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we ll get to those in just a moment. he will follow that with the phone calls with your phone calls but just the flavor of the opening statements from the many news reports that came out throughout the day today. they headlined first from the washington times, their headline christine blasey ford, kavanaugh accuser, 100% certain he assaulted her. opening statement, her testimony was first this morning. then, judge kavanaugh later on, headline here on the hill to come. on the hill.com. a reminder that we cover the hearing, the entire hearing and it is all available on c-span.org. you re on c-span tonight as we mentioned, we will show you first the opening statements, together a little over 50 minutes. after that, we will open up the phones as we have been doing throughout the day to hear your reaction to the testimony and your thoughts on the nomination and whether judge kavanaugh will be approved at the u.s. senate. let s get to the opening statements first and we will se
wreathlaying and day of prayer in reconciliation here at the martin luther king jr. memorial. it is definitely an honor to be here. one of the most beautiful and impactful and serene memorials that we have here in washington. it is so exciting to know that many of you supported building this memorial. it has become the fifth most visited memorial at our nations capital. round of applause for that for sure. i am proud to be one of those who this memorial was built for, a strong person of color, hbcu graduate. i have benefited from the life of dr. martin luther king jr. he is a man whose life was taken at the age of 51. we now have this breathtaking memorial in remembrance of his life and in betterment of humankind. today, we want to talk about when the when the memorial was dedicated in 2011, a new foundation, the memorial foundation was created. four tenants of democracy, hope, and love. let s all prepare to start the ceremony and prepared to enjoy ourselves. we are very bl
great to see you all here today. i m here from 93.9 with dominique and it is very much an honor to be here today on behalf of radio one to celebrate the life and legacy of reverend dr. martin luther king jr. and i want to welcome each and every one of you to the ninth annual wreathlaying and day of prayer in reconciliation here at the martin luther king jr. memorial. it is definitely an honor to be here. one of the most beautiful and impactful and serene memorials that we have here in washington. it is so exciting to know that many of you supported building this memorial. it has become the fifth most visited memorial at our nations capital. round of applause for that for sure. i am proud to be one of those who this memorial was built for, a strong person of color, hbcu graduate. i have benefited from the life of dr. martin luther king jr. he is a man whose life was taken at the age of 51. we now have this breathtaking memorial in remembrance of his life and in betterment of