that's martin luther king, reverend dr. martin luther king jr., because he knew about dressing up your bigotry in the garb of religion as opposed to exposing yourself so that all peoples who oh fall above god recognize they're sinners and therefore in the need of love. i don't see the self critique among these christians on the right. where is your self criticism? what would god be distressed with? what would oh god be disgusted with? how would god be critical of you? they are so righteous. everybody thinks if jesus were to come again, they would embrace him. no, they all are the kibld putting jesus on the end. we don't want anybody who is snotty-nosed, black, gay. these are the people jesus came for. i have come for the least of these. and as a result of that, the people's inability to make those distinctions reinforces the very bigotry that jesus stood against. >> dr. michael eric dyson, well-said and hopefully somebody on the right will listen. at least to jesus. if not to michael eric dyson. remember to answer tonights question at the bottom

martin luther king jr.t for that here in america and nelson mandela fought so hard in south america. those movements did finally meet and i think that was their commonality. >> i think they were both noble peace prize winners and they overcame racism, and when he came out of friday, you mention thad he came out a very different man. he was stilled with humility, grace, and gentleness that he took with him when he went to office. he ended up working with the very people that villainized him for all of his life. how does a person come to the place where they can put aside the bitterness, hurt, and all of the offenses they have receive todd do that. >> as you ask that question, i think about my own father reverend a.d. king, who when hi uncle, martin luther king jr. was killed, i wanted to hate somebody and strike out at somebody. he said you case hate white people, you can't hate any people, it's the devil and we have to fight the devil. martin luther king jr. always said i will not stoop so low that men will

martin luther king, jr. so what made these men true leaders? reverend king's niece will join me next to tell us. >> my next guess says that nell nelson mandela was a gift to the world. a dignitary, warrior, a man of character and integrity. she could say those same words to describe her uncle, the reverend martin luther king, jr. nelson mandela and reverend martin luther king, jr., two men who truly did change the world. joining me is dr. alveda king, dr. king's niece. thank you for joining me. >> hello, and merry christmas everyone. >> thank you. and merry christmas to you. you actually met nelson mandela in 1990, not long after he was released from the 27-year time in prison. what was your initial impression as you met this man we now see as one of the great leaders of the world? >> as one who has been involved in the struggle for freedom all of my life, actually, coming out of my own family, to meet president mandela, it was a humbling experience. i was very aware of this early years when he was warrior, and he thought that fighting was the w

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for people who may not know you and martin luther king jr.e up together in the civil rights movement, helped create it. today, you called the selection of judicial nominees from the first black president insulting. why? >> well, for instance, only one of the appointments is african-american. you consider since 1978 when we got the first african-american, that's all we've had, total number of three appointments. that's not fair. that's not judicial. that's not democratic. so we're asking the president and we recognize that somebody in his administration has done him a disservice in giving him these names, and he made a mistake in accepting them. we're asking him to reconsider his appointments and give us a slate of people who are representative of georgia, in particular the northern district, where we stand, where most african-americans are located. they only gave us one and for a long, long time, we had none. and we're asking that this group be diverse, they be fair and they be judicial. >> you're not just some stranger to the president. you

. >> i would say if we talked about various traits of nelson mandela and martin luther king jr. they both unrelenting. >> my dad was unrelenting and mr. mandela was unrelenting for his fight for justice and there are par parallels in those particular areas my dad used his voice to represent the poor and oppressed. president mandela used his voice to represent the poor and oppressed. there are many parallels between nelson mandela and martin luther king jr.. >> thank you very much. >>> actor david hai harewood portrayed nelson mandela. i spoke about how he played such an iconic role and how he prepared for it. >> initially e excited and then deep roll and and then you hit this fear. how do you play a myth. how do you play someone who has been so extraordinary in his life the only way you can approach it is to read as much as you can and watch as much as you can. day after day he revealed himself as the ultimate human being. the ultimate warrior and ultimate soldier. and the more i read the more i got to know him. and he became less of a myth and more of a man. more of a human bei

people would tell martin luther king jr. segregation isn't so bad, let's not bother these people -- white people. so gandhi and king were the last people who would accept injustice. they would speak out against injustice on behalf of other people. but they used this technique to be more effective. and it has a lot of power when we're using nonviolence if you're a leader in any kind of organization or just going through life. and all of human history, in all of human history i don't think anyone has ever seriously said i hate it when people respect me. i can't stand it when people respect me. it's my biggest pet peeve. my new boss is the worst boss i've ever had, my new boss is always respecting me. i'm trying to show here how waging peace philosophy, nonviolent philosophy is also, are also life skills, life philosophy. and what you learn through martial arts, what you learn through nonviolence you can apply to relationships, to the workplace, to being a manager, to being a leader, to relationships, to friendships, to family

martin luther king, jr., in a 1958 article and later in 1964 during a college commencement speech. er closely watched what was going on in africa and inspired by him. joining me now the son of martin luther king, jr. it's great to have you with me, sir. your mom and your sister bernice, they all traveled with you as you attended the inauguration of mandela. tell us what it was like, that kind of impact that was had on you and your family in 1994 and what that meant knowing the history you were coming from here in america. >> first, i would say thank you for the opportunity. as we mourn this loss for our world. but i remember in 1986 actually protesting at the south african embassy along with my mother and sister where we were arrested. of course, in 1994 going to south africa twice, on two occasions, one during the electoral process and, of course, for the inauguration, which was, of course, a celebration, which was really, in a sense, earth shattering to see the first african head of state of that wonderful country who really taught us about the power of forgiveness. that is what i

martin luther king jr. or gandhi, mandela was able to live long enough. he wasn't killed. he was able to see the fruits of that struggle to reach the presidency in south africa and truly a descendent figure because of his personal virtue and our presidents paying tribute to him only magnifies that. >> and over the past few days we've heard so much about his extraordinary story and the life that he led. there really isn't another figure like mandela now to compare him to, right, david? >> no, there isn't. the arc of his life and international acclaim that he received, the era in which he lived. we live in an information age where all of one's shortcomings would be excessed more than perhaps his were, but the his cunning as well throughout the struggle is inspiring. he inspired a generation of politicians like barack obama for whom the apartheid fight, the fight to end apartheid was their civil rights struggle that they were able to emotionally connect to. >> remembering mandela, you'll be talking about that on "meet the press" coming up at 10:30 here on nbc 4. thank you so

. >> he was a russian novelist who upspired leaders like mahatma gandhi and martin luther king jr. and now leo tolstoy's works are being digitized for all the world to see. >> this is the voice of the 19th century writer leo tolstoy, considered one of the world's greatest novelists for works such as "war and peace", he's reading a fairy tale about a wolf and a child. this shows him in his final years in his country estate. we caught up with his great-great-granddaughter at his house. she was in the middle of a photo shoot. she has been the drying force behind the project to digitise the works of tolstoy, putting a new generation in touch with his heritage online. >> i wanted people to return to reading tolstoy, with all the ways that modern technology offered. this is part of our heritage. not all of it has been on the internet. it should be available to everyone. 2,000 copies of his complete works were available to buy. >> it's this russian company charged with the task. not just the 90 volume standard connection, but diaries, letters and less well-known works. the cost of such a

police say someone broke into the salvation army on martin luther king jr. avenue in southeast ec and took $10,000. richard reid has reaction to this bold step. >> it tears at your heart. >> at least two offices were ransacked, the candles jimmied open in the safe and eat out. >> is our. callous and insensitive. i'm really shocked. >> all of this, the remnants of an overnight robbery. , $10,000. >> it has to be a very desperate her some. -- a very desperate person. just bring the money back. >> what is gut wrenching is that the target of the break-in is a salvation army office. >> you are stealing from an organization that helps people who have needs. >> authorities believe between one to three masked men did this days after thanksgiving. police believe the burglars came through the alley, climbed up this wall here and went across the fence come over the concrete barrier and into the building. >> they went over the back door and broke the window and. >> the salvation army commander is a former baltimore police officer. >> why would someone even think to do i

break-in happened or the early morning hours of october 16 at excel academy charter school on martin luther king jr. avenue. this is just one of 16 school burglaries in the district since classes began in august areas big changes at the top of a fund that paid compensation from a bp oil spill. top officials resigned months after accused of improper conduct. in september a former fbi agent appointed by new orleans federal district court accused the pair of setting up a side business. 4:48 and israeli leaders are lashing out at the surveillance program. the u.k. the u.s. and to stop spying on israel. they indicate e-mails of some of israel's former top leaders were intercepted. back here at home, coming up on the day ahead, d.c.'s councilmen will hold his annual toy giveaway for children in need. it will take place from 5-8 tonight. is been made possible through the u.s. marines toys for tots program and several volunteers. >> hopefully they will have some dry weather. councilman barry will have some dry weather. tomorrow it will eventually feel like the holidays. it certainly hasn't over the past we

he was last seen friday at a 711 store in the 3900 block of martin luther king jr. avenue and southwest. we are following a developing story this noon up in space. a big problem on board the international space station. we are told a cooling, failed and nasa is racing to fix it. karen travers has the latest. >> it was a long night at mission control in houston as engineers raced us to save one of the cooling pumps on the international space station jerod >> it is a very delicate balance that we have to operate in, and so we have systems and checks and balances in place so that the temperature in that and the loop cold, itself will shut down, and that is what happened yesterday. >> it is kind of like a car radiator. the cooling system pumps into the space station to keep it cool, and one of the pumps fail. nasa does not know why. on critical systems are powered down to prevent the dangers of overheating. it is not just a temperature for the astronauts, is so the instruments do not overheat, the get damagedto not which could then jeopardize the whole station. >> engin

luther king day he will be a white guy. this idea that everybody has to be included is meritless. >> you are saying that -- you know that martin luther king jrwhite guy. he is a black man. scholars are telling you that jesus is not a white man but you won't concede that point? >> i'm saying that hollywood has depicted him that way and the great artists have for hundreds of years. if you have a problem take it up with them. >> hollywood in american movies have made him look american and european artists made him look european. but there is something larger here that connects megan kelly's comments. >> how did megan get into this again. >> what she saying and what a lot of people mean when they say santa or jesus is white is that santa or jesus is mine. >> how would you know what megan kelly thinks? how do you know about megan kelly's motive? how do you know that? >> what i'm saying -- >> you -- >> you just answered the question. what i'm saying is that in the very terminology of the way that we define these icons, whether they be spiritual icons like jesus or cultural icons like santa is it's deeply engrained in our sense of identity. it's ab

martin luther king jr. used to always say, look, justice in america will not only redeem and save black people, it will save america. mr. mandela, nelson mandela, president mandela, revolutionary mandela saved the future of south africa the moment he ascended to the heights of his own presidency and he embraced white south africans because he understood that the economy of south africa would not do well without the intentions of those white south africans being brought into the larger circle of south african economic and political privilege. so he understood that. but at the same time what he understood is that justice had to be done and that black people who had been long denied must now be recognized as human beings. so he didn't dismiss the humanity of white people, he embraced it by insisting that the humanity of black africans could be joined with the humanity of white africans and others. so they will remember him if they are righteous as a man who indeed saved their nation. >> all right. dr. eric dys

martin luther king, jr., had a dream. some say nelson mandela dreamed it. he became one of the greatest civil rights icons of the last 50 years and it cost him almost three decades of his life in a jail cell. vanita on the man who earned the admiration of millions. >> and one wonders what must be passing through mr. mandela's mind at this moment. >> after 27 years in prison, nelson mandela walked into freedom. against all odds, the leader of a rebellion became the leader of national unity. mandela's decade-long rebellion turned him into a freedom fighter, an international hero. >> i fought against white domination. i have fought for every family. >> mandela was born into a privileged family. he supported nonviolence. he became a lawyer and opened the first african law firm. in 1960, mandela turned militant. >> there are many people who feel that it is useless for us to continue talking nonviolence. >> mandela loved up to his name, troublemaker, repeatedly challenging authority. he was convicted of sabotage and conspiracy to overthrow the government and sent

. >> his name is up there with gandhi and martin luther king jr.nd we sit and think, his messages, we should apply them to our life like other great peacemakers. >> he is truth in service. >> reporter: a man who united different races, a nation, and now generations. nbc news, washington. >> that's "nbc nightly news." brian williams will be here tomorrow from south africa. i'm lester holt reporting from soweto. have a good night, everyone. i love watching tv outside. and why can you move the tv out here? the wireless receiver. i got that when i switched to u-verse. but why? because it's so much better than cable. it's got more hd channels, more dvr space. yeah, but i mean, how did you know? i researched. no, i-i told you. no. yeah! no. the important part is that you're happy now. and i got you this visor. you made a visor! yes! that i'll never wear. ohh. [ male announcer ] get u-verse tv for just $19 a month for two years with qualifying bundles. rethink possible. >> announcer: nbc sports, exclusive home of the nhl, premier league, the sochi olympic

police believe one or as many as three men rip into the building on martin luther king jr. avenue after thanksgiving. they managed to open several padlocked correction -- collection kettles and emptied out a safe. >> why would someone even think to do this to a charity? are hoping police that fingerprints and surveillance video will solve the case. if you know anything about this, you are encouraged to call police. the holiday weekend is coming to an end for many of you. it is back to work tomorrow. perhaps school. what kind of weather can we expect? >> the good news, it is not nearly as cold as it has been this time the last four night. temperatures are a lot milder things to cloud cover. 43 degrees outside the belfort furniture weather center. 39 at dallas -- dulles. the clouds just off the north and west, they are a bit thicker at this time. it is not going to last very long. the cloud cover is quickly progressing toward the south and the east. early tomorrow morning, temperatures will be in the upper 20's to middle 30's. mostly cloudy skies. we are talking about a warm

martin luther king jr. and nelson mandela. even though they never met. >> they never met. d king was assassinated long before -- >> 1968. >> yes, before mandela was released from prison. but mandela read about martin luther king. mandela did not go into robben island a nonviolent man. he came out of robben island intent somehow upon bringing his country together in a peaceful revolution. this was a racially torn society. the whole notion that it could come together in peace to solve that problem was beyond anyone's imagination. he did it. >> i assume there'll be a huge congressional delegation that will want to go to south africa. >> certainly. >> have you been hearing about that already? >> well, remember, congress is gone at the moment. when this occurred. >> for this, many members will want to join in the president and go to south africa. >> there will be an official delegation. >> have you decided what day the memorial service in washington will be and where it will take place, mr. ambassador? >> we are meeting with the washington cathedral tomorrow morning to finalize

. >> president kennedy was assassinated for his brother, bobby, martin luther king jr. , or, any of theer great people whom we have honored appropriately by virtual of their contributions. my guess is each one of them at this moment are welcoming in the real leader, nelson mandela. >> yeah, you heard it there. brown put mandela in the same group as john f. kennedy, robert kennedy, and he called nelson mandela the real leader. >>> barbara rogers visited south africa in 1993 and met with nelson mandela. grace cathedral is working on services to honor nelson mandela. >>> and we are looking back at mandela's life on our website. kpix.com. you will find a photo gallery and memorable quotes from the former leader. >>> we have breaking news. looks like waterfall, but it is water gushing from a broken line in martinez. the line snapped about an hour ago. it sent a lot of water. that break has since been shut off, but it has created a real mess going into yards, garages, crews believe the cold weather may have been a factor. >>> freezing or real close to it, that is what much of the bay area can

i would say that ghandi and martin luther king jr. and nelson mandela would be in the forefront along with mother theresa as though people you look on with a great deal of admiration and also inspiration. and i think nelson will go down in history as one of the leading people of the century. >> former president jimmy carter here in south africa today remembering his true and dear friend nelson mandela. we are joined here in south africa by nbc news special correspondent charlayne hunter-gault, a long-time responsibility who has lived here for 16 years now. and you've come to know the mandela family well. what do you hear tonight? >> you know, i think that they like the rest of south africa had their moments of sadness. and now they're celebrating his life. they are -- i spoke with venzi mandela a few moments ago, and she wanted the world to know that first of all, she took out solar lanterns to the children. you saw pictures of the children earlier. she wanted them to have this light to the remember that her father loved children. she

. >> his name is up there with gandhi and martin luther king jr.nd we sit and think, his messages, we should apply them to our life like other great peacemakers. >> he is truth in service. >> reporter: a man who united different races, a nation, and now generations. nbc news, washington. >> that's "nbc nightly news." brian williams will be here tomorrow from south africa. i'm lester holt reporting from soweto. have a good night, everyone. >> announcer: nbc sports, exclusive home of the nhl, premier league, the sochi olympic winter games and primetime's number one show, "sunday night football." >> a look at the mercedes-benz superdome, the home of the new orleans saints, and tonight the site of a tussle for first place in the nfc south as the surging carolina panthers pay a visit on "sunday night football." drew brees and the saints are coming off a short and unprodti

martin luther king, jr. >> being in prison for 27 years, you hear me, 27 years and then walking out oft prison as a new person completely, there's no doubt about it, he liberated the world in many ways of. >> reporter: mandela was already in his 70s when he walked out of prison, but his anti apartheid message resonated strongest with a younger generation. john bailey thinks real change always happens because of young people. >> i don't think you can make the change without the youth. i think the youth see themselves growing up in a different world. >> i feel like me, i'm going to do everything in my power to make sure i teach my children about him, keep updating my status because i feel like he's a man that needs to be celebrated forever. >> reporter: nelson mandela often said he wanted to create a rainbow nation. today's service showed that doesn't have to be just a dream. in san francisco john ramos, kpix5. old its own memorial for mandela on >>> in san francisco flags are flying at half staff all week in mandela's honor. the city will hold its own memorial for mandela wednesday morn

he's now the director of the martin luther king jr. research institute at stanford. >> i think that if miss having a person like that. he teaches about mandela and african american freedom struggle and losing the knife-year-old is significant on so many levels. >> when we think about mandela we can think in terms of he is on the level of gandhi and king. >> nelson mandela considered by many to be the last great freedom drugler of the 20th century. lisa, abc 7 news. >> hundreds of people have been gathered outside mandela home in johannesburg for hours dancing and singing in mandela memory. many brought flowers flag and candles. streets blocked off to allow people to mourn yes but also celebrate his life. now people are sharing the memory of nelson mandela on our facebook page. leave your thought at facebook.com slash abc 7 news. >> new tonight at 11:00. san jose state taking the first step toward addressing what prosecutors call a hate crime against a black student. university has appointed cordel retired judge to head task force that

the thief broke into the salvation army offices on martin luther king jr. avenue.ok made off with at least ten grand. >> that's the money order somebody dropped into a kettle. >> reporter: it's not the way we're used to seeing the red salvation army kettle. these have been cracked open. >> they didn't take many of the coins. >> reporter: administrators at this salvation army say a suspect or pair of suspects broke into their building along mlk junior drive through a third floor balance cope knee. they tell us whoever did this knew exact wall they were looking for. >> they broke the window for one office, they gained access to this office, and they systematically went kettle to kettle picking out any of the dollar currency that was in there which could be dollars, dollar bills, 5's, 10's, 20's. >> reporter: that suspect headed to the doors in a mad dash. it was at that point that we're told he encountered a security officer who pulled a knife on that person, then took off running. >> they took upwards of $10,000. >> we're estimating the minimum to be $10,000. >> rep

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. >> president kennedy was assassinated, his brother bobby, martin luther king, jr., or any of the other great people whom we have honored appropriately by virtue of their contributions. my guess is that each one of them at this moment are welcoming the real leader nelson mandela. >> brown says no one has matched the inspiration and humanity of nelson mandela. >>> former kpix 5 anchor and reporter barbara rodgers visited south africa in 1993. she met with nelson mandela in soweto and that was the year he won the nobel prize. a year later he became president. >>> grace cathedral and the black repertory group are working on a service to honor mandela. glide memorial will hold its service sunday. >> we are looking back at mendola's life on our website, kpix.com. find a photo gallery and memorable quotes from the former leader. >>> in other bay area headlines now on this friday, cold weather may have been responsible for this big water main break. this is in martinez. it happened last night around 10:30. the water has since been shut off but did create a mess with water going into a number o

martin luther king jr. >> being in prison for 27 years. you hear me? 27 years. and then walking out of that prison as a new person completely. no doubt about it. that they needed to liberate the world in many ways. >> reporter: mandela was already in their 70s when he walked out of prison. but the message resonated strongest with the younger generation as they think that the real change, they will always happen because of the young people. >> i don't think that you could make the change without the youth and that you can see themselves growing up in the different world. >> i feel like me, that we're going to do everything in our powers to make sure to teach the children about them. and to keep updating my status because i feel like, you know, he's a man that will need to be celebrated forever. >> reporter: he often wanted to create a rainbow nation. today's service shows that it does not have to be just a dream. in san francisco, john ramos, kpix 5. >>> in san francisco flags are flying at half staff all this weekend. they will hold their own memorial for mandel

. >>> it can be said martin luther king, jr. had a dream. but it was nelson mandela who lived it. tara mergener tells us about his legacy and the countless people he inspired around the world. >>> reporter: outside nelson mandela's johannesburg home, south africans are celebrating his life. at his former home in soweto, mourners praised him with song and dance. they are remembering the man who led the struggle against apartheid, became the country's first black president then fought for peace. in cape town, thousands gathered for an for a service. >> someone that's done the country a great service. >> reporter: across the world, tributes are pouring in. in paris, the french president stood in silence with african leaders including south africa's first lady. the memorial is growing in washington. >> after 27 years of imprisonment, he comes out better, not bitter. >> reporter: former secretary of state hillary clinton shared her memories of attending mandela's presidential inauguration. >> nelson mandela will be remembered for many things. he will certainly remembered for the way he

he's now the director of the martin luther king jr. research institute at stanford. >> i think that if miss having a person like that. he teaches about mandela and african american freedom struggle and losing the knife-year-old is significant on so many levels. >> when we think about mandela we can think in terms of he is on the level of gandhi and king. >> nelson mandela considered by many to be the last great freedom drugler of the 20th century. lisa, abc 7 news. >> hundreds of people have been gathered outside mandela home in johannesburg for hours dancing and singing in mandela memory. many brought flowers flag and candles. streets blocked off to allow people to mourn yes but also celebrate his life. now people are sharing the memory of nelson mandela on our facebook page. leave your thought at facebook.com slash abc 7 news. >> new tonight at 11:00. san jose state taking the first step toward addressing what prosecutors call a hate crime against a black student. university has appointed cordel retired judge to head task force that

. >>> he was the russian novelist who inspired leaders like began dee and martin luther king, jr.'s entire body of work is being digitized for entire world to see. david reports. >> reporter: this is the voice of the 19th century russian writer leo tolstoy. widely considered one of the world's greatest novelist with works such as war and peace and annika karenina. he's reading one of hair fairytales about a world and a child and this remarkable footage shows him in his final years at his country estate. we caught up with his great, great granddaughter at his house in moscow now the tolstoy museum. she was in the middle i've photo shoot for a magazine. she has been the driving force behind the project to disties de the edge tire works of tolstoy to put a new generation literal police in touch with his heritage online. >> i wanted people to return to reading tolstoy with all of the way that his modern technology now offers. this is part of our heritage. not all of it has been on the internet yet, but it should be available to everyone. only 2,000 copies of his complete works were ev

martin luther king jr.. >> being in prison for 27 years, you hear me? 27 years and then walking out of that prison as a new person completely. there's no doubt about it, he liberated the world in many ways. >> mandela was already in his 70s when he walked out of prison but his message resonated strongest with a younger generation. john bailey thinks real change always happens because of young people. >> i don't think you can make the change out the youth. i think the youth see themselves growing up in a different world. >> i feel like me, i'm going to do everything in my power to make sure i teach my children about him, keep updating my status because i feel like he's a man that needs to be celebrated forever. >> kpix5. >>> flags are flying at half staff for mandela's honor in several bay area cities. >>> 4:36 right now. it's chilly out there. >> i know, day after day these cold temperatures of course we're seeing frost damage on some of the plants and looks like a couple more days with these deep freezing temperatures and then things will start to mode

martin luther king jr.: we hold these truths to be self-evident -- that all men are created equal.ohn f. kennedy: the torch has been passed to a new generation of americans. barbara jordan: the american dream need not forever be deferred. lyndon johnson: this is the richest and the most powerful country... >> federal authorities say new york train that jumped the tracks was going at a speed nearly three times as fast as it should have been. it crashed yesterday morning in the bronx. 4 people were killed. more than 60 injured. today authorities checked the train data recorders saying it was going 82 miles an hour on 30 miles per hour turn. too too fast. conductor was injured in the crash and is cooperating with the investigation. >> men time this is really unbelievable. shock for rescue crew who thought they were on recovery mission looking for bodies after tugboat capsized watch what happened. >> all right. you found one. he's alive he's alive. >> can you believe it. you tube video. seeing the out stretched hand there of the sole survivor reaching for divers. tugboat chef survived

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was saying to dick gregory, as my audience has heard me say so many times, that i regard martin luther king jr., me personally, i regard king as the greatest american this country has ever produced. i could debate you on a bunch of other people, but i regard king as the greatest american we've ever produced. gregory let me get my thought out and he said, "son, you're wrong about that." so this is dick gregory, so gregory's speaking, i'm listening. gregory says, "nah, not king." i'm thinking but dick, you were martin's friend. how are you going to push back on martin king? dick says, "it ain't martin." i said, "well, who is it? " you know who he said? john brown. >> john brown? wow. tavis: dick gregory said to me he thought john brown was the coldest cat, the coldest american this country has ever produced, and he went into this soliloquy about john brown. so obviously, that brings me to "the good lord bird," because john brown is a major character here. tell me, and for those who've never heard the name john brown, give us a little history lesson about john brown. well, john brown was a white

work of systems the cat is out of the big those who cannot bear those that cannot bear is martin luther king jr used to say as the natural medicines of air and light on what they're doing are going to be very frantic will try to stop this but it is unstoppable and that's good news for the world and thought just having an aussie is a thing of a positive aaron swartz we're talking about just now there'll be a feature of the gods like him in the future yet computer whiz activists if you like. yes this is the you know general general hayden who actually is the first one that let himself be suborned by dick cheney and george bush into violating our constitution now it may spear queen to people on the outside of the united states but this constitution the united states is a sacred document ok it has a fourth amendment and the fourth amendment says the right of the people to be secure ok secure from and reasonable searches and seizures shall not be violated and no warrants shall issue except upon probable cause describing the things to be seized of the persons to be seized of looked at now that that t

martin luther king jr.: we hold these truths to be self-evident -- that all men are created equal. john f. kennedy: the torch has been passed to a new generation of americans. barbara jordan: the american dream need not forever be deferred. lyndon johnson: this is the richest and the most powerful country... dennis: what happens when you combine arrogance with incompetence? you get obamacare despite the touted improvements the government can still not get its act together now a senior fellow at the manhattan institute jury says with the latest. it was part of bush saying mission accomplished but now they are doing a barnstorming tour sagan has spent fixed senate the standard is very low so that the vast majority can get on it if amazon says one out of five gs away is a catastrophic failure so back end problems they still have not even built 30 or 40 percent of the web site that pays ensure so that people cannot access coverage and they already had problems up fro once they put up the other it is all kinds of problems to beckett has not been a creative level on tested. dennis: obama

. >> your friend, martin luther king jr. had such an impact on the world as well. >> what was the connection between these two leaders. one connection, they are both fighting the systems. and both prevailed in the political sense. but also because dr. king was in jail for a short period of time, and out of that came the voting rights act, which redefined america's -- 18-year-olds couldn't vote, you couldn't vote on college campuses, you could not vote bilingually, when all of that got involved it changed american politics. that coalition led to the sanctions against south africa, so that the work was in parallel, but the american -- our freedom fist gave us the inside tract on freeing south africa, and they are quite aware of our kinship. >> because the civil rights movement had move far ahead when the whole digestion which you say campaign -- >> but civil rights was still very much a big issue in the united states. >> and it still is. racism, and violence, are still bread in our country. we have jailed overwhelming kids who

. >>> police believe three men broke into the building on martin luther king, jr. avenue just after thanksgiving and managed to open several padlocked collectionket it wills and even -- kettles and even emptied out a safe. >> why someone would even think to do that to a charity. it breaks your heart. >> if you have any information, call the d.c. police. and, of course, they're working to replace all those donations stolen. >> they work so hard to collect all that money. >>> and, this all happens this time of year with the rising and falling temperatures two water main breaks to tell by creating falling temperatures two water ma[ male announcer ] some things are simply better at home. like the enticing aroma and distinctive taste of nespresso. elegant capsules meet masterfully crafted machines, and one touch creates the perfect coffee, cappuccinod anlatte. ♪ tempt all your senses with one extraordinary coffee. [ penélope cruz ] nespresso. what else? [ male announcer ] discover the world of nespresso at bloomingdale's, chevy chase and nespresso-us.com. >> welcome bac

look at the mess left behind at the community center on martin luther king,jr. avenue in southeast. the robbers opened the safe and took the money. >> no words. i don't know why anyone would do that from the salvation army of all places. >> they said a security guard confronted one robber and had a knife and got away. no one was injured. the white house said healthcare.gov is working better and faster. coming up, the concerns that still exist. right now a hearing on capitol hill on whether to relax a rule limiting the heights of buildings in d.c. who is in favor of the >>> joe biden arriving in asia for a week long trip that includes meetings with several leaders. his first stop is in tokyo, japan. it is geared towards trade and economics, it comes during a dispute over an air defense zone over the east china sea. later in the week, biden heads to south korea where he is scheduled to visit the demilitarized zone between north and south korea. it has been over two months since the debut of health care.gov. the obama administration said it is working better and faster, but not perfect

. >> your friend martin luther king jr. had an impact on the world as well. what was the connection between these two leaders. >> both of them are fighting apartheid systems. out of king was the "65 act. redefining the laws. 18-year-olds couldn't vote. you couldn't go on college campuses or go bilingually. the coalition led to the sanctions against south africa, set to free nelson mandela, and free south africa. they are aware of our kinship. >> reverend jessie jackson. president obama paid tribute to the life of nelson mandela. he ordered flags to be flown at half staff at the white house and federal facilities. let's go to mike viqueira. the president had a lot to say about nelson mandela, right. >> he did. it's no secret to anyone that follows the career that this man was an inspiration to him throughout his life and as a matter of fact inspired him to get into politics. president obama told the story how as a young student he was never interested in politics until he got to college and ended up at public rallies, antiapartheid rallies on campus. worked on

martin luther king jr. and robert f. kennedy assassinated. riots engulfing our cities.ating war in vietnam, claiming lbj's presidency and alienating millions of americans. against this turbulent backdrop, nasa resumed its manned flights and aimed to test in space the craft that it hoped to land on the moon before year's end. a sudden change of plans turned apollo 8 into another make-or-break mission. >> apollo 8 was not going to be a lunar flight. apollo 8 was going to be an orbital flight to test the lunar module in earth orbit to make sure everything was correct with the two vehicles before we ever committed them to the moon. >> apollo 8 was a big step forward, though even if successful, america would still be trailing the russians in the race to the moon. >> the soviets had sent spacecraft around the moon with animals to test whether they can send cosmonauts and try to defeat us not for a landing, but at least beat us to the goal of orbiting, and they were fairly successful. but then, in the soviet hierarchy, they had a big controversy. should we send the cosmonauts,

. >> mandela is in the category of martin luther king, jr. those type of people don't come along very often. there's many remarkable things about him but in particular when you consider how he was treated as a captive and comes out. for 18 years of captivity he was allowed to see one person a year 30 minutes, send one letter and receive a letter every six months. most of us would have gone crazy. by the time we left we would have hated the people who kept us captive. he was this gentle peaceful man that led the reconciliation process where even the people that perpetrated human rights violations were given amnesty in return for coming clean. >> he's remarkable in three ways. the first as kirstin indicated. the courage that he showed as a captive. that makes him incredibly admiral. there are other prisoners of war and conscious from john mccain who similarly were heroic in captivity. what makes him unique is the two things he did when he rose and became a leader. the first is reconciliation. he preached no hatred of those who oppressed. the co

martin luther king jr. that is as great an honor as i could ever dream of.ever did dream of it. let me tell you about a miracle that i am hoping for. it's that miracle that, that occurs in the educational context. and i know that -- in a classroom if you could put a desk there. if you could maybe -- just improve that student's line of sight to the blackboard, if you could just finally have that student making eye contact with the teacher, all day. we don't know what miracle could happen. we don't know if that student who was drifting away -- suddenly becomes a good student. we don't know if that student doesn't become a great student. if that student doesn't become a nurse. a doctor. or the next nelson mandela. because there has to be a next nell s nelson mandela coming from some where, some place, in some one of the classrooms. >> we had bake sales, spaghetti sales. and car washes. and -- and every month we did a different project. and the boys were there every step of the way. >> she talked to us. asked us. yes we wanted to. it touched us that they needed

obama eulogized the former south african president comparing nelson mandela to gandhi and martin luther king jr. and abraham lincoln. >> obama also recalled how mandela influenced hip -- him. >> over 30 years ago while a student i learned of nelson mandela and the struggles taking place in this beautiful land. it stirred something in me. it won't be up to my responsibility for others and myself and sent me on a journey that finds me here today. >> impressive mix of royalty, statesmen and celebrities in attendance with a list running from afghan president karzai to zimbabwe's president. again, we are looking at pictures seen from johannesburg as memorial continues for nelson mandela. >> we have new details of the after school worker at a catholic school in hayward facing charges of molesting a student. the 29-year-old mia cummings is accused of having a two-year long sexual relationship with a student going when he was 12. she was at the all saints catholic school since 2005 and now is in jail. her sister said she confided long before being arrested. >> she asked advise on what to do in regard t