It's Monday, March 10th.
I'm Jane Coston and this is what a day.
The show recognizing the 60th anniversary of Bloody Sunday in which 600 people, including the late Representative John Lewis, were viciously attacked and beaten by Alabama law enforcement officials on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma for the simple act of marching in support of voting rights for African Americans.
Here is Representative Lewis sharing his experience back in 2018 with the Oprah Winfrey Network.
I was the first person to be hit.
I was hit in the head by.
A state trooper with a night stick.
I thought I saw death.
I thought I was going to down that bridge.
I thought it was my last nonviolent protest.
Fortunately for us, it wasn't.
On today's show, the Trump administration cracks down on so called antisemitism on college campuses.
And North Korean soldiers help Russia regain territory from Ukraine.
But let's start with Congress.
Remember them, you vote for them to represent you in the House and Senate and send them to Washington to do something.
Well, while President Donald Trump and co President Elon Musk have been effectively running the government into the ground, in my view Congress is the only thing standing in the way of a government shutdown.
Yes, this Congress, I don't feel good about it either.
On Saturday, speaker of the House Mike Johnson released a version of a continuing resolution that would keep the federal government open until the end of September.
But that continuing resolution contains some tough pills for both Republicans and Democrats to swallow.
If you're a Republican who wants to cut government spending, the bill keeps spending pretty much at the same levels President Joe Biden set, while adding about $6 billion to defense allotments and border security.