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dying atpeople end up the hands of police. early report came out in 1968. within a few months, martin luther king would be assassinated and then john kennedy would be assassinated. >> and then we get hundreds of riots in major american cities in the spring. >> let's go to tom in california. go ahead, please. >> yes. i am 71 years old. as far as i can see, what we are constantly doing is making excuses for people instead of people taking responsibility for their own lives. in my life, i was married at 16, dropped out of high school, had two kids when i was 20 years old, and i had never received a welfare check, never received an employment check, no kind of government help. i work and did my job -- i worked and did my job. my kids went to college and did well. we need to stop making excuses for people and have them be responsible for their lives. >> tom, thank you. elizabeth: thank you for that. the same time, we have to take into account our history and the history of systemic discrimination that has handed out some opportunities to some, and missed opportunities or prevented opportunities for ot

martin luther king, jr., civil rights activist, fox news contributor. i have been dying you on since this started because you have a unique way of getting the conversation back to, going in a positive direction that isn't about people taking shots and scoring points. what would you say at this point in time? >> well, melissa, i tell you, i say we have been praying, people all over the country have been praying for america, for the president, for congressman lewis, for the whole situation, and as a member of the king family legacy, that is the family of martin luther king, sr., and his wife albert can, three children, christine, martin luther king, ml, and my daddy a.d. king. we've been praying that congressman lewis would remember the lessons that he not only learned but taught people in the 20th century civil rights movement, come to the table, make peace, communicate non-violently. i understand that he is hurt and he is disturbed because he makes that point very clearly but the answer is not just to call somebody a racist. in this case president trump. and not make eff

dying atpeople end up the hands of police. early report came out in 1968. within a few months, martin luther king would be assassinated and then john kennedy would be assassinated. >> and then we get hundreds of riots in major american cities in the spring. >> let's go to tom in california. go ahead, please. >> yes. i am 71 years old. as far as i can see, what we are constantly doing is making excuses for people instead of people taking responsibility for their own lives. in my life, i was married at 16, dropped out of high school, had two kids when i was 20 years old, and i had never received a welfare check, never received an employment check, no kind of government help. i work and did my job -- i worked and did my job. my kids went to college and did well. we need to stop making excuses for people and have them be responsible for their lives. >> tom, thank you. elizabeth: thank you for that. the same time, we have to take into account our history and the history of systemic discrimination that has handed out some opportunities to some, and missed opportunities or prevented opportunities for ot

martin luther king. medgar evers. malcolm x, and the names go on and on. literally when he passed in august, he was still fighting to his dying growing up at the footsteps of seeing somebody who is willing to do everything and give everything to make this world better place, that is the spirit and the fire in the energy i come with. that we're in you istate of crisis right now, need to make sure that we understand that. look at our youth. suicide amongst our young people at an all-time high. depression, low self-esteem. racism,sexual assault, anti-immigrant -- and i'm just talking about the president. see i work with young people, and leadership is critical and vital, and it sets the tone and the direction. so how can we as a nation expect our young people to act and behave in a way when the leader of this nation has done every single thing you tell your child never to do? never to say? [applause] ifif you understand that, you have a child or grandchild or a niece or nephew or a cousin, someone in your community you love, you must understand that we are in a state of crisis. we have all experienced hardship. maybe we were evi

martin luther king jr. >> hi, am congressman teri see civilenting alabama rights district. this weekend, our country will celebrateher to martin luther king dy and to remember dr. king's legacy of compassion, and action in the face of injustice. but remembering is not enough. 50 years after conditioning's death, many americans continue same you have the injusts they endured five decades ago. needs action. we need action to ensure that working americans have the resource and the opportunities to compete in today's work force. we need action to provide our an education that preps them for 21st century jobs. we need action to ensure that all americans have a chance to compete on a level economic playing field. dr. king sought economic access for all americans as keystone of equality to recognize that economic issues were civil rights issues. the struggle for genuine equality means economic equal i. dr. king held a rally of memphison works in nearly two weeks before the death. he said so we know note it is not of this to integrate lunch counters. what does it profit a machine to intergrit a lunch count fer doesn't have enough hun m i to buy a ha