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Went up into the 50s. almost unheard of in january and you did, you saw men, women, moms and dads, kids. you saw people of all ages coming together to speak about women and speak about women's rights. i tracked down a couple of families here, moms with their girls. i've got julia and sheera here. first march apparently. i'll ask you, what did you think? what was it like to be out there today? >> really interesting to witness democracy in action. something i've never seen before and awesome to march with people with the same views. >> reporter: why were you out today? >> i came to experience th...

Since it opened. and eventually, i got through, about 15 days in. >> you would think they would have teshed it and retested it before the rollout on october 1st, and they promised it would work on october 1st, and of course, it has not worked. >> temporarily down. >> uh-oh. that's okay, it will come back. you know, that happens every day. >> i want to apologize to you that the website has not worked as well as it should. >> nobody has been more frustrated -- i wanted to go in and fix it myself, but i don't write code. >> well, i think success looks like at least 7 million people having signed ...

Was doing this song, we were marching to -- with pa tigs signs to make for dr. king's birthday to become a national holiday. she was excited about it. she said i wish you luck, we're in a time where i don't think it's going to happen. i said, no, i believe it will. our first march was in 1981, we had another one in 1982, 1983. and ultimately the bill was signed by president ragen. >> what do you want young people to know about dr. king, about what he was trying to get across about his message? >> i think -- first of all, that he was for economic, social and civil justice for everyone. he spoke...

Marching to -- with petition signs to make for dr. king's birthday to become a national holiday. she was excited about it. she said i wish you luck, we're in a time where i don't think it's going to happen. i said, no, i believe it will. our first march was in 1981, we had another one in 1982, 1983. and ultimately the bill was signed by president reagan. >> what do you want young people to know about dr. king, about what he was trying to get across about his message? >> i think -- first of all, that he was for economic, social and civil justice for everyone. he spoke of finding solutions nonvi...

I just felt it was appropriate for us to have a national holiday to acknowledge the lives of dr. king and those like him that really represented the fabric of what the united states was all about, the constitution. >> i think a lot of people don't -- maybe -- a new generation of kids don't realize how difficult it was to get this passed as a federal holiday. i mean, you and coretta scott king fought for this for years? >> i said to her, you know, i had a dream about this song. and i imagine in this dream i was doing this song, we were marching to -- with petition signs to make for dr. king's b...