hound on his trail has pieced together a dramatic ticking clock narrative of the last days of martin luther king going back and forth from the days of king's life to his funeral. to the manhunt which at the time was the largest in history for his assassin james earl ray. and most amazing hampton took the title of his book from a robert johnson song, probably the first time ever that's been done in american literature. and speaking of titles, we now have james l. swanson author of the book with undoubtedbly the longest title of 2010 bloody crimes the chase for jefferson davis and the death pageant of lincoln's corpse. it's in many ways a sequel to manhunt the novel, bestselling nonfiction book that he came out a few years ago about the 12-day hunt for james wilkes booth the assassin of lincoln. he follows stories of lincoln and davis as the civil war end. the trajectory in which lincoln follows the body before being buried in illinois while at the same time there's a hunt for jefferson davis, the head of the confederacy, who is attempting , and this i never knew, to perhaps make his way to texas

a guy named jack kershaw, put forward that theory that james earl ray didn't actually kill martin luther king. they put forward this theory that said that james earl ray was just the fall guy for the crime and actually the guy who killed martin luther king was a man named raul. years after james earl ray went to prison, even years after he once escaped from prison for a few days before she was recaptured jack kershaw, james earl ray's attorney kept going on and on and on about this raul theory. >> james earl ray is in solitary at brushy mountain prison in tennessee. the last of the five men who broke out within last friday night was thought morning. and today, ray's lawyer was on hand. so is eric burns to report on what the lawyer had to say about his client. >> reporter: this is jack kershaw. he's james earl ray's attorney and he talked to ray this morning. he told reporters ray is okay physically, exhausted mentally, and sorry he tried to escape. and, he said, there was no conspiracy to help ray escape. >> i think we can discount the outside help business now. if there'd been outside help,

martin luther king jr., that is. ace carrying on his incredible legacy his son martin luther king iii. and i look forward to getting his insight on all of this. your father had to make speeches like those the president has made so often. react to the president's words. >> the president's words were certainly heartfelt but honest in relationship to where we are. we have to really examine deeply in our culture as to what is creating this climate of hatred and hostility and terrorism that is domestic terrorism. >> and you use the t-word. that itself became a flash point this week of some who said why aren't we using the word terrorism to describe this? >> well, it is just my personal view that this is terrorism just as in 1963 when members of the clan went into the 16th street baptist church and bombed that church and four little girls lost their lives. and my father, of course was the person who eulogized them. so there have been many number of incidents of terrorism, but we choose not to frame it that way from time to

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. >> reporter: the prayers extend from north bethesda to the martin luther king memorial in d.c. >> it'stty clear that it was motived by racial prejts. prejudice. and martin luther king is just a symbol of racial equality. and i think it's really important that we remember that. >> we remember the ministry of the reverend sharonda singleton. and we remember myra compton. may god's spirit comfort their families, the congregation that has lost a loved one. >> i pray to god that the nation will come together and heal and be as one and not have so much hatred for each other. >> reporter: and many people i talked to tonight tell me that they are going to continue to pray for the victims, and they are concerned about security at predominantly black churches throughout the nation this coming sunday. live here at the dr. martin luther king memorial, i'm shomari stone, news4. [ bell ] the sounds of solidarity. the national cathedral tolled its bell nine times this evening, once for each victim. >> now is the time for mourning and for healing. but let's be clear. at some point, we as a country wil

happy martin luther king day. >> that was martin luther king day, earlier this year, in january. and i was wrong, as it turns out. i mean, it was a surprising thing, at the time, it was a surprising thing, on martin luther king day this year, when the supreme court heard those arguments on that civil rights case, because, really, there was no -- no burning issue behind that case. there was no disagreement between lower courts or some other reason why the supreme court had to take up that fair housing act case. it really looked like the conservative majority on the u.s. supreme court was just going out of their way to go after the fair housing act, the way they'd gone after the voting rights act, and the way they've gone after a number of other civil rights achievements. it was not just me who saw it that way. a lot of people looked at the supreme court taking that case and thought, uh-oh. you know, the court does not have to do this. they must be taking this case, just so they can kill another landmark civil rights law. that is basically what everybody thought. turns out, nope! wr

i would never compare pamela geller to martin luther king.aming her for the violence or were saying she is looking to get herself killed, i don't think they realize that they -- they found the people back in the 60s who said that martin luther king needed to not stir the pot because it might lead to violence. how at the cannot realize that that's exactly what they sound like -- >> he was sitting having lunch at a diner and going into areas blacks weren't allowed. how is a black having -- going to the white water fountain different than her doing cartoons. they were good cartoons. if they were not blacked out you would see they had validity. >> i think because she is a westerner and they automatically devalue everything she has to say. martin luther king is an american and part of the american fab break. fabric. i don't think her goal is to reform or moderate islam. this is just galvanizing the evil. >> how is pamela geller less american than martin luther king? she is a westerner? >> no isis is not a western culture and she is an outsider. th

what about mike huckabee saying christians might practice civil disobedience and putting in martin luther king's name and that history to it. >> when i hear huckabee invoke martin luther king, jr., i want to burst out laughing. go back mike and look at the people from your party and your group of folks in the political spectrum and tell me what they thought of martin luther king and what they thought of the montgomery bus boycott and at the time what the did they think of the letter from the birmingham jail. we know the history ed. they were on the wrong side then and they are now. >> and the conversation going on in this country i think dr. martin luther king and mike huckabee would certainly have differences in opinion going on there. have you heard -- right thing on same-sex marriage ruling. >> no mostly what we've heard is the circus that is the republican primary. and you think about it. do you want one or two extra percent in iowa with a small amounts of people that is a mainstream issue. or do you want to be mainstream candidate and support 60% of the country. you have to find that balanc

martin luther king jr.e is the author of, "the divided mind of the black church: theology, piety, and public witness." i want to welcome you both to democracy now! reverend mark kelly tyler, talk about the mother bethel ame church in philadelphia and its relationship to the church in south carolina. >> thank you for having us and glad to be on with my old friend raphael warnock. we were in college together. this is such a tragic experience . i think what hurts the most is the ame church is really a very close-knit family. many denominations are kind of loosely associated, but we are extremely tight. i would seek reverend pinckney and reverend simmons, who was also killed, for many years we would see them at least five or six times a year, just because the church meets and 70 different locations around the country and around the world -- so many different locations around the country and around the world. the amy church is now on five continents and 39 countries and i have to tell you because of the feedback

the roads however especially roads that are prone to flooding kelly drive, martin luther king drive, the roads around manayunk you get that heavy rain you get rain one to 2-inches per hour that's moving into the city and boy, it's going to be heavy and

king's eldest son, martin luther king iii.ere tonight, martin. >> thank you, rev. >> you lost your father to gun violence and race and your grandmother you lost to gun violence. and you have committed your life to fighting racism and violence and here we are at this unbelievably tragic scene. nine people killed in a church. first of all your reaction to what is happening and what we ought to be coming out of this discussing? >> my first reaction and first thought was this was reminiscent to me because it was in a church. the first thing i thought about was the loss of my grandmother, not my father in this context because of the church. i was like, oh, my gosh, here we go again. the second thing i thought about was how these families would have to grieve and how many people would be grieving because of the loss of all these individuals. and then i thought about, you know, we live in an incredible nation but something has gone awry. we have promoted a culture of violence. and that is what is being embraced, when it's television

martin luther king, jr. preached from its pulpit and marches began from its steps. a sacred place this church. not just for blacks not just for christians, but for every american who cares about the steady expansion of human rights and human dignity in this country a foundation sown for liberty and justice for all. that's what the church meant. (applause) >> we do not know whether the killer of reverend pinckney and eight others knew all of this history. but he surely sensed the meaning of his violent act. it was an act that drew on a long history of bombs an arson and shots fired at churches not random but as a means of control, a way to terrorize at a price. (applause) an act that he imagined would insight fear-- incite fear and recrimination violence and suspicion. an act that he presumed would deepen divisions, that trace back to our nation's original sin. oh but god works in mysterious ways. (applause) god has different ideas. he didn't know he was being used by god. blinded by hatred the alleged killer could not see the grace surrounding reverend pinckney and

in a letter that martin luther king wrote to a friend in 1958 after he met nixon. rtin luther king said, nixon is a genius at convincing you that he is sincere. if he is not sincere, he is the most dangerous man in america. this is where we divide in our books. i see a genius that had a grand strategy for world peace. and i also see a man that is fighting two wars. he fought the vietnam war on two fronts. in southeast asia and at home. over there, he used b-52 bombers and over here, he used bugs, break-ins black bag jobs and political espionage to destroy his enemies. the domestic enemies, the press. among them, nixon said to kissinger the press is the enemy. the establishment is the enemy. the professors are the enemy. write that on the blackboard 100 times and never forget it. evan: nixon could be a blowhard and blow off steam like that. he hated the press, that is halfway true. but a certain amount of next and on these tapes is nixon just showing off eating this macho guy. nixon was bad at swearing. he was faking it. lbj was good at swearing. nick's and was tryin

joining us from atlanta martin luther king iii.d you to lead the program tonight because you are emotionally involved with this story. almost 41 years ago to the day your grandmother alberta king, was shot dead in a church in atlanta. your father preached at the emanuel church that was desecrated last night by roof and your mother also led demonstrations from that church. with all that in play, what is your feeling tonight? >> well, i certainly first want to say my prayers and condolences are with the family members of all of these individuals that were tragically gunned down. and as you said, my first immediate response was oh my goodness, not again because my second thought went back to 1974 when my grandmother was gunned down. and if one cannot be safe in the sanctity of their places of worship what has our society come to? now, the reality unfortunately is, from time to time we have seen these tragic incidents. in 1963, four little girls lost their lives in a bombing church in birmingham alabama. and over the last few years ove

we have seen pictures of the reverend martin luther king jr. at the church. it has been a pillar of the community for pethe people for well over 150 years. >> reporter: it is located in the historic part of the city. this has the nickname of the holy city because there are some many churches and religious institutions here. several community and church leaders came out from across the state and gathering to prayer and call for peace and justice after what happened tonight. a lot offering up prayer, but heartbroken as well. >> we are showing pictures on your tv screen right now of people after the service praying together and coming together for some sort of solace. listen to the police chief. he has a beautiful message for what the community should be doing now. let's listen to what he said. >> this is an opportunity for us all to unite because of a significant tragedy that occurred. what we need right now is we need everybody to come together and pray for these families. we need them to come together and help us find this person so no one else is hurt. we ne

martin luther king jr. in the church. wednesday night prayer meeting. have there ever been threats to this church? >> reporter: not that i know of. i have spoken with church members. when you walk around the streets here, this is the sleepy south. this has palm trees on the street. a nice park on the street and gas station and convenience stores. this is a pleasant area. not an area you think of crime. people were having a prayer service here. that stunned a lot of parishioners here. >> robert, hang on a second. we will put up file picture of the emanuel african methodist church. the file footage we have is old. it is a beautiful church. this was a church that existed during slavery, by the way, for black individuals in the south. >> important spot in the underground railroad. >> it was formed for slave revolt in 1800s and now this is the center of community for the last several years. robert, i know you are in south carolina for politics. hillary clinton was there yesterday. jeb bush was scheduled to be there today, but i understand he has canceled tha

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i'm joined now by bernice king the daughter of martin luther king jr. ceo of the king center. miss king overnight you've been watching the developments here. i think you've been sensing the scope of this tragedy for the people here in this community. >> yes, i have. my condolences go out to all of the families that have been impacted by this horrific act as well as especially for the daughters of pastor pinckney. i lost my father to gun violence. i know this is a very difficult time for them and their mother as well as well as the rest of the families. they have lost their loved ones. when i heard about this of course my heart was very heavy. and, you know i really think this is a time that we have to begin to do serious examination in this nation to look at the issues of racism and hate and violence. and what we may have -- what we may be doing to create a culture of violence in this nation. my father in fact as we heard president obama state, said in the eulogy we must be concerned not about them but the system and the way of life and the philosophy wh

martin luther king, jr.,÷ in 1962.bama expressed his sadness over the tragedy and his anger, as well. here's chief whitejnd house correspondent major garrett. >> i've had to make statements like this too many times. >> reporter:ñ 14 times president obama has consoled the nation after a deadly shooting. in every instance, a call for action to today he painfully admitted the limits of his authority. >> it 9xw in our power to do something about it. i say that recognizing the politics in thisó6# town will close a lot of those avenues right now. >> it's far cry for mr. obama's passionate push for gun control that severely wounded congresswoman gabrielle giffords and killed[z >> we should be willing to challenge old assumptions in order to lessen the prospects of such violence in the÷x future. >> reporter: then in december 2012 a gunman killed:o graders and six adults at sandy hook elementary school. mr. obama called it the worst day of his presidency. >> theyjfg had their entire lives ahead of them birthdays, graduations, t

reservoir drive or martin luther king drive would be two good alternates. in delays at the the airport. things on mass transit are moving well. >>> in the news, three fires within a week on the same block in chester. authority, neighbors are no doubt frustrated and very concern. "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao joins us at the scene with the very latest for you jan, good morning. >> reporter: ukee, good morning. fire crews and fire investigators have left the scene but you know who remains, chester police. fire investigators and chester's mayor alike say they will remain on the scene here protecting this neighborhood as this investigation continues, in the meantime take a look at tam age left left behind from this most recent fire. it started on the the corner row home. the it is new burnout. fire crew where is called to the 400 block have of backly place gone around 10:30 last night. it is a similar scenario. fire crews found heavy smoke and fire here and dozens of fire fighters work to extinguish the flames. this is the third fire here on bickley in

reservoir and martin luther king drive is your best bet and try to avoid kelly drive on rainy days. >> absolutely would a agree with that. in matter how you you slice it, you do have have to at least use extra caution here today because even though wet weather that we have on storm scan three is retreating, sibking off to the soft, we will find damp road. you might find areas of fog especially toward poconos region. right new we are still expecting however to see a few showers firing up through the southerntier, only, of the delaware valley. further are north you might see some son here today and that would allow our temperatures to rebound in the 60's here. we could not break 50's yesterday, guys, back to you. >>> welshing twitter's favorite great white shark mary lee is spending time down the shore. >> her last ping put her off the coast of avalon near towns end's inlet. she has become a internet sensation. the twitter handle at mary lee shark has more than 74,000 followers. that is not affiliated with osearch the company tracking her. he could be a making her way to wildwood to rid

martin luther king jr. has come through charleston. >> we are looking at a picture from the king center. a picture they released that shows dr. king at the very pulpit in the very sanctuary. there's a message going out. police chief giving a heartfelt message to the community of thousandhow to proceed from here. let's listen to what he said. >> this is an opportunity for us all to unite because of a significant tragedy that has occurred. what we need right now is we need everybody to come together and pray for these families. we need them to come together and help us find this person so nobody else is hurt. what we need is the community to look at this and say we have had enough of the violence. if we stand up together we can stop this violence. that's what we need the community to do. i understand you might be upset. those are emotions we understand. we need to come together and help us to support the families and support the community and catch this person so he doesn't help somebody else. >> robert talki

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and i found a key and a letter no other man -- that martin luther king wrote to a friend in 1958 after he met nixon. martin luther king said, nixon is a genius as gwening you that he is sincere. if he is not sinner sear he is the most dangerous man in america. this is where we divide in our books. i see genius who had a grand strategy for world peace and i also see a man who is fighting two wars. he fought the vietnam war on two friends, in southeast asia and at home. over there he is b-52 bombers. over here heave used bugs, break-ins, black bag jobs, political espionage to destroy his enemies. the domestic enemies the press. among them, nixon said to kissinger, the press is the enemy, the establishment is the enemy, the professors are the enemy, write that on the blackboard a hundred times and never forget it. >> nixon could be a below hard. he would below off seem like that and he -- he hated the press. that's absolutely true. but a certain amount of in addition on on these tapes is next on just showing off being these macho guy that he wasn't really -- you know all of the profanity

in responseb bernice king who is the daughter of martin luther king jr. said that we must interrupt business as usual and change the trajectory of the nation, and the soul of the nation must be saved #charlesshoot ging. and the best path to the save our nation is through nonviolence, and it is more than a tactic but a lifestyle, and that what she tweeted, bernice king. and the ceo of the king center is on the phone right now. bernice, i know it is a sad moment, and your father, martin luther king was very familiar with this church in south carolina, and the tell us about that. >> yes. i mean doing the whole quest for voting rights, and he had the opportunity to the visit the emanuel ame church to raise the awareness of voting and getting people involved in all of the mass demonstrations of the voting rights and so that chur church was one of his stops as a part of that. >> it is the oldest black church in the southern part of the united states. a lot of history there. and when you heard about this hate crime today, bernice, what went through your mind? >>

kennedy's helped out martin luther king when he was put in jail. nixon failed to do it and the kennedy's got the word out. >> jackie robinson was a nixon guy. >> yeah they shifted from republican to democrat. the south was democratic then. it is confusing to our modern sensibilities. but the kennedys played it brilliantly. the worst thing he said was "he has no class." that really hurt. >> i'm going to pause here. we will continue to conversation in just a moment. ♪ building aircraft, the likes of which the world has never seen. this is what we do. ♪ that's the value of performance. northrop grumman. >>> we're back now with evan thomas. nixon has become the favorite president of the 20th century. you wrote to me the president that doesn't get enough attention is eisenhower and then nicken. what is with nixon that is so come belling. >> he is a shakespeareian play. this book wrote itself in a way. the rise the fall the rise again. hollywood, or homer could not write it. nixon just has so few skills in some ways. and yet, he won one of the largest la

in arizona, we had a big fight over the martin luther king holiday. i didn't like it when people came in and told us what to do in arizona when -- about the martin luther king holiday. >> you've weighed in on other state issues in the past. >> on this issue i have not weighed in. this issue is not going to be helped by me weighing in on it. >> you said in the past when you were asked it on "night line" if you were president what would say and you claim that bill clinton had not told the people of south carolina what to do but yesterday in boston president clinton said he thought the flag should be taken down. given that -- >> i understand that he would say that and i appreciate that. my view is that i think that the people of south carolina are best qualified to make the decision. >> john mccain speaking in january 2000 in the midst of that mighty battle for the presidential nomination, particularly the south carolina primary coming up in the republican presidential nominating race. he was fighting it out with george w. bush for that nomination, partic

it brought more than two dozen police officers to martin luther king high school. students are in custody tonight. but they may not be going to jail. philadelphia police raced to martin luther king high school thursday morning responding to a brawl just before noon. >> several students here on the third floor got into a disturbance unknown as to what the origin was. >> reporter: police say the fight started between two students and quickly escalateed to 25 to 30 students. an ambulance was called to the scene and the school was placed in lock down. as police arrived to break up the fight. several students were taken into custody. >> we have approximately six students in custody right now nobody has been charged with anything. we're looking at the school discipline process. >> reporter: emotions were running high outside the school as dozens of students watched police handle the situation. one student was arrested and hauled away by police on an unrelated matter. >> through a lock down which is procedure in the school district when there's large scale disturbance to p

martin luther king's mother was shot and killed inside thea church. so you already know violence can happen anywhere. >> it can happen anywhere. my grandmother was shot by an african-american who was filled with hate. but what we saw in charleston was a caucasian young man who was filled with hate. so that lets us know that evil does not have a color. skin color is a thing out of the soul what's in our bodies our eyes and we can appreciate those visual things with our eyes and our flesh, our soul. but the spirit of you know the spirit of a person is higher than that. and it's going to take us working through our own human spirits, connecting and with god directing and guiding us. and that's how we can thank the heart of the nation. you're not going to be able to legislate against evil totally. you must have laws absolutely. my uncle said that darkness cannot drive out darkness only light can do that hate cannot drive out hate only love can do that. so we've got to have lawmakers and law enforcers and the people of society who will understand that and

the roads however especially roads that are prone to flooding kelly drive, martin luther king drive, the roads around manayunk you get that heavy rain you get rain one to 2-inches per hour that's moving into the city and boy, it's going to be heavy and lead to the threat for flash flooding on the roads. let's take you over to the schuylkill river because as i mentioned we're not really concerned about stream or river flooding. the schuylkill is looking really actually pretty low at the moment much this river could take a lot of rain before we'd have to be worried about river flooding. what you may need to be concerned about smaller streams and creeks in our area especial physical they get under one of these heavy cells you get three 4-inches of rain on the small creek or stream. that could lead to the risk for that breaching its banks. if you're an area prone to flooding to night with these flooding downpours moving in, play it safe. do not ever drive through a flooded roadway again we're okay now along kelly drive but if you see a flooded roadway don't trying to through it even if o

the movement to dismantle jim crow martin luther king jr., preached from its pulpits. a sacred place, this church. not just for blacks or americans but for all americans who believe in liberty and justice for all. that's what the church meant. [applause] >> we do not know whether the killer of the reverend and eight others knew all of this history. but he surely sensed the meaning of his violent act. an act he presumed would deepen divisions that traced back to our nation's original sin. oh but god works in mistierous ways. [crowd cheering] [applause] god has different ideas. blinded by hate, the alleged killer could not see the grace surrounded by the reverend and that bible study group. the light of love that's shone as they open the church doors and invited a stranger to join in their prayer circle. the alleged killer could never have anticipated the way the families would respond when they saw him in court in the midst of unspeakable grief and forgiveness. he could not imagine that. [applause] [crowd cheering] >> blinded by hatred. he failed to comprehend what the

reverend martin luther king jr. right now in charleston a prayer vigil is about to get under way. just a few blocks away from the scene of the tragedy that has shaken the city, indeed, a nation to its core. let's go right to msnbc's benji sarlon. benji, you've been there all night. the shooting in charleston wasn't an attack on this church alone. what can you tell us now? there's just been the news conference about the capture of this suspect? >> well, we have the news now that he was captured that it was in shelby north carolina which is a considerable distance. and now we were told earlier, a lot of people were questioning. if they had lost track of this subject how do we know where they're searching. they had been said there was wide spread cooperation up and down the region earlier today. and sure enough it paid dividends. the chief of police credited quote, unprecedented cooperation between local law enforcement, the fbi, state officials, with being able to apprehend the suspect at a traffic stop. some considerable distance from charleston. so now with that process as of mayo

martin luther king iii is the oldest son of dr. martin luther king jr.ve been reporting emanuel ame is a cornerstone for black civil rights for people of faith. it's a home that is sacred to so many and your mom and dad. they've both been here. it was so important for your father and for other people in politics to pass through this church. when you heard about what happened here what was your first reaction? >> well, my first reaction was oh my goodness this is beyond tragic. you may know that in 1974 my grandmother was gunned down in a church. my father's mother. and i said, oh, my gosh yet again we have another incident. those were the first two thoughts that i had. and then i immediately went to the families thinking about what they were going through, having immediately lost loved ones. and then i began to think about how is healing going to take place in this great community that represents so much history for our nation and certainly for the state of south carolina. >> sir, why do you think, as you bring up your own grandmother's murder happening

some streets including 11th between prod way and hug hug -- dig kick -- martin luther king, jr. will be closed. you can find the parade route, streets that will be closed and warriors championship stories and photographs on connect ktvu.com. we're following a developing story in oakland of a deadly early morning crash on 98th avenue nearest treat. one killed and another -- near epp street. it occurred in the area of overnight side show. >>> to the balcony collapse in berkeley that left six people dead. five were students from ireland. bagpipes played and the mayor laid two wreaths at the site of the accident. 13 people were on the balcony. in addition to those killed seven others were injured. >> this has been a tragic day for ireland. i don't think the family in ireland that has not felt this. relatives of those killed are flying into the bay area. one family lost two young women in the collapse. we spoke on the phone with george donahoe. he said his daughter was a fine vibrant woman and he feels deeply for the families of the other victims. >> 30 minutes before the collapse th

. >>> a monument in honor of martin luther king jr. ng to be built in maple shade new jersey, it will go with mary's cafe will be and an incident there helped to launch martin luther king's initiative. they were refused service there and they thought it was based on race and they approved a marker at the site. a date for the installation is not been set. >>> governor jack markell will decide whether to expand the medical marijuana laws to treat children with epilepsy the bill is named for a 9-year-old, whose epileptic seizures could only be controlled by the active chemical in marijuana and the first dispensary is set to open on july 26th. >>> now it turns you a similar incident happened here decades ago, rick williams is in the newsroom with more. >> that is right more than 60 years ago inmates at eastern state penitentiary escaped through a tunnel. it it took them almost a year to actually dig it out, it was so unstable the inmates could have died trying to escape. coming up tonight at 5:00, annie mccormick walks us through how the pr

nobel peace prize martin luther king jr. said it best. i refuse to accept the cynical notion that nation after nation must spiral down a militaristic stairway into the hell of thermo nuclear destruction. he asked where do we go from here. chaos or community? our challenges are many and formidable. let's wage peace in this new american century. thank you for inviting me. >> i have a question so you said -- >> one second. we have microphones. >> hello. so, you said earlier that you want to establish more -- we have established trade agreements and protect intellectual property rights, so, my question is obviously, we can work out those disagreements among other countries but how does it affect the u.s. with products like agriculture because the u.s. heavily subsidized agricultural products and in turn, dumps it on other economies where they're trying to compete really, really hard to sell their products, one so other people in their they're so much cheaper. would this involve the u.s. not dumping its products or any other subsidized product

they include tenth and 11th streets between broadway and martin luther king junior way.s limited access to lake merit. there is no parking spaces right now. special coverage of the warriors parade, dub nation celebration it starts at 9:00 this morning right after we get off the air. our cameras and reporters are all along the parade route. you can follow all the action right here at ktvu fox 2 news. >>> the president is scheduled to arrive at sfo just before 1:00. and then he will head to the hilton hotel at union square for the mayor's conference. they do shut off streets usually when the president comes into town. he's also scheduled to attend two democratic fundraisers later today in san francisco and he all spend the night in the city. >>> the ride share companies uber and lift among the sponsors of the mayor's conference. cab drivers accuse the ride sharing companies buying them off. the mayor's are scheduled to tour uber headquarters. cab drivers plan to protest outside of their offices. and other sponsors include google, and kaiser. >>> our time is 5:09. in other