martin mr. king jr.. from days of services to of remembrance, people are around the country are remembering the civil-rights icon. president obama painted by dr.ons made famous king. nationalve at the memorialther king jr. more. >> the events at the new already dropped out. the people. taking part inn projects all day long in honor of dr. king. the personal attributes are touching ofmost all. >> it is the first time i have gotten into this whole experience. >> this woman says the emotion from just the sight of the almost overwhelming. >> it is kind of surreal. it is a part of your history. >> the backdrop for the ceremony marking the national holiday is the first time americans could rightsibute to the civil- pioneer. moral that was years in the making. >> -- a memorial that was years the making. >> i used to live here 15 years ago and they were talking about making it. >> it is a remarkable thing. >> ♪ people along martin luther king his lifere celebrating and legacy. >> that was about community and peop

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mrs. obama marked martin luther king's birthday in washington. applause broke out last night when they entered the kennedy center, they entered a tribute for the slain civil rights leader called "let freedom ring." >>> in south carolina hundreds gathered on martin luther king day to protest the state's voter identification law. the law requires voters to show a photo i.d. before they vote. opponents say the law is meant to suppress black voter turnout. supporters say it's necessary to prevent voter fraud. >>> well, a lot of folks think the civil rights movement got its start in the south. but jim axelrod reports on a trailblazing protest in the nation's heartland. >> reporter: if the sculptures in dwroun wichita are designed to show a certain pioneering experience, then look no further than this bronze soda fountain. were you thinking to yourself, hey, we're going to make history here? >> no, we were thinking we were going to sit until we were served. >> reporter: 54 years ago carol park hohne led a group of students into dock um's food story whe

martin luther king, jr. president and mrs. obama joined hundreds of others at the kennedy center for the let freedom ring concert featuring grammy award winning bobby mcferen. it was the first year the dr. king holiday had a memorable in his honor open at the national mall. fox 5's audrey barnes with more on the thousands of people that braved cold and nightfall to see the memorial. reporter: against the backdrop of nightfall the memorial stood out like a buy beacon. >> it wasn't here when we were -- like a beacon. >> it wasn't here when we were little, but it's here to educate them on his life. reporter: it's the first time evelyn cherry surrounded by her children and grandchildren has seen the memorial in person. she called it a fitting tribute to the man who inspired her to jump auto a train with her father and sis -- on a train with her father and sister back in 1963 to attend a march on washington. >> i wanted them to witness this historical sight so when they go back to their school they can say hey, my grandmother took m

doing that on martin luther king day is beyond the pale. >> this is a trumped up charge the democrats are playing the race card. there is nothing wrong withhold ago debate. >> bill: why would mrn even mention it though. >> i cannot speak for him. i have no problem with there being a debate on martin luther king day. democrats did it republicans are doing it i don't see a racial issue here. >> bill: would you say it was a smart strategy that he brought that up? >> you want me to get into the middle of you and harpootlian. i wouldn't have brought it up. it's not an issue. is it a smart thing. >> no. >> the guy brought it up. >> no, because parody. democrats did it, republicans do it. there was not an issue. no racial issue here. >> bill: he he brought it it up. was that smart? >> i wouldn't have done it there we go. give him a hand, ladies and gentlemen. 45 seconds. >> i think the bigger point is you are going to see more of this. not coming from barack obama himself. coming from other members of the democratic party. other people on the left. >> bill: and the media. >> and the media. not so subtly playing the race card and tieing into the first part of the setting: the philade

martin luther king's contributions and all he has done for us. it is one way to port is paid in the activities. >> -- to participate in the activities. >> it is good because of mark mr. king will be able to hold hands and stuff. >> -- because of martin luther king, we will be able to hold hands and stop. >> the city department for -- the city fire department's honor guard. old and young gathered together. >> this is a day to reflect on what dr. king did. he taught that each of us can do something to improve our community, and collectively, we can change the direction of america for the better so that people can have greater opportunities in this great land. >> when the republican presidential candidates debate later tonight, there will be just five. this morning, a former utah governor dropped out of the race, throwing his support to mitt romney. >> jon huntsman pulled the plug himself in south carolina, where he was in last place. >> today, i am suspending my campaign for the presidency. >> the former utah governor was beaten in new hampshire by mitt romney, who once been endorsed today. -- who he endorsed today. >> i believe it is time to unite around the candidat

martin luther king jr. went well into the evening. the president and mrs. obama had a concert at the kennedy center.ovation when they arrive. the first family honored dr. king ofby volunteer . ing. leon harris has more. >> thousand from the young to the old converged on the national mall, but everyone had the same message. >> equality and freedom. >> in justice -- for justice everywhere. >> music and dance filled the air as city leaders joined children in the parade. >> i love parades. that is exciting for me a pair >> dr. king's "i have a dream speech" was delivered in 1963. >> will be able to transform this into a beautiful symphony of brother. >> the president helped to build bookshelves at the brown education academy in northeast. >> there is no better way to celebrate dr. king then to do something on behalf of others. >> we invite you to see our photo gallery of dr. martin luther king jr.. and it read his most inspiring quotes on our webstie wjla.com. 4:56 is your time. >> still ahead, all warning for customers of the online retailer [ snoring ] [ x under crashes ] [ snoring ] [ thunder crashes

mrs. obama joined a crowd in a celebration concert in honor of martin luther king jr. they helped to spruce up the library at the education center in northeast, and barack obama said there's no better way to honor the legacy than through service. >> if you look at that speech talking about dr. king as a drum major, what he really said was that all of us can be a drum major for service, and all of us can be a drum major for justice, and there's nobody who can't serve. >> the national park service has a month to come up with an alternate quote. >>> ahead tonight, rush limbaugh taking aim at a d.c. council member. he referred to her as babe. >>> the plan made to make you safer while shopping and dining in georgetown. >>> maryland begins to bleed purple. >>> plus, burgers, fries, >>> pure evil. that's how police described a man's actions in a series of home invasions in montgomery and principles georges county. he is accused of three home invasions and three sex assaults. police are still looking for an accomplice who has not been identified. >>> and there was a 14% increa

martin luther king jr. and his assassin james or array. mr. syed detailed the escape from the penitentiary 1967, strauss wrote this out, mexico and los angeles and his assassination of dr. king. the free library of philadelphia as a host of this event. it is about an hour. [applause] >> thank you. it's great to be back. i think that all writers eventually want to go back to the place where they came from. in this case, it was for me to go back to memphis, tennessee were a corrupt,, where i was born and try to understand this pivotal moments in american history and to try to understand inserted deconstruct the most controversial, the most tragic, it the most in many ways complicated event in my city's history. my father was a law professor and italy are at a loss for environmentalists and rep resented the garbage workers unrepresented king when he came on behalf of the garbage workers. in fact, i got a lot from him about this event. but you know, you always have your memory of things you want your, was the family correct? did you hear the story

martin luther king, jr. and his legacy. at the new king memorial in washington, viz tord paid wrpt and a wreath was laid in a quiet ceremony. president and mrser malia marked the day with community service at a d.c. school. while dr. king led the climb to the civil rights mountain top there were others on the journey including some who started a sit-in, not in the deep south but in the kansas heartland. jim axelrod met them. >> reporter: if the sculptures in downtown wichita are designed to salute a certain pioneering spirit, then look no further than this bronze soda fountain. were you thinking to yourselves, hey, we're going to make history here? >> no, we were thinking we were going to sit until we were served. >> reporter: 54 years ago this july, carol parks-hahn led a group of 30 students from the local n.a.a.c.p. into dockums drugstore where they could get food to go but not eat at the counter. >> i simply went in and i sat down and the waitress behind the counter came up to me and she took my order, actually. and she leaned forward and she said "you're not colored are you dear?" and i said "yes, i am." >> and the lunch counter was abo

martin luther king said i have a dream, not i want a taco. please welcome scott douglas. (cheers and applause) hey, mr. douglas. good to see you. thanks so much for coming on. >> great. >> stephen: let's tell the people a little about yourself right now. you are the executive director of the greater birmingham ministry's in alabama birmingham alabama, okay. which is advocating overturn of hb 56. what is this bill? >> hb 56 is alabama's new anti-immigrant law that burdens families, breaks up families, forces the split up of families, burdens taxpayers and makes law enforcement take on the extra job of checking out people at traffic stops. >> stephen: okay. i mean you say burdens, splits, what it does is, is that it removes illegal immigrants from your state. it is tough on crime s it not? >> this law-- . >> stephen: is it a crime to be an illegal immigrant? >> it is-- . >> stephen: is it a crime. >> if a federal crime-- not a state crime. >> stephen: oh so, we don't want the feds marching into alabama. they did that 150 years ago, it didn't work out too well. >> the part is that alabama should not be j

mrs. obama were among those honoring the legacy of dr. martin luther king, jr.st night. the let freedom ring concert featured bobby mcferrin and the let freedom ring choir. a good time was had by all. >> a good time today outside? i don't think so. >> we'll have rain showers but we'll have warmer temperatures so kind of a chill the last few days. even questioned, didn't feel terribly warm. today will feel a lot better. we will have rain showers in the forecast particularly the morning commute. it will be on the slow side with the rain showers falling across the area and everybody headed back to work after a long weekend. the showers continue generally light here inside the beltway. it looks like we have a shower on the northeast side of town. most of the rain that has moved through the last couple of hours is now east and south of the city. that being said, we have more shower activity now developing out to the west. we may get a break here for an our hoare two but the rain showers will return by mid- morning and they will be with us on and off through outthe da

mrs. obama and family are participate nothing a martin luther king service day event. the brown service campus in d.c. they have a hundred volunteers painting and fixing up the place to improve it as part of this service on this martin luther king jr. dave observance. there is the first lady heading out the door there as we get rolling for another hour here on "america's newsroom." and we are going to start you off with this this morning, brand-new poll numbers as the big south carolina primary is days away. we are waiting from words from jon huntsman, from his campaign this morning. the former governor of utah is expected to officially drop out of race and that is expected to happen within the next 60 minutes. keep it right here. mitt romney is now a heavy favorite. look at those numbers for him. look at the jump from december when newt gingrich was ahead, look at the gingrich slot in that particular poll. brand-new hour of "america's newsroom" gets rolling on this monday morning. i'm martha maccallum. bill: i'm bill hemmer. mlk day we'll observe that throughout the d

martin luther king jr. day volunteering at a local school. president obama, along with the first lady and malia joined other volunteers at brown education center in washington where they helped spruce up the library. mr. obama said there is no better way to honor dr. king's legacy than to do something for others. he also spoke about the controversy surrounding that quote on the new martin luther king memorial on the mall. >> if you look at that speech talking about dr. king as a drum major, what he really said was that all of us can be a drum major for service. all of us can be a drum major for justice. you know, there's nobody who can't serve. >>> the quote that some say does not accurately reflect king's words is in the process of being changed now. tonight the president and the first lady will attend the let freedom ring celebration concert at the kennedy center. after an eight-year hiatus the mlk day parade returned to the district this morning. local dignitaries joined local marching bands and onlookers for the festivities in southeast this morning. people also marked the day at the new king memorial for a ceremony. news 4's megan mcgrath has more on all of the events around the district today.

mr. romney has been the one that has made this his platform. and let me also say in the spirit of martin luther king day that i agree with joe for once on mr. huntsman. i think huntsman is very conservative. but because he had worked for president obama, i think it was very hard for him to convince the republican electorate that he was conservative. and much of this campaign so far for the nomination has been so anti-obama, it's very difficult for someone that had worked for the president and had praised the president to come off as an authentic conservative given the tenner of this crowd. >> this nation who do you trust the least? big government or big business? big government wins that 3 to 1. and if this race comes down to a battle between free enterprise as mitt romney would frame it versus barack obama's big government, mitt romney wins that fight every time. there are a lot of inherent dangers here that democrats don't see. because of their ideological preconditions. and whether they are fair or not, i'm just saying, this is a dangerous path to tread. and if mitt romney knows how to bat it awa

martin luther king jr. by rolling up their sleeves at a washington, d.c. school. the president, mrs. the school's library. mr. obama helped fill bookshelves, as you can see, and a reading corner for students where he painted a quote from dr. king on the wall. mrs. obama got to paint the words "i have a dream." and that spirit of the mlk holiday was alive and well across the country. in lawton, oklahoma more than 400 people spread out across the area. among the projects there, replacing ceiling tiles at a salvation army boys' and girls' center and painting walls at a middle school. it's good to see the message is still -- >> it really is amazing. everyone getting out there. that spirit of helping and community building. >> that's what it's about. >> here's a look at your tuesday weather. it could be a very messy commute in boston with a wintry mix. chicago, we'll start with rain, then going to switch over to snow, paula. so -- >> back to rain. >> warn the friends. >> back to snow. >> exactly. blustery. in the southern rockies. all within five minutes, really. >> cooler than usual in l

martin luther king day. >> yes. >> now let me, melissa, so you know that dick is not being partisan. let me show you what both mr said about 1860, the year abe lincoln ran for president. >> this is a very impoornt time for america. this may be the most important election since 1860. >> the most critical election in the history -- well, maybe since the election of 1860 but certainly in your lifetime. >> now why would they go back to 1860? we're in economic times. they didn't go back to 1932 when roosevelt had to come out of the depression. >> right. >> why 1860? especially headed into south carolina where the first south carolina debate is on martin luther king's birthday, a day that's a federal holiday that ron paul voted against. >> there's lots of things they like about 1860. part of it is a clear kind of racial discourse. this is about state's rights and state's rights are all kind of discriminatory principles. one is about african-americans, voting rights. the other piece is this anti-immigration legislation the states have passed. these issues around marriage equality. state's rights becomes a cover for tal

martin luther king day, we'll be honoring the day. i'll be calling for a constitutional amendment. >> that's all on monday? >> that's on this monday. mrg day. occupydream.org. people can get more information. >> okay. occupydream.org. thank you. we look forward to seeing your actions. we'll talk to folks involved with that when it comes to next monday. the panel sitting here patiently listening to the conversation. what would the political world look like? i know there are certainly factions within the tea party that view electoral funsing. they point to the incumbency. what would be the implications be if the occupation movement let alone factions of the tea party movement were to take up this issue, sam? >> i mean, i think it's actually broader than the campaign. it's got to be a campaign that has to run. >> the question i'm asking for 2012 is we're not seeing them talking about the republican primaries. we see every national politician basically avoid it one way or the other. i wonder if you think there's enough juice on the ball with this in the corners to make it even into a question? >> both sides would are rushing -- >> outside

mr. perry. >> the very first bill i co-sponsored in 1979 as a new freshman congressman from georgia was the holiday for dr. martin luther kingng spoke to our conscience and spoke to the conscience of a nation. >> and willard tweeted that he saluted dr. king on today and willard's tweet read on mlk day, we remember an outstanding american who brought our country closer to its historic promise of liberty and justice for all. these are kind words and i played earlier some of the contrary policies and things they said, but let me ask you. they debate tonight on martin luther king's birthday in south carolina where the confederate flag, which is the symbol of the confederate, which wanted to maintain slavery and later segregation. do you think they will be questioned and will denounce the flag so offensive to the values of americans, will they be questioned and denounce that flag still flying while they are debating tonight on the state capitol of the state they are running in? >> i think that's a good question, whether it will be asked or not. i don't know that yet. we'll find out from the network in some ways. i know in the pas

martin luther king, jr. this weekend, we are judging him by the content of his character. mr.dark skinned. we have never cared. the problem we have with you, mr. president, is that you and your supporters are thin-skinned. they treat any criticism like an active or. the only time they understand war, and then they tell us to go along to get along, to be bipartisan. now, when a liberal tells a conservative, be bipartisan, but that liberal is really telling a conservative is shut up and agree with me. [applause] the left would like bipartisanship, i've got some ways we can be bipartisan and we'll all get along just fine. first, let's compromise on the issue of gun control. some of you are like what is that hippie with a long hear from the people's republic of los angeles just say? yeah, let's cover was on gun control. here's how it works. liberals favor gun control. conservatives are against it. well, let's be bipartisan. but simply take what all the guns from the liberals and give them to us. [applause] that what it does every conflict like election 2000 that cannot be resolved

martin luther king once said, a nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual doom. mr. speaker, it's time we paid more than lip service to his dream. it's time we started living in. it's time also that we paid more than lip service to our veterans who are returning home from iraq and afghanistan. these men and women who have courageously sacrificed so much for us are coming home to an economy that seems to have no place for them. yes, we are in the grips of a devastating job crisis that's affecting just about every community and every group in the united states. but veterans of the afghanistan and iraq wars are feeling the squeeze disproportionately. even as the job numbers have picked up some for the rest of the economy, because it has rallied slightly, veterans are slipping further behind. overall unemployment dropped to 8.5% in december for our country, but for veterans who served since september, 2001, the jobless rate is a staggering 13.1%. is this what we call a hero's welcome? is this how our nation shows its gratitude? closing this gap, closing this gap must be

mr. speaker, now is the time. it is an urgency of now. it is a justice and equality that martin luther king spoke of and many other great leaders. it is this mosaic nation of people from all walks of life that have shown the world we are the greatest nation in the world. i'm looking forward to pursuing that in the 21st century, building jobs and saying god bless america. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the time of the gentlewoman has expired. the chair recognizes the gentleman from california, mr. lungren, for five minutes. mr. lungren: request unanimous consent to revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized. mr. lungren: thank you very much, mr. speaker. first i would just say to the gentlelady who just spoke that i do not doubt that the president wishes to create jobs. the fact of the matter is he just doesn't know how. the record would suggest to that. when i first came to this house the year was 1979, january, we were in the midst of what history has shown us as concluded was a failed presidency. we had something called the misery in