over the last year, tristin has collected donations from as far as england totaling $9500. so far, the support has been overwhelming. >> my brain is exploding with ideas of what to say but i can't just sum it up into one word. warmth, happiness, and joy. >> an absolutely impressive, tristin will be at south high his goal is to raise $10,000 for children's hospital by his 10th birthday in september. an extra ordinary young boy for an extra ordinary cause. we love this story. >> he will be the ceo of his own company someway. >> probably some nonprofit doing good for the wurpd. >> one compassionate kid. >> absolutely. >>> sweet news on saturday, an iconic ice cream shop in denver is expanding. >> i love ice cream. you can have little man ice cream in locations all across the metro area but there is a twist. when you think little man ice cream, you think of the great flavors and the milk-jug shaped shop. they will not have the same look or name. the owner is opening a tasting room in tennyson, it will look similar to something in willy we oughta go there. folks in congless park

we talked with owners of the tatum tristin center on wednesday and they shut the facility down immediately. >>> also a 13-year-old girl recovering after being last night on nashville road. police believe a nearby argument led to the shooting. the victim is expected to be okay. virus case. we told you about this tonight at 6:00 o'clock and finding the plans to live department of health and human services. >> reporter: the dhhs is trying to stay ahead of things saying they are monitoring the situation closely. but we found out tonight to several local county don't even have mosquito control programs in place. north carolina now has its first confirmed case of the zika virus. state health officials say it was a resident who recently traveled outside the country but they declined to identify the person, saying where he or traveled from. people say they are surprised. >> we have lots of people who travel in our state and there are lots of affect the countries. >> reporter: the virus is transmitted by a bite from an infected mosquito and sent them's include a mild fever, skin rashes, muscle and

and alex, one of my favorites was tristin. >> there are days every now and again up to ten i'm okay ♪♪ is getting so close ♪ >> that was a beautiful song choice. >> beautiful. >> she is perfect for you. >> i love her. >> she is like 19. >> so pretty, and great voice. >> and hoping she gets through. remember, people had to vote last night to get her through. by the way kelly clarkson is on tonight as well. one person who i think might be on the fence, this is just my opinion only, is mackenzie. >> oh, oh? >> ♪ >> i like him. >> you like him? >> bring in the fence. >> no. >> the contestants this year are so good that in past years he would have been way at the top. right? but we have to see what happens, but again, if you are keeping score at home, mackenzie is a boy, and tristin is a girl. it is hard. me, someone who named my kid laundry, boy or girl? >> true. >> and i'm aling. >> both ways. >> ya. >> i've had a ted how is a girl, my grant caughter. >> yes. >> shouldn't be gender roles, guys. >> no. let it all go. it is 2016. jen, we'll check back with the idol studio in just a second.

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also, going to find out how tristin does. >> cancel the show. >> bit of drama, mike.in your bear jammies and everything, she didn't get to sing the song that she wanted to sing at first, so she cried her eyes out. >> oh, no. >> like a five year old. she said her mom will be in the audience, she really wants it for her mom and some other person let her perform that song. so, the question is. >> so she did two songs? >> got the song she wanted after she cried her eyes out. as a p.m., in my house, you cry your eyes out, you don't get what you want. but if you're gorgeous, you can sing, look like tristin, you get whatever you want. >> if that woman cried her eyes out, she would get whatever she want, pretty much. >> we'll see who made it in. >> i have an answer from your girl on brooklyn, the blondes. >> okay. >> the accentric one. >> accentric and then played beautiful piano and sang wonderfully. thanks, jen, come back to the big american studio in just a moment. 8:49. >> five year old boy with the courage to fight cancer shows he is brave enough to do something else. th

before we go we say good-bye to our friend and colleague, our associate producer tristin milleder, taking a position at cnn international as a writer. we will miss him. next on cnn, a six-hour marathon, "the seventies" we're back again next weekend, have a great week. >>> tonight television takes a look at itself. >> what's on the idiot box. >> it's only an idiot box if an idiot is watching. >> this golden age will be looked upon as the platinum age. >> our obligation is to entertain. >> kunta. kunta kinte. >> congress has no right to interfere with the media. >> excuse me! >> you have a responsibility to give the audience what it tuned in to see. >> ♪ ♪ >>> the years of the '60s which end in a few hours, have a reputation of things that is not justified. tv coverage is better, northwest worse, we simply developed more demanding standards. >> when i think of tv, i think of the '70s. >> what is this world coming to? >> the american public was hungry for more. >> more was allowed. that hadn't been before. >> it was the last decade where it was a campfire television where there was one in th

before we go we say good-bye to our friend and colleague, our associate producer tristin milleder, taking. we will miss him. next on cnn, a six-hour marathon, "the seventies" we're back again next weekend, have a great week. >>> tonight television takes a look at itself. >> what's on the idiot box. >> it's only an idiot box if an idiot is watching. >> ts

plan to combat climate change by regulating emissions from coal-fired power plants, al jazeera's tristinfrom gillett, wyoming, home to some of the country's largest mines. >> reporter: here in campbell county, wyoming, energy, oil, coal and natural gas dominates the landscape and the economy. gillett the county seat bills itself the energy capital of the nation. >> we have been through booms and busts, you know, that's kind of the way the energy business is. but this one is tough because both coal and oil is down, usually if one is up the other is down or, you know, so this one is tough. >> reporter: louise carter king is the mayor of gillett where an energy boom helped the population grow almost 50% since 2,000. coal right now, they are not talking about any lay offs. and there hasn't been any so it's -- but i am sure everyone is worried. it would be tough not to be. >> reporter: can you think of what campbell county looks like without energy revenue coming in? >> bleak. you know, if oil doesn't come back, which it will. mine, it just has to. it would be -- it would be tough. >> reporte