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Start, julie, thank you for that. right now, civil rights leaders and hundreds of groups are rallying in washington, d.c.. the very same place where martin luther king jr. day littered his historic i have a dream speech, 60 years ago. my colleague nbcs jermaine lee is at the rally for us. jermaine, welcome. how are the people there honoring this in every? >> ill tell you what, thousands of people from all across the country, as you mentioned, hundreds of organizations, have descended upon washin...

That event in 1963. even though women or critical to the movement. now in 2023, organisms from across the nation gathered to not only on that important moment in our nations history, but to ensure the continuation of this legacy of social change and the face of current efforts to erase black history and rollback civil rights. here is what a few of the speakers from todays march had to say. >> i cite flowered up, you said brady to go. fired up? >> ready to go! >> fired up? we >> are here to say n...

Event not as a commemoration but a continuation to have the dream dr. king outlined at the lincoln memorial august 28th, 1963. theres a great diverse litany of speakers. whats happening? >> reporter: right. weve already heard from a real spectrum of the civil rights community, all ethnicities, races, all corners of the social organization community. its really been a recurring theme over and over that this is a fight. it was a fight 60 years ago that continued to this day. in this day and age, w...

Aboard our family-friendly skies ♪ >> cnn, new york. hello, again, everyone. thank you for joining me. im fredricka whitfield. we begin with live pictures from the nations capital where thousands are gathering to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the historic march on washington. organizers say todays event is not a commemoration but a continuation of the dream dr. martin luther king jr. outlined at the lincoln memorial in 1963. cnn national correspondent jason carroll joining me live now fr...

All these different groups and organizations are here to talk about that. they have coordinated in advance. there are people who have taken bus trips together, who have done road trips from all over the country, spoken of people from alabama today. and from north carolina. who tell me they felt they had to be here, to step in this moment, and really reinvigorate themselves for what they believe is a fight ahead. take a look to a conversation i had with my mom from north carolina, who better to y...

Now we have to keep going. it determines the path that this country will take. >> martin, organizers of todays event have made it a point to call the 60th anniversary a continuation of the fight for civil rights. not a commemoration. so, how urgent are the issues that are facing all americans today? >> well, the issues are so challenging. weve never seen -- my dad and mom talked about eradicating the triple evils of poverty, racism, violence. when we look at poverty numbers, they are higher than...

>> reporter: that was the cousin of martin luther king jr. also out here today, martin luther king iii. some of the themes were expected to hear about voting rights, educational rights, economic equality, again over and over, people keep saying the fight continues. back to you. >> organizers say its not necessarily just a commemoration, its also a reminder that its a continuation. jason car roll live for us, thank you. turning to the georgia election interference case. prosecutors in fulton co...

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Particularly important that we show our ongoing support for them by taking up and passing the supplemental appropriations request president biden submitted to congress just a few weeks ago. >> and while you feel there should be a continuation to provide support to ukraine, are you concerned that you may hnot have the same level of support in congress to continue on with the same kind of commitment that the u.s. has made to ukraine? >> i dont think support is waning in the senate. in the senate b...