respecteded, had the ear of the president, could call the government and expect the call to be answered. malcolm x was not that. >> it was because of malcolm x they did that. martin luther king talks about that. they played off of each other. the only time they met, they were observing the filibuster. how ironic 50 years later the justice department uses the same civil rights legs lace, unable to bring a charge against george zimmerman. part of the reason martin luther king could be listened to was the other was malcolm x. they were really a political tandem. it's hard for me to believe when i see his face, see people wear, x caps, that he hasn't been made softer for us by time. made a little more acceptable to us by time, than that muslim man who said some really tough things about what america was at the time. >> absolutely. the last year of his death he broadened the scope, talking about internationalizing the struggle. that was frightening. what we see today, in some ways, let us prays him now that he is dead. is a hope that perhaps that malcolm can be evaded. this country never wan