the gentleman from tennessee. mr. cohen: i reserve what few precious minutes i have. i would like to be informed how many i have. the chair: the gentleman from tennessee has two minutes. the gentleman from virginia. mr. goodlatte: it's my pleasure to yield two minutes to the gentleman from louisiana, mr. scalise. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. scalise: thank you, mr. chairman and i thank the gentleman from virginia for yielding and for bringing this bill forward. i'm a strong supporter of the reins act and why we are bringing this bill forward is because of the regulations that have been coming from this obama administration. when i talk to small business owners in my district, the biggest impediment they tell me to creating more jobs, the biggest impediment, are the rules and regulations coming down from the federal government. the reins act says if these rules and regulations are so important and have a $100 million impact, shouldn't they come before congress and state their case? what a

we are live, tennessee state supreme court. >> these are not very happy days for tennessee. it's not a happy day for me. i believe though that we have to be responsible and that we kept the faith of the people i this decision to seek the people's wisdom, that we hear the people's wisdom. our days of agony, days of pride, i ask for the prayers of the people. mr. chief justice, i am ready to take the oath of office. >> will you place your left hand on the bible? raise your right hand and repeat after me. i, lamar alexander -- >> i, lamar alexander -- >> well, as you saw on channel five and 5:55 p.m., the state of tennessee received a new governor, governor lamar alexander. the ceremony was held at the state supreme court building with chief justice joe henry presiding and it was preceded by brief statement by governor elect at that time a lamar alexander stadium while he was doing what he was doing in taking the oath of office. standing by side with democrats and then the office of office administered by chief justice henry of the state supreme court. honey alexander, his wife

home to nearly all of tennessee's death row inmates. it contains the state's only operating death chamber. yet, even outside death row, the majority of riverbend's convicts are considered so dangerous they remain on lockdown 23 hours a day. you're about to see firsthand the extreme measures prison staff take to control such an explosive population and discover what can happen when so many offenders have so little to lose. nashville, tennessee, is the world-famous home of country music, but just four miles from downtown is home to this state's most violent offenders. it's a high-tech correctional facility called riverbend maximum security institution. riverbend opened in 1989 and sits on 132 acres. it replaced its 100-year-old predecessor, the tennessee state penitentiary, known as the walls. today, riverbend houses close to 700 male inmates, 480 of them are high risk offenders, classified this way because they're a threat to the security of the institution and other inmates. >> we house the worst of the worst including the male inmates,

tennessee a career criminal. worse, if we believe the authorities, is he corrupting his 14-year-old son. nicholas kristof wants us to feel sorry for this guy? good grief. and that's the memo. now for the top story tonight. let's bring in mr. young's attorney christopher varner who joins us now there khat, tennessee. and you say? >> first of all, it is highly unlikely that any of the state charges, which, as you pointed out, have never been proven or been dismissed, would have equalled what he received in the federal system. >> let me stop you there. i understand. >> probation. >> from the prosecutor in the state case that each charge against him held a maximum of 12 years. so, if you add it up, that's 36 years and they were going to bring more charges, including corrupting a minor, delinquency of a minor, and on and on. so, let me ask you this, courtroom. if young thought that this beef was unfair, why did he plead guilty? >> very simple. because all the government has to prove is that he had the shotgun shells a

it was over the tennessee area. the granddaughter was my mother- in-law. >> do you know any more about that? the general that look after the family home? >> not in particular. >> thank you for telling us about it. without the at them shadow of impeachment in the white house. >> i think sadly historians can, but that is all they constantly remember. they understand he had a position on the act and wanted to be able to settle on land. unfortunately the public does not hear that. that getsssip repeated year after year after re--- year after year. tell the story of what led to the impeachment. walk us through this. and i'll ask both of you to tell the story that ultimately led to the house charging him with high crimes and misdemeanors? >> right. well, i can tell you that the senate basically, they had passed an?-- an act of congress congress an act of that said that the president himself could not fire his cabinet members without congress' approval. and that, of course, is not constitutional and president johnson said

over six inches of rain in madison, tennessee, double what they see in a month. in wallace, kansas, eight inches. and the worst, richland, missouri, 17 inches this week. enough for an entire summer. and here in the nashville area, there is water still rushing through these swollen creeks. you can tell how one point here the water rose so high, it carried that debris and garbage can up to that bridge. usually, this creek is only about one to two feet deep. alex perez, abc news, nashville. >>> also happen right now, crews in southern california spent a second night battling that out-of-control wildfire east of los angeles. officials now say 26 homes have been destroyed. they expect the number to triple once they can see the damage firsthand. the fire was estimated at nearly 22-square miles with 20% containment. it is still growing. we'll have a live update on "good morning america." >>> the search for a missing woman in oakland, california, has led police to a person of interest. they're combing through a fairgrounds after questioning a registered sex offender who

. >> reporter: it was a dramatic scene that had two tennessee parents in a panic. little lauren, rescued from her family's attic by firefighters. her father, in shock. >> next thing you know, we're in the attic, trying to get the baby upstairs. and it's hard. it's scary. you don't know what the water's going to do. so -- lose a home. >> reporter: firefighters wading through that chest-high water, clutching on to baby lauren's carrier to get her to safety. >> it was emotional. you know, you see your baby. and she's a newborn. how are you going to do this? what are you going to do to get us out? >> reporter: across the nashville area, swollen creeks caused flash flooding, forcing some to the safety of their roofs. and leaving cars floating on streets. rescue teams fanned out, fighting the fast-moving waters, to get people out. not just tennessee. from arkansas, to missouri, the heavy rain is hammering the heartland. over six inches of rain in madison, tennessee, double what they see in a month. in wallace, kansas, eight inches. and the worst, richland, missouri, 17 i

. >> reporter: it was a dramatic scene that had two tennessee parents in a panic. little lauren marlin, just five weeks old, rescued from her family's attic by firefighters, her father in shock. >> next thing you know we are in the attic trying to get the babies upstairs . it's hard. it's scary. you don't know what the water is going to do. >> reporter: firefighters wading though that chest-high water, clutching onto baby lauren's car seat to get her to safety. >> it was emotional. you see your baby and she's a new born and what are you going to do to get us out. >> reporter: across the area swollen creeks forcing some to the safety of their roofs and leaving cars floating on streets. rescue teams fanned out fighting the fast moving waters to get people out, not just tennessee, from arkansas to missouri, the heavy rain is hammering the heartland. over six inches of rain in madison, tennessee this morning, double what they see in a month. in wallace, kansas, the past 24 hours, 8 inches and the worst, rich land, missouri, 17 inches this week, enough for an entire sum

this is davidson county tennessee. and you can see the roads look more like rivers. many people abandoned their cars because of the fast moving flood waters and in missouri dozens of people had tee vac wait a trailer park. -- had to evacuate a trailer park. rescue crews moved their belongings and pets to higher grounds. flood waters caused one death and damaged hundreds of homes. good morning america will have more on this and the rains and the flooding at 7:00 this morning. >>> another story for you that we are following this morning. one we told you about. the wild fire-- the massive fire in the nairobi airport in ken yeah. we are learning about a local group of -- kenya. we are learning about a local group of volunteers from harford county that are stuck there. they are from habitat for humanity susquehanna. they went overseas to heap international chapter build a home. they were supposed to fly home wednesday night but now they have no idea when they are going to be able to get on the flight out because of the damage to the airport and it's caused so many cancell

state of tennessee are also struggling to keep dry. mai shoji has more in the weather forecast. >>> hello there. traditional downpour is slamming nashville, tennessee of the united states. let me show you a picture from there first. about 180 millimeters of rain were reported in some areas. floodwaters quickly swamped homes and dozens of residents have been rescued. some rushed to the rooftops and car roofs. the floods have caused power outages, effecting hundreds of people. unfortunately, more rain is in store for the region and down toward tennessee. the severe weather is happening across this area, all the way from new mexico in to the new england states an even southeastern canada due to this associated front. this is going to be moving towards mid-atlantic and new england states. so these are the areas where we may find flash floods to be at very high risk, also risk of windy, very gusty conditions, as well. we cannot rule out the possibility that this could even spawn some tornados, but it's not as severe as thursday, which is gr

madison, tennessee, seven inches per hour. that's causing flooding. in addition to that, we are talking day after day of rain just like this. here we go again. this is the current radar. the last six hour loop, oklahoma city seeing heavy rain and arkansas. not as much in missouri. still rain in the forecast especially the southern portions of missouri. what's going on? notice where it's blue, it's the cold front. notice how quickly the rain moves through the northeast. the stalled front does that. it stays here. look at the flooding potential again over the next several days. we talk about where it went faster. you can still have heavy rates per hour. new england, two to four inches. maybe one to three inches for d.c. and new york. we'll talk the southern portion. it's where we're looking for a threat of flash flooding. then it's day after day of rain and heavy rain. >> look at that stalled right over nashville, right over tennessee where they don't need it. >> all over again. >> thanks so much. >>> another weather story to tell you about. riverside c

as i think of it, you are the united states district attorney, for tennessee. you also were the first judicial appointments, the first judge appointed by governor ray blanton. this morning, at the courthouse, you have been reading the papers a good deal more than that, you have been reading fbi reports sent talking to fbi agents. and they understand what is going on and you understand what is going on. and now it appears there is a very real crisis. the book tells definitively what you did, but would you just for the audience recount where you are that morning, what led you to do what you do. the series of events that led to this unprecedented transition. talk to us about that. >> and the alexander said this is the worst day of her life, the worst day of everybody's life, it was not a happy thing but that they was really the last three days before that, starting that saturday, there was intelligence information coming in that tomorrow, monday, a lot of people let out of the penitentiary, some of whom were suspect. that was on a saturday. fast forward monday nig

so fortune ran pieces about -- they ran a piece about the tennessee valley authority, which agee wrote and which luce told him was told there was one of the best things i've ever been printed since fortune had been around. so they were brought and pragmatically open to new deal reforms. and i keep mentioning dwight macdonald because he is a particular point of entry into the agee biography but in this respect it's important. like macdonald wrote a three or four part series on u.s. steel in 1936 for fortune again is a subject of a great deal of controversy around the office. previous to that they've been plenty of corporate profiles. infect "fortune" magazine more or less invest in the -- invented the corporate profile. it was a kind of task system that it been that way for some time to digital anybody looking come even from the person, so that luce editors, they would run along in depth profile and then they would show the subject of the profile, the draft and present them with well, we're going to run this. so that's how they got that off the ground. the profile that macdonald was wri

the middle tennessee state freshman was ineligible because he played in the marine corps. only it was just a recreational league. now the ncaa says he will maintain full eligibility for four years. go rhodes. >>> here's more military bravely. a shoulder jumps 217 feet from the liberty memorial. this was a tribute to the upcoming world war i centennial. then there's colombian diver orlando duke. he leaps 75 feet from a helicopter into new york harbor. not sure how he smelled after. and he did this to promote the cliff diving world series which should be fun. >>> don't tell these 195 flyers fans hockey season is over. oh, no you don't. they were in philadelphia to watch logos on the ice get painted over. they had some time. they want to break a record for

he will be the man at free safety take tennessee spot vacated by goldsteen who left in the free agent market. reed has distinguish himself from the get go and the 94ers think they have a find in this guy on their already loaded defense. >> i feel like a professional football player. the first day i got here it was a lot faster than college. the defense was a little bit tougher, but it just takes repetition and practice. i sea it all the time, just getting better everyday. i try to set a goal. get better at something. see something that i messed up on yesterday. i think that makes me better as a play r. >> safe to say, he will be a good one. by the way, giants are leading 3-0. maybe we will have a double dose of good news. >> boy, the 9ers are just loads, especially on defense. >> they have loot of talent, no question.

over six inches of rain in madison, tennessee, double what they see in a month. in wallace, kansas, eight inches. and the worst, richland, missouri, 17 inches this week. enough for an entire summer. and here in the nashville area, there is water still rushing through these swollen creeks. you can tell how one point here the water rose so high, it carried that debris and garbage can up to that bridge. usually, this creek is only about one to two feet deep. alex perez, abc news, nashville. >>> also happen right now, crews in southern california spent a second night battling that out-of-control wildfire east of los angeles. officials now say 26 homes have been destroyed. they expect the number to triple once they can see the damage firsthand. the fire was estimated at nearly 22-square miles with 20% containment. it is still growing. we'll have a live update on "good morning america." >>> the search for a missing woman in oakland, california, has led police to a person of interest. they're combing through a fairgrounds after questioning a registered sex offender who

from kansas to tennessee. to give you a sense of the intensity of the downpours they've been seeing, parts of missouri saw 15 inches of rain in two days. parts of arkansas got 10 inches overnight. so far this weather system has left at least two people dead. we begin our coverage in hard-hit nashville and nbc's kerry sanders. kerry, give us a sense of what all that water is doing. >> reporter: well, good evening, lester. more than 200 people here in tennessee were rescued by boat. the power of those flash floods is evident right here. this is the foundation of what was a one-story office building. those flash floods picked it up and deposited it over here in a parking lot. rain was predicted, but nashville residents didn't expect to wake up to this. eight inches of rain on already saturated ground sent water rushing down city streets and highways, forcing some to shut down completely. it began before dawn. >> a couple more inches and this area is going to be in trouble again. so hopefully this will slow down.

i want to see if my maryland fans can top the tennessee fans. it's a 4 hour wait in the rain in tennessee but i was there for one day. the nice maryland people and carolina carport people who are the one who is brought me out there so thank carolina carports i am here every day 12 to 3, 5 to 8 every day from now until labor day. i am going to give up my labor day weekend for my maryland fans. >> reporter: and you want to see the line all the way down out the road. >> i don't want to see the end until it's closing time i don't want to see the end until closing time. let's keep them rolling all day long. >> reporter: thanks bobby brantly with lizard lick towing on true tv and ask him about his song theme song when that comes out here. maybe they will play that for you. a great song. but he is here for the carolina carports and they will sponsor the stage out here at the maryland state fair. and we have so many things going on out here the food and the fun and 10 best days of the summer. now back to you. >> having a great time all coming up at the

the team edging out the tennessee titans. 22-21. telling the story this way that's what a growing list of publications is doing. not using the team's official name, redskins, slate and new republic announce they'd will no longer use the name. slate called it tacky and dated. the team's owner says the name will never be changed. an interesting one. the redskins. some people feel it is racist and out of date. it's a traditional team. kind of cool, like to me, i, i hear redskins and i think, that is a warrior. >> history of it. >> i don't, in my mind, something to be feared. respectful. >> for people who are not racist that makes a lot of sense. unfortunately for people who are racist use the word to mean other things where the controversy comes from. >> let's talk several other nfl teams, in action last night. >> quarterback joe flacco and the defending super bowl champions, baltimore ravens. flacco, 7 for 9 with an interception. baltimore's defense forced four turnovers and picked up where they left off last season. stomping the bucc

. >> reporter: it was a dramatic scene that had two tennessee parents in a panic. little lauren marlin, just five weeks old, rescued from her family's attic by firefighters, her father in shock. >> next thing you know we are in the attic trying to get the babies upstairs. it's hard. it's scary. you don't know what the water is going to do. >> reporter: firefighters wading though that chest-high water, clutching onto baby lauren's carrier to get her to safety. >> it was emotional. you see your baby and she's a n newborn and how are you going to do this? what are you going to do to get us out? >> reporter: across the nashville area, swollen creeks forcing some to the safety of their roofs and leaving cars floating on streets. rescue teams fanned out fighting the fast moving waters to get people out. not just tennessee, from arkansas to missouri, the heavy rain is hammering the heartland. over six inches of rain in madison, tennessee this morning, double what they see in a month. in wallace, kansas, the past 24 hours, 8 inches. and the worst, richland, missouri, 17 in

it's in nashville, tennessee. and we're told that rescuers saved a baby that was trapped by flash flooding there this morning. a number of roads, as we've been talking, even in the midwest there is flooding and the same thing is happening there. a number of roads impassable. this heavy rain caused flooding all across middle tennessee area this morning. dozens of people had to be rescued from high water. this is only one of the children. a number of children had to be rescued. one in madison and another one near white creek. at least all is well for now with this child. we'll continue to watch this flooding for you in middle, tennessee, and bring you the very latest. >>> in the meantime, everyone. good morning to you. bottom of the hour. i'm don lemon, carol is off today. >>> stocks dropped for three straight days on fears the fed may cut back on the stimulus. could the markets be poised for a rebound today? i am sure everyone hopes so. joining me now from new york just ahead of the morning bell is alison kosik. a

most of them were from the mountain areas of north carolina, virginia and tennessee. the mountains were filled with pro-union people. there was plenty of pro-confederate people, but there were a lot of pro-union people because there weren't -- this wasn't a lot of slavery up there. it was mostly small farms, family farms, poor farmers eking out a subsis tense living. they couldn't afford slaves, and they really weren't all that excited about risking their lives fighterring for this con -- fighting for this confederacy established by the slave-owning, plantation-owning rich people from the lowlands who had never really treated the mountain areas all that well. so junius and albert met a lot of these diss dents from the mountain in the prison and, in fact be, they were initiated into a secret pro-union organization called the heroes of america which had something like 10,000 members in north carolina, tennessee and virginia, mostly in the mountain areas. and they learned all these secret handshakes and secret signs and passwords that the members of the heroes of america

i always have been with the people of tennessee. he looks like -- >> gandolf. >> darwin. >> santa clause. >> first you have gay marriage and then you will have old guys showering with raccoons, jolene. that is disgusting and immoral. >> you hate love. >> i do hate love. i do hate love because i have so little in my life. >> that was the initial name of the show. >> it was i hate love and it was going to be an eye -- >> we kept the eyement. >> and took out the hate. >> do you have a response to this? joy i think it is fine. i think it is cool he has a raccoon for a short amount of time. of course it is a danger to the neighborhood probably. it is probably rabid or something. >> it is a clean raccoon. >> that might have been his first shower. >> he could be potty trained for all we know. >> maybe. and if so he should be able to keep it. it is a visual of him with a shower in the raccoon. it is ridiculous and i love it. >> it is beautiful. the raccoon technically is cleaner than you are. >> first when i saw this i thought it was grilli

. >> over the closure, 30,000 tennessee football fans descended on the area, caltrans warned tennessee this year it's northwest yempblt planners just called to warn that program today. >> i am not certain that the northwestern fans will travel in the numbers that tennessee volunteer fans did some years ago. >> headaches should be worth it it in the end. not everyone is sure. >> hopefully i won't be one of the first but will be a copy you don't want to be one of the snirs. >> not one of the first. >> caltrans insists the new bridge is safer. >> not too much of a chance. we're just now 15 days from the opening. the closure starts wednesday august 28th lasting up to five days over the long labor day weekend reopening by tuesday, september 3. >> so talking about the weather. >> sandhya patel is in for spencer. >> it is indeed. when talking about thundershowers and thunderstorms this happen. luckily it's been off the coastline. but can't rule it out. look at our live doppler 7 you can see the lightning strikes just off the coast this moisture has been moving off shofr, hundreds of strikes o

from kansas to tennessee. to give you a sense of the intensity of the downpours they've been seeing, parts of missouri saw 15 inches of rain in two days. parts of arkansas got 10 inches overnight. so far this weather system has left at least two people dead. we begin our coverage in hard-hit nashville and nbc's kerry sanders. kerry, give us a sense of what all that water is doing. >>eporter: well, good evening, lester. more than 200 people here in tennessee were rescued by boat. the power of those flash floods is evident right here. this is the foundation of what was a one-story office building. those flash floods picked it up and deposited it over here in a parking lot. rain was predicted, but nashville residents didn't expect to wake up to this. eight inches of rain on already saturated ground sent water rushing down city streets and highways, forcing some to shut down completely. it began before dawn. >> a couple more inches and this area is going to be in trouble again. so hopefully this will slow down. >>

. >> that area of tennessee got double its monthly rain total just yesterday. one casualty in the rising water, 69-year-old woman in missouri she drowned when her car was swept off a flded bridge. >> crews in california are spending a night battling the out of control wildfire east of los angeles. officials say 26 homes have been destroyed. the number could rise. the fire estimated at nearly 22 squa miles with 20% containment. it continues to grow. >> out west, an expanding manhunt for a kidnapping suspect accused of murder. james lee dimaggio suspected of abducting 16-year-old hannah anderson after setting his southern california house on fire with the girl's mother and lakely her brother inside. amber alert for anderson in effect in california, oregon, washington and nevada. 40-year-old dimaggio may be armed with home made explosives. >> two college friends of dzhokhar tsarnaev will face charges for throwing away fireworks and items they found in tsarnaev's dorm room the day before his capture. if convicted they face 20 years in prison. both scheduled for arr

. >> over the closure, 30,000 tennessee football fans descended on the area, caltrans warned tennessee this year it's northwest yempblt planners just called to warn that program today. >> i am not certain that the northwestern fans will travel in the numbers that tennessee volunteer fans did some years ago. >> headaches should be worth it it in the end. not everyone is sure. >> hopefully i won't be one of the first but will be a copy you don't want to be one of the snirs. >> not one of the first. >> caltrans insists the new bridge is safer. >> not too much of a chance. we're just now 15 days from the opening. the closure starts wednesday august 28th lasting up to five days over the long labor day weekend reopening by tuesday, september 3. >> so talking about the weather. >> sandhya patel is in for spencer. >> it is indeed. when talking about thundershowers and thunderstorms this does happen. luckily it's been off the coastline. but can't rule it out. look at our live doppler 7 you can see the lightning strikes just off the coast this moisture has been moving off shofr, hundreds of stri

. >> a lot of redskins fans traveling to the tennessee. what a great place the home of country music. >> fun city. >> so many great people. hall of fame all my buddies living down here. toby keith. the less goes on and on. carieunderer wood. >> a blocker on second and 4. >> off sides no. 93 defense five yard penalty first down. >> that's on phillip merling as we go down for our what to watch for in the next 15 minutes. >> over the next 15 minutes pat white is what to watch. he's coming already making good throws. expect that a little bit more and run maybe some of the options but he wants to throw the ball down field at the end of the third quarter. expect a lot more from pat white. >> thanks. jack doyle geico saving people money on more than just car insurance. >> i want to this is a tweet i got from james. i agree not playing rg3 in the pre-season but do you think not playing him 11 on 11 in practice is a mistake. >> no i don't. 11 on 11 in practice you've got a lot of bodies to get around and it would be unforgivable if robert got hurt.

. >>> now live pictures underway in nashville, tennessee. look at this. heavy rains triggering flash flooding there. so many homes under water. >> you can see people sitting on the car. >> and on the roof as well, just trying to get to dry ground. >>> high rain chances throughout saturday here in nashville, heavy rain, frequent lightning with the storms. they've already had 35 inches of rain fall this year alone. that's six inches above average. >> looking for safety anywhere they can find it. >>> right now let's get you updated on the day's other top stories. a shooting spree down in the dallas area has left four people dead and four others injured. investigators believe the gunman shot four people inside a home in dallas. he then fled to nearby desoto where he shot four more people. a suspect right now is in custody. >>> one of the victims of the asiana airlines crash at sfo is suing the airlines. 60-year-old henry xie filed suit in san francisco even though he lives in china. he's able to file suit in u.s. because his son bought the ticket in the state

how much it will cost you to buy his 700-acre tennessee estate. >> tomorrow on lifetime, make sure you check out the world kirstie f my buddy alley's premiere, "baby sellers." that's saturday on lifetime. >> summer is almost over. i can't believe it. and every year, of course, there's a song of the summer. so what's been your go-to jam? >> i love pink and made for fun, give me reason. >> great song right there. >> i've got get lucky, bruno mars' "treasure." it has a disco jam that you want to dance to. we just talked to robin thicke about his new song. >> the pop star at his secret chicago show. rocking the hit that's number one on the billboard chart and number one with white paula patton in their bedroom. ♪ the way you grab me ♪ must wants to get nasty." >> the results are always impressive when she watches the video. >> that's how he keeps it h-o-t at home and he doesn't mind when she gets steamy at work. >> i have seen her movie out right now, "2 guns." it's amazing. she's topless in the movie. hey, it's what we do in our family. you got to let it go. >> blurred lines parodies

. >> gun owners in tennessee and across the u.s. have a problem, ammunition for their firearms is hard to find. soaring numbers of new gun owners are part of a trend that has seen record sales across the country and led to a big ammunition shortage. small shops are hit the hardest. >> the gun industry's like every other industry, like the car industry, you dry up the oil and gas, the car is no good. in the gun industry, if you dry up the mmm anything else and components, then people don't need the guns. >> michael's gun store is now a dental office. he's one of several area dealers forced to close, blaming a lock of bullets to sell. >> people were walking in, just i want all of that, you know, how many boxes of nine-millimeter do you have? well, i've got 12. i want them all. i'm like ok, this isn't good, because i'm a small shop and i replace the same day what i sell. >> for gun enthusiasts across the country, the shortage is the worst they've seen, many traveling state to state for ammunition. >> you can't buy it. it's not there. >

central tennessee was hit hard. it's reported that at least 100 homes and businesses in the nashville area were damaged by floodwaters. >> here we are, we don't have nothing. a lot of people lost everything, cars, their houses, everything. it's just -- it's like don't nobody care. >> in missouri a record 15 inches of rain fell over two days. the search continues for one woman whose car was swept away. the body of her 4-year-old son was found tuesday. cbs news weather consultant david bernard is following the wet weather. >> well, it seems like the storms across the midwest have been relentless for the past several days causing all kinds of flooding problems. in fact, it looks like today we're going to continue with numerous flooding advisories for kansas, northeast oklahoma, southwest and southeast missouri and extends into arkansas and even western portions of tennessee will be under these flood watches and in some cases flood warnings. now, during the day today, it looks like more rounds of thunderstorms will be p

tennessee with all three time outs. out of the shotgun. smith off his back foot under pressure pass incomplete. >> you just know not going to sit back and let rusty down the field. trying to put a lot of pressure on him. richard crawford closing up inside. you see the pressure coming outside. what they want to do. jordan pugh. >> smith to you outside on second and 10. pass is caught by preston. clock stops a minute 50 remaining moments ago. here's mike shanahan greeting the injured kimbrough. >> a lot of guys come back and play for the redskins and a lot of that has to do with the coaches, the organization, the job that bruce allen has done and dan snyder has made to this football team an the way it's been built. >> smith dump it off and the titans having to move the chain there is a flag. the catch was made by reynaud. it's coming become. >> ten yard penalty. >> veteran left tackle barry richardson. >> how about the start to the regulation season for the titans they must start with two games on the road at pittsburgh at houston. >> you ha

brett moved to tennessee. christina stayed alone in california with hannah and ethan. david braun is christina anderson's uncle. >> i think that's where this fellow maybe moved in on tina a little bit. >> reporter: braun says some family members were slightly suspicious of why this divorced man spent so much time with the andersons, especially the kids. >> my brothers wondered about this guy because, maybe not before, about you they kind of out of place with the family, but they didn't -- it's not their business, you know? >> reporter: no one wanted to rock the boat. christina needed help with the kids. she trusted dimaggio like a brother. >> she was very careful, very protective mother. she never would have let those kids be alone with him or anything if there were any sign, truly. >> reporter: there was a sign though, but hannah kept is secret from everyone except her best friend marissa chavez. >> he just said he had a crush on her. then he said, don't think i'm weird or creepy uncle jim. i just want you to know if you were my age, i'd date you. >> she never mention

. >> against the tennessee titans tonight, but without their star quarterback. what can we expect? >> these games are fun for the fans to see the competition. everybody knows that kirk cousins will shoulder the bulk of the work through the priest with -- of the preseason rg3 out. he has a quick, live arm. he can flat-out spin it. what is hard about the preseason is the coaches have to decide how much of the offense they want to show before the regular- season starts. approach, great knowing he has to execute whatever they call. blockave been around the once. i have a little more experience. last year i played against the guys. now i am playing again starters. it adds a little more emphasis on making sure i'm doing things the right way. hopefully another good experience and take a step forward, and i will be excited and ready to go. >> kickoff is at 8:00. kirk cousins is the mystic. he is looking to perform well. this would be fun to watch the first team. coming up later, we will talk about the defense, a lot of new faces. >> thank you very much. >> coming up, why hundreds of childr

. >> reporter: it was a dramatic scene that had two tennessee parents in a panic. little lauren marlin, just five weeks old, rescued from her family's attic by firefighters, her father in shock. >> next thing you know we are in the attic trying to get the babies upstairs . it's hard. it's scary. you don't know what the water is going to do. >> reporter: firefighters wading though that chest-high water, clutching onto baby lauren's car seat to get her to safety. >> it was emotional. you see your baby and she's a new born and what are you going to do to get us out. >> reporter: across the area swollen creeks forcing some to the safety of their roofs and leaving cars floating on streets. rescue teams fanned out fighting the fast moving waters to get people out, not just tennessee, from arkansas to missouri, the heavy rain is hammering the heartland. over six inches of rain in madison, tennessee this morning, double what they see in a month. in wallace, kansas, the past 24 hours, 8 inches and the worst, rich land, missouri, 17 inches this week, enough for an entire sum

. >> reporter: joshua just moved to knoxville, tennessee from spain, where his parents were missionaries. he said he was excited to discover evidence of the flood so close to home. >> there is so much evidence that what the bible says actually really happened. there is so much more evidence than any other theories. and that is just so cool. of course we can't know everything. we have to have faith, but it is great to know, too, there is also much evidence that the bible is true so that we can have more confidence in god and trust in him more. >> reporter: while this small group of adventuresome christians are here in the great smoky mountains exploring the book of genesis, there is a much larger group in tennessee for the mega conference. some 1500 christians from across the nation gathered at the seville center to hear people speak. believers like james jones the second of atlanta georgia attended. >> i like the way they answered the questions. >> reporter: jones, who works with inner city youth says he needs all of the tools he can get to defend the gospel. >> it really helps a lot whe

the eastern sections of tennessee and kentucky. there are down in missouri and arkansas. a key adviser still another day of record heat. at least triple digit heat down to the deep south. yet it is dry. there's a concern about wild fires. that is why red flag warnings out to the west. how's that for a variety of weather. ? temperatures now at 94 at dallas. 93 attacks in mississippi. look at the cooler air and a pool of ear infections of ontario. quite interesting. a high yesterday. the key here has been extraordinary. that is not uncommon in texas to have long strings of warm weather. this has been persistent heat. for us we are in the sun and watching this field of cumulus clouds. those are the ones that might produce scattered thunderstorms. look at this we have had 2.96 in. of rain since july. the normal is quite a bit more than that. this ranks among the driest 27% all year since july 1st to occur here in 142 years of data. only 64% of average. that is why we have been hearing from folks that it is a little bit dry. rainfall projections but is around half an inch. the

we have seen lines of storms from arkansas, to tennessee, ken tucket and east coast. because the system is not moving at all, it looks like more heavy rainfall is possible for many of the areas. the downpour potential, the potential for local flooding is high through arkansas, tennessee, kentucky, north carolina, as well as virginia. it looks like a serious case of the summer soggies through mump of the country. jim. >> axelrod: craig setzer, thank you so much. now to california where the silver fire east of los angeles is now nearly 50% contained. the fire still covers some 30 square miles, but many of the thousands of residents forced from their houses were allowed to go home today. a manhunt is under way tonight in the vast wilderness of central idaho. more than 200 federal agents are hunting for a man and the teenaged girl he allegedly kidnapped. carter evans has more. >> reporter: tonight, 40-year-old jamesly dimaggio, and the girl he may have kidnapped, 16-year-old hannah anderson is still missing somewhere in the idaho wilderness. there have been no new clues s

he had twice lost the governorship of tennessee. before that he had been a one term governor, and before that a member of congress. he was a lawyer, practicing law in tennessee. he was what is known as the dark horse candidate. he had hoped to get the vice president's nomination, that is what he was pushing for. and suddenly, out of nowhere polk is the presidential nominee. most people don't know who he is. he becomes president and almost immediately puts us in a position to have a war with mexico. he pushes for the war. he is prepared to declare war on mexico, and sends troops, including zachary taylor, who will be the next president, he send zachary taylor to the mexican border in an area that is completely disputed at all international asset belongs to mexico. polk says it is american land. while taylor's troops are there, he goes to his counted and they vote on a saturday afternoon to ask for a declaration of war against mexico. that night, he gets a message, because it takes a long time to get information from mexico to washing

hi, oprah. >> hi, tennessee. >> hello. i love you so much, oprah. i can't even believe i'm talking to you right now. speaking for everyone i know, we love you. >> oh, thank you. >> my question is actually for andy. andy, i know, i know. >> i'm sorry. i apologize. i apologize. i apologize. >> andy cohen, big footing oprah. wow. now, let's head over to some late night stephen colbert an interesting take on the obama rodeo clown controversy. take a look. >> i quit going to rodeos. every president is always made fun of. this is the height of achievement to be made fun of by the rodeo clown is actually success. this is a big deal. you have made it. >> exactly. >> i mean, nobel peace prize, eh. first black president, what evs. there is no higher honor than having a clown run around a dirt arena wearing a grotesque mask of your face while the announcer asks the crowd who wants to see this guy trampled. >> wedding season is coming up. jimmy kimmel apparently is scouting creative videographers. take a look. >> a wedding vidgrapher i guess wanted to try somet

hundreds of people calling for help in tennessee where flash flooding took a lot of people by surprise. in colorado a fast moving mudslide leaving one man dead and authorities there looking for three people reported missing. people are on alert in the mississippi river valley where continued heavy rain could trigger intense flooding. brian is live for us with more. >> reporter: much of the midwest and southeast is pummeled by torrential rains and ten inches of rain falling on friday flooding hundreds of homes and businesses in states like colorado, kansas, missouri and tennessee. floodwaters sweeping through roads and highways in colorado. 1.3 inches of rain following in only half an hour causing this fast moving mudslide along highway 24 killing a man. muddy water carrying homes and debris. three others are still missing. listen to this woman who held on to dear life as the home rushed right by her. >> at that moment i knew that the water was getting higher and coming over it. then the bottom broke off and it went through. i said i have to get out of here. i was screaming for help and

bret moved to tennessee. christina stayed alone in california with hannah and ethan. david braun is christina anderson's uncle. >> i think that's where this fellow maybe moved in on tina a little bit. >> braun says some family members were slightly suspicious of why this divorced man spent so much time with the andersons especially the kids. >> my brothers kind of wondered about this guy, because -- maybe not before but they -- kind of out of place with the family. but it's not their business. you know? >> no one wanted to rock the boat. christina needed help with the kids. and she trust eddy maggio like a brother. >> she was very careful. a very protective mother. and she never would have let those kids be alone with him or anything if there were any sign, truly. >> there was a sign, though, but hannah kept it secret from everyone except her best friend marisa chavez. >> he just said that he had a crush on her and then he said, don't think i'm weird or creepy uncle jim. i just want you to know if you were my age, i'd date you. >> she never mentioned anything like tha

we are live at the tennessee state supreme court. >> these are not very happy days for tennessee. this is not a happy day for me. i believe, though, that we have been responsible, and that we have kept the faith of the people by this decision. we seek the people's wisdom, we hear the people's wisdom, and our days of agony can soon go forward to the days of pride. i ask for the prayers of the people. chief justice, i'm ready to take the oath of office. >> will you place your left hand upon the bible? raise your right hand, and repeat after me. >> i lamar alexander. >> well, as you saw, live on channel 5 at 5:55 p.m., the state of tennessee received a new governor, governor lamar alexander. chief joe hep ri was presiding and there was brief statements by the government elect at the time stating why he was doing what he was doing in taking the oath of office. standing by his side, the democrat, john wilder, and then the oath of office administered by chief justice joe henry of the state supreme court. his wife seen no governor's right, holding the bible, and the administration of the