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thanks for staying with us. i'm leland vittert. of welcome to hour two. >> and i'm uma pemmaraju. here is what's making news. bob menendez under fire but says he's not backing down against his critics in a justice department investigation following a two-year probe about corruption charges. they're now pending, and we're going to bring you the very latest. >> remembering kayla mueller, killed by isis and now her
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hometown gathers it to say a final good-bye. ♪ all the gold in california ♪ well they've been singing together since they were youngsters, and they're still going strong. after nearly 60 years, you will hear from country legend larry gatlin about his amazing career and what's ahead for the amazing gatlin brothers. always conducted myself appropriately and in accordance with the law. i fight for these issues and for the people of our country every single day. that's who i am. and i am not going anywhere. >> that was an emphatic and, dare i say, defiant senator bob men menendez of new jersey after reports that he's about to it's corruption charges from the department of justice. joining us now robert dris kol former deputy assistant antant attorney general. when you hear about the background when it jets vacations, all these kinds of
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things, does the government have to have a pretty airtight case before they bring these charges? >> they should. the real question is what's different here? they fly lots of places for lots of reasons and do political favors all the time. i would really need to hear from the department of justice what makes this menendez case any different from a typical case where lots of senators do things for people that donated to their p.a.c. what are the gifts here? >> what are the deliverables in this quid pro quo? a lot of people will tell you who bob men enendez is, a thorn in the side of the administration, very critical when it comes to cuba and critical when it comes to the administration's policy on iran. take a listen. >> when it comes to defending the u.s./israel relationship, i am not intimidated by anyone. not israel's political enemies, and not my political friends when i believe they're wrong. >> that's a shot at the administration if you've ever heard one.
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do you think this is politically motivated or at least the timing is motivated? >> i would hope not but certainly if i were defending senator menendez, i would raise that point. the timing is a little awkward, to say the least, from the department of justice. they are up against the statute of limitations. if i were defending him i'm sure his defense team will make the point that he's a vocal critic of the administration and what he's doing isn't different from what other senators do, so why is this case being brought now? >> senator menendez gave back $60,000 had to pay trips back on private jets and those kinds of things. there was an interesting atlantic that came out not necessarily from from the department of justice but came out reportedly the new jersey law journal and one of the defenses here they're trying to use is the aides to senator menendez don't have to testify because of constitutional immunity. is that an unusual defense to make? >> not in a corruption case like this, and it's a real issue. article six, the speech and debate clause prevents members
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of congress and their staffs from being questioned about anything they do that's legislatively related. even in something clearly corruption like the william jefferson case with the cash in the freezer, you remember, the defense team there was successful limiting discovery on speech and debate grounds. i'm sure that senator menendez's legal team will fight that to the hilt, and they should. it's an important constitutional principle. >> you worked in the department of justice and can speak to this. the timing of this leak. it's a friday afternoon. it gets dumped out i any the story broke out at 3:00 on friday afternoon and all of a sudden is that -- that has to be sort of planned if you've had two or three years worth of an investigation and then boom. >> yeah, and it's unclear to me why they would leak it now. usually what you would hope if they have an indictment, they'd indict. and if they don't, they don't and keep it secret until then. that's the purpose of grand jury secrecy. i'm not sure if it's get this off the decks before attorney general holder steps down or for other reasons. it is unusual and certainly i
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think i'd be disturbed if i were on the defense team. >> something, as you said, the defense team will raise with the judge and other folks, is this really a fair prosecution. robert driscoll thanks for your insight. uma? overseas now and joins from martin dempsey who is in iraq where he plans to meet with iraqi leaders waging a serious effort against isis. all of this happening as the battle for tikrit remains a front burner issue as soldiers go after iran-backed militias. they believe it's a fight troops can win. john huddy is standing by. john? >> reporter: uma general dempsey also said if those forces, those iraqi and also she write militia forces do win, it would not have been made possible without u.s. air strikes and u.s. coalition air strikes. that said, if they do win, it would be a significant victory. the main reason, location. now take a look. dick right is north of baghdad
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and south of mosul and right below where the largest oil refinery is and where forceses have repelled, essentially, isis militants attack several times, several ground offensive with help from u.s.-led coalition air strikes. but the u.s. is sitting out and sitting on the sideline in the battle to retake tikrit though u.s. commanders are watching very closely. that's because as mentioned, iran wran forces are involved in the training, the assisting, and also the arming of those iraqi troops and also the iranian-backed she yet milliit militias not involved in the ground fighting. still, iran's influence and also involvement in iraq is a concern obviously for coalition kun countries and the united states. now elsewhere the u.s. coalition air strikes have helped iraqi forces today, in particular in the anbar province. that's in western iraq where iraqi forceses have retaken
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control, and this is significant of al baghdadi. that may sound familiar because it's about faveive to seven miles outside of the al asad air base where they are training forces and where last month, you may remember, isis militants staged a ground attack, though they fought back because of the u.s. air strikes and the u.s. ground forces fighting back. so, again, retaking al baghdadi is an important and significant victory because anbar province largely remains under isis control. all that said, uma, we're still awaiting more word from general dempsey on the ground in iraq who has plenty to talk about obviously with iraqi commanders. uma? >> all right, john, thank you so much for that update from our middle east bureau. and this note, former defense in intelligence agency director michael flynn tells us that the white house may have missed the growing strength of isis because
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of the white house's desire to downplay the strength of al qaeda. flynn explains the white house was so married to the narrative al qaeda was close to defeat that it clouded how the administration fought against the ideology as it spread. >> who is briefing the president? how does he get to those sentences? >> for me to sit here and tell you why he says what he says, i don't know. what i know the init tell generals said was not necessarily what we hear. >> it was diametrically opposed, wasn't it? >> i would say from my perspective it was just the opposite. you can't sit here and say that al qaeda was defeated when we're still looking at elements of al qaeda that are conducting operationals.
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it is the political version of an iowa cat a call, the iowa agricultural summit he as a list of republican 2016 candidates head to the first in the country state to impress iowans not only with their knowledge of forming but also trying to break out after very crowded republican field. right now senator lindsey graham is scheduled to speak in the next couple of minutes and our own political correspondent is there in des moines. mike, as i look behind you, there seem to be a lot of people kicking the tires of candidates. >> reporter: leland, no question about that. when you look at this event, the first ever iowa agriculture you're summit, you can tell by the list of names they think it is huge important to be here though it is early on in the process. let's take a look at some of those names, jeb bush, chris christie, mike hughes, rick perry, rick santorum and scott walker are all addressing the audience in the first in the nation kaucaucus state. a short time ago rick perry
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talked about immigration. >> i don't think that the american people are ever going to trust washington to deal with this issue of immigration reform until they secure the border. [ applause ] we go back to '86 when president reagan signed a piece of legislation, and i think it's pretty easily shown where he -- if he had to do it again, he wouldn't have signed that piece of legislation. >> reporter: so we've heard rick perry and mike huckabee talking with about immigration while obviously agriculture is huge in iowa, bottom line is they're getting a chance to weigh in on a lot of issues to show their range on a variety of topics. leland? >> mike, is there one candidate facinging a the lot more fresh pressure than others. you have people who become front-runners quickly, not necessarily ready for prime time
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time. all of a sudden they're at an event like this and everybody is focused on them. >> reporter: well, i think there's two guys you're looking at now facing ton of pressure though it is very, very early in the process. wisconsin governor scott walker has gotten off to a really fast start here in iowa as a neighboring governor somebody they know well and somebody they seem to leak soike so far. jeb bush is building an organization but has to sell iowa voters that he is conservative enough for them. and bush talked about fixing our immigration system. >> canada has more economic immigrants than we do and we're ten times their size. if we want to be young and dynamic and growing again where the debate isn't about who is taking from whom rather than have an expanding pie with opportunities to exist for all of us. >> reporter: we told you about some of the names here. scott walk erer will be the closer of the big names later this afternoon. and so expectations will be high
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when he hits the stage. leland? >> sometimes expectations being high isn't necessarily a good thing. i'm wondering as you're listening to the speakers, do you get a sense they distilled their stadiumump speech down or are folks still trying to figure out what might work, how they can package their message? >> reporter: what i think is fascinating here, leland, this is an interview format and so they're not getting up there and giving a speech. they have a moderator asking them a range of questions. and so you see them trying out some lines, see the reaction. late they are summer when they come back and eating turkey legs and pressing the flesh, perhaps their lines will be a little bit more formalized or fine-tuned, if you will, for the stump speech. but for now it's a lot of testing it out to see what plays well with iowa voters. >> turkey legs and also some fried snicker bars. mike emanuel in iowa. we know you'll be back in that state many a time coming up. thank, mike. >> reporter: thank you, my
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friend. and coming up later this hour we'll talk to senator lindsey graham scheduled to speak soon. one of the many possible 2016 presidential candidates. and we want to have you be part of the interview too. what is the most important issue you want to hear the potential candidates address. you can tweet us and we may ask senator graham about it. uma? overseas now and a possible break in the assassination of russian opposition leader nemtsov. the head of sharussia's federal security service says two suspects have been detained in the killing of nemtsov. in that announcement on state television he says the suspects are from russia's north caucasus region but did not give any further details. nemtsov a fierce critic of vladimir putin gunned down a week ago as he walked across a bridge near the kremlin. still ahead, the list of crimes committed by isis is long. executions kidnapping, genocide, and now added to that
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an attempt to erase history. we're going to explain coming up next. plus, a final farewell. her hometown gathers to say good-bye to kayla mueller. we have a live report coming up. plus, back in 2007 nasa launched a space probe that is finally reaching its destination. we're going to tell you where, and we've got the pictures coming up. stay with us. the world is filled with air. but for people with copd sometimes breathing air can be difficult. if you have copd, ask your doctor about once-daily anoro ellipta. it helps people with copd breathe better for a full 24hours. anoro ellipta is the first fda-approved product
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more. this is a story that continues to make news. the list of islamic state crimes that include the destruction of archaeological sites in an attempt to erase culture and had history of that region. a top u.n. official is saying militants are taking away statues and bulldozing the irreplaceable remains in present day iraq. it is deemed a war crime. militants tell villagers they were taking the artifacts because they were idols and forbidden by islam. more than all the threats that we face in that region. part of me says we have to tell
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iran you get the hell out of iraq. >> that was former defense intelligence agency director lieutenant general michael flynn talking to special report's brett bair about the growth in the middle east and no where is that more previousalent than in iraq where iran is leading the fight against isis rather than the united states. retired two star general bob scales. the administration made a political calculation that we don't want american boots on the ground ground. that's left a vacuum. iran seems to have filled that vacuum. you have a tactical decision that you don't want boots on the ground. that's a political decision. what are the strategic implications going forward of the rise of iran? >> oh, they're huge. there's an old mel tear saying if you create a stra tej ek vacuum someone will if fill it and you probably won't like who is filling it. remember now, the forces that are under the government control are shia forces.
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iran is a shia nation. and this relationship between the qods force. the revolutionary guard and this newly formed iraqi army are huge. they know are it in charge of taking tikrit. that's all bad news for us. even if they take tikrit on their march to mosul. it means we cede influence over the last remaining active mill military force in iraq to the iranian iranians. at the very time we're trying to negotiate an arms deal with the iranians. all of this sounds bad. >> when you think about the rise of iran over the past couple of years obviously they have huge roots in lebanon with hezbollah. president assad in syria. the iraqis now also moving into yemen as well. what is iran's end game here? >> let's just be very clear about this. the greatest killer of americans after al qaeda is iran.
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20% of all dead americans in iraq and afghanistan were killed by the equipment the iranians supplied the enemy. no, their objective is threefold. number one continue to spread terrorism throughout the world and continue to capture capitals that belong to sunnis. it's a shia/sunni conflict. number two, build a nuclear weapon that will will shield them from any retaliation from anybody either in in the region or anywhere else. and, three, remove the sanctions because they are afraid that particularly with the drop in oil prices because the last great revolution in 1979 start ed off to take down the shah because of economic reasons. it was a shopkeeper in iran who took over the city. they're afraid if they can't lift the sanctions, oil is $50 a barrel that would be terrible for the iranian leadership. >> it seems so far in their quest they're doing well, at least in the initial stages so
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far. it set up an interesting dynamic in the middle east. the rise has scared the iranies. this was brought up by our pentagon producer, incredible work. shareef, the pakistani prime minister was just at the house of sod and met with the saudis and talked. you can imagine one of the things they are talking about is the fact that pakistan has a nuclear weapon. it's largely thought that the pakistani nuclear weapon was sponsored, funded by the saudis. are we getting to the point where the saudis and the qataris are not looking to the united states to stop iran but looking elsewhere to get their own nuclear weapon? >> look, this is done. this dance over sanctions versus signing an agreement is over. they have 17 underground nuclear facilities. 65 to 100 devices. the iranians will get the bomb. the question is how do you
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counter them in the region? you you have a sunni state with a bomb, a shia state with a bomb, one of which can is pakistan. the issue is not whether or not we can stop them. we can't stop them. >> we choose whether or not we have a nuclear arms race or we will. >> to me it's inevitable. the sad fact as we saw last week with mr. netanyahu's speech, the first to be addressed isn't the sunni states. it's going to be sadly israel. they call them the little satan us the big satan. uma? all right. coming up, you are looking at images from iowa'sing a can cultural summit where nearly a dozen hopefuls, presidential hopefuls, are scheduled to take the stage. and one of those testing the waters, senator lindsey graham. we'll ask him about his presidential aspirations coming up and it was also 50 years ago today the bloodshed on a bridge in alabama led to the naming of bloody sunday a day that would
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galvanize the civil rights movement. we're going to have a live report from selma where the president and others including former president george bush are scheduled to speak. and the gatlin brothers, entertaining us since they were youngsters. they're not done just yet. we'll talk to larry gatlin about what's next.
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welcome back, everybody. well, growing concerns about a nuclear deal with iran intensifying particularly after this week's speech by israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu to congress. netanyahu warning that any deal will only lead to that regime developing nuclear weapons. meanwhile secretary of state john kerry now in paris continuing with his campaign to promote a deal with iran
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european lead ersers. joining us now senator lindsey graham with reaction to a potential nuclear deal. welcome, senator great to have you on the show today. >> thank you. >> you know, giving the growing concerns over a nuke deal with iran at this moment why do you think the white house is determined to believe that iran can honor any deal that restricts the development of its nuclear ambitions? >> they want a deal for a legacy and they're just discounting what's going on today on the ground. iran is wreaking havoc throughout the mideast. they've killed our soldiers in iraq and afghanistan. they've been cheating for 20 years on their nuclear program be and they're about to put in place a deal that will start a nuclear arms race. but here's the solution to the problem. they went to talk with the arab nations, now talking to the europeans. any deal they negotiate in my view must come to congress for our approval. if it is a good deal, i'll vote for it. if not, i will vote it down.
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that's, to me, the key concept here. no nuclear deal with iran without congressional approval. >> so do you think that net netanyahu's speech was the game changer for congress since you and other lawmakers have introduced those bills that would require congressional approval of any deal the white house wants to sign with iran over its nuclear program? >> yeah, i think the prime minister's speech was a damning indictment as it is. obama wanted to engage iran with an open hand and tell us us all this this new election, the new president of iran, was a moderate. there's nothing moderate about this regime. they topple poor arab capitals, building icbms that could hit the united states the largest state sponsor of terror. the prime minister of israel made it clear to everyone in america that israel cannot tolerate nuclear weapons in the hands of ayatollahs who threaten to wipe out the jewish state and that the region itself, the
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the right to know what the white house plans to sign with iran? >> this is the most consequential decision any president will make in my lifetime. a good deal that would stop the nuclear ambitions of the iranians and they've been trying to build a bomb not a power plant. they lie when they say otherwise. the most important decision president obama will ever make. congress created the sanctions. congress should not allow the sanctions to be waived or lifted unless we approve of the deal that would allow that to happen. i am can confident there's a super bipartisan majority are or
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the concept that we will not allow congressional sanctions to be relieved until we get a chance to look at the deal and vote on it. and it's important that your viewers understand what's in this deal. i believe this deal is a north korea in the making where you lock in a very large enrichment program only to be detained by the united nations. that didn't work in north korea. i fear it won't work with iran. i think the congress is going to insist to look at the deal and vote on it. >> i want to put you up a new poll that fox conducted showing how americans feel about the leadership right now and whether or not iran should have nukes in ten years if they agree not to do anything before then. 84%, senator, say it's a bad idea to have that sunset clause in the deal which would allow iran to reportedly develop nuclear weapons. you know it's been the policy of every president since 1979
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that iran must be sanctioned and contained. the president, however is betting instead on detain iran's aggressive behavior and nuclear ambitions. why do you think this president believes iran's regime can be influenced by logic and reason? >> well, look at what they're doing today. as we negotiate under sanctions, they topple the yemen government, pro-american government in yemen was toppled by the hudis. they keep assad afloat. he's keld 220,000 of his own people. he's a butcher, and the iranians are his chief sponsor. they keep hezbollah afloat. the shia mill yash thatitia are building icbms as i speak funding money to terrorist organizations. all of this while we negotiate. what makes you think if they had
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more money, if sanctions were relieved, that they would beld schools and hospitals? they would take that money and continue to support terrorism. this is an insane proposition that there's a moderate regime in place. look at what they're doing today on the ground under sanctions. only imagine what they would do if they had a nuclear weapon. the arabs are not going to tolerate a nuclear arms iran. israel can't afford to live under that threat. the last best safeguard to stop a bad bill in iran is the congress. we're the last best hope to stop a bad deal. >> we look forward to hearing what congress does come up with in that language. now i want to talk to you about iowa. you were there at the agricultural summit. a lot of folks speculated you want to throw your hat into the presidential ring. is that a possibility it at this point? >> yes, i'm testing the waters here in iowa. i like what i see. national security is a big deal here in iowa. they've had over 17,000 guards men and women of the national guard deploy since 9/11 to iraq and afghanistan.
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strong veterans community. this summit is about agriculture today and in the future. we have a safe, abundant, affordable food supply because of farmers in iowa and other places places. our national security is enhanced when we can grow our own food and clothe ourselves. so a vibrant agriculture economy is a big deal for national security. >> you're talking about testing the waters. when do we expect to have a decision from you? >> oh, probably in the next month or he so. i have to get a ground organization put together, a finance committee, but it looks encouraging. i'll let you know. i think my voice on national security would be helpful to the republican quauscause. i've never seen more threats to ou homeland today than before 9/11. this president's policy choices have come back to haunt us. they're more terrorist organizations with more money, more capability, more people to strike the homeland at any time before 9/11. i think i know how to change that and build an economy here at home that will help the
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middle class. that's what this campaign would be about. economic security and national security if i choose to run. >> well, we welcome you to make that announcement right here on our show. we would welcome you coming anytime to do that. break some news for us. we were asking our viewers earlier to send us some tweets for you as you are visiting iowa. i want to get in one at least one question from our viewers asking -- they want to know how they can plan to restore -- how you plan to restore america's greatness again. >> well first, you have to rebuild the capability to defend the country. lead from the front not from behind. when america leads he from behind, the world falls apart. it is in our national security interests to shape world events not be overrun by them. build up our military, that's being gutted as i speak. we're on path to have the smallest army since 1940. the smallest navy since 1950.
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turn around the demise of the military, get out front and tell the world america is back. we're the strongest force for freedom and to take this fight to radical islam to keep the war over there before it comes here. form alliances, stop throwing your best friend israel, under the bus. make people believe they can trust you and put the enemy on the run. the best way to restore our greatness is we are a great people of which the world de depends upon and our national security is tied to our ability to lead. and leading from behind has created chaos. it's time to get back out front where you can see better. >> senator lindsey graham, a pleasure to have you on our show again. thank you so much. all the best to you as you set your sights on iowa and we hope, again, break some news on our show with your decision. >> all right. god bless. >> thank you. bye-bye. in prescott arizona, right now they're saying good-bye to a
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hometown hero. aide worker kayla mueller died last month while being held by isis in syria. will carr joins us live with more. will? >> reporter: leland this has been a very emotional service. i believe we have a live look in at the end of this memorial service. we can tell you that we've heard from her close familiary and friends. we heard that -- we heard from had he mom senator john mccain who actually teared up at one point. he called her an extraordinary young woman a powerful example to follow. mueller was an international aide worker who was captured by isis in august of 2013 while she was in syria before she traveled all over the world protesting genocide, raising awareness for hiv and aids and peacefully standing up for a number of other humanitarian efforts. listen to mueller talk about the syrian conflict in a youtube video she made in 2011. >> i am in solidarity with the
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syrian people. i reject the brutality and killing that the syrian authorities are committing against the syrian people. because silence is participation in this crime. i declare my participation in the syrian sit-in on youtube. >>. >> reporter: mueller wound up with her syrian boyfriend. both were captured by isis. he was later released. authorities confirmed her death on february 10. isis claimed that she died in a jordanian air strike but united states officials have never confirmed that. her memorial today was based on a letter that she sent to her parents while she was in captivity part of which states, i pray each day that if nothing else you have felt a certain closeness, surrendtory god as well, and have formed a bond of love support amongst each other. she was called a good is a marin as well as an inspiration to others. leland? >> and as we learned so much
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about her after her death, truly a remarkable woman in every way. will carr, appreciate your time. uma? still ahead, a defining moment in american had history as the country remembers bloody sunday. marking 50 years ago in selma. we are going to take you there next as thousands gather to mark this anniversary. and stay awake during the day. this is called non-24, a circadian rhythm disorder that affects up to 70 percent of people who are totally blind. talk to your doctor about your symptoms and learn more by calling 844-824-2424. or visit your24info.com. don't let non-24 get in the way of your pursuit of happiness. [announcer] if your dog can dream it purina pro plan can help him achieve it. ♪ driving rock/metal♪ music stops ♪music resumes♪ music stops ♪music resumes♪ [announcer] purina pro plan's bioavailable formulas
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thousands gathered in selma, alabama, today to mark 50 years since bloody sunday. it was a landmark moment in the civil rights movement. presidents obama and bush will join about 100 members of congress to remember the struggle of so many. this is a live picture there just before mr. obama will speak at the foot of the edmond pettis bridge coming up some time in the next hour. boy, what 50 years does. jonathan serrie joins us live from the thick of it. johnnathan? >> reporter: hi, leland. president obama landed in the
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town of montgomery alabama and will make the short drive to selma, where he will speak at the base of the edmond pettis bridge you see here behind me. in addition to president obama, former president george w. bush is expected among the dignitaries present a group that includes representative john lewis had who marched in this town 50 years ago and suffered severe beatings as a result. today he is joined by close to 100 other colleagues from congress and thousands of ordinary citizens have descend ed on the small alabama town to mark the 50th anniversary of bloody sunday and the voting rights movement it helped galvanize. several blocks, a commemorative service took place at ame church during the civil rights marches of the 1960s this house of worship provided meeting space for demonstrators and organizers including the reverend dr. martin luther king jr. the civil rights acon's eldest son said the nation can still do
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more to empower its citizens to vote. listen. >> it all kinds of starts with voting when we think about the fact that even in had ferguson 12% of the people voted in the election. and so until people are at leasten igsly participating in the process that's an initial step. then you can elect people to office who are supposed to take care of the people's business. >> reporter: and, leland, as we speak thousands are gathered at the base of the edmond pettis bridge to hear the president speak just minutes from now. back to you. >> all right jonathan serrie live in selma, alabama, thanks, jonathan jonathan. uma? well, they are a country music legend, a family that continues to entertain audiences around the country and the world. we're talking about larry gatlin and his brothers who have been bringing country music hits to all of us for the past 60 years. what's next for the trae owe? we'll ask larry next.
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captured the hearts of so many music fans we're talking of course about the gatlin brothers who have entertained folks for more than a century. they're still going strong and they're getting set to sing some of the fan favorites. letting us know that they just get better with age. joining us now, larry gatlin. welcome. great to have you back on the show. >> thanks. how are you? >> i'm doing great. and it sounds like you're doing wonderful. the fact that you're launching this big tour. >> well, i thought -- we thought about the tour. first of all, i don't know who those guys were. back in those days there was a shortage of buttons. you know? guys on their shirt only had like two buttons from their naval up. i would like to announce, give you the scoop. i saw senator graham talking about i have formed -- i also
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have formed an exploratory committee, and so far we have raised $11.48 towards a possible run. but no. brother steve and brother rudy, we are best friends, we love each other. we feel like we have been given ability by god to go entertain people. we don't preach. you know, we sing a couple of gospel songs in there, but our feeling is if you go out to do a show, if you can entertain people and maybe maybe them laugh or cry that's a godly pursuit. we're not really saying it's a -- like, you know, we're quitting, you know, final tour. but after this year the touring is going to slow down and if somebody wants us they have to want us real bad. that's the deal. >> i can understand that people are going to be really -- you know, rushing to get some tickets because you guys are amazing. and so many people love your music. it has captured the hearts of so many people. why do you think you have been able to move so many people with
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great emotion with your music? you and your brothers. >> well, i told people many times that i think the reason johnny carson was the best late night talk show -- oh, look at those cute little dickens. >> darlings. >> johnny carson was the best late night show host ever because he realized that he was only the star of his show for about the first seven or eight minutes. during his monologue. i tried to realize that too. for the first little while we get out there -- there's mom and dad, we are the stars of the show. and then we try to make the music the stars of the show instead of just personalities. and we really try to make the audience feel like they're the stars of the show. we bring them in, we talk with them, we chat with them. from stage. we pick on them. and we really try to make them know how much we appreciate the fact that they pay us to do something that -- >> no it's really --
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>> we'd gladly do it for free. >> it's really great. obviously 60 years fly fast. you guys began singing as youngsters as we showed the pictures there. what do you think the secret of your success has been? >> well, we believe -- we have always thought there was a difference between having a job and having a calling. we're not billy graham. we're not cardinal egann, god rest his soul cardinal dolan, that's not what we do. but having something you get up every morning and saying, i want to make a difference uma, you cannot believe the cards and letters. a little old lady stopped me and said, did you write a song "help me?" and i said yes, i did and she said they played it at my granddaughter's funeral and it helped me get through it. a guy told me he took a pistol back to the gun shop after he heard me sing a song, because he
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was going to blow his brains out. if you can make a little difference in somebody's life i'm grateful to god for that and for you. >> we wish you the best. always wonderful having you on the show. good luck on this new tour because i know lots of fans are going to be coming by and saying hello and saying thank you. >> god bless. good to see you. >> take care. two california 911 call centers are getting their employees moving without ever having them leave their desk. the city of santa clara is adding a treadmill desk to the call center so employees can take turns while answering calls. the treadmill is designed to go only about four miles per hour and does not have an incline so there's no running or jogging allowed. coming up come out of this world pictures from the nasa probe goes where no spacecraft has ever gone before.
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this marks the first visit ever to a dwarf planet. >> quite a journey. that's going to do it from us here in d.c. i'm uma pemmaraju. make it a great day. >> see you next weekend. this week on "the journal editorial report," supporters scramble to defend hillary clinton as questions grow over her private e-mail use. but do democrats have backup plan in case of presidential ambitions implode? plus, benjamin netanyahu makes his case. can congress keep the administration from cutting a bad deal? and the future of obamacare. now in the hands of a sharply divided supreme court. so what's next if the subsidies don't survive? welcome to "the journal editorial report," i'm stuart varney in this week for paul gigot.

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