are you john lewis?" and i said, "dr. king, i'm john robert lewis."e whole name, and he started calling me "the boy from troy." and i just lost it. >> and at the time you were heading the student nonviolent -- >> coordinating. >> the coordinating committee at this point. he knew of you. >> he knew of me, and we got to know each other. it was wonderful working with him. he was my inspiration. he was my hero. >> john lewis again, with martin luther king on the day of that march in 1963 on the washington mall. it was supposed to take place on the 40th anniversary this past august. instead, we had a hurricane, and it had to be postponed until now. later on we're going to show you the entire "i have a dream" speech. but more of our special coverage of the martin luther king memorial dedication here in washington comes next. we want to leave you before this break with some of the choir now singing at the dedication ceremony. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ a couple years of up all night ♪ ♪ and a few thousand diapers later ♪ ♪ oh, yeah ♪ he loves that little girl [ male announcer

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john lewis, you too, can do shoofg i was deeply moved and inspired by this man. >> reporter: the son pers, lewis attended segregated public schools in pike county, alabama. he did not understand why signs kept whites and coloreds separate. >> i would ask my mother, my father my brand parents my great-grandparents, why segregation, why racial discrimination. they would say that's the way it is. don't you get in the way, don't you get in trouble. >> reporter: really? therapy worried. >> yeah. they were very troubled about what could happen. but dr. king inspired me. >> reporter: lewis first met king when he was thinkgrate tro. >> i just wrote him and sid dr. king, i need your help. he wrote me back. sent me a round trip greyhound bus ticket and invited me to montgomery. that was the beginning of our relationship. >> reporter: lewis became a key student leader in the early days of the civil rights movement, one of the original freedom riders. nearly cost lewis his live. 1965, bloody sunday as kamt to be known. lewis was badly beaten by alabama state troopers as he crossed the edmund pett

we expect to hear from several civil rights leaders like jesse jackson, like john lewis. also martin luther king iii and bernice king. president obama will also be speaking. we thought we'd take a look at some of the scup tur itself and some of the controversy surrounding it. powerful and imposing, a 30-foot tall statue of dr. martin luther king jr. emerging from a stone of hope. it made an immediate impression on his son. >> the very first time that i came to the site i was almost overwhelmed. i really was impressed by this artist. he was able to capture the essence of my dad. >> reporter: but not everyone is pleased with how the statue turned out or with the fact that the memorial foundation chose a chinese artist to carve it. denver-based ed white, a 70-year-old artist sculpted seven scat ttatues of king beli it missed the mark. >> having a seven-foot sculpture of this man, he would not appreciate that because that was not him. >> reporter: dwight was involved in the project early on and is credited for sculpting small stone of hope donor gifts. foundation panel shows

that person is congressman john lewis.n john lewis addressing the assembly at this time? are there any bucks? there's a buck here. the point of the general assembly, the democratic process is not seeking a human being is apparently more valuable than any other human being. >> these are likely that we're going to come to consensus quickly. therefore, i propose that we continue with the agenda. >> thanks for bearing with me through that, congressman. they decided to let you speak just not at that moment after they got through the agenda. it was viewed as a snub. the folks with me are shaking their head. what was your reaction to that moment? because it has gotten so much attention. >> well, i didn't feel that i was denied the right to speak. i couldn't stay around for 45 minutes or to an hour to speak. i had another engagement. and i had to be there on time. this is the essence of democracy. we did similar things during the early days of the civil rights movement, essenti we tried to r consensus and people had to work throug

are you john lewis? and i said, "dr. king, i'm john robert lewis." that changed my life. >> reporter: lewis would become the chairman of snic, the student non-viernt coordinate's committee, a group known for its protests and sitins. it was a critical part of the civil rights struggle. lewis born just outside troy, alabama was one of the 13 original freedom riders. also with us was the wife of john ralph abernathy, juanita, who was born in lindy, am alabama. it was her husband ralph along with dr. king who organized the famous montgomery bus boycott. history would label that as the beginning of the american civil rights movement. >> dr. king was a down to earth person. he was not a snob. he could have been an intellectual snob. but he was not. and that in itself says what caliber of man he was. he didn't overlook anyone. the lowest man on the totem pole in terms of his level in society. >> reporter: one day in 1957, when her husband was away with dr. king, white supremacists bombed the family's montgomery, alabama home. juanita and her infant daughter

king for racial equality was john lewis. he was arrested more than 40 times. today, he is the sole surviving speaker from that march in washington where king delivered his famous speech. he has served as an american congressman. i spoke to him from capitol hill about the significance of this memorial. >> of someone would have told me 40 years ago, when i stood on the steps of the lincoln memorial that there would be a memorial to martin luther king jr., i would have said, you are crazy. are you dreaming? this is done real, this is unbelievable that a memorial to martin luther king jewelry -- this is unreal, this is unbelievable that a memorial to martin luther king jr. would be here. he was never elected to any public office. progress is made in america as a people. >> might ask how difficult it was back then? you were arrested some 40 times. you were beaten. you suffered as so many did. it has become defacto that we have made progress but it was such a tough time for all of you that struggled. >> we must never forget that it was not easy. it was a struggle. a

[applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome representative john lewis.ause] >> good morning. it is good to see everybody here on this beautiful, beautiful day. first, i want to thank harry johnson sr., president and ceo of the washington dc martin luther king jr. national memorial project foundation. his board of directors, dana kurtz and his entire staff. i want to thank the man from alpha phi alpha and average citizens who made this dream come true. thank you for building a monument, a monument to peace, to love, and nonviolent resistance. on the front yard of america to symbolize the cornerstone of our true democracy. it was 48 long years ago when thousands of us long for freedom. we were in the shadow of the lincoln memorial. many of us were fresh from the jails of the hard south where the front lines of the struggle for human dignity and america was. together there in peace with their hearts in our hands, open to see some sign that our cries would be heard in the cold marble walls of this distant capital. martin luther king jr., this man, this broth

i am equally thrilled to now yield minutes to congressman john lewis of georgia. the gentleman from georgia is not only one of my own personal heroes, and will not only speak to knowing fred shuttlesworth personally and talk of the times in the 1960's they shared together, i am just immensely honored to be able to call congressman lewis a friend as well as colleague. i yield you time. mr. lewis: mr. speaker, i want to thank my friend and my colleague, congresswoman tara sewell of birmingham for holding this special order. thank you. thank you for representing the people of the seventh congressional district of alabama, especially birmingham and selma. i grew up reading and hearing about reverend fred shuttlesworth, the man from birmingham, alabama. i grew about 150 miles from birmingham, outside of a little town called troy. in the words of fred shuttles worth, the action of this man, was so inspiring, i probably wouldn't be standing here today, i know i wouldn't standing here today as a member of congress representing the good people of the fifth district of geor

john lewis, a brave, front lines.he process of fighting for what he believed in. real hero. they don't let him speak. my wife said to me, they probably don't know who he is. >> of course not. >> is that possible, rich? >> yeah. one of my colleagues spent a lot of time down there videotaping and talking to people. and he said he was down there i believe it was yesterday, and one of the leaders, so to speak, of this group was standing there speaking and someone said do you support nancy pelosi, and she said who? who is nancy pelosi? so these are not very sophisticated. >> they don't know russell simmons either. they know j.lo and people like that. >> and am i right or wrong to say that is, and america will see that as barack obama, nancy pelosi's party? >> sure they will. that's a reflection of them. >> no, because those people are very angry with barack obama, and also they don't know her name, but nancy pelosi, because they doan like congress either. >> will people see that as the democratic party? i believe they will

one of them, civil rights icon and georgia congressman john lewis.ed to address the crowd. but the protesters, many of them, didn't appreciate that. didn't want it hear him. and so they wanted to put it to a vote. want you to listen to what happened. you'll hear the people near the speaker repeating what the speaker here is saying. so those who are farther away can actually hear what's going on. that explains the dynamic. now listen to how this played out. >> we have fought for the freedom -- >> he has fought for the freedom. >> and the dignity and the respect. >> and the dignity and respect. >> of countless lives. >> of countless lives. >> however. >> however. >> the point of this general assembly -- >> the point this general assembly -- >> is to kick-start -- >> is to kick-start -- >> a democratic process -- >> a democratic process -- >> in which no singular human being -- >> in which no singular human being -- >> is inherently more valuable -- >> is inherently more valuable -- >> than any other human being. >> than any other human being. >> thank

. >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome representative john lewis. >> good morning! >> good morning! >> it is good to see everybody here on this beautiful, beautiful day. first, i want to thank harry johnson sr., president and ceo of the washington d.c. martin luther king jr. national memorial project foundation, the board of directors, dana kurtz, executive director and his entire staff. i'm a member of the board and avid citizen, thank you for building a monument, a monument to peace, to love, and nonviolent resistance. on the front yard of america. to symbolize the corner stone of our true democracy. it was 48 long years ago when thousands of us yearning for justice and freedom stood a short distance from here in the shadow of the lincoln memorial. many of us hwere fresh from the front line of the struggle for human equality in america. together there in peace with our hearts and our hands hoping to see some sign that our cries would be heard through the cold marble walls of this distant capital. martin luther king jr., this man, this brother, this citizen of amer

he would understand and see that the occupy wall street movement -- i was talking to congressman john lewis right now but what we can be tomorrow, and that's what president obama spoke to, the isness and the outness, and we are so focused on the is necessary, and we fail to look at the oughtness. >> i absolutely loved that line. i am glad you brought that up, ben. final question to you, just your thoughts as you walk around that monument, the first time you saw that monument, how did that make you feel? >> you know, the first time i actually saw it was today. and it's humbling. it was humbling to see joe lowery just in front of me, one of the great warriors and soldiers of the civil rights movement, and one of the great generals in the civil rights movement, the first person of color to be president of the united states, to be surrounded by so many people, jesse jackson, and john lewis, who had really risked, you know, greatly to bring us to the place. again, this great moment of pride and humility, a moment where we can say we achieved a lot in the country, and yet we could also say there

many of them now gone, john lewis, the last remaining surviving speaker of that time 48 years ago. emily skinner, each day was fueled by thorough preparation for events to come. well somewhere along the way, emily went right on living. but you see, with the help of her raymond james financial advisor, she had planned for every eventuality. which meant she continued to have the means to live on... even at the ripe old age of 187. life well planned. see what a raymond james advisor can do for you. can make it from australia to a u.s. lab to a patient in time for surgery may seem like a trumped-up hollywood premise. ♪ but if you take away the dramatic score... take away the dizzying 360-degree camera move... [ tires screech ] ...and take away the over-the-top stunt, you're still left with a pretty remarkable tale. but, okay, maybe keep the indulgent supermodel cameo... thank you. [ male announcer ] innovative medical solutions. fedex. solutions that matter. >>> welcome back to cnn's special coverage of the dedication of the memorial of dr. martin luther king jr. the fes tifries just w

john lewis had to tone down his speech, rewriting it that very afternoon. and as dr.hers speak, he revised his own speech. no one knows why, but activist dorothy cotton shared with me her theory, a story she once told dr. king. >> and i was telling him, i wish you could have been here last night, and that you could have heard this girl talking to this group of folk. so giving and so loving. saying all she wanted was her little girl to be able to play with this white girl. you know, very blond, blue-eyed girl standing there saying to these black folk. that was all, she just had a dream. i have always felt that somehow that stuck with him. ♪ >> the day of the march, dr. king takes this only known copy of his speech called "normalcy - never again" with him. nowhere does it mention his dream. >> i now have the pleasure to present to you, dr. martin luther king. >> with the lincoln memorial behind him and facing a quarter of a million people, dr. king delivers his speech. >> i was standing up and to the side. >> now is the time. >> after he went through all this stuff abou

. >>> also, we are standing by to talk live with the civil rights icon john lewis. he showed up to support and occupy rally in atlanta. but demonstrators refused to let him speak. >>> also, take a look at this. it is the cheapest computer tablet in the world. and before you even ask -- no, you cannot buy it here in the u.s. that story ahead as well. >>> let's start with the fight over the president's jobs bill. the senate is expected to vote on the plan in a matter of days. the measure could cost an estimated $447 billion. the president said, hey, it is paid for. $453 billion, he said, would come from his proposed tax on millionaires. the bill calls for new and extended tax cuts along with additional spending on roads, bridges, infrastructure projects, job training and help for those with housing problems. republicans, as you might imagine, don't like the president's plan. that's not stopping the president, however, from pushing ahead, especially with the tax on millionaires which republicans call class warfare. >> some see this as class warfare. i see it as a simpl

course deliver the key note address in addition speakers will include julian bond, representative john lewis, reverend jesse jackson and members of the king family journalist dan rather will speak and aretha franklin will headline the ceremonial dedication the original date was postponed due to hurricane irene. >>> for many women the threat of breast cancer can lead to mastectomy. >> two doctors in our area have come up with a new procedure to restore patient's breasts without the use of implants. they will join us live in studio next to talk about the new practice. back in a moment don't go any where ♪ [ female announcer ] pillsbury chocolate chip cookies with hershey's chocolate chips. for a moment of warm, gooey, togetherness. chocolate chip cookies... from pillsbury. and these are the ones you'll love on a school night. pillsbury crescent dogs with just a few ingredients you have an easy dinner... pillsbury crescent dogs... school night ideas made easy. >>> well, two doctors are here to talk about a new way to handle mastectomy it is a revolutionary way to reconstruct the breast for wome

the occupy wall street protests are drawing the attention of politicians, democratic congressman john lewis saying the events remind him of the civil rights movement. the rallies are not without criticism as new york city mayor, michael bloomberg said focusing on big banks could drive jobs away and hurt new york city's economy. >>> presidential hopeful, herman cain, who be a knowledged that some protesters doubled down on his belief that jealousy is a driving force behind the demonstrations. he suggest that attendees shift focus from wall street to washington. >> the fact of the matter is, why aren't there jobs? go and picket the white house, the thing that this administration does not get is that the business sector is the engine of economic growth. that's key. they don't get that. so this president and administration wants to continue to try and spend our way to prosperity. part of it is jealousy, i stand by that. and here's why i don't have a lot of patience for that. my parents, they never played the victim card. my parents never said we hope that the rich people lose something so we ca

. >> in occupy atlanta protesters think congressman and civil rights activists john lewis packing whene tried to address the group during the weekend. he supports the message was expect to speak to the crowd but another man running the protest never allowed him to take the microphone. if you want to see the video and watch it unfold, very bizarre when you watch it from beginning to end. go to abc2 now is.com and read and watch the video. it came in over. >> i from the -- overnight from the occupy washington protest. >>> one of the largest home builders must pay 625,000 to the government and states for storm water violation. they have to pay for the alleged violations of construction sites including the chesapeake bay watershed. the epa says a settlement will keep millions of pounds of sediment from entering the waterways where it could harm the ecology. >>> time for five things to know on this tuesday. the u.s. interior secretary is heading to baltimore to talk about steps to develop clean energy in the economy. the secretary is expect to deliver the keynote address at american wind as

king, georgia congressman john lewis. >> just one man, just one man!e, but he liberated a nation! >> reporter: president barack obama was 6 years old when king was assassinated in april of 1968 at the lorraine motel in memphis, tennessee. >> that is why we honor this man, because he had faith in us and that is why he belongs on this mall, because he saw what we might become. that is why dr. king was so quintessentially american. >> free at last! free at last! thank god almighty, we are free at last! >> it is so wonderful that we are able to move this country in a direction of freedom. >> reporter: a mondument who helped integrate the nation and the national mall. >>> told but dewey bozella on friday. a man free from prison after serving 26 years for a murder he did not commit. his dream was to become a professional boxer. saturday night he got his chance facing an opponent 22 years his junior. he landed a hard right cross at the winning bell and earned a unanimous decision. >> i would like to say that dreams do happen if you never give up hope and alwa

video posted online shows congressman and civil rights activist john lewis denied the right to speak.he growing demonstrations are increasingly made up of more than young idealists, attracting people like 67-year-old pat reed. >> my life savings was invested in real estate and the stock market. now i have nothing. >> reporter: now, backing from a major company. ben & jerry's posting a message to protesters on their website saying, we stand with you. experts say while broad support is important it's time for occupy wall street to define what they are fighting for. >> for this movement to be effective, they have to focus on the one thing that matters to most americans right now. that's jobs. >> reporter: and the movement is getting a lot of financial support as well. here alone, organizers say they are bringing in $5,000 to $6,000 in cash every day. brian? >> mara schiavocampo, lower manhattan tonight. thanks. >>> on the political front, jobs and the economy took a back seat to religion this past weekend as top republican presidential candidate mitt romney answered harsh attacks on his

other speakers will include civil rights leaders julian bond, representative john lewis, the reverend jesse jackson and members of dr. king's family. the original dedication ceremony in late august was delayed because of hurricane irene. >> d.c. mayor vincent gray announced plans for a march this weekend for self- determination and autonomy for the district. >> among those joining mayor gray will be long-time consumer and d.c. activist ralph nader. >> after the civil war, african americans got to vote, at least in theory. right after world war i, women got to vote through a constitutional amendment. where are we in 2011? in the district of columbia? neither men nor women nor african americans have to vote. >> the d.c. full democracy freedom rally in march is scheduled for this sunday at 9:30 a.m. at freedom plaza and channel 9 will be bringing you live coverage of the m.l.k. dedication ceremony right here on channel 9 beginning sunday morning at 11:00 a.m. if you normally watch this weekend defense news or the mclaughlin group, they'll be on sunday at 1:00 and 1:30. >>> a coalition of

king, georgia congressman john lewis. >> this one man, not only freed a people but he liberated a nation. >> reporter: president barack obama was six years old when king was assassinated in april, 1968, at the lorraine motel in memphis, tennessee. >> that is why we honor this man, because he had faith in us. and that is why he belongs on this mall, because he saw what we might become. that is why dr. king was so quintessentially american. the first dedication was delayed by hurricane irene, but the sun and the crowds were out in full force to celebrate the life of the man who offered hope to so many. >> free at least, free at last, thank god almighty we are free at last. >> it is so wonderful that we are able to move this country in a direction of freedom. >> reporter: a monument to a man who helped integrate the nation and, today, the national mall. susan mcginnis, cbs news, washington. >> mitchell: the worldwide have sad news from the world of sport, two time endie 500 winner and reigning champion dan wheldon of britain was killed in a race from las vegas today. >> reporter: dan wheldo

one of them is congressman john lewis. >> you know when dr.g received the nobel peace prize in 1964, he spoke about -- >> we cry for joy. we don't cry for pain. when the cup runs over, he cries. >> the world house. they were all living in the same house. it's one house. it's not just american house. but the world house. >> that's freedom's foot soldiers, a conversation with t.j. holmes, it is something you won't want to miss happening tonight, 7:30 eastern here on cnn. >>> new rules for british royals could be coming after 300 years of being passed over. women could get a clear path to the british throne. we'll have that story in our morning passport, next. i've been taking osteo bi-flex for several years now. i really can't see myself not taking it. osteo bi-flex is a great product. i can go back and do gardening with comfort. [ male announcer ] osteo bi-flex, the glucosamine chondroitin supplement with 5-loxin advanced. shows improvement in joint comfort within 7 days. [ jill strange ] since taking osteo bi-flex, there's nothing that i can't

meeting in which the people occupy the park debated whether or not they should let congressman john lewis address the crowd. thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank god. i didn't think i was. thinking. was i. thank you. i thank you. thank you. thank you thank you thank you i was. a. q. thank you and that went on for another long long ten minutes with the group finally deciding to invite not to invite congressman lewis to speak at that point but there were going back later because they hadn't figured finish for their own agenda items so any over the weekend i get a e-mail with a clip of this from a friend of mine who's a conservative saying. he didn't find this whole process insane and my response was no i didn't say in fact i thought it was a great series lots of you know from people who are participating i thought it was a really really see you know this you know the chant this is what democracy looks like. democracy in the broadest sense in the purest sense is about the people alternately it it takes forms and structures and builds establishment and it's can still be dem

and in atlanta democratic congressman john lewis was denied an address of the assembly because he saidhat important. >> how do we feel? >> about congressmen? >> he is like, what the [bleep] did i get myself into. >> they found themselves somebody that they like just as much. >> way -- yea, freedom of speech. gavin, you were there today. >> i was? >> you were there. what was the mood like? what is the scene there? and can you explain to me this stuff and the -- >> fingers for grabbing stuff. >> i got that question for so long. when they are answering yes and no, do you see that? >> spirit fingers? >> how did i not notice that? >> and when they repeat what other people say, is there a reason for that? >> that's an old hippies, 60s thing. what do we want? it gets people going. i found them incredibly naive and nice. i think their hearts are in the right place. i think it is easy to dismiss them as a bunch of fools because they are a bunch of fools. they have a valid beat. they should be mad at those who get paid thousands of times more than they get. i was disappointed to see that no one

among them, civil rights leader julian vaughn, georgia congressman john lewis and dan rather as well as members of dr. king's family. you may recall, the original dedication ceremony was planned for august but hurricane irene postponed it. the memorial opened to the public nearly six weeks ago and has drawn thousands of visitors. >>> it is 6:19 right now. next in sports, baseball playoffs move to the motor city and it is never too late or too early to start making super bowl plans for 2015. >>> right now, time for another check on our question of the morning. 35% of women say they've ended a relationship with a man because of his obsession with which of these things? >> our facebook friend kevin weighs in and he's a reb sans man. i say c. it can't be a or b because most women like sports and drink beer. >> keep your guesses coming. we'll have the answer at 6:53. we'll be back. ♪ more and more folks are trying out snapshot from progressive. a totally different way to save on car insurance. the better you drive, the more you can save. no wonder snapshot's catching on. plug into the sav

. >> now to john lewis, who as we all know marched in the civil rights era.hese individuals all across america are saying in effect that the banks and other businesses are holding millions and billions of dollars. they need to invest in the american people and put people back to work. lewis seems to think that they just want a fair shake. will? >> i think we've got two separate messages coming out here, kyra. this is where my opinion comes into play, and that is if this movement, as so many characterize it, "the new york times," john lewis, is about a rigged system, if it's about banks that don't have to suffer the consequences of capitalism, they don't have to actually suffer failure, i stand with them. but i also wonder, why don't you just join the tea party? that's what the tea party was about. i sense as lz talked about themes, i sense some bigger themes. i sense themes of not wanting to deal with your own bad decisions, the consequences such as debt you took on, a job you lost. and project that and be angry at people that have succeeded. in a sense, i th

those who spoke at sunday's ceremony included some of king's childr children, congressman john lewis,an dan rather and the president. >> if he were alive today i believe he would remind us that the unemployed worker can rightly challenge the excesses of wall street without demonizing all who work there. the businessman can enter tough negotiations with his company's union without vilifying the right to collectively bargain. he would want us to know we can argue fiercely about the proper size and role of government without questioning each other's love for this country. >> the dedication was set for august but was postponed by hurricane irene. dr. king is the first african-american to be memorialized on the national mall. >>> all right. why scam hers may have their eyes on your kids. that's right. that's coming up. >>> cross your fingers. so far, so good on the markets. asian markets ended up, tokyo at a six-week high. the hang seng over 2% higher. european markets up as well. take a good hard look at the dow jones industrial average, after a few weeks of talking about potentially a be

roland martin will be the emcee and other speakers include civil rights leaders bond, representative john lewis, the reverend jesse jackson and of course members of the king family. the original ceremony was delayed in august because of hurricane irene. >>> and in the spirit of dr. king, mayor vincent gray announced some plans for a march this weekend for self- determination and autonomy for the district. long time consumer and d. c. activist ralph nader will be joining him. >> after the civil war african- americans got the vote -- at least in theory. right after world war i, women got the vote through constitutional amendment. where are we in 2011 in the district of columbia? neither men or women or african- americans have the vote. >> the d. c. full democracy freedom rally and march as it's called is scheduled for this sunday. it's going to be held at 9:30 a.m. at freedom plaza. and we are honored to bring you live conch of the event -- coverage of the event on wusa9. if you normally watch those, they will be on sunday at 1:00 and 1:30. guys? >>> that rain you were talking about finally moved

and jim crow or cared about the legacy of civil rights heros like thurgood marshall, rosa parks, john lewis, andy young, and others i mentioned earlier, they could tap into the imagination of an heroic generation formed by the virtues of religion who pursued public justice by pursuing public virtue. enabling american culture is responsible for this spectacle. a society that does not value forming young people in the ways of prudence, justice, courage, self-control, and the like, why would we be surprised that convenient stores are being robbed by youthful mobs? a society that does not value private property and fosters a spirit of envy and class warfare through wealth redrix, why should we be surprised people don't value someone else's property or to use a more technical term "stuff." radical individualism and moral relativism define the ethics of our era, and criminal flash mobs expose our progressive failure. as we celebrate king's memorial, we must leapt the fact that the abandonment of virtue is destroying the lives of young black people and underminding the legal and economic catalyst

we've got congressman john lewis who had a storied history in the civil rights movement, mark morial, ralph nader, some real luminaries coming out who believe it's time for the district citizen to have the same level of democracy as any other citizen in this nation. >> this conflict between your administration and the d.c. police department and police officers when it comes to the all hands on deck, you're going to pay a lot of overtime. now you're quibbling about how much overtime it will cost you for having these all hands on deck. how significant impact is that on our budget? >> we don't know, but we've heard estimates of tens of millions of dollars. i just don't see that being the case. we're going to get that calculated and put the number out, but there's nothing that leads me to believe it's going to be anywhere near that. also there are those who have said this is something that should stop all hands on deck from being done in the future, but it's cheer to me this was specific to -- clear to me this was specific to two instances of all hands on deck events in 2009 because the a

you heard from congressman jou john lewis who knew king, civil rights icon on his own.ndrew young also spoke, jesse jackson spoke, king's children as you mentioned, ber niece king and martin luther king iii and some of the people behind the monument of people who made it happen, the foundation that raised this money. it's a monument costing $120 million. we heard poetry from nicky giovanni and gospel songs from singers. you see behind me there's a concert going on. of course the president left some time ago, but there's still performing a concert for the people who came out, many of them traveling from far away, for this event. we've heard james taylor sing, sheryl crow, and so it's been a big day of celebration here. one thing that i should mention that's been it interesting in the speeches we heard there was a political undertone. we heard a little poll it ticks in ber niece king's speech, dr. king's daughter, al sharpton's speech, andrew young's speech and from president obama himself. at one point he made a reference to the protests going on on wall street and now a

john lewis was also on hand. they attend the young women's leadership academy in atlanta. >> we are overjoyed to be here we are ready to learn so much about this memorial and basically the foundation of it. >> did you think that wow, he is dr. king. my father. so unbelievable. >> the students, amtrak provided the transportation for all the girls and two staff members as well. >>> and a reminder about our coverage plans for the mlk memorial dedication. we will broadcast the official ceremony starting at 11:00 a.m. this sunday on our sister station, wdca my 20. we'll also stream the coverage live on our website, myfoxdc.com. >>> president obama taking his message on the road. he isn't the only one trying to sell his message. plus, the death toll keeps climbing in a nationwide listeria outbreak. another company is recalling its lettuce. is developing story still ahead. >> keep it right here. the news at 5:00 is coming right back.  >>> new developments in the california salon massacre. the suspect

. >> a reminder, the real turning point was not the violence against john lewis, but it was the murderallies and those incredibly brave, courageous white students that came south and were murdered, and white southerners doing there who were murdered that helped to bridge this, as you point out, this other. >> that's true. but also the young girls who were murdered in birmingham -- >> yeah, the innocence. >> and the fire hoses, and the snarling dogs, and, yeah. >> the provocative counter factual i want to ask you, in the environment when the established press does not have the hold as a fact of how many people watch the evening news broadcast, and how many people read "the new york times," is it possible to find a point of leverage for the kind of social change that we need in the absence of that kind of concentrated media entity? >> i think it's a question of what the social change is. one of the problems that i think that we have had in this country is that our press has become so sequesters for the most part on economic lines that the urgency of what has been going on in the country