hello. i'm eric shawn. welcome to america's news headquarters. top p topping the news, 50 years ago a day in selma forever altered the face of civil rights an democracy in america. and honoring the life of a brave young america woman who died in the hands of the radical terrorists of isis. hundreds gathering to remember her and others in they'd. and a stunning admission in

court by the boston bombing suspect. why hold the trial at all? our legal panel will weigh in. first we begin in selma, alabama. a poignant and historical remembrance, tens of thousands gathered today to honor a turning point in the american civil rights movement. president obama traveling to selma to speak at that commemoration and recreate that same walk across that small but now iconic bridge, the short walk taken 50 years ago today that ended back then with protesters tear gassed and clubbed by the alabama state police. those demonstrations organized by dr. martin luther king jr. in the struggle for full voting fights for african-american citizens, a day that later became known as bloody sunday. >> 50 years later, to think from where we've come to where we've gone, to think that we have the opportunity to see the first

black president. it almost brings tearing to my eyes. it's a great day. what would martin say if he were here today. >> that sunday five decades ago, what began as a peaceful march across across the bridge on the road to montgomery, but turned violent when alabama state troopers as you can see there attacked. it was an iconic moment in the fight for american democracy. >> the single most powerful word in our democracy is the word "we." we the people. we shall overcome. yes yes, we can. that word is owned by no one. it belongs to every. >> an as youd as you can see, an me emotional ceremony. hi, jonathan. >> reporter: hello again. today president obama praised

those who marched across this very bridge back in 1965, many of them suffering beatings and risking their lives in the name of civil rights. listen. >> the idea held by generations of citizens who believe that america is a constant work in progress, who believe that loving this country requires more than singing its praises. it requires the occasional disruption, the willingness to speak out for what is right, to sheikh up the status quo. that's america. >> in a speech president obama also honored georgia congressman john lewis who has a young man suffered serious beatings while walking across this bridge in the march that became known as bloody sunday. he acknowledged the progress that has been made including the fact that 50 years after he was beaten on this bridge, he was standing at the foot of the same bridge with america's first

african-american president. >> and we must use this moment to recommit ourselves to do all we can to finish the work there is still work left to be done. yet out there and push and pull until rhee we redeem the soul of america. >> and president obama concluded his visit by walking across the bridge. earlier today during his flight to alabama he signed a bill awarding the congressional gold medal to the civil rights demonstrators who marched across this bridge 50 years ago today. eric. >> jonathan thank you so much. we'll have a lot more on the meaning of this day and the legacy of what happened there 50 years ago a little later on in our newscast. and then there is this. a police shooting of an african-american man in madison wisconsin sparking protests.

>> black lives matter! >> demonstrators at the scene chanting black lives matter. police say the 19-year-old was shot dead last night during a confrontation with an officer. the teen's family saying the victim tony robinson jr. was unarmed. his mother also had this to say. >> my son has never been a violent person. never. and to die in such a violent violent way is -- baffles me. my son is now another statistic of the things that are happening all over the united states. another black kid shot by the police for no reason. this has got to stop. >> today wisconsin's attorney general promised a thorough and transparent investigation in to the shooting. >> it was a somber dwaay in prescott, arizona where a

service was held for kayla mueller. she went to syria to help the people there and instead she was killed last month where she was being held by the terrorists of isis. the details from our west coast newsroom p. >> we don't know exactly how kayla mueller die, but today her friends and family took the time to remember exactly how she lived. she was an international aide worker who went all around the globe including darfur, israel, france and wound up in isaiah and kidnapped in aufg 2013. today friends herremembered her as the ultimate good samaritan. senator mccain called her an extraordinary young woman and powerful example to follow. listen to mccain on the senate floor back in february. >> kayla explained to her family her call to service this way.

she said i find god in the suffering, eyes reflected in mine. if this is how you are revealed to me, this is how i will forever seek you. >> mueller wound up in syria with her syrian boyfriend. he was released by isis after they were both kidnapped together while she remained in captivity. authorities confirmed her death on february 10th of this year. isis claimed that she died in a jor dane yap air strike, but the united states has never confirmed that. before she died her cell mates actually were released and smuggled a letter to her parents and it says this is from kayla, it says i pray each day that if nothing else, you have felt a certain closeness and sun remember deny to god, as well and have formed a bond of love and support amongst one another. she went on to say that even in prison, one can be free. you could really tell when you read that letter that she was a woman of strong faith.

>> a brave young american. may we always remember her. thank you so much. senator bob menendez pushing back against allegations of corruption. the new jersey senator -- new jersey democrat saying he quote, is not going anywhere despite news of potential federal criminal charges over his relationship with a wealthy donor. made mendez by the way is one of congress' most outspoken critics of the iranian nuclear talks. rich edson is following the story. >> well sources say the department of justice is seeking criminal charges against senator menendez as a federal grand jury is investigating him for allegedly accepting gifts and using his office to help a wealthy friend in exchange. investigators are focused on menendez's relationship with a doctor and accepted gifts including flights on a private jets. they claim they are just very good friends. >> anyone who knows us knows

that he and his family and me and my family have been real friends for more than two decades. we celebrated holidays together we have been there for family weddings, and sad times like funerals, and have given each other birthday holiday and wedding presents just as friends do. >> the court documents say menedez helped melvin's businesses in a billing dispute with the federal government and pervaded customs and border patrol officials to decide against to did he nature screening equipment and instead allow the private contractor to provide that equipment. one former justice official says it's up to the government to prove how this will case stands out. >> the real question is what is different here. lots of senators fly lots of places for lots of reasons. they do nafrsfavors all the time. so what make this is case any different from a typical case.

>> menendez claims he's active within the boundaries of the law and refuses to answer additional questions citing the ongoing investigation. back to you. >> rich thank you very much. from america's election headquarters, eye came caucuses are still about ten months away, but jockeying has already started in des moines. republicans looking to break out of pack of the possible 2016 contenders for the white house. it was iowa's first ever agriculture summit and focused on farm issue always important to iowa voters. and of course a chance for p republicans to get their message out. but you know they ended up talking about a lot more than corn and ethanol. in des moines mike emanuel has been reporting on this all day in front of that tractor. hey, mike. >> reporter: well, hi. yeah, only march 2015 and yet a number of gop vips were here trying to make a good early impression with iowa voters. jeb bush, chris christie, ted cruz mike huckabee rick perry

rick santorum and scott walker among those speaking at the first iowa ag summit. walker the early favorite and well-known as neighboring governor. >> when you talk about immigration, you have to talk first and foremost about securing the are border. although i think it's a national security issue. i'm not a supporter of amnesty. i respect views on that but i'm not a sirpt ofupporter of amnesty. >> jeb bush trying to show voters he is a true conservative. bush also spoke about fixing our immigration system in a smart way. >> 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 having an expanding pie where opportunities exist for all of us. >> former texas governor rick perry also addressed this hot button issue and suggested an

immigration plan without truly enforcing the border is a mistake. >> we go back to '86 when president reagan signed a piece of legislation and i think it's pretty easily shown where if he had to do it again he wouldn't have signed that piece of legislation. >> reporter: expect plenty more visits from those folks and others over the next 10 or 11 months. as they wait to try and woo iowa voters before the first in the nation iowa cause you cans. >> all right, mike, thanks so much. we'll have a lot more about the iowa summit, who said what and what it all means in just a few moments here. immigration as you heard was a big topic. jeb bush depending his staps fornce for a pathway to lemization. and in sports, orange of syracuse getting the big squeeze from the ncaa. huge penalties and stunning allegations at a college basketball powerhouse.

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twitter today. the same day that boko haram claimed responsibility for a series of suicide bombings in nigeria. those attacked killed more than 50 people and left more than 100 others wounded. sfwla the the ncaa suspending jim boeheim, forcing him to set out nine conference games last year, over a series of team violations including academic misconduct stretching back to 2004. back to iowa now and the possible republican candidates for president. this is all going down in des moines. at the state's first ever agriculture summit. it features topics important to iowa voters and test of political waters for many republicans like jeb bush who during the summit defended his stance on immigration. >> immigrants that are here need to have a path to legalized status. no one i know has a plan to deal with illegal immigrants to say

that they will be rounded up up and taken away. there isn't a specific plan. what we need to do is make sure people pay fines, that they learn english, that they work, that they don't receive government assistance that they earn legalized status over the long haul. >> so who won and who lost? tammy, let me start with you. you just heard jeb bush layout and he'll be laying this defense out over and over again. will it help? >> i don't think so. i mean, he clearly believes in what he's saying and good for him. the problem is, in this particular case, he uses a straw man. there has never been anybody on either side of the aisle who is advocating for the rounding up of people and the expelling of them. we've never really deported people except perhaps some criminals. p so it's very change that he would use that straw man. it also indicates a kind of i

think a desperation in a certain way. but you have to give him credit he believes in it, he will stick with it. it feels like he's running already in the general as opposed to in the primary but that may also show that he's a little bit overconfident. and i think that's a mistake. >> jessica, that's a good point. if it seems like he's running in the general, does that give him a chance to reach out to democrats? >> well certainly i do disagree with tammy in the one sense that there are people who want to just send everybody back to where they came from. so that is a common refrain and actually the one thing that is different is that senator lindsey graham oig who was part of the gang of eight also has a very similar policy to jeb. and i think jeb is polling nationally very well. particularly amongst republicans. and he's doing particularly well in new hampshire. so it will be interesting to see if he sort of keeps going. i think it's great that he's sticking to hisguns, thatflip-flopping.

there could be a chance with nipds that because he has more of a set stance that he's had since he was the governor of florida, that it appeals to more than just the red meat base of the republican party. but as tammy said, he does have a primary that he has to get through and so far it looks like scott walker is really giving him a run for his money. >> scott walker from pretty much a neighboring state. a lot in common with the folks in iowa. what happens at the iowa caucus, won't that be meaningful, can it stick or is it something that they buy and pay for? >> you have a dynamic where iowa is very important for barack obama, that really established him nationally as a serious candidate. but you at the same time, what is important about state like iowa unlike let's say new york or california is this is a test for candidates in a state where people expect to look you in the face and shake your hand, as they certainly did at this summit. and scott walker has the edge that he was at the iowa freedom

summit. he is well ahead of everyone including jeb bush in iowa. and so i think the scott walker is the one to beat here. he's been performing very well. but the difference here is, it's not about speeches. it's about questions and answers. and i think jeb bush has been doing better in that regard than scott walker. but this is good testing. it's good practice for somebody like scott walker. and i think that jeb bush and others are perhaps it is missing him a little bit maybe because they didn't expect him to come up so strongly. but iowa matters clearly. it's important. and this is a good test summit that no democrats who were invited to go by the way went. and i think that's also a sign of america on their part. >> jessica, what does that mean when hillary gets there? we saw what happened last time. >> well i think particularly for this summit they were looking at this as a very one-sided political summit. it was certainly more of a partisan breach there that you

had a group getting together. it will definitely be interesting to see what happens going forward. i think there is also an interesting point take tammy was talking about the important of iowa. hillary has been there many times. a police she's very familiar with. but actually so is jeb and he even mentions that he had been there to 50 counties. so interesting that scott walker despite jeb being familiar there with people in iowa is not performing as well as scott walker is at this time. so definitely more of a difference i think that as tammy said that scott walker is sort of the dark horse in a way for many republicans whereas jeb is much more popular. >> can i just say -- >> last word. >> i think it's a mistake to say this is a partisan dynamic. this is about agriculture, about ethanol subsidies about the midwest. it's about everything that matters. the bread basket of the country. to suggest that the democrats

are dismissing the midwest or the agriculture business and industry and farmers is why democrats will have problems. if they figure that this is something -- >> supporting the farm bill in the house -- 900 ticket event that was very private. >> final word. you know what's going to happen? a lot of corn dogs at the fair. >> but it doesn't have to be partisan unless you an banuyou an ban did not theabandon the environment. now to international news. a massive message against iran and for the rights of muslim where i am. 20,000 people attended the rally. the national council of resistance of iran. the group's leader warned about the west giving up too many

concessions to tehran during the ongoing nuclear talks. among the speakers there rudy giuliani who earlier told us his words over iran's nuclear ambitions. >> ayatollah is a maniac. here is another way to say it. he's insane. he calls from the extermination of the jewish people. he calls america devils. they blow up mock american ships while they're negotiating with us and our secretary of state doesn't walk out. if that were my secretary of state, he'd have been fired. if i were negotiating with a country that was blowing up mock american ships the negotiations would be over. >> iran has denied it wants a nuclear bomb and current nuclear talks do face a deadline 24th of this month for potential interim agreement. and there will be a lot more on the iranian negotiations here on

the fos you news channel tomorrow. tune in as senators ron johnson and bill nelson weigh in on this entitle issue. fox news sunday here tomorrow and on your local fox station. well, a heartbreaking story out of texas. an iraqi immigrant who reportedly came to the u.s. to escape the horrors of isis, gunned down watching his very first snowfall. plus this -- ♪ the same chant 50 years ago today. president obama joining thousands in selma on that iconic bridge. you're looking live at a very important piece of american history. the civil rights movement. voting rights. born there on that bridge over that river five decades ago.

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turnaround for the civil rights movement. there was not just one march as you obviously know. there were three marches. the famous bloody sunday march which had the famous jim clark. it wasn't just alabama state police. he deputized white men who included members of the kkk to take the marchers down. and they used clubs, tear gas, and it was a bloody sunday. the second march -- by the way none of these marchs, smarchs, you didn't have john legend singing glory. there was a powerful message of strength and courage to overcome bigotry. the second march was what we call the turnaround tuesday march. >> and understand you're giving me the chronicle items and events that took place i should say. but what does it mean to you? >> but the history and the

context means everything to me. because when you have martin luther king jr. try to cross the bridge a second time he did so because he didn't have the assurance of federal protection to protect the marchers against southern bigotry. and that's why they did not march across the bridge. you had a very liberal, very good federal judge, frank johnson, these names are meaningful, frank johnson who used to stand up against southern bigotry, he had enjoined the marchers from marching. he wanted to hear more. and not until the decision was that to put federal power behind the marches did they march a third time. but the second night was the most important night because when they turned those marchers away, you had ministers that answer the martin luther king junior ig's call to come to selma including white people and one famous minister who was killed that night who was clubbed over the head.

in those day, you couldn't go to a regular hospital because they couldn't see you if you were black or sympathized with blacks. >> confine the civil rights struggle today. >> it's quite different from the struggle of yesterday. and this is what has to be brought home. because in those days, to work for voting rights, you had literacy tests. my mentor said what was the literacy test i asked him? he said the question was how many bubbles are there in a bar of soap. you couldn't pass the literacy test. you had grandfather clauses. you had property tax requirements to vote. all that stuff has gone away. not just because of the voting rights acts which lyndon baines johnson let us not forget pushed for and argued for and got through the power of persuasion and because he had political strength. let's not forget lbj. but you had a government that put the constitution and federal power on the side of the black

marchers and today things have changed. i don't want to hear the rhetoric that things have not changed, that we're back to selma, that we have a votes rights law that doesn't -- the supreme court has recognized that times have changed. it's no longer the jim crow south. let us recognize and celebrate that victory. let us recognize and celebrate that today blacks whites asians, hispanics can live with equal protection of the law. and with the assurance that you have a federal government and state governments now backing civil rights. >> there is so much more to talk about. >> a lot more. p. >> however i have to leave it there. and i will leave it right at that point where you're celebrating the fact that we are all together in one red white and blue american flag. we'll leave it there. >> a unity of purpose. we're not a united country yet. >> as i say, much more to talk about, but we'll have to leave it there. michael thank you for stopping by. >> thank you.

an ragiraqi man who came to the united states to escape isis tragically shot and killed outside of his home in texas. the 36-year-old was taking pictures police say of his first snowfall. can you believe that? it is so heartbreaking. you never saw snow before so he was taking pictures of it when the gun fire broke out. they say the victim apparently yelled i'm hit. ran to his apartment and died a few hours later at the hospital. council on american islamic relations have become involved to investigate and dallas investigators have this to say. >> he had come to the dallas area from iraq. and he was certainly leaving a country where he didn't have the opportunity and he was looking forward to the opportunities that our country provides. >> we don't have a reason to believe that this was a hate crime motive. however that's not being ruled out at this time. >> dallas authorities are asking

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>> that was new jersey democratic senator bob menendez feeting back ing fighting back. reports say he faces possible federal criminal corruption charges allegedly involving a friend and supporter. the news hit not just three days after benjamin netanyahu's fiery speech before congress about the poll iranian nuclear agreement. made menendez has criticized the bom administration on the iran policy. so what does all this mean? susan estridge is with us. they have been investigating for two years and suddenly it hits -- he's socked by somebody about the potential criminal charge. do you find this suspicious? do you smell something wrong here or maybe not? >> well, look you have to separate a few issues here. an i think you have.

one is the question of is there a valid basis for indicting him. and that's a really complicated question because you get into the whole issue as menendez said himself, he represents his constituents, every day of the week in washington somebody is having coffee with somebody else, asking for help on a bill on capitol hill or whatever. that's kind of business as usual. >> how do you separate that from like house of cards or something even worse? this involves a doctor who is a friend spokesman says they went to funerals together, weddings. and this guy represented some car go screening equipment manufacturing and the senator also took some private plane rides.go screening equipment manufacturing and the senator also took some private plane rides. where is the line between something that is innocent and something that is underhanded? >> there isn't a clear one and that's part of the problem. the law would say did you do x

in exchange for y. was there a quid pro quo. was there an agreement that if i gave you this money, you would do this. that clearly is illegal. but that conversation rarely takes place in public unless you have e-mails or witnesses or others. the defense is always this is a constituent. if the contribution is legal, the fact that i went to bat for him, i'm doing my job. then it goes to the other question you raised, why now. who leaked this. and that one i don't have an answer to. i just don't. it's outrageous. >> someone who also criticizes it on the other side is ted cruz. let's hear what he had to say. >> the timing is curious. the message that will be heard by other democratic senators is criticize this president at your peril. >> criticize this president at your peril. is that fair? >> i don't think that's fair.

look, there is nothing tying the president or his team to this particular investigation. and these leaks can come at every level. it's easy in politics, we always say blame the other side. but who knows where the leak came from. the bottom line is that in an election season you either have the goods in which you should issue the indictment and proceed in the view additional systemu judicial system or you don't. but the worst thing is when you have prosecutors or or other public officials trying and in this cases convicting individuals in the press long before the lawyers begin oral arguments. >> and he hasn't even been charged. we'll see how all of this plays out. susan, good to see you. and of course you can reach susan's syndicated columns in

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boston bombing trial will resume monday giving jurors a break after hearing emotional and sometimes gruesome testimony from survivors. they detailed the minutes before and and gruesome testimony from the survivors. including emotional testimony from an eight-year-old victim's father describing having to leave his dying son so he could help his other children. joka r admighted committing the attack with his brother. here to talk about that crim maldefense attorney and prosecutor and trial attorney. great to have bofth you. robert i will start wuon this one. there will be two phases guilty or not phase and then we know he's guilty.

why do you have to put the jurors through that and the victim's hearing and hard on the victim's and their families, is it to try to get this guy life in prison as opposed to the death penalty. >> it is a brillant extra teggic move bite defense. it is what they are trying to do is establish a rapport with the jury and work in the death penalty phase litigation themes in this point in time. but most importantly is try to create a appellate issues. it is not so much but with the rulings that occur. >> of what? >> if he gets convicted to the death penalty, they will go back to the guilt phase. and the judge made rulings that are ahead it would reverse the

entire trial. >> and put people through the crappie week of horrendous and heart wrenching and hard your ears testimony. why? >> why not appeal the issue right off the bat. every single juror said the defendant is guilty and we'll keep an open mind. right there alone, that's appealable. in the most horrific case. this is a horrific case. >> appeal and why and what is the point? >> you can't have a jury that said they believe he is guilty. >> where will they not find anybody in america. >> they are expected to fjudge's instructions. but the judge is limited the defense in certainiaries and given the prosecution a lot of evidence in the guilt phase of

the trial that typically most defendants will not have to deal w. that is a issue. what you have to understand the death penalty litigation it is about coping him alive for another hour or 2 or 3 hours and if you create appellate issues that tie it up in the courts that is a success and 10 or 20 years it is more of a success. and the defense is doing a great job for reversible down the rod. >> reversal of conviction. look i was a prosecutor and i used to train assistant prosecutor, be careful, they need to watch out and don't fall in the trap of putting victim impact testimony in the case or you will get reversed. >> i don't think it will get reversed. but the defense attorney is not

cross examining witnesses. she is setting up this it case to keep the guy alive and that's what it is all about. to answer your original question. certainly the defense is using guilt or innocence phase to the the death penalty phase and putting in the argument that it was the older brother that forced him to do all of this. and that argument will resonant throughout. it is a horrific case and has to be dealt with. >> if the prosecutors want him to stay in jail and he doesn't deserve to die? >> the prosecutors will go after the death penalty. >> me injecting my own. i am not a victim you can tell. >> a lot of people agree wu. that may be a worse punishment of death. >> there will be an expert it that said a life sentence is

more horrific. >> the more the suspect is humanized, the much harder it is for people to execute him. that is a brilliant move by the defense. >> it is a good move. i am not sure how much he will be humanized but the argument is he may be influenced by the older brfrmth >> sorry, i am emotional and not objective. david and robert thank you. >> arthel thank you. it is a emotional day in selma alabama. two presidents walking across the iconic bridge.

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