smacked up in the middle of tuscaloosa alabama. and you pointed southwest down highway 69 and kept a sharp eye sharp eye out after half an hour or so. you would roll into a sweet little place called moundville. one stop play, one main street, one general store. been around for a long time has moundville. but it's a sad truth as the sheriff says, even here, where everybody used to know everybody. >> it's not that way anymore. so many different people moving in from around the world. trying to escape the crowds. well, escape the crowd or running from something. yes. >> where have you gone? mayberry has up and left us. sheriff ken ellis fights real crime these days. >> the crime you see here you will see in any city, just a smaller version. >> still moundville is moundville in neighbors tend to know more about each other's business, then they might up in tuscaloosa, for example. which can be a bit of a nuisance as you are about to see if you need to keep a secret. especially, for example, if your secret is about murder. to begin with,

tuscaloosa, alabama. had ever had such a checkout flight as joe lewis. they connected the people on the they could not see any planes, it was too dark too cloudy gale force winds. this one pilot saw this one faint beam and pinged it off -- not aircraft carrier, not nato, all these warships and ships, 61 manes and warships, they couldn't find the survivors. it was pitch black and survivors didn't know where they were. unimaginable harrowing. 20, 30-foot waves. 38-degree water temperature. gale force winds unimaginable. >> bret: last thing, sully sullenberger, he is the contemporary pilot that we know has landed in water and saved. completely different scenario, completely different. this pilot was tremendously heroic. >> captain sully did amazing things. is he a hero to the country, the air force, incredible skills. you are right. a little bit different. captain was in the middle of the ocean, no vessels or no land for 580 miles. the wing snapped off. the rafts were there. the life preservers didn't work.

tupelo, tuscaloosa, you're included. >> ginger zee and steve osunsami, our thanks to you both tonight. >>> we learned late today that bill and melinda gates are ending their 27-year marriage. gates, cofounder of microsoft. the couple, two of the richest people in the world. as a couple through the bill and melinda gates foundation, they have donated billions to help people around the world. both are a force in the world of philanthropy and giving. here's our chief business correspondent rebecca jarvis. >> reporter: they are one of the world's richest couples, famous not just for how much money they've made, but how much they've given away. but tonight, after 27 years, bill and melinda gates are calling it quits. tweeting in a joint statement, "after a great deal of thought and a lot of work on our relationship, we have made the decision to end our marriage." bill gates, who cofounded microsoft, is now worth an estimated $124 billion. he and melinda cofounding the gates foundation and with warren buffett creating the giving pledge, where wealthy people commit to giving the majority of

. >> well, i represent tuscaloosa, so that would be perfect. maybe we can get you over to tuscaloosa. >> let me switch about dealing with weather. in march, the washington post reported that the national weather service internet systems were crumbling as key platforms are being tacked and failing. a vital resource for relaying information crashed. it had to switch to an instant menling service just to keep people informed. these revelations are serious. there is strong bipartisan support for addressing this issue. it is my hope that fixing these systems will be one of your top priorities as you take the helm there at department of commerce. can you explain what's going on with the disemnation of weather information to the public and what your fy22 budget proposal is to do about this? >> yes. thank you. and i share your concern. the systems and rt are older and given the severity and frequency the demand for weather services has been frankly outstripping our ability to supply that information. the pre's discretionary budget calls for over $1 bil

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we have them this morning rolling through the midsouth but today, from tupelo and tuscaloosa, down toalert, you said it best. thank you so much for that, ginger. >>> now to that new optimism in the fight against the pandemic. new york, new jersey and connecticut have all announced plans to fully re-open. stephanie ramos joins us from broadway which is set to open its curtains again soon. good morning, stephanie. >> reporter: michael, good morning. the end of the pandemic may actually be in sight. check out the marquee behind me. it's been in the dark for mre than a year but broadway shows may soon be able to open their doors again. most pandemic-related capacity restrictions for businesses like gyms and restaurants here in new york will be lifted in about two weeks. the state increasing limits for indoor and outdoor gatherings at concerts and sports venues. connecticut taking similar steps and easing restrictions and becoming the first to fully vaccinate 50% of adults. florida going even further, governor ron desantis suspending all covid local public health orders but just over 6 mil

when there was a black officer with a white officer and i have -- that's happened in tuscaloosa, thelack officer will talk to you so disrespectfully and the white officer will not say a word. that happened to me and what you need, i do not know how we will get there, first, we need the parents to start teaching their children, respect for authority. i do not think it is wrong, i do not agree with the officer -- i do say to all our young, fn officer stops you, if he is irate, if he is verbally wrong, maybe you can start to say, i am going to report this, but we have to get to the point of mutual respect for everybody. host: that is the caller from alabama, time for a couple more calls and several more people waiting. anthony in new york, good morning. caller: good morning. i would like to point out one fact. i am a scientifically trained person and i know that if you are not dealing with or recognizing all of the aspects of a problem, you cannot solve the problem. there is a perception that is promoted largely by the media -- encourage people to look up the obama administration report