contrast. right now my mind is on selma, alabama, our residents are preparing to commemorate one of the most pivotal advance of the black freedom struggle. tomorrow i will be joining you live from selma, we re all be taking part in the 58th anniversary of bloody sunday. in my capacity at the head of the national action network. president biden will make his third visit to selma as commander-in-chief. and will call for new action to the voting rights activists who risked their lives for, back on march seven, 1965. but as democrats prepare to mark that sovereign memorial. and grace, and have have grayson affection and reflection. republicans will close out this year s conservative political action conference. with more of the car to conservatives. that have been on display for the last four days. with tonight s keynote speech coming from none other than donald trump. scheduled to take the stage within the hour. the contrast is stark. and the emblematic of the divide betwe
reported. at least seven people are dead after a series of severe storms tearing through the southern united states. deadly storms and high winds, even a handful of tornadoes led to widespread power outages from texas to tennessee, and kentucky. that weather system is taking a turn towards the northeast. now or forecasts is expected to dump heavy snow on northern new england by the end of this week. and finally, author and spiritual adviser marion williamson kicking off her second presidential bid earlier this afternoon. williamson is the first democrat to enter the 2024 presidential race officially. she says that her candidacy is challenging the system joe biden. more politics nation with reverend al sharpton right after this break. after this break classic, cage free, and organic. more delicious, farm-fresh taste. plus, superior nutrition. because the way we care is anything but ordinary. i m not a doctor. i m not even in a doctor s office. i m standing on the street,
politicsnation. this week a group of more than 200 faith leaders from across the country issued a challenge to the biden administration. calling on the white house to establish a commission to study reparations before juneteenth this year. two of those are joining me now. vashti mackenzie of the national council of churches. and rabbi jonah posner of the religious action center of reform judaism. thank you both for joining me today. we ve been hearing more discussion about reparations since the george floyd protest of 2020. but mostly at the state and local levels. why are you pushing for federal
politicsnation. you re looking at live pictures from cpac the conservative political action conference. wrapping up outside of d.c. this afternoon. former president donald trump is expecting to take the stage to deliver the keynote address at any moment. within the last hour trump run a stronghold of 50 vote. his closest challenger was florida governor ron desantis. who scored 20%. joining me now to talk about it is my political panel, maura gillespie, former aide to republican representative adam kinzinger. and michael hardaway, former staff with a democratic senator, nic durbin, and hakeem jeffries. cpac has traditionally been a civil case for republican presidential hopefuls. let s start off with trump s presidential campaign. which was announced in mid
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