showers from montana to wyoming. a major cool-off in the upper midwest with rain from north dakota to michigan. sweltering, though, in the northeast with some severe storms by late afternoon. it is 88 here in new york. 89 in miami. 93 in dallas. 80s from kansas city to detroit. 55 in fargo. 63 in seattle. and 78 in sacramento. here s a tasty little story about one american doing something pretty delicious for the nation s men and women at war. she is candy bishop of chicago, and she s known to those in uniform for all the cookies she has sent to troops in iraq and afghanistan. she s been baking for a couple years, ever since sending some oreos to iraq and in return being asked for some homemade peanut butter cookies. they look yummy. thousands and thousands and thousands of cookies later, she is still going and has no plans to stop. nothing like homemade cookie. and i know those guys men and women have to appreciate that. absolutely. one of her secrets. never use margarine.
created to be equal. i have a dream that one day on the red hills of georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brod hood. i have a dream that one day even the state of mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice. i have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character. i have a dream today!
without controversy. change depends on persistence. change requires determination. it took a full decade before the moral guidance of brown versus board of education was translated into the enforcement measures of the civil rights about and the voting rights act. but those ten long years did not lead dr. king to give up. he kept on pushing. he kept on speaking. he kept on marching until change finally came. and when the civil rights and voting rights act was passed, americans still found themselves trammed in pockets of povr across the country. dr. king d didn t say this was a failure, this is too hard, let s settle for what we got and let s go home. instead, he said let s take those victories and broaden our mission to achieve not just civil and political equality but also economic justice. let s fight for a living wage and beer schools and jobs for all who are willing to work. in other words, when met with hardship, when confronting disappointment, dr. king refused to accep
weather. hot, sweltering, this side of hell? what are we looking at in the northeast? we are running out of adjectives to describe the summer. we got a break from the thunderstorms new york city northward to new england. today, another near 90 degree day. we haven t had a day below average for a month. we are going to get hotter. d.c., up here 100 by friday. saturday is hot and humid. this unbelievable summer continues. dallas, 103 today. that will be 26 days in a row over 100. incredible stuff. you are watching morning joe brewed by the hot sun and starbucks. [ diane lane ] is your anti-wrinkle cream gone.
hot, sweltering, this side of hell? what are we looking at in the northeast? we are running out of adjectives to describe the summer. we got a break from the thunderstorms new york city northward to new england. today, another near 90 degree day. we haven t had a day below average for a month. we are going to get hotter. d.c., up here 100 by friday. saturday is hot and humid. this unbelievable summer continues. dallas, 103 today. that will be 26 days in a row over 100. incredible stuff. you are watching morning joe brewed by the hot sun and starbucks. [ diane lane ] is your anti-wrinkle cream gone.