in 1959, julian 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

here's a look at snowfall in knoxville, tennessee. a dusting covering up some of the budding flowers there. you know, bill karins, knoxville, you can go skiing pretty close to there. >> yeah, in the smoky mountains. not in mid-april. >> i tell you. it's just so strange. >> yeah. it's been a roller-coaster ride. >> we'll take it, though. >> marquette, michigan, this morning, negative one. >> holy moly. >> that's their temperature. can you imagine that? >> midwest. >> latest it's ever happened in that area of the country for negative temperatures. we mentioned how cold it is. snow this morning coating the ground from boston to new york city. out in the west, some of the warmest air in south florida and phoenix, two areas you'd expect it. temperatures aren't really the problem in the west, but we are watching the rain continuing to pour on washington state. we have a little bit of a warm front that's kind of caught up in the region. and that's just providing the lift and giving us this moisture that's just coming on shore. and it looks l

. >> in knoxville, tennessee, something funny happened on our nbc affiliate. we love everybody in knoxville. wbir. they got a surprise. they brought some rabbits on the set. it was easter. rabbits do what rabbits do, don't they? >> they can be up here but -- you've got to stop that. let's go to the -- >> we will announce the third rabbit's name in nine months. >> it is a weird -- bambino likes that position too. i got to be honest. but -- i love it, the animal on the receiving end never seems to care. >> doesn't care, yawning. and stretching. >> we can't tell if this is -- >> it is for real. no, it's real. we have confirmed it. >> okay. >> this is real. you're not going to believe this. how many times have you seen is it an ape or baboon, the coolest ape, roasting marshmallows. >> we know he's a primate. >> called primate clank of the kingdoms. this ape started a fire. >> named kenzie. >> lit the match. of course he did. look how calm. and kenzie has a trainer. so this is all documented. now, oh, yeah. okay. and then the fire. >> i know. people are cynical. >>

. >> approaching knoxville, based on all the information i had, i felt like we were right on scheduleit 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. and in

here's a look at snow falling in knoxville, tennessee. a dusting covered up some of the budding flowers there. bill, you got a lost explaining to do. >> i know. >> this is april 16th. this should not be happening. >> it's happened before, it doesn't make it any better. it was 80 degrees in these areas. albany, new york, was 80 degrees on sunday. and they had 3 inches of snow last night. >> yikes. >> flowers are confused. >> everyone's confused. >>> the snow is now ending in boston, providence, looks like over for you. cape cod, rain to snow shortly. and bangor maine still snowing. lake-effect showers. temperatures are 30 to 35 degrees colder right now than 24 hours. windchill is 17 in albany. it's 21 in philadelphia. so you definitely need the winter coat, hat and gloves if you didn't pack them away already. you're at negative 1. you see the temperatures in northern portion of michigan. want to go to duluth this afternoon. up to 10 inches of snow in duluth. >> i had to bring -- it was snowing when i came to work. >> yeah. >> it will be go

we're looking at slight risk of storms knoxville to huntingville, birmingham to atlanta to jackson, mississippi. those are the areas of concern. it's not so much tornados today but damaging winds. that's more typical of inside your house you can feel a little safer. you have to watch the falling trees. >>> okay. we'll talk about the weekend forecast. >>> majority leader harry reid doubling down on the criticism of the koch brothers whom he recently described as un-american. as the l.a. times is pointing out he's hardly the only democrat taking aim. al franken accused him of secretive network to funnel dark money all over the country. senator marc beg ginch -- running it into the ground. a lot of alaska begans are losing jobs. i'm concerned about the drinking water. >>> charles koch responded to it as character assassination. senator reid didn't seem the least bit bothered by it. >> most people are familiar with the koch brothers. i helped make them more famous. i'm glad i've done that. these two men are a pair of billionaires spending millions of dollars to rig the political system. by every in

as far as the severe weather risk, a slight risk for tusk lou is a, birmingham, knoxville. we don't have the tornado threat like yesterday. wind damage will be the biggest problem during the day today. >> what of a relief. >> i would say we got lucky no fatalities. >>> declassified. we will get the first look into a senate report on post 9/11 cia interrogation methods. tracy pots live in washington. some have called the report shoging. >> reporter: that's what diane feinstein called. she's part of the committee that wants to release it. it's not new. they approved it more than a year ago. but the public hasn't seen it yet. did the cia cross the line using water and other techniques to interrogate terror suspects after 9/11? did it work? is this how the u.s. tracked down bin laden? and prevented other attacks? we may soon know. the senate intelligence committee voted 11-3 thursday to give the pub lake look at the summary of the 6200 page report. >> the results, i think, were shocking. it chronicles a stain on our history that must never be allowed to happen again. this is no

. >>> according to the knoxville news sentinel current justice scalia talked to students about the incometax saying the government has a right to impose it but adding, quote, if it reaches a certain point, perhaps you should revolt. you're entitled to criticize the government and you can use your words, you can use symbols, you can use telegraph, you can use morse code, you can burn a flag. wow. >>> well, first lady michelle obama is set to address a combined graduation ceremony for five kansas high schools next month, but not everybody is happy about it. some students and their families are worried it will mean fewer seats for friends and family. >>> more than 2,000 even signing a petition for their school district to reconsider this. others worry the first lady's speech tied to the 68th anniversary of brown versus education could overshadow the student's big day. >>> finally, the white house has responded to the petition to deport justin bieber and revoke his green card. so, what did they say? more than 270,000 people signed on, but the administration says it is not going to comment and

good reminder of that from nbc station wbir in knoxville, tennessee.ould end the easter weekend with a brief visit from two little bunnies. it wasn't long before they did what rabbits do live on air. >> pg-13. >> i think there are 20 rabbits now running around. that's hilarious. >>> al roker has no problem cutting loose to the right tune. you know this. he took the set of "today" by storm by his interpretive dance rendition of "the lion sleeps tonight." he loves those songs. >> al at his best. >> i'm richard lui. this is "early today." we hope it is your first stop of the day right here on nbc. ♪ you have three questions. coffee or espresso? oh, coffee please. ♪ is this coffee? it's nespresso vertuoline. how do they make this froth? it's coffee crema. last question. ♪ may i have another cup please? thank you. next! [ penelope ] nespresso vertuoline. experience the revolution of coffee. and unlike other fibers, you'll aonly know you're taking fiber by the way good digestive health makes you look& and feel. benefiber. clearly healthy. >>> leading the new

but in 1990, stanford won the ncaa title about three hours from here in knoxville. they like that kind of history to repeat itself tomorrow. that will do it from nashville, andrea, back to you in studio. >>> that's a good piece of history. men's final four first game of a doubleheader. >> boatwright lays it in on the other end. you want con 47-40. with under 2 to play, they put it to bed beating the press slams it down uconn going to the national championship monday night. the upset number one florida 63- 53 >>> the giants are known for solved pitch but the offense is carrying them this season. this afternoon they got a combination of both as madison baumgarner steps on the mound against the dodgers. what's missing from the booth this year? tim retired after last year. mike morris the newcomer showed off his power in the second inning. breaks a 1-1 tie with his first home run as a member of the orange and black and they continue this home run derby. in the 5th inning, pablo sandoval takes one to left field. that blew the game wide open 5- 1 giants. also panda's firs

. >>> a knoxville sheriff's deputy has been fired after he was caught on video that appears to show himhoking a college student on saturday. 22-year department veteran frank phillips along with some other police officers were arresting the student for public intoxication at a street party. well, take a look at the pictures. they appear to show phillips choking the young man until he collapses. >>> also caught on camera, a florida man appearing to kick his son down a skateboard ramp. the little boy seemed to be hesitating at the top of the ramp, and that's when witnesses say the dad lost his patience and kicked him over the edge. another boy confronted the dad demanding to know why he would do such a thing. >> i asked him, why is he doing this? and then he said, because he needs to learn. i was like, pushing him down it isn't teaching him how to do it. >> the boy was not injured but now the florida department of children and families is investigating. for the time being, the dad has been banned from the skate park. >> not cool. >> not cool. >> huh-uh. >>> time for sports. a full slate of

the rainfall your temperatures are going ostay primarily in the gis. 50s, while heat turns on in knoxville temperatures are going to be soaring into the 70s. the pacific northwest, rainfall totals up to two inches for north cascades. as we get through day on saturday rain will be on the increase and so will the wind. very strong wind expected out on the washington coast and we're going osee waves, wave heights up to 20 feet a dangerous time to be on the coast and nearby those high waves. coming up al jazeera news continues. >> an unmanned spaiksx -- spacex capsule is heading to the international space station. this is the third vessel that has been run by the agency that has a contract with nasa. >>> tonight we hear from grammy sing are songwriter rosanne cash. she now calls new york home. ♪ ♪ the song is called "modern blue" from rosanne cash's first album in four years. ♪ big wide world ♪ >> in the rhythm and the thread, she and her husband john leventhal took through south. to her father's childhood home in arkansas. with 11 country singles and 12 grammy nominations, 58-year-old cash ha

. >>> finally tonight, into the easter spirit, a local station in knoxville brought two oneys on setst on friday. you know what they say about rabbits. and viewers got quite a show. >> wait a second. he can't do that up here. they can be up here, okay? have you got to stop that. [ laughter ] >> let's go -- [ laughter ] , speaking of babies. we want to congratulate channel 10 photo journalist joe baker and his wife colby on the birth of their daughter. how about it? stella? >> oh, look. she is beautiful. >> good golly, look at her. >> she was weighed in 8 pounds, 12 ounces. >> action going on up here. >> congratulations, joe and we are so excited for you. >> we'll announce the third rabbit's name in nine months. >> thanks for inviting us into your home tonight. that's it for "special report," fair, balanced and unafraid. greta goes "on the record" right now. >> i'm greta van susteren, this is "on the record." >> why are republicans getting compared to jews helping nazis in a a bizarre sun times column. one democratic column blasting it out in a disturbing tweet. plus, jobless in ameri

. >>> according to the knoxville news sentinel justice antonin scalia was at an event at the universityessee law school last week. he was asked whether the income tax is constitutional. scalia said that it is, but added, quote, but if it reaches a certain point, perhaps you should revolt. revolt? bhauz taxes are too high? pretty stunning a comment coming from a supreme court justice who sounds more like a tea party member of congress. >> i want people in minnesota armed and dangerous on this issue of the energy tax, because we need to fight back. >> people should be armed and dangerous? that was michelle bachmann in 20099. today we're seeing more of the anti-government movement. in wisconsin, the state's gop was about to hold a vote on whether it can secede from the country. a hero for rejecting government, secession and rebellion, a trend on the right. now a supreme court justice is joining the party. joining me now are dana millbank and krystal ball. dana is writing about the anti-government trend on the right. secession a tournament for the gop. >> maybe that's scalia's idea kind of

two busloads of classmates and teammates made the eight-hour trip to knoxville to attend his funeral, as did coach ken. i understand your motto for this season is "i will" in memory of him. and that's what camaraderie is all about: honor. courage. commitment. that's what makes the midshipmen so strong. and that's why i'm so proud to serve as your commander-in-chief -- not only -- in fact, not primarily because of what you've done on the football field, but because of your dedication to each other and your service to america. so today it is my privilege to present you with a trophy that weighs about as much as i do. congratulations, guys, once again. [applause] >> mr. president, it is always a great honored and we are humbled to be your guest. your general told our football team the night before the game, youfootball need men of character. behind you are 75 men of great character. 22 of them will serve you in your fleet in the navy marine continue may the lord to bless you, our young men, and all of those who serve our country, the greatest country in the world. thank you for having us

it worked in 1990, in this state three hours away in knoxville when they won the national championshipl be back a little bit later on tonight with complete wrap up of what happens from the final four: in nashville, vern glenn, kpix5. >>> reminder the men's championship game happens tomorrow in arlington, texas, texas v kentucky. >> thank you for joining us. we're moving over. >> "face the nation" is coming up on kpx5 and we're going on cable 12. see you there. ,,,, ,,,,,,,,,, from cbs news in washington, "face the nation" with bob schieffer. >> schieffer: today on "face the nation", overnight developments on the missing plane, the australian government says it could be the first real break in the month-long search. >> this is an important and encouraging lead. but one which i urge you to continue to treat carefully. >> schff: he is referring to a set of electronic pings detected in the search area in the indian ocean. we will have the latest on that. on the fort hood story we will talk to the head of the homeland security michael mccaul. has the white house overcome the problems with o

then we're still looking at, a good 28 million of you looking at stligt risk, cincinnati, knoxville, of you looking for the slet for severe weather. tomorrow, the system continues to push farther across the country, so the severe threat not over yet. the slight risk area expanding, so not as strong. cleveland, raleigh, charlotte, keeping going all the way back towards new orleans, still talking about the threat for severe weather. and of course, heavy flooding on the back side of this as well. >> look at that rainfall. >> a lot to be concerned with. very heavy rainfall expected. >> we'll keep an eye on this in the days ahead. indra, thank you so much. >>> now to the search for flight 370 as the bluefin-21 goes deep again on its 16th underwater mission. australia's prime minister announcing a new phase in this search, covering a much larger area, also utilizing private contractors. it is a process that is expected to last six to eight months. our anna coren was at the prime minister's press conference that just wrapped up. she's live for us in canberra, australia. he said not only are

and the knoxville, police chief, said that heroin overdoses outnumbered homicides 23-13.general eric holder on what he calls a public crisis. >> standing by itself, the heroin problem is one that is worthy of all of our attention. it is a national issue. it is not regional or state, and not a section of the country, and this is a problem national in scope. >> and if you want an idea of the breadth of this problem, here are examples n. vermont, heroin use got so bad that the governor devoted his entire state of the state speech to the problem. in kentucky, lawmakers are calling for a special session of the ledge sgislature to address growing heroin issue there, and the huge bust in minnesota not only landed dozens of suspected de dealers behind the bars, but more than 5.5 pounds were taken off of the streets along with $250,000 in cash. nbc's kate snow has been covering the crisis for nbc news extensively, and start with how did we get here? >> how did we get here. the big answers is prescription painkiller and almost everybody to a person we talked to who is a user or for

round of significant tornados across a huge swath of the south, from jackson, mississippi, into knoxvillend into west virginia. separately, separate system, a tornado watch is also in effect for parts of the midwest from st. louis, missouri, to des moines, iowa. earlier today tornadoes began to form in mississippi and alabama and ten, touching down in lewisville, alabama and in tupelo, mississippi. late today, i want to show you this. this was the scene at our nbc affiliate in tupelo, wtva, when the weatherman on camera live was told to take his own advice and move to shelter, move into the basement shelter at the station as the tornado crossed them. there are no reports of fatalities in tupelo, mississippi but widespread damage, serious injuries are being recorded. mississippi and alabama have both declared a state of emergency tonight. in alabama two fatalities have been confirmed in the athens area tonight where extensive damage is being reported as the storm continues to move through the area. this is the second consecutive day that multiple tornadoes, damaging winds and hail have jus

. >> pam:it happened at this home in knoxville tennessee. >> pam:the mother was in her backyard withar old son on wednesday. when she discovered the body of a man beneath her deck. >> pam:no word on how long the body had been laying there.but the mother told police she had been smelling a foul odor for days. but she nor a gardener could find the source of the smell. >> pam:invstigators say the man appeared to have died of a medical condition. it's not known how he got under the deck or when. >> pam:still ahead. new video from a big earthquake that shook mexico overnight. then. our own big earthquake being remembered in san francisco. [doorbell rings] hey. hey. what's this? it's u-verse live tv. with at&t u-verse... you can watch live tv from your device. hey. hey. anywhere in your home. [doorbell rings] hey. hey. so you won't miss a minute of the game. call now to get a u-verse bundle for the same great price for 2 years. guaranteed. on brand name mattress sets. get three years interest-free financing plus, get free delivery, and sleep train's 100-day low price guarantee. sleep train

two busloads of classmates and teammates made the eight-hour trip to knoxville to attend his funeral, as did coach ken. i understand your motto for this season is "i will" in memory of him. that's what camaraderie is all about. honor, courage, commitment. that's what makes the midshipmen so strong, and that's why i'm so proud to serve as your commander in chief. not only, in fact, not primarily because of what you have done on the football field, but because of your dedication to each other and your service to america. so today it is my privilege to present you with a trophy that weighs about as much as i do. congratulations, guys. once again. [ applause ] >> mr. president, it's always a great honor, and we're deeply humbled as a team to be here today to be your guests. you're coming out of the marine corps general james amos told our football team the night before the army-navy football team that our country needs men of character, and behind you there are p 5 young men of great contact. as you mentioned, 22 of them will serve you in yut fleet. and may the lord continue to bless you,

as forty seven year old frank phillips held him by the neck until he collapsed to his knees and knoxville photographer who took the pictures said that the officer then slapped datsun around the head a few times before walking off phillips was found by department investigators to have used excessive force during the arrest on saturday night and he was immediately terminated the investigation will now be turned over to the knox county attorney general's office to determine any further action as for dotson while he was charged with public intoxication and resisting under arrest so he was released from jail on a five hundred dollars bond and boom bust is coming up next here on r t aaron a joins us for a quick preview hi erin i am here thank you now if the love in the irish to bust we have to fantastic irish economists on the program today or can words kelly and stephen can solace that down with me to discuss the irish economy and overall health of the eurozone plus edward harrison and i are talking about the return of the adjustable rate mortgage you know that little thing that got us into al

. >>> a 22-year veteran of the knoxville, tennessee, sheriff's department has been fired of a he wasaught allegedly choking a college student into unconsciousness. these pictures appear to show the young man appearing to be choked and then collapses. the sheriff said the deputy used excessive force. >>> and finally a big scare for a long dance swimmer. adam walker was on this charity swim off new zee land -- zealand when he realized a great white shark was lurking beneath him. and then a surprise, a pod of ten dolphins surrounded him until the shark swam off. those dolphins seeming to protect him. funny enough, walker was swimming to raise money for dolphin conservation. and i was actually -- i was amazed that the sharks are afraid of dolphins, but apparently they don't like the noise that dolphins make. that was a really nice -- >> the convoy was so great, protecting him. >> for an hour, protecting him. >> dolphins are so smart. >>> and now to the other part of the storm system that caused the tornados. ginger has that. >> that would be the flooding rain. even if you don't get the s

about 18 months ago, the knoxville news sentinel reported buy aaetna wants to covenant health, one of the three major monopolistic health care providing companies. issecond citation "washington journal," you had dr. ezekiel emanuel on. with glassesld guy and a big grin. he was a principal white house consultant on the affordable care act. asked what will health care look like in 2025. he cited the trend of health insurance companies buying health care providing companies. ofsaid aetna but a network 5000 positions. this is what people hated about hmo's, the people responsible for paying for it where the people deciding whether they got it or not. the end. host: if anybody missed the interview with dr. ezekiel emanuel, go to c-span.org. recently about the affordable care act and his predictions of what is to come under the law. on whatllman, comment she had to say. guest: we are seeing a lot of consolidation, insurers buying up doctor practices. the idea behind that is the middlemen have a better idea of what the costs are. lashe is a huge back with hmos in the early 1990's. especially

also near knoxville and tuscaloosa and jackson, mississippi, storms with wind damage.ot fun in minneapolis. reports as much as 10 inches of snow. they have had thundersnow. literally a thunderstorm with snow instead of rain over the last hour. here's a picture of it. we have school cancellations the first week of april and track to wisconsin later today. thankfully the weekend looks better in minneapolis. today's forecast rainy and dreary from new york city to boston. i know they are supposed to get the world series rings in boston at fenway today. hopefully, the weather will hang on. 44 and only the high temperature, though. over the weekend that storm exists. a pretty decent weekend. the only problem down along the gulf with showers and thunderstorms, especially along the gulf coast of texas all the way to florida. new york city light rain. kind of a gloomy friday. but the weekend is looking a lot better. you're watching "morning joe." so ally bank really has no hidden fees on savings accounts? that's right, no hidden fees. it's just that i'm worried about, you know,

indianapolis, cincinnati, knoxville.he threat for severe weather. what is the concern? notice, we still have tornado watch boxes. watch boxes at this hour. we know typically, as we go throughout the afternoon, we start to see the systems really fire up. you kind of get that energy from the sunshine. you look at the warm moist air. the dry air behind it. this is the setup you need to see as the system makes its way across the country. yesterday, we saw a good loop here. as we went through the afternoon, we see all the energy that really played. that's going to be the factor again today. once you get the sunshine in there we'll be looking at the dangers especially in the afternoon and evening hours. there's the frontal system through the overnight hours into tomorrow a slight risk for 55 million people in through tomorrow, chris. >> indra, thank you very much. >>> we're going to switch gears here. we'll keep monitoring the tornadoes. we want to talk to you about a different story here as well. looking at the pictures of ev

special agent of the knoxville division, kenneth moore. what's troubling about the event is the killian addressed how social media posts and documents deemed inflammatory towards muslims can be considered a violation of civil rights laws. and he went on to say and quoted the law, talking about how anybody critical of islam could be violating the law. if two or more persons conspire to injury, oppress, threaten, or intimidate any person in any state, territory, commonwealth, possession or district in the free exercise or enjoyment of any right or privilege secured to him by the constitutional law of the united states they shall be fined under this title or imprisoned for not more than 10 years. talk about a chilling effect. number eight, hostility towards conservatives. at an american constitution society gathering in 2004, holder made the following comments. these are all quotes. conservatives have been defenders of the status quo, afraid of the future, and content to allow to continue to exist all but the most blatant inequalities. conser