you can see jackie robinson's story in the new movie "42" opening that day. there's much more on "newsroom" straight ahead with don lemon. >> thank you so much for joining us. here is what is happening right now. today we've learned the name of an american woman killed this weekend in a suicide bombing in afghanistan. the state department confirms to cnn that ann smedinghoff was a public diplomacy officer assigned to the u.s. embassy in kabul. it is believed they is the only diplomat killed in hostile territory since the libyian died nearly seven months ago. anne smedinghoff was just 27

years old. three defense ministers and an employee were traveling to a school to donate books. i will talk with anne's father in a moment. but first, i want to go to washington where athena jones has more state department reaction. john kerry had met this young woman personally. >> had hawai, don, that's right. john kerry met anne smedinghoff and he was clearly impressed by her. let's listen to what he told a group of diplomats today. >> when i was in afghanistan, she was part of my team. and she was someone who worked hard and put her life on the line so that others could live a better life. >> and secretary kerry told that group of state department employees that he had the chance to speak with smedinghoff's family after learning of this tragedy. don? >> let's talk about the military

draw down from afghanistan, athena. general dempsey is there this weekend checking on progress. there is concern about how that is going. >> reporter: that's right, don. the can concern is really about what happens after 2014. that's when the afghans are supposed to take over responsibility for security. for keeping the can country safe. and we know that some republicans, i spoke with senator john mccain today, he said he has always been concerned about this hand off. i asked about the event this weekend, killings over the weekend, raised concern. he said he is always concerned. the u.s. is sending signs that we're leaving. not thatter with winning, but that they are leaving. he said there's a file our on this front in iraq and he is worried we will see the same movie play out in afghanistan. i also spokes with lindsay graham about this and he said the u.s. would be crazy not to leave behind a force of 10 to 13,000 troops to help the afghans out after 2014. and so, that number still has to be determined but you can bet

that politicians here in washington are going to want to have a say and are going to be voicing their concern over just how much that -- how many forces should stay behind after 2014. don? >> athena jones, thank you very much. we want to tell viewers, that anne smedinghoff, 27 years old. her father will join us later on this n this broadcast. in the meantime, north korea may test launch a missile this week. this comes as north urges all workers to leave an industrial complex near the border by wednesday. meanwhile, china, one of north korea's last remaining allies sent a thinly veiled warning to the country. china's president says, saying quote, no one should be allowed to throw a region and even the world, the whole world, into chaos for selfish gain. i want you to listen to what former ambassador to china, jon huntsman, today say about these comments from china. >> this is rather unprecedented for the head of the party, the

head of the military, and the president, all one person, to be saying these words. and it suggests to me, as i've watched the ratcheting up of frustration among chinese leaders over the last many years that they probably have hit the 212 degrees boiling point as it relates to north korea. >> as a situation reaches a tipping point, the u.s. delayed a planned missile test firing in california in an effort to ease tensions on the korean peninsula. barbara starr is at the pentagon for more on the u.s. response. barbara, what more do we know about postponing of this missile test? >> good evening, don, the pentagon is saying it is a prudent action, essentially. they don't want north korea to get the wrong idea if the routine missile tests were to go forward, they don't want north korea to construe it, either accidentally or deliberately, as provocation. so they will delay the test. but it is pretty interesting. i can't recall anything like

that happening recently with regards to north korea. so whatever the kim jong-un is up to wbt pentagon is listening. >> barbara, the commandener north korea cancelled a trip to washington. what does this say about the u.s. readiness for impending launch? >> you know, general thurman, james thurman, decided that he needed to stay in south korea because of the rising tensions. the u.s. military says it's ready for any test launch other countries in the region as well. they put missile defense in place if this test launch were to threaten land such as ju a.j. pan there might be an attempt to shoot it down. they say they are ready for whatever comes. again, it is like postponing missile test here in the state. everybody on edge. i think that's what chinese are addressing. >> barbara starr at the pentagon, thank you so much for that. >> sure. >> in west virginia today, a sheriff shot dead a few days ago was laid to rest. this is in mingo county west

virginia. sheriff walter eugene crumb was eating lunch in his police car wednesday when someone shot him dead. he was only sheriff for three months but was already known for cracking down hard on drug dealers. his family believes he was can killed because of his tough stance on drug crime. one suspect in the sheriff's killing is in custody right now. in southern california an autopsy is expected this week for the son of rick warren. matthew warren apparently shot himself to death pry morning. his family says he struggled with depression since infancy. warren did not address his grieving congregation at saddle back church but did offer this remark. kay and i often marvelled at his courage to keep moving in spite of his relentless pain. i'll never forget how many years ago, after another approach had failed to give him relief. matthew said, dad, i know i'm going to heaven.

why can't i just die and end this pain? but he kept going for another decade. a young woman killed in the suicide bombing yesterday. 25-year-old san smedinghoff. on the phone right now, her father, tom smedinghoff. mr. smedinghoff, our condolences to you. >> how are you doing under the circumstances? >> i'm sorry, i can't hear. >> under the circumstances, how are you and your family holding up? >> we are doing okay. i think we are consoled by the fact that, you know, our daughter was really doing what she loved and making an important contribution, a positive contribution in the process. and we have been so gratified by all of the outpourings of support and condolences from so

many people that she knew from so many lives that she touched. and it really has been just a wonderful thing. and we take comfort in that fact. >> mr. smedinghoff, we are looking at pictures of your daughter, beautiful daughter. tell us about her service in afghanistan. what career path brought her there? >> i'm sorry, i couldn't catch the question. >> tell us about her career path and what brought her to afghanistan. >> oh, certainly. she has always had an interest in international affairs, foreign diplomacy and things like that. and in fact, majored in international relations when she was in college. so moving into the foreign service was a natural for her and when she took the test and passed, she was of course elated. she joined right after college

and just excelled at her first assignment in caracas, venezuela. then she volunteered to go to kabul, afghanistan because she felt there was a lot 6 good she could do there. >> you talked about her path and a lot of good she could do. what did she love about her job? apparently, to do this work, you have to love it. >> she -- i think she really enjoyed the challenge. she really enjoyed the opportunity to work with the local people in the community. she did a lot of public outreach. she helped with a lot of the educational efforts in the schools, in afghanistan. she did a great deal of work with many of the women's groups that were working for equality for women in afghanistan. she did -- she helped organize a

group -- a musical group to come to the united states. she was helpful in organizing the women's soccer team. just all kinds of different things, working with the local community to try to really improve things. >> i'm sure you were worried about her going to these dangerous places and about the dangers of working in afghanistan specifically, were you? >> well, actually, we thought she was relatively safe in the embassy compound. as it turned out, anne really wanted to do a lot more, and she was always finding projects and assignments that took her outside to the various provinces within and around afghanistan. and that was what she wanted to

do. that was what really drove her. so, you know, she really got out quite a bit. >> what is the state department telling you about circumstances surrounding her death? are they being transparent to your situation? >> the state department has been very, very helpful to us and very great in terms of the assistance they have provided to us. we don't know all of the details of exactly what happened in that convoy but we have a meeting tomorrow with someone who was in the convoy when it was attacked. and we are hoping to learn a lot more of the details at that time. >> as i understand, you're on your way now. you're driving to go meet your daughter. >> yes. we're on our way to the dover air force base. the plane bringing the casket of

the individuals who were killed in the attack will be arriving tomorrow, sometime i guess late morning or early afternoon. >> mr. smedinghoff, our thoughts and prayers are with you. we are so sorry. we thank you for joining us. if you need anything, make sure you get in touch. we appreciate that. as mr. smedinghoff said, there were other victims involved in this tragedy. we hope to hear from them as well. our thoughts and prayers go out to them. president obama trying to make a deal on the budget. but are republicans willing to compromise? final four now down to two teams. march madness is happening right here in atlanta. we are going to look ahead at tomorrow night's match-up. is our business. we've reduced taxes and lowered costs to save businesses more than two billion dollars to grow jobs, cut middle class income taxes to the lowest rate in sixty years,

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president barack obama expected to release his budget on wednesday. as he tries to win republican support, which he needs to get it passed, he is also fighting push back from his own party over entitlement cuts. this feel a little bit familiar, doesn't it? for that we turn to lz and anna navarro who is in miami. we are always very jealous in the weather when we see you, anna. so guy webs here is a thumbnail here. part of the deal with the house speaker, it is expected to include $400 billion in med can

care savings over ten years. it also has a new republican backed formula that proponents say would reduce some costs of living increases for people on social security. so the bottom line, $1.8 trillion in savings in ten years replacing the forced budget cuts that took effect last month. so now that we have that, anna, this does include republican ideas. but on friday house speaker john boehner slammed it. he says if the president believes these modest entitlement savings are needed to help shore up these pro programs, there's no reason they should be held hostage for more tax hikes. that's no way it lead and move the country forward. so what chances dot president have in getting the gop support on this? >> i think the president's budget in the short term, don, has no chance of getting passed. i think the republican budget has no chance of getting passed and i think democrat budget out

of the senate has no chance of being passed. but what what the president did was start to talk about some very important issues. like chain cpi. like putting entitlement reform on the table. this is a starter. rome wasn't built in a day. i can't k assure you a grand barring on won't be reached between this white house and congress in a day, or a month or maybe not even in a year. but it is pushing this issue out there. it will get slammed, i assure you, on the right and the left. but people will start thinking about tp and i think republicans need it acknowledge the president for having started this conversation. but he needs to go a lot further than this. >> not a chance on either side. thank you both for joining us. we're moving on. just can kidding. so lz, do you think ultimately this a good stab at some compromise as ana says or could this be a big political gamble for the president? >> you know, when i look at the

budget and i hear the conversation of both sides i'm reminded of why i so wish we had term limits for congressmen. because when you don't have to run for anything, you don't have po pander to people and you can deal with real issuees. i agree with ana, we should acknowledge the fact that president is willing to take off his own base in order to get something done. this isn't about political risk for him. this is really simple as bill clinton said, arithmetic. the fact of the matter is that the cost of medicare is going up. people are living longer. we don't have as many people funding programs. we need some sort of entitlement reform and address rising cost of health insurance and medical insurance and medical care. but that's a later conversation. the entitlements have to be addressed and i'm happy that he at least now having this conversation more seriously. it a shame the conversation has to be held hostage by people running for row election. >> let's hope there is a movement on this mp let's talk

about immigration reform. the senate so-called gang of eight could be ready to propose legislation as early as this week. lindsay graham was on "meet the press" this morning and he sounds almost optimistic. take a listen. >> politics of self deportation are behind us. mitt romney is a good man. he ran in many wayes a good campaign. but some things, were offensively from the libertarians, rnc, rank and file republican party member is now understanding there has to be an earthed pathway to citizenship thap that gives us leverage with democratic friends. >> wow, self deportation was defensive. did you hear that? ana, are we getting close to real immigration reform? >> i think we are as close as we have been in any lifetime, don. and i spoke to lindsay graham on the way here and he is hospital mystic. he iswarily optimistic. he realizes we have been closed before only to see it blow up. he has scars to show for it. part of the reason i'm optimistic is because both in the house and senate you got two

gangs of eight, of people who are so incredibly committed to passing this issue. >> how about just two gangs? >> yeah. these are the good gangs. but these are people in the senate like john mccain. like chuck schumer. they may not get along on other else, but they are committed as seeing a policy deal through. and i'm going to tell you, we are going to see a deal announced in the next week and next two weeks, sometime within the month of april, probably. it'll get slammed by the left. it's he going to get slammed by the right. but we need to keep our eye on the ball. two things. one, we need to address the issue, address the problem of the 11 million. number two, we need to have a deal that can get approved. and we've got to have confidence and the guys in that room and the lady also on the house side that they are doing their best to try to come up with what is the art of the possible to see this through to the finish line. >> lz, are we nearly there? >> yes, we're nearly there.

simply because of the 2012 election. i'm not as joyful, i guess, as my comrade ana is. this is about one thing, trying to get ahold of the latino vote. plain and simple. john mccain, god bless him for doing this, but he i could authored the dream act then voted against it when it wasn't politically expedient for him. he have seen the democrats go the same thing. get close to it then back away when constituents weren't close to it. it was the political savvy thing and this is just another pl politically savvy thing to do. we need to get this done. not because it is the right thing but because it is the politically savvy thing do. >> thank you both. conversation to be continued. after two cliff-hanger games last night, michigan and louisville will meet in the ncaa championship game. well look that match-up. oh no! we're good! this is your first time missing a payment. and you've got our new card, so we don't charge you a late fee for for that.

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final four sliced in half. now louisville and michigan will square off tomorrow night for the ncaa men's championship. joe carter tracking it right here in atlanta. joe? >> reporter: all right, don. after two awesome games last night, no games today. just practice. the feeling we get from louisville out of the presser is that they had been here before and they came up short. so they don't want to have that feeling again. coach pa tino saying this coach is more unified than ever before. as for as michigan goes, they want this dream run to continue. they want to do what the fab five, guys like chris weber, jay len rose, ju waun howard, the most famous names with michigan basketball, this team wants to do what fab five wasn't able to do, and that's when a national

championship. 40 minutes separates the winner from the loseer. louisville is a slight favor. but don, it is college basketball, anything can happen. >> going to be great. thank you, joe. beyonce and jay-z are raising eyebrows. that story is straight ahead. first, looking back at what people say is the forgoton war. and the complexities of the korean war and how its outcome contributes to today's crisis in north korea. >> reporter: the korean war was a kpcomplicated start since 195. whether the divide created in world war ii. spurring world powers to join the fight and in short order almost 2 million american troops found themselves facing little known enemies in a little known land.

patrick o'donnell is a combat lister toian and the author of "give me tomorrow." >> these men in the first 1950-1951 had to go against 20-1 odds in some cases against the chinese army. they had to fight the temperature which dropped to 30 to 40 below 0 and did it with inferior weapons. >> conditions during the war were worsened in a sense by the outcome. after three hard years, the war ended essentially where it began, with the north, the south and not peace just an uneasy agreement to stop fighting. historian bruce cummings from university of chicago. >> korea ended in a stalemate. americans didn't really understand the war. and veterans came home, not to difficult circumstances like the veterans of the vietnam war, but rather it a country that didn't really know where korea was on the map and wasn't sure what war had been about. >> reporter: these days a great many americans don't know about about the korean war.

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half past the hour. we're going to get a look at the headlines here on cnn. anne smedinghoff's family is remembering her as someone who was always looking for ways to make a difference in someone's lives. the 25-year-old state department employee was one of five americans killed in a you side bomb in afghanistan. they were on a mission to deliver books it a school in remote southern afghanistan. south korea believes north korea may launch another missile this week. this test launch could be as early as wednesday. the u.s. and south korea have been watching the movement two of missiles to north korea's west coast. missiles are widely believed to

be musudans with a range of 2500 miles. which would put american bases in guam within its reach. immigration reform will top the congressional agenda this week. house and senate dedicated groups working on the issue. both chambers are optimistic they will have legislation soon, possibly by the end of the week. iconic fashion designer, lilly pulitzer, died. her bold print dresses first became a fashion hit in the 1962 -- in 1962 when a classmate was first lady jackie kennedy. she was photographed for a "life" magazine cover wearing one of her dresses. she died in palm beach today surround bid her family. she was 81 years old. in southern california, the congregation of one of the biggest churches in the country mourning the tragic death of its pastor's son. he shot himself to death friday morn pg. his family says he struggled with depression since infancy.

nick valencia was there at the servicees. >> reporter: don, the mood here at saddle back church was solemn. you get the sense this is more of family than it is a church at saddle back ranch. one of those important members, the church says, was matthew warren, 27-year-old son of pastor rick warren. they said he was an instrumental part of the church but a quiet leader. he worked in the mail division where they distributed books and dvds. the church provided with us friends that we spoke to about the legacy of matthew warren. they said he was extremely sweet. very compassionate person and a person that could tell when people were going through pain because he himself was going through so much pain. earlier i spoke to one of his friends and asked him how matthew warren would have wanted to be remembered. >> he was one of those young men who even in his most challenging times, when other people would share their problems and their suffering, he would just enter into those times and express his concern for them and how he

wanted to somehow try to help them and reach out to them. even in some of his most challenging times. >> reporter: today's message was delivered by matthew's uncle, tom holiday. rick war he is not recovering from a case of pneumonia. he was not expected to be here today. he came down with pneumonia earlier this week. he released a statement on saturday and in it he said quote i'll never forget how many years ago after another approach failed to give relief matthew said, dad, i know i'm going to heaven. why can't i just die and end this pain. there is a lot of people that are mourning the loss of 27-year-old matthew warren who of course was the youngest son of pastor rick warren. earlier the church told us that pastor has always been here for his members and now it is time for his members to be here for him. don? >> nick valencia, thank you very much, nick. firearms is a billion dollar ind usfully connecticut. ahead, will the economic impact of stricter gun lawes have many

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tomorrow president barack obama travels to hartford connecticut to push for gun control legislation. it's about an hour away from the elementary school where a shooting rampage killed 20 children and six adults in december. his visit also comes days after connecticut's governor signed into law some of the country's strictest gun measures. the new laws are getting backlash from the national rifle association and from some connecticut businesses who make some of the weapons that fall under the ban. governor dan maguire loi responded to that criticism on cnn's state of the union. >> people are welcome to stay in our state as long as they are producing a product that can be sold in the united states illegally. by the way, those companies have been courted over the years to move many times. we've been in discussion with some of those firms about their desire to move or not to move in

the past. but you know what, we've decided that the public's safety that school children safety that school teacher safety trumps all of that, i hope they stay and manufacture products that can legally be sold but if they leave, you know, that will be a decision they make. we're not making them leave. >> one of the businesses decided whether to play or leave has hundreds of resident and brings in tens of millions of dollars to connecticut every year. if it closes its doors, it will have a ripple effect. here is national correspondent deborah feyerick. [ gunshot ] report report when it comes to shooting competitions, this is one of the most popular sporting rifles in america. 34-year-old mark makowsky owns not only the semiautomatic rifle. he owned stag arms, the company that makes it. >> you sell about how many guns per month? >> we sell about 6,000 rifles per month. >> reporter: stag arms opened

its doors about three years ago. they have grown to 200 employees and poised to bring in estimated $80 million in sales this year. he says about 4 million of that in connecticut. all that, is now in jeopardy. connecticut's strict new gun laws ban the sale of the firearms in the very state where they're made. >> have you thought about the possibility of leaving can connecticut? >> i've considered it more than i ever have. the offers out there are very, very tempting. they are offering everything from building you a factory, helping you recoup moving costs, tax incentives. tax abatements. our industry here is $1.75 billion industry just in connecticut. >> there's a huge economic impact. >> steve saturday netty heads the national sports foundation based in newtown, not far from sandy hook elementary school. figures from the trade organization show last year the american firearms industry paid $5.1 billion in federal, state and other taxes. >> you could well have an excess

of the few remaining firearms manufacturers from the states that pass strict firearms control legislation where they can't make or sell their products any more. >> at first, it may seem like an empty threat, moving companies and families. firing employees. but jonathan ska lees who employed 150 people and supplies bullet magazines for stag arms among others, says pressure is coming from outside buyers threatening to boycott. >> we've gotten a number of responses that have essentially said we really, really like you. we like your company. we like your product. we like what you do. unfortunately, we're having a tough time justifying spending our dollars in connecticut. >> reporter: both are fatheres with young children. and they say their hearts broke during sandy hook. but new laws could have unintended consequences. >> there a very, very strong likelihood that it t is going to be decimated by the actions that

legislature have taken. and the shame of it is, the real shame of it all, is reare no safer. >> reporter: deborrepor >> reporter: deborah feyerick, connecticut. >> why is beyonce and jay-z's vacation getting the attention of lawmakers? next. businesses more than two billion dollars to grow jobs, cut middle class income taxes to the lowest rate in sixty years, and we're creating tax free zones for business startups. the new new york is working creating tens of thousands of new businesses, and we're just getting started. to grow or start your business visit thenewny.com ( bell rings ) they remwish i saw mine of my granmore often, but they live so far away. i've been thinking about moving in with my daughter and her family.

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the big dance, down to two. louisville will play michigan tomorrow night for the ncaa men's basketball tournament. championship, i should say. both teams survived close games last night to advance. it's been a wild and whacky tournament with a slew of upsets early on. now, here we are with the number one overall seed, louisville playing against michigan team that was ranked number 1 during the course of the season. i want it bring in terrence morris, cnn contributor and columnist at mlb.com.

can we take you outside? look. he is not ten cal olympic park is packed. sting is playing were performing right now. he performed last night at the tabernacle. there he is. this guy is great.-great. a little bit later on, dave mad yous will be playing here. of course, tomorrow night is a big championship. the city is on fire. >> it really is. took me about an hour to get here. i was a block away. >> you get all the way down here, near the cnn center, you can see the building but can't get here. what happened to the cinderella teams in the tournament? >> another name for march madness is -- >> madness. >> and the big dance. they've had 75 big dances. and almost never does cinderella do the harlem shake at the end. the upsets that have come in the past -- that's bad. that's bad. >> the what? >> it's always been, like, major teams. major schools. '85, villanova beating georgetown.

two years before that nc state winning. the last two upsets, the last two cinderellas was in 1966, texas el paso, beating the kentucky team. >> let's see if -- who wins the whole kit and kaboodle? the whole shebang? going to be michigan or going to be louisville? is it going to be pettino or going to be ware? >> it's clear louisville is the definitive team of destiny. the kevin ware thing, we all know about that with a broken leg. this guy is at courtside every game inspiring his teammates, okay? then you've got all this rick pettino stuff. he had a horse yesterday in santa anita. his horse is in the kentucky derby. it gets better. rick will be any day in the

basketball hall of fame. give the guy a trophy and call it a day. >> who gets it, he's going to be in the hall of fame and ware, all attention is on ware. i think he got more airtime yesterday than the actual team. >> i tell you what, being at the georgia dome last night, every five minutes on the big screen, they were putting camera on him. >> yeah. >> it's almost like they were willing louisville to win the game. >> to win the game. it was a great game. >> it was. >> a great game. let's switch gears now. i want to talk to you about that rutgers scandal that coach mike rice got the boot after video of him bera raiberaiting and hitti players surfaced. and the athletic director was forced to resign. guess who still has a job? do you think he should stay? >> this guy is making a total you know what out of himself. this guy comes out and says that, you know, basically it was a failure in process, a failure of process. what does that mean? like the old richard nixon saying mistakes were made. okay? the most ridiculous thing about this guy has the nerve to say

back in november when the video came out, he didn't have time to watch it. >> he didn't see it. >> he didn't have five minutes to watch this thing? >> they had other issues, too, with players calling another person names, slurs. you think this would be high up on his list. >> that's exactly right. to continue my presidential analogies here, like the ronald reagan thing, paul's in more denial. he told his underlings, take care of this. we get to this point here where he says, we just don't know. unacceptable. >> hang on. don't go anywhere. you're fired up. i want your reaction to this story. 50th anniversary of a historic handshake at the ncaa tournament, one that changes the country. it was this moment in 1963 just before tip off between loyola university, chicago, and mississippi state. two players with a simple pregame handshake bridged a huge racial divide, terrance. see loyola and four african-american starters.

the team from mississippi was all white. and mississippi politicians did their best to stop them from going to the game. but the mississippi state players defied them. sneaking off to play loyola and they lost 61-51 while loyola went on to win the championship. afterward, one loyola player said all he remembered was that handshake, calling it the proudest moment of his life. loyola and cincinnati started seven black players, the first time in ncaa history a majority of players on the court for black and that was 50 years ago. >> the great part of this story is that as far as the handshake that's concerned, the white gentleman who died, the black guy who shook his hand was at his funeral and cried like a baby. just standing over the casket. great story. you know what, because of what happened to 66, with that texas el paso team, the loyola team gets overlooked. >> gives you hope, doesn't it? >> it does.

not bob hope. he's been dead for about eight years. a good preacher. in mississippi, this preacher is just half, half the size of just about any other preachers you'll see. that's next. why not make the day unforgettable? with two times the points on travel, from taxis to trains. you'll be asking why not, a lot. chase sapphire preferred. there's more to enjoy.

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jackson, mississippi. >> had nothing, he lost his land, he lost his animals, he lost his sons and daughters, but do you know what jobe did? jobe bowed to his knees and began worshipping god saying the lord has gave and the lord has taken away. blessed be the name of the lord. after all -- >> all right, amen, brother. believe it or not, that's samuel preaching at age 5. miguel marquez spoke to samuel and his mom. >> i did prayers and then they asked me to come to their church and do a live sermon. and that's how it all got to the start. >> but you don't use notes? i mean, how do you do this? just -- from memory? feeling? how do you actually do this? it's amazing. >> memory. >> and what do you want to be when your grow up? maybe a doctor? >> yes, that takes care of

children. >> really? why not a preacher? why don't you want to go into the church? >> well, that's actually two jobs. i really think i'm going to own a church. >> you're going to own a church but you want to be a doctor as well? >> uh-huh. >> wow. well, you're going to be a very busy young man. what do you want most people to know about you? >> that it's not me. it's a gift from god, that it's god and he's working through me. >> well, his teacher says he helps him out with his introductions, but says samuel is a driving force behind the messages in his own sermons. next hour of the "cnn newsroom" starts right now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com welcome to the