he s still got. it we heard nelly, we heard chloe bringing the house down. this has been an incredible show of talent. so many inspirational remarks honoring this federal holiday. it is now a federal holiday, juneteenth. and it s all about freedom. we are back with juneteenth on cnn. i m sara sidner along with van jones. it just keeps getting better and better. there are moments from now where we will talk to some of the folks that you saw on the stage. some of the headliners, kurt franklin, big freedia the members of swv. we will hem it up with them. i m proud to be an american. i am proud of kurt. it s an unbelievable show. you have the young folks. i guarantee people who had never heard of chloe, they now know who she is. i ll tell you what, charlie. he has still got it. he brought the house down. i love seeing people who love their craft and can do it for their entire lives. it s beautiful. now, speaking of a little surprise, a little coolness, a little duet, we saw s
And share a lot about struggles, the struggles that we all have, human beings in general. and you ve struggled, you ve struggled with the concept of organized religion. i still do. here you are, the most popular contemporary gospel singer, how did that happen? how did you get through the struggle. and i am not i am one of a great community of gospel artist. there are several. you can keep going on and on. i m just one of the links in the great chain. it s something very healing. there has been such weaponization within the framework of western christiana. that has been not official to the ongoing narrative of what faith is that i think that it is duplicitous to not acknowledge the mistakes that