[music] emotions ran high near the end of the show when alan jackson paid tribute to victims on the 20th anniversary of the oklahoma city bombing. [cheers and applause] >> reporter: back to you. >> that is a big stadium. >> it is. >> it worked. >> a lot of country music there. >>> well, the force is strong in one california 7-year-old. >> who is the package from? >> george lucus. >> yes, it. >> the request this ♪ ♪ the beautiful sound of customers making the most of their united flight. power, wi-fi and streaming entertainment. that's... seize the journey friendly. >>> a young star wars fan in sacramento dreamed of becoming a jedi knight until he learned the job comes with one major restriction. >> the kid was so upset he wrote a letter to george lucus and cody reports on the response he got, it did not disappoint. >> reporter: a big week for star wars fans, the new trailer came out, a huge week for one little kid who had a question about what jedi's can do and can't do. >> i saw jedi's can not get married in a star wars book. i think it was in "i want to be a jedi" that book. >> reporte

sure, there's no guns allowed when alan jackson is singing or jeff foxworthy is performing his comedy show. but in the ball room where the entire presidential field will be speaking this week, when all the governors and senators and presidential hopefuls will be speaking at their events, guns are fine. the nra has decided to let everybody carry guns at the speeches for scott walker, and ted cruz, and bobby jindal, and mike huckabee, and rick perry, and marco rubio, and rick santorum, and jeb bush. come see jeb bush at the nra convention. bring your loaded weapon. all of you. the nra told the spokesperson for the venue that they're doing this at in nashville that gun owners with proper gun permits will be allowed to bring their weapons inside to attend the speeches of all the 2016 candidates. we asked the venue today, called the music city center in nashville, we asked them, and we asked the nra as well, whether the nra has plans to actually check people's gun permits as they enter the ball room. they say if you've got a permit for your gun, it's fine if you want to bring your gun to j

allen jackson -- alan jackson paid tribute to the victims of the oklahoma city bombing. >>> in less than hours, 30,000 people are expected to take their mark for the boston marathon. last year an american man won the race for the first time since 1983. allison? >> we are still tracking very light showers around the district and off to the north. but everything is pretty much winding down for now. we are under a slight risk for this afternoon. we could have strong to severe thunderstorms pushing in for the late afternoon and right through the early evening hours. we are going to be warm and breezy though, near 80 degrees tomorrow cool and breezy and a few showers on wednesday. >>> flood water is a problem on eastern avenue. looks like our crew has made it there on the scene. a live shot hose you how significant of an amount of water has accumulated under the bridge there. we are asking people to stay away from the area as we have seen water like this develop through other parts of the city. you don't want to get caught up in this stuff,. >>> cbs this morning is next. fans turn on tim mcgr

jackson has their story. >> look right there. >> reporter: photographer alan lawrence takes hundreds of pictures of his kidsthers. because of all the lawrence children only will flies. >> will has always wanted to fly, ever since he learned to roll over on his stomach. >> reporter: so one day dad made it happen sending the photos to friends and family. a change from when he was firstborn and alan didn't share any pictures. >> when the doctor told us he had down syndrome i didn't want people to see him and know that he had down syndrome. it took a wake up call from his wife to see beyond the diagnosis. >> i said buddy, we will deal with what comes our way, but right now, he's healthy. he happy, he's beautifu r he's special, because whether he's eating breakfast, snack or on the fah his friends, will can fly, and he can dunk. >> mostly kids look at the pictures. they'll turn and look at me can he really fly? >> rep it's magic, mostly. >> i'm simply just holding him. and i go to photo shop and brush myself out. >> reporter: on alan's blog thousands of comments from other parents who appreciate this perspective

i call forward warned jackson -- warren jackson, who saw so many serve your. and alanhe great great grand nephew of lieutenant colonel eli parker. >> [bell sounds] >> [bell sounds] >> the fourth year of the war, ending in the spring of 1865 sherman's march the toils of petersburg, richmond falling the war's and -- end. relief and rejoicing. i call forth sergeant hall, great-great-grandson of charles h hall of the 13th mississippi infantry, a u.s. marine corps veteran of vietnam. and first lieutenant samuel mostly, -- mosey, a korean war veteran and winner of a purple heart. >> [bell sounds] >> [bell sounds] >> and now, at precisely 3:15 on the afternoon of april 9, 2015, bells will ring across america. [applause] [applause] [indistinct chatter] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2015] >> join american history tv this coming tuesday for live coverage marking the 150th anniversary of president lincoln's assassination. on