op-ed writers from the knoxville news. this is christopher hale, a democratic politician in tennessee, also worked on the obama campaign. this is what he writes in the knoxville news op-ed saying, tennesseans of all political stripes are thankful for lamar alexander's good and praiseworthy service to the people of tennessee, and they are asking him one final time to stand up for decency, truth and for the common good. that is how the christopher hale op-ed ends today in the knoxville news, if you want to read more on that. speaking of lamar alexander and his relationship to mitch mcconnell, because it is mitch mcconnell that is doing the whip count on this vote. lamar alexander and mitch mcconnell sat down together in 2016 on c-span's program "afterwards" to talk about mitch mcconnell's memoir entitled "the long game." it was about an hour-long interview. we re-aired it earlier this week. a lot of back and forth between the two discussing mitch mcconnell's life and his political rise. this is how the interview ended. lamar

how was knoxville hearing about it? >> i can't say that people were universally frightened.ially was that people were suspicious of these families. that's what i heard. i have cop friends who were suspicious. we, as journalists, were kinda suspicious, like, "really? they kidnap you, but then they let 'ya go?" and, you know, it just sounded unbelievable. >> reporter: unbelievable maybe. but it would happen again. this time in northern tennessee. three months after the harris case, a young mother was starting her day and struggling to get her toddler son secured in her car. >> he wants candy for breakfast. and he is throwin' a fit. so she's quite distracted anyway. when, all of a sudden, you know, she feels movement. >> reporter: brooke lyons didn't have time to think, in an instant she and her 3-year-old son were under attacked. she looks up, and here's a guy with assault rifle pointed at her. >> two male attackers forced brooke into the car with her son. that's right, they headed here, this credit union in elizabethton, where she worked as a $9 an hour teller. >> the people

frome is getting messages lincoln, forget about burnside and knoxville. he has to send sherman up to knoxville to save burnside when he gets there. burnside has saved himself, which is a remarkable thing by itself. would grant have moved on to atlanta? probably not. but this was a huge boost to the morale of this defeated confederate army. they had suffered a massive defeat with chattanooga on missionary ridge and clayburgh's men had handled sherman's men at missionary ridge. division,my, his became the toast of the entire army. cleburne's reputation soared as high as it ever got. and the morale was boosted. in fact, his reputation was so big at this time that he decides to come up with a plan that is going to save the south and actually and in victory. his plan to arm the slaves and offer them their freedom in return. this plan is totally rejected by most of the army, jefferson davis himself has all the copies of this plan except one destroyed, and the only reason we know about it at all is because one of them actually was saved. is it a big result? beca

the tennessee valley authority that's located at oak ridge or knoxville, is about a 10 billion utility. there has to be a way to bring these assets together to be part of the solution. and i think that's a really important attribute that one needs to pursue. >> michael, i don't know if you also want to comment on this, you raised the point back in august about innovation systems. but perhaps talk a little bit about the transformation you're seeing in the southwest that you're leading, and i think to thomas' point, how do we really begin to turbo charge other regions across the country to contribute to the innovation story? >> yes. so the key everywhere is to break down the fixed model. the fixed model says you retire at 65. that's stupid. the fixed model says you're only educated building up to go to college and then you're done with your education. one of the advantages in a place like arizona where i've been living the last 17, 18 years, is nobody believes in anything there, they're open-minded to anything, and that's a good thing. they don't believe in government, they don't believe

this national guard base is about 10 miles outside knoxville.e will continue to update the story for you online at ktvu.com. >>> now to a rare sighting in the sierra foothills that was captured on surveillance video. five mountain lions were in the same place at the same time, outside the home. an officer with the california department of fish and wildlife says the appearance is a mother cat and two cups from different litters. generally you might see three cats together at the most during mating season, or when a mother is raising her cubs. >>> the nation's oldest park ranger is back on the job enrichment. she is 98 years old, 5 months ago she had a stroke which led to time away from her part-time job at the historical park. yesterday she posted on facebook she will be returning to work for a couple of hours a day. >>> the second space walk in history conducted by female astronauts is underway right now. astronauts jessica meir and christina koch ventured out of the station about six hours ago. the mission is to replace batteries on the station

we have a flash flood watch from natural natches to chattanooga and knoxville. some areas get isolated areas may get 2 to 4 inches of rain out of this. it's going to be a big rainstorm. the area of pink and red, that's up to 2 to 3 inches of rain. you can see how large the shield will be. eventually spreading all 9 way through the mid-atlantic region. today is kind of nice on the east coast morrow is the datoures in the 3, no one's complaining >>> we'll talk about that snow threat for the weekend coming up >> thank you, bill >>> snow plows were called out to clear a major highway in washington state it wasn't snow they were plowing. tumble weeds they blew into ridge land new year's eve and they blocked traffic for ten hours. some of these poor drivers, they got trapped. no one was injured in all of this that is something i'vei don't tn anything lik >> this is a first right here in 2020 you witnessed it right here. >>> just ahead, flavored e-cigs could go up in smoke when we could see a federal vaping ban >> the search for answers after a car was careening off a

knoxville called dolly parton's america it was i think that was the 1st big moment after jazz 1st interview interview with dolly herself where we thought we had touched something that we were not expecting and we had found something profound and basically we're in this class of this episode coming up so i'm not going to share too much but the kids start shit they're all from appalachia or dolly's from and they started sharing really personal stories. that were very painful and i think it changed jad and i you know in the room listening to them like we couldn't see dolly's america clearly and to we met the kids from appalachia and who were really thinking about her and and and feeling her like both in pain and in pride you know what it means just to get on the south you know just to jump in i mean i think she was absolutely right and it's also i mean just to to bring not to helen i mean you know what i hope this podcast is that's part of a like. a new wave of dolly ologists people who are like baking really seriously but dolly taking her seriously because she has is that it's not you made up

burnside is advancing toward knoxville. thosenfederates defending two points are grossly outnumbered. it is clear that a crisis is looming. dawns,y september the confederate high command finds itself in the same spot that it was in may 1863. southwest --isis out west. how do we respond? the options in september were the same they were in may. armyke troops fromlee's and send them west to try to redeem the situation. offensive -- wan ts and offensive in virginia. we know what happened in may of 1863. lee said, we cannot get men to the west and time. -- in time. so the smart thing to do is an offensive in virginia. he once exactly the same thing - - wants exactly the same thing. just as soon as lee issues the orders, chattanooga and knoxville fall. davis changes his mind. ongstreet's corps be sent to georgia. hisc corps will go west. began to arrive in the federal capital very quickly. that makes the yankees very nervous. meade cannot tell if lee has sent troops west. halleck says, you need to find out. on september 13, the f

i hope to see him representing knoxville and the united states in japan. thank you, madam speaker. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: as a reminder, the house will be in order. for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> madam speaker, last week in my new jersey district, i hosted a briefing with over 80 faith leaders. jewish, christian, muslim, hindu, sikh. we didn discuss how to build a better world, we just talked about how to protect their houses of worship from violence. whether a synagogue in pittsburgh, a mosque in new zealand, a shopping mall in texas, or a jewish deli in new jersey, people are being targeted for who they are, for what they believe. mr. malinowski: last year congress did something to help. we restored funding to the department of homeland security to prevent domestic extremism, including violent acts of anti-semitism, which the trump administration cut

look at the storms rumbling across the region in the vicinity of knoxville and towards north carolina. back side, this is where we have real problems. this right around grand rapids could see some icing. that may produce some power outages and very dangerous road conditions. we have power outages to the tune of almost 400,000 people. temperatures 60s, and 70s. more indicative of a springtime pattern. kansas city is 18 degrees. this shows you just how dramatic this particular weather system is. >> it's like the definition of wild weather. thank you very much. everybody please stay safe out there. >>> three weeks until wie and thr -- iowa. a cnn poll out of iowa finds that senator bernie sanders is on the rise in what is now a close four way race in that state. he has 20%. warren 17%, butteigie, 16% and biden, 15%. joining us is maria cardona and charles blow. good to see you guys. >> hey. how are you? >> i'll start with you, maria. half of the top contenders could be jurors at an impeach m triea trial. who does that hurt the most in. >> i think what you'll see is regardless of what hap

i rise today to recognize knoxville catholic high school senior elanie. she's earn earned the girl scout gold award and was recently named the knocks biz 20 under 20 class. she had a serious infection that needed specialized medical care when she was born. fortunately she overcame her illness, but she knows that not every sick child will get the same outcome. the experience inspeared her -- inspired her to start a program at a children's hospital to comfort families whose children pass away. she hand-paints memory boxes for grieving families. while it's impossible to ease the pain of a lost child, elanie's memory boxes offer the families a small comfort during a difficult time. mr. burchett: we don't hear enough about our young folks giving back to communities and taking initiatives to help others so i congratulate elanie for making a meaningful difference in the knoxville community being recognized as a young leader. she is is a bright future ahead of her, mr. speaker, and i know her grandparents and you know her mom and dad and they are proud as i am. m

has been attempting cavalry raids on the railroad which is a vital link connecting richmond into knoxville. the union knows that strategic importance and continues threatening it. lee gives brkd choices. he doesn't tell him exactly how to go about it. he gives him suggestions, tools, commanders he should coordinate with. it's almost similar to the way lee would delegate tasks to some of his other commanders such as stonewall jackson. now sigel also sent a report on may 1st. he writes from bunker hill, virginia, may 1st, 1864 to lieutenant general grant. first off, he forwards a dispatch from general cook with details of the cavalry's progress and then says sigel, i have no positive information yet whether a large force of the enemy is in the shenandoah valley. from all reports i've received, i believe there is not. mcneil and 'em bowden with a thousand men and rosser with 2,000 men are near front royal and woodstock. their scouts are at winchester. the general has probably moved from stanton to woodstock with about 3,000 or 4,000 infantry and artillery. we'll occupy winchester today with a

south, rain will be the big factor for your commute, cities like atlanta, charlotte, charleston, knoxvilleoking at very heavy rain at times. >> that rain is going to continue as the next system slides in, so unfortunately, allison, most of these will be getting rain for several days. >> thank you very much for that this morning. >>> all right, one week to go before the iowa caucuses and bernie sanders is surging. cnn's jeff zeleny is live in iowa with the latest on the 2020 race, what's happening there, jeff? >> reporter: allison, good morning, bernie sanders the on a him ro. >> that is precisely what is worrying his rivals and is rattling the democratic party establishment. several polls out in the last several days, including this new weekend poll in the new york times shows senator sanders has risen to the head of the pack. let's look at these numbers, senator sanders at 25%, pete buttigieg, joe biden, elizabeth warren up slightly behind him there, but bunched together as well, it was clear last night here in sioux city as bernie sanders finished his final campaign stop of the weekend t

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rainfall totals won't be too significant, but still a nuisance rain for atlanta to greenville, knoxvilles well up to 2 to 3 inches. as this storm system starts to pull away we could see some isolated thunderstorms associated with it, but this is a stationary front so some warmer air in place. that will continue into wednesday before that entire system really pushes offshore. so really quiet start as people are picking up the pieces after, man, just a rough weekend. i know you both have noticed the warmer temperatures. it was really nice to see people in their shorts and t-shirts across areas of the northeast this weekend, we have above normal highs, and look at today, still for columbus we are at 50 degrees. we are going to continue to see temperatures that are about 15 to 20 degrees above average. so that's going to spark up some more severe weather. i always like to look at the weekend on monday so we're watching for another potential system for friday. >> i've been saying over the weekend i felt guilty the fact that the weather was so nice. there's something that feels odd about the w

then it pushes off and through atlanta by tonight, knoxville as well, and then look at the white fill in, in chicago and grand rapids, the pink erie, pennsylvania, heavy rainfall. very warm ahead of this in the northeast before the rains arrive tomorrow, then it eventually clears out, but not before doing some damage with ice, maybe an inch of ice in parts of michigan and northern new england. that will likely take down some power lines. and of course, on the warm side of this, we're looking at some stream and creek flooding and some flash flood potential and some gus >>> good saturday morning wicking up to some clouds and wet pavement, also fog. the showers are ending. maybe a few in the south bay. but then we look at partly cloudy afternoon. king tides this week. minor flooding possible. and it looks like a wet week ahead. highs today in the upper 50s f you in oakland. 57 in fremont. san jose 59. looking at 56 in napa. and the >>> they're battening down the hatches here in new orleans as the storm line approaches. the shutters are closed here in the french quarter. we'll be tracking

andrew yang talked with voters in knoxville, iowa this morning.icked off a phone bank to reach voters in waterloo. cory booker held a town hall for residents in walterboro, south carolina. and in new hampshire, pete buttigieg just wrapped up a town hall in nashua. nbc's josh letterman's following that campaign throughout new hampshire today. he's waiting now in claremont. that's where pete buttigieg will be arriving in just a little bit. so, josh, talk about the message that mayor pete will be pushing ahead of new hampshire's primary on february 11th. >> reporter: the big message he's pushing today, alex, faith and patriotism, themes that have been playing pretty well and resonating among a lot of the voters we've been talking to in new hampshire, especially after that strike on qasem soleimani. but pete buttigieg also talking when it comes to faith about president trump and some comments that trump made last night as he was speaking to evangelicals in miami, where he actually questioned pete buttigieg's faith and said that he had basically become

andrew yang is in knoxville, iowa, for a meet-and-greet.en also in iowa to canvas and kick off a phone bank in waterloo. that is where nbc's mike memoli also happens to be today. mike, with a welcome to you, what is biden's plan for getting through to and winning over the iowa voters? >> reporter: well, alex, you know 30 days away from iowa. it is, in fact, crunch time. and you know how you know it's crunch time? the candidates aren't just doing the kind of rallies we saw them doing for weeks and months, but you can see them doing what joe biden was doing to my left here, making phone calls to caucusgoers, trying to win them over in person and now is thanking those voters helping him here. taking photos one on one after a pep talk here. it's interesting, we talked about the candidates descending on iowa. they're even descending on this pacific part of iowa, eastern iowa. that's why biden brought some reinforcements with him. abby finkenauer, the congresswoman from this district, newly elected, just endorsed him on friday. biden's closing ar

that is how the christopher hale op-ed ends today in the knoxville news, if you want to read more on speaking of lamar alexander and his relationship to mitch mcconnell, because it is mitch mcconnell doing the count on the vote. mitchalexander and mcconnell sat down together in 2016 on c-span's program afterwards to talk about mitch mcconnell's memoir entitled "the long game." it was about an hour long interview. we re-aired it earlier this week. a lot of back and forth between the two discussing mitch mcconnell's life and his political rise. this is how the interview ended. lamar alexander had asked mitch mcconnell about what he hopes teachers and professors who come to visit the united states will take away and what they will talk to their students about. [video clip] >> i think the senate has been the indispensable legislative body because that is the place where things are sorted out, the place where only rarely does the majority get things exactly their own way. the place were stability can occur. most people, obviously don't think that. in an era in which everybody gratificatio

on to larry in knoxville, tennessee. good morning. should there be witnesses? >> caller: the only people that would oppose witnesses to a crime would be the criminal and his supporters so definitely there should be witnesses. the point that is being skipped over through all of this, the republican party has become a bunch of thugs but there is a reason for it. back when newt gingrich put out his contract on america that was the start of it and then the tea party had the tea baggers have completely taken over the republican party. until we get back to americans running our government we will continue to have these up senate he is. >> host: thank you. this is what we are seeing right now from the senate. the cameras in the senate are controlled by the u.s. senate. the house likewise controlled by the house, the senate stands adjourned until 1:00 pm eastern time for the trial of donald trump provided by chief justice john roberts. when the senate comes back at 1:00 eastern time we will take you there live. jerry in sarasota, florida, good afternoon. >> reporter: t

knoxville, 51 chicago at 37 saturday for minneapolis to cleveland, watertown, new york, down to norfolkrees above average. and temperatures rise really as we get into the middle of next week going to be nice and mild we like that. >>> good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. live look outside in dublin. we do still have the dense fog lingering over the tri-valley. part of the north bay and the south bay, after this clears out over the next couple of hours we'll see peeks of sunshine and temperatures into the upper 50s and low 60s and rain in the weekend forecast for the north bay. and elsewhere just a mostly cloudy sky and some scattered showers early on sunday morning. we'll also keep some scattered rain chances in the forecast early next week. >> and that's your latest weather. >> thank you, al >>> carson daly is here. >> good morning, everybody coming up, we've got the controversy and the come backs we're going to get you ready for the grammys including why a lot of people are asking the question, is this show rigged? >> not this show >> not this show this show is for sure rigged t

that system moves to the east tomorrow records will be set, probably, in cincinnati, nashville, knoxville down to cape hatteras and fayetteville very cold behind the system. early next week, you can see temperatures fairly moderate in the beginning of the weekend by midweek, temperatures drop 10 to 20 degrees. that >>> good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. here is a live look outside in san jos beautiful sunrise. upper 50s for the high today. enjoy the sunshine. clouds and spotty rain tomorrow morning. the clouds may linger into the start of the game but it looks like the rain will be out of here and get more sun on sunday and spraking more rain next week for san francisco and along the coast watch out for those king tides. >> thank you, al >>> look who is at the table >> hey >> welcome back. >> hello >> thank you good to be here. happy friday >> i want to talk about what you were playing >> we can. >>> coming up, important health news the new recall of heart burn medications that millions of americans need to hear this morning. first, these messages. d covered by state farm? your sh

it'll feel like 12 in knoxville, 13 raleigh. look at orlando, 21. naples, 27. yes, those are windchill advisories all the way to the florida peninsula, the southern end there. temperature in miami if it reaches 44, that's the coldest in two years. the windchill will be subfreezing. if it gets down to 42, we'd tie the coldest in five years. so a lot of cold, george. >> boy, ginger, there sure is. thanks so much. >>> we turn to those growing concerns about the dangerous coronavirus from china. the number of cases has gone fro a few dozen last week to nearly 300 now. and health officials have confirmed that the virus can spread from person to person. gio benitez is at jfk airport here in new york where they're now screening passengers from china. good morning, gio. >> reporter: hey, george, good morning. yeah, the world health organization is holding an emergency meeting tomorrow to talk about this virus as more and more people get sick in asia and now we're learning this morning that the number of deaths is also growing. this morning, a major development as u.s.

in knoxville, tennessee, on the democrats line. diane, you are on.aller: good morning, i've watched impeachment all the way up to this morning. i think the democrats laid out their argument well. the reason they kept going over and over and over the same thing was to let the public know how it interfered with the constitution. and the deal about joe biden and hunter biden? what about the trump kids? they are all in office doing something off of the government. me, it's clear. happened in the 2016 election but i didn't know what until they started talking about it. .rump tells on himself what more do we need? wake up. georgia, from florida, on the republican mine --georges from florida on the republican line. caller: this is about critical thinking skills, facts and non-facts. the professor was asked at a university one time, what is the one thing that is lacking in new freshmen coming in? and he said the lack of critical thinking skills. that's what we have right now. we have individuals that don't want to look at the facts, individuals that are stat