what happens to martin luther king jr.? he gets sanitized and sterilized because that much black glove and fire is always a threat to america. americas misunderstands black rage as always being connected to revenge. it can be connected to black love. this is what love looks like in public, tenderness is what feels like in private. he was a tender man too just like malcolm. he was a sweet man. but he had a deep commitment to justice. when he died 72% of americans disapproved of him. 55% of black people disapprove of martin when he died. everybody loves him now that the worms got him. the fbi said he was the most dangerous man in america. how come? so much love. so much fire. why was that he was unpopular at the end? a critique of empire, the greatest purveyor of violence in the world, he was telling the truth, vietnam, trying to organize all poor people beyond civil rights, adding human-rights, and talked about in 64 going to the united nations, bringing america to try for the violation of human rights of black people. that

martin luther king. he made these comments during a meeting about the civil rights movement on may 20, 1963. >> i think we should have some of these other meetings before the king, otherwise it will look like they got me to do it. [indiscernible] >> it is hard to hear, so just to repeat some of the keywords, kennedy says the trouble with king's everybody thinks he is our boy. king is so hot these days, it is like marx coming to the white house. j edgar hoover is sort of the face of it and it is justifiable, but yet authorization from president kennedy -- but he had authorization from president kennedy and the attorney general who signed the wiretap order. can you talk about how the kennedys were involved in targeting king? >> there was a lot of back-and-forth between the fbi and the kennedy white house. they were certainly sharing the fruits of what they found both before and after the wiretaps. it is quite clear at this point, though he denied it at certain points in his life, that robert kennedy did au

martin luther king nearly 50 years ago. the so-called suicide letter saying kill yourself or you'll regret it. we have the historian who just discovered this letter. she'll join me later this hour to explain why it was sent. it's time to get to work are finally over, fixing our long-term national debt to help build a stronger economy. with a solid fiscal foundation, we can create more jobs, invest more in innovation and infrastructure, and make america more competitive, giving our kids a better future. a bipartisan solution to our long-term debt means more growth today, more opportunity tomorrow. and the time to start is now. not to be focusing, again, on my moderate my goal was to finally get in shape. to severe chronic plaque psoriasis. so i finally made a decision to talk to my dermatologist about humira. humira works inside my body to target and help block a specific source of inflammation that contributes to my symptoms. in clinical trials, most adults with moderate to severe plaque psoriasis saw 75% skin clearance on

martin luther king jr.'s final year." it explores the tumultuous and difficult final year of dr. king's life as he clashed with the press, the president, and leaders of the civil rights movement. >> tavis smiley, your book, "death of the king," it says there is a story hidden about mr. king. what is it? >> from april 1967 to april 1968, it shifted against him because of his opposition to the vietnam war. i have seen three biographers on here before. without the heavy lifting by the historians, i cannot have written a death of a king. no one has ever focused on the text. they have not focused on the last year of his life april 4, 1967 to 1968, one year to the date. what is the last year like? how does he navigate? how is america treating him? he left five years after i have a dream. he involved in the five-year period. >> into the back, you say you didn't 19 interviews for this book. which one did you learn the most? >> good question. i suspect there is nothing like talking to correct coretta scott king. i talked to corett

martin luther king jr.'s final year." it explores the tumultuous and difficult finally dear dr. king's life as he clashed with the press, the president, and leaders of the civil rights movement. book,is smiley, your saysh of the king," it there is a story hidden about mr. king. what is it? april 1867 and april 1968, it shifted against him because of his opposition to the vietnam war. i have seen three biographers on here before. without the heavy lifting by the historians, i cannot have written a death of a king. no one has ever focused on the text. they have not focused on the last year of his life april 4, 68 one year to0 the date. what is the last year like? how does he navigate? how is america treating him? he left five years after i have a dream. he involved in the five-year period. into the back, you say you didn't 19 interviews for this book. which one did you learn the most? >> good question. i suspect there is nothing like talking to correct scott skate -- caretta scott king. kingked to caretta scott many times.

. >> joining us now is martin luther king iii, son of the civil rights leader, martin luther king jr. mr. king, thanks very much for joining us. i know you spoke at a brown family rally in ferguson back in august. you were praying for peace as were so many other people. were you surprised by the grand jury decision and by the violence that followed? >> i won't say that i was surprised. i would have to be in the corner of just disappointed. i'm also not surprised by the violence. but certainly greatly disappointed. the fact is, when we look at what happened in this nation and the frustration that young people harbor, we have to ask, is some of this legitimate? not the violence. the violence is never legitimate. but the anger we certainly can empathize with. i lost a father at 10 years old, gunned down by an assassin who was white. i lost a grandmother gunned down by an assassin who was black at 16 years old. so i understand. i certainly understand. but i always know that we must respond in a nonviolent, constructive way. i'll finally say that victor hugo used to say, wherever there's d

martin luther king jr. loved him like a little brother but stokely was one of those young people who disagreed with him. stokely was not in awe of anybody so that was the kind of representation yet. >> host: congressman clyburn would you agree with that? >> guest: yes. we never became fast friends. i remember i was in south carolina. we went through raleigh north carolina for weekend. i guess it was easter weekend in 1960. later that year we went down to the morehouse college for the weekend but every time i went back to south carolina. part of that, i talk about it in my book, because you take rosa parks. rosa parks became a phenomenal person in the movement but the court case that integrated or desegregated public accommodations in transit. there was a footnote in the rosa parks case that said we did not have to determine a rule on this issue. we have already made that determination in that case of sara fleming versus the south carolina electric and gas company in columbia south carolina. now i point that

what happens to martin luther king jr.? he gets sanitized and sterilized because that much black glove and fire is always a threat to america. americas misunderstands black rage as always being connected to revenge. it can be connected to black love. this is what love looks like in public, tenderness is what feels like in private. he was a tender man too just like malcolm. he was a sweet man. but he had a deep commitment to justice. when he died 72% of americans disapproved of him. 55% of black people disapprove of martin when he died. everybody loves him now that the worms got him. the fbi said he was the most dangerous man in america. how come? so much love. so much fire. why was that he was unpopular at the end? a critique of empire, the greatest purveyor of violence in the world, he was telling the truth, vietnam, trying to organize all poor people beyond civil rights, adding human-rights, and talked about in 64 going to the united nations, bringing america to try for the violation of human rights of black people. that

martin luther king jr.'s final year." thank you very much. >> thank you, brian. >> for free transcripts or to give us your comments, visit us at q-and-a.org. "q&a" programs are also available as c-span podcasts. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2014] >>, coming up next, "washington journal." will speak at the center for american progress. >> tonight on "the communicators," the professor at the university of pennsylvania law school and director for the center of technology innovation and competition. they should take a look at the internet header. it is the magic that makes the internetwork. isre is something there that called the type of service flag. people say that is an old artifact. they not only kept that field, they included another field to do another form of quality service. if you suggest that this was iver intended to be allowed, think a little engineering knowledge goes a long way. talk to the way people are actually using the network tod

martin luther king jr. was in fact, in his own time, a proponent of what we now call affirmative action. >> host: randall kennedy is standing out here in the miami heat with us. we appreciate that very much. we've got more phone calls if you would like. >> guest: absolutely. >> host: marcel in goodyear, arizona. marcel. >> caller: thank you, mr. kennedy. i have one question for you. do you think it has benefited the african-american people at all? i work for the federal government and i see the federal government is the biggest violation of racism. you know, when i am when i am there working and i see the number of african-americans employed by the federal government, if you're in washington d.c. or baltimore area, there's a lot more african-americans that are promoted up in hierarchy positions. but if you go maybe to the south and the west, that is not the case. so as out here on the west kind of struggle with the fact that in city government, federal government, we are not getting promoted to the level we

martin luther king, in my eyes, was a good man. he was a man that tried to bring people together, to lift people up. and he was a peaceful man. and he was far from this murderer. and i think people should be absolutely outraged they are comparing martin luther king to jamal. >> absolutely. he's been in the news for years, ever since he murdered your husband. i just don't get the celebrity and hollywood fascination with this guy. he's a convicted cop killer. >> yes, he is. but you know what? he had a persona. people went for that for many years when he was on death row. he's been taken off of death row since and now he's been without possible parole. mr. wilson, the superintendent decided to have the curriculum. he actually says that he doesn't believe jamal is guilty of the crime and i'm thinking, look at these young impressionable adults. what are they teaching them in america today? >> absolutely. you make a good point. we were talking during the break because the news overnight last night, you're in philly for a fund-raiser ther

it was the most transformational thing until i let martin luther king, jr. in october of 1960 and setting up with him until 4:30 in the morning was transformational. those two experiences shaped me more than anything else. >> host: peniel joseph was just talking about his recent book, "stokely: a life." here is the cover. what is improgression of the first generation of the civil rights movement? >> guest: very important. congressman clyburn and senator lewis were activist and shaped by jim crowe seg -- segregation and they shift from political organizer to electoral politics and they did it successfully and maintained an understanding with grassroots. congressman clyburn and congressman lewis represent accountability. once they achieved political power they remembered their backgrounds as civil rights activist. it is an extrordinary situations. >> host: peniel joseph, what was stokely carmichael's reputation among those on the ground? >> guest: before becoming a black power activist he is well known. before he is an icon and in the front page of the new yor

martin luther king jr. somehow and in some way, we seem to be sending a great many of our young leaders to their early graves. >> it's been a very emotional period for all of us who have worked for the senator. and personally, the most horrifying thing in these last few days was this morning, when i tacked this black ribbon on to my campaign button, because now i'm lost. i'm desperate. and i don't know where we're going from here. >> when senator kennedy went down, he was trying to speak for those americans, including the young, who feel a need to change many aspects of american life. well, that cause has not been still forever, because even without him, the changes will be made, because they have to be. but nobody knows when, nor how, nor whether the changes will be made peacefully or violently. >> in the meantime, this country has lost another leader. as far as i'm concerned, has lost the only leader that i feel gives us any hope for the future. i mean, what happens to the country? i mean, you wonder if i

. >> you to see this first to oscar, this is my (inaudible) martin luther king >> sir speak into the microphone. >> great what he said the mayor this is the pride that has martin luther king and malcolm x and mohammed ali and bart moorely and people from trayvon to oscar to jordan to kenny g to a man named kevin and been shooting that i bullets hyperglycemia i'm here to say i've been going online and just learned the consumer i'm justicecy but you obviously people have me on google and yahoo people with asking me about my life in 1999, if i asking speak for people that make from zero a $800,000 in san francisco this is we talking take to people that do drugs i think if we have a fingertip your social security number and home address you can't be whether you're born here or not we must stop government from keeping sub illogically harming us it's about people move and i hope you know 10 doables 35 years ago was with jonestown and this friday we remembering harvey milk and moscone and housing has been a challenge in san francisco as you've heard the latest talk about housing here in san

. >> you were talking about martin luther king jr. and your family, i don't think he would be in support of all of this kind of chaos and race bating and what's going on, it's very disrespectful to the judicial process, to the will of juries, i would like to see someone step forward and say, sure, protest if you want, but do it in a way that other lives aren't put in danger. >> the problem is you dofblt have a martin luther king anymore. and you have a lot of people that do profit off of this. this is like what martin luther king had to do with the pa panthers, and king was constantly in this pressure fight back and forth, but he was big enough and strong enough and respected enough that he got away with it. now i don't see that happening. there are a lot of people in ferguson who believe, no matter what this decision is, they have firmly set in their minds that this kid was kimmed by a police officer. you're not going to change their mind by -- >> by facts? >> no, greg, they won't, it won't happen that way. >> and you believe in your

luther king jr. middle school to speak to the eight grade advisors before potentially coming to san francisco flex academy the options are the great thing about the unified school district and we are a great option for the students we've made serious efforts to make sure that the local communities know we're a viable option for the education of their young it citizens like posters throughout the bayer in the most of july and agree we're the talk of the bayview thank you so much for your time (clapping.) >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> hi good evening i am service as a academic coach at san francisco flex academy part of our job is to provide the students with the enrichment time this time for the students to get involved and step away from the curriculum and build relationships with a lot of folks and build the relationships outside of the classroom environment i think it's a times for that people to build some of the skills like teamwork and commitment it has become one of the highlights of o

after the assassination of martin luther king and the devastation we saw in the city, we realized our mission was more than having a parking lot for congregants. it became a mission of hospitality, matthew 25 became our key rallying cry i think. it's inscribed on the cornerstone. what you do for the least of these you do unto me, jesus said, in his final sermon. >> one of your form are pastors, reverend john steinbrook who many of us remember says in the book that -- he looked around the church one day and said, if all we're going to do is use this building to sing hymns, we might as well be a gas station. >> that's a lot of property to be used on a sunday morning, yes. we decided it needed to be used all day long and for real ministry in the city. >> did that, reverend brau, sort of set an example for other churches around the city, not just churches but other religious institutions as a way to minister to the needs of the homeless and suffering from poverty by ministering to them. >> i think for some it catches on and for some it doesn't. i think it has to take -- in addition to the

martin luther king, jr., was, "the most notorious and a danger to the american way of life. two days later, king was asked about being called a notorious liar by the head of the f.b.i. >> dr. king, what is your reaction to the comments made by j. edgar hooverer. >> i was quite surprised by mr. hoover questioning my integrity. quite frankly, i don't know what motivated this. >> well, we now know a lot more. one year earlier, dr. king has delivered his i have a dream speech and the f.b.i. has named the most dangerous negro of communist influence does exist in the negro movement and can influence large masses of people. it seems hoover and the f.b.i. were convinced that martin luther king were trying to bring about a communist overthrow of the united states. and their attempts to discredit king went far beyond just calling him a liar. the f.b.i. placed bugs in king's hotel room, tapped his phones, bugged his apartment in at lan that. while hoover found out very little about subterfuge, he did begin to learn about king's extramarital affairs. and that brings us to one of the mos

martin luther king iii is the eldest son of dr. king and a civil rights advocate himself as well as a minister. thank you so much, mr. king, for taking the time to join us and help us sort through this complex moment. first up, what is in your view the correct lesson for protesters today to learn from what dr. king championed? >> well, i think the correct lesson is that when you engage in nonviolent protests and you endure that victory can come. the reality is, we live in a society that is violently charged. we have to create a society that is more nonviolent, which really goes to the heart of some of -- not this civic issue, but some of the violence that occurs in our nation. 7 out of 10 television programs are violent. many of our video games are violent. so we are living in a culture that is promoting violence. and yet, really, as a human being, we should be at a much higher level operating from a nonviolent perspective. what my dad and his team taught us is that through nonviolent direct action that ultimately you can be succes

the niece of martin luther king on getting past the hate and not always stirring up the hate. alveda, an honor to have you again. thanks for coming. >> hello, neil. good to speak to you again. we were on the phone before, and that was a little choppy, but i'm glad to talk to you now? neil: it was, but you were flawless as always. here's my beef with al sharpton stirring things up. i don't think that's a reverends place to do that for good or ill. i think now and today was not the time to do it or the message to send in the middle of a tinderbox. what do you say? >> when i i think about al sharpton and jesse jackson and i never argue about whether they're doing it intentionally or on purpose or accidentally, but i want to remind them that they're opening up a tinderbox when they stir up people's emotions. people can't think logically. neil: i think they want to. >> they say, well, we'll come and fix everything. you call us in. we'll fix it. it's really a tinderbox. it's not right to stir up these emotions so that people cannot think peacefully and logically. the best thing we c

runners are now on martin luther king drive, martin luther king drive hut down between parkway and the falls bridge. kelly drive, art museum circle and lincoln drive. parkway of course, the hub of the activity later on, that is closed between 16th street and art museum circle. portions of arch street and chestnut street. we will get to the traffic cam here, there you go, and quieter picture in upper merion of some construction on 422 eastbound between 23 and 202. left lane is closed as you can see due to this road construction. it is affecting the ram tops route 202 and schuylkill eastbound. on to a gorgeous picture of the walt whitman bridge, in delays or problems on the walt whitman and it is in good shape today, so is ben franklin. that is latest from the cbs-3 traffic center, i'm ann evans back to you. >>> thank you. competitor either joey chestnut gets an early start on his thanksgiving. ten contestant compete to go see who could eat the most of 20-pound turkies yesterday. at fox woods casino in connecticut. chestnut set a new record gobbling a whole turkey weighing over 9 pounds

back in the early 1500s, the great reformer, martin luther, wanted to humanize the christmas story by shifting the focus away from the saints and back onto the birthday boy: jesus. rather than jolly old st. nick bringing the goodies on december 6th, luther established the idea that gifts would be given on the 25th by the christ child or, in german, christkind. [ speaking german ] [ laughing ] but for kids, it was hard to imagine the little baby in the manger delivering gifts, so an angel served as the gift-giving christ child. and somehow the angel came to be represented by a young girl. she spends her reign spreading the joy of the season. the christkind concludes by telling the entralled children, "if you're very, very gentle, you can touch my wings." nurnberg's favorite angel then leads her fans into the children's section of the market where expertly bundled kids enjoy a christmas wonderland. [ children shouting ] the christkind isn't the only one handing out good cheer. carolers spread the joy of christmas using the town's historic courtyards as impromptu concert venues. and here

her house was bombed when she was butt a child -- but a child, the same with martin luther king's house when the king children were very, very young. both men famously told those gathering outside in the ruins of those homes not to respond in kind. alvita, that's a lot easier said than done. how do you keep the calm tonight? >> i believe, neil -- and thank you for inviting me to speak to this wonderful listening and viewing audience. i've been watching very closely everything that is happening there in ferguson. i just left st. louis this morning, was in a prayer meeting with many of those people last night -- can you still hear me? neil: i can hear you, alvita. >> okay. you know what was missing in a lot of conversations, the president's conversation -- [audio difficulty] what is wrong with our system. [audio difficulty] african-american men where they end up in these places. so what is wrong with our society where there is no opportunity for hope for access to a better life? we don't know what michael may have become. and so we're debating still about whether or not the officer should

martin luther king jr. thank you for being with us. >> thank you. >> give us your feelings for what you've seen in ferguson over the last few days. >> first my prayers go out for the brown family. i would have to say i was in the category of those who would have great disappointment for the grand jury not indicting a finding or looking at a way of indicting. secondly, i also am very disappointed that the community went up in flames. we come from the tradition of what i would call kingly nonviolence. my father and my family and many have advocated for nonviolence, nonviolent resistance. in fact i would have to say that if we were to look at the overall picture, over 90 days of demonstrations, the overwhelming majority of them were mostly peaceful. but unfortunately, there have been days of very, very difficulty, such as monday night was perhaps the most difficult that people became so frustrated that they burned down their community. and burned down the businesses. and it is -- that is just very, very sad. b

bishop ford outbound we have some work from martin luther king 210 spree. impacting to reclaims not picked up until 6:00. right now we don't have a lot of backups but that could change as the volume surged to filter in. westbound jane addams dealing with a stretch from 190 to the tristate. that will have things down two lanes. it will be wrapped in a week. we should have relief at that time. numbers look good we have a breakdown coming up. >> still more to come in our next half-hour. --including, how you can own a piece of the friendly confines. and -- the latest from ferguson, and a look at the emotional reaction by michael brown's family, after the grand jury decision. plus -- police release video of smash-and-grab robbers, who got away with thousands in merchandise. and -- we have dean's review of the return of the cute and cuddly "penguins of madagascar". officer darren wilson breaks his silence about the shooting that killed 18- year-old michael brown, as protests take place across the nation. president obama in chicago for immigration reform, instead

and in particular martin luther king jr. the fbi wiretapped him and smeared him as a communist, and worse. the letters were sent anonymously, and written as if it were from a disgruntled former supporter but really was written by the fbi. they called him an ignorant, abnormal beast. there is one way out for you, you better take it before your dirty, abnormal self is banned from the nation. one way out, the clear suggestion is that dr. king commit suicide. the director of the fbi, jay hoover, made no secret that he hated king. he fought harder than ever and hit back at hoover directly. when the fbi director called him a liar in public he hit back. >> well, i was quite shocked and surprised to learn of this statement from mr. hoover questioning my integrity. and very frankly, i don't understand what motivated the statement. the only thing that i can see is that mr. hoover is probably faltering under the awesome responsibilities, complexities and demands of his very important office. >> i remember discussing the letter with mar

>> guest: well, martin luther is an interesting figure. he is the first european to advocate the separation of church and state. he also showed that this would not necessarily be a peaceful alternative, because when he -- his idea was that the world was so corrupt that religion should have nothing to do with it. it should basically, literally, let the world and its problem goes to hell while the religions -- religious row treated into the inner kingdom of god within them and also joined the's sans' war, the peasants revolt in germany at this time, another of the missouri modernization process going on. he told the princes to go in and kill them, kill the's sans, smite them, burn them, but them down as you put down a mad dog he said because they's sans committed the cardinal sip of mixing up religion and politics. they were quoting the gospel to say that, look, this huge inequity was against the teachings of christ, who taught that all people were equal and should love one another and the rich and poor should sit at the same table. and even

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martin luther king, jr., was, "the most notorious and a danger to the american way of life. two days later, king was asked about being called a notorious liar by the head of the f.b.i. >> drch. king, what is your reaction to the comments made by j. edgar hooverer. >> i was quite surprised by mr. hoover questioning my integrity. quite frankly, i don't know what motivated this. >> well, we now know a lot more. one year earlier, dr. king has delivered his i have a dream speech and the f.b.i. has named the most dangerous negro of communist influence does exist in the negro movement and can influence large masses of people. it seems hoover and the f.b.i. were convinced that martin luther king were trying to bring about a communist overthrow of the united states. and their attempts to discredit king went far beyond just calling him a liar. the f.b.i. placed bugs in king's hotel room, tapped his phones, bugged his apartment in at lan that. while hoover found out very little about subterfuge, he did begin to learn about king's exfe extramarital affairs. and that brings us to one of

luther king drive, as long as that ramp is blocked, the kelly drive maybe even the martin luther king drive would be two good options leaving center city headed out of town on the schuylkill expressway. another accident, roosevelt boulevard, it is northbound, at holme avenue, right there, pennypack circle, nazareth hospital, in the outer drive. so headed north this morning, stay to the inner drive to avoid any delays. otherwise, we're in good shape up and down the blue route. no problems on the schuylkill expressway or i-95. as we heard lauren mention, down at the airport, air travel will not be impacted today. we will get you there on time, take off on time, and getting your bags could be totally different story. keep that in mind if you are headed down to the airport. we checked the tote board. all flight so far so good running with no delays at the airport. chris, kerry, back to you. >> keep our fingers crossed. >> 4:19 right now. temple police arrest add man they say tried to rob a student near cam pulls. >> this makes the seventh student targeted in a week police haven't arrested

martin luther king jr.'s "poor people's ," african-american into condo activist came to washington, d.c. they explained how people of different races came together but it is largely remembered as an african-american movement. this event is part of the american folklife center at the library of congress to mark national hispanic -- heritage month. this is about 80 minutes per to >> thank you so much, everybody. we are going to move on to our first panel discussion. i should say that my name is thee winick, a writer at american folklife center. we are presenting this symposium thetled " organizing across boundaries, strategies and coalitions in the struggle for civil rights and social justice.." this first presentation is called when poor people marched on washington, the 1968 campaign in black and brown. i will introduce the speakers, and then they can come up and begin the discussion. so, the first person i will introduce is gordon -- who is an assistant professor at george washington university specializing

martin luther king jr.'s "poor people's campaign," african-american into condo activist came to washington, d.c. they explained how people of different races came together but it is largely remembered as an african-american movement. this event is part of the american folklife center at the library of congress to mark national hispanic -- heritage month. this is about 80 minutes . >> thank you so much, everybody. we are going to move on to our first panel discussion. i should say that my name is steve winick, a writer at the american folklife center. we are presenting this symposium entitled " organizing across the boundaries, strategies and coalitions in the struggle for civil rights and. social justice." this first presentation is called when poor people marched on washington, the 1968 campaign in black and brown. i will introduce the speakers, and then they can come up and begin the discussion. so, the first person i will introduce is gordon -- who is an assistant professor at george washington university

martin luther king jr.'s "poor people's campaign," african-american into -- and chicano activist came to washington, d.c. but it is largely remembered as an african-american movement. this event is part of the american folklife center at the library of congress to mark national hispanic -- heritage month. >> i should say that my name is steve winick, a writer at the american folklife center. we are presenting this symposium entitled "organizing across the boundaries, strategies and coalitions in the struggle for civil rights and social justice." this first presentation is called "when poor people marched on washington, the 1968 campaign in black and brown." i will introduce the speakers, and then they can come up and begin the discussion. so, the first person i will introduce is gordon -- who is an -- gordon mantler who is an assistant professor at george washington university specializing in the history and the rhetoric of 20th century social justice movements and the african-american and latino experience

martin luther king drive also red inbound at sweet briar drive. do have down tree, and definitely causing delays in that area. speaking of delays, into new jersey, north on the 42, 55, we are experiencing slow downs, 295, in the clear, and also in the clear for mass transit. ukee? >> thank you, vet tore y president obama heads to las vegas today to push his plan for overhauling the s. immigration system. now as susan macinnis reports the plan getting chilly reception from republicans. >> as supporter of immigration reform rallied outside the white house thursday night, inside, the president announced some of the most sweeping policy changes, in decades. >> are we a nation that values family a and works together to keep them together. >> undock the dollars adults, and children, in the country for at least five years, could stay, many would become eligible for work permits >> their moves president obama says are legal and not unprecedented. >> the actions i'm take rag not only lawful, they're the kinds of actions taken by every single republican pre

. >>> what would civil leader martin luther king have thought about the riots in ferguson? his son's answer when we return. ' mpblsz in the wakes of the fires in forgive son this week, one wants to ask, what would martin luther king think? >> i'm sure he would be greatly disappointed, first and foremost, he would certainly be ve very -- feeling very bad for the family, he would have empathy for the family. secondly he would be disappointed that it erupted into a scenario of violence all across communities. he used to say violence is the rang language of the unheard. and he constantly said, we must find nonviolent ways to protest. >> dr. king used to say when dogs bite us in birmingham, we bleed everywhere. this is a re-enactment of that practice, someone got hurt in ferguson, and we're bleeding everywhere. we're seeing around the country, one of the protest charnts was, we don't get it, shut it down. >> i know lots of american history, civil rights movement, you had protests, but violence, riots? >> dr. king would have been appalled by this violence. what does that do? what

martin luther king himself provided the best example when his house was fire bombed in 1956, a lot of folks gathered around his yard and said that we are ready to respond so put the guns down and the weapons down. we won't resolve anything responding in kind. that was then, what the hell is going on now? you might as well spell the hot turkey now. because you're going to be lucky if it's remotely hot at all, it has nothing to do with crises and everything to do with mother nature and the micro. neil: welcome i guess you can call it an alert. this thanksgiving, it's not just freezing travel. my friend warned that this could snowball into something a lot worse. can you explain? >> it's going to put the big freeze on the holiday spending. a lot of people won't be able to get out of their houses and this is a very big weekend for a lot of businesses. and if you can't get get out of your house you're not going to spend a lot of money on christmas shopping. >> i know where you're getting at. >> you're right, if a store has a strong online presence, they may not miss a beat. i will tell you

-- classroom -- and hearing martin luther king's speech saying i have a dream the sons of slaves and sons of slave holders can come together in brotherhood. and yesterday you and i stood t same spot he gave the speech. you know? and too frank, maybe you will disagree, but would we have done that if i had not written that book and been honest about our history? >> we could have but it would not have happen so soon. i believe he would have maybe a year or from no because there is not a racist bone in your body so it is easy to talk. we could go and sit down sand have a beer and talk about what the others are saying. we could have stood up there a year from now or two. i think we could have without the help of the book. >> but does it make a difference? if i came to you and said i want to write a book about how great my ancestors were, you know? so, when i interviewed black people, it started off with i am happy,ian your cousin to convince them i want to know the truth. i am ready to talk about whaup and the truth and what happened. i don't know want the sanitized version. that has a bi

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martin luther king jr. was a human being, but he was a praying man, i am asking you to be peaceful to pray, and we'll see how this is resolved. ashley: thank you so much alvida king for joining us, we appreciate it. thank you. >> thank you. ashley: now to quotation of the evening from alvida king's late uncle. quote, we must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools, we're coming right back. shake up at the pu' pentagon, defense secretary resigns, or was he fired by commander in was he fired by commander in chief?ion four-star general jack keane on the president's maneuver, next. and the use of medical technology in the u.s.? at t. rowe price, we understand the connections of a complex, global economy. it's just one reason over 70% of r mutual funds beat their 10-year lipper average. t. rowe price. invest with confidence. request a prospectus or summary prospectus with investment information, risks, fees and expenses to read and consider carefully before investing. ♪ (holiday mhey! is

. >> martin luther almost got killed when he converted the bible into german. >> he owed him a lot indirectly. his student was a demin dominican also. luther was influenced by ekhart. >> i have you down as a writer and activist. tell us about mysticism. >> for me in one word the mystic is a lover. we are all lovers. bill a california poet was a dominican. he said most people experience god in nature or not at all. the mystic is a lover. he defends what we love. today we have these cry -- crisis of mother earth. are we able to stand-up and defend it and all of the rest. ekhart saw the sacredness in everything. not to a biblic -- biblical text. he saw the wisdom of many other tradition. he never met an hindu. he dares to unvail the truths they found. >> i came across a beautiful point that said i'm not the river, the sand, or rock or the things that holds this together. >> another place i saw she wrote about the river. she said the rock of the river and the sand is part of the river too. we are all of christ. >> you have a fascinating book called the letters the pope francis. there is a section