KAREN, BACK TO YOU.
>> WE APPRECIATE IT, THANK
YOU, DEVIN.
>>> TODAY THERE ARE
PROTESTORS, MEMORIALS AND
PLENTY OF PEOPLE DOING
VOLUNTEER WORK TO HONOR THE
MEMORY OF THE DR. MARTIN
LUTHER KING, JR.
IN WASHINGTON, D.C., VOTING
RIGHTS WERE THE FOCUS OF
THIS MARCH THAT STARTED AT
THE FREDERICK DOUGLASS
MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
THE PROTESTORS ARE CALLING
ON CONGRESS TO PASS THE JOHN
R. LEWIS VOTING RIGHTS
ADVANCEMENT ACT RIGHT NOW
IT’S STUCK IN THE U.S.
SENATE WITH ZERO REPUBLICAN
SUPPORT TWO DEMOCRATS
REFUSING TO END THE
FILIBUSTER TO END THE
LOGJAM.
PRPT KAMALA HARRIS ADDRESSED
THE CHALLENGE IN HER HOLIDAY
REMARKS.
>>> TODAY OUR FREEDOM TO
VOTE IS UNDER ASSAULT.
IN GEORGIA AND ACROSS OUR
NATION, ANTI-VOTER LAWS ARE
BEING PASSED THAT COULD MAKE
IT MORE DIFFICULT FOR AS
MANY AS 55 MILLION AMERICANS
TO VOTE.
55 MILLION AMERICANS.
THAT IS ONE OUT OF SIX
PEOPLE IN OUR COUNTRY.
>> SUPPORTERS OF THOSE STATE
ELECTION BILLS SAY THEY ARE
DESIGNED TO IMPROVE ELECTION
SECURITY.
>>> WELL, THIS GIANT
MEMORIAL TO KING STANDS IN
WASHINGTON, D.C. REMINDING
US OF HIS STRUGGLE AND HIS
DREAM FOR AMERICA.
EACH YEAR THIS HOLIDAY GIVES
US A MOMENT TO REFLECT ON
WHERE THAT DREAM STANDS.
ARE WE CLOSER TO MAKING IT A
REALITY?
PAULA TUTMAN TALKED TO MANY
OF OUR NEIGHBORS FOR THEIR
VIEWS ON PROGRESS.
>> Reporter: SOME WESTLAND
THIS MORNING THE ANNUAL
FREEDOM WALK.
LIKELY NO REAL DIFFERENCE
FROM THE MANY EVENTS TO
COMMEMORATE THE LIFE OF
DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR..
>> HOWEVER FRUSTRATING THE
HOUR IT WILL NOT BE LONG.
>> Reporter: WE POSED A
SIMPLE QUESTION TO EVERYONE
WE SPOKE TO TODAY, WE ASKED
IN YOUR VIEW WHAT IS THE --
EQUALITY AND UNITY WE ASK
THE -- WE ARE.
>> Reporter: WE TALKED TO
THE SHERIFF OF WAYNE COUNTY.
>> WE WE KEEP TALKING ABOUT
THE DREAM BUT THE
GENERATIONS COMING UP BEHIND
US.
>> WHEN I THINK ABOUT THE
STATE OF THE DREAM ACCOUNT,
THE STATE OF THE DREAM IS
ITS FLUTTER.
>> Reporter: PROFESSOR AIR
ROONE DWYER AT OAKLAND
UNIVERSITY SEES THINGS
THROUGH THOSE GOGGLES OF
HISTORY AND HOW IT PLAYS OUT
IN REALTIME.
>> WE ALWAYS SEE EVERY
MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. DAY
THE KIND OF INSTAGRAMMING OF
QUOTES BY PEOPLE AND
ESPECIALLY BY POLITICAL
FIGURES AND I THINK TODAY IS
A DAY TO PAUSE AND EXAMINE
WHO IS QUOTING MARTIN LUTHER
KING, JR. AND AT THE SAME
TIME IS FIGHTING FORWARD
MOTION OF THE VOTING RIGHTS
ACT.
>> VOTING RIGHTS CAME UP
OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
>> THE STORIES I HEAR
ESPECIALLY ONE THAT REALLY
BROKE MY HEART IS SOMEONE IN
HIS 70s WHO SAID I WAS
FIGHTING FOR THIS IN MY
EARLY YOU KNOW EARLY 20s AND
NOW YOU KNOW YEARS LATER MY
GRANDCHILDREN, MYSELF ALL OF
RUSS STILL FIGHTING FOR THE
SAME RIGHTS AND AIM ACCESS.
>> Reporter: WHILE MARCHING
AND SERVING THE HOMELESS AND
BEING A GOOD PART OF THE DAY
MANY SAY THE HEAVY LIFTING
MUST BE DONE EVERY SINGLE
DAY OF THE YEAR.
>> MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.
DID HIS BEST.
HE PAID THE SUPREME PRICE
FOR US.
CAN WE NOT GET A FLESH WOUND,
CAN WE NOT GET A SCRAPE, NO
YOU DON’T HAVE TO GO TO THE
MOUNTAINTOP LIKE KING BUT
CAN YOU COME ON THE ASPHALT,
PAVEMENT FOR YOU AND ME IN
YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
>> YEAH YOU KNOW, KAREN,
THIS IS A PULSE WE TAKE
EVERY MING DR. MARTIN LUTHER
KING, JR. DAY.
WE ALWAYS HEAR ABOUT
PROGRESS FORWARD OR A FEW
STEPS BACK BUT THERE WAS A
DIFFERENT URGENCY FOR THE
PEOPLE I TALKED TO WHO FELT
LIKE MORE STEPS WERE
ACTUALLY TAKEN BACK RECENTLY
THAN THE STEPS MOVING
FORWARD.
STAY WITH US 5:00, VERY
INTERESTING STORY TWO LOCAL
WARRIORS REALLY FOR JUSTICE
ACTUALLY GETTING NATIONAL
AWARD AND THEY TALK ABOUT
THE SIGNIFICANCE OF GETTING
IT ON MARTIN LUTHER KING,
JR. DAY.
KAREN.