So hopefully you will feel as excited as i feel about the first part of my book tour. Also, this is a very special time of year as we begin to reflect on my fathers birth. His actual birthday being january 15 and of course celebrating as a National Holiday on the 20th, next monday. So as we pause, as the nation pauses to reflect on his teachings, principles, and life work, i hope that we will all remember that the message he left for us is really and truly rooted within being our bests. I always think of the fact that people compare my father to so many great icons. But i would like to think of them first and foremost as daddy. To me, he was just simply someone i could seek refuge in. And i think that the book was for me a great opportunity to get some of these issues out on the table to look back over the span of years and explore the rich legacy that im very proud of being a part of. And the fact that he was a very serious person in public, the public man that we all know, but yet in
Community work and Martin Luther king day. We recorded his remarks in january 2003 in pasadena, california. It is about 50 minutes. [applause] first of all, i want to say how happy i am to be here in pasadena and romans primarily because this is really my inaugural booksigning if you will. So hopefully you will feel as excited as i feel about the first part of my book tour. Also, this is the very special time of year as we begin to reflect on my fathers birth, his actual birthday being january the 15th and, of course, celebrating as a National Holiday on the 20th next monday. So as we pause as the nation pauses to reflect on these teachings, principles and lifes work, i hope that we will all remember that the message he left for us is really truly rooted being our best selves. I always think of the fact that people compare my father to so many great icons, but i would like to think of them first and foremost as daddy. To me he was just simply someone i could seek refuge in. And i think
Studio 1a in Rockefeller Plaza. Good morning, everyone, welcome to today on this tuesday. Im Savannah Guthrie. Im matt lauer along side al roker and tamron hall. Did we do something with the set . Did i miss something . We changed something. Sorry i missed the House Warming Party but it looks good. It looks good. We are excited. Good. We are going to start in washington at the scene of the deadly shooting at the navy yard. After conflicting reports on monday, confusing information, investigators now believe the gunman acted alone. Natalie morales is there with the latest. Natalie, good morning to you. Good morning to you, matt. We are starting to learn more about the alleged gunman and possibly aa motive here. According to officials, the man identified as the alleged shooter, 34yearold aaron alexis had been experiencing mental problems and had a checkered past. He was a computer contractor, a former Navy Reservist who was honorably discharged in 2011. Alexis did have a valid pass to en
Beautiful, beautiful set. And youre wearing white after labor day because youre a rule breaker and i like that about you. They said we were allowed. Didnt they . Until they come along and tell us who they are, were going to break the rules. There was a big shooting in washington dc, and our hearts and prayers go out to the victims and their families, and the alleged shooter was shot dead. Now the questions of what motivated him and why, so im sure well learn a lot more about him in the days to come. And more importantly, a lot more about the victims. Do you see a pattern yet with some of the other Mass Shootings . You know what surprised me, when a newscaster will come on and say this is the worst shooting since sandy hook, or this is the worst shooting since and theyre all so close together. It used to be i remember columbine. Now its like since a few months ago, and a few before that, and there always seems to be so many more. Theres a rush to judgement, but the truth is we dont know
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