professor lawrence martin on richard leakey, his friend, who has died at age 77.e at south africa's houses of parliament. the blaze totally destroyed part of the complex in cape town. nomsa maseko reports. an historic building on fire. plumes of smoke engulfing south africa's parliament. within hours, the fire tore through the complex and completely destroyed the main debating chamber. sirens. more than 60 fire fighters battling to extinguish the blaze. the damage is significant and there are fears that some parts of the structure, which was built in the late 1800s, could collapse. the entire parliamentary complex is severely damaged, waterlogged and smoke damaged. so there is going to be damage extensively. the roof above the old assembly chamber, the old assembly hall, is completely gone. singing. many high—profile south african politicians, including president cyril ramaphosa, were in cape town for the funeral of archbishop desmond tutu, which took place at st george's cathedral, a block away from the parliament precinct. this is devastating news. it's a terrib

we will have to leave it there but professor lawrence martin, thank you so much forjoining us.n't met for two months, the currency continues to lose value and the investigation into 2020's port blast in beirut has stalled, amid deep political divisions. elections are due this year but arguments over the date have led to fears they won't happen at all. 0ur middle east correspondent anna foster reports. the last year has been a fight for survival. a battle for a dwindling supply of medicines. for electricity, as the country descended into darkness and even for the most basic good like food and fuel. in october, seven people died in violent clashes, but took a generation back to the civil war. the hours of fighting here in the unit that they were spiked by the investigation into the port explosion. influential political figures have fought hard against giving evidence and that means the investigation has been suspended again and again. for survivors and bereaved families, there is still no closure. this man was one of more than 200 people that died. leben on spent more than a year

i've been speaking to professor lawrence martin of stony brook university.hich he helped richard leakey to create — they were close friends. yes, it's a very sad day. not completely unexpected news but a tragic loss for human kind because richard was, as you said, a visionary. his advocacy for the environment and his role in raising scientific awareness about the african origins of humankind were quite an extraordinary contribution. he was also the most wonderful, loyal friend that you could ever hope to meet. i think it would be fair to say that many people got to know him in his campaigning mode, if you like, and he was very forthright, very confident of where he came from, what he stood for. you knew him for a0 plus years. was he always like that? when i first met richard i was just beginning my career as a graduate student. he was already a world—famous scientist and only ten years older than me, he'd been on the cover of time magazine and was the director of the natoinal museums of kenya and had made some fairly monumental discoveries and human origins.

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it reminded me of one of my favorite movies going up, bad boys, with will smith martin lawrence. martine final scene of the movie, more lawrence escapes after driving pretty fast and pretty wildly. will smith looks at him and says, that's how i want you to drive. from now on, that's how you drive. that's how a debate speech. that's how i want you to lead as our president. lead like that. >> we've had many analogies, for biden on the show, i think that's the first one with martin lawrence. congressman, you're the fifth congressional democrat that i've interviewed in this new year, i'd like to ask you would ask the rest of them, is this the year democrats, as a whole, not just in the house, but the party, with the president passes voting rights legislation? is it not shameful that your party got nothing signed in 2021? the year of the insurrection, the year your party controlled -- it is shameful >> but we have a second act, in this x second section of congress. this is it this is it for democracy, the republicans have shown us who they are. they choose violence over voting. if they win i

. >> plus, david hasselhoff and martin lawrence's daughters are about to get down and dirty. >> it'spening right now

he was a brilliant comedy writer who created martin with martin lawrence.pped beating decades too soon. john bowman and bob saget brought the kind of joy into people's homes and their hearts that only tv comedy can deliver in steady, healing doses. maryland bergman's work will live in our house with her husband, she wrote po some of the most moving songs we know which have been sung by musical giants like frank sinatra, barbra streisand and many, many others. she found the time to write the theme song for "a girl's school in los angeles which is the best school song i have ever heard. marilyn bergman died saturday in los angeles at age 93. the last line of "the way we were" written by marilyn and her husband alan bergman, so it's the laughter we will remember whenever we remember the way we were. f. it's not easy to think about the laughter when death comes rushing at us as it did this weekend beginning with the crushing loss of the great artist and activist sidney poitier, who died on friday at the age of 94. >> my father was a laborer. all of his life. >>

lawrence. well, the annual celebration train offered by caltrain and doctor martin luther king junior day. well, not be running this year because of the pandemic. caltrain instead will operate on a modified schedule. you're looking at video from the 2020 event. the 54 mile ride up the peninsula pays tribute to the 1965 march, which doctor king led from selma to montgomery, alabama. caltrain officials say they hope to resume the event next year. and the northern california doctor, martin luther king junior community foundation has postponed this year's outdoor events, meaning no parade, no music festival. all of the indoor events this weekend. we'll in place, but they will be virtual. >> actor and comedian bob said it was laid to rest today in a private family funeral nearly one week after his death, according to sources close to seconds family, the private service and burial will be held. it mount sinai memorial park cemetery in los angeles. the 65 year-old full house star was found dead in his orlando hotel room sunday. the cause of death has not yet been released. a larger memorial is ex

lawrence. good evening. >> we will be talking about voting rights tonight obviously. on martin luther king, jr. day.

. >> lawrence: also here tonight republican candidate for wisconsin lieutenant governor william martinrace. i wanted to have a little bit of time to speak with you today. it seems like things aren't going well in wisconsin. there is a clear case for conservative leadership. i have checked your website. you seem like a common sense guy. so, why do the political insiders say it's a long shot for you, sir? >> well, thanks for having me. happy new year to you and all your audience. i wouldn't say long shot. anybody getting into a race these days has a lot to deal with. but i'm ready for the fight. >> lawrence: make the case for the audience today, for the folks that are in wisconsin right now. why should they turn to you? >> well, 20 years in business as a business, small business owner. also worked and the only candidate that has actually been in multiple administrations at senior level working directly for republican governors. i have seen firsthand what common sense conservative leadership can do in this state. and i know that we are desperately in need of it now that we have got an abs

reverend al sharpton talks to congresswoman brenda lawrence about her decision to retire. he's going to speak with martin about the struggle to pass a voting rights bill. >>> lawyers for novak djokovic are filing court documents challenging his deportation are from australia. the tennis star contracted covid-19 last month. he was denied entry at the airport earlier this week after failing to meet the country's requirement that all non-citizens be vaccinated against covid. reporter nicole johnston from sky news is in melbourne, australia. welcome, and what happens since the accident. >> reporter: hi, alex, the world's number one tennis player novak djokovic is being held for a third night in this immigration detention hotel behind me. he's waiting for his day in court, which is happening here in melbourne on monday. now, he's presenting court documents that say that he was granted a medical exemption, that he had previously been infected with covid-19 and tested positive on the 16 16th of death. for the last few days his supporters have been gathering here outside the hotel. this has become a real politic

lawrence. good evening. >> we will be talking about voting rights tonight obviously. on martin luther king, jr. day. our first guest tonight, met dr. king for the first time in 1960. in a meeting of the student non-violent coordinating committee with dr. king. they requested a meeting he said sure. and the meeting ran from 10:00 p.m. to 4:00 a.m. which i think was the first kind of work training for james clyburn to deal with the hours in the house of representatives. where they do sometimes work from 10:00 p.m. to 4:00 a.m. >> that's right. i am so looking forward to hearing what congressman clyburn has to say on your show tonight. when you have had him on recently it's been absolutely riveting and he is the man in the center of this in so many ways. even from his perch in the house as the conscience of the congress in many ways on the issue. he's also as you know, one of the shrewdest tactical thinkers in democratic politics. which is why he's been a headline maker so many times particularly the last few years. i would love to hear about the road ahead from him. >> he knew martin luther king, jr.

lawrence. and you know, if you're planning to visit a national park this year, you can save some money during fy that free admission days. those include martinking junior day. >> april 16th, which is the first day of national park week, august 4th. that's the anniversary of the great american outdoors act. national public lands day that lands on september 24th and on veterans day on november. 11th, the entrance fee waiver does not mean everything is free, though. charges are show that to be in place for camping boat launches special tours and other activities. >> still ahead on kron, 4 news at 5. why jessica new movies making history at a film making history at a film festival. ♪ ♪ ♪ making history at a film festival. ♪ ♪ ♪ with chase security features, guidance and convenience, banking feels good. chase. make more of what's yours. >> jessica penelope cruz, the pit and the young go and diane kruger's female lead action film the 3.55. it has a real hollywood origin story. sure does entertainment. tonight's kevin frazier joins us now with the story. yes, indeed, vicki and jessica wanted to make an all female mission, impossible style movie. so

staying dry through martin luther king day back drive through next weekend. all right. thank you, lawrence. developing news now out of passaic, new jersey firefighters have been battling. >> a dangerous 11 alarm chemical plant fire that has engulfed a warehouse authorities, including new jersey's governor are urging people to stay inside, keep their windows closed because it's not clear what exactly is burning. no reports of any injuries will continue to follow that story in new jersey. >> the leader of the far right group, the oath keepers made his first court appearance for his role during the capitol riots. stewart rhodes entered a not guilty plea in a federal court today. he and 9 other people are facing charges including seditious conspiracy. prosecutors say they had plans to a transport guns into washington, dc during the riots. the seditious conspiracy charge carries a 20 year maximum prison sentence. one day after his vaccine mandate for big business was blocked and his push to end the filibuster did not amount to much. president biden is now turning his attention to infrastructure

lawrence o'donnell. >> good evening rachel. we will be talking about voting rights tonight, obviously on martin luther king day. met dr. king for the first time in 1960. in a meeting of the student nonviolent coordinating committee. they requested a meeting and he said, sure. and the meeting ran from 10 pm to 4 am. which i think was the first work training for james e. clyburn to deal with the hours in the house of representatives. where they do sometimes work from 10 pm to 4 am. >> that's right. i am still looking forward to hear what congressman james e. clyburn has to say on your show tonight. when you have had him on recently it has been absolutely riveting. and he is the man, the center of this in so many ways. even from his

right now, lawrence, is the foundation has been laid for the crisis we have in terms of the policies that republicans have embraced over the last few decades. >> professor cobb, you wrote martinr. spoke of the intransigent optimism that led activists to fight for change in the face of skepticism about what could actually be achieved. and that is where we stand tonight. skepticism that you can get those votes in the united states senate to change that rule that will have to be changed in order to pass anything. >> yeah, i want to start by saying that i am a graduate of harvard for the purpose of this conversation. i decided to not hold it against professor glaude he is a morehouse man. but significantly, you know, martin luther king jr. himself a morehouse graduate did, when he talked about the voting rights speech in 1965, he placed this in terms that would be strikingly familiar to us right now where he said that the removal of the ballot from the hands of black voters was necessary before southern elites could erect an infrastructure, socioeconomic infrastructure, that disadvantaged all poor people. that is exactly what we're looking at. when we look at what is happening wi

lawrence charlottesviller. i went to her home. we started to go through the script. there's a scene she's in a swimming pool. and dean martiny. and marilyn said splish splash. this would make interesting pictures. there's no question about it. she says, what would happen if i jump in the swimming pool with many bathes suit on. nude color. but came out with nothing on. >> she wanted those pictures as publicity to show 20th century fox that she was as popular as liz taylor. in the cover of every magazine in the world. >> i had two cameras around my neck. maybe three. she said in between each of the takes, i'll do the posing. because marilyn would look at where my camera was. look at light. and turn her body. she knew exactly what to do. >> a super-star, being on a fillle set and stripping down and being naked at that stature, at that level. highly unusual. it's beyond totelation. it's push the envelope. well, would you look at that? jerry, you gotta see this. seen it. trust me, after 15 walks... gets a little old. i really should be retired by now. wish i'd invested when i had the chance... to the moon! ugh. unbelievable. ord

martin luther king day looks nice and dry couple clouds that day as well. dry through the middle of next week. thanks, lawrence. cannabis industry leaders are demanding that state lawmakers cut some of those taxes and regulations. >> they say the legal market is on the brink right now of shutting down proffers. ashley zavala explains their request and how state leaders are responding. >> standing next to a slouching marijuana plant. cannabis growers and sellers rally for relief from the state's taxes regulations on the industry state of california. we're tired of the rhetoric. the plans posture up a trail of the state of california's legal market, which industry leaders say is wilting the unfair taxation spells the end of the dream. >> for so many small farms and small businesses, urban shop owners of world cannabis growers urging state lawmakers and the governor to repeal the excise and cultivation taxes they say are burdensome. >> adding to the price of their legal products. well, consumers lean toward the illegal market for lower costs. they also say regulations are not fair for small shop owners in black a

lawrence shiller. >> i went to her home in brentwood and we started to go through the script and there is this scene where she's in a swimming pool and dean martinthere is no question about it. and she says but larry, what would happen if i jumped in the swimming pool with my bathing suit on nude color, but i came out with nothing on? >> 504. >> she wanted those pictures as publicity to show 20th century fox that she was as popular as liz taylor in the cover of every magazine in the world. [ laughter ] >> it's cold here. >> i have two cameras around my neck or maybe three and marilyn said look, in between each of the takes, i'll do the posing because marilyn would look at where my camera was, look at the light and turn her body. she knew exactly what to do. >> as a super star, being on a film set and just stripping down and being absolutely naked at that stature, at that level highly unusual. it's beyond titillation. it's really pushing the envelope. you booked a sunny vrbo ski chalet. with endless views of snow-covered peaks. (laughter) a stove that inspires magnificent hot cocoa. and a perfect ski-in ski-out. but the thing they'll remember for

martin luther king jr. day if people want to do something positive. there you go. lawrence, thanks so much.o. he says i'm going to do police reform. fantastic. let's not focus on crime, crack down on cops. unbelievable. speaker gingrich -- alveda king pays tribute to her uncle next. >> go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation. [applause] find your rhythm. your happy place. find your breaking point. then break it. every emergen-c gives you a potent blend of nutrients so you can emerge your best with emergen-c. ♪ ♪ ♪ aloha! isn't this a cozy little room? sorry your vacation request took so long to get approved, so you missed out on the suite special. but lucky for you, they had this. when employees are forced to wait for vacation request approvals,it can really cramp their style. i'm gonna leave you to it. um, just— with paycom, employees enter and manage their own hr data in a single, easy-to-use software. visit paycom.com and schedule a demo today. >> rachel: welcome back to "fox & friends." today we honor martin luther king jr. and celebrate

martin reporting for us tonight. the smart gun would retail for about $900. >> all right. now, time for the 4 zone forecast and vicki, one of the great things about lawrence'syou can toss it to him kind of from any and he can catch it and then pivot and somehow make it sounds reasonable, right? like we're right here sea level. and then next thing, you know, we're going to be up in the sierra and the high country. >> well, yeah. anywhere you like here we go, guys. how about that were up in the high country donner summit? you've a lot of snow. they're packed on the sides of the road and we're getting ready to get up there. and if you're headed up by country, hey, it's good news. things are open and clear. roadways are looking good. that's way it's going to stay. you know, temperatures going to be running a little bit warmer over the next couple days. so maybe getting a little slushy almost spring-like as you head toward the mountain slopes by the afternoon. tomorrow. cooling off, though. 41 as you in the friday, staying dry right on through the weekend. so that's the way it's going to be right now. we have tremendous december. a good start to january now are

martin later gained. >> before monday of next week, could happen as soon as tomorrow, anytime leading up to monday. don't sleep. >> yeah, exactly, that is the message. thank you rachel. >> thank you lawrence. >> well, joe biden went to georgia today because as he said, he is tired of being quiet. >> look, it's also time to pass the john lewis voting rights advancement act. i've been having these quiet conversations with members of congress for the last two months. i am tired of being quiet. >> no more quiet conversations. from the start, the biden legislation agenda has had the multi stage strategy that included voting rights as the final stage. the first stage was to pass all of the domestic, economic and social policy agenda in year one. president, the democrats in congress, got most of that passed, not all. and now, with time running out, voting rights legislation, the president has decided to put the build back better bill aside, so that the senate structure can bring up voting rights in the senate. senator schumer, and president biden have now run out of things to say to democratic senator joe manchin and kyrsten sinema, in trying to privately persuade them to change the rules of the