i was sitting next to martin luther king jr. at a home in a local -- at a home in selma when he said, we shall overcome, and tears came down martin luther king. and we all cried when we heard the president say, we shall overcome. and dr. king said, john, we will make it from selma to montgomery, and the voting rights act will be passed. congress did pass the voting rights act, and on august 6, 1965, it was signed into law by the president. now, mr. speaker, this past weekend we heard from the majority leader and my colleagues, mr. cohen, that we went back to selma along with mike pence and senator brownback and several others, the faith and politics institute, on a journey. during this journey we brought our fellow members of congress on this unbelievable trip of the historic civil rights act, not just in selma but montgomery and birmingham. we ended our time together in selma by crossing one more time on the edmund pettus bridge, crossing that bridge. i know at times here in this body we talk, we debate, maybe sometimes in not

martin luther king. the voting rights passed and the president said it was the most important legislation that that congress had passed and one of the most important pieces of legislation ever passed by this house. . it was fought by a lot of people. people said we are not going to stand it anymore. we are going to participate in this democracy and start a change that's going to fulfill america's purpose and promise. that started in selma. it started with john lewis. and it culminated with that great march. so it's important that this congress take time to recognize this 45th anniversary. that forced this nation to live up to its ideals of justice, freedom, and equality in a society generally and realm of voting rights specifically. the pilgrimage was one of the best experiences i have had. i'm from memphis, tennessee, where dr. king was slain on april 3. there were times when chairman lewis and other members came up, mr. lewis and other members came up to me and asked me to go on the pilgrimage. i thoug

martin luther king had emerged as an important figure yet it is also noting how little had changed by 60. six years after brown school desegregation was hopelessly mired in the courts. fewer than one in 1000 african-american students attended an integrated school in the south. the number is actually closer to probably one in 5000 depending on how you define the south and how you calculate what an integrated school lives, but the point is that brown had receded extremely slowly. enthusiasm for the montgomery was what caught had dissipated or go in many ways martin luther king was lost in drifting. is because her-- cover shows he was the most famous african-american and he had trouble turning the success of the boycott into a kind of enduring movement and progress seem to stall out. many worried the civil rights movement such as it was that stalled out or was in danger of falling apart. i think the best way to illustrate this is to talk about one of king's biggest critics, a woman named ella baker who also happen to be the executive director of the southern christian leadership conferen

in many ways martin luther king was lost in drifting. as the cover of this "time" magazine chose, he was the most famous african-american in the nation, and yet he had trouble turning the success of the boycott into a kind of enduring movement in progress seemed to stall out. in many word that the civil rights movement such as it was, had stalled about or was in danger of falling apart. i think the best way to illustrate this is to talk about one of kings biggest critics who happen to be executive director of the southern christian leadership conference that the organization that king formed after the montgomery boy's boycott. and baker, she's one of the great figures in the civil rights movement, not very well known. she had come of age in the 1920s that should been the valedictorian of her class at shaw university. she had moved to new york to harlem in 1920s where she organized tenants and poor people. in the '40s she was a great organizer for the naacp traveling around south helping establish new naacp branches. by the 1950s, she had

if you look at the civil rights movement you can learn from what martin luther king dealt with, he was attacked, black people were lynched, attacked, there was violence against them and what did martin luther king practice? nonviolence. that won the day. that's a good model for of us. >> well said. thank you very much. >> thank you. >>> as that drama unfolds and it is fast and furious, we're live in washington tomorrow. we've got home depot founder on the corporate effect of all of this. rock star ted nugent. elijah cummings. jason jacobs from utah worried about big government getting bigger. 6:00 p.m. we continue on "fox business," which you are not getting. >> demand it. >> on this moment in our nation's history, 10:00 a.m. eastern, republican governor of nevada, jim gibbons. jerry falwell, jr. and star parker. so many more surprises too. big weekend with big doings in d.c. >> healthcare in, jobs out. that's not coming from republicans. it's coming from america's top companies. does the donald agree? he's next. [ advisor 1 ] i have clients say it's really hard to save for the future

so think about martin luther king and the movement for nonviolent direct action in the u.s. south against segregation. dr. king understood that people's natural reaction was to defend themselves when attacked. so they carefully trained the people who went out in these massive demonstrations, that no matter what happened, no matter what kind of violence they experienced, they were to behave in a nonviolent, but directly resisting way. now, the fact that these tea party members are allowing elements of their community to be shouting racist and homophobic things to duly elected leaders walking on their way to work is an indication that they are not behaving like a responsible social movement. they're behaving more like a flash mob where everybody gets together and says what they want to say. they certainly have the right to do that in a democracy but it does mean we don't have to take them very seriously as a social movement if they can't bother to train themselves and participants to be disciplined and focused on the policy issues that they care about. >> looking back on marti

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martin luther king. nothing could be appropriate as we celebrate dr. king finn to welcome these two outstanding scholar activists, true champions of dr. king's legacy and spirit. i want you to welcome richard wilkinson and kate pickett and we will start with richard wilkinson. [applause] >> the key very much. it is lovely to be here and it is a store called the we should have this on martin luther king day it feels the right thing to do. can we have on the projector whoever is controlling that? i think we're here to tell you what you already know. many people for hundreds of years of at the intuition that any quality and income differences are socially divisive and corrosive. that is all i need to show you. intuition is sure that we have imagined. we thought what you might feel different from what we deal with in our everyday life but what is surprising is a difference of inequality between democracies or the quality of our lives. we will take you through the data. before i do so i should just clear up one thing. the title of our book, "the spirit leve

martin luther king jr. national memorial. the city of washington, d.c. is also working on a statue of frederick douglass that will go as part of the national statuary collection inside the u.s. capitol with d.c. finally getting two statues to go along with the other 50 states' statues that are inside the capitol. there's another statue going up, but we'll talk about that later. that was the first part of the question. the second part of the question was, where is the only statue of an african-american woman? and, of course, that statue is also in lincoln park, and that's a statue of mary mcleod bethune. now, one of the interesting things about these two statues in lincoln park is how they're positioned. the freedom's memorial, the statue of lincoln and archer alexander, sits in the exact center of lincoln park, and when the statue went up, lincoln faced the u.s. capitol. so lincoln faced west. when they decided to put the statue of mary mccloud bethune in lincoln park, they put mary mccloud bethune in the east end of the park. so the setup in the park wa

. >> he is seen by many as latin america's martin luther king. he was assassinated 30 years ago. our correspondent has been there examining archbishop romero's legacy. >> he was celebrating mass in 1980, but a turning point in the history of this central american country. a few days before he died, he said that if he was killed, he would rise again in the salvadoran people. 30 years later, how present is his figure among salvadorans? he dedicated his years as archbishop trying to end the use of violence involving the country, a conflict that would later sparked a civil war that would kill 70,000 people. his death and the

a 54-mile march to montgomery and in montgomery martin luther king gave the how long?speech on the steps of the state capitol and that was 45 years ago today. yesterday in "the washington post," that picture's article included this statement, putting our political fights against the legacy of civil rights. former republican house speaker newt gingrich said obama and the democrats will regret their decision to push for comprehensive health care reform calling the bill the most radical social experiment in modern times, quote, they will have destroyed their party much as lyndon johnson shattered the democratic party for 40 years with the enactment of civil rights legislation in the 1960s. yeah, democrats, you don't want to make another big mistake like you did with civil rights. you sure regret supporting civil rights, the way that worked out. he later clarified, saying what he meant was lbj was right to sign major civillbj was right, t shouldn't have supported things likes bussing or otherwise not have gotten so far ahead of the country on civil rights. i would not have

book i thought snic contribution was undervalued and my a friend said your purpose is to write martin luther king and you cannot do that there is a small degree of truth that i think that ingrained privilege could only be a challenge from the bottom of by breaking the law vocationally you actually have to confront this problem with an active challenge and part of the problem of both legal challenge and a dairy bus boycotts which serve very useful things i don't mean to dismiss them but only to contrast them but part of the problem is they try to work within the bounds of the law and try to change the and just system and the greatness of the sit-in was a step outside of that injustice so we will no longer participate in any way in that system. that was a radical break with what had gone on before. one of the myths that i would like to correct that in part to comment king he was shot in the fifties but snic has a much more ghandi non violent approach and king has to catch up with that and we also read him back of the boycott when in fact, he was much more timid and cautious in 1957 than he wou

a believer in martin luther king and in gandhi. a person who, again, continues to speak out, even from prison. even after the repeated beatings that he's received time and time and time again. he has been placed in sol taret confinement, he has lost many of his teeth and yet he continues to speak out. and unfortunately where are the international organizations demanding his release? and i can continue to go on and on and on, we need to talk about some of these heroes that can never be forgotten, that we need to stand with them, next to them, behind them in solidarity, but to also speak on she this issue and tell us a little bit about -- to speak on this issue and tell as you little bit about -- i believe he spoke to the doctor who is on the hunger strike recently, to talk about that is a person who has dedicated his life for the cause of freedom, who has spent many years in public service, who will, even though will be leaving congress soon, will not stop fighting for the cause of freedom everywhere, not only in cuba, but obviously

but when i heard of martin luther king jr. i heard his voice on the radio and felt like he was speaking directly to me saying you could do something and i got in the way. i've been getting in the way now more than 50 years. >> guest: were you scared? >> host: you come to the point where you lose that sense of fear as something that is so good and so right and so necessary that you have to continue to push on and that is what i think we all have to do, continue to push, continue to build. >> guest: have you reconciled with any of the white people that were calling you names since those days? >> host: i have had an opportunity to meet some of the individuals only that call me names and people that have me arrested in jail but one of the people that beat a group of us on the freedom rides in may of 1961 to be exact was may 9th, 1961 in south carolina. after president barack obama was elected and inaugurated a man about my age came to washington to visit my office on capitol hill and said mr. lewis i'm one of the people who attack

. >> he is seen by many as latin america's martin luther king. he was assassinated 30 years ago. our correspondent has been there examining archbishop romero's legacy. >> he was celebrating mass in 1980, but a turning point in the history of this central american country. a few days before he died, he said that if he was killed, he would rise again in the salvadoran people. 30 years later, how present is his figure among salvadorans? he dedicated his years as archbishop trying to end the use of violence involving the country, a conflict that would later sparked a civil war that would kill 70,000 people. his death and the violent confrontation during his funeral ignited international condemnation and created an embarrassment for the united states government, seen at the time as an ally of house obligor's -- el salvador's right wing regime. his tomb is visited every sunday by dozens of worshipers. >> for us, he is like a modern- day jesus. he fought and shed his blood for us. i think he is a role model for all of us, and that is why i wear this romero t-shirt and follow his ideolog

opposition to the health care bill, but he also heard some bizarre shouts about not being with martin lutherthe day he was shot. that, however, was mild compared to the racial epithets hurled at african-american lawmakers like john lewis and james clyburn. emanuel cleaver was even spat upon. antigay slurs were shouted at congressman barney frank as he made his way through the halls of congress. in their determination to intimidate democrats did the tea party do more to scare off republicans who have tried to co-opt their anger? nancy skinner is a progressive radio talk show host and armstrong is a conservative talk show host. armstrong, what did you make of what happened saturday and what it says about the tea party movement? >> listen, i think overall the tea party is representative of most americans' angst against the policies and agenda of the obama administration and disenchantment with congress republicans and democrats. i think the chance of tts of th word is so outrageous and shocking, even those hearing that should have condemned this and expressed outrage immediately. i don't think

martin luther king had a simple message. [applause] >> justice cannot wait. on this mall in 1963, dr. king said, justice cannot wait. he was right. and i say to you today, justice cannot wait for immigration cannot wait for the fear of politicians. [applause] >> today we are flipping over a new page on the calendar. yesterday's page was fear and finger-pointing and waiting. we are turning a new page that says justice. and you know what else the new immigrant calendar says, now, justice now! justice now! justice now! [speaking spanish] >> i like those words. we will repeat them again and again until we turn our hope into victory and we are heard. as with dr. king, that justice now and that building back there, congress passed the civil rights act and president johnson made equality for averages? -- african-americans. how did he do it? he did it with a simple pen. abraham lincoln had a pen. lyndon johnson had a pen. my friend, barack obama, has a pen. barack obama's pen can turn our hope into victory. [applause] >> and we want barack obama to use his pen. he wa

martin luther king changed the world without a single act of violence. ghandhi was right in many ways. this might be the most dangerous monologue i have ever done. because i'm telling you now, they need you to be violent. they are begging for it. you're being set-up. do not give them what they want. i saw a report earlier today on fox about some congressman how they are getting death threats because they voted for health care. i have to tell you, i don't know what to believe any more. i don't know if that's true or not. if it is, do not being become them. not only is it nuts and wrong, it's exactly what they want. that's what they did! they dropped the radical pose for the radical ends. don't play into their script. they need you to become them! that's who they were in the 1960s and they know how the game ends. they know -- i know it is extremely frustrating now and these people are doubling down. but do not give them what they want. remain who you have always been a decent, religious and moral people. do not pick anything up except your religious script

the assassination of bobby kennedy and martin luther king and the tet offensive, that is what got me interested in news. the only new skill that i had after three years in the navy was the knowledge of military affairs. that is how i began. >> you went to princeton. what a mistake -- you went to yale. >> i did a brisk start of graduate school. i had to be honest with myself and tell myself that i was facing the draft. >> what years were you in the navy? >> 1956 to 1969. >> you were on the destroyer the entire time? >> based in pearl harbor. we would spend six months and come home for about a year and then go back. that is what i spent my three years doing, going back and forth. >> in your report, you're attached to the pentagon. name one place that you would go all the time to stay up with what was going on. >> the one that i always had the most interesting time at, and most surprised by, is the army's training command. that is where they figure out what the next war will look like and how they are going to train for it. the amount of thinking that goes on down there, the amount of t

martin luther king said, of life's most persistent and urgent question is what are you doing for others? today and tomorrow and i believe history will record and that democrats did something, democrats did something for the least of us in our society and it was the right thing to do and i ask my colleagues whose side are you going to be on? be on the side of the insurance companies? be on the side of the american public? thank you. >> thank you. mr. sessions of texas. >> thank you mr. chairman, we have an opportunity well on this committee to offer our own opinions and i think it's a misnomer for anyone to say that this is about insurance. what this bill is about is about how the government will play out the health care system to all of americans and i have several questions i'd like to go through. the first observation i'd like to make is that sitting on this panel sometimes i'm not have problems but i don't think it's been straight forward and when we talk about the bill. sometimes we talk about what might be the senate bill and sometimes the house bill and remix those up about what's

. -- martin luther king jr.alled america's attention to that paradox, to that contradiction, to that schizophrenic life that we had led. >> martin luther king jr. had a lieutenant who was a giant of a leader in his own right. and we are honored to serve of with him. in my view the most historic figure that serves among the 535 of us who have been given the privilege to represent our people and defend the constitution and protect and preserve our democracy. john lewis is a giant among us. a quiet, self-e facing, humble giant. but a giant nonetheless. 45 years ago civil rights activists attempted to march from selma to montgomery, to demand that their governor honor their right to vote and their god-given equality. remember jefferson's words that our rights are not given by the majority. they're not given by congress. they're not even given by the constitution. they are given to us by a power higher than us. that is the glory of america, that every individual is an important being endowed by their creator with cer

wolf blitzer asked him why would martin luther king endorse you.id he would get america to hold us accountable. mr. obama has been loathe to embrace the issue of race, first of all, but secondly, to target these poorer communities which happen to be african-american and latino with specific funds. he says a rising tide lifts all boats. the reality is if you ain't got a boat, you can't get in the boat to be lifted. i think we have to talk about boat making. we have to talk about economic and fiscal integrity for the communities. we have to talk about the trillions of dollars that were bled off. i think the congressional black caucus is doing what it should do, hold the president accountable to the issues that every president, by the way, not just him, every president before mr. obama who was white dealt with the issue of race in one form or another. bill clinton with the race initiative, george bush dealing with africa and across the board. we can't expect a black president not to do what other white presidents have done. lyndon johnson dealt with i

and we miss martin luther king. >> actually, right now, we're working to get some of our third gradersp with homework. and between mentoring. and our gardening and greening projects out back. it was just always a lot to do. >> besides promoting learning, educators say volunteers also show the kids that others care. >> uh-oh. >>> andrea fujii, wjz eyewitness news. >>> and if you are interested in volunteering at a city school, you can find more information on wjz.com. just click on local news. >>> and we like that idea. >> we love that idea. >> paid days for volunteering, yes. >>> straight ahead. raging flames. a texas strip mall, consumed by fire. what was lost in the blaze. >>> famous suit. it's what o.j. simpson was wearing. >>> some snow will move into the region. bob will have the updated first warning forecast when we come back. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, it's a revolution in pain relief. [ male announcer ] icy hot medicated roll for wherever you hurt, icy to dull pain, hot to relax it away. icy hot medicated roll. with the roll, pain's under control. >>> a massive four-alarm fire broke out i

martin luther king and benjamin banneker and i'd be wells, but also of some people, sleeves, just ordinary people throughout history. >> can you give me an example of one of these arms on the people? >> sure. there are several letters from slaves who are writing to each other to family members from whom they've been separated letting them know how they are trying to find out how their loved ones a fair and not people we would have known of. >> kuhl due to come up on the project and how do you select the letters? >> that was pretty insane. i went through thousands of letters of the course of five years and some of the themes naturally emerge so i wanted to look at black family life through letters. so after a while there was a sort of organizing principal through these themes and then by a range them chronologically. but i try to kind of create a narrative to shoot a historical art. so the book begins with the letters of people in the 1700's. some were sleeves and some like benjamin banneker writing the powerful letters to thomas jefferson was free and one of the last letters in the book wa

grunfeld business don't get in trouble again in the way but when i hurt martin luther king, jr. and i heard his voice on the radio it was like he spoke directly to me. i got in the way. and i have now 40 or 50 years and. >> guest: were you scared? >> host: you come to a point* that you lose that sense of fear it is so good and right and necessary that you continue to push on. that is what we have to do to continue to push. >> guest: heavy reconciled with any of the white people that were calling you names? >> host: i had an opportunity to meet some of the individuals that not only called me names that had rearrested or put me in jail but one of the people that the beach a group of us may 1961 after obama was elected and inaugurated, a man about my age came to washington to visit my office on capitol hill and said, mr. lewis, one of the people that attack to in rock hill and i want to apologize. will you please forgive me? he started crying and said his father had been trying to convince him to do this for many years and finally he did it so we embraced and we both cried. >> gues

when i heard of martin luther king jr., i heard his voice on the radio. i felt like he was singing to me. i have been getting in the way for more than 60 years. >> guest: where you scared? >> host: you come to a place where you lose that sense of fear. something is so good and right and necessary that you have to continue to push on. that is what we all have to do. continue to push, continued to build. >> guest: have you reconciled with any of the white people that were calling you names? >> host: i have had an opportunity to meet some of the individuals, not only that called me names or that have me arrested or in jail. one of the people on the freedom ride in may of 1961, may 9th 1961. after president brock obama was elected ected and inaugurated an about my age came to washington and said mr. lewis one of the people who attacked the. wie please forgive me. he started trying. he told me that his son had been trying to do this for many years and finally he did it. we hugged and embraced. we both cried really. >> guest: knowing you, you probably forgive h

at some point i read an amazing sermon by martin luther king. basically, he said. don't get on the bus. because you still have to live with these people. i kind of realized that was the sort of political action that i wanted to be a part of. i wanted to recognize the dignity of living. sarah and i did finally have one final clarification over these issues. or rather i did, since by then she was gone. i had written a book of reflections called the end of time, which was not a political book, but it envy against the illusions that had possessed my youth. did so in terms that were uncompromising and that instruct at my father's face. what i had learned through the most painful experiences of my life, i wrote, was to pay attention to the differences. it was a lesson at odds with the moral teachings that have come down to us across the millennium. all of prophet. we are one, high and low, strong and weak, we are all incarnations of the same divine spirit. underneath our skins, all are akin. do we really regard ourself with one as rapist and murders, or should we? many t

among the conspiracies he writes about, the assassinations of lincoln, jfk, malcolm x, martin lutherinoouuther king, rfk, a about watergate and stolen election of 2000 and 2004 and 9/11 and wall street. why did you write this? >> at first i didn't want to write this book, larry. when the publishers came to me and wanted me to do after the success of my last book, i didn't want to do it because i didn't feel motivated to do it. then i thought it over for about a week. i thought, you know, i've got to do this book, because i want 100 years from now when people look back at this time when we're all gone, i want them to be able to read and understand that not all of us, not everyone believed what the government said or what our, quote, history books talk about. because it's very interesting when you get into all these conspiracies how much documentation there is. people can choose not to believe them, but i will tell you this. this book is a very good read, and it will entertain you because it's not like tom clancy or vince flynn where they're making up stories and making up people and w

is an intelligence community and the man who ran it talks about this as well that wires tapped martin luther king, a two supreme court justices, monitored for protesters, black panthers, and social activist, and in the '70s when this was exposed and to committees on congress held by the commissions that were very famous, it is a searing experience in the intelligence committee with a whole generation of officials brought up with the mantra we do not spy on americans. that is why after 9/11 when the nsa was shown to be spying on american summit people in the intelligence community pushed back against that characterization and said it was not spying on americans. if you say that today the connotation is spying on them for political purposes to oppress the first amendment rights. the prohibition on that has been pretty well but today we spy on tariffs. if you are in communication but my fear and i don't believe people in the intelligence committee that and the wake of another attack peaceable assembly or free-speech become luxuries that perhaps the intelligence committee fears that it cannot af

and so i wanted to say today, this day, sunday, march 21, 1965, martin luther king jr.ma to montgomery, alabama. this day, we the people who made america great, we stand together this day, united under one flag, our voice is becoming one, redefining this nation -- no, not this nation, our nation. we are the nation stretching from the corners of the world. we came to you from the prairies to the oceans with visions of a better future. with our strength, we carry the statements of our ancestors, planted now for our next generation, and guiding our children and demanding the dream of their future. this day, hope will no longer be a sacrifice bunt with each surviving rat, we continued to grow. with each obstacle we continue to unite as one. no longer will we the people be slaughtered and beaten. we command the strength of a mustard seed and the courage of our ancestors, demanding the mountains and the prairie as, we will be heard! [applause] we will be heard! and hope -- and hope, the hope of a better future, [unintelligible] comprehensive immigration reform will pass, beca

martin luther king jr. who said, of all forms of inequality, injustice in health care is the most shocking and inhumane. health care is not only a civil right, it's a moral issue. thank you, madame speaker, for your political and moral leadership for helping those to secure a more advanced protection and benefits, especially in the area of mental health and addiction. thank you, president obama, for delivering on your promise of providing the politics of hope rather than the politics of fear. i yield back the balance of my time. wellbeing. we're all striving for it. purina cat chow helps you nuture it in your cat... with a full family of excellent nutrition... and helpful resources. ♪ purina cat chow. share a better life. at sharp, our goal is to reproduce every color in the world on tv. introducing quattron quad pixel technology. it adds a fourth color, yellow, to the standard rgb color system, creating a vast array of colors you can't see with your tv's three color technology. but, you can see this. whoa!

. >>> on this day in 1965, civil rights demonstrators led by martin luther king began their march from to the state capital in montgomery. they made it across the edmund pettis bridge after twice being turned back. stay tuned for more from our panel.  >>> i am convinced that when you go out there and you are standing tall and you are saying i believe that this is the right thing to do for my constituents and the right thing to do for america that ultimately the truth will out. >> that was president obama on capitol hill saturday urging house democrats to take the political risk and vote for healthcare reform in what he said could be a tough vote. we are back with the panel. mara, almost does president obama have riding on the vote today? what does victory and converse defeat mean for the presidency? >> it means a tremendous amount. the cost to him of this failing are almost immeasurable. i think his presidency would be pretty much crippled and he would have failed to get a signature initiative and the democrats could look like they can't govern. how much does h

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that sells necessarily the that is how you end up our community is different than it was when martin luther king. there are different voices and i guess what me step back a little bit. when we talk about what barack obama's agenda is and what he has not been able to get accomplished first of all a lot of things people ascribed to him as he wanted to get accomplished he never said he was going to do and so i feel we have to sort of back up and say what did he say he was granted a for instance when we talk about afghanistan he's doing exactly what he said he was going to do. people say we should be out of the war but he said on the campaign trail i'm going to increase the troops in afghanistan. so that's not something you can knock him on because he said he was going to do that and a number of other issues similar. so i think that is one issue. the second part is i'm not sure -- i think going back to the question earlier there were certain segments of the community who may be some who were not participating, young people and people who otherwise feel like they are left out of the sort of main

. >> these new leaders have no memory of the civil right s era and can't remember the martin luther kingnation. joining us now is roslyn brock. the naacp, who does it represent today? is it just a civil rights organization for african-americans, or do you believe that hispanics and other immigrants are part of the umbrella of the naacp? >> the naacp is not just a civil rights organization, it is the nation's oldest and largest civil rights organization in this nation, charged with the responsibility to ensure equal opportunity and access for all americans. and when we speak about people of color, we're really speaking to have the issues of american who feels that they've been locked out of a prosperous society. we are a multi-cultural, multi-racial organization and we are intending and want to, as we enter our first -- the first year of our second scentennial, to cast a broader net. to welcome all americans who are interested in fairness and dignity and equal opportunity for all to come and join us. >> and let's get specific. i mean, what do you view as your real agenda items now? >> we

martin luther king once said the quality, not the longevity of one's life is what is important. because vern hunter cared enough to make a difference, austin and this nation that he loves so much and served his whole life was made better. in a remarkable statement, at a moment of such great pain, the hunter family expressed its personal forgiveness of the suicide attacker and expressed sympathy for the attacker's family. these moving words of peace reflect the power of their own faith and the strength of spirit both of the hunter family and the greater mount zion baptist family led by reverend clark. vern, his life, and his family are a testament ability what is best in our country. in him, we've lost a true american hero. today i respectfully ask that my colleagues join in adopting this resolution to honor him, the other victims, the employees, and the rescuers to renounce violence against those who are serving our country. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from louisiana is recognized. >> i'd like to recognize such time as he may c

mcconnell and the book went for a number of years talks about this in the book as well, that wiretaps martin luther king, that wiretaps to supremes to court justices that monitored war protesters and the black panthers that monitored all kind of social activists. and in the 70's when all this was exposed into committees on congress held by the church and pike commission, this is a searing experience in the intelligence committee and you have a whole generation of officials who've been brought up the mantra we don't spy on americans, we don't find americans. and this is why after 9/11 when the nsa was shown to in fact be spying on some americans, so many people in the intelligence community actually push back against the characterization and said no, no, no this wasn't spying on americans. when you think spying, the connotation of spying on them were political purposes, spying on them to repress their first amendment rights. and the prohibition on that has been pretty well drilled in to the intelligence community. today we're spying on terrorists, bad actors and if you're into negation of the terror

a famous revolutionary, martin luther, said that peace is possible, truth at all costs. washington. they're taking our nation down our road -- down a road. true, false? amen. listen, i am dedicating my life to making sure that they are kept in check, to bringing down corruption, and i hope more people will join me. keep up the fight and keep going. i love all of your support. i'm going out across the nation, so keep but up. good will always prevail. [applause] and i think andrew breitbart is coming up next, so give a warm welcome to the man that made this all happen. [applause] [cheers and applause] >> i don't know why i did that. thank you for coming. and out what to be here to take some lessons from the mainstream media. i've got a guy here that is going to tell us that we're spending our children's future and it is not sustainable. i am the one here to tell you that the mainstream media has one thing in its mind right now , and they have the exact same objective as nancy pelosi. and that is to marginalize this group, this movement. and that started last saturday. we s

on march 21, 1945, martin luther king jr. led a march across the he had monday pettis bridge -- across the edmon pettis bridge. it was a march across that bridge towards a greater freedom for many americans. it was a march for a better quality of life for many americans. indeed, it was a march across the bridge for freedom and a better realization of the promise of our democracy. today, march 21, 2010, we will cross another bridge. it is not a physical bridge but it is a bridge that too many americans find that they cannot cross, a river that separates them from the security of having available the best health care that is available in the world. available to them. we are here to conclude a day of debate which concludes months of debate in a national conversation that began more than a century ago. but this much is beyond debate. american health care is on an unsustainable course. by the end of this debate, another family will have fallen into bankruptcy because someone had the bad fortune simply to be sick. more families wil

we think is conservative radicals we have to follow the example of martin luther king and use those ethical principles. i've updated a lot of these rules are what we used in starting the tea party movement back and figure choice of seven, 2009. the very first rule is it's better to be 85% right and quick than 85% slow. we used nine of morency's rules. the general idea is it's rules for a collaborative consensus development of action projects in self organizing groups. so that's what we're trying to do. >> so you are marking figure 27 is the first day of the tea party and that is because? >> well, on february 27, 2009, our groups on third and organized 51 t. parties across the country. and so that was really quite -- with 30,000 people there and we did it within a day and a week of bricks and kelly's famous rant on february 19, 2009. in the day after that, eric odom put together the attack date tea party website and we kept doing what we've been doing come using conference calls and twitter and facebook and so the rules for conservative radicals use outline for the tea party movement. >> are

said by martin luther king in his famous letter from birmingham jail. greece will continue to stand with the united states and our common quest for justice against all forms of tyranny and oppression in order to keep our world a place what it is worth living. thank you very much, and i now have the honor to invite his eminence, the archbishop. archbishop, it is right nice to be here with you. [applause] >> mr. president, once again, as greek american orthodox community, we have the great honor and privilege to be your guest of the white house on the occasion of the annual celebration of the greek independence day. we are deeply grateful for your kindness, and for your commitment to pursue what's in his letter to the philippians describes as what ever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is jobs, whatever is. , whatever is lovely and whatever is gracious. it is exactly in the spirit of these words of saint paul that we experienced the celebration at the white house today. we are also happy to have with those, and honor to have with is the prime minis

çtoday i am scheduled to gradue early. qi am the emcee for the annual martin luther king event on campus must admit, even today i sometimes wake up shocked at how my life has turned around. i believe caring is contagious. i think it is my duty to help other people. this provides youngi] people wih i have had the opportunity to helpt(xdçç others to help infm people in power about how their support can make a real difference. lastt( month i give at( keynote çaddress. ççokkmç believe my ideas havd raise awareness. i want to let people know how beneficial educational support is for helping people succeed. i tried to show that i came through similar struggles, but this imperative to live positive live. saugh i want to help as many people as i can. i want to help america's promise to allow me to share my stories. i want to thank president obama and general and mrs. powell. it is my privilege to introduce someone who was been a leader. none more important than the campaign on behalf of our nation's youth. please welcome general colin powell. [applause] >> thank you very much. thank you fo

i am speaking at the annual martin luther king event on campus. i must admit, even the day i wake up shock about how my life has turned around. justice those caring adults were there for me, it is time for me to help other people to help america's promises commitment to prosper and give back. i had the opportunity to serve others by bringing my voice of past experiences and informing people in power about how other support to make a real difference. i spoke at the massachusetts event, with bringing greater awareness to let young people like myself become successful. for speaking engagements like this, i want people to know how beneficial this is to help troubled teenagers improve themselves. i try to show my peers that it is possible and imperative to live a possible -- a positive light. i am trying to help as many people as i can. i want to thank america's promise for allowing me to share my story. i also want to thank president barack obama and secretary of state powell for the support that dramatically changed my life. now it is my privilege to

is have a methodology for social change that is really taken from the teachings of people like martin lutherviolent, peaceful, and constructive. yes, it is passionate and it is often critical and challenging, but we are not trying to destroy our government. we know that we need the federal government to be part of the solution. again, i think with the tea party -- their rhetoric sometimes feels to me like we have declared war on the federal government. it is like they are enemies. we feel like that is not accurate. it is the only apparatus we have for collective decision making and action. we need the federal government to be part of the solution. we want to have constructive, solution oriented conversations with people in congress, not go out there and say we are against you and everything you stand for. that is not going to help us deal with the challenges that we face. in terms of agenda and policy and all that, we have to come together as a community and practice democracy. we're going to have to learn to deliberate in a constructive way. that requires changing some of our habits and may

martin luther king. he said that the measure of a person is not where they stand in times of comfort and privilege, but where they stand in times of challenge and controversy. the question comes for each of us in this room -- as the country faces one of its greatest challenges in modern history, where do we stand and what do we stand for? where do we stand and what do we stand for? we live in challenging and controversial times. we have a constitution that is the framing, and glorious document for this nation, that is under assault. our freedoms are under assault. our common sense is under assault. our financial responsibility to our children and our grandchildren is under assault. the question comes -- are you ready? are you ready to fight back? are you ready to take this country back? by your presence here tonight, you have answered this question. your presence says enough is enough. we're going to take this country back. we're going to give our children and grandchildren the right to the american drea

is have a methodology for social change that is really taken from the teachings of people like martin luther-- non-violent, peaceful, and constructive. yes, it is passionate and it is often critical and challenging, but we are not trying to destroy our government. we know that we need the federal government to be part of the solution. again, i think with the tea party -- their rhetoric sometimes feels to me like we have declared war on the federal government. it is like they are enemies. we feel like that is not accurate. it is the only apparatus we have for collective decision making and action. we need the federal government to be part of the solution. we want to have constructive, solution oriented conversations with people in congress, not go out there and say we are against you and everything you stand for. that is not going to help us deal with the challenges that we face. in terms of agenda and policy and all that, we have to come together as a community and practice democracy. we're going to have to learn to deliberate in a constructive way. that requires changing some of our habits