reporter: congressman john lewis has fought unfairness all his life. we are one family. we all live in the same house, the american house. reporter: the 79-year-old civil rights legend announced his latest battle over the weekend. doctors discovered stage 4 pancreatic cancer, while i m clear eyed by about the prognosis, i have a fighting chance. he is determined about everything. reporter: andrew young, another civil rights icon noticed something lately. his friend of all 60 years had lost weight. he does need our prayers. reporter: any doubt about his ouurage? that s what that is what is. all that is courage. his whole life has been walking in the valley of the shadow of oath. reporter: in 1963 lewis was 23. we march today for jobs and freedom. reporter: the youngest speaker at the march on washington. we are involved in a social revolution. reporter: lewis was also the youngest leader in dr. king s
we ll start going public. the weird thing is the republicans are so insist on being in public, but when it s public, it s going to be dynamite and the public will see just how much the president abused the power and jeopardized a country fighting the russians in their own nation with a war. and that we shouldn t be using congressionally mandated moneys to help an ally fight off russian aggression. the public will be, i think, realize why this is a valid and good impeachment article and issue. and while we re talking impeachment, us i just want to mention my respect for john conyers who passed away. the impeachment articles were put out on richard nixon. john conyer was a civil rights legend who made this country much better. i miss him. we re certainly remembering the former congressman on this day. thank you for that.
down and hyperfocused on impeachment does does do a lot for the kitchen tabletopices that i think will win the day in 2020. for the most part and sadly because i m one who strongly believes in the oversight capacity of the house regardless who s in the white house and who s in control of the house or the senate. the sad thing, this will be used primarily by the extreme left and extreme right to raise a lot of money. that s not good for the american people and just keeps us in a place where we re not having critical conversations about important issues for the country. a critical voice weighing in a little more about all of this. talking about rettive rachelle john lewis, getting closer to going publics with has support for impeachment. civil rights legend, a very important voice in congress right there, and in leadership. if he starts supporting impeachment, could that be the pin needed to get others
the assassination of dr. martin luther king jr. i marked the anniversary in memphis, tennessee where dr. king preached his last sermon. i also got a chance to sit down with one of the activists who was with dr. king on the lorraine hotel balcony that terrible day and he witnessed the shooting. andrew young is a civil rights legend, a former u.n. ambassador, u.s. congressman, atlanta mayor. he spoke to me about the murder of his friend and what the next generation can learn about the risks they took for freedom. take a look. 50 years later. how does it feel? i m numb about it all. you re numb. i had to make peace with memphis before i left memphis 50 years ago. we talked about we talked about death all the time. and martin used to say, we re going to die. very few of us are going to see 50. he d say death is the ultimate
those who are basically standing by him, embracing him. as far as i m concerned, they re confirming that they re just as bad as he is. and so for paul ryan, who is supposed to be a leader, who occupies the speakership for the congress, for the house of representatives, he is irresponsible. he is not providing leadership. he s not doing his job. we need to get rid of him also. and congresswoman, john lewis, congressman john lewis, civil rights legend, is not going to the state of the union. are you going to go? oh, no. you know, i didn t go to the inauguration. i didn t go to the joint session that was held after that. i don t intend to go to this one. why would i take my time to go and sit and listen to a liar, to someone who lies in the face of facts, someone who can change their tune day in and day out? what does he have to say that i would be interested in?