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hello, everyone. thank you for joining me. i'm fredricka whitfield. on what would have been martin luther king, jr.'s 94th birthday, joe biden will deliver a sermon in his honor. biden will be the first sitting president to speak at a sunday service at ebenezer baptist church where he served as pastor. biden will talk about king's life and legacy, as well as voting rights on the eve of the federal holiday. this coming as new questions, as you see the president walking into ebenezer baptist with senator warnock. and you are seeing these pictures live and people standing in his presenc...

Be america's destiny. but he rejected that outcome. he heard micah's command to do justice, love mercy, and walk humbling. so often, when people hear about dr. king, people think of his ministry and movement, and most about the epic struggle. but we do well to remember his mission was something deeper. it was spiritual. it was moral. the goal of the southern christian leadership conference, which dr. king led, stated it clearly and boldly, and must be repeated again now -- to redeem the soul of america -- i'm not joking -- to redeem the soul of america. what is the soul of america? it's easy t...

A vote. on tuesday, senate majority leader chuck schumer will bring the two floors together for a vote. he then promises to hold a vote to push through the rule change to allow for a simple majority vote. that effort will fail, too. so, where does that leave us? quite honestly, i don't know. but, history is neither linear nor on a perpetual trajectory of advancement. the revered civil rights movement that dr. king led and where we are right now are proof of that. 1776 might be the birth year of the united states, but 1965, the year the voting rights act was passed, is when the promise of its f...

Whether our fragile democracy mends itself or breaks. joining me now is co-chair of the congressional voting rights caucus congresswoman terri sewell whose alabama district holds montgomery, birmingham, and selma. thank you very much for coming to "the sunday show." >> thank you so much, jonathan. >> so, i made the point just a moment ago that history isn't linear and that advancement is never usually always on a positive trajectory. as the person, the member of congress who represents the three major cities of the civil rights movement that dr. king led, where do you see things going? >> well...

Hate any safe harbor. your fellow americans, standing here se southern christian leadership conference, which dr. king led, i quote, he said his goal was quote redeem the soul of america. that's what's at stake here. the soul of america. we know it's fought the work of a single day or single administration or a single generation. but here we stand with dr. king to show out of struggle there is progress. out of despair, there is hope. from the promise of a quality and opportunity and jobs, justice and freedom, we see black excellence. american excellence. black history,'s american history and a...