we have our conversation with chef marcus samuelsson, right now. >> every community has a martin luther king boulevard. it's the cornerstone we all know. it's not just a street or boulevard, but a place where walmart stands together with your community to make every day better. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. tavis: marcus samuelsson's rise to the ranks of celebrated chefs and restaurant owner could not be more unlikely. born in ethiopia, adopted and growing up in sweden. his passion for food led him to open the famed restaurant in harlem called red rooster.

tavis: your father, who named you marcus samuelsson, he passed away. you were very close, but you did not make it to the funeral. your grandmother who helped do in the kitchen passed away, and you did not make it to the funeral. not getting closure on a loved ones. how do you turn the page when you're not able to get to either of their funerals. >> i do not know if i can, actually. the journey of committing myself in the way that i have done, there is a price, and i am not saying i picked the right road, but i picked a road. the circumstances were that i cannot leave the states because i was working on my papers, and i had my mother's blessing. tavis: your immigration papers? >> yes, and i had my mother and sisters blessing, but that does not take away the sorrow of not being there, but i always laugh when people think about the journey. a black celebrity chef. so much of what i do is the journey of the anonymous black labor to the visible black labor, and what you have to sacrifice in order to reach something, and it is not for everyone, but i do not

we have celebrity chef marcus samuelsson and reince priebus and vincent gray. it is tuesday, july 3rd and "starting point" begins right now. good morning, our starting point is something that affects a lot of you. americans from nebraska to west virginia, points in between, facing another frustrating day of brutal heat while utilities are struggling to bring power back to millions of americans, at least 19 people have died since thursday. that's when those deadly storms swept the nation. about 1.8 million people still don't have electricity days after that storm. take a look at this. these are still all the states, waiting, waiting for the lights to come back on. 410,000 customers in west virginia didn't have power as of last night. ohio, 400,000 folks in ohio without. 340,000 in virginia, same deal there. power authorities and local governments say many of those people might be in the dark until this weekend. those people are going to have to deal with more soaring temperatures, 12 states under heat advisories this morning and the heat wave is forecast to last

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join me next time for a a harlem-based chef, marcus samuelsson. that is next time. we will see you then. >> every community has a martin luther king boulevard. it's the cornerstone we all know. it's not just a street or boulevard, but a place where walmart stands together with your community to make every day better. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> be more. pbs. captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> woodruff: the syrian opposition, u.n. officials, and the obama administration all blamed the assad regime for the massacre of scores of people in a rural village. good evening. i'm judy woodruff. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the newshour tonight, we have the latest on the execution- style killings on what rebels call one of the worst days of bloodshed since the uprisings began in syria more than a year ago. >> woodruff: then, we examine the ballooning losses at j.p. morgan chase and the role of

thank you. >>> we're so excited to have marcus samuelsson here.for his restaurant, red rooster. good luck. popular eatery in harlem. he really did come from humble beginning. orphaned at the age of 3 in eeth op eeth roep oep -- ethiopia and then came to the united states in the 90s. he was the youngest chef to receive a three star rating from the nooimgs. "new york times." he won top chef masters and cooked as a guest chef at president obama's very first state dinner. he describes the journey in his new memoir called "yes, chef." marcus, such a pleasure. >> thank you for having me. >> just picking up the magazines on the plane, i read about red rooster in harlem. you're everywhere. you really do begin, in chapter one, you talk about your biological mother and how you don't even know what she looks like in terms of no photographs or nothing. >> i have never seen a picture of my mother, and obviously, that's very, very rare. but my mother walked me and my sisters from a little village into the capital of ethiopia to save us. we got into a hospital.

we have celebrity chef marcus samuelsson and reince priebus and vincent gray.rting point" begins right now. good morning, our starting point is something that affects a lot of you. americans from nebraska to west virginia, points in between, facing another frustrating day of brutal heat while utilities are struggling to bring power back to millions of americans, at least 19 people have died since thursday. that's when those deadly storms swept the nation. about 1.8 million people still don't have electricity days after that storm. take a look at this. these are still all the states, waiting, waiting for the lights to come back on. 410,000 customers in west virginia didn't have power as of last night. ohio, 400,000 folks in ohio without. 340,000 in virginia, same deal there. power authorities and local governments say many of those people might be in the dark until this weekend. those people are going to have to deal with more soaring temperatures, 12 states under heat advisories this morning and the heat wave is forecast to last all week long. sandra endo is li

. >>> this is going to make your tummy growl, the most fashionable man, marcus samuelsson is dishingd life. we'll talk about the red rooster. fried chicken anyone? don't forget you can watch cnn live, go to cnn.com/tv. >> i wonder if they are bringing food in. >> i'm here for a week, buddy, can we please go to the red rooster for lunch. >> he knows it's breakfast television, right? >> please, bring the food. >> thanks. >> 47 minutes past the hour. it's an iconic olympic image, the quiet gymnast who led team u.s.a. to gold in the olympic games, kerri strug is here live. coming over to chat with you and you can join in on the chat coming up. for your attention. so we invented a warning you can feel. introducing the all-new cadillac xts. available with a patented safety alert seat. when there's danger you might not see, you're warned by a pulse in the seat. it's technology you won't find in a mercedes e-class. the all-new cadillac xts has arrived, and it's bringing the future forward. playing sports is just my whole life. looking back if it wasn't for shriners hospital, things would jus

also ahead, "the washington post's" eugene robinson and gillian tett, major garrett and marcus samuelsson joins us. >> first things first, of course washington, d.c. that horrible storm went through on friday. a couple million people without power. yesterday 95 degrees for all those poor people sitting there in the shade trying to keep cool. it's going to be just as hot today. look at the red on this map. 80% of the country with 90 degrees plus including that 101 in denver the heat has returned in colorado. the worst weather in the country is found in the great lakes. we have pretty strong thunderstorms rolling through minnesota, wisconsin and now through michigan. we're going to watch closely. it looks like detroit you're going to have those storms arriving about an hour from right now, right through the heart of flint, heading down toward detroit. ann arbor, those storms are just to your north. very warm conditions, 100 degrees kansas city, st. louis, chicago humid and 97, texas continues in the mid 90s and even d.c. once again in the mid 90s. when we talk about your 4th of july forecas