but really when you expose people to who martin luther king, jr. was, you educate them. n the memorial will do some of that. i think a new generation will be inspired to want to go out and embrace what martin luther king, jr. embraced, which ultimately will change our nation. perhaps put us in the right direction. today it seems we are not headed in the right direction. how do we, in this nation, have people sleeping on the streets every night in all of our cities. there is something wrong with that when we have so many blessings and so much wealth. >> as your father and mother taught us, it won't change by itself. that's why we will be marching saturday, standing with you and the foundation on sunday and all weekend long. martin luther king, jr. iii, thank you for your time. >> thank you. >> as hurricane irene barrels up the east coast, millions of americans are turning the government for help and protection. yes, government. that's next. chronologically i'm sixty years old. is it the new forty, i don't know. i probably feel about thirty. how is it that we don't act our

martin luther king jr.. harry johnson, thank you so much for your amazing effort to make this all work. this is your week. [applause] we have already heard a lot about dr. king and much more will be said between now and sunday when a long-awaited memorial it is officially dedicated. as we share our thoughts we should never lose sight of his core mission. as the leader of the african- american community and of the quest for racial equality and social progress in the united states. it is appropriate that we highlight his inspirational role in south africa's struggle against apartheid, as the ambassador said so eloquently. but tonight we place special emphasis on the universal relevance of. dr. king's ofhe was a man who spoke to all races, genders, and creeds and to every generation. the words that once filled atlantic's ebenezer baptist church and that were proclaimed from the steps of the lincoln memorial have not lost any of their power. the message that ultimately prevailed over enormous odds in birmingham,

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martin luther king jr. dream can become a luminous reality. thank you, and god bless you. [applause] it is now my pleasure to introduce, actually present, he does not need an introduction, a man who i am proud to call my ally and one of our partners in this movement, a man who has never backed away from the fight for workers' rights, human rights, or civil rights. you can count on him to be in the front lines, marching, and calling us to action around jobs and justice and the american dream, the president of the afl-cio, mr. richard trumka. [applause] >> thank you, martin, for the very kind introduction, but more importantly, so they q4 what you do every day and what the king family does every day. we all owe you and your family a tremendous debt of gratitude, and i just want to say thank you on behalf of all of us on that, and let me say good morning to everyone, and behalf of the unions of the afl-cio and are 12 million members, i want to welcome you all here today, and i want to take just one moment to g

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i think ruling the airwaves is important. >> a word on a washington's newest memorial, to martin luther king jr.. went they ask you as the scholar, people were upset because you did the sculpture of mao zedong. >> art has no nationality. >> that is the sculptor of the new martin luther king jr. memorial in washington. it sits between jefferson and lincoln memorials. hurricane irene has triggered postponement of the dedication. charles, you wrote about it this week. >> it is a deeply moving morial. there a flaw in the art self. othe or america,o ava at of s o gritnot thought of that. aee think ithoul n e yone wk. n e yone wk.

what they saw was martin luther king jr. bearing witness, living his life, a committed life, that is what he wanted to leave behind. a committed life to justice which pitted him against the same johnson administration which had courageously supported the black freedom movement against white supremacists. the civil-rights movement against jim crow in the south. again, you see the connection of thought and action, concept and deed. a witness as well as a truth teller. we have to keep in mind that this great truth teller was called the most notorious liar by the fbi. tavis: and the most dangerous man in america. >> when you love for people that much, working people that much, you will be dangerous to the powers that be. never while king's faith wavered, those closest to him were well aware of the bouts of depression. >> he was definitely getting more lonely. remember, from the pinnacle of this great movement in selma that brought people down to march and journalists from all over the world, to crusade for the voting rights act,

i would like to think that with the monument dedicated to martin luther king jr., that there might besation between martin and medgar that is buried at arlington cemetary. s are comingibe together with the need to continue the dream of dr. martin luther king jr. and the rest of us. thank you. [applause] >> in an afternoon filled a special treats, we have another one in store. we are excited to have the incredibly talented and beautifully voiced layla hathaway performing for us today. accompanied by ray chiu. ♪ >> [singing] ♪ ♪ ♪ [singing] ♪ ♪ [vocalizing] [applause] >> thank you. thank you very much. >> we can do better than that. let's give it up for her and her daddy. thank you. as we move to a very special moment in this program, before i have the opportunity to present the family, there is a young woman that has made history and so many women -- i know that camilla harris is here. the first african-american woman as the attorney general for the state of california. elisa jackson is someone that i know personally. another person that i want to sit and talk to is dorothy height. she

i think ruling the airwaves is important. >> a word on a washington's newest memorial, to martin luther king jr.. went they ask you as the scholar, people were upset because you did the sculpture of mao zedong. >> art has no nationality. >> that is the sculptor of the new martin luther king jr. memorial in washington. it sits between jefferson and lincoln memorials. hurricane irene has triggered postponement of the dedication. charles, you wrote about it this week. >> it is a deeply moving memorial. there is a flaw in the art itself. it is not the ethnicity of the artist, it is ideology. there is a whiff of the socialist realism or even stalinism in the sculpture. nonetheless, the setting of this on the tidal basin across from the jefferson memorial, adjacent to fdr, monument core of america, to have a statue of a man of his greatness, the only non-president in the company, is a true statement of gratitude by a country that owes him a lot. >> stalinism -- i honestly have not thought of that. >> you have not seen the sculpture. >> it is something to contemplate. other than that, i agree with dr.

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martin luther king, jr. once said, our lives began to end the day it becomes solid about things that matter. tonight, as we celebrate that world vision and commitment to peace and justice and inspires the leaders here with us this evening, we are mindful of the fact that we stand on the shoulders of those and refused to be silent about things that matter most. truth, justice, equality, and opportunity for all. to that end, as we begin making our plans for the dedication week, we wanted to be sure that our celebration included time to remember dr. king as a leader with a world vision. for that, we owe him a debt of gratitude. [applause] my friends, it is truly an honor and privilege for me to introduce our next guest. he is a trailblazer in his own right. the former mayor of dallas, texas, our current united states representative, the honorable ron kirk served as the president's trade adviser, negotiator on trade issues. to me, he is a great friend. he told me once we were at the democratic national conventio

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martin luther king jr., he's the first non-u.s. president to be so honored and the current president will honor him. the statue is 30 feet tall and the day will mark the 48th anniversary of the march on washington. today we talked to some of the people who got the first look at the memorial to honor the dream, including one who was there back then. >> the memorial to dr. king is the first one on the national mall to celebrate a man of color, hope and peace. and you can see this location is powerful. >> i have a dream. >> martin luther king jr. liberated not just a people, but a nation. >> i'm old enough to remember segregation, the jim crow laws, and it's hard to believe that we have this monument to a black man. >> i saw a dream that came alive, that someday you could see a monument statue of black people. >> he did so much for this country before i was even born and he helped shape the country to where it is now. >> i'm very touched. and i'm also moved that we finally have arrived and the community as a whole, everything that i h

. >>> it took years to build and millions of dollars to fund and tomorrow morning the new martin luther king jr. memorial in washington, d.c. officially opens to the public. nbc's francis coe has the first look at the memorial. >> i have a dream. >> reporter: in 1963 dr. martin luther king jr. delivered his powerful, i have a dream speech owashington, d.c.'s national mall. now 48 years later, the memorial to the civil rights pioneer will be opened to the public. >> for the first time we will have a man of color, a man of peace nonpresident to grace the mall. >> reporter: it will honor and celebrate the life and legacy of dr. king one the leading forces and a catalyst for the civil rights movement across the country. >> overwhelmed memories. all that we've gone through and what we still have to go through? >> he's not for african-american history. he's more american history. >> reporter: situated in a line between the lincoln and jefferson memorials, the martin luther king jr. national memorial spreads across four acres. draped with cherry blossomed trees and elms. 14 of dr. king's most notable

the martin luther king jr.mony next week but we can already take you on a virtual tour of the site right now. josh levs is going to take us on a journey. >> the ceremony itself will be a week from tomorrow. it will be next weekend on sunday. but there's all sorts of events already going on. take a look at these pictures, and these are renderings of what the site is going to look like. i'm going to jump you inside this virtual tour. i'm going to show you a little bit and tell you some basics. this is a four-acre site, organizers say is designed to invoke the memory and spiritual presence of dr. king. it has several different sections that include some of his most famous quotes and excerpts of his sermons. and this is the centerpiece, this is the sculpt chur. when i click on it. you're able to see the inscription, "out of the mountain of december spire comes home." it is designed to be a stone of hope emerging from this, a mountain of despair. is it's got that imagery going for it. and it's very, very close, just

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martin luther king jr.? and he said, yes. an -- because somehow we take their sole appearance and make a judgement. the man looked like a nice man, but as soon as dr. king acquiesced and said he was dr. king, he just hauled off and -- spat. all over his head. i was so mad. i was new to the nonviolent movement. [laughter] and so he had to take time to give me a lesson. don't hate him. love him. well, that was very difficult for me. well, the incident passed. he cleaned his head off. and continued with the love in his heart. another incident similar to that, we were in birmingham to we had integrated the hotel in birmingham preparing for our national convention. we were standing in the lobby of the hotel talking to the general manager about our proceedings for the week. another similar incident. a white man walked up to him. i was standing. there was andrew young, reverend abernathy, j.t. johnson, and the man said, aren't you martin luther king? that's what they used to call him. martin luther king. he said, well, i'm martin kin

back when martin luther king, jr.every single fire place and his birthday was sacred even before president regan signed it into a holiday, it is important to keep it alive. you dent hear a lot about you talk about dr. ding and his life and legacy any more. i'm so glad this monument is being done. i'm so excited about being with you on saturday on the front line, generations later, on that march, still marching for the poor and still keeping the foit and dream alive. >> we are so excited. you, who have so much influence on lot of young people, millions listen to you every morning, how do we get young people more involved in voting. no matter who they vote for and involved in the things dr. king gave his life for, ricky? >> right. and you just hit it on point, reverend al. dr. king, you know, gave his life just so we could have the rights it vote and enjoy the things that we get to enjoy just like jesus christ died for our sins. he made sacrifice, sacrifice his life, and we need it pay respect to that. and try to live b

campaign2012. >> we're going to return to the afl-cio symposia and on jobs, social justice, and martin luther king, jr.'s, a vision of the american dream. next, remarks from richard trumka, martin luther king, iii, and congressman john lewis of georgia. this is planned in accordance of last week's unveiling of the memorial on the national mall honoring dr. king. this part of that is about 40 minutes. >> i am so happy everybody is here. you evidently got york tweeted e-mail. good morning. i am arlene holt-baker, vice president here at the afl-cio. on behalf of richard trumka, he will hear from later, and the secretary-treasurer here, we want to welcome all of you to the house of labor this morning. [applause] of course, we're so excited for those of you better in the room. as you know, this is also on the webcast. we're on c-span, so we absolutely thank all of those or participating by way of webcast. this has been an historic week in washington, d.c., in many ways. as we all know, the unveiling of the martin luther king memorial had been postponed as the eastern seaboard is in the path of hurricane ir

martin luther king jr. national memorial project foundation. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. [captioning made possible by kcet public television] tavis: a quick programming note. starting thursday, we will bring you a two-part special on the life and legacy of dr. martin luther king, jr. in advance of this weekend unveiling of the king memorial in washington. we will focus on dr. king pose a controversial stand against the vietnam war in the final years of his life and his most famous speech about the vietnam. dr. king drew a parallel between war and poverty and is an issue at the center of american life. i traveled around the country on a tour aimed at highlighting the plight of the poor. this fall we will bring you highlights from our trip during a special week of programming devoted to those suffering the most in our society. stay tuned for more details about that week on poverty in america this fall. last week, we got another sobering reminder of poverty whe

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i want you to remember that the person he wrote my recommendation was martin luther king, jr.. martin luther king, jr.. i want us to reflect on one historical point. there were three revolutions in america. the war of independence, the civil war of the 19th century, and the civil rights movement of the 20th century. all three were watersheds in american history that fundamentally changed the direction of this nation. america has honored the leaders of the war with the washington monuments and the jefferson memorial. we have honored the leader of the civil war with the lincoln memorial. this week, located between all three, we need to gather to honor the leader of the third comment the civil rights movement. when we go on sunday to that great moments, i hope all of us will remember that the memorial truly represents the beginning of the filament -- the fulfillment of american democracy and movement. it was the culmination that defines who we are. it is the direction we decide. i am honored and delighted for those that live on the apartheid site of america as well as the struggle

coming up as our nation's capital prepares to honor the late dr martin luther king jr memorial this weekend one has to question as dr king's dream for black equality in america has been achieved. drives the world the fear mongering used by politicians who makes decisions to prove it through who can you trust no one who is human view with the global machinery see where we had a state controlled capitalism is called sackfuls when nobody dares to ask we do our tea question more. fun. for. welcome back to the big picture i'm tom hartman coming up in this half hour as we draw closer to the memorial dedication for one of the nation's greatest civil rights leaders as a growing racial inequality in america i'll speak with one of dr king's former speech writers on the state of his dream and later internet it's really take i'll tell you how means testing that phrase is the new secret weapon for republicans hell bent on destroying social security and medicare. yesterday the martin luther king memorial opened up here in washington d.c. it was the combination of a twenty five year effort to have dr king

another big worry, what impact irene could have on scheduled dedication of that martin luther king jr. memorial that's in washington on sunday. we just did get off the phone with the organizers. they are going ahead right now as planned, sunday morning, dedicating that new memorial on the mall in washington. we'll keep you posted on that. we know so many of you are going there, so many of you are there right now. i-reporters showing us some of irene's mother. renaldo forbes shot this as the storm hit the turks and cakeios. scenes like this intimidating new yorkers, not used to hurricanes. mayor michael bloomberg not calling for evacuations yet but is calling for people to at least take precautions. >> there are different ways to evacuate. one is to suggest that people move. another thing is the mayor apparently has the power to issue an executive order and to force people to move which we would do, i think only in the worst of circumstances, but we certainly would encourage people at this point in time. for example, if you have a car and you live in a low-logue area, my suggestion is

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male announcer ] chevrolet is honored to celebrate the unveiling of the washington, d.c., martin luther king jrmemorial. take your seat at the table on august 28th. >>> so that earthquake that shook parts of the eastern u.s. yesterday, first had people scrambling for safety, then they scrambled to get their video posted on-line. so many of you were tweeting me as well. take a close look. this is inside a pharmacy in chester, virginia. the quake hit, the pharmacy tech. can you tell, there she goes out the window. but wait, watch the reaction in the richmond office building here. little bit of shaking. little bit of streaming as well. now to the animals. a dog asleep here on the sofa. pay close attention to the sharon the right side of the screen here. moments before, moments before the quake hit, the dog seems to sense it, gets up and walks away. and now this. >> it was bouncing. >> that's a vantage point from exactly where we're sitting. let's look at the top of the stadium. this is a look at what it felt like when the stadium -- >> this is the little league world series in pennsylvania. batter

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that and much more as 360 continues. [ waves crashing ] [ martin luther king jr. ] i still have a dream that one day on the red hills of georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood. i have a dream today! [ male announcer ] chevrolet is honored to celebrate the unveiling of the washington, d.c., martin luther king jr. memorial. take your seat at the table on august 28th. >>> more on the breaking news. you heard us tell you that the top supplier of food aid will be out of food in just a few weeks given the supplies they have and the current donations in the pipeline. that means the famine here could deepen and more kids could die. tens of thousands. one is too many. none of it had to happen. that's the frustrating thing. none of it is preordained. the famine is caused by one of the worst famines in 60 years, it's a catastrophe because of a group of islamic extremists called el shabaab, which means the youth. they've kicked them out. they're not allowing kids to be vaccinated, inoculated. we're seeing

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male announcer ] chevrolet is honored to celebrate the unveiling of the washington, d.c., martin luther king jrat the table on august 28th. >>> time now to check in on some stories that you may have missed. hurricane irene is carving a destructive path across the bahamas and has demolished dozens of homes. the category 3 storm has battered nassau, the popular cruise ship port, and as irene makes its way state side we're learning maryland's governor has declared a state of emergency following north carolina, virginia and new jersey. amtrak is cancelling train service saturday, sunday and friday south of washington. amtrak says additional cancellations may become necessary. in the meantime, communities along the eastern seaboard are in full preparation mode just in case irene becomes the first major hurricane to slam the coast in years. you're looking at the latest path for irene, at least what's projected as of now. emergency crews, state and city officials from the salinas up through new england, are dusting off their evacuation plans and getting those sandbags going. >>> an american journalist

martin luther king jr.. a man and a man -- a-men and a- men. >> thank you very much. rsky is a member of the board of the martin luther king memorial foundation. >> on behalf of the board of directors of the march in the third king memorial foundation, welcome. as i watched the today show this morning, they reported on the words that the merriam-webster dictionary people had added to the dictionary, like fist bump and bromance. bromance is the word that best describes our relationship with gary johnson. sunday, when you visit the memorial, we hope you will see the definition of breathtaking. although we see dr. martin luther king as a person who spoke for people of color, i see him as someone who spoke for everyone. i was only 8 years old when i stood on the steps of the lincoln memorial and heard him speak. all of us, including this kid from brooklyn, have been molded by the teachings of dr. martin luther king. the dream is among us, hope for something better. the great among us seized the opportunity to take the actions necessary to make their dreams and the dreams o

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