when you think chattanooga tennessee, you don't necessarily think of a digital hub but in fact it's the fastest internet in the western hemisphere. >> how fast is the interent at your apartment? >> i think it's about eight megabits per second. in chattanooga, every resident has 1000mega bits per second, a whole mega bite, a giga bit for them to use. >> wow, so how long would it take to download an entire movie? >> two minutes. it's lightning fast. >> two minutes, it goes so fast. >> let's just go to chattanooga and watch movies all day. it's incredible. >> i'm totally in. but hang on, the us ranks 26 on the global scale of internet speeds. >> so why is chattanooga so advanced compared to the rest? >> well, if you go outside chattanooga, they are still using satellite and dial-up to get online. there's nothing else. >> really seems like that town in tennessee represents the digital divide that we don't just see in the us, but what we see around the world. let's take a look. >> it's 5pm on a thursday afternoon and high school senior peyton van hook is at his church, just outside of chatta

television station necessary nashville, memphis, and chattanooga, tennessee, are running that ad.iate wrcb in chattanooga refused to run the ad saying it was, quote, very controversial. in a statement, the tv station told us here at the last word, we review all commercials before airing them. in this case, we decided to not accept ads for gay marriage or against gay marriage. here is that ad. >> jessie ehrenfeld. i'm a republican, i'm a doctor and i'm a soldier. as a military physician, i take care of other people's loved ones who are wounded in combat. but here at home, i'm fighting a different fight. because i'm gay, i'm not allowed to marry my partner here in tennessee where we live. i was able to stand up and put my life on the line for the freedoms we all enjoy, yet i don't have the freedom to marry my partner, judd. support the freedom to marry because freedom means freedom for everyone. >> joining us now for exclusive interview, dr. jerry ehrenfeld, u.s. navy airman and his partner, judd taback, an administrative judge for the state of tennessee. so, judge, what do you thin

james in chattanooga tennessee. caller: yes hi. thank you for taking my call. wanted to know from the gentleman what could be done about -- is iran going to be stable to or is there good to be other consequences in that region? guest: thanks, james. we have not talked about iran yet. unclear if iran will be stable. it is stable in the sense where other states in the region we described at the beginning are collapsing and their state shelters are collapsing. the iranian regime is still in charge in a run and you do not see the civil unrest and violence on a mass scale that you do elsewhere. but iran is also the part of the problem in the since it is promoting a sectarian agenda that is leading the vicious circle i am describing at the beginning. when it went back to the iranian revolution in the way that simulated some sinnia-shia tensions and his work exacerbated further with the u.s. invasion of iraq which put iran largely in charge of baghdad and took this tensions further. now you have iran playing a role as far away as yemen and clearly in syria by supporti

the trooper's emergency flashers stabbed at the darkness, a phone was ringing at a home in chattanooga, tennesseejust like your whole world just caves in on you. it's like a black hole. >> justine's dad, steven schwartz, and her mom heidi, were getting one of those awful calls in the middle of the night. a voice telling them their daughter was lying dead on a back country road in virginia. >> it's completely devastating. the worst thing that you can imagine. it's the kind of thing parents dread. >> i remember him putting the phone down and saying, it's justine, she's dead. and just, you know, there's -- there's no way to describe that feeling. >> steve and heidi called their daughter lauren in philadelphia. she was younger than justine by two years. sisters who'd always been inseparable. >> i remember just saying, no, no, no, no, no, over and over. i've turned into a puddle on the floor. you can't stand. you get these pangs in your gut and you can't breathe. >> in the predawn hours, the family made a plan to meet at the airport in charlottesville. >> the fact that she's dead seems impossible, but

acting quickly after vicksburg and another grant victory at chattanooga, tennessee president lincoln brought the western men east. in march 1864, grant accepted command of all union armies, cementing his growing reputation as a symbol of union military victory. grant and lincoln, who had never met until march 9, would come to enjoy an unusually close relationship. while lincoln developed strategy that guided his ultimate national strategy of saving the union, grant developed the political skills that complemented his military goal with the same idea in mind, to save the union. assuming a role as many commanders in the civil war, particularly on the federal side did, of not only planning and executing campaigns, but also advising and carrying out policies on any range of social and political issues in the occupied territory under the control. grant accepted, without question, the president's power as commander in chief. one author wrote -- grant and lincoln assured one another of good intention while maintaining separate series of authority although those spheres sometimes became tang

today it's landed in chattanooga, tennessee, our fan kaitlin campbell watches us on wrtv. and babysitter. >> that's right. she and grayson tune in together wherever they can and kaitlin says although her schedule has gotten busier dough to her school our show has given them quality aunty-nephew time. we like to get them young. >> and look at kaitlin's application photos. her childhood friend lauren helped her out. kaitlin is kathie lee lauren is me. >> we love it, thank you all. >> i love the wigs. >> now it's time to put your fandom to the test. you'll have 15 seconds and one guess. you need to answer correctly to win the grand prize. when i saw what this grand prize was i said it's truly one of my favorite places on the planet so you have to win this. >> all right. >> here we go. for our monthly "everyone has a story" segment. which today co-host writes the original song performed by if guest. >> kathie lee! >> that is right! >> in fairness i co-write it with david freedman. >> but mostly you. okay. so congratulations, honey, you are going on a fabulous trip. >> you will

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morning authorities are in tennessee are working right now to determine the cause of the crash that killed 6 people on a highway. police say the crash outside of chattanooga involved 9 vehicles on i-75 northbound last night. more than 15 people in the cars many injured. police don't have the exact numbers that stretch of roadway is expected to remain closed until sometime this morning. >>> it turns out a motor cyclist running from police was running on empty. california highway patrol said the biker reached 115 miles per hour before the dangerous pursuit. he stopped because he ran out of gas, the man on the motorcycle stepped off his bike and waited on the shoulder until authorities arrived. it is unclear whrie police were trying to pull him over in the first place. >>> pope francis is shocking some of the faithful with new comments on divorce, he said sometimes a couple's split is inevitable citing the safety of women and children. the pope's statement is one of many things he has said that has turned heads on social an political issues challenging some of the cornerstones of the catholic religion. >>> new jersey governor chris christie is posed to take

this morning authorities in tennessee are working right now to determine the cause of the crash that killed 6 people on a highway. police say the crash outside of chattanooga involved 9 vehicles on i-75 northbound. more than 15 people in the cars and many injured. police don't have the exact numbers. that stretch of roadway is expected to remain closed until sometime this morning. >>> new on "action news," it turns out a motorcyclist running from police was running on empty. california highway patrol said the biker reached 115 miles per hour during the dangerous pursuit before he suddenly stopped because he had run out of gas. the man simply stepped off his bike and waited on the shoulder until authorities arrived. it is unclear why police were trying to pull him over in the first place. >>> pope francis is shocking some of the faithful with comments on divorce. he said sometimes a split is inevitable sighting safety of women and children. it accepts those of when they come out of the church. it is one of the many progressive stances that he holds on social and political issues that challenge the cornerstone of the catholic faith. >>> delegates from philad

. >>> and to tennessee, and the church van off the road, at least 16 children and their driver injured. their van crashing outside chattanooga this morning. the group traveling from south carolina, none of the injuries serious. >>> and next, to spokane, washington, and the uproar about the head of the local naacp chapter, did she misrepresent her race? rachel dolezal. her parents claim she's falsely portraying herself as black. steve osunsami, with the controversy over race. >> reporter: under fire tonight is rachel dolezal, the president of the spokane chapter of the naacp, seen here at speaking at a civil rights rally. >> like maya angelou says, through all of the struggle and all of the pain, we still rise. >> reporter: and while she never said to the world that she was truly ethnically african-american, her estranged parents are coming forward tonight saying she's been pretending, telling krem tv in washington state that she's really caucasian and grew up blonde-haired and blue-eyed, changing her appearance to look black. >> our daughter is primarily german and czech and of european descent. >> so, she's white. >> she's

. >>> a tennessee highway is closed this morning after six people were killed in a crash. 15 cars were involved in this crash in chattanooga. including a tractor-trailer. a car caught on fire. police are investigating what caused this crash. a canadian airport is back open this morning after a bomb threat. air canada flight was grounded and air traffic was diverted while police cleared the plane. no one was hurt. >>> a mother and child have been found after surviving a plane crash in a remote area of colombia. they were airlifted t hospital in medellin. a heavy load of fish in the cabin cushioned the crash impact. the pilot was killed. >>> a maryland man is in jail this morning, accused of stealing thousands of atm cards and pin numbers. raphael cordero used an atm skimmer. one skimmer was discovered in a bank. he stole more than $300,000 in the scheme. officers caught up with him in florida. he was trying to board a flight to bogota, colombia. >>> look at this, i want to show you incredible pictures here. a family in washington state came home from a baseball game to find a giant cube of ice in their house. look at that.