zacharias like need tech catch a glimpse of this in the okay to death zero -- to that zero martin luther king obama. for them he was dead, game changer, so restorer, dream killer, everything. okay. and then you could james cliburn of south carolina, the majority whip who is an african-american as saying every child has lost every excuse. and then you say what? that is where i have to put my foot down. that is going a bridge too far. help us out. >> guest: well, i think, you know, a lot of people, i think, listen. a lot of people that everything had changed. the election of obama, and what we are seeing is that is kind of the farthest from the truce. in fact, we are moving into an area in the kind of national consciousness that we have not been in before. people on the one hand what it to be true that many things have changed. and the fact, remained stubborn that family life has not necessarily changed, economic conditions have actually gotten worse for love people, partly because the recession. it has nothing to do with obama, although it's becoming more to do with them as it becomes more his econo

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kofi annan, an war al sa dat, mohammed albarati as well as barack obama, martin luther king jr. and ralph bunch, americans of african dissent. >> a lot of grace in that woman, couldn't you tell? protests, meanwhile, as we switch gears here, are under way in russia this morning. demonstrators are angry over alleged voter fraud in last week's parliamentary elections. the anger aims squarely at vladimir putt in. so phil black is with us now. and i'm sure, phil, we're wondering how peaceful the protests have been up to this point. give us a sense of the situation there right now. >> reporter: there is still a crowd of certainly tens of thousands in protests. it is beginning to drop off slightly. there had a is a huge turnout here. this is everything the organizers hoped for. tens of thousands of people filled the square in central moscow. it has been loud and passionate. but it has throughout, been peaceful. as i said, a very passionate crowd here. they're protesting the parliamentary election results from the vote held last weekend. that vote was unfair, there were procedures and r

obama sees it. he gets a glimpse of the future on his birthday. where is he on this day? he's down in atlanta speaking at the southern christian leadership conference convention. another martin luther king speech. this very day. and obama, of course, is a student of king. he understands what king said at the end of his life, that often was not embraced by others in the movement about economic justice. so let me just read one page. barack obama, in just a few days, had caught sight of an emerging catastrophe that would again draw together the issues of economics and justice. no one in washington's power structure had been presented with a similarly dire and credible prediction from an actual captain of a wall street bank. that latter group having too much at stake for that level of candor. and such a market-driven tidal wave would surely be headed for the dense shoreline that only days before the economists had so aptly described; rickety structures, freshly painted with easy credit but rotted beneath that housed so much of the country's economic livelihood. did government in its weakened state have the power to hold this catastrophe at bay? and if such a tidal wave wreaked devastation,

martin luther king, jr. memorial on the national mall. president obama is among the speakers. that is at 10:00 a.m.astern. each night this week, we are bringing you a different episode of our series "the contenders." tomorrow, a look at thomas e. dewey. >> up next -- >> welcome. this is the first of our new and for ethics and a professor here at the law school. as i describe this series, our aim is to have a conversation with a wide range of souls. these are people with a different kind of experience, sometimes a legal expense, sometimes ethical experience. but for such a conversation to make sense, we also have those who have demonstrated some reflection, and ability to reflect upon what they have experienced and how they can contribute to the work of this center. that, plus the willingness to engage in a conversation that might advance our understanding of the ethical issues that are the -- that are at the heart of our work. i'm truly grateful tonight to jack abramoff for helping us launched this series. as everyone knows, jack abramoff is most famous and perhaps most infamous lobbyist. in januar

martin luther king jr. memorial of a national mall. president obama is among the speakers. that's at 10:00 a.m. eastern. and each night this week, we're bringing awe a different episode of our series "the contenders." at 10:00 p.m. tomorrow, a look at 1948 presidential candidate thomas dewey. >> next weekend look behind the scenes of the history and literary life of baton rouge, capital of louisiana and home of the l.s.u. tigers. on book tv on c-span2, a trib into the macabre, bloody book said to be in the hands of john paul memory marat when he was assassinated. it only aired once but maybe the most famous political ad ever produced. robert mann on daisy petals and mushroom clouds. it served as the model for the civil rights boycotts to come. historians and participants on the impact of the 1953 baton rouge busboy cots. also toured the louisiana state archives with materials dating from the louisiana purchase in 1803, 1810 document that created the very short-lived west florida republic of louisiana. plus, louisiana statehood documents. all next weekend on c-span2 and 3. >> next, remarks from former at

. >> president obama was among those who gathered in october for the dedication at the martin luther king jr. national memorial. other attendees included the children and sister of dr. king, former cbs news anchor dan rather, interior secretary ken salazar and civil-rights leaders like jesse jackson, al sharpton, julian bond, joseph lowery, and congressman john lewis. there were musical performances by a wreath at franklin and stevie wonder. from the national mall in washington, d.c., this is a little over three hours. ♪ >> o say can you see, by the dawn's early light, what so proudly we held at the twilight's last gleaming whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming and the rockets' red glare the bombs bursting in air gave proof through the night that our flag was still there that stars spangled banner yet wave o'er the land of the free and the home of the brave. ♪ home of the brave ♪ [applause] [drum roll] ♪ [choir singing] [choir singing] [choir singing] [choir singing] [choir singing] [choir singing] [choir singing] ♪

on behalf of president barack obama and the united states department of the interior, i am humbled and i am honored to celebrate with you the birth of dr. martin luther kingl, on the national mall, as the nation's 395th national park. [applause] in all of our lives, we have seen and understood the legacy of dr. king, that, as citizens of birth, we are all one people and have a duty to stand up for equality and justice for all. today, the department of the interior and the national parks service have the honor of serving as one of the custodians of america's history. we have a duty to make sure that all of america's story is told, not just a part of it. and with the dedication of this memorial, we are honoring a critical chapter in america's story on the march for civil rights and the struggle to create a more perfect union. dr. king pushed the struggle for people into the consciousness of america and the world. million's a disenfranchised americans found a new hope, dignity -- millions of disenfranchised americans found a new hope and dignity. as i stand before you today, distinguished audience, my president and first lady, my vice president and his famil

martin luther king famously said, quote, in the end we will remember not the words of our enemies but the silence of our friends. the obama administration should remember the words, the silence of our friends. what must the people of sudan be thinking at this particular juncture when the obama administration struggles to find its voice on their behalf while at the same time seemingly to empowering the voice of the oppressors. bashir's crimes are well-known and documented. this sat same man that is accused by the international criminal court -- this is the same man that is accused by the international criminal court what is accused of five counts of murder, rape. i have been to sudan five times, including in july of 2004 when senator brownback and i were the first depellgation to go to darfur -- delegation to go to darfur. we had spoken to women that had been raped days earlier. the government of khartoum of sudan told these women that they wanted to make, quote, lighter skinned babies. in addition to horrific human rights abuses and crimes committed by bashir and his national congress party, sudan remains on the state dep