hello, everyone. thank you for joining me. i m fredricka whitfield. on what would have been martin luther king, jr. s 94th birthday, joe biden will deliver a sermon in his honor. biden will be the first sitting president to speak at a sunday service at ebenezer baptist church where he served as pastor. biden will talk about king s life and legacy, as well as voting rights on the eve of the federal holiday. this coming as new questions, as you see the president walking into ebenezer baptist with senator warnock. and you are seeing these pictures live and people standing in his presence. our cnn white house correspondent is there. arletta, this comes as the president is being hit with a lot of questions about documents that have been found in his personal residence, in delaware, as well as his former office. so what do we expect his message will be, largely staying away from the controversy, and answering some of those questions, and more specifically, addressing the legacy of
pictures live and people standing in his presence. our cnn white house correspondent is there. arletta, this comes as the president is being hit with a lot of questions about documents that have been found in his personal residence, in delaware, as well as his former office. so what do we expect his message will be, largely staying away from the controversy, and answering some of those questions, and more specifically, addressing the legacy of dr. king? reporter: well, fred, he s hoping to keep the focus on his sermon today at ebenezer baptist where martin luther king, jr. was a pastor. officials have said that the president wants to talk about the legacy of dr. king, as well as the path forward for the nation. now, this all comes ahead of
that martin luther king, jr. holiday tomorrow. and the president is coming to this historic church at tin i have at the invitation of senator warnock, who is the pastor here and just won re-election in the senate. the service is starting to get underway there. this comes at an interesting time, as conversation about those classified documents found at the president s residence and an office. those conversations have dominated so much of the news in the days leading into this. another interesting point, of course, is the fact that joe biden himself is weighing whether he wants to launch another bid for re-election. of course, georgia would be pivotal to a 2024 campaign. this is a state that helped biden win when he flipped it from red to blue in 2022. today, the focus of his message is to honor the legacy of dr. king. all right.
churches and schools and so forth. i think african americans today have so many more resources. there s so many incredible, talented people of conscience. i think we just have to renew those efforts and remember that there are there is always the need to be to be inclusive, intentional inclusive, anti-racist, resist, some of the legacy that we have of making some people lesser. and it s something we all have to struggle with. we all have our blind spots. but i think this younger generation is frankly, i think a lot of the baby boomers also, we are i think we are still in the fight to make this country live up to its creed. we re looking forward to the content of the president s remarks there from ebenezer. we know that he will be talking about the importance of
hello, everyone. thank you for joining me. i m fredricka whitfield. on what would have been martin luther king, jr. s 94th birthday, joe biden will deliver a sermon in his honor. biden will be the first sitting president to speak at a sunday service at ebenezer baptist church where he served as pastor. biden will talk about king s life and legacy, as well as voting rights on the eve of the federal holiday. this coming as new questions, as you see the president walking into ebenezer baptist with senator warnock. and you are seeing these