LOOK FOR MUCH MORE ON THE
TRADE WAR CONCERNS TONIGHT.
AND FOLLOW US UP TO CBS NEWS AT
6:00.
NOW AT 5:00 TODAY WE WANTED
TO REMEMBER HIM.
WE REMEMBER MY FATHER AS HE
WAS.
REMEMBERING THE DREAM AND
THE LEGACY OF A CIVIL RIGHTS
ICON.
I HAVE NEVER BEEN ANYWHERE
WITH PEOPLE WANTING TO ASK ME
ABOUT MARTIN LUTHER KING.
HIS LIFE AND LEGACY
CELEBRATED TODAY ALL ACROSS THE
WORLD.
WE WILL TAKE YOU TO ONE OF THE
TRIBUTES IN A MOMENT.
AND ELIOTT RODRIGUEZ HAS A LOOK
AT THE TRIBUTE IN MEMPHIS.
IT IS HARD TO BELIEVE THAT
DOCTOR MARTIN LUTHER KING WHEN
HE WAS SHOT, WAS ONLY 39 YEARS
OLD.
HE
ACCOMPLISHED SO MUCH AND HIS
LEGACY LIVES ON TODAY.
AND THOSE INSPIRED BY HIM SEE
THAT HIS DREAM CONTINUES TO
THIS DAY AND THEY ARE KEEPING
THE DREAM ALIVE.
Reporter: THE LORRAINE MOTEL
WAS AT THE CENTER OF A DAY OF
REMEMBRANCE AND REFLECTION ON
THE ANNIVERSARY OF HIS DEATH.
[ SINGING ] [ MUSIC ] eporter: EVENTS KICKED OFF
WITH MUSIC AND PRAYER WITH
SPEECHES INCLUDING
INSPIRATIONAL WORDS FROM DOCTOR
KING HIMSELF.
IT IS THE GREATNESS OF
AMERICA.
PROTESTING THE FAR RIGHT.
IN WASHINGTON, THE CAPITAL
PROVIDED A BACKDROP FOR THE
CEREMONY.
WE REMEMBER OUR NATION HAD
THE FAITH TO FIGHT THE VIOLENCE
OF RACISM.
AND THEY TOOK THE LIFE OF
DOCTOR MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.
LEWIS SPOKE ON THE SAME SPOT
WHERE ROBERT KENNEDY INFORMED
THE CROWD THAT MARTIN LUTHER
KING WAS SHOT AND KILLED.
[ SCREAMING ]
[ CRYING ] MARTIN LUTHER
KING WAS SHOT AND KILLED
TONIGHT.
THIS IS HARD.
IT WAS TOUGH TO COME BACK HERE.
Reporter: COMMEMORATIONS
WHERE HE DELIVERED HIS FINAL
SPEECH ON APRIL 3RD, 1968.
I KNOW THAT OUR GOD DID NOT
BRING THIS TO US.
HE TOLD THE CROWD THAT HIS
FATHER LIVES ON.
I BELIEVE THE ME TOO
MOVEMENT AND THESE YOUNG
PEOPLE, WE ARE COMING TOGETHER
LIKE NEVER BEFORE.
THE FAMILY SAYS WORK REMAINS
TO BE DONE AS AMERICA REMEMBERS
THEIR FATHER.
I WOULD LIKE TO LIVE.
BUT I AM NOT CONCERNED ABOUT
THAT NOW.
I JUST WANT TO DO THE WILL OF
GOD BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN TO THE
MOUNTAINTOP.
I DON'T MIND.
[ CHEERING & APPLAUSE ]
Reporter: THEY WILL BE RINGING
