boynton came over and said that you've got to come and help us in selma. >> that lady was amelia boynton. now 103, living in tuskegee alabama, in a rare conversation with cnn.com, she remembers too. >> i got to the foot of the bridge. there were men on horses. there were police. i was standing up there, and the people started running. he hit me across the -- across my head. and when he did, i fell to the ground. >> witnesses claim the sheriff said "leave her, quote, for the buzzards to eat." >> who were you in 1965? describe that young man that we see in these pictures and what

. >> robert ray, live for us on the ground right now in selma. update us, robert, on what is happening as we speak. >> well, del we just saw a group of dignitaries come in, about to take their seats behind me. you can tell that the crowd is really starting to fill in down the street. probably goes about two football fields thousands of people here, and they're still waiting to begin the celebration. it will kick off with the brown chapel choir who will sing. there will be many speakers, the president of the united states, obviously. the governor of the state robert bentley speaking of him we spoke with him on camera just a few minutes' back. we should have that video very soon for al jazeera. but to plain what he said to us a little bit. he said that he thought that this was a great moment for the state, and he thinks that there is still a lot to do and a lot to go forward in as far as race relations, not only in the south but all of america. we also asked him a couple of questions about the gay marriage law that we all heard about in the last cou

whose mothers and fathers to share this moment with their kids. >> tony harris on the ground for us in selma, and as you heard tony point out the recent racial tensions in ferguson missouri as well as staten island over the deaths of black men have brought a new celebration. they have their own ideas, many are far different than those of some long time leaders of the movement. >> over the past six months in ferguson, missouri and other >> we need to change our sense of direction. >> gentry may not be alone. when african-americans were asked if the civil rights leaders are affected 49% said it was time for new leadership compared to 35% who answered that these leaders are still effective. >> at a rally:? >> people like jesse jackson get booed. they have to be like the representation of blackness but not necessarily of the spirit and the movement right now. time for the next generation to step up step in and take these movements to the next level. >> the alternative perspectives new ideas, fresh thinking new approaches. >> anthony has written several books on race relations. >> it's no longer

. >> okay rob reynolds live for us in selma. anks, rob. >> now the first full report in the to the disappearance of the missing malaysia airlines flight has revealed that the battery in the jet's black box expired more than a year before the plane vanished. the report was released on the first anniversary of the disappearance of the flight the it came as family and friends of those on board gathered in kuala lumpar to demand answers about what happened to the plane. pages and pages of the report reveal that everything appeared normal with the flight. >> our correspondent has been following events in kuala lumbar. >> on sunday the interim technical report was released by the ministry of transport, and that report was very much an information document to explanation to plain to the families as well as interested parties in the international community where the investigation sits at this very moment in time. who is involved in the investigation and where the search is going what equipment is involved, the state of that may h 370 pla

us a moment. a speech little known these days. now we have a book end between 50 years ago when selma happened and now. african-americans have the vote. they've used that vote in terms of presidential politics what this moment represents right now in terms of presidential politics in this country, which is the beat of the free world one of the most powerful nations in the world, and this first african-american president one of the most powerful people on earth, as he said in his earlier talk dr. king gave a speech as our moses saying i may not get there with you. he's saying that he's joshua, who has in terms of presidential politics, gotten over to see the other side. >> now we'll go to the question that i was going to ask you before the president arrives as we await his appearance on the stage. that being the issue of ferguson. you have an african-american attorney general and an after american president saying there will be no charges filed against officer dinner wilson in the shooting death of michael brown. his parents say that they were disappointed in the decision but there was not the unrest that we saw back in the summer, does that speak to a way had

in massachusetts including this one. when ideologues tried to gut civil rights and voting rights and brooks -- ed brooke used every tool available. a vow that president obama remind us in selma timely as ever. for all of us career, senator brooke was his own man. as attorney general, he was relentless cracking down on corruption, which in massachusetts in the early 1960's provided what we might call a target rich and bierman. his electoral -- target rich environment. his electoral trams were unique in a state that was only 2% black. where school desegregation was an explosive issue. where the face of prejudice might appear ugly with anger or thinly masked by codewords. in one early raced, which he narrowly lost, his opponent claims to see no hidden message in campaign bumper stickers that read simply, vote white. repeatedly, senator brooke was urged not to run for higher office. to bide his time until massachusetts was quote ready. indeed, in 1962, when he ran for attorney general, his opponent was elliott richardson. a man with deep connections to the upper echelons. but ed brooke did not back down. a straight line can be drawn from his victories to another african-american

american history tv at -- reverend lafayette, you were in selma, alabama several years right or to the marches, the events that happened in march of 1965. tell us how you ended up in selma, alabama p we heard the story about the x on the map marking selma off. you went anyway. what is the story there? >> what happened is those of us from asheville had decided that since we had the sit in movement and we continued the freedom rides, once we started the freedom rides, we decided if we would give a full-time for a couple of years, it would be like the peace corps, boots on the ground, so to speak. community service. we started to go to work on boat registration as part of our response ability for committee service. we went to the rural areas where you had a large number of blacks who were not registered to vote even though they might have had the majority of the population. i decided i would drop out of school for a couple of years. i came down to atlanta, georgia and decided i would become director -- james forman had decided he was going to give me directorship. but, when we went to get the directorship, he said i have an urgent need to get peop

in selma. termain lee joins us in selma. how is the 50th anniversary of the march being remembered where you are? >> i'm down here by the edmund pettis bridge and almost to a person, folks say this has to be more than just a commemoration and more than a celebration. there needs to be some action taken afterward. especially when you look at the state of voting rights. they keep saying a renewed fight as legislatures across the country pass stricter voter identification laws and making it harder for people to vote. when you talk to folks on the ground who have family members here. i spoke to a man named billy engram who said his family grew up in nearby marrium where the shooting death of jimmy ray jackson protecting his family by a police officer really sparked the motivation to march from selma to montgomery. at the time folks said why don't we carry his body to the steps of the capital and let it be known what we are fighting for. instead they buried him peacefully and we know that the march continued on. so, even mr. engr

. >>> great to have you with us in selma to commemorate the 50th anniversary. the event in 1965 became the catalyst to the voting rights act. police assaulted 600 protesters as they tried to march from selma to montgomery alabama. the event was known. many say there is still a long way to go >>> tony harris has been covering the event in selma. let's begin with you on this powerful weekend, there has been a new call for action. >> absolutely. a powerful weekend. take a look behind me at the edmund pettus bridge, the crowd is starting to thin out. the curtain coming down on what has been a remarkable weekend in this small town. as was the case 50 years ago. this day began in church. >> brown chapel the church that housed the power and muscle of the selma marches. the epicentre for an impressive array of thinkers and activists. >> all the doubt. the we have the chance to vote and do many things because so many walked across the bridge, cried on the bridge and bled on the bridge. politics is america's religion. politics gives who, what, where, when and how. malcolm

if the selma taught us anything, it is that our work is never done. the american experiment inelf-government gives purpose to each generation. selma teaches us that action requires that we shed our cynicism. when it comes to the pursuit of justice, we can afford neither complacency nor despair. just this week i was asked whether i thought whether the department of justices ferguson report shows with respect to race, little has changed in this country. i understood the question. the report narrative was sadly familiar. it evoked the kind of abuse and disregard for citizens that its bond the civil rights movement -- that spawned the civil rights movement. but i reject the notion that nothing changed. this is no longer ascension by law or by custom and before the civil rights movement, it surely was. [applause] we do it is service to the cause of justice by intimating that bias and discrimination are immutable. that racial division is inherent in america. if you think nothing has changed in the past 50 years ask someone who lived through the selma or chicago or los angeles of the

in studio. >> we are talking water. the state is voting on tough new rules for water use. that goes for restaurants, hotels, you at home. >> from ferguson to selmaington, dc political insider wills weigh in on racism. >> how much of a factor it may be. >> there is lots coming up. let's take a quick check on your weather forecast starting with a live look at lovely dublin. the hills are green despite our lack of rain. there is plenty cloud cover. the temperatures are already pretty warm. we have 55 in liver more, 61 in san francisco, 62 in san jose. the south bay will be our warmest area in the bay area today. we will see a mix of sun and clouds all over, not as warm today as we saw yesterday. there is a little bit of a cooling trend in the week ahead. we'll look at your extended forecast in a few minutes. >>> the family of a south bay team viciously beaten outside a mall is demanding police release the surveillance video and identify suspects. on wednesday 17 year old rasner was attacked in the parking lot next to west field valley fair mall in san jose. his parents say two men were harassing christian and a friend asking if they were gang membe

american history tv at -- reverend lafayette, you were in selma, alabama several years right or to the marches, the events that happened in march of 1965. tell us how you ended up in selma, alabama p we heard the story about the x on the map marking selma off. you went anyway. what is the story there? >> what happened is those of us from asheville had decided that since we had the sit in movement and we continued the freedom rides, once we started the freedom rides, we decided if we would give a full-time for a couple of years, it would be like the peace corps, boots on the ground, so to speak. community service. we started to go to work on boat registration as part of our response ability for committee service. we went to the rural areas where you had a large number of blacks who were not registered to vote even though they might have had the majority of the population. i decided i would drop out of school for a couple of years. i came down to atlanta, georgia and decided i would become director -- james forman had decided he was going to give me directorship. but, when we went to get the directorship, he said i have an urgent need to get peop

boynton came over and said that you've got to come help us in selma. >> that lady was amelia boynton ing in tuskegee alabama. in a conversation with cnn.com, she remembered that day, too. >> i got to the foot of the bridge there were men on horses. there were police. i was standing up there and the people started running. he hit me across the -- across my head and when he did, i fell to the ground. >> witnesses claim the sheriff said leave her, quote, for the buzzards to eat. reverend young says boynton's role was hugely pivotal. >> who were you in 1965? describe that young man that we see in these pictures and what was it that you envisioned for the future? how did you know that your efforts would promote change? >> i think we didn't know and i often said if i had set on the road from selma, montgomery to dr. king you know martin i'm going to be the mayor of atlanta, or ambassador to the united nations, i want to go to congress he would have said boy, you're sick. you know? sit down. have a cool drink of water. we were really doing something so that our children would have a better l

in the 20th century. that harkens back to the committee that pushed this country to transform itself. >> i want to take us back on the ground there in selma to msnbc host melissa harris perry.

american history tv at -- reverend lafayette, you were in selma, alabama several years right or to the marches, the events that happened in march of 1965. tell usma, alabama p we heard the story about the x on the map marking selma off. you went anyway. what is the story there? >> what happened is those of us from asheville had decided that since we had the sit in movement and we continued the freedom rides, once we started the freedom rides, we decided if we would give a full-time for a couple of years, it would be like the peace corps, boots on the ground, so to speak. community service. we started to go to work on boat registration as part of our response ability for committee service. we went to the rural areas where you had a large number of blacks who were not registered to vote even though they might have had the majority of the population. i decided i would drop out of school for a couple of years. i came down to atlanta, georgia and decided i would become director -- james forman had decided he was going to give me directorship. but, when we went to get the directorship, he said i have an urgent need to get people out of jail in louisi

trymanie lee for us in selma today. thank you so much trymanie. >>> one year ago today, malaysian airlines flight 370 disappeared. overnight, we learned new information about the battery in one of the plane's black boxes. it had been expired for more than a year before the flight vanished in 2014. >> betty, the big headline from the report is that one of the flight's black boxes may not have been sending out an emergency underwater signal because of an expired battery. the battery in the flight data recorder's emergency beacon should have been replaced in december of 2012 more than a year before the flight took off. the report blames a glitch in maintenance records. that expired battery may have made it tougher to find malaysia airlines flight 370 in the weeks after it went down. search crews are still scanning the southern indian ocean for any sign of that wreckage. the battery in the second black box was up to date and its beacon should have been working. both black boxes still should have recorded data. also in the re

subject how many steroids i fit into certain building heights a particular interest to those of us in western selma a certain develop seems to have found a way to give himself an entire extra floor beyond the community plan vision and the planning department is hesitant to directly address the issue we wrote the community plan had certain exceptions what we were trying to accomplish building a complete neighborhood was the sub title of the plan we worked with the planning department staff and trusted that they would put our intentions into the code planning department introduced the idea of adding 5 more feet into the zoning tables in order to allow in their words a more gracious ground floor this is how it was sold to the neighbors in market octavia and eastern neighborhoods to western selma and to this commission somehow along the way the extra 5 feet got added into the buildable envelope suld we interestenter have projects 9 stories and 7 stories in the 65 foot zone and 6 stories in 55 feet developers have la guardia airport and the planning staff is complexity in this will that we have a develo

us. as we say we will have the remarks this afternoon. the president of the united states on the 50th anniversary of bloody sunday speaking in selma. ming up, the clintons picked up tha charitable foundation, she's a familiar face to any clinton watcher.ni stay with us we'll tell you who she is. curl up with their favorite man. but here's the thing: about half of men over 40 have some degree of erectile dysfunction. well, viagra helps guys with ed get and keep an erection. and remember, you only take it when you need it. ask your doctor if your heart is healthy enough for sex. do not take viagra if you take nitrates for chest pain; it may cause an unsafe drop in blood pressure. side effects include headache, flushing, upset stomach and abnormal vision. to avoid long-term injury, seek immediate medical help for an erection lasting more than four hours. stop taking viagra and call your doctor right away if you experience a sudden decrease or loss in vision or hearing. ask your doctor about viagra. what's that thing? i moved our old security system out here to see if it could monitor the front yard. why don't you switch to xfinity home

in selma. also touched on every community in the nation. he brought us together as we the people.all overcome. and yes we can. at the end he brought in that rousing scripture from isaiah he brought it out with a moment of the obama that we seem to understand and gravitate to when he was running for president. >> schieffer: this was not the college professor speaking in the abstract that so many people have expressed some disappointment in the president from time to time. this sounded like a very different. >> it was heartfelt as april said. also i thought one of the things that was fascinating used the speech not only to discuss the state of african american america and all america but also to implicitly answer his critics on the question of american exceptionalism does he love -- underlying question does he love the country. to talk about exceptionalism of america as being understanding america as a work in progress and constant struggle towards improvement. and i thought it was just a fascinating linkage of those two things especially on a week as you discussed earlier in the sh

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if selma taught us anything it's that our work is never done. the american experiment in gives work and purpose to each generation. selma teaches us as well that action requires that we shed our cynicism. when it comes to the pursuit of justice, we can afford neither complacency nor despair. you know, just this week i was asked whether i thought the department of justice's ferguson report shows that with respect to race little has changed in this country. and i understood the question. the report's narrative was sadly familiar. it evoked the kind of abuse and disregard for citizens that spawned the civil rights movement. but i rejected the notion that nothing's changed. what happened in ferguson may not be unique, but it's no longer endemic it's no longer sanctioned by law and custom. and before the civil rights movement it most surely was. we do a disservice to the cause of justice by intimating that bias and discrimination are immutable. that racial division is inherent in america. if you think nothing's changed in the past 50 years, ask somebody who lived through the s

if the selma taught us anything, it is that our work is never done. the american experiment inelf-government gives purpose to each generation. selma teaches us that action requires that we shed our cynicism. when it comes to the pursuit of justice, we can afford neither complacency nor despair. just this week i was asked whether i thought whether the department of justices ferguson report shows with respect to race, little has changed in this country. i understood the question. the report narrative was sadly familiar. it evoked the kind of abuse and disregard for citizens that its bond the civil rights movement -- that spawned the civil rights movement. but i reject the notion that nothing changed. this is no longer ascension by law or by custom and before the civil rights movement, it surely was. [applause] we do it is service to the cause of justice by intimating that bias and discrimination are immutable. that racial division is inherent in america. if you think nothing has changed in the past 50 years ask someone who lived through the selma or chicago or los angeles of the

selma aboard air force one. you're looking now at live video from moments ago of the president at andrew air force base. it's not the first time the president has used an appearance into chart a course for the future. his first public address here in selma came less than a month after announcing his decision to seek the presidency. it would be a year before democrats would begin casting ballots just beginning to take shape between him and then senator clinton. and use the opportunity to define his own place within the legacy of the long civil rights movement. the metaphor he chose was biblical defining himself as part of the joshua generation. >> i'm here because y'all sacrificed for me. i stand on the shoulders of the moses generation. as great as moses was, despite all that he did, leading a people out of bondage, he didn't cross over the river to see the promised land. god told him your job is done. you'll see it, but you won't go there. we're going to leave it to the joshua generation to make sure it happens. >> the joshua framework situated the young presidential hopeful as not only an inheriter of the accomplishments of the civil rights movement. it allowed hi

in a new light. that's what politicians do. >> that is why we have both of you with us this afternoon. our coverage of race in america: selma, is going to continue after the break. we're still waiting word from president obama. we'll address the crowd there as they're gathered by the thousands at the foot of the edmund pettus bridge. we'll take a break and we'll be right back. >> people on the streets walking. here is my story i'm sticking with it. i did a version of my own walk only in reverse. from montgomery to selma and traffic, as you can imagine so thick. so many people trying to get here for this occasion. the chamber of commerce is putting the estimate at 70,000 people when it's all said and done. at some point traffic is not moving. i jump out. juice are meant for walking and that's what they did for me today. we did our own little walk. i'm channeling a little james taylor traveling the country road, but it is a festive environment. the mood is carnival like. it is wonderful, and the weather could not be better. >> perfect 60 degrees and balmy sky. and the security is high. the president is expected to speak at 1:

in selma. hope you make great memories today. you will give us a lot to think about and good stuff. >> oh, christi and joe, it is going to be an xwroerds day here in selma. i am at the foot of the edmund pettus bridge and thousands have turned out and it's unclear how many people will come to commemorate 50 years since bloody sunday. on the minds of many people here of course reflection at the same time moving forward, and even trying to make sure that there are protections in place to make sure all the hard work done by the so many lives sacrificed are also preserved. you're also going to hear from the president of the united states, who will be here in selma, 2:30 roughly, eastern time here from selma, right here at the foot of the edmund pettus bridge. he will be bringing with him the first lady michele obama and the president is bringing his daughters, sasha and malia. and we expect that one of his messages will be to really challenge the generations of his daughters and other generations, that they will have their own marches and their own f

in selma, alabama's bloody sunday. the violent response of law enforcement officials to peaceful demonstrations for black voting rights reminds us that lincoln hoped would fade away in the aftermath of war. but selma, as horrific as it was to those that suffer through it also reminds us of the tenacity of a people, of their insistence on equality and fair treatment at great personal risk. sadly, we have yet to turn the corner on bigotry and racial prejudice that had been constant in our national history and i had damaged the entire nation. our failure is reflected in both the individual and collective violence that is disproportionately exhibited against people of color. while the incidence of recent times are nothing new, they signal a retreat from reason and from justice that is incomprehensible and not reflective of who we say we are as a nation. today as we commemorate the political and personal triumph of a great leader that has pledged -- let us pledge to recommit ourselves to the principles he cherished and champion in his lifetime. [applause] >> in case anyone is wondering it does seem like reagan airport is back and ful

in 1955 those protesters bringed about the voting rights act of 1955 and many say the journey isn't over. >> i love to see everyone gathered for the cause. hopefully this will wake us up inside. >> selmas not in the past it is now for everybody here. and everybody's got their own personal selma, their own bridge to cross. >> on saturday president obama joined survives and their families to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the bloody sunday march in selma. >>> and there may be a new danger facing airports across the country. a new report says the faa's computer system are out of date and could be valueulnerable for massive cyber attacks. if hackers get into the system they could get access to sensitive information or even shut down the system while planes are in the area. new york senator chuck schumer urged the faa to adopt security changes. >> with thousands of planes in the air at any given time the threat of a cyber criminal taking over this system makes your stomach sink. >> the report includes 17 public recommendations and dozens more will be kept private because they contain sensitive security information. >>> 5:17 now. happening today, the new jersey department of transporta

i would hope that all of us would see in selma 50 years later that there are challenges we th face ascountry. abou these aret things that we still re have to tackle and i hope we all do. >> less than a minute. >> are we going to trust the justice department? holde eric holder said we are not going to stop until we fix these >> things. >> we should notld stop. e >> does anyone think the justicehe department is best positioned toitione be doing that?ing >> as opposed to what? ferguson itself?lf clearly they are not self-policing because they have ings had a racist police officers for a has long time and no one has cared. e isn't that why we have a justice t department because we have laws that aren't being enforced at ain the local level? >> i think the report was complicated. productivity quotas and ingike thes, too. tough. >> to be continued. and thebate debate will go on. see see y'all next sunday. up next our power player of the week. a civillmiss rights legend looks backegend half a century at bloody sunday. half a century at bloody sunday. at ally bank no branches equals great rat

if selma taught us anything it's that our work is never done. the american experiment in self-government gives work and purpose to each generation. selma teaches us as well that action requires that we shed our cynicism. for when it comes to the pursuit of justice, we can afford neither discomplacency or dispair. i was asked this week whether i thought the department of justice's ferguson report shows with respect to race little has changed in this country. i understood the question. the report's narrative was sadly familiar. it evoked the kind of abuse and disregard for citizens that spawned the civil rights movement. i reject the notion that nothing's changed. what happened this ferguson may not be unique, but it's no longer endemic sanctioned by law or custom and before the civil rights movement, it most surely was. we do a disservice to the cause of justice by i want mating that bias and discrimination are immutable, that racial division is inherent in america. if you think nothing's changed in the past 50 years, ask someone who lived through the selma or chicago or l

shared uses from walking to cycling to everything in between is now is cumbersome we're trying to do the hard work and there are certain alleys in san francisco particularly in our central selma and alleys where the collision of uses maybe problematic so anything we can, think about how to make sure that the flow of uses space whether or not cars are in the mix is thought-out properly and not based on one ascertainment of the alley i appreciate the gentleman's comments i'll say that i think there are something to having to keeping the policy we have where the things have to be created within a half mile or quarter of a mile of the actual building because there's long alleys in selma you know it is going to be hard to have one alley per project if this makes sense anytime have a part of a community benefit hard to have one project sponsor if you want to think about that what are the ways to design full alleys and have if you want to have that be a community benefit some sort of responsibility that a larger community project done versus saying that one partnering has to complete one complete project i think the alleys are two too big of a pole and then the ottawa other thing la

in congress can play a vital role. to echo the president's call to action, president obama said on that day, selma shows us that america is not a project of any one person. the single most powerful word in our democracy is the word "we." we the people are tasked with strengthening and safeguarding our democracy. we the people are responsible for ensuring our nation lives up to its very principles. on the 50th anniversary of the voting rights act and the historic march from selma to montgomery, i urge my colleagues, democrats and republicans alike, to recommit ourselves to the work that was done by our predecessors. to work together to restore the voting rights act for all americans. that's the least we can do on this, the 50th anniversary. i look forward to this august body taking up a voting rights amendment act that fully restores federal protection to all vulnerable communities so that all americans can definitely exercise that sacred right to vote. thank you very much, i yelled back the balance of my time, mr. speaker. >> thank you to the gentlelady from alabama and thank you for sharing -- ms. kelly: thank you for

in america. if using nothing has changed in the past 50 years, ask somebody who lived through the selma or chicagolos angeles in the 1950's. ask the female ceo who once might have been assigned to the secretarial pool if nothing has changed. ask your gay friend if it is easier to be out and proud in america now than it was 30 years ago. to deny this progress, this heart-won progress is hard-1 -- this hard-won progress -- of course, the more common mistake is to suggest that ferguson is an isolated incident , that racism is banished, that the work that drew men and women to selma is now complete and that whatever racial tensions remain are a consequence of those who played the race card for their own purpose. we do not need the ferguson report to know that is not true. we just need to open our eyes and our ears and our hearts to know that this nation's racial history still casts his long shadow upon us. we know the march is not yet over. we know the race is not yet won. we know that reaching that blessed destination where we are judged by the content of our character requires admitting as much, fac

i would hope that all of us would see in selma 50 years later that there's still challenges we face asountry and i thought that's what was so important about the president's remarks was to say thqáq are things we still have to tackle and i hope we all do. >> are we going to trust the justice department? again eric holder said we're not going to stop until we fix these things here. >> we should not stop until we fix these things. >> does anyone think the justice department is best positioned to be doing that? >> as opposed to what, ferguson itself? clearly they're not self policing because they have had racist police officers for a long time doing these things and no one has cared. isn't that why we have a justice department, because we have these laws that aren't being enforced at the local level? >> again i think that report was actually incredibly complicated. it got into things like productivity quotas. it's tough. >> to be continued. ajd the debate will go on. thank you panel. see you all next sunday. >>> up next, our power player of the week and you won't want to miss it. a civil

in selma tomorrow. tony harris is back to tell us what we can expect tomorrow tony. >> the president is coming to mark thisry, in selma i can't imagine he isn't going to talk about race relations as you know, the presidential hasn't spoken expansively on race relations since 2008. i suspect he will lay out his views of how far the nation has come in that respect and the work that's yet to be done. he'll probably issue a challenge to congress to get to work on section 4 of the voting rights act. and wouldn't it be something if the president is here in selma tomorrow, and we hear the echoes of a famous line from dr. martin luther king, jr, the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice. that famous line spoken by martin luther king, jr. at the end of the selma to mont gorman montgomery master plan, the third march in march of 1965. we will bring all the activities of tomorrow to everyone at home. >> yeah, you'll be watching history. tony harris, tony thanks again. >>> some of the most iconic photos of bloody sunday were captured by spider martin, a white photographer working for birmingh

and fearless at heart, the most averse and educated generation in our history who the nation is waiting to follow. because selma shows us that america is not the project of any one person. because the single most powerful word in our democracy is the word "we." we, the people. we shall overcome. yes, we can. that word is owned by no one, it belongs to everyone. >> melissa, i am so eager to hear your reaction to this speech. >> as am i eager to harry your reactions. i'm here with cornell william brooks who's president and ceo of the naacp. he and i were just saying that this felt like a moment who the president who we remembered from a previous time re-emerged. he spoke back to critics this week and it felt like he really gestured towards the moment we were in not just the history from where we come. >> absolutely. the president gave a speech that was not only soaringly eloquent but searingly honest. he paid tribute to the heroines and heroes of yesteryear while issuing a call to young practitioners of democracy all across the country. it was a powerful speech. >> it truly was. one of my favorite parts was the moment whe

in the wake of ferguson. but overall, yesterday was a day of national unity. craig? >> kristin welker for us this morning in selma, alabama. thank you. >>> president obama speaking out this weekend about that e-mail scandal surrounding hillary clinton. take a listen. >> hillary clinton is and has been an outstanding public servant. she was a great secretary of state for me. the policy of my administration is to encourage transparency. >> chuck todd is moderator of "meet the press" and joins us this morning. chuck, good morning. >> good morning, erica. >> so the president was asked aboue e-mails there. he addressed the situation. hillary clinton was at a clinton global initiative event over the weekend and did not address the e-mails at all. as we hear this though and you see what the president said how is it that someone is secretary of state for four years and no one notices that she's using a different private e-mail not a government issued e-mail. has that been tackled in washington at this point? >> you know and i actually talked to a whole bunch of obama officials from that first year in 2009. i asked them d

in selma. >>> i'm bruce johnson thanks for joining us. a tragic loss in law enforcement. a prince george county police officer was killed while conducting a traffic stop. unknown details as to how 26- year-old brendon rabain crashed his police vehicle. we have the story including an interview with county executive baker. >> police say officer brendon rabain was off duty and decided to make a traffic stop. police confirmed that there was a woman inside the car with the officer. we don't know the relationship. a witness says that the woman told her she was the officer's fiance. she may be the only one to tell us what exactly happened before the crash. police have not been able to talk to her because she is in the hospital sedated for extreme emotional distress. we know that prince george's county has suffered an incredible loss. >> well, he was a good father to his daughter. that's all i can say right now. i can't really express myself. >> childhood friends of officer brennan rabain stopped by the scene where the prince george's county officer lost his life in the line of d

in 1965. those protesters helped bring about the voting act of 1965 and many say the journey isn't over. >> i love to see everyone gather for this cause. hopefully this will wake us up inside. >> selma is not in the past selma is now for everybody here. and everybody has their own personal selma, their own bridge to cross. >> on saturday president obama joined survivors and their families to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the bloody sunday march in selma. >>> members of a wisconsin community are calling for justice after a white police officer there shot and killed an unarmed black man. people in madison held a prayer vigil for tony robinson jr. the 19-year-old was shot to death friday at his apartment. police went there after getting calls that robinson was attacking people. police said robinson then attacked an officer who opened fire. state justice authorities are investigating. >>> and from our delaware bureau now, authorities are looking into the shooting death of a suspected burglar at the hands of a state trooper. this happened after the officer responded to a burglary call at the rite aid yesterday morning. police say the trooper fired his weapon after the suspect dragg

in selma thank you. from across the country average americans came to selma retracing the steps of civil rights pioneers, robert ray is joining use from selma a day filled with so many emotions robert. >> big time, and tony summed it up well in his reporting that it was so festive and no one knew what to expect, but it was very happy here on the streets of selma, alabama today. people were around the country literally converging on this small town of just 20,000 people so many families, so many kids. people of all colors. we had the honor to speak to several of them throughout the course of the day. let's listen to what one mom and her two daughters who drove here from atlanta had to say. >> our children, you know, they have opportunities that we never had before. that my mom never had before, and it's important for us, number one, to be able to make sure that our kids understand the privileges that they have, not only that, but for them to understand that even though they have that privilege there are some people who don't look at them the way that they should. >> and that says it all which she just spoke that there is still a

rights and voting rights laws ed brooke used every instrument in the legislateive tool bock to stop them. a vow that president obama reminded us so powerfully in selma remains as timely now as ever. for all of his career he was his own man. as attorney general he was relentless on cracking down on corruption which in massachusetts in the early 1960's provided what we might call a target-rich environment. he triumphs were amazing in a state that was 2% black and school desegregation was an issue at the time and where the face of prejudice might appear ugly with anger or thinly masked by code words. in one race he narrowly lost opponent kevin race claimed to see no hidden message in bumper stickers that read "vote white". he was urged not to run for higher office but instead buy his time until massachusetts was "ready". when he ran for attorney general, elliot richardson was his opponent a man with deep connections to the upper echelons of the commonwealth. edward brooke didn't back down and a straight line can be drawn between his victories and that of another african-american this time in the national arena some four decades later. i was in high sch

in the march. earlier this week, i sat down with congressman lewis and asked him to just tell me what happened that day. >> sunday, march 7th, 1965, 600 of us attempted to walk from selma, peaceful, nonviolent fashion, to show to our country that the people of color wanted to register to vote, people were beaten, arrested and jailed from time to time. but on this day, we're walking with our backpacks, just trying to make it from selma to montgomery. and as we get to the top of that pettus bridge, down below we see a sea of blue, alabama state troopers. we continue to walk and come within hearing distance of the state troopers. a man spoke up and said i'm major john claude of the alabama state troopers, this is an unlawful march, would not be allowed to continue, i give you three minutes to disperse, return to your homes, go to your church. the young man walking beside me, jose william from dr. king's organization, said, major, give us a moment to kneel and pray. and he said troopers advance. and you saw the men putting on their gas masks, they came toward us -- >> you were kneeling? >> we were kneeling. we were knocked down. they started beating us with night sticks. t

in the 20th century. that harkens back to the committee that pushed this country to transform itself. >> i want to take us back on the ground there in selmay. she has someone special that she wants to speak with. >> again i'm here at the bridge. as i was standing here i watched the head of the naacp, cornell books, about to walk over the bridge. i wanted to talk a home. how are you feeling as you're about to make this journey? >> for me it feels more akin to a pilgrimage than a walk. you think about the pham fact that so many people laid down their lives and limbs for the right to vote. to me who was born like the president, same year really after the civil rights movement or being too young to remember it. for me this is a way of connecting with my forebearers. with all of these folks. it's profounding spiritual experience. not a political experience. >> you know that language of the spiritual -- i was asked earlier how would you describe the mood. and i kept saying it feels like love and not an easy love but what toni morrison might call a thick love. have you felt that here? >> it's a kind of agape love for the nation. unconditional in