martin luther king jr.but some people say it's more like a slap in the face. stay tuned óç >>> there was a rally in called for freedom and for all americans. martin luther king jr. lead an estimate of 3,000 participants to the lincoln memorial where he delivered his famous, "i have a dream speech." >> well in the town where martin luther king jr. was born on the street that was dedicated to him, you think the city would manage to spell his name right. guess again, they found a mistake years old and even the residence there didn't spot it. >> stake a closer look out there. take a closer look at this. >> wow. >> and that is definitely not them, is it? >> several residence coming by here for years and not one of them saw a mistake. take a closer look at this. check out the street sign. >> that is funny. >> but no one laughs for long. and many wonder how a glaring error could have been named in that for them. and just a few blocks away from that. >> the student of that, well, you know, one is funny, and two is

martin luther king drive northwest. >> take a closer look. >> oh, wow. >> wow. definitely not martin, is it? >> no. >> reporter: we asked residents coming by here for years and not one caught the mistake. >> take a closer look and check out the street sign. >> the street sign martin luther king -- oh, marin luther king. that is funny. >> reporter: but nobody laughs for long. many wonder how such a glaring error could have been made in the birthplace of martin luther king junior, just a few blocks away from his alma mater. >> as a student of his alma mater, one it is funny and two it is a bit discouraging and it brings questions of who was over that. >> reporter: atlanta maybe the city too busy hang, but can't be too busy to spell check. now officials say now they know about the error it will be fixed in 48 hours. >> i can't believe i walk by this all the time. >> that is pretty bad. >> yeah. >> remember the nationals jerseys were messed up. >> we have seen these kind of bloopers a lot but that is pretty bad. >> yeah. that's going to be done. i bet it is done tod

he marched with martin luther king jr. in detroit, where king delivered arguably, even more impressive version of his i have a dream speech in detroit. got to show love to the home town, the crib. skip gates's book was here next to nelson george, where did our love go? nelson george is perhaps the most gifted african-american man of the letters of our time. what can't this guy do? he is a novelist, he writes great novels, he writes superb cultural criticism about hip-hop, basketball, this history of motown, one of the earliest books to take a critical look and appreciative look at motown, he is a movie director, a film director, producer. the guy is amazing, one of the most remarkable men of letters of our generation, one of the most distinguished because he has mastered so many different genres. this book, the location of culture, than theoretical's but -- explications, postcolonialism, which is very important. he is a very sharp guy. he was in debt recently. he was on in-depth recently. i disagree with a lot of what he s

there's a water main break and this is -- and the city, qwest bown saratoga street is closed between martin luther king street and reed street. and there's a gas main break at fayette street between park avenue and utah st.. 50 miles an hour on 70 and 60 downtown. looking good on the road. all green this morning. we will look at the beltway at liberty road. the inner and outer loop is moving fine. 95 in white marsh in both directions moving fine. that is the latest. back to you. >> our big story this morning, the last two districts return for the school year. >> a lot of excited parents out there this morning. we have live coverage as they return for their first date. tim tooten is outside dunbar high school with more. >> more than 82,000 students going back to the classroom and baltimore city. for those attending paul laurence dunbar high school, they may get the biggest surprise. when they come back this morning, they will find an almost new campus. $32 million pumped into the renovations. students and staff will find a new cafeteria, classroom, and a library. this has been in the works since 20

i mean, keep in mind, jesse had martin luther king's blood on him on that balcony and has -- has seen a lot in his lifetime. let alone feeling like he is close to the white house. so i think there is a myriad of emotions that probably go through his body, but to give him credit i think he's mostly proud of the fact that there is, you know, an african-american in the white house. >> host: where did you grow up. >> guest: in los angeles, pamona. my family is from chicago. >> host: what did your folks do. >> guest: my father was a probation officer. growing up, my mom was an educator, he was a part-time teacher, part-time mom. and, my father at about -- his late 30s, 40s went back to school and became a doctor, so... >> host: what do you remember most about your childhood. >> guest: oh, god, where do i start? boy, the thing i remember most, is my brother and i just kind of making each other laugh all the time. my parent divorced when i was pretty young. and they kind of fought a lot, too, and i think my brother and i probably softened the blow by making each other laugh and making fun of

king martin luther king boulevard to paca.re supposed to be temporary happening between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. the repair work is supposed to last about 7 months. >>> and a reminder. we're under a heat advisory for most of the state until 8:00 tonight. and then the heat coinues in throughout the day tomorrow. let's take a look at the seven- day forecast. 92 tomorrow. maybe some thunderstorms in the afternoon. then we cool down. we're back into the 80s. but things still stay on the warm side as we head even into next weekend. >> thanks, susan. that's all for us on abc 2 news at 6. i'm marybeth marsden. thanks for joining us. we'll be back here tonight at 11. we hope you'll join us then. we have the latest on the health care meeting at towson university. have a great evening. stay cool. good night. >> thanks for choosing abc 2 news at 6. for more news, watch abc 2 news at 11, or go now to abc2news.com. abc 2 works for you. >>> tonight at 11, disease- carrying pests with a painful bite. what is a protective parent to do? >> if i could

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we feel a warm glow in our hearts when we hear the elegance of a martin luther king.ect our tongues over the agitators in the streets and call them outside trouble makers or neer do-wells. we are all decent men and women of good faith and we are all very busy with our careers and with our families. all too busy with our own concerns to fight injustice, to fight poverty, and to fight ill will in the immediate world around us. as a united states senator, my message to you today is very simple. we don't need to lose and mislead ourselves if we feel we lift a personal burden from our shoulder by passes pieces of legislation, as important as that is, if we feel legislation can be our only response to our fellow men who are deprived. beyond that, i would say no matter how the most difficult questions of vietnam, no matter how we meet the future challenges in the middle east, no matter how strong the controls we develop over the horror of atomic weapons, and no the matter how we face the domestic problems, education for our young and housing and roads for the most distant sp

king marched on washington. -- martin luther king. >>> time is running out for " extreme home makeover." now there are bulldozers and dirt were a new community center for troubled kids should be. we have the call for volunteers. they need a lot of help out there. >> they do, we are at the area. we have about 300 volunteers out here right now, but they need more in order to make deadlines. this is the fishing school. it is a recreation center that helped thousands of kids in dc, and it will surely help thousands more. this is the largest and most ambitious projects they have ever taken on. we are talking about 6200 square feet. they need skilled labour out here. we are talking about drywallers and framers. we are joined now by the senior producer with "extreme hall makeover." it was supposed to happen on saturday and will happen on sunday. >> we are about 24 hours behind schedule still. we need skilled labor to come in to get this done. every year we do 25 projects and we help 25 families. we can only do it if we do a project one week. here we are doing two projects to hel

officers in the regional auto theft task force say they spotted a man on martin luther king boulevard in a stolen vehicle. >> something spooked the driver of the honda accord. he took off at a high rate of speed before the officers from the regional auto theft task force could follow, based on the way that driver was driving, they were ordered to break it off immediately. >> some witnesses say it looked more like a chase. >> three unmarked vehicles right behind following that car. if them cars wasn't chasing that car, their car wouldn't have been speeding at the rate of speed they were speeding. >> did they have sirens or lights? >> they didn't have sirens or anything, but it was definitely following that vehicle. >> when i looked up again, the police car was coming behind him. not speeding, had on his flashing lights. no sirens or anything. when i looked up again, the car was flipping and hit the wall. that's when i remember saying "how did the police get here so soon?" >> reporter: the suspected car thief is in serious condition at shock trauma. he could face a slew of criminal char

martin luther king died from an assassin's bullet. >> martin luther king, dedicated his life to love to justice, between fellow human beings. he died in the cause of that effort. >> in this decade, we have lived through periods of more hate, violence, than perhaps any other time in the history of our country. what has become of our land? what disease has affected us as a people? how many good men must we give? >> senator robert f. kennedy has been shot and wounded at his headquarters shortly after making a victory statement in the california primary. >> senator kennedy died at 1:44 a.m. today. he was 42 years old. ♪ >> from his parents and from his older brothers and sisters, joe and kathleen and jack, he received an inspiration which he passed on to all of us. my brother need not be idealized or enlarged in death beyond what he was in life, to be remembered simply as a good and decent man who saw wrong and tried to right it, who saw suffering and tried to heal it, saw war and tried to stop it. those of us who loved him, and have taken him to his rest today, pray that what he was to

closing the offices of the standard medical supply center and that the pain and rehab center on martin lutherking. both companies advertising seeking clients who qualify for the medicaid business. >> that is everything that is going so smoothly and legit. they could be seeing from them as their offices that is a a as a emst thenatsaatt y eyemtheyth canno confirm that location that you have proved where the search y. mfr t t from rldaeato e d an suerldir toda and the medical supply is a part of the healthcare fraud investigation. the fbi, they offered no further e did tails of the -- no further details of the pros. they are located here on the second floor of this building in the 7600 block of george avenue north wás. according to witnesses, -rlier today, about nine fbi agents, they showed up here and they went into that office with the search warrant. they came out with the computers and lots of records. >> nine news now, they were able to make calls into the standard supply company and the pain and the rehab center and the offices that were out there today. they either hung up or said that t

officers say they spotted a man on martin luther king boulevard in a stolen vehicle.a chase. the suspected car thief here at shock trauma faces a slew of charges including vehicular manslaughter. >> thank you. >>> in a pap police, government house is going greener. they will apply solar panels on the roof of the governor's mansion. it will heat half of the mansion's hot water and they are agent efficient lighting and thermostats. >>> maryland is sending firefighters to the great northwest and alaska to help battle raging wildfires. later today 20 firefighters will head out. >>> it's parents day at the united states naval academy in annapolis. >>> stay with wjz 13 maryland news station. up next lisa ling on her sister and more on how the women are doing today and is >>> folks out on our plaza cheering for friday. oh, yeah. >> oh, yeah. >> maybe for dave too. i don't know. we'll see about that. welcome back to "the early show," everybody. >>> coming up, the paula abdul plot thickens. is she really gone from "american idol," or is a deal in the works to bring her back? w

we've seen too many of our heroes, paul robson, harry bellefonty, sidney portier, martin luther kingorothy height. these people have taken it and they weren't afraid but they ran into hurdles but they had goals. >> two others to add to that list are bill cosby and alvin poussaint. gentlemen, thank you so much. a path from victims to victors. and i for one appreciate that you both remained on the front lines and fight the good fight for us in spite of the slings and arrows and stones. >> those slings and arrows don't meet a thing. they'll be along later. they'll be along later. they're going to be like that, man. and so we have to work with the people who will wake up. this is a cheerleading session. and i thank you for the time. >> gentlemen, thank you. >>> that does it for this edition of our world with black enterprise. don't forget to visit our website where you can give us feedback on this show. that's at our world.black enterprise.com. i'm ed gordon. and thanks for making our world i'm ed gordon. and thanks for making our world your world. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

martin luther king was killed. if we graphed.ere would be a self-perpetuating middle class and underclass and never will the two meet without massive intervention, structural intervention on the one hand and almost a moral revolution within the african-american. every time i see jesse and al i say to them -- you eyes are looking for a second act. lead a moral revolution within the african-american community about individual responsibility. about deferred gratification. use barack as the model. because in the end only -- i taught emerson at my graduate seminar and he gave a speech and he called the emancipation westerners. ideas only save races. in the end, black people to have save themselves and the same thing is true of women. it's very interesting. he throws down the gauntlet in effect for frederick douglass and in a year later he writes this great paper. you have to show that you are equally to all the other races. this is not me. this is emerson and i think that we have to impress upon all the members of the black community

then bobby came along and after martin luther king was killed, he got very passionate.id he fit in all that? >> he was right there, right after 1962 is when we got into the throws of what became the 64 voting rights act. i think a lot of people don't remember, but in 1963, the manpower and the training act was a john kennedy effort. then we got to the civil rights act, then the voting rights act, then the fair alton law, these three things, '64, '65, '68, senator ted kennedy was in the middle of all of that. and then he took on after that, health care, health disparities, we worked with him so closely on that. things like minimum wage laws, immigration, i don't know of a thing that was taking place in the congress or on the national scene of any significance for the down and out that he did not get himself involved in. >> you're watching tom brokaw arrive with his wife meredith there. mr. clyburn, the role that he played, i have always thought that the greatest accomplishment of the congress in the, well, half century at least, was the '64 civil rights bill, ted kennedy

martin luther king once said that 11:00 a.m. morning is the most segregated hour in america. well, not the case at shipley heights baptist church in louisville, kentucky. a predominantly white congregation, are folding in the congregation of a predominantly black congregation a few miles away. just to save money. good morning, america. i'm bill weir. >> i'm kate snow. it's sunday, august 23rd. >>> this morning, we've been telling you how this robot may change health care as we know it. robot doctors are being used to give top medical specialists to people in small towns. this is an amazing story. >>> can you imagine eating for a living, in the most public way possible. restaurant critic for "the new york times." at the same time, battling a history of bulimia, amphetamine abruce. frank bruni has a new book out. it talks about his secret battles and comes to grip with this battle. we'll talk to him in a little bit. >>> first, sharyn alfonsi is in for ron claiborne with the rest of the headlines. sharyn? >> good morning, bill and

. >> 46 years ago martin luther king resdelivered his famous speech from the steps of the lincoln memorial in front of tool hundred thousand people demonstrators were demanding voting rights and equal opportunities for african- americans, and appealed to end racial discrimination and segregation. within a year, there was the passage of the 24th amendment of the constitution and the visible rights act of 1964. a turning point in american history. >> 69 degrees on dvr. there's a new program in baltimore city giving some students the chance to go back to school. >> you are looking at a live picture from the downtown area. we will update you on the weather, and tadpoles 11 for your morning (announcer) get our best back to school prices... ...at the jcpenney lowest prices of the season sale. all arizona tops and bottoms are buy one, get one for 88¢ plus, save on denim at america's biggest back to school levi's sale kids' backpacks are only $11.99 athletic shoes are $38.99 all bath towels are buy one, get one for 88¢ plus, night and day doorbusters go to jcp.com and see everything on sale. style

i grew up believing what martin luther king said. a person should be judged by the content of his character not the color of their skin. in the schools. it is quite appalling. so i would argue that this was an unjust to other liberals and be regarded as a fascist. >>host: at this was promulgated by the academy as well as by journalism? where do you turn? everyone believes as you do? >>guest: certainly in the academy everybody believes as this. let me get back to the start of this book, the start of this question. that decided that wanted to write a book. my initial thought was to call it red manhattan. and i was really searching for a title. i considered for a time, behind enemy lines. i've thought of the deepest, darkest, among the savages, the deepest darkest blue america. i was really struggling with that. i happened to be at this dinner party. it was early on in the campaign, the obama, hillary campaign. everyone at the party loved either obama or hillary. and i made the mistake. this is a mistake when you live in the kind of pla

she took it further and compared herself to malcolm x and martin luther king. what on text. >> they were people that went through controversy to put the truth forward and they weren't afraid to fight and i can relate to that completely. bill: heather mills compared her stovall mohammed gandhi. malcolm x and who else. >> martin luther king. >> she to fight tmz. >> i was so upset for her. why would that happen? bill: we all agree that's pretty dumb. >> that's dumb. >> incredibly dumb. she needs more protein. bill: that's dumb, two. here is my dumb nominee. and we touched upon this earlier this week, in fact. president obama goes up to new hampshire. he goes to a town hall meeting and they stack it with people who like him. there is nothing really wrong with that if you are a president you don't want to walk into the rush limbaugh fan club, right? what does that -- so you go and they have people who like you. because you know what's going to be on tv. one of the people who like the president is a 11-year-old girl. roll the tape. >> what's your name? >> julia hall

martin luther king in our schools and the media. but not very much about malcolm x. you think it's because malcolm x was a muslim? that he wasn't given as much attention as dr. king who was a christian? >> guest: well, yeah, but two things to say. i'm interested in your response. one is that if you look at malcolm x, i think the alex haley book, the autobiography of malcolm x i think it's in most curriculums. i think high school kids read it all the time and malcolm x is celebrated in that regard. you know, in harlem there's a malcolm x boulevard. i think people are aware of malcolm x. i don't think there's any shortage of that and, of course -- spike lee made a move about malcolm x and denzel washington appeared in that movie. is it because of -- he was a member of the nation of islam and a muslim? again, they were seen as extreme sect at the time. remember, 1960s there were not the number of muslims in the country today and nation of islam had its own issues, of course, with, you know, certainly with louis farrakhan but even going back to, you know, elijah poole an

after martin luther king was assassinated on april 4th, just three days before the speech, bobby kennedy decided to stay behind in washington to monitor the reaction. he sent his younger brother ted to give the speech instead. what then 36-year-old senator edward kennedy delivered was not compromising. it was not moderate. it was a liberal homage to civil rights. it was a pretty darn good soliloquy about this itself. this tape was only rediscovered this january when a contractor working for the alaska state library found an open reel that was simply marked, "ted kennedy sitka." here with senator edward kennedy. watch this. >> if any man ever doubted the good intentions of his fellow man, if any man ever wondered whether institutions of government could be responsive to human needs, if any man ever yearned for a way of life that satisfied his desires for human freedom and dignity, he could look to america. this was our image in truth. this was america as we knew it, as we grew this was our image in truth. this was america as we knew it, as we brew in it and as we have taught our children.

martin luther king jr.'rch on washington, and several leaders gathered to commemorate the historic date. during the celebration, the secretary of education announced the start of a competition that a encourages children to keep dr. king's dream alive. >> the more our young children understand what king stood for and the vows he fought and why he fought them, it is a huge source of inspiration for our generation. we need to make sure those values infilled in the next generation. you can find more information on our website. ray lewis encourage children to work ho 3 to work hard and live there dream. -- to work hard and live their dream. students got supplies from the foundation. >> of the raven's reached the halfway point, have they moved close to reaching a decision on their ne >> now sports with jerry. >> two preseason games might not say a lot about a team, but it can sale of about a kicker. nine of the shakers give three field goals all year. he had a chance to improve his stock last night. his expression

there is a crash on martin luther king jr. boulevard that is right at baltimore street. but as far as the mane lines things are looking good for us on south bound 95 through the fort mchenry tunnel. cars cruising along and the usual volume to deal with and cars to contend with and only take seven minutes. gets heavy on the northbound direction. we had an earlier disabled car on the lane right at the tunnel. that's a bit of a slow go there but as far as 295 at 695 that coast is clear northbound and south bound lanes. that's a look at the evening commute. now back to you. >> thanks. despite strong opposition from neighbors today the governor of the state of maryland threw his support behind red line. jeff joins us now with the very latest on this. jeff. >>reporter: the propose the light rail line would link east to west baltimore but many neighbors trying to put the brake on the plan. they are upset because proposal calls for light rail track to run along a portion of boston street. canton resident fear it will disrupt parking and ruin the community. in a news conference t

a man walking on martin luther king junior avenue with a snake he purchased was bitten in the hand. >it was swelling. then it started inpuffg puffing like a boxing glove, puffing up like that. >> responding fire trapped the creature in a cardboard box. >> when i came over here, it was in the box. when i came over here, they were putting tape on the top of the box. >> reporter: the victim told firefighters he purchased a nonpoisonous python but animal control determined that the purchased snake was a venomous copper head. he was transported to a local hospital to begin treatment. animal control is deciding what to do with the copper head that was sold as a python. john henrehan, fox 5 news. >> sue palka joining us now. >> i thought we were talking about storms. >> we have a few forecast. they haven't materialized. i think if they hold off long enough, a few showers passing through later tonight. you know who is happy about this? especially the folks hosting andy roddick at lake mason. they were so hoping that we would get a pass at the storms. i think we get a delay with the showers an

the book is called a " king's dream, the legyf martin luther king' speech."ant to sta with a quote from the book. this rlly got my attention. you arright in this book i purelyhetorical terms, the dream speech may notave been king'sest. his speech at the conclusion of th votin rights march i 196 was arguably his most commanding. it raised a couple of questions for me. tell me why you think some of the montgomery speech w the most vending -- most demanding. >> it capped two eks of violence which resulted in jury to many civil rights protesters. george wallace waslooking out through the closed blis at the marchers. it represented a hig poi in king's command of civ rights, that perhaps he had not reached in 1963. the great cold respon that he had engagedn, how long the crowd responded toim and his use of the phrase the ark of e universe is long,ut it bends toward world juice. there were a viety of things in that speech that because was partly impvised a much more responsive to the crowd then his speech in wasngton might havebeen rhetorically a most interesting. t

. ♪ >> i am featuring the greatest, martin luther king jr., and "i have a dream" words.st so big and legendary and it inspires so many people including myself. >> she is as much an activist as she is a musician. >> i think that being an artist gives you the stage and the opportunity to promote a message. >> miri started the gedenk movement to promote awareness and education about the holocaust. >> the holocaust happened to people like us. please visit gedenkmovement.org. i am a third generation holocaust survivor. so, it's very personal message and fight to me. besides the fight against racism is a very universal fight and it makes the world really, really small. >> whether she's speaking up for what she believes in or making it in the hip hop world, it seems miri has never been afraid to be different. >> anything that we do in life, there's always more than one approach to things. and i like being creative and using my imagination, when i do my own thing. >> to learn more about miri ben-ari, check out teenkidsnews.com. i'm sam. >> that's a wrap for this edition of "teen

king and in the new book that's coming out where iite martin luther king, jr., i think his roleberty to african-americans in changing america is decisive. i don't think you can tell the story of the 1950s and '60s without dr. king's role. but also it's important because in terms of the concept of god in america, this is a preacher. this is a man who is calling us to our better life to understand the angels of our soul rather than the demons, and if you look at his great i have a dream speech, this is a preach's speech. and i think that represents some of the best in american tradition. >> host: cincinnati for newt gingrich. go ahead. >> caller: i met you in 1997 when you flew in on a small airplane to hamilton airport and met with john boehner. i want to asked a question of you. why haven't youw"s chosen to ru for president even if nothing better than to simply put some depth and substance into the presidential debates we're having to sit through? >> guest: well, i looked at it very carefully and calista and i talked about it. we talked with our daughters, jackie and cathy about

kennedy, robert kennedy, martin luther king jr., and a picture of jesus.is: i have some church fans in my personal collection. everybody who would go to this churches would see those pictures on those fans. i was thought it was amazing that it would be in churches all across america. >> i have some of those also. somehow, in some way, these men gave people a sense of hope in a time of hopelessness. tavis: you were there, one of the foot soldiers with dr. king. we know that you were beaten and almost killed on a number of locations. you were the youngest person to speak at the march on washington on that day where king gave the "i have a dream" speech. your resume is intact and regard to your duty and service on the civil rights front. because you were there, you were there, and dr. king was not always happy with john kennedy or bobby kennedy. edward kennedy seemed to take a different tact. what you make of that? >> -- what do you make of that? >> we were not always happy with the president of -- the position of president kennedy or robert kennedy, but alon

that attack took place july 20th in the 2700 block of martin luther king boulevard in southeast.ue to the sudden nature and severity of the attack the men could only be identified as black men on bicycles. if you have any information, contact the d.c. police. b@ >>> welcome back. a tournament featuring homeless soccer players is under way in d.c. and 16 teams featuring the homeless men and women are all over the country are competing in the street soccer tournament at the washington castle stadium downtown. you may remember we profiled the washington area team earlier this week on 9 news now at 5:00. street soccer usa tries to give the players better life skills so they can score some goals off the field. that is downright scarey. hundreds of discounted wedding dresses came on sale at filene's and shoppers went into a frenzy. many grabbed as many dresses as they could hold. racks were picked clean. >>> this might seem a bit overstated but good advice is worth repeating. before you send your son or daughter out on two wheels, make sure they have a helmet. a small investment that m

martin luther king junior gave his famous i have a dream speech 40 years ago, emma jean was in the crowdistening. she followed him from georgia and never came back. >> have you always run sheltered? >> that's all i haveve. r donel dowai s i was a turning point for stewart. a single mom with two boys by the time she turned 18. >> there's women and their babies who come here and knock on my door all night long, emma jean, i need help. well, that's what i am here for. >> reporter: after running a mission that received presidential recognition it is stewart who is facing a life- changing event. >> i have cancer of the gums. >> reporter: at the same time she got the cancer diagnosis she shelter she used to run on p street has burned down. she has been running it out of three tiny rooms in a row house in northeast. donations aren't coming in like they used to. >> we just don't have the money. it is too expensive now. >> reporter: although the pain of gum cancer makes getting through every day pealrs onrson challenge, stewart is more concerned where the eight women and three babies living here

martin luther king speak at the lincoln memorial. advocating rational harmony and freedom. a ceremony was held at the lincoln memorial this week. >>> 54 years ago today that 14- year-old emmitt hill was murdered by a lynch mob in mississippi. now his casket is on its way to the smithsonian. his brutalized remains were displayed in the casket sparking a public outcry that helped to rally the civil rights movement. the announcement follows the discovery. at a cemetery they are charged with digging up corpses and reselling burial plots. >>> in tonight's living smart focus, it looks like the maytag repairman will be busier these days. the company is recalling 46,000 maytag magic chef and performa refrigerators because they are a fire hazard. the models have been found to ovduate duelectr icalelectrica from september of 2000 to may of 2004. customers are being asked to call isth number 866-533-9817 to schedule an appointment appointment for in-home repair. >>> we have more on the recall on our website at wusa9.com. and click on living smart. >>> a small hero is hoping to make a

martin luther king jr.ored lincoln, when he chose the memorial as the backdrop for his famous "i have a dream speech" in 1963. >> i have a dream today. >> he had the bravery the fortitude and his speech resonated so strongly and so widely with african americans but also with all americans it was time to recognize that our past practices were wrong and that they needed to change. >> like dr. king, president lincoln was assassinated for standing up for change. countless speeches, protests and celebrations have been held here since the memorial's dedication in 1922. it's, clearly, one of the most popular monuments in washington. >> i like his speech the gettysburg address and he's just my favorite president. >> i just sort of think it's cool. it's got all his sayings and it's got a big statue of him and i just think that's cool. >> there are a couple of myths about the statue. some people think the face of robert e. lee is carved into the back of lincoln's head. it's not. that's just very wavy hair. another my

we must have a revolution in the understanding of islam, a revolution almost like martin luther's. >> reporter: until then, says banna, islam will not be able to accommodate itself to the modn world. the 88-year-old has written dozens of books about the need for the renewal of islam and the importance of the separation of he's even issued a fatwa saying muslim women don't have to cover their hair. banna says muslims must stop relying on scholars to interpret the holy texts. instead, he says, they should read the qu'ran directly keeping in minds its emphasis on knowledge and wisdom. >> ( translated ): the qu'ranic verse goes, "it was revealed to them, the qu'ran and wisdom." the search for wisdom has proven itself to be a successful experiment for all peoples and all times. we have to adapt and we have to learn from all other experiences with wisdom, so that islam isn't a closed box but it has an open window to the world. >> reporter: banna believes such reform will take place, but long after his lifetime. for "religion and ethics newsweekly," i'm kate seelye in cairo. >> lawton: one o

a 31-year-old man walking on martin luther king, jr. avenue with a snake he had just purchased was also bitten on the hand. >> it was swelling, right. then it started to really puff up, like a glove or mit. >> reporter: responding d.c. fire ems personnel trapped the creature in a cardboard box. >> whether i came over here, the snake was already in the box. they was putting tape on top of the box so the snake couldn't get out of the box. >> reporter: the victim told firefighters he had purchased the nonpoisonous python but animal control and the health department have determined that the purchased snake was also a venemous copper head. the man was transported to a local hospital to begin treatment. animal control is still deciding what to do with the copper head that was sold as a pie thon. john henrehan, fox 5 news. >>> sue palka has a one-day special for us. >> you ready for cooler temperatures? >> sure. >> i think if this front keeps on moving south, brian, we're only talking low 80s tomorrow. that's the benefit of a northeast. >> hum

martin luther king, that our schools and media but malcmuch about malcolm x.s it because malcolm x was a muslim, that he wasn't given as much attention as dr. king, who was a christian? >> guest: two things to say and i'm interested in your response. if you look at malcolm x, the maex haley book, the autobiography of malcolm x, it is in most curriculums, a high-school kids read it all the time. malcolm x is celebrated in that regard, malcolm x boulevard. i think people are aware of malcolm x, i don't think there's any shortage of that and spike lee made a movie about malcolm x, denzel washington started a movie about malcolm x. i don't think there's a shortage of awareness of who malcolm x was and his contribution. a it because he was a member of the nation of islam? dave racine as extreme sets at the time. the nation of islam had its own issues certainly with louis farrakhan, and whether or not that was really islamic call those issues were out there. in so many ways, malcolm x was lin controversial than dr. king. dr. king was on the front lines, was going to

to $1.50 in the central business district, an area bordered by mulberry, president street and martin luther king, keen highway. it would cost $12 for 8 hours, comparable to parking garages so frugal downtown workers would get off the meter. that would turn over more spots frequently to help guys like jackson and other motorists who have a hard time finding parking. >> typically i drive around two or three times to a find a space. i'm going to be in and out, maybe 15 or 20 minutes, it might be $3 as opposed to $20. >> reporter: it's very hard to find a spot. this guy got lucky. but many motorists can't find a place to park. that keeps a lot of people out of downtown and from shopping here. meantime, it's 12:25, and jackson's wife is still out there somewhere, circling. the roast beef and ham are still waiting. >> it was pretty difficult. a lot of the -- i guess a lot of people who work down here, i see a lot of people moving around, but i don't see any cars moving. >> good luck. in baltimore, roosevelt leftwich, abc 2 news. >> and the proposal still has to go to the city board of estimates f

we still have to deal with the broken watermain between saratoga street and martin luther king junior boulevard. and the bel air road is going to be a better bet for your alternate. on 95, scooting through the tunnels, right now the northbound stretch through the fort mchenry tunnel, we're looking at a 6-minute commute. 95 in the northeast corner, right at the whitemarsh area, here it is northbound and southbound lanes, those cars are zipping along up to speed which is going to be the same deal on many of the main lines. as you can see 60 miles per hour in the northeast stretch and getting into the city, we're only at 56 on the 83 to the southbound lanes. as for that the west side of the beltway, now at 59 miles per hour there. that's a look at your morning travels, megan, back to you. >>> thank you, candace. if you have something happening in your community, you can share it with all of baltimore. up load photos, videos or written stories to neighborhood news. go to foxbaltimore.com/your take. you can also send us photos directly from your cell phone through pics at guys remember, we

. >>> martin luther king jr. once called 11:00 a.m. on sunday the most se regaited hour in america.hat notion is being challenged by two churches in kentucky. one black, the other white. abc's eric horng has our "closer look." ♪ >> reporter: they gathered under one roof. two southern baptist congregations, taking a true leap of faith. did you ever think you'd see a day like this? >> no, not really. >> reporter: before today, these followers had spent a lifetime worshipping separately. whites in this church. blacks in this other one, seven miles away. but when the recession hit, pastors lincoln bingham and mark payton said a merger made sense, and not just economically. the white church needed younger members. the black church a larger space. both found the answer in the bible's message of inclusion. >> there's no point in preaching the word or teaching the word if you aren't going to live the word. >> reporter: in an age when racially-diverse schools and workplaces are the rule, integrated churches are still the rare exception. only 5% nationwide are considered mixed-race. it may be

over the next seven months, pratt string from martin luther king to paca street will have only two lanes during 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. during the hours they'll perform the street's necessary repairs and improvements. however, the street's lanes will not be closed two and four hours after any major event in the downtown area such as a ball game. >>> he willingly went from fab to flab. why this man who was once an underwear model gained a quick 90 pounds. >>> tragedy on the hudson. the clues the investigators found today after the weekend's deadly plane and helicopter crash. >>> and a killer storm rips through asia, leaving rubble in its wake. my husband and i, we love to go to steakhouses i can smile, i can carry on our conversation i do most of the talking yes i wear dentures and they fit wonderful super poligrip acts as a seal between my dentures and my gums super poligrip makes eating more comfortable. even well fitting dentures can feel more comfortable with super poligrip. just a few dabs of super poligrip create a seal between your dentures and gums to make them more comfortable while you

did you say, buddy, i'm getting traded to the martin luther king ?ns. >> not really. about some of the guys over there. that's about it. you know, we miss nick over on our side as far as him as a person and what he brings to our ball club. i think the marlins are going to appreciate what he brings to their ball club as well. >> it's been a tough season obviously. since the san diego series, mets series, end of milwaukee, played well in pittsburgh, nice comeback win against florida. feel like the team is getting in a nice tempo? >> i think so. we're starting to play a lot better and a lot more consistent. you you know, we've been catching the ball. we've been throwing the ball well and not walk very many people. i think that's the key anytime you catch the ball and have hauled solid pichtion every night to have a clans to win. we've been getting timely hitting as well. if we can keep doing that, keep getting the defense, we have a shot every night. >> you mention the beginning of the season you weren't starting and a lot of people talking about how you want to be a sta

police say a snake bit the man outside on martin luther king avenue in southeast washington this morning. the good news is, pythons are not poisonous and the man is expected to be ok. >>> the town's council is taking safety precautions. the city council required people to rent a motorized scooters -- who rent a motorized scooters to wear helmets. >>> power is back on after three poles fell right in front of the deed would metro station. -- dean wood metric station. police say the area was a pretty hard by storms last friday, that could have been a factor. >>> keeping pedestrian save is why montgomery officials have made some changes. >> on an early september morning last year, this was the scene. a 29-year-old woman was struck and killed while trying to cross the street. >> i was very -- i walked down to see it, and it was very disturbing. >> accidents on this stretch of road are far too common. >> the person behind me never stopped and had a head-on with the other direction. the passenger behind me was killed. >> they want to improve safety along the winding road. >> in has been a diffi