martin luther king jr. delivered his i have a dream speech. mckinzey took a look back at that speech. >> reporter: 250,000 people descended on washington, d.c., coming from everywhere by bus, train, car and thousands had walked. they marched to the mall where the reverend martin luther king jr. already renowned as a fearless leader was to make the speech of his life. >> i have a dream. >> reporter: the reverend cecil william of dwight memorial church was there. >> i just said, something exciting is really taking place today. because there were just hoards of people. i mean people coming from every direction. and i was so proud to be a proud of that. it was, it was i had never seen that many people before in my life. so it was the form and the movement and the energy and the commitment and spirit of the people. >> martin luther king knew that his speech had to reach out beyond the immediate crowd to touch the hearts of people everywhere. so after detailing the suffering and injustice that people endured he wound up with the message of hope. >>

but martin luther king, jr. is a perfect example where martin luther king, jr. was a preacher. he was a minister. but this great pioneer no civil rights too is what martin luther king, jr. was. so we were asked to take on the mantel of cecil williams had been doing for many years. and we had 5,000 people coming together to celebrate justice. it was a real wonderful opportunity for us to also reconnect and connect again with our brothers and sisters, not only in the african- american community but for instance, the contemporary jewish museum. we were partners in this event and they opened the doors and they challenged people. and they said what is your dream? it was really a wonderful, wonderful opportunity for us to show the role of the faith community in a positive light in what we can do. >> thank you so much. we'll take a quick break. ,,,, >>> it's become more normal for clergy across the spectrum to gather. >> i have to make a correction. it's not only clergy. but it's clergy and layty. but as you may know as a former congregational rabbi, that was very important in the reg

i was not in the white house when martin luther king made that speech. it was in april of 1968 when he made that speech at riverside church in which he came out strongly. i am told by the people who remained at the white house that lyndon johnson was vitriolic and bitter about that, because he thought it would undermine his cause, undermined the war. after that speech, black folks really began to question, really began to believe martin luther king about the fact that they were fighting the war, day and working class white people. that has been true of all wars and our time. i saw a study of the personnel, the fighting forces in afghanistan. most of them come from working families. many of them because they cannot get a job at home. war thrives on the victims it creates on the battlefield and on the blood and muscle of young men and women who wind up serving when others purchase their way out of it. tavis: for my money, nobody has ever done it better than bill moyers. i have the honor to be on the network at least that overlapped his service for a number

martin luther king told lyndon johnson that, lyndon johnson listened as he argued, and lbj said to dr. king, go out there and make it possible for me to do the right thing. that is where real change comes. but the reason we have poets and the reason we both talked to artists and others is we fight back by celebrating what is good in our lives. the creativity of authors, the enthusiastic populism of general hightower, the restrictive journalism of lopez. when you read it biggio funny talking about -- when you leap -- when you read giovanni talking about love, you want to fight to save a species that make love and a world that is hospitable to the portrait of love. we fight back by celebrate what

martin luther king." and we're going to pretty much have a lot of subtle messages saying, "well, what if this happened to america? and this is how we feel." and i happened to be in hamburg, germany, when all of it was going down. and like i said, it was like--it was a highlight of my career, being that we played in arizona with u2 in sun devil stadium, no pun intended. you know, everybody was expecting the big p.e. show to open up for u2. and we played that song and then got off the stage. and by the next year, they voted in a dr. martin luther king holiday. my whole thing was saying that you can spur and you can trigger minds into not being so much asleep by using art, using song, to make them think progressively against what's wrong or what's ignored. oftentimes, when we're not heard or seen while we're in pain, you know, it's business as usual in america. and my whole thing is to say, "well, sometimes it can't be business as usual, because slavery was business as usual." and if you have the discussion

martin luther king jr. letter from the birmingham utter jeal this year with his private to his wife who in 1960 rights from a state prison. >> this is from martin luther jim came to be cut to his wife to read october 26, 1960. hello, darling. today i find myself a long way from you and the children. i am at the state prison in reads bill which is about 230 miles away from atlanta. they picked me up from the dekalb jail at around 4:00 a.m. this morning. i know this whole experience is very difficult for you. especially in the conditions of your pregnancy. but as i said to you yesterday, this is the cross we must bear for the freedom of our people. so i urge you to be strong in a safe and this will in turn strengthen me. i can assure you it is extremely difficult to think of being away from you, my little yokie and mardy for four months by ask god for the power of endurance i have the faith to believe that this excess of suffering and this will in some little way serve to make atlanta a better city to mcgeorg

it's usually considered of interest only because it was the home of sort of martin luther king j.r., but i wanted to explore atlanta because i knew it was a home to a sizable african-american middle class, many black colleges, and i thought that in part because the white city fathers always considered it a place of racial moderation, that it would be a good place with much to explore, dynamics, and the civil rights movement. >> what did you find? was it a success story? >> well, in some ways it was a success story including for many members of the black civil class coming of age after the landmark civil rights legislation of the 1960s, but the story that i tell in my book is a little bit more complicated. it also shows that for many african-americans in atlanta, a city that one would think would be a perfect place to tell a story about civil right's success, it wasn't all successful for everyone. there was a lot of failure including for a group of african-american women who were welfare right atavists. i tell their story in the third part of the book who challenged not only whites, b

planes into buildings and lobbing cruise missiles into civilian neighborhoods hama gandhi and martin luther king jr just sat there literally they just sat there they relied on their message and the righteousness of their cause and they sat there and they marched and they demonstrated and they didn't move and before long but masses bought in not because they were forced to at the end of a gun barrel but because right prevailed over right because gandhi and king used nonviolence because they use nonviolence they were successful were others like bush and bin laden and failed and we see the same dynamic playing out all across the middle east and north africa in egypt in tunisia we saw the two strategies collide peaceful protests clashing with violent government put downs and in both egypt and tunisia nonviolence on the day and both those nations there were two voices conspicuously absent bin laden's bushes no one wanted any part of their violent messages why because the people are finally catching on that it doesn't work the arab revolts we are witnessing or taking down despots like mubarak and

have a special edition of it you the viewer formally known as i found i and you'll find out what martin luther king jr would have said about celebrating the death of an enemy. girl the fear mongering used by politicians who made decisions. can you trust no one. issue and deal with a global missionary zeal where are we having state controlled capitalism is called fascism when nobody dares to ask we do our t. question more. play got to get we like to find out the time i get. elected i mean it's perfect for him like it is this campaign seemed like he died during my presidency like you couldn't listen really see that i mean come on. i think it is just four more years i mean this i mean economists kind about right now but this is one of the greatest moments this was a very memorable right now. i think this is going to help galvanize support for barack obama among people who are concerned about our military adventures. overseas i think that this demonstrates that obama is pursuing policies that that are work a. good thing we've got a bunch of drunk g.w. students that tell us how it's going to be in

martin luther king. the principles that the practice, the compassion, the vision, the perseverance, are all those same kind of values and principles that i know are being practiced within the iranian american community today as well. whether you want to see a green iran or whether you want to help participate in the civic process in california or in your own city, this is what is very heartwarming, by us coming together on a night like this. i very much appreciate all the dedication that has been applied in making these nowruz events as special as they are. i also would like to say that we would like to have -- we like to have fun. it is really the best part of introducing what nowruz means. that is why over the last six years, we have had art shows in my office. we would have exhibits down here, supported by the mayor, and introduce it to people exactly how we like to celebrate, through the arts, with great food, civic engagement, and it is wonderful to see, and it really helps us appreciate just what a

flames shot high into the sky as an old boarded up victorian burned on 32nd street and martin luther king way. it destroyed the three-story building. firefighters doused the flames. about 45 minutes later it was put out. no victims were found during a search of the building. >> senator barbara boxer is offering a plan to keep gas prices from soaring due to wall street speculation. in los angeles, she announced the plan to take away some of the profits that speculators make by bidding up the price of oil. tomas ramon has more on politics at the pump. >> the bottom line is profit. >> she gassing up at 4.40. in d.c. is where president obama in his weekly address called for an end in the $4 billion in tax subsidies now given to oil and gas companies. >> when oil companies are making huge profits already, we're scouring the federal budget for spending we can afford do without, these tax giveaways are not right. we need to end them. >> exxon reported almost $11 billion in profits in the first four months of this year. barbara boxer slammed oil speculators blaming them for the inflated cost

bob's work has been honored by various groups including the united way of california, martin luther king society of san francisco, the united states congress and state of california. his talents are great and we're happy they reside here on our film commission. thank you, bob, for being here and reupping. don, thank you very much for reserving on this film commission. you have been here since 2000 when you were appointed by former mayor willie brown. why is there such a connection? don has previously served as a board member of the museum of the city and county where he took part in establishing a world class history museum. is a tireless advocate for gay rights and strong supporter of the film industry here in san francisco. don, it's a pleasure, you're advising me, doing great work and i want to welcome you again to the film commission. thank you very much. [applause] our health services board will continue to be a very, very important board for our city. karen breslin, thank you, and congratulations for being elected to that board. pulling from her 26 years of experience working for t

cruz close off access from outbound a 11th street bridge to martin luther king avenue and good hope road, and that has drivers are bracing for the commute over the next few months. >> officials say the latest change in traffic will be on effect for the next six months. we're talking about november before these three lanes will be reopened. their intention is to increase the size of the work zone. drivers around here say it is one more area they have to try to avoid. this president is already dreading the traffic troubles he will tface. >> it's going to be a nightmare. >> he runs the christian ministry along the good hope road. a new traffic pattern means a longer committed for him especially during rush hour. >> monday through saturday is congested. >> over the weekend, vdot is closing both outbound lanes forcing drivers to exit the bridge. the closings will stay on a place as crews worked to rehabilitate the 11th street bridge. officials say that is the good news. the trade-off for having all lanes closed means they should complete the project six months sooner. they will give them more

if this does not change, i believe in martin luther king and mahatma gandhi. i will go to work if this does not change for my driver's. -- drivers. >> michael monroe, marcello fonseca. >> my name is michael monroe. i have been driving cabs in san francisco for over 22 years. i am in medallion honor. the 5% is ridiculous. i have talked to all my customers. they do not mind paying a fee. i had one guy last night took me $35 because he thought it was a travesty. -- tipped me $35 because he thought it was a travesty. do you want to lose the suit -- do you want to lose $30 every two nights from your check? i do not think so. the way bills -- we are not employees, guys. we are independent contractors. you are making us employees. you want us to be independent contractors so you don't pay us benefits, but you want to make us employees by tracking every move we make. that is ridiculous. you can't have it both ways. you just set yourself up for a lawsuit. [applause] >> next speaker. >> i am adala mankata. i am a single mother, a cabdriver for yellow. i am here to prote

the man charged with placing a bomb at the site of a martin luther king day parade will appear in court today. he's seek ago four-month delay in his federal trial for attempted use of a weapons of mass destruction. he's pleaded not guilty. >>> 500 contestants will take part in an all-night scavenger hunt in the new york public library. they'll have to follow clues to find objects in the building's 70 miles of shelves and then write essays inspired by the quest. >>> on this day in 1916, the "saturday evening post the" offered its first cover feature ago normal rockwell painting. >>> all day long, you can stay on top of the very latest developments in those stories and others as they break on msnbc. and tonight be sure to watch brian williams with nbc "nightly news." >>> and, finally, here's a look at what's coming up later this morning on the "today" show. "today" looks at weather dominique strauss-kahn's bail deal is the case of the rich and powerful getting special treatment. and find out the latest details about a mom who said she lied about injecting her 8-year-old daughter with boto

school president for martin luther king twice. my daughter is the president. just different activities. the gardening. just on friday, candlestick park. of whole school was there. it is devastating that my kid does not even want to go there. "i do not want to go to that school. i do not want to go to the school, dad. can we move?" i had a nephew there. it is just really disappointing. as another parent said, we did not have any warning korea there were no letters going out. they did not tell us anything that ms. franklin was one to be dismissed. we are not very happy with the situation, and we appreciate you guys. thank you. >> hi, ibm olivia hendrix. -- i am olivia hendricks. when i think the future washington students, i know they will not get the opportunity to experience all the wonderful things i have which have allowed me the chance to go to college. education is always what is to suffer when problems arise. we are told that knowledge is power and that with it we can do anything. you have lied to us. >> hi, name is emily hernandez. ibm and 11th grader at

my younger son -- my older son goes to hoover, and my daughter goes to martin luther king. i can sit here and tell you the experience i had all three years. as a parent, i am very disappointed with the school board. my kids went to school there since they were born. that is very unbelievable. we miss you over there. thank you. from my daughter and my son, we miss you. i could stay here all day, but i am going to make it short. if you really want to know what i went through, buchanan and now talk to martinas, take a look at the files, of the things -- you can talk to martinas, take a look of the files and all the things i went through. i would say out of 100 staff, only 10 staff were not doing their jobs. i walked up to the counselor and asked, and you know what the answer was? i ain't got time to talk to you. a walk away and he yelled at me. >> i am going to need you to wind up. >> she did not want to speak to me. any child for my child i have a right to be explained to. -- any decision for my child, i have a right to be explained to. i am very disappointed with the princip

and took almost 50 firefighters to contain at martin luther king junior way at 32nd street. reports of injury. >> we had a three story victorian building, heavy fire second and third floor, went into defensive attack knocked down the fire, once the fire was knocked down, we allowed some companies to go inside to extinguish the smaller parts of the fire. >> firefighters say they didn't need any help from outside agencies, because they didn't have any cuts to staffing. >> they also say they had to use all of their resources to protect their nearby homes. >> praise and protest over the latest move to make pope john paul the second a saint. the protesting of today's beautification today in san francisco and around the country n. vatican city hundreds of thousands of catholics packed st. peters square for the ceremony the mass celebrated by pope benedict as he declares his predeuces sore among the blessed in heaven. >> we don't have saints to be like oh, that guy is really awesome, it is so we can aspire to live life like them. >> some say he doesn't deserve the honor because of

flames shot high in the sky as an old house burned on 32nd street and martin luther king way.destroyed the apartment building. firefighters had it under control in about 45 minutes. no victims were found during a preliminary search of the building. >> santa cruz police have released a southwest photo suspected of a strong armed robbery and kidnapping attempt. he is six feet tall and 250 pound, he was wearing jeans and a blue sweatshirt. investigators say around 10:15 a.m. saturday he walked into a retail store in the 1300 block of pacific avenue and demanded money from an employee. when the employee refused to open the cash register he dragged the employee by the arm to the rear of the store. the suspect fled after the employee screamed. if you have any information call santa cruz police. >> sarah palin is getting positive reviews for people that attended a take at a small community college near fresno. west hills college paid the washington speaker's bureau to land palin $115,000. they officials wouldn't say what palin would receive but the school rekoups a fee with a private

i grew up 20 miles away in a town that put martin luther king in jail for a few nights in 1963. when they heard the story of hog zila i wondered why people killed things they don't understand. i would like to read hog zila this is the first timei've read this part one is what i'm reading today. killer of kid and faun, muddy wallower trichinosis and tick. trap smart, nonnative gar gant wan flea bag you root in the oak brush of bogs and swamp. if we killed you now, hog zila, if we took aim for your belly with our cross bow or laser sight and pulled a trigger or let a tripped arrow rip through the night air there wouldn't be a story to tell. while we lay and wait for you to appear, chewing our ciao and the fat lit up on beer, lit up on the last of the evening light. we will harness you in speech, laszo you with language and make you bleed like the common pig you were before all this celebrity. in dreams you are bigger than you will ever be. you must be made to suffer for your mystery. the origin of hogzila. are you spawn of desoto men? long snouted do your upper tusks sharpen the l

the ramp leading to martin luther king jr. ave is changing. the traffic is being deterred. the detour will stay in effect for the rest of the year. drivers should expect delays. >>> in montgomery county middle school is causing controversy. parents say they do not want their kids bused to bethesda. they say for some students, the ride could take up to three hours roundtrip. they want the school board to come up with a different solution. the parents held a petition drive today to oppose the county plan. >> the children would have to wake up early. they would have less time to sleep. that may affect their academics and ability to learn. >> the school is scheduled to be modernized in 2013 and finished in 2015. the county says it does not have a lot of holding school options. it is concerned about the health and safety of students and teachers. the parents won the county to build a new school behind the existing structure so the students will not have to be bused. they are talking to school leaders on wednesday. . >>> it is one of the most anticipated knights of the year in wa

the new martin luther king jr. park was created on the side of a long neglected park. features sports field for football and soccer, a competitive track and picnic areas. >> frankly it was a place that detracted from the neighborhood. it didn't contribute to the neighborhood and so we knew and residents knew this was one place we had to take care of. not just for the future of the kids playing but the future of the neighborhood. the park project started in 2002 and was built with nearly $3000 in public and private funds. more money needs to be raised to finish it. >>> well, some have children serving, others have lost theirs to war. this mother's day weekend some bay area military moms gather together to help each other cope. beyond their pain, their fear and their worry is their unconditional love. how one soldier said thanks, mom. here is anne makovec with the story. >> reporter: this is the face of a mother ho didn't think she would see her son's face this mother's day. >> they did a really good job because hi no idea what was going on. >> reporter: her son is stati

martin luther king jr. made was his decision. it's in keeping with the movement. it was in keeping then. we all must decide for ourselves. what we can do and what we cannot do. dr. king had something in atlanta. he didn't want to violate his probation. on the other hand from the freedom riders said to him we were we are all on probation. we've all been arrested and jailed but we're going to do it. many of the freedom riders were very disappointed that dr. king didn't board the bus in atlanta, after the violence in montgomery and made a decision to continue to ride that he did join us. a great theme in montgomery that we continued to ride with dr. king shaking the hand of one of the freedom riders with his arm hanging out of the window, the freedom riders. dr. king just was shaking his hand as the bus is pulling off. >> woodruff: going forward, did it weaken the movement? did it strengthen the movement? what do you say? >> the freedom ride, the drama of the freedom ride strengthened the movement. it took the movement out of the urban centers off the college campuse

this all went down in front of the 7-11 and atm on martin luther highway.y two men wrestled a gun away from the driver, grabbed the bag of money and took off. officers say a tracking device in the bag led them to the 4400-block of east street in southeast dc and that's where they found two other bags of cash and three guns on a rooftop but no suspects. >>> well, as the borg would say, resistance is futile. they have decided to comply with the federal program that it really doesn't want to comply with because it's pretty much powerless to fight it. under that program, police have to send fingerprints of all jail inmates to an agency. that will help them track down illegal immigrants, but it also undermines trust in the police force. >> how safe can we be if tens of thousands of people who are honest hard working residents of the county are too afraid to call police. >> nationwide the fingerprinting program is credited with helping in more than 100,000 deportations. >>> okay. so $0.05, $0.10. $0.20. how much is it going to cost you to bring home four bags of

there's thurgood marshall and martin luther king. there's also the old phillip burton on mansell. lot of children, a lot of children. and we do our best, a lot of kids come in and some are hungry, i will feed them. sports, i will take care of the sports. we do whatever we can. we are not bad people at all. we just try to work and live and make sure everything is done legally. my employee was there and his job was at stake as well. >> are any of the schools high school? >> i'm sorry? >> are any of the schools the high school level? >> absolutely. thurgood marshall is high school, phillip burton is a high school. >> the other question i have is in your statement, you wrote you estimate approximate 20 to 25 attempts in the past three years failed. >> absolutely. >> do you receive letters? >> absolutely, from the police department congratulating us on a job well done. but i never kept them because i never had a reason to. i've been there since i was 14 years old and we never had any problem like this and we try our best, we really do. >> you're aware they come in and try to catch you.