martin luther king jr. on january 15, 1929, martin luther king jr. was born in and atlanta. if he would go on to change the course of human history. he decided to follow the calling of his father and grandfather to become a christian pastor. he would later write it was quite easy for me to think of a god of love mainly because i grew up in a family where love was central. that is what reverend king preached all his life, love, love for each other, for neighbors, and for our fellow americans. dr. king's faith in his love for humanity led him and so many heroes to courageously stand up for civil rights of african-americans. through his bravery and sacrifice, dr. king opened the eyes and lifted the conscience of our nation. he stood with the hearts of our people to recognize the dignity written in every human soul. today we celebrate dr. king for standing up for the self-evident truths americans hold so dear, that no matter what color of our skin or the place of our birth, we are all created equal by god. this april we will mark a half century since reverend king was so cruelly

martin luther king. [applause] isaac: president trump, vice president pence, and to all assembled here, it is my own -- -- my uncle were here today, the first thing he would say, what are you doing for others? that that is why it was so important that my aunt coretta scott king returned to the congress now about 10 years ago and asked that the meaning of the holiday be changed. we did not want the king holiday just to be a day of hero worship. as his nephew, i certainly think he was one of the greatest americans that we produced. but it should not be a day of , hero worship. and that is why congress agreed with my aunt, and also made it a day of service so that we, on that day, at the king center could refer it to it as a day on, not a day off. it is not a day to hang out and pull out the barbecue grill. it is a day to do something to else,omeone do something and it is something as simple as picking up someone's trash or picking up the newspaper for that elderly person who cannot get to the end of the dr

martin luther king,jr. the unscripted president trump is giving us a bright light look at his character and it's ugly. what appears to be a brazen lie, a tweet during the white house meeting on immigration, he used vulgar offensive language to describe african nations. >> he said those things and he said them repeatedly and then he went on and started to describe the immigration from

we don't know what martin luther king would think. that's pretty hard to do. >> what i can blame trump for our policies in this country that really hurt a certain segment of the population. that's what i can blame trump for. >> laura: i don't know what barack obama did for eight years. don't talk when i talk and i will let you talk. barack obama was present for eight years. we had skyrocketing crime among hard-hit communities that martin luther king did care a lot about. >> so you are blaming barack obama? >> laura: it wasn't on donald trump's watch. it was on a democrat running those cities who are more interested in this keeping people angry and giving people real solutions. that's my view. great segment, and you will be shocked to learn, the worst poverty in america resides, details on the effect of more liberal liberty mutual stood with me when this guy got a flat tire in the middle of the night, so he got home safe. yeah, my dad says our insurance doesn't have that. what?! you can leave worry behind when liberty stands with youâ„

and martin luther king continues next. malcolm x. and martin luther king two legendary figures with opposing visions for american civil rights and into their rivalry plays out on prime time television in the united states from the. king is equality and all right citizenship for the goal of dr martin luther king is to give negro the chance to sit in a segregated restaurant playing white man alive for four hundred years the goal of dr martin luther king is to get negroes to forgive the people who have lived them four hundred years but by loving them to sleep and making them forgetting what they . criticize martin because he was trying to we end our ballo to sick nates to why people are in a restaurant but man says i mean that's not freedom sitting next to white people is not freedom to say that whites freedom is black people have in their own self-determination where they can buy their own restaurant and they don't have to worry about whites not serving them. june eleventh one thousand nine hundred sixty three mocked a major victory fo

martin luther king, jr.'s nephew, i want to listen to something he said in that proclamation. >> at the king center we refer to it as a day on, not a day off. not a day to hang out in the park or pull out the barbecue grill. it is a day to do something to help someone else. >> what's the president doing today? >> king day is so often referred to as a day of service. the president has no public events on his schedule. he spent the morning at his golf course. i can tell you he has retweeted a white house tweet paying tribute to dr. king. there is a video with this caption. dr. king's dream is our dream. the american dream. the promise stitched into the fabric of our nation, etched into the hearts of our people and written into the soul of human kind. so the president returns to washington, d.c. at around 4:00 eastern. we will see what else, if anything, he adds to his schedule to pay tribute to dr. king. >> as hallie said, she will be there when he lands. >>> also this morning, president trump is divvying hopes

martin luther king jr. it wasn't just a day off of work, but a day to reflect on the civil rights struggles of the '60s. >> in the bay area, celebrations started early from san jose and into san francisco. here is a live look now at a march taking place in oakland. marchers are in the street protesting and honoring the legacy of dr. king. this is one of the events happening in the bay area. >> for more, rob has more on how people those honor dr.-- chose to honor dr. king. >> people know some if not all of the words of the "i have a dream" speech. today was a trip through history as many in the bay area recognized his life and legacy, tearing up as they remembered the struggles of the past. >> reporter: dr. martin luther king jr. day celebrations started early this morning as marches arrived to san jose's caltran station for a journey to san francisco. from there they marched a mile and a half for more celebrations. others celebrated dr. king's life over breakfast as the san francisco labor council held its

martin luther king, jr. and fox news contributor alvita king, happy martin luther day, jr. to you, of course. i want to start, to boycott the state of the union, i want to get your reaction on that and also i want your reaction on what the president said that had the media in such in uproar. >> well, i'm looking down just for a moment at a book i have in any hand, it's called king truth, it's my newest book and it's going to be released tomorrow and i hope that congressman john lewis and many of those who are so disgruntled here this because this is a quote from reverend martin luther king, jr., my uncle. he said i am convinced convincen hate each other because they don't know each other and they don't know each other because they don't communicate with each other and they don't communicate with each other because they are separated from each other. now, those are the words of my uncle reverend dr. martin luther king, jr., congressman john lewis know so many of my uncle's words, i remember all of the work that congressman lewis did in 20th century, in civil rights movement,

martin luther king jr. 1929, martin, luther king jr. was born in atlanta, georgia. he would go on to change the course of human history. as a young man, dr. king decided to follow the calling of his father and grandfather to become a christian pastor. he would later write that it was quite easy for me "to think of a god of love, mainly because i grew up in a family where love was central." that is what reverend king preached all of his life, love. love for each other, for neighbors, and for our fellow americans. faith,g's face, and -- in his love for humanity, led him and other heroes to courageously stand up for civil rights of african-americans. through his bravery and sacrifice he opened the eyes and lifted the conscience of our nation. he stirred the hearts of our people to recognize the dignity written in every human soul. today we celebrate dr. king for standing up for the self-evident dear, american hold so that no matter what the color of our skin, or the place of our birth, we are all created equal by god. this april we will mark a half century since revere

luther king subsidises revan martin luther king so that they haven't martin luther king can continue to teach the negroes to be defenseless that's what you mean by not valid we defense must be defenseless in the face of one of the most cruel beat that has ever taken a people into captivity that this american white man. there were over forty charges as i recall primarily he was material support killings the holy land foundation was the biggest muslim charity in the usa they were considered to be a legitimate american charity because we weren't able to see the secret we were unable to tell and in a two part series al-jazeera will the examines one of the most controversial court cases of the so-called terror the holy land fun at this time on al just an. al-jazeera. you run into your. unbelievable it sounds like an agreement between criminal bosses it's like trading in stolen goods that have been taken by the place if anyone ever comes to ask the question then sort of throw their hands up in the air and say i don't know i was just a nominee director we're doing an investigation into. ukr

today it is martin luther king jr. day. now of course there is dispute as you pointed out about what the president actually said in the oval office, whether it was s-house, s-hole, it is a distinction without a difference. because the sentiment is the same. i spoke to one white house official saying the president wasn't saying it about the people, it was said about the country. the president did deny that he did use that vulgar language. a lot of questions shouted at the president here tonight when he landed on the lawn of course asking about the comments, asking about daca and the controversy surrounding it. and he ignored the questions. >> initial white house statement on that night when this story broke, it seemed to basically back up what he said. didn't directly addressed the comments per se but talked about how he is defending america. and that is his priority. >> reporter: there were similar comments reported in the new york times. >> all haitians have aids and talking about everybody in nigeria living in huts. it wa

seven martin luther king subsidized revenue. so that revenue can continue to think the negroes to be defense. martin luther king never responded to malcolm's attacks he never agreed to debate with him the only time the ever met in washington the two men shook hands but barely spoke to each other. but one photo remains edged into memories an image that brings together the two opposing dreams of the black calls. hang on a let nobody turn me round to me round turn me round and go on and live nobody turn me round i'm gonna key bano walk again keep on walk on up to freedom. the civil rights movement was the singing movement. we were in the deep south and african-american people were church going people and for the most part we're in christian churches one thing martin luther king brought me to was a preacher baptist preacher a message he brought was we must take the church out of these four walls that's a direct quote from martin. martin luther king underwent his political baptism in alabama one of the most races states in the south

we've got the martin luther king, jr. day weekend. we're beginning a week that could end with a government showdown, and the president has spent this weekend talking about whether he's a racist, talking about there is a division -- a debate within the white house about what he said or might not have said if the oval office last week. what do you make of all this? >> remember, a week ago, "fire and fury," the new book was the big distraction that completely engulfed the white house and raised questions about the president's fitness to lead or raised the fact that there were questions even inside the white house about this and now the focus changed completely away from that and to this, but not without repercussions. obviously, it makes the idea of trust between democrats and the white house and certain republicans, the ones who deny what was said or some version of what was said was said makes it that much more difficult if p there needs to be a leaf of faith to get that leap of faith between now and the end of the week and it set off

after the events of burning martin luther king and malcolm x. were interviewed a few days apart for a program about the race issue brings us an interpretation it was an opportunity to share their opposing vision was to put the black caucus malcolm x. has said of your philosophy that it plays into the hands of the right of practice that they are happy when you talk about love for the oppressor because this is our . negro well i don't think of love as in this context as emotional bond i don't think of it as we all but i think the love of something strong and all the nice south and powerful i direct action and i think some of the criticisms of nonviolence and some of the critics fail to realize is that we are talking about something very strong and they can few. non-resistance with nonviolence is. king assumes that people are reading know that he is right about what he is sand so he is using the intellectual tradition of why it's in order to make his point malcolm does not use the intellectual tradition of whites to make his point malcolm uses the

we celebrate martin luther king weekend. and last year martin luther king, we launched our initiative to protect the affordable care act. it was great outside mobilization that came together prepared to go forward to tell stories, to be present in town hall meetings. members' offices be present here in washington, d.c., and successfully staved off repeal of the affordable care act. it's a strong bill and keeps millions of people with protection. on that weekend, we were inspired by martin luther king when he said of all the forms inequality injustice and health, the most shocking inhuman because it often results in physical death. he was an inspiration. this year on martin luther king weekend, we honor his commitment o equality, of our struggle, genuine equality which means economic quality. he said god never intended for people to live in inordinate health while others live in abject poverty. this weekend inspired by dr. king's call for fairness, opportunity and equal opportunity and equal access to equality, we honor him b

martin luther king jr. the couple laying a wreath at the memorial of the civil rights leader in washington, d.c. ahead of today's holiday. vice president pence tweeting, quote: he took the words of our founders to heart to forge a more perfect union based on the notion all men are created equal and in the image of god. and that's a look at your headlines on this monday. i will send it back to you guys. steve: all right you, jillian, thank you very much. coming up, big breaking news on the uranium one scandal. what just happened and what does it all mean for the investigation? tom fitton has been digging in to this from the start. is he next to talk about the first indictment. brian: plus the car crashed into a second floor of a building and gets stuck there. how does that happen? we have the tape and great bump music. can we make this louder? ♪ use some exotic booze from a bar in far bombay ♪ come fly with me ♪ let's fly ♪ let's' fly away there. trulicity is a once-weekly injectable medicine to impr

martin luther king jr. now it's president trump being asked a different set of questions about race. >> mr. president, are you a racist? >> people think you're a racist. >> no, no i'm not a racist. i am the least racist person you have ever interviewed. that i can tell you. >> so there you have it. two presidents, two republicans, two men claiming to be conservatives and yet a great divide between race even among two conservative republican presidents, but after all these decades of progress, here we find ourselves with the reactionary and, yes, some would say a racist president. good morning, it's monday, january 15th and it is martin luther king jr. day. with us, we have msnbc contributor mike barnacle. the chair of african-american studies at princeton university eddy gloud jr. >> cady kay. >> david ignatius and pull zer price winning historian john meechum. let me begin with you, john. history does not always go in straight lines. i do think, though, historians 30 years from now will be shocked that ame

martin luther king iii. [applause] martin luther king iii: good morning. think god for the opportunity to be back in washington but especially on this king holiday. and this year that we observe 50 years since the passing, actually the assassination, i should say, of martin luther king junior. i'm going to reflect in a moment, but first i must say that i am thankful to have a very dear friend who has been on the battlefield for a long time. and that we all owe a debt of gratitude to. and that is the reverend al sharpton, president of the national action network. [applause] you know, it takes a lot of courage to stand up all the time for those who have no voice. and it is interesting, because leadership certainly keeps coming. and every now and then the lord sends a prophetic leader, who understands the future and really leads in a way so that that message lives forever. because it is interesting to me to listen to some of the speeches of my father. but by the word negro, those speeches could have been delivered at any time, even right now. and obviously, a

martin luther king, jr. is when he said that the two most dangerous things on the planet sincere ignorance and conscienceo conscienceous stupidity. that's my favorite quote and say it every day. i'll say to donald trump, i will not use the word either out of respect to your granddaughter. i've got a grandson from kenya, his father is kenyan, kenyan, on the continent of africa, and i had to explain to tell him that you didn't come from an s-hole country or a continent. matter of fact you're the only one in our family he's akin to the only president of the united states because he and you are from the same tribe, but i close by saying to donald trump, if he's listening, and let the message go out loud and clear, that god created this earth and he did not create any s-holes. not on the continent of africa, not in the caribbean. [applause] >> if any s-holes were created it was because man messed it up, and god is going to fix it. thank you very much. [applaus [applause] >> joe madison and thank you, i'm so happy

martin luther king jr. day. >> what the president said last night stands in absolute contrast to what martin luther king devoted his life to. >> without a doubt. also, what does today mark? eight years since that devastating earthquake in haiti. and, again, we have to say that president trump is sort of threading the needle here and denying using that specific word while he said there was tough talk. so, president trump is welcome to join us and clarify this. >> nbc news chief foreign aff r affaiaffai affairs correspondent andrea mitchell reports joins us now by phone. largely about the resignation of this ambassador to panama, but, more broadly, andrea, the comment throughout washington. >> washington and around the world. it's really reverberating, as you can imagine. this resignation we notice that there is a letter that reuters is resigning as a matter of principle. he worked close with secretary powell and rice. he is a former marine, retired to a diplomat, an expert in latin america and has been the a

our thanks to martin luther king iii. it's important to get his perspective on this day and really every day. >>> all right. so another story. we've been talking about immigration, and we talk about daca and the d.r.e.a.m.ers and about the lives that are on the line. but we've been pretty mired in the political side of this. i mean let's be honest. and the reality of what's happening is playing out right now in realtime, literally just this morning. jorge garcia was brought to the united states from mexico by his parents when he was just 10 years old, okay? now, 30 years later, he's a husband. he's a father. and on this day, he was deported. you are watching him say good-bye to his family. his wife joins us with the back story, and this is a reality that we may be seeing all too often. please come back and watch this, next. my name is jeff sheldon, and i'm the founder of ugmonk. before shipstation it was crazy. it's great when you see a hundred orders come in, a hundred orders come in, but then you realize i've got a hund

martin luther king jr. was on hand for the signing of the voting rights act, seeing that they come to fruition is one of the corner stones of his life. but over the past 52 years, conservative politicians have been chipping away at that historic moment. on friday, north carolina asked the supreme court to put a lower court ruling on hold that invalidated the state's redrawing of congressional districts, calling them unconstitutional, partisan je y engine gerrymander and they show the u.s. supreme court seems inclined to rule for ohio in a legal fight over the state's method for removing people from its list of registered voters. joining me now is van newkirk, journalist with "the atlantic" and jack torre, d.c. bureau chief for two ohio newspapers, "columbus dispatch" and ""dayton daily news."" van, let me start with you. one of the fights that we've had over the last couple of decades and has really come to more focus the last couple of years is the right to maintain voting rights. i was at the supreme cour

martin luther king jr. today in cities all over the country people are marking -- marching and celebrating to honor the men who fought so hard for racial equality. ty. >> it is 9:00 and this is "mornings on 2" as we give you a live look at the golden gate bridge. if you look closely you can see the tower through the fog in the haze. it is monday and we are honoring dr. martin luther king jr. who said the ultimate measure of a man is where he stands at times of challenge and controversy. with that we welcome you inside. pam cook is with us today and that resonates. i talked to my children a little bit about that. the challenge and controversy, that is when you shine. >> history and what is happening today is the perfect time to talk about this.>> i can't think of martin luther king jr. without thinking of rosa parks. they are connected in my mind because of the bus boycott in alabama bringing dr. king into prominence. i studied the boy's boycott a lot.>> happening today there are many events across the count

martin luther king junior were my mentors during those days. martin luther king jr. was considered to be an agitator and outsider sometimes then it reminds me of our leader, president donald john trump, president of the united states is often compared to an agitator and has been referred to as a bull in a china shop in all that. president trump is causing us to have these conversations about race relations. if my uncle were here today i believe he would remind us of that scripture of one blood god made all people so we are one human race. we must learn to live together as brothers and i added sisters. i know president trump is working on prison reform getting some people out of prison, back into the working market. unemployment for blacks than for everybody is down and hiring is coming up. we know what the tax cut, some businesses are now saying we'll raise our own minimum wage. all of that is working in president trump has always been the same. that is one of the things that convinced me to vote for him along with his pro-life babies in the womb. they ask what about

luther king and put out statements and quote his beautiful words and pretend you're a martin luther king apostle, you're not. you're a racist. stay in your country club and golf. >> we will continue the discussion when we come back. reaction in iowa to one senator's defense of the president when 360 continues. w. so he took aleve this morning. if he'd taken tylenol, he'd be stopping for more pills right now. only aleve has the strength to stop tough pain for up to 12 hours with just one pill. tylenol can't do that. aleve. all day strong. all day long. and for pain relief and a good night's rest, try aleve pm for a better am. directv has been rated number one in customer satisfaction over cable for 17 years running. but some people still like cable. just like some people like pre-shaken sodas. having their seat kicked on an airplane. being rammed by a shopping cart. sitting in gum. and walking into a glass door. but for everyone else, there's directv. for #1 rated customer satisfaction over cable, switch to directv and get a $200 reward card. call 1-800-directv. are cream conditioner

martin luther king junior. through symbolic gestures and agents of service to help others, thousands in the area are doing their part to pay tribute to the slain civil rights leader. the action cam is live on independence mall where the 33 national bell ringing ceremony is underway. the symbolic ringing of the liberty bell is one of the many events happening across the country and in philadelphia. "action news" jeanette reyes is live in north philadelphia where the nailings' largest mlk -- nation's largest mlk service day event is underway. >> reporter: this is an impressive event it got underway at 8:00 a.m. boy, it is is pact room. some people have been coming and going throughout the day. people and young and old are doing activities, saying it's not a day off saying it's a day to give back an honor dr. king. >> for tens of tens of thousanf volunteers in the delaware valley today was anything but a day to catch up on sleep. a national record of 150,000 people participated in the greater philadelphia martin l

martin luther king jr. has just been shocked. -- shot. now, there is no way to be prepared for that, but i remember running back to our mom's room, looking for some consolation as to what had happened, what is going on, what did that mean? i remember that trauma existing for a very long time. it took a long time to overcome the fact that dad had been killed. uncle,n a year later, my my father's brother was mysteriously drowned. 1974,our years after that my grandmother was gunned down in the ebenezer church while playing the lord's prayer. dadinterestingly enough, was killed by a white man in a white racist system, my grandmother was killed by a black man. so i could've harbored hatred, and really dislike all of you all -- [laughter] but i'm thankful for the spirit of love, because it teaches you to dislike the evil act, but still love the individual. my grandfather and my mother and my uncles all talked -- taught that. and we as a nation have to learn how to forgive. we do not know how to forgive, that is w

rights hero, martin luther kinng.. honour of civil rights hero, martin luther king jr.. doctor king is no longer with us. his words and his vision only grows stronger through time. today, we mourn his loss. we celebrate his legacy and we pledge to fight for his dream of the quality, freedom, justice and peace. but criticism of mr trump is now coming from his own side. house speaker, paul ryan, calling the comment is unfortunate and unhelpful. another of our washington correspondent, nick bryant, has more on the offence these comments has caused. there's been a barrage of international criticism. the united nations human rights official describing these comments as racist. botswa na describing these comments as racist. botswana has not only condemned it but has actual p championship administration to find out whether this is learnt that the president allegedly used applies to them —— but has contacted the trump administration. the white house has administration. the white house has a different view. there are some people in the white house who told reporters that they

while i was reading it, i was reminded, martin luther king day is my holiday. it's not the african-american holiday. that's the way donald trump is treating it. it's a holiday for those people. it's my holiday. it's an american holiday and it's important and this goes to something the reverend said. it has national security implications because the united states is the country of martin luther king, not edi amin, not adolf hitler, not other racial or ethnic dividers or bigots. what makes -- what gives the united states its attractive power, what gives the united states moral authority when we go and fight in niger or somalia or elsewhere is that we are the nation of dr. king. we have that sort of uniquely universalistic message that we are all brothers and sisters and equal under god. >> has he taken that from us? >> i think this is what is so profoundly corrosive and damaging and almost irreversible about the trump administration, that if you are looking at the united states today from vietnam, from south africa, from elsewhere in the world, can you say that a

martin luther king jr. celebration started early this morning as marchers arrived for a journey to san francisco. from there, they would march a mile and a half for more celebrations. others celebrate his life over breakfast. at this labor counsel, they held their annual breakfast. >> i think the miracle of martin luther king is that he was so inspirational. he seem to always know the right tone and the right word and hitting the middleground and pushing on, but not pushing you over an alleged. i think that is what makes a great leader and what america needs so much more of today. and hundreds honored doctor king by marching the city streets from willie mays plaza at at&t park and stopping along the way to talk about why they are here.>> i feel like we should do this more often and get together.>> we have to get together and speak together and do more. >> reporter: people march for change, but this woman's children were not born yet, but she wants them to remember. >> i think it is really important for my c

it is martin luther king day, and the president says he is not a racist. it is about the widening fallout on the president's attack on those countries and dick durbin is suggesting the president is lying. >> i know what happened. i stand behind every word that i said. what the president said in that meeting was so awful and so impactful on so many people that when he denied saying it i felt duty-bound to clarify what actually happened. >> the bottom line here, a president who prides himself on never apologizing has found himself in so much trouble over these comments, including a cartoon depicting him stuck in his own hole there on the cover of "the new yorker" magazine, that the white house and republicans have settled on the next best tactic after apologizing. . >> are you saying the president did not use the word that has been so widely reported? >> i'm telling you he did not use that word. >> i didn't hear that word either. >> of course notice that "i didn't hear asks " is not a den. and lindsey graham says i know what i said. this comes after another

martin luther king, jr. alveda king, activist, niece of the civil rights icon joins us with a response. >>> hawaii is still trying to shake off the panic from a false alarm that sent people scrambling for their lives. you won't believe where one congresswoman is placing the blame for the whole thing? the latest on the fallout and what we now know. also joining thus hour, lieutenant-general thomas mcinerney, steve hilton, charlie hurt, noelle nikpour. david: on a day that is supposed to be a holiday we have a late lineup. melissa: don't want to miss it. david: president trump suggesting in a tweet posted moments ago any bipartisan solution is dead but lawmakers say a deal is still possible. blake burman live at the white house with the very latest. blake, think back, less than a week ago to all the optimism with the open-door meeting they had that went on for about an hour that the whole public viewed we thought there was going to be a deal. i think the president did too. reporter: it was six days ago, tuesda

martin luther king jr. "today in the bay's" bob redell is live in san jose this morning where the celebration train will take off in a couple hours. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. yes, the annual martin luther king celebration train which will be sponsored in cart by cal trains will be leaving diridon station at 9:45 this morning heading up the peninsula with stops in palo alto and san mateo before making it to san francisco. once in the city there will be a march and parade in honor of dr. king. the train ride up the peninsula if you are not pham lay it's a social experience with passengers chanting and singing songs in celebration of the late civil rights leader. this year's celebration train takes place with the backdrop of president trump's comments last week when he reportedly referred to haiti and africa as s-hole countries. this was in a meeting about immigration reform. last night he denied making that remark and says that he is not a racist. tickets for the celebration train are sold out.

we appreciate your time on this martin luther king. >>> and on this martin luther king day, we've heard elects officials sound off on president trump's recent comments. one called him out by name and one did not have to. >> the discourse right now is pretty low. we're producing some pretty good policy. but those of us in my business need to up their game. it is pretty embarrassing when you have to take your children out of the room just to report the news. so the oath thi-- the only thin can do is control me. i can't make anybody change but me. and i told the folks here today the best way to honor martin luther king in 2018 for me is to make sure that we don't go backward. >> i said that trump won't have won if dr. king were alive. do you think that is true. >> i agree. >> you agree. >> if martin luther king -- [ applause ] >> if he had been alive, no. dr. king would have been able to lead us to a different place. and our country would be different. >> completely -- >> and the world community would be different. >> now as our panel, new york times political reporter and contributor nick

martin luther king jr. at selling frozen yogurt. how much of their current fight do you think stems from that? >> there's probably a little bit. i mean, there's always a history. >> do you remember that episode? >> i do remember that episode, yeah. >> brett michaels could sell frozen yogurt. simple as that. >> yeah, absolutely. >> this morning i'm sure you saw, it trump came out and said, "i have better dreams than martin luther king because in my dreams i can fly." >> yes. >> what did you think when you first heard that? do you ever fly in your dreams? >> no. but if i could it would be sweet, though. [ laughter ] >> was it wrong of martin luther king to skip the president's inauguration last year? >> i don't think that wrong was the right word. but i think that martin luther king has the right to not go. >> let me ask you like this. is there any excuse he could have for not going to the inauguration? >> i'd say yes. because everybody has a right to not go to something that they don't feel like they want to go to. >> maybe he had pl

this upcomin monday would have been martin luther king jr.'s 89th birthday. >> there are many service prongs that you can partake in. >> you can go to abc7 news.com. >>> tonight, the firestorm over the president's profan >>> tonight, the firestorm over the president's profane comments. a democratic senator who was in the oval office now describing it. saying the president used vile, racist language that senator applauding the republican who he says then confronted the president. what president trump is now saying tonight. >>> the dangerous winter storm hitting right now. the massive chain reaction crash on the highway. the images coming in. freezing rain and snow and it's moving east. >>> as we come on the air, a suspect in custody in the death of a young college student. police say the student went to the park with his friend. that friend was then reportedly discovered with scrapes on his hand. he had told investigators his friend had wandered off. and that he never saw him again. >>> the deadly flu and what the cdc revealed late today. the g

martin luther king, jr. and we're live with a day of service in his name kicks off. >> and the cold is is back in a big way. eyewitness news cameras in center city tonight where people are bundleled up light lie. katie is tracking snow later this week and she's here to tell us when. today is monday, january 15. today is martin luther king day. >> i'm rahel solomon. keeping an an eye on things this morning and keeping it out the door and the city is on high average the weekend. >> exhaustive high. >> there's no doubt about it. yes. happy holiday and happy mlk day toy everybody. because of that roadways are looking quiet. a couple areas heating up and we had a couple accident out here. we'll talk about that coming up. >> sometimes these activities take place outside. the weather for exact important and it's a cold day. s it's a quiet day. we have clouds out there and sun along the way too. we take a welcome at storm scan and region wide there are clouds. what you notice too back across ohio this a little hint

and martin luther king jr.'s daughter spoke out saying i'm more troubled by the silence from people supposed to be men and women of righteousness. joini ining me now, max boot on studies in council on foreign rerelations for the mccain, rubio campaigns and more importantly author of a brand new book called "the road not taken." edwards landsdale and the american tragedy in vietnam. don't drop it. it will hurt you. it is long. i haven't gotten to this yet, but i'm going to get to the book shortly, amazon says it reads like a novel. i hope you like it. >> no doubt. one of the most important i've got and i'll take advantage of having you here. you tweeted earlier today about the meeting in which the president said these things. the room was full of republicans. why didn't they speak up during the meeting and why aren't they speaking out now? silence equals consent. we've heard from dick durbin, lindsey graham spoke up and confirmed he has spoken up. we have two senators who say they didn't remember him saying this.

luther king had i think i think that if martin luther king were alive today he would be shocked that fifty years after his death that that in the twenty first century so many of the issues he was concerned about are still very much a part of american society and that we still have the problems of racism and an zina phobia and wealth inequality but things that he really really emphasized in his life are as bigger problems in some ways as they were during his life time is hard you know to look at monmouth king's legacy when people are asking today if the american president is racist but to tell us a bit more about perhaps the positive effects of that legacy today that they do exist in america. well clearly they system we just had an african-american president which was i think would have been unthinkable fifty years ago and i think that that's a sign of progress and there are more elected officials throughout the country who are people of color we are seeing some progress in in terms of people of color high holding high positions in business and things like that but some of the fundame

martin luther king. later he served as a u.s. ambassador to the united nations, a congressman, and of course a two-term mayor of atlanta. when we last had ambassador young on "meet the press," it was a week after after white nationalists rallied in charlottesville in august, rutting in violence and the death of a counterprotester. at the time, ambassador young seemed to want to give president trump the benefit of the doubt about what was in his heart after the president said there were very fine people on both sides of the confrontation. so we were curious especially on martin luther king jr. weekend, about the president's comments this week. welcome back to "meet the press." >> thank you very much. >> some of your fellow travelers in the civil rights movement, john lewis, jesse jackson, martin luther king's son, have been pretty tough on the president. they said in response, he speaks like one who knows something about being a racist. he speaks like a racist. martin luther king jr. iii yesterday caused him to lose any level of c

martin luther king from jail in birmingham. i'm going to read some of these amazing words he wrote down on a newspaper he had, because he didn't have any paper in that jail. this is "hardball," where the action is. dad promised he would teach me how to surf on our trip. when you book a flight then add a hotel you can save. 3 waves later, i think it was the other way around... ♪ everything you need to go. expedia. do you want the same tools and seamless experience across web and tablet? yes? great! then you're ready for power e*trade. the platform, price and service that gives you the edge you need. sweet! e*trade. the original place to invest online. >>> well, against the backdrop of trump's latest controversy, we're hearing more about president obama's views on racism. his comments were taped last fall and released on friday as part of david letterman's new netflix show. my next guest needs no introduction. it was really good. here is part of it. >> it turns out that we come up with all kinds of reasons to try to put ourselv

luther king king day, for martin luther king to be released on monday. he was delivering a message about martin luther king when he was asked about this earlier today. let's take a look at what he was asked and what he didn't answer at the white house. >> mr. president, will you give an apology for the statements yesterday? >> mr. president, did you remember to african nations as shithole country? >> mr. president, are you a racist? mr. president, will you respond to these serious questions about your statements, sir? >> reporter: the president clearly not answering questions there, jake, but we are told by talking to several advisers and officials that the president actually at least initially thought this was playing very well. he was talking to friends of his last evening earlier this morning and he thinks it plays just fine with his base from a political point of view, if you will, but, jake, so many inconsistencies. the white house last evening, we checked with multiple people, did not deny that he said those comments. it wasn't until this morning s