in 1959, jian granger waa rt with the knoxville news-sentinel.turday night, i was coming in on the late shift at the knoxville news-sentinel. i went to my box, and i pulled out all the news releases and so forth. and there was the weekly, or bi-weekly, news release of the tennessee valley authority. and i went through it -- the rainfall in the valley. it was mundane stuff. and i got around to the second page, and lo and behold, this thing jumped out at me. "on this bidding, allis-chalmers, "general electric, and pennsylvania transformer quoted identical prices of $112,712." schoumacher: close parentheses, and that was it? so i went back to my desk, thought about it for a while, and then i called red wagner. i told him, i seem to recall telling him, "i can't believe this, red. you know, how could you have identical bids?" and he began to unload on me. he says, "the real story "is down in chattanooga, where the head of purchasing is paul fahey." so i did, i went down there. and paul fahey had a stack of -- it was on ruled paper -- but he had case a

gusting to about 44 miles per hour at knoxville creek. we still have 32 miles per hour winds from the north. not terribly windy compared to yesterday. and when checking out humidity, it drys us out. 7% humidity. you're probably feeling it a little bit. 11% oakland. so tonight we're expecting the chill. now, wind is going to remain up we're going to continue to monitor the wind gusts up to 50 possible. if traveling to seera nevada they're going to continue to see gusty winds, northeastern gusts over ridges. 70 to 90 miles per hour. east bay hills camera, it's clear out there. temperatures 67 san francisco. mountain view. traffic doesn't like so great. mild in santa rosa. 60s everywhere else. here is the view from our kgo roof camera. you can see how nice it is outside. gusty winds tonight. sunny skies and mild. and it's a rainy outlook for thanksgiving. check out winds. tonight at 6:00 p.m still gusty, strongest into the north bay. you'll see in wee hours, winds gusting. 52 miles per hour in santa rosa. we'll keep them up there in the morn

effect for parts of the north bay. 22 miles an hour oakland hills and up to 30 miles an hour around knoxville creek, so this is where we are looking at dangerous conditions. the dew point right now in santa rosa is at 8 so we have dry fuels, low relative humidity, temperatures range from the upper 30s to the low 60s right now. throughout the afternoon we'll be looking at numbers in the 50s and 60s and that wind it can to ease throughout the afternoon and a cooler night will be in store, maybe some patchy frost but we have some good news, rain will return to the bay area. we'll have a look at that seven-day outlook coming up. >>> we begin with breaking news in sue knoll, interstate 680 is moving again after a fatal accident early this morning. the highway patrol lifted a special traffic advisory about 90 minutes ago after three northbound lanes were shut down since about 1:00 this morning, when a corvette hit a mini van that had stalled near vargas road. at least one person died at the scene. actually we know at this point it was a man in a corvette, an elderly man stopped to see if people in

knoxville creek, 20 miles an hour.d if you are headed out. a cool couple days. northwesterly days allows for the cooler air mass to settle in. the mornings will be quite chilly. this afternoon featuring a few more clouds around. tomorrow will be nice and sunny. but as we take you through hour by hour you will notice by 3:00, 4:00, we are looking at partly cloudy skies, breezy, cool and the temperatures throughout the day today across the state even taking a hit with this cooler air mass. just 49 tahoe, 59 monterey, 50s common along the shoreline with numbers across the pay in the mid-60s today. 65 in fremont with mid-60s up in napa. 67 antioch. if you are headed over to oakland for the raiders today, about 60 at 1:00. then low 60s, breezy with sunshine. accuweather seven-day forecast, little change until midweek. that's the warmup. then a cool down with extra clouds and perhaps rain by next weekend were we will have to wait it out. >> i agree, we need the rain. our director, jerry, said if it were 70 and raining, that

this comes from knoxville at the walmart. the company had a deal on rachel ray cookware. a lot of women seen fighting over the boxes. some never got a set. the frenzy ex tended beyond the borders of the mainland. this is at a walmart in puerto rico. a stampede by thousands of people trying to be the first to get their hands on an hdtv. the bay area didn't have reports of those kinds of problems today even though it was a different story for other shoppers around the country. the retailers seem to think the drama is worth it. >> reporter: chaos as stores opened earlier than ever and shoppers rushed in for black friday deals. there were swarms of shoppers from puerto rico to nashville to new york city and in some places it did get ugly. there were fist fights in north carolina, a stabbing in virginia, and brawls in texas. there was even a shooting just outside a store in las vegas after a man tried to steal one successful shopper's deal. stores opened early on thanksgiving night. walmart welcomed shoppers as early as 6 p.m. and attracted more than 22 million people. macy's,

taking a look at how gusty it is, knoxville creek over 50 miles per hour winds. so watch out out there. it's going to be on the rough side from our mount tamalpais camera. you can see crew trees are just blowing in the wind. 60 degrees in san francisco. it's 59 in oakland. 57 degrees in half moon bay. beautiful after glow of the sunset from our camera. the wind clearing out the air. 59 santa rosa. 58 napa. 59 in livermore, nice shape there from our east bay hills camera. mount diablo, clear, windy tonight. we're looking at rain likely for travel day and thanksgiving. here is a storm still producing more showers this morning. it's long gone. but check out the set up. big difference between high building and low to the south. that is creating strong winds we're going to continue to see that happening. now, i want to turn to what noa just issued. below normal rainfall for southwestern u.s. and where do we fare? it doesn't tell us a lot but that is because we're not expecting an el neeno or la nina. we'll have to wait and see. tomorrow morning upper 30s to mid 40s. w

it's saturday, and in iowa that means sprint car racing at knoxville raceway., but don't be fooled. the average sprint car can reach speeds of up to 140 miles per hour. it's a family tradition that mike houseman has carried on for more than eight years. >> sprint cars are probably the most powerful dirt car there is. my dad raced for like 25 years. mainly here in knoxville. my brother races now. my cousin raced, my grandpa raced. so it's a big kind of family deal with us. >> but on this night, the family dynasty almost comes to a tragic end. >> i remember the start of the race, starting up front, i remember running a few laps under green, then battling with another car side by side. he kept getting closer and closer to me. >> the two drivers jockey back and forth for the lead until mike suddenly realizes something is wrong. >> one lap i didn't see him. i just felt a hard impact. the next thing i knew i was in the air. >> trouble! >> while i was in the air, i could feel that my tank had ruptured. i started feeling the fuel dump on me. >> mike's sprint car lands

in tennessee, the deicing crews at knoxville airport were busy. with the storms interrupting travel in the air and the roads, people opting for the train were happy to avoid driving. >> the weather is questionable. i could be on a bus. it's better than being on a bus. >> some of the delays on the rails had as much to do with thanksgiving crowds as with the weather. >> craig leeson reporting. flightware.com said 300 were cancelled because of the storm, but that was a fraction of 32 flights in and out of the u.s. on the day. . >>> well, on wednesday night the storm that went up the east coast could have been worse. we got a lot of rain across the major airports. the system pushed out. we'll be left with this morning a cold temperature to start the day. it will be 29. chicago 18. houston you'll see 28 degrees. for the north-west it's looking nice. we haven't seen too much in terms of rain. we have clouds pushing through. unfortunately, over the next couple of days things will start to deteriorate as we go to the weekend. everyone will look at sunday.

. >> approaching knoxville, based on all the information i had, i felt like we were right on schedulet 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 1800-pound 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 tre

and then this one comes from knoxville, tennessee, a wal- mart in knoxville. deal on rachael ray cookware, and a lot of women you can see there fighting over the boxes, and in the midst of the fight some of them never even got a set. >>> turning now to puerto rico let's take a look at another incident at a wal-mart, this one in puerto rico where a stampede by thousands of people trying to be the first one into the store to get their hands on an hdtv. >>> and now we'll turn to texas where some shoppers got more than they bargained for. this also at a wal-mart where police started pepper spraying the crowd when shoppers got out of control. wal-mart officials say that a mass of people rushed a pallet full of tablets and headphones just as a black friday sale started at 8:00 p.m. police and store staff tried to control the crowd but a young boy got knocked down in the crush and an officer used pepper spray to try and break things up. wal-mart saying these were isolated incidents, it doesn't represent the black friday experience at most of its stores. >>> well, a b

knoxville creek, 40 mile-an-hour winds. mount tams, 30. we will switch from the wind to the upcoming rain. your weekend and holiday forecast coming up. carolyn? >> sandhya, thank you. >>> a bay area man held captive may be a victim of mistaken identity. north korean officials say they are holding meryl new map of pal -- newman from palo alto. he is 84-year-old meryl hnewman. that newman won a medal of valor. her husband was yanked off a plane as he was about to come home with his tour group. >>> the naacp will join officials from san jose state pus.ersity to address racial the meeting comes as a fourth student has been charged now with a hate crime and battery against their african-american roommate. police say he and three others put their roommate's head in a bike lock, called him names with slave references and put nazi symbols and a confederate flag in their shared room. >>> joseph naso has been sentenced to death. he responded with an indecent gesture. he is convicted of murdering four women between 1977 and 1994. the judge called nas

knoxville creek, 40 mile-an-hour winds. mount tams, 30. we will switch from the wind to the upcoming rain. your weekend and holiday forecast coming up. carolyn? >> sandhya, thank you. >>> a bay area man held captive may be a victim of mistaken identity. north korean officials say they are holding meryl new map of pal -- newman from palo alto. he is 84-year-old meryl hnewman. that newman won a medal of valor. her husband was yanked off a plane as he was about to come home with his tour group. >>> the naacp will join officials from san jose state university to address racial tension on campus. the meeting comes as a fourth student has been charged now with a hate crime and battery against their african-american roommate. police say he and three others put their roommate's head in a bike lock, called him names with slave references and put nazi symbols and a confederate flag in their shared room. >>> joseph naso has been sentenced to death. he responded with an indecent gesture. he is convicted of murdering four women between 1977 and 1994. t

for short, was held at the university of tennessee in knoxville. to make it here, the teams had to find solutions to challenges that involve the "4 c's"... ed the four ed >> well, i think it's critical in terms of developing problem-solvers and independent learners, kids who can collaborate with teams. >> at the start of each season, the teams decide which of seven challenges they want to take on. to meet the challenge might require skills like science and math, or maybe theatre know-how, and, of course, imagination. >> i like getting that it's okay to be different, and, like, i can just be myself and creative, and it, like, lets me escape and be creative and stuff. >> during the week-long finals, they get to stretch their imaginations -- from testing racecar driving skills to pretending to clean the ocean floor. for this challenge, teams had to design wheels that could be guided with accuracy. it's harder than it looks. [ cheers and applause ] >> the first year, we came in dead last, and from there, we had to build up, and i think that was really

knoxville creek 59 miles an hour still gusting about 57 in the far inland east bay hills. peak wind gust so far if you think it's windy hereal pain meadows 120 miles an hour. 65 oakland hills. you can see the winds even in polices like santa rosa, petaluma, over 50 miles an hour and this view from our east bay hills camera showing you just how windy it still is over the higher elevation. 58 san francisco oakland right now. 53 san jos jose. temperatures being held up a little bit by what you see here. flags flapping in the wind here. santa rosa 58 degrees. 57 in napa currently in the mid 50's concord and livermore. view from the mountain tam pal pis camera not as shakey as earlier. sunny mild the next few days and we expect rain for holiday travel but i have a little bit better news for thanks giving. >> area of low pressure that brought us the showers earlier today. high pressure building in. large pressure difference between the 2 and we are just caught in that wind tunnel which is why you are experiencing the strong winds. here's look at the computer animation tonight. w

meanwhile, with freezing rain, airports as far south as knoxville were going heavy with the de-icing today. icy rain and high winds lit up the misery map today. new york, d.c., atlanta, the most affected airports. on my flight, the wind made for a very bumpy ride. the turbulence really picked up. >> the aircraft is leaving on time. >> reporter: on the ground at jet blue's command center, it was mainly smooth sailing on their plights. >> this area is some of the most challenging to operate in. >> reporter: heavy snow fell in upstate new york leading to power outages in rochester. even more snow in western michigan. but beautiful in denver and san diego. while back at the pittsburgh airport, chad returns from a business trip. >> i was able to get an early flight out. i was happy to be home. >> reporter: just in time for thanksgiving. a little bit of good news also. if you're driving, gas prices are down 49 cents from their peak. so a little more change in your pocket. nice time of year for that to happen. >> tom costello starting us off. thanks. and to the weather center we go. janis,

knoxville creek, 40 mile-an-hour winds. mount tams, 30.will switch from the wind to the upcoming rain. your weekend and holiday forecast coming up. carolyn? >> sandhya, thank you. >>> a bay area man held captive may be a victim of mistaken identity. north korean officials say they are holding meryl new map of pal -- newman from palo alto. he is 84-year-old meryl that newman won a medal of valor. her husband was yanked off a plane as he was about to come home with his tour group. >>> the naacp will join officials from san jose state university to address racial tension on campus. the meeting comes as a fourth student has been charged now with a hate crime and battery against their african-american roommate. police say he and three others put their roommate's head in a bike lock, called him names with slave references and put nazi symbols and a confederate flag in their shared room. >>> joseph naso has been sentenced to death. he responded with an indecent gesture. he is convicted of murdering four women between 1977 and 1994. the judge call

knoxville creek 59 miles an hour still gusting about 57 in the far inland east bay hills. peak wind gust so far if you think it's windy hereal pain meadows 120 miles an hour. 65 oakland hills. you can see the winds even in polices like santa rosa, petaluma, over 50 miles an hour and this view from our east bay hills camera showing you just how windy it still is over the higher elevation. 58 san francisco oakland right now. 53 san jos jose. temperatures being held up a little bit by what you see here. flags flapping in the wind here. santa rosa 58 degrees. 57 in napa currently in the mid 50's concord and livermore. view from the mountain tam pal pis camera not as shakey as earlier. sunny mild the next few days and we expect rain for holiday travel but i have a little bit better news for thanks giving. >> area of low pressure that brought us the showers earlier today. high pressure building in. large pressure difference between the 2 and we are just caught in that wind tunnel which is why you are experiencing the strong winds. here's look at the computer animation tonight. w

with freezing rain, airports as far south as knoxville were going heavy on the de-icing today. >> i like my chances of getting there. i don't know if i will be on time. >> reporter: icy rain and high winds lit up the misery map today. new york, d.c., atlanta, chicago. the most affected airports. on my flight from pittsburgh to d.c., the wind made for a very bumpy ride. back into washington is when the turbulence picked up. >> the aircraft is leaving on time. >> reporter: on the ground jetblue's command center, it was mostly smooth sailing for their flights in the nation's most congested air space. >> this geography is challenging whether it's new york, boston, into washington. this area is some of the most challenging to operate in. >> reporter: heavy snow fell in upstate new york leading to power outages in rochester. more snow in western michigan. but beautiful today out west in denver and san diego. while back at the pittsburgh airport, chad ott returned from a florida business trip. >> i was able to get an early flight out. i'm just happy to be home. >> reporter: just in time for tha

here's the snow we're talking about, from knoxville up to buffalo to burlington picking up some snow.e of these areas in western new york state, for buffalo, erie, cleveland, this is an all snow event. that northwestern part of pennsylvania, that western part of new york state, i'm actually convinced you may see some totals go to 18 inches of snow out of that, george. look at the rain here, generally two to four along the i-95 corridor. that's going to slow down driving. rain won't do much for airports -- won't cause many delays for airports, but we are expecting some strong winds, 20, 40, 50 miles per hour wind gusts which will delay flights in the east coast. >> sam, what do those winds mean for the macy's parade? >> reporter: all right, this is not necessarily good news. they'll make that decision thursday morning when they get a chance to look at the real winds, but the forecast for that time period is 20, 25 mile per hour wind gusts up to 40 miles per hour. the threshold for pulling those balloons is 23 mile per hour steady wind with gusts up to 30 so it's going to be very, very,

you see this area, it could be knoxville, by tuesday, you don't want to hear that know on the backside of the system could be heavy and impact the area of the lower and eastern great lakes. interior sections meaning to the west of the cities? a snow event. how much snow might we expect. some areas to morgantown might see four to eight inches possible. if you are headed into and out of laguardia jfk, washington, boston, you need to pack some patien patience. it is going to be frightful for wednesday. what can the north expect from this storm? he is in dallas. you know what is heading east. how is it impacting the folks in dallas? >> things could get much worse. the country is feeling impacts of winter weather system. this major accident along interstate 40 causing multiple car to collide. it may only get worse. if it gets bad we are going to encourage folks to stay home. this deadly storm started out west. downed trees and power lines. i heard a big crack and the house started banging and flood hit phoenix, arizona. dangerous system which has the potential to hit chaos. all the way into

past and present from the stars aren't you a testimonial dinner which is being held at the knoxville convention center. reports are coming home to is there for us to sleeping on. what i tell you that you can see the convention center has been specially adapted for this event can produce the joint images of the month so when it is cooking themed on to the building. the honey of course we're not too far away from lungs then rolled for planters but has been plying his trade for our dances he made his debut. in nineteen ninety nine. since then he's won one hundred and twenty five cups when he scored two hundred and forty five points. for many he simply is the best of irish rover tired of all time. and here's why. he made his first appearance in the irish church fourteen years ago his first try followed shortly after. since then he scored over two hundred points in his heart into detroit score. he's had since turned the moments into the stoning patrick he confronts the two cousins the two performances the six nations that may lead to a market pinnacle of his career for triple crowns and h

knoxville creek 59 miles an hour still gusting about 57 in the far inland east bay peak.eak wind gust so far if you think it's windy hereal pain meadows 120 miles an hour. 65 oakland hills. you can see the winds even in polices like santa rosa, petaluma, over 50 miles an hour and this view from our east bay hills camera showing you just how windy it still is over the higher elevation. 58 san francisco oakland right now. 53 san jos jose. temperatures being held up a little bit by what you see here. flags flapping in the wind here. santa rosa 58 degrees. 57 in napa currently in the mid 50's concord and livermore. view from the mountain tam pal pis camera not as shakey as earlier. sunny mild the next few days and we expect rain for holiday travel but i have a little bit better news for thanks giving. >> area of low pressure that brought us the showers earlier today. high pressure building in. large pressure difference between the 2 and we are just caught in that wind tunnel which is why you are experiencing the strong winds. here's look at the computer animation tonight. we

here's the snow we're talking about, from knoxville to buffalo to burlington.ome of these areas for buffalo, erie, cleveland, this is an all snow event. the western part of new york, i'm convinced you may see 18 inches of snow. look at the rain here, generally two to four along the i-95 corridor. rain won't cause delays for airports but we're expecting strong winds, 30, 40, 50 miles per hour wind gusts which will delay flights. >> what does that mean for the macy's parade? >> reporter: all right, this is not necessarily good news. they'll make that decision thursday morning when they get a chance to look at the real winds, but the forecast for that time period is a 20, 25 mile per hour wind gusts up to 40 miles per hour. the threshold for pulling those balloons is 23 mile per hour steady wind with gusts up to 30 so it's going to be very, very close. >> that is close. you, sam and the weather team tracking the travel mess throughout the night. >>> we move to washington and a brand new test for obama care. after that troubled launch, word today that the supreme c

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>> are you sure obama care, is it really like a jackass stunt and obama's being played by johnny knoxville? >> i wish. we got to go. next on "the five," did biden almost get knocked off the president's ticket for hillary? before we go, check out our facebook page. >>> joshua, we've got to talk about the song choice. lots talk about revelation, in a new book on the 2012 election. it's called "double down." from the same guys who wrote "game changer." one of the hits was the campaign debated replacing biden with hillary clinton. tweeting last night, it wasn't even in consideration. and jay carney said this today -- >> i know for a fact that president obama never considered this. never thought about it. never entertained it. >> but obama's chief of staff during the election said a swap was considered. here's bill daly. >> it was looked at but it was never seriously looked at in a sense that there was a belief that it ought to be done. 2011, as you remember, it was a very difficult political year. my sense was, we ought to look at everything here. >> i wonder if bill daley took a look at any o

in tennessee a wintry mix of snow and rain kept the deicing people at knoxville airport busy. people on the train were happy to avoid the weather. >> i heard the weather is questionable. i could be on a bus. this is better than being on a bus. >> some of the rail delays had as much to do with the thanksgiving crowds as the weather. >> now, it was largely smooth sailing across the country. there were delays - more than 5,000, leading to a ripple effect, most emanating in the north-east corridor - boston, phillie and the new york area. that will affect flights elsewhere in the nation. mostly a good night and travel day ahead for the holiday weekend. >> paul beban live at laguardia airport. >> kevin corriveau is here now. how is the weather looking for thanksgiving ? >> things are looking better than they were. this is a satellite and radar image from 12 hours to now. we are much clearer through parts of the new york and boston and the rain ended in portland maine. we are dealing with snow on i-87. if you are travelling to the north, it could be a problem. we'll see better condit

from the colts, matt overton was voted most likely to be the love child of vince vaughn, johnny knoxvillem "flipping out." next from the texans, wade smith was voted most likely to say i know if you tell him there is a crumb on his face. i know. it's been there for two days. and finally, from the colts, we have montori hughes. he was voted least likely to care that the jonas brothers broke up. [ laughter and applause ] there you go. that is our nfl superlatives. we have a great show tonight! give it up for the roots! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: we have a fun show tonight. he is a giant, giant movie star. oh, man. he's the most -- he's like one of the manliest dudes ever, too. >> steve: in the world. >> jimmy: cool and tough. i looked at him and he was like -- [ laughter ] he's got a giant new movie out. it's going to be the number one movie this weekend. it's great. it's a good sci-fi movie. "ender's game," is in theaters today. harrison ford! [ cheers and applause ] harrison ford is here! cool dude, man. plus, we love this girl. she's the host of "top chef

so, some of the higher elevation winds from the north bay, 17-22 miles an hour for knoxville creek.the east bay hills. the south bay pretty calm. throughout the day today we are concerned with this area here with the winds still blowing and the downsloping winds making for one of the warmer locations up north in clear lake near 70 degrees. as low pressure is spreading the rain and the wind in southern california, high pressure allowing for the dry conditions the next several days, and we'll look for temperatures in the northern half of the state to be mild under the sunny skies. the rain is coming. los angeles, it's coming down for a while. also around palm springs and the deserts of las vegas. so wednesday here comes the rain into thanksgiving day. it should be lightening up for some showers through the evening hours and then should be over by friday. at this point hard to pinpoint how much but we'll welcome it for sure. 64 in oakland today. look for 64 in livermore with numbers in the low 60s from palo alto. fairly uniform and tonight spencer is there for the tree lighting. 62 deg

effect for parts of the north bay. 22 miles an hour oakland hills and up to 30 miles an hour around knoxville dew point right now in santa rosa is at 8 so we have dry fuels, low relative humidity, temperatures range from the upper 30s

if you're going to be traveling on 40 between knoxville and the north carolina mountains, be careful. you could be encountering wintry mix and slicker roads. also, south of washington, d.c. on 95, later this afternoon, when that heavy rain is expected to move in, that could cause problems. bottom line, if you're going to be driving, be aware of when where you're going especially maybe even consider changing when you leave. if you're going to leave today and the storm is hitting in that area where you're headed, consider leaving tomorrow. it's going to be a wait and see approach for many people who are going to be traveling. >> do your research before you head out on the road. my apologize for that assignment. thank you. >>> i said planes, trains and automobiles. let's talk train now. amtrak is planning to shuttle 1240,000 passengers just in the northeast corridor. there are the routes right there in red. and amtrak is saying, are you ready, not expecting to have any issues. so that might be the best mode of transportation. and even if you're not traveling, you may very well have relat

vanderbilt university plays the university of tennessee in knoxville. next week alabama plays at auburn. or maybe that's this week. big football games coming up. let's imagine this. let's say the vanderbilt-tennessee game being played at knoxville, home of the university of ten, vanderbilt gets home with one yard line and the university of tennessee says well, we're the home team so we'll just add 20 yards to the field or whatever it takes for us to win the game. or the boston red sox playing at home, let's say they're behind the cardinals this year and they get to the ninth inning, they're behind, and they say, well, it's our home field, we'll just add a few innings or whatever it takes so we can win the game. that's what the democratic majority did today. they said the rules don't allow us to do what we want to do, so we'll just change the rules to do whatever it takes to get the result we want. that's what they did with obamacare. we remember that. i was standing right here at this desk. it was snowing. it was the middle of the winter. senators were

>> are you sure obama care, is it really like a jackass stunt and obama's being played by johnny knoxville? >> i wish. we got to go. next on "the five," did biden almost get k president's ticket for hillary? before we go, check out our facebook page. so ally bank has a raise your rate cd that wothat's correct.a rate. cause i'm really nervous about getting trapped. why's that? uh, mark? go get help! i have my reasons. look, you don't have to feel trapped with our raise your rate cd. if our rate on this cd goes up, yours can too. oh that sounds nice. don't feel trapped with the ally raise your rate cd. ally bank. your money needs an ally. >>> joshua, we've got to talk about the song choice. lots talk about revelation, in a new book on the 2012 election. it's called "double down." from the same guys who wrote "game changer." one of the hits was the campaign debated replacing biden with hillary clinton. tweeting last night, it wasn't even in consideration. and jay carney said this today -- >> i know for a fact that president obama never considered this. never thought about it. never entertaine

but if you step outside in chattanooga, knoxville, atlanta, it's below freezing. this rain is going to try to get down into this cold air. and if it rains down into the cold air, it will make ice. as this systems runs up the east coast, we will see that continue to push the ice into pittsburgh, reason noek, into big areas through here where people are trying to go across the country this way or up and down the country this way. this is the problem as the low grabs the moisture and throws it into the cold. washington, raleigh, all the way down to d.c. and even into vax vil. all wet. but the wind will be blowing 40 in new york city. if you're dplieg, that's not working well. notice the snow is on the back side and the rain is on the east side. there will be quite a bit of snow but i'm not worried about the snow. it's that half inch of ice that you just can't drive on. ashleigh? >> chad myers, i was hoping, and this is going to sound weird, not to talk to you this week. honestly. i have two family members flying in. thank you, i guess i must say, mad myers, thank you

tam 18 miles an hour gusts with knoxville creek and atlas peak over 20 miles an hour.trough has moved off to the east. now comes the cooler air spilling on in. that will allow for the winds to be anywhere from 10 to 20 miles an hour this afternoon. the north winds keeping the fog out of the bay. let's take a look at the week ahead. you will notice that with higher pressure building in, that's why we do have the wind. but the next couple of days look what happens. the systems move to the north. we do stay dry. in fact, we will warm up a little bit through the middle of the week. the next system coming in by thursday, still to the north of us. but by friday the weekend, we have something developing offshore. can you just barely see it. that might bring us a little bit of rain into next week. we will see. things have a way of not working out for us in that department as of late. 59 in yosemite. 49 tahoe and 59 in monterey. it will be cool at the coast. high temperatures today all around the bay held down, mainly in the low to mid-60s with 65 oakland, palo alto and fremont

kim's own practice in knoxville has grown to facilities in four other counties. most recently the office in knoxville gave dr. kim the director's community leadership award. this yearly honor is given to citizens who go above and beyond in service to their communities. mr. speaker, dr. tom kim is one of the most selfless and kindest men i've ever known and a man who possesses a contagious energy to help others. i wanted to bring his devotion to others to the attention of my colleagues. i hope the free medical clinic of america continues to be an example of humanity and christian service for many years to come. while i came here primarily to honor a health care hero, i want to make a few additional comments about health care. the more we learn about the so-called affordable care act, the worse it gets. it should be called the unaffordable care act, since cost estimates are already double or triple the estimated cost when it was passed. and federal health plans have always been low balled on the front end. medicare was supposed to cost about $12 billion after 25 ye

the winds are gusting to oh about 23 miles an hour, atlas peak, you can see knoxville creek 20 milesur and south bay and east bay it is much, much quieter. so the area of low pressure was so close to us yesterday and that high building in brought the tight pressure gradient. the high is beginning to move a little bit away and the low further south bringing the rain and wind into southern california, so some very rough roadways in the southland with the grapevine experiencing some very slick conditions but for us it's wednesday and thursday with the next area of low pressure heading parallel to the coast and at this point looks like maybe a half inch of rain, we'll have to fine tune that for you as we get closer, and the big game for today, northeast winds 10 to 15 miles an hour with temperatures in the low 60s, down at stanford stadium and for the rest of the bay area, temperatures fairly uniform with plenty of sunshine, maybe a few high clouds. up in the north bay with that wind you could reach 70 degrees near clear lake. the accuweather seven-day forecast notice no changes tomorrow

knoxville, as well. we have an east coast of rain to get to.e'll do that in first weather. >> the umbrellas coming out in times square now. >>> to washington now. and the revelation that the obama campaign secretly considered bypassing joe biden as president obama's running mate for the 2012 election in favor of hillary clinton. jon karl has that from washington. good morning, jon. >> reporter: good morning, robin. the idea of replacing joe biden with hillary clinton was the subject of endless political speculation in the early days of the campaign. and now this soon to be released book says that some of the president's top advisers actually talked about doing it. it's the dream team many democrats started wishing for, even before barack obama won the nomination in 2008. obama chose joe biden instead and did just fine. but as the president was gearing up for re-election, a sluggish economy and bad poll numbers had at least some of his top advisers thinking it might be time to play the hillary card. according to "double down" a new book by mark

specifically i-40 from knoxville into the north carolina mountains. right now they're seeing some rain. but that could turn into a wintery mix in higher elevations later today. also, watch out for 95 south of d.c. right now, again, it's fine, but that could turn problematic when heavy rain moves in later this afternoon. so the bottom line, carol, if you're going to be heading out on to the roads today or tomorrow -- which, by the way, is the busiest travel day of the year -- make sure you pay attention to road conditions and give yourself extra time and be very careful. >> good advice. alina machado, thank you very much. atlanta's hartsfield-jackson airport. any delays reported? >> reporter: hey, carol. let me be your harbinger of good news, bring that ray of sunshine. >> all right. >> reporter: no, no delays. this is concourse d at hartsfield-jackson. this is the flight schedule board. the good news, carol, is how many flights listed as on time or boarding. in fact, you look at the entire schedule board here. we don't see any indications of delays or

host: knoxville, tennessee. democrat line.caller: i want to ask a question that i kind of already know the answer to. why, when hamid karzai was seeking ratification of the agreement, did he call the council of tribal leaders to ratify it instead of the elected assembly of afghanistan? people count for anything? -- don't those people count for anything? guest: that is a good question. to provide clarification, the loya jirga is seen as the traditional afghan way to bring elders from other parts of the country, throughout the country, representing various communities, a chance to voice their opinions. if and when president karzai does sign the bsa, it does need to be approved within the afghan parliament. then it needs to be signed by karzai to ratify it into law. you bring up a good point, but this is part of the process. we are just not there yet. before we get to parliament, unique president karzai plus initial signature and then later. even if he signed it tomorrow, there are still a couple of hurdles that need to be overco

in knoxville, tennessee, an ncst grantee combined several funding streams to create a new volunteer forcend purchase specially equipped vehicles to provide older adults the personal travel assistance they needed. in florida, a small grant to the united we guide project developed a one call system for information about transportation options, safety and mobility. finally, in wichita, kansas, outreach to encourage hispanic -- the hispanic community to use transit resulted in creation by the transit agency of a bilingual mobility manager. simply put, being able to get around your community is vital to being able to age successfully in place. missed medical appointments can exacerbate medical conditions. social isolation due to lack of transportation can have an equally dire effect on health and mental health and may result in placement in long term care facilities. improvements in transit and railways that address the needs of older adults may benefit the community as a whole by making it easier, safer and more comfortable for everyone to get where they need to go. as older adults make up an

madam president, this weekend, vanderbilt plays tennessee in a football game in knoxville. let's say vanderbilt gets on the 1-yard line of tennessee and tennessee then says well, we're the home team, let's add 20 yards or whatever it takes to win the game, or let's say in the world series recently the red sox were behind st. louis in the ninth inning and the red sox said, well, we're the home team, let's add a couple of innings or whatever it takes to win the game. everyone would say, madam president, that that's cheating. everyone would say you're destroying the game of football or baseball. if a home team could change the rules at any time during the game or whatever it takes to win the game, what kind of game is it? that's what senator vandenberg said after world war ii and senator levin repeated to all of us, that the senate in which a majority can change the rules any time the majority wants to change the rules is a senate without any rules, yet we hear that's what the democratic majority may be seeking to do this week. they are unhappy, they say, that republicans have

knoxville, tennessee. democrat line.i want to ask a question that i kind of already know the answer to. karzai wasamid seeking ratification of the agreement, did he call the council of tribal leaders to instead of the elected assembly of afghanistan? --ple count for anything? don't those people count for anything? that is a good question. to provide clarification, the rga is seen as the traditional afghan way to bring elders from other parts of the country, throughout the country, representing various communities, a chance to voice their opinions. if and when president karzai does sign the bsa, it does need to be approved within the afghan parliament. then it needs to be signed by karzai to ratify it into law. you bring up a good point, but this is part of the process. we are just not there yet. before we get to parliament, unique president karzai plus initial signature and then later. even if he signed it tomorrow, there are still a couple of hurdles that need to be overcome before you have a final ratified agreement. t

he joins us right now from knoxville, tennessee. good morning to you. >> good morning.mon core and it took a lot of courage for you to get in front of your school board there in knox county, tennessee. why did you do it? >> well, i do dislike common core. i think for me, the opportunity was open. there were a lot of teachers at my school and in the county that were rallying to talk about teacher evaluations. i felt that as a student, i might sign up and contribute something from a student's perspective about some problems with common core and teacher evaluations. >> i understand you started getting turned of a in 7th grade because everyone keeps teaching for the test. >> absolutely. so in 7th grade i noticed problems with the t cap, which is our state assessment program. really since then i've been paying attention to what happens in education. i really feel like the biggest problem that we face is just the standardization across the board and also trying to quantify everything in education. i feel that we do have to have standards, but there needs to be a much less emp

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