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Well, african-american leaders and activists are gathering in new york city this weekend calling an action here. their mission addressing the biggest issues impacting people of color. hosting a four-day event and susan candiotti is there. talking about a time frame. not just a plan bought time frame for putting this ning into action. susan? >> reporter: that's right, t.j. unlike other events, we've all attended conventions where you talk, you talk, you talk, and come back next year and go, okay, let's keep talking. this time they want to try to set up goals for themselves. joining us now is re...

See people graduating and they can't get a job? >> number one, i think what they're after, it's very important to tie into the rest of the world, too. there's black folks all over the planet. african-americans here, black folks here, if we just think that the united states is our only place we got figure out, i think the connection into the world economy is important, too. so, you know -- this is a great thing. >> reporter: chuck, thank you very much. for a moment we're going to listen what's going on on the floor. >> please, do. please, do. >> reporter: we'll go a commercial, come back and li...

this is the cnn center. you're in the cnn newsroom for this saturday, april 17th. glad you're with uses. i'm t.j. holmes. >> and i'm kate bold dwin. >> wherever you are, volcanic eruption felt around the world. ten ever thousands of flights grounded since thursday. these are some of the latest pictures of the thick ash from that still erupting volcano in iceland. the problem is the ash can get into the jet engines and cause them to shut down. this thing is spreading across northern europe right now. spreading to the east, affects airports, two dozen countries keeping hundreds of thou...

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