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To make real the promisesov of democracy. you athink of how he inspired t change through the legislative process, to become a more perfect union. that is president what president trump is calling on the congress to do. >> pushing back on that comparison. >> he was a bridge builder not a wall builder. >> now wolf ending the shutdown is going to come down to president trump and pelosi. if their feud was not evident last week when she uninvited the president from giving the state of the union address and the president invited her to fly commercially s commercially into a war zone he tweeted sayin...

Conservatives. saying amnesty isn't part of his offer now, but might be later on in a much bigger deal. and on the eve of the martin luther king holiday, vice president mike pence likening the president to the civil rights icon. >> one of my favorite quotes from dr. king was, "now is the time to make real the promises of democracy." you think of how he changed america. he inspired us to change through the legislative process to become a more perfect union. that's exactly what president trump is calling on the congress to do. >> reporter: martin luther king jr.'s son pushing back on that compar...

What your thoughts are on your cousins. martin luther ki martin luther king jr.'s son had said about the immigration program a mistake. my father was a bridge builder, not a wall builder. that was coming from your cousin, martin luther king iii. what did you think of it? >> with my experience and i'm 68 years old and i have seen quite a bit, lived in two centuries, a youth organizer during the lifetime of my uncle and his dad, reverend a.d. king, so i'm accustomed to people taking the words of martin luther king jr. and fit them what they believe. people do the bible the same way. i don't beli...

Administration can't get more cynical, but it always does. this morning i was at a breakfast where martin luther king iii, dr. king's son, rebuked vice president pence's remarks and said that my father was a bridge builder not a wall builder, and i thought that was a lovely turn of phrase. this was a terrible thing for vice president pence to say, a very cynical thing to say. not at all surprising, but you know what? today i'm not focusing on what president trump is saying or what vice president pence is saying, i'm focusing on the spirit of dr. king and the reality that there is a lot of work...

America, he inspired us to change through the legislative process, to become a more perfect union that's exactly what president trump is calling on the congress to do. >> wow. the naacp called pence's comments an insult to dr. king's legacy, while dr. king's son, martin luther king iii stated his father was a bridge builder, not a wall builder. pence's comments seem even more stunning when you hear martin luther king jr.'s reaction to seeing a physical barrier in place. here he is in germany 1964 looking at the berlin wall. >> this is your first glimpse of the wall, isn't it? >> yes, it is. th...