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With his own issues, is he really serving the people of the commonwealth of virginia? >> you know, thats up to him, anderson. but frankly, ralph northam, after this experience, would have the highest motivation possible to actually fulfill his promise. and what i know to be a personal commitment to secure greater racial justice in this state. to do whats right, and i want somebody with that motivation. im more interested in the future. i want this state and this country to heal. you know, you lo...

Was him in the photo on friday night. saturday he says its not. i understand youve been communicating with him via text message. can you share with us his stance at this point? anything that youve learned? >> no, of course not. and i have not talked with the governor. you know, ralph, his objective is to be a uniter and a bridge builder. he comes from a part of virginia that is quite different than northern virginia. the eastern shore. its conservative, it was relatively slow to integrate. but i...

So the question is, how does she distinguish herself? >> well, i think that theres something sort of intangible, right, when youre waiting to see who catches fire in a presidential primary i think a lot of people have been saying, you know, any of these candidates i could support. i want to see who can command a crowd. who can command that sort of excitement, right? so just the fact that shes drawing out -- i think it was 10,000 last time i heard i dont even know if it ended up being more >> loo...

Thats exactly what president trump is calling on the congress to do. come to the table in a spirit of good faith. well secure our border. well reopen the government, and well move our nation forward as the president said yesterday to even a broader discussion about immigration reform in the months ahead. >> become a more perfect union? lets think about that. has the president really done that? does he unite us and condemn those who seek to divide our country? just for a moment, really think abou...

Well secure our border. well reopen the government. >> today kings eldest son, martin iii, slammed this comparison. >> now, martin luther king jr. was a bridge martin luther king jr. was a bridge builder, not a wall builder. martin luther king jr. would say love, not hate will make america great. did you all hear that? love, not hate, will make america great. >> so how does this comparison to the vice president sound to you? keith? >> its almost so laughably wrong that it just is grotesquely off...

>> one of my favorite quotes from dr. king was "now is the time to make real the promises of democracy." you think of how he changed america. he inspired us to change through the legislative process, to become a more perfect union. thats exactly what president trump is calling on the congress to do, come to the table in a spirit of good faith. well secure our border. well reopen the government. >> today kings eldest son, martin iii, slammed this comparison. >> now, martin luther king jr. was a b...

To compare the president to martin luther king jr. now, martin luther king jr. was a bridge builder, not a wall builder. [ applause ] martin luther king jr. would say, "love, not hate, will make america great." did you all hear that? love, not hate, will make america great. >> two years into the trump presiden presidency, we know not to expect the kind of soaring, inspirational language we heard from dr. king. nothing to unite us and give us all something bigger to believe in and strive for, not...

To make real the promisesov of democracy. you athink of how he inspired t change through the legislative process, to become a more perfect union. that is president what president trump is calling on the congress to do. >> pushing back on that comparison. >> he was a bridge builder not a wall builder. >> now wolf ending the shutdown is going to come down to president trump and pelosi. if their feud was not evident last week when she uninvited the president from giving the state of the union addre...

Conservatives. saying amnesty isnt part of his offer now, but might be later on in a much bigger deal. and on the eve of the martin luther king holiday, vice president mike pence likening the president to the civil rights icon. >> one of my favorite quotes from dr. king was, "now is the time to make real the promises of democracy." you think of how he changed america. he inspired us to change through the legislative process to become a more perfect union. thats exactly what president trump is ca...

What your thoughts are on your cousins. martin luther ki martin luther king jr.s son had said about the immigration program a mistake. my father was a bridge builder, not a wall builder. that was coming from your cousin, martin luther king iii. what did you think of it? >> with my experience and im 68 years old and i have seen quite a bit, lived in two centuries, a youth organizer during the lifetime of my uncle and his dad, reverend a.d. king, so im accustomed to people taking the words of mart...