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youre in the "cnn newsroom." this is sunday, may 29th on this memorial day weekend. im fredericka whitfield. one week ago a tornado pack 2g 00 mifrp winds ripped through the city leaving at least 142 people dead and hundreds more hurt. >> numbers continue to rise. this isnt about a scoreboard. those numbers have far exceeded what never had ever hoped for and far exceed all the tornados in our country. today we bring everyone together go focus on it and inspire others to come together a...

but first up -- the chances of peace in the middle east after the latest round of speeches by prime minister netanyahu and president obama. ill be joined by tom friedman of "the new york times" who is just back from the middle east. now, heres my take for this week. weve just gone through an arcane debate about whether barack obama said anything new when he called for an israeli/palestinian settlement based on 1967 borders with mutually agreed upon land swaps. in fact, that has been ...

D.c.s national cherry blossom festival parade. this annual parade commemorates a donation of those gorgeous japanese cherry trees. they were given to us here in the u.s. in 1912 by tokyos mayor at that time. more than a dozen marching bands from across the country are scheduled to participate in this event. and derek ward from our nbc affiliate wrc joins me live from that event. mother nature certainly is cooperating, right? good morning, derek. >> good morning. well, she is cooperating in terms...

The black-eyed peas as much as i do. god will make it rain in that stadium. >> amen, brother. >> there you go. >> i predict that bars will make a lot of money during half-time, when people are walking as far away from the tv as they can. >> new york city ban smoking in beaches, parks and public plazas. according to the new york daily news, the ban will be largely self-enforced. so heres most new yorkers and tourists will mind their own business. >> if someone comes up to me and asks me to put my...

>> you didnt go out last night? >> i went out. >> where did you go? >> none of your business. >> hines ward denying that he in fact made it rain. >> when did they invent, quote, making it rain? >> i dont think i like this. >> it comes from hip hop. i think people have been making it rain for as long as theres been strip clubs. now it has a name. whats coming up next, willie? >> "mad moneys" jim cramer. >> hes going to make it rain. >> and dexter filkins is back with us. also, a live update f...

We need to plan for it better. we have got to have it not just be an emergency kind of coverage. we had floods ten years ago in south georgia where graves were popping out of cemeteries and that kind of thing because we had that kind of flooding. so those things happen, they happen in cycles. and weve got a congress that cant balance a budget, i dont know how we think we can pass laws and change the weather. >> china actually thinks they can make it rain. >> im sorry i messed up your name. >> iv...

"showbiz tonights" kareen wynter joins us from the "vanity fair" party, it is one of the must get into oscar parties in town. i realize its early. the rain has gone away. are some celebrities making their way in there yet? >> reporter: hi, there, a.j. we saw comedian don rickles make his way in. with the rain, you see the crews a little behind trying to get things ready. the celebrities are starting to file in. the rain is throwing a wrench into things. this is hollywood. this is "vanity fair." ...

Now, there are also -- statutes for mail and wire fraud which involve a scheme to defraud and take money although its hard to show that the companies were in any way defrauded because they decided to throw money at this guy because he said hey i know trump. the connections to the administration and to the public officials are very important. >> no obviously federal law if the companies wanted to make it rain and throw money out the window and waste their money. i wonder if there is a fiduciary d...

Had never met each other. i have great respect. the meeting lasted for almost an hour and a half. >> its a total trivial thing. how long the meeting was supposed to last, yet trump could not stop himself from lying about it. >> reporter: donald trump mentioned that this was originally supposed to only last 10 to 15 minutes? is that true. why would it go on so much longer than that? >> the president had allotted more time on his schedule for that meeting than just 10 to 15 minutes. >> now fast fo...

Speak and continued through his speech. its something anyone who was there could verify with one notable exception. >> god looked down and he said "were not going to let it rain on your speech." in fact, when i first started i said, oh, no, first line i got hit by a couple of drops. and i said, oh, this is -- this is too bad. but well go right through it. but the truth is that it stopped immediately. it was amazing. and then it became really sunny. then i walked off and it poured right after i l...