Cleophus Smith News Today

Mission still being fought today. Good evening. And welcome to world news tonight. And we have come here to memphis, where 50 years ago, this very hour, the reverend dr. Martin luther king jr. Was killed by an assassins bullet. As he stood on the balcony of the lorraine hotel. It happened in front of room 306. There have beenolemn tributes all day long. Well have much more of the tributes later in the broadcast. But we begin right now with new details of that troubling attack at youtube headquar...

The gathering paid tribute to Cleophus Smith, who is now 79, and other striking sanitation workers who made their mark on history in 1968.

The night before his assassination, a powerful prophesy. >> ive seen the promised land. i may not get there with you, but i want you to know tonight that we, as a people, will get to the promised land! >> reporter: dr. martin luther king jr., in memphis to help sanitation workers who were on strike. workers like cleophus smith, who marched with dr. king and was there for the mountaintop speech. when you saw him actually arrive in memphis, what did you think? >> i felt that, you know, that we had...