>> "DIRECT CONNECTION" IS MADE BY MPT TO SERVE ALL OF OUR DIVERSE COMMUNITIES AND IS MADE POSSIBLE BY THE GENEROUS SUPPORT OF OUR MEMBERS.

THANK YOU.

LIVE FROM MARYLAND PUBLIC TELEVISION, THIS IS "DIRECT CONNECTION" WITH JEFF SALKIN.

>> Jeff: GOOD EVENING.

WELCOME TO YOUR "DIRECT CONNECTION."

THE FIRST ROUND OF NFL PLAYOFFS WRAPS UP TONIGHT.

IT WAS TWO WEEKS AGO TONIGHT THAT I GAME IN BUFFALO TURNED INTO A MEDICAL CRISIS WHEN BILLS SAFETY DEMAR HAMLIN WENT INTO CARDAS IMPACT ARREST ON THE FIELD.

MR. HAMLIN WAS REVIVED THROUGH THE USE OF CPR AND A DEFIBRILLATOR.

FORE ARE OUR YOUR HEALTH SEGMENT TONIGHT, WOULD YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO IN AN EMERGENCY LIKE THAT?

JOINING US IS DR. GERM POLLOCK, CARDIOLOGIST AT THE UNIVERSITIES OF MARYLAND ST. JOSEPH MEDICAL CENTER.

DR. POLLOCK, THANKS FOR VISITING.

>> JEFF, THANKS FOR HAVING ME ON.

>> WE THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO TALK ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF AUTOMATIC DEFIBRILLATORS IN PARTICULAR, AND WE HAVE ONE HERE THAT WEK DEMO IN A SECOND, BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS THAT THESE THINGS WORK.

>> THEY DO, YEAH.

EED IS AUTOMATIC EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATORS SAVE LIVES.

WE SAW THAT ON A NATIONAL AUDIENCE SCALE TWO WEEKS AGO, BUT WE SEE IT EVERY DAY IN HEALTH CARE.

THESE ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT, ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PARTS OF THE CHAIN LINK OF SURVIVAL TO GETTING A PERSON SAFELY TIE HOSPITAL ALIVE.

>> PEOPLE IN YOUR PRACTICE WHO ARE WALKING AROUND TODAY BECAUSE OF ONE OF THOSE?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

I HAVE MORE THAN A FEW.

AND FORTUNATELY THEY WERE IN A PLACE THAT HAD AN AED.

YOU HAVE TO HAVE ONE ON LOCATION WHICH I'M SURE YOU GUYS DO HERE.

>> DOWN THE HALL.

WE KNOW THE AIRPORT, FOR EXAMPLE, HAS THEM ALL OVER THE PLACE.

>> EVERYWHERE.

IT CAN BE SCARY, RIGHT?

YOU WALK BY THAT, IT'S TO THAT BIG BOX THAT SAYS AED ON IT.

YOU DO NOT THINK YOU'RE ALLOWED TO TOUCH IT.

BUT WHAT WE HAVE TO RECOGNIZE AND WHAT I WOULD LOVE THE VIEWERS TO KNOW IS THIS IS SOMETHING ANY OF US CAN USE AND IT COULD BE LIFESAVING WOULD BE GETTING THAT TO A PERSON THAT IS UNDERGOING CARDIAC ARREST IN A TIMELY FASHION WILL BE CAN BE LIFESAVING.

>> BETTER IF YOU'VE HAD THE TRAINING COURSE, BUT IF YOU HAVEN'T AND SOMEBODY COLLAPSES AND THERE'S AN AED AVAILABLE, WE'LL WALK YOU THROUGH IT.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

SO THESE DEVICES ARE 98 FOR A FIFTH GRADE LEVEL EDUCATION OR GREATER.

SO MOST OF US CAN USE IT.

YOU DO NOT NEED TO BE ACLS OR BLS CERTIFIED.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A PHYSICIAN OR AN EMS PROVIDER.

ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS HAVE THE COURAGE TO TAKE IT OFF THE WALL AND OPEN IT UP.

WE'LL GO THROUGH THIS.

IT'S VERY SIMPLE.

IT IS TALKS YOU THROUGH WHAT YOU CAN BE THE LIFESAVER IN THESE SITUATIONS.

>> LET'S TALK ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A HEART ATTACK AND CARDIAC ARREST.

>> I THINK THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

I THINK THAT'S A VERY COMMON MISCONCEPTION, RIGHT?

BHAS A HARD CONTACT ARREST AND WHAT IS A HEART TAC?

THOSE TWO THINGS ARE RELATED BUT THEY DON'T TYPICALLY -- THEY TYPICALLY AREN'T ALWAYS CAUSED BY EACH OTHER.

WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?

EVERY CART IMPACT ARREST IS NOT CAUSED BY A HEART ATTACK AND EVERY HEART ATTACK DOES NOT CAUSE A CARDIAC ARREST IT'S IMPORTANT TO GO BACK AND ASK WHAT IS A HARD CEAK.

CARDIOLOGISTS ARE A PLUMBERS.

OUR HEART IS A PUMP.

IT IS JOB IS TO PUMP BLOOD FORWARD.

IT HAS AN ELECTRICAL SYSTEM NO DIFFERENT THAN THE WIRING IN THIS BUILDING THAT CONNECTS AUTO THE DIFFERENTLY CHAMBERS OF THE HARD AND TELLS IT HOW AND WHEN TO BEAT.

WHEN THAT ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS GOES HAYWIRE, IT CAN CAUSE THE HEART TO GO INTO A LETHAL HEART RISSMENTSDZ, AND THAT SIMPLY MEANS THE HEART IS NO LONGER PUMPING BLOOD EFFECTIVELY TO YOUR BRAIN.

>> WE THINK OF IT, THE HEART, AS BEING STOPPED COLD 1 NOT DOING ANYTHING, BUT IN FACT IT'S SPINNING ITS WHEELS, SO TO SPEAK.

>> THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT, JEFF.

SO THE TECHNICAL TERM IS VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA AND CONVENIENT TICK LAR FIBRILLATION.

IT'S THE BOTTOM OF THE HEART.

TACKY CARD YOU'RE FIBRILLATION.

FAST.

SO IT IS STILL BEATING BUT IT'S BEATING AT 300 TO 400 TIMES A MINUTE SO IT'S BEATING SO FAST IT CAN NO LONGER MOVE BLOOD FORWARD SUSPECT USUALLY WITHIN 6, TEN SECONDS OF NOT GETTING BLOOD TO WHY YOU BRAIN, THAT'S WHEN YOU SUDDENLY LOSE CONSCIOUSNESS AND WHAT'S YOU 45ES WHAT YOU SEE.

THIS IS SOMEBODY WHO HAS SUDDENLY DROPPED DOWN TO THE GROUND AND LOSE CONSCIOUSNESS AND YOU CANNOT WAKE THEM UP.

THAT'S CARDIAC ARREST, AND IT'S TYPICALLY DO I TO BLG THAT ELECTRICAL RHYTHM.

WHAT'S A HEART ATTACK?

A HEART ATTACK CAN CAUSE CARDIAC ARREST BUT NOT ALWAYS.

A HEART ATTACK IS IF WURM NUN REASON FOR CARDIAC ARREST BEEP TALKED ABOUT THE ELECTRICAL WIRING.

HEART ATTACKS ARE DUE THE TO PLUMBING OR THE PIPING IN THE HEART.

THE HEART IS A MUSCLE NO DIFFERENT THAN OUR BICEPS.

IT NEEDS OXYGEN AND BLOOD FLOW SO IT PROVIDES BLOOD FLOW TO ITSELF VIA THREE ARTERIES.

THEY'RE NO DIFFERENT THAN WATER PIPES.

UNFORTUNATELY FOR YOU AND I WE DON'T CONTROL OUR AGE.

OUR WE HAVE WE HAVE RAY 3W4REU69 CRUD AS WE GET OLDER IN OUR PIPES.

IF THAT IT CAN SUDDENLY EXPLODE AND BLOCK OFF AN ARTERY.

IF THERE'S ENOUGH MUSCLE THAT'S NOT GETTING OXYGEN NOW WE GO BACK TO THE ELECTRICAL WIRING.

THAT WIRING STOPS FUNCTIONING WELL AND YOU GO BACK INTO THAT BLACKY CARDIA.

>> LET ME REMIND OUR VIEWERS IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT CPR AND DEFIBRILLATOR AND HEART ATTACKS GIVE AS CALL AT THE NUMBER ON THE SCREEN OR LIVEQUESTIONS@MPT.ORG.

I WAS AT THE FOOTBALL GAME TWO WEEKS AGO.

THE IF YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE A CARDIAC ARREST, THE BEST PLACE WOULD BE IN YOUR EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT, BUT ON THIS FOOTBALL FIELD THAT ARE TRAINERS FROM BOTH SIDES, THERE ARE MDs ON BOTH SIDES, THERE AR THEY HAVE AN EMS GUY.

THEY HAD ALL THE RIGHT PEOPLE, ALL THE RIGHT EQUIPMENT.

THAT'S NOT GENERALLY HOW IT HAPPENS.

>> THAT'S TRUE, BUT WITH A LOT OF PUBLIC POLICY AND PUBLIC HEALTH, THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION, WE HAVE PUT IN AEDs IN MOST PUBLIC PLACES.

YOUR AIRPORT, YOUR POOL, YOUR GYM, HERE IN THIS BUILDING.

SO THEY ARE TYPICALLY AROUND WHERE YOU ARE.

AND IF YOU'RE IN A PUBLIC PLACE AND YOU CAN LOCATE THAT AED EVEN WITH ALL THAT MEDICAL STAFF THEY STILL RECOGNIZED THAT THIS WAS A CARDIAC ARREST.

THEY GOT THE AED TO HIM OR TO WHOEVER HAD A CARDIAC ARREST AND WERE ABLE TO GET HIM OUT OF THAT LIFE-THREATENING RHYTHM.

SO WE SAY WITH THE HEART TIME IS MUSCLE OR TIME IS BRAIN.

ONCE YOU HAVE AY, CARDIAC ARREST YOU HAVE ABOUT SIX MINUTES.

ONCE YOU GET BEYOND THAT SIX MINUTES, THE CHANCE OF HAVING A GOOT OUTCOME WALKING OUT OF HOSPITAL ALIVE STARTS TO DRASTICALLY GO DOWN.

>> ALL RIGHT.

HERE'S THE BOX.

SOMEONE IS HAVING AN EMERGENCY.

YOU'RE A BYSTANDER.

WHAT COUL DO YOU DO?

IM.

>> OOH GOING TO BRING THE QUESTION BACK TO YOU, RIGHT?

YOU'RE TRAINED.

IT'S HERE.

7:15 AT NIGHT.

ONE OF YOUR STAFF ISN'T FEELING WELL AND THEY GO DOWN.

>> I MAY BE A GOOD EXAMPLE BECAUSE BACK IN MY LIFEGUARDING DAYS, DECADES AGO WI DID THE RED CROSS LEARNED A VERSION OF CPR THAT IS MAYBE A LITTLE BIT OUTDATED AND IN THE BUILDING WHEN IF AED ARRIVED WE DID A TRAINING PROGRAM.

I'VE FORGOTTEN MOST OF IT.

I KNOW THE BASICS.

I KNOW THE PADS GO HERE AND HERE.

RIGHT?

>> SO I GUESS WE SHOULD DO A EVER QUALIFIER.

THIS IS THOUGHTNOT AN CLS OR BLS COURSE.

THIS IS BASIC COMMON SENSE KNOWLEDGE.

YOU HAVE AN EMPLOYEE THAT GOES DOWN IN FRONT OF YOU, THE FIRST THING IS MAKING SURE THEY'VE LOST CONSCIOUSNESS.

SO YOU'RE TAPPING THEM AND SAYING, BOB, BOB, ARE YO -- IF YOU CAN'T WAKE THE PERSON UP, THERE ARE TWO THINGS THAT YOU, JEFF, CAN DO RIGHT NOW THAT INCREASES THE CHANCE OF MAKING IT OUT ALIVE.

NUMBER ONE, ACTIVATE THE EMS SYSTEM.

SO YOU'RE GOING TO PICK UP YOUR PHONE.

YOU'RE GOING TO CALL 911.

I'M HERE AT MPT, LOST CONSCIOUSNESS.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.

SEND AMBULANCE.

NUMBER TWO, YOU'RE GOING TO ASK THE ANOTHER PERSON IN THE ROOM, GO FIND THE AED.

SO WE'RE EVER THEY'RE GOING TO GO TO THE WALL AND THE FIRST THING YOU THINK OF AS A BYSTANDER, I'M NOT TOUCHING THAT THING.

>> AND ALARMS ARE DEFINITELY GOING OFF.

>> AND ALARMS ARE GOING OFF.

AGAIN, BRING IT OVER HERE AND WE CAN OPEN IT UP.

SO I'M GOING TO GIVE IT TO YOU.

YOU'RE GOING TO OPEN UP THE BOX.

AND IT AGAIN IS FOR A FIFTH LEVEL EDUCATION, SO IF WE'RE ABLE TO READ THESE THINGS, AND IT EVEN TALKS TO YOU.

YOU TURN THE DEVICE ON.

>> THERE'S THE "ON" BUTTON.

>> AND AGAIN 134-B'S CALLED 911.

IT'S GOING TO START.

>> PUT THE PADS ON THE PATIENT'S BARE CHEST.

>> IT GIVES YOU THE FIRST THING TO DO.

AND SOMETIMES YOU CAN HAVE SOMEBODY HELPING, SOMETIMES YOU DO NOT.

THERE IS A PICTURE OF WHERE TO PUT THESE SO YOU DO NOT HAVE TO REMEMBER WHERE TO PUT THEM.

SO I'M GOING TO PUT THEM ON THE CHEST.

>> PLUG IN CONNECTOR.

>> THE LOCATION MATTERS BECAUSE YOU'RE SHOOTING ACROSS WHERE THE HEART IS.

>> CORRECT.

YOU'RE TRYING TO GET TWO DIFFERENT SIDES SO THE ELECTRICITY CROSSES THE HEART, VERY SIMPLY.

SO WE'RE TO PUT THE CONNECTOR IN.

>> APPLY PAD.

>> IT KNOWS THE CONNECTOR IS IN AND NOW IT'S GOING TO START ANALYZING THIS.

SO THE FIRST QUESTION WE ALL HAVE IS IF I AM I DON'T GO GHOAG TO SHOCK A PERSON, SHOCK THEM WHEN I SHOULDN'T.

>> DO NO HARM.

>> THIS EXIEWRKT TELL YOU.

NOW IT'S ANALYZED IT AND E. IT SAYS THEY NEED A SHOCK.

CHARGING UP, IT'S TALKING ME THROUGH THIS.

IT'S GOING TO TELL YOU TO SHOCK.

SO WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO TO DO IS MAKE SURE I'M NOT TOUCHING.

CLEAR.

>> CLEAR.

>> SHOCK DELIVERED.

>> AND WILL IT DELIVER A SHOCK THAT JUST SAVED HIS LIFE.

THEN IT'S GOING TO BE TALKING THROUGH CPR AND WE'RE GOING TO START CPR.

>> WHY WOULD YOU STARP CPR AFTER A SUCCESSFUL DEFIBRILLATOR?

>> EVEN IF THE DEPHIL FIBRILLATION WORK IN ACLS OR BLS YOU STILL NEED TO PROVIDE ABOUT TWO MINUTES OF EFFECTIVE CPR BECAUSE THAT HEART IS NOT PUMPING WELL AT THAT POINT, SO IN THOSE SITUATIONS WE USUALLY DO TWO MINUTES OF CPR.

UNDER THE RARE CIRCUMSTANCE THEY IMMEDIATELY WAKE UP, THEY WILL TELL TO YOU STOP DOING CPR.

THEY GRAB YOUR HAND AND TELL YOU NOT TO DO IT.

BUT AGAIN, THIS LOOKS AND CAN SOUND SCARY BUT IT'S VERY SIMPLE.

THE TWO THINGS YOU WHE AND THE PUBLIC CAN DO WHEN THIS HAPPENS, CALL 911.

THEY WILL TALK YOU THROUGH IT WHEN YOU GET THEM ON THE PHONE.

GET THIS DEVICE AND OPEN IT.

DON'T BE SCARED TO FOLLOW THESE INSTRUCTIONS PUM SAVE A LIFE.

>> WHAT'S THE ROLE FOR CPR IN THE AED ERA?

IT USED TO BE ALL WE HAD.

>> THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.

IS EQUALLY AS IMPORTANT AS AN AED, SO PROVIDING GOOD BLOOD FLOW TO THE DIFFERENT ORGANS IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT, SO BEING ABLE TO DO HIGH QUALITY CHEST COMPRESSIONS IS IMPORTANT.

IT'S PART OF THAT CHAIN LINK OF SURVIVAL.

THAT'S A LITTLE MORE NUANCED.

PEOPLE ARE MORE SCARED TO PUTNER HANDS ON SOMEBODY AND START PUMPING ON THEIR CHEST.

THAT DOES REQUIRE A LITTLE BIT OF TRAINING.

BUT ANYONE CAN DO IT.

WE ALL CAN DO CPR.

THERE WILL BE PEOPLE TALKING YOU THROUGH THAT ON THE PHONE.

BUT GETTING THIS DEVICE IS REALLY, REAL IMPORTANT.

>> PHONE CALL FROM MONTGOMERY COUNTY.

THIS IS RICHARD.

RICHARD, THANK YOU FORE CALLING.

GO AHEAD.

>> Ariana Kelly: FO.>> FOR THE AVERAGE JOE ON A SITUATION ON THE STREET,Y SAY, HOW IS ONE TO TELL THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CARDIAC ARREST AND A HEART ATTACK AND THEREFORE MAYBE MOVE FORWARD WITH ASSISTANTS?

>> AND THAT'S RICHARD, RIGHT?

RICHARD, THAT'S A FANTASTIC QUESTION B.

NUMBER ONE, YOU YOU ON THE STREET, YOU WERE NOT MEANT TO RECOGNIZE WHETHER OR NOT THE PERSON HAD A HEART ATTACK OR CARDIAC ARREST OR THE REASON FOR THAT CARD RACK ARRES IMPACT ARREST.

NONE OF US ARE GOING EXPECT THAT OF YOU.

WHAT I WANT YOU TO RECOGNIZE ASK THEY HAVE LOST CONSCIOUSNESS.

HOW DO YOU TELL THAT YOU?

CAN'T WAKE THEM UP.

INNER ON THE GROUND.

YOU THAN THE CANNOT WAKE THEM UP BY YELLING AT THEM OR HITTING THEM.

YOU HAVE TO ACT LIKIES THAT CARDIAC ARREST.

CALL 911, GETTING AN AED IF YOU HAVE IT.

WHETHER OR NOT THE QUARD IMPACT ARREST IS DUE TO A HEART ATTACK NOT HAVE IS NOT RELEVANT AT THAT POINT IN TIME.

IT IS DOWN THE ROAD TEN TO 15 MINUTES LATER, BUT RIGHT NOW TO SAVE HIS LIFE OR HER LIFE, MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE UNCONSCIOUS.

>> DO YOU HAVE TO BOTH ARE TRYING TO EK -- BOSHTH TRYING TO CHECK FOR A PULSE BEFORE FIRING THIS THING OFF OR THAT'S THE JOB OF THE AED?

>> EXACTLY RIGHT UP.

CHECKING FOR A PULSE I WILL TELL YOU AS A CARDIOLOGIST IN AN EMERGENT SITUATION IT IS NO AS EASY AS YOU THINK TO FEEL A PULSE, SO IF THE PERSON HAS LOST CONSCIOUSNESS YOU TREAT IT AS A HEART ATTACK.

IS IT MY PULSE?

IS IT MY FINGER?

I DON'T KNOW.

WE'RE DEBATING.

AND MEANWHILE THE HEART'S NOT WORKING.

AGAIN, IF THEY'RE AWAKE AND SLEEPING AND NOT TOTALLY LOST CONSCIOUSNESS, IF YOU START CPR ON THAT PERSON THEY WILL WAKE UP AND TELL YOU THEY ARE AWAKE.

ALWAYS ERR ON THE SIDE OF CAUTION.

>> TAKEAWAY FROM THIS, BASED ON WHAT HAPPENED TO MR. HAMLIN AND HIS RECOVERY, BASED ON THE TECHNOLOGY NOW, THE PRICE POINTS COME WAY DOWN, SOMEBODY HAS AN ORGANIZATION, THEY HAVE A BUILDING OF SOME KIND, THEY DON'T HAVE ONE OF THESE, WHAT'S THE ARGUMENT TO GO GET IT?

BECAUSE THEY MAY BE AFRAID OF LIABILITY, SOMEBODY'S GOILGT GET SUED.

MARYLAND HAS A GOOD SAMARITAN LAW.

>> THAT'S A GREAT POINT.

THERE IS NO REASON AS A PUBLIC INSTITUTION OR A PRIVATE INSTITUTION THAT YOU SHOULD NOT HAVE AN ADE'S IN YOUR BUILDING.

-- AED IN YOUR BUILDING.

I BELIEVE IT IS NO LONGER COST PROHIBITIVE TO HAVE ONE IN YOUR BUILDINGS.

I AM NOT A LAWYER BUT I DON'T BELIEVE THERE IS ANY LEGAL LIABILITY TO HAVING ONE IN YOUR BUILDING.

AND IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD THIS HAPPEN OR KNOW SOMEONE THAT HAS HAD IT HAPPEN TO THEM, AROUND THEM, YOU WILL.

IT WILL HAPPEN.

IT'S NOT AS RARE AS YOU THINK.

>> DR. GERMANY POLLOCK WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF 34D ST. JOSEPH MEDICAL CENTER.

THANK YOU.

>> JEFF, AS ALWAYS THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME ON.

I APPRECIATE IT.

>> Jeff: THERE WAS A LARGE GATHERING AT THE WILLARD HOTEL IN WASHINGTON FOR THE DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. HOLIDAY.

THE KING LEGACY AWARD FOR LEADERSHIP IN HEALTH ADVOCACY WAS PRESENTED BY FRANK ISLAM TO 34D'S SENATOR CHRIS VAN HONOLULU.

>> DR. KING IS SOMEBODY WHO DROUGHT THROUGHOUT BY LIFE INCLUDING MY VERY EARLY YOURS INSPIRED ME THROUGH HIS MESSAGE THAT WAS SIMPLE AND POWERFUL, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT INJUSTICE ANYWHERE IS EQUATES TO EXPWRUFT.

THAT'S UNIVERSAL AND BROUGHT US ALL TOGETHER.

AND SO THE GOAL OF BUILDING A MORE PERFECT UNION HERE AT HOME AND EXPANDING HUMAN RIGHTS AROUND THE WORLD IS ONE THAT WE SHOULD COMMIT OURSELVES TO EVERY DAY.

>> MANY OF YOU MAY NOT KNOW THIS, BUT I GREW UP IN A FOREIGN SERVICE FAMILY.

I WAS BORN IN KARACHI, PAKISTAN.

I WENT TO SCHOOL IN SOUTHERN INDIA.

I LIVED IN SRI LANKA.

AND IN TURKEY.

AND I BELIEVE FIRMLY THAT THE MESSAGE OF DR. KING, OF COURSE, IS A UNIVERSAL MESSAGE, HAVING SPENT SOME TIME IN INDIA WE, OF COURSE, KNOW THE INFLUENCE THAT MAHATMA GANDHI HAD ON THE THINKING OF DR. KING, AND HERE WE ARE TODAY TO CELEBRATE THAT LEGACY, BUT EVEN MORE IMPORTANTLY, TO MAKE SURE THAT EACH OF US TAKES ON THE COMMITMENT TO REALIZE THAT DREAM, TO MAKE REAL THE PROMISE HERE IN AMERICA OF EQUAL RIGHTS AND EQUAL JUSTICE AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY, AND ALSO TO APPLY THAT, THAT UNIVERSAL IDEA AROUND TH -- THE WORLD.AND I WANT TO THANK THE COMMITTEE FOR THINKING OF ME IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AWARD, BUT I ALSO WANT TO CONGRATULATE THE OTHER AWARD NOMINEES, BUT MOST OF ALL I REALLY WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU.

THOSE WHO ARE GATHERED HERE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KEEP THE SPIRIT OF DR. KING ALIVE AND MAKE SURE WE PUT THAT SPIRIT AND THAT FAITH INTO ACTION EVERY DAY THROUGH OUR INDIVIDUAL ACTS OF KINDNESS, BECAUSE THE IDEA, OF COURSE, IS TO BUILD A MORE PERFECT WORLD AND, OF COURSE, HERE AT HOME A MORE PERFECT UNION.

AND THE VISION IS UNIVERSAL.

WHEN DR. KING SAYS THAT INJUSTICE ANYWHERE IS A THREAT TO JUSTICE EVERYWHERE, HE'S NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT THE UNITED STATES.

HE'S TALKING ABOUT THE WORLD.

AND WE ALL HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY, IN A VERY MESSY WORLD, TO DO OUR VERY BEST TO STAND UP FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND JUSTICE.

NOT ONLY WHEN IT'S POLITICALLY CONVENIENT, BUT ACROSS THE GLOBE, APPLYING THOSE STANDARDS, NOT JUST TO OUR FRIENDS BUT ALSO -- NOT JU TO OUR FRIENDS, AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT ALL OF US GATHER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KEEP OUR EYE ON THAT IMPORTANT.

>> NOW FORMER NAACP PRESIDENT BEN JEALOUS WITH MPT'S CHARLES ROBINSON TALKING ABOUT DR. KING'S LEGACY AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR THIS GENERATION.

>> TO THOSE YOUNG FOLKS WHO SAY, OH, YOU KNOW, IT'S A HOLIDAY, WE CAN GO GET SOMETHING, WE AIN'T GOT TO DO ANYTHING, EXPLAIN TO OUR AUDIENCE HOW AND THE WHY OF WHY IT'S IMPORTANT, NOT JUST TO CELEBRATE HIS LIFE BUT TO LIVE OUT HIS IDEALS, IF YOU WILL.

>> THE LATTER IS THE MOST IMPORTANT.

HONESTLY, IF YOU TAKE MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY AS A DAY OF REST AND YOU SPEND THE OTHER 364 DAYS TRYING TO MAKE HIS DREAM TRUE, I THINK YOU'D BE PRETTY -- HE'D BE PRETTY GOOD WITH THAT.

IT'S GOOD FOR IT TO BE A DAY OF SERVICE BUT DON'T LET IT BE A TOKEN.

IT'S GOOD FOR IT TO BE A CELEBRATION, BUT LET IT BE A CELEBRATION OF WORK ONGOING.

AND LET'S NOT JUST SIMPLY THINK OF THIS AS LIKE THE BIG BLACK PARADE THAT PRECEDES THE BIG IRISH -- THE BIG IRISH PARADE IN MARCH, PART OF AN ETHNIC CALENDAR, IF YOU WILL.

DR. CONOWINGO WAS TRYING TO UNITE ALL OF US.

THE MAN WHO INSPIRED HIM THE WAY HE INSPIRED US IS FREDERICK DOUGLASS.

FREDERICK DOUGLASS ACTUALLY GOT THE ARCHITECTURAL FOR WHAT BAHAMA THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT IN NORTHERN IRELAND WHEN HE WAS STILL A SLAVE ESCAPED FROM BALTIMORE AND HE WAS EARNING THE PURCHASE PRICE FOR HIS FREEDOM.

THE I TALK ABOUT THIS IN MY BOOK.

AND HE DEVELOPS A BROMAN'S WITH AN IRISH CATHOLIC PRIEST BUILDING A PENNY A YEAR MOVEMENT, PENNY YEAR MEMBERSHIP-BASED MOVEMENT, MASS MOVEMENT TO END COLONIALISM IN NORTHERN IRELAND, TO END THE SUBJUGATION OF THE NORTHERN IRISH, AND THAT MODEL OF THE MASS MEETING, LITERALLY THE FIRST WRITING BY A BLACK LEADER ABOUT SERVING OBSERVING A MASS MEETING IS FREDERICK DOUGLASS WRITING ABOUT HALLMARK.

THAT BECAME THE HALLMARK OF NAACP 1 IT'S THE HALLMARK OF DR. KING'S LEADERSHIP, AND DR. KING UNDERSTOOD THAT FUNDAMENTALLY WE WEREN'T -- WE WERE NOT JUST FIGHTING RACISM.

WE WERE FIGHTING COLONIALISM.

WE WERE FIGHTING EVERYTHING, APARTHEID, THE OPPRESSION OF THE INDIANS IN THE SUB CONTINENT, BUT ALL OF THAT WAS ABOUT WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT, TOO, THAT FUNDAMENTALLY NONE OF US ARE FREE UNTIL ALL OF US ARE FREE, AND THERE'S NO WAY TO HONOR DR. KING AND REMAIN PATIENT ABOUT POVERTY.

DR. KING WASN'T NAS SAITD OVER A DESEGREGATION BATTLE.

HE WAS NAS SAITD UNITING POOR PEOPLE ACROSS COLOR LINES.

DR. KING UNDERSTEAD IS THAT POVERTY LIVES UPSTREAM AND DOWNSTREAM.

THAT GREED IS ULTIMATELY WHAT DRIVES RACISM.

THAT RACISM IN A COLONIAL CONTEXT AS WE KNOW IT IS USED TO DIVIDE PEOPLE SO THAT BOTH GROUPS GET WEAKER.

POOR BLACKS AND POOR WHITES AND POOR OF ALL COLORS.

IN OTHER WORDS, WHAT DR. KING UNDERSTOOD WHAT IS THAT RASSISM TRAPS MORE WHITE PEOPLE IN POVERTY THAN BLACK PEOPLE.

THAT'S WHAT HE WAS TRYING TO TELL HIS JAILER IN BIRMINGHAM WHO WAS MAKING LITTLE MONEY.

THAT'S WHAT HE WAS TRYING TO TELL ALL OF US WHEN HE WAS ASSASSINATED.

THAT'S HOW WE FINISH THE UNFINISHED WORK.

WE HAVE TO GET IMPATIENT ABOUT POVERTY AND WE HAVE TO LET BLACK FOLKS AND WHITE FOLKS THAT WE'RE ALL BEING HELD BACK BY THIS PATTERN OF DISCRIMINATION AND HUMAN I WILL NATION.

>> Courtney: >> Jeff: COMING UP NEXT WEDNESDAY A TWEEVMENT NOON MPT WILL GI YOU LIVE COVERAGE OF THE INAUGURATION OF WES MOORE.

MARYLAND WILL ALSO HAVE A NEW LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR FORMER DELEGATE ARUNA MILLER WHO SPOKE WITH OUR NANCY YAMADA.

>> AS LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, YOUR MAIN OBLIGATION IS TO BE ABLE TO STEP INTO THE ROLE OF GOVERNOR SHOULD THAT NEED ARISE, SO YOU HAVE CERTAIN FREEDOM TO REALLY PUT THE SPOTLIGHT AND PUT YOUR ENERGY BEHIND ISSUES AND PROJECTS THAT YOU'RE PASSIONATE ABOUT.

HAVE YOU HAD A CHANCE TO THINK ABOUT WHAT SOME OF THOSE ISSUES MIGHT SOMEBODY.

> SO AS YOU INDICATED EARLIER, I AM AN ENGINEER, SO I'M A TRANSPORTATION ENGINEER, SO DEFINITELY I PLAN ON MAKING TRANSIT, PUBLIC TRANSIT SPECIFICALLY, A PRIORITY AND PART OF MY PORTFOLIO BECAUSE OF MY OWN PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE.

AND I ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ENCOURAGE MORE YOUNG PEOPLE TO GET INTO FIELDS OF STEM BECAUSE REALLY AS WE LOOK INTO THE FUTURE, THE GREATEST CHALLENGES AHEAD OF US ARE GOING TO BE ADDRESSED BY THOSE THAT HAVE STEM BACKGROUND, RIGHT?

WHEN WHETHER YOU AT IN SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, MATH MABLGHTS, THESE ARE ALL SKILLSETS THAT NOT ONLY ARE GOING TO OFFER SOLUTIONS TO THE GREATEST CHALLENGES AHEAD OF US BUT REALLY GREAT PAYING JOBS AND TO BRING DIVERSE THOUGHT, AGAIN, TO THESE CHALLENGES.

AND THEN FINALLY I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ADDRESS MENTAL HEALTH.

MENTAL HEALTH HAS PLAGUED US.

IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT COVID AND DURING THOSE YEARS, PEOPLE REALLY SUFFERED FROM THIS.

AND IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT AGE THEY ARE, WHETHER THEY WERE IN SCHOOL OR ELDERLY LIVING IN ISOLATION.

I WANT TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS MENTAL HEALTH, TO BRING SUNLIGHT TO IT, TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S NOT SIGMA ADVERTISE AND TO LOOK A RESOURCES AVAILABLE AND HOW WE CAN DELIVER TO MAKE WE'RE BACK ANY WITH STATE SPIRNLG JOIN US FRIDAY AT 7:00.

THANKS FOR WATCHING.

HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.