and dr. king said that is just wrong. if you change the state, if you change the law people will follow and that is often the way they approached it and it is fair to say that is often the way they won. >> that is true. by the case of the 1964 civil rights act which the jobless to finish what the civil war had supposedly finished a hundred years before, there are two elements in which public opinion plate huge role, the syrian demonstrations in birmingham in 1963 at a time dr. king was sent to jail and wrote his famous letter, police dogs and fire hoses, not young people to the ground, tour their clothes off and spread horrifying images all over the country that paul, john kennedy in particular, left him no choice but couple months later to propose since reconstruction. as a part of the grass-roots lobbying effort for that bill, a huge bipartisan biracial coalition came about involving a lot of faith community. all around the country. this was a lobbying effort that had never been seen on anything like this scale before a

it was april 1, 2008, three days before the 40th anniversary of dr. king's assassination. it was in the middle of barack obama's first historic run for president. dr. king's own organization, which you worked with also, the southern christian leadership conference, voted after this speech, the board of directors, not to back dr. king in his opposition to the war. what effect did that have? >> you know, amy, i do not remember it as direct as that. and i will take you on that. what i do know was that there was major opposition within the organization, within the board, as i said, within the civil rights leadership community. martin, i think, in the face of all of that, from those various points, was clearly disappointed that people were not as ready as he felt they should be to take such a clear stand, which he saw very deeply connected to the that people were not as ready as he felt they should be to take such a clear stand, which he saw very deeply connected to the work that we were doing here on behalf of the poor. and he was disappointed, but he knew that that had to be

i heard the words of martin luther king on the radio. the words of dr. king, the actions of rosa parks, inspired me to find a way to get in the way. with some of my brothers and sisters and cousins, we went down to the little town of troy. trying to check out some books from the public library. trying to get library cards. we were told by the library and the library was for whites only. i never went back to the public library. on july 5, 1998, for a book signing. hundreds of blacks and white citizens showed up. signed a lot of books, had a wonderful reception. at the end of the reception, they gave me a library card. that may not sound that important. when people tell me that nothing has changed in this state, change in america -- i say, come and walk in my shoes. the state is a different state. our region is a different region. we are a better people. we are on our way to the vision. the burden of separation. we're on our way to the creation of the beloved community. and i have said to you, you must find a way to get in the way. to get in trouble. good

dr. king deserves the monument, but i am clear and anyone that studied dr. king is clear, he would choose medicaid over a monument. he died to build a better world. and our message to the governor now and our message to our elected officials come november and may 20th is that you cannot remember dr. king and dismember his social vision at the same time. you cannot restrict health care and expand access to guns and celebrate dr. king. it is a deep contradiction, a moral contradiction, it is not the difference between left and right, it is the difference between right and wrong, and we intend to stand up and send that message. >> i want to highlight something you just said about how it went down with medicaid because i think it is fascinating. not only did the governor block medicaid and block billions of dollars in federal money and block health access, he signed away his power to make the decision. what is that about? explain that. >> when have you seen an elected officials sign away their power. it is a cynical political maneuver. he is feeling pressure fro

here in atlanta, the reverend dr. martin luther king jr. used to preach about the fight for voting rites at the ebinezer baptist church. why his words ring true today. it's a big friday show. we're growing hope. live from the sweet auburn festival in atlanta. you're watching a special edition of "politics nation" only on msnbc. can you start tomorrow? yes sir. alright. let's share the news tomorrow. today we failrly busy. tomorrow we're booked solid. we close on the house tomorrow. i want one of these opened up. because tomorow we go live... it's a day full of promise. and often, that day arrives by train. big day today? even bigger one tomorrow. when csx trains move forward, so does the rest of the economy. csx. how tomorrow moves. cut! [bell rings] this...is jane. her long day on set starts with shoulder pain... ...and a choice take 6 tylenol in a day which is 2 aleve for... ...all day relief. hmm. [bell ring] "roll sound!" "action!" female narrator: the mattress price wars are on the mattress price wars are on at sleep train. we challeng

even dr. king. in 1906 race riots left the city one of the most segment galted in america. protests staged here pushed back against segregation, helped consolidate black voting power and improved economic opportunities in the black community. a lot of that power rested here, auburn avenue. the thing that made the sweet auburn historic district so unique was the role that its churches and businesses played in the civil rights movement and the way we impacted the student protest movement that swept atlanta's black institutions. there was the 1945 march from mlk's church to atlanta city hall. the push to desegregate city buses in the late 1950s. the 1960 mass sit-ins at lunch counters inside atlanta department stores. the 1962 naacp boycott of restaurants and hotels for barring blacks from service. a massive rally the following year in hart park attended by 2,500 activists, including dr. king followed by the desegregation of atlanta's public schools. today 650,000 visitors come to see king's home

we are caught up in an inescapable network of mutuality, dr. king used to say. tied in a single garment of destiny. whatever affects one directly affects all indirectly. andany of you are living acting in that spirit and making the kinds of choices good citizens make. it makes this faculty, your family, and a very proud indeed. it seems to me that same spirit has to infuse more the public policy. surely no policy choice before this community and common law in this nation is more emblematic and climate change. we cannot continue to consume so much of the world's energy. it takes little responsibility for the impact of that consumption and the lives of others and the life of the planet itself. week the obama administration released a report co-authored by over 300 independent scientists that catalogs the evidence of climate change and its impact. assessment demonstrates that finally change is an issue right now and not just for future generations. the impacts that are being held in all corners of the country are in a range of manifestations including heat wave, co

but you think about the fact that dr. king then dies april 4th, 1968. so in one sense, her birth date is inelectably tied to an event of massive hurt and grief, and yet it's emblematic of her own giving of new life, new possibility, to our grievous situations. talk to us about how she was able to transform some of the most utter, despairing things she endured, rape as a child, didn't speak because the killer, after she named him, the raper, after she named him, was killed, and therefore she didn't speak for several years. talk to us about how she transformed that grief and that suffering and that chaos into something sublime and beautiful. >> absolutely. when you look at her work, not just her novel and her autobiographies as well as her poetry, you can see that she's had a set of experiences and she has the capacity to actually vocalize those experiences in a way that not only allow her to transcend the circumstances from which she emerged, but also inspires other people to do the same, which is a really incredible thing. when you think about a poet as

like dr. king and harold washington. [applause] and people who served their .ountry [applause] is a remarkable achievement. i know all of you are so proud today, but i will tell you as a mother, your families are more proud. [applause] when the ceremony is over, let them hug you and hug you for a little bit longer. they will look back on today and of the happiest days of my life. you will look back today and say, did i really think that was an ok way to where my hair? they many of you become very first person in her family to earn a higher degree. i want to take a special moment to celebrate that achievement. to your families and to me, you are heroes. students who work while they take care of children, students who worked while they had jobs, students who were 12 they supported their families, you learn to write code, you healed do invested not just a lot of money, but your time in your sweat, but it was worth it. with the skills you got here, you are not just going to have a better first job. you will go on to have mor

i believe that dr. king spoke many truths and had many points of wisdom. but i really appreciative that he captured how critical and how basic healthcare is to anyone's existence. and it does not, allow someone to live in san francisco and to afford to stay in san francisco, if they have housing and if at the same time, their kids are sick, and that is why this is so basic and so fundamental, to who we are. and so, i am very proud to have the co-sponsorship of supervisor yee, and i want to thank you, supervisor. and again, i want to thank all of the people that have come out to speak, on this item. and so with that, if we could have a motion, to have this item move forward? >> with a recommendation? >> a motion, with the moving forward the ordinance, with these amendments. >> so, motion to move this item forward as amended? if we can take that without objection? >> without objection. >> thank you. [ applause ] and mr. clerk, do we have any other business before the committee? >> there is no other business. >> thank you. meeting adjourned. thank you. >> i w

tavis: when you list names like rosa parks, dr. king, and let me andw in dr. angelou everyone knows the profound love i have for you. when you throw names out there like that, i wonder whether or not the folks who are watching our intimidating -- intimidated by these examples. >> i am alarmed when i hear of people speak of the icons as if they are not human. or write books about them. it they have always been that. that is not true. say that these people were larger-than-life. they were not. they were human beings like you and me. some terrible things happen to them. some of them failed and some triumphed. to let the young people know that these were human beings. a will say, you mean to tell me with the life and death of martin luther king and mauka max and the kennedys, we haven't gotten any further? no. you have to tell them that these were ordinary human beings in extraordinary times and behaved extraordinarily. but they are just like you. and that work remains to be done. tavis: no introduction necessary, my favorite guest of all time and more appearances

king gave his final speech. >> on the 60th anniversary of brown versus board of education, first lady gave brown versus education. we may be in a new era of segregation. >> it was the surveillance tape that shocked hollywood. jeanne moos breaks it down. >>> so glad to have you on board with us here. good morning to you on a saturday, i'm christi paul. >> i'm vok tor blackwell. we begin with the devastating wildfires in california. charges have been filed against one of the three people arrested for alleged arson. >> right now, we know the firefighters are trying to contain six fires near san diego. so far, more than 27,000 acres have been scorched and 200,000 people have been forced to evacuate their homes. >> this is what it looks like over camp pendleton where another wildfire erupted. look at this. it's 25% contained. the situation is not much better in san marcos where a fire is pretty much burning out of control. >> here is what's going on in carlsbad. 12 homes destroyed. just to give you a sense of what fi

i heard the words of martin luther king on the radio. the words of dr. king, the actions of rosa parks, inspired me to find a way to get in the way. with some of my brothers and sisters and cousins, we went down to the little town of troy. trying to check out some books from the public library. trying to get library cards. we were told by the library and the library was for whites only. i never went back to the public library. on july 5, 1998, for a book signing. hundreds of blacks and white citizens showed up. signed a lot of books, had a wonderful reception. at the end of the reception, they gave me a library card. that may not sound that important. when people tell me that nothing has changed in this state, change in america -- i say, come and walk in my shoes. the state is a different state. our region is a different region. we are a better people. to the vision.ay the burden of separation. we're on our way to the creation of the beloved community. you muste said to you, find a way to get in the way. to get in trouble. good trouble, necessary trouble

dr. king, ralph abernathy, others who i was fortunate enough to be a contemporary of. i went to the "i have a dream" speech. it changed my thinking on a lot of things regarding race because i didn't know any african-american people other than the maids my parents employed until i started playing basketball. oh, i knew about them, but i didn't know anyone as a fellow human being. so i think, you know, i'm all for muslims in this country, jews, christians, unbelievers and the rest, but i do think there's a great fear particularly among radical islam that there are certain people who want to infiltrate us and undermine us. and i think we saw that, 9/11 these guys came in, they took the training in florida and other places on how to fly airplanes. they weren't discriminated against, they were given the same lessons that anybody else would be given. so i think we have to be careful. and, clearly, the radical islams come out of a background taught by their imams that their god wants people who don't believe as they do dead. i'm all for people having complete freedom who don'

we are caught up in an inescapable network of mutuality, dr. king used to say. tied in a single garment of destiny. whatever affects one directly affects all indirectly. so many of you are living and acting in that spirit and making the kinds of choices good citizens make. it makes this faculty, your family, and a very proud indeed. it seems to me that same spirit has to infuse more the public policy. surely no policy choice before this community and common law in this nation is more emblematic and climate change. we cannot continue to consume so much of the world's energy. it takes little responsibility for the impact of that consumption and the lives of others and the life of the planet itself. only this week the obama administration released a report co-authored by over 300 independent scientists that catalogs the evidence of climate change and its impact. assessment demonstrates that finally change is an issue right now and not just for future generations. the impacts that are being held in all corners of the country are in a range of manifestations includin

>> so today by some measures our schools are as segregated as they were when dr. king gave his final speech. >>> good morning, everyone. welcome to weekends with alex bit. here's what's happening new this morning. president obama on the offense in his weekly address saying he'll work to cut red tape from major transportation infrastructure projects with or without support from republicans. >> if congress doesn't act by the end of this summer, federal funding for transportation of these projects will run out. they have to put some of their projects on hold. in fact, some already are because congress won't clear up its own gridlock. if congress fails to act, nearly 700,000 jobs would be at risk over the next year. >> meantime, republicans are focusing their weekly address on the growing veterans affairs probe including reports of delays in care and falsifying records at veterans hospitals. here's senator john mccain. >> it's been more than a month of allegations is that some 40 veterans died while waiting for care at the phoenix va were first made public. to date th

the words of dr. king. the actions of rosa parks inspired me to find a way. before my brothers and sisters and cousins, we didn't -- we went down to the little town of troy in 1956. we tried to check out some books and get library cards. we were told by the library and that the library was for whites only and not for collards. i never went back to the public library. then in 1998 i went for a book signing of my book. hundreds of blacks and whites showed up. i had a wonderful reception. at the end of the book signing and the end of the reception, they gave me a library card. that may not seem that important, but when people tells me that nothing had changed in mississippi, i say, come and walk in my shoes. state.ate is a different our region is a different region. we are a better people. we are on our way. the burden of segregation. we are on our way to the creation of communities. i say to you young graduates, young lawyers, you must find a way to get in trouble. necessary trouble. that is your moral obligation. that is your responsibility. bring justice and

before dr. king was assassinated in 1968, he marched with the sanitation workers and dr. king. after dr. king was assassinated, he led a group of ministers to city hall to urge the mayor to settle the strike. he knew that the church needed to do good deeds and help people in the changing south and changing america and he helped find friends with life, that dealt with people with aids and h.i.v. he helped found the memphis interfaith association that provided food and clothing to people in need. and he turned his church to a place where they had soup kitchens and pantries rather than a church of the most blessed, most privileged. he was a great man who made memphis the city of good abode. he will be missed. he leaves his wife, two children, three stepchildren. i'm fortunate to have known frank and memphis is fortunate that he came our way. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from georgia seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pr

tavis: dr. king said each of us can do our work so well that the dead, the living or the unborn couldn't do it any better. that is a high standard. you are awfully good at what you do in the morning. i know it's a wonderful team. but in large measure, the data great its out, to a stand, you being there as a part of this team, it has tremendous show for quite some time -- it has driven this show for quite some time. if you approach your interviewing any different, i'm trying to get a sense of what robin is like in the chair now. >> i feel more sensitivity to the person i am speaking with. i give them the benefit of the doubt more. meaning, if they -- i don't know what they're going through. tavis: everybody's got something. >> if i'm thinking wisest person now i kind ofis, realize that i don't know what their day has been like. more compassion than i ever have. not feel, again, that i am the same as i was nor do i want to be. that am really grateful people watch us and continue to make us number

to paraphrase dr. king, i have a nightmare. ( laughter ). >> stephen: now, mr. satan, have you spoken to baphomet about this? >> yes, i have, stephen, and he is so depressed, he won't even leave his waterbed filled with the tears of children. how would you feel if you were dropped two months' salaries on a pair of high, hard double ds and they didn't even make it on the statue. that's bound to give you some body issues. >> stephen: thanks for joining us satan. but before you go, is there anything you'd like to plug. >> yes, check out the internship on dvd and blu-ray. i'm really proud of it. >> stephen: satan, lord of hell, everybody. >> ba-ba-booie. >> stephen: we'll be right back. ♪ rejoice... for you have entered the promised land of accomodation. ♪ booking.com booking.yeah! beer. dog. music. yikes. skip track, please. i'm hungry. impossible? maybe, but honeywell's latest innovation gives me hope. hello, thermostat? "hello. please say a command." i'm feeling hot. "changing set point to 68 degrees" the wi-fi thermostat that listens, learns, saves. from hon

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king and abraham lincoln. to me, that's outrageous. so. >> let's check on our fire back results, i do agree it would be outrageous if ever passed. would a tough democratic primary fight make hillary clinton a stronger or weaker candidate in 2016? right now 75% of you say stronger, 30% say weaker. i'm with the 70%. >> well, i want to see a good primary myself. i want to thank ted strickland and rick santorum. the debate's going to continue online at cnn.com/crossfire, as well as on facebook and twitter. by the way, i don't know what you're doing for lunch tomorrow or breakfast, but at 12:30 eastern, you're going to get a chance to debate with me and s.e. cupp in a live video chat. you can tweet us the questions in advance using #crossfire, or bring them with you to the debate. check the website for the details. going to look forward to seeing you there. from the left, i'm van jones. >> from the right, i'm newt gingrich. join us tomorrow for another edition of "crossfire." "erin burnett outfront" starts right now. >>> next, hundreds of g

dr. king said we would have to repent in this generation, not merely for the vitriolic words and actions of the bad people, but for the appalling silence of the good people. again, i want to say thank you very much, and it is a pleasure to see you and it is wonderful to be here. thank you. [applause] >> in 1990, america needed a different kind of political courage. a recession and the debt that had tripled, america needed responsible action from eaters in washington. president age to view bush needed to make a difficult choice. he would have to compromise with democrats and risk his political future. he had promised americans no new taxes during the presidential campaign two years earlier and was voted into office on a promise. that is a promise he would keep. the president who began the year with overwhelming national approval ratings ended it with far less support and he became the target of attacks from both sides of the aisle. the budget deal desperately needed reforms at the expense

it reminds me of dr. king's favorite speech, the governor dripping with the words of nullification. >> in the speech they applaud, but leave the meaning of those lines out conveniently. >> absolutely, and we are back now to literally talking about nullification, and it's not just state legislators, senator rand paul came to north carolina and endorsed a candidate in the republican senate primary who spoke at a nullification rally and said publicly we don't have to obey decisions of the united states supreme court that we disagree with. >> wait a minute, rand paul came to north carolina and supported a senate candidate who spoke at a nullification rally and said they do not have to obey the laws the supreme court decides on? >> that's the kind of state we're living in, rand paul, a sitting u.s. senator. that's the state of the republican party in north carolina, and i fear the nation, that these are radical reactionaries who are taking us back to a time of states rights, and this convention on the states i

dr. king is here. i was a young girl but i'll tell you, the joy i felt inside me was just unbelievable. >> reporter: in the '60s mavis also caught the eye of a young folk singer named bob dylan. >> he liked you a lot. >> i liked bobby a lot too. we were two kids. we were young. he was a cutie. curly hair. i was a fox. >> one day dylan blurted out a proposal to her father. >> pops, i want to marry mavis, and pops said well don't tell me. tell mavis. and he got around to telling me. i'm telling you too much now you know. >> what did you say when he asked you? >> i said, let's wait a while. i'm too young. >> would you have wanted to marry him? >> i kind of wonder if we had married bobby and we had some chrome crushers. >> chrome crusher? what is that? >> children. >> oh. >> little bobbyies and maviss. >> you imagined what it would be like to have children with bob dylan? >> yeah. >> what did you think? >> i thought it would be cool. >> reporter: they scored top hits and were inducted into the hall of fame

king gave his final speech. >>> oh, a busy morning. we're so glad that you just took a couple of seconds to spend 2 with us and sit down and relax. i'm christi paul. >> i'm victor blackwell. we're starting this morning in california. the fires there are raging. firefighters are working around the clock. they're trying to get six wildfires under control. at least four other fires are now fully contained. good news there. >> that's the good news, right. more than 1,000 firefighters, though, are battling all of the blazes around san diego. police have now charged -- here's big news overnight -- one of three people arrested for alleged arson. they have brought a charge here. so far, though, more than 27,000 acres have been scorched. >> this morning, firefighters are making some progress, but they're not in the clear yet, because strong winds and dry temperatures, they could fuel the fires even further. officials say this is unprecedented. in some cases, worlds of flames have the potential to spit out winds as strong

when dr. king came to town, he came here. everybody did. medgar evers had an office just upstairs here. musicians like tommy johnson, sonny boy williamson too, and elmore james all played here and the likes of duke ellington, cab callaway, count basie and louie armstrong all took the stage at places like the crystal palace ballroom and the alamo on farish street. what happened? where did it all go? >> what killed it was integration. once we were able to break out of our own indigenous black-run businesses, the black-owned businesses died. great for the black race but terrible for the black business. in fact, the only reason you're coming here right now is you have two churches, two funeral homes and the big apple inn. so you're going to either die, worship, or come to my place to eat. and that's the only -- >> or all three. >> right. >> not in that order. >> how you doing today? >> well, hi. >> how y'all doing today? >> back when things were hopping, geno lee's great grandfather, juan "big john" mora, moved to mississippi from mexico city,

. >> back in segregation days, when dr. king had to persuade a bunch of white people why giving black people rights would be a good idea. it's like we have to convince the racist institution of chicago that giving a trauma center to the black people on the south side of chicago is right. >> the medical officials say it isn't that simple. james daugherty is a many trauma physician,. >> we're the only trauma center serving the entire south side of chicago and it's an area unfortunately where there is a lot of patients with gunshot wounds, stab without, who -- wounds, who require very urgent care. the problem is, it is very expensive to provide trauma care and hospitals on the south side have difficulty with the financial burden. as long as trauma is viewed as a burden, it is going to be hard to provide. >> the university of chicago did decline to provide an interview for this story. the medical center would have to build services and teams from the ground up, this would take of services away from other are services critical t

. >>> so, today, by some measures, our schools are as segregated as they were when dr. king gave his final speech. >> on the 60th anniversary of brown versus board of education, first

king, dr. martin luther king auditorium. and this is a person speaking at a medical school and he refused to expand medicaid so 700,000 people can, more people could have access to health care. and it's, you know, it is a real paradox. on top of it, faculty paid him $32,000 to basically come down there and say, look, you black people, i'm not going to do what you want me to do. give me $32,000 check, thank you very much. and it is just, it really had, this weekend had the african-american community in atlanta in an uproar and being that cnn, this is a home of cnn, didn't hear a thing about it. >> host: okay. >> caller: and that's really news. >> host: i will move on and get some other voices in but on your point of money attached to these commencement speakers, npr has this story online, npr.org and it says, there are lots of reasons, schools turn to controversial big-names at graduation. they often bring publicity with them to campus and can inspire a flood of donations from new alumni andpu their families. you want to rais

dr. king is a great man and he is very patient. unfortunately, i am from a younger generation. i'm not as patient or merciful. >> knowledge is power. this bankrupt country, there is a point where paradise begins. >> the community was flooded with drugs. the fbi made sure the drugs were an influence. can die nobly for a cause. a sign of maturity is to live day by day for that cause. >> we have to document our history that we are going to tell the story, let's tell the story right. >> the black power mixtape featuring harry belafonte, stokely carmichael, eldridge cleaver, angela davis, bobby seale. >> the trailer of "black power mixtape 1967-1975." we're joined by the renowned american activist, film director, political activist, danny glover and kathleen cleaver, featured in the book and film, teaches at emory law school. we welcome you both to democracy now! the relevance of the black panther movement, the black power movement in the united states to today, kathleen cleaver? there's a session last night at the new school. why do you think it still reverberates? >> a reverberate

for you on this day, what do dr. king's words mean to you today. what do you think the mark of significance is today? >> well, i think that at once i'm delighted that he had the dream. i'm delighted that if he woke right now he could also say ahh, some of my dream has come to pass and see that there are african-american families in the white house. a man and a woman and their children and a grandmother. a black grandmother in the white house. my goodness. at the same time, i think he would be disappointed to hear we have not come any farther. and so my hope is that the dream, we can awaken from the dream and find that some of the elements of the dream has come to pass. >> it was very interesting to me in the wake of the trayvon martin case and the case on george zimmerman, there was a poll done about the discussions of race that were taking place in the wake of that case. and among many white americans the poll numbers said that a lot of white americans felt too much was being made about race. whereas among african-americans the majority felt that

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. >> part of the city was burned down after dr. king was killed. and the train station was occupied by the national guard. and here i am, thinking, my god, anything is possible, man. anything is possible. >> when they got to washington, more than a million people crowded on to the national mall. they had come to witness the inauguration of the country's first black president. hundreds of millions watched from afar, yes, in awe at the history being made. >> i, barack hussein obama, do solemnly swear -- >> but even as the new president took the oath, the grand expectations of this historic occasion were clashing with the fierce urgency of the challenges. >> starting today, we must pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off, and begin again the work of remaking america. >> probably no one since roosevelt has entered office with that sense of crisis, that sense of burden. >> the problems waiting for him on the oval office desk included two wars, a broken health care system, an economy on the verge of collapse, millions facing foreclosure, a jobless rate spi

so today by some measures, our schools are as segregated as they were back when dr. king gave his final speech and result, many young people in america are going to school largely with kids who look just like them. and too often, those schools aren't equal, especially ones attended by students of color which too often lag behind. with crumbling classrooms and less experienced teachers. >> but then she talked about her hope for the future. and remembered the progress she's seen, the progress she's lived growing up in chicago during the struggle to integr e integrate. she talked in very personal terms about what she does when she gets discouraged. >> as a little girl who went to segregated schools in chicago and felt the sting of discrimination, i think about my husband's grandparents, white folks born and raised right here in kansas, product themselves of segregati segregation. good, honest people who helped raise their biracial grandson, ignoring those who would criticize that child's very existence. and then i think about how that child grew up to be the president o

dr. king was called abnormal. this is the terrible form of political tyranny. know that moral monday, 5:00, we are coming back. >> that's my question. i have had a lot of conversations with you, on and off the air, seen a lot of tape of you. i don't think i've ever heard you raise your voice. you should be squarely within the new rules. the question i have for you, you have now a new legislative session and you built this moral monday movement, incredible, i read this interesting article about you trying to broaden the coalition for moral monday. the naacp pushed into traditionally conservative areas, including the mountains where overwhelmingly white crowd packed an episcopal church to hear your message and interrupt with occasional amen. what is the strategy going forward in widening the coalition? >> first of all, we have been building itself enyears, we have been widening for quite some time. in the last year with moral monday is showing people common destiny. when you don't talk about left, right, democrat, republican, conservative, liberal, talk about mor