Thing. The nfl players are at it again taking a knee when they should be standing proudly for the National Anthem. Numerous players wanted to show outrage something most of them are unable to define. They make a fortune doing what they love. That was friday. They know exactly why theyre taking a knee. Colin kaepernick hasnt worked since hes been Black Baballed the nfl. It would do the country a Great Service one if he would stop tweeting about that and two truly find out what the players are protesting and again, the last part of that tweet, be happy, be cool. A Football Game that fans are paying so much money to watch and enjoy is no place to protest. You can read the rest of that yourself, but i want to make one thing clear. I dont know if many people realize or understand. When Colin Kaepernick started protesting at the nfl games, he originally sat on the bench out. Sat out the National Anthem until another then nfl player
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accomplishment. a big strategy heading into 24. no question there. ite going to be hard to pass new legislation are with republicans in control in the house. you can t walk throughout an airport without seeing signs. that s what they re going to try to do. congressional reporter for the hill, michael schnell. thanks so much for joining us this morning. as for the president, he traveled to selma, alabama, yesterday to commemorate the 58th anniversary of bloody sunday. the day marks the police attack on a group of black marchers who crossed the ed monday pettus bridge back in 1965. this was biden s first trip to selma as president. he walked across the bridge with several lawmakers and several civil rights activists. he invoked them to make a case for voting rights and four more years in office. this fundamental right remains under assault. conservative supreme court has
nation once again. we re not a free nation right now. we don t have free press. we don t have free anything. just a small sample of donald trump s dark speech at cpac. we ll have more of the former president s maga messaging in just a moment. meanwhile it sure sounds like his former secretary of state is also running for president. mike pompeo is making the rounds, criticizing trump s fiscal record while in the white house. and also ahead, we ll have a look at president joe biden s visit to selma, alabama, to mark the anniversary of bloody sunday. good morning and welcome to way too early on this monday, march 6th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. we ll begin this week just outside washington, dc, where former president donald trump
gutted the voting rights act over the years. since the 2020 election, a wave of states and dozens and dozens of anti-voting laws fueled by the big lie and the election deniers now elected to office. many of you in faith traditions, sunday is the sabbath, a day of rest. but on that sunday morning, march 7th, 1965, robinson and 600 fellow children of god chose different pews. on this bridge of her beloved selma, they were called to theal tar of democracy, unsure of their fate but certain that the cause was righteous, so she would go on to say, quote, you can never know where you re going unless you know where you ve been. we know where we have been.
mayor, we should make a disaster declaration immediately. committing the federal government to cover 100% of the rule. we re also paying for temporary housing, supporting local businesses, all businesses, as well as doing today, we provided $8 million in recovery and we are just getting started. and we are here, and we will be here as long as it takes. for a bill that we passed without a single vote from the other team was the american rescue plan when i was sworn in. that has provided $60 million to selma and dallas county directly. one of the things having been a county official for two years, i learned a long time, i m not joking, good people. if you re supposed to come to my county, you better come to