Several new developments on this alabama race. President trump giving support for roy moore. So tonight President Trump will beholding this rally just 25 miles from alabama. Hell be in pensacola florida and rally coming 4 days before alabama special election. But also comes amid this trump poll having 63 of americans disproving of the job the president is doing. Approving 32 prz. In a tweet this morning loudest support of moore. First attacked the democrat running against. Then all last three words in tweets, vote roy moore joins me live from pensacola. And florida rally is all about alabama and roy moore. Thats right. Brooke. The president due to start speaking in just under five hours time in cold and rainy pensacola. But you are right this may as well be alabama. Just a short distance from the border. This is not being billed as official roy moore rally. White house is saying this is a Campaign Style rally. The president himself he will be giving a make America Great again speech. B
Im victor black well. An icy welcome awaiting him in jackson where hes likely going to be greeted by protests. Congressman and civil rights icon john lewis is leading the charge calling the president s visit a mockery of the Civil Rights Movement, saying he plans to skip the event because President Trump is there. The naacp will hold a News Conference this hour where they plan to say this. They plan to call out the administrations divisive policies, this right after the president tweeting his full endorsement to the Alabama Senate candidate roy moore this morning, a man who says america was last great during slavery, also a man whos an accused child molester. We cant afford to have a liberal democrat who is completely controlled by nancy pelosi and chuck schumer. We cant do it. So get out and vote for roy moore. Do it. Do it. Cnn National Correspondent athena jones filed this report looking ahead to todays event. Reporter protests are expected to greet President Trump at the grand open
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 not far away. Now just three days away from that special election. Trump urging people in alabama to vote for accused child molester roy moore. Heres what he said last night at a rally. We cant afford to have a liberal democrat, so ge
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Good morning, everyone. Im Victor Blackwell. Good morning to you. In just a few hours President Trump will head to the opening of the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum. Theres resistance from several calling the president s visit a mockery of the Civil Rights Movement. Trumps visit to mississippi comes just hours after campaigning for roy moore, an accused child molester. Roy moore raised more eyebrows this weekend. They attempt to discredit the multiple women who accuse moore of pr suing them as teenagers. We want to get right to cnn White House Reporter Caitlyn Collins who was at that rally. The president not holding back. Reporter certainly not. He gave his full endorsement to roy moore last night and that didnt come as a surprise to anyone because weve only seen the president grow louder and more forceful in his endorsement of roy moore in the last few days, just days ahead of that high stakes election on tuesday. So last night though the president was in florida there were several a