January 21st, 2013

MLKJ Daughter: President “using daddy’s bible is heart warming”

Bernice King, daughter of Martin Luther King, Jr., tells Starting Point Anchor Soledad O’Brien that she is touched by President Obama using her father’s bible during the Inauguration’s swearing in ceremony and is hoping that he addresses reconciliation in his speech.

King says, “Well, I think first and foremost, the fact that the president is using daddy’s bible is heart warming for me. Because my father was first and foremost a preacher, pastor, it reminds people of that. That is one of the things I will stress today.”

Starting Point with Soledad O’Brien airs weekday mornings from 7-9am ET on CNN.

Visit the CNN Press Room for additional highlights from the network’s special coverage of the second inauguration of President Barack Obama: http://on.cnn.com/T6ba6n