braheam on graduation day? that i love him, that i couldn t be more proud of him. he s doing a fame tree changer. i never had an opportunity to go to west point. he s better than me. connie s trying to go through college for her career. reporter: in charlotte, north carolina, diane gallagher, cnn. a good story to end this hour. and thank you for being with us for cnn newsroom. i m george howell at the cnn center in atlanta. for our viewers in the united states, new day is next. for our viewers around the world m amanpour is up after the break. and i ll be back with more on the philippines and the mud slides that killed 75 people. this is cnn, the world s news leader.