washington. i think you and i agree, these people are desperate to ignore these issues and ignore these topics. whatever you think of donald trump he s a smart businessman and he s probably the shrewdest political observer that we have seen in this country in a lifetime. i thought it was so interesting the degree to which he focused on foreign policy and identified that the great threat for us is indeed foreign policy. when you look at the fact that in two years since he has been gone, the by the administration has given away our energy independence. it has launched a whole new war. it has eroded our standing in the world the point that china and russia have aligned against us and they are frittering away the u.s. dollar. all of this is from joe biden who for 50 years has been the reigning foreign policy expert in washington. the whole reason he got picked
dr. king she was there as he drafted his famous march on washington speech. i loved that man because he was ordinary, as famous as he was reporter: she broke barriers as a trailblazing journalist, the first black person in the south to have her own prime-time show. but perhaps her greatest power, persuasion, like when she wrote to president johnson in the 60s, asking for his help to allow black doctors to practice in georgia s segregated hospitals he didn t answer. i said, you know what? let s go to washington you know, not getting any response kind of makes you mad. reporter: they met, and soon after the passing of the 1965 medicare legislation, hospitals nationwide began to desegregate what do you think you said to him that convinced him to get involved guts. here s a gutsy woman i had a real story to tell, and i had my facts. reporter: later clayton used that same persuasive power to change a heart of hate, the local grand dragon of the ku klux klan the two met while wo
so many more who will be competing against her in a very long list. peter doocy now with us live from washington. peter? do we have peter? apparently we don t. we will shortly. there s a hitch in the technological get-along which sometimes happen when staffs are small on holidays. they re all doing their best. ahead, president trump s lawyer, rudy guliani saying the president may have been involved in a moscow real estate deal right up until the election. and buzz feed standing by its bomb shell story even after the special counsel s office announced that the report is not accurate. we ll have that and we ll remember a legend in american history. the reverend dr. martin luther king jr. on what would have been his 90th birthday. oment
much effort there. something they re very concerned here on capitol hill is that paychecks go out. the second missed paycheck would be friday. if they moved this tuesday, wednesday, we re not sure the paychecks could be cut. the democrats say we have to have the government open before we can negotiate border security and immigration. there are not 60 votes to cut off debate on a c.r., a continuing resolution, which is what you need to open the government on a temporary basis. that dog won t hunt right now either. shepard: chad pergram live on capitol hill. the democratic field in the 2020 presidential race got more crowded today. senator kamala harris said she will run for the white house. the reveal on martin luther king jr. s 90th birthday. peter doocy will report on that from washington. we got the word this morning on good morning america. we heard from her, her plans, her thoughts, her challenges and
nonviolence, civil disobedience that began the chance to change the course of our nation. in 1963, he organized the famous march on washington. in a strong voice delivered a speech with words that echo across the decades around the world. i have a dream. one day my children will live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but the content of their character. shepard: months later, president johnson signed the u.s. civil rights act of 1964 and dr. king received the noble peace prize. months later, he died by bullet in memphis. historians say the nation has come a long way since dr. king lived and died. events of late were noted with