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All right, eric. first of all, boy, were really sorry for your loss and your fellow business owners there on the boardwalk. what was your conversation like with the governor today? >> thank you. and it was very upbeat and uplifting. when we sat down with him on that closed meeting, he had a wealth of information for us for help thats going to be available, grants, loans. he wants this place to return. and i believe hes going to give us what we need to make it happen. >> what do you think youre g...

Looked at the evidence and they said this case has been overcharged and the prosecution didnt prove anything. the defense ended up proving it. so i was -- i was happen by it. but i was prepared for a verdict that had nothing to do with the law simply because the forces, the persuasive forces out there had been trying to get people in the sheriffs office saying dont riot. what are you thinking? there were people who were subtly in a subconscious way encouraging civil unrest and i thought the jury...

And i was really proud they looked at the evidence and they said this case has been overcharged and the prosecution didnt prove anything. the defense ended up proving it. so i was -- i was happen by it. but i was prepared for a verdict that had nothing to do with the law simply because the forces, the persuasive forces out there had been trying to get people in the sheriffs office saying dont riot. what are you thinking? there were people who were subtly in a subconscious way encouraging civil u...

Their neighbors were in there with them. >> i talked to a woman today in this hospital who was holding on to her 65-year-old husband, he got sucked out of her arms and died. she said im going rebuild the same polilace. ive got any neighbors. >> last night, i got here, went straight to my sisters house and got her boarded in, got her roof covered and i was standing there doing an interview, this lady goes, hes standing in front of my car. youre like, what? its neat youre standing in front of my c...

This is actually critical. >> absolutely critical and moral imperative. because of this mentor and leaders in high school when he was willing to drop out went on to complete his degree and doctorate at harvard. to lead by example, expandsing the curriculum to include every school-aged group and helping students from kindergarten to college. believing in education is critical to living life beyond a treatment. love your beyond a dream segments. uplifting. after weeks of debate, negotiati negoti...

This is how youre going to live and were going to take these rules to the nth degree. >> ritchie says that even though hes in confinement for being one of three white inmates caught assaulting a black inmate, the fight was not racially motivated. but he admits his tattoos are. >> my swastika. even though its not necessarily the best artistically, its one of the ones that im most proud of, because it means the most on the whole. its empowering and uplifting. its a symbol, man. not only does it el...

Standing in front of my car. i said, is this your house? yeah, she was happy, uplifting. i said, i cant believe youre this happy? she said, what are you going to do? ive lived here my whole life. im going to rebuild. thats when you go, thats my neighbor. >> thank you. >> thanks for covering it. >> my pleasure. >> we saw neighbors coming out to help today. hundreds of people all around the town coming with shovels and rakes and brooms just to clean up in ways large and small. they want to tell yo...

Car. and youre like what? i said is this your house, she was like, yeah, i lived through it. she was happy and uplifting. she said what else are you going to do, rebuild it? im going to rebuild, this is my home. thats the part that makes you go, you know, thats my neighbor. >> toby, thank you. >> my pleasure. thanks for covering it. >> pleasure. to help those affected by the tornado, visit impact your world on cnn.com. the funeral for antoni antoniantonia antonia candelaria was held today. well ...

A lot of people who dont live here are surprised to learn not everyone has a storm shelter. theyre expensive. >> if you go into the neighborhoods, a lot of people that cant afford them will have them and then three or four people wont. theyll share. everyone knows where the closest shelter is. if you asked somebody who survived it, and they had a shelter, their neighbors were in there with them. >> i was talking to a woman in the hospital, her 65-year-old husband got sucked out of her arms and d...

Morehouse college in atlanta, georgia. we will bring that to you live later in the show. the president isnt the only one giving graduation speeches this year. first lady michelle obama has spent a couple of days giving rousing commencement addresses. on friday, there was this speech at historically black college bowie state in maryland. >> as the abolitionist frederick douglass put it, education means emancipation he said. he said it means light and liberty. it means the uplifting of the soul of...