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There were sunshine laws in florida that would require him to turn the e-mails over. the server itself creates the perception they might be using it to get around a subpoena legal, administrative case something along those lines. so that also protects potentially jeb bush. it does potentially feed this narrative of the clintons being secretive. >> thank you both so much for joining us this morning. we do appreciate it. >> thanks. nice to see you. >> sure. you too. selma 50 years later. how the e...

>> he would be trying to save the plane. >> search vessels may be on track to finding it. after crunching satellite symbols, experts believe it crashed within a 23,000 square mile arc in the indian ocean. >> that is a high degree certainty but not absolute certainty. >> that was lester hold reporting. meanwhile, the three countries leading the search will hold a meeting in may that could change the direction of the effort. in a moment remembering bloody sunday. an nbc correspondent in selma th...

We tend to march to montgomery to george c. wallace. >> what are you going to do if you get stopped? >> we hoped we dont get stopped. but were going to stand there and try to negotiate and talk them into letting us go ahead to montgomery. >> if you are stopped today, do you intend to march to montgomery? >> it took 40 years. we intend to march us montgomery if it takes us a lifetime. >> he didnt know he would killed. when you look back have you seen any type of determination thats even close to ...

Now, the other point about that martha people overlook is it was conceived after a black civil rights worker was shot and killed by a state trooper in marion alabama three weeks earlier. and the march was not only to demonstrate in favor of voting rights but to protest the killing of jimmy lee. >> a lot of voices wanting to be heard. you were attacked and injure indeed a protest a few weeks before selma? >> yeah. >> you were hit in the head with an axe handle. i want to show you a picture of you...

So they offered good suggestions to get workers to take that vacation time. are you ready for this? >> what? >> unlimited vacation time. mandatory days off. and if you can believe it financial incentives to take paid time off. >> really? >> yeah. >> i like that. pay me to take off. im good with that. all right. thank you very much. we do appreciate it. >> thank you. 50 years ago today, protesters took to the streets of selma, alabama in a march for equality. what happened next changed the cour...

We expect him to talk a little bit about that. but hes going to talk more broadly about all the progress made since selma. but also the work that remakes. it comes against the back drop of the report that there is racial bias in the police department in ferguson missouri, where michael brown was killed. the president will talk about that. and two years ago the supreme court scaled back much of the voting rights act. the very things that the folks who marched here in selma were fighting for. this...

Recipients. kidney swaps are becoming common for living knowdonors not compatible with their loved one but still want to donate. they donate to strangers in need. in return their family member receives a donor from someone who is compatible. civil rights leaders mark the 50th anniversary of the historic march. today marks president obamas first visit to selma since a campaign stop in 2007. kristen well cher is in selma. kristen, what can we expect to hear from the president today? >> reporter:...

Black mayor. >> i think the progress is phenomenal. >> evans says over the years rarely tensions have softened. while no one will forget that terrible day in 1965 most people in selma want change. >> it is such that everybody can get along. >> on sunday is a multiracial group of residents marched across the bridge kick canning off the selma to phobtmontgomery voting rights. despite a half century of social progress, economic progress has been slowed and the citys police force, although mostly bl...

Ways since 1965. but we still have a way to go. even though the color may have changed, there is still that lingering memory of what they remember. and, you know sometimes it is hard for people to forget when something dramatic has happened to them. >> many will join the annual pill gramage standing side by side with the first black president. they will be led by george lewis who was on the bridge in 1965 and terry sewell. also on hand president george w. bush wife laura, host of cabinet members...

Residents will also look towards hope for the future. >> ill tell you what its hard to overestimate and overstate how important selma is not just the history of this state but this entire country. to a person who they say is still so much progress but still so far to go. back to you, betty. >> tremaine lee, thank you. the president will speak later today at 2:45 eastern. we will bring it to you live. and nothing new. now his administration is doubling down. the white house national security co...