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So what we have to do is you know come back tomorrow, put the equipment on again and we go at it again. [ theme music ] bill good morning my fellow americans. And welcome to the full court press here on current tv. Great to see you today this thursday january 31st if you can believe it. Were coming to you live from our Nations Capital today bringing you up to date on all of the news of the day. A lot of job changing here in washington, d. C. A big hearing on guns in the Senate Judiciary committe...

Nation, the reverend al sharpton, Pulitzer Prizewinning journalist sheryl wudunn, republican congressman from idaho, raul labrador, and unique perspective from historian Doris Kearns Goodwin as well as New York Times columnist david brooks. Im david gregory. All that ahead on meet the press this sunday, august 25th. Good sunday morning. Thousands of people gathered here in washington saturday to recreate the march on washington where dr. King gave his famous i have a dream speech. And it was exa...

Call the nonviolent revolution in america, a revolution of values, a revolution of ideas, and our country is a better country. You know, the president will speak on wednesday in the same spot. Hell mark 50 years since the i have a dream speech. Weve talked over the years, and you told me about a year and a half ago in your view a lot of people cant get comfortable with the idea of an africanamerican president even though what a testament to the progress and the dream that dr. King had. And you e...

Good morning. [applause] good morning early birds. Thank you so much for coming out early for a private breakfast. Welcome to those of you and livestream land. I appreciatappreciat e having you. This is the first playbook wreck the stuff 2013 so we look forward to seeing you throughout the year after the amazing year that we had last year. This morning we are going to go inside the gang of eight. We have two of the ringleaders here this morning senator mccain, senator schumer who helps pull off ...

The decision was greeted largely with outrage including my own, particularly in boston though. Major tom menino and governor Deval Patrick both criticized the magazines decision today. Why would they publicize a guy who destroyed peoples lives . It doesnt make any sense to me. Very pooed taste. The substance of the article is not objectionable, but the cover is out of taste. Michael menino also sent a letter to the editor urging him to shift his coverage to the bombing survivors and those who he...

186655press. Our toll free number. Give us a call or give us your comments on twitter at bpshow. Were collecting your comments at bpshow and on facebook at facebook. Com billpressshow. Well, what a day, what a day. You probably know your tax dollars were well spent yesterday on the same day that the New York Times reported that the cost of buying Health Insurance on your own will drop by over 50 next year because of obamacare. The same day that was reported, House Republicans voted yesterday to ...

And there is not a lot of public or Public Policy leadership around this issue. I think king would feel proud there were victories in the Civil Rights Movement, many of which happened after he passed. And there are people fighting to make sure those victories remain, even when there are massive efforts to overturn those victories. Host coverage of the 50th anniversary of the march on washington takes place on cspan and will also take place on wednesday with special coverage on this program as we...

[indiscernible crowd noise] indiscernible crowd noise] indiscernible crowd noise] looking at downtown d. C. Just off the National Mall commemorating the march on washington for jobs and freedom led by Martin Luther king jr. On august 28, 1963. The anniversary itself is wednesday when another gathering is planned and president obama will be here. Well have live coverage on cspan and cspan radio of that appearance. If you missed any of the rally that just ended well show you ighlights from that ra...

For those of us from the south, 50 years ago we received our marching orders when dr. Martin luther king jr. Quote it the prophet isaiah, i have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted and every hill should be made low and the crooked places will be made straight and the glory of the lord should be revealed and all flesh. And this is the faith that we go back to the south with and those are our marching orders and this is the faith that we go back to the south with. Yes, the south. Wh...

And others understood the intersection between racial equality and economic justice. The civil rights struggle is a struggle for good jobs and decent wages. And no while not the only solution they got, that Educational Opportunities is the highway to Economic Opportunity, which is why we must reclaim the promise of Public Education. And as i close, let me just say this, we stand here today as students, my friend and brother lee saunders, and myself, 50 years ago another gay person had to be in t...