place that they have already introduced to restore the effectiveness of the voting rights act because we know from state legislatures more than 20 of them we still need that oversight to make sure people have voting rights. congressman, you talked about the need for young people the message of selma and so many other messages in the civil rights movement to get to young people. do you think that s getting through? well the president is here in south carolina today. i will be greeting him at the colombia airport in two hours. he is going to benedict college. he is meeting with boys and girls clubs, the big brothers big sisters, and my brother s keeper initiative in south carolina to say to them that as young people college students young adults you have as much
about the stories that i continue to hear from my members all around the country, the stories of injustice, stories of brutality, and when i listen to eric holder s report i kept thinking ferguson could have been many cities around this country. so to the extent that these moments that sometimes happen on the ground where a stip can be a flashpoint for a larger conversation, that s i think what we saw in selma and that s what we re seeing now in ferguson. rashad robinson thanks for being with me. appreciate your time. tune in to our special coverage of selma 50 years later all this weekend on msnbc. a fiery train derailment, top stories. a freight train loaded with crude oil derailed in northern illinois yesterday sending a giant fireball into the air. everyone within a mile of the explosion forced to evacuate. the derailment happened in a rural area so firefighters could only access the site by a bike path.
responsibility to force issues in this country as the young people did 50 years ago. we shouldn t be celebrating 50 years in retrospect. we have to be proactive as we go forward. congressman, thank you for being with me. pleasure to see you this morning. thank you so much for having me. tune in for our special coverage of selma 50 years later, all this weekend on msnbc. today at noon co-founders of black lives matter will join us for a twitter chat on the 50th anniversary of selma. tweet your questions with #msnbcchat. now to new york a few hours ago the delta jet that skidded off the runway at the laguardia runway was moved from the crash site. 24 passengers had minor issues when it crashed through a chain-link fence before stopping feet from icy waters. sarah dal off is live there.
rashad robinson strengthening african-americans voice. pleasure to have you with me. thanks for having me. what lessons from selma resonate in your mind? i think the lessons of selma is the sacrifice. the sacrifice that every day people made to stand up for their rights and the power that movement building can have that when people join together when they organize when they utilize strategies, how they can force those in power, political leaders, institutions, to change. you know, over the last several months, you know we have seen a lot coming out of our government, a lot coming out of the justice department and our president particularly around ending police brutality. i testified in front of the police reform board, none of that would have happened if not for the organizing of the young people taking to the streets. in many ways the lessons of selma are very real today. and you ve talked a lot about the difference in the way social
we wanted a week of quiet, wanted temperatures to slowly warm. we want to avoid historic flood because there s 24 inches plus on the ground. if i was going to draw a line on the map, i have to say that two foot snow line goes like this. we need to melt that slowly. looking way ahead, we have seven days then looks like a big rain storm comes out of the gulf goes up to the north. we have seven days to get rid of the snow to avoid record breaking flood. thank you. have a good weekend. don t forget to spring forward this weekend. president obama is expected to leave for south carolina tomorrow, where police attacked civil rights protest ors. he talked about the legacy of selma. it didn t just open up the