WE WILL HAVE MUCH MORE ON
THE PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS COMING
UP AT 7 AM.
TODAY, THE NATION REMEMBERS
THE LATE DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING
JR. ON WHAT WOULD BE HIS 89th
BIRTHDAY.
DR. KING WAS HONORED WITH A
NOBEL PEACE PRIZE IN 1964 FOR
COMBATING RACISM WITH
NONVIOLENCE.
THE FIRST NATIONAL CELEBRATION
OF MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. DAY
WAS BACK IN 1986.
THE HOLIDAY ALWAYS FALLS ON THE
THIRD MONDAY OF JANUARY.
BUT TODAY HAPPENS TO ACTUALLY
BE HIS BIRTHDAY.
ON SUNDAY, MIKE PENCE HONORED
THE LEGACY OF DR. KING PLACING
A WREATH AT HIS MEMORIAL.
HE CALLED DR. KING A GREAT
AMERICAN LEADER WHO INSPIRED A
MOVEMENT AND TRANSFORM THE
NATION.
NOW HERE'S A LOOK AT WHAT IS
OPEN AND CLOSE TODAY.
COURTS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE ALL
CLOSED.
THE STOCK MARKET AND BANKS ARE
