in 1863 in the union occupied city of knoxville, tennessee, a federal officer approached 19-year-old ellen renshaw house about her apparent patriotism for the confederate cause. he asked if she believed that "reconstructing the union" was actually possible, and she called the idea simply ridiculous. she argued that southern children had hated the yankee nation from the time they were born. the hatred grew with their growth and strengthened with their strength. now, this, in similar declarations by house soon earned her a measure of notoriety among the occupiers. eventually a union general sent word to her parents if she didn't stop it, they were going to punish her. she insisted to her parents and to the union officials that all she had ever done was just to wave at the poor fellows as they were going off to prison. meaning the confederate prisoners. in actuality, house had done a lot more than just wave to the confederate prisoners. she actually helped them a lot. she volunteered in the prison, she sent them messages. she gave them blankets. but she often just openly spoke her mind

the argument was over a trip that she had plans to venezuela knoxville mercury news says that after he parts the, of screaming and started to a stop there is some deal from his car seat. he was panicky to see the panic and she was screaming. end to a raised over from the driver sees option still on my seat on said put money into her arm to tries to guide her back into the passenger's seat so we could just the escalate this and talk this through. >>> mercury news suspended last month after he pleaded guilty to false imprisonment is he a plea deal. the city's ethics commission is expected to decide whether to permanently remove him from his post reprehensible as the or the white house used to describe photographs of american troops disrespecting the bodies of enemy forces in afghanistan has given martin report some face serious charges. the waves they're literally that picture is the print is not pentagon didn't want to see american soldiers posing with a dismembered remains of any suicide bombers. published by the los angeles times despite pleas from defense secretary panetta. >>> we're

. >>> wbir 10 news in knoxville, tennessee. in nearby severeville, man's best friend has become a loving parent to wayward cats. an animal shelter took in three orphaned newborn kit.sthat needed to be bottle fed but the shelter decided to do a little experiment. they tried having a nursing mother dog take on the kittens. it worked. she nursed and cleaned those kittens and then a fourth brought in days later, and now they're all one big, happy family. >>> this is "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. >> good morning. what a nice morning there is out there. we have clear skies, and yeah, there are chilly temperatures. there could be cold ones. right now, temperatures are above that. the breeze is holding the temperature up, northerly at 10 miles an hour at the airport, gusts to about 17. with winds like that, it's hard to let the temperatures drop. 43 is the reading at the airport right now. 51%, the humidity. the barometer is at 29.98. downtown, even a little bit less chilly with a reading of

. >>> wbir 10 news in knoxville, tennessee. in nearby severeville, man's best friend has become a loving parent to wayward cats. an animal shelter took in three orphaned newborn kit.sthat needed to be bottle fed but the shelter decided to do a little experiment. they tried having a nursing mother dog take on the kittens. it worked. she nursed and cleaned those kittens and then a fourth brought in days later, and now they're all one big, happy family. >>> this is "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. >>> and good friday morning. a live look outside. a clear sky to start your day. a little chilly out there. and may be like that for a little while. >> that's not good. >> often -- in the near future. tom will explain some more i hope. if i'm right. >>> good morning, i'm aaron gilchrist. >> and i'm eun yang. welcome to "news4 today" for this friday, april 6, 2012. morning, just when thought the mega millions mystery could not get any more bizarre, it did. the baltimore woman who claims she has the

. >> approaching knoxville, based on all the information i had, i felt like we were right on scheduleake it with room to spare. >> but then an hour past knoxville and still 30 minutes from their intended airport, an unnerving surprise. >> the fuel in the right tank exhausted before i expected it to. >> so quickly he switches to his remaining tank in the left wing. he also decides to land at the first available airport just north of atlanta in cobb county. >> the equipment showed us we were ten minutes away from the airport and the fuel gauge wasn't on "e." it looked like we had 30 minutes of fuel left. >> but then only seven minutes later, still miles from the airfield and at 4,000 feet, the second tank runs dry. >> it went from -- to a -- with the air coming through the plane. >> the novice pilot knows his only chance is to glide the aircraft to the ground. >> it is a heavily wooded area. planes and trees don't mix. kind of like a blow dryer and a bathtub. >> to make matters worse, it was dark. >> but then a break. >> i spotted a dark clearing between two evenly cut sets of trees. an

thunderstorms from knoxville to the carolinas and miami. mountain snow in the northern rockies. showers in the pacific northwest. >> 55 in seattle. and a hot 95 in phoenix. 58 in minneapolis. and 52 in chicago. 70s from boston to atlanta. 84 in miami. 81 in new orleans. >>> well, next on this friday morning, sounds good, doesn't it? friday morning. >> yeah. >> getting the bugs out. insects as a food additive. one chain says no more. >>> plus, a bird strike forced that famous landing on the hudson river. and almost did the very same thing again yesterday. we have new details from overnight. >>> and the heights one mom is going to help elect her daughter prom queen. >>> welcome back, everyone. there are signs that the u.s. economy is chugging along. the strong earnings reports this week from two of the nation's biggest freight railroads show the u.s. economic recovery is continuing both cxs and union pacific are hauling more goods and raw materials. >>> overseas markets are off a little as investors play it safe. tokyo's nikkei average falling 27 points today. hong kong's hang sen

and i-40, from raleigh to knoxville.n i-5, from seattle to reading, california. >>> if you're flying, just a couple airport delays to tell you about. look out in atlanta and in charlotte. >>> back to the news this morning. a murder mystery is unfolding in southern california. police say they found a body believe to be that off brittany killgore, not far from the city of san diego. >> killgore is the wife of a marine serving in afghanistan. she was last seen on friday. that woman, jessica lynn lopez, tried to kill herself and left details of killgore's murder in a suicide note. >>> police in northern california say they have some new leads in the case of 15-year-old girl, sierra lamar. she fvanished about a month ago. divers have been searching reservoirs near her santa clara county home. but so far, they have turned up nothing. >>> and a suburban detroit woman who won a $1 million lottery jackpot, she's been charged with welfare fraud. prosecutors say amanda clayton continued to get food stamps and public health insuranc

. >> reporter: -- to emery's five and dime store in knoxville, tennessee, a family-owned fixture sincehe '20s. >> i used to come in here with my grandparents. i'd always find something i wanted. >> reporter: the idea, organizers say, is if you spend local, the money will stay local. >> i think cash mobs, especially now in this economy, when we're just trying to have a recovery, play an important role in helping people think about where their dollars go and how they can help support local merchants. >> reporter: dollars, and a sense of community that continues, for this cash mob, beyond the shopping spree. >> to the cash mob! >> reporter: michelle franzen, nbc news, brooklyn, new york. >>> up next here tonight, education nation, teachers sounding the alarm tonight about an area of critical concern. >>> plus cleveland rocks. adding some big names to the greatest of all-time. ♪ >>> tonight marks the start of our nbc network wide initiative education nation, a national conversation about improving the state of education in america. it culminates with our annual summit on rockefeller plaza

. >>> this comes to us from wbir 10 news in knoxville, tennessee. in nearby sevierville, man's best friend has become a loving parent to wayward cats. an animal shelter took in three orphaned newborn kittens that needed to be bottle fed but the shelter decided -- oh, a little experiment. they tried having a nursing mother dog take on the kittens. it worked. she nursed them, and then there was another one brought in days later, nursed that one too and now they're all one, big happy family. it works for them. >> and the puppy was cute. >> are you saying we could get along? if we had a mom here. >> a mom to support both of us. i'm lynn berry. this is "early today," your first stop of the day. >>> city dwellers in santa domingo won't have to travel far for fun in the sun. sand, palm trees and pools all came to them as the country's first artificial beach opened to the public. unfortunately, due to rocky shorelines and polluted water, nearby oceanfront locations are no longer an option. the beach is going to be available through easter sunday. looks like

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. >>> a press conference is set for today in knoxville, tennessee where legendary head coach pat summittfficially step down from the lady vols. now eight months ago summitt disclosed her diagnosis of early on set alzheimer's was part of the reason service named -- she has been named head coach. >>> and president obama is going to be welcoming the bcs national champion alabama crimson tide to the white house. roll tide. the president a also honor the team though for its community service efforts in tuscaloosa after the deadly tornadoes rocked is that area in 2011. >>> some advertising on the nba jerseys? the "new york times" now reporting several owners and executives recently met to talk about selling ads on game uniforms. the top nba executive says the proposal is far if a done deal. and will not move forward without the approval of all team owners. beachwood elementary is closed due to a water main break. staff you show up for work. >> all right, yes, we also have some patchy fog out there this morning. so as you've heading to work and to school, make sure you do have the low beams on.

. >> joe ferguson, i moved from knoxville, tennessee. >> reporter: after china, australia and south africae fourth largest gold producer in the world. statewide the mining industry employs more than 12,000 with an average salary of about $80,000. rick works at barrett gold cortez mine, the most productive facility in north america. >> it's awesome. i love my job. >> reporter: doug weiss came to cortez after his montana mine shut down. >> there's a lot of money to be made here. >> reporter: the work isn't easy. most of these miners pull 12-hour days and have a two-hour commute. >> a welcoming sight at the end of our day -- daylight. >> reporter: but so long as there's gold in the ground and a paycheck to earn, tammy adams says people like her will keep showing up. >> everybody's just awesome. and i don't think you're going to find a job any better. >> reporter: nevada's mining association estimates the industry wil add 1200 jobs in nevada this year, so long as the price of gold remains over $1600 an ounce. i'm jeff glor, cbs news, new york. >>> well, coming up after your local news on "cbs

in knoxville, samantha saracino, abc news. >> 59 years old.s this decision was hers alone and is supporting her assistant, holly, to take the reins of that team. >> 8 national championships, 18 final fours, 16 conference titles. it's unprecedented. you don't see this kind of loyalty in college sports anymore. mike krzyzewski comes to mind. the winningest coach of all time in any sport in ncaa history. >> incredible career and a well-earned retirement. >> for sure. >> we'll be right back, everybody. >> announcer: abc's "world nh@h@ ♪ >>> he really looks so amazing throughout his life. it really is incredible. when we learned of dick clark's passing, many of us, of course, fell back to a time when so many watched "american bandstand" to hear the latest music. >> and of course, to see all the new dance moves. here are a few memories from our "abc scrapbook." ♪ >> the nation's number one song. "at the hop"! ♪ let's go to the hop let's go to the hop ♪ >> this one is called "rock around the clock." ♪ one, two, three o'clock four o'clock rock five, s

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. >> gail ferguson i moved from knoxville, tennessee. >> reporter: after china, australia and south africavada is the fourth largest gold producer in the world. statewide the mining industry employees more than 4,000 with an average individual salary of about 80,000 dollars. rick franco works at barrick gold's cortez mine, the most productive facility in north america. >> it's awe so i love ply job. >> reporter: doug came to cortez after his montana mine shut down. >> there's a lot of jobs here. there is a lot of money to be made here. >> the work isn't easy, most of these minors pull 12 hour days and have a two hour commute. >> the welcoming sign at the end of our day. >> but so long as there is gold in the ground and a paycheck to earn, tammy adams says people like her will keep showing up. >> everybody is just awesome. and i don't think are you going to find a job any better. >> nevada mining association says the industry will add an additional $1200 jobs this year. that is so long as the price of gold remains over 1600 an ounce. >> that is the "cbs evening news" tonight. later on cbs 6

. >> the next call for you is from linda in knoxville, tennessee. welcome to the conversation. >> hello. my qualification for commenting on this as i'm currently trying to teach to adults about $200 a month. i said to adults on $100 a month, with inflation would now be about $130 a month. where to begin. the first interesting thing is how the cozy pet though far from women, which is very unlike "washington journal." okay, i would like first comments on consolidation in the food industry, for example a mexican company called them though now owns almost all of the food and drug companies in america, including sara lee. but my real question is food labeling. it used to be when you buy food, it's that manufacture by selling so for wal-mart. now it says distributed by wal-mart with no clue whatsoever about who actually made it is the question is what changed the food labeling laws that committed this to happen. i hope i have the same cut off at the end. >> there's two important questions with consolidation on the premise that the reaches consumers. >> co

thunderstorms from knoxville down to miami. hail and high winds in southern and eastern texas.the dakotas and montana. mountain snow in idaho and wyoming. showers in the pacific northwest. >> 55 in seattle. 65 in portland.

today in knoxville, tenn., on the board named in her honor, pat summitt began saying goodbye to the gamend school she has love for nearly 40 years. >> i can tell you i have loved my work at the university of tennessee. has been awesome. >> suffering from early onset of dementia, with her memory beginning to fade, she read from a prepared statement. moments of her famous fire and passion came through in her message to the lady vol fans. >> i need you to step up more than ever to support our new head coach. >> today's announcement was not shocking. she was able to finish out coaching this season. >> it is never a good time, but you have to find the time that you think is the right time, and that is now. >> she symbolically handed over the reins of the program, her whistle, two longtime assistant holly warlick. while she will no longer rule the court from the bench, she will still be part of the lady vols after being given the title of head coach emeritus. >> i will still be here at practice. i will be yelling at them still. they may not like that, but it makes me feel good. >> players say

us that most of her prostitution activity after contracting hiv occurred between 1998 and 2001 in knoxvillew is your health? you have hiv. >> i'm great. i'm, i don't, i don't even feel sick. i mean, physically, i don't. but emotionally, i do. at times. mentally, mentally, you know, when i think about it, you know. and it's not good. >> if dietz didn't consider the well-being of her clients, she did give some thought to her three children. she gave them up for adoption knowing her drug addiction made parenting impossible. >> why are you crying? >> because i miss my kids. i envy those that got to raise them. i wish i had a vision of what drugs did to people. i think i wouldn't be in here today. >> tell me what's going to be different when you go out next year. when you are released from prison next year, what will be different? >> what will be different? well, i have one choice, to live, be out there with my children again, my family. or come back in. or be dead in the ghetto. that's all i can say. and i have to do it. i have to do it. i can't come back. i'm 39, i'm getting too old for this,

we have the largest recycling plant on the planet which is in knoxville, tennessee, because we want toe the stuff that only takes 5% of the energy to remelt that and turn it into a new aluminum compared to if you have to make it, and also newly make it, there is a differences, because you say, what do they expect from us, and two-thirds of the energy we use from making the primary new aluminum comes from the hydropower and so that the cleanest waterpower and the cleanest thing and no co2 emission, and we reduced the co2 emission in the last 50 years by 60%. that is the story. >> and how about my daughter who took this class and she said that the number one pollution pr problem in world is plastic computers so what is alcoa doing on that? >> well, your daughter is smart. >> well, she is. >> where does that come from? i don't know. exactly. she knows and you know that average house in the u.s. throws away 3 1/2 pieces of electronics every year, and this adds up. you see that the industry is in the process of alum ninumalumine whole casing and the thing is that it appealing from the consu

we have some thunderstorms from knoxville to carolina.ti, detroit, louisville and little rock. large hail and gusty winds around houston and corpus christi. showers from montana to the dakotas. mountain show in wyoming and idaho. >> i love it when you say hail. large hail. >> did i say it southern? >> a little bit. >> i don't hear it. >> 72 in boise. fargo getting all the way up to 60. bust out the shorts and -- >> fargo. midwest. that's your accent. >> indianapolis is 67. 70s from boston to atlanta. 84 in miami. >>> cute animal story of the day right here comes from the philadelphia zoo. this video actually has caught fire on the internet. in the video a little girl plays chase with otters who were swimming behind that glass. >> so adorable. they follow her as far as they can go and then crash into the wall and wait for her to run again. she and the otters played tirelessly like this for ten minutes. but when he ran along the glass the same way, they just aren't interested. of course they weren't. she's adorable and unassuming. >> cute v

from the students and lady vol's attire, to pat head summit street in knoxville, and the summit basketball court in the thompson arena. throughout tennessee, her legacy is strong as well. she has a gym named after her at u.t. martin and at her high school. pat summit's true legacy, however, is the alumni who have succeeded due to her hard work and the thousands of young women who have pursued excellence in sports and have been successful due to her example. pat summit retired from coaching april 18, and will continue to serve the lady vols as head coach amayor tuss. she now -- emeritus. she now faces the battle of early onset alzheimer's disease. like her coaching career, i know she will face this disease with krge and determination. we -- courage and determination. we will be praying and thinking about her throughout this battle and we know we will miss her input on the landscape of tennessee. thank you. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from tennessee, mrs. blackburn, for five minutes. mrs. blackburn: i ask unanimous co

thunderstorms from knoxville down to miami. hail and high winds in southern and eastern texas. rain from little rock and louisville over to cincinnati and detroit. showers in the dakotas and montana. mountain snow in idaho and wyoming. showers in the pacific northwest. >> 55 in seattle. 65 in portland. 95 in phoenix. it's 58 in kc. 73 in dallas. miami hitting 84. atlanta, 72. and boston, 70. >>> there is a lot to celebrate on this april 20th. 4/20 is the date. to some it's earth day. an important cause around the world. other tos it's weed day. those celebrating that are already probably asleep. >> but here like actual weeds in your garden? >> yeah. uh-huh. >> "world news now" we're celebrating national look alike day. i've had a lot of folks tell me that -- they have told me for years that i look like bianna, the weekend anchor for "gma." she's on maternity leave right now. >> had her first kid. >> he's beautiful. she's doing well. but, yeah, she could be my twin sister. what do you think? >> i see a resemblance. the thing i always get in my look alike is this familiar broadca

pennsylvania, company c, the 50th of pennsylvania, they managed to fight in klein ya, virginia, vicksburg, knoxville, get back in time for the overland campaign in virginia in 1864. and a lot of it is rail movements. and the photographers which also enable early, preemptive and often false reporting by journalists. i say, one of the things with mead, one of the reasons mead isn't better remembered now is, um, he was a patrician, an upper crust philadelphian. he had no time for journalists. and in 1864 at coal harbor a journalist files a patently false report about the army of the potomac and mead and his leadership. and mead has this journalist ridden out of camp, backwards, facing backwards on a mule. and the soldiers all mocking him, laughing at him. well, journalists are herd animals, and they rally around their own. and the journalists make a compact they will not mention mead in any reports back to their newspapers unless it's an unfavorable case. and so he's written out. so he's the only native that journalists, the lost causers hate him for defeating robert e. lee in a fair fight, and the gen

head's up, anyone between nashville and knoxville. central tennessee to western tennessee, strong thunderstorms are heading your way at this hour. winds could gust up to 60 miles per hour. we've already had a lot of power outages and downed trees in southern portions of kentucky, and now those storms are rolling your way. give it about an hour before those storms hit knoxville. nashville, it looks like you should be just safe. forecast also includes a lot of rain this morning heading out of west virginia, through virginia, an umbrella day from roanoke to richmond, and up to washington, d.c. and our friends from columbus to parkersburg, west virginia, also dealing with rain. a bit of wet weather out there today. don't be fooled by the sunshine in new england. clouds will head your way with rain late today. it's a chilly start to the day in new england. temperatures in the 30s in some areas. as far as the rest of the country goes, the amazing heat continues in texas. it was 104 in lubbock, texas, yesterday. the hottest temperature ever

with us from knoxville is the coach's son, the aforementioned tyler.ve you here, tyler. welcome. >> thank you for having me. >> the remarkable thing about your mother beyond her legacy, what she has done, is that she may very well be able to do so much more now because of her courage. talk to us a bit about where and how she will spend her life now this she has, in a sense, marked this remarkable achievement in basketball. >> well, i think we've always known god had a bigger plan for her than just coaching basketball. so she's stepping into a new role where she can still mentor her players and be a role model for them. >> tyler, i was so touched yesterday watching the news conference with you and your mom when you were rubbing her mom and rubbing her back. it's clear the two of you have quite a bond. what did you learn from her as a coach and what did you learn from her as a parent? what was she like as a parent? what is she like as a parent? >> well, i'll tell you this, discipline always came first. that was a priority in our house. that goes with par

dean reynolds is on the campus in knoxville. good morning. >> reporter: good morning.ll having a hard time grasping the idea that pat summitt will not be in charge next season. while she will be head coach emeritus, a page has definitely turned in tennessee. >> this really means a lot to me to be here today. >> reporter: pat summitt, winningest coach in college basketball history, the daughter of dairy farmers from henrieta, tennessee, was saying good-bye at the top of her game. >> i can tell you, i have loved my work at the university of tennessee. it's been awesome. and i can say for almost four decades it has been a privilege to make an impact on the lives of 161 women who have worn orange. i am so proud of them, the lady vol student athletes. >> reporter: and that was pat summitt, always pushing, always urging her players to greater heights on the courts and in their lives. confrontational -- >> three seconds! somebody count! >> reporter: combative. >> obviously he didn't come here real inspired. >> reporter: compassionate. >> good job. >> reporter: she headed over

dean reynolds is at the campus in knoxville, tennessee. she takes her lead today, coach summitt says she'll devote a lot of time in the future to fighting the disease that has sidelined her. last month you could tell from her words that pat summitt seemed to know her coaching career was coming to an end. >> i love the game. and whether i'm here in -- you know, at ut, i may or may not coach. so, it is what it is. >> reporter: for 38 years she roamed courtside, racking up 1,098 wins against only 208 losses. along the way, there were eight national championships and 16 conference titles that put summitt and women's college basketball on the nation's sports map. shelly collier played for summitt from 1983 to 1987. >> wow. i mean, when you think about women's basketball, how can you not think about pat summitt? she has touched a lot of people's lives. >> reporter: holly warlick, summitt's assistant, will succeed her but can't really replace her. summitt, who is 59, will become head coach emeritus. >> she's still very much alive, very much ready

. ♪ tum tum tum tum tums >> things are going to look very different in knoxville starting this fall. pacing courtside. summitt has announced she's stepping down after 38 seasons. jeff fischel is with me, and put her career in perspective for us. >> we talked about the 38 seasons and it's really -- she's mirrored and led the way in the fact that women's college basketball has changed. no one watched a women's college basketball game. she talked about starting to see that change. and there was one game on the national championship game and now you see them all of the time and largely due to her and her success. an incredible career as she led tennessee to an incredible run. eight national titles in her 38 years as head coach of the vols. 1,098 wins. it's not even close. she won so many more games than anyone else, men's or women's. you have to consider her easily the greatest basketball coach of all time, 18 final fours and seven times she was national coach of the year and she would talk about herself and how important the other side of it was, the academic side of it was. every one o

very vigorous low-pressure system, and that's causing risk of strong storms from new orleans up to knoxvillend nashville and as far south as orlando and coastal florida. we already have, in fact, a few tornado watches and warnings out this morning that will continue on into the early afternoon hours. rainfall amounts anywhere from one to four inches of rain. that's what's going on around then >>> that's your latest weather. matt? >> all right, al, thank you very much. >>> now to presidential politics. mitt romney is taking aim at president obama on the heels of his sweep of tuesday's gop primaries, accusing the president of playing hide and seek with his agenda. chuck todd is nbc's political director and chief white house correspondent. chuck, good morning to you. >> good morning, matt. >> mitt romney has said -- and i'm paraphrasing here -- that he would like to bring the primary season to an end so that he can start to focus on the general election. who can blame him? but it's easier said than done, isn't it? >> it is. right now rick soicantorum, he' like to sort of prove himself, win penn

i know at the university of tennessee where tuition is about $8,000, a very good campus in knoxville, virtually all of the freshmen show up with a state scholarship. if they are low-income students, they are eligible for pell grants and other aid. so we will continue to work on a bipartisan basis to make this opportunity available to students, and if there are abuses in the for-profit sector or other sectors of our education, we should work on those together. but i'd like to talk a little bit more specifically this morning about the issue of student loans and interest rates on student loans. president obama is busy this week on campuses across america talking about student loans. it's a noble goal to talk about making it easier for students to afford college. it's a goal we all share. but i'm afraid the president is not telling the whole story, because if he were to tell the whole story, what he would have to tell the students is that the principal reason for the rise in tuition at public colleges and universities across america and community colleges and the principal reason for the