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nationwide safety guidelines. and civil rights, 50 years after bloody sunday. the struggle continues. our special report race in america, selma. and we begin with a reality check on the enthuse jobs report. last month's -- on the new jobs report. last month's numberser released, awhat's trouble is what they don't show, paul beban is here paul. >> that's right john. in february nearly 300,000 295 to be exact found jobs. the sixth month in a row that the economy added nearly 300,000 jobs. who's hiring? there were 66,000 in entertainment hotels and

restaurants, another 54,000 in health and education and 30,000 almost in construction. it's no surprise the unemployment rate went down. 5.5% nationwide. but there are still nearly 9 million people who are out of work who would rather not be. in that 9 million are 17% of all the country's teenagers close to 7% of all u.s. hispanics and more than 10% of all african americans, while job growth should be the signal of robust economy, it's pay hourly rose less than 1%. the economy isn't really revving up but idling along. this problem of low wage growth has lingered for years maybe decades now people having jobs are just getting by. but nevertheless the white house has boasted that the longest

streak on record but millions of people are still coming up empty or even worse. as of february 730,000 considered long term unemployed so discouraged they weren't even looking for work. john. >> julie ann malveau good for being with us. >> good to see you john. other than the unemployment report of course. >> unemployment report at its lowest rate since 2008. why is there wage stagnation? >> well, you know, it is still a buyer's market, john. you still have i don't know about 4 million people who have been out of work for more than half a year. although the percentage or the number of average weeks out of work has dropped to 13 weeks. you -- which is an improvement over six months ago when it was 18 weeks.

you're still seeing people who are languishing in unemployment. and so if you are an employer you don't have to offer top dollar. you can offer medium dollar or even low dollar. people are still anxious for jobs. in addition as the report he mentioned earlier you have -- are reporter mentioned earlier you have 10.7% up, just a touch up while other rates are going down and the unofficial rate for african americans would be about 20%, compared to 11% for the overall population. but that's a lot more than the 5.5% we're celebrating 5.4. there's not a lot with all due respect to president obama there's not a lot to dance in the streets for. just one more thing: why is it that the dow goes down when the unemployment rate goes down? is there something that people are saying, they like high

unemployment? or they profit more? with high unemployment? this is one of the american dilemmas how do we pay workers whose wages drive gdp? and at the same time, allow other people to make the profits they expect. >> well, you know it could be in part that some of these jobs, and the suggestion has been that these are low-paying jobs. that these aren't the sort of jocks -- jobs that really rev the economy. is that right? >> well, absolutely when you are looking at the total industry, when you are looking at retail you're talking about jobs that really are not paying more than $15 an hour. when you are looking at construction you're getting much better hourly rates but you're getting much more insecure unemployment. in other words construction workers are in and out of a labor market based on current projects. you're absolutely right that the people who are being employed are not being employed at top

wage. one of the other things that's occurring is you are seeing current employees working more hours, just a few more but more. working overtime as opposed to employers hiring full time workers. >> still tough for many workers out there dr. malveau good to see you, thank you very much. robertrobert menendez, allegations are that gave political favors to dr. solomon melgan in exchange for plane trips. menendez spoke to reporters a short time ago. >> let me be very clear i have always conducted myself appropriately and in accordance with the law. every action that i or my office

has taken for the last 23 years that i have been privileged to be in the united states congress has been based on the best policies for the people of new jersey and of this entire country. >> senator menendez, says he has been friends with dr. melgen for years and they have exchanged presents in the past. changes are coming to the police department in ferguson missouri. we have learned today that two police officers and the a court clerk resigned. they were linked to racist e-mails revealed in a searing u.s. justice department investigation, found a long history of racial descridges by the ferguson police -- distribution by the ferguson police. president obama said he followed the decision not to file hate crime charges against darren wilson in the killing of michael brown. >> we may not know exactly what happened but officer wilson like anybody else who is charged with

a crime benefits from due process. and a reasonable do you believe standard. and if there is -- reasonable doubt standard. and if there's certainty about what happened then you captain just charge him anyway -- can't just charge him anyway just because what happened was tragic. >> the mayor of ferguson says he will meet with the department of justice in the next two weeks. from ferguson to selma alabama, 50 years ago that the first of three historic civil rights marches were held there. the protestors demanded equal voting rights. alabama state troopers attacked them with clubs and tear gas. the violence for everyone to see all became known as bloody sunday. tony harris is in selma where thousands are expected sunday.

tony. >> in fact you're right john. three marches and sometimes folks lose sight of that, march 7th, 1965, the first march came to be known as bloody sunday. demonstrators, protesters set across the edmond peddis bridge and they were marching fighting for voting rights. they reached the opposite side of the bridge from where we are and waiting for them were state troopers, alabama state troopers. they were on foot, they were on horseback and they had batons and after warning to stop the march to turn around they were set upon. they were beaten. tear gas was fired. a number of people were seriously injured. congressman john lewis who you had an opportunity to speak to and i know the interview is going to be running later in the program was leading that march. that was a really -- a very

traumatic day. it was a day that when the images were broadcast across the nation many in the nation galvanized around african americans in the struggle for the voting rights act that was later passed in august of 1965. two women who were here on that day are back. ethel stewart was 15 at the time of that first march 50 years ago, addeline jones was 17. i had an opportunity to speak with them. >> ethel, what do you mean about that 50 years ago now? >> i remember crossing the bridge and the bloody sunday, that's what i remember. >> yes. >> and they were on horses. they had cattle prods. and i was afraid but i kept on crossing the bridge. >> why did you continue? >> because black people in dallas county did not have the right to vote. so basically that's why we were

protesting and marching. >> adeline what do you remember about that day? >> about the same thing. that they were beating people with a stick and it was the same that john lewis i think he was beat and hit in the head. >> yes. >> and he fell and they had to take him to the hospital. it was tear gas and it was a lot of people hollering screaming and trying to get back to the church. >> right. >> it was -- it was a disaster. >> tomorrow is march 7th 50 years later. what are your thoughts? >> i think there's still a lot of stuff that needs to be done. since i came back to selma there's a lot of stuff they have been telling us about different things and it's still a lot of work to be done here. and you know i haven't been back here for a while. but it's unbelievable the things that need to be done. and it's so many people lost

their lives for this. >> yeah, things that need to be done. that's kind of a refrain john that we're hearing a lot in our time here so far is that the country certainly has come a long way. look the first african american president of the united states is going to be here in selma tomorrow. but many people feeling that there is lots more to be done. give you a look behind me, the trucks are here, a lot of work that needs to be done to set up the stage for tomorrow's commemorative ceremony. broad street which is just beyond the instruction is the main street here in selma that's been shut down. it forced our position to be moved. we were able to get here to where we are now and join you for your newscast but there is still a lot of work to be done john but i suspect it will all be done on time and certainly things will be in order for the president's arrival tomorrow afternoon. >> very big weekend in selma alabama. tony, thank you.

join al jazeera tomorrow, for the live events beginning at 12:30 eastern time. there is outrage against i.s.i.l.'s assault on the assyrian world, this is what nimrod looked like, founded 3,000 years ago. i.s.i.l. called it, the city needed to be destroyed for images against islam. susan is on the phone with us in heufn,houston. can you give us a significance of the sites found at nimrud and what we have lot lost? >> it is a tragic loss to the

people of iraq, not just the people of iraq but to the people of the entire world indeed. >> can you -- this -- this has been deliberate destruction. i mean, the significance -- how big is this loss compared to other attacks other wars, where things like this have happened? >> boy, that's a very tough question. because every site is different. and every site has something to contribute. so it's really a case of comparing apples and oranges. i think this ranks up there amongst the highest this particular site at nimrud was one of the capitals of the assyrian empire, spans hundreds of years called the cradle of

western civilization because the assyrian empire was where the initial efforts into science and civil society really flourished. and it's where the -- one of the earliest forms of writing the cuneiform style of writing was born where the early efforts in medicine and astronomy and agriculture took root and flourished. and then such aspects of civil society including governance law, the rule of law trade and commerce, and arts and humanities all began in the assyrian empire. >> so then why would i.s.i.l. want to destroy all this? >> oh, you know, i don't think -- i don't think they have

any understanding of civility or rational thought. i believe that they're irrational fanatics, and they're intent on destroying anything that has to do with a civil society. and particularly, because they're radical islamists they are using that as the motive, saying these things are i idoltrous, and the koran has entrusted them to destroy the things that are antithetical to islam. >> suzanne good to have you with us on the program, thank you very much. coming up, trains derailing and bursting into flames again three of them in the past month. what the government could be doing to make them safer.

>> trains are carrying crude oil all across the united states, and raiding safety concerns. -- raising safety concerns. there has been a series of spectacular derailments one yesterday in illinois. we learned the freight train with oil tankers had been retrofitted. lisa stark has the story. >> galena in western illinois, a train with 105 cars filled with volatile crude oil. five burst into flames sending a fire ball into the sky. no one was injured but it turns out the tank cars involved were the newer so-called stronger models but they did not hold up. it was the same story in west virginia last month southeast of charleston. 20 cars caught fire hauling

crude oil. >> the problem is the stronger tank car is only marginally improved. >> the d.o.t. 111 100,000 of them, hauling crude oil. in this government test footage watch what happens to the d.o.t. 111 at the bottom of the screen. it is easily punctured yet this rail car meets the current government standard. the need for an upgrade has been driven home by a huge increase in oil shipments. 9500 in 2000 to nearly half a million last year. that big jump in shipments has led to a big jump in accidents. so four years ago the industry decided to voluntarily boost standards and now 60,000 of these upgraded cars are now in use. but these are the models that came apart in illinois and west

virginia. >> those are the cars that are known as the 1232s. >> but obviously they aren't good enough. >> and we know right now that they're not tough enough. >> reporter: here's the problem: both the older and newer cars have the same thickness, a steel shell less than half an inch thick. the new cars are simply reinforced at both ends. the department of transportation is finalizing tougher standards which the industry says it supports. >> we believe that it needs a full thermal jacket, a thicker skin it needs full shields on either end of the tank car and it needs what is called a high pressure relief valve on the top of the car. >> but safety advocates worry that the new government regulations won't go far enough or be phased in quickly enough. >> behind the scenes there is a ferocious lobbying effort going on from the oil industry and the

rail industry, not to create safety standards because it cost another lot of money. >> so does an accident. ten derailments a year of trains hauling crude oil and ethanol many believe there's no time to waste. lisa stark, al jazeera washington. >> coming up next on this friday night broadcast: ♪ ♪ ride ♪ ♪ >> hundreds of peaceful civil rights demonstrators beaten by police and tear gassed, tony harris is in selma tony. >> john, preparations continue in selma alabama to commemorate bloody sunday, march 7th 1965 50 years ago tomorrow. one of the pivotal events in this country's time lines.

more from selma in a moment.

♪ pick them up and lay them down >> in the struggle for civil rights these steps paved the way. across a bridge and spanning generations facing hate police brutality, the sting of segregation, it was a march for freedom, a pivotal moment. tonight 50 years later we remember a time in america calling for justice now. >> one of the most important issues is to fix the voting rights act. >> to the message that holds true today. >> we ain't going to let nobody turn us around. >> our special report, race in america. selma. >> hi everyone, i'm john siegenthaler, they are the

iconic moments in civil rights. the bus boycotts and civil rights the martin luther king i have a dream speech and selma today marks the first of three marches on that city, 50 there anniversary, tony harris is in selma, tony. >> so many of those lessons john, just behind me on the edmond peddis bridge, by the time we get o19 sciek to 1965, snccc that's the student nonviolent coordinating committee, were registered to vote and by the time we get to the end of 1964

sncc is tired frustrated and it reached out to the southern christian leadership conference and its charismatic leader dr. martin luther king to help. in early february 1965, the reverend dr. martin luther king, jr. and his southern christian leadership conference took to the streets for voter rights. and led him to prison. >> things are pretty well, as well as you can expect in jail. i think as a result of being there, as a result of the creative witness of hundreds even thousands of neeg rows in this community, we have been able to bring this -- negroes in this country, we have been able to bring this situation to the attention of the entire country and i think the conscience.

>> moved from selma to marion, a predominantly black town but only a handful of african americans were registered to vote. a march there ended in confrontations with police and the shooting by a state trooper of protestor jimmy lee jackson. his death a week later was the catalyst of the march selma to montgomery. when they arrived at selma's edmond peddis bridge they were attacked with clubs. it became flown as bloody sunday. it spread across the nation, two days later the marchers set off again, this time king led the procession. that night segregationists beat

another protest to death. james reed was a 38-year-old white minister. his killing sparked and outcry across the nation. the echoes of injustice on the streets of alabama finally reached the white house. 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's all of us. . who must overcome the crippling legacy of bigotry and injustice. and we shall overcome. >> a week later on march 21st more than 3,000 people embarked on a trek to montgomery this time under protection of federal troops. walking 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. in august when congress passed the voting rights act and president johnson signed it into law. and john, i think what we've heard so far and i'm sure what we'll hear a lot of tomorrow is this common thread that while a lot has been accomplished that there's still a lot of work that needs to be done and there are many people here who we've had an opportunity to speak to already, who have a sense that voting rights in this country are beginning to be suppressed all over again and something they want to bring to the nation's attention while the eyes of the country are on selma this weekend. >> tony hars, tony, thank you very much. one of the leaders of the march on bloody sunday was john lewis. he is a u.s. congressman who served on capitol hill for nearly three decades.

he's also the only surviving speaker are from the 1963 march on washington where martin luther king gave his i have a dream speech. i talked to senator lewis. >> i got arrested a few times 40 times in the '60s and five more times since i've been in congress. beaten and left bloody unconscious but i didn't give up. >> there's a picture of you in this office where you're down on the ground and the police are beating you. do you remember that moment? >> i was hit right here, the scar is still there. and i just -- i thought i was going to die. and i said to myself, i want to die here on this bridge. this is my last nonviolent protest. 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. >> explain to people why you chose selma for this march. >> selma this little town in alabama, chose herself, in selma, in 1965 only 2.7% of african americans were registered to vote. people had to stand in an unmovable line go down to the courthouse on the first or third mondays of every month in their attempt to register to vote. they had to pay a poll tax. one occasion a man was asked to count the number of jelly beans in a jar. in selma you had a mean sheriff big man tall by the name of jim clark, he was just mean. i think he went to bed mean, he

dreamed mean, he got up mean. he led 60 people to the courthouse and schaeffer clark met me on the top of the court steps. he said john lewis you're an outside agitator, troublemaker, you're the lord's form of troublemaker. i said sheriff i'm i may be a troublemaker but i'm not an outsider. i grew up 90 miles from here, and we're going to stay until these people are allowed to vote. he arrested me and 60 other people. a few dares later dr. king and others came to selma and dr. king was arrested, protest at the courthouse continued ever single day one day in february 1965, a young man by the name of jimmy lee jackson was involved in a nonviolent protest a few

miles from selma shot in the stomach and a few days later he died in selma. and because of what happened to him we played a decision to march from selma to montgomery. so sunday, march 7th 1965 at the church, we conducted a nonviolent workshop, we lined up in twos to walk in an orderly peaceful nonviolent fashion to montgomery. we get to the highest point on the edmond petdis, we saw a sea of blue of alabama state troopers major john cloud of the alabama state troopers, this is a lawful march will not be allowed to continue. i give you three minutes to disperse and return to your homes or to your church. the young man from dr. king's organization walking beside me

happened to lead the march said major give us a moment to kneel and pray. the major said troopers advance. and behind the state troopers you saw sheriff clark's pos clark's posse on horthorseback. they hit us is sticks releasing tear gas. i still can't understand it, how people could be so vicious to beat their fellow citizens. we were orderly we were peaceful, we weren't even saying anything. we were walking on the sidewalk on the bridge. >> i was beaten by state troopers knocked to the ground and i was for about an hour. >> you were beaten so many times during the civil rights movement did you ever want to strike back? >> i grew to accept the way of

peace, the way of love, the way of nonviolence as a way of life as a way of living. i never ever had a desire to strike back. i became convinced that the way of love, the way of peace the ability to forgive was the better way. >> what do you see is the most important issues in civil rights today? >> one of the most important issues today is to fix the voting rights act. >> i was talking to a young man who's been protesting in ferguson missouri, and we talked recently about the fact that african americans are in the majorities but they don't vote. he said to me well, if you don't believe in the system it's hard to believe that your vote matters. what is it about the system that, even today when we have a black president of the united states, that african americans

are either reluctant to go to the polls or don't think that it matters? >> you have to put this up, if you want to change things if you want to make things better, come and walk with me through the streets of selma our country is a better country. and we are better people. we're not there yet. but you cannot give up and lose hope, you cannot get lost in a sea of despair. >> what message do you have for young people today? >> i would say listen to me young man. listen to me young brother. we come too far to stop now. there's still work to be done. >> from congressman john lewis we go to albert sykes. he is a director of policy and advocacy, in a group that promotes advocacy and social change. he's in jackson mississippi tonight, albert welcome. what role should young blacks

play in the civil rights movement? >> good evening and thank you for having me. listening to congressman lewis , their role is continuing to be at the forefront of national movement in this country. particularly, for young people of color to be the ones at the forefront of making strides towards breaking down some of the racial barriers that exist in our country. because we typically find that the folks who face the problem or the folks who live with the problem are also the folks that have the solution and the courage to actually do something about the problem. and with young folks there's much deeper courage that's unbridled and lives so deep in their boins bones and their spirit they rise up and carry the banner in a necessary way. >> albert when you look at the last 50 years how do you think the movement has changed today? >> well, one of the things

that's obvious is technology. young folks are communicating at a much more rapid and broad level, where you have twitter instagram and facebook, other ways of communication that young people are able to reach out to each other. i think there are ways that the movement hasn't changes that you don't see on tv in ferguson or in new york people still going door to door, they still making deep ription with folks by -- relationships with folks by sharing stories and building block by block across this country. i think the move has changed from a technological standpoint but so much the same when you look at what's happened not so much at the grass roots level but a lot deeper whether you look at the crevices of the movement and who are the folks that can go as deep as you can go to get the work done. i think the work that's happening now is very similar to

what's happened 50 years ago. you know and just given the advances of technology things have opened up a lot more. >> albert sykes it's good to have you on the program tonight thank you very much. >> thank you. >> the selma to montgomery march has helped lead to the voting rights act of 1965. but 50 years later some americans are still having trouble at the polls. a federal judge has ordered the city of yakima washington to change their system to keep latino voters from being disenfranchised. allen shawferl schauffler is there. >> i don't think yah yakima is a racist town. farm workers -- >> everything was set,. >> more or less that is how it

was set up. >> agriculture drives the economy in this valley, apples and grapes, the crops that have produced tremendous wealth for some and reliable income for more. the hills and low rent neighborhoods showing the economic divide. a recent federal court ruling, hispanic voters have had no real place in government. >> made it almost impossible for the latino population to get a candidate of choice on the city council. >> so how many latino city council members have there been? >> there's never been a latino elected to the city council. >> never one? >> never one. >> rodriguez was appointed to fill a vacant seat. when she ran she lost. and in 2013, a latino woman lost

even though her white opponent had withdrawn from the race. the genesis of the voting rights act, voting patterns in yakima convinced rodriguez that race was still an issue and her rights were limited. >> you tend to think that's only in the south and the '50s aand we're well beyond that but turns out that's exactly what it was. >> in 2012, the aclu seud yakima sued yakima. vote by district system. america michael cawley objected that the system suffocated opportunity. >> even if you run in a district that's got a majority hispanic living there are they registered to vote, are they going to turn out? that's going to be the big

question. >> 40% of the city may be hispanic but only 22% are hispanic u.s. citizens registered to vote. the county auditor shows a chronic low turnout street. less than a quarter of voters with hispanic surnames filling out a ballot in the last election. >> a huge opportunity we need to take advantage of. >> stopping for lunch in the newly drawn first district one of two hispanic dominated voting areas, we're served by 18-year-old fernando florez, a smiling indicator of the opportunity and the challenges ahead. >> you haven't registered to vote yet? >> no, i haven't registered to vote because i'm busy, really isn't an excuse, i should have been doing it. >> are you going to? >> yes. >> all seven seats will be up by district this november. there's no official word at this point of the city of whether they are going to appeal this

latest ruling, and the order to set up seven new voting districts. it's been a long and costly battle two and a half years and could end up costing more than $3.5 million for the city of yakima, that depends on how much the judge grants for the aclu's claims of legal fees in the case john. >> allen schauffler. coming up next. >> segregation forever! >> that's probably the most racist thing i've ever heard him say. >> george wallace's daughter on how the segregationist governor of alabama changed his mind about race. and her own decision to speak out. plus iconic images from selma and the photographer who captured them.

>> an al jazeera special report: race in america selma. it's called the edmund pettus bridge, the scene of bloody sunday. a mark in the civil rights movement. who was edmund pettus, he was a confederate general in the civil

war, pettus was also a virulent racist and ogrand dragon of the ku klux klan. there is now a petition to rename that bridge. one of the fiercest opponents of civil rights in the 1960s was alabama governor george wallace. wallace had vowed to stop the march. sat down to speak about her legacy. >> 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. >> 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!

>> so when you listen to your father say segregation now and all of that, and -- >> that's probably the most racist thing i've ever heard him sais. >> that wasn't the only time her father's words and actions betrayed racial bias. wallace stood in the door of the university of alabama, to deny entrance to two african americans. receiving threats of violence and death. >> i actually answered the phone and i'm all of four years old and people were making death threats, making -- you know calling names on that day. >> reporter: wallace ordered state troopers to block nonviolent marchers on the edmund pettus bridge, including john lewis. >> do you remember what you thought what you felt? >> you know at 15 you just can't believe what you're seeing on tv it was so horrific.

>> did you ask your dad about it? >> no. >> reporter: in fact peggy wallace kennedy said she never spoke to her father about race, even though his hard core conservative speeches made him one of the best known politicians in america. but wallace changed. his turning point 1972, in his bid for the presidential election, when a gunman tried okill him. he would spend 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 suffering. >> in his fourth and final term as governor, wallace began apologizeing for his views on race. he invited john lewis one of the victims of violence on the

edmund pettus bridge, lewis moved from alabama to georgia and was elected to congress. >> i said governor why did you give the order for people to beat us? he said we had to stop you. on the bridge. because there were people waiting to cel kill you on the other side. 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. >> wallace also met with the two students he had once blocked from entering the university of alabama. jameshood and vivian malone. >> did your sister ever share with you being frightened ? >> you know, this is something that continues to amaze me. because of all the emotion 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. >> wallace died in 1998. 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 said that america could be better. he inspired me and gave me the courage to step out from beneath the shadow of the schoolhouse door. that was my legacy. >> soon, peggy wallace kennedy daughter of a segregationist governor found herself walking hand in hand across the edmund

pettus bridge with congressman john lewis. >> they lady was so courageous and so brave and so warm to greet me and it was very moving. >> one of the greatest honest honors of my life and that's how i met him. he is the epiphany of when he says that love and reconciliation can heal a heart. >> all over alabama there are plaques, memorials and statues symbolizing the state's troubled racial past. of course no one can change history. george wallace's deeds will always be part of his legacy but his daughter hopes she can create a new legacy in the family's name. towards that effort a remarkable moment. in 2014 families who once stood against each other finally met face to face. peggy wallace kennedy and sharon malone holder whose father happens to be the nation's

attorney general. >> it is remarkable to see how the arc in just one generation. >> they told us we wouldn't get here. >> two generations ago intent on giving governor wallace a petition for voting rights. peggy wallace will be on the steps waiting. >> 50 years ago when the marchers were coming where was your father? >> he was in his second floor office. >> he didn't meet the marchers. >> he did not meet the marchers. >> but you want to meet them. >> yes i am. >> why is it important for you to be a welcoming party? >> i'm a wallace but i'm different. >> from your dad? >> from my dad. >> president obama is set to speak in selma tomorrow. tony harris is back to tell us

what we can expect tomorrow tony. >> the president is coming to mark this anniversary, in selma i can't imagine he isn't going to talk about race relations as you know, the presidential hasn't spoken expansively on race relations since 2008. i suspect he will lay out his views of how far the nation has come in that respect and the work that's yet to be done. he'll probably issue a challenge to congress to get to work on section 4 of the voting rights act. and wouldn't it be something if the president is here in selma tomorrow, and we hear the echoes of a famous line from dr. martin luther king, jr, the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice. that famous line spoken by martin luther king, jr. at the end of the selma to mont gorman montgomery master plan, the third march in

march of 1965. we will bring all the activities of tomorrow to everyone at home. >> yeah, you'll be watching history. tony harris, tony thanks again. some of the most iconic photos of bloody sunday were captured by spider martin, a white photographer working for birmingham news at the time. john carlton of the bristol center walks us through some of those images. >> spider martin was a news photographer who grew up in the birmingham, alabama area. he was a work aday photojournalist who covered everything in the world that the newspaper needed to be covered there in birmingham. they did find out that there was going to be a march a protest march so they asked spider to go down and cover that as a photographer. his photography documented that entire event that we now call bloody sunday. he documented visually the

protestors organizing getting ready to go on their march across the edmund pettus bridge. andy young later ambassador to the united nations andy young leading a prayer with the leaders and the people who were going to be in the protest march. while they were marching to the bridge the alabama state police, the local sheriffs department, are, the local police authorities, were assembling themselves to prevent them from marching out of selma and all the way to montgomery. by this time the marchers were coming over the bridge and he photographed this long line of marchers. they were told to stop. and so the police are marching toward them, he's pointing his finger at john lewis and the marchers in the photograph and he's basically saying you have five seconds to get out of here.

spider was able to photograph the beating of these peaceful marchers. the police then had deputies, these were deputized citizens, they really weren't regular police, he had -- they were on horseback, as kind of a horseback posse who came in and trampled some of them and continued to beat them as they raced back over the bridge. there is a photograph of these guys on horseback and you can just barely see in between the horsemen, a woman clapping and cheering. you can see she's just -- she's very excited and really, urging these policemen on to beat up these protesters. and then they chased everyone back to the point of origin for the marchers which was the brown -- the brown chapel, the methodist church and there's a great picture of after the protesters have found the safety of the sanctuary of the

methodist church you have -- you could see all the state troopers and the policemen standing around in front making sure they're staying there. >> our coverage of the 50th anniversary of selma continues all weekend. it begins at 12:30 eastern. i'm john siegenthaler. that's the news, the news continues.

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