our fist caller is mary, calling from hend -- hendersonville, north carolina, republican line. can congress avoid a government shutdown? caller: i think they can but i'd like to express my opinion. i'm sick and tired of listening to people say the republicans have control of the house and the senate and the presidency. when they need 60 votes and it's not that easy. because we have people in the senators of the freedom caucus what are against a lot of the bills. so to get to 60 is not an easy thing. and if it were that easy, then you know, if the democrats had everything for eight years, more would have been done. it's not as easy as it looks. as someone who worked in government for 37 year i can tell you it's not an easy task. i just pray that we can all come together because i am a catholic and a republican and i supported president obama for year, i kohl rated it, i didn't agree with everything but he was our president. we're not democrats and republicans after the election. we are americans. and we need to come together for the good of america. and i pray that it happens an

i'm in hendersonville, just outside nashville, and alex has invited me to a musical landmark. incredible. i can't believe i'm here. >> welcome. >> thank you so much. and the cash cabin. what is this place? >> johnny cash built this cabin in the '80s as a getaway. one of the best recording studios in the world. >> and the families were close? >> yeah, our families go back to the '50s, when johnny and roy were roommates and labelmates at sun records. >> i can't wait to learn more, and i would love to see inside. >> of course. >> this cabin has been a creative refuge for dozens of major recording artists, but it's also like home to roy's boys, and a link to their late father. what was he like as a dad? >> he was pretty wonderful as a dad. >> born in 1936, roy spent much of his youth in vernon, texas. i heard that he wrote his first song at 8? >> he definitely had his first radio show as an 8-year-old. he walked down with his guitar and knocked on the door, and he said, "yeah, my name's roy orbison, and i want to play some songs for you guys." by the end of the year he had his own