martin luther king jr. stood on the steps of this memorial and declared that this nation should come together and to embrace its greater ideals. he said we should rally together and overcome in justice and racism and that all citizens should not only have the right to vote but that we should exercise that right and make america whole. that is part of why we are here today. we are also here to attend to other grievances. martin luther king jr. in his speech 47 years ago said that america would soon come to realize that the war that we were in at that time, that this nation waged in vietnam, was not only unconscionable but also unwinnable. 58,000 americans died in that cool venture. now, today, almost half a century later, as we gather at this place where dr. king parade for the soul of this great nation, tens of thousands of citizens from all walks of life have come here today to rekindle his dream and once again hope that all of america will soon come to the realization that the wars we wage today in farawa

martin luther king to come to san francisco, and that is when it turned. he is a great man, a great fighter, and we have come a long way. we have got

martin luther king to come to san francisco, and that is when it turned. he is a great man, a great fighter, and we have come a long way. we have got a long way to go, but our dream is still alive. i want everybody to look around. [inaudible] this is the dream. they did not believe that 40 years ago. they called us names. i do not want to use the words. every time i fill out an application to be a policeman -- i am emotional. this is serious. i have lived it, and if he has lived it. that is why i came to recognize that he is a good man. there is no more like him, and we should all take into consideration and keep this man because he is a beautiful guy. supervisor campos: thank you very much, and thank you for the historical perspective as well. thank you very much. next speaker please. >> good morning, supervisors. nice to see you. i'm the director of mission housing development corp. i came here to support the godfather, and i mean that in a very good way, not the hollywood way. folks my age, and i'm not a youngster any more, can still call lee roy keen o

an exhibit of traditional and contemporary authors are on display in the martin luther king holiday. the life after death is celebrated with sugar and decorative skeletons. the tradition takes a sadness that people associate with death and turns it in to something beautiful. >> it seems like a colorful, lively celebration, something positive. something that is looking back and reflecting on your loved one's life as a whole. the enjoyment and fulfillment of the life. >> some of the authors displayed favorite foods. they were also given the chance to add personal messages. the art work will be displayed until october 25th. -- november 5th. >> thank you, margarita. >>> still to come, we will check with the sports desk. we will show you highlights coming up. >>> plus, the women's volley ball team looks to continue their winning ways as update news returns. >>> but first students write letters home about the democratic rally on campus. and president clinton were all on our campus." >> dear mom and dad, last week was a big week at sjsu, the dalai lama, michael moore and president clinton w

martin luther king did not advocate some of the things that go on today. what he advocated was treating everybody equally and get rid of the law. he practiced a libertarian principle by saying -- by practicing civil disobedience. that is great. nullification of the law. civil disobedience. in order to repeal the laws, segregation in this country has always been the the government, military, army, slavery. it's only libertarian principles of treating everybody usa individuals. slavery on up to the military, guess where the first real integration occurred? voluntarily in sports. so the portions of the law in 1964 that were bad because they violated property rights, i object to that because it violates property rights of people who want to have privacy in their bedroom. economic and personal liberty are all in the same. so when you understand that, you understand. barry goldwater was opposed to that. he wasn't considered an evil person. back then chris matthews was a supporter of barry goldwater, his position. so to demagogue this, i think you're really despe

i love martin luther king, but also malcolm x, sometimes you have to really hold your ground. compassion, kindness, education. rather than more killing. >> when you graduated in 1965, it was the height of the civil- rights movement. you just alluded to the environment that you were growing up in. as a young musician, what was it like for you in san francisco at the time? >> it was heaven on earth. we would go down to the fillmore and see these great band, the doors, and jimi hendrix, cream, and then go down to the grove to see other music. you could go to the mission district to hear mexican. everywhere i went there was this multi dimensional color and i felt like it was on necessary for me to do just one. like baskin-robbins, i want all the flavors. you cannot just be a mexican play music. there is a lot of beauty in that, but it was not for me. i was born without arms around my heart that wants to embrace everything. palestine's, israelis. japanese, apaches. i am more concentrated with life and love than flags, nationality, religion. that stuff gets in the way. one gets in t

>> exactly what martin luther king jr. meant. those people who were thought to be extremists were the true human rights activist just like martin luther king jr. who was once thought of as a extremist is recognized as a hero. >> lila hopes to one day produce movies or better yet be an actress. but for now, she's happy being an activist. >>> another activist. >> this is a definition of tolerance. >> a different mission snoop sodomy is wrong. >> and he's ready to take a stand. >> do you hate christian? then why your yelling at me like that? you know, fresh green beans lose half their vitamin c in a week. so, you can eat them right here... or eat green giant beans at home... ...frozen within 8 hours to lock in nutrients. up to you. [ green giant ] ho ho ho ♪ green giant. personal pricing now on brakes. tell us what you want to pay. we do our best to make that work. deal! my money. my choice. my meineke. >>> then we switch pan over here. steady cam up to him as he stands up. what's that sounds. freeze. switch back to james. i'm a f

they will be in effect for veterans day, martin luther king jr. day, presidents' day and the day after thanksgiving. >>> thousands are expected to fight against breast cancer with a few steps. today begins the susan g. komen three-day race for the cure. they're raising money for breast cancer research. organizers are setng up. it's a big event, megan. good morning. >> it really is a big event. 2,000 people are going to be participating, walking to find a cure here over the next three days. you can see the stage behind me. some of the folks putting up the signs, doing last minute pre here. opening ceremony at 7:00 this morning. people are going to be gathering here any time now. we're startg to see some of the crew members here. we're shortly going to see some of the actual walkers to come and do their sign-in and get ready for the bigvent today. now, this is a huge fund-raiser for cancer research. last year they raised $5 million. they're expected to do the same thing this year. of course we have been talking to folks participating and helping out

changes will be in effect for veterans day, martin luther king jr. day and the day after thksgiving, presidents' day. >>> two men hit while they were trying to cross the street in maryland. it happened 3:00 sunday morning. police say adam hosinski and rory weichbrod were killed. roman got out of the car and checked on the victims. >> be careful. watch yourself. some of the cars don't even stop. you have to really run. they're coming across and zoom right on by. >> hosinski and weichbrod were the 10th and 11th people to be lled in pedestrian accidents this montgomery county this year. so far all but one have been blamed on pedestrian erro >>> a story we first brought you last week. a police academy instructor accused in a cheating scandal has been moved out of his teaching job and in a different unit. he was transferred to the sex offender registration unit. the teacher who denies any wrongdoing recorded perfect scores for students because he was too lazy to write down their grades. hilton says there are no signs that the students cheated. >>> police

martin luther king's 196 # rally for social justice is one that stands out. the next millennium saw the million man march. -- martin luther king's 1963 rally. >> and most recently glenn beck's rally on the same day as al sharpton's march. now, a march with an apell to city resident to come out and sunday a message to congress, no matter would controls the house and senate after the mid- term elects. >> the object voxism in the u.s. senate hasn't been all republican. there have been democrat whose have dug in and who have kept important jobs bills from getting through. -- the obstructionism in the u.s. senate hasn't been all republican. >> reporter: they say the march will be diverse an not just about jobs. >> we see this as focusing on issues that affect everybody. unemployment affects everybody in the droiment. public education should an available to everybody. >> we are committed to stress to the latino community the need for latino and immigrant workers to join with the rest of the coalition. >> reporter: this all comes as the nation is gearing up for anot

changes wi be in effect for veterans day, martin luther king jr. day and the day after thanksgiving, presidents' day. >>> we are waiting to see if charges will be filed agains the driver who hit two men in rockville. it happened at 3:00 as ty were trying to cross rockville pike. after stopping for a moment, the driver got back in his car and tried to drive off. >> at that point a witness contacted him and advised him he needed to return to the scene. the driver did walk back to the scene. there officers realized he may have alcohol in his system. >>> police identify the driver as 25-year-old alejandro roman of rockville. he was taken into custody b late released. >>> today afghan president hamid karzai is in peace talks with the taliban. he made that announcement to cnn larry king in an interview. karzai said the talks have been unofficial and oa personal level. afghanistan recently created a 70ember peace council with insurgent groups. >>> washington still auzz after the last win over green bay. entered the fourth quarter down by 10 but donovan mc

. >> larry: are you putting yourself in the same -- like martin luther king? >> what? >> larry: you're holding a rally in washington. >> i'm putting myself in the same class as martin mull. how about that? >> larry: martin mull. anti-glenn beck rally? >> it is not the anti-glenn beck rally. we're using the rally format to do the same thing we do with our shows. the message will be a very similar-type idea. it's just using the rally through a satiical format. also in capsule form. powder form. maybe a drink form the astronauts can use up in the space shuttle. it's not -- you know, everybody should just wait and see what it is, make their own decisions. >> larry: many news organizations prohibit employees from taking part in political events. npr sent out a memo reminding the staffers it will be against the rules for them to attend the rally. >> and i have -- >> larry: what do you make of that? >> as a countermeasure against npr, to fight back, i have prohibited my employees from describing events in esoteric terms. yeah. you won't come to my rally? well, we will no long

martin luther king jr. stood on the steps of this memorial and declared that this nation should come together and to embrace its greater ideals. he said we should rally together and overcome in justice and racism and that all citizens should not only have the right to vote but that we should exercise that right and make america whole. that is part of why we are here today. we are also here to attend to other grievances. martin luther king jr. in his speech 47 years ago said that america would soon come to realize that the war that we were in at that time, that this nation waged in vietnam, was not only unconscionable but also unwinnable. 58,000 americans died in that cool venture. now, today, almost half a century later, as we gather at this place where dr. king parade for the soul of this great nation, tens of thousands of citizens from all walks of life have come here today to rekindle his dream and once again hope that all of america will soon come to the realization that the wars we wage today in farawa

luther king, jr. way. >> there were periods where we had a total power failure in our dispatch center. we have backup systems that are supposed to keep that from happening but obviously we had a failure in those backup systems today. and in about an hour's time with the help of the city engineer he was able to get our systems back up and we're fully functional now. >> reporter: power outages also caused bart to close to station in oakland leading to systemwide delays. the wet weather also triggered a close call in sonoma county. a large oak treetopled on to a home in sebastopol. four people were home including the woman staying in the bedroom. sonoma county fire estimates wind and rain took down 50 trees across the county. crews responded to minor flooding throughout the bay. highway 115 in cotati was flooded. tracy, more rainfall this week? >> there could be. pinpoint doppler not much activity currently. that storm system has all but exited the bay area dropping up to 5" in north bay valley and 7" in

you had coverage of the effort that martin luther king was doing. the month from ri busboy cot and all that sort of thing. no one would have suggested there was a market for that kind of journalism but the stories became so compelling that they created demand and that's what i think we need now and that's what i think we could do with the stories that have come out of this recession that struck in december of 2007'. it's been a long time now. if you start putting these families on the air and started to let them tell you about the suffering that they go through when you talk to the kids and talk about what's happening when we're dismantling programs in the schools and that thing. when you talk about men and women out of work for two or more years or more. when the times said men and women over 50 out of work are seriously afraid they will never work in the society again. we need to be out there pounding the paiflt telling those stories. telling them and putting them on the newspaper and on the air and if you do it compellingly there will be a market

luther king jr. avenue are open until 5:00 today for testing. >>> break out the soap and start scrubbing. today is global hand washing day. washing your hands keep you healthy, and that is why 80 countries around the world are taking part in this event. every year 2 million children in developing nations die from infections that could have been prevented had they washed their hands. >>> get ready for more delays on metro this weekend. work on the orange line between the yen and west falls church begins tonight. crews will repair problems along -- between vienna and west falls church begins tonight. >>> this latest round of work comes one day after metro announced a major change. yesterday officials announced they cannot stick to a promise to reduce the cost of smartrip cards because the cards cost too much to produce. but good news came out of the board meeting. escalators at the foggy bottom and dupont circle stations will be replaced. metro also plans a major overhaul of the blue and orange lines.

she cast her ballot at the martin luther king community center. here to raise money for giannoulias and other democrats. she cast her ballot, gave some hugs, but is catching slack tonight for what she may have said to one voter inside the polling place. it is against the law to talk politics inside polling places. she said she wanted to support her agenda. the white house saying that's no surprise really, is it? >>> celebrity hero. how a rapper helped save a man's life today. >>> and not cool enough for you? tom skilling tells us about another dip in temperatures. i love my curves. but the love i have for strawberry shortcake, red velvet cake and key lime pie, mmm, it threw a curve at my curves. so i threw it right back... with yoplait light -- strawberry shortcake, red velvet cake and key lime pie. 30 indulgent delicious flavors that satisfy my love for tasty treats. around 100 calories. zero fat. now i love my curves in all the right places. yoplait. it is so good. >>> chicago tribune trying something different. they're taking the paper, putting

martin luther king and non-violence protest and teaching a course in the black experience in america and one of his friends at your dinner table was one of the most -- perceived to be the most leaders of the project. how do you -- >> my father's politics were fairly complicated. he was conservative, republican. but he i think was fascinated with the whole continuum of black politics. i think in some ways because even though he linized martin luther king the man and my parents participated in the boycott of birmingham stores, my dad was not someone who would have allowed himself to be beaten and not fight back. i remember he said to my mother, if somebody comes after me with a billy club as the police were doing, i'm going to try to kill him and my daughter's going to be an orphan. yet, he was attracted to people who met racism not with submission but with defiance and i think that's what attracted him to some of the radical black leaders like carmichael. >> how do you feel today about newt gingrich, fellow republican, speaking of the president, what if obama is so outside our compreh

martin luther king jr. library it's home to several peaces to of book. hem corner brought out another letter. festivities such as competition, steady nights and of course tailgates were on the agenda before saturday's big game. >> as the son lows. the kick off party and greek week are well under weigh. i see greek brothers and sisters packed it for a fun night of competition. they were split up into groups representing their different houses. this symbolize all the cartoons that i generation that grew up in. >> and activity director and advisor blake has been working with the houses for than four years. >> everything seems to be in authority and as family axelics first leadership. showed their tame work and leadership in competition. from eating doe nuts to popping balloons, the fight to win was on. she climbed the counsel president says coming together helps build friendship that lasts long after graduation. >> it's essential. >> i'm the president so i'm this charge right now. if i look like thousands of people because i was crush man. >> advertising se

. >> reporter: royl roberts with the martin luther king freedom center. >> first they say why are we changing systems? that is a valid question. and next they say, well tell me about how it works. >> reporter: voters pick a different candidate in each column. if no single candidate wins more than 50% of the vote, the process of elimination begins. >> who has the least amount of votes? who is essentially out of the running? >> reporter: the candidate with the least votes is tossed out, but everyone who voted for the eliminated candidate now has their second choice counted instead. >> i like it, just in case the first one doesn't welcome back have already voted for the second choice. so maybe it will work. >> reporter: and while the system may be new to parts of alameda county, san francisco has used the ranked-choice voting system fortune past six election cycles and will use it between in november. like in oakland, al lie rasmus, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> a handful of people gathered to drum up support for an upcoming measure on the ballot. measure bd would change the minimum number o

my mother marched with martin luther king because she believed that none of us is truly free until all of us are. both my parents raised me to give something back in a community that has given us so much. i want to thank you for the opportunity to repay in a small portion the blessings this country has give enemy family. i will never leave that spirit of service behind. now because my temperment is sometimes different than yours. i want to thank my colleagues for your patience. i'm sure you've learned some words you have never heard before and an assortment of combination of words. we learned together when a group of committed people can achieve together. peat has been a good friend and brings decades of experience to this assignment i want to thank my wife amy and our three remarkable children. i hope to end this soon so they can all get back to school and get to their exams. mr. president, thank you. i look forward to seeing you back in chicago. [applause] >> next, live, your calls and comments. after that, remarks by house majority leader and live at noon, the one nation working tog

a generator at the 16th and martin luther king firehouse kicked in early. they had to use index cards and two-way radios to send firefighters and engines to calls. >> there were some of the old systems from many, many years ago. it is all done by hands by the dispatchers using old box cards and they have to use handheld radios to communicate but it went well. >> reporter: about 160 square blocks were dark. from lake merit to the bay. with traffic lights out pedestrians and drivers picked their way through intersections at some risk. trains ran on through a b.a.r.t station frustrating a man that was trying to use the system. >> they shut down 12th street and i had to go to 16th and come back. i walked more than 12 blocks. somebody told me the lights are off down to the water. >> reporter: this is oakland about 7:15 p.m. this evening. only taillights illuminating the streets. the power came back on around 7:25 p.m. the weather was blamed for this. four people were gathered in a house when they heard the large old oak tree come crashing through the roof. >> it

martin luther king could put it not only in terms of policy but in terms of poetry and inspiration and they -- then we sang, everybody knew this song because this was -- this was -- this was a very, very big song at the time. >> well if i had a hammer, i would hammer in the morning. hammer in the evening, all over the land. >> all over this land. >> i'd hammer out a wall. >> i'd hammer -- >> the route between the brothers and sisters, all over the land. all over this land. >> when we sang that, the people were saying, they were saying in their hearts and this is what music does. this is why these books are important, to bring that kind of music back, they were saying, we -- with are connected with each other. we're singing the song. our hearts are wed to one another. we will not give us this struggle. because we have a sense of love and purpose and people -- people who have that, and with mary and the last -- the last four years of her life, it was pure. love. >> to your point about mary, how did mary -- what was it about that moment that allowed mary to know, standing with you at the

they will be in effect for veterans day, martin luther king jr. day, presidents' day and the day after thanksgiving. >>> but it's goingto be nice this weekend you just want to walk or ride a bike. >> and whatever else. amazingly nice weekend with the extra day. it's going to feel a lot like september, mid-september. temperatures this morning are ruing above average, or at least above where they were yesterday. 24-hour temperature change. up 6 degrees in d.c. up 6 degrees in clinto one in fairfax. adams morgan, good morning to you, 59 degrees. burk and fairfa 50 degrees. new carrollton, 56. cooler north in germantown. you can see our wind right now is very light. a calm wind in fact, out of the west to northwest there. that nortesterly wind as high pressu is just west of the area. clear and calm conditions. it's going to be unsoftbally warm not just here but in other cities up towards boston, new york, philelphia, even chicago will be very mild this upcoming weekend. 77 the temperature by 3:00 p.m. lots of sunshine throughout the area. 79. close to

my mother marched with martin luther king because she believed that none of sus truly free -- none of us are truly free until all of us are. >> leaders said it amounted to a presidential endorsement. peter rouse has been named interim chief of staff. >>> vice president joe biden visited california today. we spotted secret service agents in oakland, but never caught site of biden himself. he attended a private campaign event before heading down to orange county to attend a fund raiser for senator boxer. >>> breaking news about the budget. we have that for you coming up. >>> also, a milestone reached today for the first time, crews can literally see light at the end of the tunnel. >>> the cooling trend continues to top bay area headlines. the coolest day in your weekend foreca ring ring ring ring. hey, your chicken noodles ringing. ring ring progresso. hi, may i speak to my oggy please? thank you. i'm sorry, who? my grandma. this is obviously her chicken noodle soup. only hers tastes like this. just put my oggy on the phone. thanks so much. hold one moment please. another person calling

king that separated him. >> he admired martin luther king like we all did. but he had some real questions about the nonviolent part in the movement. >> bill: i don't think most people would assume that from your background that your father was kind of a fire brand. >> he could be a real fire brand, that's right. >> bill: okay. you voted for jimmy carter. >> yes. >> bill: southern guy and you understand that culture down there. but then you got increasingly conservative in your views. how did that happen. >> i was in the soviet union as graduate student in august through the falling of 1979. i come back to the soviet union invades afghanistan. president carter says i now know more about the soviet union than i have known in my life and he boycotts the olympics. i thought this is the best the united states can do against this horrible soviet threat? and i voted for ronald reagan because even though i sometimes saw this little undiplomatic to call the soviet union the evil empire it was, indeed an evil empire. i thought ronald reagan was more realistic. >> bill

route 40 will be closed west of green street and martin luther king junior boulevard starting at nine this morning. also parking will be restrict aid long franklin and mull bury streets between pulaski and monroe throughout the duration of the project. work is expected to take about ten months. >>> all right. it's a great week. we had a great sunday did we not? where were you? >> at home. >> all right. joe flako given the ball and told to go with it, joe. joe flako takes over the drive 1008 left and 40 yard and no huddle or time out. and from the shotgun and flacco hits and hits again. and look 59 this pass and the bounds. and ray lewis says we will do it right here. watch joe fake to the right and fires right down the middle. tj houshmandzadeh for the touchdown. and the ravens go onto win this game flacco. let's listen to him talk about the win yesterday. >> i felt like we were going to win the game when we had the ball when they stopped us on downs and defense knows we are going to get the ball back. we don't think they want to take a chance with throwing the ball. any great team wo

martin luther king iii will be the key note speaker. be prepared. the rallying cry for east bay fire stations, hoping to get people ready for the upcoming rainy season. christie smith is live for more on how to take advantage of free help. >> reporter: as we learned this weekend, it's that time of year, time to start thinking about rainy wet weather. the city of oakland has been working for the past couple of months to get prepared for this. they have been doing things like cleaning leaves and debris from out in front of storm drains and reminding residents they might want to start thinking about doing the same in front of their houses and bagging up leaves to make sure they don't get clog in the storm drains. also the other key is that sandbags are now ready along with big sheets of plastic for pick up on edge water over near the airport and at the maintenance office on shepherd canyon for people who live in the oakland hills. you see downed trees and small sly when is the rain starts. the maximum is about 20 sandbags at the fire stations. at the f

i grew up 20 miles away in a town that put martin luther king in jail for a few nights in 1963. when they heard the story of hog zila i wondered why people killed things they don't understand. i would like to read hog zila this is the first timei've read this part one is what i'm reading today. killer of kid and faun, muddy wallower trichinosis and tick. trap smart, nonnative gar gant wan flea bag you root in the oak brush of bogs and swamp. if we killed you now, hog zila, if we took aim for your belly with our cross bow or laser sight and pulled a trigger or let a tripped arrow rip through the night air there wouldn't be a story to tell. while we lay and wait for you to appear, chewing our ciao and the fat lit up on beer, lit up on the last of the evening light. we will harness you in speech, laszo you with language and make you bleed like the common pig you were before all this celebrity. in dreams you are bigger than you will ever be. you must be made to suffer for your mystery. the origin of hogzila. are you spawn of desoto men? long snouted do your upper tusks sharpen the l

route 40 will be closed west of green street and west of martin luther king junior boulevard starting at nine. also, parking will be restricted along franklin and mull berry streets between pulaski and monroe throughout the duration of the project. the work is expected to take about ten months. >>> four minutes after four, yesterday, i got my voice back from screaming in this ravens game in pittsburgh. ray lewis completed the drive to that of mop tana and elway. that's good company and this is great game. ravens get the ball back 10:# -- 1:08 left. down 14-10. no huddle or time out from the shotgun. flako hits time and time again and then, with ray on the sideline cheering him on, 32 ticks ticks left he fires right into tj's hand. fist pumping arms raising back slapping good times. flacco to tj ray lewis makes the pick. this one is over. 6th time in his career he steers the winning drive but they were screaming from barrooms to our living rooms. >> there's not too many ways to win a game especially in pittsburgh. you know, when the game is that close all the way through and you go dow

it was before martin luther king. it was before the armed forces were integrated. it was before rosa parks. it was really the dark ages in the history of civil rights in this country, and all of a sudden, a 23-year-old woman, billie holiday, is singing about lynching. and i think that the song had enormous shock value. it just sort of jolted people in a way they'd never been jolted before, and i think it kind of emboldened other people who cared about these things to try to do something about it. so the song had an enormous impact. let's take a moment and give our viewers a chance to hear this extraordinary song. (holiday) ♪ southern trees ♪ bear a strange fruit: ♪ blood on the leaves ♪ and blood at the root, ♪ black bodies swingin' ♪ in the southern breeze. ♪ strange fruit hangin' ♪ from the poplar trees. ♪ the voice of billie holiday. in your book, you quote the late jazz writer leonard feather as saying that "strange fruit is the first significant protest "in words and music, the first unmuted cry against racism." in your view, does it live up

luther king and many other leaders real american leaders who could have led to real changes in. the cambio. in this case what is left for the society to do to get real change there. you mean there would be united states yes. it's hard to imagine because the destructive powers which have become more entrenched of corruption need to home cumulated there are numerous and i speak not only of the home to the rest of the world because their own country recently there was research carried out by us institute young people who are almost who beethoven and they all sit in a dog recently i read another report from the us is suggesting that ninety five percent of the banknotes in washington have traces of cocaine on them but that's what society has become with all due respect to the men and women living there i think they see the world in the wrong side moreover there are forty million poor people that are absolutely dictatorships there are laws and repressions and persecution there in the us there really is tyranny but it's represented as a model for democracy that's why it's hard to imagi

martin luther king's 1963 rally for social justice is one that stands out. the next millennium saw the million man march. most recently, glenn beck's restoring honor rally on the same day at al sharpton's march to reclaiment dream. now comes the -- to reclaim the dream. now come the nation working together march. this is an appeal to come out saturday and send a message to congress, no matter who controls the house and senate after the mid-term elections. >> the obstructionism in the u.s. senate hasn't all been republican. there have been democrats who have dug in and who have kept important jobs bills from getting through. >> reporter: they say the march will be diverse, blacks, whites, asians, hispanics and not just about jobs. >> we see this as focusing on issues that affect everybody. unemployment affectsdistrict of public education should be available to everybody. >> we are exited to the latino community to stress the need toe latino and immigrant workers to join with the rest of the coalition. >> reporter: this comes as the nation is gearing up for an