in a day of fighting martin luther king -- in making martin luther king and david d., we are forgetting that martin luther king, himself, was subjected to harassment, a violation of civil liberties, almost forcing his wife into suicide, i am talking about the government of the united states. j. edgar rule for and the fbi and the government of the united states in seeking to destroy martin luther king. the argument then was communism. he is too close to communism. we have to silence martin luther king. that was the government of the united states. if martin luther king were alive, about the iraqi war i have no doubt what he would say and about the harassment and persecution of innocent people because of their religious beliefs. he would be a very strong advocate of those constitutional liberties which are being eroded before our eyes. the second point is i am grateful for what you said. it is important what you said. i'm very proud that your organization and my organization, the reformed jewish movement, have entered into a united relationship to do with precisely these issues, to reach

that never stopped martin luther king. martin luther king embodied the conscience of america. he stirred my conscience. it wasn't justice and antisemitism -- it was justice and antisemitism that turned me into an activism. fayed came later. -- faith came later. he died in meant this but the contents of martin luther king has never die. -- he died in memphis but that conscience of martin luther king has never died. [applause] >> thank you so much, al. we have a television audience so i want to say something about you. he is director of social action and the author of many books. dr ingrid mattson is professor for islamic studies at hartford seminary. she is also president of the islamic society of north america. >> i certainly feel that i am surrounded by giant said day. -- giants today. you wrote a book about giants, and you could be a chapter extended into that in the future. i am grateful to the legacy of what you have done with martin luther king. and tonight we are here to remember his legacy. it is important for us to be grateful and to show that appreciation for all thos

that never stopped martin luther king. martin luther king embodied the conscious of america. irred my conscious. it was injustice. and hitlerism and anti-semitism which turned me to social activism. faith came later. faith came later. martin luther king was as great a contributor to that as anybody that i met in my whole life. he died in memphis but the conscious of martin luther king did not die. it stirs us still. [applause] >> thank you, so much, al, for that. and i realize that we have a television audience so i am going to tell just a sentence about you so those watching on television will be able to identify the others here. al vorsman is director of sporblee action for reform judaism and the author of many books "tough moral choices of our time." he also authored "giants of justice." dr. ingrid madison is professor at the mcdonald center for islamic studies and christian-muslim relations and also the president of the islamic society in north america. >> well, i certainly feel that i'm surrounded by giants today and i'm humbled to be among these great men. you wrote a bo

martin luther king and boarded the conscience of america. -- martin luther king embodied the conscience of america. phase came later. martin luther king was as great a contributor to that as anybody i've ever met in my whole life. he died in memphis. but the conscience of martin luther king did not die. [applause] >> thank you so much for that. i realize that we have a television audience. i am going to tell just a sentence so that those of you and television can identify the others. al horseman is the director of social action emeritus for reformed judaism and the author of many books. dr. ingrid manson is a professor for islamic studies at hartford seminary. she is also the president of the islamic society of north america. ingrid, we hear you now. >> thank you. i certainly feel that i am surrounded by a judge today. i am humbled to be among these great men. you wrote a book about dance yourself. this wilthere will be an addendo that in the future. i am grateful for what you have done. tonight, we're here to remember the legacy of martin luther king, but it is important to be grateful

enjoy the rest of this martin luther king holiday. . [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] . >> president barack obama talks about dr. king and his legacy and an update on the martin luther king memorial. we'll also look to the establishment of mlk day. coming up later today, live coverage of new virginia governor bob mcdonnell in his first state of the commonwealth address. we will begin at 7:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span. ).zÑtonight, larry cohen, the hd of the communications workers of america and what the federal government's role should be an expanding communication in the communication that is on c-span 2. now president barack obama on the legacy of martin luther king jr. he commemorated the birthday of the late civil rights leader yesterday. president barack obama spoke at the historic thurmont avenue baptist church in the nation's capital where dr. king once preached. his remarks are about half an hour. [applause] >> good morning. praise be to god. let me

martin luther king jr.s legacy and an acknowledgement that the united states remains some distance from the post-racial world that many had envisioned immediately after his inauguration." we are asking what has changed in civil-rights and race relations over 50 years. joanne, kansas city. good morning. caller: hello, i listen to you every day, seven days a week. i am a 70-year-old woman. i was a young woman during the march of martin luther king and civil rights. things are more blatant than they were back then. we still get beaten by the police in our neighborhood. our children are taken off to prison for drugs and stuff that the average white kid does not. host: you say that racism is more blatant than it was 50 years ago? caller: very much so. when you can get on television, like rush limbaugh, the fox news people, and sank niggey nigger d stuff like that. host: do you hear them use those words? caller: yes, i do. rush limbaugh, if he would stop taking ought to come -- ox ycontin, maybe he would learn ho

martin luther king jr. day as a national day of service. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from michigan, mr. kildee, and the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. platts, each will control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from michigan. mr. kildee: madam speaker, i request five legislative days during which members may revise and extend and insert extraneous material on h.res. 1002 into the record. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. kildee: madam speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. kildee: madam speaker, i rise in support of house resolution 1002, which honors the life and work of dr. martin luther king jr. and encourages the continued commitment to martin luther king jr. day as a national day of service. january 18, 2010, marks an important holiday for our country. it is a day in which our nation reflects on the life and teachings of an inspirational and courageous leader, dr. martin l

martin luther king, jr. was remembered across the u.s. today.in atlanta, the annual memorial service was held at ebenezer baptist church, where the slain civil rights leader preached for eight years. marches to honor his legacy were held no matter the weather, from detroit to raleigh, north carolina to los angeles. and in washington, president obama and his family marked the national day of service by serving lunch to the needy. later, the president called on americans to help their communities all year long. >> part of what the civil rights movement was all about was changing people's hearts and minds and breaking out of old customs and old habits. that's, i think, an important lesson for all of us on this day. are there things that we can try to do that might have seemed impossible but we know are worth doing and can we apply those principles that we know to be true in our own lives and in our society? >> sreenivasan: yesterday, president obama spoke at a baptist church in washington to remember the work of doctor king. he urged people to keep

martin luther king jr., who sort of leads the masses of african-americans from racial oppression. this notion that rosa could sit and martin could do this stuff and barack could fly. all these things sound good, but really simplify a much more complicated history. that complicated history really involves so many african-americans, women and men who proactively dismantled racial segregation, including rosa parks. rosa parks was an activist. she did not just refuse to give up her seat by accident. it was a concerted, strategic effort to try to transform democratic institutions. so the lesson that we have to impart to our kids and to the nation is that this isn't just something that happens by accident by these iconic figures like dr. martin luther king jr. who come down from on high and help the rest of us. i mean, that was really a debate during the election. i remember hillary clinton had said during the election that even though martin luther king jr. was important it took president to sign the voting rights act. when then senator obama kept invoking dr. king. he kept invoking dr.

martin luther king, jr. who leads the masses of african-americans from racial oppression so this notion that rosa sat and martin could do this stuff and jesse could run and then barack obama could fly are all these things that sound good but they really simplify and much more complicated history and the complicated history involves so many african-americans, women and men who proactively dismantle racial segregation including rosa parks. rosa parks was an activist. she didn't just refuse to give up her seat by accident. it was a concerted strategic effort to try to transform space institutions so the lesson we have to in part to our kids and the nation is that this isn't just something that happens by accident by these iconic figures like the dr. martin luther king, jr. who has come down from high and helped the rest of us. it was a debate during the election because remember hillary clinton said during an election even though martin luther king, jr. was important it took a president to sign the voting rights

martin luther king jr. who sort of leads the masses of african-americans from racial oppression. so this notion that rosa sat and, you know, martin could do this stuff and jesse could run and then barack could fly, all these things, they sound good, but they really, they really simplify a much more complicated history. and that complicated history really involves so many african-americans, women and men, who proactively dismantled racial segregation including rosa parks. rosa parks was an activist. she didn't just refuse to give up her seat by accident, it was a concerted, strategic effort to try to transform democratic institutions. so the lesson that we have to impart to our kids and to the nation is this isn't just something that happens by accident by these iconic figures like a dr. martin luther king jr. who come down from on high and help the rest of us. i mean, that was really a debate during the election because remember hillary clinton had said during the election, well, even though martin luther king jr. was important, it took a president to sign the voting rights act be

martin luther king, jr. to help the rest of us it is a debate during the election because hillary clinton said even though martin luther king, jr. was important it took a president to signed the voting rights act that is when then senator obama i kept invoking dr. keying as a fierce urgency of now and senator clinton said hold up. it took a president to sign that bill. she was invoking the notion that our politics still run it a top down way even though keying was the seminal figure her point* is that you still need a president to transform this nation and really i think the most transformative part to our history when you think of the civil-rights movement and the power movement of the '60s and '70s and the postwar period, it is people who transform this point* it is seamstress. it is regular people who would converge of these people who become iconic. >> host: one of the things i loved about your book is the complexity of its and to try a complex portrait. martin luther king, jr. for instance was a critic o

martin luther king jr. and to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the stevie wonder song, "happy birthday." that song was such a fitting tribute to dr. king and a rallying cry to create the dr. martin luther king jr. holiday that we celebrated last weekend and on monday. dr. martin luther king jr. was my friend. he was my big brother. he was my hero. and above all, he was a simple human being filled with love, peace, and compassion for all humankind. madam speaker, i want to take the opportunity to thank my colleague, the chairman, mr. conyers, for the great and unbelievable role that will you played in making this holiday possible. when the historians speak of him and write about the spirit, they would have to write that you, john conyers, paved the way to make it possible for people all over america and around the world to stop and celebrate the work of martin luther king jr. we as a congress, as a nation, and as a people are deeply indebted to you. and we will never, ever forget the role that you played. st

again after engine trouble i would much rather be martin luther king than the late martin luther king's. it could soar with intensity. i've been to the mountaintop and by not filling any man. my eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the lord, and it could exult and praise song, and i am so glad i didn't die. thank you. [applause] so, here to take any of your questions, observations, reflections about king himself or the legacy of king today and certainly i have been feeling a lot of questions most places about king and obama and jeremiah wright so any place anybody would like to cut in your most welcome. now, i am being advised because c-span's taking. they are going to need to get a microphone close to use of this gentleman here. i'm sorry. if you could give me one minute to switch glasses i will be able to see. there you go. >> some of the things you're saying about king sounded like jeremiah wright. but what king say the jeremiah wright today do you think? >> well, ig might want to separate jeremiah wright. i don't want to call that a performance but whatever it was yesterday by

martin luther king honoring the life of martin luther king jr.he u.s. house expected back in shortly. we'll have coverage when they do gavel back in. until then a defense department briefing on operations in northern iraq. we'll hear from major general anthony dr. ucolo. topics include tensions in northern iraq and the upcoming elections. this is just over a half-hour. >> good morning. we are privileged to have with us today major general anthony cucolo commander of u.s. forces division north. he assumed his current duties in iraq in november of 2009. this is his first time in this format. he joins us today from contingency operating base stryker near tikrit, iraq. he'll be happy to take your questions. thank you for joining us. over to you, sir. >> thanks. good morning, everybody, back in washington, d.c. wish i could see you. i'm sure i would recognize a couple faces. i'm fortunate right now to command 21,000 of the finest americans in iraq right now. i've got brigades from fort bliss, texas, fort riley, kansas, fort lewis, washington, two brig

martin luther king's birthday.t's the difference wean what we're doing here and what the germans did during world war one sinking ships of various countries. and what does this world thinks of germany for doing this? is it any wonder that america thinks less and less for doing these attacks? and finally, my question is i read something in the paper i want you to confirm it, na after the assassination attempt, that chapman base there in afghanistan, there was an increase in the number of these drone attacks. and that looked to me like it did for five and six days in a row, i read that somewhere, and that looked to me like collective punishment. what do you think about that, sir? guest: there have been an increase since those c.i.a. agents were killed. you know, and they would tell you as we've discussed here that this is a state of war. they're killing us and we are going to try to discourage them to do that and one way to discourage them is to increase the number of hits that they suffer if they do something like t

martin luther king. [applause] >> as we worked together to represent our people during this difficult time of challenges, i am reminded of the words of dr. king who said the ultimate measure of demand is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience but where he stands at times of challenge. together, we do face challenges today and the choices we make will come after much reflection and debate. if we can show the leadership and agree to cooperate, we will move to virginia well through these difficult times. i asked tonight did you make the decisions during the session not based on which house or political party or which branch of government wins but whether the people of virginia win. much of the marvelous story of america was written right here in the commonwealth of virginia. much of her future will be written here, as well. with challenge comes opportunity, many have said, and if that is true, we have a lot of opportunity before us. i pledge to work with all of you to create what i call a

martin luther king jr. we fittingly refresh our nation with 81 new citizens. not only citizens of the united states, that as a citizen of the state that i happen to live in now, and is my home, the state of virginia. i know that we all have on our minds this afternoon the tragedy that occurred in haiti last week, and our hearts and our prayers go out to those who have suffered terrible losses, and who are now in need of our help. i am proud of the response that the american government and international community has extended to the people of haiti. but much more needs to be done. it will take a long time to restore stability and to get haiti act up on its feet. all of us have an opportunity to help in this regard. by donating money to the many relief efforts that are at work, all of these efforts working so hard to help the haitian people. our new citizens, i know, will do what they can to help those in need. dr. martin luther king jr. was the leader of the forces for freedom and equality in america's secon

martin luther king jr.'s day serves as an annual opportunity for people across the nation to give back and to volunteer to help those who are suffering. it was his generosity of spirit that defined dr. king's life and work. and by living out his sellless dedication to our fellow man, we can honor his vision and continue the work he left behind. mr. president, the fact that i stand before you today on the floor of the united states senate is proof of the endid youring legacy of -- enduring legacy of martin luther king. out of the chaos and violence of segregation, dr. king found the strength to speak of peace, hope, and righteousness. where many saw hate an resen resentment, dr. king saw an opportunity to build bridges, to seek out the humanity of those on both sides and to appeal to the compassion that lives in each of us. there were some who lashed out with clenched fists. but although he knew he would be met with hostility, dr. king came to the table time and time again with arms outstretched. half a centu

. >>> construction on the new martin luther king, jr. memorial on the national mall is under way. we'll get an update on that project. coming up at 9:00, we'll check in with a local man who is traveling from the district to antarctica by bus. where is andrew evans this morning? we'll it would you. >>> this is our live picture that we just showed you a moment ago. this is montrose road where it come in contact with # 70. this is a fuel fire. apparently a tanker tck there. but that truck may have spilled fuel along the road. that is now up in flames. -- this is montreal rose road where it comes in contact with 270 -- this is montrose road here it comes in contact with 270. >> let's get to julie wright with the traffic. >> yes, the call came in at about 4:40 this morning because of the huge truck fire. we believe the driver is the one who made the 911 call. montrose road shut down in each direction east and westbound as it crosses over 270. i notice on my trip in, there was a lot of response headed in this direction and again, the fire, as you can clearly see, flames continue to shoo

in fact, the remaking of martin luther king boulevard unless this turns out to be different from everyce even the worse places that the federal government has gone before. >> i want to ask you very quickly that's one of the most spectacular views of the city. will that remai open to the public to be able to take advantage of that? >> i've taken your own tom sherwood up there. i've already seen to it that the public will be able to go to the point. by the way, jim, they haven't been able to go up to the point for decades. can't get into it because it's a closed project. we'll open the project and people will be able to get in. nobody is interested in getting into the homeland security cility. we want to get to that >>> welcome back to "viewpoint." our guest this morning congresswoman eleanor holmes norton. we were talking about budget crises all around the country and jurisdictions. local government, state government, also agencies and metro had a particularly tough 2009. safety concerns were raised time and time again. now a $40 million budget short fall. congresswoman, what kind of pa

i was to try to keep moral and spiritual questions out of politics and he pointed out that martin luther king, brought them in, hadn't always been that way. back to the abolitionist movement. some of the most earliest effective abolitionists were evangelical christians who argued slavery was a sin. so bringing moral and religious convictions and arguments and reasoning to bear on political questions and questions of law is not only the province of the cultural conservatives or religious right, seems to be the case in recent decades. so i think that, that barack obama as a candidate was on to important insight. and i also think his ability to speak to broader moral and spiritual questions in politics answered a yearning a hunger, broad in the land for politics of larger meanings that engages more directly with moral questions. but it's a hard and very difficult question. thank you for raising it. >> you snengsed -- mentioned i think twice health care just in passing today. to me the health care challenges, seems like a very complicated issue partly because the status quo is so entrenched but c

in 1965 he traveled to selma, alabama, to visit martin luther king, jr. who was in jail. in 1976 at a party for mack, the president of the naacp said, i say thank god for mac mathias. he was an outstanding advocate for congress. he was committed to the environment, he proposed legislation to protect the chesapeake bay, a antetum natiol battlefield and helped to create the c&o canal historical park. in the 110th congress he traveled to washington to help lobby fellow republicans for a bill to combat election fraud. was a leader for campaign finance reform. a subject that the congress would have to revisit in citizens united v. the federal election commission. he remarked that no problem confronting our nation is greater than that of our steadily eroding confidence in our political system. he was so right. he understood that democracy is depended on inclusion and on citizens who participate in the process and have confidence their view also be heard and fairly considered. today i urge my colleagues to pause for a moment to remember a gentleman from maryland who cared deeply

[applause] >> here is what is ahead on this martin luther king, jr., a day. next, the latest update on relief efforts in haiti. then more from a recent series of hearings looking at the financial crisis. >> join us later today for live coverage of new virginia gov. bob mcdonnell in his first state of the commonwealth address. that will be a 7:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span. tonight, head of the communications workers of america on what the federal government's role should be in expanding high-speed internet in the u.s. that is tonight on c-span2. >> looking now the latest pictures of relief and devastation and rescue efforts in haiti. from the ap, more u.s. troops, doctors, and aid workers are heading into 80 to help the thousands of earthquake victims. there's a long line of u.s. citizens at the u.s. embassy at port-au-prince hoping to arrange a flight of the of the country. looting has spread. people spotted breaking into shops. taking toothpaste among other items. people put it under their noses to block the smell of decaying bodies. >> a live? did you spe

as a result, for martin luther king to gandhi has now become very relevant to this civil rights movementnd this is the reason that americans should pay attention. >> thank you, all, very much. we went four minutes long because it was such a great conversation. thank you so much. really glad to have you. happy new year to both of you. >> happy new year, too. thank you. >>> after all the warnings of the past week it seems impossible that airlines would drop the ball again on security but it did happen and we'll tell you why. >>> entering the u.s. isn't easy. even foreigners who get a visa can cause a headache for the government and pose a threat to all of us. we're back in a moment. (announcer) time brings new wisdom new aches and pains, ...and new questions about which pain reliever is right for your body. tylenol 8 hour works with your body, with one layer that dissolves quickly... ...one layer that lasts all day ...and no layers that irritate your stomach the way that ibuprofen can. it's tough on your body pain. not on your body. >>> since a failed terror plot on christmas day, security

i think this issue needs to be taken off the president's desk, and near the birthday of martin luther kingis is a time to have a conversation about race. there are millions of rank and file african-americans out here every day, who know that lighter skinned and not having negro dialect. whatever that means, it does affect your ability to get jobs, it affects how people perceive you, and so -- >> are you saying that lighter extend african-americans do -- they are treated differently? >> that's been true since slavery. anybody who understands anything about black history, knows that lighter skin is always an asset, it comes down to your degree of whiteness or not being too black. you noticed the president was careful all throughout the election to not be perceived as too black. harry reid's statement reflects what's in america's hard, we still live in a society where being too black or speaking too black will take away certain opportunities. when we judge people on such superficial characteristics, we're missing the opportunity of making america the country it's capable of being. >> when you

. >> so i want to begin with a standard image of martin luther king and his relationship to americans and to the culture. and we tend to think of him as an icon of the universal humanity. the high flowing moral appeal. the serial dreamer who turned the other cheek. not a black or white dream, but a dream that transcended race. it's kind of a utter perfect person. utterly noble. all of those phrases that he loved, the majestic language of the communities or the interconnectedness of humanity or the mu chewality or the content of culture that was beyond race. that image is tied to that to etic kind of vision of kings which is the the little black children and white children holding hands and sort of moving off into the future of the real america about to perfect itself. so in this sense, all -- a hole lot of what we know of as the identity politics of the last 30 years from black national to the outness of i'm here and i'm queer, the identity, up to evangelical christianity which brought them into the modern world that we're here too. the king in some sense that we think of is a break w

martin luther king, what did he say, judge me by the content of my character, not the color of my skin, and i think that's somewhat what this administration is trying to deal with pushing race aside and let's deal with the issues. >> do those you've spoken with and how about yourself, do you think the president's statement and the acceptance of this apology goes far enough or do you think more should come from this? >> well, again, as a journalist, i mean, i'm the one reporting on it, but if there is more to come, yes, there is going to be a bigger deal. if civil rights community leaders come out saying things, that's when, you know, it becomes a bigger issue. when you hear people in the house, democrats come up, that's when it becomes a bigger issue. if the community comes out and starts really saying, look, this needs to be handled and tackled, that's when it becomes a bigger issue. and we're hearing about it, but we'll see how the grand swell happens. and that's where it goes. it depends upon the groundswell and how the president handles it really is the way it is guided. he's steer

they don't include -- some people don't include martin luther king in the same decade as the utes orthe antiwar movement. so it's confusing. and when i teach, i teach sociology because it helps me understand the world. i teach sociology of the '60s, i typically -- i always interview my students on day one about what they've learned from their parents or grandparents about the '60s. and the answer generally is zero. they say nothing, mr. hayden. that's why we're here to take the class. my dad said i should go take your class. [laughter] >> so we're not really transmitting a counter narrative to the narrative of chaos and confusion that's out there. and i think there is a counter narrative that we can go into, but the point of a counter narrative is that the '60s resulted in a huge range of reforms, and as these reforms were achieved, the '60s came to an end. because of the spirit and energy and the organizing resources faded with the success. this does not exclude repression and trials and assassinations and many other aspects of the '60s. the core point is, the '60s might have been f

and then that decade is the introduction of the assassination of the president, of martin luther king, of robert kennedy, the turmoil in the streets of chicago, the war that cost us almost 60,000 lives before the end of it. so that is not in the distant past. that's in my own lifetime. maybe not yours, david. >> i wasn't going to say it. but david brooks, what then becomes narrative of this decade? >> who are the passionate outsiders who are going to come in. the people with passion can control the decade, the feminists in the 1970s. the evangelicals in the 1980s. who are the real passionate outsiders, the protesters in iran but two, i have to say i'm not a huge fan but the tea party people. they have real passion, now on the outside. if they can merge with responsible leadership and become a real movement there is real disgust at government, about fiscal issues, they could become maybe a destructive force in the republican party, maybe a positive force. those are people with real passion who may play a much larger role. >> e.j., you talk about the squandered decade and how politicall

martin luther king jr. from his lesser-known speeches and private conversations with colleagues. he spoke at the friend select school in philadelphia. this program is just over one hour and contains language some may

so it includes the letters of extraordinary people who, many have heard of, like doctor martin luther king, benjamin becker and ida b. wells. but also unsung people, slaves, just ordinary people throughout history. can you give an example of one of these unsung people? >> sure. there are many, several letters from slaves who are just writing to each other to family members from whom they have been separated. you know, letting them know how they are, trying to find out how their loved ones are very. not people who would have known of. >> how did you come upon this project and how did you select the letters? >> well, that was pretty insane. i went through thousands of lives over the course of five years, and some of the things naturally emerge so i wanted to look at black family life through letters, and so after a while to sort of an organizing principle through these things. and then i arrange them chronologically. but i tried to kind of create a narrative to show the historical oracles of the book begins with the letters of people in the 1700s. some were slaves and summerlike benjamin ban

long delays were construction is under way and people are building a memorial to recognize martin luther king. i spent time with dr. king's older sister, not only here in washington but in at lana where we visited the bird -- in atlanta where we visited the birth home of dr. king. we have often had conversations about how it is important that we tell all of america's story. for sure it is important that we make sure we are taking care of thathe natural wonders that we have and how we move forward with a 21st century conservation agenda. as important as that agenda is, it is equally important an agenda to make sure that we as the custodians of history tell all of america's story. that includes the stories of the japanese internment camps, or the story of our newest national park in california, which essentially tells the story of discrimination against african american soldiers in world war ii. that is very much a part of the responsibility of this department. so i would say to you and to all people who are listening to this statement from the, when i speak about diversity, i speak about diver

where helen keller comes in and goldmann comes in, and mark twain comes in, and eugene debs and martin luther king, that's where they come in. and when that happens, then something will change. our job is to purchase but in that process. and to light a fire under these wishy-washy democrats who have just one an election, and you're sort of falling back timidly and they want to pass nonbinding resolutions. how about a binding resolution? [laughter] >> yes. [applause] >> how about holding hearings on impeachment? [applause] >> and impeachment -- talking about a double impeachment. i'm talking bush and cheney. because, you know, they go together. know, impeachment is not a radical solution. some people act, impeachment, they come of the thought of impeachment. in the high reaches of the democratic party, we mustn't talk about impeachment that impeachment is a constitutional measure. it's right there in the constitution. the president may be impeached for high crimes and misdemeanors. what bush has done has not met -- does that not match the requirement of high crimes? sending us into war, lying to us

and emma goldman comes in and mark twain comes in and eugene debs and fannie lou hamer and martin luther king. that is where they come in. and when that happens, then something will change. our job is to participate in that process. at this point, to light a fire under these wishy-washy democrats to have just one an election and you were sort of falling back timidly. they want to passed non-binding resolutions. how about a binding resolution? [laughter] [applause] yes. how about holding the hearings on impeachments. [applause] i am talking about a double impeachment. i am talking about bush and cheney because they go together. no come impeachment is not a radical solution. people aft, impeachment in the trumble at the thought of impeachment. some people in the high reaches of the democratic party, we mustn't talk about impeachment. and weichmann is a constitutional measure. the president may be impeached for high crimes and misdemeanors. what baluchistan, does that not match the requirement of high crimes and misdemeanors? sending us into war, lying to us, taking away our liberties, taking aw

hubbard who called black folk the inward and plant there and i get on martin luther king to put the fear of god in them all. on the part alan was afraid of what would happen to them in the chaos. the south and after all border detroit and they were separated only by an invisible force field that ran along arteries like the avenue. and of course alan within be surprised if black sea to the dearborn cash. blacks who worked at the road, nearly one-third of employees, not to think about living in dearborn in fact they went out of their way to go home after their shift traffic and drive through. hubbard said he wasn't going to let anyone come from detroit and harm dearborn but alan wasn't going to count on hubbard to help the south and cash. if anyone came near his house, his family, his girlfriend or his neighborhood he would be the one to give them a fight. as alan swung lazily back-and-forth on the swing a loud boom may differ in one jump. a gunshot, the hour fighting! alan found himself shall. callis shoved her daughter into the house and screamed to protect her. before he got in the hous

martin luther king, the apostle of non-violence in the civil rights movement has been shot to death intennessee. >> reporter: the murder of the civil rights leader triggers violence in city after city. just a few months later, the killing of a potential president is followed by riots at a political convention to end all conventions. >> a policeman isn't there to create disorder. the policeman is there to preserve order. >> reporter: now consider the year 1959. could that really be called a year that changed everything? the last year of the '50s, a decade whose image is all about etched in stone. men in gray flannel suits, stepford wives in sub urban complacency, a veritable white bread sandwich of a time. would anyone seriously claim that this was a year when the earth moved, when foundations began to crumble? >> there was this growing sense that things were changing, that change.... >> reporter: journalist fred kaplan thinks 1959 is exactly that kind of landmark year. >> the newest good, the new is good. the new is something worth embracing. >> reporter: his argument ranges far and wi

the way we made him do it is we had martin luther king, we have the civil rights movement, to get the civil rights act and the voting rights act. we need to do this. we need to stop talking about it. this is a good program, c-span, but at the end of the day we need to get out on the street and we need to mobilize and do what we need to do. host: 1 event that may happen today, also could have a big effect on elections this year. robert barnes from "the washington post" who writes about the supreme court is here to talk about it. so -- since september, when the case was re-argued, citizens united, an interesting and out of the ordinary event, people have been wondering when the decision will happen. now we learned yesterday to that there may also be an unusual event. guest: the court has scheduled and unscheduled day today to issue some opinion. the court never says in advance what opinion it is going to issue. but the unusual timing of this makes everyone think that it might be this important case, citizens united, which, as you say, has grown into something much bigger than it started

long delays were construction is under way and people are building a memorial to recognize martin luther kingent time with dr. king's older sister, not only here in washington but in at lana where we visited the bird -- in atlanta where we visited the birth home of dr. king. we have often had conversations about how it is important that we tell all of america's story. for sure it is important that we make sure we are taking care of thathe natural wonders that we have and how we move forward with a 21st century conservation agenda. as important as that agenda is, it is equally important an agenda to make sure that we as the custodians of history tell all of america's story. that includes the stories of the japanese internment camps, or the story of our newest national park in california, which essentially tells the story of discrimination against african american soldiers in world war ii. that is very much a part of the responsibility of this department. so i would say to you and to all people who are listening to this statement from the, when i speak about diversity, i speak about diversity i

covered who called black folks iain word and plan to the law yet on martin luther king had put the fear of god in them all. on the porch, alan was afraid of what would happen to them and the chaos. the south and after all boarded the train and they were separated only by an invisible force field that ran along the share arteries like the avenue. and of course alan but in the suppressed of blacks eight deer one. blacks who worked at the rich nearly one-third of employees not to even think about living in dearborn. in fact they went out of their way to go about dearborn to get home after their shift rather than drive through. hubbard said he wasn't when to let anybody come from detroit and harm dearborn but alan wasn't we to count on him to help the south end. if anyone came near his house, his family, his girlfriend or his neighborhood, he would be the one to give them a fight. as alan swung lazily back-and-forth on this week a bill made it everyone jumpy with a gunshot, a gun shot, they are firing! alan found himself on began to the others in the dark trying to get in the house first. d

martin luther king's birthday. he would be 81 this coming year, and dr. king, as you may know, his first pastorate was in montgomery, alabama, the home of alabama state. that is where jesse white was going to school the very time darter king arrived in montgomery. he joined with his friends to help support dr. king. he was there when rosa parks said she was not going to move to the back of the bus. jesse white as head ally of service. half a century of helping mentor young people and making sure they go the right way in life. i am publicly but very grateful to you, jesse. you have been a great friend and adviser. i really appreciate your help in these tough times in the state of illinois. thank you very much. [applause] as i mentioned, any time we can save a life, it is a very important thing. one of my very first bill that i signed this year had to do with mammograms and breast cancer screening. we do not want anyone to be denied health measures that they need in order to save their life and make their life better. sometimes it takes the efforts of lots

taken up in the civil rights discourse itself so in the book i talk about seven or eight of martin luther king's sermons, where he actually uses schizophrenia as a metaphor to talk about how there is a deboysan split in the black mind between good and evil, between violence and non-violence and we should choose the path of non-violent resistance and conversely, schizophrenia also became a troupe, a metaphor, times a live reality talked about in black power circles, also places like negroes with guns, williams' famous book where he talks at length about schizophrenia, malcolm x talks about schizophrenia and books most famously like black rage that make arguments that schizophrenia basically is an illness that's not caused by a defect in the black mind, it's caused by living in a particularly racist society. so that's one place the definition of schizophrenia is changing. but the point i want to talk about today in terms of where that is actually that i do feel also that certain troupes from within black power, from within the civil rights era and particularly the civil rights era of the late 1960

martin luther king, and she now says, how can my uncle's dream survive if we murder the children? dr. martin luther king talked about inclusion, the politics of inclusion, not disenfranchising someone by reason of their age or condition of dependency or race or by reason of their sex. she now heads up a group that reaches out to women who have had abortions and have suffered and offers the path through faith, through god and through friendship to come between sense of reconciliation and restoration as a result of the trauma of abortion. tragically never again, as abby said, the abortion clinic operator at planned parenthood, abby johnson, when she walked out and said never again. never again comes too late for the approximately 52 million babies who have been slaughtered in planned parenthood clinics and abortion mills throughout america since the infamous holdings of the supreme court in 1973. 52 million babies lost. it's staggering, stunning and beyond tragic. but you know, it doesn't have to come too late for the millions of other children who face extermination today, tomorrow,

on monday, martin luther king day, we observed a national day of service and volunteerism. i had the honor of working alongside a number of volunteers in cedar rapids, iowa. it is the effort, dedication, a sense of shared community like i experienced on monday that is the heart and soul of iowa and our great nation. while i have been able to work with congress to provide supplemental disaster assistence toward flood recovery, it is the volunteers from not only iowa but all over the country who have offered their hearts and time and made a truly monumental impact in our state. thank you again, volunteers, for all you do. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas rise? >> to address the house for one minute. ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. olson: mr. speaker, my constituents, people saw their last 18-month-old daughter on april 7, 1995. bianca's father, wan, took her for a scheduled child custody visit and abducted her to mexico. tha

at the martin luther king memorial where i signed the permit after 10 years of long delays. where construction is underway and 40 people are building a memorial for -- to recognize martin luther king here on the national mall. i spent time with dr. king's older sister, mrs. farris, not only here in washington but also in atlanta where we visited the birth home of dr. king. and so it's an agenda that is important for me.wc] it's an agenda where tom strickland and john jarvis and i often had conversations about how it is important that we tell all of america's story. for sure, it is important that we make sure that we're taking care of the natural wonders which we have responsibility for on behalf of the american people and how we move with a agenda to the landscape scale and we will get that done. but as important as that agenda is, it is equally as important an agenda to make sure that as we, the custodians of history, the custodians of telling america's story that we tell all of america's story. and so that includes the stories of the japanese internment camp or the story of

the president will commemorate the birth of martin luther king and will campaign today for martha coakley for the senate seat given up by the death of ted kennedy. we'll talk about that later in the air but first, this piece this morning from "the washington post." clinton believes that the country can come back stronger in the future. bearing so, bottled water and other supplies, secretary clinton flew into the battered capital and told the haitian people that the u.s. will be here today, tomorrow, and in times ahead as the u.s. struggles to organize a relief effort for a barely functioning haitian government. mrs. clinton said she was here at the invitation of the country's president and came in large part to hear what was needed by the people. you can also send us a tour comment. you can send us an e- mail,jopuranl@c-span.org. caller: i think long term commitment should not be there. is this going to be a land grab with all these people coming inde? i don't think the united states should be there but the chinese or what ever could come in there. but fake with the closures and layoffs,