martin luther king, jr. and robert kennedy. h robert kennedy in indianapolis, indiana on the evening of april 4, 1968 when i heard that dr. king had been shot. i did not know his condition until robert kennedy spoke at a rally i was having to organize. >> i want to go to that clip. >> i have some very sad news for all of you, and i think sad news for all of our federal -- fellow citizens and people who love peace all over the world. and that is that martin luther king was shot and was killed tonight in memphis, tennessee. >> that was robert kennedy breaking the news to some money. john lewis, you were there. >> i cried with so many other people. i said to myself, "we are still here, bobbie." i went back to atlanta and attended the funeral. robert kennedy and hundreds and thousands of others were there. after the funeral was over, ipad bac on the kennedy campaign -- i went back and got on the kennedy campaign. later, went to california. i campaigned for kennedy. it was a wonderful actor. we went all over los angeles going into we

and she would not be lost and when did people to know that she was not just the wife of martin luther king jr. but she played a vital role in the movement. after this before she met martin king and from that angle as well as one thing to tell stories of women in the movement because you don't hear a lot about the women in the civil-rights movement. 66 set out to write it. 68, april 4th she put the manuscript in the mail box and got the news my father had been assassinated. at that time she put it aside and came to atlanta to help my mother out with funeral arrangements and children for a couple of years and the establishment of the king center. my mom said maybe i want to write my own white story. the life of martin luther king jr. and published that in 1969 and it is no longer in print. in 2004 because mother encouraged -- and she knew about the manuscript and very much wanted to complete it, why don't you go ahead and complete the manuscript in 2004? she began to do some more work. from 66 to 2004 a lot of that as a result a few months or a year later my mother became ill and so she didn

let's look at that. >> i saw my father march with martin luther king. >> my dad marched with martin luthertually see your dad march with martin luther king? >> no, i say that in a figurative sense. i try to be as accurate as i can be, and the -- if you'll look at the literature or the dictionary, the term "saw" includes being aware of inthe sense that i've described. i saw my dad march with marten luther king. i saw him in the sense of being aware of his participation. >> and i saw richard wolf win the super bowl. what the -- richard? >> no wonder he's a fan of bill clinton. >> it's way wilder than clinton. clinton at least understood here's the stuff they can check. okay, i'm not going to say that. >> it's in the dictionary. what do you want? >> steve, this lying pattern with him, look, i don't like my first name. i'm wicked jealous of my brother who got the good name in my family. but it would be a lie if i just didn't tell you my first name and claimed my first name was mitt when it's willard. it begins there with this guy. >> if anyone on this panel was going to change their name, it w

nearly five decades after martin luther king jr.act, we are still fighting voter suppression. our task today is urgent. as the right wing continues i swings state by state. swaying against the voting rights act. 17 states now have some former voter i.d. law. including right here in georgia. these laws could disenfranchise more than 5 million people. georgia was one of the first states to enact the voter i.d. laws in 2005. republicans say that they aren't men to stop anyone from voting but an associated press study out this week shows voter i.d. laws in georgia and indiana blocked 1,200 voters in 2008. today i was honored to welcome martin luther king iii to our event. he's continuing his father's legacy as a civil rights leader and human rights activist. martin, thank you for being here. >> thank you. i'm honored to have the opportunity. >> you made a very passionate speech today at the network session at salem church about your father, what he fought for and now we are here trying to make sure people can vote and you thought that y

drivers want to stick with mass transit or martin luther king boulevard or franklin street. traveling the main lines, better news. 95 at 395, you will notice there's nothing to get in your way. it will be a nice easy ride heading into the city. and if you are heading to fort mchenry 8 minutes from the beltway to the toll plaza. no problems if we pull up other drive times. no problems using the beltway this morning. west side nice and clear from 795 down towards 95 that takes you 11 minutes and if you are using the jfx to get into city 11 minutes as well from the beltway to fayette street. that's your abc2 timesaver traffic and here's lynette charles with the forecast. >> good morning. let's check out what's going on in terms of temperatures. we have a very hot day that's going to be brewing for us going into the afternoon. this morning, we are quite warm. and we are very humid also. temperature in aberdeen coming in around 74 degrees. 73 in owings mills and pylesville around 69. you can see the humidity at 77% and 88%. the dew points are in the 70s once again. now maryland's

. >> every community has a martin luther king boulevard. it's the cornerstone we all know. it's not just a street or boulevard, but a place where walmart stands together with your community to make every day better. you. and by contributions from viewers like you. thank you.

. >> every community has a martin luther king boulevard. it's the cornerstone we all know. it's not just a street or boulevard, but a place where walmart stands together with your community to make every day better. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. tavis: marcus samuelsson's rise to the ranks of celebrated chefs and restaurant owner could not be more unlikely. born in ethiopia, adopted and growing up in sweden. his passion for food led him to open the famed restaurant in harlem called red rooster.

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kennedy and martin luther king, both assassinated martyrs for civil rights. and you dare to suggest nancy pelosi at this point? you should name the zoo after her. that would be nice. how about the beach chalet fields as in this city, we have a martyr who was assassinated, the mayor who was a civil rights worker and an advocate in the gay community. it should be harvey milk drive. thank you. >> thank you. >> i'm the executive director of the national aids memorial grove. it's an honor to speak before the commissioner and general ed -- general manager. like to a knowledge the relationship you have had. 25 years ago, when nancy pelosi was running for office, this city had lost nearly 15,000 of its residents. the impact upon the community was profound. on that run, she knew there was not a voice in government, there is not anybody standing up speaking on behalf of what was needed to move on for word. most importantly, she gave voice to those in those cities that needed it. fast forward five years later, the growth of was founded. over the last 25 years, we have h

same thing at new school she is doing at martin luther king. we want her removed. we demand her to be removed. i am retired. i can be down here until 3:00 in the morning, waiting for you to put us on the agenda for one minute, and you have a discussion for 20. i support this board every time you go up for moneys for the voters. to me, you go up for too little money. our teachers are not being paid enough. to go to college for as long as they go to college, to get paid $50,000 is embarrassing. it is embarrassing to us. it is embarrassing than those students are not being properly educated in my community. we demand them to get the right education. we demand top quality teachers and principals in our school, just like every other school. the same teacher out of lincoln, we want in bayview hunters point. we pay for that. when you ask for dollars in my community, we always put up those dollars. we want them to count. we do not want our young people quitting school and come into programs to get a ged to get a job. a lot of them cannot get a job beca

. >> every community has a martin luther king boulevard. it's the cornerstone we all know. it's not just a street or boulevard, but a place where walmart stands together with your community to make every day better. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. tavis: since 2010, mark emmert has been serving as the president of the national collegiate -- in honor to have you on this program. you are the one guy i expected to cancel this week. with all the stuff on your plate, thank you for honoring a commitment to be here. let's start with the penn state stuff and get that out of the way. i think there will be reverberations for years to come. i want to discuss other things with you tonight. let me start by asking your overall thoughts on this scandal. >> i read the grand jury indictments, i listened to the testimony of victims through the trial. i have read the report a couple three times, i paid attention to all the other data. i have a brand baby now. you look at all of that and -- i have a grand baby now. it was such a despicable said of

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that is next time. >> every community has a martin luther king boulevard.t is the cornerstone we all know. it is not just a street but a place where walmart comes together with the community. make every day better. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. d

goo >> every community has a martin luther king boulevard. it's the cornerstone we all know. it's not just a street or boulevard, but a place where walmart stands together with your community to make every day better. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. tavis: the likelihood of dwight henry starring in a critically acclaimed -- critically acclaimed film could not be one more remote. he not only survived hurricane katrina, but his fakery became one of the first to reopen after the store. the filmmakers out if he would be interested in starring in the movie. he said no. they insisted, and now teaches in -- now he is in "beasts of the southernild." here are some scenes. ♪ ♪ tavis: the first question is who is making the cookies while you are on to were? >> i have two partners. they are doing about while i do all the prize to promote this movie. >> these stories are always fascinating to me how something comes together organically, and it ends up being such a success that it winds at sundance. it gets all kinds of a claim assets -- acclai

we will see you then. >> every community has a martin luther king boulevard.s the cornerstone we all know. it's not just a street or boulevard, but a place where walmart stands together with better. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> b >> i'm ric edelman. have you ever noticed that some