we began this weekend with the voting rights march in selma, alabama. commemorating the 50th anniversary of bloody sunday. a short time ago, president biden laid a crowd of hundreds across the edmund pettus bridge. we re still rights leaders were brutally beaten by police on march 7th, 1965. biden was also issuing a call to action as dozens of states pass voting rights protections. salma is a reckoning. a right to vote. a right to vote, to have your vote counted. it s the threshold of democracy and liberty. with that anything is possible. without it, without that right, nothing is possible. and this fundamental right remains under assault. in january, i signed electoral reform acts to protect the will of the people and the people transferring the transfer of power. we know that we must get the vote in congress. to pass the john lewis voting rights advancement act. let s get right to sell not where we find nbc news correspondent antonia hylton. good to see you, this is a
good afternoon. i m yasmin if you get. we have a lot going on in the hours ahead. it has happened again another major derailment in ohio involving the very same company behind that toxic crash just one month ago. this one captured on video literally falling off the tracks. we are live on the scene coming up. joe biden is set to arrive this hour in selma for the anniversary of bloody sunday. he s expected to take aim at a gop war against voting rights. new reaction to revelations involving house relic an s weaponization committee and the people they painted as, quote, star witnesses. donald trump makes a startling statement about what he will do with his campaign if he is indicted. as the former president riles up the crowd at cpac, our good friends are there as well. what happened on january 6th? well, a false flag. in what way? it had been blamed on my friends. it s been blamed on the patriots. i m going to talk to the good lawyers coming up about what they have
to deliver a speech at the foot of the bridge in selma, alabama. he will then make that historic walk over the bridge around 5 pm, eastern standard time. this, of course, is the 58th anniversary, 58 years since bloody sunday. that march on that day led by john louis, we all know it incredibly well. at the time, reverend jose williams, there was over 600 marchers on that bridge. and the aim on that day, of those marchers, was to go directly to the alabama governor, georgia wallace, on a 54 mile march from selma to the state capital of montgomery. but in fact, they did not finish that march when protesters were knocked to the ground on the other side of the bridge, hence why so many folks since that day march over that bridge on the anniversary of bloody sunday. the availed s in selma galvanized public opinion. on august 6th, 1965, we ll be following the events live throughout the day here on msnbc. the president, again, delivering those remarks at 3:30 pm at the hit of the bri
the president will be addressing the crowd there at the foot of the edmund pettus bridge. 50 years out of bloody sunday so far, starting off the ceremonies there today with just about 20 minutes or so ago, it was reverend william barber. we heard from mayor jane s perkins. dr. james mitchell as well. we re currently hearing from congresswoman, as i said, representative i should say, terry soul. and after that we will hear from charles muldon before the president is announced. and he offers up his words, 58 years after bloody sunday. just so you know, charles malden is a civil rights leader, in case you don t know. he was, as a black teenager, standing in the front row of civil rights marchers who crossed the bridge on march of 1965. he will offer up his words after that day, before
celebration, but also a call to action that there is more that needs to be done here in alabama when it comes to voting rights, but also that alabama is a reflection of the nation, just as it was 58 years ago. still in the fights almost 60 years later. antonia hylton, as, always thank, you i want to bring in now michigan secretary of state jocelyn benson who is in selma this evening. secretary benson, it s good to see you. i think a lot of our viewers know you for the work you have done in the past three years to defend our democracy. it strikes me you being in selma, this is the roots of what brings you to the work that you do today. draw a line from a between what was happening 58 years ago and the fight we find ourselves in today? it s directly connected. i started my career in montgomery, alabama, in selma. and was deeply inspired with this sense of responsibility to continue the work of those who stood in march of 1965.