and wise. like a living icon. you could imagine a single tear sliding down his cheek at the senselessness of it all. and on the other side t heedless youngs men from the south drunk on racism and white privilege. the irony was overwhelming. the indigenous man s land had been stolen by the ancestors of these boys and yet they dared to lecture him aboutda walls designed to keep people who looked very muchke like him outf what they are calling their country. it was infuriating to a lot of people. at the same time, was also strangely comforting to those who watched it from brooklyn and l.a. the people who run this country have long suspected that middle america is aon hive of nativist bigotry and now they had proof of that. a cause for a celebration of outrage because nothing quite as satisfying as having your own biases ngconfirmed. but did the video really describe what happened? that should have been thede first question that journalists asked. checking facts is what journalists are pai
yes of course. is there a judge judy shineland? no. my mom this year discovered judge judy. your mom, a living icon watches judge judy. she called me up and is like do you know this judge judy? let me do the voice. i know your mother better than you do. kathy, i ve been watching judge judy. it s a microcosm for society. people come with their problems and she s brilliant. my mom s like i learned so much about the law. your mother is studying the law as is mine via judge judy. and she just started watching phil donahue. not phil donahue. dr. phil. she s like his wife is on every show with him. well, yeah, dr. phil s wife robin, sits in the front row in leather pants and supports him by holding his hand as they exit the show. which i think you should do with me. yeah? yeah as part of your prep. now, i do want to bring up and i hope the booth is ready for this i do watch you on 60
tonight we ll hear from some of those voices. plus my interview with a living icon. a man who brought the crowd to their feet that august day. congressman john lewis. we do not get legislation out of this congress. the time will come when we will march through the streets of jackson, through the streets of danville, through the streets of cambridge. a legend in her own right joins me on set. and as we go to break, the music that day was an essential part of the event. it included a legendary rendition of we shall overcome led by joan baez and sung by a chorus of hundreds of thousands of people. [ singing ]
teachers. he had this unusual ability to see the big picture and all the little parts that had to be put together piece by piece. he pulled together there were only about 12 of us working with him up on suh er. i understand he gave you a scholarship. that s right. he did. but he was a masterful tactician and a practical pragmatic person. by the time we got washington the day before the march, all the work was done. all we had to do is wait. thank you both for your time tonight. thank you, reverend. thank you. much, much more from our special two-hour edition of politicsnation live from lincoln memorial. including berniece a. king on what her father s legacy means now 50 years later. and my interview with a living icon. congressman john lewis. what you wear to bed is your business.
let s watch him. we believe that it is one of the biggest, most creative, and constructive demonstrations ever held in the history of our nation. so randolph called the march and brought this coalition of labor and civil rights together. and that s really in the 21st century version of what we are trying to do and believe will do tomorrow. absolutely. one of the phrases i think we all need to take from this and lee said it very well. but when dr. martin luther king jr. was speaking to us, he talked about the urgency of now. it s not a time to wait. it s not a time to stand back or sit down. it is a time to rise up, speak out, and come together and say we can do better as a nation. and together, all of us, can make a right for the youngest, oldest, and everyone in between. the urgency of now. we ve got to make something happen. lee saunders and dennis van rokel, thanks for coming on the show tonight. we will certainly see you in the morning. still ahead, my interview with a li