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day known as bloody sunday. on this day in 1965, 600 people began a march from selma to montgomery, demanding an toned discrimination in voter registration. marchers were beaten by white state troopers, including the late congressman john lewis, as they tried to cross the edmund pettus bridge. it helped spark outrage. cnn's arlette saenz is joining us right now. arlette is there in selma for the event today. the president is expected to make his own case for maintaining, restoring lost voter rights. >> reporter: yeah, fred, he is. the president will make his arguments against the bac...

Heroic efforts, 38-year-old stephen schaeffer died a short time later at the hospital. joining me from boston, wildlife biologist jeff coin and author of the book "100 heartbeats" and friend to msnbc. good morning to you, jeff. >> good morning. >> when this kind of thing happens, people start freaking out and we all get worried and think you can't go into the water again. talk about these concerns, how common are these attacks and should we be afraid to go in the water? >> well, alex, shark attacks are truly incredibly rare. since we've been keeping records for many, many decade, we've only ha...