Good friend nick kristof and just one minute. Following that, we will have an interview with the ambassador of china. Missile, nbcdrea is our corporate strategic partner. Be5 30, our last event will beinterview who will interviewed by margaret rendon. A word about my friend nicholas kristof. Thee we can bring him up on screen. Hes a longtime friend and a member of the aspen strategy group. He writes a very important twiceweekly college for the column for the New York Times. When i read your column and read it avidly, you put people first. You dont put government first. He put human rights and dignity first. Because of his extraordinary repair extra ordinary career, hes won two pulitzer prizes, one for reporting on china and one for darfur. Hes just wrote a book with his wife which we will talk about. I think it has deep meaning for him personally. He has had an extra neri journalistic life full top he has lived on for continents. He has traveled to 160 countries and his biography says
Here today on behalf of radio one to celebrate the life and legacy of reverend dr. Martin luther king jr. , and i want to welcome each and every one of you to the ninth annual wreathlaying day of prayer memorial. It is an honor to be here. This is one of the most beautiful and serene memorials we have here in washington. It is exciting to know that many of you supported building this memorial, and it has become the fifth most visited memorial at our nations capital. Yes. Round of applause. One of those be who this memorial was built for, a strong person of color, hsbc graduate. He is a man whose life was taken at the age of 51. We now have this breathtaking memorial in remembrance of his life and in betterment of humankind. Today, we want to talk about when the when the memorial in 2011, a new foundation, the memorial. Oundation was created , hope,ants of democracy and love. Lets all prepare to start the ceremony and prepared to enjoy ourselves. We are very blessed right now. We are ma