And possibly a storm surge. the us commemorates 60 years since martin luther king jr s i have a dream speech and march on washington. we speak to dr king s daughter about her father s vision in today s america. we might get in the nation, that they won t be judged by the colour of their skin, but the content of their character. i think he would still have that dream. and a dramatic rise in violence in the occupied west bank. we bring you a special report on nightly israeli military raids and palestinian attacks as well a record rise in israeli settler violence. welcome to world news america. preparations are under way in the us state of florida as it braces for a major storm. tropical storm idalia is barreling towards florida, with landfall expected wednesday. and before it hits land,
Constitutional rights have been violated, attorney general ken institute injunctive release suits. so these are the things we have benefited from today because of the march on washington and the subsequent passes of the civil rights act, voting right act and the housing act. 0bviously we ve had a black president, we ve had a black ambassador to united nations, black school members. and black county commissioners. so we are in the room now, the way that we weren t. however, with every bit of progress there is always going to be a backlash. and i think sometimes as we are focused on continuing the fight forjustice, freedom, and fight for justice, freedom, and equality, fight forjustice, freedom, and equality, we forget that there s going to be this backlash so we don t prepare for it. we going to be this backlash so we don t prepare for it. going to be this backlash so we don t prepare for it. we are marking this anniversary don t prepare for it. we are marking this anniversary end
About some of the economic circumstances around the black community. a large part of what he was speaking when he got i have a dream, was not to lead people in hopelessness, in spite of all these difficult things that we still have to fight in terms of racial and economic injustices and equities, i still have a dream that one day we will live in this kind of world. and we ve made progress since then, i mean if we look at the fact that they made ten demands at that march on washington, the substance of a good percentage of those demands was about civil rights, protections and provisions, we had those today because of that march on washington. you know, they have things in place that protect people in case of employment discrimination, housing discrimination, federalfunds employment discrimination, housing discrimination, federal funds can employment discrimination, housing discrimination, federalfunds can be withheld. there are things that protect people if they are
Again to mark the anniversary, but this time to voice concerns that dr king s dream of racial and social equality is under threat. 0rganisers said political extremism and efforts to undermine voting rights continue to thwart dr king s dream from being realised. the bbc s caitriona perry spoke with his daughter, dr bernice a king about her father s legacy. doctor bernice king, thanks indeed forjoining us, we are marking 60 years on from the march on washington, yourfather s i have a dream speech. how near orfar do dream speech. how near or far do you think we are from that dream he described? in think we are from that dream he described? think we are from that dream he described? ., ., , , ., described? in all honesty, the dream he soke described? in all honesty, the dream he spoke about described? in all honesty, the dream he spoke about is described? in all honesty, the dream he spoke about is going described? in all honesty, the dream he spoke about is going to described? in