MAN, THIS PRESIDENT IS
TAKING US BACK TO ANOTHER
PLACE.
BRIAN: BUT IT'S NOT A
SURPRISE.
HE DIDN'T EVEN SHOW UP FOR
THE INAUGURAL.
LUTHER KING AND DAY MADE TO
HONOR HIM WHICH IS TODAY.
JARED HUNT ACTIVE DUTY
OFFICER AND JOINS US RIGHT
NOW.
>> GOOD MORNING.
GOOD TO BE HERE WITH YOU.
>> WHAT PROMPTED YOU TO
FOCUS BACK TO DR. KING.
WE HAVE SEEN SOME FOLKS WITH
THEIR OWN POLITICAL AGENDAS
AND OWN NARRATIVES BASICALLY
TRYING TO CHERRY PICK
I WANT TO FOCUS THIS DAY
BACK TO PUBLIC UNITY AND
NATIONAL SERVICE.
WE COULD PICK WHICH HE WOULD
SUPPORT IF HE WERE AROUND
TODAY ULTIMATELY WE DON'T
KNOW.
RACHEL: DOES BOYCOTTING THE
STATE OF THE UNION UNDERMINE
DR. KING'S MESSAGE THEN?
ARE YOU SAYING THAT, OF
UNITY?
>> I THINK A BIGGER LOOK AT
IT, WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF
THIS HOLIDAY?
I THINK THE PURPOSE IS FOR
THAT WE WANT TO SEE THE
LEGACY OF DR. KING.
HE WAS A MINISTER OF THE
GOSPEL.
WE DON'T KNOW IF HE WOULD BE
KNEELING TODAY.
WE DO KNOW WHEN HE KNELT, HE
KNELT IN PRAYER.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S SO
SPECIAL ABOUT HIM.
THAT'S WHAT WE REALLY WE
SHOULD BE CELEBRATING TODAY
OVER ANYTHING ELSE.
BRIAN: SO THE NEW YORKER
MAGAZINE THAT HAS HIM
KNEELING NEXT TO COLLIN
KAEPERNICK OR ANIMATION OR
CARTOON.
INTO THE ONE OF THE FEW
MOMENTS THAT OUR COUNTRY CAN
KIND OF COME TOGETHER AND
DISREGARD OUR POLITICAL
IDEOLOGIES JUST FOR ME.
AND THEN YOU SEE ALL THESE
OWN AGENDAS.
RACHEL: HOW DID YOU FEEL
LAST WEEK WHEN THE PRESIDENT
HAD THAT CEREMONY HONORING
MARTIN LUTHER KING, HIS
NEPHEW WAS THERE AND APRIL
RYAN, THE REPORTER AT THE
END -- NOBODY ASKED BY THE
WAY THE NEPHEW ANYTHING AT
ALL, RIGHT?
>> NOT AT ALL.
RACHEL: AND THEN SHE YELLED
OUT ARE YOU A RACIST.
>> MR. PRESIDENT, WILL YOU
STATEMENT, SIR?
>> MR. PRESIDENT, ARE YOU A
RACIST?
BRIAN: DOES THAT BOTHER YOU?
>> IT DOES.
I HAD SO MANY FRIENDS THERE
HAPPY TO CELEBRATE
DR. KING'S LEGACY AND HAPPY
TO CELEBRATE THAT
PROCLAMATION.
BUT THEN THE ENTIRE STORY
WAS ALL ABOUT NOT ABOUT THE
PRESIDENT'S COMMENTS, YOU
KNOW, DAYS BEFORE.
AND I THINK THAT'S
PROBLEMATIC.
BECAUSE FOR AMERICAN
FAMILIES THEY WANT TO BE
ABLE TO JUST ENJOY A HOLIDAY
FREE FROM ALL OF THE TOP
TRENDING POLITICAL STORIES.
BRIAN: JEREMY, LET ME ASK
YOU ASKING.
SERVED IN THE MILITARY
DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU ARE
BLACK OR WHITE.
THAT'S WHAT I GET FROM YOUR
PRESIDENT AND LIKE WHETHER
DICK DURBIN CAME FORWARD,
YOU ARE THE PRESIDENT AND
SAW EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED
OR DIDN'T HAPPEN, WHAT WOULD
DO YOU TODAY.
>> I'M NOT THE PRESIDENT.
BRIAN: HOW ABOUT TUESDAY,
AFTER, THIS WHAT WOULD YOU
LIKE TO HEAR?
>> I THINK WE NEED A HEAR A
REGARDLESS OF EVERYTHING
THAT'S GOING ON IN OUR
COUNTRY, OUR COUNTRY WE
STAND FOR FREEDOM.
MARTIN LUTHER KING AND HIS
LETTER FROM BIRMINGHAM JAIL
HE SAID THE GOAL OF AMERICA
IS FREEMAN.
WE ARE GOING TO REACH OUR
GOAL OF FREEDOM.
THAT'S THE GOAL OF AMERICA.
RACHEL: YOU SAID PRAYER IS
INNER TRANSFORMATION FOR
AMERICA.
IS THE ANSWER FOR AMERICA
PRAYER?
>> ONE THING FOR SURE WE DO
KNOW DR. KING WAS THE
MINISTER OF THE GOSPEL.
THAT'S HOW WE WANT HIM TO BE
REMEMBERED.
WE MUST PRAY FOR THIS
NATION.
WE NEED CHANGE, HEARTS HAVE
THE GREATEST NATION ON
EARTH.
