this historic and hallowed ground? at least three things. first, i think there s a little reflection on how much the john lewis and dr. king and other people sacrifice for him to be where he is today. the people of selma made a big difference in what he was able to do, as well. the second thing is the fact that what he s done as president being elected as the first african-american president, the issue of civil rights and the third thing is the fact that he expects the next generation, not just him and not just his wife and not just his children, but the next generation of people to have that same commitment to make sure that they are learning from, watching and in a sense responding to what people have done before in the 21st century, i hope, would be something for all of us to celebrate that it s a multi-racial event. multi-gender event. multi-political event and i m glad the republicans, women, people from every side of the
personal moment of reflection for him. this is not something out of a history book. this is john lewis life. this is his body that was on the line and this was him defying martin luther king jr. in a lot of ways. this was him asserting himself in his own terms as a civil rights leader. as a very, very young man and being incredibly brave. i think people forget the risk, the incredible physical risk that he was taking to come into the heart of the south and not just the police officers, but volunteers who were volunteering to brutalize people. this for john lewis is not just a moment to sort of look back at history. this is his own personal story. i think that every time he talks about it you hear that little choke in his voice. melissa, you can agree, this is personal to him. i think when you talk to him, too, you get the sense that it s not history. he sees us as a continuum and that the movement really continues for him. i think it s part of what is helpful to remember because we
not had the opportunity to live the way that they should live. i m looking forward to his speech. and i would look to it, in a sense, envelopment of what we have been trying to do in the 21st century. more importantly, let me say this finally, i think his speech has to be one. he is a cerebral person. he s not reverend jesse jackson and he s not malcolm x or dr. king. it is hard for him to be expressive and people saying, wow, he doesn t seem to have that mojo to really put it together. but he has this feeling inside that he s deeply personal about what s happening and he wants people to know that i am of the josha generation and moses who made it possible for me to climb where i am. not to criticize it, but accept it as somebody who is really saying the words that need to be said but not say them in a way where you expect a great leader,
he travels to italy to make the transition himself. it has now been met. unesco is gaining a new member but losing $60 million. the u.s. is withdrawing its pledge after the u.n. agency accepted a palestinian bid for full member. the u.s. and israel argued that the move would harm peace talks. i m monita rajpal. world business today starts right now. captions by vitac www.vitac.com good morning from cnn lan. i m charles hodson. tuesday, the first of november. the greek bailout is now in the hands of the greek people at great risk to the euro-zone debt. mf global is forced to declare bankruptcy protection. weakness in europe and the united states spreads to china, slowing down the factories pow iring the world s second largest economy. well, a new trading day has just begun in europe. we re expecting and getting losses, but we ll have prices in a moment as soon as they re reasonable. they ve slipped for the second day in in a row following the u.s. market slid