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Food choices, a plate apparently. elizabeth cohen is here with a sneak peek at what were going to see on the plate. dont call it a pie chart, right? >> thats right. you dont want to call it a pie chart. that would get the usda upset. they want it to be more user friendly than statistical. the pir ra plids is going away. we say r.i.p., nearly 20 years time for it to go and what theyre going to introduce instead is something like a dinner plate. cnn has gotten some advanced word that its going to ...

Move over pyramid, theres a new symbol to get americans to eat right. cnn seenb your medical correspondent elizabeth cohen is here with the details. elizabeth, what is the usda changing this time? >> all right. first, pay a little respect to the food pyramid, r.i.p., 192 to 2011, and it is out of here, and we now have the dinner plate. thats right. the usda is going to create a dinner plate, and we dont know what it will look like, joe, but we are told, and our sources tell us that it will indic...

joe johns, have a great rest of the weekend and safe travels. >> you, too. on this memorial day, i want to begin on cordova, alabama. it hit on the morning of april 27th by a powerful ef-3 tornado, and then the very same day ef-4 tornado hits that same town that night. cordova, alabama, is not the town that you see here in some of the video, some of the aerial pictures here and satellite images. a lot of folks have certainly lost their homes, but as we told you on friday, the cordova...

development of alternative fuels. his warning to arab oil producer comes amid a chilling prediction. goldman sachs says gas will reach $5 a gallon this summer. and remembering the sacrifice s at arlington nationl cemetery. this morning, president obama takes part in ceremonies there, including a wreath-laying ceremony at the tomb of the unknowns. lets talk politics now. presidential candidates, those who have declared, and those likely to, are reaching out to voters on this memoria...

♪ ♪ ♪ its memorial day, may 30th, 2011. president obama is at arlington national sepl tore. live pictures paying tribute to those men and women who gave their lives to defend our country. shortly the president will speak at arlingtons amphitheater. his address live, as well as remarks from mike mullen and defense secretary robert gates. arlington national cemetery, 624 acres of hallowed ground, the final resting place for fallen troops from all of americas wars, including the mo...

where shell stop until shes been there. she turned up this morning at the national archives in her words highlighting americas foundation and contemplating a run for president in 2012. yesterday palin hit the streets with rolling thunder, the motorcycle rally honoring americas m.i.a.s and p.o.w.s. but we think shell be in gettysburg, pennsylvania later today. jim acosta, shes used the word "foundation" a lot this morning. is she laying the foundation for a presidential run? >> reporter...

>> on this holiday morning. >> and weve got a lot of news. we begin with the weather. first a new wave of spring storms is pounding the midwest. in fact, some of the worst damage is in battle creek, michigan. a storm packing 80-mile-an-hour winds snapped trees, brought down a lot of power lines. in fact, across the state some 100,000 homes and businesses lost power. >> a violent storm hit the chicago area. ferocious winds uprooting trees and sending them on the tops of houses and cars....

Whats this all about 1234? >> reporter: drew, theres been a lot of complaints about the food pyramid so now the federal government is coming up with a new icon, and were told by the usda that it is a plate, like a dinner plate. we presume it will be divided into sections that will show you how much of the different types of food you should be eating. >> what was wrong with the pyramid? >> reporter: you know, the pyramid, to put it gently is not considered a great public health success. you dont ...

Got a boisterous welcome home from thousands of supporters today. returning to his home land two years after being ousted in a could you plea coup. he urged supporters to pursue peaceful democratic change. zelaya ha been in exile in the dominican republic but reached the deal with the hon dour ran government which allowed him to return. out with the food pyramid. in with a dinner plate. that is the brand new icon of healthy eating that the agriculture department is going to unveil this coming ...

Welcome home from thousands of supporters. returning to his homeland two years average being ousted in a coup. he urged supporters to pursue peaceful democratic change. he had been in exile in the dominican republic, but reached a deal with the honduran government which allowed him to return. out with the food pyramid. in with the dinner plate. thats the brand new icon of healthy eating that the agriculture department will unveil this coming thursday. whats prompting the makeover and what does...