martin luther king jr., and caretta scott king.ustifiably considered the first family of the civil rights movement. may the breath of god uphold their noble and heroic story. may it carry to all generations a message to inspire all americans. no matter their belonging to a minority in our country. may the sacrifices of martin luther and coretta and those of so many inspired by them, or who joined them in their struggles for justice, echo now throughout history as it calls to us all to be men and women for others. especially for those whose rights are threatened. god bless america. grant us equal justice for all, both now and into a greater future for our nation. amen. >> please be seated. ladies and gentlemen, from the 11th district of ohio, and chair of the congressional black caucus. >> good afternoon. today we commemorate one of the most significant pieces of legislation in our history, and we honor to of the world's greatest leaders. after martin luther king jr. and president lyndon b. johnson, exemplify the principles on which

but he had a sicken i have or hatred of martin luther king. >> let me just put in two points. on hoover, i remember i was then bob mcnamara's assistant in the pentagon and hoover sent out this memo describing dr. king to all the cabinet officers. unbelievable. but you're right about the selma thing. after bloody sunday when the march resumed, johnson sent troops, we nationalized the guard so that we could protect the marchers. i was -- my instruction was to send memos to the white house every two hours. about those marchs. and they're actually -- >> you can read them. >> you can read them. they're actually on the lbj library tapes. every two hours where they were, how far they had gotten. i sent them to jack volente, who would bring them into the president. the questions would come back. he just didn't -- he was so focused on selma and on that march working, it was really quite remarkable. >> i think one of the things that people forget if they are not familiar with the period is how many things were achieved, as he pointed out the assassination of met gar evers happened just h

martin luther king jr. and caretta scott king. r us to work as did martin belovedtta to build a community where the brotherhood and sisterhood of humankind will become a reality. andhe spirit of martin coretta, stir us to resist oppression with transformative love. in the spirit of martin and correta, inspire us to continue our commitment to nonviolent direct action. of martin and caretta, make us your active disciples who join you in your work of bringing deliverance to captives. selves us to our best with new strength and a hopeful faith, hastening the day when all of your children can join hands and sing in the words of the negro spiritual, free at , free at last, thank god almighty, we are free at last! we pray in your sovereign name, amen. ladies and gentlemen, please remain at your seats until your row is invited to depart by a visitor services representative. thank you. c-span, the on homeland security secretary testifies about efforts to stop the influx of children at the u.s. border. then speeches from candidates after the

asked is in montgomery, alabama. >> do you hear more about martin luther king, or malcolm x? to learn about the history. >> this educator is dedicated to helping people realize the value of preserving their own histories. >> will we see lil' wayne and the shamburg? i think it's a good idea, actually. all of these questions about who is black, what is plaque, where do i sit in the world? i have to bring those questions front and center into the life of this institution. >> for kalil mohammed the hamburg center is about the past and the future. we live in a time where some of the same problems of racial inequality and racial disparity are still very much part of the equation and history can help to navigate some of what happened in the past to give people a deeper sense that they're not dealing with these problems for the first time. >> we'll be right back. >>> promotional consideration provided by -- >>> our world with black enterprise, mcdonald's, deepry rooted in the community 365 days a year. ♪ ♪ >>> that wraps it up for this edition of our world with black enterprise. be su

martin luther king has been shot in memphis. our world changed that tragic day. president johnson had enormous respect for dr. king. they worked together to pass the civil rights act, the voting rights act. what we are celebrating this week, 15 years later. -- 50 years later. our panel is about as good as it gets. first, doris kearns goodwin, a , aitzer prize winning author former member of the lbj white house staff and one of the first members of the white house fellows program created by president johnson. as califano who served --estic affairs adviser better foot as domestic affairs to 1969. 1965 ambassador andrew young, one of ,r. kings very closest aides the first african-american united states congressman elected from the deep south since reconstruction. appointed by president carter as united states ambassador to the united nations. and, mayor of my city of atlanta from 1982 to 1990. taylor branch, pulitzer prize winning author best known for his writings on civil rights. his book, parting the waters, won the pulitzer in 1989. ,ur moderator is todd purdum c

martin luther king as the pressure point in his open housing drive. >> dr. the issue is housing. >> the northern scene was a far more complicated scene and did not have the advantage of the jim crowe law. >> it was one thing for northern liberals when the issue was integration in selma. it's quite a different thing when it was in cicero. >> if let's say 10 or 20 families moved into cicero, which is a town of 70,000? >> they'd get killed. >> it was the beginning of serious white backlash against the entire civil rights movement. >> the nation suddenly learned what it should have known, that racial prejudice was not just a southern problem. it was nationwide. whites in the north could comfort themselves by pointing a finger at the south, they could do so no longer. >> once again showing open hostility. these people here are firmly opposed to these marches. moreover, they don't see where they serve any useful purpose. >> most of the national press categorizes chicago as a defeat for king. >> i can say that i have never seen even in mississippi and alabama mobs

>> i made a decision very early to old in when i heard the words of martin luther king jr. heard about rosa parks, and martin luther king jr. was speaking directly to me, saying john lewis, you too can do something. you can make a contribution. i grew up 50 miles from montgomery, and growing up there, i saw the signs that said "white men, colored men, white women, colored women. i didn't like it. and dr. king provided a way out for me. it was not easy. we were beated, yes. we were jailed, and we lost some friends. lost some relatives. some colleagues. but we didn't give up. we didn't give in. we kept the faith. >> what is it like to confront hate? it's one thing to, you know, to talk about it. it's one thing to kind of see hate on a massive scale. but individual hate, someone looking you in the eyes, you know, punching you, looking you in the eyes and saying horrible things to your face, what is that -- what is that like? >> well, during the '60s, i had people who would pour hot water, hot chocolate, hot coffee on many of us. put lighted cigarettes out in our hair, down our

martin luther king has been shot in memphis. our world changed that tragic day. president johnson had enormous respect for dr. king. they worked closely together to pass the civil rights act, the voting rights act, what we are celebrating this week, 50 years later. our panelists to discuss the relationship between these two men is about as good as it gets. first, doris concerns goodwin, a pulitzer prize winning author, a former member of the lbj white house staff and one of the first members of the white house fellows program that was created by president johnson and by john gardener. joe califano, who served as domestic affairs advisor, better put, domestic affairs

martin luther king, jr., in 1954 prosecute the birmingham jail. ish he were here today. >> actually he wrote the letter in 1963. justifying discrimination against the lgbt community by quoting dr. king's words about nazi germany is detestable. across hitler's germany gays were ordered to wear classifying pink triangle badges. thousands of gay men were marched to concentration camps and slaughtered during the holocaust. governor huckabee is way off the mark. as dr. king wrote in the same letter, injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. but in just a few hours, mike huckabee will take the stage at the religious right evangelical faith & freedom coalition, a cohesive christian group that was established by ral are ph r. it's the same stage so many republicans have run to in the past couple of days. this group matters to the party. what does that say about the party? joining me now is frank schafer, a former evangelical turned progressive. and author of "why i am an athiest who believes in god." frank, this group matterses to the party lea

if martin luther king, jr. was watching he might regret the whole civil rights movement.t happens when you have forced activity. this is why i never do -- this is why when we do those pre-tapings we all hate them. it's why i can't do breakfast television. any time you got to do something you don't want to do. >> you get very uncomfortable. >> look at them. it's unbelievable. >> carl levin -- >> got to go. >> the best video you'll see all day features a young baseball fan hamming it up for the cameras but is it female announcer: time is running out to get the hottest deal on a new mattress. sleep train's 4th of july sale is ending soon. right now at sleep train, save $300 on beautyrest and posturepedic mattress sets. plus, pay no interest for 36 months on tempur-pedic and serta icomfort. big savings and interest-free financing? these deals aren't just hot... they're explosive! sleep train's 4th of july sale is ending soon. ♪ sleep train ♪ your ticket to a better night's sleep ♪ music. two stories about the so-called religion of peace. first a man in afghanistan converts to

mart martin luther king iii. the long march to freedom this thursday at 9:00 eastern. >>>@this hour with berman and michaela starts now. >> it is the national fever that won't break. the u.s. soccer men get ready for a match that could break tv viewing records. does big time soccer finally have a foothold in the u.s.? >> a decorated u.s. marine languishing in a mexican jail for almost three months still waiting for his day in court. two congressman pay him a visit but will this do any good. his mother joins us at this hour. >>> the queen visits the set of game of ths.

it involved martin luther king jr. and a commencement speech he was set to deliver. >>> hey there, everybody, on this father's day. it is high noon here in the east. it is 11:00 in little rock. 9:00 in the west. wherever you may be, glad you're here. alex is off this weekend, i'm t.j. holmes. >>> we need to get to developing news out of iraq. a suicide bomber in baghdad killed 10 people today and injured another 21. this comes as government and volunteer troops battle with the radical militant group isis north of the city. the insurgents push on the capital appeared to slow a bit today. the u.s. says george h.w. bush aircraft carrier and two guided missile ships are in the gulf today. president obama weighing his options for aiding the beleaguered iraqi government. >> the decision to withdraw u.s. forces created a vacuum. syria is a launching pad, and this all comes together. we need air power immediately to stop the advance toward baghdad. the iraqi air force is basically grounded. without american air power, it's goi

baker who organized martin luther king's southern leadership conference. she became exact it of direct your -- the executive director because these preachers had a lot of trouble with a woman executive director, so she was temporary executive director. she helped to found the southern christian leadership conference. ms. eaker was one of the first adults to recognize the significance of those sit in. there's a whole exchange she has re, aen her and doug moo young pastor, and james lawson who was in the process of training a group of students to sit in in a nashville, tennessee. she managed to get $800 to bring -- sit inse together mater.r at her almost lautea 122 200 anywhere from , in a students conference. what martin luther king wanted was a dude and arm to his organization. arm to his organization. of mired in kind place at that time. what he wanted was a student arm. i was not at the meeting so i cannot speak to this from firsthand experience, so what i am telling you what i have been told. the stories vary. allvariation, they are meeting and these mi

coordinator at the request of martin luther king cooperation is not the max for african-american unityou -- jan 1977, 1993 komen 1960. 72, 75, 76, 1982. dancer. singer. dancing with all the nav. 1954. author of eight biographies 1969. the 10 collections of poetry in 1971, 1995, professor rates for the university. reynolds professor of american studies. but anyone could account for the esteem in which maya angelou held but all of them despite the childhood of wounds that suffering energized and strengthened her and with good counsel and determination her creative impulse struck. her example truly is one of triumph. maya angelou you improve our world by drawing from us force us to be better selves. [applause] ♪w 3%s ♪ ♪sq&yx >> old folks say it takes one to no one. [laughter] how were you grow? fate q. my darling. the late toni morrison period spee it is a blessing. she is a blessing. and it is amazing we have been sister friends all of these years and i am grateful for it to. and it takes one to no one. and i am grateful i knowzi that she is a dollar that folks, amazing. it is amazing y

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martin luther king jr. and his beloved wife, mrs. coretta scott king. they were my friends.s is the second congressional gold medal for dr. king and his wife. their first was awarded back in 2004. now, the ceremony was truly touching, but there was a moment that went viral. leaders who spend much of their time fighting, here yesterday hand in hand, swaying side to side and singing in a bipartisan rendition of "we shall overcome." >>> now let's head to the late-nights to "the daily show" where jon stewart and a little fun with the controversy surrounding the irs and those e-mails that were conveniently lost. check it out. >> the irs has historically only preserved backup tapes for six months. >> all right. the government agency whose entire business model relies on forcing americans to live as borderline hoarders only keeps their [ bleep ] for six months? no. that's unacceptable. you know, you never -- you never get a notice from the irs saying please bring your records down to us if you can find them. i mean, this is like in the epa was dumping its office track in the nation

up, we will hear his speech and see him interact afterwards with invited guests am including martin luther king jr., robert f kennedy. this is about 30 minutes. americans, i am about to sign into law the civil rights act of 1964. i want to take this occasion to talk to you about what that law means to every american. week, a smallthis band of valiant men began a long struggle for freedom. they pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor , not only to found a nation, but to forge an ideal of freedom. not only for political independence, but for personal liberty. not only to eliminate foreign -- but to establish the rule of justice in the affairs of men. that struggle was a turning point in our history. today, the ideals of those american patriots still shape the struggles of men who hunger for freedom. proud crowd, yet those who founded our country knew that freedom would be secure only if each generation hoped to renew and enlarge its meaning. tom the minutemen at concord the soldiers in vietnam, each generation has been equal to that trust. americans of every race and color hav

martin luther king's final year." this book is out in the fall of 2014.naudible conversations] >> host: well, booktv is at bookexpo america which is the publishers' annual trade show, and one of the publishers that's here is wnd. the founder, formerly known as world net daily, is joseph farah. mr. farah, what is wnd, first of all? >> guest: world net daily, but it's a lot easier to remember three digits, three letters than it is world net daily, that voluminous title. and, you know, our philosophy is basically we're a multifaceted company. first of all, wnd.com is one of the largest web sites in america and one of the largest news sites. and it is the oldest independent news site on the internet, 17 years old. in internet years, that's about a thousand years old. and we branched off many years ago, began publishing books more than a decade ago. in that time, amazing story of wnd books is that we have the highest percentage of new york times best sellers of any publisher in america. any publisher in the world, for that matter. and subsequently, we've begun

try rod philadelphia triathlon going on today martin luther king drive. to the right, it is shut town between ben franklin parkway and falls bridge. kelly drive shut down between art museum circle and link object drive for the run and ben franklin parkway shut down between spring garden street and art museum circle with one more street, spring garden street between kelly drive and martin lieutenant are king drive all for try rod philadelphia triathlon taking place from now until 11:30 this morning. you can see the the cyclist and runners to the right on martin luther king drive. we will move the traffic cam here to the blue route at mid county tolls. we had that accident, that tractor trailer was there, well, it is gone and blue route at tolls is good to go now. no delays on the the pennsylvania turnpike or the northeast extension. and all on to ben franklin bridge mid span looking to the left traffic heading in to new jersey, eastbound lanes you can see construction set up there, ben franklin bridge eastbound has construction, entire length have the brid

martin luther king jr. and coretta scott king, al sharpton shares his thoughts. >>> but first to capitol hill, where the house held its third hearing in five days into the critically important and urgently pressing national matter of what happened to former irs employee lois lerner's missing e-mails. today's smoking gun witness before the oversight and government reform committee was jennifer o'connor, a current white house deputy council who worked at the irs for decades, years, a year? no, six months. when ms. o'connor was invited to testify, the white house objected saying the discovery of the e-mails, quote, post dates ms. o'connor's tenure theat the agency. that led daryl issa to subpoena her and called her a hostile witness. >> yes or no, please. you're a hostile witness. yes or no. were you hired -- >> i'm not at all a hostile witness. >> yes, you are. >> chairman told you you were a hostile witness, and you said you were not. is that right? >> that's correct. >> do you consider yourself a hostile wi

one of them is martin luther king junior of course.set was also edited a book for us because we are the exclusive trade publishers of all of king's work and have been for the last five years. so all of king's work for the trade, for general readers, general bookstores is published by beacon press, which i'm proud of. this new edition, which was curated entirely by cornell west is looking at keen to say over the years, we have seen to classified martin at the king junior. we started looking at ms is very sweet man. but he was a radical appeared he had radical ideas anyone is change things in a dramatic way in america. and he did a very profound ways. so this book restores the radical king and then we are working with cornell on a new book called justice matters, which will be out in 2015, which looks not only at racial inequality in america, but really it just to see she's very broadly, including lgbt justice, including economic justice, including immigrant rights, all issues which are sold for in america today. we are happy to have cor

even though leaders like martin luther king junior did not believe in violence, they were protected byns. he is the author of this nonviolent -- he is the author of " "this nonviolent stuff'll get you killed." this event was hosted by the library of congress. it is about 1.5 hours. [applause] you.ank thank you for coming out. a pleasure for me to be here. , want to do a couple of things two or three things. world,book publishing there is what is called the front matter. everything that you see before the book actually begins, before chapter one. how would include the table of contents, it forward or a preface or introduction of some sort, dedications and the like. i want to give you some of the front matter of the book. which is not quite a forward, but my reasoning with respect to the book and the process that

and he split with martin luther king over that. martin luther king thought that his ally ought to be the peace movement, and this was a division at -- there was a division at that point. and bayard was very, very close to lane kirkland and george meanny, and he spent his life -- obviously, he wrote the famous, the first draft of the famous speech that martin luther king gave, the "i have a dream" speech. and he believed, he created something called the a. philip randolph institute which still exists, norm still runs it. i think some of you may even be involved with it. norm just retired. >> that's correct. >> yep. because he called me. >> [inaudible] >> really? i don't know him. but i could tell you stories. tell you two with stories about bayard. one, he calls me -- he heard that my wife and i were moving to a larger apartment near where our kids were in school, and he said before it fills up with furniture, he said i promise to sing for the first time to raise money for the yipsels, the young people's socialist league. and it was

martin luther king, the facility honors lesser known stories and faces of the civil rights movement.ne of them, henry thomas a 919-year-old freedom rider in 1961 demonstrating for rights across the south. >> there is a face, now to those who made that sacrifice 53 years ago. they are my heros. i'm proud of them. >> reporter: a rotating exhibit of some of dr. martin luther king's personal writings on loan from morehouse college. >> >> oakland, keiser is set to open a new facility that spans the length of a football field t contains 349 beds and private rooms. rooms feature full baths, pullout beds for visitors and free wifi. the new facility is set to open real soon on july 1st. >> >> a 70-pound cat in a sacramento neighborhood. up next, the woman who is house became a hiding spot and where the cat is, now. >> >> summer weather, today, but what about the week ahead? channel 2's meteorologist mark tom peo is back in four minutes. i'going to have to guide her in manually. this is very exciting. but i'm at my stop. come again? i'm watching this on the train. it's so hard to leave. good l

presidential library civil rights summit reflecting on the relationship between president johnson and martin luther king jr.. this event is about an hour. [applause] >> good afternoon. i had the honor of chairing the lyndon b. johnson foundation for 30 years. among the finest achievements that the current chairman and i recruited thewe andctor of this lbj library this three-day program is a terrific tribute to mark and his wonderful staff. [applause]

but as a civil rights act visit giving a stirring speech at the march on washington before martin luther king's "i have a dream" speech. >> she's a person whose career spanned a remarkable century. this is someone in her teens when the depression hit. she was a friend of malcolm x and martin luther king. so many friend she saw cut down and with ozzie days, they were a team. she did indelible performances in "raisin in the sun", and "the jackie robinson story." it's a big loss. >> as always, good to have you with us. >>> the conversation continues on the website - aljazeera.com/considerthis. you can find us on twitter. see you next time. the night's events, a smarter start to your day. mornings on al jazeera america >> we are in the farthest north reaches of wisconsin, in america's midwest, 200 miles from the nearest major city. it's home to the chippewa people, native american tribes who've lived here for generations alongside farmers and miners. but today, tourism is among the primary industries. >> right now we are on the coast of lake superior, which is frozen over solid.

today, leaders from both parties gathered to honor reverend martin luther king, jr., and coretta scotth the congressional gold medal. the kings' three surviving children were with on hand to accept the award on behalf of their parents. congressman john lewis talked about what the kings taught us all. >> together they taught us the way of oh peace, the way of love. the way of nonviolence are. they inspired a generation to find a way to get in the way. to find a way i to get in trouble -- good trouble, necessary trouble. >> afterwards, something you don't see every day. congressional leaders linking arms for "we shall overcome." today was a moment to honor the king legacy. but also to look ahead to the work still to be done. where is the bill to restore the voting rights act? where is the bill to address economic injustice? where is the bill to stop the kind of gun violence that took dr. king's life? it was good to see them holding hands, singing "we shall overcome," the theme song of the civil rights movement, but the only way we are going to overcome is not just having symbolic hands l

but as a civil rights act visit giving a stirring speech at the march on washington before martin luther king's "i have a dream" speech. >> she's a person whose career spanned a remarkable century. this is someone in her teens when the depression hit. she was a friend of malcolm x and martin luther king. so many friend she saw cut down and with ozzie days, they were a team. she did indelible performances in "raisin in the sun", and "the jackie robinson story." it's a big loss. >> as always, good to have you with us. >>> the conversation continues on the website - aljazeera.com/considerthis. you can find us on twitter. see you next time. >> hello and welcome to al jazeera america. i'm del walters. these are the stories we're following for you. another american ship heads towards the iraqi gulf. and the armed group al-shabaab is blamed for an attack in kenya that has left dozens of people there dead.

. [♪ singing ] >> senate and house leaders posthumously honor martin luther king and coretta scott kingstory makers collection will now be at the library of congress, and it includes thousands of hours of interviews with african-americans. roxana saberi is here with more. >> reporter: tony, the collection including interviews with high profiles like maya angelou, and others about their hopes and accomplishments. >> history makers an archive of 5,000 african-americans who made a difference. >> capturing the legacy of african-americans is the idea of driving the history makers project. >> there were hard times. >> it features interviews with prominent african-americans like the late musician and actor isaac hayes opening up about his childhood. >> which moved a lot of places. one time i was homeless. we would sleep in parked cars in a garage. >> juliana richardson founded her project at her kitchen table in 1999. >> for the african-american it's critically important that they and the larger community know the real story, and that we're not just limited to rosa parks and martin luther king

this happened in the 2400 block of martin luther king jr. way taking firefighters an hour to bring the fire under control. they don't know what sparked the flames. >> yeah, just a barbecue, and very -- sparks, like it's a big fire. i grabbed the phone to call 911, wake up my kids, and ran out of the door. >> no one was hurt, but the fire caused 300,000 dollars in damage to the building. the american red cross is providing help to the ten people who lost their homes. meanwhile, wildland firefighters watching hot spots and keeping the calm. crews worked overnight to make sure a fast moving brush fire in fairfield does not reignite. it destroyed two homes, several outside sheds and barns. it started just after 4:00 yesterday afternoon, and our chopper caught this video of one home completely engulfed. this is where it happened here the 680/80 interchange, and not far from rodriguez high school. the fire burned about five acres before it was contained. it took several hours. the cause of the fire is still under investigation, but the winds and t

but as a civil rights act visit giving a stirring speech at the march on washington before martin luther king'si have a dream" speech. >> she's a person whose career spanned a remarkable century. this is someone in her teens when the depression hit. she was a friend of malcolm x and martin luther king. so many friend she saw cut down and with ozzie days, they were a team. she did indelible performances in "raisin in the sun", and "the jackie robinson story." it's a big loss. >> as always, good to have you with us. >>> the conversation continues on the website - aljazeera.com/considerthis. you can find us on twitter. see you next time. > >>> hello, this is al jazeera, live from doha. coming up in this programme - more than 50 fighters killed in north-west pakistan. the government helped ban the recent attack on karachi's main airport. >>> also ahead - the u.s. moves its warships closer to iraq as it decides whether to join the fight against the sunni rebellion sweeping the country. >>> russia accuses ukraine of doing nothing to stop an

martin luther king jr. devastated angelou.it was in 1969 she was encouraged by the author james baldwin among others to focus on her writing. thus was born "i know why the caged bird sings." in 1993, maya angelou recited her poem "on the pulse of the morning" at bill clinton's inauguration. she was the first poet to make inaugural cetacean since robert frost at john f. kennedy's inauguration in 1961. resident clinton spoke at saturday's memorial. >> i loved maya. the last time we were together was just a couple of weeks ago at the lbj library in austin. they were having a 50th anniversary of the signing of the civil rights movement. i gave my little talk and we , and it wasis lunch like a political version of the "antiques roadshow." [laughter] bill russell came up and hug me and reminded me how short i was. i looked over and there was maya. i went over to her and hugged her and said, i cannot believe that you have gotten yourself here. because i am just wheelchair-bound, doesn't mean i don't get around. [laughter] [applause]

he helped martin luther king financially. jackie robinson and others worked with him and saw him as a progressive force and a potential force on the national scene if you were to ever win the presidency. there was a strong support among some civil rights leaders for rockefeller, certainly compared to goldwater. >> didn't jackie robinson campaign for richard nixon in 1960? >> robinson had a relationship with richard nixon and he expressed some admiration. as did many civil rights leaders. our memory of nixon has been shaped by watergate. in the 1950's and 1960's, civil rights leaders spoke very highly of richard nixon for his work on behalf of civil rights and equal employment opportunities. >> you write about the 1988 campaign and one of the most famous ads that year, the so-called willie horton ad, that african-americans and democrats claim that it was -- explain what it meant to the campaign. >> 1980's crime was a front and center issue in american politics. the voters at large tended to favor stricter penalties for people

martin luther king jr.'s on loan from his alma mater, moorehouse college. >> these are handwritten speeches, sermons, his report cards from when he was a child. things that he carried with him throughout his life. >> reporter: however, what is not on display is now at the center of a king family legal fight. earlier this year, king's sons, dexter and martin luther king iiird, sued their sister, reverend bernese king, after she refused to hand over her father's nobel peace prize and bible. the buyer was representing the center for human rights. had the center attempted to purchase the no bethesda peace prize and travel -- nobel peace prize and traveling bible? >> we had discussions on what maybe on display, but there's never been an actual offer. >> reporter: the reverend turned the items ever to court. the sibling will s will be beco court in december. andrew young fought for civil rights alongside dr. king and sees this as a vision for the future and the ongoing push for workers' rights, lgbt right, and glo

consists of nearly a mile long swim in the river, a 25 mile bike race, six miles of run on martin luther king drive. it benefits pediatric cancer research. there are traffic restrictions on kelly drive and along mlk today. >>> the civil war in syria rages on. video just released shows the most recent violence, a bombing outside the country's capital city. >>> plus a day to remember for local veterans. see how a simple trip to washington is changing lives. >>> the israeli military says a vehicle has exploded near the border and at least one has been killed. it would be the first time an irali has been killed fighting for the war. amateur video appears to show more air strike across syria. the video on media sites appears to be a syrian government barrel bomb dropping and causing a large explosion near damascus. video shows more blasts in the city along with clashes with government forces and rebels. more than 150,000 are estimated to have been killed in syria during the three year long civil war. >>> it will be simple but not easy. if the u.s. world cup team beats portugal today they'll advanc

it happened at martin luther king driver. the biker was taken to the hospital at university of pennsylvania. >>> septa's commuter trains were bang on schedule were to the delight of the commuters. it threatened to disrupt the work schedules for tens of thousands of riders. president obama intervened he appointed a emergency board to head the contract dispute. the workers were required bylaw then to return. they have 240 days to work out a contract or strike again. >>> one of the big stories to come out of yesterday's gary papa run in philadelphia was the collapse and revival of yahimgaal. gaal is a prostate cancer survivor. he cheated death when he collapsed during the gary papa run. he was using a running app to keep pace. >> i was doing well according to miapplication. suddenly it happened. >>reporter:he was not breathing. he had no pulse a couple of nurses and a doctor and kathy papa, gary's widow also a nurse did cpr until the ambulance arrived. >> those people saved my life. it's not broken any more. they are fixing it.

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. >>> a fire started at the back of a building on martin luther king, junior boulevard before 1:00 this morning and then went into the attic. nobody was hurt. investigators think the fire started accidentally. >>> you might find it surprising that pinball has been illegal in oakland for decades. >> we find out what brought about the ban and why it's taken so long to reverse it. >> reporter: he works at this pizza place but plays here, too. >> a good way to unwind. >> reporter: they have 13 pinball machines and tournaments. he had no clue this is technically illegal. >> when i heard that, you know, i was really surprised. it's a pinball machine. >> reporter: the city's ban started almost 80 years ago. to understand why the machines were illegal you have to realize what is missing, no flippers. there was not much skill involved, just pull, watch and wager. >> because it was considered gambling. >> reporter: melissa runs the pinball museum. they have collected this one from 1936. >> it was taken by the oakland police, and i think they thought it was too nice of a machine and they couldn't

it's not about martin luther king or even bob moses.y are the volunteers who go to freedom summer. they are the people of mississippi who are the real heroes who let them come to their houses. they let them stay there. i think that's important. 50 years later, how is it possible we are back to debating some of these same issues of voting rights. >> one of the things that has happened is i have really seen our history as arican americans is not just sentence. we want this to send them from slavery, but it's not. change happens when we pushback, when we push for change. we can argue this. part of psychology, we want to say, now we have done it. finally, we have gotten there, but we never get there. it's really important that we keep pushing and when we stop things roll down the hill. tavis: let me close by asking whether or not you think there is a debt we owe to this and thisr generation film, and if we are them a debt, have we paid the debt we owe to these freedom warriors? me put that in a personal way. a number of screenings around th

on martin luther king, jr. way as a building that housed three apartments. took fire crews almost an hour to put out the flames. officials estimate $300,000 in damage. >> no reports of any damage tonight after a shallow 3.0 magnitude earthquake a might north of union city. the earthquake was felt in fremont. >>> a large number of people rallied in san francisco today to say no to a possible new war with iraq. the san francisco rally was mirrored across the nation on the national day of action. organizers say they realize iraq is in a state of crisis but believe the nearly $2 trillion spent on the iraq war could be better served on occasion and -- education and jobs inch iraq, showdown is looming between two ancient enemies. reporter: marching into a sectarian showdown. 20,000 shia fighters parade through baghdad, assault rifles, machine guns, rocket launchers at the ready, vowing to take on the sunni uprising. in can you kick. shewide -- kirkuk -- local sunni militants were fighting alongside isis. the group is headed by 41-year-old abl-badadi once detained

and because of this, that is martin luther king driver, martin luther king drive shutdown between theranklin parkway, between fairmount avenue and the art museum circle, between the art museum circle and spring garden street. all for race this morning. and we move the traffic cam one more time to the walt whitman bridge. headed to the shore no delays on the bridge further up the a.c. expressway looks good. so does the garden state parkway. that is the latest, from the cbs-3 traffic centerment i'm ann evans, nicole, back to you. >> thanks, ann. >>> well, friends, family, even strangers, gather to fulfill a dying man's last wish. dallas was the stage four brain cancer, he has stage four brain cancer, rather. and not much more time by the way. now, after his 12 year old daughter madison shared their store which local radio station, a disc jockey arrange today fix up family heirloom. their 1969 forwards forward f100 pick up passed onto four generations. >> my grand farther bought it brand new from day one, has give ten to my dad. my dad passed it onto me. now we're in the process of passi