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
it premieres sunday. that s tonight actually. tonight at: 9:00. the next hour of cnn newsroom starts right now. hello again, everyone. we begin this hour in selma, alabama where just moments ago president biden arrived to mark the 59th anniversary of what s known as bloody sunday. marchers included the late congressman john lewis were beaten by white state trooper as they tried to cross the pettis bridge. arlette, the president is expected to give a speech. set the stage for us now. president biden s speech here in selma has two purposes. first off the white house said that he wants to ensure that the memory of what happened on that day 58 years ago is not a race from american history. and, secondly, the president is expected to once again make the case for voting rights. that brutal day here in selma, alabama, really served as a significant moment in the civil rights movement and led to the signing of the voting rights act. what the president has repeatedly tried to do
, heart pounding body cam. footage of those critical and terrifying minutes. officers rushing toward the gunfire, and now the killer s family is speaking up about what they call his mental health challenges. officials say the smoke pouring into the skies over indiana is definitely toxic. we are live on the scene of this huge recycling plant fire. thousands have been told to evacuate these stories and more all coming in to cnn news, central. there is an emergency unfolding in eastern indiana. happening now toxic smoke billowing into the air over the city of richmond, this as fire crews are making progress. they have contained the fire to the plant itself, but they are still battling that plant at the fire still very much burning, as it has been for the last day. 2000 people have been ordered to evacuate their homes, and officials say it could be days before the danger clears. omar jimenez is live for us on the scene, omar you ve been there now for some time described the situa
pair of strikes as president. biden speaks out for the first time on the situation. cnn s or lieberman is at the pentagon for us tonight or in what s the latest on casualties among us personnel there. john. we re looking at four attacks in a number of different locations against u. s personnel in syria over the course of the past 36 hours ago or so the first of those attacks was a one way drone attack a suicide drone attack in northeast syria that left one u. s contractor dead and six u. s personnel injured. five of those are u s service members. they re in stable condition at this point. then later on in the evening, there were 10 rockets fired at a green village site in central or eastern syria, right about that part that led to note. injuries but when the u. s retaliated, we saw two more attacks over the course of the past several hours a rocket attack at nearby kanako field again in central or eastern syria. that left one u. s service member injured in stable condition an
against u. s personnel in syria over the course of the past 36 hours ago or so the first of those attacks was a one way drone attack a suicide drone attack in northeast syria that left one u. s contractor dead and six u. s personnel injured. five of those are u s service members. they re in stable condition at this point. then later on in the evening, there were 10 rockets fired at a green village site in central or eastern syria, right about that part that led to note. injuries but when the u. s retaliated, we saw two more attacks over the course of the past several hours a rocket attack at nearby kanako field again in central or eastern syria. that left one u. s service member injured in stable condition and another drone attack, two of which were intercepted. two of those drones intercepted one got through and damaged facility there, john. it s been a long time since we ve seen attacks of this nature and how quickly these have come in syria. you mentioned the u. s. retalia