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>> maurice white. class of 1961. he was one. >> benjamin hooks, class of 1941. pastor, civil rights attorney and executive director of naacp. he was one. >> all right. join me now as one of the students in that club. booker t. washington high school principal, thanks to both of you. you look great, you're smiling. you should be happy. and so congratulations, my first question will go to you, principal. you must be excited about winning the praise to the top. how did you feel when you found out the president was coming to your school? >> excited is not the word. i still have not regained my voi...

Text your answer 1 or 2 to 46833. the message and data rates may apply for you. meantime, here are some of the top stories we're watching for you right now. the coast guard is searching for as many as 12 people still missing after an explosion and fire on an oil rig in the gulf of mexico. officials were able to rescue 126 people from that rig. airlines are flying once again today after volcanic ash led to massive disruptions in europe. officials say it will be weeks before all stranded travelers get to their destinations. a missing florida toddler is found abandoned on the steps of st. p...

>> here we have the rooftop garden. you're going to grow food for the house right up here. >> >> yes, absolutely. >> reporter: the payoffs? by most accounts this was a small, dying town before the storm, but with each new stage of the green comeback it is being reborn, and every day, fewer folks are looking back. >> with a name like greensburg,. >> reporter: there are still plenty of empty lots around town, but what they're hoping here is that eventually they will rebuild the entire town, and what they will rebuild will actually be economically stronger and more viable into the future than the...

Changes color. on the back that $100 is gold, the $100 sign. benjamin -- look at the picture. benjamin franklin's left shoulder, it has raised printing on it that gives the bill some texture. very interesting. all right. when we come back, we saw some tornados, some big tornadoes, roaring through texas. look at that. can you imagine that? imagine being face to face with this? want to see if it's going to happen again today. we're going to check in with chad. then we're going to go "off the radar." there will be a big light show in the sky tomorrow. chad has details on the meteor shower aft...

9/11. alex? >> it has to come from somewhere, be it taxpayers or passengers. okay, tom aspell, thank you very much for that. happening right now, the funeral for a civil rights icon. we're going to give you some live pictures right now from memphis, tennessee, where you're looking at the funeral for civil rights leader benjamin hooks. the 85-year-old former lawyer, judge and ncaa director died last week at his home. we'll let you know if someone significant takes to the pulpit and speaks there. meantime, we'll take you right now to a missing ohio woman who suddenly turned up on surveillanc...