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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 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...

The senate majority leader mitch mcconnell needs 60 votes to keep the federal government from running out of money at midnight tonight. but even some of the 71 republicans say they'll vote against this short-term spending bill. what would a shutdown mean? here's a closer look at some of those that would be affected. 9 million children covered under the children's health insurance program known as chip. the short-term spending bill does extend the program for six years. if it doesn't pass, chip would only be funded through march. also, 1.3 million active military duty personnel, they would cont...

About 50 years later it says something that there is still a need for another march on washington, also says something about the progress we made that one of the speakers this week at the events will be the nation's first african-american president. >> it's really exciting that president obama is going to be speaking this week. spoken about race lately with the trayvon martin case. when he speaks about race, it's some of his most powerful speeches. he speaks very personally and he tends to get out some of the more wonaspects he falls into. we focused a lot on sort of racial equality and racial...