would like to live a long life, longevity has its place, but i m not concerned about that now. i just want to do god s will. and he s allowed me to go up to the mountain, and i ve looked over, and i ve seen the promised land. i may not get there with you but i want you to know tonight that we as a people will get to the promised land. a haunting speech from reverend martin luther king jr. delivered the night before he was assassinated in memphis. we ll be honoring dr. king this morning and exploring his legacy throughout the morning on morning joe. also ahead this hour, we ll have the latest developments on the classified documents found at president biden s home, and the gop s false equivalency when it comes to this discovery. hundreds of files of donald trump tried to stash away at mar-a-lago, to equate is a little tough. congress is on the clock to raise the country s debt limit. it comes after a dire warning from treasury secretary janet yellen. plus, we ll get a live
And martin luther king jr. was this, you know, one referred to him as a second founding father that what he did on wednesday, august 28th, 1963, in the march on washington was he redefined for us american scripture that if you look around the monumental ball, jefferson had started, lincoln had improved on and conditioning argued for its full application. by the way, is there anything more american in monumental terms than martin luther king, that image right there, stares and perpetuity across thomas jefferson, across the title basin, and jefferson stares back, and that s in many ways, the tension and the promise of the country. it s interesting, when you say that, jon, it s also interesting and it s perfect in that king quite aware of
Before me stands monuments of the greatest and the goodness of our nation, monuments of light and liberty. there s a towering memorial to george washington, the general who led our revolution, the president who set our nation on its course. there is a memorial to thomas jefferson, whose words about liberty and equality literally changed the world. and across the title basin of the jefferson memorial, there stands dr. martin luther king jr., his arms crossed, his ice fixed ahead toward the promised land where equality is not only an aspiration, but a reality. they helped define who we are, guide what we do, remind us of
Baseball stuff, what that would do is ultimately reduce the threshold to move forward on confirmation vote from 60 to 51. it is fair to say that would be a risky proposition for both parties because while the gop is in control now, what happens if the democrats wrest control of the senate in a couple years? and that is what makes it risky. just because the healthcare bill didn t go through doesn t mean there is not a shortage of news. thank you so much. after a chaotic week on capitol hill, at the title basin, thoughts on the battle over healthcare, take a listen. we got to get rid of obamacare. the conservatives, we have to go more conservative on some of the issues, the next two or three
At home with you, and on a spring saturday, you drew the high card. reporter: i m in the beautiful title basin, here s what is making news. don t worry from president trump one day after the gop healthcare bill is pulled from the house floor. what congress should be focusing on next. leland:top members of the house intelligence committee at odds as they prepare for more hearings investigating russia s involvement in the 2016 election. i am here for look at the cherry blossoms and japanese artists are performing throughout the day today.