and this morning r&b superstar chrisette michelle and dr.onnie whitfield join us to talk about their power to end stroke campaign. good morning to both of you. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> dr. whitfield let me start with you, tell us about the current stroke statistics and how we are all affected by this? >> yeah, about 800,000 people each year has a stroke. african-americans are disproportionately affected, twice as likely to have strokes and 20,000 people a year will die from a stoke. it's imperative to get the word outch it's been money honor to out -- get the word out and it's been an honor to be part of this mission. >> and why did you get involved? >> stroke store me is a very personal story. less than two months ago my mother suffered a stroke and that was a traumatic experience. heart-wrenching even. and immediately after the heart and stroke association reached out to me and i said i was more than willing to be a part of the awareness of what stroke is and how you can prevent it. >> and i hear this caught your family by surp

. >>> and she's an r&b sensation, chrisette michelle is using her voice to raise attention to the attentionf stroke. and we'll talk about that. >> i love her voice. she's great. >>> all right, tucker barnes is downstairs in the weather center keeping an eye on the rain showers move wil