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Just so you understand, it wasn't the government that closed small businesses last year, including thousands of restaurants. no, says joe biden. if you notice, we kept them open. oh, it's the opposite of what you thought. you thought governors, democratic governors were shutting down restaurants? no, no, we kept them open. the entire town hall was like that. it was misinformation on parade. at one point joe biden referred to laws against voter fraud, you need to show your i.d. to vote as "jim crow on steroids." what does that mean? more segregated water fountains, movie houses, restaurants, fi...

Within inches of his life. are you going to be on the side of those with dogs and fire hoses? you can't be against the voting rights act without desecrating the martyrs who fought for it unless you're john roberts. the conservative unelected chief justice of the supreme court. he doesn't have to have any voters vote for him, right? a lifetime appointment. in 2019 they invented a new principle to gut the voting rights act called preclearance. it had discriminatory voting practices. roberts could do that without any political consequences. in fact, he came up with this tortured ruling. the formu...

They let the fire hoses drop. that is one of the amazing things about the civil rights movement. nobody gave a damn about death. you know? in fact, dr. king used to preach our funerals and he made us laugh at our own possibility of death. >> reporter: laughter in the face of death and enjoying the journey. the three all recall king's final birthday, trying to help him breakthrough some of the depression they all felt. >> we're going to celebrate martin luther king day to day. the. >> they said, you know, they're known as the one who could change this. >> we thought you would be strung out on s...

Clear of inner lopers, people who just want an opportunity to get in on the newsmaking moments. >> reporter: for reverend jesse jackson, king's protege, hope is powerful. what do you take away with your experience with your close relationship with dr. king? >> keep your faith. love matters. there must be a way out of a crisis. i miss him very much. >> reporter: but the most important common lesson, uphold nonviolent resistance. for young, it was the moment he and fellow marchers kneeled before dogs and police in birmingham to show the power of nonviolence. >> instead of marching up to the dogs...

King's protege, help is papable. what do you take away? >> keep your faith, love matters, there must be a way out of the crisis. i miss him very much. >> most important lesson, uphold nonviolent resistance. the moment they knelt before dogs and police in birmingham to show the power of nonviolence. >> instead of marching up and yelling, people got down on their knees and started praying. dogs were calmed down by the people praying, and the policemen were telling the firemen to turn on the fire hoses and they just -- they too were moved and let the hoses drop. that was one of the amazing things...