so i wrote a letter to martin luther king so i wrote a letter to martin luther kinng.king jr. and told so i wrote a letter to martin luther kinng. and told him i needed his help. he wrote me back and sent me a round—trip greyhound bus ticket. and invited me to come. so in march of 1958 by this time i'm 18 yea rs old of 1958 by this time i'm 18 years old and i saw martin luther king years old and i saw martin luther kinng. years old and i saw martin luther king jr. stand to the desk, i was so scared. and doctor king spoke up and said are you john lewis? are you the boy from troy? and so the boy from detroit became a civil rights leader himself. as a student activist, he became a close ally of dr martin luther king, i was beaten arrested and taken to jail. when i was arrested i felt so free. i felt so liberated. you arrest me, you beat me you put me injail liberated. you arrest me, you beat me you put me in jail what else can you do to me? you kill me? but doctor king said it is better to die a physical death then to die a spiritual or psychological death. in august 1963

two of martin luther king -- to what martin luther king called an interracial society. how do you get involved, you may ask? when i finished high school in 1957 at the age of 17, i wanted to attend school. it is now known as troy state university. application, had my transcript sent to the school. i never heard a word. i wrote a letter to martin luther king, junior and told him i needed his help. i did not tell my mother, my father, any of my sisters or brothers. dr. king wrote me back and sent me a greyhound bus ticket, invited me to come to montgomery to meet with him. i will never forget it. on a saturday morning, september, 1957, my father drove me to the greyhound bus station. they gave me a $100 bill. they gave me a footlocker. i put everything i owned except those chickens in my footlocker. dr. king heard from one of his friends, who was a of 1958 i am 18 years old. i father drove me to the greyhound bus nation on a saturday morning. i boarded the bus and drove to montgomery. -- takento montgomery to the first baptist church, pastored by pastor abernathy. i walke

activist martin luther king iii.hank you very much for being with us to talk to british years about john lewis. and the work he did, following on from your late father's achievements and legacy. how important which is the was to the ongoing campaign for equality and human and civil rights in the united states ? human and civil rights in the united states? extraordinarily important. in factjohn lewis became the conscience of congress. and really the conscience of our nation. he a lwa ys the conscience of our nation. he always did up forjustice and righteousness and equality. he brought people together. he worked ina bipartisan brought people together. he worked in a bipartisan fashion, more than probably anyone else, that is what he was about. we have got to bring people together to get something done. in fact, the voting rights act was passed in 1955, sorry 1965. it has been 55 years and is that act was passed but in 2013, the united states struck elements of it down. although some of it was struck down, john lewis w

when he was 23, he worked closely with doctor martin luther king, help him organize the march on washington in 1963, two years later he led the march for a state trooper fractured his skull. lewis went on to become georgia congressman serving atlanta for three decades. they lowered their flags to half staff tonight in his memory. we have fox team coverage, the latest from the white house but we begin with steve reporting live. >> john lewis died right after a seven month battle with pancreatic cancer. his journey began 80 years ago in rural alabama. his raised the third of ten children, his parents were sharecroppers for a white farmer, he is inspired by doctor martin luther king, he sent him a letter and got a bus trip and return. this occurred in nashville, tennessee and tried to help integrate lunch were only whites were served. after that, one of the first freedom riders trying to integrate was travel in the south. he was beaten several times, one time in montgomery, alabama, been unconscious and left in a pool of his own blood. the youngest speaker along with doctor martin luther king

he will be stopping at the martin luther king jr.emorial, the lincoln memorial, the black lives matter plaza. that location is significant, because that was the site of his last public appearance just a few weeks ago. up from there, as you can see here on your screen, the motorcade will make its way to the national museum of african-american history and culture. it was john lewis who first raised the idea in 1988 of such a museum. from there, it will then head to the department of justice, the national council of negro women, and from there, on to the supreme court, and eventually ending at the capitol where he is going to lie in state today and tomorrow. on wednesday, the late congressman will make his way to atlanta, georgia. his beloved city of so many decades, where he served the people of the 5th congressional district since 1987. his funeral happening on thursday at the historic ebenezer baptist church. we continue to see the c-32 taxi at joint base andrews. i want to bring in the former assistant to the u.s. attorney of the so

>> yes, i am. >> martin luther king iii, thanks. i just want to get your thoughts on this idea of moral courage that we need so desperately. >> well, it's a question -- i'm sorry, i stepped away for a second so i didn't actually hear the question. >> yeah, we were just talking about -- we talked about the incredible physical courage of john lewis throughout his life, certainly during the struggle and certainly during his years in congress, but the importance of his moral courage and that that not be overlooked. >> well, you know, there is no way that one can or society will or history will overlook the moral courage that he demonstrated over and over and over again. not only is it an example for us, but it is -- it is really an affirmation. when we look at what is going on in our world right this moment and what will happen, you know, in generations yet to be born, the fact is there are high school students who are now engaged in nonviolent demonstrations. we often saw college students, but now there areig legacy of j. >>> good afte

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martin luther king junior it was a , sense of family. it was old and young, black and white, protestant and catholic jewish all their together. -- we all wear their together. -- we all were there together. you cannot give up. you could not turn back. >> good morning i just want to , know as a congressman with such a busy schedule, you have taken the time out to talk to young students like ourselves about spreading the message of love and nonviolence. what has been some of the comments or what do your colleagues think about you taking the time to spread love? rep. lewis: i think the great majority of my colleagues on both sides of the aisle, democrats and republicans, they appreciate it. they encourage me to continue and they asked me from time to why aretime to time, you better, you had got arrested, you had a concussion at the bridge in selma. you are beaten on the freedom ride. and i said to them, i don't have any time to become bitter or hostile. we've been trying to keep our eyes on the prize. me to come to their own districts and sp

so i wrote a letter to martin luther king junior and told him i needed his help.d—trip greyhound bus ticket and invited me to come to montgomery to meet with him. so in march of 1958, by this time i am 18 years old, and i saw martin luther king junior standing behind a desk. i was so scared. and doctor king spoke up and said, "are you john lewis? "are you the boy from troy?" and from that day on he started calling me the boy from troy. we became friends. and what a boy he was, i am sure that he is immensely proud of his legacy. john lewis there, speaking to the bbc seven years ago. a man who was filmed being detained while a police officer knelt on his neck has appeared in court in london — charged with possessing a knife in public. the metropolitan police's deputy commissioner, described the footage as ‘extremely disturbing'. shot on thursday, a police officer has since been suspended and another placed on restricted duties, while an independent investigation is carried out. european union leaders in brussels are struggling to reach agreement on an economic recov

martin luther king jr., famously said the ark of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice. but that is never automatic. history only been to towards what's right because people like john paid the price. he paid that prius at every nashville lunch counter where his leadership made segregation impossible to ignore. every jail cell where he waited out hatred and oppression. he paid that price and harassment, and beatings from a bus station in south carolina, to the bridge. john lewis lived and worked with urgency because the task was urgent. but even though the world around him gave him every cause for bitterness, he stubbornly treated everyone with response and love. also that, as his friend dr. king, once put it, we could build a community at peace with itself. today, we pray and trust that this peacemaker himself now rests in peace. all of john's colleague stand with his son, john miles. their family and the entire country, and thanking god that he gave our nation this hero is needed so badl

it is -- impossible to overstate the significance that martin luther king jr.a young john lewis. john lewis, 15 years old when he said he was moved to join the movement by dr. king, and by rosa parks as well. there likely would not have been the john lewis that we know, had it not been for dr. martin luther king jr., as the late congressman's hearse now moves to its next stop. i'm joined by phone by another civil rights leader, activist. bernard lafayette, who was college roommates with congressman lewis and mr. lafayette, your name came up on our broadcast just a few minutes ago. you, too, were a part of this -- this push to desegregate buses in the south and i know that you had an opportunity to talk to your friend by phone just a week before he slipped away. what can you tell us about that conversation, mr. lafayette? >> well, it was kind of different, because he wanted to talk to me, john lewis, and he had his assistant there, michael, to give me a call. so i said, okay. so i talked to john, it was very interesting, because he didn't have anything particula

when i first heard martin luther king junior it inspired me. it moved me.y soul. i think in some strange way he was saying to me, "you can do something, you can make a contribution." i wanted to go and attend troy state college. it was a school that had never admitted black students. so, i wrote a letter to martin luther king junior and told him i needed his help. he wrote me back and sent me a round—trip bus ticket and invited me to come to montgomery to meet with him. so, in march of 1958, by this time i am 18 years old, and i saw martin luther king junior standing behind a desk. i was so scared. and doctor king spoke up and said, "are you john lewis? are you the boy from troy?" and from that day on he started calling me the boy from troy. we became friends. the author and playwright bonnie greerjoins us now. a sad day, the death ofjohn lewis, but what a life. well, i am sitting here thinking i was young people knew his city before they set out on their and john lewis is the reason you need to learn history. john lewis did everything that black lives matt

martin luther king jr.n the radio. >> as long as you sit in the back, you have a false sense of inferiority, and so long as you let the white man sit in the front and put you back there, he has a false sense of superiority. >> at the age of 16, lewis challenged segregation laws in his own town. >> we went down to the public library in the little town of troy, alabama, trying to get a library card, trying to check out some books. we were told by the librarian that the library is for whites only and not for coloreds. and that set me on a path. >> lewis believed that path would lead him to become a preacher like king. he received a work study scholarship to american baptist theological seminary in nashville and arrived in 1957. >> john has always had a genuine smile even on a kind of boyishness about him that has made him charming. >> he was a person who was easy to talk to and was always interested in social issues. >> lewis wanted to join the students beginning to integrate schools across the suggest. his ta

martin luther king iii.said john lewis was a voice to the voiceless, he reminded each of us that the most powerful nonviolent tool is the vote. our hearts feel empty without our friend, but we find comfort knowing that he is free at last. that's a quote from martin iii. you all went through a lot together, didn't you? >> we did. but we enjoyed it. we were not sadists. i mean, the only time i got beat up was down until st. augustine. and the thing that amazed me when i saw it years later on film was that i remember that i didn't even have a headache, i didn't have a pain. and it happened twice on two different corners. and there was no -- i mean, there was nothing for me to be angry about because, you know, we got the civil rights bill passed largely because the klan beat us and we refused to fight back. and when they came marching down the streets in the black community and trying to provoke an attack, people started singing "i love everybody in my heart." and it was just -- it was a different approach to li

there was something important about martin luther king. but if we just think about the movement and only remember it in these very narrow terms, we are going to lose more than we actually learn. i want us all to think about why we think the civil rights movement has been remembered in this way. it's not something i think is a very narrow depiction. if you look recently, we talked about this, the 50th anniversary of martin luther king's assassination was just commemorated in april. we talked about the ways that the memory of that is playing into these master narratives. the way that policy makers play into it. the way educational institutions often play into it. why do you think that is? what do you think is the stake in the way that we remember the civil rights movement? >> you already touched on this before, where i guess payne talks about it. people tend to look at the civil rights movement as large-scale offense. that one police chief did something bad or that person in the south did something bad. they don't really want to accept the f

he was the last survivor of the big six civil rights activists led by martin luther king jr.marched with king. he was a freedom rider. he was beaten and jailed fighting for the rights of black americans. he died last night from a brief battle with pancreatic cancer. even during that battle, he remained a lion, crying out for social justice. in the final months. here was just weeks ago in the wake of george floyd's death. >> how many more? how many more young, black men will be murdered? the madness must stop. for every movement, for every movement, you can see hundreds of thousands of people from all over america and around the wor world, takes to the streets to speak out. to speak out to get in what i call good trouble. >> we begin this hour with cnn congressional reporter lauren fox in washington, d.c. where lewis spent his years on capitol hill, pioneering change. lauren, what are you hearing on capitol hill, from his colleagues, who really believed him to be a lion among them? >> that's right, abby. people looked to john lewis, both republican and democrats. when it came

martin luther king, jr. once described vivian as the "greatest preacher to ever live." >> nonviolent direct action is something we have brought to america. has noent direct action violence in it, right? ? it is t there to destroy, it is there to develop and b build. and thatat is what we e have ben trying to do. amy: today, c.t. vivivian and jn lewis in their own words. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, ththe quarante report. i'm amy goodmaman. a record number of confirmeded coronavirus cacases were recordd around the world saturday, with over one quarter of a million new cases reported -- a first, according to the world health organization. the largest t increases wewere d in the u.s., brazil, india, and sosouth africa.. total coconfirmed cases s now tp 14.5 million, with over 600,000 deaths. here in the united states, which has by far the most coconavirus infections and death c cases a onhe risisin at least 40 states. ththe situation n remains dirern the south anand

and you got that from martin luther king, also. in fact, you see it in ordinary people, that are cleaning our streets and emptying the bedpans in these hotels now. it's part of -- it's part of the -- the thing that has helped black people survive the oppression of slavery and segregation and -- and even prosperity and pain. because it was engrained in us by our parents and grandparents. >> congressman, thank you. i hope you're doing okay, and -- and your family and you're all staying safe. >> i'm doing fine. and i watch your show, and i enjoy you. >> i miss you. i don't live in atlanta anymore. you know that. i used to see you more often. i miss seeing you. >> i know. >> and if i didn't, this wasn't going on, i swear i would come down to see you this weekend. but you take care of yourself. and i hope to see you soon. >> oh, carolyn said, my wife said, that she will never forget the graduation speech. >> at clark atlanta. yeah. i think that was two years ago. >> i was not there but she came home and preached it for me. >> please, te

you had martin luther king jr., young martin luther king jr. with the president of southern region leadership conference born in atlanta georgia then there was roy wilson red head of the naacp. the national association for the advancement of colored people that born in minnesota , one wonderful man and then there was this with the young area who was born in kentucky. with the dean of the school of social work atlanta university and later became the head of the national urban league and another man by the name of james farmer. farmer had attended little waller college intexas . and he was part of the debating team . this little school, this debating team evaded harvard and one. later, the graduate study at harvard university and became very involved with the naacp and later was one of the founders of the congress of racial equality and i guess i'm the six person. it was the six of us. then president kennedy and late june 1963. >> in july 1963 you are planning the march on washington . and you write in walking with the wind, i saw for the first t

martin luther king, jr. on the radio. >> as long as you sit in the back you have a false sense of inferiority, and so long as you let the white man is sit in the front and push you down he has a false sense of superiority. >> at the age of 16 lewis challenged segregation loss in his own town. >> we went down to the public library in the little town of troy, alabama, trying to get library cards, trying to check out some books. and we were told by the librarian the library was for whites only and not for coloreds, and that set me on a path. >> lewis believed that path would lead him to become a preacher like king. he received a works study scholarship to a seminary in nashville and arrived in 1957. >> john has always had a genuine smile, even a kind of boyishness about him that has made him charming. >> he was a person who was easy to talk to and was always interested in social issues. >> lewis want today join the students beginning to integrate schools across the south. his target? all white troy state univer

martin luther king jr.about the increasing awareness of all men, that we must unite in compassion in order to survive. >> the best picture nominees were general winly influential movies like bonnie and clyde, the graduate, guess who is coming to dinner, and in the heat of the night, both trying to address religion and race religions. >> what do they call you there? >> they call me mr. tibbs. >> in the heat of the night, sydney poitier was playing a black man who was strong, who was smart, decisive. the movie takes place in the deep south. >> let me understand this. you two came here to question me? >> we were just trying to clarify some of the evidence. was mr. couple bert in this greenhouse, last night, about midnight? >> this is 1968. you dome have black men hitting white men in movies and living to tell the tale. and he does. >> there was a time when i could have had you shot. >> sydney poitier completely holds his own. not just the actor but the character. virgil tibbs. it's a murder mystery but also ab

holiday, and if you remember, john, president obama used martin luther king jr.'s bible to -- for the swearing in, and john lewis remembered so many times when martin luther king jr. was using that bible, praying with that bible along the way in the 1960s when the two of them were called together for the civil rights movement so there's so many touchstone moments that -- that john lewis had, that people around here in the capitol had with him, and, you know, people call him the conscience of the congress, a, you know, it sounds like maybe a moniker that is just kind of an easy thing to throw around, but it fit him so well. there was really nobody like him that could capture the audience of members of congress both democrat and republican, make no mistake about it. he was a partisan democrat, but he was a very, very different kind of lawmaker and a leader, not just because of his history in the 1960s but because he walked the walk and talked the talk even when he was a member congress protesting several times on the house floor even out and getting arrested to prot

why do you describe malcolm x, martin luther king, these iconic 20th century figures, in that way, the sword and the shield? >> yeah. you know, that's a great question, brandon. one, thanks for doing this and your thoughts, your my brother as well. your thought has been so inspirational as well. questions of citizenship, great democracy, you're one of the big -- [laughter] about this entire field. so i'm definitely delighted that you're here to discuss this. you know, the sword and the shield, and i'll start by giving everybody a shout-out, porter square books, my favorite bookstore in the world. i lived in cambridge, sommerville for almost ten years, so everybody has been so kind to me over the years, and it's been great. publishers weekly independent bookstore of the year in 2020, it's a great bookstore the, so i'm really happy to be here. the title. the title is really a metaphor that looks at we usually think about malcolm x as the political sword, and we think about martin luther king jr. as the shield for both the black community and the nation. what i argue in the sword and the

but in 1956, martin luther king jr.ster and the leader of a bus boycott in montgomery, alabama, that started when activist rosa park refused to give up her seat to a white man. >> this is a nonviolent protest using the methodist tactic of resistance. >> martin luther king became a man of huge thoughtfulness about the strategy he had asked those who followed him to use. and that strategy was that in the face of violence, you have a moral high ground if you do not return violence with violence. >> negro passengers have been humiliated, intimidated -- >> at first the young minister, who went by the unassuming name of m.l. king, was only covered by black journalists writing for black papers. >> in particular, "the birmingham world," a black newspaper, and its editor, emory jackson, he writes about, long before anyone else that dr. king is invoking gandhiian principles. it becomes preferred to in the black press as the black moses. the white editors, they were just living in a different world. >> the majority press, the whit

earlier i spoke to the son of martin luther king jr, human rights activist martin luther king iii, aboutin factjohn lewis became the conscience of congress. and really the conscience of our nation. he always stood up forjustice and righteousness and equality. he brought people together. he worked in a bipartisan fashion, more than probably anyone else, that is what he was about. we have got to bring people together to get something done. in fact, the voting rights act was passed in 1955, sorry 1965. it has been 55 years and is that act was passed but in 2013, the united states supreme court struck elements of it down. although some of it was struck down, john lewis was still fighting, every year he brings people to selma to observe the anniversary of the march. this has been going on for a number of years, over 25 years, he led those demonstrations. the fact is the work is not done. if we want to pay tribute to john lewis, we need to be engaged in voting, organising, mobilising or registering and voting. we need to re—enact the voting rights act, congress needs to pass legislation, don't

martin luther king jr. famously said the arc of the moral universe is long but it bends towards justice. but that is never automatic. history only bent towards what's right because people like john paid the price to help bend it. he paid that price at every nashville lunch counter where his leadership made segregation impossible to ignore. he paid it in every jail cell where he waited out hatred and oppression. he paid that price in harassment and beatings from a bus station in south carolina. to the edman pettus bridge. john lewis lived and worked with urgency because the task was urgent. but even though the world around him gave him every cause for bitterness, he stubbornly treated everyone with respect and love. all so that, as his friend dr. king once put it, we could build a community at peace with itself. today we pray and trust that this peace maker himself now rests in peace. all of john's colleagues stand with his son, john miles, their family, and the entire country in thanking god that he gave ou

martin luther king jr. the last surviving speaker from the march on washington and the last of the big six leaders of the civil rights movement. lewis suffering a fractured skull when white police attacked black marchers in selma, alabama, in 1965. the day became known as bloody sunday. he returned this past march to commemorate the 55th anniversary of the confrontation that helped define his legacy. one of the final public images of congressman lewis standing in black lives matter plaza in washington, d.c. the tributes pouring in for an american hero from atlanta and across the country. john lewis fighting the good fight until the very end, and abc's rachel scott leads us off tonight. >> reporter: tonight, the world honoring civil rights hero and congressman john lewis, passing away at the age of 80 after battling pancreatic cancer. he always said his philosophy was a simple one. >> when you see something that is not right, not fair, not just, you have a moral obligation to say something, to do something.

back in montgomery last night martin luther king jr.'ughter with this message. >> vote together but don't forget to pray together or you will get weary and one day there will be a great camp meeting where we will all join together and say, free at last, free at last, thank god almighty, we are all free at last. rest in peace and rest in power, uncle john. >> lewis' funeral is thursday in atlanta. the service will be held at ebenezer baptist church once led by dr. martin luther king jr. >>> coming up, news about oprah winfrey and her media empire. >>> also ahead, celebrating regis philbin. why nobody did it better. we've got the retinol that gives you results in one week. not just any retinol. accelerated retinol sa. for not only smoother skin in one day, but younger-looking skin in just one week. and that's clinically proven. results that fast or your money back. unless you're attached to your wrinkles. one week is all it takes. neutrogena®. man: i'm 53. but in my mind i'm still 35. that's why i take osteo bi-flex, to keep me moving the

and i -- martin luther king jr. was from my home city. and it means a lot, whether we're white or black, we understand the sacrifices that that man and his family made. and i do the best that i can to live up to the vision that he had for america. >> mavis in florida, independent. >> caller: good morning. i wanted to ask miss martin, in reference to the president. when he was running for the election, he said he won't have time, he criticized mr. obama for going to a golf course. he said when he was running for president, he would be so busy, he won't have time to go to the golf course. this man has been on the golf course more than 90% of the time that he's been in office. taxpayer money pays for those trips. and to go backward and forward. she mentioned the obama family going on holiday. if you check back, mr. obama paid his holidays. mr. trump has five kids. when they travel, that's a lot of money for the taxpayer to have to cover all of them. secret service, to protect all of his children. again, that's a lot of money. but now that it

congressman and protege of martin luther king will lie in state at his workplace the capitol building there a nation transformed by black lives matter and say farewell also coming up more coal in 1000 cases a german food production sites this time it's a very in vegetable farm where over 170 workers test positive this latest cluster in germany again raises questions about conditions for my labor in the country and a diplomatic standoff the stars and stripes are lowered as the u.s. is forced to vacate his consulate in the chinese city if chandu it's in retaliation for the shutdown of the chinese diplomatic mission in houston last week. elaine hawkins good to be a with you always start in the u.s. where the body of the late civil rights campaigner john lewis as arrived at the capitol in washington escorted by police his motorcade made a symbolic jury. down black lives matter boulevard before arriving at the capitol where he's due to lie in state on makers and the public will get a chance to pay their respects to the icon following an invitation only ceremony held in his honor representa

the man known as the conscience of the nation civil rights icon john lewis who marched alongside martin luther king and went on to serve 17 times in congress has died at the age of i. i'm rebecca richards welcome to the program a year later is trying to reach an agreement on a 750000000000 euro coronavirus recovery plan have extended this summit into a 3rd day despite meeting until late on saturday night in brussels they did fail to finalize a deal member countries are divided on how much of the money should be distributed as a grants and how much as loans hit southern states including italy and spain a seeking a substantial aid payments but a group of fiscally frugal northern countries favor loans and more control over how the money is spent. bridging the gap between the 2 opposite camps is proving to be a major challenge but there is hope that a compromise will eventually be raged. so some of the 1st in summary and one can say it is going quite well things are going in the right direction of course as you'd expect it's a tough struggle a tough negotiation with the movement in the right direc

about martin luther king dying. i did not know what was happening, but i remember my stepfather coming home and putting a sign on our window saying we were a black family. and i do remember the killing of robert kennedy. older, i started to read up on things as far as movement --il rates rights movement. i watched many documentaries. it is interesting to me how the issue of black lives matter, you i do notblows my mind, understand why people do not get it. no one said that all lives did not matter. what are you tripping on? no one ever said that. this is about a group of people disrespected so and put on a level of being subhuman. it blows myine, mind that this country measured a black person by a certain percentage of what they had in their blood. are you kidding mez/ in this country -- are you kidding me? in this country? i did not ask to be born here. i was born here. time, theny point in person who is just speaking, said you could get killed at one point in time in this country for your civil-rights. are you kid

man known as the conscience of the nation john lewis the civil rights icon and marched alongside martin luther king and went on to says 17 terms in congress has done. a math and held welcome a year late as trying to reach agreement on a 750000000000 euro coronavirus recovery plan have extended this summit into sunday despite making into light on saturday night in brussels latest failed to finalize the deal countries are divided on how much of the money should be distributed as grants and how much as months cycled froogle 4 of the northern countries led by the netherlands want strict controls on spending. states including italy and spain a seeking substantial aid payments. oh let's bring in our correspondent barbara faisal who is watching but mostly whiting and brussels barbara good to have you with us what is the main sticking point. there's still so many sticking points that we couldn't pick out the one that was the stickiest because all the big questions here have been on resolve as you mentioned the question what governance that is what control there will be over the koran of funds will the

warns the man known as the contents of the nation civil rights icon john lewis marched alongside martin luther king and went on to serve 17 terms in congress has died at the age of 80. welcome to the show. leaders are meeting for a 3rd day as they struggle to reach an agreement on a 750000000000 euro coronavirus recovery plan member countries are divided on how much of the money should be distributed as free grants and how much as repayable loans hard hit southern states including italy and spain are seeking substantial aid payments but a group of fiscally frugal northern countries favor loans and more control over how the money is spent. bridging the gap between the 2 opposite camps is proving to be quite a challenge heading into a new round of meetings german chancellor angela merkel warned that a deal might not be reached today begins today we are entering the 3rd day of negotiations and it is certainly the decisive one the various issues the size of the fund the way it is managed and also the questions of the rule of law have not been examined thoroughly i still can't say whether a solutio

man known as the conscience of the nation john lewis the civil rights icon marched alongside dr martin luther king jr and went on to serve 17 terms and congress has done. a mickle welcome to the program. a new leaders are gathered and brussels for a 2nd day to thrash out the terms of a contentious economic recovery plan european council presidential michelle offered a revised proposal for the package aimed at helping countries worst affected by the coronavirus and demick german chancellor angela merkel is chairing a summit. pessimism runs high among those most in need italian prime minister just epic contest says the talks are at a stalemate as wealthy northern european countries insist on a package consisting mainly of loans rather than grants tensions are also running high over who controls how countries spend the money. let's bring in our correspondent bob bizzle who's closely following the developments in brussels for us barbara even on day 2 of the summit member states remain at odds over the corona rescue package why are these negotiations so complicated the slovenian prime minister you

he marched alongside martin luther king and lived to see a black president.orn in alabama in 1940, he grew up in an america that was deeply segregated. i would come home and asked my mother, my father, why segregation, my racial destination? they said, thatis my racial destination? they said, that is the way it is, don't get in trouble. but doctor king inspired me to get in the way, to get in trouble. asa trouble. as a student activist he became a close ally doctor martin luther king, fighting racial injustice with a message of nonviolence. he took pa rt a message of nonviolence. he took part in settings against whites only lunch counters, and was beaten by white mobs as he peacefully protested segregation on buses. you arrest me, you beat me, you throw me injail. what else can you do to me? we shall 0vercome. in 1963, lewis was the youngest speaker on the march on washington where doctor king delivered his famous "i have a dream" speech. two years later they marched for voting rights from selma to wa nt marched for voting rights from selma to want galmarini,

martin luther king, jr., was shot. >> martin luther king was shot and was killed tonight -- [ crowd screamings later, the nation still reeling from king's death, kennedy won the california primary, lewis was in the hotel suite as he gave the victory speech. >> my thanks to all of you and let's go on to chicago and win there. >> next thing, it was announced on television that he been shot. >> is there a doctor in the house? >> and we saw the scene with bobby laying on the floor. we all just broke down and just cried, really. >> with two assassinations, tragedies for the nation as well as personal losses for john lewis, helped set his future course. >> to lose two people that i admired and loved was almost too. yeah, later, i just said let's pick up with dr. king and where robert kennedy left off. without them, i'm not sure i would have gotten involved in american politics. >> lewis plotted his entry in to politics as he continued his voter registration work in the 1970s. >> it's no longer the drama in the streets. it is in washington. it is in city hall, the state capitols around the south and

so, i wrote a letter to martin luther king junior and told him i needed his help.ack and sent me a round—trip greyhound bus ticket and invited me to come to montgomery to meet with him. so in march of 1958, by this time i am 18 years old, and i saw martin luther king junior standing behind a desk. i was so scared. and doctor king spoke up and said, "are you john lewis? "are you the boy from troy?" and from that day on he started calling me the boy from troy. we became friends. congressmanjohn lewis there, speaking to the bbc seven years ago. the latest changes to coronavirus restrictions come into effect today in england, scotland and wales — after the prime minister expressed the hope of a return to normality by christmas. councils in england now have new powers to close shops and cancel public events to try to manage local outbreaks in future. it comes as a further 13 people who tested positive for coronavirus have died in hospital in england, bringing the total number of confirmed deaths in hospitals in england to 29,173. our political correspondent jessica park

vivian, one of martin luther king jr.'most valuable generals also passing away at the age of 95, his family telling cnn he died of old age and nar cautural causes. that's how they put it. both were recipients of the

i'm not invoking martin luther king. i grew up in the cap county, and later in floyd county, georgia. martin luther king's county was right next door in fulton. , it isn't something that i invoke, it's something i was taught in that we strive really hard in the city of atlanta to work to make sure that we are looking beyond the color of somebody's skin. it -- martin luther king jr. was from my home city. it means a lot, whether we are white or black, we understand the sacrifices that that man and his family made. i do the best that i can to live up to the vision that he had for america. host: mavis, fort lauderdale, florida, independent caller: i wanted to -- independent. caller: i wanted to ask miss martin in reference to the president, when he ran for election he said that he won't have time, criticized mr. obama for going to a golf course. he said that when he was running for president he would be so busy, he won't have time to go to the golf course. i understand that he's been on the golf course more than 90% of the