good morning it is sunday, march 5th it is 11 am in the east it him in the last i am michael still filling in this morning from my friend, ali velshi. donald trump made his grand return to the cpac stage last night to close out this year's conference. predictably he came a speech that depicted america and the bleak's terms possible and prepaid himself as the only person that can save the country. >> this is the final battle. they know it, i know it, you know, it everybody knows! this is it! either they win or we win. if they win, we no longer have a country. in 2016 i declare and i am your voice. today i add, i am your warrior,

i am your justice. for those who have been wronged and betrayed, i am a right to bucshon. miami retribution. >> there is so much about that i don't mess. anyway, trump won the presidential straw poll taken at this year's conference by wide margin. which is not surprising considering most other white house hopeful skipped the event. cpac itself has grown like a modern convention over the years. after all, this was where trump made his first major public appearance after the january six insurrection. many of the speeches this year reflected the extremism of the republican party. get speakers often invoking, so called, woke policies and sowing distrust in the government. >> kamala harris as watch, this woke self loathing has flipped our country. >> now these woke teachers want him to memorize 50 different genders and sexuality's, you've got pronouns, it is too much

for kids to handle. >> there are many agencies in the federal government that have gone woke -- >> the first agency we will shut down and need to shut down in the united states is the u.s. department of education. it has no reason to exist. >> i don't care if it takes every second of our time, every ounce of our energy, we will get this government back on our side or we defund and get rid of abolish the fbi, cdc, atf, doj. every last one of them! if they do not come to heal. all right, folks, buckle up joining me now is terry's mayor of former republican -- senior adviser for the republican project. i love this guy, former republic or congressman joe walsh of illinois. he ran against donald trump for president in 2020. he is the host of the podcast,

white flag with joe walsh. -- it served together in congress back in 2010. we had a lot of fun back in the day. let's take a talk about your turkey ways from cpac this year. each of you, could you articulate for me what the republican, or conservative, agenda is. joe, i will start with you. >> michael, i would tell america to wake up! look, i know the temptation is to laugh at cpac. because of the craziness. the temptation is to dismiss it. doggone, we've done that before and donald trump got elected in 2016 because we didn't take this seriously. donald trump almost got reelected in 2020 because we did not take this seriously. this is not fringe. what we saw at cpac, michael, this is not some loony right-wing far a fringe bunch of characters. this is today's republican

party, period! it is radicalized party, period. the country needs to wake up to that. look, they control the house right now, michael. they are damn close to control in the senate. they have a decent chance to take back the white house. we need to wake up! >> tara your, thoughts real quick? well you know that i see very dark industrial bean and dangerous movement going on here in the republican party. cpac in counseling all of what is wrong with the. why the lincoln project exists. you see what is going on here with donald trump in his speech. he telegraphed all of it. of course, we live rent free in his head because he can't help but lincoln project any opportunity he can it's pretty funny. that is because he knows we are effective. we have a number. we defeated him before and we will defeat him again. this defeat requires the vigilance of the american

people, to joe's point, to pay tension. we cannot treat this as some normal republican candidate. it's not. we've seen it in the past with the 30s and 40s. we have seen the devastating effects of an anti-democratic movement like this. that is what the republican party has become. -- i don't care how many establishment republicans coming to palm beach on the sunday shows and claim that the republican party should move on. the trump's yesteryear were gonna go back to marginal tax rate. that is not who the republican party is. they are living in a fantasy world. they are living with -- us >> i want to pick up on your excellent point about what this isn't. it isn't what a lot of people laugh. you make fun as both of you noticed there is this sense of what it has become and what it is and when it isn't. a lot of wokeness conversations they seem to hang on this as their biggest and most

effective issue. does it work? can you throw samba crt on the wall and throw some transgender film leblanc over on the wall and have it stick with the american people if you are maga republican? >> yes, michael. within the republican party works. look, i come from the base. i come from right wing top. i know firsthand that it works. what are we talking about, michael? we are talking about republican party voters we are primarily talking about middle east and older white folks. nothing resonates more with them than to be like and feel like the victim. donald trump tells them. tucker carlson, sean hannity, they all tell these good folks, they have been doing it for years! i did some of the. you are victims. america has been taken away. it can be 1954 in america, again, if only donald trump or rhonda sanchez becomes president.

michael, it works with republican voters because, again, this is where most republican voters are. i know we focus on some of the crazies. this really is the party today. >> tara, we had donald trump last night speaking about a lot of stuff. he made one notable statement, however, about election security. let's take a quick listen. >> all republican governor should immediately go from paper ballots, one day voting, and voter i.d.. until that day comes, republicans must compete using every lawful means to win. that means swamping the left with mail-in votes, early votes, and election day votes. you have to do it. >> this man spent the last two years damaging the public's trust in early voting. demonizing the whole process. what is this mean? what is he saying here? what do you make of it?

>> so, this is the influence of his new campaign strategists, who are actually experienced republican operatives. saying to him, part of the reasons why you lost and republicans lost in 2020 is because you demonize mail-in balloting, which is important! republicans used to be really good at this. i can remember working on campaigns, he hired a whole team just to focus on absentee balloting and early balloting as that became more popular in various states. it was counterintuitive for trump to go out there and rail against this when it is an important tool when you want to win elections. but people who are running his campaign, let's be clear, they are not the clown show people who are running his campaigns in 2016 in 2020. these are people who actually know what they are doing. we cannot underestimate some of the pivots the trump is making in order to learn the lessons from the mistakes and learn before. i'm sure he's basically saying,

wait? what? his head is on a swivel! i thought you said this was all bad and rigged but now it's what happened all the cyber ninjas stuff? it is gonna be difficult for them to focus on which way trump wants to go. >> it is not random -- to toronto refocus on this and get people back to voting if you discourage a voting base long enough it depresses about -- that is the bottom line, you cannot win elections a few people stay home. >> if you wait a ballot will come to you but not by mail house you're going to get it that is what happened and they stayed home so joe the reality for the gop at this point with someone like donald trump charging the way he is charging you have these other prospects the tim scotts of the world they wide range of conservatives coming from around the country and

participating in this event at cpac. you have this melting pot. the reality of it is, whether straw polls show donald trump winning, or not, trump's influence on this party has not weekend. you've been saying this for the past two weeks as the press has been going gaga over this idea that donald trump is less than he was four years ago. i disagree with that, you disagree with that. tell us why that thinking is misplaced when it comes to donald trump? >> tara is so ray. all of these cowardly republicans republican donors elected officials and a lot of the republican media people they all want trump gone. they do not have the boss to say that publicly that me say for the 1 millionth time the only lane in this party is the trump lane. that may not be donald trump but it will be the trumpiest son of a bitch you can find. that is what this party wants.

michael, the only two republicans who are measuring in the polls right now are trump and desantis. desantis's support is all trump voters who maybe think desantis can win. nikki haley, mike pompeo. mike pence. there is no lane for any of these people right now. this is a trumpist party, period. >> to that point, tara, earlier this morning my former governor and friend, larry hogan, announced he will not -- he will not be running for president in 2024. he had thought about it as a possibility to enter the race as a moderate. to find the mainstream republicanism that once existed. now that he has taken himself out of the equation to joe's point does that -- one lane it's only the trump lane and desantis is riding the

shoulder, you know? he is riding the shoulder. tara what do you make of that decision by hogan? what will it say, potentially, for those who are also thinking about it at the moment, like sununu from new hampshire? in >> to steal the phrase from lisa they're in the reins, bless their hearts. there is no pathway to victory for anyone who does not subscribe, wholeheartedly, to maga. the end. that is where the party is. there is no one that shows an inkling of a chance, even desantis is still losing to trump by donald digits, considerably. it picked back up again. there was a point after the 2022 elections where republicans were upset because a lot of the trump voters lost. it's all his fault. that lasted all of, what? two weeks! trump is taking back up again. he has a solid 40% of the

electorate. no one else comes close. i'm sorry, ron desantis -- who was too scared to go to cpac. who is running around in the donor base because he wants to be accepted so badly by the country club republicans, he does not have it. he has a glass job. he lost a debate to charlie christopher for goodness sakes! they think ron desantis is going to stand on a stage and take on trump? blow for blow? no way! it is all about trump on the time. as long as you try to do trump lie or, nikki haley got booed at cpac! let's be honest here. she is auditioning for, i don't know? vice president. maybe another candidate position. everybody else, it is a vanity candidacy. they are deluding themselves. thinking that this is the republican party of 2000 again because someone like ron desantis has emerged. oh wait, it's him! no, that is jeb bush reincarnated. we saw how jeb bush got destroyed. it is all about donald trump. i applaud larry hogan for

recognizing that this is not a good idea for him. maybe now he can be clear and not worry about getting elected. be completely honest about how he feels about the direction of the party and people like donald trump, without having to worry about equivocating his words anymore. i think that larry hogan is the kind of guy that former republicans like me could see is someone who could possibly bring the party back. unfortunately, even he recognizes that the party that he wants is dead and gone. >> i told you all the buffalo! tara, that is why i stay on the front porch, right? keep the lights on, baby. >> i told everybody it's more like a funeral home now. >> it's still a front porch. >> get off that porch, michael! >> joe walsh, tara mayer thank you both very much. still ahead on velshi, 58 years. peaceful protesters march across the pettus bridge in

alabama and change the course of history and the future of this nation forever. there were two little girls there. so many decades later they are still fighting. they will join me to talk about the fight than and the struggle for equality that continues today. as we await a decision in a federal lawsuit over abortion pills out of texas, abortion rights advocates are warning that this ruling could become the most significant rollback of reproductive rights since roe was overturned last year. like #4 supreme meats. black forest ham and genoa salami. you can't stop that much meat. you can only hope to contain it - in freshly baked bread. try subway's tastiest menu upgrade yet. ♪ i like to move it, move it ♪ ♪ you like to... move it ♪ we're reinventing our network. ♪ ♪

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is getting ready to head down to alabama as city prepares to commemorate the 50th anniversary of bloody sunday attack a civil rights protesters. the day was sunday, march 7th 1965. civil rights leaders, including dr. martin luther king junior, and the late congressman, john lewis, met hundreds of demonstrators on a peaceful march across edits bridge, protesting for the right to vote. they were marching from selma to montgomery. as they crossed they were met with violence. white police blasted them with tear gas, attacking them with whips and clubs. that day marked a turning day in the battle for voting rights. those violent images of bloody sunday were seen across the study and helped galvanize public support for the passage of the voting rights act of

1965. as for biden's visit today, this will be his first trip as presidents for selma's annual voting right tribute at 2:30 eastern 3:30 central biden will deliver remarks from the pettus bridge to commemorate bloody sunday and to highlight the continuing fight for equal warning lights. later biden will participate in the annual selma bridge crossing. stick for msnbc throughout the afternoon and we will have live coverage of biden's remark in selma and the bridge crossing as well. before all that, you should join me for a worthwhile conversation with two women who participated in the march on bloody sunday when they were just young girls. that is coming up later in the hour right after the break one judges decision in texas could affect abortion access for the entire nation in for generations to come. i will speak with a obey julien who knows just how crucial this

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times. doctors across the country are preparing for the very real possibility that they may soon be compelled to abandon what they know to be the safest, most effective, treatment for their patients. forced to resort, instead, to a treatment that has shown to be less effective and more painful. that is what is at stake in the ruling we are waiting for a federal judge, in a case that targets the most common method of abortion in the country. the lawsuit, brought by conservative christian legal group aims to undo a decades old approval of an abortion medication called mifepristone. the antiabortion group bringing the lawsuit says the approval for this drug 23 is ago was flawed. to be clear there is no evidence that the fda acted

improperly in approving it. it is one of the most studied drugs in america. it has repeatedly been deemed safe and effective by officials and health officials. safer than viagra, safer than penicillin, and tylenol. interviews together with a second drug for nonsurgical or medication abortions nearly in pregnancy. according to the guttmacher institute, the two-step medication abortion accounts for 54% of all legal boards across the nation. graciously, if the judge in this case order the fda to revoke its approval of mifepristone, the drug would ultimately be pulled from pharmacy shelves everywhere in the country. in case you are wondering, no, it is not an accident that this is playing out in federal court in texas where abortion is already banned anyway. by filing their suit in the northern district of texas antiabortion group behind the case was all but guaranteed to land behind matthew caused

merrick, the trump appointed judge who is now, indeed, considering this case. he has repeatedly, openly, criticized abortion rights. at his confirmation hearing republican senator susan collins said he had shown, quote, alarming violence against lgbtq americans and disregard for supreme court precedents. if cost merrick does rule against the fda the decision will almost certainly be appealed. it is unclear how long it will take to get the drug pulled from the shelves. abortion doctors all across the country are already preparing for many are predicting will be the biggest role back in abortion rights since roe was overturned. they are facing the prospect of telling their patients they cannot give them the high standard of care. they could use one of the remaining abortion drugs themselves, by itself. it has shown to be less effective and it cause more cramping and bleeding then the

two drug regiment they're using now. or they could stop offering medication abortions altogether. joining me now is doctor kristin brandi, chair of the board of physicians for reproductive health as well as an obstetrician, gynecologist, who provides abortion pair in new jersey. doctor, good to have you on. tell me what happens in practical terms if this drug is revoked? are there other options out there, like i said, is just using one or not at all? outlaw mother stopping this medication would mean for countless women across the country. >> thank you so much for having me. if we lose mr. press don't it will be turning back the clock on over 20 years of research and medical evidence and about 5 million people's experience on how to use this medication safely. >> like i mentioned you know exactly what's gonna happen but we suspect that one of the drugs, mifepristone, which is

used in the most common drugs around medication abortion miscarriage management will be pulled off the shelves and no longer be able to be used. while this is really concerning, and we want to let people know that there are alternative regiments. typically we used to medications, mifepristone and -- that it's been shown to be the gold standard in health care in the setting. we can also use the second drug alone, which is also a safe and effective regiment the problem is, as you mentioned, it can have more side effects. really, it is just frustrating that we won't be able to use a medication that we know is incredibly safe and effective. not because of its safety record but, unfortunately, because the politics. >> medication abortions account for about 54% or so at least half of all abortions in the u.s.. and really is the most common method. it is also the most accessible since the pills can be taken at home and at the convenience of

the patient. how did those factors play into how big of a impact this really could have? it is really something that changes the way women view their health care, does it? n view their health care, does it absolutely! you mentioned, over half of abortion care is medication abortion. now about 98% of the patients getting medication abortion by using the drug, this pristine. this is about half 1 million people in here using this medicine. it is really concerning that this medication will no longer be available. we will have to change regiments for half 1 million people across the country. to be clear, unlike the dobbs decision this will impact nations in all states. including those that currently have protections around abortion care. this is really a devastating impact to the health care system if this ruling goes the way we think it will. >> doctor the senior counsel for the antiabortion group that brought this lawsuit has said,

publicly, no amount of scientific that i would convince her that this drug should be on the market. how do you fight against something like that? >> >> it's really challenging. as someone who provides abortion care, it is really disheartening to see all of the language in it. it is really on, frankly it's stigmatizing. i think that language is intentional. people are trying to deem this medication is unsafe. even the conversation we are having is making people worried about using it. what people think a drug will be overturned, or not used by the fda, they think it is because of safety. that is not the case in this ruling. really, that kind of language, that stigmatizing language, is being used to dehumanize and villainize the people that need abortion care and the people who are providing this care to patients. >> as we have seen in other instances. actions like this are

oftentimes talking horses for something else. donnelly, a professor at the university of pittsburgh school law expressed concerns that other stigmatized drugs like prep or gender affirming care could be targeted next. quote, this really does have the potential to disrupt a lot of assumptions that are baked into the drug approval process. as a medical professional and an advocate, do you share that worry? do you see these steps leading to other steps that reach into other areas of health care for individuals out there? >> absolutely. i think we are not talking about this particular part of this ruling enough. this is really setting a dangerous precedent where we no longer trust the science to make decisions on what drugs are available. that could be decided now by judges that have no scientific training this is dangerous not just for cases around abortion care but really any medication.

particularly i worry about care that has been historically stigmatized. things like prep contraception plan b really any contraception within your medicine cabinet could be at risk. >> wow there is a lot there to think about. doctor, we appreciate you coming on and spending some time. dr. kristin brandi really pretheater they cross the bridge and samba as young children children fighting for their future and their rights on that day their lives 50 years later they are still fighting. >> we will work with you every step of the way to help you achieve it. so let us focus on the how. just tell us - what's your why?

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people in more than half the states across the -- country, including in your home state of maryland. families that rely on snap -- those of you at home you may have known this, formerly, as food stamps roughly 30 states across the country will see at least $95 less a month. that really depends on the state. it depends on the family size. depending on either of those factors that could actually be upwards of hundreds of dollars less. the urban institute says these extra allotments have kept 4.2 million people below the poverty line. overeating the u.s. department of agriculture which oversee snap always stresses that this was meant to be temporary benefit. this one into effect during the start of the pandemic to help a family stone crisis. some states opted to end this as early as 2021. now we are obviously talking about the states that chose to extend this program further.

this ended this past week and we could see group say this is coming at a time when inflation is already high higher when it was not just at the start of the pandemic but even higher than this time last year. food banks, pantries, gearing up to see more people coming in in the wake of this. we had a chance to speak with the executive director for philadelphia share food programs. take a listen. phila huge multi billion dollar decision that a lot of people don't realize how much that impacts the wallets a folks at home. really organizations like ours have to pick up a lot of the slack. we have people calling our organization every day looking for more food resources. we have over the course of the past year seen about a 70% increase in need. thinking that we, with these additional snap cuts, probably another, potentially, 20% more in need. >> michael a couple of things

here. there are some states trying to pass legislation to raise the minimum so -- they will not feel much of a difference. total cost in 2021 for the entire food program was 140 billion dollars. in terms of the families he rely on this they food assistant program as a whole 12% of the country -- the majority of them, families with children. michael? >> and be seen most apparent and george county marilyn, thank you so much. as a young child she marched in sonoma and watched as protesters beside her were beaten by troopers. she wrote her own funeral arrangements, fear for for her own life and safety. 50 years after bloody sunday she is still fighting i will speak to her in another young summiteer coming up. eer coming up. and we'll come to you with a replacement you can trust. >> man: looks great.

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everything under control. at least that is the hope in some -- 1965 in southern alabama that was not even close to the case of two young girls. sunday, march 7th of that year eight year old shyann webbed there in the center of this photo, 11 year old joanne bland, the taliban towards the right, went out to march with 600 others in a civil rights demonstration which was ultimately met by violence. in what would become known as bloody sunday. that event shock the national congress and helped lead the nation to the passage of the voting rights act of 1965. on the morning of the play in march, eight-year-old cheyenne left a short note to her parents. she was sorry for disobeying them but she had to go that day. she recalls writing, quote, i am marching for my freedom. unbeknownst to her mom and dad, cheyenne had been in fact

sneaking into the house for the two month. spending hours at a local church to hear local civil rights leaders, including dr. martin luther king, to hear the african struggle for freedom. when she showed up on sunday -- she was tried to discourage her marching but she would have none of it. as the youngest participant that day she became known as dr. king's youngest freedom fighter. that same morning 11 year old joanne also headed to the much with big sister linda. as demonstrators became their march towards nearby pettus bridge. the two little girls followed long even as angry white local spat at them. up ahead they could see officers on horseback. dogs with tear gas gathered before them waiting at the bridge with batons for marchers to catch up. call in the moment -- calling the moment the violence began to unfold. cheyenne says, quote, the dogs began to push their way into the crowd as if we were human beings.

meanwhile, when remembers resting. that day, she said that she had been arrested close to a dozen times in total before that fateful day. the course of american history underwent a major shift that afternoon. one felt by americans across the nation as footage of the brutal attack was broadcast on national television. cheyenne and joanna just to of a handful of people alive today who were directly involved in that historic march. they would go on to participate in several more marches into become civil right -- cheyenne kreitzberg and jon bland join me now as their hometown selma, alabama prepares to commemorate 50 years since that brutal attack on bloody sunday. cheyenne has key production and author of the book, some lord selma.

girlhood memories of the civil rights days. joanne is cofounder of the -- voting rights museum and the tour director for journeys for the soul. welcome to you both. and looking forward to this conversation. cheyenne, what compelled you, at that young age? what did you sense, and no, about that moment in time? that got you that involved? that made you, that compelled you to go and risk being a part of that march. as the adults around you told you, don't go. don't do this. yeah you saw the moment and leaned into it. >> well, certainly. first and foremost, after having met dr. martin thinking junior for the first time, he struck a chord with me. he became very special to me based upon the conversations and the teaching that was given to me.

as he had come to sow mom with his entourage to have a strategy meeting. since that time of having met dr. martin luther king, he raise my consciousness in a very, very, unique way. i just became his obedient chi-town. his parent by my parents could not do anything. just could not do anything with me! i remember going home after meeting dr. king on that particular day. i told my parents i had met him. my dad said to me, you just better stay far away from that mess. i don't quite understand that. and that little girl i hadn't met this special man! i didn't understand it. >> it is interesting, joanne. cheyenne raises an interesting point. a lot of folks said, don't go! don't push it! don't get involved. right? you went to the march with your sister. what compelled you in her to

get outside of those restrictions and be a part of the movement? >> mike of the was really our impetus. my mom died when i was three years old. grandmother came to live with us to help raise us. grandmother had lived in detroit. she had freedoms that we didn't have in the segregated south. she said we should speak up. then they introduce her to -- and we became involved. i didn't stand at that time the relationship between voting, how it would affect my life i want to to sit at a lunch counter here my grandmother said i couldn't and said when we get a freedom then we consider that counter-. i became a freedom flatter when i was eight years old. in fact i was the first time i was arrested, eight years old. along with my grandmother and

her friends. >> that's just an amazing story. cheyenne, i am really curious, what is your thinking? what is your state of mind when you've got back home that afternoon after the attack? and, how did your parents respond? >> after having experienced the most traumatic experience of my life being the youngest participant on that bloody sunday march, it was a traumatic experience. very devastating being, in particular being a child it was devastating for the adults. the courageous foot shoulders and the freedom fighters. definitely it was very devastating for me. i remember running home trying to make my way home that day from that experience. the late hose out williams pick-me-up. my eyes were burning from the tear gas. by little feet were still galloping in his arms.

i said to him in much how they should voice, put me down. you are not running fast enough. i dig home. both my parents were standing in the door. but dad had his shotgun they were waiting for the child to come home i ran up the stairs to my room. they came behind to come for me. that is when i really understood and reflected on that freedom song that we so often used to thing mast meanings. oh freedom. oh freedom over me. before obviously i'll be buried in my grave and go home to my lord and be free. that is when i started writing my funeral arrangements in my own child's way. >> put me down. you are not running fast enough. events like the shape people.

how have you've been shaped, and moved after that moment in time? to be and do what you do today? >> in awe -- one of the things that was not done for us this was the traumatic experience, as shyann said. no one came to talk to us. no counselors no psychiatrists, live just went on. as if it was just another day. we did internalize a lot. we internalize a lot and all of it wasn't good. i think the best thing i got out of that was, i have been an activist all my life. my childhood shaped me -- in what i'm doing here today in selma and the vibe about. i think that is the greatest

gift anyone can have. i am just simply me. talking about this history, telling my experience, that has been like therapy. very therapeutic. it is like a cleansing. you don't realize how much this affected you. live just went on. it just went on. no one came to try to get it back to a good place. we just moved with the level of parents and my grandparents in my case. hundred we have been, what we would have done. what type of people we would be today. they taught us that you did not fight hate with hate. we were gods children. we would one day reap the benefits of the rights of the

united states. i've been fighting every sense. and it never stops. >> you both saw this unfold through the eyes of a child, of young children. what would you say, wendy, to the young kids today? shyann, rather. what would you say to the young kids today about this moment? they see voting rights being pulled back, and stripped, in their neighborhoods and in their communities. >> one of the things that has driven me on the path and which i share a great passion for today's being a youth advocate. not only do i often interact with young people across the country, it gives me the opportunity to inspire and to motivate and let them know that they are the voices of change.

they are our voices of hope and our instruments of peace and progress. i often tell them, i often conveyed to them, the importance of being a part of the process. letting them know they are not too young. if you want to speak change you have to be part of change. here we are today remembering, reflecting and lee committing ourselves on the voting rights. we must continue to instill the hopes and dreams -- we must not allow young people to forget that. their history and the shoulders on which they're standing on. we continue to not only tell our stories, but to invite young people to be a part of this process. >> thank, you shyann weisberg, joanne bland. very much appreciated. that does it for me, thank you for watching velshi.