kert davies, we hear you. we thank you both for being here. >> thank you very much. >> brown: >> brown: still to come on the newshour, the attempted bomb plot in new york's times square; the nuclear showdown at the united nations; an airline mega- merger; and poland's future after its tragedy. but first, the other news of the day. here's hari sreenivasan in our newsroom. >> sreenivasan: the death toll reached 22 today from weekend storms that hit tennessee, mississippi and kentucky. the worst was in nashville, tennessee, where more than a foot of rain sent the cumberland river surging into the streets.- here was enough water in places to float an entire dumpster down a street. portions of the historic downtown area were evacuated as the cumberland river crested 11 feet above flood stage. businesses were closed and thousands of tourists took refuge in shelters. the deluge piled cars atop one another. and carried some vehicles down submerged streets. thousands of homes and businesses were damaged, including scho