legacy of their over dr marable the king jr by marching in solidarity with workers across america against the republicans who are on the working class the son of dr king martin luther king the third wrote a column for the f l c o this morning saying forty three years ago my father martin luther king jr was assassinated while he was in memphis tennessee supporting the strike of municipal sanitation workers he saw the strike as part of the great struggle of his time a struggle for democracy for truth for justice and for human dignity these are the same basic reasons my father would be joining with millions of other americans that day in supporting public employees in wisconsin indiana ohio and other states where collective bargaining is now under attack. let's honor dr king the right way this week and from now on show up and participate. age pan officials estimate that seven tons of radioactive waste is flowing into the ocean every hour at the crippled daiichi nuclear facility the source of the leaking waste appears to be reactor two attempts to clog the leak was cement have failed and new attempts to plug the hole with a junk shot of sawdust chemicals and shr

martin luther king, jr., was assassinated in memphis by james earl ray. today, members of the king family gathered at his tomb to sing "we shall overcome." there was a similar gathering in memphis at the lorraine motel, and the attached civil rights museum there. >>> the oil drilling firm transocean apologized for insensitive wording in a securities filing that called last year its best year for safety performance. transocean owned, you'll recall, the deepwater horizon drilling rig which exploded a year ago, killing 11 workers and leading to the bp oil disaster. >>> a security breach at a marketing firm that serves some of the biggest companies in the country has them warning customers not to respond to e-mails asking for login or account information. citigroup, chase, walmart, walgreens, best buy are among the affected companies. e-mails that appear to be from them that ask you to login to an account could be an attempt to steal your financial information. they should not be answered. >>> up next here tonight, a unique harvest that's making a difference

and he believed that martin luther king jr. had inspired the students to go into the streets in protest. of course, for very good reasons because of martin luther king's leadership of the bus boycotts. >> were you surprised, i mean, the civil rights movement has often looked at as monolithic. and very in agreement. were you surprised at the levels of disagreement within the civil rights movement that you found? >> you know, i was. i think that's the most surprising thing that i found in my research. just how much we don't know about the movement, although many, many books have been written about the civil rights era. that there was so much conflict. and again, i talk about these three historical moments of the conflict. so much conflict over whether to desegregate schools, how much emphasis to put on voting rights, whether to desegregate housing, whether to engage in street protests or to negotiate with whites. these are points of contacts that historic have written about, in part because we want to tell stories that are simple,

when a sniper's bullet took the life of civil rights leader martin luther king, jr. >> martin luther died. (crowd groaning). >> reporter: for the next 48 hours, the nation burned. riots swept 168 cities. >> washington, chicago, detroit, boston, new york, these are just a few of the cities in which the negro anguish over dr. king's murder presumably by a white man expressed itself in violent destruction. >> reporter: federal troops were called in to patrol the streets of the nation's ghettos. even to guard the capital in washington d.c. >> so far at least 19 persons have been killed. the annual award of the oscars in hollywood has been postponed as well as the opening game of the american league and the national league. >> reporter: yet as the fire storm raged, the person at the center of it all was making a quiet get-away. >> an all points bulletin for a well dressed young white man seen running from the scene. >> reporter: it took two months and the largest manhunt in u.s. history to track down the killer. james earl ray. yet even now the motives and the man behind the assassination

martin luther king, jr. who was assassinated 43 years ago today. >> black men and white men, profit stant -- protestants and cats licks -- catholics free at last, free at last, thank god all mighty were free at last. >> dr. king was in memphis to support striking sanitation workers when he was shot. across the country today churches and human rights activists staged peaceful demonstrations and prayer services in honor of his leg gans -- legacy. >> one honoring labor rights is happening in san francisco. want to show you pictures. a very large crowd is on hand in the financial district where hundreds of workers, labor leaders and politicians are holding a march. organizers say this demonstration is a show of solidarity for straight workers in wisconsin where a controversial new law has restricted collective bargaining rights for public employees. now, these protesters have gathered at the bank of america building on california street. what they will be doing is marching down california to the federal reserve

there were similar protests across the state and it also honored martin luther king, jr. the crowd gathered on market street. police kept everybody off the streets. the protest ended peacefully. >>> new details tonight as a giant's fan remains in a coma. a $50,000 reward is offered for information leading to an arrest. bryan stow was leaving the dodgers-giants game when he was attacked in the parking lot. two men followed and taunted him and then hit him from behind. he is a paramedic, was badly injured. >>> a guilty plea is expected from the man accused of kidnapping jaycee dugard when she was 11 and holding her captive for 18 years. an attorney says phillip garrido will plead guilty to all charges. he says his wife nancy will go to jail unless she gets a better plea deal. they are each charged with 18 felony counts of false imprisonment and rape. >>> a beautiful day today but cooler weather on tap for the rest of the weekend, even a chance of rain. it will tell you what you can expect coming up in a few minutes. [ coach ] in albuquerque, citi pre-approved my mortgage. [

martin luther king jr. who was killed 43 years ago today. union gatherings like this one are being held in several bay area cities to show solidarity with labor groups in wisconsin. >>> a family is mourning the death of a u.s. marine killed in afghanistan. 21-year-old lance corporal harry lew died yesterday while supporting combat operations in afghanistan. >>> passengers booked on southwest airlines are still facing delays three days after a hole opened in the fuselage of ajax.  the airline is inspecting its entire fleet. eight flights were canceled. it is an improvement from this weekend when dozens of flights were canceled. still some passengers are scrambling to make arrangements. >> we could not get through on the web to we ended up waiting online for about an hour. we booked it for today, arriving at 3:00 a.m. in houston. >> southwest airlines say its operations in the bay area and nationwide should be back to normal tomorrow. >>> more trouble for southwest, during the morning news we first told you about the jets unscheduled landing

. >>> 43 years ago today martin luther king jr. was assassinated. he was shot to death in 1968 in memphis, tennessee. a die of baffle demonstrations and prayers are scheduled at churches nationwide. workers rights activists are also marching today including here in the bay area. dr. king was in memphis to support striking sanitation workers when he was assassinated. >>> the recent legislative battles in wisconsin and ohio against public employee collective bargaining rights is spreading across the country. almost 750 bills have been introduced in virtually every state affect unions in some way. almost half would restrict employee bargaining rights. workers are fighting back and wisconsin is gathering signatures to recall republican lawmakers who supported the new law. a judge put the law on hold while it goes through the appeal process. >>> dozens of trucks lined up this morning unable to deliver or pickup loads. port officials say members of a union are taking part in a national day of action in response to the collective bargaining laws in ohio an

martin luther king jr. national holiday. we would not have the infrastructure, and i believe history will show that she was truly an equal partner with dr. king and in many ways, when the tomb at -- two met several years prior, she was more progressive and more political than martin was. her partnership and her ideas helped shape his evolution. in many ways, more than most people are aware. tavis: beyond the point that is very significant, he reminded us that she went carving out her own legacy. tell me how difficult that was that a lot of the guys she was standing next to, his name was martin king. how do you live in that kind of shadow? >> is extremely difficult. what i would liken it to is the relationship with the close friendship that has been cultivated. there is a parallel to its. they had the toughest civil- rights job in the united states. when he was shot in front of his family home in 1963, he instantly became a civil rights legend and icon. how do you assert yourself as an active and involved civil-rights person

king james bible. kjv language has been the source of some of the most important speeches in america's history, including lincoln's gettysburg address and martin luther king jrst beloved remarks. >> i've seen the promised land. >> reporter: politicians to this day make king james references. >> that i am my brothers' keeper, i am my sister's keeper. >> reporter: for a long time, many christians considered the kjv the only version authorized by god himself. >> our lord jesus christ, the great shepherd of the sheep. >> reporter: with the advent of more modern translations, the number of king james-only churches has decreased dramatically. but the kjv has never disappeared from regular use. >> there used to be, maybe 30, 40, 50 years ago, a single translation might be the preferred translation of choice for a church. i think those ys are gone. where a pastor, if he's smart, will use multiple translations, the king james will liky be one of them. >> reporter: even congregations which may think they don't use the king james might be surprised to learn the language of the "lord's prayer" recited in most churches is indeed kjv. >> our father, who art in heaven, hal

. >>> well, today is the 43rd anniversary of martin luther king, jr.'s assassination. in honor of the civil rights leader events will be held across the country today to show solidarity with workers and rally for union rights. one of those events is a march across the bridge. hundreds of people are expected to start on both sides of the bridge and meet in the middle. in redwood city, workers and community members will rally in courthouse square at 5:45 tonight. local elected officials and community members are expected to speak at the rallies. >>> some oakland teachers will also take action today to oppose cuts to education. the teachers union is organizing early morning pickets at several major intersections in oakland starting at 7:00 this morning. and they plan to stage a sit in at a wells fargo bank branch at 10:30. now union leaders want to meet with bank executives to discuss forgiving the school district's debt. more than 600 pink slips have gone out in oakland school district. >>> an overnight fire in redwood city inside the impact on that neighborhood this mor

. >> this protest and others across california were held on the anniversary of martin luther king, jr.'s assassination. >>> 4:40 is the time now. let's check in with sal on traffic. good morning, sal. >>> good morning, pam. we're off to a pretty good start. not a lot going on when it comes to the early commute. let's take a look at some of these pictures on the east shore freeway the traffic moves well heading to the macarthur maze. it is a nice drive. wide open for you on 580 coming up to the macarthur maze. also this morning we're looking at the commute if you are driving across the bridge small delay at the toll plaza and no problems on the upper deck of the bay bridge. and this morning if you're driving on 280 so far in san jose you can see for yourself it looks nice northbound 280 there on the right. very few cars. it looks great all the way up into the valley. it's 4:40. let's go to steve. >>> sal, thank you. we had as you know a very warm monday. temperatures doesn't take long once you get to april to warm up fast. north-northeast wind developed but that's being replaced rapidl

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these strikes and many other in the country were planned for martin luther king jr.'s strike. >>> another large crowd turned out at this prolabor crowd this one in san jose. those on hand gathered in support of the people of wisconsin. >>> there's word tonight that phillip garrido is going to plead guilty to kidnapping jaycee dugard for holding her hostage for 18 years. >> he's going to plead guilty to most of the counts against him and go away for a long time. >> the garridos are accused ofd kidnap -- accused of kidnapping dugard. nancy garrido has pleaded not guilty but so far phillip garrido has not entered a plea. >>> we have news from san francisco. police telling us that they made an arrest on the suspect that sexually assaulted a jogger. this is developing news. police say the investigation is ongoing. >>> a real scare in the air today for passengers on board a united airlines flight bound for san francisco. shortly after taking off from new orleans, the pilot declared a midair emergency and turned the plane around. heather holmes is live at sfo where passenger

these strikes and many other in the country were planned for martin luther king jr.'s strike. >>> another large crowd turned out at this prolabor crowd this one in san jose. those on hand gathered in support of the people of wisconsin. >>> there's word tonight that phillip garrido is going to plead guilty to kidnapping jaycee dugard for holding her hostage for 18 years. >> he's going to plead guilty to most of the counts against him and go away for a long time. >> the garridos are accused ofd kidnap -- accused of kidnapping dugard. nancy garrido has pleaded not guilty but so far phillip garrido has not entered a plea. >>> we have news from san francisco. police telling us that they made an arrest on the suspect that sexually assaulted a jogger. this is developing news. police say the investigation is ongoing. >>> a real scare in the air today for passengers on board a united airlines flight bound for san francisco. shortly after taking off from new orleans, the pilot declared a midair emergency and turned the plane around. heather holmes is live at sfo where passenger

martin luther king jr. i want to thank the gentlelady for recognizing this great american on this day. my hometown of wilson, north carolina, was supposed to have been the visit of dr. king on this day in 1968 but because of the events in memphis, tennessee, he went to memphis to aid with the garbage strike and help those who could not help themselves. we celebrate this great legacy tinism thank the gentlelady and i yield back. ms. edwards: thank you, congressman butterfield, for your leadership as vice chair of the congressional black caucus but also for your reminder of our so important history that is linked both to the struggle of african-americans in this country to the struggle of labor and for a reminder also, historically, after oh the act that dr. king was supposed to have had a next place to be. when his life was ended on april 4, 43 years ago today. thank you, congressman butterfield. i'd like to take just this moment, if i could, to recount for us the history of the 1968 american federation of s

with martin luther king jr joining the call for peace and he writes interestingly glenn is known as the inspiration that led the hollywood writers of t.v. series twenty four to get jack bauer's character to stop torturing he is the author of dozens of articles and books in his newest just peacemaking ten practices for abolishing war is a must read bernd's now from pasadena california the director of the just peacemaking initiative at fuller theological seminary glenn sasson thanks so much for being with us tonight. i thanks for the great interview actually you've done some research well i want to ask you about what's going on in afghanistan we saw the recent attack by and all afghan pilot twenty year veteran of the force there seem like you know it's hard to tell the details from the reports look like the staff but we've had seven such incidents recently of afghan soldiers turning on fellow soldiers or u.s. personnel there what does this say about the morality of our policy in afghanistan as your set up rightly said morality for me means something constructive and so it means just peace

industries to recognize the forty third anniversary of the assassination of the reverend dr martin luther king jr who was killed while supporting the rights of sanitation workers to unionize in tennessee the koch brothers were a target yesterday because they bankrolled efforts around the nation to attack the rights of union workers take a look at some of the scenes from the rally. despite the fact that last week's tea party gathering here in d.c. that garnered a few dozen people it's picked up on loads of different media outlets boxset of their yesterday's protest with far more people receive no mainstream news coverage whatsoever why is that with more on this plus the latest on what's going on with the koch brother lapdogs scott walker in wisconsin i'm joined by reporter and blogger at think progress alex sites well alex welcome to the program thank so much from the back thank you great to have you there koch protests yesterday what kind of press was on hand and how come we didn't see anything about this while i was on hand but aside from that i saw a few foreign press members and a few other pr

and he plays the part perfectly he is not driven by principle but by political expediency martin luther king jr once. you are cowardice request. is it expedient and then expediency come go along and ask the question is it politics. vanity and the question is it popular. of course there's going to rhyme. come from wrong mr musician better mark probably not popular. or humorous there were three girls contra. helms him it is right. mr president you are asking all the wrong questions and getting all the wrong answers . to get to the heart of the issue tonight we turn to you the viewer on our website anniversaries the man dot com we know which is where you can suggest and vote on tests we've already had several of the top nominees on the show this week and tonight we turn back to the widget for our first guest who happens to be one of my personal friends who i've known for years he embodies the message of freedom in the way he lives his life and the way he makes his living from a secret bunker in let's just say one of the fly over states he runs the website they trade show dot com don oh god i'm sti

. >>> happening on the 43rd anniversary of martin luther king jr.'ssination, there are several events happening in california. including one on the carquinez bridge. members will rally in the courthouse square tomorrow night. >>> it may soon cost you more to eat at your favorite restaurant. according to the san francisco chronicle, the rising cost of food could soon be passed onto customers. many are predicting a cost increase, that could be as high as 8%. >>> the santa clara city council is set to vote on a proposal this upcoming week to sell the naming rights to a new 49ers stadium that isn't even built yet. planning to find a financial backer of the stadium. under the plan, the 49ers would handle the marketing cost with a naming sponsor with any money going towards construction of a $937 million stadium. >>> google is posed to get a new ceo. larry page will reclaim the title tomorrow. no formal ceremonies or speeches are planned. it was announced in january that page would take over. gary schmidt is set to become google's chairman. >>> sitcom star

martin luther king jr.'s assassination. the civil rights activist was gunned down while striking with sanitation workers in memphis, tennessee. marchers are expected to head across the bridge on the pedestrian walkway. they are going to rally for workers rights as well. it's until 1:00 this afternoon. the march was organized by several bay area councils. they will be on the pedestrian walkway. if there's a lot of folks, it could be a distraction for drivers. >>> the triplets were in a -- >> what is this? >> this is you, we understand on the right. next to the joker. >> i do not appreciate whoever decided to put these pictures in. >> i had nothing to do with it. it wasn't me. >> let me point something out. see how he has make up on his mouth? zero for me. >> looking fabulous. >> will we see you on the streets fighting crime or causing crime? >> causing crime. you didn't need to ask, did you? good morning to you. thank you for that, whoever did that. clouds pushing in over a ridge of high pressure bringing a storm track. this

. >> this protest and others across california were held on this anniversary of martin luther king, jr.'s assassination. >>> time now 5:27. we're still following a developing story from antioch this morning. the search for whoever fired three stray bullets that crashed through a little boy's bedroom. >> reporter: and there's continued concern over radiation from japan effecting the bay area. find out how grass samples plays a role today. >>> also the sun could be setting soon on that popular program offering rebates to people who install solar panels. >>> southbound 280 to the south bay looks good. more about the morning commute and check of your weather. [ female announcer why choose between delicious or 100 calories? ♪ with yoplait delights, now you can finally have both. ♪ it's the perfect parfait, with two indulgently rich layers of chocolate and raspberry yogurt and only 100 calories. yoplait delights. get rid of the "or." >>> well, good morning to you. welcome back. this is the ktvu channel 2 morning news tuesday april 5th. i'm dave clark. >>> good morning. i'm pam cook. time now

. >> this protest and others across california were held on the anniversary of martin luther king, jr.'s assassination. >>> sonoma county's vehicle fleet is getting a little greener today. county supervisors will take possession of a new nissan leaf at the county administration center at 11:00. sonoma county has used hybrid vehicles since 2002 and they have racked up more than six million miles of use. board members say they want to convert the entire fleet to all electric vehicles eventually. >>> an earthquake off the coast of california. who felt that shaking just about an hour ago? >>> a five foot hole in a southwest airlines flight caused a big scare for passengers. what the f.a.a. is now doing starting today to make sure it doesn't happen again. >>> and the opening bell is about to ring on wall street. we'll tell you what happened overnight that could effect the numbers today. >>> ringing that opening bell. looks like stocks will head lower. lower part of your screen you can see they already are. oil prices once again hovering near 30 month highs. and also a rate hike in china. n

martin luther king, jr. several events in his honor will take place nationwide including some showing solidarity with workers and a big rally for union rights. one of those events is a march across the bridge. hundreds are expected to start on both sides of the bridge and meet right in the middle. >>> in redwood city workers and community members will rally in courthouse square at 5:45 tonight. local elected officials as well as community members will address the rallies. >>> oakland raider wide receiver lewis murphy facing several charges following his arrest over the weekend in florida. murphy was charged with three misdemeanors. they are failure to obey a police officer, resisting arrest and possessing a drug without a valid prescription. the drug is viagra. murphy is the third raider to be arrested during the offseason. the other two are michael bush and mario henderson. >>> time now 5:56. sal's going to help you get where you need to go. chp came to your rescue this morning. >>> that's right. helped me

. >> woodruff: when high-profile national figures like senator robert kennedy, martin luther king, jrd mohammed ali came to northern california in that era, davis' reporting showed a unique perspective. >> we don't drink, we don't smoke, we don't chase white women, we're not looking to integrate, we bathe twice a day and we don't want to push white people out of the neighborhoods and restaurants but yet we seem to be the most despised and hated. >> woodruff: for all of your achievements you write in the book... you talk about being unflapable in the face of some really difficult circumstances where you were out covering a story. you also write at one point that you felt you had to prove yourself day after day after day. why? >> well, because i was always trying to anticipate what skills i would need for the next stage of the media as it grew. and i realized i didn't have an alumni association to go to. i didn't have a college backup. i didn't have classmates i could call that i had to find the people who would help me survive and move on to whatever the next frontier was. and this hun

and the -- the weather underground and the black panthers and also people like the reverend martin luther king jr. so one of the things that sort of comes out of this is this new set of guidelines of how to conduct surveillance on domestic groups. now, what's interesting is that the man who is in charge of setting that up at the department of justice is someone named alan cornbloom who ends up in the summer of 2001 still the person enforcing the rules that keep the fbi, the fbi agents in new york who are working al-qaeda from being told by the cia that there are al-qaeda operatives working within the united states. these two men, of course, end up being two of the 9/11 hijackers. but that this tension over how you create an environment where the fbi is not wrongly persecuting innocent americans who have not done things wrong ends up creating exactly the environment in the 1990s that leads the fbi, i think, to underprosecute and underpursue terrorism. >> host: massachusetts is up next. your question. sorry, let me -- i've got the wrong order. montana caller, you are on the air. >> caller: i enjoy

martin luther king, jr., once said we are in an inescape web of destiny effects one affects all indirectly, thank you. >> i have been asked to moderate a question and answer session. so we have a microphone in the center and i would encourage all of you to fire away with your questions. but i'm very happy to ask to take my prerogative and ask the initial question to both farah and hannah. we see here in the united states a number of acts of intolerance playing across the news, you know, on a fairly regional basis. and just tell me what that means for your work abroad and how what you see what's happening in the united states to what's happening around the world? >> i would say that while we're in the state department and we sit at the table of foreign policy we, of course, care a great deal about what's happening in our country and following it very carefully with pain, i think. i think that when we think about what it means to be an american, we have certain values and high ideals that we all worry may be getting frayed when we see acts of hatred and such intolerance happening. and it can

martin luther king jr and profiles his assassin, james earl ray. mr. sides beat il's the seascape from the missouri state penitentiary in 1967 and his travels throughout the south, mexico and los angeles and his assassination of dr. king. the library of philadelphia is the host of this event. it's about an hour. [applause] >> thank you. >> it's great to be back. i think that all writers he eventually want to go back to the place they came from. in this case, it was for me to go back to memphis tennessee where i grew up, where it was warm and try to understand this pivotal moment in american history and to try to understand and sort of de construct the most controversial, the most tragic, the most and many ways complicated even in my city's history. my father was a law professor and a lawyer until a law firm in memphis that has represented the garbage workers and represented the team on behalf of the garbage workers and so i've got a lot from him about this event. but you're always sifting your memory of things you wonder was the family more correct? di

the union is being ud for a sympathy strike, tied to the martin luther king, jr.s sasination in 1968. >> , jr.'s assassination in 1968. >> reporter: a show of solidarity with wisconsin workers who lost collective bargaining agreement rights. they say the union violated a clause banning strikes. a spokeswoman said our economy depends on keeping the ports open. these individuals chose to ignore their contract, ignore the courts and break the rules. today's rally brought together longshoreman and teachers. >> our class is 60 students. >> reporter: machinist and muni bus drivers. >> we don't move the people and product, they don't make money. they need to understand that. >> reporter: they say the event disrupted operations. protesters called for a strike, though others said they want the association to drop its lawsuit immediately. reporting live, david stevenson, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> contracts for 50,000 state workers are headed to the senate for the vote. they approved contracts for six labor unions. the contracts with the california correctional peace officers association come underfire f

westbound 50 at 704 toward martin luther king, jr. highway, accident, possibly involving an overturned vehicle. head's up. and then westbound 50 trying to work your way from 202 around the curve, another incident, stall in the drive headed to northeast washington. on the other side of town, 395 remains heavy is, slow and steady. accident eastbound on the freeway at the 3rd street tunnel trying the upfar right lane. westbound all of your lanes open. outer loop of the beltway, tied up 95 to georgia avenue. volume delays with all lanes open. that's a check of your traffic. >> thank you. >>> our facebook fan of the day is raquel. she says if she didn't get picked for the fan of the day that she would never watch again. but then she said, april fool's and said she would never do that. if you want to be fan of day, find us on facebook. and then post a comment under this photo. look at this guy. what a nice picture. >> good morning to you. and happy april fool's day. >>> whether you're taking part in this weekend's ten-miler or not, there's

imagine that, martin luther king jr. is looking in the direction of democrats and republicans in the congress of the united states and he says, mr. speaker, we've come here to cash a check. a check that should give us upon demand the riches of security and freedom and justice. but america, dr. king says, has issued us a bounced check. it keeps coming back marked insufficient funds, but i refuse to believe there are no funds in the great vault of opportunity of this nation. mr. speaker, i'm 46 years old. i've had the privilege of serving in this congress for nearly 16 years. i remember on september 10, 2011, when we stood here on the floor of this congress, we stood here on the floor of this congress and this congress declared that it was broke. that it couldn't find money for anything. we took a vote on september 10, 2001, to the -- to defund education programmers in most vulnerable children in our nation. every member of congress, mostly conservatives and many conservative democrats made the argument we can no longer af

martin luther king, jr. once said, we are tied in a single garment of destiny. what ever it affects one directly affects all indirectly. thank you. [applause] >> enough with speeches. i have been asked to moderate a question and answer session. we have a microphone in the center. i would encourage all of you to get up and fire away with your questions. ask. very happy to las we see here in the united states a number of active as powers plying across the news on a regular basis. could you talk a little bit about for what -- about what that means for your work abroad and how you see what happens in the united states connected to what is happening around the world? >> we are in the state department. we sit at the table of foreign policy. we, of course, carry great deal about what is happening in our country and follow this very closely, with pain, i think. when we think about what it means to be an american, we have certain values and high ideals that we all worry may be getting frayed when we see acts of hatred and such intolerance happening. it can be against a w

today is the 43rd anniversary of the assassination of martin luther king jr.tation workers. >>> and the space shuttle "endeavour's" launch may be delayed until april 29 due to scheduling difficulties. the mission will be led by mark kelly, the husband of wounded congresswoman gabrielle giffords. it was a good weekend to be a bunny at the box office. "hop" took the top spot raking in $38.1 million. "source code" was second and "insidious" was third. six minutes past the hour. you're up to date now. let's go back to matt and ann. >> thank you very much. >> mr. roker has a check of the weather. >> we have girl scouts from pittsburgh. this isn't a sheet from the hotel, is it? >> no. >> just checking. because they called and wanted to know if this was their sheet. you didn't bring any cookies! let's check your weather. we have a risk of strong storms, especially throughout the pu ppss siisi river valley and strong from jackson to memphis. overnit sildweou c be looking au tornadoes. on the radar we have severe thunderstorm watches, tornado watches as well firing up.

martin luther king jr. once said, we are called an inescapable web of neutrality. whatever affects one directly affects all indirectly. thank you. [applause] >> okay. i have been asked to moderate a question and answer session, so we have a phone in the center so i would in courage all of you to get up and fire away with your questions, but i am very happy to ask to take my prerogative and ask the initial question. to both sarah and hannah. you see in the united states a number of acts of intolerance playing out across the news on a fairly regular basis and i'm wondering if you could just talk a little bit about what that means for your work abroad and how you talk about that and how you see what is happening in the united states connected to what is happening around the world. >> well, i will say that while we are in the state department and we said at the table of foreign policy, we of course care a great deal about what is happening in our country and following this very closely, with pain i think. i think that when we think about what it means to be an american