hello, everyone, thank you for joining me this sunday. i m fredricka whitfield and we begin with another norfolk southern derailment in ohio. two miles away from east palestine, the site of the toxic smil one month ago. 20 cars came off the track early saturday evening. nearby residents wither temporarily asked to shelter in place out of an abundance of caution and that order lifted early this morning. norfolk southern officials say there were no hazardous materials on board. still, hazmat teams from the epa and clark county each independently examining the site to confirm all of that. cnn s paulo sandoval is following the latest developments. another crash and same company and same state, all within a month. what are we learning? reporter: the time is interesting here. but in terms of this specific incident, you mentioned that shelter-in-place order that was lifted. that was done so after authorities on the groundwo worked through the night, and they lifted that. no injuri
day known as bloody sunday. on this day in 1965, 600 people began a march from selma to montgomery, demanding an toned discrimination in voter registration. marchers were beaten by white state troopers, including the late congressman john lewis, as they tried to cross the edmund pettus bridge. it helped spark outrage. cnn s arlette saenz is joining us right now. arlette is there in selma for the event today. the president is expected to make his own case for maintaining, restoring lost voter rights. reporter: yeah, fred, he is. the president will make his arguments against the backdrop of what was a brutal, yet very historic moment in the civil rights movement. the president will be here to celebrate the 58th anniversary of bloody sunday, as you recapped, the moment where civil rights and voting rights activists crossed that bridge right behind me and were severely beaten by police officers, many white police officers. the president is traveling to selma. the white house sa
it premieres sunday. that s tonight actually. tonight at: 9:00. the next hour of cnn newsroom starts right now. hello again, everyone. we begin this hour in selma, alabama where just moments ago president biden arrived to mark the 59th anniversary of what s known as bloody sunday. marchers included the late congressman john lewis were beaten by white state trooper as they tried to cross the pettis bridge. arlette, the president is expected to give a speech. set the stage for us now. president biden s speech here in selma has two purposes. first off the white house said that he wants to ensure that the memory of what happened on that day 58 years ago is not a race from american history. and, secondly, the president is expected to once again make the case for voting rights. that brutal day here in selma, alabama, really served as a significant moment in the civil rights movement and led to the signing of the voting rights act. what the president has repeatedly tried to do
president biden is about to honor of hero of bloody sunday. it was 58 years ago that white deputies and state troopers violently turned on peaceful demonstrators. they were beginning a 54-mile march to montgomery, the state capital to call for equal voting rights for african-americans. this is obviously an important trip for the president. what can you tell us? reporter: well, jim, president biden s purpose here in selma, alabama today is two-fold. the white house has said he wants to commemorate the day, the events of bloody sunday 58 years ago so that they will not be erased from america s memory. the president will be speaking in just a short while with a backdrop of the edmund pettis bridge right behind him, where african-americans were severely beaten by white officers. the president in his remarks today is once again expected to put the spotlight on the need for vote being rights legislation. in the 2020 campaign, that was one of the central tenets, one of main promis
a day of brutality remembered as a pivotal moment in the civil rights movement. at any moment president biden will lead a crowd across the edmund pettus bridge. this is the site 58 years ago of bloody sunday, peaceful demonstrators calling for equal voting rights for black americans when white deputies turned on them. it became a seminal moment in the civil rights movement. as you can see, you see president biden joining hands with civil rights leaders, leading members of congress. i think one of the house democratic leaders, james clyburn is there as well as other civil rights leaders. they re going to cross the edmund pettus bridge in just a few moments. one thing we should note to our viewers is that the satellite images coming out of selma have been a little spotty at times. there you see it right now as the shot pulls out, the president biden linking hands with civil rights leaders and other african american leaders as they prepare to walk across the edmund pettus bridge