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Inside of there. the president sending a full complement of his cabinet. but also the ordinary folks, the men and women part of that movement then and now really showcase showcased. that is what is happening here. i m joined right now by one of the people that is pushing for the ongoing movement for voting rights. and i want her to step in now. gloria brown marshall. gloria brown marshall. gloria tell me what you think this commemoration means and how we can connect the past 50 years ago to today when it comes to the issue of voting rights. i think it comes down to power. we have the power then. even though people try to make the black community feel powerless. and even today there s a sense that we are powerless when we are not. we have political power, we have economic power, and we re going to show that power. and i think that s what this 50th commemoration is about. the voting rights cases before the court now, the legal issues before the court regarding photo ....
This 50th commemoration. and more than 100 members of congress are expected to be there this week to commemorate selma. but from the republican controlled house, as of this afternoon, none of their leaders were going. this was the headline all day. g.o.p. leaders to skip selma event. none of the leaders of the house. steve scalise, kevin mccarthy, it might be awkward to send steve scalise. this was the word all day. no top republicans going to selma. thanks very much. and then late tonight as reported by dana bash, kevin mccarthy apparently had a change of heart. he has decided he will make the trip to selma after all. we reached out to his office and they confirmed the trip is now on his schedule. a late addition. the march in selma 50 years ago ....
The 50th commemoration. we ll be back with more speakers, more interviews, more music right after these messages and of course coming up later the president of the united states. ....
People s environment. and joy, let me ask you a little bit about that. because part of the challenge that this movement represented by this 50th commemoration is, is that this is not just about race, this is not even primarily about civil rights, this is about lbgt questions, immigration, environment. that seems like a tougher coalition of people to hold together. yeah, it s difficult. because you re trying to sort of build this multi-faceted view of what civil rights means, when i think in the minds of many people, civil rights means what it meant 50 years ago. it meant an african-american issue. and it was even sometimes getting the civil rights establishment to accept the expansion of the feed for civil rights into an lbgt community. so you have a challenge, because some of these coalitions are sort of fractured, and they each have their own needs and their own priorities. so getting everyone on to the same page, but i think that s ones of the reasons the fight against it is so to ....
Biden look disciplined and on message. he won by a unique tea party environment of 2010. maine has always been a quirky state, it s got an independent senator. this may not play very well. the good news is he s got a couple months and about a year and a half to make his campaign about something besides doesn t he know when he s talking about an issue of race? we re days away from the 50th commemoration of the historic 1963 march on washington where dr. king delivered that important speech i have a dream where he talked about the content of our character and not the color of our skin. i can t think of anything, just if you look at the words, true or not true that president obama heights white peop hates white people, where is that coming from? that is crazy. but ever since 2002 we have to have these moments where we have to have a racial debate. i m not going to do that. ....