MARIA LOOKING BRUTAL DOWN
HERE.
>> NOT A LOT OF PLACES TO HIDE
THIS MORNING.
>> THAT IS RIGHT.
>> WE WILL CHEMICALH CHECK
BACK 50 YEARS AFTER DEATH OF
AMERICAN ICON, CIVIL RIGHTS
LEADER DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING,
JR., GUNNED DOWN APRIL 4, 16 8
HOURS AFTER DELIVERED FAMOUS
MOUNTAINTOP SPEECH A HALF
CENTURY LATER MADE AN
INDELIBLE IMPACT ON AMERICAN
CULTURE, ISSUE FOUNDER AUTHOR
OF WORDS THAT SHIFT THE WORLD,
100 YEARS UNFORGETTABLE
SPEECHES EVENTS RICHARD GREEN
THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING US
THIS MORNING.
>> YOU ARE WELCOME, HI.
>> AS WE LOOK BACK DR. KING'S
WORDS PROBABLY SOME OF THE
MOST RECITED OF THE 20TH
CENTURY WHY DO YOU THINK HIS
WORDS CONTINUE TO INSPIRE.
>> MARTIN LUTHER KING WAS BEST
IS THERE WAS AT GIVING A
SPEECH MOVING PEOPLE PROBABLY
ONE OF THE FINEST
SPEECHWRITERS IN AMERICAN
HISTORY AND FOR SURE, ONE OF
THE BEST SPEECH GIVERS THE
THING HE TEACHES US FROM
MOUNTAIN TOP SPEECH OR THE "I
HAVE A DREAM" SPEECH SINCE OF
AUTHENTIC PASSION REACHED INTO
CORE OF HIS SOUL EVERY TIME HE
SPOKE WAS HONEST HE WAS CLEAR,
HE HAD INTEGRITY, AND HE WAS
UNWAVERING THAT IS WHAT MAKES
A GREAT PUBLIC SPEAKER ABOUT
WHETHER IN BUSINESS SEGMENT OR
POLITICS.
>> REALLY DOES CHRIS HOGAN WE
LOOK AT DR. KING'S SPEECHES WE
KNOW IT ACTUALLY HITS US
EMOTIONALLY HE DIDN'T SAY I
HAVE A BUSINESS PLAN, HE SAID
I HAVE A DREAM.
>> HE REALLY DID, IT IS ONE OF
THOSE THINGS YOU START TO LOOK
A THE THIS YOU UNDERSTAND THE
IMPACT OF WORDS BECAUSE THEY
WERE COMING FROM HIS HEART, HE
HAD A HOPE, YOU KNOW HE HAD AN
IDEA OF WHAT THINGS SHOULD
LOOK LIKE THAT PEOPLE SHOULD
BE ABLE TO STRIVE FOR MORE FOR
THEMSELVES AND FAMILY IT IS
NOT ACCIDENT THAT WORDS
RESONATE WITH US, BECAUSE I
THINK STILL HERE TODAY WE
STILL HAVE IDEAS, AND GOALS
FOR OURSELVES AND OUR
FAMILIES.
>> IT CAPTURED ESSENCE OF
AMERICA, OPTIMISTIC SOCIETY,
DREAM OF A BETTER LIFE FOR ALL
AMERICANS, AND ENVIRONMENT OF
TRUE EQUALITY HAVINGS FOUNDING
FATHERS TO HAVE A MORE PERFECT
NATION GOAL OF THE COUNTRY, I
SINCE FOUNDATION WHILE A
WINDING ROAD TO GET THERE, I
THINK THAT THOSE WORDS,
EMOTION BRING EMOTION TODAY
BECAUSE THEY ARE CHALLENGING
US AS AMERICANS, TO DO BETTER
BE BETTER.
>> YES.
DAGEN: I WAS LOOKING IF
WONDERING WHAT I WAS LOOKING
AT ON PHONE LOOKING AT TEXT
FROM THE SPEECH IT IS
IMPORTANT TO GO BACK, AND READ
THE ENTIRE MOUNTAINTOP SPEECH
LISTENING TO THE VERY THE
FINAL LIKE TWO MINUTES OF IT
WATCHING THE VIDEO OF IT LAST
NIGHT OVER AND OVER AND OVER
AGAIN, WE TALK ABOUT DR. KING
AND HIS INCREDIBLE SPEAKING
ABOUT ABOUT ABILITY THAT
PREACH'S PREACHER'S CADENCE IS
THERE ANYTHING CERTAINTY IN
PUBLIC LIFE WHO SPEAKS THAT
EFFECTIVELY TODAY?
I CAN'T NAME.
>> BARACK OBAMA.
>> I THINK WOULD BE CLOSE.
>> BARACK OBAMA, YEAH, THAT
WAS ON HIS SKILL FOR SURE.
>> A BETTER WORLD A BETTER
LIFE INSPIRED US ALL.
TO DO BETTER.
BUT PROBLEMING.
MARIA: POLICIES DIDN'T.
>> WORDS DID.
MARIA: WORDS DID.
DAGEN: I REMEMBER THE SPEECH
THAT HE GAVE, THE -- EULOGY AT
MOTHER EMANUEL CHURCH AFTER
SHOOTING IN CHARLESTON ONE OF
THE GREATEST MOMENTS OF HIS
PRESIDENCY BUT, AGAIN -- THERE
WAS NO SPEAKER LIKE DR. KING.
MARIA: YOU ARE RIGHT LET MOVE
TO CHANGE RICHARD CALLING FOR
REVOLUTIONARY APPROACH NOT
VOTING FOR CANDIDATES BUT
VOTING FOR ISSUES EXPLAIN YOUR
AMBITION.
>> RIGHT, BY THE WAY, I AGREE
WITH YOU DAGEN.
THE LAST TWO MINUTES OF THE
MOUNTAIN TOP SPEECH PROBABLY
THE MOST EXCITING MOST MOVING
TWO MINUTES OF RECORDED
ORATORY IN THE HISTORY OF
MANKIND DO THE YOURSELF A
FAVOR WATCH THAT.
DAGEN: YOU TALK ABOUT IT --
THAT IS HOW POWERFUL IT IS YOU
CAN HEAR DR. KING SPEAKING
WORDS IF YOUR HEAD EVEN IF YOU
ONLY HEARD THE SPEECH ONCE.
MARIA: .
>> I TEACH IT ALL OVER THE
WORLD PEOPLE CRY
BUSINESSPEOPLE LITERALLY CRY
WHEN THEY SEE THAT MARIA,
CLEARLY, OUR SYSTEM IS BROKEN.
THE FOUNDING FATHERS HAD IT
RIGHT, AND WE ACTUALLY WE
DON'T KNOW THIS BUT THERE IS A
MAGIC NUMBER TO GETTING
WHATEVER YOU WANT IN AMERICA.
AND THAT IS THE MAGIC NUMBER
279, WHATEVER IT IS YOU WANT
FORGET POLITICAL PARTIES
FORGET THE CANDIDATES AND
PERSONALITIES SCANDALS FOCUS
ON A PIECE OF LEGISLATION,
THAT YOU WANT THAT IS
MEANINGFUL TO YOU WHETHER JOBS
IN ECONOMY, OR GETTING MONEY,
OUT OF POLITICS, OR -- OR
INCREASED WAGES, OR
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, OR
LOWER TAXES WHATEVER YOU WANT,
IF YOU CAN GET 218 MENS' OF
THE HOUSE ELECTED, AND EVERY
SINGLE MESH OF HOUSE UP EVERY
TWO YEARS IF YOU GET 60
MEMBERS OF THE SENATE ELECTED
OR PERSUADED AND YOU GET ONE
PERSON IN THE WHITE HOUSE, TO
SIGN THAT BILL, WHATEVER YOU
WANT BECOMES THE LAW OF THE
LAND.
>> HOW ARE YOU GOING TO WILL
GET 218, AND 60 IN SENATE THEY
CAN'T EVEN GET ENOUGH VOTES TO
GET LEGISLATION DONE ON -- ON
HEALTH CARE.
YOU KNOW, WE GOT BIG
THUMBS-DOWN, THEY COULDN'T
EVEN GET MILITARY MONEY TO
SPEND WITHOUT SPENDING,
BREAKING THE BANK, BY GETTING
THE VOTE.
>> THAT IS -- THAT IS THE
BEAUTY OF WHAT FOUNDING
FATHERS CREATED THEY CREATED
ASINGS REVOLUTION TWO YEARS
ASK ARE YOU GOING TO VOTE FOR
THIS BILL.
IF SO I WILL VOTE FOR YOU, AND
YOU DO THAT, AND YOU GET YOUR
218.
BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF
THINGS IN THE UNITED STATES,
WHERE A VAST MAJORITY OF
AMERICA WANTS IT FOR EXAMPLE,
GETTING BIG MONEY AND BIG
MONEY LOBBYISTS OUT OF
WITH WHEN THAT IS GOING TO BE
INTRODUCED IN A COUPLE WEEKS
GOING TO ALMOST COMPLETELY
TAKE BIG MONEY LOBBYING OUT OF
POLITICS, SO IF PEOPLE WANT
THAT WHATEVER YOU WANT, JUST
HOLD YOUR CANDIDATE
ACCOUNTABLE SAY I AM NOT GOING
TO I AM NOT VOTING FOR YOU
UNLESS YOU VOTE NOT FOR THIS
ISSUE BUT THIS SPECIFIC BILL
YOU WHIP 218 THE 60, AND THEN
2020 YOU WHIP THE PRESIDENT
WHO IS GOING TO SIGN THE BILL
THAT YOU WANT.
MARIA: WE WILL SEE ABOUT
THAT, AND BY THE WAY, NOT ONE
DEMOCRAT VOTED FOR THE TAX
BILL.
SO THAT IS ONE THING TO
CONSIDER.
>> RIGHT, SO IF YOU WANT THAT
TAX BILL IF YOU WANT EVEN MORE
TAX BILLS LIKE THAT GET MAKE
SURE THERE ARE 60 SENATORS WHO
AGREE WITH THAT PARTICULAR
PIECE OF LEGISLATION, IN THE
SENATE AND 218 --
>> POLITICS IS JUST MATH
SECOND GRADE ARITHMETIC IF