that is jonathan eig, author of "king: a life."viewed more than 200 people, including many who knew king closely like the singer, actor, and activist come the late great harry belafonte. the book has drawn attention for its revelation that king was less critical of malcolm x and previously thought. he found the original transcript of an interview king did with alex haley, the other who collaborated with malcolm x on his autobiography, the transcript shows how he misquoted and even made a part of king's response was king never said malcolm has done himself or our people a great disservice. king's comment about oratory was not related to malcolm x. to talk about all of this, we're joined in chicago by jonathan eig. this is an epic work. congratulations on years of research and writing. why don't we begin where i left off on this exposÉ around what martin luther king early thought of malcolm x. talk about the significance of how alex haley shaped the narrative for so many decades and who haley was. >> he was one of the best-known afri

joining me now is a journalist a new york times bestselling author jonathan eig. ut this tuesday. i'm gonna call you jonathan since we are both johnson's. mr., thank you so much for coming to the saturday show. >> what made you to when you talk to me dr. king your subject. >> first of all, and working on my ali book, i was meeting people who knew dr. king, and it kind of blew my mind. out of curiosity, i began asking people like, did gregory and harry belafonte and angry young and jesse jackson, what was he like, what was it like to be around martin luther king jr. day. that's when it occurred to me, that we really soften his image over the last 25, 30 years, especially since the national holiday was created. we've soften dr. king to the point that you wouldn't recognize his real radical nature. you wouldn't realize, recognize just how create courageous he, wasn't just how complicated he was. he suffered, he went through moments of sadness. he struggled with wondering if used doing the right thing. i wanted to write a book that would make you feel like you knew him

jonathan eig, the book is king, a life. thanks so much for being with us. jonathan: thank you. william: apprenticeships are common in fields like welding, plumbing, and carpentry. but until recently, the federal government didn't recognize teaching apprenticeships. the biden administration changed that, and educators are now hoping that new federal funding, combined with experience from college programs will open the floodgates to a new class of qualified, diverse teachers for america's schools stephanie sy reports from dallas for our series rethinking college. stephanie: 22-year old pricila cano padron says she's always dreamed of becoming a teacher. >> i've always wanted to help people. i've always wanted to help someone in need. just seeing the relationship i had with my teachers in elementary school and how they have helped me. stephanie: she's a first generation mexican-american, just like many of the students in this classroom at audelia creek elementary in dallas, texas. >> i see students that remind me of myself when i was in their third grade classroom. now, thanks to