March 1968 News Today

santos. republican leaders refused to -- no matter how many times hes bizarre lies are exposed. and forget gas stoves. even more outrageous -- nothing burger involves a made-up story about a pregnant batman villain. ♪ ♪ ♪ it was in april 2010 that justice john paul stevens, after serving 34 years on the nations highest court, announced his intention to retire in a letter to then president barack obama. the news, naturally, set washington into a tizzy, of all things. scotus usuall...

To sit at a lunch counter if you cant afford to buy a hamburger, he says. and remember, in march 1968 mlk was assassinated in memphis and he was in memphis to support sanitation workers who are on strike for better pay and conditions. are -- his poor peoples campaign. >> and one white marathons telling negro to lift himself up by his own boot straps, they dont look over and see the legacy of slavery and segregation. i believe we do all we can and seek to list our selves up by our boot straps but...

Returned south. he arrived in memphis in march 1968 to show support for striking sanitation workers. >> a lot of kings advisers said dont go to memphis. it will take away from your message and planning. king insists. we are here to help garbage workers. these were the people we are supposed to be helping. >> april 4th, 1968. martin luther king, jr. stepped out of room 306 on to the balcony of the lorraine motel. he told his young aide, jesse jackson, to put on a tie for dinner. >> i said dr. kin...

>> lets move, people. >> shaken but undeterred, king returns south. he arrived in memphis, tennessee in march 1968 to show support for striking sanitation workers. >> a lot of kings advisers told him dont go to memphis. its going to take away from your message. its going to take away from your planning, but king insists. were here to help garbage workers. these are the exact types of people were supposed to be helping. >> april 4th, 1968. martin luther king jr. stepped out of room 306 onto the b...

He encountered a backlash. >> if there was progress in the south, there was violent resistance in the north. the nation should have learned what was known, racism is not just a southern problem. >> king takes it to chicago, and people felt differently when the microphone was being turned on their own communities. >> i have never seen, even in alabama and mississippi, mobs as hostile and hate filled as ive seen in chicago. >> shaken but undeterred, king returned south. he arrived in memphis, tenn...

Seen in chicago. >> keep moving. >> shaken but undeterred, king returned south. he arrived in memphis, tennessee in march 1968 to show support for striking sanitation workers. >> a lot of kings advisors told him, dont go to memphis. its going to take away from your message, its going to take away from your planning, but king insists. were here to help garbage workers. these are the exact types of people were supposed to be helping. >> april 4th, 1968, martin luther king, jr., stepped out of room...

President. the campaign was not going well. march 1968 gave address to the nation about vietnam and he tacked something unexpected on the very end of that speech. >> i shall not seek and i will not accept the nomination of my party for another term as your president. thank you for listening. good night and god bless all of you. >> that revelation in the middle of the democratic primary and the speech about the war had "the new york times" the next daybreaking out not one but two giant semicolons...

President. the campaign was not going well. march 1968 gave address to the nation about vietnam and he tacked something unexpected on the very end of that speech. >> i shall not seek and i will not accept the nomination of my party for another term as your president. thank you for listening. good night and god bless all of you. >> that revelation in the middle of the democratic primary and the speech about the war had "the new york times" the next daybreaking out not one but two giant semicolons...

Often the last day of march 1968, president lyndon johnson gave a speech about vietnam. while he was in the middle of waging that war, lbj was running for re-election as president. on march 31st, 1968, he gave the address to the nation about vietnam and he tacked something unexpected on to the very end of that speech. >> i shall not seek and i will not accept the nomination of my party for another term as your president. you this for listening. good night and god bless all of you. >> that revela...

One suspects that that experience makes hagel recognize that these problems are horrific and also that theyre not new, that they have been going back for decades, the idea of the va sometimes seeming to be at odds with the very rhett rans theyre charged with protecting. >> its clear the secretary has done a lot of deep thinking on veterans issues. jake, let me say thank you to you for all the work youve done with service members and veterans. some of the people youve gotten to know over the year...