0 special, "beyond the dream." it is hosted by kelly wright. we leave you with a live look at the steps of the lincoln memorial. al sharpton, martin luther king iii, reverend jackson. stay with us. a moan tuesday occasion on beautiful clear day in our nation's capital. right now thousands of people marching from the lincoln memorial to the martin luther king jr. memorial before ending their march at the washington monument. marking 50 years since hundreds of thousands of americans descend order the national mall to hear the reverend dr. martin luther king deliver one of the most famous speeches in american history. some of the thousands in washington were actually there on august 28, 1963. as we take a look at the scenes from 50 years ago and many on hand today who weren't even born yet. all celebrating the great strides america has made on race since the darkest days of the civil rights era. and also acknowledging their there is much more that can and must be done. we will go live to the washington monument in just a few minutes. we begin with a fox news alert out of our nation's capital where president obama has been holding a meeting that could have phonily major implication as he and his national security team discuss reports of a chemical weapons attack in syria. and at an investigation that could soon lead to some kind of u.s. military response. hello. i'm kelly wright. welcome to a brand new hour of "america's news headquarters." >> i'm heather chillders. u.n. investigators arrive on the ground to try to get access to the scene of that horrific alleged chemical attack. and as we learn that the navy is actually pre-positioning some of its warships in preparation for the president's decision. it seems the debate over america's role in this crisis could be coming to a dramatic end. >> the navy has sent a fourth warship armed with ballistic missiles into the eastern mediterranean sea according to defense officials. defense secretary chuck hagel says the pentagon has a responsibility to prepare for whatever the president decides to do. he told reporters yesterday, quote, we are always having to prepare as we give the president options, prepare our assets and where they are and the capability of those assets to carry out the contingencies we give the president. as to the timeline, i didn't subject myself to any kind of timeline. other than this will be dealt with. i suspect some decisions within a short amount of time. the president is meeting with the national security team today. a white house official says that the president and his team will act, quote, very deliberately. once they get the facts about what exactly happened in syria this week. there is a united nations investigative team on the ground in syria. trying to determine if chemical weapons were used. today the u.n.'s disarmament chief arrived in damascus, syria to press syrian president assad's government to allow that investigative team to go to the site of the reported chemical attack. u.s. secretary general moon says it is clear that the situation in syria, quote, continues to worsen. >> the death toll has now risen past 100,000 people. the images of victims from this latest incident, including many children, are heart breaking and sickening. >> he was talking about about the death toll in syria from the whole civil unrest. not just the chemical attack this week. president obama said reports about a chemical attack are, quote, very troublesome. heather? >> thank you, molly. as u.n. investigators arrive on the ground to investigate this latest attack, we will ask former u.s. ambassador to the u.n., john bolton, what needs to be the next step with syria. what he thinks about the possibility of a military response. celebrating the dream. hen and now. thousands of americans descending on the national mall in washington today. marking 50 years since the historic civil rights march on washington. and reverend dr. martin luther king's speech for the ages. doug mckelway live from the washington monument with more details. what's the atmosphere there? >> just a spectacular crowd here, kelly. a huge, huge crowd. you know, i often wonder what the reverend dr. king would think if he were to step into a time machine and plopped down at this time and place today. one thing that he would notice, just -- about three, four blocks behind me, is a brand-new monument carved in stone and likeness, memory. standing alongside those in washington, jefferson and lincoln. another thing he would notice is that huge crowd. probably rivals of that of the day he spoke here in 1963. there are no official crowd estimates, national park service doesn't do that after being criticized by overestimates some crowds and underestimating other crowds. he would be saddened by some of the sacrifices so many people made to get to this point in time. people like herbert jackson. elderly man i spoke to today from houston, texas, who described to me as a little boy, he had to eat in the back of restaurants, not in the front where the white people ate. when he went to movies he had to take the fire escape the balcony, not where the white people watched the movie from. i asked him, what if you violated those kinds of rules? here he is. not just one person. >> thank you, both for your thoughts on this historic day as we take a look back and forward. now let's switch gears and let's talk as we mentioned in the intro about -- the affordable care act and the problems that seem to continue to plague obama care. so, debbie, what are your thoughts on the latest announcements made by the university of virginia and made by ups and they won't cover spouses and you can get coverage other places and then -- also, delta comment being the cost that they will approve as a result. >> i think people are trying to understand what people are saying. let's be clear on ups and university of virginia. these thoughts about not including spouses, they are not going to not cover any spouse. i would work to general motors, a deck aago, looking whether because my husband had health care insurance, should they cover both of us. that's an issue that -- employers have been looking at for more than a decade to reduce cost. and -- then nobody even knew what you call was obama care. let's look at what is happening. kaiser this week came out and said that for the first time in a decade, the insurance increases have slowed down by less than a third. and what -- what do we have. ing the fact of the matter, seniors are playing less for prescriptions. millions of americans are -- paying less for preventative care and have no lifetime cap. millions of young people are kept on their parents' health insurance coverage until they are 26. the good is there. >> so -- angela, does the good outweigh the bad? >> the good is there but if we look at how this bill came to see the light, members of congress voted for a bill that they didn't read. when you put politics over policy, this is what you get. you have congressional members that don't want obama care. have you the head of the irs that said he would rather keep his own insurance instead of obama care. then you have red lobster who is decreasing full-time job hours for part-time job hours because they cannot afford to pay for obama care. so the bottom line is this. do we need health care reform? should americans have access to health care? yes. it hub the right type. members of congress and the president need to come together and do their job and come to some conclusion. but defunding obama care, i want to say this as a republican. defunding obama care is not the right way to go. >> i want to go back to debbie. i wouldn't talk about the, you know, the president. president obama assured americans that they would be able to keep their health care coverage if they liked and wanted to. that appears it won't be true. >> the exchanges are going to start on october 1. you know, another very interesting thing that's happened this year is that health care consumer costs went down for the first time in four decades starting in may because you have a smarter consumer who is looking at what the cost is of health care. the exchanges, we will see them october 1. people will be able to buy affordable health care. more people will will have access to. >> it that's if there is competition among providers in the exchanges. apparently that isn't happening in a lot of states now. >> new york has reduced its health care cost by an incredible amount of money. we need to see what the reality is. overall, i think that even a mccain economist has said that the health care bill is reducing costs. republicans and -- less than -- i think 36% of the american people want to see obama care defunded. may husband has a great saying. i'm not saying this bill is perfect. he says the last perfect bill that was written came down from the mountain when moses wrote the ten commandments and people probably wouldn't agree with those. it is room for improvement. what the purpose of this and being accomplished, every american should have access to affordable health care. >> have you members of congress, democrats and republicans, that voted down certain parts of obama care. and the bottom line is this. you have the 24 -- 2014 midterm elections and a lot of democrats that will have to defend their seats regarding obama care. even the president, they -- actually delayed the mandate for certain companies for a year. the bottom line is do we have a good bill? no. and is it going to cost americans more money? yes. it is going to cost americans more jobs? when delta says it will cost them $100 million, to me, that goes to people losing jobs. because how are they going to pay for it? they have to let lay people off. >> a lot remains to be seen. we will see what happens come october 1. thank you for joining us, debbie, angela. we appreciate it. >> thank you. >> thank you. fox news alert. there is a state of emergency in san francisco as huge wildfires burn mere one of our nation's crown jewels. yosemite national park. the city is 150 miles away with fire threatening power and water systems. the flames cover nearly 200 square miles now. and are spreading into yosemite. thousands of homes are threatened and neighbors describe a very frightening scene. >> we are up all night every might wondering if it will come across the line and come towards us. >> it is like backdraft the movie. sucks the air out and all of a sudden you get a wind coming from nowhere. pulling the oxygen. >> dominick joins us live with more details about what is going on with this fire. >> reporter: yes. this is one of the worst pyres on record according to fire officials. the past 24 hours, jumping 20,000 square acres. very difficult for the fighters to contain this. the territory that's inacce inaccessib inaccessible, we have a fire on a ridge. would ridges behind the city itself. and fire crews are putting up a brave defense of the city. smoke is thickening in the past hour. you can see how close the fire is getting. 4,500 homes now under threat in the area. advisory evacuations in place for seven communities. police were going around yesterday and early this morning and advising people to move on. lot of residents are quite determined to dig in and are reluctant, perhaps aggressively so, some officers are saying, to actually leave their properties. fire officials saying, look, you have to be aware of the dangers of the oncoming flames. >> the fire has been, you know, extreme. when we are talking about homes at risk, we are talking about precautionary measures and so we want people to be aware as far as, you know will are evacuations and that are occurring and p want people to pay attention to the fire and keeping themselves safe. >> reporter: when california governor jerry brown yesterday issued an emergency proclamation people woke up to the fact how serious the rim fires, they are calling it, actually is. it affected the area northwestern parts of yosemite park. that gives san francisco, the city and county itself, 85% of its water. we don't believe that area has been damaged but power lines in the area have. the governor's proclamation was pointing out there will be more damage to infrastructure, power and water. yes, there could be disruptions in the city in the san francisco county area. that indeed. we haven't seen anything like that in a while. that's a rare proclamation the governor put out will. it just goes show just how uncontrollable prarts. only 5% of it contained. you know, due to the difficult situation taking place, even with the nation's two dc-10s being used to tackle it, is provinging to be a hard fight. 12500 being brought in to deal with it. >> we thank you for that report. hopefully can knock that fire down quickly. mother nature can help out by giving them a dose of rain. thank you. still to come, america weighing her options on syria. president obama leading with his national security team to talk about what to do amid reports syria's dictator use chemical weapons on his own people. reaction inside from former u.s. ambassador to the u.n., john bolton. reflecting on reverend martin luther king's legacy then and now. bernice king, only one of the civil rights leader's children, to follow him into the ministry, talks about her father and that legendary speech. good he was really speaking to us about our humanity and understanding our interconnective must and interrelated must. that's why he talked about not judging by the color of the skin but content of the character. ? 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