maya angelou was unveiled today at a ceremony that drew hundreds of folks. >> but while maya angelou's family is honored there are questions why they chose a quote that is not hers. >> reporter: there was celebrations for the stamp in california michigan arkansas. the place where maya angelou spent most of her childhood and right here end.c. ♪ [ music ] ♪ ♪ dancers, civil rights leaders the first lady. oprah, and regular people all gathered to celebrate the unveiling of a stamp and the life of the woman on it. >> bodacious life that she dared to live in a way that dazzled and gave meaning to all of us who knew her and millions who didn't. >> reporter: the stamp is a copy of an oil painting. features a quote from maya angelou but some say it's wrong. a columnist wrote it's from a children's book by joan wallish and while she said it, she didn't write it. the post office said they didn't realize the mistake until friday when they were contacted by the reporter. >> looking back we would have used a quote from her words. the point is really to honor maya angelou. and we think you know the

postal service's unveiling of a new limited edition forever stamp honoring maya angelou. amp bears a picture of maya with the quote -- "a bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song." but the stamp has caused a controversy after it emerged the quotation is apparently not maya angelou's. children's book author joan walsh anglund said she wrote it first in a book of poems published in 1967. but she said she did not mind it was identified with my angelo because she said she hoped that her writing would sub a subliminally affect people and shape children as she has written it as a children's book. for more, we're joined now by tavis smiley. he's speaking today at the new york public library at noon, then at the union square barnes & nobles at 7:30 pm. the book, "my journey with maya" is co-written with david ritz is now being adapted for broadway by kenny leon, the tony award-winning director of "a raisin in the sun." tavis smiley, welcome to democracy now! tavis: good to see you. amy: congratulations on this lovely book. when you first meet maya

and the poetry of maya angelou. called harlem hopscotch, inspired by a poem she wrote back in 1969. >> she literally changed my life before i even met her. >> reporter: music producer shawn rivera discovered her writing at the time he was suffering from devere depression. >> i was questioning whether i should be on this planet. i was living in a storage unit on top of a warehouse. i came across there book and i read it and it clicked for me. >> reporter: he thought it would click for a new generation too taking angelou's themes of isolation and inequality. he began writing music before he was able to meet angelou and get her blessing. what did she say? >> the first thing she said was thank you which blew my mind. she said, i think i can do better. i want to be involved in the project. i was blown away. >> reporter: touchdown. >> yeah. >> reporter: in the home video, she was asked about the motion of setting her poetry to rap. >> young people are more sophisticate, a little more sarcastic, a little more edgy. >> she

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maya angelou was truly a great american. in so many ways through her life, her advocacy her passion for people and for justice and most importantly through her words, she inspired us. autria: the stamp was designed by ethyl kesle of bethesda. maya angelou died last may at the a of 86. jummy: james best best known for role as boscoe coltrain died. he died from complications of pneumonia. he starred on the show from 1979 to 1985. he was the law man chasing the duke brothers. and blues magician b.b. king is in a los angeles hospital this afternoon. he was admitted yesterday for dehydration caused by type two diabetes. king's daughter says he is doing much better. his latest health scare comes less than a year after dehydration and exhaustion caused him to cancel a concert tour. a young boy with autism is back home this afternoon after getting lost in the australian woods. 11-year-old luke shambrook was spotted by a helicopter three days after wandering off from his parents' campsite. rescuers slid down embankments to come to hi

keep in mind this same maya angelou was raped at 7 years of age.is the whole story of her book her best-seller internationally. she was raped at the age of 7. she doesn't say a single word jon for five and a half words. goes mute for five and a half years so if anybody understands what it means to be a youngster person to fight to find your voice, to claw your way back to find your place in the world and she goes on to be an icon i mean you go to africa in august of '93 this is after january of '93 when she gave that beautiful poem at clinton inauguration the only person to have done that before her was some guy named robert frost. she shows up to give this poem but for some reason she race mood her world. a young black man and having someone say to me, your life matters your opinion matters, what do you think about this, what are your views about this. share with me tell me your life story for somebody of her stature to do that to me is a life-changing life-altering life-affirming dream. >> jon: and do you you know when you see the power of that a

leon: a stamp honoring maya angelou has a quote on it that was not hers.t is widely attributed to her. first lady michelle obama and oprah winfrey were on hand at the unveiling. there is now a painting of angelou in the portrait garden. she died last february at the age of 86. you remember rememb the last time there was an angelou quote that caused controversy, a phrase inscribed on the martin luther king jr.emorial was badly periphrastic and made him seem arrogant. that quote, thanks to angelou was eventually removed. alison: a "vanity fair" story gives aid some background on the decision to suspend news anchor brian williams for exaggerating his state and storing the reporting during the iraq war. one person quoted in the article that williams wondered out loud if he had a brain tumor. nbc officials were repeatedly upset about his inability to explain the misstatements. leon: and wonderful group of people at the leadership awards. was sponsored -- it was sponsored by a group that recognizes humidity service from organizations like the united way of the n

this was a maya angelou this is me in my 20s, holding hands and we sat and talked in ghana. i was just a kid maya an gell lou, invited me on a troupe to ghana for two weeks with my friend. we all went to ghana a couple of weeks. i can't begin to tell you how being brought into her world as a young 20 something fundamentally changed my life. maya angelou was the first person first world-class intellectual, cornel west is dear friend of mine and dear brother, and book that you mentioned was coauthored with him. long before i met cornel west, another world class intellectual, i knew maya angelou. she welcomed me into her world. she became a surrogate mother to me. i became one of her sons. she had one son guy and i became one of her many sons. the book is really kind akin to tuesdays with more riff if you know that book. about a mother, son relationship. what this 28 year friendship with maya angelou was like with me. the experiences we had traveling the world. experiences we had staying at her house, she visiting with my. i have more public conversation with maya angelou than a

." >>> before her death last spring author and poet maya angelou was working on a new project. ds to music. we have more. >> in the air. >> on the rooftop of a high-rise in los angeles dancers are moving to a hip-hop beat and the poetry of maya angelou. it's a music video called harlem hopscotch inspired by a poem she wrote back in 1969. >> she literally changed my life before i even met her. >> reporter: music producer sean rivera discovered her work several years ago. >> i was onequestioning whether i should be living on this planet. i come across this book and started reading it and it just clicked for me. >> reporter: he thought it would click for a new generation too, taking angelou's theme of isolation and inequality he began writing music before he was able to meet angelou and get her blessing. >> what did she say? >> the first thing she said was thank you, which blew my miejd, and she said i think i can do even better. i want to be involved in the project. was blown away. >> touchdown. >> yeah. >> reporter: in this home video she was asked about the notion of setting her

we talked about any friendship with maya angelou. my book coming out i believe that maya angelou is america's ultimate renaissance woman in black. i don't know -- i challenge the viewers right now to think about this with me. i can't think of another black woman who has been more of a renaissance woman than maya angelou, who has done so many different things and done them well. a lot of greet black females. i don't know anybody who is more renaissance woman than american history than maya angelou, and i feel the same way about paul robeson, those are we two persons to the ultimate renaissance person male and female in black america elm we'll see what people think about that it. >> host: an e-mail, what are your authorities on the movie selma. >> guest: i am -- a good movie. i enjoyed the movie. i'm a bit chagrined and concerned about all of the pushback that the movie is now starting to get. just this morning i appeared on this week on abc, while here in town. i was flipping channels and caught a good conversation that my fronts bob

and we are the rainbow children of maya angelou. alison: the stamp generate some controversy because of the inclusion of the quote widely atriblta attributed to angelou. it turns out it comes from a book of poems written by another author. and she is considered one of the funniest minds of the generation. leon: that's right. still ahead here find out why some people in lucille ball's hometown are not laughing about one tribute. reporter: how much is too much to spend on a county animal shelter? i'm chris papst. we'll tell you how that question is being alison: "7 on your side" tonight as a proposed $4 million animal shelter in spotsylvania county is coming under fire. leon: "7 on your side" investigator chris papst reports tonight some county leaders say they think the money could better be spent elsewhere. chris: spotsylvania county has a bit of a problem. its current animal shelter has grown too small, can't be expanded and needs costly repairs. so a new, no kill shelter based on humane society's specs has been proposed. but an est

the forever stamp features and oil portrait of maya angelou. the author come up for what, and civil rights activist died last may at the age of 86. ahead -- big boosts for the blossoms. how long d.c. will benefit from the tour is him. -- from the tourism. and the forecast is coming u kimberly: we cannot get enough of the weather today. tomorrow? eileen: even better, less wind and warmer. it will be a little cool in the morning, but great outdoors. not only at the tidal basin, but people were also at the winery. we have a weatherbug camera at the there'll local winery. beautiful sunset and look how green everything looks. it finally looks and feels like spring. barrel oak winery, and i'm sure will be packed tomorrow, people enjoying the fresh spring air. the weatherbug network, the current temperatures and wind, 56 at nats park in d.c., 52 bladensburg and elizabeth seton high school, ashburn 47, and rock creek valley elementary school at 45 in rockville. the wind is much lighter. we will not have the gusty wind factor we had yesterday. traveling

i believe maya angelou had said that -- >> is that "fast and furious"? >> of course. >> were you surprised the post office made a mistake? >> i am never surprised when anyone makes a mistake. i don't have faith in humanity. it is unfortunate it is a forever stamp. i can't rid of those things. i hape had a book of them for the past year and a half. >> right. >> i don't mail anything. >> i buy them and lose them. i find them in strange places. >> really? >> i don't know how to mail a letter. >> e-mail. >> they should have e-mailed everything. >> so poor joan anglin has no recourse. she has to sit there with the letters with someone else's name over her work and she doesn't get a piece of it? >> she should start a go fund me. it is all the rage right now. i want to be a victim so bad. i want to typed a way to make me a victim to get a go fund me. >> coming up, apple watch gets mixed reviews. not sure how they will fix it, but it will wow cheap, child labor. stick around. >>> will you be watching? the first reviews for the apple watch is out and the general

maya angelou once said, "if someone shows you who they are believe them. if someone it shows you who they are, believe them." it's profound. she has shown us her entire life who she is. believe her. i believe her and the president leaves are and all of the people in this department will believe her. you have shown who you are and everything you've done. you've upheld the values of the oath you are about to take. we believe you. to the staff of the department of justice, you are the best of the best and with loretta, you have the best of the best as your leader. all the qualities she brings to the job of attorney general are because of what she has learned as a federal prosecutor. she is one of you. to the american people who are blessed with another remarkable public servant to lead this department, i am now going to swear you in. the whole family, come on up here. you are going to stand here. i want to put your left hand on the bible and raise your right hand. loretta lynch: i will support and defend the constitution of the united states against all enemi

john. >> we'll be right back. >> maya angelou was a poet, civil rights activist. her words continue to touch people around the world including tavis smiley. he pace tribute to her in a new book called my journey with maya. i asked him about their friendship. >> we started out as mentor men mentee. she became a mother, she said you must find something else to call me. she said boy i could be your mother. how about mother maya? she says sounds good to me. on the 29th of maize i'll never forget it, she passes away the day before the 28th of may. i couldn't walk into this jacob javits convention center without doing a tribute to her. the idea was to put my relationship down on the pages of this book. >> she gave you a lot of advice. >> a lot of it. >> tell me what the best was to you. >> she said repeatedly, we find our path by walking it. for all the advice that she gave me for all the examples that she shared for all the counsel she delivered to me, she ultimately said to me you will only find your path by walking it. i knew that meant i had to discover some things o

oprah winfrey was actually speaking at the maya angelou forever stamp dedication in washington, d.c. to stand as her daughter and a friend at the unveiling of the maya forever forever stamp. >> now officials say the power outage affected at least 28,000 customers. and that maya angelou stamp dedication is causing controversy over a quotation. the stamp dedicated to the latest civil rights champion features angelou and says the quote, "a bird doesn't sing because it has an answer it sings because it has a song." and children's author joan walsh england claims the quotation is from her book and not strong angelou's "i know why the caged bird sings." they responded says dr. angelou was a prolific writer and considered by many to be a wise person with a great deal of life experience. had we known about this issue beforehand, we might have used one of her many other works. >>> cooking to fight cancer. that's what some cooking students in this area are doing to help cancer patients lead healthier lives. katy zachry is live in university city. katy, what is going on with this cooking progra

cash for life. >>> maya angelou was honored with her own stamp michelle obama and oprah winfrey and others were on hand for the big unveiling. the portrait of angelou and the stamp as a quote printed on it and now questions are swirling if the thought provoking quote belongs to angelou or another writer. she died last year at her home she was 86 years old. >>> there is a new clue on the role of stress and obesity. ali gorman is at the "action news" big board to explain the connection. >> we know this affects many adults when they are under stress, it's easier to pack on the pounds but when we look at programs to help kids or teens that are overweight most focus on diet and exercise, but those miss this important factor stress in the family looking at 5,000 teenagers financial stress or disruptions such as divorce drives up weight problems among girls. a mother in poor health seems to be a key stress factor for boys. addressing the factors could prevent more obesity. >>> a folic acid supplement could help those from not having a stroke it reduces the number of first time strokes by more tha

." >>> before her death last spring author and poet maya angelou was working on a new project.her words to music. michelle miller has more on the collaborations across generations. >> reporter: on the rooftop of a high-rise in downtown los angeles, dancers are moving to a hip-hop beat and the poetry of miya angelou. it's a music video called harlem hopscotch inspired by a poem she wrote back in 1969. >> she literally changed my life before i even met her. >> reporter: music producer sean rivera discovered angelou's writing several years ago at the time he was suffering severe depression. >> i was questioning whether i should be living on this planet. i was living in a storage unit like on top of a studio in a movie warehouse. i came across this book and started reading it, and it just clicked for me. i thought, wait a minute. >> reporter: he thought it would click for a new generation, too, taking angelou's theme of isolation and inequality, he began writing music before he was able to meet angelou and get her blessing. what did she say? >> the first thing she said was thank yo

in defense, the postal service says maya angelou cited this quote frequently. erson said had we known about this before hand we would have used one of dr. angelou's many other quotes. do you think the post office should reprint the forever maya angelou stamp? go to newsnation.msnbc.com. turning now to what's becoming a dynasty in women athletics. >> uconn has done it again for the tenth time. they are the champions. >> so the university of connecticut women's basketball team continues to rewrite the record books, winning their third straight ncaa championship in a row and tenth overall. they beat notre dame in last night's game. it is the tenth championship for head coach geno auriemma i always mess up his last name, forgive me. that ties john wooden for most titles. and basketball is not the only sport where women are making history this year. three female african-american collegiate swimmers finished in the top three slots during the ncaa national swimming championship. now, it was the first time the winners' podium was comprised entirely of black women. 18-ye

maya angelou never got tired of referring to you in that way.et to carrying the bags in ghana? >> it's one of the blessings in my life. it's about how we model what it means to be a mentor. i had run for city council, michael, and lost t seems laughable now that i could have thought my life was over, all i ever wanted to do was to be a public servant. i'm glad i found my way of doing that with the platforms i have now. in your 20s, when you run and lose the one thing you thought you were born to do, called to do you feel like your life is crushed. in that moment i get this invitation to go to africa basically, to carry the bags for maya angelou for two weeks. i jumped on the opportunity. the lessons, conversations, love and affirmation. this life-altering, life changing experience allowed me to find my voice. i go back to the story we were just talking about. it means something to young black men in this country when someone of maya angelou's stature or anybody, quite frankly, says your life matters, your future matters. you have to find your vo

. >>> a tribute for the poet maya angelou. the u.s.tal service is unveiling a stamp, celebrating her life rise from poverty, segregation and violence to become a poet author and civil rights champion maya angelou died last year at the age of 86. more news from london. and we leave you with a shot of washington d.c. where the power has gone out. forcing the briefing to be run by cell phone lot. an explosion at a power plant was responsible. >>> announcer: this is al jazeera. >>> hello, i'm felicity barr, and this is the newshour live from london. coming up the u.s. says it's speeding up weapons supplies with the coalition targetting houthi rebels in yemen. the red cross warns of a cata catastrophic situation. >>> iraqi forces say it's safe for people to return home to tikrit. >>> protests i

even president obama used the quote. >> the late great maya angelou once said, a bird doesn't sing because it has an answer. it sings because it has a song. >> reporter: a postal service spokesman told the "washington post," had we known about this issue beforehand, we would have used one of angelou's many other works. >> history, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage need not be lived again. >> reporter: there are plenty to choose from. kate snow, nbc news, new york. >>> when we come back, how a high schooler went from hitting a language barrier to getting into every ivy league college. >>> it's quite a thing to be able to say harvard is your safety school, or princeton or brown. there's one high school senior from elmont, new york who can say that about any one of them because he was accepted to all the ivy league schools and then some. but as nbc's anne thompson reports, he overcame some steep odds to get there. >> oh, wow, nice. okay. >> reporter: in this season of college acceptances, 17-year-old harold ekeh is undefeated. >> it's like getting hit by

she was taking part in the unveiling of the postal service's new maya angelou stamp. tom sherwood was downtown when this happened and tells us how metro was affected. >> reporter: right now at the dupont circle metro station. it's one of the deepest in the system and it went out. the power's back on now. but it was a scary experience for one tourist couple from austin, texas. >> we got off and it was really dark inside of the train area and then we headed up here and saw this long staircase and it was completely stopped. so we walked up here. wasn't a problem as much for us but -- >> there was peep stopped. >> two or three ladies stopped and the police were being helpful and metro employees being helpful. but there were some folks that got up that were out of breath and having to get water and it was difficult for anybody that has any physical limitations. >> reporter: coming up at 5:00 we'll hear from more government workers and private office worker who is had to leave their buildings. one person thought it was an earthquake. in downtown washington tom sherwood news

angelou. >>> maya angelou touched the hearts of people around the world. tavis smiley shares the details of their relationship in his new book. i asked him about their friendship. >> it was mentor mentee. this book is about how we should model being mentors to young people in our lives. for me though she eatly became a mother. at one point she asked me to young tavis, you must call me something else to call me. i said how about sister. and she said i could be your mother. and i said how about mother maya. but to be in new york city she passes away the day before. i could not walk into this convention center here in new york without doing a tribute to her and it was after doing that tribute that the idea came to actually put my relationship down on the pages of this book. >> she gave you a lot of advice. >> a lot of it. >> tell me the best advice she gave you. >> she said very simply to me but repeatedly john that we find our path by walking it. for all the advice examples shared counsel delivered to me she ultimately said you will only find your path by wa

oprah, her comments honoring the new maya angelou stamp interrupted. >> forever. >> reporter: all of this blamed on a downed line in maryland. no suggestionle of terrorism. david? >> jim avila tonight, thank you. >>> now, to the extreme weather in several parts of the country tonight. first, the drenching rain in california and then something else. we took note of this reporter doing a piece today, standing there in the snow. that is alta california. just look and listen to what's happening in the middle of the country tonight. the sound of hail in bald win, missouri all part of the severe weather we're watching into the night. let's get right to ginger zee who told mel before we came on the air, there are watches in effect. >> reporter: there are watches right now. the area of concern is going to get bigger and bigger. let's take it straight to the map. there have been thunderstorms, hail and funnel clouds near sacramento. some of that same energy is going to cross the mountains and eventually effect much of the middle part of the country. but tonight, the severe thunderstorm watch

. >> reporter: oprah winfrey speaking at an event honoring maya angelou just kept talking. >> no doubt about it. >> reporter: but darkened halls at some of the world's most popular museums meant evacuations, including from the smithsonian air and space. >> there's a possibility that we might have some terrorist activity. >> it was scary. >> reporter: the university of maryland closed, offices cleared out, and traffic backed up. adding to the problem, a certain randomness from where i'm standing, i can see three sets of traffic lights. right here, they're out. what happened? the power company says all this caused by this, a transmission line fell off its foundation, a relatively small thing pointing to a big problem. even acknowledged by pentagon brass. >> it's just because we really don't know the true vulnerabilities. >> reporter: we know the u.s. electric grid loses power three times more often than it did in 1984. much more than any other industrialized nation. japan loses power an average of 4 minutes a year. but in the northeast u.s. 214 minutes according to a university of minnes

but maya angelou didn't write that. rs in a 1967 book of poems, a cup of sun by children's author joan walsh england angelou known to discuss that line in interviews, that's why the post master general says it chose that one. she even titled her first memoir: i know why the caged bird since. >> coming up: authorities are investigate a south jersey police department after a man died while in custody. the newly-released 911 call could provide a clue as to what happened. plus scary moments in philadelphia's mayoral debate. lynn abraham faints on stage watch doctors say they think happened. >> new clue as they search for three men that kidnapped and assault add jewelry store work nerve center city. the video just released in what investigators say they still cannot see plus more drama than expected at mayoral debate when one of the candidates faints. lynn abraham falling to the floor causing everything to stop. scary moment. we'll tell you how she feeling this morning. >>> police offers nerve south carolina facing murder cha

unable to read her script, she started reciting maya angelou's poetry from memory. first lady michelle obama was among those in the audience and she stayed in the dark through the end of the show. at this point, pepco is telling us that there are no other problems in the system. everything should be back to normal. reporting live from northwest washington, sam ford, abc 7 news. alison: the show must go on over there, sam. thank you. meanwhile, the outage forced the university of maryland to close campus today at 2:00 p.m. brianne carter continues our team coverage live from college park with the latest from there. brianne, what can you tell us? brianne: within the last five minutes, we've learned that university officials say most of the power to the north campus has been restored. that includes a number of dorms there on the north campus and in talking to students, many were afraid they wouldn't be able to get back in their dorms because of an electric swipe measure they would need to try to get back in. taking a look behind me student union back here and for hours

maya angelou.she was raped at the age of 7, this is the story of her book i know how the cage bird sings, for five years she doesn't say a single word and if anybody understands what it means to find your voice that is the mother of understatement to find your way back and establish your place in the world and do something the world will remember now that she is gone, maya had something to say to me. to understand what my role is and how to find my voice i am carrying her bags. to listen and laugh and learn and to be loved on by here, was the life changing life altering experience. >> host: tavis smiley is our guest for the next 25 minutes or so, talking about the life of maya angelou and his newest book "my journey with maya". 202-748-8200. in east and central time zones of a 48-8201. for those in the mountain and pacific we are live in l.a.. in your book you talked-about the casual use of the n word and maya angelou's reaction to that. >> the stories in this book are all true, some debates we had

maya angelou said i am human. i think she's america's ultimate renaissance woman. but she focused exclusively on the humanity of all fellow citizens. we have to find a way in the maya angelou tradition to not just respect human beings but to revel in humanity, to stop contesting the humanity and dignity, america might one day be a better place. >> do you think she realized the effect she had? >> i think she never took herself too seriously. she told me not to put her on a pedestal. she said we are essentially public servants. we're not human and divine. she loved serving people. i think the take away from this book and there are many i hope, is that she's a model of how to mentor. we need to make sure that we invest time and spend time. there's a disconnect. >> no doubt about that. i know you learned many lessons from her but if there is one that really sticks with you what would it be? >> every one of us has a role to play and each of us matter. sometimes bad things do happen to good people. she is raped at the age of seven. doesn't speak for five and a half years

it includes a quote by maya angelou saying a bird doesn't sing because it has an answer. song. she was born in 19 twalth and died last year. the post office described her as one of the most dynamic voices in 20th century american literature. >>> the selfie is a common sight in social media. some hotels are trying to use them as free advertising. experts say it's a clever way to capitalize on what some call society's narcissism. >> i'm a picture freak. >> reporter: need proof? trisha with me and her cousin jordan. >> let every in london see what they're missing. >> reporter: everywhere you turn selfies are snapped. >> how many have you taken in the last five minutes? >> probably 100. >> reporter: some businesses are trying to capitalize on the popialator of our self-center ness. they start to encourage guests to take selfies when they travel. even loans guests a selfie stick. then the gusts are encourages to post the selfie on their social media accounts with a chance to win $150 off their next stay or even better. a free selfie stick. >> the thing i like about the stick i

maya angelou died last may. >>> in a few hours you can buy capitals playoffs tickets. on sale at 11:00 this morning. the nhl hasn't announced any games, dates, or times. they'll do it later today. they go fast. >>> 6:56 four things to know this morning. republican senator rand paul expected to announce he'll run for president. he's speaking to crowds today in kentucky. >>> a university of virginia fraternity is ready to launch legal action over a discredited rolling stone article. the magazine accused the fraternity of gang raping a girl named jackie. >>> the firefighters are working to put out a fire that spark at the roofing company in prince george's county. more than 13 hours ago. the fire caused more than a million dollars in damage and destroyed two fire engines. >>> traffic alert this morning as we keep a close eye on a water main break on route 1 in fairfax county. that road closed in both directions. >> take a look now. you can see from chopper 4 route one shut down at forest place. another big problem inner loop at braddock. big crash there. only by to the le

i imagine the daughter of an english teacher and librarian and maya angelou's words have never been far from her thinking. maya angelou said in a straightforward manner, she said if someone shows you who they are, believe them. if someone shows you who they are, believe them. a very simplistic phrase. she has shown us her entire life who she is, so believe her. i believe her. the president believes here, and all the people in this department will believe her. loretta, you've shown who you are and everything you've done, and you've upheld the very values in the oath you're about to take, and we believe you. to the staff the united states department of justice you're the best of the best. loretta, again, you have the best of the best as your leaders. all of the qualities she brings to this job of attorney general are because of what she's learned as a federal prosecutor. she's one of you. she's one of you. to the american people, we're blessed with another remarkable public servant to lead this department. and with that, loretta i'm now going to swear you in as the attorney general of the

tribute downtown as the post office revealed its latest forever stamp featuring the late poet maya angelou. first lady michelle obama and oprah winfrey were there for the dedication today. the postmaster general says angelou left a stamp on everything and everyone she touched adding thatitis only fitting there's one in recognition of her life's work. at the ceremony ohm ra read one of her favorite angelou passages. >> lying here thinking last night how to find my soul a home where water's not thirsty and blood loaf is not stone. i came up with one thing, and i don't believe i'm wrong, that nobody but nobody can make it out here alone. >> angelou passed away last may at the age of 86. >>> and we want to go back now to chris gordon's piece on the family tragedy in princess anne county. here's the latest from chris. >> reporter: family and friends gathered to grieve 36-year-old rodney todd and his seven children who died of accidental carbon monoxide poisoning from a generator he ran in the kitchen of his home after his electricity was shut off. >> my brother is gone. my nieces and nephews ar

>> reporter: on 13th street downtown people were buying the new maya angelou stamp. >> it's not just her. it's the stamp collection is recognizing african-americans who have made a contribution. >> reporter: inside the warner theatre, oprah winfrey was celebrating the new stamp with first lady michelle obama. the power flickered and failed. but the program finished up. what did you think when the power went out? >> the power went out but we still rose. we kept going. and that's what you do and that's what maya angelou wanted us to do. >> reporter: the secret service quickly and calmly es corporated first lady michelle obama from the ceremony as the crowd poured out of the warner. it praised oprah's response. >> it was amazing. she took the stage and just went into ad lib and it was amazing. >> reporter: it was amazing but it all ended with very little drama at the warner theatre. back to you. >>> our team coverage continues now with tracee wilkins in college park where the power is back on but it's not business as usual at the university of maryland. hi tracee. >> reporter: it's not

. >>> and today a new stamp will be released in honor of maya angelou.ichelle obama will be there quoting the novelist who passed away in may of last year. >>> well, at least the weather was perfect. opening day is in the books for the phillies after getting shot out by the red sox. the phillies get a chance to redeem themselves tomorrow night against the red sox. >>> maybe it was too sunny for the phils. they do well when it rains. remember '08? the world series? rain was coming down in buckets. they did okay then. maybe they will do okay the rest of the week. we won't have rain moveing in until later today. mount pocano 48 degrees. trenton and wilmington, 59 degrees. we're watching cape may for a few light rain showers this morning and moving through. right in central new castle county a few raindrops. and in wilmington we are seeing some breaks in the rainfall. you can see breaks to theest with. then heavy downpours are possible tonight. those are moving through central kentucky right now and into the ohio valley. but the temperatures are going to tak

words have never been too far away from loretta and her thinking maya angelou once said in her straightward manner she said, "if someone shows you who they are believe them. if someone shows you who they are, believe them." a very simplistic phrase but better profound. she has shown us her entire life who she is. so believe her. i believe her, the president believes her and all the people in this department will believe her. loretta, you've shown who you are in everything you've done and you've upheld the very values of the oath you're about to take. and we believe you. to the staff of the united states department of justice, you're the best of the best and loretta, you again have the best of the best as your leader. all of the qualities she brings to the job of attorney general are because of what she's learned as a federal prosecutor. she's one of you. she is one of you. to the american people we're blessed with another remarkable public servant to lead this department, and with that loretta, i'm now going to swear you in as the attorney general of the united states of america. with y

. >>> it was the grand debut of a new stamp honoring the late maya angelou yesterday in washington but one problem, that quote, it's not hers. it comes from a children's book author. in defense of the post they say angelou did cite it in several interviews. >>> dwayne "the rock" johnson is a big man. now we know why. he told "muscle and fitness" his seven deadly meals. he's 1,000 calories in cod a day alone, about 821 pounds a year not to mention daily serve vings of chicken, steak and eggs. he's double the calories of men in the u.s. and more than 40 times the protein. >>> on cnbc burger king will pay for the marriage of mr. burger and miss king. the couple will join their names to become mr. and mrs. burger king. let's get down to business with cnbc's landon doughty. >> good morning. cheaper gas may lead to more cash in your wallet. the government say it is average u.s. household will stave $700 this year thanks to lower prices at the pulp. regular unleaded is forecasted to average $2.45 a gallon this summer down from $3.59 last summer. mcdonald's is going upscale, adding sirloin bur

and putting maya angelou's poetry in motion. ♪ all right captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbsg news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: it is matter of life or death. today is the punishment phase of

let's witch to maya angelou. >> you saw a confrontation, adam may? >> yes, one of the questions people are wondering is how will the curfew be enforced and what will the law enforcement be doing on the ground. i left the area the flash point where the majority of the plers are, and i drove a little further into the neighbourhood to see what was going on there. few are out on the streets. just a couple of individuals walking around. i turned the corner and i saw a group of three or four young me picking up signs saying "road closed", the road leading to where all the police officers were and a young man throwing the cones around the signs around and suddenly out of nowhere, from behind up pulled one of those national guard hume veries the maryland national guard activated here in baltimore, and four or five individuals jumped out really fast, armed with their machine-guns and they scared the dickens out of those guys that threw the copes, and those individuals ran away into the streets. the national guard members jumped in and went to another location

at the warner theater where oprah was speaking to unveil a stamp in memory of poet maya angelou, the lights disappeared. during her address. smithsonian museums along the mall and elsewhere went dark and were evacuated and the power company pepco says it was all because of an equipment failure at a substation in southern charles county maryland that caused a fire a transmission line to fail and a voltage struck which in buildings in the city, power systems automatically switched to backup power and buildings went mainly dark. >> that's why in some locations people saw what appeared to be a power outage. it was really the system switching over from the primary system over to the backup system. horace: at the ceremony at the warner also attended by first lady michelle obama, nobody panicked and a lot of people thought it was part of the show. >> i thought it was planned. >> power outage from here up to maryland. >> really? wow. horace: and the pepco spokesman said it cost a powerful ripple effect from southern charles county as the power came here to d.c. also, another impact here was

postal service unveiled a stamp for maya angelou, but the quote is from another author, they said it had been widely attributed to her, but it wasn't hers. a spokesman told the washington post, if we had known about this, we would have used one of her other works. the sentence held great meaning for her and she is greatly identified with its popularity. >> had we known about it beforehand? they couldn't have checked? >> a roomful of people and nobody bothered to ... >> one of the most quotable authors ever. >> are they rolling stone or something? [ laughter ] >> oh. >>> one thing we know, we are probably saying good-bye to the rain for a while. >> for a while. for a while. we got a pretty good dose of rain. let's have a look at the high- def one more time to show you the last cell standing out there a little south of livermore stretching out to pleasanton. not much left of the rain. 5,600ths at livermore. and 67 up in oakland. three quarter of an inch in santa rosa and more of an inch in san rafael. in terms of the snow. the storm had not yet reached the sierra by sunset. so we will

the lights even went out on oprah at a dedication ceremony at maya angelou's forever stamp. d.c.'s dupont central took a power hit and passengers climbed up the steep escalator to the street. the national cherry blossom brings a million and a half to washington and bus loads were on the national mall when the power outage forced some museums to evacuation. at the national museum of the american indian the jen raters went on but caused a different problem. >> it caused a fuse or something to blow, which caused an electrical spark. there was no actual fire but there was a lot of smoke. >> reporter: outside the national air & space museum, tourists could only sit and wait. >> it was a little disappointing because they wanted to go in. >> reporter: classes at university of maryland were canceled for the rest of the afternoon. for some businesses a sidewalk sale worked out just fine. craig boswell, cbs news, washington. >>> straight ahead, a whopper of a surprise. an illinois couple named joel burger and ashley king get a big wedding gift from a fast food giant. details in "moneywatch.