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If you look at when we're talking about celebrating dr. king's legacy and birthday this weekend if you look at the first line of demands on the march on washington it was calling to account around the elimination of the filibuster. here we are right now in 2022 and we have elected officials saying they're more attached to the filibuster than they are the sanctity of the vote and we're going to hold them to account. >> latasha, we should note that your work and the work of our activists in georgia is largely credited with turning out enough voters in the last election to elect raphael warnock a...

Jackson who were older than me. they were twice my age. i was 12. she said he keeps watching this stuff, i don't want him to leave the church. they took me in and i became director of dr. king's chapter in new york after he was killed. he was unpopular. that's why i know dr. king was as criticized on the left among his own community. people were saying his day was over, non-violence was over. i will never forget nicolle, sitting there, 13 years old, watching dr. king on a cbs special saying i don't care if i am the only non-violence person left in the black community -- he said the negro commu...

And to keep our economy open. there is another potential threat to staffing levels on the horizon. all health care workers in england with direct contact with patients need to have had two covid jabs by the end of march or they risk losing theirjobs. one nhs boss acknowledges that could affect around 10% of his workforce. we have approximately ia,ooo staff at king's... so you could lose more than 1,000 staff? it's an extreme position. but i am confident, and we're already seeing a number of staff choosing to be vaccinated. the push on vaccinations and boosters, notjust for nhs staff but all of...

Election was stolen. and in a recorded message to a king prayer breakfast president biden said it is not just enough to praise the civil rights leader but the nation must commit to his unfinished work. >> doctor king held a mirror up to america and forced us to answer the question, where do we stand, whose side are we on? we're in another moment right now where the mirror is being held up to america, being held up again. will we stand up for an american, where everyone is guaranteed the full protection and full promise of this nation, yes or no. i know where i stand. it is time for every elect...

President harris travel to atlanta for what the white house describes as an urgent call on congress to deliver voting rights legislation. the senate majority leader, chuck schumer, apparently hearing that call, insisting that a vote is coming this week to amend the filibuster in advance of the holiday commemorating dr. martin luther king's life. and as voting rights activists are like myself and dr. king's eldest son, we are prepared for action around that holiday. but not necessarily celebration, as we have noted. no, that party may have to wait until we're celebrating and certain that we're ...