the controversy not with standing, folks say it's a beautiful tribute to martin luther king,jr. >> martinbeen touched that he touched the lives of human beings. i don't see any problem of it. >> architect ed jackson said maya angelou was part of a committee consulted throughout the project and he never raised objections. i asked them if they would change it to reflect the exact quote. he said no, that is a paraphrase and that is what they are sticking with. >> it's controversial. interesting. jack cafferty is up next with the cafferty file and the towers may be gone, but the world trade center lives on in film. >>> let's get right back to jack for "the cafferty file." jack? >> the question this hour is a little on the silicide, when it comes to politics, how important is hair? john in florida writes look at some of our more popular presidents, jfk nice hair, bill clinton, nice hair. on the other hand, look at eisenhower, elected in 1952, won a second term, very popular, not much hair. just that button. i like ike. maybe we ought to settle for intelligence, honesty and somebody who can tal

answer, help tavis improve financial literacy and remove obstaclesf e washington, d.c., martin luther king, jr., memorial foundation. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. [captioning made possible by kcet public television] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- tavis: what an honor to have lenny kravitz on this said. he is about to embark on a world tour in support of his new cd, "black and white america." here is a video from "to come on, get it." i feel like a canine ♪ come on and get it ♪ love, in love with your and i am coming to get it ♪ you know i am good for your love, and you know that i need it ♪ tavis: are you all right? >> i am beautiful. >> you are beautiful. i did not mean it that way. >> everyone i know says the same thing. tavis: i was the all-star game. you killed its. >> thank you. tavis: i thought it was so cool the way they staged a concert. you look like you had a good time. >> they went all out. it was a good way to come back. tavis: how do you -- now that you have so many records behind you, is there a c

as martin luther king, jr., eloquently said -- and i was honored last week in washington -- dr. king said this -- in 1900 and 67 -- if america has organized through public policy and legislation to do bad things against the negro, america had better organized, politicized, and utilize its energies to do good things for and with the negro. that was martin luther king, jr., and he spoke as a profit, and i speak today out of our prophetic tradition to say i am sick and tired of promises being made, to folks who look like me, and after the day is over, we get the short end of the state, and we end up being, as "usa today" said the only major city in america that has lost african-american population. i am going to stir it up. stir it up. stirred up. [applause] >> i cannot think of a better closing. [laughter] thank you all. there will be press availability of here. thank you again. on one of work. thank you. -- onward and upward. thank you. >> before i take a roll, please turn off your cell phone, pagers, electronic devices. will call. -- roll call. [roll call] commissioners, the fir

the afl-cio and the king center hosted a symposium focusing on jobs, social justice and martin luther king jr.'s vision of the american dream. in this opening portion we'll hear remarks from president richard trumka, martin luther king iii and congressman john lewis of georgia. the event was planned in accordance with the unveiling of the historic memorial dedicated to dr. king. from the afl-cio headquarters here in washington, this is about 40 minutes. >> feeling pretty good as we started to say earlier, things are a little in flux in this city because of o postponement of the march. and the unveiling. but we are going on, and i am so happy that everybody's here. you evidently got your tweets. [laughter] and your e-mails. but good morning, again, i'm arlene holt-baker, and i'm the executive vice president here at the afl-cio, and on behalf of rich trumka and the secretary of treasury here, we want to welcome all of you to the house of labor this morning. [applause] now, of course, we're so excited for those of you that are in the room, but as you know, this is also being webcast, we're on c-

. >>> the new martin luther king jr. memorial library will remain open on sunday. mayor vincent gray made the announcement today. funding will be available to keep the doors open. the library will get $316,000 to pay for the sunday hours. the library in the west d.c. will be open on sundays from 1:00 until 5:00 p.m. >>> a tweet about a hostage situation on the hill is now the focus of a police investigation. the onion coarsely reported that lawmakers were holding a group of schoolchildren for ransom. the proposed social media page also puts out fake pictures. a spokesperson for the capitol police says her department is looking into the incident. the inion refused to apologize for the story. >>> following breaking news from the 2012 campaign trail. florida just announced it will hold a presidential primary on january 31. that is expected to prompt officials in four states to move their primaries and caucuses up as well. those four states are the only ones allowed to hold contests before march 5 under republican and democratic party rules. >>> president obama and vic

. >> so thank you, my name is natalie eberhart, the new principal at martin luther king jr. school and with my assistant principal mr. braxton and with ms. diane reynolds who is one of our outstanding teachers. mr. braxton and i have only been at the school for less than a month and already found ms. reynolds to be an inavailable -- invaluable member of our staff who cares deeply for our teachers and the staff and are making sure our students with special education needs are being fully realized in the education classes, being fully included and coming to the fullness of their potential in our school. so we're definitely very proud to recognize ms. diane reynolds. [applause] >> it's been my privilege to be at dr. martin luther king middle school since it's been at the present site. i only missed one year there. being at the school. and i've really enjoyed it. i live in the neighborhood and would like to recognize my mom who's here tonight. right there. and then sarah who works with me and she's wonderful. [applause] >> thank you very much. >> thank you. >> yes. we have anoth

barack obama is a more perfect union speech, for instance should be on the same page with martin luther king jr.'s i have a dream speech? no. with all due respect to the president of the speech in philadelphia does not belong on the same page, doesn't belong frankly in the same chapter with martin luther king jr.'s i have a dream speech. why? well, frankly the speech -- some people say eliminating. i don't see it frankly has very illuminating. it says things which would seem to me any well-educated american should know about race relations. it did not take any truly controversial bold, risky positions with respect to race. i'm not condemning him for that. he's an electoral politicians. he faces the discipline of electoral politics. so you don't want to make people angry. the potential voters and supporters, you don't want to make him angry. fine, i understand that. but let's just tell it the way it is. this is the speech, for instance, that takes pains to be non-accusatory. the president knows his way around the english language very well. there is the reason why when he's talking about predica

martin luther king, jr.elivered the famed "iavea eech at the lincoln memorial. 48 years later the official dedication of the new martin luerngjr. memorial. it will be the first major monument of a non-president on washington's national mall. e fo to create the memorial was 15 years in the making and will cost some $120 million in private donations. >> the memorial to dr. king is the first on our mall to celebrated a man of color, hope, anpeace. d you can see this location is powerful. >> the "i have a dream" speech was delivered almost 45 years ago, before america elected its first black president, barack obama. >> been a long time coming. but tonight, because of what did on this date in this election at this defining moment, change has come to america. >> but some believe that racial equality still has yet to flower in the u.s. item, unemployment. white americans, 8.1%. black americans, 16.2%. item, netted wealth. white americans, $113,000. black americans, $5700. item, incarceration. of the 73% of white am

martin luther king, jr. >> gathered to pay tribute to a bay area pilot killed in the 9/11 attacks. planted -- captain dahl was the pilot of the hijacked flight 93. he and his siblings attended this school now named after him. >> it makes everything better. you know, in trying to find some good out of the bad. >> dahl's alma mater also held a memorial tribute today. >>> and a reminder, the news will air a special program called 9/11, a decade of change. we will have live reports from new york, washington and pennsylvania, again that's on channel 2 this sunday at 6:00 p.m. >>> an alert tomorrow about unhealthy air and weather conditions here in the bay area. also, how long will this summer like weather stick around? >>> and you can watch bay area news at 7:00 on your computer or mobile device. we are streaming live at kicu.com. [ female announcer ] this is the story of eves. [ eves ] years ago, i hurt my shoulder drag racing. that's when i decided to take it easy, so i took up hang gliding. [ female announcer ] a grandpa who refuses to grow up. [ eves ] the pain was bad, but the thou

cheer as a giant bronze sculpture of humanitarians was invailed. 25 heros from gahndi to martin luther king jr were honored. they were chosen for their efforts of creating a better life for others. just click on the remember them tab. >>> mark is here now with sports. no more messing around this weekend it's for real in the nfl. >> after all these years it's hard to get pumped up about from season exhibition football. so don't worry about it anymore. the real deal sunday. 49ers, ushering in the jim harbaugh era. it begins against the seattle seahawks. it's the same team they opened to last year. opening up the pete carol regime there. fans have high expectations for the new coach and the team with it. and coach harbaugh is tired as well as people around here of losing. >> don't worry, just work and don't worry. as far as expectations, you know we have a great expectation for today's meetings. for today's practice. and with a blue color attitude and mentality and you know and in the end we'll see how good we are. how tough we are to beat. how many games we can win. but you know, i think we're g

. >> reporter: in private she called de gaulle an egomaniac and martin luther king, jr., a phony. at the time, fbi director j. edgar hoover was trying to incite divisions between the kennedys and dr. king saying he was overheard on wiretaps making crude comments about jackie kennedy kissing her husband's casket on the day of the funeral. and she talks about politics. >> in politics, things do change quickly. jack would never -- he would often say that. never get in anything so deep that you have lost all chance of conciliation. >> reporter: the book's most poignant moments are about family. a 3-year-old john, jr., is asked what happened to your father. he answers, he's gone to heaven. and jackie, at the height of the cuban missile crisis, described pleading with her husband not to evacuate the family to camp david, telling him she wants to die with him rather than live without him. andrea mitchell, nbc news, washington. >>> when we come back, we'll remember two names from hollywood tonight. >>> on the campaign trail the republicans debating tonight in florida, cosponsored by the t

benefit for the largest bronze statue in the west, more than two dozen heros, including martin luther king, jr the event. angelou will be there as well to mark the anniversary. >>> and hoping to stay undefeated as we go on the road. sports is next ok, kids, our cable will let us record one more show. who should get it? i really love jennifer. yeah, she's great. yeah. yeah. kyle's got that thick head of hair. and that should be rewarded. ok, moment of truth. on "three," say which kid you love the most. oh, fun, yeah. 1...2...3... jennifer. jennifer. whoa. wow. ha! she's so pretty yeah. or, we give it to kyle. it's really all he's got. [ male announcer ] switch to at&t u-verse and record four shows all at the same time. just $29 a month for 6 months. at&t. just $29 a month for 6 months. . >>> so we're looking at stanford and cal. >>> good things going on, 6th ranked stanford doing what they needed to do after traveling across the country to play duke, a career high there, a completion in the third quarter that turns into a 60-yard scoring play. cardinals running away, the game at that point lead

it happened about 11:00 this morning on 52nd street near west street, just across martin luther king, jr. way from the hospital. police say there were multiple shots fired out on the street. and employees tell us the hospital was on lockdown for about 15 minutes, immediately following the shooting. >> i was concerned, i was concerned and scared. you know living around this neighborhood, i mean it can be pretty dangerous. >> reporter: police say no arrests have been made. >>> seniors and people with disabilities gathered in san francisco's civic center this afternoon to speak out about possible cuts to medicare and medicaid. several groups organized today's protest, members say they're concerned that the super committee that is looking at deficit reduction in washington will slash spending for federal health care programs. >> and i'm on several of these programs, i'm on medical and medicare. and i'm seeing my own safety net disappearing before my eyes. >> advocates say their protest is meant to show the faces of those who would be most affected by possible cuts. >>> and california's priso

martin luther king jr., mrs. kennedy harshly judged his personal life and was told that the civil rights icon had misbehaved poorly at jfk's funeral. as a result, this is how she felt about him and quotes her husband as having felt about him. >> i mean martin luther king is really a tricky person, but i wouldn't know, he never said anything against martin luther king to me. so i don't know if bobby would would be the one to find out what he really thought of him. but bobby told me later, i just can't see a picture of martin luther king without thinking, you know that man 's terrible. >> there are also harsh judgments about linden johnson, her husband's vice president and later of course president after jfk was assassinated. >> bobby told me this later and i know jack said it to me sometime, he said, oh, god, can you ever imagine what would happen to the country if linden was president? the only times he would say it if there was ever a problem. >> it is at times harsh and provocative and tough stuff. the book was

martin luther king jr.ine streaming live to us outside, from outside the kennedy library in boston. what a great assignment. this is really interesting, molly. >> reporter: it is. it's a treasure-trove of information. this will keep historians busy for years to come thinking about jacqueline kennedy and what she was thinking back in 1964. she was a young widow, her hawz had had just -- husband had just been assassinated, and they were very intimate recordings largely because the interviewer was arthur schlessinger jr. he was a his torn himself -- historian himself. she weighed in on the cuban missile crisis recalling that she begged her husband not to send her and the children away, she wanted to stay with him and prefer today die with him if that were the case. she also refers to charles de gaulle as an egomaniac, and she said her husband expressed very clear reservations about lbj, lyndon b. johnson, the prime minister possibly one day becoming president. and she also weighs in on martin luther king jr. p

this is martin luther king jr. middle school. no color, drab, dirty, barely a plant in sight in need of some serious work. if you've been out to m.l.k., one thing you can say for sure is there's no lack of color. this is m.l.k. today. this is the main entrance to the school. this is the main courtyard, landscaping, benches, complete overhaul, the entire school feels completely different. this is the walkways and central space in the main building. this is the gymnasium before. this is the gymnasium after. this is a typical new modernized classroom at m.l.k. chinese immersion, you can enter this school on grade on the first, second, and third floor. there were seven playgrounds at seven different levels. the school is still in progress and it's a lot of fun. this is a typical classroom, chinese immersion, all new cabinet, awe null -- all new cubbies, everything brand new, ready to go. and of course bathrooms are big for those of you who don't know what the district standards are, we have epoxy floors and corian on the walls. these

. >>> the dedication ceremony for the martin luther king jr. memorial is the is set for october 16th. it was scheduled for august 28th but postponed because of hurricane irene. 250,000 people were expected to attend that ceremony. president obama is expected to be at next month's dedication. >>> pictures of amelia earhart and a pair of her goggles brought in more than $31,000 this morning. the items were sold at an auction in oakland. they were recently found in a northern california storm unit. the 1920s luxor goggles alone brought in more then $17,000. also sold were 24 pictures of her. some show her making preparations for her first attempt at flying around the world in march 1937. her plane disappeared during her second attempt that same year. >>> and they say there is no fury like a woman scorned and that goes probably for the animal kingdom as l. the supposed love triangle that may have pushed one tiger to kill another. >>> the low fog and cloud activity today, the upper level subtropical moisture streams across the state. that is next. ]

martin luther king jr. is up already. it's being criticized. erican author. dr. angelou is saying the quote on the side is making dr. king look like an arrogant twit. the quote says, "i was a drum major for justice, peace and righteousness." this was taken from a sermon he gave at ebeneezer baptist here in atlanta. he did it two months before his assassination where he was suggesting a eulogy upon his death. let me tell you what he actually said. take a look. you can read it on the screen and listen to this. >> yes, if you want to say that i was a drum major, say that i was a drum major for justice. say that i was a drum major for peace. i was a drum major for righteousness. >> that's my favorite mlk writing. every time you hear it, it gives you chills. dr. angelou wants the indescription changed. i spoke with her about the quote and why it is so important that it should be changed. >> it is said that speech is the mirror of a man's soul. and certainly it was for martin luther king. each word he spoke was chosen carefully. you can read back long

calm waters of pearl harbor to the majestic mountains of mount rushmore to the legacy of martin luther king jrfull vision of the national memorial. we ask for your continued support and ask you to encourage others to learn more about our effort and go to honor flight 93.org if you can get them to participate. this has been a remarkable journey and, again, we have work to do. but thank you, families. you're an inspiration to all of us. we're going to get this done. with that, i would like to present secretary of interior ken salazar, who has been fantastic in these efforts. mr. secretary. [ applause ] >> thank you very much, and good afternoon to all of you and to vice president biden, to dr. biden, to president clinton, to president bush, to mrs. bush, to speaker boehner and senators casey and toomey and all the members of the congressional delegation, but especially to the families today of flight 93 who have worked so hard to make this day possible. we join together as friends ands families, as citizens to forge from our memories and enduring monument to love, courage and sacrifice. in one m

rushmore to the enduring legacy of martin luther king, jr., we're pleased these 40 men and women, thewe ask for your continued support and ask you to encourage others to learn more about our efforts and go to honor flight 93.org if you can get them to participate. and this has been a remarkable journey, and again, we have still work to do, but thank you, families, your inspiration to all of us, we're going to get this done. with that i'd like to present secretary of the interior ken salazar who has just been absolutely fantastic during these efforts. mr. secretary? (applaus (applause) >> thank you very much and good afternoon to all of you and to vice-president biden, to dr. biden, to president clinton, to president bush, to mrs. bush, to speaker boehner and senators casey and toomey and all the members of the congressional delegations, elected officials, but especially to the families today of flight 93 who have worked so hard to make this day possible. we join together as friends and as families, as citizens support from our memories and enduring monument to love, courage and sacrif

their court hearing, not in front of a judge but facing the 30 front -- 35 statute of martin luther king, jr. at his memorial site and should be asked what do you think dr. king would say to you right now? i was angry when saw the footage of young blacks robbing convenience stores across america and brought to tears. n we all need to take a closer look and those like the one shed light the public-service announcements about pollution in i am old enough to remember those. shedding tears after seeing that in america and ended with the tagline people started it people can stop it if he was alive today hehat may proclaim to the flash mobs that people start them and people can stop them. his dream was realized byee many african americans to take fullth advantage of the opportunities made available f through the quest for justice. would. >> host: ever envision after his "i have a dream" speech not as mean and sort kitchen staff but as a first family? but years after the civil rights struggle, we have young black people ransacking stores in groups.k every time a flash mobs lutes it robs king of his

here is what she had to say about civil rights leader martin luther king jr. >> what an incredible speakerm watch. he acknowledged how had made that call during the campaign. he told me the tape fbi had of martin luther king when he was here for the freedom march. how he was calling up all these girls and arranging for a party, men and women, orgy in the hotel and everything. at first he said oh, you know -- jack, that's so terrible. that man is -- >> now, jacqueline kennedy was that 24 years old when she got married. 31 when she became first lady. she had the responsibility of hosting presidents and prime ministers and kings. jfk's affairs are legendary. listening to her speak and reading through the transcripts this is a woman that clearly loved her husband and wanted to be a good wife and mother. she became excited when she made him proud. here she is talking about the greatest crisis her house ban's presidency, cuban missile crisis. >> i remember saying i know if anything happened we would all be evacuated to camp david or something. i don't know if he said anything about that to me. b

martin luther king, jr. and apparently there is a published report that another neighbor was quoted as saying, his dog has been attacked over the past six months. if you look at the sign there are a number of rules and they even have quiet hours so it seems fairly well organized. when i talked to the man you saw a second ago. i said where are owners aren't they supposed to intervene he said yes but it does not always happen. one person no longer comes here and a man who complained went to the city council and he is recommending splitting the park in two or in thirds so that dangerous dogs or bigger dogs can be separated from smaller dogs. he lives here and i am still waiting for his comment. kraig debro ktvu channel 2 news. >>> it is hitting oakland particularly hard and it is not just homeowners who are losing big in this, tara moriarty has more. tara? >> reporter: i want you to take a look at something down here. look at all of the trash that is lining this house. we don't know if this house has been forec

martin luther king,jr. featured with an inscription.r for justice, peace, and righteousness. it comes from a sermon delivered two months before his death. he said there is a natural instinct to be out front, the one being praised. if you have to be recognized be so not for material things, but for service to others. >> if you want to say i was a drum major, say that i was a drum major for justice. say i was a drum major for peace. i was a drum major for righteousness. >> the quote was abbreviated and the source of controversy. "the washington post" blasted monument planners and editorial. the famed poet and author maya angelou said the altered quote makes him look arrogant, the opposite of his message of humility. >> it is taken out of context and loses the intrinsic nature of the man. a man's speech is a mirror of his soul. what dr. king said was if you want to say this, not -- he would never put himself up by saying i wasn't a drum major for justice. >> angelou recognizes it may be too late to change the wording, but feels compelled t

mother teresa, mahatma gahndi, martin luther king jr. >> to me there's no description.like, really just amazing. how to see all those people. >> reporter: 25 faces of people who's values were championed from oscar schindler to poet and civil rights activist mia angelou. the youngest contribute tor is a 6-year-old girl who fought an angry mob as the first black student in an all white school. >> i think we all learned that your dreams can come true. that you can do great things with your life. >> reporter: the oakland artist who created this sculpture was inspired by 9/11 and wanted to show something to show how difficult times can bring forth humanity's best efforts. >> it is about sharing our history and encouraging them to become humanitarians. >> if you go around the backside of the statute you will find eight more faces, the artist wanted to honor people who made a difference in oakland like mother wright who fed the homeless here. in oakland, janine de la vega, ktvu news. >> and ktvu.com has a special section dedicated to the monument. >>> community activists got f

audiotapes, what she had to say about jfk, martin luther king, jr., and others.ng new glimpse inside america's cam lot, interviews with former first lady jacqueline ken derb the conversations recorded shortly after her husband's assassination and in the recordings, mrs. kennedy talks about the cuban missile crisis and says she told her husband she wanted to be with him, even if it was dangerous. she also speaks out about lbj and martin luther, king, jr., even criticizing king, in later years, she apparently changed her mind. the interviews are being published in a new book set for release tomorrow. it freezes a moment in our nation's history. jon: fascinating look back there. >>> a new poll into the fox news room, it shows people are increasingly doubtful about the president's approach to the economy, in this poll, 21 percent say the president's polices are making things

mother teresa, mahatma gahndi, martin luther king jr. >> to me there's no description.y just amazing. how to see all those people. >> reporter: 25 faces of people who's values were championed from oscar schindler to poet and civil rights activist mia angelou. the youngest contribute tor is a 6-year-old girl who fought an angry mob as the first black student in an all white school. >> i think we all learned that your dreams can come true. that you can do great things with your life. >> reporter: the oakland artist who created this sculpture was inspired by 9/11 and wanted to show something to show how difficult times can bring forth humanity's best efforts. >> it is about sharing our history and encouraging them to become humanitarians. >> if you go around the backside of the statute you will find eight more faces, the artist wanted to honor people who made a difference in oakland like mother wright who fed the homeless here. in oakland, janine de la vega, ktvu news. >> and ktvu.com has a special section dedicated to the monument. >>> community activists got fired up ove

martin luther king, jr. i can't see the smaller print but the owner says people should watch their dogs at all time. you can see how long it is, it is at least for yards but this one resident said he his dog and other dogs have been attacked. he has seen other dogs attacked. he took his complaint to the city council. he wants to split it in two. he wants to have one part for the smaller dogs and one part for the larger dogs. part of the rules people should take care of their dogs and if that is not happening i want to get a chance to talk to him early this morning. >>> republican presidential candidate michele bachmann comes to the area to campaign. the minnesota congresswoman meets at 9:15 to have breakfast with private voters. >>> the new field pole of the presidential race shows republican voters bucking the national trend. 2 % of those surveyed -- 28% of those surveyed like mitt romney. sarah palin comes in third. that is even though she has not officially entered the race. other candidates had more than

martin luther king, jr. memorial in washington, d.c.ith a dream and a mission to honor the civil rights leader and to inspire a nation to continue his mission. now 27 years after the idea formed, a massive 30-foot granite statue stands tall over the national mall. it took more than 15 years and $10 million to create the -- dr. maya angelou, a friend of the king's, was consulted during the construction. as much as she's happy the statue is in place, she's disappointed about one specific aspect of the memorial and that is the inscription. it reads" i was a drum major for justice, peace and righteousness. but dr. angelou says it was taken out of context. here is the actual statement martin luther king, jr. made on february 4th, 1968, two months before he was assassinated. if you want to say that i was a drum major, say that i was a drum major for justice. say that i was a drum major for peace. i was a drum major for righteousness and all of the other shallow things will not matter. dr. maya angelou joins us now to talk about the inscriptio

and controversy surrounding the new memorial for martin luther king, jr.tion on the statue that is angering some, including the famous poet. now another live lock outside. that's highway 24 in lafayette. traffic moving northly in both directions. but that westbound traffic could change as the day goes along, as folks maybe their way to candlestick or stanford where the game later this afternoon. you're watching mornings on 2. >>> good morning to you! waking up with gray skies over oakland. mostly sunny for the afternoon. temperatures slightly cooler, around the region. >>> the u.s. is now offering a helping hand to north korea. the u.s. sent a cargo plane of emergency supplies to help the flood relief effort. the u.s. will provide nearly a million dollars in aid. heavy rainfall pounded the korean peninsula in july, leaving thousands of people homeless. some nations have hesitated in helping for fear of supplies could be misused by the government or military. >>> officials in chile continue to search this morning for the victims of a military plane crash. a

one figure it is important to realize we have a national holiday and named after is martin luther king jr. in some ways there is a lot of difference between bryan and skiing, but we have a national holiday put together over someone who was what you might call a conservative bid of biblical truth and a very left wing bullies regions -- left wing belief. our system goes to nebraska again. his mentor in politics in nebraska was a man who was a leading figure who was never elected in his own rights of became the father of our birthday as a man to rein more business. >> my question is about the australian ballot or the secret the ballot or the lack of one in 1900, 1908. did brian ever talk about the need for a secret ballot? i have read there have been episodes were employers make sure employees put in the right solid for mckinley. is that true, and did bryan ever talk about it? guest: bryan did talk about the secret ballots. it was not a major issue, but it came up in issues of potential corruption of companies that would bring in voters to vote for alexian's or require voters to vote in a ce

martin luther king jr. if he was right next to you? >> jimmy: okay, god bless him. good. and so, again, we want to state for the record, you are not a member of the ku klux klan. >> no, sir. >> jimmy: you disavow their viewpoints completely. >> yes, sir. >> jimmy: you are merely an ice cream cone standing in a parking lot. >> i pledge to emergency room ameri america right here. >> jimmy: okay, thank you, daniel. we'd love to have you come visit hollywood. you could stand out right outside our building with spider-man and superman and take pictures. just think about it. daniel, everybody, from ocala. did we get that cleared up? i should have asked him what rosh hashanah was. is he still there? is he still with us? daniel? >> yes, sir? >> jimmy: happy rosh hashanah. >> it's fine. >> jimmy: sock. okay. and one more thing. it's -- [ laughter ] you better watch it over there. >> okay. >> jimmy: it's thursday night, time for our week lly tribute t the fcc, where we bleep and blur thing s whether they need it or not. it is "this week in unnec

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. >>> the martin luther king jr. memorial will officially be dedicated on october 16th.original ceremony on the national mall had to be canceled because the hurricane irene. >>> grelsed democrats unhappy with the president could give the gop if they stay home in a special election if they stay home for the replacement of anthony weiner. >> democrats will win at the end of the day but you're right, this is a special election, turnout is key, which means you need energy, and right now, when you look at the race, it's going to be a challenge to get some of the democrats out. >> the latest siena poll put report robert turner ahead of david weprin. charles, is this purely a referendum on president obama or more at work here? >> clearly the president is a problem in the district, but there's not just one poll, there's two polls out that show turner up by six points and if you look inside the numbers for both polls they show the president is a problem. disapproval ratings are very high in the district but keep in mind that when you have a solid district like this, falling away

should have their court hearing not in front of a judge, but facing the 30-foot statue of martin luther king jr. at his washington memorial site. each thief should be asked, what do you think dr. king would say to you right now? i was that angry when i initially saw the news footage of young blacks robbing convenience stores across america, i was actually brought to tears. we may all need to take a closer look at king's chiseled stone face for the presence of his own tears, tears like the ones shed by native american actor "iron eyes" cody in a 1976 public service announcement about pollution. i'm actually old enough to remember those. the psa showed cody shedding tear afceeing pollution in america -- after seeing pollution in america that previously had none. it ended with the tag line, people start pollution, people can stop it. if king were alive today, he might proclaim with these flash mobs that people start them, and people can stop them. king's dream, of course, has been realized by many african-americans who have been able to take full advantage of the opportunities made available throu

. >> let's listen to what she said about martin luther king jr. during that time.t to be full of irony. >> when he said what an incredible speaker he was during the freedom march thing. he told me the tape the fbi had of martin luther king when he was here for the freedom march and he said this with no bitterness or anything, how he was calling up all these girls and arranging for a party of men and women. i mean, sort of an orgy in the hotel and everything. i said, jack, that's so terrible. that man is such a phony then. >> michael, your reaction when you heard that part of the tape? >> well, you remember i was talking about a point in time, this was specifically spring of 1964. robert kennedy was filling her ears with what j. edgar hoover was telling him from wiretaps that was on martin luther king's telephones and eavesdropping on his rooms and so forth. that king was doing these things. particularly that king had made fun of president kennedy's funeral. if you have to say one thing that would have alienated jacque kennedy at that point, it would be something li

this section right here, this flew at martin luther king jr.'s funeral. that was the georgia patch. you can see on the far side there there's active duty military people. they are sewing a part of the flag that flew over the pentagon on september 11th. and, you know, the spirit here, nobody here is talking about terrorists or war or anything. everybody here is talking about the day after september 11th when we saw so much unity and so much bravery by first responders. and that's really the spirit i think that what they want to do is reclaim that from history and be able to have that be as much a part of the story as terrorists or war or anything along those lines, anderson. >> jim, i appreciate that. one of the things we were talking about before is i do think on this day and in the years ahead it's not the names of terrorists that americans remember, nor necessarily are they important. they have disappeared in history and will. tights victims here whose names should be remembered and the names, obviously, of the victims etched in bronze here. there's been another memorial observanc

. >>> there is a new date to dedicate the martin luther king, jr., memorial in washington. be sunday october 16th. the ceremony had been scheduled for august 28th, but you might remember that's when hurricane irene pounded the east coast. so that event was postponed. president obama is scheduled to speak at the dedication. >>> 5:47. son of moammar g&a daffty reportedly in the nation of niger. the justice minister said his country accepted gaddafi and eight former officials on a humanitarian basis. gaddafi has been on the run from out of the country since the activity in libya. his father's whereabouts are still unknown. meanwhile libya's new leaders are struggling to unite vary use groups of antigaddafi groups of rebels amid reports of in fighting. >>> stock futures lower this morning after friday's losses put the dow below the 11000 mark. european and asia markets are down today. japan's knee kay average slid more than 2% to its lowest closing level in two-and-a-half years; and in hong kong, not much better. the hang sing plunged 4%. markets are worried about the health of

martin luther king jr. but they need to be understood in context. at the time fbi director j.incite divisions between the kennedys and dr. king telling bobby kennedy that dr. king was overheard on fbi wiretaps making crude comments about jackie kennedy, kissing her husband's coffin on the day of jack's funeral. the tapes were supposed to be locked in a vault for a is enry but caroline decided to release them now all eight and a half hours uncensored. she also explained it isn't surprising her mother would have at the time made some statements she might have changed later. as caroline told "parade" when she first read the transcript they reminded her what made historical figures human is what made them more interesting and what made this oral history is what made a different jacqueline kennedy not the long familiar public figure whose whispery figure guided us through the white house. >> it seemed such a shame to find anything of the past in the white house. >> i am the man who accompanied jacqueline kennedy to paris. and i've enjoyed it. >> reporter: this jacqueline kennedy is

eleanor roosevelt wouldn't have made some of these sort of comments about martin luther king, jr.mber that these tapes collectively are more for gossip than history and the feel of the tapes her having a casual conversation with arthur schlessinger, jr., the pulitzer prize-winning novelist who was writing the book "1,000 days" involving the kennedy white house. >> do you think she ever thought they would be released? >> no, there was a 50-year rule. they were doing a oral history for the kennedy library and the kennedy project and i think caroline kennedy was under the belief that these tapes would be made public sooner or later in 50 years, meaning 2014. so it's better to let them out now and get on top of these, you know, the martin luther king things and others, and present it in a way with the it in a way with the historian michael bechloss. he's first rate. and come out with it in a way that puts the first lady in a better light than if you just waited for their release a couple years from now. >> here's another clip from the abc special. ms. kennedy was speaking about the cu