both of them amontgomery those gathering. 50 years ago alabama state troopers attacked, clubbed and tear-gassed marchers on the edmund pettus bridge as they march for voting rights. let s bring in athena jones live from selma. what s the mood out there? reporter: good morning, joe. the commemoration gets under way several hours from now. we arrived near the bridge more than an hour ago and we saw people out on the street so this is going to be a bigevent, a much anticipated event of course. but i want to tell you about a very special place we were able to tour. it s a home that played a central role in the movement here in selma. it s where martin luther king slept, ate and strategized when he was in selma. if these walls could talk they would tell a story of a family here in selma, that has tried to give and contribute and
news two arrests in the murder of russian opposition leader boris that was gunned down in the shadow. also breaking over night dozens protest in madison wisconsin after police shoot a 19 year ol african american man inside a home. it s been one whole year since mh flight has disappeared. are investigators closer to finding out what happened. this is cnn breaking news. good morning i am joe in for victor plaque we victor black well. i am christie and we want to begin with the breaking news this hour. just one week after the opposition leader was gunned down the media is reporting that two suspects are under arrest this morning. one of putant s critics was
i our commander-in-chief. and close guantanamo bay? maybe there are also those who claim that our reform efforts would insure illegal immigrants. this, too, is false. the reforms i m proposing would not apply to those who are here illegally. there are people who say that is because there is more disrespect for this president. that there are people angry at him because he is the first african-american president. he is treated differently. especially if you look at that moment in congress president bush was disrespected by many folks on the far left. that is an important context. but there you see the president being yelled at by joe in south carolina, and heckled by people on the far left. no question here, the larger picture here is the persistent
to this. the number one thing people are worried about the economy and jobs. so he s changing the subject. ok, let s not talk about the economy. that s not going so well. let s talk about foreign policy. that could be one of the reasons why this campaign is having trouble settling on a new campaign slogan. for a while, they rolled out winning the future but as it turns out, the initials for that are wtf and that became poked a lot by the late night comics and by sarah palin as well. they tried we can t wait and an economy built to last, fair shot, none of those have stuck so far. we asked you for some help for the president. all right. katherine in ohio says via e-mail, it s not as bad as it looks. that might not work. dave from ohio said obama 2012, it s bush s fault. it s been used. joe in colorado typed in this. thanks for the memories. that seems to be his hope. and ben in new york says excuses, why we can t.
fault. democrats and the media are singing in unison. not to enhance this beltway fable, but thank you, mr. norquist. by reminding republicans of their anti-tax promises he has helped to expose the real reason for the super committee s failure. the two parties disagree profoundly on a vision of government. we ve been talking a lot on the phone just about what s been going on here. let s bring joe in. how are you feeling? not so great. i m coming along. i thought i was going to be in today. can i just say the decaf is working very well for you this morning. more like a tranquilizer. but that s okay. that s what they re calling xanax. we re not done yet. that s the risky statement after yesterday. talk to me about grover norquist. what we were talking about on the phone is great in light of what we re saying here. i had not read the wall