martin's...mountain!olence and the 22 we lost, the hundreds, maybe thousands who still pay a daily cost, there comes choirs, there comes music, there comes campaigns, there comes stories, there come glades of light, and daily fights, and love in all its glory. there comes martin in his wheelchair with just one thing on his mind — and dream, believe, achieve, he says, and onwards, forwards, climb, and with northern bloody—mindedness and crazy as this sounds, we'll raise hope, we'll raise awareness, we will raise a million pounds. those who saw him at his lowest, at the very gates of hell, those who stitched him back together and said, "you're mad. "we'll climb as well." from a base camp, on a bomb site, this is wheelchair vs volcano. yes, it's rough and, yes, it's tough, but martin's often heard to say they'll climb for dignity, humanity, for all like me who say believe in us achieving, we climb mountains every day. and over rock and over rivers and through heat and sheeting rain and through blood and swea

on this 37th federal holiday named in honor of martin luther king jr.. i always come to this birthday observance very helpful. and i think -- hopeful. and i think it is wonderful that martin luther king jr. chose to have him born in january. because the question becomes, can we achieve the dream. and the reality is absolutely not. we have made progress, and we strive. we still have a long way to go, because dad wanted to eradicate what he called the triple evils. poverty, racism, and violence. and when we look at each one of those areas, what i know is that we have the ability to address that. we have not identified the will. but when ability and will become one, we see results. so, i, say that there will be a time of salvation. the birthday is in -- and observance. we have to keep working to free our children. there is too much chilling going on. you know all the issues, many of you have been at these events, but whenever you -- we have done demonstrations you have been there. and so we want to announce something, but i want to introduce my partner, the

martin luther king jr.. i always come to this birthday observance very helpful and i think what its own wonderful is that martin luther king, god chose to have been born in january. because the question becomes have we achieved the dream? and the reality is absolutely not. we have made progress and strives, but we still have a long way to go because dad wanted to eradicate what he called the triple evils, poverty, racism and violence. when we look at each one of those what i know is we have the ability to address them. we just cannot identify the will. but when ability and will are one, we see results. i come saying there will be a time we will have celebration. but the birthday is in observance. we are observing this holiday. we have got to keep working to save our children. there is too much killing going on in our nation. you know all the issues. many of you have been right here at not just these events, but whenever we have done demonstrations, you have been there. so we want to get ready to announce som

martin luther king in his own words. we hear excerpts of two historic speeches, "beyond vietnam" and "i've been to the mountaintop," from the night before he was assassinated in 1968. we've got some difficult days ahead. but it really doesn't matter with me now, because i've been to the mountaintop. and i don't mind. like anybody, i would like to live a long life. longevity has its place. but i'm not concerned about that now. just want to do god's will. and he's allowed me to go up to the mountain. and i've looked over. and i've seen the promised land. dr. martin luther king for the hour, coming up. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. and those are some of the headlines this is democracy now, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. amy goodman: today is a federal holiday that honors dr. martin luther king jr. he was born january 15th, 1929. he was assassinated april 4th, 1968, at the lorraine motel in memphis, tennessee. he was just 39 years old. while

martin luther king jr. his effort to bring diverse people who sometimes did not agree that he brought them together so he could make progress. that is why i joined no labels as national co-chair with former senators joseph lieberman and the three of us serve as the cochairs of no labels . host: do you think the political divide in the country has made that racial divide worse in the last few years? guest: absolutely. i think it feeds the divides. there are so many divides in our nations -- nation bill. but one of the things that dr. martin luther king jr. preached was the love for our community. where we start having love and mutual respect for one another. host: i mentioned you began your career in 1960 theory as dr. kings statewide youth coordinator for the leadership conference. how old were you when you started that position? guest: in 1963 i was 14 and i was learning how to drive. i was driving a car at 14. and 1963 is the year that dr. king gave his famous i gave a dream speech in august of 1963. the

martin luther king, jr.as his effort to bring diverse people who sometimes did not agree, that he brought them together so he could make progress. that is why i joined "no labels" as national co-chair with former senator joseph lieberman, and former maryland governor larry hogan. i'm happy to serve as the co-chair of no labels. host: do you think the political divide in the country has made that racial divide worse in the last few years? guest: absolutely. i think the political divide feeds the racial divide and the economic divide, feeds the social divide. there are so many divides in our nation, bill, but one of the things that dr. martin luther king, jr. preached was the love for our community where we start having love and mutual respect for one another. you need that now. host: i mentioned you began your career in 1963 as dr. king's statewide youth coordinator for the leadership conference. , north carolina the southern christian leadership conference. how old were you and you started that position? gue

she is more than just martin's wife, she's also martin's wife.er martin, i'm very happy to have you with us. i think she probably said you were -- most glorious title. she's been the one keeping the dream really out front. thank you, first of all, for being here. martin, as the nation commemorates your father's life tomorrow, with a federal holiday that your mother had to fight for, president biden invoked his -- this morning at a speech at ebenezer baptist church in atlanta where your father preached, your grandfather preached. i'm proud to say that all of you, president biden and both of you will be with us in national action network at the annual breakfast celebrating dr. king as you are with us every year. we are doing this 55 years after his assassination. starting with you, brother martin, how would you characterize the state of civil rights in america in these first two weeks of 2023. >> i would have to say that we are challenged in a real sense. when you look at not just disparities, but if you take poverty, racism, and violence, the trip

martin luther king jr..-- proud to be president and a board member of the national action network. reverend sharp and called me a couple of weeks ago and said they would like to honor a labor leader who is very special, who is fighting the good fight every single day, who is connecting economic rights, racial justice, labor rights. he is fighting for workers all across this country. rick curry is the president of the united autoworkers. some of you may remember that the march on washington, the united autoworkers was the premier union standing up and resourcing. that struggled, and resourcing that march. because they understood those connections that i just mentioned. ray understands the connections that continue to make his voice heard and being the president of the united autoworkers every single day. i see him in action all over the country. i am proud to call him my brother and my friend. please give it up for the president of the united autoworkers, ray curry. [applause] >> special thanks to -- presiden

martin luther king for relaxing. martin luther kinng for relaxing.r relaxing. martin luther kinng day is a day for relaxing. martin luther king jr day is a day of service and millions of people give back and volunteer throughout the united states because it answers one of the questions that martin luther king always asks which was what are you doing father's? we mentioned that if he were _ doing father's? we mentioned that if he were still _ doing father's? we mentioned that if he were still with - doing father's? we mentioned that if he were still with us - that if he were still with us he'd be celebrating his 94th birthday. what do you think you would think about the rights for black communities in america today?— for black communities in americatoda ? �* , , , america today? he'd be pretty disappointed- _ america today? he'd be pretty disappointed. we _ america today? he'd be pretty disappointed. we still- america today? he'd be pretty disappointed. we still have - disappointed. we still have issues of voter disenfranchisement, the gap as far as w

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i've been to atlanta a lot, but i've never been to atlanta on martin luther king day.ht have in other places around the country. >> lawrence, thank you for sharing that with me tonight. i've never heard that spy speech either. and also the segment before with the color interview with dr. king, i was just looking at a tweet from his youngest daughter today where she tweeted a color picture of her father and herself. it is does color pictures that remind us how closely we are linked to dr. king's legacy. while i wasn't alive in doctor king's lifetime, i was the beneficiary of his legacy, and the work that he did. i was listening to richard pryor, and he was saying how he did not have to go through what so many of the leaders went through, but he knows it he would not be where he is today. lawrence, i sit here in a seat that was once held by the late congressman john lewis in atlanta, in a cradle of the civil rights movement. i sat in the ebenezer baptist church today, and i listen to doctor king's youngest daughter, bernie's king. how she talked about their history, and

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martin so i do. i was actually. martin so i do.as we were all the parliament square was a huge atmosphere. it was almost like carnival type atmosphere . but let's fast atmosphere. but let's fast forward to the hearing now. many people being very critical of brexit saying , you know, we're brexit saying, you know, we're basically broke the country and all the rest of it. where do you stand on that? i think brexit was a greatest opportunity. this country had since the second world war. it gave a huge democratic voice to those who've been voiceless for many, many years. we've denied any form of immigration debate to be denied any form of debate on leaving the eu. and then when it happened , the political happened, the political establishment did everything it could to try and stymie it. that's why i got involved. i went to brussels, make sure the job done, but the doubts set job got done, but the doubts set in as to the veracity and the determination of the conservative government to actually get brexit done . when actually get brexit

doctor martin luther king junior condemned the vietnam war . he said the american government was the greatest perpetrator of violence on the earth.

martin. yeah, they do change a lot. but i think though corruption story is as funny read this, this thing about this purge of getting rid of these so called corrupt officials. zalinski did, he did immediately a few weeks after coming back from america, where he went with a begging bowl to pull a blind to and get it republicans to sign off the deal. and congress to, you know, unless something like 25000000000 in millichef alone. so, i mean, that's really what it was all about, but let's not forget for ukraine's one of them. i grew up countries in the world. and, you know, this time story may, will be part of that. you know, it will be interesting to see, you know, how the pentagon keeps the straight face? my own government keeps a straight face ancestor. journalist. we can't track these tanks. you know, we don't have the technology. we can put tunnel chips in them and, and shut them, they're actually in ukraine b. s. why don't you try bones they can do with a k roughly. they do trucks don't, but they don't want people to

and, my conversation with martin luther king iii on his father's legacy and the meaning of martin luther king jr. day. >> every year i'm asked the question, have we achieved the dream that your dad envisioned? and my answer, unfortunately, every year is we didn't achieve it last year. but every january, we have an opportunity to start anew. ♪ >> major funding for pbs news weekend has been provided by -- >> for 25 years, consumer cellular's goal has been able to make people connect. our customer service team can find a plan that fits you. visit consumer cellular.tv. >> with the ongoing support of these individuals and institutions. and friends of the newshour. this program was made possible for the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. john: good evening. i'm john yang. california is bracing for another wave of heavy precipitation tonight. for nearly three weeks, incessant storms have overflowed river banks, and swamped entire neighborhos. millions of people still face the threat of floods and thousands remain under

go ahead martin. i don't know what it's good for your security, but we when we look at the we go back to the beginning of the credible what was i think prolifically worrying for many western data. it was the rise of germany, germans ability to rearm itself. you know, the idea that germany rooms itself to protect europe is kind of a leverage. if you think about it, you know, and that's well, you know, he chose, took precedence. a took that moment to take advantage of the situation you're going to re on germany for the 1st time. and i think that's quite worrying and it's own. but what's also learning? i agree with you just bring this in a rest here. i mean, i spend time in germany during my entire adult life, many, many, many times. very interesting country. i don't know where they get to get the soldiers. nobody, nobody wants to join the military going to florida. it's not, you know, unless they get immigrants, which is something that could be very possible. i've always done that really interesting. ge

anyway, martin, your thoughts? well, yeah, maybe i think it's really interesting was that germany is so confused about it. just jump in one, come to another, it started. if you remember, show, it's being very defiant and say i wouldn't get involved and sent a couple of containers helmets to the ukraine army, which will mocks and made fun of the internet. but it does say a lot about western democracy when a minister who just speaks the truth gets shot, shot down to give the metaphor and people are asking for a rich resign. you know, i think that some says an awful lot about where we are today was the truth and, and fiction. i always say the american war machine or american war business because it is a business wherever it goes in the world. it always has st doctrines. you know, over simplification, otherwise ition disinformation. and i think this is a story now about germany and the war. and this whole story about tanks, which is emerging really and it fits just now to completely, you know, i think we're in a positi

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martin luther king. on the panel where george and and will the united nations correspondent for the all african news agency, accra, ghana tv pa rostrum. washington correspondent for the indian express newspapers. and william workman, associate editor of, the state and the columbia record in columbia, south carolina. the moderator, robert when we study the history of tennessee, there is pre april 4th, 1968, and there post april four, 1968. dr. king still had his nonviolent resistance following after the aftermath of the assassination of malcolm x. you have the formation groups such as the black panther party for self-defense. you have leaders such as stokely carmichael calli out for black power to control of their own neighborhoods and community. so there was a split in which ideology and philosophy was the most effective to combat civil rights in america. martin luther began to be overshadowed by these young black militants for this time. he was not even receiving a very approval rating in the black. it

the psident is marking martin luther king junior day with a call to action. he says the fight for racial justice is far from over. doctor king's life. >> and legacy in my view, shows the way forward president biden's celebrated martin luther king junior day alongside prominent civil justice leaders is a day that we >> work. and continuing to make the dream of doctor king a reality. they talked about king and his fight for equality. and king son says we're still reaching for his father's famous train. have we achieved the drain? and the reality is absolutely not. we have made progress and but we still have a long way to go. but the president says his administration is gaining ground pointing to the confirmation of supreme court justice ketanji brown jackson money for minority communities in the infrastructure act and investments in historically black colleges and universities. i have your back. we've got to stand together and he pledged to keep pushing for priorities like voting rights and policing folks. we have a lot of unfinished work to do that. we acknowl

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martin luther king jr. day. >> i was 13 years old when dr. king made that speech. i had just become youth director of his new york chapter because i grew up in new york, i was appointed youth director by reverend william jones and reverend jesse jackson, and jesse was there that night, and i remember when the next day when we heard dr. king was killed over the news, my mother who was born and raised in alabama, started crying like it was a member of our family, and though i had seen dr. king twice, and had become part of the organization, i didn't understand why she was taking it like it was a cousin or uncle, and she said you would have had to grow up where you had to sit in the back of the bus like i did or not drink out of the water fountain to understand what dr. king did. and i began understanding that what he saw from that mountaintop was an america that many of us didn't see as bad as our parents, but still saw from our parts being unequal, and he was saying, he left message for us to keep going unti

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martin luther king, jr. born? was it one, atlanta, two, an montgomery, alabama, three, birmingham, alabama, four, charleston, south carolina. the answer? atlanta, number one. he was born back in 1929. he would have celebrated his 94th birthday today. that does it for the past three hours of "varney & company." neil cavuto, hand it to you a second early. neil: thank you, i appreciate that, lauren, thank you very, very much. on this day we're honoring dr. martin luther king. all the major markets are closed on this federal holiday year. a big pressing concern for all of us around thursday at midnight. that "countdown" clock we'll show you gives you a good idea what we're looking at. that is the point which we have to sort of look under the couch cushions for spare change or couple of billion, a couple trillion here we'll be up against that $34.4 trillion. you know the drill, republicans are attaching spending conditions to the white house to raise the debt ceiling. white house is saying no, that simply will not happ

the fact is martin luther king's son, his wife _ is martin luther king's son, his wife and — is martinly place this is being as one tabloid owned by rupert — this is being as one tabloid owned by rupert murdoch and trolls who traffic— by rupert murdoch and trolls who traffic in _ by rupert murdoch and trolls who traffic in racial tropes. that's it. boston— traffic in racial tropes. that's it. boston is— traffic in racial tropes. that's it. boston is proud to have all of that, proud _ boston is proud to have all of that, proud to— boston is proud to have all of that, proud to have a sculpture there. it is fitting _ proud to have a sculpture there. it is fitting because martin that the kin- is fitting because martin that the king and — is fitting because martin that the king and his wife met in boston when they were _ king and his wife met in boston when they were students at boston university. they were students at boston university-— they were students at boston universi . . ., , ., university. the criticism is, and it is not just — university. the criticism is, and it is not just from

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reverend martin luther king junior would have turned 94 this year. he was shot and killed at the age of 39. >> reporting in atlanta archith seshadri. >> the national park service is offering free entry to all national parks on monday, martin luther king junior day. it's one of 5 days this year. we're entrance fees will be waived. it's a good time to visit. but of course, >> i want to watch out for the rain. >> starbucks ceo howard schultz is ordering his corporate staff to come back to the report says he's requiring staff to be an office 3 times a week starting january 31st. staff near regional offices must also be in person 3 days a week employees were allowed to work remotely since the start of the pandemic, but attempts to get them to return one to 2 days a week previously failed. the reasoning for this now changes breeze does don't have the privilege of working from home. southwest airlines own shareholders are suing the company after an operational meltdown over the holidays. you remember that lawsuit alleges the airline quote, continuously down

martin luther king jr.o reiterate some of the themes of his 2020 campaign and a possible preview of 2024, marking his first visit to the state and more than a year. here are some of the speech yesterday at ebenezer baptist church. [video clip] >> dr. martin luther king was born in a nation where segregation was a tragic fact of life. he had every reason to believe as others did that history had already been written, that the division would be america's destiny. but he rejected that outcome, heard the command to do justice, love mercy and walk humbly. so often when people hear about dr. king, people think of his ministry and the movement were most about the epic struggle for civil rights and voting rights. we do well to remember that his mission was something even deeper. it was spiritual. it was moral. the goal of the southern christian leadership conference, which dr. king led, stated it clearly and boldly. it must be repeated again now. to redeem the soul of america -- i am not joking. to redeem the soul

yess, we have trayvon martin luther king's testimony. yes, that is what david and i so excited initially about this book and my goodness of trayvon martin luther king's own wordse been cross-examined in this book. but, to me the most powerful part of the book is hearing the accounts of the ordinary citizens of montgomery talking about what they had to endure writing this buses request december 1 , 50 fine rosa parks does not stand up. how spontaneous was that act? >> it was not spontaneous. and fred gray and she had talked about it for a long time. the only question was when she was going to do it. and i think that was one of the things they had been missing characterized by history is this idea thatth rosa parks was this lady who happened to be sitting. rosa parks is a civil rights leader already. she knew what she was doing. now, fred gray did not know she was w going to do it on that day at that time. in fact he was out of town when it happened. but she and fred great used to have lunch almost every day at his office. and one of the t

. >> today the nation honors martin luther king jr.. this year is the 60th anniversary of the march on washington in august of 1963 led by dr. king and other civil rights leaders. an estimated 250 thousand people gathered in front of the lincoln memorial in washington dc. to draw attention to challenges and inequities african-americans faced. it is where dr. king delivered his iconic i have a dream speech. the national mlk memorial is inspired by a line from his speech, out of the mountain of despair, a stone of hope. >> president biden spoke at ebenezer baptist church in atlanta ahead of martin luther king jr. day. the late dr. king served as the church's pastor in the 1960's. in the current pastor is a u.s. senator rafael warnock. can you hear me? i have spoken before parliament, kings, queens, leaders of the world. [applause.] president biden: can you hear me? i have spoken before parliament, kings, queens, leaders of the world. i have been doing this for a long time. but that is intimidating to follow. y'all are incredible. [applaus

and sat there with me and michael bloomberg and martin luther king iii. martin and i were in the back with him as we just was this morning, and i don't know if he remembers this but he looked at us. this was january 2000 he said i'm thinking about running again for president. i am so outraged at the level of hate and division in this country. in the stuff that's going on with people that are openly biased. we need to turn this country around. what are you thinking? i said we need to turn the country around, it's your choice to run. martin and i were encouraging him but a couple months later he made up his mind, he ran because people were going back to the bias and bigotry that he and others stood for. one of the reasons that i have all is respected him as he's never changed whether it was fashionable or not, no one should ever forget. the night when joseph biden was announced the president of the united states. he unscripted, without any request of any of us, said i want to say to black america that i will never forget you had my back. and i will have you

martin luther king jr. was a nonviolent warrior for justice. he followed the word and the way of his lord and savior. on this day of remembrance, we gather at dr. kings cherished ebenezer. i the size of the word cherished. -- i emphasize the word cherished. every good man and every good brother needs a really strong sister. you think i am kidding. [applause] i know dr. king and my sister is not you, but i tell you that she is a smarter and better looking and better person that i am -- then i am that has managed all my campaigns. folks, on this day of remembrance we gather at cherished ebenezer to commemorate what would have been dr. king's 94th birthday. we gather to contemplate his moral vision and to commit ourselves to his path. to his path. that is the path that leads to the beloved community. to the sacred place that sacred our win justice rains down like waters and righteousness is a mighty stream. folks, to the king family, i know that no matter how many years pass, it does not matter how many years pass, those days of remembrance are di

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on the day of honoring martin luther king jr., justice advocates call to in -- an end. we began on the front line in eastern ukraine where a fierce battle for control is raging in the city of bakhmut. it's forces are trying to win a rare military victory after months of fighting and ukrainian forces are digging in. a day of devastation and what is left of what was once a thriving city. >> russian artillery is almost completely destroyed the town. most of the 70,000 people who lived here have fled. it is rare to see ukrainian soldiers in the open exposed to shelling on the streets. >> when we talk about the direction of bakhmut we are talking about the whole front line. they are trying to get into the city from every direction, north, east and south. >> the intensification, the shelling is obvious. russian forces are about a kilometer in that direction. the ukrainian military is scared now but because russian forces have made great gains in of the north they are now trying to completely encircle the city. >> as we walked back up the street more rounds explode close by. w

and martin and i were kind of encouraging him. little did we know that months later, he would make up his mind. he ran because people work going back to the bias and bigotry that he and others stood for. and one of the reasons that i have always respected him is because he never changed whether it was fashionable or not. no one should ever forget the night when joseph biden was announced the president of the united states. he scripted without any request to us, said i want to say to black america that i will never forget you, and i will have yours. in situations over the past two years, whether it was issues of voting rights, when we needed him to speak out for the john lewis voting bill, he had our back. when we were dealing with those that wanted to turn back, he had our back. when we couldn't get the george floyd policing bill through the senate, he signed an executive order and stood george floyd's daughter next to him. he had our back. more than any president that should have been honored to speak at the pulpit of martin luth

martin luther king junior's birthday. >> it's a constant struggle between hope and fear, kindness and cruelty, justice and injustice. against those who traffic in racism, extremism, insurrection. a battle fight on battlefields and bridges from court houses and -- to pulpits and protests. >> the fight for voting rights is still very much ongoing. earlier this month, we saw a federal court in south carolina ruled that the first congressional district had been drawn using a, quote, stark racial gerrymander. how is this resonating with you today in this fight? >> as you probably know, i knew doctor king. i met him as a 19 year old college student. on the same day i met john lewis, by the way. >> that was a good day. >> i'm sorry? >> that's a good day. >> yeah, thank you. in fact, i had lunch with him eight months before he was assassinated. i thought that when the president did today in the pulpit from which dr. king spoke often as a pastor of that church was very appropriate and should remind p

c in honor of the late civil rights leader dr martin luther king jr . the annual event honored former house speaker nancy pelosi and other national leaders who have kept dr king's mission alive. vice president kamala harris visited george washington university to take part in the schools. mlk day of service and leadership, president biden delivered an address in the nation's capital, talking about the progress that has been made since the civil rights movement of the 19 sixties. fox news charles watson shows us tributes and commemorations from across the country. three filling up streets all over the country monday marking martin luther king jr day smart for many, it's a time to reflect on his message of peace service and equal justice for all americans, people coming together as one, but it should be like that every day. civil rights and community leaders highlighted the progress that's been made in the decades since dr martin luther king junior's march on washington in 1963 in his i have a dream speech. we are living that part of the dream, black peop