thank you for wicking up with us. i am amara walker. i m paula reid in for boris sanchez and i am thrilled to be back with you today. thanks for coming back. i am glad we didn t scare you away. well, we are following two top stories this morning. a solemn moment expected today in alabama. president biden will visit selma to mark an important moment in civil rights history. the 58th anniversary of bloody sunday. and a raucous welcome for former patient. the conservative political action conference in maryland facing a slew of investigations. the twice impeached republican promised a reckoning with democrats and establishment republicans. in 2016 i declared i am your voice. today i add i am your warrior, i am your justice, and for those who have been wronged and betrayed, i am your retribution. i am your retribution. a lot to get to this morning. let s begin with priscilla alvarez in delaware with the president. this is president biden s third trip to selma but his fi
fresh calls for voting protections. this has been a theme throughout his administration and one in which he will use this opportunity in selma to call for that. again, the white house says that president biden will be delivering remarks when he is there. he wants to make sure that we are not erasing history, we are commemorating it. that s what the white house says about his remarks. also, he will note that voting rights is integral to economic justice and civil rights for black americans. so those are the through lines for his remarks, but he is also expected to cross the bridge. this is something that happens each year, each anniversary. of course, it is an important moment, one remembering 1965 that led to blpolice attacking voting rights activists and he led to the passage of the voting rightsing act of 1965 and it is an opportunity for president biden to call on that while he tries to elevate those calls for voting protections and one in which again, as you mentioned, he