Nation, the reverend al sharpton, Pulitzer Prizewinning journalist sheryl wudunn, republican congressman from idaho, raul labrador, and unique perspective from historian Doris Kearns Goodwin as well as New York Times columnist david brooks. Im david gregory. All that ahead on meet the press this sunday, august 25th. Announcer from nbc news in washington, the worlds longestrunning television show, this is meet the press. Good sunday morning. Thousands of people gathered here in washington saturday to recreate the march on washington where dr. King gave his famous i have a dream speech. And it was exactly 50 years ago today, august 25th, 1963, that dr. King and the executive secretary of the naacp, roy wilkins, appeared right here on meet the press. Many of you either already had the chance or will have the opportunity to see that special program as we have made it the original broadcast available to our nbc stations across the country. Our roundtable joins us in just a moment. But first
Nation, the reverend al sharpton, Pulitzer Prizewinning journalist sheryl wudunn, republican congressman from idaho, raul labrador, and unique perspective from historian Doris Kearns Goodwin as well as New York Times columnist david brooks. Im david gregory. All that ahead on meet the press this sunday, august 25th. Good sunday morning. Thousands of people gathered here in washington saturday to recreate the march on washington where dr. King gave his famous i have a dream speech. And it was exactly 50 years ago today, august 25th, 1963, that dr. King and the executive secretary of the naacp, roy wilkins, appeared right here on meet the press. Many of you either already had the chance or will have the opportunity to see that special program as we have made it the original broadcast available to our nbc stations across the country. Our roundtable joins us in just a moment. But first joining me now, the only living speaker from the march on washington, congressman john lewis. He spoke ye
Call the nonviolent revolution in america, a revolution of values, a revolution of ideas, and our country is a better country. You know, the president will speak on wednesday in the same spot. Hell mark 50 years since the i have a dream speech. Weve talked over the years, and you told me about a year and a half ago in your view a lot of people cant get comfortable with the idea of an africanamerican president even though what a testament to the progress and the dream that dr. King had. And you even said during your speech yesterday there are forces, there are people who want to take us back. What specifically are you talking about . Well, i hear people over and over again saying we want to take our country back. Take it back where . Where are we going . We need to go forward. Weve made so much progress. I often think when i was growing up, i thought it was science that said white men, colored men, white women, colored women, colored waiting, those signs are gone. When i first came to w
The next on bank account adds. Dagen nicole 5 on the new york Stock Exchange. Nicole this is unbelievable. We continue to get the headlines out of washington. We have boehner coming out with plan b. We are getting harry reid response saying that speaker banners boehner approach is very far away. The markets have managed to move back higher. There is a look at the nasdaq. The dow is a winner of about. 5 . Connell lets follow up on this breaking news on the speaker of the house john boehner. Dagen richardson is live in washington, d. C. With what the heck. Rich the house will vote as early as this week to extend tax rates for those making less than a Million Dollars a year. House Speaker John Boehner says he is still negotiating plan a with president obama. The reason for the backup plan, Speaker Boehner says, after optimism, the white house is latest offer has soured the mood within republicans. It was essentially a 1. 3 trillion in new revenues for only 853 billion in net spending redu
Host of msnbcs politics nation, the reverend al sharpton, Pulitzer Prizewinning journalist sheryl wudunn, republican congressman from idaho, raul labrador, and unique perspective from historian Doris Kearns Goodwin as well as New York Times columnist david brooks. Im david gregory. All that ahead on meet the press this sunday, august 25th. Good sunday morning. Thousands of people gathered here in washington saturday to recreate the march on washington where dr. King gave his famous i have a dream speech. And it was exactly 50 years ago today, august 25th, 1963, that dr. King and the executive secretary of the naacp, roy wilkins, appeared right here on meet the press. Many of you either already had the chance or will have the opportunity to see that special program as we have made it the original broadcast available to our nbc stations across the country. Our roundtable joins us in just a moment. But first joining me now, the only living speaker from the march on washington, congressman