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bill, you said martin luther king jr. was a liberal christian. actually, he was a republican. there's no evidence of that, dave. none. dave, new orleans. mr. o, to borrow from george c. scott who portrayed general patton in the movie o'reilly, you magnificent -- i read your book. great job. that was george c. scott as patton talking about ramel who we feature in "killing patton." thanks for reading the book. i appreciate it. finally tonight, "the factor" tip of the day. april national child abuse prevention month. i don't have to give you the stats. we all know child abuse is perhaps the worst domestic problem we have in america. much driven by drugs and alcohol abuse. and the kids involved suffer forever. never goes away. now there's a national child abuse hot line. you should write this number down in case you see anything anywhere at any time.

king "the radical king" martin luther king jr. edited and introduced by cornel west. this is a real treasure of some of the most important speeches and letters and publish documents of dr. king so what inspired you to do the project? >> guest: i just want to begin by saluting you in the magnificent work you do at the schomberg. you are a caretaker one of the great institutions of american empire and you do it with such elegance and such vision and sensitivity under scholarship for me in terms of discourse on hyperincarceration among poor people is crucial. so just being able to spend this time with you my brother is a beautiful thing. let me think of brother martin king we weren't thinking of the same tradition that produced you introduced me. he is one of the great moments in the tradition of a grand people who are in the face of terror trauma and stigma was able to generate levels of love and vision and unbelievable high-quality service to the least of these. he is a christian minister first and foremost candidates is calling. you and i know that brother martin gets

king "the radical king" martin luther king, jr. edited and introduced by cornel west. this is a real treasure of some of the most important features and letters and publish documents of dr. king. what inspired you to do this project? >> guest: i just want to begin by saluting you in a minute you -- mainly that you -- were to do at the schaumburg. you do with such alec and spend such a vision and such sensitivity and your scholarship actually from a expulsion terms of this discourse i'm hyper incarceration among poor people is chocolate, is crucial. such a thing to spend this time with you my brother, is a pitiful thing. will think about martin king we're thing about the same tradition to produce you, that produced me. is one of the great moments in the tradition of a grand people who in the face of terror and instead was able to generate levels of love and vision an unbelievable high quality service to the least of these. he is a christian minister first and foremost and it is his calling. what i thought is important you and i know brother martin gets sanitized and ster

martin luther king, jr. who gave his famous i have a dream speech here during the march on washington for jobs and freedom in 1963. two years late ere, dr. king took his struggle to selma, ael al. king and 600 civil rights supporters attempted to march to montgomery, alabama, by way of the edmond-pettis bridge. they were met with tear gas and billy clubs. the clash was televised around the world and would become to be known as bloody sunday. a few weeks later, on march march 21st 1965 dr. king successfully led the march from selma to montgomery. where he delivered speech to the al alabama state capitol where he quoted battle hymn of the republic in a song that became the anthem of the civil rights movement. here with us today is the washington performing arts children of the gospel choir who will perform a medley of spirituals. get on board, little children, oh, freedom. and america the beautiful. they will conclude with the battle hymn of the republic echoing the conclusion of dr. king's montgomery speech.

martin luther king jr. she is the ceo of the king center in atlanta and joins us from the cnn center. dr. king thanks so much for joining us. let's talk about your reaction to this fatal shooting in north charleston. you wrote this and i'll put it up on the screen. "if we don't respond to the death of walter scott and similar incidents with the fierce urgency of now, the moral fabric of this nation will continue to be torn to pieces." tell us what you mean by that, bernice. >> well wolf, i don't think it's a secret that we still have a very serious racial issues in our nation. and it permeates probably every arena of american life. and we've got to rapidly begin the process of facing this consistently and in an urgent manner and talking about how race factors into incidences like law enforcement with unarmed black citizens. we can't ignore that. it's certainly not the only thing. but it has become so pervasive, at least recently that it's something if we don't -- if we ignore it i think we're going to pay a

cornell west is on afterwards and looks at the radical politics of martin luther king jr.. phnom chomsky weighs in on domestic and international affairs and we visit tulsa, okla. to look at the city's literary sites and talked with doctors. this weekend books on standardized testing in public schools and how presidents handle crisis situations. for complete schedule visit booktv.org. >> if you ask what do the british fear the most, they fought the sterling gained 4 fanatics and they were fanatics engage mostly in political assassination. there were never more than 5,000 persons including support. what they always worried about was what numbered 60,000 members at least, then they realized both of those paramilitary forces decided to actively participate, holding on to palestine would be untenable. of course as you know there was a brief period after world war ii when they allied and engage in attacks against british targets. as you pointed out the radar stations along the coast the intercepted ships bringing illegal immigrants. in june of 1946, the night of the bridges, a ph

tonight at 10:00 activist and author cornell west on the radical, political thinking of martin luther king jr. and sunday at noon, a live, three-hour conversation with the times best-selling author ronald kessler. he has written 20 books. and on american history tv on c-span3 tonight at 8:00, east carolina university professor charles calhoun on the obstacles they tend to call bush's made by -- and a coupled of publishers -- accomplishes made by you was is as grand. all weekend, american history tv is featuring the city of pulsar, a local business -- of tulsa. his proposal to build a highway from chicago to los angeles was approved in 1926. posted -- posted by our caulks cable -- learn more about tulsa all weekend on american history tv. >> tulsa, late 1800s, was a much more sleepy town then it was during the oil boom of the 1920's. with the discovery of oil around the early 1900s just north of here and later to our west tulsa, overnight was transformed from a sleepy, indian outpost with a sprinkling of settlers into overnight, what are your first two as little arabia. many of them came from

martin luther king jr.' >> host: we usually don't start with a question but what is the proudest moment of your career so far to . >> guest: wow. well, i don't need to sound snarky or snippy, but i hope it's yet to come. i feel fortunate that i am now 15 years on

officers called to martin luther king jr. way near 22nd street. callers reported a woman screaming. officials say they found a severely injured man. he was transported to the hospital where he later died. investigator say they are still looking into why and how that man died. >> inson jose a man was hit and killed. this, mark hazmat crews use as special compound to clean up the blood. authorities believe the driver do not see the man. >> 60 miles an hour in the number 2 lane. just weren't able to see pedestrians at that time. they're hard to see. but. >> -- >> should not be on the freeway but we all need to be very vigilant. especially that time of morning. >> reporter: call trans crews shut down several lanes for several hours. authorities says it unclear why the man's walking on the freeway in the first place. >>> nevada police find a 3-year- old dad and are trying to track down her pants they believe may -- parents they believe may be in oakland. they also found a four month old in critical condition. that infant, 17-year-old mother was arrested but her parents were nowhere to be

this happened as the discount mart at intersection of mart luther king jr. highway.received the call around 10:30 last night for reports of a shooting and found a man dead in the parking lot between the discount mart and an apartment once in the chest. >>> a developing story at this hour. negotiators in iran are zeroing in on an agreement. according to the associated press, the outlines of an understanding are emerging. that would open the path to a final phase of nuclear negotiations with iran. the iranian foreign minister told reporters just hours ago that he hopes to wrap up talks today. this comes two days after negotiators busted through a march 31st deadline. six world powers are negotiating to limit iran's ability to gain a nuclear weapon. >>> right now german investigators are starting to get closer to figuring out why 27-year-old copilot andreas lubitz may have deliberately crash add plane in the fresh alps finding something in his apartment today that could shed light on this case. nbc's katy tur joins us from cologne, germany with more on that. >> reporter

march tip luther king jr. was assassinate. he was shot on the balcony of the lorrain motel. james earl ray was convict of the crime. monument now sits on the national mall in honor of dr. king. >>> part of govern brown's executive drought includes streamlining the process for water train structure process. >> reporter: santa barbara had a desalination plant built -- desalination plan bill before. it will evaporate the water and leave the salt in the ocean. engineers are trying to mimic mother nature. 5 teams will bede ploy machines built to run on renewable energy to provide this clean water. the desalination plant, issue is south of latch, scheduled to open in 2016. >>> evacuations of a popular camp ground due to a growing fire has been lifted. it's burning just outside of fresno. people are being asked to travel slowly, because crews are still in the area. crews are battling the names from the ground and the air. no buildings are threatened and no reports of any injuries. bryan? >>> hopefully that's not a sign of things to come. for now, we have a blast of winter here in t

what i'm most upset about them is trying to paraphrase the words of martin luther king jr. the voice of the violent. -- violence is the voice of the aopressed. martin luther king was not condoning violence. he was saying listen to the needs of the people. these issues are going to have to be addressed. we're going to have to look at poverty, educational disparity. >> you and are i were talking about that. there are plenty of areas and regions of the country that have higher unemployment rates among youth and you don't see this thing igniting maybe it's a matter of time. i don't know. is it fair -- i got a lot of e-mails from people who say i live in a poor town. we doebt do this. >> i don't want to make this about politics a lot of these urban areas where african-americans are a little more liberal in their politics are running these communities, if you really care about your people the communities, you're going to bring something into your area that are going to strengthen and deal with these disparities. and see, that's not happening. we are electing people to office but t

c-span2's booktv, activist and author cornell west on the radical political thinking of martin luther king jr., and sunday at noon, our live three-our conversation with former investigative reporter for the "washington post" and "new york times" best selling ronald kessler, who has written 20 books. on american history tv on c-span3, tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern, is carolina university professor emeritus charles calhoun on the obstacles faced and accomplishments made by ulysses s. grant during his presidency. sunday afternoon at 6:00 on "american artifacts," a tour of appomattox courthouse in virginia, the site of the confederate surrender on april 9, 18 exceed five -- 1865. >> all weekend, american history tv is featuring tulsa oklahoma. tulsa was an oil boom town in the early 20th entry. the rise in economic wealth led to the construction of elaborate art deco structures in the city's downtown. hosted by our cox cable partners, c-span's city tour's staff recently visited many sites showcasing the city's history. learn more about tulsa all weekend here on american history tv. dolph: i think

martin luther king jr. he was shot and killed while on the second floor balcony of the motel in memphis. james are already was convicted of the crime and sentenced to 99 years in prison. coming up -- a vigil with a message, pointed words from pope francis and the international silence he is trying to end. but first -- an out-of-control fight outside of a casino. kimberly: the police arrested three men after a giant fight at a racetrack casino in new york. several people captured the melee on their cell phone. paramedics took two people to the hospital. when the chaos began, hundreds of people showed up to the opening of the bar. >> it was chaos. it was like wwe. >> there were chairs flying everywhere. it was chaotic. it was just -- it was too much going on at one time. a lot of people were there in line. it was ridiculously long. kimberly: security guards tried to stop the fight but were not successful. more arrests are popssible as the police identify more people on video. the casino has beefed up security

and martin luther king jr. wrote from the letter from birmingham jail about the unjust law was. and martin luther king jr. wrote it was a code that a numerical majority passes on the minority and did not make binding on themselves. for too long in this country, the law was overtly unjust based on the color of your skin. this time is fortunately passed and for the most part we have abandoned injustice dejour. we suffer de facto. there is injustice within the criminal justice system intentional or unintentional it still exists. i do not think it is a conscious effort and we have had the discussion of this. the fbi director talked about how we have to be very care full of the racial you know insensitive or racial profiling people. it is important. very seen the december parents. i do not think that the december parents are necessarily come from the over racism. nevertheless though there is a disproportionate impact. there is something gonna try in the criminal justice system. when you look as those are incarcerate

martin luther king, jr. so for us to sit on this kind of pain all these years, the only thing that's more surprising is it happened long before now. but we cannot commiserate over spilled milk. we have to figure out how we're going to move forward. there's still a focus that has to be addressed how it is we bring redress to some of the flawed characteristics that are taking place within the baltimore police department. i pray that starts tomorrow. this has been a horrible day, but we believe we're starting a fresh day tomorrow and we're not going to stop the fight. >> pastor jamal bryant, thank you. i appreciate it. >> thank you. >>> the pastor mentioned something i would like to add a footnote to as you think about the neighborhood where this is happening. it turns out that freddie gray's family filed a lawsuit against the man who owned the apartment they rented for negligence because they had been exposed to lead poisoning. they had levels of lead in their blood nearly double the minimum. that case was eve

aproximadamente unas dos horas unas 150 personas se reunieron en donde nos encontramos en el parque martÍn luther king jrcompuesta de jÓvenes universitarios, pero no solamente hispanas, sino tambiÉn de diversas razas que llegaron a escuchar de la propia boca de los padres. >> que haya justicia, que se castigue a los culpables. flavio: piden respuesta de lo que ocurriÓ. >> el mensaje que andamos informando a la gente de acÁ porque allÁ no pasa nada. allÁ lo televisivo a nosotros no nos apoya en nada, hacen lo que el gobierno quiere que pasen. flavio: ver que tan sÓlo otra de las tantas ciudades que ya recorrieron en estados unidos los familiares de los desaparecidos. >> el 26 de septiembre nos matan a 3,1 de ellos le fue arrancado su rostro y le sacaron sus ojos. flavio: pero aÚn asÍ, cansados y cargando el dolor de no saber aÚn nada de sus hijos, continuar su misiÓn de informar a todo aquel que quiera escuchar. >> la gente me pregunta cÓmo le hago yo para aguantar tanto tiempo sin saber de mi hijo. yo le digo que es el amor que ellos nos demuestran, en la solidaridad que nos dan. flavio: los organizadore

it happened on martin luther king jr. way near 36th 36th street. no word if the victim was in a crosswalk. >>> developing news now in the california drought. new water rules are out today. the state water resources control board released new lower targets this morning. they're in response to criticisms from cities that said earlier cutback mandates were unrealistic and unfair. the new rules recommend nine categories of cuts, ranging from four percent to 36 percent. previously the water board divide cities into four tiers issue setting goals only water reduction from 20 to 45% and communities that use the most water targeted for the proposed cut. the proposal is to reduce wait use by 25% a goal issued by governor brown. >>> san francisco fire investigators believe a cigarette butt left in a bolted plant on a ball con sparked a knob hill apartment fire this morning. firefighters arrived to find flames on the balcony and the back of the apartment. they cut a hole in the attic for ventilation and quickly knocked down the fire. >> we woke just in time.

. >> rose: you mentioned -- martin luther king jr. >> he wrote an essay on the civil rights movementn 1961 and 1966. in his issue we have his last report where he begins to talk about economic justice. he was some of the great editor. >> rose: which is where he was. >> when he was in memphis in 1968, he was speaking to the garbage collectors. it wasn't just in the pages in 1967, two monthsúcçy/ó before king gave his famous riverside church speech coming out against vietnam. at a nation event in los angeles in february 1967 first came out against the war. and i'll tell you charlie as we near the 50th anniversary as we do of the sending of american troops to vietnam 50 years, the nation, and this is what i also learned at the nation and not to be afraid of it that heretical ideas in one moment can be common sense a generation later. in 1954 bernard -- the great historian of vietnam wrote in the pages to the nation maybe a negotiated solution would be better than a military intervention. >> rose: this is 150th anniversary publication. >> nearly two years in the works. my co- editor, the

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officers responded to a man suffering from multiple injuries on martin luther king, jr. way near grand avenue around 12:30 in the morning. the victim died at the hospital less than an hour later. witnesses say the man had been fighting with another man earlier. no arrests have been made. >>> one person is dead after trying to cross highway 101 overnight. now investigators want to know why that person was trying to cross the freeway. it happened on the southbound lanes in san jose. just north of 280. the driver stayed at the scene and investigators say she was not under the influence. >>> the family of a sayre together to georgia high school senior who killed herself after she was sexually assaulted, says it's time to move on and forgive. a-year-old audrie pott committed suicide in 2012. days after three boys assaulted her, then shared naked photos of her with classmates. all three had settled wrongful death lawsuits with the pott family and two defendants agreed pay a combined $950,000 and educate young people about the dangers of alcohol, drugs drugs drugs drugs and tex

abraham lincoln and martin luther king jr., done with polarized visionsened a unified america.ce's theater has a number of events planned between now and may marking 2 anniversary of lincoln's death and the end of the civil war. in grour program, you will find details, i hope you will be able to join us for some or all of those events. i'd like to introduce you to the moderator of this evening. he's had an incredibly successful successful career. chris is also the author of seven best-selling books and policies that have shaped our country and what america means today. ladies and gentlemen please welcome, my friend and moderator for this evening, chris matthews. >> thank you. [ applause ] >>> welcome thewet ere tonight, i checked, was a little different on march 4 of 1865. it was wet. it had been wet for weeks. that sounds familiar. but it wasn't as cold. there's no reference to snow in what i've been able to dig up. it was just wet. and on the east front of the u.s. capital it was thick in mud, deep mud. everyone had to go out there and stand in it to watch what i any most of

i've heard a lot of people making comparisons to 1968 when martin luther king jr. was killed and there were riots here and so many other places and hoping this doesn't become that. obviously the amount of destruction is not comparable at this point but that's the -- the mind set of some leaders here. they're fearful this could be a tipping point that pushes this city in that direction. i'm just repeating what others are saying. i have no sense of that myself. but that gives you a sense of the tenor of the time here the mood. it's very grave. it's very -- a lot of concern. a lot of anger. because again, just like in so many other places, the sense of grievance here, it's not just about one individual, one family, freddie gray. there's so much grievance and a lot of concern echoing what joy was saying about what happens tomorrow when all these kids are out of school and they're in the streets. not a question of whether they're supervised or not, what are the good kids going to do. just the potential for so much -- there's just a lot of potential, a lot of uncertainty

officers responded to a man suffering from multiple injuries on martin luther king, jr. way near grand avenue around 12:30 in the morning. the victim died at the hospital less than an hour later. witnesses say the man had been fighting with another man earlier. no arrests have been made. >>> one person is dead after trying to cross highway 101 overnight. now investigators want to know why that person was trying to cross the freeway. it happened on the southbound lanes in san jose. just north of 280. the driver stayed at the scene and investigators say she was not under the influence. >>> the family of a sayre together to georgia high school senior who killed herself after she was sexually assaulted, says it's time to move on and forgive. a-year-old audrie pott committed suicide in 2012. days after three boys assaulted her, then shared naked photos of her with classmates. all three had settled wrongful death lawsuits with the pott family and two defendants agreed pay a combined $950,000 and educate young people about the dangers of alcohol, drugs drugs drugs drugs and tex

>> reporter: martin luther king jr. street in south berkeley isn't exactly quiet. but rachel never expected what she heard two nights ago. >> i would say it was around 1:00 in the morning. scared the hell out of me. i jumped out of bed. >> reporter: ask her or any of her neighbors what it was and you will get a slew of different answers. >> sounded like a gunshot. >> like a sonic boom. >> an aerial bomb explosion. we are puzzled by it. >> reporter: berkeley police can't solve the puzzle either and now it has inspired an explosion of interest on twitter. hash tag berkeley boom. loudest i very heard one user said. another said it sounded m8 willish but more concussive. what it is, people want the sounds of their neighborhood back. >> i hope you guys figure it out because it is scaring the heck out of us. >> reporter: in berkeley, christin ayers, kpix5. >> have you heard the boom? if so, share your story with us on our kpix5 facebook page. >>> a close call for an 11-year- old boy in santa rosa. a pickup truck slammed into the wall of liam fitzsimmon's bedroom while he

officers found that man suffering from traumatic injuries on martin luther king, jr. way and west grand avenue just before 12:30 this morning. investigators haven't yet said how that man was injured. >>> in san josi a man was struck and killed early this morning as hes with was trying to walk across highway 101 in san josi. it happened about 3:30 in morning in the southbound lanes north of the 280 interchange. driver of the car that struck the man was not hurt, but a passenger inside suffered minor injuries. the accident closed two lanes of 101 until 10:00 this morning. investigators haven't yet said why that was man walking on the highway. >>> demonstrators marched in san francisco's mission district to draw attention to the disappearance of 43 college students in mexico. >> the marchers want to know what happened to the students who went missing last september? mexican authorities have said it appears that the teacher- trainees were kidnapped by corrupt police who hand-held over to drug gangs who killed them. others want more complete answers. organizers are calling

martin luther king jr.ssassination marchers say this day was a way to carry on king's legacy. >> we're continuing the legacy of the poor people's campaign wanting to lift up the need for $15 an hour right to unionize and full employment here in the city of philadelphia. >> march organizers saying today today' mars was a precursor to a possible nationwide strike by fast food workers set for april april 15th. >>> stay with us everyone. still ahead on "eyewitness news" tonight a huge brawl inside a crowded casino. was this all over dac reece? what eyewitnesses say happened right before the chaos ensued. >>> plus a royal stunt man possibly prince harry like you've never seen him before. >>> justin? >> nothing but sunshine on the way for easter sunday. i'll have the full holiday forecast coming up when we return. ♪ >> coming up in sports, today was the final tune up for the phillies before the big opening day on monday. beasley reece has the highlights from today's act with the >>> flooding in kentucky has turne

on the 47thth anniversary of martin luther king jr.assination. >> we're continuing the legacy of the poor people's campaign. >>> wanted to lift up the need for $15 right to unionize and full employment in the city of philadelphia. >> organizers say today's march was a a precursor to a nationwide strike by fast food workers set for april 15. >>> still ahead on "eyewitness news" chaos caught on camera. a huge brawl breaks out inside a casino. what eyewitnesses say started this wild fight. >>> plus a treat for sky gazers. we're going to tell you where this lunar eclipse could have been seen and why it could have easily been missed. justin. >> and we have some milder temperatures making a return for easter sunday. i'll show you how long they last coming up in the seven-day forecast. >> and straight ahead in sports today was the final tune-up for the phillies before opening day on monday. beasley has the highlights from today's action with the pirates. >> got a story you would like us to investigate? e-mail your ideas to i-team at cbs3.com.

baltimore was more than 100 cities that burned after the assassination of martin luther king jr. they say over the course of four nights and three days the city experienced the greatest unnatural disaster of the second century. more than 700 hurt. more than 1,000 businesses redestroyed and many arrested. the national guard and state troopers were called in to help. baltimore never really fully bounced back from the riots. much of the blight in that city consists of abandoned row homes, empty lots and some of the same structures that were condemned almost a half century ago. still ahead, did baltimore's mayor misspeak when she said over the weekend that the city gave those who wished to destroy. we'll see what she's saying now when we come back. when account lead craig wilson books at laquinta.com. he gets a ready for you alert the second his room is ready. so he knows exactly when he can settle in and practice his big pitch. and when craig gets his pitch down pat, do you know what he becomes? great proposal! let's talk more over golf! great. better yet, how about over tennis? eve

wesley burton died early saturday in a crash at martin luther king, jr. way and 59th street in oakland. burton cohosted two music shows on public radio station kpfa after hours and side show radio. friends are now urging the driver who hit him to do the right thing. >> honestly i just want the person to turn themselves in. accidents happen. we're not here to say people are evil, but when you leave the scene of such an accident, you just say you don't care about life. >> burton leaves behind a wife and three children. >>> certainly no fun and games here at this playground. in richmond a driver lost control after cars stuck on the slide at a church playground. police say the woman got distracted, drove on to the sidewalk then in to a fence, then slid kind of like a skateboard on rails and down an embankment before ending up like that. amazingly she and her 7-year-old son who was not in a booster seat and up front in that car they got out unscathed. >>> the warriors gear up for game 2 of the playoffs tonight. but now there's new uproar over the fans. >> the

. >>> reporter: martin luther king, jr. street in south berkeley isn't exactly quiet. but rachel never expected what she heard two nights ago. >> i say around 1 a.m., scarce the hell out of me. -- scares the hell out of me, i jumped out of bed. >> reporter: neighbors say different things. >> sounded like a gunshot. >> it's not as crisp as a gunshot. >> like an explosion. >> reporter: joel heard it eight times. >> we're puzzled. >> reporter: berkeley police are investigating. hashtag #berkeleyboom, loudest i have ever heard, another says it sounded like m-80 more concussive. whatever it is, people who live here say they just want the sounds of their neighborhood back. >> i hope you guys can figure it out because it's scaring the heck out of us. >> reporter: in berkeley, christin ayers, kpix 5. >> have you heard the loud noise? if so you can share the story with us on our facebook at kpix 5. >>> 4:51. stanford medical students are poisoned by a fellow student. th >>> a big fire monday night in dublin. four homes under construction were destroyed except the wood framing.

martin luther king jr. >> pelley: chip reid in baltimore for us tonight. thanks chip. this violence started after the funeral for freddie gray, who died of injuries he suffered in police custody. six officers have been suspended, and the results of an investigation are due by fridays. the protests in baltimore have been mostly peaceful, and jeff on the issues behind them. >> don't give them what they want! >> reporter: for west baltimore resident like 16-year-old melvin towns the frustration wasn't just written on his protest sign. he says the death of freddie gray represents the larger problem between police and the community. how do you feel about the police? >> i mean, personally, i am going to be honest with you i don't like the police because of what they keep doing to my people, my people, my black people. >> reporter: people are furious. >> yes. it's beginning to become a routine with us, with the police. >> reporter: 34-year-old mike ware says on the street, the routine of rounding up and arresting people is called a "walk-through." a walk-through? is that what

arizona faced a similar backlash in 1987, when martin luther king, jr. day was re send dollars as a paid holiday. ukee, err display. >> big winner at the box office this weekend. tell us about it. >> yes furious seven raised to the top of the box office this weekend the seventh installment of the fast and furious movies earned more than $143 million, in second place, the animated home with $27 million and the comedy get hard was third. ukee erika you visit the movies this weekend? >> did not make t i mean, the lines for that fast and furious i imagine were so long. >> crazy long, i'm sure, i know it, i'm going to wait a little while. thanks wendy. talk to you a little later. coming up after a short break traffic and weather together works dough it on the 3's we >>> good monday morning, hope you had a great holiday weekend, starting off with no problems, just like the weather nice and dry great conditions for driving around this morning. vine street expressway, both directions looking good, running smooth there is hour. and 95, this will obviously change

martin luther king, jr.t night's speech is part of a tradition called harry's last lecture on a meaningful life named after stanford law professor harry raveton. he delivered his -- rafton. he delivered his speech every year from the 1930's through the 1950's. >>> the money water districts are giving to you if you change your lawn and in some cases they're willing to pay up to $50,000. we take a look at the incentives to see fits' worth it to you. -- if it's worth it to you. that is tonight on the ktvu fox 2 news. we thank you for making ktvu your choice for news. we're always on ktvu.com and you can also follow us on twitter and facebook. have a great day, everybody. this is not ice cream. this is not ice cream in an ice cream cone. this is not ice cream in an ice cream cone in the hand of a tall man. this is not ice cream in an ice cream cone in the hand of a tall man in san fran. this is not san fran. this is not a tall man it's pam and dan. this is not an ice cream cone it's a frozen custard cone. and th

it was 47 years ago today that civil rights icon martin luther king jr.nned down on the balcony of the lorraine motel in memphis, tennessee. king was there to support a garbage collectors' strike. tonight a group in philadelphia marked the anniversary with a protest calling for a $15 minimum wage. >>> next, a very different message being sent by lawmakers in france, the french legislature voted for a ban that not only bans excessively skinny models from the runways but hands out stiff fines and up to six months in jail for fashion agencies that break the rules. israel, spain and italy have passed similar laws hoping pro promote healthier body weights. >>> and finally, with the final four action heating up this weekend something very uncollege-like, a bold move by the maryland women's basketball team. they voluntarily handed over their cell phones for more than 72 hours last weekend getting them back only after their win over tennessee, so what did they discover? well, the big ten champs say they were able to focus on their game without those electronic di

but you are wrong how could anybody criticize martin luther king, jr.? he could have used a different language with understand that is a debate with the children against the gangsters? with the department of birmingham? but what was wonderful the he had the sweetest of the spirit. but he could seek malcolm's gentleness that is why in to your 1964 when malcolm hears from martin to go to the united nations were the almost came together he called me a chilled by did not like that. but i understand we're a brother comes from he went too far but he was loving the children. >> here we are 50th anniversary of bloody sunday and the lessons from his life in terms of the choices that he made with this nation and its capacity for the young people who really do have to carry these traditions for word? final thoughts? >> that would be to commit oneself to the highest level of courage don't be afraid to tell the truth. bear witness. do not be afraid to not be popular be humble enough to learn from each other but the bold enough to pierce through all the lies and the c

activist and author cornel west on the radical political thinking of martin luther king jr..y at noon, a three-our conversation with a former investigative or order and it new york times best-selling author ronald kessler. he has written 20 books. on american history tv on c-span3, tonight at 8 p.m. eastern, east carolina university professor emeritus charles calhoun on the optical's phased and it compliments made by ulysses s. grant during his presidency. sunday afternoon at six of rock, -- 6:00, we are taken on a tour of appomattox courthouse in virginia, the site of the confederate surrender in 1865. >> each week, american history tv's reel america brings you archival films that helped told the story of the 20th century. -- that help tell the story of the 20th century. >> 1954. every american president has offered support to the people of south vietnam. we have helped to build and we have helped to defend. thus over many years we have made a national pledge to help south vietnam defend its independence and i intend to keep that promise. [applause] >> mr. johnson projected