right now in the "cnn newsroom," new information about the cemetery plot scam in chicago it is you an believable tore. many parents can't find the remains of their own babies. plus, i just got off the phone with the lapd and i have new details about the michael jackson death investigation, the rumor, the truth, all of the information you need right now. hello, everyone, i'm don lemon. thanks for joining us. it was a day of emotional and personal moments for president barack obama, he has ended his seven day international tour in ghana. once the center of the transatlantic slave trade. crowds of people clamored just to get a look at america's first

african-american president. and. >> reporter: in a speech to the parliament, he chose ghana as a beacon of predom in sub is a herron africa. >> we believe that democracy is not simply a gift from previous generation but a responsibility for each generation to preserve and to pass on. we believe that no one, whether through the influence of politics, the power of money or the fear of force is above the law. we believe that we're all equal, all endowed with basic human digni dignity, all entitled to basic human rights. it is up to each of us, every one of us to uphold those ideals. >> ed henry traveled with the president to africa and joins us now from accra, ghana. a very emotional trip, ed. >> very emotional, don. a day full of symbolism but also substance. barack obama essentially pushing his african brethren with what you might call tough love.

a day of extraordinary moments, none more powerful than the first african-american president visiting a former slave fortress with his family. >> i think it was particularly important for malia and sasha, who are growing up in such a blessed way to be reminded that history can take a very cruel turn. >> reporter: after touring cape coast castle, which the british used as a slave done john, president obama compared its power to his recent stop at german concentration camp. >> is it reminiscent of the trip i took to buchenwald. because it reminds us of the capacity of the human beings to commit great evil. >> reporter: the president used his personal connection to deliver some tough love in a speech to the parliament of ghana earlier in the day. >> we must start from the simple

premise that africa's future is up to africans. i say this knowing full well the tragic past that has sometimes haunted this part of the world. after all, i have the blood of africa within me and my family's own story encompasses both the tragedies and triumphs of the larger african story. >> reporter: he chastised african leaders over corruption saying they can't blame the west for their economies winding up in shambles. >> no business wants to invest in a place where the government skims 20% off the top. or the head of the port authority is corrupt. no person wants to live in a society where the rule of law gives way to the rule of brutality and bribery. that is not democracy, that is tyranny. >> reporter: mr. obama'sopathy was from kenya and he visited

that country as a senator but he chose ghana as his first stop as sub is a herron africa as president because he wanted to highlight its stable democracy and growing economy. so he mixed the stern lectures with some inspiration the day having the feel of mr. obama taking last year's campaign to a whole new continent, in shirt sleeves playing with babies, working rope line, even ending his parliament speech with a familiar slogan. >> the world will be what you make of it. you have the power to hold your leaders accountable and to build institutions that serve the people. you can serve in your communities and harness your energy and education to create new wealth and build new connections to the world. you can conquer disease and end conflicts and make change from the bottom up. you can do that. yes, you can. >> now this wraps a week-long trip for the president that took him to russia for arms talkings, on to italy to deal with the

world's largest economies on issues like climate change, but he said he also decided to stop here in ghana because he believes the 21st century will be shaped not by what happens in capitals like moscow and rome but also what happens in tiny capital, places like right here in africa, don. >> i wanted to ask you, you've been traveling with the president, i've heard some moving moments from the president and correspondents. do you have one that stands out to you? >> gosh. each step along the way, i've been posting pictures at twitter under edhenry@cnn and getting a lot of feedback from people. i think the moment sitting in that parliament today and there were just people who were beaming to see an african-american president for the first time. and i was especially struck, i met this young kid, couldn't have been more than 11 or 12 years old, he came up and said are you a journalist? he said yes, he started telling me everything that barack obama said. he was inspired by it. he said one more thing, he said

your president's very tall. i thought that was kind of funny because he was a kid, he was inspired but at the same time, kids just say the darnedest things. it was kind of cool. >> the little moments like. what's your twitter account again to look at pictures. >> it's edhenrycnn all one word. at lot of people have been giving feedback. we went from russia to italy, now here in ghana about an hour or so, we'll get back on that big plane and get back to andrews air force base early, early sunday morning. >> you'll be glad to get home and sleep in your own bed, i'm sure. ed henry, we appreciate your reporting. >> you you got it. >> in the meantime, anderson cooper is in ghana with the president and you can see his interview with the president monday at 10:00 eastern. tonight at 10:00 eastern, we'll talk to discovery channel producer reggie allen about his new documentary. there we go. right there. it's called ten days in africa.

alan will take us dine side the heart of africa. he made the journey to dispel some myths about the continent and find out firsthand what it is really like. again, our conversation with film marek coming up tonight, 10:00 p.m. eastern only eastern cnn. the u.s. is now seek amnesty for two american journalists impressened in north korea accused of entering the country illegally. secretary of state hillary clinton asked that laura ling and euna lee be released on humanitarian grounds. clinton made the announcement yesterday, a plea for amnesty implies forgiveness for some offen offense. >> the two journalists and their families have expressed great remorse for this incident. and i think everyone is very sorry that it happened. what we hope for now is that the two young women would be granted am ne amnesty through the north korean system and be allowed to return

home to their families as soon as possible. >> now ling and lee are both serving 12-year sentences in a prison that requires hard labor. protestors marched on the nation's capital to protest the result of the president hl election in iran. they walked from capitol hill to the white house. a rally and concert are also taking place. the march and rally coincide with the tenth anniversary of a student-led uprising in iran, but of course they take on new significance in the wake of the hotly disputeded presidential election. we'll be covering that for all evening on cnn as well. it is called baby land. a space reserved inside the historic bureau oak cemetery in chicago for infants and children. i cannot believe this story. every time i read it or hear about it. but now many grieving parents are say they can't find their own baby's graves and it's just one of a long list of disturbing discoveries that prompted state investigators to they're the 150-eric cemetery a crime scene

and it all started with four people arrested for allegedly digging up hundreds of graves and reselling the plots. sheryl jackson is live in alsip, illinois with more information on that cheryl, it is unbelievable. innocent until proven guilty, but we hope it doesn't turn out to be true. it looks like it is. >> it is really unbelievable. hundreds and hundreds of people who filed through here today looking for answer did not get them. the cook county police say this may be the biggest crime scene in cook county history. there are over 100,000 graves in there. split up into several crime scene, one of those is babyland where babies and toddlers were buried. you could just see the heartbreak as the parents came in with pictures of their children. they were hoping to check to see if the tomb stones but police came out and told us there are very few tombstones in baby

land. we talked to one woman who's entire family is buried there. >> reporter: i know >> i know they was in there. bought are they a of bones. they was living people, we grieved for them, loved them and we wanted them to have a peaceful restful life after they died. i that's the service that the cemetery should provide for the families. when you dig them up again, it's like you're reliving them, you're bringing back the spirits are coming back, it's just such a grieving process all over again. >> reporter: now today police did exhume a body because a family thought there had been someone on top of someone because police are worried about that double stacking, but as it turned out, today that was not the case. they said they found nothing irregular in that brave but the grave right next to it there was a grave with no headstone.

so police say this is a huge investigation it's going to take maybe months to sort through all of this stuff because they have piles of human remains and shards of bones and really nowhere to go with all of this. >> hey, cheryl, do they know how far does this go back? is it just recent years? how long has this possibility been happening? police believe up to about four years. they say there were several people on the ground who knew something was going on and just didn't say anything about it. >> i can't imagine covering it up, when people are coming in and can't find their children. it's hard to bury a child anywhere but when you can't find their remains. cheryl, we appreciate your reporting. nice job there, cheryl. if you get anymore information please get back to it. it's the final resting place of emmett till who was lynched in mississippi in 1955. the casket he was originally buried in was found discarded in a garage. that casket, he was exhumed

because of justice department investigation i doen't know if you remember that but officials say there was wildlife living inside of that casket, which probably should be in a museum. many people consider that a desecration of emmett till's memory. we'll talk more about the significance of this casket with alvin psyche of the emmett till justice campaign, coming up in the 7:00 p.m. hour. plus we want you to weigh in on this. we'll give you the sites right after this. new leads in the brutal execution style murder of parents of 16 children. we're we're headed live to florida. plus black and hispanic children told to stay out of the pool. we hear from the president of the private club that turned the kids away. here are the addresses where you can be part of our show. weigh in on that story, the pool story, also the burial story and the emmitt till part of it. families who no longer know where their children are after they buried them, plus the

latest on the michael jackson investigation, coming un.

well, it's an unimaginable crime but tonight police in florida are piecing together a possible scenario about why a husband and wife with 16 children were brutally shot to death. investigators right now are searching for three male that is red van. three males in a red van. authorities say it is the first

solid lead since the couple was found slain on thursday night in their home in buela. our david mattingly joins us live with the investigation. it looks like we might get some new information very soon on this. what are you hearing? >> that's right. the sheriff is going to hold a news conference in the next hour were, ve not been notified of any arrests in this case, we have been told they will be discussing significant details in their investigation, no one is using the word arrest or suspects at this point. last night we were told their had some persons of interest they were looking for and that they had some solid leads when it came to that red van, that was going to be a huge thing to involve the public with. they put the pictures of that red van out there. it is a large, about a 15 se seater, built in the late '70s, early 'a 80s. dodge made this van, bright red it will stick out like a sore thumb there, have been dozens,

even hundre calls come into the police department with tips. some have been very helpful. what they have led to we don't know and perhaps we'll find out in the next hour. but this couple was found shot to death in their home outside of pensacola. and they have been known in the community for opening their hearts and their home to children with special needs, adopting a dozen over the years. there were numerous children at home at the time, aest them. six of those children have down syndrome. when this crime occurred, police and people who know the family telling us that they are the in care of family and that they are being looked after. but at this point, the investigation is still going and this news conference we're having in the next hours, we're told probably won't be the last one. we have this weekend. don? >> so the children were in the house, some of them, none of them hurt, right? >> right. >> they were not hurt. and someone familiar with the family tells me that because they are down syndrome children, they do not adjust to change

very well, there's been a great deal of concern outside of the family about what's going to happen to these children. >> but all of them have down syndrome, not all of them, right? >> no, not all of them. >> are they old enough then to be credible witnesses in this case if they were at home at the time? >> one of the children we're told did help the investigators somewhat in describing the men who came into the, but the police are relying mostly on this videotape. there was a surveillance camera inside the home and outside. they were able to see these mend at van they were driving. these men, dressed in black, described as three young white males and police say they did last night have some persons of interest but at this point, they have not not announced any arrests so far. >> you said the news conference in the next hour. if we have that van a we can get it up and the videotape, david, can we get the videotape of the men out there because i'm not sure i've seen. >> that no. >> but the red van looks like this. it should be pretty easy to

identify. so in this press conference. we talk about the videotape. what did you want to tell me about this van? >> this is huge. it's a 15 seater according to the sheriff. this is something that's going to stand out at any area, but this was built in the late '70s, early '80s, very old van. red in color. how could you not see something like this on the road? so they put those pictures out there yesterday, they got a flood, what they described as a flood of calls about this. and they said that some of those got from the public were helpful. where it exactly led to at this point, we're not sure. maybe we'll hear more about that when we hear from the sheriff in the next hour. >> stand by, david. david mattingly investigating this story happening in buelah. we appreciate it, david. as we said david is going to bring us this police conference at the top of the hour, we believe. these things could come earlier, so stay tuned because we're not

exactly sure when it's going to happen. we'll monitor the details for you and our david mattingly will be there. the outrage keeps growing as it should in this next story if it's true about what one person said or was overheard saying. a private club turns away a group of minority children from a swimming pool. we're going to hear the club's side. reak the bank. you're in the right place. only progressive gives you the option to name your price. here. a price gun? mm-hmm. so, i tell you what i want to pay. and we build a policy to fit your budget. that's cool. uh... [ gun beeps ] [ laughs ] i feel so empowered. power to the people! ha ha! yeah! the option to name your price -- new and only from progressive. call or click today.

space shuttle "endeavour" is stuck on the launch pad yet again. this time liftoff was scrubbed so crews could check for storm damage. nasa counted nearly a dozen lightning strikes near the launch pad last night. no problems have been found yet, so nasa, they're going to try it again tomorrow. two planned launches were scrubbed last no because of a liquid hydrogen leak. lightning strikes, jacqui jeras,

boy, oh, boy. i mean the space shuttle is pretty sturdy so that's got to be some big stuff going on. >> it was the on the pad, the shuttle itself didn't get hit. there's some pretty cool video of it. we're trying to get permission to use it. >> i hope we get it. >> i hope so at 7:00. also good information on space.com by the way, why lightning hits there so frequently. still showers and thundershowers in the area again today. we're expecting to see that once again tomorrow, so there's about a 30% chance that weather could inhibit the launch tomorrow evening and yeah, that would be due to showers and thunderstorms which are in the vicinity and they're all over the place. especially at this time of the year. we've got some stormy weather across the northeast and a also throughout the ohio valley, real intense storm moving across southern parts of ohio, you can see it just north of ashland right now. no warnings on it, however this storm had a history of possibly

producing a tornado in buchanan and it did damage some house trailers in this area and numerous trees down. so still a wicked storm, but it has been diminishing, something we'll continue to monitor over the next couple of hours and strong storms moving through upstate new york, making its way through albany, schenectady, we'll be seeing this that the megalopolis area we think in the late dinner hours. ambulance tour din, okay on the way in, but maybe not on the way out. winds are strong ahead of this, too, so we are seeing wind delays across the northeastern corridor, jfk, also washington, d.c. looking at delays because of the thunderstorms, the heat continues to be a big problem out west. there's a live picture of even if nirvgs from knxv-tv, 109, don, you know it's hot in phoenix when they issue excessive heat warnings in the desert. >> when you say 109, you know it's just hot. it's hot, uncomfortable. dangerous really. >> give us some tips, i want to

know were it's that dry and hot, drink a lot of water, stay inside. >> water is always best or maybe gatorade, something like that wear lightweight fitting clothing, even if you can get air conditioning for a couple of hours, you're a whole lot better off. >> jacqui, i need your getter and facebook page because everyone was asking me. good to see you in person again. >> thank you. >> what are your social networking sites. >> it's gist getter.com/jacqui jeras, all one wo,d the jes are capitalized, spell it right. >> spell it for me. >> jacq-a-c-q-u-j-a-c-q-u-i. >> they're telling us to go. we haven't seen each other, we're going to go. >> it's been a while. >> thank you very much. let's talk about some serious news now. the president of a suburban philadelphia swim club says dozens of minority kids were kicked out because of safety concerns.

and not racism. he says there were too many children and too few life guards at the valley club pool at huntington valley. >> i apologize deeply for any misunderstanding. it was never our intention to hurt anyone or for anyone to be offend here. this is a terrible misunderstanding, i would actually send my best wishes to the karch and all the camps really because they have gotten an outpouring of support from over the country. >> they deserve it. she's doing wonderful work, giving these children a safe place to be, which is what we were trying to do also. >> okay, at least you were there with your son marcus when this happened. thank you for joining us tonight. it's good to see you and being brave enough to be on national tv. do you buy the pool president's explanation that they were kicked out for safety concerns and not because they were black? >> absolutely not, i don't buy it. >> why not? >> when we were there, it was a total of 55 children.

my son's school rider elementary school was just there on june 17th with his school, which is a predominantly caucasian school and my son is out of the three african-american, he is one. and he was not -- he's never been discriminated at rider eleme elementary school, so when he came there just under two weeks with a predominantly african-american and hispanic group, he was totally baffled. when we arrived, there were eight staff members from creative steps and he had three to four lifeguards. and in his e-mail, he told me that his ratio is 25 swimmers to one lifeguard. so there was more than enough safety provided. in addition, what he did not say on national television is that it's 110,000 gallon pool and he

has a separate waddling pool is that is one foot for nonsw nonswimmers. >> as you're talking, we're looking at the video of the pool it is a pretty big pool. how many kids again? >> the children were divided up. there was 55 children there were. >> 55 children. for a pool that size, doesn't seem like that many children, unless there weren't that many lifeguards. so marcus, you were there. >> yes, i was there. >> did you hear any stuff about someone saying, i forget what the a exact quote was, but did you hear anyone make a statement. >> yes, i did hear making statements about our color. >> what did you hear? >> i heard them saying like they don't want black people there and that we were afraid we might try to harm their children or try to steal some of their personal properties. >> you heard someone say that? >> yes. >> do you remember who it was or what they looked like? did they work for the pool or just someone who was -- i don't know if you would even know that? >> it was just some couple of

parents of -- >> a couple parents. when you heard that, what did you think? >> i thought i was like amazed that they heard that, at first i thought i was hearing things because i was so surprised that they were actually saying something like that. >> yeah. it is disturbing. you know, if this is indeed true, i'm not denying what you heard and what you witnessed, it's just that they're saying that they have their side of the story. one would wonder though and the question would be why would they not hire enough lifeguards and people to take care of these children if it was a planned event? do you disagree, ma'am? >> it was a planned event. we and dr. john duesler had communicated via e-mail and he had board approval. he had not one, not two, but two board meetings prior to us even coming there and a as i stated,

when we arrived, there was three to four lifeguards present that day and i had eight staff members. >> okay. that's very interesting. i was a lifeguard when i was a kid and when i was younger, and if -- this is what we did, if there were too many people, we would just move people to the shallow instead of the deep end, there could have been compromises made or we make some people get out and do it in shifts so i don't know why that couldn't have happened either. but we are going to get to do the bottom of this. this is outrageous. it reminds me of the 2007 movie "pride" with terrence howard. >> yes. >> if you haven't seen it, go see it and you'll see what what these people are talking about. okay. best of luck, keep us updated, okay? >> good afternoon, everybody. >> marcus, hey, don't listen to those people, all right. >> all right. >> you're a cool guy, you can do whatever you want. >> okay. >> you don't need their pool.

you can come to my house and swim if my pool. >> okay. >> all right, thank you, sir. the turnout was massive. some of the biggest names in sports came out to say good-bye to football great steve mcnair. plus i just got off the phone with the lapd and i have details about the michael jackson death investigation, the rumor, the truth, right now. so i can just drop off my car and you'll take care of everything? yep, even the rental. what if i'm stuck at the office? if you can't come to us, we'll come to you in one of our immediate response vehicles! what if mother won't let me drive? then you probably wouldn't have had an accident in the first place. and we're walkin'! and we're walkin'... making it all a bit easier -- now that's progressive! call or click today. i think i'll go with the preferred package.

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former n quarterback steve mcnair was remembered today as a legend in his home state of mississippi. thousands of mourners gathered for his funeral and police in nashville say mcnair was killed fourth of july by his mistress in a murder/suicide. larry smith joins us with the latest. i watched the memorial earlier in the week. it was very touching and moving. i imagine this one today as well, larry? >> it was amazing. we had two funeral services in arenas both in the same week. this was called a home going ceremony. this one here, laughter and tears but everyone in a state of shock as steve mcnair 36 years old no longer with us. thousands in attendance for this, including titans head coach and brett favre who grew

up just south of here. an emotional two-hour ceremony in which the former nfl mvp was remembered for making to the biggest stage from humble beginnings in rural mississippi. >> mississippi has lost a tremendous legend. i truly feel that it would be a long, long time before there will be another player the c caliber of steve mcnair. >> steve was like a hero. a hero to me. you know, heroes are not supposed to die. >> well, mcnair was shot four times a week ago by kazemi, his 20-year-old mistress. she turned the gun on herself. her burial was yesterday in jacksonville, florida.

as for steve mcnair, he was buried about 30 miles away. don, back to you. >> all right, thank you very much. we appreciate you reporting on that. one more good-bye that we have to talk about for michael jackson. this time in his boyhood hometown of gary, indiana. take a look. boy, that's some dancing, huh? thousands of people gathered last night in the city's minor league ball park for a celebration featuring the reverend jesse jackson and michael jackson's father joe jackson. they left gary when he was 11 years old but he never forgot the place where he and his brothers got their start in a local talent contest. boy, looks like it was a whole lot of fun happening there in gary, indiana. i have a quick update for you now on the michael jackson death investigation. all right, i just got off the phone with lapd sources and they told me just moments ago that it remains a death investigation, not a criminal investigation.

they don't want to overblow the word "could" because it could turn into anything. once the findings from jackson's toxicology reports come in, that could change the whole game. they're also saying they're expediting those toxicology reports, the coroner's office, that is. so right now, it is still a death investigation and if the tox reports come back and they find something different, then their investigation moves. that will be the next part of the investigation. but we don't know when those test results will be finished or released, usually six to eight weeks, it has been two weeks, so maybe we'll get them soon. we also have to wait a little lo longer to find out who gets custody of michael jackson's three children. a court hearing scheduled for monday has been pushed back at the request of michael jackson's motion, mrs. katherine jackson and his ex-wife debbie rowe. katherine jackson has temporary

guardianship of the children t not clear if debbie rowe is going to challenge her for cu custody. schett biological mother of the jackson's two oelgder children, the younger one blanket, not sure who the biological mom is. until this week, we never heard jackson's children talk before. but his daughter paris touched inch with her comments at the end of tuesday's memorial service. >> every since i was born, daddy has been the best father you could ever imagine. and i just want to say i love him. so much. >> i hate to see that. i don't want to play that anymore. it's too hurtful, it's too painful. so if we can avod laying that sound bite.

it's been on every single tv show. poor little girl, enough already. in the last week or so, we've seen other painful stories of young children who have lost their parents. steve mcnair left behind four children and around we just report his funeral was today in mississippi, a moving service there. and there's the tragic story from florida that we have been telling you about. eight children found inside their home, both of their parents shot to death. the couple had 16 children in all, many of them had down syndrome. well, for more on this topic of grieving children, i want to bring in kate atwood, founder of an organization that helps children deal with the loss of parents. also joining us is the author of "when children grieve" and and the executive director of the grieving institute, russell freeman. i played that because we were doing the story and i wanted to bring the point home, but after a while, doesn't it feel gratuitous, i just want to play

that little girl's brief over and over again. >> i have mixed feelings on it. it's certainly hard to watch, but that was a moment for paris jackson, it went a moment really for anybody else. and it's a moment to move things along and start the conversation about dealing with grief. what do you say to that end? >> as you mentioned, i'm the founder of kate's club, an organization here in atlanta that workses with children and teens who are facing the loss of a parent. through the work with our children, we have seen that communication is key. as uncomfortable as we may get around death and dying in our culture tends to sway us that way, a child's voice is their most important tool. we saw that with paris jackson. >> okay. let's bring in mr. friedman, russell friedman, when i was seven years old, my dad died and i didn't know what was going on but i wanted to talk at the funeral. some people say maybe she was

put up there because she was forced, but i'm going to say probably not because i weren't to do the same thing. children are pretty strong at that age, once you get to be that a children are more resilient than we think they are. >> yes, we don't give them anywhere enough credit and the one thing they have over us tremendously is emotional honesty. at the age of 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, they haven't learned to hide their feelings and mask them as we often do so it's critical as kate said for them to have a voice, to have no one tell them not to feel the way they feel, to have someone encourage them by demonstration to be overt with their feelings to the degree they feel safe and comfortable with others. >> then mr. friedman though, here's the thing, what happens after that? that moment is really a sort of a cathartic moment and thera therapeutic and get your grief out, but what happens in the months and the days, months and years after that. that's what's really important with shaping a child, making sure they get over the grief,

making sure they have guidance and so on and so forth. >> absolutely. let's divide it real quickly two into elements, there's grief, which is the raw reaction to the loss itself. and then there's unresolved grief which has to do with all the things we wish would have happen different, better or more. and in the case of the children, all the hopes, dreams and expectation of their future with their parents, siblings and others. so it's critical that whoever are going to be the guardian, parents or care takers demonstrate how the children should effectively deal with their unresofltd grief, the undelivered communication that have hand continue to occur. as the kids get old, they'll think of more things they didn't get a chance to do or say. >> we have so much breaking news. kate, i want it ask you this. what is next? what is the next best thing for these children? what should they be doing now? show them love? >> absolutely. at the core of this is love and support. i think as we're talked about, i mean the role models as the adults, we have to be able to open up to them and to start to

explain and talk to them about what has happened. >> keep them out of the public eye? >> you know, i think -- >> off the stage. >> well, i think to the extent that they had to. we went through with bindi irwin when steve irwin passed away and a she was on tv with a show and her mom got a lot critical backlash for that but that was a bonding moment for her and her father. it's our responsibility to honor the child in the journey that lies ahead of them. >> i think what i'm trying to say is give them time to grieve. i mean us in the media and this family as well give them time to grieve privately because that's where it counts. >> right. right. >> thank you, kate atwood and russell friedman, i wish we could have had a longer conversation because i think this is an important topic so we may do it again. thank you. >> thank you so much. for 100 years, the naacp has fought the good fight. a centennial celebration under way right now.

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the naacp, celebrating its 100th anniversary weekend in new york starts today, the group's president says his organization

plans to keep a close eye on the challenges ahead even as it celebrates its historic accomplishments. >> our job for 100 years is to make the american dream real for all families, to get the situation to catch up with the aspiration. and while we have succeeded in many ways and we will celebrate incredible accomplishments here including some i've mentioned, ursula barnes, we will also be very much focused on the work ahead. >> ben jealous is the youngest man to lead the naacp and has a lot to say about the group's past, present and future. make sure you join us tonight at 10:00 p.m. even when we go one on one with ben jealous. it is a lengthy interview, i interviewed him at his office and at home with his family. you'll meet him and hear about what he says the future of the

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♪ you're a nurse ♪ you make a difference st. louis has a rich history when it comes to major league baseball. now the all-star game returns after four decades. now from west palm beach to talk about it, west palm beach, oh, boy oh boy. tell me the >> joe: pact of the game. it would benefit i guess any city right now. i used to live in st. louis. i know they can use it. specially downtown. >> that you know st. louis hasn't had an all-star game in 40 years and they really do need it. 2,500 of the journalists want credentials. 250 countries, 12 languages will watch the all-star games. the important thing is that 250,000 people come in from out of town this week, spending $60 million for 40,000 seats.

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