one of those butlers was eugene allen. the law had been used to stop mr. allen from doing things in the 50s when he worked in thee white house he could go back to his native virginia to not be allowed to try on the sutra had an immense clothing store because of the color of his skin. thurgood marshall was using the law to elevate the like of mr. allen. so that day in 1967 there is history, there is the majesty of hope right there the white house. mr. allen serving thurgood marshall. i think there's something very pregnant about, in fact all of these men who i've written about, congressman powell, a warrior from the arena, tommy davis junior, warren the term of entertainment, and sugar ray leonard, a warrior in boxing, and thurgood marshall, warriorwa long. and then you have a genuine patriot, mr. allen who serve people and he was unknown, had no fee, his only fame was that he worked under the american flag at 1600 pennsylvania avenue , every day. even when he couldn't exercise rights as a total citizen. lo he never missed a day of work. he loved the presid

eugene allen a great man who i wrote a story about in 2008 and appearedn on the cover really one of the most neat people -- i met him and his wife before the election. it was amazing how i met him. i was a national writer for the "washington post" and on the campaign trail with then senator obama. i was in north carolina. i walked outside, and three ladies were crying and they said they were crying because their fathers had kicked them out of their homes because they supported the african-american candidate on stage. the three young ladies were college students and they were white. it was a powerful moment. i said wow, even though hillary clinton was still in the race in 2008 at that time, obama had started this epic movement and some of it was manifested in the tears of those three young girls who were crying. in the middle of the night in my hotel room i said he is going to win. he is going to climb that big, hard mountain and he is going to take this country to a level where race and your imagination intersect. i ran back to the newsroom and told my editor, this guy, senator obama is

eugene. the 110 meter hurdles was won by devin allen. seconds. >>> in the 200 meters, justin gatlin raced to victory, but it was close, winning by just 0.004 of a second. a the summer olympic games begin in rio august 5th. and this sports report has been brought to you by river rock casino. >> i was impressed. they were running at a rick clung pace there. >> how is a 41-year-old guy winning? >> rick, thanks a lot. final check on the weather with drew tuma. >> we're tracking a really nice day for sunday. a little morning fog along the coast, but drier air works in and everybody sees sunshine in the average. mid 70s around the bay and 60s on the coast. >> drew, thank you very much. that's it for tonight. i'm eric thomas. "abc7 news" continues in the morning at 4:30. for rick and drew, i'm eric thomas. take it easy. have a good morning. the disneyland resort diamond celebration. it's been 60 years in the making. don't miss your chance to see it all dazzle. come celebrate new beginnings like hyperspace mountain... and premiering this summer,