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lewis, to my entire family.was five months old when my father delivered his "i have a dream speech," and i was probably somewhere crawling on the floor or taking a nap after having a meal. but today is a glorious day because on this program today we have witnessed a manifestation of the beloved community. we thank everyone for their presence here today. today we have been honored to have three presidents of the united states. 50 years ago the president did not attend. today we are honored to have many women in the planning and mobilization of the 50th anniversary of the march on washington. and 50 years ago there was not a single woman on the program. today we are honored to have not just one young person but several young people on the program today. it is the tribute to the work and legacy of people who have gone on before us. 50 years ago today in the symbolic shadow of this great emancipator abraham lincoln, my father, the great liberator stood in this very spot and declared to this nation his dream to let f
lewis, to my entire family.was five months old when my father delivered his "i have a dream speech," and i was probably somewhere crawling on the floor or taking a nap after having a meal. but today is a glorious day because on this program today we have witnessed a manifestation of the beloved community. we thank everyone for their presence here today. today we have been honored to have three presidents of the united states. 50 years ago the president did not attend. today we are...
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>> joining me now is of course lewis black. be live at the borgata in atlantic city. you can watch it live on pay per view. lewis, when i watched the staff earlier today, i said you can watch it live on pay per view, i said, well, you can watch it on some pay per views, which ones? and now i'm looking at this fact sheet that says this amazing thing. this will be the first ever live comedy special to air simultaneously on all cable, satellite, and telco platforms pretty much in the world. it's like every one that i've ever heard of. and i have a question for you about that, which is who did you have to know to get that to happen? and as you know, i have just paraphrased a show business form of that question. >> you did. >> where the verb rhymes with know. >> yes, exactly. >> but you know what i mean. this is impossible -- >> i don't know -- >> you got on your knees and did what to make that happen? >> i have shamed myself through the entirety of my career. and what was one more shame really for me? seriously. and to be on in mot
>> joining me now is of course lewis black. be live at the borgata in atlantic city. you can watch it live on pay per view. lewis, when i watched the staff earlier today, i said you can watch it live on pay per view, i said, well, you can watch it on some pay per views, which ones? and now i'm looking at this fact sheet that says this amazing thing. this will be the first ever live comedy special to air simultaneously on all cable, satellite, and telco platforms pretty much in the world....
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now we're preparing to hear remarks from congressman john lewis.nd mrs. obama, president clinton, president carter, i want to thank bernice king, the king family, and the national parks service for inviting me here to speak today. when i look out over this diverse crowd and survey the guests on this platform, i seemed to realize what otis redding sang about and what martin luther king jr. preached about, this moment in our history has been a long-time coming, but a change has come. we are standing here in the shadow of abraham lincoln 150 years after he issued the emancipation proclamation, and only 50 years after the historic march on washington for jobs and freedom. we have come a great distance in this country in the 50 years, but we still have a great distance to go before we fulfill the dream of martin luther king jr. sometimes i hear people saying nothing has changed, but for someone to grow up the way i grew up in alabama, to now be serving in the united states congress, makes me want to tell them, come and walk in my shoes. come walk in the
now we're preparing to hear remarks from congressman john lewis.nd mrs. obama, president clinton, president carter, i want to thank bernice king, the king family, and the national parks service for inviting me here to speak today. when i look out over this diverse crowd and survey the guests on this platform, i seemed to realize what otis redding sang about and what martin luther king jr. preached about, this moment in our history has been a long-time coming, but a change has come. we are...
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i was there, john lewis-- he was not there. john lewis was in atlanta when barack obama -- >> but you were there in chicago, saw the president. >> i did, indeed. >> rose: accept the judgment of the country. >> indeed. and some of us said this is a verdict for post-racialism. we've gone past that now and realized that was another aspiration falsified by dwrid lock and other realities. but in fact, i think king would say that the question of immigration and these other issues mask the fundamental problem which is that a very small and diminishing minority pulled the levers are now in ways that obfuscate, and make things even more unequal. >> rose: so how do we size up president obama and race today? >> wow, that's a big question. >> it may be the book you're writing. >> rose: you know what i mean. in a sense, give us the first draft of history on that. >> i think his rise to prominence and his presidency is a measure of where we happen to be right now. we're in a complais of extremes, extremes when it comes to the disparities. ec
i was there, john lewis-- he was not there. john lewis was in atlanta when barack obama -- >> but you were there in chicago, saw the president. >> i did, indeed. >> rose: accept the judgment of the country. >> indeed. and some of us said this is a verdict for post-racialism. we've gone past that now and realized that was another aspiration falsified by dwrid lock and other realities. but in fact, i think king would say that the question of immigration and these other...
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. >> lewis lehman is next on booktv. lewis lehman served on president reagan's gold commission and called for a return to the gold standard which he argues will help improve our economy. this is about an hour. >> welcome to the cato institute, a and director of financial regulation studies at the cato institute and served as moderator at today's event. one cannot long study the history of monetary policy without at some point coming across the writings of lewis lehman, whether it is his occasional offense in the wall street journal or numerous books, lewis lehman has a uniquely accessible and insightful style when discussing monetary policy. it was for this reason among others lewis lehman was chosen to serve on the u.s. gold commission where he co-authored with the minority report the case results which i will note you can download a free copy of from tivo.org. the debate over monetary policy to the extent that they even take place had dominated by keynesian and moderates. lewis lehman's work has been instrumental -- th
. >> lewis lehman is next on booktv. lewis lehman served on president reagan's gold commission and called for a return to the gold standard which he argues will help improve our economy. this is about an hour. >> welcome to the cato institute, a and director of financial regulation studies at the cato institute and served as moderator at today's event. one cannot long study the history of monetary policy without at some point coming across the writings of lewis lehman, whether it is...
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-- >> his name was john lewis. he had just been named head of sncc, the student nonviolent coordinating committee, and he was 23 years old. i will never forget the speech he delivered that day. >> we must get in this revolution, and complete the revolution. for in the delta of mississippi, in southwest georgia, the black belt of alabama, in harlem, in chicago, detroit, philadelphia, and all over this nation, the black masses are on the march for jobs and freedom. >> in the five decades since, john lewis has become an icon of the civil rights movement, a hero who faced down brutal southern police in the name of freedom and was beaten bloody for daring to do so. today, he is a 14-term congressman from georgia. recently, he and i returned to the national mall in washington to remember that day in 1963 and the march that changed america. >> people were all the way down. and you just saw hundreds and thousands of individuals. i'm john lewis. and i was the youngest speaker. ten of us spoke. i spoke number six. dr. king s
-- >> his name was john lewis. he had just been named head of sncc, the student nonviolent coordinating committee, and he was 23 years old. i will never forget the speech he delivered that day. >> we must get in this revolution, and complete the revolution. for in the delta of mississippi, in southwest georgia, the black belt of alabama, in harlem, in chicago, detroit, philadelphia, and all over this nation, the black masses are on the march for jobs and freedom. >> in the...
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representative lewis, thank you so much for joining me. john lewis, the book is "march." we'll be right back. d[=x3i3i 6a!xj-xt)(v(v5c5c&Ò,xé÷ (cheers and applause). captioning sponsored by comedy central captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org captioning sponsored by comedy central (cheers and applause). >> john: welcome! welcome to "the daily show." my name is john oliver. i am still here for jon stewart who is currently preparing his costume for next year's carnivale. he looks spectacular. (laughter) our guest tonight director of the documentary "the act of killing" joshua oppenheimer will be with us. magnificent film. (applause) we start tonight right here in new york city. >> stop and frisk is a controversial tactic used by police in big cities like new york, los angeles, and philadelphia. in new york, it's been policy for 11 years, defined like this: a person is temporarily detained on the street against his or her will for the purposes of questioning. >> john: that's right, stop and frisk, not just the title of a '90s ripoff of "turner and hooch" ab
representative lewis, thank you so much for joining me. john lewis, the book is "march." we'll be right back. d[=x3i3i 6a!xj-xt)(v(v5c5c&Ò,xé÷ (cheers and applause). captioning sponsored by comedy central captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org captioning sponsored by comedy central (cheers and applause). >> john: welcome! welcome to "the daily show." my name is john oliver. i am still here for jon stewart who is currently preparing his costume...
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representative lewis, thank you so much for joining me. john lewis, the book is "march." we'll be right back. xn,x#4hf (cheers and applause). captioning sponsored by comedy central captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org - ♪ i'm going down to south park ♪ ♪ gonna have myself a time ♪ both: ♪ friendly faces everywhere ♪ ♪ humble folks without temptation ♪ - ♪ i'm going down to south park ♪ ♪ gonna leave my woes behind ♪ - ♪ ample parking day or night ♪ ♪ people spouting "howdy neighbor" ♪ - ♪ headin' on up to south park ♪ ♪ gonna see if i can't unwind ♪ - ♪ [muffled] - ♪ come on down to south park ♪ ♪ and meet some friends of mine ♪
representative lewis, thank you so much for joining me. john lewis, the book is "march." we'll be right back. xn,x#4hf (cheers and applause). captioning sponsored by comedy central captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org - ♪ i'm going down to south park ♪ ♪ gonna have myself a time ♪ both: ♪ friendly faces everywhere ♪ ♪ humble folks without temptation ♪ - ♪ i'm going down to south park ♪ ♪ gonna leave my woes behind ♪ - ♪ ample parking day or...
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you're sitting here with john lewis and you have a comic book that you have put together with john lewis did you ever think in a million years that that would happen? come on. >> no, no. i mean, i say this. i was 24 when i asked him. i tnt know any better. >> but you had courage. >> i had the fearlessness of youth that you talk about. it's so important young people read this and if we give them the tools of nonviolence, the tools to properly protest and to follow, i think we'll all be surprised by what they'll accomplish. >> congressman john lewis' story is part of my special documentary "we were there, the march on washington, an oral history" airing tonight 8:00 eastern right here on cnn. >>> coming up, new details surrounding an alleged chemical weapons attack on civilians in syria as the world waits for a u.n. report. u.s. officials say they are now analyzing evidence from the scene. ingeniously uses radar to alert you to possible collision threats. and in certain situations it can apply the brakes. introducing the all-new 2014 chevrolet impala with available crash imminent braking.
you're sitting here with john lewis and you have a comic book that you have put together with john lewis did you ever think in a million years that that would happen? come on. >> no, no. i mean, i say this. i was 24 when i asked him. i tnt know any better. >> but you had courage. >> i had the fearlessness of youth that you talk about. it's so important young people read this and if we give them the tools of nonviolence, the tools to properly protest and to follow, i think...
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representative lewis, thank you so much for joining me. john lewis, the book is "march."e'll be right back. (cheers and applause)
representative lewis, thank you so much for joining me. john lewis, the book is "march."e'll be right back. (cheers and applause)
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i'm john lewis, and i was the youngest speaker. ten of us spoke. i spoke number six. dr. king spoke number ten. and out of the ten people that spoke that day, i'm the only one still around. >> congratulations. >> what's that? >> congratulations. >> thank you very much. >> it was a great moment in american life. >> you were his friend? >> yeah. i got to know dr. king. i met him in 1958 when i was 18. but i first heard of him when i was 15 years old in the 10th grade. we worked together. we marched together. we got arrested together in selma, alabama. >> have you ever heard this story before? >> yes, i have. >> you have? >> i watched it on tv. >> you did? >> so you know about the sit-ins? the freedom ride? >> yeah. >> people marching for the right to vote? you know, i was on the march from selma to montgomery. i was beaten. on march 7th, 1965, a group of us, about 600 people, black and white, many young people, some people who had just left church, decided to march from selma to montgomery, about 50 miles away, because people of color, black people in alabama, couldn't regi
i'm john lewis, and i was the youngest speaker. ten of us spoke. i spoke number six. dr. king spoke number ten. and out of the ten people that spoke that day, i'm the only one still around. >> congratulations. >> what's that? >> congratulations. >> thank you very much. >> it was a great moment in american life. >> you were his friend? >> yeah. i got to know dr. king. i met him in 1958 when i was 18. but i first heard of him when i was 15 years old in...
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and as we said, we saw john lewis, rosa parks, james baldwin there.lso shot many powerful photos from that era, two caught my eye, one is a woman waiting to register to vote and another is a child sitting in front of a wagon with a homemade sign. what's behind these two stories? >> well, the wagon shot was dr. king's last great mission, which was to help the poor which a still unmet. so he was -- the child is on the wagon which was one of the wagons which was part of the poor people's march. and the vote, well, you know, the south re-won the civil war after federal troops left, and our black brothers were deprived of the vote. and the great, great effort was made during -- in the civil rights movement to get people registered and voting. and all of that led, of course, to having barack obama as president. and, you know, when he was i guess inaugurated, famously john lewis asked him to sign his photograph as the new president. and obama wrote, "because of you, john." and that was for all the people who came out and registered to vote. >> uh-huh, yeah.
and as we said, we saw john lewis, rosa parks, james baldwin there.lso shot many powerful photos from that era, two caught my eye, one is a woman waiting to register to vote and another is a child sitting in front of a wagon with a homemade sign. what's behind these two stories? >> well, the wagon shot was dr. king's last great mission, which was to help the poor which a still unmet. so he was -- the child is on the wagon which was one of the wagons which was part of the poor people's...
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this is macklemore. >> and ryan lewis.ca. >> and the hits, they will keep coming, today in the park. that's a raucous crowd out there, enjoying a beautiful mid-august summer day, as the red-hot duo get set to take the stage. and lara raises the roof right here in the studio. >> the ceiling can't hold us, josh. >> no, it can't. >> we got more people on our party bus, getting ready to leave times square. so much excitement. cannot wait to get there with you all. good morning, america. and good morning, central park. >> the street signs are low-hanging. everybody duck up there. >> i almost found out the hard way. >> don't want signs breaking on the commute up to central park. >>> also ahead, he was one of "american idol's" first stars. he has a surprising confession. how justin guarini is surviving today. >> really surprising story there. >>> and i love this story. a wedding dress emergency. the frantic 911 call from an emotional bride. her dress gets stolen literally hours before she's supposed to walk down the aisle. and ho
this is macklemore. >> and ryan lewis.ca. >> and the hits, they will keep coming, today in the park. that's a raucous crowd out there, enjoying a beautiful mid-august summer day, as the red-hot duo get set to take the stage. and lara raises the roof right here in the studio. >> the ceiling can't hold us, josh. >> no, it can't. >> we got more people on our party bus, getting ready to leave times square. so much excitement. cannot wait to get there with you all. good...
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>> felix lewis. >> what gang are you in, lewis? >> 18th street. >> you're 18th street?yeah. >> can you tell me about any drugs in the unit? >> nope. >> no. >> any gang activity going on in the unit? >> no, there is none of that at all. i don't bang or nothing. i'm too old for that. >> is there any violence pending? >> there's none. really this is probably one of the calmest, less tension places that i've been to so far. and i've been in every prison in new mexico. so it's not bad here. i like it. >> all right, lewis. keep it safe, all right? >> all right, thank you. >> take it easy. >> all right. thank you. do i go back to the unit or -- >> no, go back in the gym. >> all right. >> well, the truth of the matter is that when you get them isolated, they will talk to you. i've had two inmates already give me information about what's going on in here. so this whole ideal that there's an inmate code or something isn't always true. there are people that will -- there are actually people in prison that want to do the right thing, that want to clean the place up. so we find thos
>> felix lewis. >> what gang are you in, lewis? >> 18th street. >> you're 18th street?yeah. >> can you tell me about any drugs in the unit? >> nope. >> no. >> any gang activity going on in the unit? >> no, there is none of that at all. i don't bang or nothing. i'm too old for that. >> is there any violence pending? >> there's none. really this is probably one of the calmest, less tension places that i've been to so far. and i've...
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candy spoke with john lewis. >> why the graphic novel? something, to write something, to put it down, to pel the stoell the story for an generation, for children, and for people not so young. >> what do you think they don't know about it now? >> i wanted young people to understand what it was all about, that we accepted the way of peace, the way of love, the way of nonviolence. that we were beaten and arrested and went to jail and we didn't become bitter or hostile. that we never gave up because we wanted to be what dr. king called the beloved community. >> i want to play something for you that president obama said. this was in the wake of the trayvon martin case and the jury verdict. >> we need to spend some time thinking about how do we bolster and reinforce our african-american boys. is there more that we can do to give them a sense that their country cares about them and values them and is willing to invest in them. >> what is it the president is talking about? >> we needed a president, a man like barack obama, to say that. and maybe,
candy spoke with john lewis. >> why the graphic novel? something, to write something, to put it down, to pel the stoell the story for an generation, for children, and for people not so young. >> what do you think they don't know about it now? >> i wanted young people to understand what it was all about, that we accepted the way of peace, the way of love, the way of nonviolence. that we were beaten and arrested and went to jail and we didn't become bitter or hostile. that we...
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king was 34, lewis, 23. you were still a kid. >> i grew up.you had been sitting on the lunch counter stool and someone walks up and spits on you, or pour hot water or hot coffee on you, and you are committed to non-violence. you have to grow up. to go on freedom rides in 1961, the same year that president barack obama was born, and to be beaten, you had to grow up. so by the time of the march on washington i was 23, but an older person. >> reporter: an old soul. >> i was an old soul. >> reporter: they all were. old souls pushing for a new america. it was now left to one man, the final speaker of the day. dr. king, was he nervous? >> not at all. he was determined to not speak more than ten minutes. he did. he finished his prepared address in just about nine minutes. >> reporter: but he wasn't finished, sitting behind him was a famed gospel singer who shouted to her friend, tell them about the dream. it's a theme he'd used before in smaller settings. >> i still have a dream. it is a dream deeply rooted in the american dream. >> reporter: why do
king was 34, lewis, 23. you were still a kid. >> i grew up.you had been sitting on the lunch counter stool and someone walks up and spits on you, or pour hot water or hot coffee on you, and you are committed to non-violence. you have to grow up. to go on freedom rides in 1961, the same year that president barack obama was born, and to be beaten, you had to grow up. so by the time of the march on washington i was 23, but an older person. >> reporter: an old soul. >> i was an...
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thank you to the military and thank you to lewis. (applause). >> thank you, rob. next up will be nita demato, she has a fascinating story. >> before i begin, i'm very happy i don't have to talk to you about my current position, which is with the 112th congress of the united states. i'm very pleased to talk to you about my year in afghanistan. i'd like to thank the san francisco fleet week association, lewis loeven, specifically, major general myat, always a mentor, former secretary of state schultz and mrs. schultz, mrs. perry, honored to be in your presence. the uss makin island, chief of the fairest city in the world, san francisco, and he esteemed professionals. this is nice, i'm going to move south of here and take you to afghanistan. as you know we have marines, soldiers, sailors in afghanistan currently, but i'm going to bring you to when i was there during 2010 and 2011 after the president decided to surge the forces. first marine decision, first marine expeditionary force forward entered southwest afghanistan during 2009. we arrived in 2010 so it was a bit
thank you to the military and thank you to lewis. (applause). >> thank you, rob. next up will be nita demato, she has a fascinating story. >> before i begin, i'm very happy i don't have to talk to you about my current position, which is with the 112th congress of the united states. i'm very pleased to talk to you about my year in afghanistan. i'd like to thank the san francisco fleet week association, lewis loeven, specifically, major general myat, always a mentor, former secretary...
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the only problem, he's not the right kevin lewis. the real winner was another man named kevin lewis who was home at the time. the spokesman at the casino gave this explanation. >> there are a lot of similarities between these two with age and things like that. it was one of those mistakes that happen. >> they were both named kevin lewis. >> it has a two step verification process that failed. the casino says they do the right think for their guests and awarded both men with million dollar winnings. >> now your forecast. >> much of the mid-atlantic region it was a 90 degree day especially from baltimore south. we are at 90 at the airport. 1 in richmond. little bit cooler to the north and west and that's the cooler air that's trying to come into here. we won't feel that until wednesday. did hit 90 at the airport. 99 the record high. that will stand for another year. >> how many 90 degree days have we had? 19 of them. that's a drop from last year, 41 times as of august 12 last year. many of those were up in the 100's. normal is 19. we've
the only problem, he's not the right kevin lewis. the real winner was another man named kevin lewis who was home at the time. the spokesman at the casino gave this explanation. >> there are a lot of similarities between these two with age and things like that. it was one of those mistakes that happen. >> they were both named kevin lewis. >> it has a two step verification process that failed. the casino says they do the right think for their guests and awarded both men with...
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congressman john lewis.terview with him from the steps of the lincoln memorial. >>> and president obama's symbolic link to dr. king. stay with us. >> it's time for us to stand up now and renew this dream. that's what we got to do. i was affected by the trayvon martin situation. i was affected by newtown. i was affected by sandy hook. i'm affected by those things, so it's time for us now to pick up. >> thank you for being here and to encourage you young and old, men and women to understand that progress can only be measured with how far we have to go. >>> congressman john lewis, the only living speaker from the march on washington stood at that same spot today with the same passion. i had a chance to speak with him at that spot. that's next. female narrator: through labor day female narrator: through labor day at sleep train, get 36 months interest-free financing plus big savings of up to $400 on beautyrest and posturepedic. even get three years interest-free financing on serta icomfort and tempur-pedic, plus
congressman john lewis.terview with him from the steps of the lincoln memorial. >>> and president obama's symbolic link to dr. king. stay with us. >> it's time for us to stand up now and renew this dream. that's what we got to do. i was affected by the trayvon martin situation. i was affected by newtown. i was affected by sandy hook. i'm affected by those things, so it's time for us now to pick up. >> thank you for being here and to encourage you young and old, men and...
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king and john lewis and all those who gave us a dream to guide us.s with their lives, their fortunes, their sacred honor. and we thank them for reminding us that america is always becoming, always on a journey. and we all, every single citizen among us, have to run our lap. god bless them. and god bless america. [ applause ] >> as they say, amen. that was bill clinton, of cours course, speaking. before him, president carter. john lewis speaking as well. very moving. not only the speeches, but they talked politics as well. as they say, let the church say say men. joining me now is representative from texas gsheila jackson lee. we went to church for a moment. >> i represent a poster child state that gave birth to lyndon baines johnson who took the message of martin king and the -- being driven by martin king and passed the civil rights act with the congress at that time, republicans and democrade, and the 1965 voting act. what i'm hoping in this spiritual moment that is not only the people who have gathered on the mall, and it is a momentous occasion.
king and john lewis and all those who gave us a dream to guide us.s with their lives, their fortunes, their sacred honor. and we thank them for reminding us that america is always becoming, always on a journey. and we all, every single citizen among us, have to run our lap. god bless them. and god bless america. [ applause ] >> as they say, amen. that was bill clinton, of cours course, speaking. before him, president carter. john lewis speaking as well. very moving. not only the speeches,...
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if i could, representative lewis, can i ask you a question, sir?g rights has become a huge part of this issue right now. i am moving, sir, i am moving. a lot of the voting rights act has fallen to congress. what is the way forward? >> we must mix what the supreme court said we needed to do because as i said before the vote is precious. it is almost sacred. we're not going to let them take it away from us. >> thank you very much, sir. that's going to do it for us. we'll try to grab more people later. >> determined mara there schiavocampo and that being wrapped up at the washington monument and john lewis there and new york morial who runs the national urban league and peter alexander as well. he is along the march route. what is happening now? >> it has been striking what we witnessed over the course of the last hour. it has been about 20 people wide, non-stop for most of the last 50 minutes or so where we're on independence avenue and as we give you a look you can see the crowd only now beginning to thin out and right alongside the martin luther ki
if i could, representative lewis, can i ask you a question, sir?g rights has become a huge part of this issue right now. i am moving, sir, i am moving. a lot of the voting rights act has fallen to congress. what is the way forward? >> we must mix what the supreme court said we needed to do because as i said before the vote is precious. it is almost sacred. we're not going to let them take it away from us. >> thank you very much, sir. that's going to do it for us. we'll try to grab...
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thank you very much. >> congressman john lewis. congressman john lewis, the only living speaker from the 1963 march on washington just addressed the crowd. there is no person, ed, with greater moral authority on these issues than congressman lewis. sf sf . >> no doubt about it. he speaks from the heart, speaks from the soul of what has to be done in america. he made a profound point, no fax machines, no cell phones, no social media. he's appealing to the heart, to the soul of the people of what has to be done. all the tools are in front of us to make this happen for the next generation. it's a real great challenge. i thought it was a fabulous speech. >> the next speaker, randy wi winegarder in, president of the union of teachers. >> august 28, 1963, dr. martin luther king, junior, and thousands of others marched on washington for jobs and freedom. congressman john lewis was the youngest speecher and now 50 years later, i am the youngest speaker. [ cheers and applause ] >> and i am marching for education, justice and freedom. all ov
thank you very much. >> congressman john lewis. congressman john lewis, the only living speaker from the 1963 march on washington just addressed the crowd. there is no person, ed, with greater moral authority on these issues than congressman lewis. sf sf . >> no doubt about it. he speaks from the heart, speaks from the soul of what has to be done in america. he made a profound point, no fax machines, no cell phones, no social media. he's appealing to the heart, to the soul of the...
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lewis has played a big part. i would like to introduce the third fleet commander, this is his ship, we're grateful to be on the ship and had the third fleet with us, please help me welcome vice admiral gerald beeman. >> good morning, everybody, thank you so very much for joining us. i know some of you thought i was the warm up band for the rock stars that are going to be here lately. but honestly it's a great honor to be able to host the third seminar. i would like to thank the san francisco fleet week association for helping put this together and grow this into the nation's largest emergency planning event. i don't know how many of you know it, but as a result of the success that we have had here developing partnerships, folks frm this association and the conglomeration of people that take part have been called upon not only other places in the united states, but in fact we have at least one example where around the world they called upon a person from here to help share what we've learned as a group. this next
lewis has played a big part. i would like to introduce the third fleet commander, this is his ship, we're grateful to be on the ship and had the third fleet with us, please help me welcome vice admiral gerald beeman. >> good morning, everybody, thank you so very much for joining us. i know some of you thought i was the warm up band for the rock stars that are going to be here lately. but honestly it's a great honor to be able to host the third seminar. i would like to thank the san...
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congressman john lewis from the steps of the lincoln memorial.hing the continuing coverage of a special edition of "politicsnation." live from lincoln memorial. >> when we allow freedom to ring. when we let it ring from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of god's children, black men and white men, jews and protestants and catholics will be able to join hands and sing free at last, free at last, thank god almighty, we are free at last. [ singing ] >>> we will attempt to define the whole course, the scope, the hey kevin...still eating chalk for heartburn? yeah... try new alka seltzer fruit chews. they work fast on heartburn and taste awesome. these are good. told ya! i'm feeling better already. [ male announcer ] new alka seltzer fruits chews. enjoy the relief! >>> we will attempt to define the whole course, the scope, the methods, the purpose, the results so far of what we are calling the american revolution of '63. >> reporters were already calling it a revolution. the nbc news reports from the march on wash
congressman john lewis from the steps of the lincoln memorial.hing the continuing coverage of a special edition of "politicsnation." live from lincoln memorial. >> when we allow freedom to ring. when we let it ring from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of god's children, black men and white men, jews and protestants and catholics will be able to join hands and sing free at last, free at last, thank god almighty, we are free at last. [...
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the youngest in the middest there, john lewis. fast forward, 50 years.is walking in front of the marches. he's been in congress since 1987. saturday he rallied thousands who came to the national mall to remember that march 50 years ago. >> all of us, it doesn't matter whether we're black or white, latino, asian american, it doesn't matter whether we're straight or gay, we're one people, we're one family. we're one house. we all live in the same house. >> congressman lewis was the last living speaker from the march. he's joining us from washington. so nice to have you here with us. heard a lot of people, got a lot of pictures and tweets from that event. many friends have gathered there. tell us what that moment was like when you saw sea of people on saturday some 50 years later. >> thank you for having me today. it was unbelievable. it reminded me of 50 years ago when we came to washington and i just kept wishing that martin luther king jr. and the other eight participants, other eight leaders and the so-called big six could have been there. it was moving
the youngest in the middest there, john lewis. fast forward, 50 years.is walking in front of the marches. he's been in congress since 1987. saturday he rallied thousands who came to the national mall to remember that march 50 years ago. >> all of us, it doesn't matter whether we're black or white, latino, asian american, it doesn't matter whether we're straight or gay, we're one people, we're one family. we're one house. we all live in the same house. >> congressman lewis was the...
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king and john lewis and all those who gave us a dream to guide us.ders with their lives, their fortunes, their sacred honor. and we thank them for reminding us that america is always bec e becoming always on a journey and we all, every single citizen among us, have to run our lap. god bless them and god bless america. [ applause [ applause ] >> please give a warm welcome to martin luther king the iii. >> mr. president, madam first lady, president carter, president clinton, congressman lewis, and to all program participant participants this is an unusual moment in our world history. as we observe this 50th anniversa anniversary. i am so thankful for the opportunity to really thank america for help iing to realiz the dream, although i must say it is not yet realized. and so we must redouble and quadruple our efforts. so much has been said today and i was 5 years old in 1963, when dad delivered his message. so i am blessed we were able to bring our daughter, who is hopefully paying attention 3 years -- 5 years old -- so she can appreciate this history a
king and john lewis and all those who gave us a dream to guide us.ders with their lives, their fortunes, their sacred honor. and we thank them for reminding us that america is always bec e becoming always on a journey and we all, every single citizen among us, have to run our lap. god bless them and god bless america. [ applause [ applause ] >> please give a warm welcome to martin luther king the iii. >> mr. president, madam first lady, president carter, president clinton,...
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both justin timberlake and ryan lewis lead the field with six nods apiece. bruno mars follows close behind with four nominations. in west texas, students head back to school. there was a massive fertilizer plant explosion there in april. several buildings were left damaged beyond repair. >> on thursday, low wage fast-food and retail workers in eight cities across the country are preparing to strike. they're demanding $15 an hour up from the median wage of $8.94. saturday marks the deadline for president obama to formally propose the new pay raise scale for 2014. he's expected to officially offer a 1% across the pay hike for civilians and keep locality pay rates at their current level, an increase mandated by the 1990 pay comparability act is set to kick in if the president fails to propose a new plan to congress. >> if you love online music streaming. pandora is putting an end to its mobile listening site. it's ending the limit september 1st but to make up for the change, the service will only allow 12 songs gift every 24 hours compared to the current 6 gift
both justin timberlake and ryan lewis lead the field with six nods apiece. bruno mars follows close behind with four nominations. in west texas, students head back to school. there was a massive fertilizer plant explosion there in april. several buildings were left damaged beyond repair. >> on thursday, low wage fast-food and retail workers in eight cities across the country are preparing to strike. they're demanding $15 an hour up from the median wage of $8.94. saturday marks the...
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king said, are you john lewis? are you the boy from troy? from then they called me the boy from troy. we became friends. the first time happened in nashville. was waiting to be served, and the waitress put up a sign saying the counter was closed. i was beaten, arrested, and taken to jail. i felt so arrested free. i felt so liberated. you arrest me and beat me and throw me in jail. what else can you do with me? you can't kill me, but dr. arjun luther king said it is better to die of physical death than to die a spiritual or death. on the morning of august 28, 1963, it was my time to speak. i saw hundreds of thousands of young people fresh from the fresh frome south, the struggle, the front line, and when it was my time to speak, i did my best. when the march was over, we were invited to come down to the white house and meet president kennedy. was like a proud father. he said, you did a good job. when he got to martin luther king, junior, he said, you had a dream. we work are paired to go back to the american south and to fight and to never, e
king said, are you john lewis? are you the boy from troy? from then they called me the boy from troy. we became friends. the first time happened in nashville. was waiting to be served, and the waitress put up a sign saying the counter was closed. i was beaten, arrested, and taken to jail. i felt so arrested free. i felt so liberated. you arrest me and beat me and throw me in jail. what else can you do with me? you can't kill me, but dr. arjun luther king said it is better to die of physical...
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welcome back, lewis. how are you?no, it's always nice to be here without you, because i'm moments away -- i just cut a deal in the back room. i actually am not going to take as much money as you do, and i'm cutting out any health care benefits, and i got the gig. >> well, you're not worth as much money. let's move on to the winners and losers of this summer. it's been a crazy roller coaster ride. who have you got emerging as winners of the summer? >> wendy davis, who was the woman who did the filibuster in texas. >> yeah. >> basically she lost in the end, but by losing she won, because it's -- not since really -- you really get to see that kind of jimmy stewart, you know, mr. smith goes to washington moment. >> i'm with you on that. who else? >> that's astonishing, isn't it? somebody mixes together the heaviest breakfast food with the world's other heaviest breakfast food. how does it take so long to figure it out? >> what about the royal baby, are you a big fan? was the royal baby a winner? >> the royal baby is a win
welcome back, lewis. how are you?no, it's always nice to be here without you, because i'm moments away -- i just cut a deal in the back room. i actually am not going to take as much money as you do, and i'm cutting out any health care benefits, and i got the gig. >> well, you're not worth as much money. let's move on to the winners and losers of this summer. it's been a crazy roller coaster ride. who have you got emerging as winners of the summer? >> wendy davis, who was the woman...
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hear what oprah had to say with jamie foxx, john lewis and more. we're back in a moment. ♪ o say can you see ♪ by the dawn's early light what so proudly we hail ♪ ♪ at the twilight's last gleaming ♪ >>> i have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed. we hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal. i have a dream. >> in 1963 almost 200 years after those words were set to paper a full century after a great war was fought and emancipation proclaimed, that promise, those truths remained unmet. because they marched, city councils changed, state legislatures changed, congress changed, and yes, eventually the white house changed. >> welcome back to "the five" on the 50th anniversary of martin luther king junior's march on washington. you just heard president obama today, here is more from the ceremony today, oprah, sharpton, and others. >> as we stand here 50 years after the march on washington let us remember that dr. king's last march was never finished. >> 50 years ago when they
hear what oprah had to say with jamie foxx, john lewis and more. we're back in a moment. ♪ o say can you see ♪ by the dawn's early light what so proudly we hail ♪ ♪ at the twilight's last gleaming ♪ >>> i have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed. we hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal. i have a dream. >> in 1963 almost 200 years after those words were set to paper a full century after...
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in fact, john lewis and i were elected together that year.d i remember before going out to take the ought of office how john sort of just broke down and started crying. and in the speaker's holding room. i said, what's going on? he said, i'm just overwhelmed by emotion. i can't believe that i'm here. that so many years have passed. i've come back to washington in a different way. he said, my heart still bleeds because i know there's so many people would could be here who are not. so you feel like you've arrived. i felt in many instances that those things had, in fact, been achieved for myself, personally and others. every time i look over my shoulder, i recognize that unless everybody's moving forward, we really are not making progress. and one of the things that i think is really important is that we almost have to be multisyllabic when we talk about the march. we have to talk about it in the context of history. it was great. it was something to celebrate. but we can't be so romanticized that we become intoxicated with the idea of history an
in fact, john lewis and i were elected together that year.d i remember before going out to take the ought of office how john sort of just broke down and started crying. and in the speaker's holding room. i said, what's going on? he said, i'm just overwhelmed by emotion. i can't believe that i'm here. that so many years have passed. i've come back to washington in a different way. he said, my heart still bleeds because i know there's so many people would could be here who are not. so you feel...
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congressman john lewis.with him from the steps of the lincoln memorial. >>> and president obama's symbolic link to dr. king. stay with us. >> it's time for us to stand up now and renew this dream. that's what we got to do. i was affected by the trayvon martin situation. i was affected by newtown. i was affected by sandy hook. i'm affected by those things, so it's time for us now to pick up. >> thank you for being here and to encourage you young and old, men and women to understand that progress can only be measured with how far we have to go. now, would you go? man: 'oh i can't go tonight' woman: 'i can't.' hero : that's what expedia asked me. host: book the flight but you have to go right now. hero: (laughs) and i just go? this is for real right? this is for real? i always said one day i'd go to china, just never thought it'd be today. anncr: we're giving away a trip every day. download the expedia app and your next trip could be on us. expedia, find yours. bob will retire when he's 153, which would be fine
congressman john lewis.with him from the steps of the lincoln memorial. >>> and president obama's symbolic link to dr. king. stay with us. >> it's time for us to stand up now and renew this dream. that's what we got to do. i was affected by the trayvon martin situation. i was affected by newtown. i was affected by sandy hook. i'm affected by those things, so it's time for us now to pick up. >> thank you for being here and to encourage you young and old, men and women to...
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we have a clip from john lewis' speech. let's take a listen. >> leader stand up and say, my party is a party of -- a party of kennedy is also the party. the party of jazz is also the party of goldwater. where is our party? where is the party to make it necessary to march on washington? >> i want to pick it up talking about being leaders of the march and some tensions that existed among them. we provide the exact individualization that your body needs. this labor day, don't invest in a mattress until you visit a sleep number store. once you experience it, there's no going back. oh, yeah! at our biggest sale of the year, every bed is on sale. queen mattresses now start at just $599. and through labor day only, save 50% on our limited edition memory foam mattress sets. only at a sleep number store. sleep number. comfort individualized. >>> we heard from john lewis before the break. he was the only original speaker from 1963 still around yesterday, able to speak yesterday. you were making the point after listening to that durin
we have a clip from john lewis' speech. let's take a listen. >> leader stand up and say, my party is a party of -- a party of kennedy is also the party. the party of jazz is also the party of goldwater. where is our party? where is the party to make it necessary to march on washington? >> i want to pick it up talking about being leaders of the march and some tensions that existed among them. we provide the exact individualization that your body needs. this labor day, don't invest in...