Thank you all for coming out. What a Beautiful Day to make history again. Inthis very day 50 years ago this very spot, dr. Martin luther king jr. Came to king street to deliver his march on ballot boxes speech. 8, 1966,nday, may mothers day, just as it is today, and now we gather on these hallowed grounds, 50 years later, to remember that important day in the history of king street and williams gstree and williamsburg, South Carolina. Thank you for being here for this importance occasion. When dr. King spoke your on may a rainy afternoon as you will see it was his first major public appearance in South Carolina. Speeches in three the state of South Carolina and defined not mistaken, the other two locations were in charleston and orange. Ree firstme to kingst and he came here after the passage of the Voting Rights act of 1965. He came as a result of mr. Virgil dimly of the funeral home who came to atlanta, camped out, took up residence outside dr. King pro office for three days, hounded
She said to me, on that day, i want you to see what you can be when you grow up. I will never forget that day. I thought about that day while we stood here in this field. Now i said to bakari a few ago, this day has even more significance to me. At the time that we came here, i was also serving as chairman of the board of directors of the shaw boys club in charleston, South Carolina. Many of you may not recognize shaw. Me robert gould Robert Gould Shaw was the quiet kernel colonel who commanded the 54th regiment. And to see here today reenactors of the 54th regiment participate in this program and reflect back on that day, this day has significant meaning to me in the way that you would not believe. [applause] heres what i want to say about today. I dont know if i ever thought, while standing on these grounds 50 years ago, that i would be back here 50 years later, as your representative to the United States congress. But i am. And its because of what was launched that day. Remember wat
A massive california wildfire burnt out of control. Thousands of homes are under threat and some of the worlds oldest trees in Yosemite National park. And in for me, the one charlie clear squanders yet another pole position. As he spins out of control in the french go on pre opening the door for tidal rival max bush, devon, to stroll toward another with ah, im anthony hard welcome to the program. We begin with the war in ukraine, where the countrys military is now mounting a counter offensive in the southern hassan region which fell to Russian Forces. Early on in the evasion, president followed mister lensky. His vow to take back the bridge and an says his troops are advancing, step by step, but the ukrainians are still outgunned by Russian Forces and urgently need more advanced weapons from the west. The ravages of war have left this village uninhabited, except for a few stray pets and these ukrainian fighters as they wait for the order to begin. New grains promised pushback towards t
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