alabama state troopers beating back protestors on the bridge in selma in 1965.nd their violence would strike a flint on the nation's conscience. >> and we shall overcome. >> president lyndon johnson pushed through landmark civil rights bills to open up public accommodations to ensure access to voting rights. and signed the laws as dr. king stood over his shoulder. by the late 1960s, andrew young says king had become exhausted. >> we were pretty well worn out. i mean, he had been going from '55 to '67 without a let-up. >> there was a rumor dr. king was planning a sabbatical, maybe in india or in africa. was that true? >> he was thinking about it. that was his -- that was his dream. it wasn't india or africa, it was really riverside church. >> the prestigious riverside church in new york was looking for a pastor. >> he said, that was my ideal. that's what i wanted to be when i grew up. >> i speak out against this war. >> but that never happened. instead, this speech at riverside will become king's moral watershed over vietnam. by 1966 the u.s. was mired in a war i

high school in his beloved town of selma, alabama. i know that his students at montgomery belle academy believe they had his best coaching years, but i'm here to tell you from personal experience that the 1970's and 1980's at selma high school, honed his craft and greatly influenced his strategy. he produced some of the finest high school debaters in the state of alabama had ever seen to date, and i am proud to say i was one of those students. billy tate was my debate coach for he three years at selma high school. for a public high school in rural alabama we dominated the competition and won many state championships. for many years the walls of the high school library were lined with hundreds of debate and speech trophies won by the teams coached by billy tate. debate was more than an average extra kirk rick cue lar activity, it was a serious discipline and those of us who have been privileged of being coached by him knew it was a serious time commitment, a commitment of both time, money, and talent. to be on billy tate's debate team,

they intended to march from selma to montgomery to demonstrate the need for voting rights in alabama. they're attacked by state troopers and a brutal confrontation known as bloody sunday. the congressman started an annual congressional pilgrimage with the faith and politics institute in washington and ever since then has led a delegation of bipartisan members of congress, civil rights leaders, clergy compensations, that to me most importantly, students of all ages to pass on the memory and experience is that those days to the next generation of marchers. i've now had the privilege of marching across that bridge twice the congressman lewis and a few weeks ago with the delegation were sitting in the pews of first that this church in montgomery, alabama where the police chief gave a speech about the role of the police during the civil rights movement and apologize to the congressman. he was so moved that he gave his -- to the congressman as a symbol of reconciliation. he's the first police officer ever apologize to the congress then. caught back [applause] when i say is the most courageo

the march on washington in '63 and the march from selma to montgomery in '65 were behind him. sowere theassagef the civil righ act and the voting rights act. in the last year of his life, as he moved toward memphis and fate, he announced what he called the poor people's campaign, a "multi-racial army" that would come to washington, build an encampment and demand from congress an "economic bill of rights" for all americans, black, white, or brown. he had long known that the fight for racial equality could not be separated from the need or economic equity, fairness for all, including working people and the poor. that's why he was inemph, marching with sanitation workers on strike for a living wage when he was killed. with me are two people steeped in king's life and work. taylor branch wrote the extraordinary, three-volume history of the civil rights era, "america in the king years." the first of them, "parting the waters", received the pulitzer prize. he now has distilled all that work, adding fresh material and insights to create this new book, "the king years: historic moment

after we left selma. i will take this and i will be through. i went on a college campus and met with the students and the faculty. they would always ask me questions. i would ask them questions -- what do you all see in obama? you know what the white women said? he is sexy. sexy. john lewis and they went down, and i walked up here and i said, i want to ask you a question. he said, do you think barack is sexy? and i listened very carefully to the answer. [laughter] and she said, no comment. [laughter] i am coming home now, al. i will not be here next year. but i want you to hear, god is sending us a message. what better message can he send us than to put a man in charge all the white fellows, they take orders from barack. be evert think i would able to see it, but i'm glad i did. i'm glad i did. god, this is a new day for us. we have no business acting like we used to. negro. calling for a new thattch the new leadership he has given the world. but the know about you, leader of the free world is a black man. [applause] if that does not make you b

lawyers because they won an acquittal of ku klux klansmen for killing a civil rights volunteer outside selmae younger hanes, now a retired judge, describes ray this way. >> nebbish, always was. that was my impression of him throughout, that he was -- he was the invisible man. >> but try to ask him a hard question -- >> he would act as if he were someone trying to think of an answer. criminals, cons will do that. we never had any real confidence in the truthfulness of what he said. >> the one thing ray would not discuss, even with his lawyers, was the murder of martin luther king. >> we never, never were able to evoke any kind of reaction from james earl ray one way or the other about dr. king or his life or otherwise. >> in july, in the middle of the night, ray was flown back to memphis in handcuffs. finally, next march, ray appeared in a memphis courtroom in a deal to avoid the death penalty. the judge asked him this -- >> you're accused of murder in the first degree charged in the indictment and are compromising and settling your case on an agreed punishment of 99 years in the state penite

. >> i would pay to have a cup of coffee with selma hayek no guests needed. live doppler 7hd.fog beginning to push across the bay and inland. a foggy morning commute. if you are a commuter in the morning bear that in mind. give yourself a little extra time. sunny skies ex-is september for a few you batches patches of coastal clouds. 28 chico. 80 sacramento. 80 fresno. cool in los angeles and a toast in 89 in palm springs. in the bay area tomorrow mainly sunny skies around the bay and inland. foggy at the coast. 50s on the coast. 60s around the bay. low is 70s inland and tomorrow evening at in oakland the a's host the baltimore orioles. game time 7:05. breezy and school. the accuweather seven-day forecast. high temperatures continuing to drop off tomorrow. a cool day tomorrow but we he will warm up by midweek next week with highs back up near 90 inland by midweek next week. >> thank you spencer, very much. now, to a story that kind of caught our eye. you will like this spencer. you don't often hear the word samurai sword carrying mormon bishop in the same story. >> no, you toni

washington where he delivered his "i have a dream" speech and the 1965 march for voting rights in selmae than four decades later, the legacy of dr. king's work is all around us. most notably in the white house. and his son is carrying on his work. today, martin luther king iii marched side by side the sanitation workers which he was doing when he was killed. joining me is dr. king's eldest son, martin luther king iii. thank you for being here. >> thank you, rev. >> thank you for being here to mark the day that your father gave his life for us. you were in memphis this morning visiting the striking garbage workers. ironically, your father was there 45 years ago for the same union. did you think about that and the irony of that 45 years later, they are striking again and you are there as the one holding your father's legacy? >> i certainly did. more than anything else i thought about it would be wonderful to come together and say we've made these great strides but the tragedy is we're still in a struggle for working families all across america and memphis and across america. it's very sad

created equal is the star that guides us still just as it guided our forebearers through sin cafalls and selma and stone wall. here is a reason that list started with sin cafalse. women have been true leaders in the rights of freedoms. our fight didn't stop there. our that convention it took men 72 more years to get the right to vote. it took another 46 years to ensure that women would have access to birth control. and 8 more years after that to make sure women could always have access to safe and legal abortion. and as we celebrate the 40th an versi of row v. wade, we've seen much more progress. in those 40 years, we've seen the gender wage gap decrease which we've seen women become the majority of college garage watts and the number of women fortune 500 companies from 2 to 21. so 40 years ago a woman had never been on a party's presidential ticket or on the united states supreme court. almost every woman who had served in congress was filling the seat of her deceased husband. and now today, we have a congress with 98 women. the greatest number in history. and we've fought hard to get there.

he said, "we shall overcome," he said "so it was at appomattox, so it was at concord, so it was at selmaast week, when fate and destiny met in the same moment." so, he was putting a nonviolent black movement not only in the heart of american patriotism, but in the vanguard heart of american patriotism. >> but do you admit that nonviolence ultimately didn't work? that it couldn't change america? >> no. >> no. it did change america. >> it did change america. >> it changed it radically for me. i grew up in arkansas and i know what fear is. what the movement did, nonviolence did, was to take the terror out of the south. and for the first time, you can not only go to hotels, but you can go all over the south without much fear of harm. that is a major achievement. >> certainly i recognize that. >> the white south was the poorest region of the country when it was segregated. it was totally preoccupied in this terror. it was not fit for professional sports, even, until nonviolence lifted it out of segregation and white southern politicians were no longer stigmatized. so, you get jimmy carter and

i also joined other members of congress in the annual pilgrimage across the bridge in selma, alabama, the event that marked the beating of peaceful voting civil rights marchers, notably sunday on march 7, 1965. and the pilgrimage was meaningful as other members of congress and i reflected on together how far week of come as a country. bloody sunday and the 16th street baptist church bombing remind us of the long and difficult struggle to end segregation. and it is immensely important, mr. chairman, that we commemorate these moments and these four little girls. that they led to the advancement of civil rights for the african-american community and for our entire country. so again i urge passage of the bill and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from alabama. mr. bachus: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that four minutes of my time be given to ms. sewell to manage and reserve the balance of my time. and i do that in acknowledgment of her fine work on this legislation. and those of her colleag

these include teachers like selma's daughter and others doing business. daughter.s people not been leaving as far as i can tell. the embassy encourages americans to register and that is helpful so we can reach out. we make every effort to maintain contact with the institutions where americans work. the armed forces broadcasting network, as well as local radio and television to provide notices and the like. i would encourage thelma's daughter to register if she has not done that, but i think we will be in touch. host: can americans come to visit? i have been to countries where i have not been allowed to take pictures of embassies. guest: we usually discourage pictures and we have protection around the embassies. there are security guards where you have to go through. just as i want to the security guards in this building this morning. americans with business at the embassy are welcome there. we also try to reach out and other air will -- in other ways. host: if i were just a tourist and would want to say hey, no go? guest: you would need an appointment. if

morning in another show that if this was the way that the senate had functioned in 1965, after the selma the bloody sunday, then the voting rights act would have been filibustered and a sort of hard-eyed minority would have prevented any progress on access to voting. that was a similarly shocking, shameful incident that mobilized our nation. newtown really changed people's minds and votes and there were a number of democrats and republicans who were from heavily pro gun states who were nra life members who had "a" ratings, joe manchin who stood up the next day and said my, my has changed. we need to close the gun show loophole stop allowing the sale of guns over the internet. we need to stop being a country where access to guns is also unlimited. we have to enforce the laws and strengthen the laws on gun trafficking. i was convinced we would easily come to an agreement and pass that. >> bill: right. >> there were other things that i also voted for such as a ban on large magazine clips. the woman who shouted out at us from the gallery last night actually seized the clip, the large clip th

. >> matches in selma those were just a silly political stunt. >> stephanie: while manic that share heade real deal in georgia anyway. the separate but equal -- that's his state where that's happening. refuses to express support for an effort to hold the first ever integrated -- wouldn't that be something in 2013? deal's spokesman rejected a request to take a side on the issue because why would you? calling it a silly publicity stunt organized by a leftist front group for the state democratic party. >> people who want integrated proms are a leftist front group? >> stephanie: right. >> wow! okay. >> stephanie: so that happened. >> are you happy with that governor georgia? >> i'll bet he could squeal like a pig. >> stephanie: things that are somewhat disturbing. okay. so we were talking in chicago about north korea and basically the subject was dennis rodman, what the [ bleep ] did you say? >> he's going back. did you hear that? he's going back this summer. >> stephanie: really? i was in chicago. i was saying great sports town. aren't there other retired chicago athletes that would have be

. >> selma, the bombings in abraham changed everything. >> now we have seen this in boston.th smaller budgets. we have got such a concentration here in new york with ray kelly created this incredible protection in new york what he has built with bloomberg. will we announce the other cities more and more attacked? there is more vulnerability in cities which have less budget to spanned from law enforcement. >> should we be right haesigned fact other terror attacks but other things to do in terms of foreign policy and interventions making overseas. >> let's look at that. senate putting pressure on the white house to define the administration's policy. for using targeted drone strikes. democratic senator dick durbin listed six questions yet to be answered by the administration concerning the rights of due process for americans overseas who are targets. the issue of the limits of federal power united republicans and democrats alike. senator al franken said you know you're in strange territory when senator cruz and i have the same questions. noticeably absent from the hearing was

several weeks ago, the vice president of the united states and john lewis stood at the bridge in selma, alabama, commemorating a horrific event there in the 1960s. at that time the united states senate was controlled by democrats. russell long of louisiana and many others. had they been in the united states senate today, had they operated then the way the united states senate operates today, the civil rights legislation of 1964, the voting rights act of 1965 would not have been passed. 50 plus one is a majority. not 60 votes. >> all right. >> you know, mika, i've got to go back to the beginning of this session. there was a lot of talk about filibuster reform. i was out there talking about the need for filibuster reform. for whatever reason, the democrats didn't push. i remember saying it. the day they made the rules to get rid of the filibuster, make 50 plus one pass, if they had made that decision when they set up the senate, then this bill would have passed. i got to say just really quickly. i know we got to go to break, but mark halpern, kelly ayotte of new hampshire. voting against

congressman john lewis took a group to alabama in tuscaloosa, birmingham, montgomery and selma were 48years ago john lewis was beaten, almost kilt marching over that bridge. one of the things that was so inspirational to me is that whole movement, the civil rights movement was nonviolent. john lewis was hit over the head with a bat by alabama policeman. it was a nonviolent movement that changed this country for the better and quite frankly served as an inspiration for the rest of the world. their inspiration was gandhi, but the point of the matter is nonviolent can be used in a way where you can change the world and we are don't even talk about what are the alternatives. if you don't do this, we'll bomb you. we have to have more discussion about the other peaceful ways without killing everybody to sell some of these problems. i know there are, there have to be. [applause] >> i'm bill outfielder i work with the d.c. democratic party and the district of columbia. i want to commend you for your work on hunger, which renault impacts the whole world emissary citizens vulnerable. we are not

on a recent trip to selma, alabama, i had the opportunity to stand shoulder to shoulder with congressman john lewis and other civil rights heroes who stood on the front lines and fought to change america for the better. we must never forget the hardships they confronted and sacrifices they made. while reflecting on such moments in our history and by honoring those who come before us, i look forward to continuing to focus on ways in which we all can stand together once again and continue to solve our nation's problems and move forward in unison. i'd like to thank congressman sewell, congressman bachus and the rest of the alabama delegation for their hard work on this matter and bringing it forward. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from alabama reserves. the gentlelady from alabama, mrs. sewell. -- ms. sewell. ms. sewell: i yield one minute to my mentor and great leader, mr. clyburn from south carolina. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from south carolina is recognized for one minute. mr. clyburn: thank you, mr. s

the civil rights program with john lewis he took a group down to alabama in birmingham, montgomery, selma and john lewis was beaten and almost killed marching over that bridge but one of the things that was so inspirational to me was that whole civil rights movement in the country was non-violent. he was hit over the head by an alabama policemen. it was a non-violent movement that changed this country for the better and quite frankly served as an inspiration for the rest of the world. with the plight of the matter is non-violence can be used any way you can change the world coming and we are so fixated with military interest to everything that we don't even talk about one of the alternatives. if you don't do this we are going to occupy this. we ought to have more discussion about what are the other peaceful things without telling everybody that we would be able to solve some of these problems and i know there have to be. [applause] >> i want to commend you for your work on honegger that we know impacts the whole world. being here in the district of columbia we are not a state and as you h

created equal is a star that guy just still, just as it guided our forebears through seneca falls and selma and stonewall. there's a reason that list started with seneca falls. women have been true leaders in the fight for equal rights and equal freedom. and our fight didn't stop at seneca falls. and after the seneca falls convention, it took women 72 more years to get the right to vote. it took another 46 years to ensure that women would have access to birth control. and eight more years after that to make sure women could always have access to safe and legal abortion. and as we celebrate the 40th anniversary of roe v. wade, we've seen much, much more progress. now, in those 40 years we've seen the gender wage gap increase. we've seen women be, the majority of college graduates, increasing the number of women ceos of fortune 500 companies grow from two, to 21. so 40 years ago a woman had never been on a major party's presidential ticket, or on the united states supreme court. almost every woman who had served in congress was filling the seats of her deceased husband. and now today, we have

lewis, great civil rights leader, took a group down to alabama, went to tusk loose is a, birmingham, selma, marched over the bridge where 48 years ago john lewis was beaten, almost killed for marching over the bridge, bun one of the things that was so inspirational to me is that that whole movement, that civil rights movemented in the country was nonviolence, you know, john lewis was hit over the head, you know, with a bat by an alabama policemen, but when he was well, he didn't go and hit the policeman. it was a nonviolence movement that changed this country for the better, and, quite frankly, is an inspiration for the rest of the world. their inspiration was ghandi, but nonviolence can be used in a way to change the world, and we are so fix sated with military answers to everything that we don't even talk about where the alternatives, you know, if you don't do this, we're going to bomb you or occupy you and if you don't to -- do this, we're going to do this. there's another part, and we ought to have more discussion about what are the -- what are the peaceful ways without killing everybo