Witness. He was a man not willing to settle. You joined us. Athe legacy of Martin Luther king is coming up now. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Tavis we are joined by the director of the king institute. I guess today officially concludes the festivities that have been going on for weeks. What is your sense for how martin has been treated . I think it has been great. I think that represents that Martin Luther kings legacy lives on into the 21st century. We have a problem where the majority do not have passports. Not get out and see the world. See inside looking out. When one does travel around the world, give me some sense of how is regardedr king around the world. You have asked the right question. He is a world figure. He is a symbol for social justice around the world. Outsidein a similar way the United States Martin Luther as ais viewed not just black leader. They recognize he is a symbol for human rights, social justice, and everyone is familiar with
You can feel it all over everybody all over people every four years the word party means, good evening from washington know everyone. Every four years the word party means the same thing to the rest of the country. Two massive parties and multiple ballrooms. Still going on tonight at the Washington Convention center. The inaugural ball, the commanderinchiefs ball. There are other celebrations around town, big and small. These are the biggest and the big names from alicia keys to the cast of glee to the president in chiefs ball and president obama introducing the first lady. I said today at the lunch over at the congress that some may dispute the quality of our president but nobody disputes the quality of our first lady. Ladies and gentlemen, my better half, and my dance partner, Michelle Obama. That was the first dance of the first couple tonight, literally and figuratively, they have been to this dance before. This time around the first lady promised to slow down and try to take it al
Hopes of reaching a deal. 2 main sticking points pay and benefits. In the last strike 2300 employee walked off the job for 4 and a half days in july leading to massive Traffic Congestion throughout the bay area. Now even with formal strike notice the union could continue to work without a contract. Governor could step in to the halt a shut down or bart could turn up the pressure by impose ago contract. Tonight Union Leaders held a big rally thrown in a little star power. Sf hundreds of people including actor danny glover who you just saw turned out for the march and rally. We see the group as they walked from the plaza to bart headquarters at lake merritt. Thousands of bart riders caught in the middle of the labor dispute not knowing how they manage to get around next week. We talked to those frustrated bart riders today. The thats a big problem. The pension things just when you thought it was over bart workers put the brake on service once again. Bart riders are not happy about it. I
Were covering every angle this morning. Lets begin this hour with our Martin Savidge who joins us again from atlanta. Good morning, martin. That being a city and a state that is open. Reporter thats right. And they continue to every day open up a little bit more. Good morning, poppy. Good morning, jim. There are a dozen states that have either started to open up or allowed businesses to reopen or have announced plans to allow that process to begin. The problem is that there are a number of those states where coronavirus continues to rise. Number of cases. And we should remind everyone of what was the white house and the federal guidance that states shouldnt consider reopen ing again until they had two consecutive weeks of declines of coronavirus cases. So lets look at two states as examples. Georgia is one of those, were talking about it, were here. You know, of course, they have the personal Service Industry on friday, salons and all of this. And yesterday, in place dining in restaura
Of the curfews in effect. Protesters across the country have been defying those curfews and ignoring the state and city leaders begging them to go home. In new york crowds gathered on the manhattan bridge, marching around that squad car. The city has seen skirmishes break out in parts as well as looting. Well have more on that in a moment. And in los angeles thousands violated a 6 00 p. M. Curfew with many deciding on the mayors residence the official residence as a place of focal point. Earlier in the day mayor Eric Garcetti took a knee at a protest downtown as a sign of solidarity. Hundreds were arrested on tuesday, many flashing peace signs before being taken away. In portland, oregon protesters took over a bridge for whats known as a diein where crowds lie down as if theyre dead. Many with their arms behind their back as if they were handcuffed. All of these people are rallying for george floyd, who died in minneapolis last week after a white Police Officer pinned him down with a k