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plus, a band keeps a promise after this horrible stage collapse, and tonight their tribute performance. and funny man darrell hammond gets serious. >> stabbing, beating, electrocuting. >> and how his past led him to the mental ward all while taping "saturday night live." it is all right here on cnn. thank you for joining us. i'm don lemon in in "cnn newsroom." right now protest occupiers in denver, colorado, face to face with the riot police. police say they use non-lethal agents including mace and pepper balls when the protesters tried to enter the state capitol. this affiliate is...

and this is "state of the union." four months ago one prominent beltway blog said of newt gingrich's troubled presidential run -- he looks a lot like the bruce willis character in the "sixth sense," everyone but him thinks he's dead. but at last week's washington post/bloomberg debate gingrich remained very much alive and kicking. >> all of the spending cuts that are built in the debt ceiling bill, all of them are acts of congress. they can all be repealed at any moment. it is nonsense to say we're going to disarm the united states unilaterally because we're too stupid to balance t...

The employee also reportedly went on to say they've even called the police to escort the tsa workers out of the restaurant. joining me now from seattle is karen russell. karen, i should store the off by saying the tsa says it's not received any reports from the employees regarding this. nonetheless, this is a blog that's been picked up by a lot of folks. can a restaurant say that? their kind? obviously, it makes me think of a different time in this country. can you legally refuse service to someone? >> yes, actually the restaurant can because tsa agents are not part of what we call a protected...

Businesses. i don't want to be badgering you on this, but i do want an answer. do you think a private business has a right to say we don't serve black people. >> yeah. i'm not in favor of any discrimination of any form. we did some very important thing in the '60s that i am in favor of, that was desegregating schools and public transportation, used public roads, had public monopolies. >> how about desegregating lunch counters, walgreen's lunch counters. >> what happened -- right. well, what it gets into is then if you decide that restaurants are publicly owned and not privately owned, then do ...

Problems we faced. there were incredible problems. >> but what about private businesses. i don't want to be badgering you on this, but i do want an answer. do you think a private business has a right to say we don't serve black people. >> yeah. i'm not in favor of any discrimination of any form. we did some very important thing in the '60s that i am in favor of, that was desegregating schools and public transportation, used public roads, had public monopolies. >> how about desegregating lunch counters, walgreen's lunch counters. >> what happened -- right. well, what it gets into is then if you...