michael pfleger of st. sabina church hosted a special service to honor members of the church who were at the march 50 years ago. he pointed to the cities and gun violence as one of the many things that dr. king division did not entail for us 50 years later >> he ended his sermon by reminding his congregation that the greatest injustice we can do is to remembbe like dr. king >> the last living speaker from the original march says the dream of racial equality described by dr. king 50 years ago has not yet been fulfilled >> we have a lot of work to do >> in a special edition of nbc's meet the press he said economic disparities are the same today as they were 50 years ago. a special airing of the broadcast from exactly 50 years ago also ran today as part of the commemoration which included a recorded interview with dr. king days before he delivered his i have a dream speech >> the massive and fast-moving rim fire in northern california continues to burn out of control. flames have destroyed more than 129,000 a.

. >> reporter: father michael pfleger started this ongoing weekly basketball league last fall in oneo's most dangerous neighborhoods. and violence is dramatically down in the community. before this tournament, if you were walking down the street, what could have happened? >> i could have been jumped or shot to death. murdered basically. >> reporter: pfleger says among his players, there hasn't been a single shooting. and he has gotten calls from four other gangs who want to become part of the tournament and encourage peace. >> it brought a lot of people together. people that you wouldn't imagine. >> reporter: the players promise to give up their violent ways -- in exchange, pfleger helps them get a g.e.d., job training, and even job placement at one of 100 companies that have partnered with the tournament. >> we say to them, you go back to shooting, the job's gone. >> reporter: we first told you about the violence crippling this city during the peak of the epidemic last summer, when diane hosted this chicago violence summit with gang members, past and present. >> you're going to be t

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