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santos. republican leaders refused to -- no matter how many times he's bizarre lies are exposed. and forget gas stoves. even more outrageous -- nothing burger involves a made-up story about a pregnant batman villain. ♪ ♪ ♪ it was in april 2010 that justice john paul stevens, after serving 34 years on the nation's highest court, announced his intention to retire in a letter to then president barack obama. the news, naturally, set washington into a tizzy, of all things. scotus usually do. overnight, every tom dick and harry had suggestions for who obama should name as a replaceme...

To sit at a lunch counter if you can't afford to buy a hamburger, he says. and remember, in march 1968 mlk was assassinated in memphis and he was in memphis to support sanitation workers who are on strike for better pay and conditions. are -- his poor peoples campaign. >> and one white marathons telling negro to lift himself up by his own boot straps, they don't look over and see the legacy of slavery and segregation. i believe we do all we can and seek to list our selves up by our boot straps but it is a cruel just to say to a bootless man that he ought to lift him self up by his own boot str...

Returned south. he arrived in memphis in march 1968 to show support for striking sanitation workers. >> a lot of king's advisers said don't go to memphis. it will take away from your message and planning. king insists. we are here to help garbage workers. these were the people we are supposed to be helping. >> april 4th, 1968. martin luther king, jr. stepped out of room 306 on to the balcony of the lorraine motel. he told his young aide, jesse jackson, to put on a tie for dinner. >> i said dr. king,he said you are crazy. we laughed.

>> let's move, people. >> shaken but undeterred, king returns south. he arrived in memphis, tennessee in march 1968 to show support for striking sanitation workers. >> a lot of king's advisers told him don't go to memphis. it's going to take away from your message. it's going to take away from your planning, but king insists. we're here to help garbage workers. these are the exact types of people we're supposed to be helping. >> april 4th, 1968. martin luther king jr. stepped out of room 306 onto the balcony of the lorraine motel. he told his young aide jesse jackson to put on a tie for dinner...

He encountered a backlash. >> if there was progress in the south, there was violent resistance in the north. the nation should have learned what was known, racism is not just a southern problem. >> king takes it to chicago, and people felt differently when the microphone was being turned on their own communities. >> i have never seen, even in alabama and mississippi, mobs as hostile and hate filled as i've seen in chicago. >> shaken but undeterred, king returned south. he arrived in memphis, tennessee in march 1968 to show support for striking sanitation workers. >> a lot of king's advisers te...