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a day of brutality remembered as a pivotal moment in the civil rights movement. at any moment president biden will lead a crowd across the edmund pettus bridge. this is the site 58 years ago of bloody sunday, peaceful demonstrators calling for equal voting rights for black americans when white deputies turned on them. it became a seminal moment in the civil rights movement. as you can see, you see president biden joining hands with civil rights leaders, leading members of congress. i think one of the house democratic leaders, james clyburn is there as well as other civil rights leaders. they re going to cross the edmund pettus bridge in just a few moments. one thing we should note to our viewers is that the satellite images coming out of selma have been a little spotty at times. there you see it right now as the shot pulls out, the president biden linking hands with civil rights leaders and other african american leaders as they prepare to walk across the edmund pettus ....
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President biden linking hands with civil rights leaders and other african american leaders as they prepare to walk across the edmund pettus bridge which is a civil rights landmark. let me go to cnn ar let s seinz, our white house correspondent who is on the scene there in selma, alabama. arlette, we had trouble linking up with you earlier. i hope you re there now. reporter: we are. as we re watching this unfold, i m reminded of when president obama did the same march. it s becoming something of a ritual for presidents now, to pay respects to the fact sizes on that bridge, people like the late congressman john lewis. there s president obama when he did it, holding hands with john lewis, and michelle obama back in 2015 when barack obama was president of the united states. that was just an incredible ....