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Welcome back. thanks so much for joining me. it's been about four years in the making and now the grand opening of nation's newest civil rights museum. there the president of the united states getting a private tour there in jackson, mississippi of the state funded museum of civil rights there. the president there underscoring in a speech how he was paying solemn tribute to those heros. mississippians who are being honored there. among them james meredith, medger evers, and the list goes on. however, there were many living civil rights foot soldiers who were invited to today's event who did no...

For his courageous leadership in the civil rights movement, mr. evers was assassinated by a member of the kkk in the driveway of his own home. we are deeply privileged to be joined today by his incredible widow, somebody that is loved throughout large sections of our country, beyond this area. so i just want to say hello to merle. where are you? how are you? thank you. so much. highly respected. thank you. thank you. and his brother, charles. thank you, charles, again. for decades, they have carried

Word very blravely. and finally martins like sergeant evers. whose brother i just met at the plane. and who i liked a lot. i have to -- stand up, pleelase. come on. stand up. you were so nice. i appreciate it. you were so nice. thank you very much. he joined the u.s. army in 1943 when he was 17 years old and he fought in normanmore normandy a came back home to mississippi, he kept fighting for the same rights and freedoms that he had defended in the war. mr. evers became a civil rights leader in his community. he helped fellow african-americans register to vote, organize boycotts, and investig...

Ever citizen as an equal child of god. four days after he was murdered, sergeant evers was laid to rest in arrest liclington national c with full military honors. he lies besides men and women all races, backgrounds and walks of life who have served and sacrificed for our country. their headstones do not mark the color of their skin, but immortalize the courage of their deeds. their memories are carved in stone as american heros. that is what medger evers was. he was a great american hero. that is what others honored in this museum were. true american heros.

Symbol of this mississippi civil rights museum. >> reporter: hi, fred. you mentioned medger evers widow. she will be delivering a speech as part of this program shortly. she has said that she plans to address president trump's attendance and invitation to this museum opening. so we'll have to see what she has to say. but, yes, he heard the president's remarks there after the tour 15 minutes honoring as expected civil rights icons and activists who fought for civil rights. you mentioned he mentioned james meredith who desegregated the university of mississippi. he spent a lot of time talking ab...