america s housing box. he s now the best time to be putting up the for sale sign. the buyers are going to set the price. when to hold, when to sell, and when to check your feelings at the door. what is happening to the nation s small town post offices? it is in a potential closing phase. who really suffers if they do shut their doors for good? the duke and duchess are coming to the united states. we have all of the details. would you keep the gender of your baby a secret? it s one family s choice and it s trending. the news starts now. welcome back. hour two of cnn newsroom. i m brooke baldwin. i want to begin in michigan. take a look at the damage. this is battle creek, michigan. this is between the lakeshore and ann arbor areas as a path of
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 federal government to folks whose homes have been destroyed. and jack scott is saying emergency or not, the law is the law. and as we showed you on friday, none of the folks in cordova are none too thrilled about the 50-year-old ordinance. we will talk to some folks live in a moment, but first, listen to this. what i suggested is putting the fema trailers in my backyard, because of the mayor, we wan