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Food choices, a plate apparently. elizabeth cohen is here with a sneak peek at what we're going to see on the plate. don't call it a pie chart, right? >> that's right. you don't want to call it a pie chart. that would get the usda upset. they want it to be more user friendly than statistical. the pir ra plids is going away. we say r.i.p., nearly 20 years time for it to go and what they're going to introduce instead is something like a dinner plate. cnn has gotten some advanced word that it's going to be a dinner plate that will be divided basically into four sections. fruit, veggies, some form...

Move over pyramid, there's a new symbol to get americans to eat right. cnn seenb your medical correspondent elizabeth cohen is here with the details. elizabeth, what is the usda changing this time? >> all right. first, pay a little respect to the food pyramid, r.i.p., 192 to 2011, and it is out of here, and we now have the dinner plate. that's right. the usda is going to create a dinner plate, and we don't know what it will look like, joe, but we are told, and our sources tell us that it will indicate that half of the plate is supposed to be fruits and vegetables and you are to have smaller po...

joe johns, have a great rest of the weekend and safe travels. >> you, too. on this memorial day, i want to begin on cordova, alabama. it hit on the morning of april 27th by a powerful ef-3 tornado, and then the very same day ef-4 tornado hits that same town that night. cordova, alabama, is not the town that you see here in some of the video, some of the aerial pictures here and satellite images. a lot of folks have certainly lost their homes, but as we told you on friday, the cordova mayor jack scott is invoking a ordinance that rejects any trailer which is being offered by the fed...

development of alternative fuels. his warning to arab oil producer comes amid a chilling prediction. goldman sachs says gas will reach $5 a gallon this summer. and remembering the sacrifice s at arlington nationl cemetery. this morning, president obama takes part in ceremonies there, including a wreath-laying ceremony at the tomb of the unknowns. let's talk politics now. presidential candidates, those who have declared, and those likely to, are reaching out to voters on this memorial day. oh, yeah, sarah palin is using the holiday to kick off her nationwide bus tour. she rode int...

♪ ♪ ♪ it's memorial day, may 30th, 2011. president obama is at arlington national sepl tore. live pictures paying tribute to those men and women who gave their lives to defend our country. shortly the president will speak at arlington's amphitheater. his address live, as well as remarks from mike mullen and defense secretary robert gates. arlington national cemetery, 624 acres of hallowed ground, the final resting place for fallen troops from all of america's wars, including the most recent. the war dead from iraq and afghanistan are laid to rest in an area that's known as sec...