the medal said that martin luther king is going to be a complete closure but the capacity is going to change from one hundred forty some beds to actually forty two beds so france will be alone pretty quickly so we're going to be going to a lot of the outlines of those. mysterious one hospital to challenge me built don't be fooled into challenges because they're going to be overwhelmed at times be professional don't engage don't get angry when i hear a judge you do not get at least here to do or the russians on the run and it lessens i. the committee had to make a name for him ok and everybody knows it's called killer king we would get on see him first thing people would ask is where am i the to be transported and if we said martin luther king you know often the response was please don't take medicaid. they're understaffed under-funded and they have too many patients a didn't have private physicians and with four or five hundred patients in emergency rooms for a difficult to treat us those into the hospital through medical center is in critical condition and the cantor was in the botto

i never said that martin luther king is not going to be a complete closure but the capacity is going to change from one hundred forty some beds to actually forty thousand beds so france will be alone pretty quickly so we're going to keep on top of the outlines of those. type of business when the hospital the challenges built don't fall that is challenging because they're going to be overwhelmed at times the professional warning gauge don't need it and we're not here to judge you do need them they are always here to do work. on the run and here in washington i. the community had to make money from ok everybody knows it's called killer king we would get it on cd and first thing people would ask is where might it be transported and if we said martin luther king day you know often response was please don't take your case. they're understaffed underfunded and they have too many patients and didn't have private physicians and with four or five hundred patients in emergency room it's very difficult to treat ourselves into the hospital through medical center is in critical condition at the c

the medal said that martin luther king is not going to be a complete closure but the capacity is going to change from one hundred forty some beds to actually forty two beds so francis will be alone pretty quickly so we're going to keep on two of the outlines of those. with me is when the hospital to challenge me bill don't be fooled they're going to challenge it because they're going to be overwhelmed at times the professional don't engage don't get angry when i hear a judge do anything like that at least here to deal with the. run and it wash and dry. the community has a big name for ok and everybody knows it's called killer king we would get on see the first thing people would ask is where am i the to be transported and if we said mark was u.k. you know often your response was please don't take medicaid. they're understaffed under-funded and they have too many patients that didn't have private physicians and with four or five hundred patients in an emergency room it's very difficult to treat those into the hospital through medical center is in critical condition and the cantor was in

i never said that martin luther king is going to be a complete closure but that capacity is going to change from one hundred forty some bit stiction forty thousand beds in france will be up around pretty quickly it's all going to keep on top of the hour on this was. going to be just one hospital to challenge you to go out there we fall to the challenge and these are going to be overwhelmed at times any professional going gauge and getting angry when i hear a judge you do need more power you shouldn't be running. around and you're questions i. the community had a big day for ok and everybody knows it's called killer k. we would get on cd and first thing people would ask is where am i going to be transported and if we said martin luther king here often response was please don't take your case. they're understaffed underfunded and they have too many patients that didn't have private physicians and with four or five hundred patients in emergency rooms for a difficult the trio of those into the hospital through medical center is in critical condition and the cantor was in the bottom two a

we just take a patient to martin luther king with knowledge on vomiting which gets triano just in the emergency room and based on her level of severity so get a bed. we got there before a few other patients and she got a bed and now the other patients are going to wait even though they might have more . city year problems they might have to wait for a bed for hours. it's martin luther king you know even if they just limit their number of beds which they're planning on doing to forty two beds then that's going to be repercussions for everybody so. hopefully it won't get to the point where it's going to be affecting patient care to the point where people are going to be waiting for such long times that they're not going to be getting treated as they should so we'll see what happens. yeah you actually inject right check out the vehicle and the passenger. there is no one in me and to this we are the county hospital for the poor and yet we're the trauma center for everyone on the south bay area of los angeles. so it makes no difference if you have the best insurance in the world or no insu

if martin luther king you know even if they just limit their number of beds which they're planning on doing so forty two beds and then that's going to be repercussions for everybody so. hopefully it won't get to the point where it's going to be affecting patient care to the point where people are going to be waiting for such a long time so that they're not going to be getting treated as they should so we'll see you haven't. yet he was actually right checking out with you and the passenger. there is no line in the end to this we are the county hospital for the poor and yet with a trauma center for everyone on the south bay area of los angeles. so it makes no difference if you have the best insurance on the road or no insurance the next time you're in a traffic accident if god forbid we have an earthquake or a violent terrorist attack we are the place that you want to come where the place is going to be proper garbus where you want to come and if we're overcrowded have no gurneys you're going to be in trouble you're not going to get the kind of care that you deserve. it's not the train

. >> every community has a martin luther king boulevard. it's the cornerstone we all know. it's not just a street or boulevard, but a place where walmart stands together with your community to make every day better. >> nationwide insurance supports tavis smiley. with every question and every answer, nationwide insurance is proud to join tavis in working to improve financial literacy and remove obstacles to economic empowerment one conversation at a time. nationwide is on your side. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. [captioning made possible by kcet public television] tavis: marsha coleman-adebayo was an analyst at the e. p. weight -- epa when she discovered a case to the attention of her superiors. she was told to shut up and denied a promotion. she did not back down. her efforts led to the passage of the notes here act which protect whistle-blowers. the new book is called "no fear: a whistleblower's triumph over corruption and retaliation at the epa." she joins us tonight from washington. good to have you on this program. >> it i

. >> every community has a martin luther king boulevard. it's the cornerstone we all know. it's not just a street or boulevard, but a place where walmart stands together with your community to make every day better. >> nationwide insurance supports tavis smiley. with every question and every answer, nationwide insurance is proud to join tavis in working to improve financial literacy and remove obstacles to economic empowerment one conversation at a time. nationwide is on your side. >> and by contributions from viewers like you. thank you. tavis: ariel dorfman is an acclaimed novelist and human activist who served in chile before 1973. he is the chairman of latin american studies at duke and author of "feeding on dreams: confessions of an unrepentant exile." is great to have you on the program. >> thank you. i love the program. >> i will do my best to call you ever go. >> i asked that, and i ask everyone to call me ariel, so why shouldn't you? tavis: i have asked ariel to start by reading a passage from this text, which i think will set us on a beautiful direction for a fasc

martin luther king jr. was intrigued by a new star-studded play that opened recently on broadway. it's called "the mountaintop." the way it portrays the last night of dr. king's life has people talking. and the playwright, katori hall, wasn't even born when dr. king was killed. but she says her play makes king look more real. >> we've got some difficult days ahead, but it really doesn't matter with me now. because i've been to the mountaintop. i don't mind. >> reporter: wednesday, april 3rd, 1968. >> mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the lord! >> reporter: the last speech dr. king ever gave. memphis's mason temple. he finished exhausted and returned to the nearby lorraine motel. his favorite room, 306. it was the last night of his life. have you ever had a chance to be inside dr. king's actual room at the lorraine motel? >> no. only in my imagination. >> reporter: really? playwright katori hall has imagined dr. king's last night for almost 30 years of her life. they never let anyone in this roo

i never said that martin luther king is not going to be a complete closure of the capacity is going to change from one hundred forty some beds to actually for him to gods so francis will be alone pretty quickly so we're going to keep on two of the our schools and the thing is when the hospitals do challenge you girl don't be fooled into challenges because you're going to be overwhelmed at times and professional and wanting to gauge i don't get angry when i hear you're judging the research you do of the ocean. around and it questions i. the community had to take me for ok and everybody knows it's called killer king we would get on see first thing people would ask is where am i going to be transported and if we said mark was u.k. he often response was please don't take medicaid. they're understaffed underfunded and they have too many patients and then how private physicians and with for five hundred patients an emergency room it's very difficult to treat us those into the hospital through medical center is in critical condition and cantor was in the bottom two and a half percent of all h

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i would like for him to speak kind the issue of president obama, a politician in nine as to martin luther king as a leader. >> guest: it is very important to recognize people occupied different phases and have different missions. margin mr. king, jr. was then head of a wonderful and am perked -- important political social movement. he was a civil rights leader and a leader of the struggle and he occupied a certain role and he has certain responsibilities and a burden to carry eight when you occupy that role. as a policy issue occupy a different role. you have to watch public opinion and if margin is 13, jr. was willing to go against you are the elected politician go over public opinion poll calculation is different winning and losing is defined differently when you talk about martin luther king, jr. and barack obama, these are men that occupy a completely different niche and you have to identify them differently 87 dr. kennedy will be joined by now irvin painter here at the campus of miami-dade. we will broadcast their talk in interaction on booktv.org. that is about 10 minutes we have a few m

report got our attention this week including the organization that helped build the national martin luther kingl. greta has a look at the hefty salary paid to the memorial's c.e.o. >> the new martin luther king memorial commands a big presence here. and the foundation's president and c.e.o. harry johnson decommands a big salary more than $277,000 last year. >> that's ridiculous. >> people donating their money to help out whatever foundation that they're working with not to pay somebody sitting behind a desk. >> charity navigator which assesses charities ranked it fourth. by this afternoon, there was a new number four. the memorial had been removed from that list. charity navigator told us the foundation supplied additional information and upgraded its status. but the c.e.o. does make $277,000. and some say worth every penny. >> that's what they ended up paying him? >> but it's more than just dollars and cents. how well a charity cares for its community and brings about change. >> we're going to take a final look at that all-important

>> in a report on charity budget got our attention, including the one that helped build the martin luther kingjr. memorial. it looked at the hefty salary being paid to the memorial's ceo. the new martin luther king memorial commands a big presence here. the foundation's president and ceo commands a big salary, more than $277,000 last year. >> that is absolutely ridiculous. >> people donate their money to help out whenever foundation they're working with, not to pay someone to sit behind a desk. >> charity navigator assesses u.s. charities. they're ranked them a fourth for highest-paid ceo's who spends less than 60% of their money on natural programs and services. there was a new number four, it had been removed from the dubious list. charity navigator said it they supplied additional financial information and upgraded their status. harry johnson it did make $277,000, and some say he is worth every penny. >> what ever they paid him, it is here now. it is a stunning memorial. >> it is more than dollars and cents. how well he served the community and brings about long- term needed change are also

the developed a friendship with martin luther king?> he had a relationship with king are around legislation. if you look inside the reaction of the black community, there were lots of people who were militants who do not to the value of this legislation. king is saying, this is a necessary step. if you go back to the great march on washington in 1963, in large measure, it is to say to the congress, passed the civil rights act. humphrey if one of the great supporters of this. he is at the march on washington. he is someone who is in fact in his support. even as you get people saying, we should not have a march on washington. they're just trying to pressure us politically. humphrey thought it was a good and necessary step. >> at the early stages of the filibuster, he met with martin luther king. he said to him, i want you to know that we are on the same page. his policy was to treat them with respect. use the humphrey weight rather than the johnson way. i am just saying this because we are -- we want this bill to get past. >> we can hard

martin luther king. but the silver lining in that hurricane is that the delay appropriately extends our focus on dr. king's civil rights legacy and the work of those who, since him, have strived to make all of god's children truly free at last. well, dr. anthony bradley is one of those freedom seekers. as the title of his new book conveys, "black and tired," he's not satisfied with the progress to date. also for reasons you may not often hear about. has the essays in this book show, with titles like dw and the family, hip-hop's delusional god talk and green guzzle, anthony bradley is a scholar with wide ranging interests. his academic category shows that as well. his undergraduate degree is in science and his master's from the seminary and doctorate from west minister seminary are in theology. today he teaches at king's college of christian liberal arts school in new york city. and the knees first book was "liberating black theology" the bible and the black experience in america. his latest book, "black

martin luther king jr.o i was intrigued by a new star-studded play that opened recently on broadway. it's called "the mountaintop." the way it portrays the last night of dr. king's life has people talking. and the playwright, katori hall, wasn't even born when dr. king was killed. but she says her play makes king look more real. >> we've got some difficult days ahead, but it really doesn't matter with me now. because i've been to the mountaintop. i don't mind. >> reporter: wednesday, april 3rd, 1968. >> mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the lord! >> reporter: the last speech dr. king ever gave. memphis's mason temple. he finished exhausted and returned to the nearby lorraine motel. his favorite room, 306. it was the last night of his life. have you ever had a chance to be inside dr. king's actual room at the lorraine motel? >> no. only in my imagination. >> reporter: really? playwright katori hall has imagined dr. king's last night for almost 30 years of her life. they never let anyone in this

ok ok ok we're going to hear martin luther king ok ok quest for the king is the greatest hospital shortly right yes now they say that me and my baby is like they are really really good. this is proof that we're putting them up on ross founders county supervisor. that opens the door a. little monday morning at eight o'clock this hospital be open to the patients. watson will broke in the south central area of los angeles county. wants was put on the map not only in california but the but the mission to the world. in one thousand and sixty five because of the riots six days of rioting in the negro section of los angeles left behind the scenes from innocent of war torn city much of south central los angeles seemed to be on fire up the fire killing five unemployment for education and things like a lack of health care and. my claim commission said that the county must really hospital. just think that we had a section of los angeles county. over a third of a million citizens without adequate hospital care. when i transferred in m.l.k. more use of. true hospital was. your facility it was a hospit

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. >> every community has a martin luther king boulevard. it's the cornerstone we all know. it's not just a street or boulevard, but a place where walmart stands together with your community to make every day better. >> nationwide insurance supports tavis smiley. with every question and every answer, nationwide insurance is proud to join tavis in working to improve financial literacy and remove obstacles to economic empowerment one conversation at a time. nationwide is on your side. >> and by viewers like you. if thank you. kcet public television] tavis: pleased to welcome martin sheen and emilio west of as to the program. the way, a movie written and directed by emilio, here are some scenes from "the way." >> are they going to change your life? >> something like that. ♪ >> i am so sorry, i had no idea. >> those are smart, confident, stubborn. >> a lot like you. tavis: take me back when you started writing the project and you know you are writing this specifically for your father. what is that process like? >> i wanted to write something that explored who he is as a man and

." >> every community has a martin luther king boulevard. it's the cornerstone we all know. it's not just a street or boulevard, but a place where walmart stands together with your community to make every day better. >> nationwide insurance supports tavis smiley. with every question and every answer, nationwide insurance is proud to join tavis in working to improve financial literacy and remove obstacles to economic e a time. nationwide is on your side. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. [captioning made possible by kcet public television] tavis: robert borosage is the founder and president for america's future who served as an adviser to the campaign of jesse jackson. he is also a contributor to politico.com. he joins us from washington. good to have you on this program. i am going to go to the piece you wrote on october 24 and put a line up on the screen. "taxing the working poor is an ineffective and distraction from the challenge is facing. our problem is not that working people get too much, it is that income inequalities have