that if it had not been for the copilot, karen or scott king -- coretta scott king. stevie wonder, and so many others, that right in this city uh, people like carl berry and donna and others who fought to get this holiday, who marched and pitted -- predict -- petition. [applause] and one of the reasons why we do not give up is that the rewrite of history is always sanitizing. but there was a man who used to call dr. king a leftist communist, and then that man ended up signing up the martin luther king day holiday, that man was ronald reagan. so you keep fighting. according to the scriptures, he will prepare a table before you. in the presence of your enemies. that is why those who are fighting now against voting rights, and against women's right to choose, we will not get better, we say we will get better, we will keep fighting until our table is spread again. we have fought tougher times than this and rougher times than this. dr. king taught us that. we are committed the state to do that. that is why we honor, at 32 years old in march. [laughter] that wasn't a joke.

caretta scott king. didn't know her as a handoff, i knew her as a person who would call my phone and who, when she called your phone, would enunciate your name with such grace until it made you sit up in your chair. i knew that woman, i knew reverend willie chaplin barrow. i knew dr. maya angelou. i knew dr. betty shabazz. these were women who said, service is the greatest power you can give. i am forever grateful that they taught me that. i look around this room. i have so many mentees in here. if i start calling their names, i will never get out this room because they believe that it wasn't enough for you to serve, but it was to teach others to serve. i listened to willie -- young jeffrey yesterday on the simone show. one of the things she said as simone pushed her, she said, it is time for young people to start getting out there. she was a little bit shy and reticent of it, she didn't want us old folks to feel bad. i'm here to say to her, she -- keep saying it and keep making room for your generation.

nor coretta scott king. and this year as we are going to be celebrating in august the 60th 60th anniversary of one of the greatest demonstrations, the greatness of america, the greatness of democracy, it is our hope, , it is our desire tht we as a nation, we as a people once and for all fully realize the dream of martin luther king, jr. and coretta scott king. coretta scott king talked about each generation having to feed the flames of peace, of justice, inequity. and i hope as a go back at our homes today we ignite within our soul and hearts and renew ourselves to continuing to feed the flames of peace, of justice inequity. because no matter what it looks like, no matter how long it takes, truth and justice always has one, always will win. thank you very much. [applause] >> good afternoon. >> good afternoon. >> i would like to say that i am honored to be here, but i'm really saddened to be here on the anniversary two years ago, that american citizens came to the united states capital with the intent of dest

and caretta scott king.aretta scott king talked about each generation having to eat the flames of peace and justice and equity. i hope that as we go back to our homes today, we ignite within our souls and hearts, and renew ourselves to continue to feed the flames of peace and justice and equity because the matter what it looks like, no matter how long it takes, truth and justice always have one, always will win. thank you very much. >> good afternoon. i would like to say that i am honored to be year. but i'm really saddened. to be here on the anniversary, two years ago, that american citizens came to the united states capital. with the intent of destroying our government. it is said that people who do not member their history are doomed to repeat the mistakes of the past. that was a tragic history. two years ago. we have to figure out how we build, not destroyed, their down -- not tear down. what caretta scott king taught us was how we can disagree without being disagreeable. every demonstration that might f

coretta scott king, and martin luther king's widow, and if anybody else would have said that, i would have debated them to now, but for her to take the time to invest in me, i started to change a lot of how i would deal with the language. my tactics didn't change, but i did not allow myself to use excessive language. i was using n-word and calling whites names and all of that, and i said that does not represent the message that we are doing. i think that mrs. king was really the one who made me deal with that. >> she helped you the change your rhetoric? >> she helped me to change my rhetoric and to take more seriously the tradition that was representing, that i grew up in. >> yeah. >> women of color are on the rise -- >> of all of the cases that you have been front and center in, you wte in your own words that you are indelibly linked to, and you know the case, the case of tawana brawley. >> right. >> and she was of course at the time the 15-year-old girl who alleged that she was kidnapped and repeatedly raped by six white men including white law enforcement officers. >> we will not l

caretta scott king.er as a handoff, i knew her as a person who would call my phone and who, when she called your phone, would enunciate your name with such grace until it made you sit up in your chair. i knew that woman, i knew reverend willie chaplin barrow. i knew dr. maya angelou. i knew dr. betty shabazz. these were women who said, service is the greatest power you can give. i am forever grateful that they taught me that. i look around this room. i have so many mentees in here. if i start calling their names, i will never get out this room because they believe that it wasn't enough for you to serve, but it was to teach others to serve. i listened to willie young jeffrey yesterday on the simone show. one of the things she said as simone pushed her, she said, it is time for young people to start getting out there. she was a little bit shy and reticent of it, she didn't want us old folks to feel bad. i'm here to say to her, she is saying it and making room for your generation. it is time for you to take

and coretta scott king. anddaughter sure came close. >> i love this monument. i also see the love and strength and unity in these hands and how they symbolize a beautiful marriage and partnership >> the emotion evident in those who pushed so hard to make this happen >> a sensory overload of joy if my superpower was to absorb joy, i would have enough to power the city of boston for at least ten years. >> reporter: the kings met in boston, had their first date right here in the common and now a lasting tribute to their love >> boston became the place where they forged a partnership that would change america and make a powerful contribution to the black freedom struggle that's what i see in this beautiful monument >> i am very proud to be their granddaughter, but i am also challenged by their inspiring legacies of vision and courage and hope and healing >> and our thanks to eli rosenberg from our boston station for that that is right smack-dab in the middle of boston. >> for all to see. >> hopefully be able to e

king and caretta scott king.a peace that both acknowledged and highlighted them but also was a call to action, a call to love for everyone to embrace someone else and to honor them i stepping into their power, their beauty, and their message. the embrace is as much about the potential that exists in each and every one of us as it is about dr. king and misses king. reporter: often well remembered for his work in the south and the march on washington but perhaps less so for his time and work in the north. how important was boston to him ? and why is boston honoring him now ? >> the wonderful thing is it started here, right because it was here where they met. it is here that we have this full love story that did not just celebrate them love stories that happen in the black community and not simply in boston but across the nation. and what it does is show you the first super couple that were able to come together not only for a career but for love of community and country and to galvanize a movement and it happen rig

the cousin of coretta scott king called this disturbing. he joins us tonight. thanks for coming on.s statue. a lot of people are confused by it. it seems ugly at best and pornographic at worst. what is this about? >> i think is the product of woke algorithm gone awry. it's like an emperor with no clothes who has the nerve to shout out the emperor was naked. that's what happened. things have gone viral and there is a consensus this statue is a monstrosity. it's martin luther king and nothing should detract from his vision. he was assassinated by the u.s. government. he was talking about racial bigotry to class and the war in vietnam. i am a proud member of the scott family. i was upset to see that statue. >> tucker: you made a good point. he shifted to populist economics. i no idea who killed martin luther king but it was not james earl ray acting alone. why is there no interest in that question. >> well, i think it's a big moment. you spend $10 million on something and people [inaudible]. this is the biggest lesson. we are at a time when black americans are falling behind in educati

mlk and coretta scott king, their heads are gone. it's truly dehumanizing and very perverse. should be up and arms over this and i'm glad some members are. >> at first i didn't know what it was. what is this statue of? by the way, martin luther king had a big heart and a very large brain that he used really well. maybe we could accentuate that in a statue as opposed to the arms. doesn't make much sense. >> this is profane. that particular angle, i mean, as the cousin said, it looks like the body part. the challenge here, also, as seneca scott said, this should be a day of service. let's do that instead of these kind of commemorations that i think distract us from the reality of what king stood for, the dignity he stood for, and the fight he brought to the country to restore the rights to his people. and the honor of all people. >> you know, raymond, there is a third topic i wanted to get to. i wanted to talk to you about miss universe. we didn't get clearance for the pictures so we couldn't show the mr. and miss universe that won this year, so sadly we can't chat about that. >

a symbol of love, belonging and hope. >> coming to boston -- >> reporter: boston is where king met coretta scotte 1950s and where he earned his ph.d. in theology at boston university. >> boston must become a testing ground for the ideals of freedom. >> reporter: king preached i196s neighoo boston common, where the embrace now stands. >> to have it be some beautiful brown people putting it together. thank you. thank you. >> reporter: community organizer malia lazu visited the foundry as a supporter of the memorial. >> in boston, we just had a white supremacist march. there's a lot about race in boston. to see something this large and this beautiful being done for us in boston was very touching. >> reporter: the process began six years ago, with a national call for proposals. there were 126 submissions and five finalists. embrace boston did consult with the king family. the people of boston chose thomas' idea. >> there were voting booths in post offices, libraries, city hall. >> reporter: for public? >> for the public. to vote. >> reporter: spend time with hank willis thomas and you discover he is

coretta scott king who we dearly missed. she led the moment to create the king holiday and so much more. this is her day as well. and, rafael warnock, reverend, dr., senator. [applause] congratulations on your historic victory. [applause] a fellow morehouse man. i have come to know a lot of morehouse men. that old saying, you cannot tell them much. but i tell you what. we have set up for the first time ever in the white house the divided nine committee, active every day. and i watch how the other graduates took on the morehouse men. you are standing in dr. kings pulpit. you carry on his purpose. this service does not stop at the church door. it did not with dr. king. it does not with you. it does not with the vast majority of you standing before me. thank you for the honor and inviting me to be called to america's freedom church. thank you to this congregation and all of the distinguished guests and elected and not elected officials here today who have done so much over so many years and so many young people will do so much m

the service started by the late coretta scott king got the king's wife. many of those who hopped on today's train used it to go to that march in san francisco. want to show you some video posted by san francisco state senator scott wiener as he joined hundreds in an annual march for the city and >> king's honor. the march began at the caltrain station at 4th and king streets. inmate made its way to your ribbon of gardens. those parading the street enjoyed a free afternoon of live music. >> and 49 are tied and george kittle along with nick bosa and trey lance and a few of their other teammates today participated in an mlk day of service players and volunteers assemble 400 kids with school supplies which will be delivered to students across the bay area. the event was put together by the african-american community service agency and the urban and academy which works to build equity in education by working to ensure that every student in san francisco has one black male teacher in their lifetime. >> vision is to ensure every child in san francisco and oakland

coretta scott king is most appropriate here. mrs. at, freedom is never really run, that struggle is a never ending process, that you earn it and win it in every generation. so, there's redemption and the struggle. i think dr. king would look on the current moment and appreciate the changes that have been made but also understand there's more to be done, and again, empowering people to make that change. the theme of the king holiday this year is set by the king center is "it starts with me." that's an important concept because it suggests that the work of justice, right, the eradication of the triple evils, racism, poverty, and war, that those things cannot be delegated elsewhere. but if we absorb the notion that it starts with me, that helps us to know that we have a responsibility in all of this. >> well said. thank you so much. >>> a tough choice looms for facebook's parent company. should donald trump be allowed to return to the platform? we're going to look at the factors in that decision we're expecting any day now up next. uhhhh

coretta scott king's cousin says it looks like external genitalia. what say you?d the abstract nature of this. i think we need to be a little bit more direct. it's based on a very beautiful photograph of martin luther king and coretta scott king after he found out he had won the nobel prize. it's just -- >> greg: it's for the artist. abstract art is always for the artist, charlie. am i right? >> totally. i was so amazed by that g-rated opening. i'm really impressed with you. you know, like when you look at that, the technical expertise in her hands, it's beautifully done. but the end result is, like you say, what is this? and you're talking about, at a time in this country, where we're tearing down statues to heroes, you have a crew hero, who is like, like on par with george washington in america. everybody loves martin luther king. people fight over who is more in the vein of martin luther king, and a headless weird -- the hands -- >> it's such a good point. living statues and now we make won without a face. >> you don't know what it is. >> the same with martin l

dramatically changed his tune about the mlk holiday, signing it into law in the presence of coretta scott king, the architect of the king legacy who fought for the holiday for 15 years. the law came with advantages, not for the country or people of color but for reagan. pacifying his critics, and as the boston review described, to advance the anti-black crusade he had waged since the 1960s, now under the alluring mantle of color blindness. that's exactly what we're seeing today. republicans invoking the words of mlk, to support conservative policies, which is why you're seeing folks like ron desantis quoting mlk today as well as when he proposed a bill that prevents teachers from discussing race, sex, and american history in the classroom. ditto on republican chip roy, who also quoted mlk today, but voted against a bill, get this, to make lynching a federal hate crime. or virginia governor glenn youngkin who tweeted about how king's spirit and legacy motivate us today. while a school board in his state bans 21 books from its high school library, including four by toni morrison, the list goes o

transit agencies arrived free rides to the march to honor a tradition started by his widow, coretta scott king. we'll have more about that at 5:00. today in oakland, we'll take you there. it was the antipolice terror project's ninth annual reclaim the radical legacy march and caravan. she's going to have a full story coming up on that at 5:00. >>> all right. you've likely seen the flooding on your digital pages, artificial intelligence. the bots can now write at a college level and they can generate an image that would take a human artist hours. it is a huge step forward but a lot of people will take a few steps back. there's a lot that goes into it. here's peter holt to show us how a.i. could affect our jobs. yl some developers say that's a good thing. >> reporter: this year apple's siri will turn 13. amazon's alexa will turn 9 and google assistant will turn 7. artificial intelligence is growing up. like human children, that means learning new skills and surprising us with newfound abilities. a.i. democratizes brain power. it turns regular computers see about machines that can think. sincele

and his wife coretta scott king's legacy facing something backlash. it's called the embrace. raph of the couple hugging after dr. king won the nobel peace prize back in 1964. so look at the hands in the picture. the art piece features the couple's arms during the embrace and not their heads, which has sparked a mixed reaction. >> leslie: has anyone in here ever been [bleep] out? [cheers and applause] i'm serious! i'm serious! has anyone ever participated in the munch munching munch munch? cause they are celebrating you in boston. they are celebrating you in boston right now. [cheers and applause] listen, listen, i know doctor cain went down in history, but this is not -- how it should be. and let me tell you something. even though i'm about to go straight hard on this statue, i got to talk to the white people for a second. white people, you don't need to be saying shit about this statue. you understand? black hands only. you need to sit your ass in the back of the bus for this one, okay? you need to honor this statue. that is a civil rights icon. [applause] going down on his w

symbol of love, belonging, and hope. >> coming to boston -- >> reporter: boston is where king met coretta scottn theology at boston university. >> boston must become a testing ground for the ideals of freedom. >> reporter: king preached in boston, and in 1965, led a civil rights march from the roxbury neighborhood to boston common, where "the embrace" now stands. >> and to have it be some beautiful brown people who are putting it together, just thank you. thank you [ applause ] >> reporter: community organizer malia lazou visited the foundry as a supporter of the memorial. >> you know, in boston, we just had a white supremacist march. like there's just a lot about race in boston. so to see something this large and this beautiful being done for us in boston was very touching. >> reporter: the process began six years ago with a national call for proposals. there were 126 submissions and 5 finalists. embrace boston did consult with the king family, but the people of boston chose thomas' idea. >> there were voting booths in post offices, libraries, city hall -- >> for the public? >> for the public.

now, what it is doing, it's depicting the embracing arms of mlk, jr., and his wife, coretta scott kingch a beautiful-- ross: beautiful. drew: --beautiful sculpture. ross: look at them. i wanted to give a shout-out to the designer.

other transit agencies gave free rides to honor the tradition started by king's widow, coreett a scott king. >> it was exciting. i brought may grandson along. we were able to experience the civil rights museum in memphis and i had him with me. >> reporter: the mile and a half march area where the celebrations continue through much of the day. this event, a ride and march, was paused through the pandemic so its return is being celebrated by a lot of the participant. among those celebrating are some of the city leaders, including the san francisco district attorney brooke jenkins. she points out wasn't very long ago when black people and their allies were being beaten simply for marching for civil rights. that is why the chief prosecutor and a woman of color, this march is especially important. >> it shows the greater world that we are union fade. -- unified. it is what it took to allow me to serve as the district attorney as i do. >> reporter: in san francisco, sergio quintana, nbc bay area. >> and the sun shining on this special day. >>> in oakland, hundreds of people also celebrated the le

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the service started by coretta scott king, the late wife of doctor king. >> president biden is recognizing martin luther king junior day by talking about the leader's legacy and sharing what lessons he thinks we should take from it today. hannah brandt is in washington to tell us what he said. the psident is marking martin luther king junior day with a call to action. he says the fight for racial justice is far from over. doctor king's life. >> and legacy in my view, shows the way forward president biden's celebrated martin luther king junior day alongside prominent civil justice leaders is a day that we >> work. and continuing to make the dream of doctor king a reality. they talked about king and his fight for equality. and king son says we're still reaching for his father's famous train. have we achieved the drain? and the reality is absolutely not. we have made progress and but we still have a long way to go. but the president says his administration is gaining ground pointing to the confirmation of supreme court justice ketanji brown jackson money for minority communities in the infras

the program is meant to signal the region's dedication to continue the service started by scott king, the late wife of doctor king. president biden recognize martin luther king junior day by talking about the leader's legacy and sharing what lessons he thinks we should take from it today. >> hannah brandt is in washington with details. >> the president is marking martin luther king junior day with a call to action. he says the fight for racial justice is far from over. doctor king's life and legacy of my view shows the way forward president biden's celebrated martin luther king junior day alongside prominent civil justice leaders is the day that we work. and continuing to make the dream of doctor king a reality. they talked about king and his fight for equality. and king son says we're still reaching for his father's famous train. have we achieved the drain? and the reality is absolutely not. we have made progress and but we still have a long way to go. but the president says his administration is gaining ground pointing to the confirmation of supreme court justice ketanji brown jacks

and coretta scott king. >> i love this monument. >> reporter: members of the king family attended theing yolanda renee king, the kings' granddaughter. >> we are all challenged to carry forth their unfinished work. >> reporter: but soon after the ceremony, a very different challenge. >> from certain angle, it looks a little confusing. >> on first dpglance, it hasn't been really perceived well. >> reporter: critics, commentators and the voices of social media piled on. johnathan evans, lead architect at the mass design group. >> the internet can be a place that doesn't necessarily bring out the best in people. you kind of take the medium with a grain of salt. sometimes that form doesn't invite the most healthy conversations. >> at first i thought it was amusing because it's amusing when people say silly things. i was more fascinated with what someone online says is somehow more powerful than the story of the kings. >> maybe it's just a matter of time. in time we will see the statue for what it truly is. >> reporter: some people saw, let's just say, something very different than the king

martin luther king junior has been unveiled in boston with coretta scott king, his widow on hand for the dedication of the new monument. now this new monument has just been unfurled is called embrace, and it's not being too well received by the american community. this is awful. should have been lovely and inspiring. instead, it's hideous and depressing while they should fire. whoever designed that in the final years of his life, doctor martin luther king junior can down to vietnam war, he said, the american government was the greatest perpetrator of violence on the earth. he called for organizing against poverty and criticize capitalism advocating what he called a democratic form of socialism. this is all being left out by most of the voices commemorating him this year. we should never underestimate the ability of american politicians to cover up the legacy of great individuals in history and try to hijack the emotions people have around them and their accomplishments to serve their own political agenda. caleb martin, r t. new york. let's wrap for now. do you head over to our web si

king's way of, coreta scott king. many felt it was important to share with it their children and grandchildren. >> when i'm gone, i want to make sure she understands our history and we will pass it down generation to generation. >> we played the to remember what he did for everybody. >> one of the most important parts of the san francisco march is a prayer before crossing the third street bridge near willy mays plaza. it commemorates the march across the bridge in ma, alabama, back in 1965. it was just days after the bloody sunday march. theett voing rights act of 1955 was pass ad few months later largely passed due to national outrage. >> nbc bay area's reporter is in oakland with the day of remembrance and the call to action. >> reporter: from the pulpit to the streets. people are celebrating the legacy of dr. martin luther king jr. in different ways. the the naacp and community leaders, their message honoring dr. king. >> let's continue to do the work dr. martin luther king did and keeping the dream alive. that's w

day, a new tribute for the civil rights champion and his wife, coretta scott king unveiled in boston veiled in boston common, called the embrace. it was inspired by a photo of dr. martin luther king and coretta scott king after he had been awarded the nobel peace prize in 1964. >> what is striking to me about it is, all of the images that you could have selected, you chose this one. >> when they met here, they, they were people full of dreams, full of ambitions and full of hope, and they chose to actually commit those dreams to one another, and to society, and that day was like proof that they had done it, it was all worth it. >> that's right. the start of the dream is a love story, in boston, they were students and met on a blind date in 1951, they soon became inseparable and started their journey together toward a cause larger than themselves. with a sculpture, hank willis thomas stripped away everything but the embrace. >> not everyone has arms and hands, right, but all of us have the embrace. and all of us know what it is like to feel embraced. >> this work is a collaboration betw

king and coretta scott king and malcolm x and all the other honorable leaders. >> the train arrived in san francisco ahead of the annual march. robert mitchell from palo alto said he heard dr. king speak while growing up in mississippi. today was his tenth time riding the train and taking part in the march. >> during that time we recognize someone who stepped out on faith and made a difference and i stand on his shoulders. i want to keep the dream alive. >>> it finally stopped snowing in the sierra tonight. they need a chance to dig out. chain controls are still in effect along i-80 and it's been a rough ride on the slippery roads. steve large is in gold run tonight. >> reporter: snowstorm excitement, many skiers and snowboarders only driving home at the last possible hour after a three-day weekend of action. caltrans working nonstop to clear interstate 80 for the holiday travel, the result, a smooth nighttime ride all the way back to sac. >> we're seeing a lot of powder right now. >> reporter: this resort gave travelers what they were looking for, lots of fresh snow, nearly a foot of

seneca scott is a cousin of coretta scott king. he's called this monument a quote, metal image in a new piece in compact magazine. >> a union leader and community organizer, founder of neighbors together oakland joinsomin us today.on >> mr. scott, thank you so much for coming on . so what do you tell us about this? i think a lot of people areit s kind of confused by it.ee msit seems ugly at best, at worst. what do you think this is about? you know, i thins thk thisis ise part of the work algorithm that has gone awry. e it's like the child who an. infant who has no clothes,h who had to have the nerve to shout out that the emperor was naked before his court were willing to following suit. and i think that's what'shat happened now that, you know, things have gone viral. and it's pretty much the consensus that this a con statue is, one , asen insult to the family. a would like to say that, first off, it's important to acknowledge that it is martin luther king day mar and nothing should detract from his radical vision.ld d tacaetra and h

king, and caretta scott king and malcolm x and all the other honorable leaders. >> i stand on his shoulderskeep the dream alive. >> the train arrived in seven cisco ahead of the annual march to yerba buena gardens, where there was also music, festival, and expo. the mlk holiday is one of the biggest weekends of the year for the sierra ski resorts, but getting there has not been easy, and it is not just a frustration for drivers. the resorts themselves are going wary of all of these road closures, but with clear days ahead, there should be plenty of time to make up for any business they might have missed. >> it has not been overwhelming to the point that we are not getting roads plowed, have gotten almost 88% of our average annual snowpack at the moment. we are on track to be open until july, it looks like but it is all up to mother nature. >> the hope is that temperatures stay cool enough to sustain all this early season snowpack. >>> look at this book a simple zip line has become a lifeline for a small community that has been completely cut off by the storms. this community sits at the bas

and coretta scott king was unveiled. >> it is titled the embrace and shows the intertwined arms of dr. king and his wife. the artist who designed it said it was inspired by a photo of dr. king smiling as he hugged his wife moments after winning the nobel peace prize in 1964. it was built in boston commons where the kings had their first date. at 20 feet tall and 40 feet wide it is the largest monument in the country to be dedicated to racial equity. >> it looks impressive. >>> tonight at 7:00 we are continuing coverage of this micro climate weather alert including where the problem spots are or will be tonight. also the field is ready. so are the fans. what about the team itself? what is the biggest concern for the 49ers as they face the seahawks tomorrow afternoon? we are joined by one of our 49ers nbc analysts. those stories and more on our 7:00 newscast. >>> but ahead on "nightly news" new developments in the case of a 6-year-old boy accused of shooting his teacher. what we're learning about the warning before the shot was fired. and also the search on the child's backpack. "nightl

king and scott were students and met on a blind date in 1951.thing but the embrace. >> not everyone has arms and hands, right, but all of us have been embraced. all of us know what it's like to feel embraced. >> reporter: this work is a collaboration between thomas and the mass design group. it beat out 125 other design proposals. the sculpture is made up of more than 600 pieces of bronze, welded together at a foundry in washington state and shipped across the country in seven pieces then reassembled the sculpture sits on a plaza made up of diamond shaped pieces of granite designed to honor the african american quilt making tradition. all around plaques featuring the names of local boston civil rights heroes. when you saw it for the first time fully installed here, what was your reaction? >> i cried like a baby. i cried like a baby. >> reporter: imari paris jeffries is the executive director of embrace boston which is behind the project. >> boston has had a, shall we say, long and complicated relationship with race. how do we hope this monument

king met his wife, coretta scott king, while attending nearby boston university. time now for a look at your monday weather. morning. another day, another storm in california this time reigned for many, including l, a and san diego with heavy snow in the mountains could see feet of it in the passes. the meantime, a couple of storms this week in california will give us 123 inches of rain for some of the big cities, but not the extreme heavy rain. we've seen the last couple of weeks across the lower 48 fo your martin luther king jr day mix could impede your travel in the northeast thunderstorms our nation's midsection and that big storm in california, um accuweather meteorologist kevin costner. coming up a new dress code for state lawmakers who are women, but first two paramedics charged with murder over how they treated a patient. you'll see the video. and the stunning play on sunday night football that had one player reaching for an had one player reaching for an oxygen mask. the hulu and disney+ bundle. lets go. the stories that move us. this is the way. glorious

martin luther king junior has been unveiled in boston with coretta scott king, his widow on hand for the dedication of the new monument. now this new monument, it's just been unfurled, is called embrace, and it's not being too well received by the american community. this is awful. should have been lovely and inspiring. instead, it's hideous and depressing. wow. they should fire whoever designed that in the final years of his life. doctor martin luther king junior condemned the vietnam war . he said the american government was the greatest perpetrator of violence on the earth.

i mean, first of all, it's headless mlk and coretta scott king, their heads are gone.tt ita iscott truly is dehumanizig and i think very perverse. the king family should be up inb arms over this. and i'm glade some members ofas them are whe oven i mean, i didt know what it was.. what i i mean, what is the statue of ? and by the way, martin lutherg r king had a big heart and a very large brain that he used reallya well.ll maybe we could accentuate that c the statue as opposed to the arms doesn't make much sense. as i meantatu, this is profane, tht particular angle. i meanr , the cousin said it looks like the body part. e the challenge here alsoshould as scott said, this should be ay day of service. let's do that. instead of these kind of faux thinemorations that i think distract us from the reality of what king stood for, the dignity he stood ford and the fight he brought to the country to restore the rights to his people and the honor ofal all people. and he completely did. you know, there's a third topic i wa i wanted to get to . i wanted to talk to you about miss universe. we didn't ge

and the cousin mlk, his wife, scott king, wife, coretta scott king, says it's well.ell. he called it a waste of money. he said a woke waste of money. he said that wasted $10 million, that they wasted $10 million, whatever is , he says a woke whatever it is, he says a woke algorithm is broke. i don't algorithm is just broke. i don't know what else to tell you. there it is. you can see. yeah, there you go. that's one of the less. and there's one angle less. yeah and there's one angle where looks like he's where it looks like he's basically weighing a man's member, no, member, isn't it? oh, no, no. there's angle where it there's another angle where it looks oral . oh really. looks like the oral. oh really. yeah. it's a really clever sort of magic trick that's i think probably the artist just isn't very good at faces and he just leaves one. i don't think very hard to do on that. i'm almost and that's what it is. he tried to explain hank willis thomas the he said when we recognise all storytelling an all storytelling is an abstraction an abstraction or as an abstraction,

and the cousin mlk, his wife, scott king, wife, coretta scott king, says it's well.ell. he called it a waste of money. he said a woke waste of money. he said that wasted $10 million, that they wasted $10 million, whatever is , he says a woke whatever it is, he says a woke algorithm is broke. i don't algorithm is just broke. i don't know what else to tell you. there it is. you can see. yeah, there you go. that's one of the less. and there's one angle less. yeah and there's one angle where looks like he's where it looks like he's basically weighing a man's member, no, member, isn't it? oh, no, no. there's angle where it there's another angle where it looks oral . oh really. looks like the oral. oh really. yeah. it's a really clever sort of magic trick that's i think probably the artist just isn't very good at faces and he just leaves one. i don't think very hard to do on that. i'm almost and that's what it is. he tried to explain hank willis thomas the he said when we recognise all storytelling an all storytelling is an abstraction an abstraction or as an abstraction,

and his wife coretta scott king. f the pair embracing after king won the 1964 nobel peace prize but online mockery quickly followed the unveiling of the headline bodyless statue. boston harold columnist rashid walters tweeting, quote: given that i am not white i'm safe from any charges of raive for saying the mlk embrace statue is aesthetically unpleasant. the famous photo should have been a full statue of the couple and embrace. what a huge swing and miss in honoring dr. king and his wife sad. show me a white man that was honored with a statue of only two of his limbs and the daily wires frank fleming noting that mlk statue looks obscene from certain angles but members of dr. king's family were at the unveiling and they liked what they saw. >> i love this monument. i also see the love and strength and unity in these hands and how they symbolize a beautiful marriage and partnership. and it was one that changed the world. >> and on this mlk day the statue has got a lot of people talking, tweeting, and thinking about dr

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coretta scott king, who we dearly miss. d the king holiday and so much more. in my view, this is her day as well. [ applause ] and to raphael warnock, reverend, doctor, senator -- [ cheers and applause ] -- congratulations on your historic victory. a fellow morehouse man. i've come to a lot of morehouse men. the old saying is you can't tell them much. but i tell you what, we've set up for the first time ever in the white house, the divine nine committee, active every day. i watch how the other graduates take on the morehouse men. you stand in dr. king's pulpit. you carry on his purpose, and this service doesn't stop at the church door. it didn't with dr. king. it doesn't with you. it doesn't with the vast majority of you standing and sitting before me. i want to thank you for the honor of being called to america's freedom church. thank you to this congregation and to all the distinguished guests, not only the elected officials who are here today, who have done so much over so many years and so many young people who will do s

king and coretta scott, but is also something very universal.mes, bad times, gio, we all need a hug. >> oh, absolutely. what a beautiful sculpture and what a beautiful love story, huh? thank you for that, mona. >>> coming up here on "gma," the lapd releases dramatic body camera video of an arrest that ended in death at a nearby hospital. what we know about the case this morning. >>> wild card weekend in the nfl. a look ahead to the bills/dolphins matchup today and that dramatic meeting between damar hamlin and his teammates. we'll be right back. oooohhh, it is cold outside time to protect your vehichle from winters wrath of course the hot sun can be tough on vehicles too you need weathertech all year round! come on, protect your investment laser measured floorliners and cargoliner will shield the carpeting from sand and snow for your interior, there's seat protector and sunshade plus, mudflaps and bumpstep for the exterior order american made products at weathertech.com surfs up yeah, right what makes the l'oréal vitamin c serum different? 12% p

even caretta scott king's had this to say. >> art is powerful.das minor than the sword. -- the pen is mightier than the sword. but that does not bring people together. that was an atrocity. jobina: art is located in boston common where dr. king gave a speech to 25,000 people. reggie: police arrested former state senate it ended in new mexico solomon peÑa for causing a series of drive-by shootings targeting lawmakers. police claim he pulled the trigger during one of the attacks. he lost his state legislature race and november and official say he was angry at the outcome. >> at the end of the day, this was about eight right-wing radical, an election denier who was arrested who did the most unimaginable thing you can do when you have a political agreement which is turn that to violence. reggie: no one was hurt. homeland security officials are warning people about a rise of violence across the country. this is months after nancy pelosi's husband was attacked in their home. jobina: jury selection begins in the san francisco for the tile -- for the tri