a wonderful career. >> plus a massive new spending deal and a green light to raise the debt ceiling. there is a new republican identity crisis. >> we are in a terrible state as a country. $20 trillion in debt is bigger than our entire economy. you wonder why the stock market is jittery. we don't have the capacity to continue to fund a government like this. >>> and mike pence talks tough as north and south korea use the olympic stage to make nice. >> we will continue to seize every opportunity to ensure that north korea does not use the powerful imagery and the backdrop of the olympics to paper over an appalling record of human rig

but the irony is just a few weeks ago that to include selma alabama, my friend john king likes to say the black belt is about the richness of the soil. i say is the richness of the people. the fact that someone put jet doug jones over the top in alabama 50 years later, the spirit and change but what does that look like in 2018? what are the lessons to be learned? i want to start with doctor mary frances berry who i love sitting and listening to her wisdom and the stories. when chris scott king was a live they used to talk on mlk day and the question was, what was the question. >> use your microphone. we would talk about two things, we talk about what would martin do about whatever was going on what would martin do it we talked about it and then we would say will martin say and we would talk about what he would've said about whatever was going on in this was for years and in between martin luther king day depending on what is happening around the world. so is ask myself is came back from speaking in tampa when i talked about was martin would say what he would do about all that's going

i'm john king. thank you for sharing your day with us and a fascinating day it is. president trump's team up on capitol hill testifying before the intel committee about russian election meddling in 2016 and the current election year. about other russian meddling on cyber attacks. new information about north korea and important new information about a scandal now engulfing the trump white house. remember, rob porter, the staff secretary, forced to resign earlier this week after allegations surfaced from two former ex-wives about domestic spousal abuse. one of the big questions has been who knew what when inside the trump white house. when did an fbi background report get to the white house containing allegations of this abuse? the white house was given a bunch of mixed answers about this a short time ago on capitol hill. listen as the fbi director, christopher wray, reluctant to give details of what was in the report, but follow the timeline closely. >> i'm quite confident that in this particular incidence, the fbi followed the established protocols. the fbi submitte

i'm john king. thank you for sharing your day with us. the government is back in business after a brief overnight shutdown. the president brought in a new spending plan that throws the debt onto the trash heap. >>> korean athletes north and south march carrying unification flags. vice president mike pence looks on with kim-un's sister just a few feet away. >>> democrats? they have thoughts, too. >> rob porter was a serial wife beater. this guy is astonishing. it's illegal, it's immoral, and by the way, it's really cowardly. and john kelly in the white house was aware of this for over a year. how did this person, who committed crimes, he didn't even have a security clearance yet he was being allowed to see the most secret documents involving our national security. so this is just, on every level, inexcusable. >> back to that story in a moment. but we begin this hour with what happened while most of you were sleeping. the government shut down and then congress agreed to reopen it again. 340 voted in the house of representatives before sunri

i'm john king. thank you for sharing your day with us. deadline day on capitol hill. as congress rushes to spend a new budget plan, democrats are asking what happened to the plan to shrink the deficit and balance the budget? plus, what did they know and when did they know it? top officials protected a top aide accused of beating his first and second wives. >>> no jokes this year. the president attends the national prayer breakfast and sticks to the script. >> all we have to do is open our eyes and look around us, and we can see god's hand in the courage of our fellow citizens. when americans are able to live by their convictions to speak openly about their faith and to teach their children what is right, our families thrive, our communities flourish, and our nation can achieve anything at all. >> we begin the hour with this reminder. assumptions in the new washington are dangerous. but with the midnight deadline approaching, the prevailing assumption is that the government won't shut down, that the mammoth two-year framework brokered in the senate will end up on the p

i'm john king. thank you for sharing your day with us. a roller koelscoaster on wall s. the market dives, rose, then falls again. >>> plus president trump's lawyers don't want him talking to the special counsel because they worry he can't tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. >>> and as congress debates yet another short-term spending plan, the defense secretary says he's frustrated. the military can't make long-term plans, and he tells lawmakers, grow up. >> it is not lost on me that as i testify before you this morning, we are again on the verge of a government shutdown, or at best, another damaging, continuing resolution. as hard as the last 16 years of war have been on our military, no enemy in the field has done as much to harm the readiness of u.s. military than the combined impact of the budget control act's defense spending caps worsened by operating for 10 of the last 11 years under continuing resolutions of varied and unpredictable duration. >> secretary mattis has a point and we'll get to it in a few moments. but we begin with another day

i'm john king. thank you for sharing your day with us. a roller koelscoaster on wall s.et dives, rose, then falls again. >>> plus president trump's lawyers don't want him talking to the special counsel because they worry he can't tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. >>> and as congress debates yet another short-term spending plan, the defense secretary says he's frustrated. the military can't make lang-term plans, and he tells

i'm john king. thank you for sharing your day with us. a new charge from the russia special counsel sends a message. if you lie, you will be hauled into court. plus, your president at work. morning tweets attacking the media, his predecessor and a woman who says donald trump forcibly kissed her years ago. >>> and student survivors from parkland, florida are heading to the state capitol today vowing their new activism will not fade with time. >> there is no going back from it. there is no going back from being so outspoken on twitter, from organizing meets with the legislators in tallahassee. because even if and when we solve this and this all passes, there's no going back. there is no going back to the way things were before. that has been taken from us, so all we can do now is keep moving forward and grow into these people that we have determined to be. >> back to that big story in a moment. we begin with a new charge today from the russia special counsel, and with that charge a major message. lie or hide and you will be charged. today's

i'm john king. thank you for sharing your day with us.o hear from the president of the united states. he's speaking as we speak right now at the white house, meeting with governors, sharing his proposals on gun control with dozens of governors around the country who are meeting here in washington. again, we expect video remarks any minute. we're also going to hear this hour from the first lady, melania trump. she, too, will give her views on gun control. in a bit we'll hear from reporters in the room of what

i'm john berman in for john king. president trump holed up and fired up during a weekend in mar-a-lago after special counsel robert mueller charged 13 russians with a plot to interfere in the u.s. election. and students beg lawmakers to act after that deadly school massacre in florida. the other white house says the president supports approving federal background checks. >>> plus, heartbroken and blindsided, the family who opened their home and hearts to the shooter before the rampage speaks out. >> everybody seems to know we didn't know. we had rules and he followed every rule to a t. >> and before he moved into your home, how well did you know him? >> i had met him a couple times before. he had spent a night at the house, and he was very polite. he seemed normal. >> cnn has learned that the parkland, florida school shooter had obtained at least 10 firearms, all of them rifles, according to law enforcement officials in the year prior to the shooting. meanwhile, president trump may have found an opening to take action

i'm dana bash in for john king.resident trump meets today with florida officials to talk school safety after sending a half dozen tweets this morning promoting his ideas for preventing another school shooting. >>> and senator marco rubio faced tough questions, and unlike many politicians these days, answered them during cnn's town hall with families of those who lost loved ones in parkland. >>> and today the nra chief is sending a shot across the bow to republicans like president trump and marco rubio who are endorsing policies that the gun lobby opposes. >> the elites don't care not one wit about america's school system and school children. if they truly cared, what they would do is they would protect them. for them, it's not a safety issue, it's a political issue. their goal is to eliminate the second amendment and our firearms freedoms so they can eradicate all individual freedoms. >> we are waiting to hear from president trump who is meeting as we speak with state and local officials on school safety. we will br

i'm john berman in for john king.a school massacre that killed 17 people, including a 14-year-old girl. president trump says he's headed to florida today to meet with, quote, some of the bravest people on earth all while survivors and family members of victims beg for action from politicians. >> this isn't a good time to talk about guns. thoughts and prayers are appreciated, and everyone who is thinking about us and sen

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we've got to get beyond that, and maybe these students who are so poised, as john king was saying, whetherey're incredibly poised. they are different. it's a different voice. >> we'll see if the president is at all willing to risk antagonizing the nra, the national rifle association, even though they give him overwhelming support in his bid for office. >> in our town hall tonight, you have a representative from the nra who will be there. >> they'll show up to state their case, for sure. >> they've been kind of quiet on this. so it'll be interesting to see whether they will let some legislation go that sort of nibbles around the edges. if they give that, then these members and conservative districts will breathe a sigh of relief because they want to get "a" ratings, not "c" ratings. >> everybody stand by. more news we're following, including a stunning tweet from the president of the united states, challenging his own attorney general to investigate former president barack obama. yes, you're going to hear why. plus, more on the breaking news. student survivors and lawmakers are meeting in f

john king is off. an unprecedented public rift between the white house and the fbi over making a controversial gop russia memo public and the implications for president trump's new fbi director. >>> plus, one of the president's closest aides is under new scrutiny in the mueller probe. and all of this drama is unfolding while president trump is heading to west virginia speaking this hour at the republican retreat on selling the agenda going into this year's midterm elections. his vice president feels good about their chances. >> elections are about choices. if we frame that choice, i think we're going to reelect majorities in the house and the nat and i actually think we're going to -- when all the dust settles after 2018, i think we're going to have more republicans in congress in washington, d.c. than when we started. >> we begin this hour in suspense on when the president will make the final decision on authorizing the release of that controversial how else gop memo on russia. cnn has learned that th

i'm john king. thank you for sharing your day with us.nown as america's pastor is dead at age 99. billy graham carried e advantage lichl into the tv age and counseled presidents for six decades. plus, president trump's anger at the russian meddling investigation spills into the media again, attacking has own attorney general. and students rally

john king has the day off. and the first lady are about to board a plane together to go to ohio. but they'll go their separate ways when they hit the ground to sell different parts of the trump agenda. >>> and if you thought the memo drama was over, think again. tonight the house intelligence committee is facing another big vote, this time it's the democrats' memo. and republicans are pushing back on the president's claim that the gop memo undermines the special counsel's republican -- excuse me -- russian probe. but houw far are republicans willing to go to challenge trump? >> i wonder when

i'm john king. to our viewers in the united states and around the world thank you for sharing your sunday. it is super bowl sunday. we'll get to that in a few moments. president trump says a newly released memo, quote, totally indy indicates him and if you believe him it also proves systematic corruption at the fbi. >> i think it's terrible you want to know the truth. it's a disgrace what's going on in this country. it's a disgrace. a lot of people should be ashamed of themselves and much worse than that. it was declassified and let's see what happens, but a lot of people should be ashamed. >> the president's take, though, to borrow a phrase is fake spin. the memo deals only with a sliver of the investigation. it in no way vin did i indicates the president. in fact, even as it questions fbi methods, the memo details contacts between trump campaign advisers and russians. >> the fact is papadopoulos was approached by the russians and told that the russians had stolen hillary clinton e-mails and this t

i'm john berman in for john king.ump holed up and fired up during a weekend in mar-a-lago after special counsel robert mueller charged 13 russians with a plot to interfere in the u.s. election. and students beg lawmakers to act after that deadly school massacre in florida. the other white house says the president supports approving federal background checks. >>> plus, ar

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i'm john king. thank you for sharing your day with us. it's washington's version of groundhog day.re in favor of a big spending deal, house democrats are dplaemandin promise to move next to an immigration debate. plus, big west wing drama. the president is

. >>> i'm john king in washington. want to take you straight to the white house.sident trump meeting with a bipartisan group of lawmakers to talk infrastructure. >> we've really accomplished a lot. we're here today to discuss the urgent need to rebuild and restore america's depleted infrastructure. we've been having meetings with different members of congress. they've been very successful meetings. we'll see how it all turns out. this is a priority that is shared by members of both parties, and most importantly it's shared with the american people and by the american people. to begin the conversation on the issue, i have laid out the principles on the biggest and boldest infrastructure initiative in at least a half a century. this framework will lead to a $1.5 trillion investment in american infrastructure, a faster permitting process that takes two years instead of ten years, and maybe less, we're looking to get it down to one year, if possible because when the money goes out, we want them to be able to spend the money, not wait around for many, many years while

i'm john berman in for john king. funerals begin for the victims of the florida school massacre that killed 17 people, including a 14-year-old girl. president trump says he's headed to florida today to meet with, quote, some of the bravest people on earth all while survivors and family members of victims beg for action from politicians. >> this isn't a good time to talk about guns. thoughts and prayers are appreciated, and everyone who is thinking about us and sending support, we do hear you and we appreciate you and we thank you, but there's much more that can be done, much more that needs to be done, and much more that people like marco rubio and rick scott are not doing. and it's scary to think that these are the people who are making our laws when our community just took 17 bullets to the heart. and it feels like the only people who don't care are the people making the laws. >> 17 bullets to the heart. the city of parkland, florida deep in grief today laying to rest the first of 17 victims from wednesday's shootin

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i'm john king. thank you for sharing your day with us. we're waiting to hear from the president of the united states. he's speaking as we speak right now at the white house, meeting with governors, sharing his proposals on gun control with dozens of governors around the country who are meeting here in washington. again, we expect video remarks any minute. we're also going to hear this hour from the first lady, melania trump. she, too, will give her views on gun control. in a bit we'll hear from reporters in the room of what the president has told the governors so far. he has told them he will ban so-called bump stocks and he will do it himself through congressional action if the congress won't do that. and he sat down with the national rifle association and told them something must be done after the deadly shooting in parkland, florida 12 days ago. the president also said he's considering opening some mental health institutions that have been closed in the united states in recent years. meanwhile, cnn has learned that president trump and

i'm john king. thank you for sharing your day with us. it's washington's version of groundhog day. another government shutdown looms. while the odds this hour are in favor of a big spending deal, house democrats are dplaemandin promise to move next to an immigration debate. plus, big west wing drama. the president is telling allies he wants to ignore his lawyers and sit down with the russia special counsel. and the president wants to spend millions on a military parade. he calls it a salute to the troops. critics call it wasteful narcissism. >> it's a fantastic waste of money to amuse the president. take the money that the president would like to spend on this parade, instead let's make sure our troops are ready for battle and survive it and come home to thundershoweir families. let's put quality into the families of those who sacrifice their lives. and finally, let's make sure we're doing something to stop the waiting lines at veterans hospitals. that's a good way to put taxpayers' money, investing in our troops, investing in our veterans is, instead of the amusement of the presid

i'm john king. thank you for sharing your day with us.brief overnight shutdown. the president brought in a new spending plan that throws the debt onto the trash heap. >>> korean athletes north and south march carrying unification flags. vice president mike pence looks on with

rooney mara also in a supporting role a few other famous faces pop up but i know you just heard john king phoenix and joaquin phoenix was at the press conference he was in a ridiculously foul mood i have to say we were all there willing to to cheer him on because we thought he gave a great performance but he didn't want to answer questions he even turned away from the press at some point so i'm curious to see what he's going to be doing later on the red carpet behind us here is he is famously media shy even when one of our colleagues stood up to ask him a question about how he prepared for this role because it is such an interesting physical role he's confined to a wheelchair for most of and we asked him how he prepared for this and he just did not want to answer the question he has maybe one sentence. yanks all right so beware of walk in phoenix in a bad mood i guess. looking forward to seeing that from both of you. david leavitt's at the berlin international film festival we'll be talking to both a little bit later in the program. you're watching the news still to come the winter olympi

i'm john king. thank you for sharing your day with us. is a sad day trying to make sense of something senseless. 17 people gunned down at a florida high school. i want to take you to the senate in a moment of silence for the victims in parkland yesterday. >> the senate will observe a moment of silence for the victims of the florida school shooting.

i'm dana bash in for john king.icials to talk school safety after sending a half dozen tweets this morning promoting his ideas for preventing another school shooting. >>> and senator marco rubio faced tough questions, and unlike many politicians these days, answered them during cnn's town hall with families of those who lost loved ones in parkland. >>> and today the nra chief is sending a shot across the bow to republicans like president trump and marco rubio who are endorsing policies that the gun bb

i'm john king. thank you for sharing your day with us.ends a budget blueprint to congress and rolls out his long promised infrastructure plan. >>> plus, who to believe? a president who vents with his chief of staff or a president who sends top aides on the tv circuit to insist the chief of staff is just fine. >>> do not adjust your set. the top republican and top democrat make a public show

i'm john king. thank you for sharing your day with us.resident trump sends a budget blueprint to congress and rolls out his long promised infrastructure plan. >>> plus, who to believe? a president who vents with his chief of staff or a president who sends top aides on the tv circuit to insist the chief of staff is just fine. >>> do not adjust your set. the top republican and top democrat make a public show of respect. >> when we need to come together to solve our country's problems and most pressing issues, we can and do successfully work together. as the longest serving leader of the senate republican caucus, he understands the pressure that every leader faces, including me. i'm new at the job. >> as majority and minority leaders, we're kind of like the offensive and defensive coordinators. i've been both roles. as coach catrino can tell you, offensive coordinator is better. >> offensive coordinator is better. we'll get to that in a few moments. we'll hear from president trump. he's unveiling his longstanding infrastructure plan at the w

i'm john king. thank you for sharing your day with us and a fascinating day it is.dent trump's team up on capitol hill testifying before the intel committee about russian election meddling in 2016 and the current election year. about other russian meddling on cyber

john king is off.dented public rift between the white house and the fbi over making a controversial gop russia memo public and the implications for president trump's new fbi director. >>> plus, one of the president's closest aides is under new scrutiny in the mueller probe. and all of this drama is unfolding while president trump is heading to west virginia speaking this hour at the republican retreat on selling the agenda going into this year's midterm elections. his vice president feels good about their chances. >>

i'm john king. thank you for sharing your day with us. deadline day on capitol hill.congress rushes to spend a new budget plan, democrats are asking what happened to the plan to shrink the deficit and balance the budget? plus, what did they know and when did they know it? top officials protected a top aide accused of beating his first and second wives. >>> no jokes this year. the president attends the national prayer breakfast and sticks to the script. >> all we have to do is open our eyes and look around us, and we can see god's hand in the courage of our fellow citizens. when americans are able to live by their convictions to speak openly about their faith and to teach their children what is

i'm john king. thank you for sharing your day with us. the graceful man known as america's pastor is dead at age 99. billy graham carried e advantage lichl into the tv age and counseled presidents for six decades. plus, president trump's anger at the russian meddling investigation spills into the media again, attacking has own attorney general. and students rallying this hour under the banner never again. >> i'm the wife of a columbine high school first responder. my husband was also one of the first responders at arapahoe high school. there is no way a 19-year-old and a 19-year-old with the problems this young man had who can't even buy alcohol should be able to buy a weapon of mass destruction, and no one can tell me this isn't a weapon of mass destruction. >> we begin the hour with a focus on tallahassee, florida, and two words. never again. you see the live pictures here. students from the self-proclaimed never again movement rallying at the florida state capitol. by never again, these students mean they never want anyone, especially

king. randy evans, georgia. ginger howard. john watson. margaret metcalf. uz.tor cr idaho, damon watkins. jonathan parker. illinois, richard porter. tim schneider. indiana, john hammond. iowa, steve shepard.

the same, but the irony is a few weeks ago in december, that to include selma, alabama, my friend john king at cnn says that the board the black belt is about the richness of the soil. i say the richness of the spirit -- black people,. [inaudible] i look to the fact that selma put jones over the top in alabama. 50 years later. the spirit wants change, but what does that change look like in 2018? what are the lessons to be learned from the past as we move forward as we sit in the now moment? i want to start with doctor mary frances mary who i love sitting at the knee and listening to her wisdom and the stories she tells she told me a story just this week i went to you regale and give it to the crowd. when credit scott king the widow of doctor martin luther king jr. was alive they would talk on mlk day and the question was-- what was the question, doctor barry? use your microphone. your microphone. turn it on. >> we would talk about two things. one, we would talk about what would martin do about whatever was going on. what would martin do? and we would talk about it and then we would say-- sh