it is on bill weir, "states of change" 9:00 p.m.rn on cnn. >>> new this morning, there's been another arrest in the manchester terror attack case. this as ariana grande is already in manchester visiting victims ahead of that benefit concert. >>> and this we can start small, think big. a bakery in california has a new twist on the old kro sant and the business model has the sweet taste of success. >>> i amor in, this is mr. homes bake house in san francisco. 80% of product is kra sant based. store opened 2014, there's a line out the door every single day. we don't want to perfect the croissant, want to make it differently. put something on the table that hopefully you never tried. >> yes, thank you. >> the cruffin is croissant dough in the form of a muffin. we make as many as we can. we go until we sell out. >> you can get two per person. >> waited about a half hour. >> i never want to advertise ever. what modern marketing looks like today, more on the part of consumer with social media. we're doing what we're excited about. if we th

climate change isn't real so they are recasting this as an economic argument. >> let me bring in bill weirrk, a fascinating special called "states of change" airing tomorrow negotiate. traveled around the country talking to a lot of people. bill. you traveled toll oklahoma where the epa administrator scott pruitt is, from and you got some insight possibly into his way of looking at the world, literally. >> yeah, exactly. you know, i have some roots in the evangelical christian community in tulsa and when i went back there to talk to folks it reminded me how much we forget how much that influences policy in oklahoma. there was literal belief in the bible, literal believe after noah's arc the rainbow was a promise from god he would never destroy the earth and then there's -- and also the idea that man has dominion over the earth and it's blessing. it's faith and wealth in that part of the country that shapes public policy. the legislature in oklahoma just passed a law that would spare teachers from any lawsuits if they wanted to teach contrary alternative theories to evolution or manmade cli

now it's coming back. >> bill weir is nice enough to join us. trump? >> more than you might suspect. >> really? >> yeah. we now have all of human wisdom and access to everyone on the planet but we use these devices to address our own preconceived thoughts. you try to understand the con eks the. that was witola, wisconsin, where i spent a lot of my youth, moved around all over the country. but when i was a kid, reagan won there, also, barack obama and kennedy won there. they would never cotton to a brash billionaire like donald trump. it was more about what the democrats stood for in this last election and how it felt completely ignored. demographic shifts in a town like that that's now a third hispanic. my grant workers moved in. they are members of the community, so the immigration thing, they seem to ignore while they focus on the economic promises that trump was making. so i was looking for a way to turn stagers back into neighbors. >> right. and many of them were your neighbors. >> yeah. >> this is a very personal journey for you. tell me ab

. >> bill weir is joining us to discuss that special report.in that clip you get a sense of how personal this is to you and how eye-yoepg i imagine th this journey was for you. it couldn't be easy to have these conversations. >> it was uncomfortable but at the same time i moved around so much i have all these friends and family in different quarters of our divided nation and i thought, you know, you can only lose so much from a stranger in a diner. why not try to talk to folks and that story, my grandfather was a highly decorated cup in the civil rights area of milwaukee. perennis mckin de, a civil rights marcher scared to death of the police because it was brutal times and passed that resentment down through the generations. 50 years later milwaukee is still one of the most segregated places in the country, and it's black lives matter versus the police and i wanted to use that thread to examine how all of our little personal histories add up to the age of donald trump. >> and did the answers you got in your conversations make a light bulb go o

now it's coming back. >> bill weir joins us now. you know the place very well.ocial security and assistance payments half of the economy. >> a lot of folks on food stamps there as well. this is a county and when i grew up it went for reagan and bill clinton. it went for obama the first time and then romney. wisconsin was very centrist state. trump won in a two to one landslide. all of these folks i grew up knowing, they do live in a different america. they see his words. they hear them in a very different way than my neighbors in manhattan or los angeles did. i really wanted to dig into why that was. i went back to inner city of milwaukee where i also grew up. went down to the evangelical community in oklahoma. my mom was a big born again christi christian. she's the reason we moved all over the country. i wanted to come at each other with a sense of empathy and an open mind. regardless of what side of the divide you're on, it's like marriage counseling. you're never going to get anywhere if you start with you're an idiot. let me tell you why. and when you get i

it might be challenging if you're like cnn's bill weir and attended 17 schools in six different states bill faced complicated truths about his family's past and an emotional homecoming, one that revealed some surprising discoveries about the identity of our country and the divisive age of trump. take a look. >> sergeant frank miller, commander of the tactical squad. crimes against the people, conspiracy to violate the civil rights of black people, minority groups, general inability to function as a feeling member of the human race. >> reporter: sergeant miller, i knew him as grandpa. and i loved him dearly. >> he was intimidating to a lot of people but anybody who ever got to know him would realize he'd basically give the shirt off his back to you. >> reporter: this is my uncle dan, frank's youngest son. >> he took his job very seriously. if you broke the law or committed a crime, he has a job to do. >> reporter: in my grandfather's memorabilia i find a flip book of mug shots including a 19-year-old named prentice mckinney. >> we come out there with love and with our hearts open and mi

weir a pleasure to see you. >> don't miss bill weir, states of change, tomorrow night at 9:00 eastern. we will be right back. >>> over the last several years, for homeless people basic daily needs are a struggle, including keeping clean. instead of loong the other way, this we's cnn hero came with an innovative way to help those in need. >> these are people turned away often and are treated poorly and our idea is to open our arms. hygiene connects you to your sense of dignity. >> man, you feel better. >> we with learn their names and stories and provide all the extra support. it's like creating community around them and we call it radical hospitality. >> to see radical hospitality, in action, go to cnn heroes.com. and while you are there, nominate someone you think should be a 2017 cnn hero, that is it for us tonight. thanks for watching. . >> does the president still believe climate clang? does he think that's a hoax? >> i have not had an opportunity to have that discussion. >> a day of the u.s. president withdraws from a global climate deal the white house refuses to answer a simple

. >> cnn's bill weir on a new adventure, moving around the country.to his own and america's past to examine a nation divided under the current political climate. >> he went back to his hometown where he looked at his own family history. >> sergeant frank miller, commander of tactical squad, crimes against the people. conspiracy to violate civil rights of black people, minority groups, general inability to function as a feeling member of the human race. while as sergeant miller, i knew him as grandpa and i loved him dearly. >> he was intimidating to a lot of people. anybody that got to know him would realize he basically give the shirt off his back to you. >> this is uncle dan, frank's youngest son. >> he took his job very seriously. and if you broke the law, or committed a crime, he's got a job to do. >> my grandfather's memorabilia, find a flip book of mug shots, including a 19-year-old named prentice mckinney. >> we come out there with love and with our hearts, hoping our minds open, you understand. we love everybody. they love me. i don't -- when a

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so jump in i'm bill weir, these are the states of change. i know what you're thinking. what's with the license plate motif and who are you? well, i'm bill and long before traveling the world for cnn i was a kid in milwaukee with a single mom convinced god spoke to her in dreams and with every dream we would move. i went to 17 schools in six states before leaving them to become a journ a eman reporter and kept moving then. so i have deep roots in both sides of america's cold civil war and watching them rage on facebook i had to hit the road in search of common ground and commonsense and even mom never dreamed i'd be joined by the likes of chris arnaughty, writer, photographer extraordinary, and from the great neighboring state of michigan. thanks for being here. but first won't you please join me on a bitter sweet homecoming. >> a couple years ago i hit the career lottery and then hit the road. cnn sent me all over the world from iceland to vanue oughtue to see how the most wonderful corners of our planerate changing but i had no idea how much was about to change back hom