this al jazeera america. live from new york city. tony harris will join the show in just a few mens from selma, alabama where thousands are soon gather to mark 50 years of the selma anniversary. and good economic news scoops wall street why investors were not happy to hear about an increase in hiring. and what known now about malaysian airline disappearance?

♪ it was 50 years ago tomorrow when the first of three civil rights marches in selma, alabama changed the course of american history. march 7th, 1965, would forever be known as blood sunday after 600 demonstrators were attacked by state troopers while trying to cross the edmund pettis bridge. this weekend president obama joins thousands to commemorate the marches. tony harris joins us live now from selma. so much anticipation for this event over the weekend. and you would think it would evoke a lot of emotion. do you get that sense already?

>> michael you hit it. i have been on the ground maybe an hour maybe an hour and a half here, and everyone that i have had an opportunity to speak with, you know me i'm a pretty outgoing guy, and i'm having conversations, and that is the sense i'm getting real emotion. this has tapped at their hearts because of the significance of this weekend. we have been hustled ash-- around here. but just debehind me where the edmund pettis bridge. where the president will be leading the march on the 50th anniversary for voting rights for african americans. what is being planned is going to be pretty amazing if it all

comes off. the main street we're on here is brood street. and that will be closed down in a next couple of minutes, because there is still a lot of preparation work that needs to be done on the stage about a quarter of a black -- block away. to think 50 years later the first african american president of the united states of america will be here pretty extraordinary. come back to me as often as you can, michael. >> tony we will come back to you a little bit later. i do want to ask you a quick question. selma, alabama is not a large city by any means. how prepared is the city for all of those people and are they welcoming all of those people to their city. >> oh welcoming, yes. prepared? who really knows. you are right. this is a city of 15, 20,000

people, it's one of the smaller cities here in alabama. folks are familiar with the bigger cities obviously. but -- but selma is a small city and a neighbors city marion is a small city as well. so you are right. there are thousands of people at this moment converging on this very tiny city. will the people, the locals here be welcoming? absolutely. is the city prepared for the influx of people? we'll find out. >> tony harris live in selma, alabama, we'll go back to tony in a few moments. wall street took a slight tumble today despite a strong jobs report. the dow fell about 1% down to 17,856. the s&p and nasdaq's also lost ground. we have more evidence today that america's economy is

creating plenty of jobs but not much in the way of wage growth. ali velshi joining us now, and this was a strong report right? >> yeah we're definitely seeing strong overall job growth michael. the economy added 295,000 non-farm jobs that's how they measure it, but non-farm jobs in february. the economy had added more than 200,000 jobs for the longest streak since 1995. manufacturing added the smallest gain in about a year. the mining category fell by 9300, oil prices as you know plunged about 50% in the last seven months, but a lot of bright in this report michael. >> how do the numbers affect the overall unemployment rate? >> it went down but my standard advice is to ignore the unemployment rate.

the denominator changes every month. in february it fell to 5.5%. it dropped from 5.7% but some of that is because people dropped out of the work force. exactly why i say the unemployment rate can be a little bit misleading. but we're celebrating the 50th anniversary of the march on selma, i want to say one thing about the unemployment rate the unemployment rate for african americans in february was 10.4%, that is actually up from january. the unemployment rate for blacks is more than double the unemployment rate for whites. if you just take whites out of the mix, it's 4.7%, blacks over 10%. so that's one reason why not all americans are feeling like we are enjoying the recovery. the other reason is weak wage growth. hourly wages rose 1%. we need to see 3 to 4% for

people to feel the recovery is real and spend the money they feel like spending. so it's not an across the board game for everybody michael. >> i made my first trip to the new york stock exchange this morning. it was really cool. the digital marketing company max point launched its ipo. everybody thought was going to be a good day in the market, but the numbers actually went down. why? >> i'm glad you brought this up. this is one of the perversions of our economy. the major indicis fell 1% the dow ended down 279 points, that's 1.5%. good jobs report more jobs created means a stronger economy, increasing the likelihood that the federal reserve will increase interest rates sooner than people would like. low rates have helped boost stocks so higher rates make stocks look less attractive.

and that's one of the weird things. good news for the economy and the stock market doesn't like it. while we are on the subject of stock markets let me mention one interesting piece of news apple is replacing at&t in the dow zone industrial average. it's something we expected. and it's really a recognition of the way the world is changing. apple is dominant. it has a market value of $170 billion. that's the way the dow works one stock comes in another goes up. can you imagine the world we're in where at&t is the old stock that is being removed. >> exactly. ali velshi thanks so much. you can watch "real money" with ali every weeknight. wisconsin is expected to become the next right to work state. union restricting legislation was sent to the governor's office and he is expected to

sign it. the debate has been emotional in that state, sparking protests at the capitol. the bill which was called reckless prohibits businesses and unions from requiring workers to dayworker workers to pay dues. as melissa chan reports -- >> reporter: this is a gender discrimination suit against one of sillicon's valley's most well-known venture capital companies. this woman has filed a lawsuit asking for $16 million in damages. she believes she was passed up for promotions because she was a woman. it has been unclear why she was not promoted.

both sides have very strong arguments, but the case underscores a very real problem in silicon valley. women make just 10% of staff at the top. their numbers are shrinking, and even hillary clinton came through town and said for an industry all about moving forward, tech is moving backward when it comes to women. only five people have become partners so it's not pow or her gender it's just a very brutal competitive system. but this is one more example of the male-dominated world of silicon valley. the obama administration asked the supreme court to legalize same-sex marriage nationwide. it said banning same-sex marriage imposes concrete harms on gay couples and their children. the high court is set to hear arguments in late april. the ceasefire in eastern ukraine is holding but there are

fears the peace is still too fragile. separatists in kiev signed a truce nearly three weeks ago. there has been a series of bombings in the eastern city of kharkiv that has left tensions simmering there. simon mcgregor-wood has more. >> reporter: the car exploded as it passes through a suburb of kharkiv it belonged to the leader of a pro-ukrainian militia. he, his wife and brother were injured. all are said to be in stable condition. the local police think the explosion was caused by a magnetic mine. just the latest act of what the ukrainian authorities are calling terrorism. they have accused russian-backed group of trying to open up a new front to destabilize parts of ukraine they want to control. on the 22nd of february, a bomb exploded in the same city. four people were killed

including a police officer. but it is not only in kharkiv. this police video shows a car packed with explosion ifs in the city of mariupol. the ukrainian authorities detect the hand of russia. >> translator: we have confession testimony saying who recruited them where they were trained, and it was on the territory of the russian federation. we know the exact people they made contact with in russia. it was venntives of the russian security services. financial support came from the russian side. weapons and explosives were provided. >> reporter: kharkiv has a significant russian population. although it is controlled by a pro-kiev administration. over 700 pro-russian suspects have been arrested here in recent months. this latest attack shows the problem has not gone away. >> translator: we adapt. we learn. but the fate of israel and the united states awaits us. those countries which live under continuous threat from terrorism.

and this threat will continue while vladimir putin remains the president of russia. >> reporter: the conventional fighting between the ukrainian army and russian-backed separatists may have decreased as a result of the recent ceasefire. but a less conventional clandestine war may now be starting. simon mcgregor-wood, al jazeera. one of russia's most prominent opposition activists has been released from jail. he promised to keep up the pressure on russian president vladimir putin as rory challands reports navalny's defiance may rally the opposition after boris nemtsov's death. >> reporter: he has a few brief words for supporters before headed home for a change of clothes and a shower. >> translator: i promised i would leave here quickly, because the police are disturbed by how many people there are. a big thank you to everyone that supports me. and perhaps you will have many questions about the recent tragic events.

i have expressed my opinion on it. i won't say anything more now. but our activity will not change. bewill not step back from anything. >> reporter: the tragic event he mentioned is of course the murder of boris nemtsov, a murder navalny says was ordered by russia's political leadership. the two men worked together closely. this is boris nemtsov on february 16th distributing leaf lets for the opposition march that became his own memorial rally. navalny was arrested the same day. he insists he and his opposition allies aren't scared by the killing. but this liberal journalist on the left was warned she might be next. these are challenging times for the russian opposition. if the movement is to make any headway, its leaders have to stay not just safe and out of jail, but find some way of

countering the prevailing mood in russia right now, one of conservative nationalism. that is a very difficult task says this analyst. >> one year after crimea when president putin's popularity has reached 86%, the opposition has to come up with something which will be more even strong than reference to crimea. and this is what i have said and homework which opposition has to do. >> reporter: before he was killed boris nemtsov was working on an investigation into russia's military involvement in ukraine. that still will be published and a rally is being planned for mid-april. despite its trials and tribulations russia's opposition soldiers on. just ahead on al jazeera, potential legal problems for a leading democrat on capitol hill. reports of possible charges for senator bob menendez over his dealings with donors.

and we are live in selma, alabama 50 years after that faithful walk across the edmund pettis bridge. tony harris talks to two sisters who took part in that march.

the president and the attorney general are promising change at the ferguson police department. they are responding to the justice department investigation showing a long history of racial discrimination against african americans. today we learned two police officers resigned and a clerk was fired for sending racist emails. president obama backed the decision to not charge officer darren wilson with a hate crime in the shooting death of michael brown. >> if there is uncertainty about what happened then you can't just charge him anyway just because what happened was tragic. that was the decision that was made and i have complete confidence, and standing fully behind the decision that was made by the justice department on that issue.

>> reporter: furson's major says he'll meet with the officials in about two weeks. what is happening in ferguson adds significant to what happens tomorrow in selma. this weekend president obama joins thousands in selma to honor the heros in that battle. tony harris once again live in selma this evening. tony when we think about the heros of those marches, of course john lewis, and martin luther king, but there were way more heros involved that a lot of people frankly just don't know. >> well i -- i will tell you, we're talking to some of those people this weekend to be sure. but when we're talking about 1965, important to remember here michael, by the time we get to march 7, 1965, snik the

student and non-violent coordinating committee had been on the ground here for more than a year trying to register african americans to vote. 80% of the population in dallas county was african american but less than 3% were registered to note. so snik was frustrated so they turned to the southern christian leadership conference, and dr. martin luther king, jr. for help. in early february 1965, the reverend martin luther king, jr. and his conference took to the streets. a move that landed him in jail for parading without a permit. >> thanks went fairly well as well as you can expect in jail. i think as a result of being

there, a result of the created witness of hundreds and even thousands of negroes in this community, we have been able to bring this whole issue to the attention of the nation and i think to the conscious. >> reporter: but the time he was released protests had spread from selma to neighboring marion where only a handful of african americans were registered to vote. a march there ended in confrontations of police, and the shooting by a state trooper of protester jimmy lee jackson. his death a week later was the catalyst for the selma to montgomery march. on the first attempt hundreds of demonstrators were also met by brute force. when they arrived at the edmund pettis bridge, police attacked the marchers. it became known as bloody sunday. the pictures of state troopers

charging the marchers spread across the nation. two days later the marchers set off again from selma. this time king lead the procession, but they turned back in the face of heavy police presence. in that night segregationists beat another protester to death. james reid was a 38-year-old white minister. his killing sparked a national outcry and lead to demonstrations across the nation. the echos of injustice on the streets of alabama finally reached the white house. on march 15th president lyndon johnson spoke out against the violence, and asked congress to pass the voting rights act. >> it's not just negroes, but really it is all of us who must overcome the crippling legacy of bigotry and injustice. and we shall overcome. [ applause ]

>> reporter: a week later on march 21st more than 3,000 people embarked on a 54-mile trek to montgomery. this time under the protection of federal troops walking some 12 miles a day, sleeping in nearby fields at night. by the time they reached montgomery, the crowd was massive. 25,000 people joining in the struggle for change. and change did come. [ applause ] >> reporter: in august when congress passed the voting rights act, and president johnson signed it into law. [ applause ] >> reporter: so one of the great joys of this assignment is to be able to collect stories -- it's what i love to do anyway so to get an opportunity to select stories here in selma, alabama, you can imagine what a treat that is. let me introduce you to two wonderful women. ethel steward, anded a addline

jones. good to see you. >> thank you. >> these two ladies look part in the marches. what do you remember about that day? >> i remember crossing the bridge and the bloody sunday. that's what i remember. >> reporter: yeah. >> and they were on horses. they had cattle prods, and i was afraid, but i kept on crossing the bridge. >> reporter: why did you -- why did you continue? >> because black people in dallas country did not have the right to vote. so basically that's why we were protesting and marching. >> reporter: yeah addline what do you remember about that day? >> about the same thing that they were beating people with the sticks and that was the sign that john lewis i think he was beaten and hit in the head and he fell and they had to take him to the hospital. there was tear gas, and there

was a lot of people hollering, screaming, and trying to get back to the church. >> reporter: right. >> it was a disaster. >> reporter: ethel i want to take it forward, because two days later there was another march as well and that was called the turn around march. what do you remember about that? >> the second march, dr. king we walked across the bridge however, we did not go all the way, because jim clark and his guys they were there again -- >> reporter: the sheriff, sheriff jim clark. >> yes, and so i guess dr. king thought about it and he kneeled down and he started to pray and then he got up and then we turned around, because there was actually no protection there, so it didn't make sense to go across the bridge again to have bloody sunday all over again. >> reporter: so you are 15 and 17 years old, what was it -- or who was it that motivated you to get involved in the movement at that time? >> really i guess we motivated

ourselves. we were young, but that's what we wanted to do we were living with our grandparents. we had been -- i had been down here for three years and i was living with them and graduated with them but i did this on my own. that's what i want today do. >> reporter: okay. let's talk about the last march briefly, march 21st the march from selma to montgomery. >> yes, that was a -- march where there were thousands of people that crossed the bridge, however, there were only 300 people that marched the 50-some miles from selma to montgomery. >> reporter: right. >> once we got into the montgomery city limits in order to distinguish the people that marched, we were given orange vests and a flag. >> reporter: yeah. >> and so that's what happened when we -- on the last march. >> reporter: and when you arrived, who was performing?

>> sunny and cher. >> reporter: sonny and cher. >> yes. >> reporter: what is your thoughts today. tomorrow is march 7th, '50 years later. what are your thoughts? >> i think there is still a lot of stuff that needs to be done. there is a lot of stuff they have been telling us about different things and there is still a lot of work to be done here. and i haven't been back here for a while, but it's unbelievable the things that need to be done and so many people lost their lives for this. >> reporter: and ethel what are your thoughts? >> 50 years later i just thank god for enabling us to come back so selma, look at the ed mungd pettis bridge and all of the people, and people in dallas county do have the right to vote

right now, so we're all excited. >> reporter: yeah. i thank you both so much. stay with me here don't go anywhere. michael as we toss it back to you, one of the sentiments we're hearing a lot here is a sense that voting rights there might be a bit of a retreat in the country on voting rights and voting rights might be a bit in jeopardy. i suspect we'll hear a lot of that this weekend. >> yeah absolutely. good stuff tony. those ladies living walking american history right here. >> reporter: for sure. >> stay with al jazeera america tonight and throughout the weekend for complete coverage of the 50th anniversary of the selma march. coming up in just a minute the state department's mixed messages over the use of personal emails and the growing democratic concerns over the hillary clinton controversy. plus malaysia airlines flight 370 missing now for a year. the expensive lessons learned.

welcome back to al jazeera. i'm michael eaves in new york. one of the most powerful democrats on capitol hill may soon be charged with corruption. the justice department plans to charge robert menendez. michael federal authorities have been investigating menendez for quite sometime what have they been looking into exactly? >> this goes back to before 2013, 2012. what they are looking at is his association with a very wealthy optometrist in florida. ho has been a big donor to the democratic party particularly to the campaigns and causes of robert menendez. and menendez has advocated on behalf of the doctor. they have been intertwined for a while this they thought it had gone away. there were rumors even of

prostituting being supplied to menendez. and a press conference happening as we are speak, the justice department says he is no going anywhere. >> he is making those remarks right now. if he is charged he is likely to have to step down as head of the post of the foreign relations committee. how does his relationship with the white house weigh into this. >> there is something to be said that menendez may be the least popular democrat. but even since 2012, he blocked the nomination to the federal bench of patty schwartz he did that because of the obama administration and how they were looking into something in new

jersey. it has been a big problem there. he has always been a big proponent of israel of prime minister netenyahu speaking at the white house. the white house was not happy at all with bob menendez's demeanor during the reach -- the olive branch to cuba that happened at the end of last year. so it has never been a great relationship. >> you can't talk about controversy on either side of the aisle unless you bring up the 2016 presidential election in the process. does this controversy have a broader implication for the democratic side in 2016? >> michael, everything has a brood implication to 2016. you have to connect a couple of dots here. but let's say for the moment that bob menendez has to stand down. who will replace him? chris christie. if he has to run for president,

he could put a very conservative person in there, and have bonafied bonafied bonafied bonafied were he to run for president. it all ties together. >> it does. thanks so much. >> thanks michael. it seems some of in the democratic party are k looking for alternatives to hillary clinton. as david shuster tells us her use of personal email when she was secretary of state is now leading to allegations of hypocrisy. >> reporter: state department officials now say that three years into hillary clinton's tenure as secretary of state she directed employees not to do exactly what she was doing with email. in a cable titled security personal email accounts clinton instructed all diplomatic and counselor staff around the globe to quote:

state department spokeswoman marie harf. >> this cable in general is talking about guidance on best practices for people when it came to personal email. >> reporter: the cable also bore clinton's electronic signature. >> her name is at the bottom of the cable, as is practice. some people think she wrote it which is not accurate. >> reporter: still it helped fuel the resignation of the u.s. ambassador to kenya. an inspector general found: those email policies are

intended to secure government communications and enable congressional oversight. clinton herself as secretary of state said governments that hide how decisions are made create a lack of trust. >> and that lack of trust in a world of instant communication means the fabric of society begins to fray and the foundation of governmental legitimacy begins to crumble. >> reporter: there are concerns among top democratic strategists. >> however this turns out -- this problem is being exacerbated by the lack of answers from the clinton campaign. >> reporter: and potential rivals for the democratic presidential nomination are becoming embold enned martin o'malley is now promoting his scheduled trips to iowa and new

hampshire and the key operative for joe biden is hammering hillary clinton's leadership. >> i was around bill clinton in '92, i was with barack obama here and in virginia in '08 i'll tell you who ran those campaigns, bill clinton and barack obama. who the hell is running this campaign? >> reporter: perceptions that hillary clinton may be vulnerable, and her apparent indifference are now taking hold in pop culture. >> who is going to being totally unknown to beating her for the presidency? how would that ever happen? [ laughter ] [ applause ] >> reporter: supporters of hillary clinton continue to insist that voters do not care about emails and all of this will eventually be a non-story. for now the drum beat are only keeping the controversy going. david shuster, jalz new york.

german companies will be required to fill quotas for women in their board rooms. supervisory boards at top companies must be at least 30% female. smaller companies will have similar requirements. the chief executives of all 30 firms listed on germany's stock exchange are all mail. sunday marks the anniversary since the malaysian airlines plane disappeared. as our science and technology correspondent jake ward tells us this could change how we track planes. >> reporter: it was an unimaginable loss in our connected age. the total disappearance of 239 people. 2014 was full of bad news. a single week in july saw the shooting down of another jet in ukraine, a fatal trans-asia airways crash in taiwan and a crash in mali more than 700 people dead in just half the

year with another eight commercial crashes to go. but when you step back and look at the statistics. 2014 was actually another very safe year in the single greatest period of aviation safety ever. the world was on track for 59 million commercial flights by 2030 but yet as the number of flights goes up, the number of crashes goes down. but there is at least one glaring problem left. in the vast stretches of ocean, there is no radar and when air traffic control looses contact with the plane it is it gone. 90% of long-haul flights carry a satellite based positioning system but they only ping their location every 30 or 40 minutes at most. they have started a trial that would increase that frequency to every 15 minutes, but still that's not real time tracking.

except for these occasional check ins they are in no better contact now than they were in the 1960s. >> the glaringly obvious issue is that there are situations where an aircraft can be out of touch for a long period of time. the reality is as we speak very few aircraft are set up in such a manner where you have constant communication. >> reporter: and there are other problems to address. flight data recorders sink rather than float, and a ship has to be right on top of them to find them. officials have pleaded for years to make them easier to detect and retrieve. >> we have demanded that recorders be more robust and today more than 40 years later, we are again asking for more improves to recorder technology. >> reporter: the problem in the end is money. the faa has put a billion dollars into a new air traffic control system that is supposedly going to make our

national air system more efficient. but the airlines have to pay for upgrades. >> it's called commercial aviation, or commercial airlines. so they are there to make money. obviously. yes, it will cost a little more. but even if -- if you probably spoke to the folks at malaysian airline, they would perhaps tell you that they wish they had this technology. >> reporter: your risk of dying in a plane crash is one in 11 million. but the system isn't perfect. the question now, a year after mh 370 vanished is how much more it would cost or whether it would even be possible to do away with fatal crashes entirely. jake ward al jazeera, san francisco. heavy rain has created severe flooding across much of argentina. thousands of people have lost their homes. and many towns are cut off completely. as daniel reports, authorities say it's the worst weather

catastrophe there for decades. >> reporter: there is no one left in this town. every home flooded, every family devastated. more rain fell in a few days than normally falls in a year. the residents fled while they could. >> translator: almost the whole town was flooded. we nearly lost everything. we are scared it will happen again unless they do some work here. >> reporter: she is at the center for evacuated flood victims in a nearby town. they can't go home until the waters recede that could take two months. >> translator: i had some pigs but they all drowned. we saved the caw cows that we took to a hill but we only have enough food left for five days. >> reporter: he lost 70% of his crop, and he can't get insurance

for flood damage since they have become so common. this region suffered floods a year ago. the whole north of argentina is currently recovering from some of the worst flooding they have seen for generations. the residents live with the constant threat of rising water again. shoring up their defenses doing what they can against the ravages of nature. local authorities reach where they can, providing vital supplies that will keep flood victims going for the next few days and weeks. >> translator: this has been very sad. whatever precautions we took would never have been enough since we never imagined we would see rains of this magnitude. >> reporter: but it will rain again and it will flood again. everyone here knows that. for now these residents are assessing the damage and must bring the strength to rebuild their homes and shattered lives.

there's a curfew tonight in a town in northeastern india. the restrictions were imposed after a mob of thousands beat a man to death. >> reporter: local media are suggesting what started as a peaceful protest against the alleged rape of a local naga woman late last month took an unexpected turn with the mob of at least 1,000 people turning to the prison where the alleged rapist was being held they stormed the prison took the prisoner out beat him and paraded him to the center of town. he tied of his injuries at that point. they suggestion while there's no connection between the vennes that unfolded in india as the result of an airing of a documentary that relates to the 2012 gang rape of a medical student on a bus in new delhi and what happened in naggaland

on thursday. but the events have unfolded at an interesting time where this is a resurgenth debate about rape and sexual crime in india, and calls for greater reaction by the governments to do more and find permanent solutions to these crimes and cases that just don't seem to going away. just ahead we're back in selma, alabama where tony harris is heading up our coverage this weekend, and we'll get a different perspective on the civil rights battle from the daughter of the late alabama governor, george wallace.

one of the most central and perhapsdy vicetive figures in the marches in the 1960s was gov

northern wallace. his then teenage daughter peggy wallace has lived with those disturbing images for decades. randall pinkston got the chance to get her perspective. >> my father never built a bomb or hit anybody with a billy club, but he created a climate that allowed other people to go and do those things. >> reporter: peggy wallace kennedy is the daughter of george wallace, the alabama governor who built his reputation fighting against civil rights. >> and i say segregation now, segregation tomorrow and segregation forever. [ cheers ] >> reporter: so when you listen to your father say segregation now, and all of that and -- >> that's probably the most racist thing i have ever heard him say. >> reporter: that wasn't the only time her fathers words and actions betrayed racial bias.

he stood in the door of the university of alabama to deny entry to two african american students. students. >> i actually answered the phone, and i'm all of four years old, and people were making death threats, you know, calling -- you know names on that day. >> reporter: wallace ordered state troopers to block non-violent marchers on the edmund pettis bridge including a future congressman named john lewis. do you remember what you thought and felt? >> at 15 you just can't believe what you were seeing on tv. it was so horrific. >> reporter: did you ask your dad about it? >> no. >> reporter: in fact peggy wallace kennedy said she never spoke to her father about his views on race even though his hard core conservative speeches made him one of the best-known

politicians in america. but wallace changed. the turning point is 1972 campaign for president when a gunman tried to kill him [ gunfire ] [ screaming ] >> reporter: he would spending the rest of his life in a wheelchair. >> i think he had time to reflect on his politics of the past, and see what pain and suffering that he had caused others because he was in such pain, and -- and suffering. >> reporter: in his fourth and final term as governor wallace began apologizing for his views on race. he invited past opponent to his home and office. including john lewis one of the victims of police violence on the edmund pettis bridge. >> i had an opportunity to ask governor wallace, i said governor why did you give the order for people to beat us? he said we had to stop you.

on the -- on the bridge. because there were people waiting to kill you. i said governor do you kill people to keep other people from killing them? he didn't have an answer. i'm not really convinced that governor wallace ever really believed all of the stuff that he was saying. i think he used the issue of race to get ahead. >> reporter: wallace also met with the two students he had once blocked from entering the university of alabama, james hood and vivian malone. did your sister ever share with you being frightened? >> you know what this is something that continues to amaze me because of all of the emotions she had, i think fear was not one. i think that she never gave into that fear. she and my parents were people of great faith, and they felt that they were doing the right thing, and that -- you know, all

would be taken care of. >> aim fire! [ gunfire ] >> reporter: wallace died in 1988. it took another ten years before his daughter decided it was time for her to move beyond her father's apologies towards reconciliation. first she endorsed a young illinois senator for president. >> barack obama inspired me and gave me the courage to step out from beneath the shadow of the schoolhouse store. in that was my legacy. >> reporter: soon peggy wallace kennedy, found herself walking hand in hand across the edmund pettis bridge can congressman john lewis. >> this young lady was so courageous and brave and so warm to greet me and it was very moving. >> one of the greatest honors of my life and that's how i met

him. and he is the epitome of when he says that love and reconciliation can heal a heart. >> reporter: all over alabama there are plaques memorials and statutes symbolizing the state's troubled racial past. of course no one can change history, george wallace's deeds will always be part of history, but his daughter hopes she can create a new legacy in the family's name. in 2014, families who once stood against each other finally met face-to-face. peggy and sharon holder who's husband happens to be the attorney general. >> it's amazing to see that ark. >> they told us we wouldn't get here. >> reporter: 50 years ago, martin luther king, jr. and the selma marchers reached their

destination. peggy wallace will be on the steps waiting. 50 years ago when the marchers came where was your father? >> my father was up here in his second floor office. >> reporter: did not meet the marchers. >> he did not. >> reporter: but you want to meet them when they come back? >> yes, i do. >> reporter: why is it important for you to be the welcoming party? >> because i'm a wallace. i am a wallace, but i'm different. >> reporter: from your dad. >> from my dad. >> our tony harris is in selma tonight for this weekend's commemoration of the 50th anniversary of that march across the edmund pettis bridge. there is a live look at it right now. and we talked to some of the people in town for the memorial services. >> reporter: you are doing voting rights work what are your thoughts of being here in selma 50 years since the march for voting rights?

>> yeah it's really historic i'm honored to be here but it reminds me in 50 years we still have a long ways to go -- >> reporter: come on a long way to go? >> yes, we sued the state of wisconsin because over 300,000 people didn't have the required id to vote. we're still seeing mechanisms today that are similar to poll taxes that people died and fought for here in selma. >> reporter: when you say your heart is full what does that mean? >> there is a lot of pride rolled up in this thing, and when we look at what we actually went through to get to this point. it kind of saddens me in a way, but we still have a long way to go though right? but, look i'm just proud to be down here to partake in some of this, and i'm just enjoying it. >> my thoughts today is a day i thought i would never see. i remember the speech when king said in 50 years, we'll have a

black president. and i'm so happy i lived to see this. 50 years during the time i was -- during the time of the march, i was like 13 years old, and i lived in selma all my life, and i remember when everything here was white. no black judges, police anything. >> there is much more from selma coming up at the top of the hour. john siegenthaler is here with a preview. coming up at 8:00 tonight we're going to take an in-depth look at the 50th anniversary of the historic march, including my conversation with john lewis. >> that day bloody sunday was a turning point, a major turning point in the struggle for civil rights. it mobilized hundreds and thousands and millions of people all around america. >> the congressman tells me about the impact selma still has on race relations in america

today, and his message for the next generation. plus we go to washington where more than one out of three people are latino but no latino has ever been elected to the city council. >> tend to think that that only happens in the south or the 50s, or we're well beyond that but it turns out that's exactly what it was. >> what the aclu says about the votes system and losing part of world history, a 3,000-year-old palace has been destroyed by isil. and that's not the first artifact the group has gone after in the middle east. we'll take a look at the role america plays in saving the antiques from destruction. >> john look forward to that. thanks so much. the first for the exploration of space today. the dawn spacecraft has entered the orbit of the dwarf planet

sares, located between marches and jupiter. thanks for watching this ed decision of al jazeera america. john siegenthaler will be back in just a few moments. stay do you knowed to al jazeera all weekend for the complete events in selma.

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