. >> she decided she would start on the edmund pettus bridge, a place where her father ordered policeers. congressman john louis was badly beaten in that day in 1965. for the last five years to mark the anniversary peggy has walked with lewis across the pettus bridge. >> i told him. i said i crossed many bridges in my life, and i'll cross many many more, but the most important bridge i'll ever cross in my life is the one i crossed with you in 2009. >> reporter: she's writing a book about the impact of her father's politics on his family and speaking to students and others about her personal journey. >> today i rise to condemn the politic of exclusion that runs rampant in america. >> it has to be difficult for someone who was in your position to have come to the place you've come. was it? >> yes, it has. i received a lot of criticism, a lot of hurtful criticism, and i've just moved on and i'd just like my children to not reeb where my father stood but where i am standing now. >> reporter: bill plante cbs news montgomery, alabama. >>> well coming up after your local news on "cbs this mo

. >> reporter: she decided she would start on the edmund pettus bridge, a place where 48 years ago thisdered police to brutally attack civil rights marchers on what became known as "bloody sunday." [ screaming ] >> reporter: congressman john lewis was badly beaten that day in 1965. for the last five years, to mark the anniversary, peggy wallace kennedy has walked with lewis across the pettus bridge. >> i told him, i said, i've crossed many bridges in my life, and i'll cross many, many more. but the most important bridge i'll ever cross in my life is the one i crossed with you in 2009. >> reporter: she is writing a book about the impact of her father's politics on his family and speaking to students and others about her personal journey. >> today, i rise to condemn the politics of exclusion that runs rampant in america. >> reporter: it has to be difficult for someone who was in your position to have come to the place you've come. was it? >> yes, it is. i received a lot of criticism, a lot of hurtful criticism. but i just moved on. and i would just like for my children to not remember whe

yesterday they marched across the edmund pettus bridge again.become an annual event, with members of congress and elected officials and community leaders and civil rights workers all celebrating the courage of the people who first made that trip half a century ago. vice president biden was there this year. at the event he apologized personally for not having made the trip to selma the first time when he was a young man. the vice president said, quote, i should have been here 48 years ago. when congressman john lewis was hurt so badly on that bridge 48 years ago, that is not the first time he had put his life in danger for that cause. four years earlier in 1961, he took part in the freedom rides. two integrated busloads of people, black and white passengers traveling together, trying to make the trip from washington, d.c. to new orleans. the supreme court had ruled the year before that it was unconstitutional to have forced segregation in interstate bus and rail stations. so that segregation was unconstitutional, but it was still happening in the

for the right to vote, were beat by police and attacked by dogs as they tried to cross the edmund pettuse. police used batons and tear gas on the demonstrators. in what became known as "bloody sunday." civil rights leaders joined vice president joe biden to commemorate the day. the vice president said he was a senior in college then and he apologized for not taking part in the march. >> i was involved in my state in a small way, which was still fighting the lingering vestiges of jim crow, but i regret and although it's not part of what i'm supposed to say, apologize, it took me 48 years to get here. i should have been here. i should have been here. it's one of the regrets i have and many of my generation have. >> the vice president went on to say the march and events surrounding it were an awakening for him and other americans as well. >> former n-b-a star dennis rodman is talking about his trip to north korea. he met with the country's dictator young, kim jong un. and brought back a message for our commander in chief. >> he wants " but just to do one thing. >> just to call him. he says

i mean, the edmund pettus bridge and john lewis getting his head bashed in happened on a sunday.lowing monday, eight days later, it was lbj addressing congress, a joint session of congress in a nationally televised speech demanding this law. the voting rights act happened because of demonstrations. it happened because of selma in 1965. can public demonstration now have the effect of helping to save it? joinings us now from selma, alabama for the interview is the director a member of the voting rights act team. >> thanks for having me. >> do you think it is fair the say that public pressure, a social movement, political activism is a big part of the immediate reason that we got the voting rights act in the first place so, it's appropriate to question whether it might still be effective? >> absolutely, rachel. i was struck by the reality. as i talk to you tonight, i'm less than 100 feet from the edmund pettus bridge where 48 years ago, courageous women, men, and children marched over the edmund put us the bridge to dramatize to the nation, indeed to the world their desire to be tre

in selma today, along with vice president biden, as he led a crowd of thousands across the edmund pettus bridge. >> we were beaten, tear gas, trampled by horses, but we didn't give up. >> reporter: nor did they forget the other clashes of the struggle. lewis was part of a congressional delegation that laid a wreath at a civil rights memorial in montgomery, where blood was shed long before selma. later came an apology from the man who now leads montgomery's police force. >> i feel like what i did today should have been done a long time ago because we have to live with the truth and it is the truth. >> reporter: the truth, the police chief said, was that the montgomery police didn't stop a white mob from beating lewis and other freedom riders at the dawn of the movement in 1961. chief murphy offered his badge to lewis. >> the healing continue, that's what the movement was all about. to heal. to become one. >> john lewis noted there were other police departments that stood by and watched clashes unfold, but this was the first time he had ever received an apology. >>> that's "nbc nightly new

peaceful protesters, asking for the right to vote, were by dogs as they tried to cross the edmund pettus bridge. police used batons and tear gas on the demonstrators. in what became known as "bloodycivil rights leaders joined vice president joe biden to commemorate the day. the vice president said he was a senior in college then and he apologized for not taking part in the march. >> i was involved in my state in a small way, which was still fighting the lingering vestiges of jim crow, but i regret and although it's not part of what i'm supposed to say, apologize, it took me 48 years to get here. i should have been here. i should have been here. it's one of the regrets i have and many of my generation have. (cheers & applause) >> he went on to say the march and events surrounding it and other americans as well. ba husband and wife are dead tonight after a car plowed into their cab early thisthe couple's unborn baby survived the crash and is in critical condition. nathan and raizy glauber were heading to the hospital when a b-m-w struck the cab they were in. the crash threw raizy from the

vice president to talk about today during a keynote address at a brunch before he crosses the edmund pettus bridge that the voting rights of 1965 should be continued as it's been reauthorized without being dismantled as the county in alabama is trying to take out one part of it. they are trying to have the supreme court overturn section 5 of the voting rights act, which gives the federal government the opportunity to negate or overturn elements of voting laws in certain states. alabama is one of them. here is what he said about a comment made by justice scalia calling that section racial entitlement. >> from the perspective of a civil rights lawyer and american, it completely denies our history. the voting rights act is a remedy for more than a century of persist endiscrimination. it's discrimination that stood in the face of the constitution. it's an answer to promises that went unkept for over 100 years. voting rights captures what's bess in america, the idea we should all be able to participate in democracy. >> the argument from that attorney from sheldon county, alabama was that the dis

for the right to vote, were beaten by police and attacked by dogs as they tried to cross the edman pettusidge. police used batons and tear gas on the demonstrators in what became known as bloody sunday. civil rights leaders joined by president joe biden to commemorate the day. the vice president said he was a senior in college then he apologized for not taking part in the march. >> i should have been here. i should have been here. that is one of the regrets that i have and many of my generation have. >> the vice-president when on to say the march and events that surrounded it were an awakening for him and other americans as well. >> coming up on the kron 4 morning news the san mateo bridge, looking at the conditions. also the current conditions in redwood city. >> cloudy skies. we will see sunshine before rain comes this way. now in redwood city it is 48 degrees. we should get to the upper 50s for this afternoon with mostly sunny skies. we will talk more about the rain and cooler conditions headed this way. welcome back. everyone wants to save money. and as it turns out your smart phone c

on march 7, 1965 john lewis lead over 600 people orderly protesters across the edmund pettus bridge in selma alabama. they intended to march to selma to montgomemontgome ry to demonstrate the need for voting rights in alabama. but the marchers were attacked by alabama state troopers and a brutal confrontation that is now known as lovely sunday. 13 years ago the congressman started an annual congressional civil rights pilgrimage with a faith and politics institute in washington and ever since then he has led a delegation of bipartisan members of congress, civil rights leaders clergy musicians filmmakers got to meet most importantly as a student of all ages to pass on the memory and appearances of those days. to the next generation of marchers. i have now had the privilege of marching across that bridge twice with congressman lewis and just a few weeks ago we the delegation were sitting in the pews of the first baptist church in montgomery alabama where the police chief of montgomery gave a speech about the role of the police during the civil rights movement and he apologized to the cong

joined a tour of the sighs of the civil rights struggle, including across -- a walk across the edmund pettus bridge. mr. israel: -- mr. higgins: it upholds the need for the supreme court to uphold the law. meanwhile this congress we should be working to alleviate the lon likes at polling places. it is my hope the supreme court and this congress will honor the struggle in the years ahead. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from michigan rise? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> thank you, mr. speaker. thank you for letting me speak today. before i came to washington, i was a high school teacher. to be a good teacher, i had to make things understandable for my students in the classroom. with the budget, i knew that had to be an easier way to explain the numbers i was looking at to the people who sent me to washington. thomas jefferson once wrote that an informed public was vital to

anniversary this is the anniversary of bloody sunday when people were attacked when trying to cross edmund pettus bridge. attorney general holder talked about living up to our yols and the -- our ideals and the power of our legal system. rights protect all americans, that's what the justice department and the attorney general are dedicated to doing. in 2009, the attorney general worked with us in congress to pass landmark hate crimes legislation to address crimes committed against americans because of race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, or gender identity. and mr. attorney general, i'm glad to see the justice department is enforcing that law. this week, the president will sign historic legislation moving on the violence against women act and the trafficking victim pross text act to protect all victims of abuse. and i know the justice department will implement those laws. and the justice department is defending the protection prossvided by section 5 of the voting rights act to ensure that all americans have the right to vote and have their votes matter. this committee plays a key role i

karen, sunday was the 48th anniversary of the march across the edmund pettus bridge.ok place in the shadow of a supreme court case that would overturn section 5. do you think conservative justices want to destroy the legacy of that day. >> it sounded like they were perhaps looking for a way to do so, although i found justice roberts' contention if you look at turn out numbers and voter registration numbers that somehow that suggests there is no longer a need for section 5 of the voting rights act to actually be the wrong question. i mean, think about part of the point of section 5, we know that we've gone from the beating men like john lewis in crossing the edmund pettus bridge to poll taxes to voter i.d. laws to new tactics where they're trying to change the electoral college apportionment. >> or change the time you can vote. >> that's right. tactics keep changing and part of what section 5 recognizes is that to some degree tactics in the states would move faster than the federal government and litigation could keep up with. therefore, we had to have a process in pla