A live look at the Martin Luther at the Martin Luther king junior memorial on in washington, d. C. The holiday was signed into law by Ronald Reagan and was celebrated by all states inure to thousand. Crowds gathered her early this morning for a reef laying ceremony and remarks from jeh johnson. We will show you battle ceremony this evening at 7 00 p. M. Eastern. Today at 12 30 p. M. , coverage of the annual National Action network rockfest honoring Martin Luther king jr. Which will feature the reverend al sharpton and others. Coming up today, president obama will take part in an mlk Service Project at the boys and girls club of Greater Washington d. C. We will show you that as well later in our program. Ming. We are hearing from members of congress commenting on the holiday today from twitter [no audio] [no audio] tuesday night, president obama delivers his state of the Union Address would live coverage at 8 00 p. M. Eastern including the president speech the gop response delivered by
Ontario, oregon, you are up next. Caller it has been refreshing to hear dr. Carsons comments. I believe people need to be accountable for their own actions. As long as people worship obama and al sharpton as idols instead of jesus christ, and with the purpose was, everybody was created equal, we need to take a good strong look at dr. Carson because he is not afraid to stand up to the truth. I really appreciate his comments. Guest courage is something that is severely lacking in our society. A lot of people believe the same things i believe, but they are afraid to say it because somebody will ostracize them or call them a name. This is the land of the free supposedly. Supposedly, the home of the brave. I would just say to people, be willing to stand up for what you believe in. I remember in high school in detroit, there were a lot of people who believed in hard work and personal responsibility. But they would not say it because somebody would call them a name. That doesnt work for me. H
Social service, criminal justice, health care. All these systems have to be held accountable to ensuring equity. Even to that extent, we have to have conversations about how we recognize injustice. I would like to add the name of Tanisha Anderson to the list of those killed at the hands of police. We mention, tamir rice, eric gardner, michael brown, and we have to uplift the name of women who have experienced disproportionate abuse or had died at the hands of police. The conversation has to happen every day in every setting in order for us to move past as a move past hour past as a country and our present. I have heard people say we just have to get over it. But we have iterations of disproportionally and racism today. These are conversations that have to happen. We all have to be collectively a part of that. In the same way that we have many people of various races and ethnicities and ages uplifting the black lives matter movement. You will see black and white people and latino people
On judiciary is has an enormous oversight. We had the first confirmation hearing. It provides oversight function. On your Sweet Potatoes, anything you can boil from the u. K. . You mentioned the nexus between judiciary the debate is moving in a constructive conclusion of ideas and then it unravels. I think we are years back in angry rhetoric on both sides. Is or anything that can bring the debate back together . I think the problem is, at least from afar, when senators or members of congress try to get together on Immigration Reform they let it go beyond a scope that keeps enough people on board. I believe we should focus on border security. If we can come up with a credible way to reduce the growth of the population first establish some credibility with the American People, and i think when we go about doing that it is going to put people out of their comforts own on both sides of the aisle. Comfort zone on both sides of the aisle but we have to be realistic about Immigration Reform t
And confidence. Bless the members of the peoples house as they return from their home districts. May these decisive days through which we are living make them genuine enough to maintain their integrity. Great enough to be humble. Good enough to keep their faith. Always regarding Public Office as the sacred trust. Give them the wisdom and the courage to fail not their fellow citizens nor you. May all that is done this day be for your greater honor and glory. Amen. The speaker pro tempore the chair has examined the journal of the last days proceedings and announces to the house his approval thereof. Pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1, the journal stands approved. The pledge of allegiance will be led by the gentleman from michigan, mr. Kildee. Mr. Kildee i pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god indivisible, with liberty a justicr l. The speaker pro tempore the chair will entertain requests for oneminute speec