to deliver a speech at the foot of the bridge in selma, alabama. he will then make that historic walk over the bridge around 5 pm, eastern standard time. this, of course, is the 58th anniversary, 58 years since bloody sunday. that march on that day led by john louis, we all know it incredibly well. at the time, reverend jose williams, there was over 600 marchers on that bridge. and the aim on that day, of those marchers, was to go directly to the alabama governor, georgia wallace, on a 54 mile march from selma to the state capital of montgomery. but in fact, they did not finish that march when protesters were knocked to the ground on the other side of the bridge, hence why so many folks since that day march over that bridge on the anniversary of bloody sunday. the availed s in selma galvanized public opinion. on august 6th, 1965, we ll be following the events live throughout the day here on msnbc. the president, again, delivering those remarks at 3:30 pm at the hit of the bri
embarrassing, pennsylvania democrats elected a dead man. they knew they were doing it. they did it anyway. this would seem to defeat the idea of representative democracy, which is that you vote for people so that they can represent you. but party leaders in pennsylvania were not embarrassed. they were proud, quote: well we are incredibly saddened by the loss of representative tony deluca they said in a statement. we are proud to see the voters show their confidence in him and his commitment to democratic values by reelecting posthumously. in other words, electing a guy who can t possibly represent you is not an offense against democracy, it s the essence of democracy. now, it s not a typo. they put that in a press release and actually makes kind of sense when you remember it was also in the state of pennsylvania that democratic party leaders backed a senate candidate called john fetterman long after he had suffered a massive stroke and could not longer talk or communicate cle
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president biden, democratic senate candidate john fetterman is getting an assist from former president barack obama. will it make a difference in the high-stakes pennsylvania race? and we ll also go inside children s hospitals overwhelmed right now by the surge in respiratory illness as more and more kids are getting sick and beds are running out. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we begin this hour with the new response from the former president, former president trump s lawyer to the most aggressive move yet by the january 6th select committee. cnn political correspondent sara murray is joining us with details. so, what is the trump team saying about this new subpoena from the select committee delivered to trump today? well, it s now up to his legal team to grapple with how they want to respond. in a statement from one of these law firms, they slammed the select committee for making
states and cities with the radical policies. like i said earlier with defund the police and now, we have chaos throughout the country it doesn t matter if you say we want to reallocate funds or we want to build up community programs. you re still taking money away from the boots on the ground who are, you know, in charge of maintaining law and order. i fear more my grandchildren. violence in schools, it s everywhere. so it rising crime terrorize cities across the krnghts you would think this could be a slam dunk for candidates. look we all have to take the l sometimes just admit progressive fail and help your constituents it is that simple but apparently that s just too much to ask even when you might be the democrat who finally flips new york red. anyone who commits crime under laws especially with change they made to bail has consequences i don t know why that s so important to you. all i know is that we can do more. joining me now elizabeth gomes recently attacked