and they travel all the way to knoxville together. what's interesting is often these deserters turn into recruits for the union army. that happens to drake. the new jersey fireman and self-promoter that met mary es tes. after he meets mary, he ends up going to knoxville in company with her husband bill and 14 deserters. and when they get to crab orchard, tennessee, they meet a group of 63, if my math is right here, because they're going to end up being 76 so whatever adds up to 76. they meet a group of 63 people from north carolina and south carolina and north georgia that are all traveling together to knoxville. so they all join together. they're a party now of 76. and they just, by chance, run into a lieutenant, james hartley, from the third north carolina. a union regiment that open rapt operates out of east tennessee. he's on a recruiting expedition. this is very common. i came across this constantly. these parties run into union officers who are moving into north carolina, into south carolina on recruiting expeditions. he's like,

they agree to guide the yankees to knoxville. they travel all the way to knoxville together. what is interesting is that often these deserters turn into recruits for the union army. that happens to j. madison drake. the new jersey firemen and self promoter who met mary estes. after he meets mary, he ends up going to knoxville in company with her husband bill and 14 deserters. when they get to proud orchard, tennessee, they meet a group of 63 -- if my math is right here. they will end up being 76. whatever ends up at 76. they meet a group of 63 people from north carolina and south carolina and north georgia who are all traveling together to knoxville. so they all join together, they , are a party of 76 and they by chance run into a lieutenant james hartley from the third north carolina, a union regiment that operates out of east tennessee. he is on a recruiting expedition. this is very common. i came across this constantly. these parties run into union officers who are moving into north carolina and into south carolina on a recruiting expedition. he is like, that's great, i do

knoxville, tennessee. >> oh, my gosh. i bet the people of knoxville loved that.about himself, and channing hijacked the traditional press tour in spectacular fashion, and he is only telling nischelle turner all about it. >> who came up with that idea to take this on the road? >> i think we have always been sort of thinking about it. i love doing it when he is in the room, and people come in and out, and it's fun, but it's not as fun as getting to go dirt biking and meeting just crazy folks along the way. >> one of the stops on channing's road trip to tennessee was of the a north carolina gas station where he set off magic mike moves with the cashier, beatrice ch. >> i was worried she would get fired if i stayed longer. . when this goes on internet. i hope she didn't get in trouble. she was fanning money around. i love her, man. >> i rule the world! >> if it wasn't for jenna, i would have married beatrice. she was about to be my date tonight. >> jenna and his daughter had to skip the road trip. >> how do you keep up with them on the road? >> i have a complicated r

melanie: from knoxville, tennessee... steve: knoxville, tennessee. melanie: the home of the big orange. steve: well, melanie, what do you do for a living there? melanie: well, steve, i'm a registered nurse. steve: ok. that's always good. you help people. melanie: yes. it is, and i work with patients now. i'm a nurse educator, but for about 30 years--i've been a nurse a long time--i worked with cancer patients, so i helped them through their journey, the whole bit, and then i got cancer, and i'm a breast cancer survivor. [cheering and applause] steve: that's pretty good. melanie: thank you. steve: let's get it on. give me christina. give me melanie.

knoxville perfect through the great smoky mountains, perfect. into charleston, rain showers coming in now. hoping for charleston to get a sea breeze. when you take that wind from the ocean and you push the clouds inward. sorry if you're 40 miles inland, because you'll get cloudy, but charleston could still break out. so could isle of palms and down to almost savannah, georgia. >> it's going to take another hour or two for the total eclipse to move all across the country. right, chad? >> absolutely right. won't get out of the partial eclipse. talked about that moment of totality, that's where it's dark. 2.5 minutes of nirvana right there. but the rest of it, it's the leadup. it's the journey to get there. and then the journey on the way out when the sun comes back out. it all kind of -- you get to disneyland, trying to get there, but if you have a good enough trip getting to disneyland may be part of the story. it's the leadup, the anticipation, it's the cloud cheering. when i was listening to miguel marquez' shot from salem, and the crowd behind

if you want to hit totality the trip north will be in easier than heading down to knoxville. >> if youquestion you can post it on our facebook page. tonight we will take your questions to a nasa scientist. she will be live with us at 6:45 answering your questions and will also join adam tonight. go ahead and pose those questions now on the facebook page and watch for the answers tonight. >> we want you-- we want to remind you to join us for a solar eclipse viewing party. at college park aviation and museum, the eclipse starts at 1:17 and will hit its peak at 2:40. special viewing glasses we got for you and will sign a waiver to roll into the event. more details at www.wusa9.com and our news application. >> tonight will be a little rocky right now. >> we have you that a minute ago. that covers most of the metro area. the bright yellow is the warning. watch conditions are favorable, warning means it's actually happening. this is the warning just a sliver on montgomery, the watch itself goes until 9:00 but we will see it trimmed from yes-- west to east. we have a flash flood watch until 2

de evacuacin a residentes cercanos a un incendio de maleza cerca del lago berryesa ---las vas ''knoxvilledas en ambas direcciones tras este siniestro ---tambien ''sage cayon road'' y "lower chiles valley road"... lorena ---el lugar del siniestro es un terreno rocoso y empinando, hace difcil para los bomberos llegar.... ---el fuego ha consumido 100 acres y ha sido contenido en un 25 por ciento.. --- cerca de 165 bomberos combaten el siniestro --- cesar --- la patrulla de caminos protagoniz una peligrosa persecucin al tratar de detener a un sospechoso que consideraban armado y peligroso --- --- al menos tres personas murieron tras un terrible accidente --- --- "rigo villalobos" nos cuenta lo sucedido en el siguiente reportaje --- take pkg :01 :14 no script cesar / ms --- un informe de rigo villalobos, las autoridades investigan la posibilidad que una de las cuatro personas a bordo del automvil accidentado era buscada por el trfico de inmigrantes --- top vo lorena - "no voy a descartar la opcin militar"...estas fueron las palabras del presidente donald trump hoy sobre venezuela... --en tanto

we're 81% totality, but in places like knoxville and charleston, south carolina where it's -- temps are going to fall 10 to 15 degrees and you can see with the sun blocked out, planets in the sky in the middle of the afternoon. that is pretty cool. okay. next eclipse 2024 by the way. live look outside. it's tropical outside. it's stl mostly sunny just about ever where. 88 but winds out of the northwest at 8. not a lot on radar. we have been tracking these storms right here. see over the last hour in laden county. this is heavier as it has crossed over -- heavy rain, don't see hail. it's about to clear the dallas toll road and it will produce brief heavy rain. evergreen and mills and dullus, it may cause -- for tonight, the real problem is muggy and patchy fog after midnight. not as wide spread as it was this morning. morning temps tropical. 70 to 82. 7:30, 8:30, 9:30. tropical and hot wednesday. strong storms possible thursday evening and also friday. so the risk strong storms, tropical downpours and gusty winds. the impacts, power outages low to moderate. street flooding high and cooko

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knoxville, tennessee is probably the closest city with totality. april8, 2024, perhaps that's on a weekend, and a little better for folks. i think she was worried about kids being in school, actually. okay,91, it's going to be hot, and partly cloudy. so 91, and partly cloudy. also got a call yesterday, from someone who said i'm concerned about my petok sun. i think they're going to be okay. normally, they don't look up. they're kind of sniffing the ground. they should be okay. young kids, they get curious, you have to keep an eye on them. 80 right now. it feels like 85. it is just some kind of tropical outside. dew points over 70. that's pretty much miserable. radar pretty quiet. the activity we had this morning and early this afternoon is across the delmarva. this is the biggest storm we can find north of north beach into dunkirk. it this is moving off in the bay. 92 saturday, and 90 on sunday. early in the week, we thought it might be a little cooler over the weekend. the front is just not going to get us in that quote, cool specter of air. 75 st

she is still undergoing medical tr disturbing case unfolding in knoxville. so-year-oldrrified, boy knocked on his door. police say that child has seen ofhinkable abuse at the hand his parents. tom roussey is joining us with the latest, because he's out there. landlord whothe rented space to the folks police this?re responsible for reporter: well, she didn't actually rent to them. she rented to another couple letting themrently stay there. but she said that couple was not supposed to be allowing them to stay there. boy was staying at that property, which was more than a mile that way, off of ford road here. but the boy walked all the way road,a home on aden knocked on a door. he was disheveled, police say, and asked for food. who answered said what he saw was horrifying. boycamera, he tells us the had burns on his hands and on them and his head, he had about on his legs.s and he says the boy told him he hadn't been to years. not human. animals take care of their children better. reporter: christina and her allow a couple who works on their property to live in

. >> reporter: and look at the line stretching down the block in indianapolis, knoxville, huntsville and nashville. online some people are paying extreme amounts for a dollar pair of glasses. on ebay we found a pair for $999. meanwhile, vanderbilt university is recalling 8,000 pair that may not have the necessary iso certification logo, number and manufacturer. if it doesn't have that iso label and the manufacturer, don't take a chance? >> we don't recommend you take a chance. >> reporter: in all, 88 million people live within 200 miles of the so-called path of totality. the last time a total eclipse of the sun occurred coast to coast across the united states was in 1918. and it turns out generally a single spot on the planet only experiences an eclipse once every 375 years. >> it is an event. it is a human experience. it is a chance for us to connect with the cosmos in a way we normally can't do. >> reporter: depoe bay, oregon, will be the first to go dark. >> this is our adventure for the year, actually maybe for the millennia. >> reporter: carbondale, illinois, will be dark the lo

escpecially at "zoo knoxville" in tennessee. it's where more than 700-animals are being observed during this years eclipse. animal experts will study how the animals react to the 2-and-a-half minutes of darkness. the sudden change in daylight could stir up some out of ordinary behavior for animals in the zoo. at 5:xx time for a check on the forecast. toss to eileen chance afternoon isolated t-storms. better chance scattered tonight last hot day around 90 for a while amazingly nice weekend. like fall chanc today: mostly sunny the bulk of the day partly sunny late afternoon chance isolated strong-severe thunderstorms hot & humid highs: 87-91 tonight: showers likely, 50% isolated strong thunderstorms gusts 25-30 lows 68-72 saturday: delightful with mostly sunny sky lowering humidity highs: 84-87 a stinky situation for travelers. the sewage spill a stinky situation for travelers. the sewage spill at a tennessee airport. plus - a maryland charter school with a b meet the baltimore . meet the baltimore students behind an inspiring new

it started on highway 128 near knoxville road. some evacuations are in place for people near turtle rock and a winery. they are calling this is canyon fire. more than 100 firefighters are on the scene right now. we spotted cal fire chopper and that plane making drops over the fire. this is a rural area but there are some homes scattered about. several roads are closed as totn fi cre into position. >>> live look now from chopper 5. this time, there are -- here are the latest numbers. that fire burned about 100 acres and is only about 10% contained. another brush fire prompted road closures in the south bay. this one started about 2 hours ago in morgan hill. passing drivers posted these photos for us showing flames right next to hale avenue. that fire has now grown to 100 acres and is only 5% contained. drivers are being told to avoid stretches of hale and sunny side avenues and the vta has rerouted at least one bus line. >>> president trump is directing a fresh round of warnings at north korea. >> this is something that has to stop

you'll want to see it in totality, knoxville is probably the closest city, next eclipse 2024. we'll come back, have the forecast for monday and tell you who needs to set your alarm earlier for tomorrow. >> after a violent couple days in southeast a d.c. community leader has a message for the mayor, one term and you're done. >> we've got a lot more to tell you about >>> the news at 11:00 continues now with a look back to january 20th. remember this? the violent protests in the streets after the inauguration of president donald trump. the justice department is trying to force an internet company to hand over information about every person who visited a website used to organize protests, not just the people who actually took part in the protests, but everybody who visited that site. the company is fighting back saying the order is too broad and unconstitutional. >>> we've got breaking news out of alabama, a setback for president trump in tonight's republican senate primary. the candidate he endorsed has come in second. luther strange, nobody got a majority of the votes. so strang

and on the same day in the other side of the country, knoxville, tennessee, white nationalists are protestingble removal of a confederate statue. >>> amazon is set to deliver a gift to whole foods customers. they finalize their $13.7 billion buyout of the supermarket chain monday. once the deal is complete, amazon says it will cut prices on a number of staple items, including eggs, beef and bananas. amazon has plans to offer discounts to prime members who shop at whole foods. >>> the lives of hundreds of dogs were likely saved after they were airlifted from puerto rico. they faced a grim future because shelters are generally overcrowded there. the airlift was organized by animal welfare advocates. they were sent to florida, north carolina and new york. >>> as you know, more than a few homes have hidden gems, but not that many homes have hidden houses inside them. >> a home inside the home. kevin kemp and jennifer alexander were set to demolish a home. outside columbus, ohio. then they discovered something so cool hidden underneath the walls. >> it was the remnants of a log cabin. dating back

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knoxville road at spanish flat near lake berryessa. and the napa county sheriff's department say those road closures are still in effect right now. those evacuation orders have been lifted. what we noticed from the sky earlier today is that cal fire really pounded this thing with fire retardant. you can see retardant everywhere and they knocked it down. you said earlier that it was 10% contained. we just got an update from cal fire, it is about 25% contained. they are still battling pockets of fire within those acres. for now, we are live in northern napa county. thom jensen nbc bay area. >> thank you very much. great update. he jumped 30 feet to flee from police. he allegedly held the man at knife point. he climbed the fence and then jumped 30 feet. people arrested the man and took him to stanford hospital. >>> a new turn in the google story that we have been tracking all week. ads that are making fun of the company are popping up. steve jobs with the caption think different. and the other picture is the ceo with the words not so much

if you live in mississippi knoxville georgia knoxville tennessee places in the south and the midwest and they have no idea what you're talking about because you don't have the means to do and you spend all your money on, instead of talking to folks about your platform then you still don't have a platform. my question is do we really have a platform. platforms are about work. [applause] >> as we talk more about platforms they keep on thinking about the fact that i'm an advocate for hpc. i realize in my experience on hbcus a lot of my friends don't vote and if we are talking about platforms where people reaching out to minority serving institutions? why are universities and organizations in general reaching out and trying to tell people about the importance of their boys? why are we empowering the student's? the next generation is going to continue to vote. why aren't we empowering them to vote? i get frustrated when i think about the fact that outside organizations literally tried to stay in the 25 and up range because they assume we are the ones who are going to vote but if you want

channing also kind ofij hacked the potential with special screening in knoxville. >> who came up withn thinking of it. >> i love doing the junk when you sit in the room and people come in and out. it's fun. go back in and just do it along the way. >> one of the stops on channing's road trips to tennessee is at a north carolina. >> i was afraid she was going to get fired if i stayed any longer. i was like, what the hell. fanning money around. >> i love her, man. >> i'll spread the word! >> if it wasn't for jenna, i would marry bea tres. >> 4-year-old skipped the road trip. >> how do you keep up with snem. >> i have a complicated relationship. >> it's a mix and more. >> showing me motor speed. the money. >> in the new comedy daniel king does it. think nascar meets oceans 11. >> she hasn't seen this movie yet. you can't be mad at her for seeing everything i do. >> he's not impressed by -- >> my hard is there. it's the best. it's a good, humbling experience. i can promise you. i've never worked so hard to make a girl like me. please, please, please love me. please just love me. >> man, ch

joe missouri as soon as we get to knoxville, completely sun in skies, and we'll continue this for another hour and a half. it's hauling across the united states right now. >> incredible. we will be showing it to you all over the next hour and a half. what's happening where you are, stover any. >> and enson, the amazing thing happen there's a hole in the cloud that opens up just in time for us to see the eclipse. totalie is hitting now. the light is changing people are cheering so excited, because the cloud -- the rain stopped, and the clouds opened up. right now if you put your glasses on, you can see the eclipse. it's amazing. i was standing in the rain. it stopped just in time for us to see total eclipse. we have a couple more minutes to go, but it was enough that the people who stuck out through the rain started to cheer, started to clap, applauding the clouds to get out way just for that little window. you can see the light has changed here. that alone is beautiful. you start to see the dynamic change, the kids are out here. this gentleman was clapping, too, for the solar eclipse to h

his brother now lives in knoxville, tennessee. but given that they have many family friends right here in our area, he wanted to share with us a little bit about h police a few weeks ago and called him with the news. >> he absolutely had a passion for helping people and when he got the call on july 25th, that he had been added to the unit in virginia state police, the excitement in his voice was an absolutely just incredible. >> i'll tell you a little bit about these brothers, they grew up playing hockey here. and craig says, he feels so fortunate to have been able to hit the ice with his brother just a year ago. j geography kept them apart. just yesterday, craig thought of something that he felt was worth sharing with his brother. he started that text message only to realize he wouldn't get a hundreds of dollars on youmy car insurance. saved me huh. i should take a closer look at geico... (dog panting) geico has a 97% customer satisfaction rating! and fast and friendly claims service. speaking of service? oooo, just out. it was i

and shared a few moves with nichelle at the knoxville premier of his movie "logan lucky". >> they're want them to know. >> wife didn't make the trip, but you got to love a guy who didn't pass on a chance to brag about his lady. >> ulove that you are all both your biggest champions. >> people haven't seen what she can really do. she is so beautiful and sort of small and elegant. but there is a beast inside. and no one knows. sooner or later people are going to get to see it. >> all right. from these two, to these two. salma hayek and ryan reynolds. their new movie "the hitman's bodyguard" is out this weekend also. last week salma posted this shot holding blake lively and 10-month-old baby. you can see ryan in the background. our carly steel asked salma about crashing ryan's world, and especially his kitchen. >> we're very good friends with ryan. >> okay. >> because his wife. i love my girl. i love my blake so much. we work together before. but we keep in touch. actually, she is the won that convinced me, told me to come to this film. >> really. >> so ryan got salma to come over, cook,

he also leaves behind his wife and his parents, we have family making their way in from knoxville, tennessee. we've learned from state police, doreen and erin, the arrangements are in place right now. we know trooper bates' funeral will be held and his funeral will be on held on saturday. >> so sad about both of those troopers. we still don't know what caused that helicopter crash, do we is this. >> that is still under investigation right now. they're hoping within the next few weeks, they'll get some sort of initial cause and hopefully we'll have something to share with folks. >>> here is a look now at some of the other stories making headlines. the search for clues, curse word spray painted in red on a pillar at that monument. it was discovered this morning while crews worked to remove it. police are looking for suspects. >>> just about 15 people were arrested outside the white house during demonstration in support of dacca. that's the program that give young undocumented immigrants detection of being reported. today marks the five-year anniversary of that program. president trump is under

so i took him to the south, and we spent some time in chattanooga and knoxville.and i don't know if any of -- >> i was just in that region this weekend. >> ah, yes. you know, very new urban-y. in a way. chattanooga, i'll just talk about that because that seems to be a place that's kind of, you know, really kind of on the cusp, you know? it's kind of gritty but kind of really kind of hip, and isn't that the problem? it's hip. it's like, you know, there's a lot of -- and i'm wandering around and thinking who, there is some young money here. people with disposable incomes. i don't know what they're doing, web design -- i don't know what people do anymore, you know? [laughter] but the problem is i, again, this is chattanooga. if chattanooga is becoming a much more interesting, lively, vibrant -- that word again -- place. but it's all just young people without kids. so i don't know even, you know, this is chattanooga. if it's not going to work in chattanooga, i don't know where it's going to work. and, again, it won't work in chattanooga until families think they can r

returning for their second day already with a total of $20,000, from knoxville, tennessee, it's the champs the blevins family! [cheering and applause] and from oakland, california, it's the washington family! [cheering and applause] everybody's here trying to win theirself a lot of cash, and somebody might drive out of here in a brand-new car. [cheering] let's go meet the washington family. jarrod. jarrod: hey, steve. how you doing? steve: how you doing? jarrod: i'm doing amazing, man! steve: yeah? jarrod: yeah. whoo! steve: all right, jarrod. jarrod: yeah. i'm fired up! steve: yeah, you're fired up. man, that's good, man. jarrod: yeah. blessed! steve: ok. jarrod: whoo! steve: in--introduce everybody. jarrod: you got it, steve! right next to me i got my beautiful sister brielle, my wonderful sister lauren, my amazing auntie daphaney, and my astronomical mama tammye. [cheering and applause] whoo! whoo! yeah! steve: let's get it on! give me jarrod, give me melanie. top 8 answers on the board. we asked 100 women name something you wouldn't want to find out your date was carrying. jarrod: a gu

while knoxville feels like home today. it is place molly once ran from after struggles during college. >> i was planning on being a doctor. but really, for the first time in my life, school was hard. you know, i hadn't ever really had to study before. there were other challenges. migraines, bouts with depression and general anxiety about her future. molly kept it all inside. >> i thought maybe i would just go somewhere, you know, and figure myself out for a while. >> reporter: she signs up with a nanny agency and soon receives an inquiry from a man in desperate need. >> jason corbett, who sent me messages requesting that i contact him regarding his children, it was emotional. he had lost his wife. and they were two babies. >> reporter: at age 24, the one inspiring doctor throws caution to the wind and takes the job offered by the irish widower. >> i arrive in ireland, and it's beautiful. >> reporter: so jason's family say that you guys hit it off very quickly, that you guys actually got together and slept together that fir

and monuments vandalized and defaced in louisville, kentucky, knoxville, tennessee, and wilmington, north carolina. if confederate symbols are going to come down or be removed, there is a lot of work to do. according to the southern poverty law center, there are more than 700 monuments. over 100 public schools named after prominent members of the confederacy and 10 major u.s. military bases named in honor of confederate leaders. people are also questions statues of confederate leaders sitting inside the u.s. capitol building. there are 12 of them, yet only 4 stat use honoring african americans are there. for more we turn to cnn's ryan nobles with more. ryan? >> don, every state in the union is given the opportunity to honor two of its most famous residents with a statue here at the u.s. capitol. many of them are here in statuary hall. and at least nine of those states have chosen to honor someone with a tie to the confederacy. among them the former president of the confederate states of america, jefferson davis of mississippi. right below statuary hall in an area of the capitol known as t

so many people have paid so much money to get to charleston or columbia, greeneville, knoxville, andt least they may want is to be stuck in the clouds. >> quick question, is that going to be visible from those cities, or would folks -- >> that's where it is in totally. that's complete darkness where. >> we may still have a shot. >> we may have a shot. although we got our safety measures in our emails last night. do not look directly at the sun. >> definitely don't do that. >> i did know that. >> thanks, bill. jimmy fallon delivering an emotional monologue addressing the weekend's deadly violence condemning president trump's reaction to what took place. take a listen. >> even though the tonight show isn't a political show, it's my responsibility to stand up against intolerance and extremism as a human being. what happened over the weekend in charlottesville, virginia, was just disgusting. the fact that it took the president two days to come out and clearly denounce racist and white supremacists is shame fl. i think he finally spoke out because people everywhere stood up and said somet

zookeepers in knoxville noticed giraffes seemed to be the most impacted by the sudden darkness alonglready evening. those are some of our top stories on this tuesday. it is august 22nd. >>> from abc news, this is "world news now." >>> roosters must have been very confused -- >> you can imagine -- >> cock-a-doodle -- >> by the way, the camels did not have protective glasses on. >> not a good thing. >> all right. let's start with president trump, staying the course in afghanistan, going against what he called his original instincts. >>> the president outlined the path for american forces without offering many specifics on troop numb numbers. and rejected the idea of nation building. ali, good morning. what do we know so far? >> president trump's address may have been short on specifics, but one thing is clear, the u.s. commitment in afghanistan is not winding down anytime soon. ♪ president trump beginning his prime time address on afghanistan with a rare admission. his gut might have been wrong. >> my original instinct was to pull out. and historically, i like following my instincts. b

knoxville at 63 and then raleigh is 73. still warm a 80 degrees there. richmond 77.s some showers that are going to move through the boston area over the next couple of hours. new york is fairly dry now. the front is to the west of us just moving through. look at all the clear conditions, all the sunshine back out to the northwest of us. midwest is beautiful. that's where this big area of high pressure is sitting. it's slowly moving through and by the time we get to monday, the high will move off shore and that will allow a return flow. you know what that means. more clouds, humidity and it looks on monday a pretty good chance of rain around here, maybe a thunderstorm but monday looks fairly showery with rain. again, all this pushing off to the east of us. once the front comes through and officially comes through, i don't think it's quite through yet, but we've got a little prefrontal band moving through that's drying the humidity out a littl bit, we have a few clouds at 11 o'clock, 80 degrees or so. 2 o'clock, 81. we should break into mostly afternoon and again, 83,

. >> we haven't experienced any of that here in knoxville, entire state, we are in totality around 2:xcuse me, a minute and a half of that and we haven't experienced any of that. i suspect they wouldn't let that happen in his own states. we are pretty fortunate. our biggest problem that we will have tennessee being allow-tax state people coming here and visit and they ending up wanting to stay. so that's a pretty good problem that we have. they love us, they love coming down here. cheryl: that's pretty good. really quick, mayor, before i let you go, traffic jams, i'm assuming there's going to be a lot of bad traffic today. >> i'm sure there will. we are east tennessee, we are pretty easy going. that's what y'all do when you come down here. you enjoy it so much and you end up staying and you like our slower pace. we are pretty proud of that. our sheriff's department and police department are very much aware that they will have a lot of people being out of town and very patient. cheryl: you better hope that new york drivers don't descend on your town. >> we know how to handle them, they

nashville, dayton, knoxville, greenville. breaks in tennessee as well.f the eclipse because you don't want any ocular damage. that's what's going on around the country. your neck of the woods. >> good morning. 76 degrees in the district. still looking at a lot of clouds hanging around as the fog lifts and clearing out soon. visibility is clearing a lot about a mile improving through the afternoon. looking good today. hot and humid. temperatures near 90 and rain chances tomorrow afternoon to friday, better chance of storms and most of your weekend does look dry. >> that is your latest weather. up next, singer carly rae jetson, a friend of the program makes the leap into movies with about this than ever. we will catch up with carly rae jepsen coming up. wn us. but now it's our turn to take control with stelara® stelara® works differently for adults with moderately to severely active crohn's disease. studies showed relief and remission, with dosing every 8 weeks. stelara® may lower the ability of yo