Member for the president s Reelection Campaign, talk about the africanamerican vote. As always, we will take your calls and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. Washington journal is next. Host good morning. This is the federal holiday marking the life of dr. Martin luther king jr. Today is the National Holiday and this is a live picture of the mlk memorial in washington, d. C. After about 20 years of planning and fundraising, this memorial twoopen to the public in thousand 11. The mlk holiday became law in 1983, signed by ronald lakin reagan into law. How are Race Relations doing as we enter 2020 . Are they Getting Better . 2027488000 is your number. If you think Race Relations are getting worse, 2027488001. If you are not sure, 2027488002 is your number. You can send us a text at washington journal. The number is 2027488003. Please leave your name and the town you are calling from. You can post a comment at facebook. Com cspan or a comment at cspanwj. Usa is the fro
Alabama. Right, now they are in the super bowl. There is something about, with all due respect to every other professional franchise in the bay area. When the niners are good, there is just a different type of energy. It is just something with the niners and the super bowl, we have got all that history. Lets take you back a little bit to last night at levite stadium. It was really an atmosphere like we have never seen before, or seldom seen before. Packed to the rafters, the fans just rocked into the game, sensing the moment and sensing what was about to happen. Really from the getgo this was all about raheem most are, the man who was cut seven times by four different teams come he said a 49er record, 220 yards, four touchdowns. Jerry riit up, getting the most fired up. It was a lot of fun to watch. As we said, heading to their seventh super bowl, you can see the emotion in tomlinson, one of the acquisitions from the detroit lions. Yeah. Yep, emmanuel sanders. You know, most folks figu
Palo alto with appearances from former players and Team President and cheese head fans. Anser hassan. Go pack, go. Reporter bay area is niners country, but tonight green bay fans found a home. Its been awesome, fantastic. Being around all my people. Go pack go reporter Christie Miller is one of the diehards, custom cheese head and everything. Joined dozens in palo alto for a rally before the championship game against the niners. We were here early, got destroyed about tby the niners. Reporter from dublin says dont underestimate green bay qb aaron rodgers. Hes been in this stage before. And i think hes just ready to really show the world that hes a true legend. Im excited to see it. Reporter former green bay players made it out. Jordy nelson, won a super bowl in 2010 and legendary james lofton. Hall of fame wide receiver likes green bays chances. Started watching the team in august, think they made great strides. This close. Reporter packers president murphy on hand, taking pictures wit
Hero of World War Two and of the civil rights movement. As david martin will report in our cover story. Aircraft carriers are usually named for american president s, a tradition that is about to be overturned. What was your personal reaction . I was overwhelmed. Its a reminder too that heroism is in no way limited by race, by gender, by background, by rank or rating. The enlisted sailor who will receive an honor for very few americans. Ahead on sunday morning. Rocca our sunday profile this morning is of laura dern. The Hollywood Star whose current success has inspired her fans to coin a brand new word, as well hear from tracy smith. I will not not be rich. Big little lies actress laura dern is in so many great roles these days. Theyre calling it, the dernaissance. What do you think of the term the dernaissance . I mean, it sounds fantastic. Laura dern on a roll later on sunday morning. Rocca reaching out is a story from lee cowan, all about a promising approach to preventing troubled p
Open and fair trial with witnesses. She told reporters the democrats now have the leverage of public opinion. When we first brought up the articles of impeachment, the senate said they would have a motion to dismiss forthright the whole thing. Theyre not saying that anymore because the American People had weighed in. There are new reports that the Trump Administration may attempt to do allow with the law that bans u. S. Companies from bribing foreigners. Plus, he said she had not read the book the reports are based on. But she did at, quote, i know they have no respect for the constitution when they say it is okay to bribe a Foreign Government. Million wils will be watchi the impeachment trial. More from washington. All eyes will be on the u. S. Senate tuesday as the impeachment trial of President Trump gets underway. House managers met sunday after president , declaring him guilty of abuse of power and obstruction of congress. The facts are uncontested and the evidence is overwhelming