unbelievably strong an principled, and just brilliantly the struggle, if you will a reason for hope in the darkness, i guess. one of those sparks of hope representative justin joins us gonna join us tonight. and so very glad to have reverend warnock kind of leading into that. yes, what a ticket. thank, you alex on this day, this very day, 60 years ago, the reverend dr martin luther king junior wa arrested along with 55 other and was jailed and birmingham, alabama. the notorious segregationist will conor ordered the arres of dr. martin luther king on april 12th, 1963, four, quote, parading without a permit. that was during a protes against segregation in birmingham dr. martin luther king was sentenced to a birmingham jail after the united auto worker paid his 160,000 dollar bail back, dr. king was release from that jail, eight days later. on april 20th. while in that jail, dr. king was in a dark cell, alone, wit no mattress, and was denied an phone calls. he was smuggled
difference between a protestan and a catholic that question came up toda when president biden visited northern ireland, where th answer to that question is not so much a matter of religion a it is a matter of history. and for that and more about th president s trip to ireland we will turn to this program highest authority on suc matters, fintan o toole, columnist for the irish time joins us next. while loading up our suv, one extra push and. crack! so, we scheduled at safelite.com. we were able to track our technician and knew exactly when he d arrive. we can keep working! synth music woman: safelite came to us. tech: hi, i m kendrick. woman: replaced our windshield, and installed new wipers to protect our new glass. that s service on our time. singers: safelite repair, safelite replace. want a worry-free way to kill bugs?
think in his own pretty gentle way today that s part of wha president biden was reflecting on you make the point about th piece that was finally achieve in belfast which, i have to say, for me in the 1970s and the 19 80s, i was unimaginable that it could get to that negotiated spo that it got to it took 30 years or more to do it but most of those years it seemed unimaginable. and you say that final achievement showed tha politics can work, that we are not doomed to tribalism, tha history is not faith and tha self determination can mean no getting everything you want, but consciously choosing generosity, compromise, an reconciliation and i would have thought, an did think at the time, that if that s possible in norther ireland, it s possible anywhere i think that s a really goo point. and that s maybe why sometimes these anniversaries ar actually very important.
ancestors and many of your relatives left during th famine and you know - when you are here you woul wonder why anyone would want t leave. i wish our mom, catherin eugenia finnegan biden wer here today she would be so damn proud you know, she held such a special place in her heart, and it really did and today, we carry her home i our heart, for real. we think about her all the time and coming here feels like coming home. that was president bide today, on his first day in ireland. he began the day with a speech at ulster university i belfast. it s good to see belfast, a city that s alive with commerce, art and, i would argue inspiration. the dividends of peace are all around us. this very campus is situated a