introducing the president of the united states on this sunday 58 years after spending on that stage. jesse jackson is also there, reverend al sharpton, along with james clyburn as well. as we remember, john lewis, then a young man going on to become a congressman, a civil rights leader as well. one of the major civil rights leaders of that time, walking across that bridge as well, in which they were confronted by police on the other side of the bridge and beaten brutally. and the events in salma galvanizing the public opinion and mobilize in congress to pass the voting rights act, which president johnson signed into law on august 6th, 1965. let's take a listen, if we can. let's go to simone now, she's

going to pick things up from here. i'll see you next weekend, two to 4 pm eastern on msnbc, thank you for watching. on msn bc, than you for >> and good afternoon, d hello to all of you. i am katie phang, in for simone sanders thompson at this hour, president biden is in selma, alabama. we are looking at live pictures right now, he will be speaking any moment now, marking the anniversary of bloody sunday. a pivotal moment in the civil rights movement that led to landmark voting rights protections. president biden will be calling for expanding voting access. and it has been a busy weekend for republicans, former president trump brings up a mug a coronation speaking to an adoring crowd at cpac, while other gop presidential hopefuls plot their future at a separate meeting. what that all means for 2024. plus, a special simone spotlight.

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remarks. president biden has joined marchers near the infamous edmund pettus bridge in selma, alabama. they are reflecting on the strides that we have made and the battles that we still face, 58 years after peaceful civil rights demonstrators were beaten, and tear gassed by alabama state troopers as the peacefully walked across the bridge. they were marching to protest how black americans were being denied their constitutional right to vote. at least 50 people were seriously injured on that day. 17 of them, hospitalized. but people all over the world saw these violent images, on television, in the days, immediately after that attack. eventually, this day helped bring about changes to our democracy. as i just noted, president biden is expected to speak soon. we are going to bring that to you as soon as it happens. but in the meantime, we are going to be joined now by nbc

news correspondent, antonia hylton. she is live on the ground in selma, i have the pleasure of speaking with antonio this morning. it's so good to see her again. you have been watching all day today. what are you hearing from the people who have gathered for today's event? >> well katie, i think when i spoke to early this morning it was pretty quiet here. people had not quite left church, or woken up yet. but now there is really a flow full blown celebration here of all ages. people have come not just from the surrounding parts here in alabama but from all over the south for this commemoration. they are excited to hear the president speak. they want him to acknowledge two things. they want him to talk about the connection between this present moment and 58 years ago, our history here, and our ancestors fought for here. and when you look at the state of voting rights right now, according to the brennan center, there are over 150 pieces of

legislation moving through different states right now, that could restrict the right to vote. and this community here in selma it was a crucible, it was the beating heart of the fight to earn that right for so many black americans. while there is a celebration particularly of the legacy of former congressman john lewis, who's just 25 years old when he was beaten and bloodied on this bridge behind me here, there is a celebration element to all of this. but there is also a need for the president to remark with the urgency of this moment of what is happening state by state, and the need to not just retrench, and show support for voting rights, but really to show what the administration is going to fight, and potentially talk, as some have mentioned, about trying to bring the voting rights act back to the table in the senate. but then on the other hand, there is a more local, urgent need here right now, as a tornado just six weeks ago came

through and destroyed so many people's homes and businesses here. on the one hand, you have this local challenge of disinvestment of loss and pain and then the national struggle in this community is still a part of. i want you to take a listen to some of the conversations that i had here on the ground. >> it hurts me to my soul to know that in this country, the most free country out of the world. that we are still having issues. >> it's very important for everybody to get out and vote. i don't care from where, get out and vote. >> they have the right to vote, and for them to try to take that right away, we are going to have to start doing the fighting, not physical, but we have to start putting the work in. >> and right now as people wait for the president to speak any

moment, there are all kinds of organizations, church groups, the naacp, sororities, and fraternities are lining up and bringing their kids and grandchildren with them. and after they listened to the presidents words, you are going to see people link arms, hold hands, and march across this bridge in remembrance of what happened here 58 years ago. >> that is nbc's antonia hylton, live in alabama. antonia, again, it is so good to see you, thank you so much. and again, if you are joining us now, we are waiting for president biden to address the crowd. it has converged to commemorate the 50th anniversary of bloody sunday. it occurred back on march 7th of 1965. on the dice, there are certain people who you would recognize like james clyburn, reverend al sharpton, reverend jesse jackson. as you can see from the live coverage you are seeing on your screen right now, president biden is going to the podium

and he is now going to be addressing the crowd and we will take his remarks live, and we will follow president biden now as he speaks to the crowd. >> hey everybody, how are you? i once said have a seat, and the press said they don't have a seat, you must be so stupid you didn't know that. folks look, there is a lot to say, i will try to not see very much in terms of time, but i want to say a few things. it was mentioned that we should be working for the people of africa, the chairman of the african very subcommittee in the united states senate, and we have invested, my wife just got back from zambia, and she is there all the time. we just made sure that we have billions of dollars committed to build africa, and they will have the largest solar

facility. we are investing in africa, because africa is important, and because everything happening there will affect us. so folks, that is number one. number two, i want to make sure that, you know i told the mayor, i think that the mayor is the toughest job in america. but one of the mayors took some time to come and help me put together my program. keisha, would you stand up? [applause] she is understandably going home because she has got some kids, and she promised she would says long as she did, and she did. but we have got another mayor coming as well, thank you very much, keisha. and folks, the last time i was here, my daughter is a social worker, actually biden was with me. she couldn't be here today, she wanted to, but she's working on a project for battered women in philadelphia. so she sends her best. on this stage, the children of

god started a journey. walking, not saying a word, beaten, tear gassed. on this bridge, blood was given to help redeem the soul of america. last time he was here, i was with him, john louis. those were his words. members of congress, all of you here, all the foot soldiers of selma, you are among the final words of my good friend john louis delivered as he stood on the bridge three years ago, i had the privilege of standing with him. words give meaning to the past, and purpose to the future. i have been on this bridge before as vice president, as a candidate for president, i was there before as a senator, because history matters. i am here now as your president,

and the truth matters! i was standing with the other team, they were trying to hide the truth. no matter how hard people try, you can't just choose to learn what you want to know. and not what we should know. we should learn everything! the good, the bad, the truth! who we are as a nation, and everyone should know the truth of selma. 600 believers put faith in action to march across that bridge, named after the grand dragon of the kkk. they're on their way to the state capital, montgomery, to claim their fundamental right to vote. late in the bedrock of our constitution. but stolen by hate, harbored into many hearts. with unflinching courage, footsoldiers would march for

justice through the valley of the shadow of death. and they feared no evil. the forces of hate conspired to demise, they endured, and forced the country to confront the hard truth and to act, to keep the promise of america alive. i was a student in the civil rights movement, i remember feeling how guilty i was. that i was not here. how could we all be up there, and you are going through what you are going through? i can still picture it. the troopers with their buttons, and ones, and whips. [inaudible] two weeks later, they marched to montgomery with dr. king, and an even bigger coalition of people from different races, and faiths. five months later, the voting rights act was signed into law five months later.

as i come here and commemoration, not for show, salma is a reckoning. the right to vote, the right to vote, to have your vote counted, it is the threshold of democracy and liberty. with it, anything is possible. without it, without that right, nothing is possible. and that's fundamental right remains under assault. conservative supreme court has gutted the voting rights act over the years. since the 2020 election, a wave of states, and dozens, dozens of anti voting laws fueled by the big lie and the election deniers now elected to office. the new law, here in alabama, among other things enacted, a new congressional map that discriminated against black voters. by failing to include what

should have been eight new predominantly black district. that case, as you all know better than i in front of the supreme court, and my u.s. department of justice has joined many of you, in arguing with the map, that it violates the voting rights act. all of this after a deadly insurrection on january the 6th, we must remain vigilant. in january, i signed the electoral count reform act to protect the will of the people. and the people, the peaceful transfer of power. we know that we must get the votes in congress to pass the john lewis voting rights investment act. and the freedom to vote act. i made it clear, i will not let a filibuster obstruct the secret right to vote, the right of any other right to vote from there.

that is why you follow the word on the words of dr. king. he said give us a ballot, and we will face judges on the bench who will do justly. led by justice ketanji brown jackson, and more black women in the federal appellate court than any other president in history has done, we are about to do that. after senate republicans blocked the george floyd justice in policing act last year, i did what was in my power, i signed an executive order requiring all of the key elements of the bill applied to federal law enforcement, i couldn't make it to states, banning chokeholds. establishing a database for police misconduct. advancing affective and accountable community policing that builds public trust.

folks, when we passed the most significant gun safety law in 30 years, i'm not ready to stop, nor is anybody else up here ready to stop. when i was a senator, the assault weapons ban, we banned assault weapons, we will ban them again. when we had the ban, fewer people died, if you are my shootings. together we are seeing loud and clearly that in america, hayden extremism will not prevail. although they are rearing their ugly head. silence as the saying goes, silence is complicity. i promise you that my administration will not remain silent. i promise you. the force is about justice, but

it's also about jobs. financial stability. building a generational wealth. it is about hope. self worth, it's about dignity. that is why we are building an economy that has been very significantly criticized, but i mean no apologies. from the bottom up, the middle out, not from the top down. we weren't poor, but we weren't wealthy, we were a typical middle class family. i don't remember anything going down from my dad's kitchen table. because when we do that, we build from the middle out, the bottom up, the poor have a letter up. the middle class does very well and the wealthy do well. we all do well. we know that there is work to do, especially as we cover from this devastating tornado, the storms were hit in january. that is why working with the

mayor, we should make a disaster declaration immediately. committing the federal government to cover 100% of the rule. we're also paying for temporary housing, supporting local businesses, all businesses, as well as doing -- today, we provided $8 million in recovery and we are just getting started. and we are here, and we will be here as long as it takes. for a bill that we passed without a single vote from the other team was the american rescue plan when i was sworn in. that has provided $60 million to selma and dallas county directly. one of the things having been a county official for two years, i learned a long time, -- i'm not joking, good people. if you're supposed to come to my county, you better come to

my county directly, this is going directly to your county, directly to your city, to keep teachers, nurses, police officers, firefighters on the job. selma has also the black infrastructure law, which is a ouellette multibillion dollar commitment to rebuild the country. how could we be the leading economy in the world if we don't have the best roads, and so on? how could we be that? guess what, it is the largest investment in infrastructure since eisenhower. here in selma, we are finding major water projects. we are moving over 800 lead pipe service lines that are over 100 years old, because every child should be able to turn on a faucet and drink clean water without fear of getting sick. we are going to deliver affordable, high-speed internet to every single home in this county, and this city. and no parent, no parent, god

forbid another pandemic, is going to have to sit in the mcdonald's parking lot to use their internet to be able to have their kids homework be done. look, in the process, these kinds of investments are going to create good paying jobs. most of these jobs don't require a college degree. they will be able to hire here, higher in the community. by the way, the unemployment rate for african americans is the second lowest it has ever been in american history under my administration. we will continue to make sure that happens. by the way, i am the only president, i have learned, that had permanent offices for the divine nine. i figured it out, man. i figured it out. now i know that the vice president thinks that howard is the best.

delaware state university, where i come from, we contributed billions of dollars to put hbcus in the position, because they don't have billions of dollars, the kind of trust funds that the other schools have. and we have set an awful lot of qualified african americans from learning how to deal with cybersecurity. learning how to deal with all of the stuff of the future. guess what? right now they have that, and i am able as the president of the united states to record these contracts directly there because they have it. i'm serious, it's a big deal, there is a lot more -- when i passed the inflation reduction act, which again, the other team did not participate in, it allows medicare to negotiate drug prices for the first time. did you realize in america, we

take more for prescription drugs and any nation in the world. you hear me? i've been fighting this for the last 25 years, but guess what? we finally beat big pharma. so now, you have no idea how good i felt about that one because what happened is that now medicare said we will not pay more than $35 instead of -- and guess what that means? not only, not only has it reduced prices for people who need help, but it reduces the federal budget 158 billion dollars. you know that we can walk and chew gum at the same time. in addition to that, we can reduce the cost of insulin on medicare. we have a commitment initially.

the other team voted that down as well. along came, along came the largest maker of insulin in the country. they had seen the lord. they saw the light. here is the deal, i'm not kidding. on the biggest drug makers, they just announced that they are going to cap the cost of all of their insulin, $35. and guess what that means? no other company is going to be able to charge more than that because nobody is going to buy it. for everyone else with diabetes, that is going to help. 500,000 folks in alabama today. they are on this. it will reduce the price from somewhere between four and 600 bucks a month for $35 a month. so let's finish the job. lower the price, including 200,000 children with type one diabetes across this country.

but there is more work to do. we will protect social security and medicare and we will protect, by the way did you see the state of the union address? i said that all you guys are against cutting medicare and social security? yeah. well in my religion we go bless your father, that is a wonderful thing. look, medicaid is critically important to people who are having trouble making it. the affordable care act, we increase the available money by 800 bucks for those folks. we will make sure that we protect those two to make sure they have the care that they need. we need it to work, not just wealth, we used to have about 370 billionaires in america. now we have about 1000. you realize, they pay lower tax rates than your police officers?

they pay lower tax rate and hardworking folks, i think you should be able to make a trillion dollars. just pay your fair share. i mean it. and by the way it, we will also cut the deficit because we have that to pay their fair share. look, with the leadership, we will make sure that working parents in selma, and across the country have a living wage. there should be six days available. paid family medical leave. we are the only country in the nation that doesn't have it. affordable childcare. and elder care it saves money. let's restore the full child tax credit. by the way, that cut it will cut child poverty in half. it will give tens of millions of parents some reading room, including almost 1 million

folks in alabama. my dad is a hardworking guy, a decent man. he never got a college degree, he never got through college. you know what he used to say? i'm sorry a always quote my dad but it's worth saying. he said joey, remember, a job is about a lot more than a paycheck. it is about your decency. it is about respect. it is about being able to look your kid and i am saying it is going to be okay. so easy to make that happen without any fundamental changes. but there are not letting that up tonight. this is my secretary of housing and urban affairs. she's leading the way on the housing and affordable quality of housing. my message to you is this, we

see, we are fighting to make sure that no one is left behind. this is a time of choosing and we need everybody engaged. we know history does not look kindly on those who deny the march across the bridge to redeem the soul of america. in many of you, faith traditions, sunday is the sabbath. the day of rest. on that sunday morning, on march 7th, 1965, many of the fellow children of god chose different views. on this bridge of her beloved salma, they were called to the alter of democracy. unsure of their faith, but certain of the cause being righteous. so she would go on to say, quote, you can never know where you are going unless you know or you have been. we know where we have been. my fellow americans, on this

sunday of our time, we know where we have been and we know more importantly where we have to go. forward, together. so let's pray, but let's not rest. let's keep marching, we will keep the faith. but most of all, let's remember who we are. we are the united states of america and there is nothing beyond our capacity when we act together. so let's go and finish the job. god bless you all and may god bless our troops. >> we have been listening to president biden speaking in selma, alabama. he is there to commemorate the 50th anniversary of bloody sunday. if you are following his address, he was talking about moving forward together, talking about progress. some really noteworthy things he said in the speech today. he said history matters, the truth matters, everyone should know the truth of selma, and he talked about the right to vote

and to have that vote counted and that is a threshold of democracy and liberty. without that right, nothing is possible. for more on this right now, i would like to bring in robert kelly, a professor, and the ceo and president -- and national -- of the black women's roundtable. i want to thank both of you for your patience, but also you are able to catch president biden's speech. i want to go to you first, i want to get your reaction to what we just heard from the president in selma. >> thank you so very much, it is very odd for me not to be on the ground in selma, but due to family i had to be home. to me, it sounded like he laid out his next presidential election agenda. with going to selma, as he talked about it being the anchor for democracy, and the truth about what that history represents, and the fact that if you don't learn from your history, he talked about it,

and laid out that he had things he had accomplished, but understanding there's more work to be done. all of the things he talked about, we cannot move forward for the long term without the voting rights act being reformed. so i am glad to hear him talk about the john louis bill of the freedom act and also lifting up some of those key things that he has not accomplished. maybe through executive order, he made ground, but not from it being permanent and their. things like the george floyd justice and policing act and things like that. i think that is really, really critical. i think that it sounded like this was his agenda for 2024. >> yes robin, i would agree. it was a very presidential speech. but robin, you are a professor of history at ucla. one thing that stood out to me was not president biden said that we should know the history of the good and the bad.

what is the important of biden delivering the speech at selma after 58 years on the anniversary of bloody sunday? >> i agree with the president that history matters and because of that, we actually have to be clear about what the catalyst was for this march on march 7th. it wasn't exactly -- voting rights were important, but we have to remember that it was because of jackson who had been told by the alabama state troopers when he was involved in a vigil, again, for voting rights, he's a 26-year-old veteran of the army, he was defending his mother who was being beaten by the police as they were involved with this. he was killed on february 18th, he died eight days later. the idea was to march to

montgomery because he came up with the idea of marching to montgomery with jackson's body, and presenting that body to the mayor -- to the governor of alabama. so we have got to remember that violence, the catalyst for the march, and still with us, and it is a result of the third march because the second one was also kind of aborted but the third march where the issue of voting rights became essential, the other thing i have to add is that we sometimes think that the march was the beginning of the struggle. everyone knows, i mean, organizing goes back to the 1960s and before that. we have to remember that there is a lot of work being done in selma long before they showed up in january in 1965.

>> robin kelly, and melanie campbell, i apologize that i don't have more time with you today. but because of live tv, and president biden's speech, we obviously don't have it. i really appreciate your patience for doing this today, thank you so much. and when we come back, the splintered republican party was on full display this weekend at cpac and the club for growth. we will break down the big takeaways coming up next. coming up next (vo) the fully electric audi e-tron family is here. with models that fit any lifestyle. and innovative ways to make your e-tron your own. through elegant design and progressive technology. all the exhilaration, none of the compromise. the audi e-tron family. progress that moves you. >> the far left, the

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uncles facebook comments section. those were headliners at one of our most prominent republican political gatherings. conservative voters from around the country were in maryland for the 2023 conservative political action conference, or cpac, as it is known. there is speeches from republican members of congress and right wing media figures, but one name stood out like a giant black sharpie marker, former president, donald trump. >> and 2016 i declared that i am your voice, today i am your warrior, i am your justice, and for those who have been wronged, and betrayed, i am your retribution. i am your retribution. >> after that rambling speech, amid a sea of elephants on t-shirts, coffee mugs, and baseball caps, trump addressed the one big elephant in the room. the looming showdown between him and florida republican governor ron desantis.

desantis is expected to announce his presidential run later this year. here is what trump told nbc's vaughn billiard about the governor's potential campaign and whether he would consider the gop golden boy as a future running mate. >> i've always had a great relationship with ron. i was the one who made it possible for him to win. he was at a very low number, and after i endorsed him, he went up. he asked me to do that, i had a good relationship with him. but it is much too early to talk about. >> why should you be the presidential candidate? >> he can be, if he wants to be. >> so what can a four-day conference tell us about the future of the republican party? in my opinion, that remains very dark. my political panel joins me now to discuss. cocaine is a democratic strategist and serious xm radio host. and senior adviser with republican women over progress. i want to welcome both of you to the show. i would like to start with you, trump is not known for his diplomacy, especially when it

comes to potential or perceived rivals. were you surprised by his comments on ron desantis? he notably didn't call him run dissent ammonium. >>,. one thing, desantis is trump junior, he is trump like, so to speak. he's very much trump's protegee. so that is the distinction i think the former president was trying to make about desantis. the reality is this, you take on desantis out of florida, and he is still doing well. there are a bunch of naysayers that say that governor desantis of florida would not play outside, and he would not win the general. i say that it is to expect the unexpected. he has been to chicago, where he met with law enforcement. the gop right now in its current form is banking on these culture wars. they are banking on a shift in culture for it to allow them to get in there and talk about defunding the police, and transgender rights, and being against the department of

education, and how teacher unions are horrible. they are feeding into every way they can and they are seeing desantis go hard right to test the waters, but also to show that he is a younger, more vibrant, better spoken trump. >> you know, trump also said that he would continue to run for office, even if he is indicted in one of the multiple investigations that are peddling him at the moment. what would that even look like, to have an indicted presidential candidate running for office? >> i have to say quickly, i don't see any maturity from trump, this is a man who talked about retribution. what that would look like, this is a man who is on a mission. he is on a mission no matter what, even with indictments, that would be unprecedented. he doesn't care, his entire campaign, his entire presidency, it has been an i don't care presidency. also, i want to say look at the gop and its current form, using identity politics. they've been doing this for decades. you think about richard nixon and the war on drugs, ronald reagan, the welfare narrative, bush and the billy horton ad.

let's not forget george w. bush waging a war on same sex marriage in the early 2000s. this has been their playbook for a long time. trump is the hate that republicans created, and they have to really examine why this is the man who currently is the leader of their party. >> you know, it was a love fest for donald trump and cpac, and going on at the same time of cpac there was the club for growth retreat. that was also underway, where we saw current and potential candidates making appearances, like nikki haley, mike pompeo, and of course, ron desantis. do these appearances show that cpac has a diminished relevance, or are these potential candidates just too scared to confront trump directly on his home turf? >> he certainly the former, cpac has absolutely lost its status as the glitzy place to be seen, particularly with the allegations against matt schlapp of the -- cpac was going far south for

many years. i used to attend two decades ago where it felt somewhat normal. but i could see it, the extremist voices were getting louder, and looking at it right now, i think that the cpac -- in particular is irrelevant, some top is being made about, it i think it is much to do about nothing because it is purely -- cpac is purely the cult of trump right now. so a stronghold is pretty much unfair. but then you look at growth, and any member on capitol hill will tell you that they are still the coveted endorsement for conservatives, that is a place that you want to get your support. no i am not surprised at desantis is there, he went there, and tried to get the support because it's super important. if you are a fiscal conservative, you are with the clever. gross of that is an absolute must for anyone else who wants to be in the ring. st f or anyone else who wants i have got literally with 30 seconds, i want to ask one final question. does it make sense to continue to talk about donald trump, in the way that we are? with some of this breathing

space in the oxygen seem to give him, or is it better to cut off the oxygen with donald trump? >> i think it's a balance. i don't think we can ignore him, and i've got to push back one more time, as far as cpac being the cult of trump. i'm sorry, the republican party is the cult of trump. it's the republican party internally, there is a thin line. so i've got to push back on that. >> clay and reena, you guys are great. thank you so much for joining us today. i really appreciate it. >> thank you. >> sure. and right now, viewers, you are looking at the bridge in selma, alabama. president biden has -- he will soon join civil rights activists and lawmakers and which crossed that bridge to mark the anniversary of bloody sunday. reverend al sharpton will be crossing the bridge along with president biden. watch reverend al and politicsnation live from selma, starting today at 5 pm eastern. and your host in my good friend simone wasn't able to be here today. but she definitely wanted to

share a few words about the anniversary of bloody sunday. take a look. >> it wanted to take a moment to recognize the brave men and women who endured pain and punishment all in the name of freedom. on march 7th, 1960, five day we now know as bloody sunday. on that day 58 years ago, in selma, alabama, state and local police used clubs, whips, and tear gas to 600 civil rights activists, including the late johnbefore je reared member of congress from georgia, he was the leader of the student nonviolent coordinating committee. he led the march, along the late reverend, jose williams, from the southern leadership conference. men, women, and children have planned to march 54 miles from selma to the state capital of montgomery, alabama. they are marching to protest the denial of lighting rights for african americans, and the murder of jimmy lee jackson,

who had been fatally shot during an earlier peaceful protest. instead, they were brutally assaulted after crossing the bridge. the attack was televised, and those unforgettable images sparked change across our nation. millions of americans finally saw and could no longer ignore the violence and injustice that many black americans knew all too well. more and more people joined this freedom movement, and they marched later on march 21st, 1965. this time, with 25,000 people under the protection of the national guard. and they made it to the steps of the capital of montgomery, alabama. this act of trouble mobilized congress to pass the voting rights act. which president johnson signed into law on august 6th, 1965. we remember the heroes that led this fight and honor those who are keeping in the fight for civil rights alive.

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dictionary, it means the state of being popular for a period of time. but i know it is the name of a trio of superstars whose vocal range will never go out of style. simone sanders recently sat down with the legendary r&b group, in vogue, and talk about what is next for them. take a listen. >> hold on to your love. i am no songstress, y'all, but it was these lyrics that helped catapult the legendary r&b

group, in vogue, to international superstardom 33 years ago. since their platinum hit burst onto the scene, these funky divas have sold more than 20 million albums and their work has been streamed on youtube more than 26 million time. three decades later, they are not even close to stopping. and today, we are giving these dynamic women their flowers. terry alice, and -- the superstars of invoke or here. welcome to you all. thank you for being here. you know, first off, your membership has changed over the years. but your concept and your core has stayed the same. so describe the core a little bit. how have you managed to keep it consistent all these years? >> thank you. the core is our music. and the other foundation is just our love and passion for what we do. we still continue to have a

great love for what we do, and also a big part of that equation is the fan base has continued to support us over these many years. and they continue to ask for new music and come out to our shows. and so it is really great for us. this is a very short-lived business, show business. and that we've lasted this long is the biggest blessing for us. >> it's the longevity for me. the longevity, y'all look good, you sound good. and the music carries weight. you famously released the anti prejudice song, for your mind. i'm not going to sing that one, i do not have the range. but that was more than 30 years ago. and you brought down the house by closing the billboard music awards without anthem. that happened just months after the murder of george floyd. this was in the midst of the protests happening across the country. how did that context influence

the performance you did that night? >> i think is artists, when we write our songs, especially for us, the message is always been important. and unfortunately, things that we are going through, today the prejudices that we are going through today, we are going through back then. and even further back. and we wrote about our personal experiences, and each girl wrote her own averse, you know? so when we perform, we go back to that moment in time. and what the message is for the music, the lyrical content. and what it means, and what it meant for us, having those experiences. when we were writing the song. >> me and someone once said, it's an artist duty to reflect the times. and i just think about what you just said, terry. the time, it has changed. with so much is not. >> right. exactly. there is always prejudice, it hasn't changed, it just evolved. and it has just evolved, we are here in washington d.c. right

now. you all are in d.c. for howard university's charter day gala. people are going to get something very amazing today, i am going to -- and we are just two miles away from the national museum of african american history and culture. the museum, as we like to say. and your iconic gowns from the giving him something weekend are on display there. when you were first recording born to sing in 1990, did you imagine at the time what an influence in vogue would have on not just aspects of black culture, but women? the culture, music across the board. >> no. we didn't. we had no idea, we were living in the moment. pursuing our dreams and never in 1 million years did we think our dresses would become so iconic, and in such an important historical museum. >> it's just absolutely

amazing. we are having this conversation in the midst of women's history month, on the heels of black history month. i like to say black history is three 65, every day of the year. just what is -- do you ever think about the impact that you all continue to have, every single day? and what your hope is for the future. >> i think cindy pretty much encapsulated earlier. i think we have an immense amount of gratitude for the opportunity to do what we love, and to continue sharing this level of high vibration everywhere we go. hopefully someone is inspired by the trails we are leaving behind. i agree with you, black history is american history, and hopefully we are going to make some kind of beautiful mark in it. >> i love this. yes, it is. before we go, what's next? y'all are still working. there is still more marks to be left, more gyms to be dropped.

can we expect some new music? >> yes. >> oh, when? when? 2023? >> we are creeping up on it. we've been in the lab, we've been cooking a little bit. and we're also going on tour this year. so we are staying creative. >> okay, all right. staying creative. all right, folks, stay tuned. you heard it here first. thank you very, very much. i will see y'all soon. >> hold up, new music in the summer to or from en vogue? i can't wait. thanks, simone. for that discussion. and thanks to all of you for watching symone on this sunday afternoon. i am katie phang. you can watch anytime over on peacock. and also catch me on the katie phang show, we can warnings on 80 am eastern. stay with msnbc for coverage of the march over the bridge in

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