martin luther king. i wish that on this day all of us could come together and start 2015 off as coming together and it does not matter what race culture, sexuality you are. we just come together and be respectful and mindful of each other's lives. host: christine is up next. the flow, new york. -- buffalo, new york. caller: i would like to a pit of my's dr. barack obama. -- i would like to epitomize dr. barack obama. i am a registered nurse, his legacy will be obamacare. his good and bad points. i feel the six years of struggle he has is not akin to what martin luther king did for his people and for all the people of the united states. host: before you go, let me read you this tweet. i do not know that anyone in america truly embodies mlk's legacy. president obama is simply a byproduct of that legacy. would you agree with that? caller: no, i do not. he came into his own. he had a struggle just like mlk did. he is trying to promote the best for america. it is not that he is not been without his problems.

certainly, martin luther king did.here are many times in this country where we do enter war whether we agree or not. it happens by majority. we will always have differences of opinion. the great thing about this country is that the constitution allows that. host: how will you be commemorating martin luther king jr. day? guest: i started here this morning. there was a parade. i will be joining my staff for a project. i will travel back to washington later. host: what will that service project the? guest: we will be doing a lot of work with the homeless shelter. we do work with the children, reading and going to the library . continuing to express the importance of knowing our history so that we will not have to repeat it every year, over and over again. just be reminded that we can stay focused on continuing to fight for the goals that dr. king had in mind. host: we have a caller on our line for democrats. net, good morning. caller: thank you so much, representative johnson. i just want to say that it is great to have y

martin luther king, jr. people said it was important for them to be here and their children as well. >> reporter: in honor of the historic march hundreds of people walked today in san francisco for a journey. >> we have marched marched and we have shown the world we can march in peace. >> reporter: a celebration of dr. martin luther king, jr.'s birthday. . >> things have changed. they got better but we have a lot of the sim issue -- same issue. same issues dr. martin luther king had. >> he is one of many parents educating his kids. >> reporter: what do you know about him? >> he helped black people vote. he gave us speech about how he wanted change and things to be equal. >> reporter: those are things she hopes to teach her daughter. >> i hope that from exposing her to these events and going to school and from the books at home that she will have that exposure and understanding of what happened. >> she believes it is time to pass the torch. >> we need learn how to embrace the young folks and bring them in. ye

martin luther king, jr. holiday. >> reporter: it appears a thousand demonstrators marched from the fruit vale b.a.r.t. station -- fruit vale b.a.r.t. station. >> never ended. just continued until now and only difference is that the voice of today's generation is a voice with more power because there is more freedom of expression. >> reporter: some protests generated a back lash. vandalism and violence in oakland, san francisco and berkeley. those whotherm strug of the 1960s say today -- who remember the struggles of the 1960s say some got it wrong. >> they are going about it the wrong way. the windsoes, as far as -- windows, as far as trashing stuff doesn't solve the problem. . >> reporter: they say this is a new era. >> it would be more radical. like i said when you implement strategy and they don't work you have to change the strategy. . >> he will act up to get attention. that is all it is. >> reporter: the protesters are gone from this area and the coliseum b.a.r.t. station is back in service. one warrio

martin luther king jr.ld have been a leader in the black lives matter movement. >> i believe that if he was alive, that he would have a lot to say about what's going on about, you know, the system in itself and how all the work he put in at that time period hasn't really achieved to the magnitude he hoped it would achieve too. >> he said he enjoys delivering his message to predominantly white people calling them game changers. >>> and thousands of people joined a movie cast members and went to the bridge. oprah winfrey said running to selma was an unforgettable experience. >> it was a great life experience. this would be one seeing john legend sing bridge over troubled water and glory on the bridge, that's something i will never forget. >> the movie selma shows the campaign leading up to the historic march leading from selma to montgomery alabama. >>> and this is all in washington d.c., department of homeland security jeh johnson is scheduled to make some remarks there at a ceremony at the martin luther kin

martin luther king jr.0 was overhead. >>> cumberland county, bridge ton's mayor is using today's holiday to call for calm. it comes three weeks after a police-involved shooting. reed was shot and killed during a traffic stop on december 30th. the two officers involved are suspended until an investigation is completed. bridgeton mayor kelly issued an open letter to residents. in it he writes the dr. martin luther king jr. holiday reminds us the choice between division and unity like the choice between building up and tearing down is not a new one, but it is one that requires reaffirming and renewal and it is intended for times such as these. he also offered his condolences to the reed family. >>> there is a new poll out tonight showing if americans think dr. king's dream of equality is actually a reality. take a look at numbers from nbc news/wall street journal poll. more than half of white americans believe dr. king's dream is now a reality. nearly three-quarters of black americans polled disagree, saying w

martin luther king.'m so pleased that we are here in our nation's capital, wherever you are from in these great united states. this is your city, and dr. king has a prominent place on this, our national mall. we know that d.c. has a rich and robust history in the civil rights movement. i was honored to go with a group of our young men to watch "selma" yesterday so they too would know the history of dr. king and how important he was that they would not only know about the marches and the i have a drink, israel fight for voting rights -- and i have a dream but his fight for voting rights. i want to acknowledge the foundation who would not stop, would not give up, who would ask for everything that they needed so that this generation, the one following, and the one after that would come to this memorial and remember a great man, a man, a young man -- people sometimes forget -- i heard a gasp from the children in the theater when it went up on the screen that dr. king had this dream, dr. led these marches, dr

martin luther king jr.ay? guest: i started here this morning. there was a parade. i will be joining my staff for a project. i will travel back to washington later. host: what will that service project the? guest: we will be doing a lot of work with the homeless shelter. we do work with the children, reading and going to the library . continuing to express the importance of knowing our history so that we will not have to repeat it every year, over and over again. just be reminded that we can stay focused on continuing to fight for the goals that dr. king had in mind. host: we have a caller on our line for democrats. net, good morning. caller: thank you so much, representative johnson. i just want to say that it is great to have you want today. my question for you is how can we find a way for african-american communities to work more together to bring unity to our families and help with structure and jobs, to help find a way where we can make our family life better, where african-american men can be with more

martin luther martin luther king, jr.'ment was that historic march in selma, alabama. it's the basis of a film in theater. "action news" was in center city where the film is playing. it tells the story of the three months leading up to the selma march back in 1965 which later led president lyndon johnson's signing of the votes rights act. moviegoers say it's a important story that everyone should know. >> i recommend a lot of fathers and mothers take their children so that they can be more informed about dr. martin luther king anyway. >> i remember all of that. i was much younger but i remember all of that. i wanted all of them to know just what the struggle is 'cause the struggle still continues. >> the movie "selma" is up for an oscar for best picture. >>> its philadelphia chapter of the naacp installed its newest members at the bright hope baptist church in north philadelphia today. guest speakers also talked about dr. king's vision of equality and his drive for social change. ly and our coverage of all the events this

why this martin luther king jr. day will be especially poignant in the bay area. >>> a scare in the air causes a hawaii-bound flight from oakland to land quickly in san jose. >>> looking live outside at san jose this morning, a nice mild start to the day, maybe you can leave without a sweater. do i dare say? it is january 19th. this is "today in the bay." >>> a very good monday morning. it's 4:30. i'm sam brock. >> i'm kris sanchez in for laura garcia-cannon. first we want the forecast because maybe you have the day off. here's anthony slaughter. good morning. >> good morning, in for christina loren this morning. we're tracking some thick fog across the peninsula right now, coming through apea alto, toward san carlo, even sfo seeing delays. santa rosa thick's cross petaluma and napa. our sky camera tells the story. you can make out the city down below and san jose but not the same story in palo alto so the thick fog inundating the area in certain spots. this afternoon a mix of sun and clouds like what we saw this pa

martin luther king.se who have been here before it was a time for reflection. for the younger ones it was a time to understand and appreciate the legacy of dr. king and those who marched with him. >> it means a lot to me. it's about martin luther king and he really changed the world. >> reporter: the march ended where it always does, at the gardens. house democratic leader nancy pelosi reminded everyone that we are also celebrating what will soon be the 50th anniversary of the voting rights act. >> reverend king insisted that we vote. if you don't vote you don't count. you absolutely must vote. >> reporter: today's celebration also sparked outrage over the police shootings of unarmed black men. >> we are losing too many african-american boys not just to police officers but to black boys and men. and we have got to hold them accountable. >> reporter: it was a reminder that dr. king's work is not done. in san francisco, lee ann melendez, abc7 news. >>> after three decades honoring dr. martin luther king jr

martin luther king.a complicated country. ♪ ah, push it. ♪ ♪ ♪ push it. ♪ ♪ p...push it real good! ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ow! ♪ ♪ oooh baby baby...baby baby. ♪ if you're salt-n-pepa, you tell people to push it. ♪ push it real good. ♪ it's what you do. ♪ ah. push it. ♪ if you want to save fifteen percent or more on car insurance you switch to geico. it's what you do. ♪ ah. push it. ♪ i'm pushing. i'm pushing it real good! >> in november 2013, congress was hit with a narcotics scandal. he was busted for cocaine possession. shortly after he resigned from congress. which is how they got a congressman named curt clausen. he was assigned to the house foreign affairs committee. during one subcommittee hearing on u.s. relations with india, two top american officials from the u.s. commerce and u.s. state departments came to testify before that committee. these were with american government officials testifying before that committee. now watch. >> i am familiar with your country. i love your country and i'm hopeful with the new

every single martin luther king holiday in those years. people celebrate in the holiday though it was not an official holiday yet. there were protests, and it was a headline issue. the number one issue you would see on placards. coretta king was on the employment committee. and it was an attempt to amend the employment act of 1946, to have congress in brace the full-blown keynesian theory that government can be an employer of last resort and get the country through periods of high unemployment, which has many civil rights angles. but one that constantly came out is that unemployment, then as now, for african-americans was much higher than others. the bill went through a very tangled series of amendments and votes and finally was passed in october 1978. despite his own conversion to the anti-keynesian space attacking inflation at all costs, some of the teeth were distinctly knocked out of the final bill. it effectively became a standard of what hawkins said and coretta king said was this is a beginning. something we can build on three it is

it was an impressive assembly on this martin luther king day. live on independence mall, i'm sarah bloomquist, channel6 "action news." jim. >> thank you sarah. >>> thousands took part in day of service projects today to honor dr. king. for the sixth consecutive year girard college hosted the region's signature event. more than 5,000 volunteers took part. projects included making scarfs for needy children, promoting exercise and helping people understand their voting rights. >> ♪♪ >>> and the 30th annual national bell ringing ceremony opened with a performance by the united states coast guard academy cadet choir. earnest evans better known as chubby checker and meredith l. henderson the north atlantic regional director of the alpha kappa alpha sorority served as official bell ringers today. the symbolic ringing of the bell honors dr. king's legacy. >>> our coverage of all the martin luther king day events continues on 6abc.com. we have photographs and videos of today's ceremonies and service projects in honor of dr. king. there is also a look bac

king's eldest son, and heir martin luther king iii. tonight, martin. >> always, reverend. thank you. >> now, vice president biden today spoke about relationships between the black communities and the police this morning. you mentioned police brutality. listen to this. >> there's bad actors every place you go but the majority of people are decent. a lot of other things need to change, too. ultimately, there's no overnight way to make that happen. it has to happen neighborhood by neighborhood, block by block, person by person. this is a new day. it's the second half of the second decade of the 21st century. and there's no reason on earth we cannot repair the breach that we've recently seen between law enforcement and minority communities. >> how do you respond to that martin? how do we deal with that breach? how do we heal that breach? >> well, you know, the haemtealing is a long process, but i think when we talk about diversity, sensitivity, human relations training, that is where some of it begins. but in addition to that, we know that,

martin luther king. >> reporter: the free showing comes courtesy of scores of african american business leaders nationwide who have raised more than $2 million to allow students across the country to see the movie without having to come up with the ticket price. >> i'm happy to see the movie because we can learn more about our heritage and how martin luther king was treated by the -- by the white people. and how now is different but racism is still going on. >> we must march. >> reporter: selma depicts the events surrounding martin luther king's march from selma to montgomery which resulted in one of the most powerful victories in the civil rights movement. the signing of the voting rights act. churches and police helped organize the trip. community leaders felt it important for the young youth to learn more with the differences going on today. >> he was aiming at something, not just out protesting. protesting had purpose. >> reporter: the young viewers say it brought home what happened 50 years ago. >>

martin luther king jr. will make its last trip ever today. we are joined from san jose by knick -- knick. >> this is the last freedom strain in the in addition and it is historic. we have video from previous train rides. the san jose to san francisco route was chosen by the widow of the lay martin luther king because the distance between the two cities is roughly equal to the 54 miles traveled by king and the fellow protests when they journeyed from selma to montgomery 50 years ago. declining sales and difficulty on thing sponsorship are the reasons why today's ride will be the last. >> what is the status of human rights? and civil rights? and social justice issues today? what king was talking about 50 years ago is still relatively relative haven't today. >> the final train will depart at 9:45 and travel to the caltrain station at 4 there and king in san francisco and as you probably know as we have on our wednesday, there are a number of events celebrating dr. martin luther king jr. scheduled today if you

martin luther king. john conners first filed legal conclusion -- legislation after he was assassinated. by the time he was at augusta national, it was 15 years of struggle to get that martin luther king holiday recognized. just before his weekend at augusta, a letter surfaced to president reagan to a leader from the far right john burkes society. he was similar opposed to dr. king being honored. they said it was based on an image, not reality. a conservative republican senator mounted a filibuster that lasted 16 straight days. at the press conference before the golf weekend, this is how he responded about jesse healms filibuster. >> senator helms was saying that he was a communist sympathizer, do you agree. >> we'll know in about 35 years, won't we? >> we'll know in about 35 years about this alleged communist sympathizer they want to make a holiday for. after that comment and his letter to the john burkes society disparaging dr. king, he had to apologize to his widow for the comments he made. right befor

martin luther king jr. avenue and milwaukee place, southeast. the marching band will be there along with representatives from the areas asian, jamaican and african american communities. drivers can expect street closing in the area. >>> the leisure world community in silver spring is also hosting martin luther king day event. there will be an inner faith worship service at 10:00 a.m. at the inner faith chapel and the service will feature the music of everett williams at united methodist church in washington leisure world residents will also be doing a reading of kings words. >>> it's six after the hour after a successful debut season of thursday night football on cbs the nfl will continue its partnership with the network during the 2015 season. >> don champion has more on what to expect. >> reporter: get ready for more fireworks and action on the field. thursday night football will return. >> thursday night football is unbelievable. it's great. everybody is here. >> fans loved it and now the nfl announced i

martin luther king jr. beginning more than 30 years ago and the local freedom train has continue the last of its kind in the united states. freedom trains symbolized dr. martin luther king jr.'s march from sell bra to montgomery with a lack of community interest and sponsorship forum duing the train. nick will have more on the final run at the top of the hour. >>> a host events will take place in the bay area to commemorate the holiday. san francisco mayor lee will be at a screening of "selma," and speak at a community breakfast at 9:00. if richmond, there is a day of service at the richmond walking and bicycle trail with volunteers planting trees and clean up trash at 9:00 on the trail near leg con elementary. >> a parade and rally in honor of dr. martin luther king jr. at 9:30 at the dmv parking lot on manila avenue in sell -- in cerrito. >> this is in clear indication that the home of vice president biden was targeted in a shooting inden. multiple shots were fired near his home on saturday night from a p

not just any monday but doctor martin luther king junior day. cities all across the country are holding marches, parade volunteer project in honor of the late civil rights leader. >> celebrations kicked off with hundreds of people paying tribute to doctor king especially in his honor. fox's kelly wright reports. >> people across america are celebrating life and legacy of the reverend doctor martin luther king junior. to celebrate his life oprah winfrey and other cast members of the film selma marched through the streets of selma alabama on sunday commemorating the time when doctor king led thousands of people through those same streets fighting for voting rights during the 1960's civil rights movement. >> we stand here today in honor of you all, in honor of them to memorialize martin luther king as an idea and selma as an idea of what can happen, with strategy with discipline and with love. >> reporter: texans are honoring the civil rights leader by demanding racial equality at a large rally in austin. those leading the movement, say they are co

martin luther king. his call for housing and income for the poorest americans. >> over demanding is a dignitied city-base solution which really invests in housing, invests in things like treatment, invests in the long- term needs that people have as opposed to just trying to figure out how to site them out of this. >> it has been a weekend full of demonstrations leading up to king day, it began with a take- over of three san francisco bart stations during the friday community. organizers were bringing attention to the issue of police brutality. and a demonstration in oakland, angry about the recent killings of unarmed black men. >> san francisco will be holding its annual martin luther king day march and festival. people will be gathering at the caltrain stations and we expect that protesters may show up and interrupt that event later on this morning, they are expected to show up and demanding a meeting with the mayor, they want to discuss issues of police brutality. >>> time is now 6:06. this morning in

martin luther king jr. the fruitvale bart station is where oscar grant was shot and killed by a bart police officer on new year's day 2009. >> some black men my age and older are getting killed. it's not fair. martin luther king has worked for us to come together. >> people like martin luther king made great sacrifices for the opportunities we have today. sometimes that gets lost on young folks. they don't understand that. that's why i have him out here, so we can be involved. >> the protestors marched to the oakland coliseum as the warriors game let out. the coliseum bart station has been shut down. we'll keep you updated. >> a bay area tradition honoring dr. king came to an end today. part of dr. king's legacy is his role in leading a nonviolent march from selma, alabama, to the capital in montgomery. the freedom train from san jose to san francisco was started to honor that march. >> but it rolled up the peninsula for the final time today. we're live in san jose to explain why. david? >> reporter: 50 yea

martin luther king's call for housing and income for americans. saying homeless people's rights are trampled on because they are looking for a place to rest. last year there was an effort to pass a state law that would give them a right to rest in public places such as sidewalk, but that measure failed in the legislature. homeless advocates taking part in this event saying they aren't giving up that fight. >> they are not obstructing anyone, not breaking any laws, getting tickets and eventually doing jail time for being too poor to afford a place to live we're saying that's wrong. >> it has been a weekend of demonstrations leading up to the king holiday as anger over the recent killings of unarmed black men has prompted actions across the bay area. it began with the takeover of bart stations on the morning commute. on saturday, hundreds of people staged a large demonstration in oakland. highlights recent cases of abuse and excessive force by police officers. later on this morning here in san francisco, the city will hold the annual martin luther k

martin luther king, jr. quotes. they want mayor schaaf to spend money on schools and infrastructure rather than law enforcement as a way of solving social issues. >>> america's last freedom train honoring dr. martin luther king, jr. made its way from san jose to san francisco. >> freedom train is sold out. >> the 30 year tradition ended today. the ride sold out when they said this was the end of the line. they blame low rides slip and lack of sponsors. riders say this should continue on more than ever. >> with all the killings going on they should be on this train protesting what's going on not tearing up the community people work for. >> scott king scott king chose the san jose to san francisco route because it's roughly the same distance traveled by the original marchers. >>> a brazen smash and grab burglary in san francisco. tonight police are looking for the suspects who escaped within minutes of it. the burglars rammed a car into this high end outdoor gear store and cleaned out thousands of dollars in m

now you'd think with the martin luther king holiday happy martin luther king day everybody, we will seeht road raise in regard to volume this afternoon and authentic. that is in the the case. we had big time problems on the vine street expressway and this volleys dumping on the schuylkill and i-95. here's what is going on. we had an earlier accident 76 westbound approaching girard. that has been moved to the shoulder. the it backed up things on the westbound side of the vine severely back to i-95. looking at opposite side of the vine street expressway eastbound we are jammed between 76 and i-95. not looking good cutting through center city this evening. moving to i-95 i-95 southbound the ramp to columbus boulevard, an accident here adding some volume on to i-95 commuting between approaching the vine street expressway would i say from now to girard down through to this point we are seeing major delays. give yourself some more time. anticipate volume on 76 around conshohocken and the curve. the chris and natasha. >>> all right, vittoria thanks very much. >>> still to come on "eyewitness n

martin luther king.in the district are turning >> an arlington woman's return home from michigan left her in the cold without her winter clothing and that after the airline lost her bag. >> and compounding it all, that woman is blind. here's what happened when "7 on your side" trouble shooter horace holmes went to work on her behalf. >> she was so fed up waiting for american airlines to find her lost luggage that "7 on your side" put her in our car and drove her to reagan national. and helped her look through the hundreds of unclaimed bags. >> all i get is the auto reply that says we got your message. >> about finding her lost luggage and for her. >> doesn't appear to be out here. >> doing all this has been no small feat. >> i have to get the ticket number off of here which is very difficult. >> she's almost totally blind. over the holidays, she went on a trip to michigan to visit family. on her way home she missed her connecting flight in chicago to reagan national. >> they were supposed to have somebod

martin luther king, jr.any turning this day of service into a dave action as calls for change and remembrance of a civil rights movement rang out. >> ♪ >> from up lifting songs to chants a spirited march throughout the streets of philadelphia honoring an civil rights leader dr. martin luther king, jr. >> today is icing on the cake. a start of a movement it's not the end of one. >> start of this march began at school district headquarters. then spiraled its way around to independence mall. at least three thus sand stood strong in the shadows of the liberty bell. the birthplace of america. a country many believe still needs change. >> philadelphia has some unfinished business with its residents. >> there's still ain't no power like the power of the people. >> unspoken calls for action on variety of issues were spelled out on signs. from marches in center city to thousands had gathered across town at girard college turning this day of service into a day of action. >> dr. king said everyone could be great becaus

in it he writes the martin luther king jr. holiday reminds us that the choice between division and unity, like the choice between building up and tearing down, is not a new one. but it is one that requires reaffirming and renewal. and it is intended for times such as these. he also offered his condolences to the reed family. >>> secret service has tightened security at vice president biden's home after shots were fired this weekend. he did not mention what happened as he spoke today in wilmington. secret services says shots were fired from a speeding car in new castle county. police later arrested a man but they're trying to figure out if he was involved. the bidens were not home at the time. >>> now back to our coverage of the martin luther king day of service. as we told you at the top of this newscast thousands of protesting on the streets of philadelphia, calling for equality. >>> a celebration of dr. king in our nation's capital today. ♪ >> music helping to inspire the crowds at dr. king's memorial in washington, d.c. hom

martin luther king jr. in three states they're not just celebrating the martin luther king jr. y today. this is the official state calendar in arkansas. this is the one from mississippi, and this is the one from alabama. today is marchtin luther king jr. day and robert e. lee day. seriously the same day. a confederate general. we are a complicated country. >> in november 2013, congress was hit with a narcotics scandal. he was busted for cocaine possession. shortly after he resigned from congress. that's how they got kurt claussen. he was assigned to the house foreign affairs committee. to top american officials from the u.s. congress and state department came to testify before that committee. american government officials testifying before that committee, now watch. >> i am familiar with your country, i love your country, and i'm hopeful with the new change in regime that the future and the land of promise and opportunity of india can finally become so, and i understand the complications of so many languages, cultures and histories. just as your capital is welcome here to produc

a wreath laid at the martin luther king memorial this morning.dead for more than 40 years, king's message of -- >> hope prosperity. liberation. >> reporter: remains relevant today. >> ferguson was the wake-up call for this country, and so again it shows some things have changed and some things really haven't change and a fundamental level. >> i'm an australian. so we also have racial issues with our own indigenous people. so for us to be here on a day like today reminds us of the imparities to treat people equally. >> reporter: many who came to his memorial this morning brought their children so they too, can carry king's message. >> the next generation has to keep up where he left off. if it doesn't we'll basically be back to square one, and that would be a terrible thing. >> to be honest a little overwhelming. you grow up learning a lot about dr. king and what he stood for, and what it means for my race and what it means for the world in general. >> he would help people or just understand what's right and what's not right. >> reporter: and so t

. >> marching in memory of martin luther king junior. why this year's events were especially meaningful for many. >> a peninsula school board in hot water. why a state lawmaker is asking for a grand jury >> teaching others the joy of giving. how bay area communities are coming together this day of service. >> evening commute is getting back to normal tonight. police have detained all of them arresting some and reopening westbound lanes. >> they shut down the whole thing. good evening thanks for joining us. >> the pro testers presumably shut down the bridge. >> they abandoned the eastbound span and ran to keep just the westbound span closed. >> they faced off as officers started to detain them, but remain peaceful. alan, what can you tell us? >> if you can see you're looking eastbound of san mateo bridge. just before 5:00 it appears 20-40 pro testers drove in cars to the top of the high rises and jumped out to block traffic. the chp had been staged in foster city and was in no time arresting pro testers one at a time. westbound lanes were

martin luther king, jr.mind and all those people running for the ward 8 council seat. this is the ninth annual martin luther king day parade. >>> at washington national cathedral a cross-section of the community came together to honor dr. martin luther king, jr. in speech and song. [ singing ] >> the cathedral drew gospel choirs and spoken word art is from all over the d.c. area. washington national cathedral is where dr. king delivered the final sunday sermon of his life a few days before his assassination. >>> a group that could be the next generation of civil rights leaders found their own way to mark the holiday today. >> a group of d.c. 5th graders recited i have a dream speech from the very same spot where dr. king delivered it in 1963. >> reporter: one by one 5th graders from washington d.c.'s watkins elementary school recited dr. king's i have a dream speech. >> and my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin. >> reporter: they've bee

king day at the home of the martin luther king memorial. fellows overmatched against the wizards. sexy pass to gortat who led with 20 at sixers lose. >>> the nfl has confirmed they are investigating whether the patriots were deflating footballs to give them an advantage in their 45-7 afc championship game win over the colts. the league checks the weight of the ball before and during the games. this morning on a boston radio show tom brady laughed off the allegations. can you watch the super bowl sunday february 1st right here on nbc10 between patriots and seahawks. >>> we've got a nice, quite day tomorrow. less wind. the target day is wednesday. especially in the afternoon and into wednesday night. affecting the afternoon rush. some folks will get snow. >> thank you, glenn. thanks for watching from all at "nbc10 news." >>> the news continues with "nbc nightly news" with brian williams. >>> on our broadcast tonight, days of rage. after the outpouring of sympathy that followed the paris massacre now the backlash. and tonight, the increasing f

martin luther king.ur hero. >> >> reporter: the freedom train will live here at san jose at 9:45 in the morning and it will travel to san francisco where many of the passengers will be participating in a march and parade. >> thank you. >> >> the stars of the new movie "selma" marched in alabama city in honor of dr. martin luther king's birthday. hundreds of people filled the streets in selma. including the movie's producer, oprah winfrey. >> movie theaters showing the movie "selma" to students for free in honor of dr. martin luther king day. 10:5 am showing free for students. it's first come first served. theaters in san francisco showing the movie free to students -- >> tomorrow, san francisco will hold its own annual dr. martin luther king march the the-year- old event pays respect to the slain civil rights leader. ed march begins at 11:00 am. >> >> free admission, tomorrow to mark the holiday, usually $7 for people 16 and older, but on some holidays such as mlk day, the park service waives entrance fe

other people are saying martin luther king fits the white narrative better. the bottom line is that race still has a stronghold on american debate. fear, guilt, anger those things all get brought up. i for one applaud oprah for what she did right there. >> for all of the things that eric described are certainly true. we talk about them. what a man to have given us the founding principle for the next several decades. i think the large celebrations of his life the fact that there is a federal holiday observed is that it shows the content of the character of our nation. i think -- i don't think we are as divides as the media seems to make it. >> i disagree. and bob starts today. >> before martin luther king was killed he was very ill and not going to give a speech to those on strike. they talked him to giving the speech. very much setting up and realizing his own death was coming. >> i don't know what will happen now but it doesn't matter with me now because i have been to the mountain top. i have seen the promised land. i may not get there with you, but i want

martin luther king jr.hen he led protesters on a march from selma, alabama, to the state capital of montgomery often the road to justice. 50 years ago marchers were beaten and tear gassed on the ed mupd pettis bridge. the images among the most i have been famous of the civil rights era. tonight, some greeted dr. king's erri heirs with open arms. >> martin luther king was shot for the work he did. knowing that is humbling. >> reporter: oprah winfrey led the marchers. she plays annie lee cooper who was arrested outside the courthouse after striking the sheriffs. >> every single person who was on that bridge is a hero. >> reporter: other stars were on hand for the occasion, which included a screening of the film. david plays dr. king. >> my admiration is sky high. >> reporter: the film is a movie that bridges 50 years of a troubled history making the past present for if future. tom yam as, abc news new york. >>> a man in a wheelchair has died after being hit by a car in san jose. the crash happened just before

he has seen martin luther king jr.selma. >> i didn't know what selma was. >> the problem according to trob been washington, bay area business woman. who believes every middle school student in the bay area should see the movie. >> this generation it is a little removed. it's important that they understand the importance of the movement and what happened. >> reporter: this movement is called # selma for students. washington is partnering with business men and women around the country to raise thousand of dollars to pay for tickets so 7th. 8th. 9th graders can see selma for free at participating theaters. >> our gl in theoal in the bay area between now, today, and martin luther king day, january 19th. to get as many tine see the movie as possible. >> the movement started in new york. 70,000 students. the goal in the bay area to get a free ticket in the hand of 15,000 students. jim geemy edward says selma may not be his first choice at the theater but plans to see the movie. because he says it will give him a good history

other people are saying martin luther king fits the white narrative better. bottom line is that race still has a stronghold on american debate. fear, guilt, anger those things all get brought up. i for one applaud oprah for what she did right there. >> for all of the things that eric described are certainly true. we talk about them. what a man to have given us the founding principle for the next several decades. i think the large celebrations of his life the fact that there is a federal holiday observed is that it shows the content of the character of our nation. i think -- i don't think we are as divides as the media seems to make it. >> i disagree. >> "one more thing" up next. re unique. in fact, they depend on a unique set of nutrients. that's why there's ocuvite to help protect your eye health. as you age your eyes can lose vital nutrients. ocuvite helps replenish key eye nutrients. ocuvite is a vitamin made just for your eyes from the eye care experts at bausch + lomb. ocuvite has a unique formula that's just not found in any leading multivitamin. your e

martin luther king. a day of reflection about who we are as individuals, and what we stand for as a nation. and how we can bring dr. king's dream to pass, it's also a day of some sadness, because we lost a true visionary, a brilliant man too soon. it's a day of celebration because his life, his ideas, the brilliant example he left endures. we can see that every day in the work that you do in your own local communities and that national action network does. but most of all, as other speakers of said, it is a day of action. a time to put into deed the example that he left, and the ideals that he championed. we gather today at a moments of momentum in america. our economy is growing again, we have seen 11.2 million new jobs over the last 58 months. we have seen the unemployment rate dropped down to 5.6%. the fastest drop in one year since 1984. the numbers tell us we have seen the best economic growth in our country since the late 1990's. we see that in the housing market, with more folks going to work in c

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martin luther king and president lyndon baines johns son. don't see how productive that was and came to bear on our getting voting rights in this country. >> schieffer: beyond saying it doesn't quite come across the film suggests that johnson was trying to slow down this whole thing that he was one of the impediments that martin luther king junior had to move aside. i have listened to the tapes of that era. i know some of the what johnson said to king and what sing said back to him. tell us a little bit about what your research shows? >> certainly. there's a conversation that anyone can listen to, it's taped telephone conversation between martin luther king and lyndon johnston took place january 15, 1965, largely ribbed kates johnson. what it shows his passion around voting rights. the two of them spur each other one more or less. and johnson says to martin luther king, you know, if you show the very worst of voting right oppression in the south and get it on tv, get it on the radio, get it in newspapers, there isn't fellow who drives a trac

martin luther king tapped bernard lafayette for a special mission. >> mr. king said, "now, bernard the next thing we have to do..." >> this is captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. most folks never saw it coming patches of ice, all but impossible to see, covered walkways and roadways across the northeast, knocking pedestrians off their feet and sending cars and trucks skidding. there were hundreds of accidents. tonight the death toll reached nine as three more people died in vermont and massachusetts. jericka duncan has our report. >> reporter: they looked like scenes from a movie a tractor-trailer sliding out of control on i-95 near new brunswick, new jersey, barely missing cars as it jumped a divider. this s.u.v. slid for more than 50 years on a street in yonkers, new york. in the northeast on sunday, more than 5,000 incidents were reported due to black ice. bijal patel arrived just after a deadly 60-car pile-up in philadelphia. >> shaken up. it easily could have been me. >> reporter: meteor

people like martin luther king make great sacrifices. >> what do you hope? >> i hope i live a long age a good job a family. you know? >> why did you want to come out today? >> i wanted to teach him to speak up and speak out but in the right way. you know? if you feel oppressed you don't break windows or bash someone's head m. you do it with a form to get a message across. >>> a large group of people marched two miles to the station, shut down about 30 minutes. demonstrators started with a visit in the diamond district to show this video. >> i woke up it's great to be in america. that we're a city that allows people to peacefully assemble and protest. >> in oakland abc7 news >> hundreds of people were in buena gardens to commemorate the march led by martin luther king 50 years ago. >> i think many showed up because they wanted to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the voting rights act. but others were there to acknowledge the struggle for equality and justice is far from over. >> hundreds mars to give tribute to martin luther king junior. it was a time for re

martin luther king jr. and the movie maker.son yesterday during a special church service to honor the legacy of martin luther king. >> the nation is watching, the world is watching, ferguson is a call. it is the new selma. it is the microcosm of what can and will happen when we come together as a united front to take back our communities. lou: the congressman may be right, but i don't frankly see the comparison between selma and ferguson. the fatal shooting of michael brown sparking nights of rioting sparking $5 million in damages last fall in much of them to local business members of the community. and the father of michael brown not condoning the violence. martin luther king's son said my father's approach to the social injustices during the civil rights struggle is rooted in nonviolence is a morally and tactically correct response. in no way do i order what my father condone any ends to justify the means of behavior. the racially exploitative obama white house over regions efforts to leverage the ferguson crisis and politica

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