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super stars like the queen of soul aretha franklin, mary j. blige and chaka khan are performing.dance. the woman whose seat i am keeping very warm right now, fredricka whitfield is in new orleans. tell us more about it. hi, fred. >> hi, gary. hey, lots of powerful panels and, of course, powerful music and musicians. just take a look behind me. that's charlie wilson of the gap band who has launched a single career right now and you can see a huge crowd has turned out just to get a glimpse of charlie wilson, a picture of him and maybe a chance to kind of summon him over and ask him a few questions. it's happened like that all morning long here at the convention center. also today, talk about those powerful panels. national urban league mark will be returning to his home city, once mayor here in new orleans, along with congresswoman maxine waters and a number of other people will talk politics today. what's at stake be for you. just four months away from the national election. and then among the great panels that have been taking place here, i had the privilege of talking to vanessa

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investors are being treated to performances from superstars like the queen of soul, aretha franklin, mary j. bligehose in attendance. joining me now with more on that part of the story is fredricka whitfield. you are on site, fredricka, in new orleans, and you spoke with an actress who is also a parent advocate, working to prevent bullying among girls, certainly a topic i know i'm passionate about. tell us more about that. >> reporter: oh, yeah. i mean, this is really a fascinating set of panels that they have going on here. of course, like all the music and the musicians that you just mentioned are here in the essence music festival, but they have some incredible empowerment panels. i just spoke with an actress you probably know from "without a trace." well, coming up this fall, she has a new movie called "won't back down," and it really is about education reform. she's a mother of two, going to school right here in the united states. she has an own personal observations about the frustrations and the real things to celebrate about the educational system here in the states. so, she's going to be

. >> reporter: she's a fixture, wrote "don't waste your time" for aretha franklin to mary j blige. as a songwriter she's worked with everyone to mandy moore. celebrities flock to her fundraisers for cancer research. >> we know this saxophone has your name on it. >> reporter: she contributed to the clinton campaign. just before bill clinton left office he caused a political storm pardoning her husband who fled prosecution for tax fraud in 1983. she has lived a jet set life. as matt saw firsthand on her yacht at cannes two years ago. >> i'm on a 15-foot yacht owned by denise rich. >> we do a big party and a lot of friends come. >> she's put it on sale, 20 rooms with view. what a view. wraparound balconies overlooking central park. rich is among 1800 americans who gave up citizenship. in order to be closer to her long time life partner as well as her family and loved ones, she made the decision to become solely an austrian citizen. u.s. senator sees a tax dodge. >> you certainly don't need to renounce your citizenship to be closer to your family. we all know the reason she's doing thi

of the weekend will focus on the veterans that we will have a chance to hear, aretha franklin, mary j. bligehomas sitting there next to me. singer an actress vanessa williams, the new orleans mayor mitch lancasterrieu and bill cassidy. we're going to talk about the health of the economy, a crucial jobs report is coming out today. we'll break down the numbers for you as president obama and mitt romney's camps are standing by ready to respond. you can follow us on your computer or mobile phone while at work, go to cnn.com/tv. and we will see you at the top of the hour as "starting point" takes place in new orleans. if you haven't gone to bed yet, swing on by. >> thank you. >> the computer virus you've been hearing about that could actually take you down if you're an internet surfer, how do you make sure this does not happen to you? rest assured, it's coming. you can do something about it. we'll give you the tips in a moment. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] you've been years in the making. and there are many years ahead. join the millions of members who've chosen an aarp medicare supplement insurance pl

mary j. blige of course and influential talkers, people who have never picked up an instrument.e walters and dr. steve perry from cnn will be talking as well and roland martin. you have lengthened the festival this year. used to be a three-day festival, now a four-day. why the extra day? >> the extra day is to truly formalize the empowerment for our youth. the first day now is thursday and we start with an entire conversation that's focused on what will secure our youth and we partnered with the mayor of new orleans mitch landrieu, and then with first lady of new orleans and girl up, as she calls it. such a fun name. empowering girls and connecting families and their youth to services within the community. so that's been a discussion now formally for the first full day and it ended with the first ever new and next youth concert in the superdome last night. you've never seen so many screaming 10-year-olds in your life. but it was fantastic. we're very excited with our first formal youth day. >> what's the goal? you have done the festival for how many years? >> 18. >> you took --