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
confirm there was no threat to public health. exactly how they were able to come to the conclusion. the local fire chief saying there were three separate entities that independently looked at the scene yesterday including the local hazmat team, also norfolk southern who says owns this train and also the environmental protection agency. all three independently were able to verify there was no spillage. look at the mess that will have to be cleaned out, too, fred. authorities adding there were at least four tankers identified as having non-hazardous materials. two with residual diesel exhaust and two others with poly kriel made, basically a water soluble solution and there were no leaks. this accident happened in an area with no protected sort of water source rather, it occurred in a place that was not established as a place that had that protected water source.