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>> stay with me athena.ng to continue to look at these live images as they gather there on the edmund pettus bridge. professor, are you with me? >> can you hear me? >> i can hear you now. what stands out to you about what he said? >> i think most important is the vote that the civil rights struggle is part of the american tradition. this is a theme that dates back to the 1960s and it's a very important one. but at the same time he pointed to the problems we had not just with ferguson but also that the legislation that came out of selma has been severely weakened as a result of a supreme court decision and this is one of the big questions that he put on the table, will congress step up and restore the strength of the legislation that all the marchers fought for on bloody sunday. >> and what also stood out to me is that he said in these remarks back in 1965 that it was republicans and democrats working together to pass the voting rights act and he pointed to the need for more of that in washington today. >> ly

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how did he describe those events athena? >> good morning, joe. i sat down with congressman lewis who talked to me about the shocking violence and the brutality he witnessed on this bridge 50 years ago today and also talked about the legacy of that historic march. >> the bridge of selma is almost a holy place. it is a place where people gave a little blood to redeem the soul of america. in this city people clearly registered to vote simply because of the color of their skin. we had to change that. >> reporter: john lewis was 25 years old. >> i can never forget what it felt like to be on this bridge on bloody sunday. we came to the highest point down below. we saw a sea of blue, alabama state troopers and behind the state troopers we saw men on horseback. so we got within hearing distance of the state troopers. >> disperse go home or go to your church. >> troopers advance. i thought over and over again, they're going to arrest us. they came toward us. beating us with night sticks. trammelling us with their horses. i went down on my knees. my legs w

and he took cnn's athena jones with him. >> the bridge of selma is almost a holy place.is a place where people gave a little blood to redeem the soul of america. and this city people couldn't register to vote because of the color of their skin. so we had to change that. >> reporter: john lewis, who has spent almost three decades in congress was just 25 years old. >> i can never forget what it felt like to be on this bridge on bloody sunday. we came to the highest point. down below we saw a sea of blue alabama state troopers. and behind the state troopers we saw men on horseback. so we got within hearing distance of the state troopers. >> you're ordered to disperse. go home or go to your church. >> and they said toopers advance. i thought over and over they're going to arrest us. they came toward us beating us with night sticks. trampling us with horses. i went down on my knees. my legs were knocked from under me. i thought i was going to die. >> reporter: he was carried back to the church where the march had begun. it was there, he issued a challenge to president lyndon

athena jones shows us that historic place. >> if these walls could talk they would tell a story of alma that has tried to give and contribute. they would also tell a story of a movement. >> reporter: on this street in selma, alabama, sits a house where time has stood still. >> this is the bedroom in which dr. king would entertain all of the phone calls that would come into this home from president johnson in the white house. this is the actual phone that he would use to take the calls. >> reporter: did you ever hear his end of the conversation? >> i could hear a voice. i couldn't understand. i would hear the tones and inton intinations of what i now know to be very serious homes. >> reporter: this home were depicted in the oscar nominated movie, "selma.." >> i was five years old. i remember the stories he use today read to me. >> reporter: tell me about this room. >> this is the exact room where dr. king who was still living in the home was sitting the night that president johnson gave his famous we shall overcome speech. this is the actual chair. this is the television. all of the f

athena was there. who voted for her. she's widely well regarded. who is no fan of president obama as you know accused obama of not loving his country came out and said today that loretta lynch is not only an acceptable appointment but i find her to be an extraordinary appointment. if they get this to the floor i think the odds are it would be close, right, that she would be confirmed. >> she would be confirmed but rudy giuliani and others want the senate to have a big vote confirming her. that doesn't look likely. she's not even scheduled for a vote. >> a lot of republicans say they'll vote against her because she supported president obama's unilateral executive actions on immigration reform. >> it's shocking that somebody who was nominated by the president of the united states would actually support the president. what did they expect she was going to do? go before the senate judiciary committee and say actually i think what the president did was illegal? i doubt it. they had to know that was what she was going to say. i think this parliamentary m

athena athena. >> reporter: it's getting more heated by the day. previous attorney generals combined. it's the longest delay, i should say, in three decades. now the number two senate democrat dick durbin has said republicans are asking lynch to sit in the back of the bus when it comes to the senate calendar. republican senator john mccain was furious about those comments calling them inflammatory and demanding an apology, which he did not get. now more house democrats are piling on. listen to what we heard yesterday from congresswoman coren brown and sheila jackson lee. >> if it looked like a duck walked like a duck and quacked like a duck it's a duck. and it is clear to me that there is hidden racism rampant in the house and the senate. >> one of the issues of the question of race or racism in the united states is being discounted being silenced. the category that they have ms. lynch in now is where she is silenced. >> reporter: so very strong words we're hearing from democrats. michaela the way we're seeing things lynch may not get a vote from a

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and i don't want people to forget that people paid the price. >> athena jones cnn selma, alabama. >>g you special live coverage of the 50th anniversary of the selma to montgomery march. our coverage begins tomorrow morning, 11:00 a.m. eastern. please join us. remember you can always follow us on twitter. please tweet me at wolf blitzer. tweet the show at cnnsit room. join us monday many "situation room." watch us or dvr so you won't miss a moment. thanks very much for watching. i'm wolf blitzer in "the situation room." have a great weekend. "erin burnett outfront" starts right now. >>> "outfront" next. breaking news. two ferguson police officers resign after the justice department discovers racist e-mails. tonight the attorney general says the entire police force may get the boot. >>> plus harrison ford's dramatic plane crash. the doctor who pulled the actor out of the wreckage is "outfront" tonight. >>> and eric holder going for a top senate democrat for big-time corruption. let's go "outfront." >>> and good evening. i'm erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, breaking news. two ferguson

we have cnn's athena jones standing by on the phone from falls church, virginia.> we learned that this happened around 3:00 a.m. this morning. it's already been four hours. the hospital here is a very large hospital it is under lockdown police are combing through every single room. searching the building over and over again. looking for this suspect. he is a suspect in a federal bank robbery, name is wosan asay he was being held in alexandria not far from here on federal charges for armed bank robbery. he was taken to the hospital for medical treatment after he attempted to harm himself. now, we asked police if he had tried to commit suicide. but didn't have further details there. he was brought here to this hospital he attempted to harm himself. he was under, in the custody of a private security company. that was hired to guard him. we're told there were two officers here at the time two security guards he was able to overpower one of them. in the struggle one shot was fired. and he was able to make off with that security guard's gun. he was wearing last seen wea

cnn's athena jones once again is in selma. >> reporter: good morning.ent obama delivered a moving peach speech here to mark the 50th anniversary of bloody sunday. he honored those who marched here alive lining congressman john lewis who he called one of his heroes and those who passed on. here is what had he to say about those marchers. >> what enormous faith these men and women have. faith in god, but also faith in america! if we want to honor the courage of those who marched that day, then all of us are called to spoke their moral imagination. all of us will need to feel as they did the fierce urgency of now. all of us need to recognize, as they did, that change depends on our actions! >> reporter: so the president talked about the past and honored the past but he also talked about the present and he talked about the future. he noted that the voting rights act of 1965 which was the land mark legislation came out of these marches in selma and other efforts he called it one of the crowning achievements of american democracy but he called on congress to

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for students at athena middle school, it's the last week of classes before summer break. 68-year-old is a bus monitor and has worked in the school system for more than 20 years. the bus driver asks her to supervise the back of the bus on the ride home from school. >> it was always the same kids that went to the back of the bus. every once in awhile, they'd make a snide remark. i told the bus driver i didn't want to go back there. >> oh, my god. you're so fat. >> out of earshot of the bus driver, the group of four rowdy boys start taunting karen. recording the whole thing on a camera phone. >> you're so fat. you take up the entire seat. >> when kids bully, what they're looking for is a vulnerable target and a big reaction from that target. that's what makes bullying fun. >> triple sag? >> triple sag. >> triple z. >> look at her [ bleep ] stomach. >> but karen keeps her composure for the time being. >> i was trying to ignore them. i really was. >> you're a troll. you're a troll. you troll. >> ugly. >> the bullies seem thrilled by the notion that the video will later be seen online. >>

now, of course we have been reporting, athena jones, my colleague, others have been reporting on theive questions that have just come up over and over and over again, specifically about his expenses his recordkeeping, using taxpayer money to be on private jets on planes to take trips that were not appropriate to do with taxpayer money that, he eventually paid back or was trying to pay back. i just talked to a source who's been involved in the discussions internally trying to figure out what is going on. the answer was that it was just too hard to figure out what was going on. it was just a drip drip drip drip and it became very clear that the recordkeeping and the way the expenses were done in his office it was too much. it was done too incorrectly and very clear that he was not going to be able to survive this never mind this term but just to be able to continue going on and doing his job. >> we know he's been grilled. you mentioned the drip drip drip. my question would be when did the drip start? we know he's been drilled. drew griffin, our investigative correspondent, has done ent

let's bring in athena jones in falls church with more. good morning. >> good morning.e searching for the suspect. they say he carjacked a woman a couple of hours ago. not far from this hospital. three miles from the hospital. a woman. he's now driving her 2002 silver toyota camry with virginia license plates. that's the latest information we have from the police on this dramatic story that began unfolding very early this morning, just after 3:00 a.m. this prisoner was being brought to the hospital for ped medical treatment after attempting to harm himself. we understand it to be an a attempt. he was from a private security company here escorting him to the hospital. he was able to during a struggle take one of the guns from one of the security officers. during the struggle a shot was fired. we don't believe anyone was injured. he took the gun, made off with the gun in his hospital gown. police are saying he's armed and dangerous and was last seen in a hospital gown alone carjacking a woman three miles from here. police have released in addition to a photo of the suspec

want to bring in athena jones.arties are supposed to be for service men and women but they have turned into something much more dicey in terms of security. >> that's right. dicey in terms of security and also for some of the party goers, physical safety since we know that drunk people don't always have the best coordination or judgment. >> really. >> we are talking about separate events that have kind of merged over the years as they have grown. you have a reception honoring wounded service members and these informal gatherings of members and hill staffers. the police board also wants to prevent incidents that could be embarrassing to congress. so they are putting their foot down or at least trying to. the u.s. capitol, one of the most protected buildings in the country. >> this magnificent capitol building may it ever remain the symbol of democracy. >> reporter: and among the most revered. where the leader of the free world takes the oath of office. it's also been the site of wild booze-filled parties? the capitol

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let's bring in athena jones live from selma. what's the mood out there?. the commemoration gets under way several hours from now. we arrived near the bridge more than an hour ago and we saw people out on the street so this is going to be a bigevent, a much anticipated event of course. but i want to tell you about a very special place we were able to tour. it's a home that played a central role in the movement here in selma. it's where martin luther king slept, ate and strategized when he was in selma. >> if these walls could talk they would tell a story of a family here in selma, that has tried to give and contribute and they would also tell a story of a movement. >> in selma, alabama, sits a house where time has stood still. >> this is the bedroom in which dr. king would entertain all of the phone calls that would come into this home from president johnson and the white house. this is the actual phone that he would use to take the calls. >> did you hear his end of the conversation? >> i would hear a voice, i could not understand but i could hear the tone

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congressman john lewis, and' athena jones had the privilege of sitting down and reflecting to find outking on a day like this 50 years after being so badly beaten on this bridge behind us. >> that's right. i had a chance to sit down with him, had a chance to walk over this bridge the edmund pettus bridge with congressman john lewis. he talked about the violence and brutality he not only witnessed but that he himself suffered on that day 50 years ago today. and he also talked to me about the legacy of that historic march. >> the bridge of selma is almost a holy place. it is a place where people gave a little blood. to redeem the soul of america. in this city people couldn't register to vote simply because of the color of their skin, so we had to change that. >> reporter: john lewis was just 25 years old. >> i can never forget what it felt like to be on this bridge on bloody sunday. we came to the highest point down below. we saw a sea of blue. alabama state troopers. and behind the state troopers we saw men on horseback. we got within hearing distance of the state troopers. >> you're or