we don't always live up to the ideals set forth by martin luther king jr. but that does not mean that we stop trying. i'm michael shure. you're in "the war room." >> michael: 45 years ago today martin luther king jr. was assassinated. it was an event that had a profound affect on millions around the world and on the lives of two men in particular. michael cody was with dr. king in memphis in the days leading up to the assassination and knew him as few others have. jerry mitchell is an investigative reporter and the preemptive on civil rights cases. before we get to them and martin luther king jr.'s legacy let's get caught up on the political headlines today. in connecticut just 111 days after the slaughter of children at the sandy hook elementary school, the gun debate is over. with the stroke of the pen connecticut governor signed into law one of the most strictest gun laws on the books. it is the country's own system to track offenders and the ban now includes high capacity magazines. it's a start for parents who lost children in the shoot shooting. >> i c

edgar hoover had a dislike for martin luther king jr. >> personally? s a personal dislike. >> lewis believes hoover's hatred blinded him to dr. king's dream. >> i think j. edgar hoover was convinced that martin luther king jr. was a threat to the order of the american society. >> yet, king was unmoved by the fbi's truly dirty tricks. >> he saw this as part of his life, just the way he would have to live for the rest of his life. >>> still ahead, military spies on the rooftop. >> they said they wanted to take pictures. >> and the fatal moment. >> he probably never even heard the shot. [ male announcer ] at his current pace, bob will retire when he's 153, which would be fine if bob were a vampire. but he's not. ♪ he's an architect with two kids and a mortgage. luckily, he found someone who gave him a fresh perspective on his portfolio. and with some planning and effort, hopefully bob can retire at a more appropriate age. it's not rocket science. it's just common sense. from td ameritrade. it's just common sense. there's a reason no one says "easy like mon

edgar hoover had a dislike for martin luther king jr. >> personally? rsonal dislike. >> lewis believes hoover's hatred blinded him to dr. king's dream. >> i think j. edgar hoover was convinced that martin luther king jr. was a threat to the order of the american society. >> yet, king was unmoved by the fbi's truly dirty tricks. >> he saw this as part of his life, just the way he would have to live for the rest of his life. >>> still ahead, military spies on the rooftop. >> they said they wanted to take pictures. >> and the fatal moment. >> he probably never even heard the shot. [ male announcer] surprise -- you're having triplets. [ babies crying ] surprise -- your house was built on an ancient burial ground. [ ghosts moaning ] surprise -- your car needs a new transmission. [ coyote howls ] how about no more surprises? now you can get all the online trading tools you need without any surprise fees. ♪ it's not rocket science. it's just common sense. from td ameritrade. >>> early in 1968 black garbage collectors in memphis, tennessee, went on strike over

ed orial advisor to the king legacy, a professor of history, and founding director of the martin luther king, jr., research and educational institute at stanford university. during 2009, he also served as the king distinguished professor at morehouse college and the first executive director of that institution's king collection. (applause) >> thank you. during his undergraduate years at ucla he participated in civil rights and anti-war protests and many of his subsequent writings reflects his experiences by stressing the importance of grassroots political activity in the african-american freedom struggle. his first book, end struggle snick and the black awakening of the 1960s remains a definitive history of student nonviolent coordinating committee, one of the most dynamic and innovative civil rights organizations of our time. he served as senior advisor for a 14-part award winning public television series on civil rights entitled "eyes on the prize." i know we all remember that. (applause) >> his recent, his recent publication, the book, martin's dream: my journey and the legacy of martin luthe

years ago when a single shot was fired from the lorraine motel in memphis tennessee killing dr martin luther king jr men who shot dr king james earl ray was brought into custody two months later yesterday never before never before seen video of ray just after he was arrested was released by the shelby county registrar in tennessee the video includes ray being read his rights being stripped searched by police as well as interviews with potential jurors for the. trial but despite these new videos in those forty five years since the assassination of dr king the real story behind his death of why he was killed has rarely been told and today as these cycles of history come around again this story is more important than ever so joining us now is lamar waldron historian and co-author with tom hartman of the book legacy of secrecy the long shadow of the j.f.k. assassination lamar welcome back to the show great to be with you so you know yes today is the anniversary of dr king's assassination but it's always important to look back at what happened and to remember it why is this especially relevant today thou

sense to do that. >> michael: you know, it's a trite question and one that we ask people of martin luther king jr.'s day. what would martin luther king jr. think when he came back. the people we ask and the people we talk to on television and newspapers, they weren't people who knew him. you knew medgar evers. he were alive today. if he came back and saw mississippi in 2013, what do you think he would say myrlie. >> good, but there's still so much more to do. he wanted to clean up--if i can use that phrase--the state in which he was born, and that he loved. surely we have broken so many barriers, and medgar's work and his life as well as his death helped move mississippi forward. but if we look at not only mississippi but other parts of this country particularly in the south with this last election the strategies and techniques have changed to keep people from registering and voting but the nuances of all of those things that some people feel should not exist are still there. so it's about being aware. it's about developing programs. it's about for youth in particular to help educate them. there'

martin luther king, jr., was assassinated. on a motel balcony in memphis. a previously unpublished life magazine photo shows his open briefcase as he left it in his motel room that day. so many people were forever changed by that visit to memphis. he was there, after all, to support striking sanitation workers. tonight ann curry has the story of two who were there. >> reporter: memphis, the spring of 1968. 1300 sanitation workers on strike against unsafe working conditions. the reverend martin luther king, jr., standing with them. >> memphis has gotten by for a long time with numerous injustices where black people are concerned. >> reporter: king's own advisers urged him to skip memphis, fearing violence. and there was. alvin turner, now 79, was there. >> he took that billy club, and he popped me right there. >> reporter: cleo smith, 70, was too. >> people getting beaten, fire extinguishers turned on them. >> reporter: turner says the job paid just 70 cents an hour, but that wasn't the worst of it. >> i had been treated like a boy for so long. boy, get over

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tuesday marked the 50th anniversary of martin luther king jr.riting the "letter from birmingham jail." countless locations worldwide celebrated this anniversary with a reading of the letter. s-j-s-u's own m-l-k library hosted one such reading to spread awareness. some of the speakers included the dean of trinity cathedral in downtown san jose, the president of silicon valley's naacp and even sjsu's own professors. the letter discusses issues such as the difference between just and unjust laws, racism, and how to defeat it in a nonviolent manner. this was the first time the mlk library hosted the reading. one san jose state golfer earned western athletic player of the week. and we now know who the spartans will be playing in the mountain west football conference. but first we ask students how their allergies are affecting them. ">>>"my eyes get all watery, and i start to sneeze a lot. i get the sniffles. people think i have a cold. and they try to give me tissues because they think i'm sick, but i'm really not. it's just allergies." "pretty bad.

and there's another example of it too even after dr martin luther king jr was jad and now because of the jury decision in december of ninety nine in memphis tennessee we know that the jury decided that the evidence was overwhelming that the united states government itself but just played it in a conspiracy to kill dr martin luther king jr and guess what that did in the smearing the smearing continued well after he was dead oh yeah i mean that's still ridiculed and mocked as a conspiracy there i mean this is declassified documents that have led to the civil suit that you're talking about that have overwhelmingly confirmed it is unanimous decision from over seventy eyewitnesses who testified there and let's go over some of the things that you did speak out on when you were in office i love this quote i remember you grilling rumsfeld on the house floor in two thousand and five over number of issues i wanted to play one in which was regarding dying core in child trafficking let's take a look at that. called for the punishment of those involved in this horrible business but at the very mo

and there's another example of it too even after dr martin luther king jr was dad and now because of the jury decision in december of ninety nine in memphis tennessee we know that the jury decided that the evidence was overwhelming that. the united states government itself but just have paid it in a conspiracy to kill dr martin luther king jr and guess what back in the smearing the smearing continued well after he was dead oh yeah i mean that's still ridiculed and mocked as a conspiracy there i mean this is declassified documents that have led to this civil suit that you're talking about that have overwhelmingly confirmed it is unanimous decision from over seventy eyewitnesses who testified there and let's go over some of the things that you did speak out on when you were in office i love this quote i remember you grilling rumsfeld on the house floor in two thousand and five overheard a number of issues i wanted to play one of which was regarding dying core in child trafficking let's take a look at that. called for the punishment of those involved in this horrible business but at the

>>> it was 45 years ago today martin luther king jr. was assassinated down in memphis. andrew young and dr. king's grandson dr. martin luther king iii join us to talk about voting rights and gun violence. >>> let me finish with this. nine out of ten americans support background checks. why doesn't congress? and this is "hardball." the place for politics. >>> would ronald reagan support marriage equality? his daughter thinks so. patti davis says reagan likely would have supported marriage for gay couples. while she never discussed it with her dad, she says he probably would have bucked his party on the issue for three reasons. hollywood acting career. close friendship with a lesbian couple who cared for patti, and ron. and government intrusion into people's private lives. my mant? trust your instincts to make the call. to treat my low testosterone, my doctor and i went with axiron, the only underarm low t treatment. axiron can restore t levels to normal in about 2 weeks in most men. axiron is not for use in women or anyone younger than 18 or men with prostate or breast ca

tennessee found local state and federal government agencies guilty to conspiracy to assassinate dr martin luther king jr the civil trial consisted of over seventy testimonies from witnesses who one after the other called into question the original narrative and concluded that james earl ray was nothing more than a patsy king's wife coretta scott king stated that this jury confirmed what was already suspected by their family. she said it provided their quote family with a long sought sense of closure and peace which had been denied by official dissin from ation and coverups yet even now over a decade since that civil case questioning james earl ray's guilt as the lone man who killed martin luther king is received as nothing more than a wacky conspiracy theory but i guess it's easier that way isn't it tonight the facts rather than giving them credence after all putting up an m.l.k. memorial in d.c. is always easier than putting m.l.k. is real murderers on trial. i'm in sochi the only city in europe i'm the host of the twenty fourteen winter the picket. signs. thank you. so much. thank you if you saw a. do

>>> it was 45 years ago today martin luther king jr. was assassinated down in memphis. andrew young and dr. king's grandson dr. martin luther king iii join us to talk about voting rights and gun violence. >>> let me finish with this. nine out of ten americans support background checks. why doesn't congress? and this is "hardball." the place for politics. as your life changes, fidelity is there for your personal economy, helping you readjust along the way, refocus as careers change and kids head off to college, and revisit your investments as retirement gets closer. wherever you are today, fidelity's guidance can help you fine-tune your personal economy. start today with a free one-on-one review of your retirement plan. >>> let me finish with this. nine out of ten americans the hollywood acting career and close relationship with patty and ron and general opposition to government intrusion in people's private lives. we'll be right back. book ahead and save up to 20 percent at doubletree.com, so you can sit back, relax and enjoy. doubletree by hilton. where the little thing

martin luther king, jr. it is 45 years ago today dr. martin luther king, jr. tennessee. it is being called protecting the dream. king was a leader before being shot and killed and to this day, he is the youngest person to win a nobel peace prize. >>> he was one of the people killed in the oikos university massacre. people of the tibetan association prayed as they remembered 33-year-old female one of the 7 people killed in the oikos university nursing school. >> our family is still emotional and we are grateful we have a good and strong community and everybody is supporting the family. >> she moved to the bay area from india and was studying to become a nurse. she was never interested in making a lot of money but simply wanted to give back to her community. >>> according to education west, they are preparing students for college those who have relatively small percentage scored a "b" overall and the next group earned a "c" plus. others scored lowest overall with a "d" minus. >>> the rally will be held including spirit squads and remarks from the head coach. thi

martin luther king, jr. it is 45 years ago today dr. martin luther king, jr.d in memphis tennessee. it is being called protecting the dream. king was a leader before being shot and killed and to this day, he is the youngest person to win a nobel peace prize. >>> he was one of the people killed in the oikos university massacre. people of the tibetan association prayed as they remembered 33-year-old female one of the 7 people killed in the oikos university nursing school. >> our family is still emotional and we are grateful we have a good and strong community and everybody is supporting the family. >> she moved to the bay area from india and was studying to become a nurse. she was never interested in making a lot of money but simply wanted to give back to her community. >>> according to education west, they are preparing students for college those who have relatively small percentage scored a "b" overall and the next group earned a "c" plus. others scored lowest overall with a "d" minus. >>> the rally will be held including spirit squads and remarks from the hea

the reverend martin luther king jr. was shot to death by an assassin late today as he stood on a balcony in memphis, tennessee. >> fires are burning in many sections of the negro ghetto -- >> rioting erupted in more than 100 cities across the nation that night, and through the weekend. >> even as dusk approached, weary firemen ran from blaze to blaze, often braving snipers' bullets to put out the fire. at least one was wounded trying by a sniper. >> fire bombings, looting, sniper fire. >> smoke wreathed the capitol dome. and there was smoke around the washington monument. >> in the nation's capital, more than 7,000 people were arrested. federal troops occupied the city for more than a week. not long after dawn, the day after the murder, james earl ray parked his white mustang in a low-income housing project in atlanta and headed for the bus station. within 48 hours of king's death, ray had reached toronto, canada. he rented a room in an immigrant area near downtown. james earl ray wrote -- >> the woman couldn't speak ha

phillips'. >>> 45 years ago tonight, martin luther king jr.ld be his final speech in which he famously said, i've been to the mountaintop. dr. king was in memphis to support striking sanitation workers protesting low paying working conditions. he was feeling ill that not and was not planning to give a speech at all but did so at the urging of his friend. and speaking without notes for nearly an hour, he brought the crowd to tears. dr. king spoke about his own mortality when he said he was at peace. >> because i've been to the mountaintop and i don't mind. like anybody, i would like to live a long life, longevity has its place. but i'm not concerned about that now. >> dr. king said with him or without him the struggle for civil and human rights would continue. >> we as the people will get to the promise land. so i'm happy tonight i'm not worried about anything m i. i'm not fearing anything. my eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the lord. >> i remember when dr. king was killed. i was 13 years old. i had just became youth director of his n

martin luther king, jr. a rally is being held in his honor and we will have the special name it is given. >>> a man who land his car in wal-mart and the attacked customers are due back in court this afternoon. he will be charged with several sell any counts before that happened. four people were hurt that day and he has had sever others in october in a case where he threw a chair through a pub while high on cocaine. >>> zuckerberg promises an announcement and many are saying it is a facebook phone. leaked 9:00 to 5:00 say it is a 9:00 to 5:00 facebook phone. it adds they would allow them to chick in with their facebook friends and it shows you can go check in with your friends. >> i don't like everything being so tapped into facebook and my phone. i don't like all of that. >> the survey shows 82% of americans would not be interested in a facebook phone but they would bees pebblely in europe. >>> the schools will send the rally off which will include remarks from the a head coach. this is the first time call

i heard about martin luther king jr. in 1957. became the next year in 1958 at the age of 15. my folks can't seem to get in trouble. dr. mengele. rosa parks and martin luther king jr. inspired me to find a way to get in the way. i was so inspired the 1956 at the age of 16, with my brothers and sisters and cousins at the public library and troy, alabama trying to get library cards. trying to check out books. i never went back to that library until july 5th, 1998 with my buck, "walking with the wind." [applause] hundreds of blacks and white came. we had a wonderful program. food, something to eat, some to drink. at the end of the program, they gave me a library card. it says something that the distance we've come in the progress made. some of you in my book, "walking with the wind" and "across that bridge," i try to tell the story of steve inspired to move my feet, to move my body and hair to the philosophy and discipline of mind violent before any seven, before any stand another theater, and a march come from selma to montgomery for freedom ride or the march on 10, we prepared o

martin luther king, jr. a rally is being held in his honor and we will have the special name it is given. >>> a man who land his car in wal-mart and the attacked customers are due back in court this afternoon. he will be charged with several sell any counts before that happened. four people were hurt that day and he has had sever others in october in a case where he threw a chair through a pub while high on cocaine. >>> zuckerberg promises an announcement and many are saying it is a facebook phone. leaked 9:00 to 5:00 say it is a 9:00 to 5:00 facebook phone. it adds they would allow them to chick in with their facebook friends and it shows you can go check in with your friends. >> i don't like everything being so tapped into facebook and my phone. i don't like all of that. >> the survey shows 82% of americans would not be interested in a facebook phone but they would bees pebblely in europe. >>> the schools will send the rally off which will include remarks from the a head coach. this is the first time call

martin luther king jr.new civil rights for african-americans and all americans, beginning with 1955, the 1963 march on washington where he delivered his "i have a dream" speech and the 1965 march for voting rights in selma, alabama. more than four decades later, the legacy of dr. king's work is all around us. most notably in the white house. and his son is carrying on his work. today, martin luther king iii marched side by side the sanitation workers which he was doing when he was killed. joining me is dr. king's eldest son, martin luther king iii. thank you for being here. >> thank you, rev. >> thank you for being here to mark the day that your father gave his life for us. you were in memphis this morning visiting the striking garbage workers. ironically, your father was there 45 years ago for the same union. did you think about that and the irony of that 45 years later, they are striking again and you are there as the one holding your father's legacy? >> i certainly did. more than anything else i thought

martin luther king, jr., who gave a news conference outside the jail praising their act of civil disobedience appreciation for what they're doing for the peace movement and for what they've done for the civil-rights movement, i will take time out of my schedule to come out to see them, to visit them, and let them know they have our absolute support. and i might say that i see these two struggles as one struggle. [applause] there can be no justice without peace, and there can be no peace without justice. >> martin luther king, jr., speaking outside the santa rita county jail january 1968 after visiting with joan baez, her mother, and the peace activist iras and perot, who had all been in prison for protesting the vietnam war. joan baez, sr., died saturday at her home in woodside, california at 100 years old. iris and provide a week earlier on april 13 at the age of 90, from a respiratory infection. those are some of the headlines. this is "democracy now!," democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with juan gonzalez. >> welcome to all our listeners and viewers from around the

end of it i mean i'm sure you're aware of even the civil case launched by the martin luther king family martin luther king jr's family that implicated the u.s. government in part for conspiracy for his assassination i mean why is it that ten years on this notion is so foreign to people still scoffed at as nothing more than a conspiracy theory when at the time subject to years of cointelpro surveillance death threats i mean this is coming this is this is are all declassified. of course if they had brought them on a civilian with a genuine one hundred fifty six to the day a day before the nine hundred sixty eight i was a us government it was j.f.k. that was r f k was johnson all the way through but i think for example about the assistance of jesse margaret thatcher and here's someone who called nelson mandela a terrorist called a n c a terrorist group here's somebody who said trade union is in england are the enemy with and they must be crushed yet what do we hear from the white house margaret thatcher was a great champion of freedom us a tale that a lie for a for a family i'm a christian but she was a tyrant wh

. >> martin luther king jr. was killed tonight in memphis, tennessee.hot in the face as he stood alone on the balcony of his hotel room. he died in a hospital an hour later. >>> and happy birthday to a poet and an actor maya angelou turned 85. robert downey jr. is 48. >>> here's a look at what's coming up later on "today" show. kevin ware opens up about his injury and future and first lady. >> now keep it on this channel for continuing local news, weather, sports and more. i'm richard lui with bill karins. thanks for watching "early today." >>> the bay area police department that will go off-line in just over an hour. what it means for your safety? >>> the president is waking up here in the bay area. we'll show you what's on his agenda before he heads back out on the road. >> new details about the man police are calling the chatty chief. could he be talking his way up and down the peninsula. >>> for now, let's jump outside. clouds, rain out there. be ready to take a nice, live look at your bay bridge. grab an umbrella on this thursday, april 4th. this i

you may think you know about martin luther king, jr., but there is much about the man and his message we have conveniently forgotten. he was a prophet, like amos, isaiah and jeremiah of old, calling kings and plutocrats to account, speaking truth to power. yet, he was only 39 when he was murdered in memphis, tennessee on april 4th, 1968. the march on washington in '63 and the march from selma to montgomery in '65 were behind him. sowere theassagef the civil righ act and the voting rights act. in the last year of his life, as he moved toward memphis and fate, he announced what he called the poor people's campaign, a "multi-racial army" that would come to washington, build an encampment and demand from congress an "economic bill of rights" for all americans, black, white, or brown. he had long known that the fight for racial equality could not be separated from the need or economic equity, fairness for all, including working people and the poor. that's why he was inemph, marching with sanitation workers on strike for a living wage when he was killed. with me are two people steeped in ki

martin luther king jr. he was standing on a balcony in lorraine, tennessee.speaking for sanitation workers. some of those same workers are holding a day of remembrance today. it is one of the tributes, memorials and rallies happening around the country right now. joining me in the studio, naacp president ask ceo, ben, it is always good to see you. it is an important day as we look back and reflect as a country. now we have this new publicly never seen video that "dateline" helped enhance and restore that shows some of our living history from 45 years ago of the killer james earl ray and what he went through in booking. this was kept under raps for so long and it is really a time capsule as we look back. where are we today? 45 years later. what would dr. king think of how we progressed? >> you know, the more things change, they have changed, the more things stay the same. so on the one hand, i think as a society, dr. king would say there is a lot of positive change. the south has changed in many ways. and yet as justice said, we still need the voting rights. h

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