sophia nelson, the author. she's a journalist.ant to show you a poll that was recently taken from people. 77% saying that major news outlets report fake news. how do you respond to that, a, as a journalist and something in this world. >> if i tell you something enough and keep telling you, you're going to start believing it. president trump has done a very effective job of fake news and quantifying this term, and has been supported by fox and other outlets who share his point of view. and they reach a lot of homes. this issue of sinclair, and i assume that's where we're going with this, sinclair broadcasting and having journalists read from a script that fake news is dangerous to our democracy, well, so is authoritarian practices like taking a free press and telling the free press that they have to read a script in order to be employed by your network or wink and a nod, because if i say no, i'm probably going to lose my job. if i'm a young journalist, i'm impressional. maybe i'm not tom brokaw, i can't say, hey, i'm not doing that

host: sophia nelson joins us. good morning. guest: good to be back. host: on this 50th anniversary of martin luther king junior, what is the best way to remember him in this day and age? guest: a patriot. he was a true revolutionary. what he said was, i want you to be true to your documents. i want you to own up to what you said on paper and what did thomas jefferson right? we hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal and endowed with their creator with certain life,, among these, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. martin luther king said there was a promissory note due. he held feet to the fire. that is what patriots do. they hold us to truth and righteousness and goodness and community and brotherhood and sisterhood. that is who he was to me. o he was to me. where are we a few years later on those fronts? guest: we have made enormous yearess in the whole 1968 was a difficult year for america. we have made progress. but notmade progress, enough. black americans killed on the streets and they are always under suspicious ci

host: sophia nelson joins us. good morning. guest: good to be back. on this 50th anniversary of martin luther king junior, what is the best way to remember him in this day and age? guest: a patriot. he was a true revolutionary. what he said was, i want you to be true to your documents. i want you to own up to what you said on paper and what did thomas jefferson right? we hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal and endowed with their creator with certain life,, among these, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. martin luther king said there was a promissory note due. he held feet to the fire. that is what patriots do. they hold us to truth and righteousness and goodness and community and brotherhood and sisterhood. that is who he was to me. so with topics of race relations, equality, poverty, where are we 50 years later? guest: it would be wrong to say we had not made progress. we have made enormous progress since the time dr. king was assassinated. rfk and the whole 1968 year was a difficult one for america. we have had an

then author and commentator sophia nelson joins us to talk about the 50th anniversary of martin luther king's assassination. and we're live in helena, montana, for the next stop on the c-span bus 50 capitals tour with montana democratic lieutenant governor mike cooney who will be on to talk about top policy issues his state. be sure to watch c-span's "washington journal" live at 7:00 a.m. eastern wednesday morning. join the discussion. >>> next, cbs news anchor walter cronkite announces the assassination of civil rights leader martin luther king jr. on april 4th, 1968. we'll also hear from president lyndon johnson, who spoke about the life and legacy of dr. king. >>> good evening. dr. martin luther king, the apostle of nonviolence in the civil rights movement, has been shot to death in memphis, tennessee. police have issued an all points bulletin for a well-dressed young white man seen fleeing the scene. dr. king was standing on the balcony of a second room hotel room tonight when according to a companion, a shot was fired fro

host: sophia nelson joins us. good morning. guest: good to be back.niversary of martin luther king junior, what is the best way to remember him in this day and age? guest: a patriot. he was a true revolutionary. what he said was, i want you to be true to your documents. i want you to own up to what you said on paper and what did thomas jefferson right? we hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal and endowed with their creator with certain life,, among these, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. martin luther king said there was a promissory note due. he

then author and commentator sophia nelson joins us to talk about the 50th anniversary of martin luther king's assassination. and we're live in helena, montana, for the next stop on the c-span bus 50 capitals tour with montana democratic lieutenant governor mike cooney, who will be on to talk about top policy issues his state. be sure to watch c-span's "washington journal" live at 7:00 a.m. eastern wednesday morning. join the discussion. >>> sunday on c-span's "q&a," three rhetorical physicist and author talks about his career in science and his latest book, "the future of humanity." >> the norm for mother nature is extinction. if you dig right under our feet right now, you will see the bones of the 99.9% that no longer walk the surface of the earth. now, we're different. we have self-awareness. we can see the future. we plot. we scheme. we plan. and so perhaps we're going to evade this conundrum and maybe survive, but we need an insurance policy. that's why this book is different from the other books because the other books talk about the steps, but what is the goal? what's the pot of

then author and commentator sophia nelson joins us to talk about the 50th anniversary of martin luther king's assassination. and we are live in helena, montana for the next stop on the c-span bus 50 capitals to work with montana did -- democratic governor who will be on to talk about top policy issues in the state. c-span'so watch washington journal live at 7:00 a.m. eastern wednesday morning. join the discussion. announcer: live wednesday on the c-span networks, on c-span at fema stiff video administrator on the lessons learned in handling disasters in the last year. at 4:30 we are live in memphis for a ceremony at the lorraine hotel marking the 50th anniversary of the assassination of martin luther king jr. on c-span to a 9:00 a.m. the brookings institution hosts a discussion on the future of russia and president putin. at noon the heritage foundation looks at how the swiss government controls debt for a constitutional rule and what lessons can be learned by the u.s. government. --6:30 u.n. gauging the level of trust americans have an immediate. and at 8:00 p.m. on c-span3, american

and author and commentator sophia nelson joins us to talk about the 50th anniversary of martin luther king's assassination. and we are live in helena, montana for the next stop on the c-span bus 50 capitals to her. with montana him a credit lieutenant-governor mike clooney who will be on to talk about top policy issues in his state. we will -- be sure to watch washington journal wednesday morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern. join the discussion. >> live wednesday on the c-span networks, on c-span at 10:00 learned inessons handling disasters in the last year. at 4:30 p.m. we are live in memphis for a ceremony at the lorraine hotel, marking the 50th anniversary of the assassination of martin luther king, junior. at 9 a.m. the brookings institution host a discussion on the future of russian and president putin. and looking at how the swiss government controls debt through a constitutional rule and what lessons can be learned by the u.s. government. american university hosts a conversation on a survey gauging the level of trust americans have in the media. three -- 8:00 p.m. on c-span3, the 50th

author and commentator sophia nelson joins us to talk about the 50th anniversary of martin luther king jr.'s assassination. we are live in helena, montana for the next stop on the c-span bus capitals tour. will be onvernor who to talk about policy issues in his state. be sure to watch c-span washington journal live at 7:00 a.m. eastern monday -- wednesday morning. join the discussion. >> tomorrow a discussion on the russian presidential election. president putin's fourth term, did look at russia and the neighboring countries. wednesday is the 50th anniversary of the assassination martin luther king jr. we have live coverage from memphis, tennessee at the national civil rights busy implausibly -- at the civil rights museum plaza. that starts here on c-span. with a the evening discussion on the legacy of his career and the direction of the civil rights movement today. 8:00event begins live at p.m. eastern. >> sunday on c-span q and a, a authorical physicist and talks about his career in science and his latest book, the future of humanity. >> the law of mother nature is extinction. under

then author and commentator sophia nelson joins us to talk about the 50th anniversary of martin luthering jr.'s assassination. and their live in hell enough for the next stop on the 50 capital store. with montana's democratic lieutenant governor mike cooney. watch c-span's washington journal live at 7 a.m. eastern wednesday morning. join the discussion. famous deputy administrator dale canoe ski on the lessons learned in handling disasters in the last year. atn we are live in memphis the ceremony of the lorraine hotel marking the 50th anniversary of the assassination of martin luther king jr.. institution hosted discussion on the future of russia and president putin. at noon, the heritage foundation looks at how this was government controls that through a constitutional rule and what lessons can be learned. six: 30 p.m., american university post a conversation on a survey gauging the level of trust americans have in the media. then on c-span3, american history tv marks the 50th on the legacy of dr. king and the direction of the civil rights movement. >> our tour takes you to norman okl

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author and conservative opinion writer sophia nelson, former democratic congressman steve israel. >> and elise jordan, or friend and former aide in the george w. bush white house. elise, where are we? >> i can't help but to think today that the tide is pushing donald trump closer than ever to actually moving to fire bob mueller. the impression that sarah sanders gave today that he believes it is -- when she sa stated she believes it is within his power, it shows they are publicly addressing that they have discussed these scenarios. >> i agree he's going to fire him. it's how he's going to do its that i think there's a question. i think he's going to go after sessions and fire sessions, because the new attorney general can then go after rosenstein and go after mueller and trump says, i didn't do it, that was the attorney general. sarah has pretty much admitted, we talked about it, we think we can do it. i don't think they can do it. i think this is an untested part of the constitution. did the founding fathers foresee an independent counsel? by the way, you can't bring someone under c

author and commentator sophia nelson joins us to talk about the 50th anniversary of martin luther king's assassination. we are live in helena, montana for the next stop on the c-span bus 50 capital bus tour with lieutenant governor who will be on to talk about tal top policy issues and his date. watch c-span "washington journal" live at 7:00 a.m. eastern wednesday morning. join the discussion. : : one of its most celebrated novelists ralph ellison and the tulsa race riots within a few hundred miles of each other. >> dustup that we do here at the national weather center impacts everybody. it's a one-of-a-kind facility that doesn't exist anywhere else in the galaxy it's the only national weather center. for the sake of oklahoma and for the entire country, two in the world because everybody's interested in the weather and they want to see what's going on in the facility. >> to hear about the center of the university of oklahoma which houses the papers of 58 former members of the united states congress. >> this document is a memo written by ted sorensen labeled personal and confidential. it

joining our discussion is sophia nelson, author conservative opinion writer, former gop counsel for formermittees. republicans have battled for generations to sort of find places more friendly to conservative principles, the idea of media bias is one that is very familiar to me. the dissemination of scripted propaganda and accusations of fake media is very alarming to me. what's your reaction? >> nicolle, i share that concern greatly. look, of all the things we hold dear in this country within our constitution and the bill of rights, i would argue that if thomas jefferson were sitting here with us, he'd say it as he said, if i had to choose between a free press and the government i'll keep the free press. the free press is sacrosanct to who we are because it's a check on us. it's a check on our leaders. it is there to give we the people the proper information that challenges us, that provokes us, that makes us know when we need to maybe replace somebody at the ballot box. so, i am with you 100%. i'm not only alarmed. i'm pretty angry about it frankly because what's happening here isn't so

and policy issues that impact you coming up wednesday whining, -- then author and commentator sophia nelson joins us to talk about the 50th anniversary of martin luther king's assassination. and we are live in helena, montana for the next stop on the c-span bus city capital to her -- tour, with the governor to talk about policy issues in his state. watch "washington journal," 7:00 a.m. eastern wednesday morning. join the discussion. >> wednesday on the c-span networks, at 10:00 a.m., the fema deputy administrator on the lessons learned in handling disasters in the last year. live inp.m., we are memphis for a ceremony at the lorraine hotel, marking the fifth anniversary of the assassination of martin luther king jr. , the brookings institution hosts a discussion on the future of russia and president vladimir putin. then the heritage foundation looks at how the swiss government handles debt. at 6:30 p.m., american university host a conversation on the survey on the level of trust americans have an immediate. at 8:00 p.m. on c-span3, american history tv marks the 50th anniversary of the death

then sophia nelson joins us to talk about the 50th anniversary of martin luther king's assassination.are live in helena, montana for the next stop on the c-span us capitol's tour. the governor will be on to talk about policy issues in his statement they sure to watch the washington journal, live at 7:00 a.m. wednesday morning. join the discussion. tomorrow i discussion on the russian presidential election on march 18 and what presidents putin's fourth term a hold for russia. the event held by the brookings institution starts live at 9:00 a.m. eastern on c-span two. wednesday is the 50th anniversary of the assassination of martin luther king jr.. tomorrow we have live coverage from memphis at the national civil rights museum plaza in front of the lorraine hotel too much the occasion. it starts like the 4:30 p.m. eastern on c-span. later in the evening, more about dr. king with a discussion on the legacy of his career and the direction of the civil rights movement today. that is live from memphis, that event begins life at 8:00 p.m. eastern. contributing reporter for followe foreign pol

sophia nelson, thank you, michael isikoff, thank you as well.r podcast skull duggery. >>> coming up, two parts surrounding epa chief scott pruitt. first that he was charged $50 a night to stay in a stylish d.c. condo. the second part, the condo was partly owned by the wife of an energy lobbyist who has direct ties to the oil and gas industry. >> that's not the weird part. that's bad. the third part is the secret service goes in and they kick down the door because they think he's dead but he's sleeping in the middle of the day. that's the weird part. and then the epa paid $2500 -- >> that doesn't happen to you? >> i don't sleep during the day. wait a second, i don't sleep. >> what it means for latest embattled cabinet secretary. that's ahead on "morning joe." >> middle of the day he's sleeping. mom? dad? hi! i had a very minor fender bender tonight in an unreasonably narrow fast food drive thru lane. but what a powerful life lesson. and don't worry i have everything handled. i already spoke to our allstate agent, and i know that we have accident

sophia nelson, happy equal payday. also with us bloomberg reporter sarah friar. entitled instagram has a facebook problem. oh, no. they do, sarah? >> they absolutely do. facebook has -- basically separated itself from instagram in the minds of the consumers. people see instagram as an alternative to facebook but let's be clear that instagram is owned by facebook and rose to the current prominence they have in part by learning lessons from facebook on how to grow. they have also learned from facebook mistakes and today in facebook's testimony we'll see if they mention the app at all. >> well, joe, when we were talking and listening to the interview with sheryl sandberg and looking at some of the testimony that mark zuckerberg is going to be putzing forward, i will say senator bloomenthal nailed it. trying to be naive and it not working out can only go so far. >> they know exactly what they're doing. they know exactly what they have been doing. this is not like you know, this is a kid that just got out of harvard with a startup and they're experiencing growing pain