anniversary of martin luther king s assassination. joining me here in studio, todd johnson, correspondent for the grio.com. let s talk about it. you ve been there recently. what s it like, that museum? reporter: alex, really remarkable. you can tell the amount of money that they raised, that they were just going to completely go all-in and try to change the dynamics of how people understand civil rights history. i mean, it was quite the undertaking for them to raise the $28 million and completely change the technological infrastructure. but they made the decision that they wanted to make civil rights history more relevant and more real to a younger generation. the lorraine motel in memphis holds a historic place in world history. dr. martin luther king jr. s life ended here on this balcony back on april 4th, 1968. in 1991, the motel became the national civil rights museum. now it s being transformed. this museum, after 22 years, needed to be updated. needed to have more technology.
sounds like a powerful experience. okay, thank you so much, todd johnson from the grio. good to see you. good to see you, alex. thank you. we want to remind you the civil rights summit will be next week in austin terks, a commemoration of the civil rights act 50 years ago and examination of the ongoing struggle for equality. we will have special coverage starting tuesday right here on msnbc. and now to today s number ones. with a new gallup poll on trusting government. the nationwide survey asking people how much they trust their state governments to get things done. and as it turns out, people in north dakota are the most trusting. 77% there saying they trust their state government a great deal or a fair amount. 76% say likewise in wyoming. 75% in utah. the least trusting? by far it s illinois, with 28%. rhode island and maine tying for second with 40. 46% are trusting in pennsylvania. mardi gras may be the biggest party in new orleans every year, but the big easy is doing a l
grio.com. it s no the something you hear from the president every day. words like stinkburger. ground hog day references, trying to get people s attention. is it working? it s, would go for the democratic base. it s working for the republicans who are running against obama obamacare becausemeans the lines are drawn sharply. he was having fun. it was a university crowd. a shout-out to the wolverines. can t hurt there. no. he knows the republican push for appeal is not going away. we know it from the paul ryan budget, from the proposal bobby jindal is putting out, thinking about running for president, so he is trying to deplate the issue. one of the things, obviously, perry, he s pushing, reason he was out there, minimum wage. and congress, no shock, divided osier it. almost duelling news conferences yesterday. democrats planning to hold votes
was shot. he also confessed his involvement in the massachusetts triple murder. to politics now. when the early groundwork is being laid for a run at the white house in 2016, the cross-country travels of potential candidates looking like a campaign road map. joe biden is visiting new hampshire today. jeb bush was in texas yesterday. kind of reminiscent of another event in philadelphia last december when bush joked with her about the presidential primary season. hillary and i come from different political parties and we disagree about a few things, but we do agree on the wisdom of the american people, especially those in iowa and new hampshire and south carolina. in fact, i think secretary clinton might be in des moines next week. now, don t actually wear the medal there, madam secretary. i d like to bring in zerlina maxwell and grio.com contributor
rocket position. these men faced a familiar battle when they returned home, fr prejudice. served honorably in world war ii, korean war or vietnam but went unrecognized because of race or ethnicity. president obama makes things right when he awards the entire group of 24 the medal of honor. today s ceremony follows an exhaustive congressional review of whether service members of jewish, hispanic or african-american heritage were wrongly denied the honor. most members of the group passed away, still waiting. erebia, morris, rodela are the only living honorees and all three will be at the white house today. i m joined by jack jacobs, himself a proud medal of honor recipient for his service in vietnam, also a msnbc military analyst. and goldie taylor who served in the united states marine corps. now a columnist for the grio.com and msnbc contributor as well. jack, i have to start with you.