martin luther king iii has taken up human rights activism over the decades. im about the anniversary of his father's assassination, which happened was only 10 ars old. caitriona: martin luther king iii, thank you for being with us. marking the 56th anniversary of your father's assassination, the night before he delivered the famous "i've been to the mountaintop" speech, he concludes that by saying i want to let you know we will get to the promised land. how close or far away do you think that promised land is in the u.s. today? >> that is a very good question. i would have to say that if we are to look at it directly as to where we are, 56 years after his assassination, as opposed to us being close together as a nation, we are further apart, very divided. civility has gone teorarily from the political space. many of the things my father and his team, and my mother throughout her life for, have been basically turned back. history has been excluded from how history is taught. i wod have to say that it does not feel we are going in the direction of the promised l

martin luther - gods children. we will end on that note. martin luther king| that note. martin luther king iiitime to speak to bbc news toda . ., ~ ,, time to speak to bbc news toda . ., ~ i. ., today. thank you for the opportunity- _ let's turn to some important news around the world. peru's congress voted against impeaching president dina boluarte, who's under investigation for corruption. she's being investigated over the ownership of expensive rolex watches and jewellery she's been seen wearing in public. last week, police raided her home and the presidential palace. thieves in los angeles have made off with at least $30 million from a cash storage facility in one of the biggest heists on record. police have no suspects. stay with us here on bbc news. hello. the weather will be throwing all sorts at us over the next few days — some wet weather, some warm weather and some windy weather, particularly driven by storm kathleen, a storm named by the irish weather service, for impacts it will have in the republic of ireland over the weekend. but for northern and western parts of the uk, it will

martin luther king jr. made a rare visit to memphis, tennessee, the site where the civil rights leader was assassinated, 56 years ago. martin luther king iii and his wife of the drum major institute toured the national civil rights museum at the lorraine motel to mark the day and the place when dr. king was shot and killed on the second floor balcony. the visit was more than just a remembrance. it was a pilgrimage by the kings to highlight the connection between political violence of the past and the increasingly threatening rhetoric coming from the extreme right today. >> we must learn nonviolence, or we may face nonexistence. some in our society are moving in that direction. the question is what are we going to do? because it's not about me. i. but it's what we do to advance the day when his dream can become real for all humankind. >> last month, i also made a stop at the lorraine motel. is there were so many emotions and thoughts that ran through my mind, one thought often stands out in the moment. they killed the dreamer, but they couldn't kill his dream. the dream lives on as long as we continue to fight and journey forward to realize

eastern, martin luther king iii commemorates the 56th anniversary of his father's april 4th assassination at the civil rights museum. and the series congress investigates looking at investigations that changed policy and law. this weekend we'll look back at the mccarthy era hearing that explored whether commune anythingses that infiltrated the state department, the army and other federal agencies. at 8 p.m. eastern lectures on history, north carolina history professor jasmine howard discusses student activism and civil rights movements in north carolina. watch mrn history tv saturday on c-span2 and find a schedule on your program guide or watch online at anytime at c-span.org/history. >> coming up, a conversation about media coverage of former president donald trump with the former executive editor of the washington post, martin baron and the decline of local news outlets and social media impact on news. this was hosted by jews united for democracy and justice. >> marty baron was my colleague at the los angeles times for a number of years and executive editor of the miami herald, and the

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this is a tweet from martin luther king iii. wrote it yesterday. tomorrow is the anniversary of my dad's assassination. two the world he was monumental a titan of justice, but to me he was a dad. center of our home and family. the world lost an incredible leader. we lost a loving father. yolanda lost the chance to meet her grandfather. >> mm. >> talking more about -- >> coming out. >> -- martin luther king with reverend al and legacy today and the battle ahead. >> it's also anniversary of another consequence of day in history. 75 years ago today the north atlantic treaty, nato, was signed in washington. we'll discuss the significance of the alliance amid the war in ukraine which is nearing 800 years and counting and the man who used too lady that.vridis i. and without chief at politico, jonathan lemire and u.s. correspondent for bbc news caty kaye. our top story amid growing tensioning over the war in gaza, republican and israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu are expected to speak by phone today. this will be their further direct communication

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