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Heart of our political debate. our roundtable weighs in. host of msnbc's "politics nation," the reverend al sharpton, pulitzer prize-winning 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. i'm david gregory. all that ahead on "meet the press" this sunday, august 25th. >> announcer: from nbc news in washington, the world's longest-running television show, this is "meet the press." >> good sunday morning. thousands of people gathered here in washington saturd...

Think? >> and to very worried lawmakers who are worried about their cycle. >> we'll talk about voting rights, the struggle for civil rights, still reverberates for many americans in politics today. a programming note, this sunday on nbc's "meet the press," congressman john lewis, new york mayor cory booker will be among the guests. there's an important addition. a rebroadcast of meet the press from august 25th, 1963, when the featured guest was none other than martin luther king. i know you want to pknow what this is. it's friday, which means it's some sort of fish, ragin cajun gum bow. we'll ...

Having some form of social equality. i think this is inevitable. and i don't think our society will rise to its full maturity until we come to see that men are made to live together as brothers. >> that was reverend martin luther king jr. appearing on "meet the press" just three days before he would deliver his "i have a dream" speech during the march on washington for jobs and freedom. this sunday, "meet the press" will reair the entire august 25th, 1963, edition featuring dr. king. as we approach that anniversary, the 50th of the march on washington, events are being held throughout the nati...

If you had all these black people it was going to -- the city was going to explode. >> jon, one other thing, roy wilkins who you remember head of the naacp at the time, i was speaking to taylor branch yesterday, the historian, about the appearance on "meet the press," and wilkins and king had a fair amount of tension between one another about the tactics of protests and mass demonstration. yet, wilkins was really in the position of saying no, this is going to be peaceful and this is the right thing to do. but remember, it was a march on washington for jobs and freedom. and that's why dr. king ...

Host of msnbc's "politics nation," the reverend al sharpton, pulitzer prize-winning 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. i'm 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 re-create the march on washington where dr. king gave his famous i have a dream speech. and it was exactly 50 years ago today, august 25th, 1963, that dr. king and the ...