25% these days. and that has created a world where and this is what i want to get into with our experts tonight where even the people opposing the very voting laws he passed say things like this. when i witness dr. martin luther king s march on washington speech as an intern back in 1963, i dreamed about doing big things to help my state and our country. voting rights activists noting the lip service to dr. king s legacy by people who are undermining not only voting rights in general but the work of these underlying laws that are literally still the most severe, serious, strong voting rights and civil rights legislation that we have of 64 and 65. i just showed you the republican senate leader. he struck a similar note as a newer senator republican josh hawley touts mlk for paving the way. he was the first senator to join
on washington, martin luther king s march on washington, saying they re standing on the shoulders of riots. comparing them to the same people from 1963. that s the moral high ground he thinks they re standing on, while spreading misinformation. let s get further into the article. saying the event adds momentum to activists spreading false and misleading claims about the vaccine, with mandates as an entry point. are you saying that the anti-vax movement lures people in under the guise of being against mandates? reporter: yes, that s their most recent tactic, because a
ali was not popular in his time. 23% of the american public was in favor of martin luther king s march on washington the day before it happened. it s a winner in the moment. people judges people like keeper nick well. if i come out after all this happened with vice-president pence, jones came out today and said he would punish a player who kneeled. i want to talk about this instead of the fact my sport is killing people, causing brain injuries, causing suicides. that is a loser. this unfortunately is a political winner. saying nothing of the 0-5 new york giants. hey, philip. another topic. the president tweeted tonight a big salute to jerry jones, owner of the dallas cowboys who will bench players who disrespect our flag. quote, stand for anthem or sit for game. again, a little political co-opting there. and if we had a legal eagle on this panel, they would remind us the first amendment we are waiving around protects it is about the government.
years ago, april 9th, 1939, 75,000 people turned out for a public concert that forever changed the landscape of african-americans in music. a quarter of a century later, anderson returned to lincoln memorial, this time singing at dr. martin luther king s march on washington. we see as she sings there, dr. king talked about a dream that day. no one thought the years before that she was barred that we d ever see dr. king talking about a dream. many things today we d not
protesters spill into the street. i thought you was supposed to be in school. today, some students protest budget cuts by not going to school. joining a nationwide boycott that s calling for more public education on the 50th anniversary of martin luther king s march on washington. 50 years ago it was for the people. today is for the kids. ain t no power like the power of the people, because the power of the people don t stop. even though the decision to cut $68 million from classroom funding, protesters refuse up their fight. there s going to be 39 people in my classroom because of those budget cuts. the mayor needs to come out here and communicate with the people. it s nothing new for mayor emanuel. when i was growing up, we were a people about politics. so our family dinners were a