jim robinson married a woman and had several children. neither he nor his wife would read or write and would be the last generation of the robinson family born into slavery. and the last illiterate generation. michelle obama's great great grandfather was born a slave but died a free man. he came back to the plantation, though, buried here in all likelihood with his parents and many other relatives. you won't find his grave, though. most of the graves out here are unmarked. >> about seven or eight marks, tombstones and the rest of them are impressions in the ground to see they're buried at and most of the time people couldn't afford a cement stone, they would do it out of wood or cypress. >> reporter: that's what we know about michelle obama's ties to the robinson family of georgetown, south carolina, but there's a lot we don't know. we don't know how many generations of slaves were or what route they took to this hemisphere in the first place. a research group traced the first family's history in the u.s. but could not make the link back t

well known but this is also an important visit for michelle obama whose oldest known relative jim robinson was a slave in south carolina. >> as americans, as and as african-american, obviously, there's a special sense that on the one hand this place was a place of profound sadness. on the other hand, it is here here where the journey of much of the african-american experience began. >> reporter: the obama's visit to the cape coast attracteded thousands, overflowing crowds filled rooftops, peered off window, hung off scaffolding, did anything to catch a glimpse of the american are president, even running down the road, chasing a motorcade, normally not exposing their daughter ss tv cameras, the couple made an exception. >> it is particularly important for malia and sasha who are grow grohhing up in such a blessed y to be reminded that history can take very gruel turns. >> reporter: the excitement sur under roing the president's visit was evident in every corner of acrra. he hopes to make a connection to encourage african leaders to embrace his vision that was laid out in a lunch time speech

jim robinson was born in 1850 as a slave but died a free man, married with kids, because michelle obama are no marked graves there, it is believed he was buried there somewhere. you can get a lot more detail on this by going to cnn.com/living. >> great stories today, virginia. if you have not been to dot com, you are missing out. those are good stories. virginia, thank you. >> you bet. >>> well, a car dealer believes he knows how to drive up sales. so, starting next month, the owner of a dealership in butler, missouri, is giving free ak-47s to anyone who buys one of his pickup trucks. you are actually going to get a voucher to take to the gun store. mark motuller has a motto, guns guts, god and pickup trucks. he says everyone that works for him has carry and conceal permits. >> we're real firm believers in the second amendment. we don't want to be victims. i believe out in the country, 15 miles from the dealership here. the response time to my home is about 15 minutes. >> and if i'm counting on the police, and we have a great police force here. response time is still 15 minutes, to how

cal ripken premier at 22 and brooks robinson was 23 and jim palmer was 24 so he has good company theretom >> thank you. the orioles lost 11-4 despite a 4-0 lead in the first half. we will look at the highlights and begin in the orioles third. roberts will come through with an rbi double. zaun scores. >> one of two doubles on the season and looks like robbie is getting the swing back. very streaky so far this season. last night, brian seemed to get it together again and put the orioles on top. >> adam jones with a shot to score a run and the orioles will round up getting a run on this base hit >> adam jones, three hits on the night. two got rbis for the orioles so it was a big night for jonesy and looks like he is starting the second half with a pretty good game, too. >> 4-2. check this out. ball drop between roberts and markakis and the tie-breaking run scores. >> a little lack of communication cost the orioles big last night. they held in there with a 4-0 lead. the angels came back 4-3 but was a big inning when the ball falls and the dam breaks. >> angel with a three-run 5th and 6-run

. >> jim: you remember when wally played for the mets. and the late bill robinsoneir hit hit instruct every time he would hit it in the air, he would say keep it on the ground. >> gary: heck because he wasn't going to get home runs. >> jim: nope. >> gary: david hernandez, opened up his major league career as a starter with a victory against detroit, his major league day buy on may 28th. since then, losses to seattle and washington, but those are the only starts that he has prior to this one. 1-2, a look back. aybar chasing one up high, fouls it away to keep it that way. talking about seattle, the next opponent for the orioles, they got a victory today over boston 7-6, and seattle right now, they've got 41 wins. the angels have 43. texas has 42, and sky atle has 41. all of a sudden this division is getting real tight. 1-2 pitch, is that one is going to fouled away. tough road trip against teams that are playing well right now. >> jim: and they're playing well at home. angels have the same record at 21-15 at home as the mariner tuesday. mariners struggles start when

robinson. >> and first we want to take a look outside with jim nichols who is in for john collins. >> a little rain, but we're getting a nice breeze, and that's coming on a saturday, so you can't get any better than that. humidity will be on the way up, as well as temperatures. let's look at the radar picture. a few scattered radar pictures, and thunderstorms out to the west toward indiana. we won't have to worry about that for today. we are looking for clear skies today. let's take a quick look at temperatures across the region. we are sitting at six degrees. 70 downtown baltimore. 73 in ocean city. nice start to the day. 60's will be for the rest of this morning. on the satellite, not a whole lot of cloud cover to be seen. we are expecting a few clouds to be moving in, and we could see a pop-up shower or thunderstorm later in the evening. other than that, we are looking for a winner of our summer day. 86 to 93 degrees, but unfortunately this summer-like sunshine isn't going to last. we'll have to talk about the chances for more rain showers and thunderstorms and another change coming up in y

robinson. first let's look outside with jim nichols, in for john collins. >> they picked the perfect morning to take off. it is gorgeous today. everyone going to artscape, it will be a beautiful way to get outside. you need to take advantage of it now, and we'll show you why in a few minutes. 59 in frederick. temperatures warmer than what we saw yesterday morning. you can see these clouds mainly up to the north and west starting to dissipate during the overnight hours will be coming back later this afternoon. about 9:00 a.m. would be a good chance to go out and get a cup of coffee. beautiful at lunch time. 79 with low humidity. 82 by dinner time, but there are big changes on the way. unfortunately we'll talk about that in your seven-day forecast in just a bit. >> our big story comes out of baltimore city where two police officers are recovering after officials say a suspect opened fire while being taken into custody. >> the shootout started before 11:00 art morning at the intersection of edmonson and whit more -- whitmore avenue. >> a day that ended in a gun battle that left two baltimore polic

jim, the big bronze bull is back on the bowling green booyah. >> booyah here. take a gold one. kind of like what edward g. robinson brings down in "the ten commandments." what's going? >> caller: bulls make money, bears make money, but cramerica makes "mad money." i am a resident card-carrying member. when i'm taking pictures of my daughter, sofia, on my camera, i don't use a digital camera. i use one in my smartphone made by omnivision. is omti a buy, buy, buy? >> you know what, i'm going to say both pre and omnivision are in the sweet spot essential after what samsung said last night. both the stocks are up a lot. so, we've got to be a little conservative. these are the kind of stocks if you take a quick air pocket down 10%. but the fundamentals are strong. why? why, you ask? mobile internet. the cramer faved theme for the next three years of "mad money." yes. that far out. i -- wow. i'm not going to play cards with this man, but i want to speak to him. doc in michigan. >> caller: hey, jimmie, hope you and your family are well. >> not bad. >> caller: hey, listen, one of us has been following the other over the p

robinson and michelle bernard of the independent women's voice. michelle, you first. are the republicans smart to have people like jim demint out there saying let's kill this thing in its bed? lets kill health care because it's a way to kill obama? >> no,s not smart at all. not smart politics. it would i a peer that's the only thing some republicans feel they can talk about, but there are a lot of problems with the bill itself. it republicans were part they would be talking about patient centered health care, what the real problems are with the bill and what republicans stand for in terms of health care reform rather than killing barack obama. >> gene? >> i agree with michelle. it's not smart at all. i think the question now is how does the president take control of this issue? how does he get out in front of it and how does he tell congress rather than let congress work it out themselves. i saw him on friday. he says, well, we got 70% of the way through my method. >> is he willing to detail what he wants? >> i didn't get the sense -- he didn't detail everything that he wants to me, but one certainly gets the sense f

robinson r- 44. it's one of the most popular helicopters made in the u.s. >>> we are learning more about the four victims killed. kneel boost, kim felix, jeffrey in order acand jim dunnar. >> what is specially heartbreaking is that the four people who were killed died doing sothing for others. they were giving helicopter rides to raise money for troubled youth. >> reporter: the mood was solemn at advanced helicopter concepts at the airport in frederick. friends -- friends of the victims stopped by to express condolences. the company statement said they suffered a huge loss. no one was home when we stopped by kim felix's house in new market. just a family dog and a pet bird. felix was a passenger. neighbors are in shock and shaken said the married mother of three girls is a community activist with a big heart. >> if there was anybody who needed anything, she was there and she led the girl scout troop since my daughter was in first grade and was the pta president last year. >> she managed undraiser constantly. she would be the organizer and get everything together. and remarkable. always giving. >> reporter: advanced helicopter concepts is an instructal school wit

jim more, thanks very much. brian monroe, thank you. jeff toobin, thanks as well. stevie wonder and smokey robinson 50 years old. reaction has been pouring in. abby is joining us, our internet reporter. you are getting a lot of i-reports coming in from around the world. >> really, wolf, this was an event that was watched worldwide. you just have to go to i-report.com to see what we are talking about. we have had videos come in. watching the memorial service today, he tells us, we lost the god of pop music. there are more there. we see people whose workplaces just stopped in santo domingo in the dominican republic where they say everyone was gathered around the screens watching the memorial service today. then, of course. many pictures coming in from around the world at the staples center. we have some tributes here from i-reporters sending in what people are writing. good-bye michael, we will miss you. king of pop. all of these at i-report.com. >> thanks very much for that. >> brian todd has been monitoring the reaction from around the world. this memorial service took place at a time when people i

jim: he's made a couple of nice plays staying down. and that's the hardest thing. ever since brooks robinson with the 16 gold loves over at third told me one thing you have to learn, you have to stay behind the hop. >> gary: so the fans up here in chicago. cubs won their game against washington 3-1, so the trying to do their part. two down. brian roberts, outside for a ball. brian a couple of singles, and a walk. he has scored three runs in the ball game tonight for the orioles. he's certainly done his job, part of that table setting. first in the league in runs now. >> gary: yeah, you certainly take the 8 runs. it's the other side of the score bored you don't like. take your shot with 8. >> gary: six to berken. two against baez, two against hill. mickolio the only one to get out of the ball game without being charged with a run. here is the 1 -- 2-0 pitch, rather, and that is taken, and the counsel goes to 3-0 -- the count goes to 3-0 for pena. red sox pete toronto 4-1 in their ball game. >> jim: that was clay buck hotels who pitched that no hitter a couple of years ago, was called up to st

robinson? or did manny get tossed a time or two? can't remember, really. manny was not confrontation al. nor is jim riggleman.e gotten tossed. until he warned him not to go to the other umpire. >> bob: i think that's got to be it, robb rob he said i'm not asking for help, don't stay out here. you know what? when you are right, you are right. you shouldn't back down and jim didn't. >> bob: one ball and two strikes with two outs. runner at second. and a little player to center. here comes morgan and he takes another run away. no matter what's happening with the rest of this team, nyjer morgan keeps playing brilliant baseball. two runs and it is 7-3 into the ninth.    >>> last chance for the nats. in this series in a 7-3 game our game summary ryan zimmerman three run homer in the fourth is the extent of the nats run scoring offense today. nyjer morgan has been fantastic, three for four. stellar play in center field. j.d. martin pitched into the seventh. >> rob: he deserved a better fate. >> bob: he did. >> rob: his catcher makes a tag play on a ground ball. he might have pitche