Here today on behalf of radio one to celebrate the life and legacy of reverend dr. Martin luther king jr. , and i want to welcome each and every one of you to the ninth annual wreathlaying day of prayer memorial. It is an honor to be here. This is one of the most beautiful and serene memorials we have here in washington. It is exciting to know that many of you supported building this memorial, and it has become the fifth most visited memorial at our nations capital. Yes. Round of applause. One of those be who this memorial was built for, a strong person of color, hsbc graduate. He is a man whose life was taken at the age of 51. We now have this breathtaking memorial in remembrance of his life and in betterment of humankind. Today, we want to talk about when the when the memorial in 2011, a new foundation, the memorial. Oundation was created , hope,ants of democracy and love. Lets all prepare to start the ceremony and prepared to enjoy ourselves. We are very blessed right now. We are ma
Growth. You can never be sure of the vote that the people use, the house vote to go to allow george bush to go was 296193. 81 out of the 296 were democrats. In the senate it was 7723, 29 of the democrats voted for it. If the democrats had stuck together and had not voted in either house for it, he wouldnt have gotten this resolution. Thats right. Can you blame just the republicans for what happened in iraq if you dont like it . No, no. No, you cant. You can blame president bush for for in a nutshell. Before before you say anything let me say i got the distinct impression and you may not like this language, that you really dont like george bush. No, no. I dont like his policies. Well, youre very strong. I would say a book about you, a book about Abraham Lincoln and a book about george bush. Well i liked his father a lot. I dont know this george bush. I know fred willpond who told me hes a terrific guy if you get to know him. I like the fact that hes a man of of faith. I dont like the wa
Put him on the national map. We want to begin this morning on washington journal by hearing from you on the late mario cuomo , his influence on the democratic party, when you remember about him, etc. Host you can also make a comment via social media. Host mario cuomo 19322015 the opening topic this morning on washington journal. Todd purdom writes in politico that he was the poet laureate of american literalism liberals and, the democratic partys most passionate defender of the underdog and its most articulate critic of the trickledown gospel of reaganomics. A fiercely proud son of immigrants, he believed, as he once put it, that if he could rise to the highest seat in greatest date of the nation, anything was possible. Mario cuomo like to say that politicians campaigned in poetry but governed in prose, and is own accomplishments in 12 years in albany never quite lived up to his highflown rhetoric. Instinctively cautious, he effectively waged a Holding Action against federal retrenchme
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and the controversy surrounding the quote inscribed to dr. king memorial in washington. we will talk to the ceo of the martin luther king memorial foundation about the change in the the inscription. i protect the lives that make up my community. i m discovering ways to improve our quality of life. [ male announcer ] history made its mark. make yours. at&t continues to support the spirit of individuals making a difference with at&t 28 days get involved today.