Luther king jr. Was arrested in my hometown of birmingham, alabama. His crime, leading a peaceful march to protest the indignity suffered by the black community and the jim crow era. He had violated the ban on public demonstrations which targeted the growing resistance of africanamericans to the injustices they were insuffering. While in solitary confinement in birmingham, dr. King wrote what became known as the letter from the birmingham jail, a stinging response to a group of white clergy in alabama who had denounced his tactics and questioned the wisdom and timing of his arrival in birmingham. They insisted he was an outside agitator coming to alabama to instigate trouble. Dr. King responded famously. Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. In his letter he rejected the idea that africanamericans should be more patient for change in the face of the daily indignities inflicted by segregation, in the face of threats of violation. There comes a time, he wrote, when the cu
Here are their remarks. Good morning. Good morning. As we gather today, first let thank all of our honorees that we are saluting this year. It is important on king day that we do things in the spirit of dr. King. Mr. Sharpton dr. King as a federal holiday was a result in and of itself of struggle. So we do not take it as a day off. We take it as a day on. To do something in the spirit of human rights and civil rights that dr. King stood for. The National Action network started 28 years ago on those principles and weve been blessed to partner with martin who thought to spend this federal holiday every year with us at the breakfast. He had brought his mother to our Convention Many years. So we are in our d. N. A. Kinglike. And no year is more important than this year. Because we are meeting on a morning of king holiday where the nation has been more polarized and divided than weve seen in recent history. The rise of antisemitic attacks, the rise of hate crimes , the right of rhetoric tha
A vote to limit debate scheduled for 5 30 p. M. Eastern time. Hes been acting administrator since last march. Later this week senate is expected to take up articles of impeachment against President Trump wants the house some the articles and names of the child managers to the senate. You can watch full coverage of the trial here on cspan2. The senate. The chaplain, dr. Black, will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Everlasting god, keep our lawmakers in your holy hands. Empower them to heed your instructions, as they remember that your admonition provides light for their journey. Let your gentleness motivate our senators to respect one another and to guard their lips. Lord, give them the gift of your peace that provides joy even during lifes storms. Use them as instruments for righteousness in a sinful world. We pray in your great name. Amen. Please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance i pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the
Bowl liv is officially on. Kansas city and San Francisco rolling into the big game in miami. Two weeks of hype. Those are some of our top stories on this monday january 20th. Announcer from abc news, this is world news now. Good morning, everyone. Thank you for joining us. Lets begin in hawaii with the search for answers about a violent and deadly incident in honolulu. Yeah, it took the lives of two Police Officers and three other people who were involved remain unaccounted for. The fbi is part of the investigation now into the incident, which forced the lockdown of a neighborhood as home after home caught fire. Overnight new details about a shocking rampage near one of hawaiis most scenic locations. Police say a man killed two Police Officers and sparked an inferno in this honolulu neighborhood not far from the famed diamondhead state monument. It sounded like a shotguntype gunshot. Then we heard rapidfire gunshot after that. And then after that we started seeing the smoke. Witnesses
If you are in attendance, take a picture and tag us at booktv on twitter, facebook, or instagram. Next on booktv after words, former Harvard Law School dean martha minow ab. Topknot fiction authors about their latest work. All programs are also available as podcasts. Full disclosure, you and i go way back. You were my law professor at harvard. You taught law. You were to no one from being an along the way you with the an dean of Harvard Law School. You were a law professor when i first met you in 2008 as a junior senator a man named barack obama. And i had a teacher who changed my life. Its a delight to be here and i have met so much from you. I love this book because it has your voice it is compassionate and brilliant and it is gently provocative. How did you come during this legendary career from the legal power cracks. I wrote a book about 20 years ago with violence in the truth of the conciliation had just started and i was so intrigued by the development of the new institution to