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
thank you for wicking up with us. i am amara walker. i m paula reid in for boris sanchez and i am thrilled to be back with you today. thanks for coming back. i am glad we didn t scare you away. well, we are following two top stories this morning. a solemn moment expected today in alabama. president biden will visit selma to mark an important moment in civil rights history. the 58th anniversary of bloody sunday. and a raucous welcome for former patient. the conservative political action conference in maryland facing a slew of investigations. the twice impeached republican promised a reckoning with democrats and establishment republicans. in 2016 i declared i am your voice. today i add i am your warrior, i am your justice, and for those who have been wronged and betrayed, i am your retribution. i am your retribution. a lot to get to this morning. let s begin with priscilla alvarez in delaware with the president. this is president biden s third trip to selma but his fi
el paso. the west is so beautiful. will: i agree. rachel: so beautiful. pete: more beautiful than wisconsin. will: will uh-oh. rachel: it depends on the time of year. wisconsin in the summer is a slice of heaven, but there s nothing like a desert sunset. the desert is beautiful. and i feel like it s so americana. i love the wildlife. will: i agree with that. rachel: yeah, i know you do. we share that. will: for sure. you gonna karaoke some working for the weekend for us? that s to your thing, right? pete: i once did it. will: it lives in infamy. i wasn t even there. i hear that song, and i picture you on a stage doing pete: there is a iphone video rachel: why is it so famous? pete: i think only because i ve mentioned it. it s more infamous than famous. will: coast to coast. pete: coast to coast people know about it? now they do. rachel: i imagine there were a few cocktails before that. pete: absolutely not. you mow me. [laughter] entirely sober rendition of working for t
republican congressman jim jordan for seeking to interfere with the ongoing criminal investigation. from that times report, quote, the 50-page suit filed in federal court in the southern district of new york accuses jordan of a, quote, brazen and unconstitutional attack on the prosecution of mr. trump and a, quote, transparent campaign to intimidate and attack the district attorney lawyers for bragg are seekinr ms congressional allies from enforcing a subpoena they sent to mark pomerpomerantz. mark pomerantz was a leader into the investigation of mr. trump he later wrote a book about the experience viewers of this program may remember he appeared here as well mr. pomerantz resigned last year after mr. bragg, after his first term in office decided not to seek an indictment of trump at the time mr. bragg s lawyers also intend to frercprevent any such lawsuii says is this where we start with our friends, the new york times glenn thrush is here also joining us the former chie
we are coming on the air with several developing stories, the big international pledge secret meeting on secret doc with a little bit of committee chaos, let s start with what is happening right now with the u.s. and allies getting ready to add tanks to the battlefield in ukraine. the white house just now outlining when those tanks will be on the ground, part of a bigger international push to try to get other countries to do the same. our teemg is standing by with the latest. also this hour, senators getting briefed by the head of the u.s. intelligence and what is at the top of the agenda, a whole bunch of classified documents ending up in places where they shouldn t be. we will have the team on what to expect. plus the committee, democrats blasting speaker kevin mccarthy s move to boot top democrats from the in tem committee and his expected push to try to block one member of congress from foreign affairs. we will get into it all later in the show. i m hallie jackson in