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you're in the "cnn newsroom." this is sunday, may 29th on this memorial day weekend. i'm fredericka whitfield. one week ago a tornado pack 2g 00 mifrp winds ripped through the city leaving at least 142 people dead and hundreds more hurt. >> numbers continue to rise. this isn't about a scoreboard. those numbers have far exceeded what never had ever hoped for and far exceed all the tornados in our country. today we bring everyone together go focus on it and inspire others to come together as the they have here. >> we'll hear from both the president and the govern right here on cnn. l...

Intramural championship t-shirt that i won sometime in the '90s for volleyball. and i went to the information school there, although it was called the library school at that time. and then i also played women's hockey at st. at st. cloud stat university in minnesota. they are also -- both teams are the huskies. so that guave them an edge. and my dog z kind of looks like the uconn mascot and the butler bulldog looks kind of grumpy. not the live one. blue ii is cute. >> i understand. >> but the other one. >> whatever works. i know you have the winning bracket. show us. oh, it's so awesome. >> bu...

Where i came from. i'm tucked in, buttoned up, my belt buckled, shaved, everything. not the character, but there is me for -- not who i saw the character as but me on a job interview, how i was raised to go to a job interview. i go in and rick goes, "this is not you. you're not that guy." i go, "no, but i know this dude." he goes, "show us." i'm do the handshakes, all of a sudden i went -- settled down into it, man. started going, read a couple of lines. he said, great, i got the role. he kept inviting me to the set. there's a lot of guys on there that we became pretty close through the making...

But i was waiting tables, making $50 a night, and then i'm in the right bar at the right time. meet this guy who's in town producing a film and casting. 4:00 a.m. that night, we get kicked out of the bar. 4:30 he goes, "you ever done any acting before?" i go, "man, i was in this miller light commercial for that long." didn't say anything. he said, "you might be good for this movie," come in, it's got a few lines, few scenes. i go away for a few weeks and work on it with my buddy, rob bendler, who got me to have the courage to go film school. we work on it, i go read. i walk in -- you'll love t...

I go, "no, but i know this dude." he goes, "show us." i'm do the handshakes, all of a sudden i went -- settled down into it, man. started going, read a couple of lines. he said, great, i got the role. he kept inviting me to the set. there's a lot of guys on there that we became pretty close through the making of that film. and i only worked three weeks. but the cool thing was they were in my town. i was in austin, texas. they were shooting, i knew all the ropes. a lot of us are good friends today. richard linkletter, i've worked with that guy three times now. >> and it spawned lots of impressi...