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Is it trump clinton showdown in november all but a done deal . Were live on the campaign trail. Gunned down on her first day. A tragic shooting in virginia. I just want to be clear, do we have officers involved in a shooting . We have three officers that have been shot. An officer shot and killed, her first day on the job, two other cops injured. What police are saying this morning about the suspect. World cup crash. Olympic skier lindsey vonn with a horrific fall in the middle of a race on saturday. Today, despite that fall, and a fracture, shes back in action. And ready for oscar. Glitz and glamour on full display tonight at the 88th academy awards. Will leo finally take home his first oscar . And how will host chris rock address the controversy surrounding the lack of diversity. Were counting down to it all, announcer from nbc news, this is today, live from studio 1a in Rockefeller Plaza. And welcome to today on this sunday morning. Im erica hill. Im jeff rossen alongside the ladies as we love dylan dreyer and sheinelle jones. Youre rooting for leo tonight . I hadnt thought about it. It is really impressive. The film is really sort of a cinematic feat as you learn about all of the everything that went into it. And for what he put into that role, it is really an impressive performance. Theyre up for best picture, best direct, or and best actor. We want to start with our other top story and thats the other battle. The battle for the white house. Hillary clintons huge win over Bernie Sanders in South Carolina saturday. Clinton winning 74 of the vote. Bernie sanders just 26 . This morning, mrs. Clinton says she is not taking anything for granted as sanders vows hes far from out of this race. Plenty of activity on the we have full coverage on and analysis for you. We begin with Nbcs Kristen Welker covering the democrats in South Carolina. Hi, kristen, good morning. Reporter good morning to you. Secretary clinton and senator sanders will set their sights on super tuesday states today, but this race has fundamentally changed after clinton broke all expectations with her overwhelming defeat of sanders here saturday night. Today, secretary clinton is starting a new phase of her campaign. Thank you so much, South Carolina reporter after her lights out defeat of Bernie Sanders saturday night. Tomorrow this Campaign Goes National Reporter clinton now on her strongest footing yet, after beating sanders by more than 50 points in the palmetto state. We are going to compete for every vote in every state. We are not taking anything and were not taking anyone for granted. A plane to minnesota as the devastating results came in, vowed to fight on. Tuesday, over 800 delegates are at stake. And we intend to win many, many of them. Reporter perhaps the most worrying sign for sanders as they head into super tuesday, clinton captured nearly 90 of africanamericans here, and even larger percentage than barack obama won in 2008. Clinton seeming to pivot to the general election with this less than subtle swipe at donald trump. We dont need to make America Great again. America has never stopped being great. Reporter but there are still clouds that hang over clintons campaign, underscored on friday when a veteran pressed former president bill clinton about the benghazi attacks in 2012. Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. Do you do you have the courage to listen to my answer . Dont throw him out. If hell shut up and listen to my answer, ill answer it. Clinton point out in the video shows that he allowed that protester to go on for nearly two minutes before he cut him off. Meanwhile, secretary clinton heads to the super tuesday states of tennessee and arkansas today. Senator sanders heads to oklahoma and colorado. Jeff . Busy sunday. Kristen welker, thank you. With South Carolina behind us, all eyes are now on super tuesday. Thats when Hillary Clinton and donald trump could both take a major step toward becoming their partys nominees. Here is the breakdown by the numbers. A look at why this is such an important day. Residents of 12 states and American Samoa will vote on tuesday. Hong those among those states on tuesday, along more than 20 of all available delegates are at stake here. And, of course, it is about the delegates. Texas has most up for grabs on super tuesday. 222 delegates for the democrats. 155 for the republicans. The big question leading up to super tuesday, can anyone marco rubio and ted cruz, theyre on the attack, while the Republican Party is reportedly scrambling to figure out what to do if the billionaire does become the republican nominee. Nbcs Hallie Jackson in Oklahoma City this morning. Good morning. Jeff. This morning donald trump is republican establishment. Hes tweeting, quote, lightweight senator marco rubio to say anything to hit trump, accusing him of pushing for that. Hes also reminding them of the loyalty pledge they signed not to run as a third party. All of this as rubio picks up another establishment endorsement, this one from tennessee senator lamar alexander. The brawl between the republican rivals now appearing to broaden party wide. After a sudden endorsement, a quick goodbye get in the plane and go home. Its over there. You go home. Reporter Chris Christie taking off but it is the insults flying between donald trump and hes flying around on Hair Force One and tweeting. Thank god he has really large ears. The biggest ears ive ever seen. Because they were protecting him. The guy with the worst fake tan in america is attacking me for put ing on makeup. Reporter rubio matching his on stage hits with online ones. His campaign launching trump slams. Com with super tuesday just 48 hours away. Trump on top, looking to all but lock up the nomination. A lot of outsiders are coming in because they like what i say. The stakes states are giving the control of the party of lincoln and the United States over to a con artist. Ill stay in this race as long as it takes. Reporter maybe all the way to a contested convention. Rubio ready for it. Even as Establishment Republicans worry his tough new tone may be too late. The New York Times reporting a frantic scramble to try to slow trump down. Now, it doesnt hurt that he daddy. Thats a very good way to get rich, pick the right daddy. Reporter ted cruz overnight releasing his tax returns and rubio has too, putting pressure on trump to do the same. This is a man who prides himself on not getting scared of anything, so what is it that his tax returns . Tax returns dont mean anything about work, just so you understand. You never give a tax return when youre being audited. Reporter the frontrunner on defense, but in polls, still dominating. And the republican candidates will, of course, be blanketing super tuesday states today and watch where they are to get a little bit of a sense of strategy. Ted cruz after oklahoma here where the wind has been sweeping down the plain, will head to texas, spending a lot of time it is his home state. He has to win. You have marco rubio in virginia today, where it looks more favorable for him than some of those deep south states where hes rallying in alabama. Guys . Hallie jackson, thanks so much. Chuck todd is moderator of meet the press and joins us from washington. Good morning. Good morning, erica. There is so much to talk about in terms of super tuesday and numbers. One thing that we cant seem to ignore here is what this race has become. These really juvenile insults, like playground talk, have you ever seen anything this is the race for the highest office in the land. Has it been this bad . Race for the highest office in the land and having the lowest moments possible. It is completely devolved. You have to ask yourself there was a cringeworthy moment at the debate when the three of them, cruz, rubio and trump, three frontrunners, and so talking over each other and it lasted for about 30 seconds and i sat there, i couldnt picture any of them taking the oath of office on the steps of the capitol. None of them looked president ial. To see that, i watched all that stuff yesterday between trump and rubio. I mean, literally were making the only thing missing and, you know, you say this and want to laugh about it, but it was incredibly uncomfortable. It is a total insultathan. There is a lot of talk and reports that there is infighting win the Republican Party, theyre trying to figure out what to do if trump becomes the nominee. Marco rubio saying hell take this fight for the nomination to the convention floor. Senator Mitch Mcconnell saying, quote, el hell be dropped like a hot rock if hes the nominee. What is the plan in the raine party . Theyre paralyzed. Part of the problem is neither rubio nor cruz have done the insider leg work to make these republican insiders comfortable, rallying around either one of them. Obviously rubio seems to be the one that has more potential to get all of this establishment support behind him, but there seems to be a hesitance on that front as well. Hes not getting influx of cash. Youre not seeing a flood of endorsements. It is a trickle. It is a total paralysis and i that you have leaders that are now worried that the party is going to completely splinter because you do have a number of conservative intellectuals saying they will never support trump and, of course, if that happens, that ends up guaranteeing Hillary Clinton victory in the white house. So the party is in desperate straits now. As Hallie Jackson reported, trump is tweeting this morning again, taking to twitter, his favorite platform and just tweeted again, im only republican who will get large numbers of dems and independents crossover and states that no other republicans can get. Is there some truth to that though . There is truth to the yes, there is truth that he will make some states more competitive than a traditional republican nominee. He is going to overperform if hes the nominee in a pennsylvania, perhaps a massachusetts, a connecticut, and new jersey. I dont think he can carry any of those states, though. You know, instead of instead of a republican losing those states by 10, maybe trump loses by 5. Improvement he makes in the north with say working class white voters, he loses hispanics in a place like arizona, georgia, north carolina. And then thats where the electoral vote just becomes in the democrats favor. We could keep talking about this all morning. But we have to move on. The good news is you have more coming up, chuck. Well catch you in a little bit on meet the press. Chucks guests this morning include Bernie Sanders, john kasich and ted cruz. And a reminder, on super tuesday, the place for you to be is nbc. Join lester holt, chuck todd and Savannah Guthrie for live coverage and analysis of all of the races on this crucial day. All of it begins right here at 10 00, 9 00 central. Some tragic news to report overnight, three officers shot, one of them killed, while they were pursuing a suspect in virginia. Sheinelle has more on that. Good morning. Jeff, good morning. It was officer ashley guindons first day on the job after being sworn in on friday. As the Community Mourns her loss, a suspect is in custody just after 5 30 p. M. , Prince William county police were called to respond to a domestic shooting in wood bridge, virginia, a suburb just outside of washington, d. C. Were really assessing the situation inside the residence, our officers were shot. One officer down two. I dont know where the suspect is. 13051. 13051, Lashmere Court for doe midwestic. We have three confirmed hits. I want to be clear, do we shooting . We have three officers that have been shot. Reporter neighbors in the typically quiet neighborhood were shocked. I look down the street, and i saw a whole bunch of officers around someone and the ground. We had a total of three officers that were shot and wounded in this incident. To fairfax hospital. Reporter one of those officers, ashley guindon, was just sworn in on friday. Later, a somber facebook update by the Prince William county had died from her injuries. One of the officers involved in tonights incident has passed. Reporter just one day on the job. She was sworn in yesterday and her shift was this was her first day working. So it the whole thing is just tragic. Reporter the gunman was taken into custody unharmed at the home where the initial shooting took place. His identity has not yet been released. Ashley guindon had previously served in the u. S. Marine corps and has family members in law enforcement. Such a tragic loss. Jeff . Sheinelle, thank you. A Church Service will be held in heston, kansas, tonight as residents gather to pray for the victims of thursdays shooting rampage. One of those wounded in the gunfire is 21yearold Melissa Torres who spoke exexclusively with nbc news about the terror of that day. We heard about five shots outside, five big bangs. The married mother of two had just begun her shift at excel face with a gunman. At first i kept thinking this isnt real, this isnt happening, this cant be happening, and i realized i was shot, i seen blood gushing from my hand and i just kept thinking, i have to run, i have two daughters. A bullet fractured melissas hand, a bullet fragment pierced her hip. She says she is grateful to be alive but her peace of mind has been shattered. Three stabbing victims are in stable condition this morning after a Southern California ku klux klan rally turned into a bloody brawl. Protesters had gathered when six kkk members drove up. Police say as soon as they stepped out of their car, demonstrators attacked. Fists started flying. And so did knives. One member of the separatist group even used a flagpole as a weapon. In all, five people were injured, four transported to the hospital. There were also 12 arrests. Dylan is here with a check of your sunday forecast. Good morning. Good morning, guys. Nice warm day all across the country. Soar, especially back through the plains. Want to point out l. A. Where we have got the oscars later on today and hollywood, temperatures look nice and mild. We should be in the mid70s on the red carpet. Mostly sunny, light winds about as good as you can get out that way. We have got this warm air pouring in from the south. It is going to feel more like spring. Denver should make it up to 63 today. 70 in wichita. 17 degrees above average. Down along the gulf coast, temperatures running in the 70s. Up and down east coast, 60s. Through raleigh, atlanta, 59 degrees today in new york city. So temperatures will remain above average. We do have this front, this will cause a couple of lighter showers and snow showers. Especially through the northern great lakes where it is cooler. Otherwise, it is not reporter feel ever so slightly cooler but overall a very mild day. High temperatures in the upper 40s south coast, cape and the islands, more mostly sunny. A little bit on the breezy side. Mild even overnight. Temperatures dropping only as far as the upper 30s to low 40s. Very slight chance for a sprinkle but otherwise temperatures well up into and thats your latest forecast. Dylan, thanks so much. As you know, a huge night in hollywood tonight as the stars turn out for the 88th academy awards. Tonight could see some firsts as well as some controversy. Nbcs joel gar julio has more. Good morning, jeff. How are you, guys. The stage is set, red carpet rolled out and were hours away from hollywoods biggest night. The glitz and glam was overshadowed by controversy this year, sure to play into chris rocks hands. Tell me the difference between stupid and illegal. The movies. The moments. This is super cool. The neverending marathon of carpet. Crescendo tonight as the oscars are finally here. Lets do this. Reporter all eyes now on host chris rock as everyone is waiting to see how he handles the controversy clouding this years show. 20 actor nominees, all white, the second year in a row. The usually outspoken comedian has been silent on the matter. Right now im concentrating on the movies. Hollywood. Reporter despite the drama off screen, two actors emerged as odds on favorites. For the women, it is brie larson room. Im scared. I know. Reporter for the men, it is the revenants Leonardo Dicaprio. After a near awards season dicaprios side. The 41yearold has been up for best actor four times before, but hes never won. Critics say this is his year, thanks to his harrowing is there any way we do not hear Leonardo Dicaprios name sunday night . Hes got it sewn up, locked, write his name on the envelope now, it is happening. Reporter his director Alejandro Inarritu is favored to win in his category. If that happens, it will be the first time a director takes home backtoback oscars in 65 years. Playing rocky for a seventh time, Sylvester Stallone is duking it out in one of the closest races of the night. Show me something. I think stallone will win an oscar. Isnt that great . 39 years ago, rocky won best picture but he lost best actor for playing rocky balboa. 39 years later, hes back. Reporter as for the best supporting actress category, everyone is pretty much has a shot. Were more likely to hear Alicia Vikander or kate winslet. Youre going to fix it now. Reporter it is a three way race for best picture, leading up to the academy awards, the Producers Guild picks the big you hate your job. I love my job. Reporter the screen actors guilt went with spotlight. Get the system. It is time, robbie. Reporter and the revenant reigned supreme with the directors guild. Ever shifting favorites, setting the stage for an unforgettable night. So what does vegas think about tonights oscars . According to online gambling. Lv, it comes to best picture, the revenant leads with 3 to 1 odds. Spotlight number two with 7 to 2 as for best actor, it is a virtual lock for leo. Hes the overwhelming favorite with 1 to 3 odds and Eddie Redmayne could be his competition with 9 to 1 odds and in case youre wond are how matt damon is doing in this, his odds are 29 to 1. He was great in the martian. He was fabulous. It is the year of leo, though. 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Get 0 apr financing for well qualified buyers plus 500 bonus cash on 2015 Jeep Grand Cherokee models. The most awarded, announcer this is 7 news now. Anchor good morning, its 8 26 this sunday morning. Nice look outside at the boston city skyline. Temperatures are warming up today compared to yesterday. Lets get over to rob with a peek at the forecast. Reporter many of us warmer than we were at any point yesterday. 41 would be the amounts High Temperature so were almost there already. 54 the eventual High Temperature. Much better chance of rain on wednesday then kris, turning much cooler for the end of the sevenday forecast. Anchor thank you. Now to the top stories for today. Investigators are trying to find the cause of an overnight fire in marblehead. Crews helped to battle the flames. One firefighter did have to be taken to the hospital to be checked out. No word yet on what caused the fire. Crash killed two people on 495 in norton yesterday. Police say a pickup and car collided headon near exit 10 last night. The driver of the car was killed. Rushed to the hospital. Plane crash planned landing at the airport in plymouth. Witnesses say it flip and ended to rest belly up. Pilot was the only person on board. He was rushed to the hospital. Federal Aviation Administration believes the plane crashed while the pilot was practicing takeoffs and landings. The pilot is a prominent dentist from rockland. Stay with us, today in new england returns at 9 00. Well see you then. What is going on . Today were going to run a slalom course. Not down the mountain, but up it. Thats terrifying. In one of these. Sweet the Chevy Silverado of 4wd and an exclusive autolocking Rear Differential lets do this. So, if a rear wheel starts to slip, the axle automatically locks to provide better traction. Dude, that was awesome. Current qualified competitiver lessees can get this silverado all star v8 forr around 269 a month. 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Not long after that, he was nominated for an oscar for his role in whats eating gilbert grape, he lost out to Tommy Lee Jones for the fugitive. Up for it again tonight, though. Never won an oscar. Thats what everyone is watching. Back on Rockefeller Plaza on this sunday morning, 28th day of february, oscar worthy crowd out here. Beautiful sunday morning in february. Dylan, thank you for a lovely day. Youre welcome. Yeah, yeah. Lets get you caught up on what making headlines at half past the hour on this sunday morning. Hillary clinton sailing into super tuesday, one day after the decisive win over Bernie Sanders in South Carolina. Meantime, marco rubio and ted cruz doing everything they can to slow down donald trump before tuesday. As we mentioned, Leonardo Dicaprio first oscar nomination back when he was 19. Tonight is his fifth nomination. Hes the odds on favorite to win for his role in the revenant three way race for best picture tonight between the revenant, spotlight and the big short, all great movies. Lets say steph curry is red hot these days, hitting a ridiculously long look at that threepointer. Time running out in overtime last night, which makes it even more impressive, leading his team to victory over Oklahoma City. That shot, by the way, tied an nba record for three in a single game with 12. He broke his own record for threes in a season. And a little more sports news for you. Lindsey vonn back on the slopes today. Were happy to say, after a nasty fall while racing in a world cup superg event in andorra. Vonn did suffer a hairline fracture of her knee. Were glad shes okay this morning. Meantime, i have to tell you, were still on a high after our shoot with rascal flatts. There were so many stunning moments. Too many to fit into the piece he would we showed you yesterday. Those outtakes on today. Can we do it again . I think a girls trip is in order . Well work on that and the outtakes. Well watch for that. We wanted to begin this half hour with what is sure to be a dramatic day for Sports Reporter erin andrews. This morning, she is on the verge of testifying in her 75 million peeping lawsuit. Nbcs Kristen Dahlgren has more on that. Good morning. Good morning to you, jeff. Week one of this trial was full of dramatic moments, including erin andrews having to leave the courtroom as the jury watched that infamous nude video taken by her stalker. Get ready for more drama on monday when the jury could hear from both the stalker and andrews. The jury has already seen video of erin andrews naked in her Nashville Hotel room. Why dont we start with the first one. Reporter now theyll see andrews in a much different light, on the stand, as she sues National Marriott for 75 million, claiming the hotel granted barretts request for a room right next to hers. A claim marriott and the Hotel Franchise owner deny. Barrett altered the peephole to andrews room and recorded her a lot of her time is going to be talking about what happened to her, what her emotional reaction was, what her damage is, and what her personal injuries have been. Reporter andrews is expected to testify about her embarrassment after barrett posted the video. 16. 8 Million People saw the video. She except screaming, im on the internet, im on the internet, naked, everything i worked for is done. Reporter andrews father and her psychotherapist have already testified about the agony it caused for the Sports Reporter. She couldnt get through the day without fear and, um, anxiety. Reporter on monday, andrews the stand. And the jury could hear from Stalker Michael Barrett in his taped deposition. Barrett already pleaded guilty to stalking and shooting videos of andrews in at least three states. He served 30 months in prison. Now barretts deposition could reveal details about how he knew where andrews was staying, and what role the hotel itself may have played. One of the questions for the jury is what should have been done and what did they not do . Reporter now the hotel maintains that barrett went to extraordinary lengths to manipulate the system and that the convicted stalker is solely to blame. But the defense expected to present its case later this week, guys. Kristen dahlgren, thank you so much. Dylan has a final check of your weather for us. It is warming up. Bismarck, north dakota, hit 73 degrees. Thats the warmest it has ever been in february across the entire state. Theyll be back in the 40s today, but still a good run yesterday. A little farther to west of the dakotas, this storm system northwest. Some rain, heavy at times, along the coast and mountain snow. It is not a huge storm system, but we will still see a couple of inches of rain. And you see that area of low pressure develops through the rockies, well see some lighter snow in denver. That will continue to move through the plains and we could see a brief burst of snow up near chicago. But it doesnt look like it will accumulate all that much. Well watch out for a chance of some isolated stronger storms down south as we go into the mid reporter wont get up to the 70s but some of the milder weather is moving east. 38 ins with boston with bit of a breeze but its the wind direction out of the southwest, its the southwesterly wind pumping in milder air. Upper 40s to south coast, cape and the islands, more like mid 50s for the immediate boston area. A little bit on the breezy side but a good bit of sunshine after morning clouds. Temperatures in the upper 30s to low 40s even 50s again for tomorrow, monday. All right, dylan, thanks. 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In this heated president ial candidates are fighting like cats and dogs. It is fitting that there is a cat and also a dog running for president. I love how were playing the nbc politics music. Nbcs blake mccoy tells us, these candidates are very serious about their caucuses. Reporter shes an unlikely candidate for president. Good girl. Reporter but this year, maybe thats not surprising. She kind of figures all the other candidates are dogs, so why not run a real one. Reporter lucy lou, 9 years old, a Border Collie from rabbit lucy holds elected office already, mayor, a position she literally bought. They charge you a dollar to vote, you can vote as often as you want, we encourage drinking at the polls because people are more loose with their money. Reporter it started as a fundraiser for their little town and since inflated lucys ambition ambition. She filed official paperwork with the federal Election Commission to swap this white house for an even bigger one. 100 miles away, lucy has some four legged competition. Meet Limberbutt Mccubbins, a 6yearold gray tabby from louisville, who also wants to be president. Fill out a quick form and next thing you know, youre running a cat for president. Reporter what started as a joke between high school of its own. He has wide appeal then . Absolutely. Hes an every mans cat. He wants to be the next washington fat cat. Reporter so how is a voter to decide . A pet president ial debate, of course. Who is running as an indepawdent and to my left, Limberbutt Mccubbins running as a democat. Where do you stand on medical catnip . The ben carson low energy approach today. Lucy lou, do you believe dogs and cats should be able to move freely between peoples backyards or should we build walls to keep them out . Okay, controversial response. Thank you for that, lucy. Lets hear it for the candidates. Reporter still undecided . Dont fret. Neither candidate will actually raise enough money for get enough signatures to be on the ballot. Instead, their candidacies are ones with a cause. For limberbutt, it is getting more young people involved in politics. Not too many 18yearolds can say they ran something for president. Money she raises will help restore the Historic Town she calls home. Lucys legacy will be that she made people love rabbit hash as much as she does. Reporter candidates running on a pawsitive message. No fur was flying during that debate. Very civilized. Oh, my goodness. You thought there werent any left. Leave it to you to find one. The campaigns are in jest, as blake said, but for good causes. In fact, lucy lous campaign is using its funds now more than ever to help rebuild the communitys general store after a fire destroyed it earlier this month. The polls are open now. Dont have to wait for election day. Who would you vote for . Lucy lou or limberbutt mccubbens. Well find out why the cat is called limberbutt later. Head to today. Com to vote now. Can we do a jeff rossen report . We want to know about the name. Over to dialen in room with todays plaza fan. Im joined by steven depet re, easier name, from staten island, new york. I thought i was productive working this morning. What did you do so far today . I ran a fundraiser race for ms to the top of the rock. Top of the rock. 66 floors up. Lets go. You just need some water here. Yeah. Right . I mean, good for you. And the proceed goes to ms. Thank you for being here. Still to come, sheinelles grandparents give her a look back at their Family History during black History Month. But first, these messages. The whole day to sell their old car and buy a new one. Oops. Nanas got the kids til 9. Guess youll just have to see a movie. Then get some dinner. Get 30 off every guest every ship in the caribbean but hurry, this offer wont last long come seek the Royal Caribbean book today at im Hillary Clinton and i approve this message. Her lifes work has been about breaking barriers. And so would her presidency. Which is why, for every american whos not being paid what theyre worth. Whos held back by student debt or a system tilted against them and there are far too many of you she understands that our country cant reach its potential. Unless we all do. Together. Back now on a sunday morning as we continue our special series looking back, moving forward. When you think of black History Month, you probably think of people in the history books like dr. Martin luther king or rosa parks. Sometimes it is the people you may not have heard of in smaller towns who are living history as sheinelle found out. Yes, sometimes the trailblazers are in your blood line. These people behind me, these on the monitor these are people in my family tree. This week i talked with my oldest living relatives, my grandparents. More specifically, my 92yearold grandfather dr. Val practiced medicine in my hometown of wichita, kansas. For decades, he was one of a few africanamerican doctors in the city. Reporter it was 1949, truman was president , the first emmy awards were held, world heavyweight boxing Champ Joe Louis retired. And in wichita, kansas, my grandfather opened his first medical practice. When i would go to the office, it was crammed full and you had to sit on the stool outside. Reporter my grandfather was one of the few africanamerican physicians in the town and in those days africanamericans werent readily admitted into hospitals so he did it all. Everybody managed their own patients. Dad even did tonsillectomies, he delivered babies. They call him on saturday or sunday and he would sit down on the bed and talk to them and hold their hand, pat them, for maybe an hour, whatever it took to calm them. At one time, blacks were not for extractions. We would pull teeth, full mouth extractions, at home. I would give the general anesthesia. Do you remember when things started to change . It was kind of gradual. I would talk to another doctor about something else, and he said, you know, colored folks can go to such and such a hospital now. And thats the way you found out about it. So it was never some big announcement, like this is what were going to do . No, no, no. Because once you announce it, then you admit it was going on before. What makes my grandfathers story so unique is not just that he was one of the only black doctors in town, or that his son later followed in his footsteps. But that they traced the paths of this man, dr. Grant gratz brown, born in 1872. He was a county coroner, physician, and my grandfathers he died when my grandfather was a toddler. He was fantastically bright. He spoke fluent spanish. So he had a large spanish practice. There was an article at his death that 1500 people attended. It also mentioned there were 50 white folks, so that obviously bespoke a lot for people to come into that neighborhood. Most interesting thing was after he died, he had a notebook, a diary. School. The things he wrote in the diary about problems that he had in class. Somebody told me that when you were growing up they called you little doc. They was going to be sure i was a physician. So i wouldnt spread out and become something else. Grandfathers career, he cared for 8,000 patients. They called him a gentle giant. You can go to walmart or some place and somebody will grab him delivered me. Do you ever sit back and think, my father was a doctor, im a doctor, one of my sons is a doctor. I never felt it was i was a trailblazer. Maybe other people did. It was just a trail, thats all. A trail that i enjoyed. If i had to come up with a takeaway for this segment, it is to remind us to talk to your loved ones and share stories. In addition to my great grandfathers diary from 1899, he wrote that while he was a medical school at howard, i found this postcard of all of the babies my great grandfather delivered in one year. Look at this. And then i found this, this is a prescription he wrote for one of his patients, my great pepper. Almost like use real ingredients. But it just it was an amazing experience to talk to my family and thats just, you know, my grandfathers side. My grandmother wrote our Family History for all of the grandkids. It is one of those things where if youre watching, call your grandparents, call your parents, talk to each other, have a conversation. I love that story. I really do. And bring cameras if youre you. There you go. Thanks for sharing that story that was great. Still to come on today, harry smith taking us inside a once abandoned bus station that is now a bustling restaurant. First, these messages. That lets like you now comes with an incredible promise. 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Mashima bailey has a way with food and it makes the gray one of the hottest new restaurants in the country. How would you describe the cuisine of the gray . It is southern soul food, european swirl. Reporter which means it is down home ingredients prepared by a highly trained and highly motivated chef. I can confirm the praise is warranted. I just want to make sure that im being honest with myself and being honest with the food that im cooking. Reporter reservations on the weekends can be hard to come by. People want to eat here, but a newcomer bought the long abandoned bus station and didnt really know what he was going to do with it. I told my wife, i think im going to put a restaurant in. She said, youve officially gone crazy. Next day. Reporter an audacious makeover, part restoration and innovation leaving no doubt to what this has been. If we could salvage it in its form, we would. Just to have the shape of the dog and the original greyhound is thats beyond. Here. What was back here . So were walking into what was known when the station room. Reporter during jim crow, blacks were only allows in through the back door. Everyone notices it, but me, you know . Seem like an unlikely strategy for success. The old bus station, soul food with style, savannah. To be a successful entrepreneur, i think one of the key strengths you need to have is complete and utter naivete, not recklessness, but naivete. Reporter the ability to believe that the grey can be great in a year. It takes time. Like wisdom. Reporter you have to sit on the soul for a while. Has to simmer. Could be a flash in the pan. I want to prove were not that. So go to grey. It looks so good. You get inside, and you say this is worth the trip. I love it. You were listening. I was listening and watching. Harry, thanks. Morning. Chucks guests donald trump, Bernie Sanders and ted cruz. 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