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A First Look at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial It's been 48 years since a young Martin Luther King, Jr. roused the nation with his I Have a Dream speech, he promised, "With this faith, we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope." Nearly 50 years later, the civil rights leader is being honored with a memorial on the Washington Mall. Stone of Hope , the first for a non-president and the first for an African American, will be dedicated this weekend. Reporter Michael Ruane has been covering the creation of the memorial for the Washington Post .
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A First Look at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial It's been 48 years since a young Martin Luther King, Jr. roused the nation with his I Have a Dream speech, he promised, "With this faith, we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope." Nearly 50 years later, the civil rights leader is being honored with a memorial on the Washington Mall. Stone of Hope , the first for a non-president and the first for an African American, will be dedicated this weekend. Reporter Michael Ruane has been covering the creation of the memorial for the Washington Post .
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Will the Senate write a healthcare bill in secret? While Democrats and Republicans argue White House relations with Russia, another question is being decided behind closed doors: who gets help buying health insurance and who doesn't? We hear how the pros and cons are being shrouded in secrecy.
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Replacing Obamacare: Now you see it… now you don’t As the Senate deliberates replacing Obmacare, health coverage for millions of people is at stake. There've been no public hearings, and a draft measure won't be made public. Is the House version so unpopular that that Senate is hiding a version that looks much the same?
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Janesville and the American Dream Janesville, Wisconsin is the hometown of Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan. But he couldn’t prevent the closing of the General Motors factory after 100 years. On this Memorial Day rebroadcast of To the Point, we hear what’s happened to what once was a model of American middle-class unity.