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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...

Before me stands monuments of the greatest and the goodness of our nation, monuments of light and liberty. theres a towering memorial to george washington, the general who led our revolution, the president who set our nation on its course. there is a memorial to thomas jefferson, whose words about liberty and equality literally changed the world. and across the title basin of the jefferson memorial, there stands dr. martin luther king jr., his arms crossed, his ice fixed ahead toward the promise...

Baseball stuff, what that would do is ultimately reduce the threshold to move forward on confirmation vote from 60 to 51. it is fair to say that would be a risky proposition for both parties because while the gop is in control now, what happens if the democrats wrest control of the senate in a couple years? and that is what makes it risky. >> just because the healthcare bill didnt go through doesnt mean there is not a shortage of news. thank you so much. after a chaotic week on capitol hill, at ...

At home with you, and on a spring saturday, you drew the high card. >> reporter: im in the beautiful title basin, heres what is making news. dont worry from president trump one day after the gop healthcare bill is pulled from the house floor. what congress should be focusing on next. leland:top members of the house intelligence committee at odds as they prepare for more hearings investigating russias involvement in the 2016 election. >> i am here for look at the cherry blossoms and japanese arti...

Was all the rage. into the homes and artwork and screens and paintings and things made national sense for her to want to do this around the title basin and give a facelift to the whole area and bring people in. millions of people come here to see this and they dont think of hell and have to. he is -- is the first lady to donate the first dress, the first inaugural address to the smithsonian so all these things we think about from a first lady that we dont think about when we think about first la...

But across the district. >> national park service 3800 trees, famous trees ring the title basin but other trees in blue later in east potomac park at the washington monument as well. anywhere you walk today. >> a lot of folks asking about the tradition, very ornate beautiful flowers. >> the modern day symbolism heralds the return of spring to the nations capital but the gifts themselves date back to 1912, it has been a 105 year tradition, gifts and friendship, we returned the favor to the people...

Reflection pond that sits between three unbelievable monuments of three of our profound leaders. what you see are these incredible stone, beautiful incredible tributes that stand above us for the purpose of reflecting, of thinking of what went before them but what really stands out. you can hear it in the silence amongst you in the moment is the mortar, not the stone, not for e granite, knock the marble. its the thousands of lives, millions of hopes. the 10,000 aspirations of all the people, of ...