but it's really great to be able to be on the jazzfest poster.ink i mab the first and second youngest. but it's really exciting. it's such an honor to be among fats domino, my hero louis armstrong. i'm just really, really excited that represent new orleans and where we're going next. it's still surreal to me. i'm really, really blessed and honored and excited to be on that. >> you've got your mother over here, your grandmother over here, lots of cousins. you surround yourself with your family. >> yeah. we tour so much, that i don't get a chance to see them. so whenever we get a chance, they all come out, they all hang out with me and make fun of me or whatever. but it's really great. i'm happy they're here to be able to experience this with me. without them, i wouldn't be where i am. >> trombone shorty, also in new orleans i talked face to face with al green, who says president obama has some decent vocal cords himself. but don't quit the day job, he says. that's at 5:00 eastern time. >>> the search is on for a missing movie executive. find out w

he performed at a venue closes to his heart, talking about the new orleans jazzfest.as there last week and i was working. i was curious about his ideas on this. ♪ ♪ i am so in love you >> that could have gone so wrong but maybe it didn't. you're going to hear what al green had to say about that. not in this economy. we also have zero free time, and my dad moving in. so we went to fidelity. we looked at our family's goals and some ways to help us get there. they helped me fix my economy, the one in my house. now they're managing my investments for me. and with fidelity, getting back on track was easier than i thought. call or come in today to take control of your personal economy. get one-on-one help from america's retirement leader. cer) most life insurance companies look at you and just see a policy. at aviva, we do things differently. our wellness for life program rewards you with savings just for getting a check-up, and it's only from aviva. checking today's top stories, president obama's first official campaign event kicks off in less than an hour. it's a rally at

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but the storm spoiled jacksonville's plans for the annual jazzfest. officials here estimate tourism losses at $20 million. even after the storm passed, volunteer rescuers like aaron skipper had to watch the beach to keep people out of the water. >> they should definitely stay out of the water. it's dangerous with heavy current. >> reporter: but in other places like charleston, overcast conditions didn't scare off beachgoers and for some tourists beryl proved a draw. scottie moore and carry drove to jacksonville from their home in georgia just for the experience. >> we road into a storm and enjoyed every minute of it and almost want to do it again. (laughs) >> reporter: over the next 48 hours, beryl is expected to bring wind and rain to areas of southern georgia, north carolina and south carolina and, anthony, forecasters then expect that later in the week it will spin back out to sea. >> mason: anna werner in florida. thanks, anna. in afghanistan, three nato service members were killed this memorial day, two in a helicopter crash in the east, the thir

they canceled the jazzfest. this is a different animal than what we were dealing with yesterday. there was a lot of dry air choking things off. now this system is getting more organized. the winds have really picked up. we're talking 65-mile-per-hour maximum sustained winds. 74 is a hurricane. this is what we consider a strong tropical storm. there you can see the radar picture. the center of circulation, still about 100 miles off the coast. we're already seeing the showers and thundershowers all across north florida, also all across parts of georgia. take a look at some of the wind speeds we've been seeing here, too. jacksonville just reporting a 55-mile-per-hour wind gust. we're seeing some of these winds in the 25 to 35-mile-per-hour range. we're going to watch those continue to increase now as we head through the afternoon hours as well. now, there's not a lot of time left for this thing to intensify very much further. we don't think we'll see much changes in terms of intensity. it's moving due west around 10 miles per hour. so we're going to see landfall later on tonight. bu

i did catch up with al green at the new orleans jazzfest. day, among the other headliners there, jimmy buffet, and neil and marsha ball. and yes, there was al green. i asked him face-to-face about what he thought of president obama's singing. >> reverend al green. so great to -- oh, thank you. so great to see you. your favorite spot to perform? >> yeah. one of my heart-felt spots. >> really? why? >> because it's so close to home. i'm a southern boy. so it's really unique for me, yeah. ♪ >> we hear people already yelling, making requests. >> yeah. there's 130 folks. that's a lot of folks. that's a lot of requests. we'll do our best, you know. >> i imagine one of the requests has to be "let's stay together." >> that's my national anthem, come on. >> president obama gave his rendition. >> i said, wow. ♪ i'm so in love with you >> really, he was good, though. he was good. he sounded great. >> so how flattering is that for you, for the president of the united states to sing your song? >> i mean, i thought that was so unique. i've never had that h