clinton and civil rights leaders gather to honor and mark martin luther king jr. day at a breakfast hosted by the national action network here in washington. this is an hour and a half. good morning. as we gather today, first let me thank all of our honorees that we are saluting this year. it is important on king day that we do things in the spirit of dr. king. today, dr. king as a federal holiday was a result in and of itself of struggle. so we do a nots a take it as a off. we take it as a day on, to do something in the spirit of human rights andnd civil rights that . king stood for.n national action network startedn 28 years ago on those principles. and we ve been blessed to feder partner with martin luther kingl iii who thought it appropriate to spend this holiday every year with us at the breakfast. and he had brought his mother to our convention for many years. so we are in our dna king-like. and no year is more important than this year, because we are meeting on the m