black panther s and rising sense of african-american identity in 1968 the landmark book appeared. u.s. olympic sprinters raised their fists against racial in equality. it all came to a head the freedom of ascendant. the somewhere i read the freedom of speech. somewhere i read that the greatness of america is the right to protest for rights. reporter: when the assassination of martin luther king jr. in memphis triggered an outpouring of grief. protests ripped through dozens of cities. washington, d.c. exploded into four days of fury. at one point early in the evening, more than 100 fires were burning, some of them in an area just 20 blocks from the white house. reporter: today a monument to the slain civil rights leader stands near the very spot where he led marches and parade for
head when he saw president moon hugging kim jong-un. a killer, murderer. with this relationship? he is a pro north korean similar fire. he wants to unify the two koreas. and he will do that on terms favorable to north korea. he is trying to amend the constitution is and take out liberal democracy. you have a political establishment in seoul which is closer to pyongyang than to washington. this is dangerous not only for the south korean people but also. we do not want moon in singapore. he is trying to insert himself in the summit? yes. we re told there may be a moment after the summit where
reporter: so giuliani making the argument on television that the special counsel is illegitimate while the president made the same argument on twitter, somewhere he has been active the past few days. today on the president s public schedule, he will visit arlington cemetery outside washington where he will participate in a wreath-laying ceremony on memorial day. thank you very much for that preview today. joining us now to talk about it we have cnn political analyst and senior white house correspondent for bloomberg news and gordon chang, author of north korea takes on the world. thank you for spending a portion of your memorial day for us. gordon, what has happened since the letter? you were on here on new day here with us with the letter that appeared to be president trump canceling the meeting but leaving the door open. did that get north korea s
nonviolent change, not far from the sitting seen yann s new african-american history museum. they are both tributes to the past but also for many civil rights advocates they are reminders, too, that the passionate calls for change in 1968 are echoing still. tom foreman, cnn, washington. and you can tune in tonight for two all new episodes of the original series event, 1968. it starts at 9:00 p.m. eastern only on cnn. all right. so on this memorial day, a new documentary shows the aftermath of going to war. journalist