nation once again. we re not a free nation right now. we don t have free press. we don t have free anything. just a small sample of donald trump s dark speech at cpac. we ll have more of the former president s maga messaging in just a moment. meanwhile it sure sounds like his former secretary of state is also running for president. mike pompeo is making the rounds, criticizing trump s fiscal record while in the white house. and also ahead, we ll have a look at president joe biden s visit to selma, alabama, to mark the anniversary of bloody sunday. good morning and welcome to way too early on this monday, march 6th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. we ll begin this week just outside washington, dc, where former president donald trump returned to the stage at cpac over the weekend. for nearly two hours saturday evening trump addressed a smaller than usual crowd at the conservative conference in national harbor, maryland. there the 2024 pre
american mainstream. i m talking about main street americans in their millions. they come in all sizes, shapes and colors. blue collar workers, blacks, hispanics, shoe keepers, scholars, service people, housewives and professional men and women, they re the backbone of america. we can t move america without moving their hearts and minds, as well. they want all electric stoves all over the country. but we don t have the electric power for that. we want electric stoves, but we also want gas stoves. it s april fools . why do they want that? cpac then and now. the conservative conference has shifted in recent years to grievance politics. those two speeches 41 years apart. now, led by former president donald trump who delivered a dark speech, telling a sparse crowd at cpac, quote, i am your retribution. we ll have more of his remarks and what they mean for the 2024 presidential race just ahead. plus, we ll get a live report from springfield, ohio, where another norfolk south
president biden is about to honor of hero of bloody sunday. it was 58 years ago that white deputies and state troopers violently turned on peaceful demonstrators. they were beginning a 54-mile march to montgomery, the state capital to call for equal voting rights for african-americans. this is obviously an important trip for the president. what can you tell us? reporter: well, jim, president biden s purpose here in selma, alabama today is two-fold. the white house has said he wants to commemorate the day, the events of bloody sunday 58 years ago so that they will not be erased from america s memory. the president will be speaking in just a short while with a backdrop of the edmund pettis bridge right behind him, where african-americans were severely beaten by white officers. the president in his remarks today is once again expected to put the spotlight on the need for vote being rights legislation. in the 2020 campaign, that was one of the central tenets, one of main promis
presidential bid. all people really know about him governor of a successful state. he has taken on woke and they want to know more about him. virginia school district removes a question from a.p. government test comparison of liberals vs. conservatives answers listing stereo typically identities. shameless about attempt to indoctrinate students. bats the ball away. lopez doesn t like this. trying to be the enforcer. good luck good luck trying to solo pez down. that s a large human being it s a beautiful day and i can t stop myself from smiling if i m drinking i m buying. ainsley: well, look at that shot. gorgeous. steve, you always said red, white and blue, brian. there is no water there are you a little jealous. brian: that s purple. divided senate. steve: gorgeous. a beautiful start to this tuesday hour two already. ainsley: march 14th. we are already in the middle of march. brian: right. i wish it would just be a little bit warmer and daylight savings