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The night before his assassination, a powerful prophesy. >> i've seen the promised land. i may not get there with you, but i want you to know tonight that we, as a people, will get to the promised land! >> reporter: dr. martin luther king jr., in memphis to help sanitation workers who were on strike. workers like cleophus smith, who marched with dr. king and was there for the mountaintop speech. when you saw him actually arrive in memphis, what did you think? >> i felt that, you know, that we had hope. >> reporter: the sanitation workers marched with those iconic signs that read "i am a man." ...

Ju unilateralerly which the russians are doing as well. we have a big problem here, it's the problem of temperament and also a problem of not understanding the historical circumstances that we're in. >> we are out of time. thank you. richard engle thank you. we'll see you on "on assignment" with richard this week. that's tonight at 9:00 eastern right here on msnbc, do not miss it. after the break we're talking about teachers in west virginia yntding the week just how they started, on strike. there's a deal on the table, so why are they still out of classroom. live after the break. come on da...

23 minutes after the hour and some quick headlines for you. capitol police are investigating threats made against senator ted cruz on twitter. the person identifying himself as troy gilmore jr. posted a series of threats in one he said take down ted cruz at his home. what goes around comes around, cruz. the gram bling state football team on strike. the university canceling today's game against jackson state because the players angry about the sorry state of the program refused to participate. with today's forfeit lost 18 straight games against 18 ncaa opponents. tucker over to you. thank you...

And kate. >> oh! >> that could have been memorable. >> thanks, guys. >> better put that down before he hurts himself. it's time to get you the top news. you can't make extortion routine as part of our democracy. democracy doesn't function this way. >> paying the price. the shutdown isn't just hurting politicians. families of killed service members aren't getting benefits. tens of thousands are applying for unemployment. and why the markets are hinting of what may be to come. on strike. boston school bus drivers surprise parents and administrators by not showing up for work. 30,000 kids s...

Year after working at walmart for six years? on top of all of this, the walton family, which owns walmart, was worth $89 billion in 2010. it's the same worth as the bottom 41% of american families. it's no surprise walmart workers are planning a black friday strike. the company defiantly has the money to provide its employees with a livable wage and health care. they can lead the way in america and help workers, but no, they hate union and don't want to pay workers. joining me is the nation magazine writer josh eidelson. great to have you with us. you have been on this story since this summer....