this past weekend as glenn beck hosted his restoring honor rally he asked the crowd this weekend to turn this country back to god but what is not really me which god are we talking about we'll debate the place of religion in america today then archie correspondent preassure there will tell us how people in the wheezy emma were forced to hand over their guns during hurricane katrina so is this an example of martial law being enforced unlawfully or should police have the right to disarm civilians when they deem necessary then we'll speak with a colonel from the u.s. army reserve who wrote a scathing op ed on the bloated bureaucracy and the mindless reliance on power points in the war in afghanistan he has now been fired for sharing those thoughts so we will speak to the man himself to see what drove him to risk his job but now let's move on to our top story. while political rallies were taking center stage in d.c. this past weekend a concert taking place outside of the beltway was exploring how the direction of hip hop has taken a more corporate main street turn and last fall that's politi

beck. >> servant of god, sonl of god, glenn beck. >> glenn beck is one of america's most trusted and honored citizens. >> reporter: beck, who is a converted mormon, likes to call himself a clown, but today, he played the role of ringmaster. >> one person making a difference! >> reporter: preaching racial tolerance to the nearly all-white crowd. a change in tone from the fox news host who notoriously called president obama... >> a racist. >> i'm noticing that there aren't a lot of minorities here today. why do you think that is? >> they're probably over there with al sharpton. >> they want to disgrace this date. and we are not giving them this date! >> reporter: the reverend sharpton led a much smaller march on the mall to celebrate the 47th anniversary of martin luther king jr.'s "i have a dream" speech. >> we are a great people and a great nation, and the nation will become greater when we learn how to unify. >> reporter: in response to beck's rally, democrats hastily publicized their own made-for-tv event going door to door in three dozen cities. >> good morning. that really makes

glenn lives in america. my uncle lived in america. my uncle would love him. >> reporter: would he agree with the message? >> i can't say that. >> reporter: what do dr. king's children make of you? >> they love me. and i love them. >> reporter: do they agree with you? >> not all the time. >> reporter: do they agree with you being here? >> they know i'm here. they didn't call and say, what you are doing there? and i haven't called my cousin martin. we didn't do that. >> reporter: do you think you're being used by glenn beck? >> i think i'm being used by >> i think i'm being used by god. >> reporter: do you think you're being used by the tea party? >> i believe i'm being used by god. >> reporter: king says she, too, has a dream. >> i have a dream, and it's in my genes, and dr. king desired that all people love each other and not fight and contend. there's too much fighting in america. there's too much polarization. there's too much division. dr. king would have loved president barack obama and he would have loved glenn beck. i know that

by per se glenn beck. he not only teaches -- i appreciate glenn beck. he teaches the history we were not taught in school. i think he stands up for the rights of the people and the honor, and stands up for this country which was founded in the beginning and drifted so far from. and mr. sharpton and mr. jesse jackson, i refuse to call the reverend. i have never heard them speak positively about anything. they preach hatred and disillusioned and, and you know, they never speak up for what is right. if you disagree with them, they think you are a racist. i disagree with my son that i love. i disagree with white people. whenever the million man march was in d.c. a few years ago, louis farrakhan stood up there were said white people evil and should die. there was not a big deal made of that. they are not speaking out for or race or a certain thing, glenn beck and his people. they are speaking up for everybody. i just want you to know i appreciate it, and i appreciate this show, too. host: "the new york times" as a series of photographs. this is a crowd estim

glenn, which rally are you atte attending? caller: i am going to the glenn beck rally. host: when you are leaving fayetteville? caller: i am leaving soon. host: did you have problem getting a hotel room? caller: i am having to stay further out in the normandy hotel. host: why do you feel strongly enough -- the normandy in virginia? caller: the normandy hotel in d.c. host: sure, why do you feel strongly to drive seven hours to spend the day at a rally? caller: i think one only has to listen to the comments on c-span this morning about the division. and the concern that a lot of americans have for the way we are going. i have been a fan of glenn beck for i guess six or seven months. and i don't watch him everyday, but i do watch him probably two or three times a week. i believe strongly in what he is trying to accomplish for america to take us back to the roots of our constitution and our founders. i believe that we as a people need to pull together. conversely it's the al sharpton rally, i think, kind of indicative of what happens, we are still trying to be divided. but

i tell glenn that all the time. and we're talking about the one human race that needs to be loved and honored. and we're loving our neighbors as we love ourselves. >> okay. >> that's really what glenn and i talk about. >> all right. dr. alveda king, thank you. >> different and emotionally charged rallies. >> very charged, yes. >>> we go from d.c. to new orleans, where this weekend, people are looking back and remembering the devastation of hurricane katrina, five years ago. but they're also looking forward. looking at how far the city's come and how far it has to go. bob woodruff is in new orleans for us this morning. good morning, bob. >> reporter: good morning, bianna. they really do want to focus on the future more than they did the past. here's jackson square, right in the middle of new orleans, where people want to change things. there's been great events, as well. last night, just look at this game. the saints, the great football team who won the super bowl last year, again won right here in new orleans, again

glenn beck is different. he's a paranoid lunatic who is a great entertainer. he's exploiting something that always happens in the country when the economy is bad and we're at war. during world war i, people were talking german in the street, people would beat them up. and then we interned the japanese. during the bad economic times over the last couple of years and the terrorism, it has led to this wave that glenn beck and his puppet master, rupert murdoch are exploiting. chris: katty, it is amazing to see a news organization like fox, the owner giving a million dollars to the republican party. it is out of the closet. is this a commercial thing beck is doing to raise ratings and raise money and get an audience. coming to washington, the whole thing. >> i think to some extent, as joe said, beck is an extraordinary entertainer. when he rants like this and speaks in very intimate fear amongering tones about how the republic is dispeering, that raises ratings and his profile. i think he's appealing to a broader section of the american public that thinks they need

and i'm not going to speak for glenn beck. but i will say that i think that, that the original purpose of it was not just to restore faith to the idea, the origins of this country to honor our military, the special operations warriors foundation, fantastic group, but i don't think that glenn beck was saying that he is going to reclaim the civil rights movement. i think that the dream that dr. martin luther king jr. spoke of 47 years ago was an american dream. i think this is something that dr. king said on the steps as well. just on saturday. she said that we are one race. we are an american race. this was an event about unity. i don't think there was any malicious purpose. anything other than that, that was the whole reason for having this event. >> larry: al, there are some supporters of the restoring honor rally criticizing you saying you didn't plan to do anything commemorating dr. king's speech until beck announced his rally. >> well that is not true. we announced it in april at our convention. we started planning two mon

. >> well, glenn beck comes from top 40 morning zoo radio. that's where he started out his career as a goofy guy doing radio stunts. he did that through the '80s and the '90s. he has talked about his battles with alcoholism. he conquered that in part by joining the mormon church, straightened out his life and since then has been moving in the direction of becoming more of a conservative talk radio host. but his politics are very gradually evolving. and there's still a big part of that morning zoo, entertainment oriented, event organizing entrepreneurial spirit to the kind of work that beck does. >> woodruff: so how did he get to the point that he can attract such a huge crowd at the lincoln memorial? >> well, he's a great promoter. i really think it's three things, judy. number one, he tapped into a spirit that is real as the president was saying it there are a lot of frustrated people out there trying to figure out what's going on in this country right now. number two, beck is immensely taligent-- talented and very hardworking. he knows what

that is the dream and the vision of glenn beck. you will have to wonder what was the audience participation, what will they give back? i saw glenn beck's is alive tears. -- eyes full of tears. what would jesus, if he stood here right now, what would be expected of this great audience? where you stand, you will see there were three women in the ministry of jesus christ. there were many men and many churches but there were three classical women who stood out in his ministry just like you stand out in the ministry of dr. glenn beck. one of those women came and said she gave all she had which was two mice. we call them the widow mic she gave them as a gift when jesus gave the offering. she gave all and she had. it was so powerful until jesus stock to the offering and said, "this woman will be remembered because her name iwritten down in the book of life." you did nocome for nothing. you came to give your gift which would be a gift of yourself. this woman gave the best she had which was a box of alignment. she anointed jesus's feet. can

i want -- let's watch him doing glenn beck. here it is. >> yeah. >> as i look around at all the truly random things that i scribbled, i'm sorry, i promised myself that i would cry. [ laughter ] >> chris: what do you think of that? >> i think he's funny. i think, honestly, i think he should write me a check. i don't think there is anybody on radio or television that makes more jokes about themselves than me. i tried to get frank taliendo does a great me, i mean really, really well. i tried to get him on the show to do the chalkboard and mock me himself. there is a lot of stuff to make fun of. >> chris: let me ask you about one of those things. what's with all the crying? >> did you notice that i didn't during the speech? >> chris: there were a couple of times you were welling up -- >> okay, for me. but i didn't cry. you know how hard i worked on that? i was a hard living, hard drinking guy, and i don't know what happened. but when i stopped drinking and i turned my life around and i began to care about stuff, i got all mushy ins

let's take a closer look at glenn beck's rally. political editor for the atlantic is in our washington bureau. mark, good morning. >> good morning. >> are you buying this whole it's a coincidence on the 47th anniversary of the "i have a dream speech"? >> it may have been a coincidence early on, but clearly it has turned into a deliberate attempt to change the meaning of the anniversary for the people who are there. >> let me ask you, as far as glenn beck is concerned, huge ratings on fox news channel. enjoys tremendous book sales and whatnot. what's he trying to do here? what's his play? a potential political career in his future? >> i don't think glenn beck will ever run for political office. i think he enjoys the power that he has. just look at the gentleman in nancy's piece who says what glenn beck says we will do. and beck seems to understand that very well. and if you look at the arc of his show the last year, it's been a series of prescriptions, read this book, take this online course. don't listen to this person. he is, in e

that is the dream and the vision of glenn beck. you will have to wonder what was the audience participation, what will they give back? i saw glenn beck's is alive tears. -- eyes full of tears. what would jesus, if he stood here right now, what would be expected of this great audience? where you stand, you will see there were three women in the ministry of jesus christ. there were many men and many churches but there were three classical women who stood out in his ministry just like you stand out in the ministry of dr. glenn beck. one of those women came and said she gave all she had which was two mice. we call them the widow mice. she gave them as a gift when jesus gave the offering. she gave all and she had. it was so powerful until jesus stock to the offering and said, "this woman will be remembered because her name is written down in the book of life." you did not come for nothing. you came to give your gift which would be a gift of yourself. this woman gave the best she had which was a box of alignment. she anointed jesus's fee

that's what glenn beck calls communism and socialism. >> reporter: however glenn beck handles the politics of this rally, political experts on all sides will be studying the size of the crowd here draws. the large or small, the turnout here tomorrow will be viewed as a test of the tea party's muscle. erica? >> hill: wyatt, thanks. at this point, we can only imagine what those 33 miners in chile are going through. trapped in a cave a half mile underground with rescue still months away. today, though, we did get a glimpse of them. they actually shot this night-vision video using a camera through an emergency shaft. the men who have been down there for three weeks now appear to be in good spirits. you see them there singing together, playing dominos. they have also become thin. most have lost more than 20 pounds. that, however, is a good thing because their waist needs to be 35 inches or less to fit in the rescue tunnel that is being dug to reach them. at boston's logan airport today, former president jimmy carter reuniting an american with his family after sending seven months in a north kor

glenn park and the valley. they say the thefts were mostly smash and grabs with the thieves breaking windows and going through glove com partments. officers got several reports robbers stealing catalytic converters. >> lawmakers in the state assembly considering what is the proper dress code for women on the floor. men have long been required to wear a jacket and tie but it's never been clear what the policy of appropriate business wear is for women. the sacramento bee reports that earlier this week officers suddenly required women visitors and aids to wear a jacket or sweater but so many were caught by surprise that it was suspended to allow time for discussion. >> little sunny but then a little cool in some spots. >> let's check in with mark. >> we had that cool wind in place. still out there. temperatures over the next few days, warming up. now to major heat wave. especially by tuesday and into wednesday. on the maps i can show you this. we have a few clouds in the face. north and east of the bay area. lower

and then if you're far from dandy beth glenn used to be simply glenn that some people just have an air factor in accounts of the sort of thing though friends who have known her for decades say nothing's different now far as personality there's no create change she is one of a quarter of transgenders in the us who claim they've been fired because of their gender identity. she is one of ninety seven percent who report they've been discriminated against at work because of it or the boss just summoned her to his office and said is it true that you have decided that you're going to for sure that you're going to be transitioning and i want to tell them yes he said well that can't happen appropriately in this workplace and this workplace of all places was the institution that is supposed to protect freedoms and liberties i couldn't believe that especially a government organization would do that it was bandied about glenn's dream job to work beneath this gold element to georgia state capitol where she helped write the bills and resolutions that became laws but none of these laws protected her

king's niece. >> i support glenn beck because he is a human being. we are all made in the image and likeness of god. in washington, brian mohr, nbc bay area news. >>> and still ahead at 5:00, a live look at at&t park where the giants are about to take on the arizona diamondbacks. laura behnke has a preview in sports. and later, lights, camera and action. los angeles is getting ready for the party of the year. >>> and let's take a live look at oakland. plenty of clouds and there is some wind. more coming up on your weather new york a little bit. >>> plus we will, of course, continue to update our top story. the arrest of a man policesp ofofficecer.hot a wewe arere back in two minutes. >>> we want to update you on our breaking news. police in san diego have just made an arrest in the shooting of fremont police officer todd young. police say they have arrested andrew barrientos close to the mexico border. garvin thomas has new information. do you know if the suspect resisted arrest at the border this afternoon? >> reporter: according to the san diego po

where glenn beck is rallying for u.s. troops. the controversy over what he's saying and when he's saying it, just ahead. >>> and fraternity row cra crackdown, hoe poli crackdown,. >>> good morning to you. live look at downtown san jose. the italian fest kicks off at the river park around noontime today. always a good time. always good food. thanks so much for joining us this morning. i'm kris sanchez. "nbc bay area" meteorologist has a look at the forecast that is unusually cool for this time of year. >> good saturday morning to you. we're going to see areas of mist and patchy low clouds for the afternoon. breezy and unusually cool temperatures for this time of year. 60s and 70s for most of the bay area. yes, even a chance of seeing a few showers across the hilltops of the north bay. and those winds, 15 to 25 miles per hour as we head into the afternoon. so drizzle and a few spots for the morning, light showers on the coast. we'll see temperatures slowly climbing as we approach lunchtime. look at the numbers inland. 60s to low 70

glenn beck on the steps of the lincoln memorial. and the crowds who gathered, estimated at anywhere from 87,000 to more than 300,000. and, for those who expected beck's patented focus on liberals and the deficit, a confounding surprise. a kind of call for a religious awakening. what was this about? some thoughts from john donvan. >> praise be to god. >> reporter: and lo the multitudes gathered near a shining water -- >> just pray, but pray on your knees. >> reporter: and a man with a preacher's demeanor fed them, with words anyway. >> feed, what the lord is putting in front of you now. >> reporter: and if glenn beck did not serve the usual supper of stimulus plan stabbing and obama's socialist singing that many of his followers perhaps had come to see -- >> it is time to start the heart of this nation again and put it where it belongs. our heart with god. >> reporter: this gentle nonpartisan swag to the day, beck told the crowd, was not what he had originally planned. >> i thought it was supposed to be political. >> reporter: but th

>>> glenn beck is on the steps of the lincoln memorial tomorrow promising 100,000 people will join him. we have the message and the push-back. >>> and how about a terrifying false alarm, after passengers were mistakenly told they had to land in the ocean. >>> and where are they now? tonight, the amazing story behind this picture from hurricane katrina, five years ago. and, robin roberts, who brought us the story then, through tears, returns to the renewed gulf coast. >>> and good evening. we had all hoped this was going to be the summer of economic recovery. and jobs. but today, we got another indication the comeback is not strong. that all important measure of the economic pulse, how much we are producing, disappointed at 1.6% in the second quarter. unemployment remains high, 9.5%. so, what is next? what will the white house do? and what about the powerful federal reserve? well, today, the chairman himself weighed in, a rare speech to shore up confidence and what does he have in his tool box, right now, david muir was watching. >> reporter: that arsenal, diane. we were watching this c

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in washington, followers of conservative talk show host glenn beck are gathering on the mall for tomorrow's rally. beck himself was there today for a run through for what is billed as the "restoring honor" rally at the lincoln memorial, the site of martin luther king's "i have a dream" speech. beck has predicted 100,000

it was organized by provocative conservative talk show host glenn beck who was joined on stage by sarah palin. if that wasn't enough to trigger reaction from activists on the left, the timing and place of the rally certainly was. the anniversary of martin luther king, jr.'s "i have a dream" speech delivered from the same steps 47 years ago today. nbc's tom costello joins us now from washington with more. hello, tom. >> reporter: hi, lester. good evening to you. there is speculation these two might go on the attack today. in effect, they held their fire. this rally was about god and country. >> hello, america. >> reporter: on the steps of the lincoln memorial, glenn beck's rally at times had the look and feel of a christian revival. >> america today begins to turn back to god. >> let the church say amen! >> reporter: albeit with a heavy dose of beck-style patriotism. >> this day is a day that we can start the heart of america again. it has nothing to do with politics. it has everything to do with god. >> reporter: thousands came to hear the message. true to his word, beck steered clear o

that's glenn coffee. the 49ers' 2009 third-round draft pick. the 23-year-old running back, glenn coffee left the team today, said he's retiring from football. he was listed as the backup to frank gore ran. coach singletary said his decision caught him by surprise, but he won't try to change coffee's mind. >>> another delay among michigan. tiger woods completes just six holes today in his second round of the pga township. here's tiger second's shot on the par 0 hole. he goes from thick to thicker, but tiger parred all six holes he played. he's still minus 1 under par and should make the cut. matt kutcher made three straight birdies, kline colluding this one in the par 12. he owns the one-shot lead over dickson california product nick watney. the oakland as are playing their first game ever in minnesota's new ballpark tonight. and that game is tied 2-2 in the 4th inning. we'll have highlights of both of those baseball games at 10. >> glenn, coffee, just the. >> he's 23 years old, had a great camp, looking good, stayed here all summer to work out

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