know, talk about a check that america had returned, insufficient funds, and so, i d like to think that he is still holding that check to say to america, we, you know, we ve come a long way, but we ve got a long way to go. mike: that s for sure. doctor, quickly here, i m running out of time, so sorry. great, that s okay. mike: when you say to someone, i am dr. king s niece. yes. mike: what is the reaction they want to hug you and touch you? they do, and it s amazing because we re just regular people. we love people, we re people people, and they always want to know what do you remember about him. and so, that s why i wrote my my uncle martin s big heart , but more importantly, i want children to really understand that he did a great work and he did it with l-o-v-e.
cancer. dave: he looked around for answers on how to cope and found none. and now he s setting out to help other men share his own experiences. and journalist mark silver s new book is breast cancer husband. good morning to you, mark. good morning. dave: now, you learned some of these things through your own reaction which you admit was not the best. not the best. dave: what did you do wrong? my wife told me she had a likely backgrounds of breast cancer and my reaction was ooh, that doesn t sound good and we talked about the next doctor s we talked a bit about the next doctor s appointment and hung up at work all day instead of rushing home to be by her side. alisyn: you said that men make a lot of mistakes? we sure do. alisyn: i mean, why? i think part of it guys aren t accustomed to be care givers and aduccustomed to be
mr. fix it. i can fix breast cancer. shut up and listen, take a step back and listen to your wife talk about how she s feeling and what she s going through. dave: your first tip, shut up and listen. got it on my button. dave: the next one is take a break from cancer. what do you mean? how do you do that? boy, as a care giver you need to take a break if you can, out of the house with your wife s permission to go for a jog or play a game of basketball. and as couple, get out. everywhere you look, there are reminders of cancer. go on a date with your wife if you feel up to it. alisyn: she s the boss when it comes to treatment decision sns. exactly. exactly. a lot of guys, it s that mr. fix it thing i talked about, a lot of guys want to go out and find the cure for cancer and run the show and you have to step back and you can play a really valuable role. a patient needs someone to be her echo, her foil. what do you think about this doctor, this treatment and she ll make her dec
angry that the sculpture materials came from china. we went get into that. you mentioned the family aspect and we want to hear your perspective. i ll tell you that, even that it came from china, dr. king loved all of humanity and all one community and i hope that love can abound. dr. king was a wonderful man with a can you feel sense of humor, wonderful preacher, wonderful father, wonderful uncle and he made his presence known. he and my dad, az king, and naomi, they were all good parents in our lives and even down to the grandparents. a wonderful man, great preacher, great sense of humor, loved a good slice of potato pie. mike: so do i. i wish i had one now. but he called you special. think of where you ve been, your family home fire bombed
80 s, 09 s and triple digits across parts of the southwest and that goes on tomorrow. and nen by the time we get to the day on tuesday we start to see all of that change and temps are into the 50 s and 60 s and we ll see 40 s for highs across parts of the north and makes its way into the east by the time it gets to wednesday and thursday. and when is daylight saving. the week after hollywood. alisyn: we need to get ready. dave: i need to start gearing up. mike: get your sleep, nine hours. a historic day of course in washington d.c., this will be great. the formal dedication of the martin luther king, jr. memorial. dave: kelly wright is live at west potomac park. how are you, sir? what s ahead. i m doing well and mike and david and alisyn. what s ahead today is a tick-tock of events, beginning with morning joy, beginning around 7:50, eight o clock. morning joy, an ecumenical