>> DO YOU THINK PRESIDENT TRUMP
MELISSA: HERE NOW TO REACT,
DR. ALVEDA KING, NIECE OF
DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.,
CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST, FOX NEWS
CONTRIBUTOR.
I HAVE BEEN DYING TO HAVE YOU ON
SINCE THIS STARTED BECAUSE YOU
HAVE A UNIQUE WAY OF GETTING THE
CONVERSATION BACK TO, GOING IN A
POSITIVE DIRECTION THAT ISN'T
ABOUT PEOPLE TAKING SHOTS AND
SCORING POINTS.
WHAT WOULD YOU SAY AT THIS POINT
IN TIME?
>> WELL, MELISSA, I TELL YOU, I
SAY WE HAVE BEEN PRAYING, PEOPLE
ALL OVER THE COUNTRY HAVE BEEN
PRAYING FOR AMERICA, FOR THE
PRESIDENT, FOR CONGRESSMAN
LEWIS, FOR THE WHOLE SITUATION,
AND AS A MEMBER OF THE KING
FAMILY LEGACY, THAT IS THE
THREE CHILDREN, CHRISTINE,
MARTIN LUTHER KING, ML, AND MY
DADDY A.D. KING.
WE'VE BEEN PRAYING THAT
CONGRESSMAN LEWIS WOULD REMEMBER
THE LESSONS THAT HE NOT ONLY
LEARNED BUT TAUGHT PEOPLE IN THE
20th CENTURY CIVIL RIGHTS
MOVEMENT, COME TO THE TABLE,
MAKE PEACE, COMMUNICATE
NON-VIOLENTLY.
I UNDERSTAND THAT HE IS HURT AND
HE IS DISTURBED BECAUSE HE MAKES
THAT POINT VERY CLEARLY BUT THE
ANSWER IS NOT JUST TO CALL
SOMEBODY A RACIST.
IN THIS CASE PRESIDENT TRUMP.
AND NOT MAKE EFFORTS TO RESOLVE
THE SITUATION.
I BROUGHT IN ONE OF MY BOOKS
THAT WILL BE RELEASED TOMORROW
THAT MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.,
MADE AND I QUOTE I HAD IT IN THE
BOOK AS WELL.
I AM CONVINCED THAT MEN HATE
KNOW EACH OTHER BECAUSE THEY
DON'T KNOW EACH OTHER BECAUSE
THEY DON'T COMMUNICATE WITH EACH
OTHER, AND THEY DON'T
COMMUNICATE WITH EACH OTHER
BECAUSE THEY ARE SEPARATED FROM
EACH OTHER.
AND MY COUSIN BERNICE KING
QUOTED THAT AT ML KING DAY IN
HER SPEECH.
I HAVE IT IN MY BOOK.
IF CONGRESSMAN LEWIS CAN SIT
DOWN AT THE COMMUNICATING TABLE,
THE PEACE TABLE, AND BEGIN TO
HAVE TALKS ABOUT UNITY, THAT IS
WHAT WE NEED IN AMERICA.
MELISSA: THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN,
I REALLY COME TO APPRECIATE THAT
WHAT IS SPECIAL ABOUT THE KING
LEGACY IS THAT IT ISN'T
SELF-SERVING AND IT ISN'T
HYPOCRITICAL, THAT IS WHAT I
THINK PEOPLE REALLY REACT
AGAINST WHEN EVERYTHING GETS
HEATED AND EVERYONE STARTS
TALK TO EACH OTHER AND SOLVE THE
PROBLEMS.
THEY'RE TRYING TO SCORE POINTS
WITH THEIR PEOPLE, WHOEVER THEIR
CONSTITUENCY, THEY SEE THAT
CONSTITUENCY TO BE, RATHER THAN
ACTUALLY TRYING TO COMMUNICATE
AND MAKE PROGRESS.
THAT IS THE DIFFERENCE.
HOW DO WE GET BACK TO THAT?
>> WELL THIS IS,
MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY AND WE'VE
GOT A NEW PARK IN ATLANTA,
GEORGIA, A NATIONAL PARK NAMED
AFTER HIM, THAT CONGRESSMAN
LEWIS PASSED THE BILL, PRESIDENT
TRUMP SIGNED THE BILL.
THAT IS SOMETHING THEY HAD TO DO
TOGETHER.
I BELIEVE CONGRESSMAN LEWIS
NEEDS TO STEP ON INTO IT AND DO
MORE THINGS WITH COMMUNICATING
TOGETHER TO MAKE IT WORK.
IT CAN HAPPEN AND I DO NOT
BELIEVE THAT PRESIDENT DONALD
JOHN TRUMP IS A RACIST.
YOU KNOW WHAT?
THE ECONOMY IS BETTER.
THE JOB, UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IS
DOWN IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY AND
ACROSS THE BOARD.
JOB RATES ARE GOING UP ACROSS
THE BOARD.
PEOPLE IN BUSINESS NOW ARE
BREAKS TO OUR EMPLOYMENT.
THEY'RE GIVING BONUSES TO
EMPLOYEES.
ALL OF THIS IS UNDER THE
LEADERSHIP OF PRESIDENT DONALD
JOHN TRUMP AND HE IS JUST NOT A
MELISSA: DO YOU HAVE ANY
FEELINGS ABOUT WHAT YOU THINK HE
SAID?
DO YOU CARE?
DO YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT HE
TROUBLE YOU NO MATTER WHAT HE
ACTUALLY SAID?
ABOUT THE CONDITIONS LIKE A
HELLHOLE KIND OF THING BECAUSE I
DON'T USE THE OTHER WORD, WITH
CORRUPTION IN THE COUNTRIES
WHERE THE LEADERS ARE CORRUPT
LIKE WE WERE TALKING IN THE
PREVIOUS SEGMENT.
SOMETIMES LEADERS CAN BE
CORRUPT, TAKE ALL RESOURCES FROM
THE PEOPLE.
THE PEOPLE ARE SUFFERING IS THE
ANSWER IS, LET'S MOVE TO
AMERICA.
I BELIEVE ONCE OUR SWAMP IS
I BELIEVE WE SHOULD HELP OUR