NPR News: 08-28-2023 7PM EDT

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NPR News: 08-28-2023 7PM EDT

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0:00.0	Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Jack Spear.
0:05.7	President Biden and Vice President Harris met with a family of Martin Luther King Jr.
0:10.6	to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington.
0:14.8	MBR Franco Ordonia reports the visit comes exactly 60 years after the Oval Office meeting
0:20.3	between King and then President John F. Kennedy.
0:22.6	Hundreds of thousands of Americans gathered on the National Mall 60 years ago were Martin Luther
0:27.1	King Jr. delivered his eye-have-a-dream speech.
0:30.4	And on this anniversary, President Biden and Vice President Harris met with several members
0:34.6	of the King family, including his son and daughter.
0:37.2	Biden cited the tragic shooting in Jacksonville, Florida that killed three black people over
0:41.7	the weekend.
0:42.7	And he said the nation is at a critical turning point, much like it was 60 years ago.
0:47.2	We can't let hate prevail.
0:48.2	And it's on the right.
0:49.2	It's not diminishing.
0:50.2	Silence, I believe.
0:51.6	We've all said many times.
0:53.6	Silence is complicity.
0:54.6	We're not going to make silence.
0:56.6	Harris said America's leaders can't allow factions to divide the country.
1:01.1	She said diversity is the nation's strength.
1:04.2	Franco Ordonia's NPR News, the White House.
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