civil rights leaders are vowing to pressure to pass voting rights protection to honor king. reporter: january 15th, 2022. the day martin luther king junior would have turned 93 years old. his eldest son martin luther king iii reflects on how his father would feel today. do you think he would have been surprised, discouraged that we are now more than 60 years out from his fight for voting rights that there is still a fight to be had? he never gave in and gave out, but disappointment yes, he d be greatly disappointed and say that america must and will do better. he would never have accepted what we re going through at this point. reporter: king hoped bringing president biden to georgia the epicenter of the voting rights battle would have put enough pressure on the few democratic senators holding up voting rights legislation to relent.
that we are now, more than 60 years out from his fight for voting rights, that there is still a fight to be had? he never gave in and gave out, the disappointment, yes, he d be greatly disappointed and say that america must, and will do, better. he never would have accepted that we re going through at this point. reporter: king had hoped bringing president biden to georgia, the epicenter of the voting rights battle would have put enough pressure on the few democratic senators holding up voting rights legislation to relent. pass the freedom to vote act. reporter: following biden s fiery address, i sat down on the front porch of the home where martin luther king jr. was born with his son, martin iii, hand his wife. king shared the private conversation he had with the president earlier that day. what did you tell him?