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You are taking a look right pow at independence avenue where martin luther king iii speaking to a group of thousands of people who gathered to commemorate the 50-year anniversary of the reverend martin luther king junior march on washington. as you know, one of closest friends and confidant in the civil rights movement is rev vie jesse jackson. his daughter, who is also a fox news contributor, joining us in the studio live. welcome. nice to have you live today. >> thank you. pleasure to be here. >> uma: so many people are taking the day to offer reflections on the pivotal moment in history. wh...

Texas governor rick perry iscalr politic, if his words. joining us now to defend texas, texas attorney general greg abbott. welcome, sir. great to have you here today. >> uma, great to be back with you again. >> uma: you know, eric holder is saying the voter i.d. laws are a racist plot in his words to disenfranchise the minority voters. what is your reaction to that claim? >> that comment on his part is stunning because the very week that the eric holder administration and barack obama came to tect to sue texas, to pre -- came to texas to sue texas to prevent volter i.d. days before that they ...

I remember i i was at the march in 1983. you had rev red planet jackson there. my father is there today. you had john lewis there. in '63, '83, in 2013. and you have ben ellis, reverend sharpton who has done a wonerful job organizing the march today. mark moralle, but nameless, faceless people. dream defenders in capitol in tallahassee, florida. they are here today. these are young kid we did not know about more than a month ago. but now they are stepping up to the plate. you have a lot of people from occupy who are here. i think you might have a tea partier or two here. really is a wonderful ...

Personally prosecuted more than 50 cases of voter fraud across the state of texas, including people who cast vote for dead people. they are registering for nationals to vote illegally. voter fraud is real. they recognize voter i.d. as a way to prevent voter fraud. >> uma: it is shaping up to be quite the legal fight. we'll monitor it closely. thank you for joining us. appreciate it. >> thank you, uma. >> uma: good to see you. all right, he was one of dr. king's closest confidants. today, jesse jackson celebrates legacy at today's march on washington. later in the show, his daughter will be j...

Capital to march the 50th anniversary of the march on washington. it began a while ago. it will go back the memorial before ending at the washington monument there. a number of speakers including dr. king's children will be speaking as well. we will keep you posted on all the events as they take place this afternoon. ♪ ♪ >> uma: all right. two grammy winners and the music legends uniting again, this time for a live bluegrass album. ricky skaggs and hornsby with several albums from the tour. one of the men, 14-time grammy award of those men ricky skaggss joining us from nashville with more ...