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Amnesty plan. after 17 months without a surgeon general, the united states finally has a new top doc. in a close vote yesterday the senate confirmed the the new surgeon general. first nominated to the post in october of last year, however, the choice drew strong opposition from the nra. unhappy with previous messages, he posted on twitter criticizing guns. those are the things we just thought you should know. so, mo town, we all know the hits, of course. but what many people forget is that for time in the '60s mo-town records was the largest black owned company in america. barry gordie found...

Taking you back to a live look at indianapolis. the conditions just keep worsening. in just a moment, we'll head to the weather channel's mike seidel for more. we start today's number ones with a list no city wants to be on. it is 24/7 wall street's list of the worst-run cities. given all the news about detroit's bankruptcy, it's not surprising mo-town makes the list. however, it's number two. san bernardino, california, tops the list, because it, too, has filed for bankruptcy and suffers many of the problems besetting detroit. newark, new jersey, ranking third. the best run, irvine, californi...

Virtueoso's of popular music and a huge cultural force. you think about the 1980s and into the early 1990s. michael jackson, prince, hip-hop. i'm talking about african-american music. talk about that context. what was the cultural, music impact of this guy relative three big things happening at the same time? >> gigantic question, which i would only expect from the great john, which blurbed the book which is on the back. >> and i appreciate that. i mean, look, it's interesting. michael jackson representing sort of the mo-town experience. the child of motown bringing that forward. and hip-hop b...

Besides the bikers, 200,000 others were there just to cheer them on. the crowd is being called the largest biker party in any metropolitan city's downtown. >> gregg: i used to have a mo town. the f.b.i. is just leased a new clue in the death of a college student, 20-year-old virginia tech student vanished from a concert in 2009. her body was found three months later on a patch of farmland. investigators believe the man in this sketch is responsible. he's also been linked to another assault four years earlier. authorities say he has probable will he changed his appearance, but harrington's moth...

>> that's not why we're playing it. that's a healthy ego. >> you got to go with the joke. >> i know. we're just teasing. >> just want to honor my man. >> this is in honor of don cornelius. we announced his death yesterday. soul train, did you watch "soul train" ever? am i right, saturday morning? >> did you pass by the channel or actually stop? >> we have a lot to get to. let me introduce our panel to you will cain, john fugelsan, i mangle your name all the time. soledad o'brien -- >> that's cuban irish. >> roland martin is back, as well. all right, take it down. here we go. let's ge...