thank you so much for letting us into your homes during these extraordinary times. we are grateful. happy monday. happy monday and thank you. welcome to the beat. on this monday many are marking today s holiday which honors doctor martin luther king. you can see the replay at the king monument at the national mall. also present biden making it clear that he does not see today i work about commemorating some past history but a test for right now, for all of us about how america faces the rising hate with today s problem and not just yesterday s. also how we deal with what we know is the original sin of racism and racial strife, supersized in some way for this maggot era. we face another inflection point and one that will determine what this country will look like several decades from now. will we choose democracy and community over chaos? love over hate? these are the questions of our time and in the life and legacy of doctor king and remind us to show us the way forward
that has been back in the news because the court role led by the first ever black senator from georgia. plenty of symbolism hanging over that appearance yesterday. the selection by warnock is relevant today. it is the kind of breakthrough that doctor king was fighting for and one that many civil rights leaders say came far too late. in america if we are going to speak directly and plainly it is sometimes the case that the south has treated as a kind of time machine where breakthroughs that america has experienced in other places decades past are now celebrated for current times. we hear about a color line falling in georgia or a piece of civil rights that goes beyond the quote black and white frame of these issues or the liberal progress, and we