it was only two years ago that king mohamed the sixth enshrined the equality of men and women in morocco's constitution. it was one of the reforms of the arab spring. but saida says in reality little has changed. >> being a single woman in morocco is an anomaly. it's hard enough in private life, and as a businesswoman you have to really fight. as a woman you have to project a very serious image. >> moroccan women are taking to the streets to protest against discrimination, sexual abuse, and domestic violence. women's organizations are worried that the growing influence of islamists in the region will spread to morocco, a country already deeply divided between modern and traditional attitudes. >> women in rural areas really suffer. the work they do isn't valued at all. they're just shut away in the home. >> khenifra in the atlas mountains -- nawal azizi's home city. she's visiting her parents. her western clothes seem out of place in the traditional household. for her family, it's hard to accept that at 28 she's still unmarried and living independently in marrakesh. >> it was difficult at f

king, malcolm x and barack obama. the picture in our household was malcolm x in the center, the honorable mohammed to his right and martin luther king. i don't have a whole lot of emotional cool to tpull to the dr. king. i did not grow up celebrating martin luther king holiday, in virginia we had lee jackson king day where we celebrated property, stonewall jackson and martin luther king jr. on the same day. >> good day. make it a week. >> that lasted until 2000. they celebrated lee jackson king day until 2000 and this goes to what gary was just speaking about. how can you do that? how can you martin luther king jr. in with robert e. lee and stonewall jackson? you d politicize him, you rob him of his taxable legacy, you rob him of the words he spoke and wrote and the fight he fought during his lifetime and you can do whatever you want with him but martin luther king is not alone in this. weedy politicize every one, american history, your country as arrogant as the united states to claim you are the greatest nation on the face of the earth, in history, you need a history, a narrative of history to match that claim. so ever

king, malcolm x and barack obama. the picture in our household was malcolm x in the center, -- mohammed to his right and then art mr. ng. i just don't have a whole lot of emotional pull to the legacy of dr. king. i realize that is not entirely my fault. i didn't grow up celebrating martin luther king jr. holiday because i grew up in virginia and in virginia we had lee jackson king day, where we celebrated robert e. lee, stonewall jackson and martin luther king jr. on the same day. >> a big day. >> right. >> like a week. >> that lasted until the year 2000. this was a celebration of lee jackson king birthday until 2000 this goes to what gary was speaking about. how can you do that? how can you lump martin luther king jr. in with robert e. lee and stonewall jackson when you do politicize him. you rob him of his actual legacy. you rob him up the words that he spoke and wrote and the fight that he fought during his lifetime. and you can do whatever you want with him and martin luther king is not alone in this. we depoliticize everyone. we be politicize american history. when you are a country as arrogant as the united sta

king, jr.. >> both of them clearly wrestled with their positions in life, the individual sacrifices that they ultimately would make. >> khalil mohammedirects the new york public's library schonberg center for research in black culture. he draws parallel between king and lincoln's strategic thinking. >> lincoln used this legal strategy and maneuvering and says i am going to do something that is going to fundamentally change the balance of power. and is going to stop me. and we'll deal with the consequences, the legal consequences of that when we cross that period. i think he fundamentally admires that and wants to remind a group of politicians and decision makers here in new york that they have the influence and potential power to make similar decisions in this critical moment of 1962. >> critical because king worried that president john f. kennedy would not push hard enough to pass the civil rights act. meanwhile, new york governor nelson rockefeller who intended to challenge kennedy in 1964, invited king to speak at the commemoration ceremony. a possible bid to court black voters. >> of course, governor rockefeller was a republican,

king's favorite food. it is wednesday, january 8th. ♪ ♪ ♪ let's rock >> from abc news, this is "world news now." >>> good morning, everyone. i'm mohamed. >> i'm marci gonzalez in for diana perez. we have some big baby news coming up the next half hour. >> very big baby news. i think news viewers have been waiting for. marci, how are you? >> i'm good. >> mornings are okay? you're not nauseous? i could have sworn i saw rob nelson running around back stage. you know what happens when rob is around, women get pregnant. >> because diana isn't the only one with baby news. we will have that the next half hour. >> we begin this half hour with the frigid weather that has so many americans in its grip right now. >> looking to restore service to thousands of customers who lost power during heavy weekend snow, and they will be back at it again today. >> schools there will be closed for a third state day. abc's tahman bradley is here. good morning. >> reporter: this is the coldest since bill clinton was president. the wind chill made it to minus 5 degrees. that kept a lot of runners home. it was just too cold. brutal arctic blast brought most of t

mohammed ali tightal bout. the documents was a revelation. the fbi was satisfying and destroying and blackmailing martin luther king into committing suicide. for the rains, the reforms following the break-in were undone after 9/11. >> an important document we got from the fbi said clearly, "we want to increase the paranoia that is endemic to these folks and persuade them that there is an fbi behind every mailbox", that's not surveillance, that's intimidation. the purpose was to stop decent. the same thing is going on now. massive surveillance across the country. and the purpose of that is there's an n.s.a. guy looking over your shoulder every time you open your mouth. >> they have not been able to cite an instance of prepting acts of terrorism with the massive surveillance. >> they see a direct line between their actions praised be the u.s. establishment and the actions of whistleblower edward snowden. >> when the law is the crime, then you have to break the law to reveal the crime enforced by that. i think the same thing applies today. you'll try it again and go after it again. >> federal forces in mexico stepped up the efforts to control

king at the 10 year yield down 10 basis points today. joining me now for more on the unemployment report and its impact is jeremy hill. on.ad mohamed puzzling and worrisome. what is your take? >> it is puzzling and worrisome but we have to take a more holistic viewpoint of what has happened in u.s. economic data. just this week we had a ton of data and i suggested to everybody that it was not such a terrible week. is assigninghe fed a higher value to the jobs report. look at the trade deficit. it was the best we have had in four years. overall not a great u.s. economic data week. not so terrible either. a strong adpe had report on hiring which had economists upgrading their outlook on the back of that. do you think it is going to change the fed's thinking around tapering? >> i do not. this is a singular data point. we had some weather issues. i know that sounds are general and even a little bit crazy. one can imagine that next report we get a bit of an uptick in this month's numbers. i think that is a very plausible -- that is very plausible. we had an increase from november. if the trend -- the trend continues to be up in jobs. he