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Hello given and welcome this saturday. Im fredricka whitfield. At any moment now, we hope to hear the remarks coming from the president of the United States as he is now in the midst of a private tour at the nations newest Civil Rights Museum in jackson, mississippi. More than 100 protesters we understand are outside while inside the president gets his personal tour there. Tensions have been high for the president s visit as many top civil rights leaders and prominent africanamericans have chosen to stay away. Among them congressman and civil rights icon john lewis, who has called trumps visit a mockery of the Civil Rights Movement. The president already busy tweeting this morning, not about this moment, but instead about a crucial Alabama Senate election ....

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