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Good morning. It is saturday, july 18th. Im lindsey reiser. We begin with john lewis. He was probably best known for leading hundreds in the 1965 march across the Edmund Pettus bridge in selma, alabama, in what became known as bloody sunday. Nbc White House Correspondent john Geoff Bennett takes a look back. He was a moral leader who commanded respect seen as one of the last forces. Lewis was one of ten children born to sharecroppers in rural alabama in 1940. He grew up on his familys farm and attended segregated public schools. Lewis said he was inspired as a young boy by the activism surroun...

good morning, ross. >> hey, chloe, thanks for that. yeah, we're one hour into the trade dag here in europe. 9:00 in london, 10:00 on the continent. we're basically giving up the gains we had yesterday. we're down by 0.3%. the ftse 100 off 0.4 prs. banks, utilities, basic resources and autos are slightly weakly affected. the smi is fairly flat at the moment. we have got a little bit of strength today in the likes of novart novartis, just helping that market slightly firmer. morning, scott. >> hey, ross, good to see you. scott wapner here in the united states. it's a couple minutes pas...