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would like to live a long life, longevity has its place, but im not concerned about that now. i just want to do gods will. and hes allowed me to go up to the mountain, and ive looked over, and 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. a haunting speech from reverend martin luther king jr. delivered the night before he was assassinated in memphis. well be honoring dr. king this morning and...

Katie fang in for ari melber. Another big day for Donald Trumps criminal collection trial, starting out with both sides butting heads. The prosecution asking the court for donald trump to be held in contempt of court, and Donald Trumps lawyers spinning those attacks as political. The judge frustrated, admonishing trumps attorney saying youre losing all credibility with this court, the judge adding, youve presented nothing. Well, well have more on that later in the show. But first, the prosecutio...

Deuteronomy, remember the days of old, remember the years of many generations, ask thy fathers, they will tell thee, and they will show you. remembrance, not just as a passive act. today is not about, dr. king is not about contemplating a statue and then going back to what were doing anyway. its remembrance in a biblical sense. its an action to remind us why we do what we do and what it should be. >> and reverend al sharpton, you remember and yet you move forward and push forward the legacy. you...

Is an anachronism that this country can no longer afford to carry and secondly, that we use this opportunity to be able to set the tone and to create the framework for establishing once and for all who we want to be and what we want to stand for. and that requires in my view notjust form but substance. and to that extent, therefore, we are not only changing the head of state, we hope to be able to start a discussion for a new constitution but a new constitution that looks at the different roles ...

We want to be able to let people know that nation—building is not a passive act. it is very much an active entity, and if it is active, then we need to know who we are and what we stand for. all right. but you know, mia mottley, there are those in barbados who say look, the queen is a very benign presence. and secondly, you have just decided to do this. you havent put this to a referendum. well, first of all, anyone who tells you that doesnt know the history of this country. we have been discu...

Afford to carry. and secondly, that we use this opportunity to be able to set the tone and to create the framework for establishing once and for all who we want to be and what we want to stand for. that requires a change in not just form but substance. to that extent, therefore, we are not only changing the head of state. we hope to be able to start the discussion for a new constitution, but a new constitution that looks at the different roles, responsibilities and indeed rights of citizens. but...

We hope to be able to start the discussion for a new constitution, but a new constitution that looks at the different roles, responsibilities and indeed rights of citizens. but before you even get there, i think we need to settle a document that says, look, this is who we are. this is what we stand for. and on our ownjourney here as a government, we did something similar in 2016 with the covenant of hope. we want to be able to let people know that nation—building is not a passive act. it is ve...

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Is not a passive act. it is very much an active entity, and if it is active, then we need to know who we are and what we stand for. all right. but you know, mia mottley, there are those in barbados who say look, the queen is a very benign presence. and secondly, you have just decided to do this. you havent put this to a referendum. well, first of all, anyone who tells you that doesnt know the history of this country. we have been discussing a republic now since the late 1990s, and the 1998 const...

That requires a change in not just form but substance. to that extent, therefore, we are not only changing the head of state. we hope to be able to start the discussion for a new constitution, but a new constitution that looks at the different roles, responsibilities and indeed rights of citizens. but before you even get there, i think we need to settle a document that says, look, this is who we are. this is what we stand for. and on our ownjourney here as a government, we did something similar ...