they will hear from madeleine albright and ron kirk. this is one of the events leading up to the official dedication of the martin luther king, jr. memorial. it officially opens on the national mall this sunday. something else that we are covering that will convert -- honor pioneers in civil-rights. some of the speakers include the rev. jesse jackson. that is tomorrow here on c-span at noon. the second part of this dinner honoring leaders of peace is getting under way a little late. the dedication of dr. king's memorial on the national mall is still scheduled for sunday. despite forecasters' promising whether from hurricane irene, which is scheduled to reach this area, on monday. andrea mitchell has taken the podium. >> [inaudible] the great force behind this monument and the memorial that we are about to dedicate this weekend. the foundation -- mr. harry jo hnson. [applause] >> thank you so much. thank you so much. andrea mitchell, thank you so much for all that you do for us. [applause] thank you, thank you, thank you. members of the

madeleine albright. [applause] >> thank you very much. thank you. thank you very much, ambassador ron kirk. my good friend. thank you very much for your kind words. i am delighted to be here. andrea, is a pleasure to be with you and your excellency is, and friends. if you are wondering which pin i have on, it is a lincoln pin. it's as "one country, one destiny." i am honored to join with all of you in celebrating the life and legacy of dr. martin luther king jr.. harry johnson, thank you so much for your amazing effort to make this all work. this is your week. [applause] we have already heard a lot about dr. king and much more will be said between now and sunday when a long-awaited memorial it is officially dedicated. as we share our thoughts we should never lose sight of his core mission. as the leader of the african- american community and of the quest for racial equality and social progress in the united states. it is appropriate that we highlight his inspirational role in south africa's struggle against apartheid, as the ambassador said so eloqu

. >> brown: one of our commentators that day was madeleine albright, who would become secretary of state six years later. >> well, i think that the coup will not last. i think the issue here is that soviet union is unraveling. what we're seeing are very deep splits within the public, and they're unclear about what direction to go in. they treasure their democratization and glasnost. >> brown: she was right. in the next two days, protestors rallied against the coup, which quickly fell apart. by the end of the week, gorbachev had returned to moscow and to power. the communist party was disbanded, and by the end of the year, the soviet union itself had been dismantled. >> lehrer: again, the major developments of the day: stock markets around the world had another bumpy ride. on wall street, the dow jones industrial average lost more than 170 points. in beijing, vice-president biden tried to reassure china about the u.s. economy. he told the chinese president, "you have nothing to worry about." a suicide bomb in pakistan killed nearly 50 people at a sunni mosque. and syrian troops fired on p

participants include former secretary of state madeleine albright, and ron kirk. this is one of the events leading up to the martin luther king, jr., a moral which opens this sunday. c-span is covering many of those events live, including the dedication at 11:00 a.m. on sunday. a bit of background -- the ceremony was moved out of the museum because of earthquake damage from yesterday to hear at the convention center. we will be back life when things get under way. until then, we will see what viewers this morning had to say about dr. king's legacy. host: the thing that drove us is a special section in "the washington post." takes a look at what he saw going into the show this morning, the shots of martin luther king, jr., taken from the moral. questions about or details about the moral including testimonials as well. as far as details, here are some that come from the paper this morning. the sculpture is called the stone of hope. it gets its way from the " i have a deram" speech. "the stone of hope." a single wedges pushed out and from there king's form the emerge

after that, former secretary of state madeleine albright and others had a tribute to martin luther king, jr.. . .

among those speaking, ron kirk and madeleine albright, former secretary of state. because of the earthquake yesterday, it has been moved over to the convention center. of course, that is ahead of this weekend's coverage of the dedication of the memorial. coverage begins live at 11:00 eastern on c-span and c-span radio and also streamed live on c-span.org. guests will also include jesse jackson congressman -- jackson, congressman ron lewis, and others. >> notice the color of the bourbon. that pretty amber color that you see is all coming from the char on the inside of the barrel. this char is where burping gets a lot of its color and a lot of its flavor. currently, they have discovered over 200 chemical flavors in the oak and char from the barrel. >> this weekend, we highlight frankfort, kentucky on "book tv." vice, violence, corruption, an urban renewal. tv" a visit to buffalo trace distillery. one of only four distilleries in operation during prohibition, for medicinal purposes, of course. and stop by the old state capital. >> with the new school year getting unde

madeleine albright. [applause] >> also short. thank you very much. thank you. thank you. my good friend. thank you very much for your kind words. i really am delighted to be here. it is a pleasure to be with you and excellencies and friends. in case you are wondering what hit and i have on tonight, i have a link in pen. on tonight,n i have it is a lincoln pin. thank you for your amazing effort to make this all work. we have already heard a lot about dr. king, and much more will be set between now and sunday when the long-awaited memorial is officially dedicated. and as we share our thoughts, we should never lose sight of his core mission as a leader of the african american community and the quest for racial equality and social progress here in the united states. it is appropriate as well that we highlight his inspirational .ole in south africa's struggle tonight we placed special emphasis on the universal relevance of dr. king's message. he was of man who spoke to all races, nations, genders, and crete, and to every generation. the world's -- words that once filled the ba

trade representative and former secretary of state madeleine albright.nd honoring civil rights pioneer is at a luncheon that we will cover with eric holder among the speakers. that is thursday at noon eastern here on c-span. all of this leading up to sunday the twenty eighth marking the anniversary of the i have a dream speech. we will have live coverage from the memorial. president obama will speak. if you miss any of that, we will have that in the video library. what caused the demise of great american newspapers? the former managing editor takes you behind the scenes of decisions made in boardrooms and newsrooms in "the deal from hell. including kris aquino donnell on her bid for the u.s. senate seat. ronald e. bishop talks with georgetown prof. deborah tannen on the lack of moderation in american culture and the media oppose year-old focusing on the need to want more. coming next month, just for a three-hour conversation with newsweek magazine editor on racism and the role of media and america. watch more video of the candidates and see what politica

i was out and he said last week with madeleine albright talking about my 11, and one of the things she said at the end which i think is very important, she said 9/11 was a huge challenge. i don't think people really remember how traumatic that was for the country. and the kind of terrorist attacks that we anticipated at that time. through a lot of that effort, by a lot of americans, most of what we feared after 9/11 colin the mass casualty attacks, weapons of mass destructions did not happen. and the united states and actually got through the ten years and we dealt with a problem of the challenge in a way that didn't require us to fundamentally change hour were society, and other than who we are in all always have been. there was a challenge and we pulled together as a nation, and we overcame it. we now face a huge challenge in terms of the budget deficit. i feel we need to remember from things like 9/11 this is an extraordinary country, and we can't do these things. we do it in our own messy way. there's a lot of politics, churchill's of the americans always get it right, they always

i was out and he said last week with madeleine albright talking about my 11, and one of the things shesaid at the end which i think is very important, she said 9/11 was a huge challenge. i don't think people really remember how traumatic that was for the country. and the kind of terrorist attacks that we anticipated at that time. through a lot of that effort, by a lot of americans, most of what we feared after 9/11 colin the mass casualty attacks, weapons of mass destructions did not happen. and the united states and actually got through the ten years and we dealt with a problem of the challenge in a way that didn't require us to fundamentally change hour were society, and other than who we are in all always have been. there was a challenge and we pulled together as a nation, and we overcame it. we now face a huge challenge in terms of the budget deficit. i feel we need to remember from things like 9/11 this is an extraordinary country, and we can't do these things. we do it in our own messy way. there's a lot of politics, churchill's of the americans always get it right, they always t

madeleine albright, i was right next to her, she was like a tank.[laughter] you can't imagine what it feels like to have 1.2 million women behind you pressing on you, and she was like -- nobody was going to displace her. [laughter] employ every medium. the media informs us, and women have a huge opportunity in social media. it can change the world. women are 60% of the social media users. so what are we talking about on social media? where's our tahrir square? it's time. and finally, because this is a book festival, tell your story. and that's how we share these stories, the information from generation to generation. and because women's history isn't really taught very much in school, it's even more important for women with to tell their stories. so i'm wearing my shirt. [laughter] and i want to encourage you all to gather up your power tools and let us use them to help women reach parity because it is important for women, as my friend katie say, not just to have the power to choose, but to choose power. and be i want to -- and i want to close with

coming up, we'll hear from former secretary of state madeleine albright and musician stevie wonder.tional memorial foundation project. >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome our mistress of ceremonies for this evening, nbc news chief foreign affairs correspondent and host of msnbc's andrea mitchell reports, andrea mitchell. [applause] >> good evening. good evening and welcome to this very, very special occasion. for all of you who have moved from the building museum and created this beautiful space here, with less than 24 hour's notice, i just want to say congratulations to all, for all the hard work and flexibility. a funny thing happened while we were all -- i was anchoring the news and other people were just gathered doing their business in washington. an earthquake. but as harry johnson said, when dr. king comes to town, things really shake, rattle and roll. [applause] good evening and welcome to the first event in the celebration of the dedication of the martin luther king jr. memorial. i can't tell you how humbled and truly honored i am to be with you this evening as our city

the suspect's jeep found in an isolated part of cabin john regional park, in bethesda, madeleine albrightires and tubes. the suspect is glenn neff, from florida. he told police he was about to drive to the national mall and reportedly wanted to draw attention to issues he's been having with the banking industry. the suspect says he didn't want to hurt anybody. >>> it's the most powerful earthquake to hit the state in over 40 years. it happened overnight in colorado. a 5.3 magnitude earthquake centered eight miles southwest of trinidad, along the border of new mexico. the shaking could be felt as far north as colorado spring, which is about 130 miles away. some homes were damage and there were reports of rock slides. >>> hurricane irene strengthening by the second as it heads toward the bahamas. likely to become a category 3, which is fairly significant. that happens today. could grow to a cat 4 by thursday. threatening florida, georgia and south carolina. check out these images. this is a massive fire caused by lightning from the storm. that mansion is actually what you hear about in week

madeleine albright, i was right next to her, she was like a tank.ter] you can't imagine what it feels like to have 1.2 million women behind you pressing on you, and she was like -- nobody was going to displace her. [laughter] employ every medium. the media informs us, and women have a huge opportunity in social media. it can change the world. women are 60% of the social media users. so what are we talking about on social media? where's our tahrir square? it's time. and finally, because this is a book festival, tell your story. and that's how we share these stories, the information from generation to generation. and because women's history isn't really taught very much in school, it's even more important for women with to tell their stories. so i'm wearing my shirt. [laughter] and i want to encourage you all to gather up your power tools and let us use them to help women reach parity because it is important for women, as my friend katie say, not just to have the power to choose, but to choose power. and be i want to -- and i want to close with one, o

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madeleine albright, i was right next to her, she was like a tank.[laughter] you can't imagine what it feels like to have 1.2 million women behind you pressing on you, and she was like -- nobody was going to displace her. [laughter] employ every medium. the media informs us, and women have a huge opportunity in social media. it can change the world. women are 60% of the social media users. so what are we talking about on social media? where's our tahrir square? it's time. and finally, because this is a book festival, tell your story. and that's how we share these stories, the information from generation to generation. and because women's history isn't really taught very much in school, it's even more important for women with to tell their stories. so i'm wearing my shirt. [laughter] and i want to encourage you all to gather up your power tools and let us use them to help women reach parity because it is important for women, as my friend katie say, not just to have the power to choose, but to choose power. and be i want to -- and i want to close with

i was out and he said last week with madeleine albright talking about my 11, and one of the things she said at the end which i think is very important, she said 9/11 was a huge challenge. i don't think people really remember how traumatic that was for the country. and the kind of terrorist attacks that we anticipated at that time. through a lot of that effort, by a lot of americans, most of what we feared after 9/11 colin the mass casualty attacks, weapons of mass destructions did not happen. and the united states and actually got through the ten years and we dealt with a problem of the challenge in a way that didn't require us to fundamentally change hour were society, and other than who we are in all always have been. there was a challenge and we pulled together as a nation, and we overcame it. we now face a huge challenge in terms of the budget deficit. i feel we need to remember from things like 9/11 this is an extraordinary country, and we can't do these things. we do it in our own messy way. there's a lot of politics, churchill's of the americans always get it right, they always