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50 years ago. renovations to the mlk memorial done just in time for the festivities. the president is set to honor the anniversary on the very steps where he stood in 1963. the main commemoration will take place this saturday. tens of thousands of people expected to travel from all over the country to rally at the lincoln memorial. >> melissa mollett in washington, thanks very much for that. and now for our weather forecast. >> i find it interesting that we ran out of money for the fires. >> a lot of fires burning. >> but it hasn't especially been all that bad? i was looking up the stats. we...

Making sure we continue to make progress on securing nuclear weapons. continuing to work on the economy, create jobs. continuing to make progress on issues of race relations is important. whether we'll get involved in a particular summit, i don't have any news on that today. >> there are people who made the observation, back when professor gates at harvard was arrested, the president at that point thought the cambridge police acted stupidly. he said so publicly. there was controversy. he's been cautious about talking about race. as the country's first african-american president it was an issue...

Their relationship of more than 30 years was strictly a professional one and not social. t.j. winick, abc news, new york. >> sandusky's attorney said that sandusky was dismayed that the board of trustees dismissed joe pa and the university president. >> he called it a knee-jerk reaction to the accusations without getting all the facts out there. i wonder if this latest interview with joe pa, as you heard, he painted himself as an old world man. but old world or new world, anything involving kids and rape, you know right from wrong no matter what world you live in, right? >> yeah. >> very stran...

They should be democrats. we've spoken to some of your supporters who say that's true. do you still believe that. >> i still believe that, but remember the other part that i said was the good news is a lot of black voters, a lot o a lot k americans are thinking for themselves. i'm not taking it back. >> sunday you went to the mlk memorial. how do you sway the black vote? >> with solutions. i've already had a lot of black voters tell me they voted for obama, but they wish they didn't because he didn't have the substance they hoped for. i have estimated just based upon anecdotal feed back that i...

And charming, but not really a factor. i've changed my mind. >> everyone is waiting for herman cain's rocket to fizzle, but it hasn't. he's at the top of the polls. he continues to rise. he seems to be the real deal. >> geraldo: sally from movement vision, you had a tie-in for what's happening here with martin luther king, jr.. what was it? >> i mean, today as folks know, the martin luther king memorial was dedicated in washington. i think there's no question if martin luther king were alive today, he would be here with these folks. the most important quote i think to remember at this moment i...