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
among the critics is the president and ceo of the naacp derrick johnson who spoke about his issue with president trump in speaking to on outfront. it is unfortunate. in fact, it s an affront to those individuals who fought for voting rights to ensure that people had quality education and access to health care will be celebrated. those are principles this president do not support. reporter: and we know that the naacp president is not going to be attending today s event. they, instead, had their own separate event today, a press conference a little bit earlier. you mentioned earlier that two u.s. continuationmen benny toms from mississippi and john lewis who was going to be part of this program, he is, of course, a