History for this countrys struggle for civil rights. It became to be known as bloody sunday. Today the nations first africanamerican president retraced those steps alongside dozens of others including former president george w. Bush. President obama took a moment to look back and forward enlisting a new generation into the fight. Nbcs Kristen Welker joins us from the bridge where protesters changed the course of history. Kristen. Reporter pet efb evening. The energy was electric here. Its estimated as many as 40,000 people turned out from all across the country to honor the courageous men and women who risked their lives to fight for equality and justice on this bridge 50 years ago. 50 years ago he would have been met with troopers tear gas and taunts. Today, the first africanamerican president clutched the hand of one of the men who made it possible for him to be here as they crossed the Edmund Pettus bridge a symbol of how far america has come. If someone had told me that we were cro
We begin tonight in kenya where terroriststerrorists are promising an attack on a university that killed at least 148 people this week is just the beginning. The terror Group Alshabaab now says kenyan cities will run red with blood. Today, kenyas president , Uhuru Kenyatta declared three days of National Mourning promising he will respond to the threat in the fiercest way possible. Our forfathers bled and died for this nation, and we will do everything to defend our way of life. Axelrod we are now hearing extraordinary tells of survival from some who managed to make it through the attack. Debora patta is in nairobi with those, and with the gutwrenching wait for parents who still dont know if their child is dead or alive. Reporter this is what the aftermath of a massacre looks like the agonizing wait to identify bodies at chiromo mortuary relatives home hopefor a miracle. It seldom comes. Parents who do not find their childrent morgue come here to Nyayo Stadium in kenyas capital, Nyayo
We begin tonight in and the latest flashpoint in a National Debate about freedom and discrimination. Two days ago indianas governor mike pence surrounded by nuns, franciscan monks and Orthodox Jews signed the religious freedom restoration act into law. Going into effect in july it protects the right of people or businesses to follow their religious beliefs. Today, hundreds of people gathered at the state house in indianapolis to protest, saying the law sanctions discrimination against gays and lesbians. As adriana diaz reports, this backlash is building. Reporter more than 700 protesters turned out at the state capital today to voice their fears that the new law could give businesses the right to refuse to serve gays and lesbians under religious grounds. This is what democracy looks like reporter rachel and amy have been married for 15 years. I dont want my child living in an environment where shes made to feel like her family is somehow less than other families families. Reporter toda
Molina. For more than two decades, he ran a successful Choral Program at antioch high school. One way to measure success is the awards he won over the years. Another way to measure it, is what youll see now. How many measures of music does it take to take the measure of a mans life. Those rehearsing for a special concert inside antioch high schools auditorium are soon to find out. Crescendo the life in question, not one of theirs, but the one thing they all have in common. Learning music, and life, from ron mo molina. Ive always said that if i could be anyone, i would want to be just like him. For 27 years, music has been cool at antioch, because music was mo. He would regularly field a Concert Choir of more than 200 singers. The elite among them, the Music Masters toured the world, winning competition after competition, performing hundreds of time each year. Not just telling his kids they were family, but showing it. He was my hero. He is who i wanted to be. Mo often told anyone who w
Lets track this storm on the heels of another storm a couple of days ago. This is fast moving so as we head through the night the rates jump 34 inches per hour but most of it will be moving out to sea by tomorrow morning. Big storm totals 1218 inches of snow, the worst of it in southeastern massachusetts and close to a foot in the city of boston itself. Axelrod so many people just begging for a break, eric. When any hope in the forecast . Reporter there is some hope. As we look towards this week, especially past wednesday, the jet stream lifts north, warmer air floods in and we get a muchneeded thaw all across the eastern united states. But as we head towards the weekend and beyond, the cold is going to return. As we kick off march it looks like winter will not be leaving us just yet. Axelrod eric fisher with the forecast from plymouth, massachusetts, thank you. The number of Flight Cancellations this winter is the highest in 25 years. The weather, of course, is to blame, but also new