. >> the senator from tennessee. >> senator from tennessee. >> the senator from delaware as a train to catch a few minutes so i ask consent after i make a few remarks about today's event that the sender will be recognized in following his speaking. immigration is a passionate issue that affects the lives of people that involves the rule of law and nation of immigrants if we have strong opinions and all of us know that. we can't solve the nation's borders or what to do about people brought here as children illegally through no fault ofau their own, that is our job and the job of the president of the united states, the senate, the congress. we tried before, we tried in 2007 and the fabled. we tried 2013 and passed a bill with 68 or 69 votes in all the issues today we wouldn't have them anymore with the biometric detention and entry people were overstayed their visas, temporary workers, we would have done all of that but we didn't so we are left with this problem of a large number of people in the country some prolonged period of time. the border is insecure and the people coming across a

the presiding officer: the senator from tennessee. mr. alexander: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, the senator there delaware -- from delaware is somewhere in the neighborhood. and he has a train to catch in a few minutes. so i ask consent that after i make a few remarks about today's events, the voting today, that the senator from delaware be recognized and following his speaking, that i be recognized again. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. alexander: i thank the president. mr. president, today the senate voted on immigration. immigration is a passionate issue. it affects the lives of people. it affects the american creed which involves the rule of law, which involves the fact that we're a nation of immigrants. it goes to the heart of our country and we have very strong opinions about it. all of us know that. of course, mr. president, that's the reason why we have a united states senate. this is not an issue that the shreveport city council or the national city council can solve. we can't -- we can't solve the proble

. >> senator from tennessee. >> thank you, mr. president. mr. president, the senator from delware is somewhere in the neighborhood, and he has a train to catch in a few minutes, so i ask consent, and after i make a few remarks about today's event, the voting today, that the senator from delware be recognized and, and following his speaking, that i be recognized again. >> without objection. >> i thank the president -- mr. president, today the senate voted on immigration. immigration is a passionate issue. affects the lives of people, affects the american creed which involves the rule of law, the fact we're a nation of immigrants. goes to the heart of our country and we have strong opinions. all of us know that. of course, mr. president, that's why with -- have the united states senate. not something that the national city council can solve. we can't solve the problem of our nations borders. we can't solve the problem what to do about people who were brought here as children illegally through no fault of their own. that's our job. that's the job o

. >>> well, a woman from tennessee accused of intentionally crashing her van into a white house security barrier is scheduled tomorrow to appear in u.s. district court. on friday afternoon, jessica forde made her fourth attempt in the last year to try and get into the white house. this time she was armed when she reportedly drove a white van into a security barrier prompting a lock down. the secret service retrieved the done, despite her ignoring commands to drop the weapon. her mother claims the 35-year- old suffers from mental health issues. she remains jailed without bail. >>> and san francisco police confirm uc san diego basketball coach lamont smith was arrested today on domestic violence charges. he was arrested as he and his team prepared to return home. he faces three charges stemming from an incident at the team hotel. the woman was treated for life threatening injuries. she told police she had a relationship with smith. uc san diego confirms the allegations in a statement and says the school will be investigating the incident. smith is now charged with domestic violence, assaul

dowdy and the tennessee d.o.t. is -- they are wrong. they are just plain wrong, period. >> so why did you decide to come up with this ad, and what do you want to accomplish with it? >> well, i've been all around the country advocating for change. nine states have -- nine other states other than tennessee are pulling this from the roadside. i want the killing to stop. i've asked several times, how many more deaths does the federal highway administration of the united states want? i'd like to get the president's attention, because this is a man that speaks of making america great again. we had 40,200 people die on our nation's highways in 2016. one of them my daughter. how have we gotten to the point where we essentially tolerate a 9/11 on our roadways every 27 days? so, i'd like to talk about the micro problem, the smaller problem, but also the issue that we have an infrastructure crisis and a highway safety crisis. >> steve, what would you tell the president if you could speak to him personally? >> i would encourage him to order an inve

it gets transmitted from places like east tennessee and eastern kentucky to the ozarks. we share a lot in common with that region. the culture of the region has been defined largely by people of northern european descent who were protestant. not just protestant, typically evangelical protestant methodists, baptists, they were for the most part rural, at least a few small towns and cities in the 19th century. they kind of transmitted that culture, whatever you want to call it. it is really sort of an american kind of culture that gets created in appalachia, middle tennessee, places like that. the scotch irish, the people of english descent, german descent, a handful of scandinavians thrown in, with cherokees and other native american groups. slaves, free blacks, all of those people kind of create this upland south of culture. of free range hurting of cattle and hogs, and hunting and trapping as crucial element of life, along with the religious practices that they bring. and their music, which tends to irish, with the german influences and some african influences. all of t

they came from anywhere from the piedmont of north carolina to middle tennessee. from eastern kentucky and southwestern virginia and what is now west virginia and northern alabama and northern georgia. the greater upland south area. really supplied the majority of settlers here. you transmit those cultural practices and religious practices and everything is kind of bundled up in a culture gets transmitted from places like east tennessee and eastern kentucky to the ozarks. we share a lot in common with that region. the culture of the region has been defined largely by people of northern european descent who were protestant and not just protestant but typically, evangelical protestant, methodist, baptist who were for the most part, rural with a few small towns and small cities in the 19th century who transmitted that culture, whatever you want to call that. it is an american kind of culture that gets created in appalachia and middle tennessee and places like that from the scots, irish, and people of english descent, german descent, a handful of scandinavians thrown

the dog was trapped under the rubble of a home in clarksville, tennessee. rescue workers worked to free the dog and he was okay. >>> a warning about immigration raids and murder at a public library. >>> "the boston globe" reports a woman was killed at a public library winchester, massachusetts. 22-year-old was attacked from behind and stabbed to death sunday while she was studied. 23-year-old attacked her with a 10-inch hunting knife. a man who tried to help was stabbed in the arm. he has been charged with murder. >>> san jose california's "mercury news" reports the mayor of oakland warned the public that major bay area federal immigration raids were imminent. mayor libby shaft defended her actions yesterday. she said she consulted with an attorney before making decision saturday to go public. she also said that she isn't obstructing justice. >> i feel confident that my sharing this information because i did not receive it through official channels is legal and, frankly, it's my ethical obligation. >> chaff has been a critic of trump's immigration policy. s

senate. >> they think they can turn tennessee blue. but i'm going to tell you something, they're not even going to turn it purple. >> reporter: marsha blackburn is the republican front-runner, and eight-term congresswoman that some republicans could turn off more moderate voters. how would you describe marsha blackburn? >> that thenacious, fearless, f, determined, one of the hardest workers you will ever meet. >> reporter: she entered the race after senator bob corker announced plans to retire. but now there's concern that she could cost republicans their seat, amid reports corker could run today. >> at this point, i don't have anything to say. >> reporter: would you welcome bob cork tore the race? >> if he gets in the race, he gets in the race. >> congress has just lost its way. it's immoral the way they keep borrowing money. >> reporter: this is phil, mayor of nashville and governor who has been out of the spotlight for eight years. >> typically vote republican, but he did a lot for tennessee. >> reporter: as a republican, do you wan

finish isaac bankston is eventually indicted by tennessee court, and the state of tennessee seeks extradition to memphis so that he could stand trial for violenting their antimissong nation law. upon hearing that the state of tennessee had a warrant for isaac's arrest, arkansas city, due chain county officials arrested isaac bankston and placed him in jail to be held until police captain from memphis could come and retrieve him for the court. isaac bankston was not about to wait to be extradited. instead, he broke out of jail and headed to greenville, mississippi, which was not very far away from arkansas city. now, he could break out of that jail because he had helped to construct that jail. and so i'm sure he had some very practical awareness of that jail's limitations to hold prisoners. it was in greenville, though, that another sheriff recognized a poster that was seeking isaac bankston. he was now a fugitive from justice. and arrested isaac bankston, and he was held in greenville, mississippi, until the tennessee captain could come and take him to memphis to stand trial. at this time mis

everything can be replaced. >> the sheriff here in clarksville tennessee says eight homes were destroyed and dozens more damaged. as two tornados hit this area. >> that house is flatten. but among the wreckage hope. rescuers worked quickly to remove debris because they saw a dog trapped underneath. >> it looks like they've got the dog out. >> just across the tennessee border in logan county kentucky, 79 year old dallas combs died. when her home collapsed on top of her during a tornado. her husband, john, was outside laying down sandbags. tammy brown is their daughter. >> it took the roof off, suck him back through the basement. >> the combs would have celebrated zero six years of march najim laachraoui just a few months. >> all he can tell me is the love of my life is gone. and i can't live by myself because i've never been by myself. >> david begnaud, cbs news, clarksville, tennessee. >> we are getting little break from the rain, but it won't last for long, meteorologist, katie fehlinger live on the skydeck to tell us when the rain will return. hello, kate. >> i more rain in our forecas

state of tennessee seeks extradition for violating the law. upon hearing that the state of tennessee had a warrant for isaac's arrest, arkansas city, desha county officials arrested isaac bankston and placed him in jail to be held until police could come and retrieve him for court. isaac bankston was not about to wait to be extradited. instead, he broke out of jail and headed to greenville, mississippi, which was very far away from arkansas city. he broke out of jail because he had helped construct that jail, so i am sure he had very practical awareness of that jail's limitation. it was in greenville that another sheriff recognized a poster that was seeking isaac bankston, now a fugitive from justice, and arrested isaac inkston and he was held greenville, mississippi until the tennessee captain could come and take him to memphis to stand trial. at this time, missouri had been arrested as well and they were both going to be tried for violating the tennessee miscegenation law. there was a special prosecutor that was brought in from arkansas city

kids. >> when it came time to tour i was like you guys should be the tennessee kids. >> defining the tennessee kids as his back up bad, official fan club and any human being who loves to rock their body. >> let me hear it. >> the halftime performances music director adam blackstone said the group consisting of musicians and dancers will give justin an epic look and sound. >> the way the set looks emotionally we'll take the view or on the ultimate roller coaster of emotions. >> justin's grind is intense. >> i've never done this before. ♪ >> we have learned he is rehearsing eight to ten hours a day. tonight his crew has a six hour window reserved for their first dress rehearsal on the field. >> he's going to be fantastic. we're going to be with justin tomorrow at his super bowl press conference. get ready to swoon. just when you thought you heard everything about jernl and amal clooney's relationship you hadn't heard this. here is what happened when george first met amal. >> i got a call from my agent who called me and said i met this woman she's coming to your house who you're going

according to the national weather service, parts of kentucky and tennessee were under a tornado watch until early sunday morning. most of the damage happened late saturday. >> i looked outside and started seeing the trees just start bowing and start doing this, and right about that time, i all of a sudden felt the pressure on the window. and i went, got to go. we got to go. >> reporter: several people in kentucky were killed due to the severe storms. governor flash flooding will continue this week, and in some areas of tennessee --. >> it started raining really hard and he saw this metal from this barn take off and then the windows busted out. >> reporter: the storm tripped through home after home destroys everything in sight. >> you never can make mother nature for granted. the good news is damage, yes, infrastructure damage, but to people, loss of life, no loss of life. >> reporter: and even parts of arkansas witnessed the devastation, at least one storm related death has been confirmed there. kim hutchins abc7 news.. >>> and in accuweather, we finish out the month of february which

. >> reporter: in the days of a possible tornado touching down at a kentucky-tennessee border caught on cell phone video. according to the national weather service, parts of kentucky and tennessee were under a tornado watch until early sunday morning. most of the damage happened late saturday. >> i looked outside and started seeing the trees just start bowing and start doing this, and right about that time, i all of a sudden felt the pressure on the window. and i went, got to go. we got to go. >> reporter: several people in kentucky were killed due to the severe storms. governor matt bev intweeted -- flash flooding will continue this week, and in some areas of tennessee --. >> it started raining really hard and he saw this metal from this barn take off and then the windows busted out. >> reporter: the storm tripped through home after home destroys everything in sight. >> you never can make mother nature for granted. the good news is damage, yes, infrastructure damage, but to people, loss of life, no loss of life. >> reporter: and even parts of arkansas witnessed the devastation, at l

this one, you have four union soldiers on lookout mountain, tennessee. that's the tennessee river, a big bend. there was a photographer named lynn down there. the lynn brothers, i believe. they had set up camp taking pictures of the army of the cumberland when they were down there. there are quite a few photographs taken from this particular spot. i think what a viewer sees here when they look at this exhibit is the humanity of the war that walt whitman discovered. the young men, their wives, their children, you know, who did the fighting and dying. you know, you can see in the expressions. this expression right here of the soldier and his wife, you can see the paint, anxious expression on her face. you can see the confidence in his face. in their eyes, there are messages here that these soldiers are still imparting upon the decades. as you look at these soldiers, do you see any difference between these and -- i mean, this could be an exhibit on one of our current wars. i mean, except for the clothing and the uniforms are different. you see the sacrifice

the national weather service says 12 tornados were reported across tennessee, kentucky, arkansas and missouri on saturday. >> those powerful storms ripped off roofs and flattened homes. david begnaud is in clarksville, tennessee, about 45 miles northwest of nashville, in one of the hardest hit areas. david, good morning. >> good morning. an ef-2 tornado did this, 125-mile-per-hour winds took off most of the roofs, blew off the wall by the living room, shattered windows across this neighborhood. in fact, insulation is covering homes, vehicles. throughout the neighborhood there are damaged homes and then homes right alongside them that are untouched. in the distance, you see the roof gone. next door to that, garage doors blown out and half the roof gone. and then vehicles like this. can you imagine the power and what it would take to take this hood and just bend it like that? >> oh, my goodness. >> reporter: across the central and southern u.s., suspected tornadoes mangled cars, flipped rvs and shredded roofs. >> we just turned around and the roof is just gone. >> reporter: in mississi

we note a state like ours, tennessee, my birthday west virginia. there's a high number of opioid exposed infants. sometimes, there's only one pediatric place in that hospital. when we think about how this is implemented, how we begin to de-escalate the care we provide for infants and create a model where families can stay together, it may look slightly different for different hospitals, hospitals that may not have the resources they and her belt has. we have a public program being created. i think it will look different everywhere, but it's vital. bell.ected at dr. i want to talk about what happens when a child stays with a majority. one of the things we talked about in the mental health reform act of 2016 is, looking at laws and how they may create barriers for parents to stay involved in the care of a loved one of a child, who may have addiction and mental illness. we want to respect the privacy rights of adults. a child, when we go from 17 to 18, so the parents can still know about when the appointments are so they can help that 18-year-old stay

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oh, say, texas or tennessee or even the long shot hope of nebraska. joining me now on the set is the expert on florida politics. mark cabuto. >> thanks for having me. >> so rick scott is 80% there. sometimes i'm told 70%. but some days all but there. but there is always a but. what is he waiting for or is it just for the show. >> i think rick scott is a self made rags to researches multi-millionaire who won it when no one said he could and

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i went got to go, we got to go part of kentucky and tennessee were also hit with massive flooding and even part of arkansas were hit hard by the storm. the american red cross is now assisting residents there. >> two people are dead after wrong way crash in chester county. >> this happened yesterday morning on route 202 near mill lane in east whiteland township. melvin drove north in the southbound lanes then hit another vehicle head on. the other driver, monique pierre thrown from her car, bolt pronounced dead from the scene. no word on why he was driving the wrong way. >> and group of tourists are back at home after the bus they were riding home caught fire i495 claymont month, delaware, the fire led to the closure of the 495 northbound onramp to 95 north. the tour group waited on the side of the highway, until they were shuttled to the pennsylvania welcome center in boothwyne. >> classes cents will resume wednesday at stillman douglas high school in park land, florida, yesterday some of the student returned to the school for counselling, many of them brought their parents with them,

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in tennessee, toll road are illegal. also the state doesn't borrow money to build infrastructure. the trump plan is to favor loans which has officials here concerned. state transportation commissioner. >> since they're looking at public/private partnerships and leveraging federal dollars, we won't be a player in that. >> reporter: tennessee is one of at least 26 states raised its gas tax in the last few years to pay for infrastructure projects like the work on 440. president trump's plan isn't expected to go to congress for a couple weeks. so the details could change. it is already facing strong opposition from democarts. kris van cleave, cbs news, nashville. >> off one of the most powerful moments in the president's address last night came when a young man stood and proudly waved the crutches he used during a escape from north korea. today, david martin met him one-on-one. >> president trump used gi song-ho's anguish journey to highlight the cruelty of the north korean regime and make the case it must not be allowed to build a nuclear arsenal. >> we need only look at the deep pra

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it started in dekalb county, tennessee, 70 miles east of nashville. michael dile led deputies on a 50-mile trace. his alleged crime, driving with a suspended license. when he crossed over into white county, deputies there rammed his truck and trailer. trying to force him off the road. when it didn't work, white county sheriff bodie issued an order that his dispatcher relayed to deputies. >> take him out. >> reporter: and reserved deputy adam west, driving his personal vehicle, drew his weapon. and his deputy spun the suspect out of control. deputy west fired. repeatedly. michael dile died after being shot in the head. he was unarmed. when the sheriff arrived at the scene, he was caught on the deputy's body camera saying this. >> i said take him out. >> reporter: dile's family is suing, alleging the sheriff preferred to shoot and kill mr. dile rather than risk damaging his patrol cars. >> and i said no, don't ram him, shoot him. they will take it out. then the sheriff added this. i love it, i'll tell you what, i thrive on it. >> reporter: the sheriff w

so rainy weather all through the state of tennessee. raining pretty good from nashville, not raining there quite yet. also some showers around little rock. a couple rounds of rain. if we're going to get any flooding out of this it would be in southern portions of ohio, west virginia or southern pennsylvania. that's where we could get one to two inches of rainfall. so on this map the green shows you where the rain is. too warm for that. this is an all rain event. very rare for middle of february. from today at 5:00 p.m. it's raining from mississippi all the way through ohio valley. tennessee valley and into areas of western pennsylvania. then we take some of this mess through d.c. and new york later tonight. then tomorrow another round of rain. that's why they have the best chance for any minor flooding and by the time we get to friday all the clouds and rain are stretched through southern new england. a little colder air moves in on the backside. may get a little mix here, but that's about it. so it's a very warm forecast map. usually d

it started in dekalb, tennessee, 70 miles east of nashville. michael dial led department depa 50-mile-per-hour chase. his alleged crime-- driving with an expired license. deputies rammed his truck and trailer trying to force him off the road. when it did work, sheriff oddie shoupe issued an order: reserve deputy adam west, who was driving his personal vehicle, drew his weapon, and as deputies spun the suspect out of control, deputy west fired repeatedly. michael dial died after being shot in the head. he was unarmed. when sheriff shoupe arrived at the scene, he was caught on a deputy's bodycamera saying this dial's family is suing, alleging the sheriff preferred to shoot and kill mr. dial rather than risk damaging his patrol cars. >> reporter: and then the sheriff added this: sheriff shoupe, who has been in office for 12 years, has decided not to run for re-election. he wasn't at home today when we knocked, and his office staff said he was out of town. the day of the shooting, the sheriff seemed unfazed as the deputy who shot dial looked emotio

and the tennessee valley region and watching out for urban and flash flooding and travel disruptions into the upper mississippi valley region including chicago over towards detroit and to the west watching out for two to four feet of snow in om areas. i'm accuweather meteorologist paul williams. >>> coming up, taxpayer outrage after $31,000 were spent on a table and chairs for an office in washington. >>> also ahead, the deal that ended a massive teacher strike over pay and benefits. >>> up next the company that got rejected on "shark tank" now sold for just a billion dollars with a "b." >>> introducing the doorbot. the first ever video doorbell built for the smartphone. >> it's not an internet play. it's a consumer device. >> i just don't think it's for me. >> instead of worth 7 million could be worth 80 million, 90 million. i just don't see the progression and for that reason i'm out. >> oops. that's a clip from abc's "shark tank" in 2013 when the sharks rejected the product called the doorbot. a rejection they probably regret made about now. that doorbot would eventually be rename

this, in clarksville, tennessee. cars destroyed, roofs torn off, debris scattered throughout entire neighborhoods. the ef-2 tornado packing winds up to 120 miles per hour, leaving a gaping hole in steven coleman's house. the roof from this house? >> yes. came across and knocked down those walls. >> reporter: his wife, home alone when the twister barreled through. >> the house started shaking and she said it was like two to three freight trains coming through. >> reporter: parts of arkansas getting over 12 inches of rain overnight, with winds up to 70 miles per hour. this is some of the damage these violent winds left here in kaizer. look at this, this is actually part of a roof that peeled away when the storm blew through, now debris is strewn about. tammy mccarn had only minutes to take shelter. >> we heard a really loud noise and it almost sounded like the roof was coming off of our house. >> reporter: the cooper family hid in their bathtub. >> not enough time to be scared, just time enough to run to the bathroom.

ka started in dekalb, tennessee, 70 miles east of nashville. michael dial led deputies on a 50-mile-per-hour chase. his alleged crime-- driving with a suspended license. when he crossed over into white county, deputies rammed his truck and trailer trying to force him off the road. when it didn't work, white county sheriff oddie shoupe issued an order: reserve deputy adam west, who was driving his personal vehicle, drew his weapon, and his deputy spun the suspect out of control, deputy west fired repeatedly. dsirens ) michael dial died after being shot in the head. he was unarmed. when sheriff shoupe arrived at the scene, he was caught on a deputy's bodycamera saying this: dial's family is suing, alleging the sheriff preferred to shoot red kill mr. dial rather than risk damaging his patrol cars. >> reporter: and then the sheriff added this: sheriff shoupe, who has been in office for 12 years, has decided not to run for re-election. he wasn't at home today when we knocked, and his office staff said he was out of town. the day of the shooting, the

>> reporter: tonight, a tennessee family filing suit. at issue -- was that shooting "excessive force" or were this sheriff's orders justified? this video obtained by wtvf shows sheriff oddie shoupe, who didn't know he was being recorded on bodycam. at one point, you can even hear laughter. >> take him out. >> i love this. god i tell you what. i thrive on it. >> reporter: the incident happened back in april of 2017 in white county, tennessee, when deputies tried pulling dial over for driving on a suspended license. the chase going through two counties. in the video you can see as police try to pin down the vehicle. tonight, the widow of the deceased motorist in a suit arguing that deadly force didn't have to be used alleging the sheriff preferred to shoot and kill mr. dial rather than risk damaging his patrol cars. tonight the district attorney slamming the sheriff's comments, but adding their investigation found that charges against the responding officers were not warranted, because mr. dial repeatedly, willingly and directly endangered

but laws in several states, including tennessee, present some roadblocks. for more on this, here's transportation correspondent chris van cleave, along a bumpy stretch of i-440 in nashville. >> reporter: interstate 440 is the road nashville residents complain about most. >> it's like riding on a dirt road. >> it can rattle your teeth. >> reporter: what makes 440 so bad? >> everything. >> reporter: it's a pothole- laden, roughly seven-mile stretch of decades-old concrete linking three freeways. the state plans to spend about $100 million to rebuild and inpand 440 starting this summer. it's part of a $10 billion backlog of infrastructure projects statewide. >> it just needs to be worked n. tr reporter: nationally, u.s. infrastructure earns a d-plus, according to the american society of civil engineers. at least $2 trillion is needed over the next decade to keep pace. >> it's also time to rebuild our crumbling infrastructure. ( applause ) >> reporter: president trump is calling for a $1.5 trillion infrastructure package that would likely redirect $200 billion

flash flood watches have been in areas of tennessee. this goes through thursday. this was the rivers already high and the soil saturated. here's how much rain is expected. this will go throughout the next 48 to about 60 hours. the areas of red is 2 inches, the pink in the middle is up to 3 inches. so now i'm going to add on where we have the current river flood warnings. those are the red polygons down the mississippi river, the ohio river, illinois river and areas in some rural sections of arkansas and also louisiana. northeast texas. that's why we have the threat. we already have river flood warnings and now we're going to add 2 to 3 inches of rainfall on top of some of those same locations. that's why we're going to see the additional problem. so, today's forecast a nice day on the eastern seaboard. no problems whatsoever. beautiful actually about 10, 15 degrees warmer than it should be in many cases. st. louis you look good. there's that rain developing in the middle of the country as we go throughout the afternoon especially in the south. you're likely to run

more heavy rain is expected in arkansas and tennessee. in fact, in that area they could oue more tornadoes. jeff, the good news, where we are, the ohio river is here in clarksville, indiana, we're told residents should be able to get back into their homes. it may not be for another 7 to 14 days. >> glor: david begnaud, thank you very much. now we move to a mystery. ov employee of the c.d.c. in atlanta has disappeared without .ctrace. he hasn't been seen in two weeks. sar villafranca is following the investigation. >> reporter: police were back in timothy cunningham's northwest atlanta neighborhood today looking for anything that helps answer why the 35-year-old has disappeared. ucnningham, a harvard-educated eridemiologist at the centers for disease control left work feck on february 12 but never returned. after not hearing from their son for two days, cunningham's parents drove from maryland to atlanta. they found his wallet, his car, and pet dog still at his home. terrell cunningham is timothy's father. >> we're hopeful that with the mo

cohen from tennessee and thank him for his work. when we hear human trafficking we think it's far away from our shores that affect people that are not us. it's hard to imagine this modern day slavery is happening over here, hurting the people within our community every day. in my home state of illinois, we have the fifth highest number of trafficking cases in this country. in the city of rockford in my district is ranked second behind chicago in human trafficking cases. the most important thing we can do is combat this heinous crime is to raise awareness and that's what the soor act, soar to the health and wellness act is designed to do it. it would expand on a pilot program by supporting the training of health care workers to identify victims and best care for them through established protocol and procedures. many times when trafficking victims come to emergency rooms health care professionals may not always spot the signs their patient was a victim of trafficking. this is critical to combating trafficking. i strongly encourage my

the state of tennessee passed a law forbidding the teaching of the theory of evolution in tennessee public high school. the aclu, the american civil liberties union, wanted to challenge the constitutionality of this law. and so they put together and financed a case. they recruited a tennessee high school teacher, a substitute science teacher, a young guy named john scopes who agreed to purposefully incriminate himself by making a point of teaching the chapter from their textbook on the theory of evolution and then urging his own students to testify against him. to rat him out. to get him in trouble so he would be charged with this crime and it would go to trial. that is exactly what happened. this turned out to be an amazing publicity opportunity for the little town of dayton, tennessee. 200 reporters descended on the town in july, 1925. a few thousand spectators from various parts of the south and further afield. if you had walked down the street of dayton in july you would have seen trained chimpanzees playing on the courthouse lawn. billboards featuring a picture of a chimp drinking a l

there was a bright spot following the storms in tennessee. people helping clear the mess were able to rescue a dog. the canine had been trapped since the night before. (anchor) time now to check on our weather... with meterologist mabrisa rodriguez. (mabrisa rodriguez)a weak system to our north-northwest will quickly drop down into our region starting tonight and bring rain back into the picture. models are in generally good agreement and have been fairly consistent run-to-run. timing has precipitation starting in the north bay late this evening and then down to the san francisco bay area close to morning rush. rainfall amounts will be light -- generally under 1/4" outside of higher elevation spots. even the typical wet spots should stay under 1/2" for the system. behind it and the associated cold front, cooler northwesterly winds will move across as the atmosphere starts to destabilize. expect possible thunderstorms for our region as the center of the cold core low quickly moves through thursday afternoon and evening. small hail and a slight

. >>> next tonight, a controversial police chase in tennessee, and the new dash cam video that has a sheriff on the defense. what he commanded his deputies to do, and the apparent laughter after the deadly outcome. abc's zachary kiesch with the growing backlash. >> shots fired, shots fired. >> reporter: tonight, a tennessee family filing suit. at issue, was that shooting excessive force or were this sheriff's orderers justified? >> i said don't ram him, shoot them. >> reporter: this video obtained by wtvf shows sheriff oddie shoupe, who didn't know he was being recorded on body cam. at one point, you can even hear laughter. >> i love this [ bleep ]. god, i tell you what. i thrive on it. >> reporter: the incident happened back in april of 2017 in white county, tennessee, when deputies tried to pull dial over for driving on a suspended license. in the video, you can see as police try to pin down the vehicle. tonight, the widow of the suspect, michael dial ii, in a suit arguing that deadly force didn't have to be used, alleging the sheriff preferred to shoot and kill mr. dial, rather th