781 26/6/23 Obama Presidential Center to Open in Chicago

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1. Former President Barack Obama dedicates his presidential museum Thursday, and helping him celebrate the opening are some big names: Bruce Springsteen, Stevie Wonder, John Legend, and Jennifer Hudson.

2. Former Presidents George W. Bush and Bill Clinton will also be there.

3. Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama are expected to give remarks.

4. It's an invitation-only celebration that will be live-streamed, and it's the start of a weekend of events centered around the

Obama Presidential Center, a nearly 20-acre campus on Chicago's South Side.

5. The center opens to the public on June 19, Juneteenth, but admission tickets are sold out through the end of October. I'm Donna Warder.