Martin luther king jr. Moments ago Homeland Security jeh johnson laid a wreath at memorial in washington, d. C. The irony of today is that mrs. Kings dream of a National Holiday for her husband has become a reality. Dr. Kings dream of a world at peace with itself has not. In 2015 hatred violence and poverty still enhabit our nation and our planet. The good news is that there are many angels among us who also inhabit this planet and inspire us all to do better. Vice President Biden will deliver remarks very soon honoring dr. King at an event hosted by the organization of minority women in his home state of delaware. Well be waiting for that. Also today in the nations capital, the ninth annual mlk peace walk takes place as americans across the country commemorate dr. Kings 86th birthday. Joining me mistranscorrespondent Chris Jansing. A very good mlk day to you and to the country, how will he observe this important day . Reporter a tradition a day of service. When bill clinton signed thi
In the leg. Hes under arrest and is being questioned right now. Elise labott is joining us from jerusalem. Whats been the response to this attack both from the Israeli Government and from the Palestinian Authority . Reporter wolf the israeli authorities captured this man right after the attack happened and they were interrogating him trying to see if he was working with anybody. It doesnt seem he was. Seems it was more one of those socalled lone wolf attacks. But what the israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said is that its palestinian incitement against the israelis antisemitism weve seen around the world that inspires palestinians to make attacks against israelis and thus after hamas praised the attack. There was no implication that hamas was involved. But hamas praising the attack and saying the israelis deserved it because of their treatment of the palestinians. Has there been any official reaction from the Palestinian Authority leadership . Reporter no, there hasnt. This 23y
Intervention. Just the fact that murders of these 21 hostages took place in north africa not the middle east is raising new questions about the strength and reach of the Islamic State. Nbcs Foreign Correspondent is with us this morning. First of all, talk about the significance over what has happened over just the last 48 hours. Reporter yeah. A group of egyptian christians who are among the thousands who work in libya. They had been missing, kids knapped, feared kidnapped for the past several weeks. Yesterday Late Afternoon local time here in the u. S. A video emerged online belonging to isis so shooing the brutes execution of several of those men. Within hows the egyptian president addressed the nation vowed this response. You can see on the screen egyptian fighter jets taking often from egypt, bombing targets in the eastern part of the country. Now, according to the Egyptian Military they say they targeted training sites, weapon deep oes belonging to some of these militants in retal
People of france and with all the innocent men, women and so many children who were hurt or killed in this sickening attack. More from the president s remarks coming up. And also donald trump, he canceled what had been an 11 00 a. M. Scheduled announcement of his Vice President ial pick today but then turned around and he unveiled it on twitter anyway. My family and i couldnt be more honored. The opportunity to run with and serve with the next president of the United States. Mike pence of indiana is the pick. But nbc news reporting that trump tried to backtrack from that choice late last night. Very unusual situation. Well have all the details on that ahead. But we begin with our top story, terror in nice. The death toll continuing to climb in frances third terror attack in just the last 19 months. At least 84 now confirmed dead in this one. That includes two americans. Also more than 200 injured. 52 of them critically. We are starting to learn details about the suspect, muhammad lahou
Yesterday, the Prime Minister did something that was unthinkable back in the dark ages when i was president of the United States. He sent out a tweet and the tweet reminded us of a simple fact. It was israels first day without shimon peres. For more than 70 of his 93 years. One way or the other, in and out of government, he was a public servant. I was honored to sha almost 25 of those years with him. First in our common efforts with Prime Minister rabin, a blessed memory to forge a peace between israel and palestinians. Then just as his friends. Someone who listened to, learned from and laughed with him and always was in awe of his endless capacity to move beyond even the most crushing setbacks in order to seize the possibilities of each new day. I am honored the family asked me to tell you what he meant to someone who is not a citizen of this country i love so much. But who was nevertheless blessed and inspired. I think in many ways is representative of millions more. He touched thoug