scott: coming up on abc 7 news at 4:00 real life drama for actor ben afleck. how he's responding after requesting a show remove the discovery that his ancestors own slaves. >> let her know that daddy is always watching. alison: taking hovering to a new level. how one dad is making sure he can watch his daughte scott: actor ben afleck is talking about a controversial appearance on the television show "finding your roots" where he asked producers to remove the discovery of his slave owning ancestor. as brandy hitt reports, pbs is launching an internal investigation. >> i'm sure that there's so much of people that gets lost over time. reporter: ben afleck is apologizing and says he's embarrassed for asking the pbs program "finding your roots" to edit out the discovery that one of his ancestors had owned slaves. the oscar winner posting on facebook "i regret my initial thoughts that the issue of slavery not be included in the story. we deserve neither credit nor blame for our ancestors." >> it certainly seems ben afleck was remorseful about the action he took. whe

this morning, next up, ben afleck. reportedly hid from the public, in a documentary about his heritage. oh, oh. >> you know i like to find the watch, finding your roots, find will be cities, take them back in that's past. >> oh, it is fascinating, ben afleck one of the guests on there. and he admits he tried to get it. v produce tears hide his family history of owning slaves after shooting a documentary about his heritage. >> you know, i would sure like to have that edited out if you don't mind. so, ben posted the facebook, yesterday, saying, he was embarrased at one of his family members owned slaves. so, while he was taping this finding g your roots, he wanted to find out about his ancestors, apparently one of them did own some slaves. it was that embarrassment that led him to lobby the tv producers to hide that part of his story. he says he now regrets trying to influence the show, and is now glad to talk about the slavery issue, in america. so, ben spoke out, after hacked emails, from sony studios, revealed, that h

anybody can crush ben afleck. i'm sorry.t -- i can't see him as batman. >> in the meantime let's look at business headlines for you. prologis is buying the real estate assets of ktr capital partners and it's doing it for $5.9 billion. and morgan stanley is in settlement atalks. the ag has accused the firm of misleading investors. >>> we've got one more story. it's a good one for flyers and maybe i have to raise my hands and say i was wrong and wrote column about the airlines pricing. i don't know what to say about this. the average round-trip domestic ticket this morning -- this summer is now $454. that's down $2. i had written a column that prices are gone up and they had. actually that was the point, with the oil prices as far down as they have the fact that airline prices have not really gone down $2 is actually nothing. if you are headed to europe tickets are down 3% roughly $50. the number might not be big but it's notable after steady increases. >> maybe they are down because of your column. >> i'll take whatever -- >>

. >> next update at 8:25, next on cbs this morning ancestory controversy, surrounding actor ben aflecks become jackets. and sweaters go down for a long nap. and off you go. and your backyard gets a whole lot bigger. and you're running... and climbing... and your gear gets lighter and trimmer, and fitter and smarter. and now every frozen second spent willing this day to come is just a warm fading memory. ♪ >>> it is monday april 20th 2015. welcome to "cbs this morning." more ahead including more on sony's leaked e-mails. they claim ben affleck tried to hide an ancestor who was a slave owner, but first here's your "eye opener" at 8:00. >>> a roundup of suspects came on sunday after a joint terrorist task force by the fbi. >>> another who climbed over the white house fence is in custody this morning. he reportedly carried a package. >>> the severe weather swept through the south. >> gray's attorney tells cbs news they have video but accuses them of hides it to with hold facts. >> today the search continues. >>> security has been ramped up this year. there's an enhanced police presence alo