knoxville is the winner. tennessee is the winner. it's not me. because i think this is -- this is what make us the winner is that the people in this country, not us. so thank you very much. this is what i was waiting for. working all day. >> your response is one of the main reasons why you were voted number one. that spirit that you have. so we have some more surprises for you, okay? we're going to go upstairs. >> now we going to -- not what is your name? now it's going to be clear. >> did you really think that they worked for "readers digest"? just look at them and tell. >> so smart. they was playing so smart, actions, like i try to sneak in and i didn't get clearance. >> well, we're going to share some surprises with you and we're going to share with everybody at home coming up -- >> are we live? >> yes, we're live. >> hey. >> i forgot to tell you that part. >> thank you. you know, i just want to tell something before i get so confused. i'm so emotional, i may be cry. i just want to tell the american people you are great people. everybody love

kristen, an anchor in knoxville and bob mueller, anchor in nashville. here is a quick rundown of tonight's debate rules. there are no opening statements. candidates will have 30 seconds each for closing. candidates will get 60 seconds to answer main questions and 40 -- seconds for rebuttal. 30 if there is a follow-up question they will get 30 seconds and the sound of a bell will ring when the time is up. be sure to follow the #senate debate. you can find all the questions that will be asked tonight as well as information on the candidates. let's get right to the questions. we will begin with bob who is up first. >> good evening and welcome. i would like to start with a couple of your stated views on the issue of the allegations and confirmations of judge kavanagh to the u.s. supreme court. governor you said in nashville , evidence supporting the sexual assault allegations did not rise to the level of disqualifying kavanagh. congressman, you told them that the sexual assault allegations were raised by the democrats as a delay tactic and smear. are you sa

knoxville creek, the strongest wind is close to 40 miles an hour.e of the winds in our hills are translating down to the surface right now. fairfield having a wind gust to 30. san francisco right now, current wind gust to 20 miles an hour. let's go hour by hour, show you the winds. by 8:00 tonight, we do expect the winds to steadily increase in the north bay with frequent gusts over 30 miles an hour. when we are back on air for abc 7 news at 11:00 laster tonight, the winds are very active in the north bay. you can see spots gusting well over 40 miles an hour at that time. he would do expect that to continue even into the early morning hours on monday. future win gusts showing monday morning early by 4:00 in the morning, those winds are still very active. we do expect the highest wind gusts in the north bay hills over 40 miles an hour. as we head toward 6:00, as the sun is getting up here, this is going to start the trend for our winds to relax. as we head into 8:00, 9:00, 10:00 in the morning, you can see winds backing off. by 11:00 monday morning,

the gusts straight out of the north at knoxville street, mt. tam, 17 mile an hour gusts. in the east bay, about 12 miles an hour. they will continue to increase throughout the day, the afternoon, the overnight hours. it's 57 in hayward and oakland right now. we're talking about 70s by noontime with numbers coming up into the 80s later on today inland. matt? >> thanks, lisa. bone-dry conditions, low humidity and strong winds putting firefighters on high alert. pg&e putting customers on high alert. their power may be cut off to prevent wildfires. the story from the east b >> kids and their parents touring an open house at hayward fire station number two. it just reopened after a seismic retrofit. just in time. >> i look at all the dry areas i see around sniept this is a very unstable atmosphere for us. >> red flag fire danger making firefighters uneasy. >> we're on edge because we know that any spark from a lawn mower or any type of somebody may be pulling off the side of the road which sparks the wildfire. >> contra costa fire department training facility opened its doors

we are broadcasting live from the baker center on the university of tennessee's campus in knoxville. and ihe evening anchor will be your guide this evening media group star presentation. let's go right ahead and introduce you to the candidates who are running for u.s. senate. former governor phil brenna sent, and congressman marsha blackburn representing tennessee's seventh district. we are broadcasting live across the state of tennessee. we welcome viewers from's nations in memphis, jackson, nashville, chattanooga, knoxville and huntsville, alabama. let's meet the panel of journalists who will be asking the tough questions tonight. we have richer, it an anchor in memphis. in knoxvilleanchor and bob mueller, anchor in nashville. here is a quick rundown of tonight's debate rules. no opening statements. candidates will have 40 seconds each for closing. candidates will get 60 seconds to answer main questions and 40 seconds for rebuttal. if there is a follow-up question they will get 30 seconds and the sound of a bell will ring when the time is up. senatee to follow the # debate. you can

this is 31 at knoxville creek. these winds are not going to die down in the overnight hours. they are mixing down to the surface as well. it is probably very breezy if not windy. it is 21 in concord and san francisco. we are back on air for abc 7 news at 11:00 still a very active picture. winds will be likely gusting at or over 25 miles per hour. tomorrow morning you'll notice the wind as well. by 5:00 in the morning we are seeing winds gusting 20 to 30 miles per hour. as you head towards midday the winds will begin to back off. they will begin to relax. by monday afternoon we expect the winds to be on the light side compared to what we are seeing right now. we continue to have the red flag warning in effect for the north bay hills and the santa cruz mountains. that is lasting until 9:00 monday morning because the winds are so strong right now. any fires you can see can spread very quickly. overnight tonight upper 50s to lower 60s with that wind. some haze in our atmosphere where we have the smoke. we'll show you t

it is 33 in knoxville look at the single digit relative humidity levels. we are 9 in oakland. it is up in the hills where it is even rs that's w dang until noo rlly warm this week. i'll have that coming up. back to you for more news. >> all right. thanks. >>> you can get alerts like the ones we sent out about the red flag warning. there is a section dedicated just to weather. you can customize the app to get breaking news alerts. >>> today traffic on fremont street next to the sales force transit center is open again. that critical block of the commute has been closed or had been closed since the discovery of cracked steel beams at the new transit hub. we are live downtown with how traffic and repairs are going, amanda. >> reporter: good morning. it is a huge deal for anyone who commutes through downtown san francisco. we spoke to those on foot who say this was a welcomed site. >> traffic under the sales force transit center was moving just in time for the monday morning commute. after nearly three weeks closur closures and detours skrak ki car pools into the area. she has had

caller: by knoxville. knoxville.of near the hall of fame. anyway. you, mr.ver heard of schneider but i do appreciate you being on c-span. my question is, i am dealing with my granddaughter. department of human services, children's and families of iowa. inave been to the committee that can't get box open to answer my calls. you were talking about the mental issue say. do you think there is mental issue with the caseworkers in these department. host: so somebody is having trouble. diane, i would be happy to help you out in your particular situation. i'm sorry you haven't been able to get the help you need. me wouldway to reach be through my office at the caps off. at the capitol. i don't know freaking talk off-line or how i can best get that number to you. -- i don't know if we could talk off-line or how i can best get that number to you? email -- my gmail address is charles. schneider @legis.iowa.gov and i would be happy to help you out. to make sure you get your questions answered. from let's take a call ohio. causing strokes, cancer, alzheimer's. m

knoxville creek has winds increasing. we're under this red flag warning that's in place until tomorrow afternoon. winds could gust well over 40 miles an hour over the next 12 to 18 hours. so if future tracker winds gusts will get up to el30 miles an hour. we're back on air for abc7 news at 11:00, we expect those gusts at 40 to 50 miles an hour. we'll show you when those winds will finally relax in that accuweather forecast when i see you guys in a few minutes >>> we want to mention the north bay counties that will see power turned off. in sonoma county, clover dale, geyserville, holdsberg and parts of santa rose sachlt clear sky lake, clear lake oaks, clear make parks, cobb, and middletown. >> we sent out an abc7 news app when we found out that pg&e is shutting off power. turn on the notificationotifica. you can also use the app to check weather conditions where you live. >>> the san francisco terminal at freemont street will reopen for the monday morning commute. three cracks were found in the building causing freemont t

knoxville creek gusting to 35 miles an hour.ed flag warning is in effect for the north bay hills and our east bay hills. 12-hour day planner, windy in the hills, lots of sunshine in the afternoon. enjoy. >> thank you. >>> this morning 70% of venice, italy, is under water. video shows what people are dealing with, stores boarded up, people wading in waist-high teinome parts of the city the water is 5 feet high. schools are closed. veniceen floods. heavy rain has made the situation even worse this time. wow. >>> happening today, "jeopardy!" is coming to netflix. >> the streaming service has acquired 45 hand-picked episodes of the show. they'll feature the tournament of the champion competitions and the one-time battle of the decades. this is "jeopardy!'s" second streaming deal. they're already on hulu. hulu has 60 episodes. if you want to watch new episodes, have you to tune into abc7 news at 6:00 weeknights. >>> we call silicon valley the tech capital of the world. now a new study shows they're not even inhe net t like $25 millio

you go through knoxville, you go through nashville, memphis, you look up on the warehouses-- "help wanted" and "we're hiring." and we've never seen that before. pres. trump: best it's ever been. mr. boyer: it is. pres. trump: best it's ever been. mr. boyer: best time i remember. pres. trump: therefore, we should do well in the midterms. they never report how well we're doing, which they don't like to do. that's good. come here. appreciate it. go ahead. mr. waller: on behalf of all of the hardworking men and women in the coal industry, we want to thank you for your support. it means a whole lot. back in 2016, times were really tough. and the company that i worked for actually had downsized, you know, for the first time in the history of the company. but the particular mine that i work at, i just want you to know that, in the last several months, we've added a hundred people. and we're looking to add -- pres. trump: it's a big difference, right? mr. waller: yeah, we're looking to add to 150 more. pres. trump: saved that industry. that industry was gone. and it's a very important -- really,

the knoxville news sentinel reports an intensive search continues for a woman who went missing in greaty mountains national park on the north carolina/tennessee border. 53-year-old missy susie clemens of ohio was last seen on friday. k-9 teams and drones are assisting in the search and verizon brought in a portable cell tower. >>> the search continues for a shark that attacked a boy north of san diego. a 13-year-old suffered traumatic injuries when an 11 foot shark attacked while he was lobster diving off beacon's beach on saturday. kayaker chad hamill helped to get the teen to safety. >> he said bite, i need help. he started to swim toward us and there was ten feet of blood behind him. he was in a panic. he flops on top of the kayak. his whole clavicle and back is exposed, blood is coming out filling up the kayak. >> lifeguards and police are using personal watercraft and aerial surveillance to search for the shark. people are not yet being allowed back in the water and the teen is expected to make a full recovery. >>> "the new york times" reports undocumented migrant children have bee

, we all across the state welcome viewers from stations in nashville, chattanooga, johnson city, knoxville, and huntsville, alabama. let's meet the panel of journalists who will be asking the tough questions. ,e have richard branson -- christianally farley. here is a quick rundown of the rules. there are no opening -- christin farl statements, candidates will have 30 seconds each foreclosing, candidates will get 60 seconds to answer questions and 30 seconds for rebuttal. if there is a follow-up question, candidates will get 30 seconds and the sound of the bell will ring until -- when the time is up. theure to finish -- follow hashtag. let's get to the questions i'm a we are beginning with bob. bob: i would like to start with a couple of your stated views on the issue of the allegations and confirmation of judge kavanaugh to the u.s. supreme court. you said in nashville, evidence supporting the sexual assault allegations did not rise to the level of disqualifying kavanaugh and you told the times free press of chattanooga the sexual assault allegations were raised by the democrats as a delay

i am kristin farley, the evening anchor in knoxville, and we want to make sure you know tonight is the final debate before the november 6 election. let's get right to the introductions tonight. we want to introduce you to the two gentlemen who want to be tennessee's next governor. the former national mayor karl dean and also on the stage businessman bill lee. let's meet the panel of journalists who will be asking questions tonight. bob mueller. christina rankin. richard ransom. we want to let you know we are broadcasting tonight's debate live all across the state of tennessee and want to welcome in our view is tonight from memphis nashville, jackson, johnson city, chattanooga, knoxville, and down in huntsville, alabama. for those of you at home, follow along on social media using the #tngovdebate. now, let's go ahead and run through the important rules for tonight's debate. there are no opening statements. candidates will have 30 seconds for closing. main questions candidates will have one minute to answer and 30 seconds for any follow-ups. the sound of a bell time will be up. a random

knoxville creek, 16 miles an hour. those winds will be increasing in the hills which is why fire danger is going up. there's a warning from midnight sunday until 12:00 p.m. monday. wind gusts of 45 to 50 miles an hour and lower humidity means that any fires that do develop will spread rapidly, but it is that same pattern that has allowed us to warm up today. look at the temperatures. everyone in the 70s and 80s right now compared to 20 hours ago, 10 degrees warmer in san jose and san francisco and 12 degrees in concord. i'll be back with changes as we head into the weekend. >> larry? >> thank you, sandhya. >>> victims' relatives were in court as one of two defendants tried to get his plea deal reinstated after it was thrown out by a previous judge. abc 7's amy hollyfield was there. >> it's frustrateding. let's get this over with. >> reporter: mary vegas gets nervous before every court appearance. she visited her son's graveyard. he's one of those who died in the goefts ship fire. >> i went to the cemetery yesterday and

host: arnold in knoxville, tennessee, good morning. are you with us? in ohio.annette good morning. caller: i have a question. what do you believe -- looking for his viewpoint, not what he thinks is more of a general look at it, but what does he personally think that the democrats will win, if you things that, how many seats by, and does he think the democrats have a chance in winning in the senate? i am asking all voters to vote democrat. too many senators and congressmen are voting lock stock and barrel with donald trump. if this was a primary and there was anything like what is out there, they would be downgrading trump but they're worried because he took their state and there is still strong backing for trump that i say please vote blew up another ticket. what does he think about that, his own personal view for the house and senate? host: you talked about your predictions but can you talk to those ranges more? guest: senate and house may as well be mars and venus because the senate will be decided by red, rural states where the democrats are on the defensive. the house will be d

he's at the knoxville office. he's held numerous positions, leadership positions in our profession and his community. he was president of the tennessee bar association, president of the tennessee legal community foundation. he was appointed by the tennessee supreme court to chair the tennessee access to justice commission, and he spear headed the development of online tnjustice.org, the website that allows people of tennessee to seek advice from volunteer lawyers, which led the aba to establish kind of a broader national online platform. and he's been a member of the aba pro bono and public service committee since 2014 and was appointed its chair in 2016. so, as we're celebrating pro bono, buck's commitment to pro bono work and the difference it can make is inspiring. so, it's a privilege to welcome and call to the podium, buck. >> thank you. welcome, everyone. what a great-looking crowd. great afternoon. so great to see so many students in this audience. it gives me hope. dean trainer, thank you so much for that

and in july of 2008, jim david atkinson opened fire inside a knoxville church killing two and woundinghe told investigators that all liberals should be killed. june of 2015, white supremacist dylann roof went on a deadly shooting spree at the ame emanuel church in charleston killing nine people. roof targeted the black church because he wanted to incite a race war that he thought whites would win. in july of 2015, john russell houser enters a movie theater in louisiana with a gun killing two and wounding nine. investigators say he praised dylann roof and urged people to kill liberals. and then just last august, we heard this on the streets of charlottesville. [ chanting "jews will not replace us. jews will not replace us" ] >> we all remember the unite the right rally where james alex field drove a car into a crowd of counterprotesters killing heather heyer and injuring many others. unfortunately, i could go on and on. we will see what the facts turn out to be in this case, but the history of domestic terror in the united states is very clear. this president presented with an opportuni

he was a b-17 pilot, trained at knoxville. guess what my father did? fixed submarines on midway island. runs in the family. lowell thomas brought that interesting edge of adventure, even though it was an horrific experience, no doubt about it. i don't mean to make light of the war, but we have a tendency to take certain aspects of it as novelty and fascinating, sometimes in a macabre way. this is nothing new. back in the mid-1990's, tom clancy writing about red october. submarines, sonar, everyone is fascinated. he made a few million dollars. he even got sean connery to star in the film. the point is, we are always attracted by that. in this particular case, what are we looking at? our primary focus is on the u-boat. there are quite a few of them that attacked the american east coast. basically three classes of them. the u-139 class, the u150 class, including the converted commercial boat deutsche land, and also the u-142. interesting aspects begin to creep into this story. if you look at more statistics, and many of the people who stood up in this roo

we are broadcasting live from the bigger center on the university of tennessee campus in knoxville. wam evening anchor for etienne in memphis and i will be your guide this evening for this presentation. let's go right ahead and introduce you to the candidates who are running for u.s. senate.

east tennessee to complete the liberation of the area, which they madden -- managed to do around knoxville. so, grant has managed to do many things that lincoln has wanted to have done all through the war and managed to do with the resources on hand and without lecturing the commander in chief, the president of the united states, about military matters. this looks pretty good to lincoln. then, this is something that is underappreciated. that winter, as grant -- this is appropriate because grant is commander-in-chief and has a key role in whatever happens in 1864. so halleck, lincoln through halleck begins to solicit general grants, ideas of what strategy there should be.what should your forces do, where should they go on what should happen. grant sends back all these different things, operate for north carolina, send a massive expedition up the mobile and into the underbelly of the confederacy. but those are not received well in washington. but, here is where grant is different because, unlike people like george mcclellan when lincoln would say something and offer ideas, or would criticize

last check, knoxville creek had a wind gust out of the northeast at 42 miles per hour. we are certainly not seeing the winds down at the surface, but if we are clocking them in the upper elevations throughout the day today, look at how they ramp up. starting at 20, 25 miles per hour out of the northeast but then all throughout the late a afternoon, the evening hours, and we are getting up to 50 miles per hour. and so this is napa, sonoma and marian, and the diablo range is not as gusty, but near ham il wind gusts near 30 miles per hour, but outside at the roof camera, we will see the fog. that is a welcomed site and the winds are not blowing here, and so we are look at the relatively calm winds for now, and that is going the change. the fog evaporates and you will see the sunshine here in san francisco and 56 degrees here as well as mountainview and half moon bay, and morgan hill, and 58 in oakland and certain ly th cool and comfortable morning with the delays of sfo at 28 minutes due to the low clouds and 53 in santa rosa, and looking at 71 in vacaville, and wind gusts

he was a b-17 pilot, trained at knoxville. is what my father did? fixed submarines on midway island. runs in the family. thomas brought that interesting edge of adventure, even though it was an horrific experience, no doubt about it. i don't mean to make light of the war, but we have a tendency to take certain aspects of it as novelty and fascinating, sometimes in a macabre way. this is nothing new. back in the mid-1990's, tom clancy writing about red october. sonar, everyone is fascinated. he made a few million dollars. he even got sean connery to star in the film. is, we are always attracted by that. in this particular case, what are we looking at? our promise -- primary focus is u-boat. there are quite a few of them that attacked the american east coast. basically three classes of them. 139 class, the u150 class, including the converted commercial boat deutsche land, and also the u-142. interesting aspects begin to creep into this story. if you look at more statistics, and many of the people who stood up in this room are quality for the research

knoxville creek. mt. tam about 16 miles an hour. not as windy over the east bay hills.th bay and east bay hills es warmer,0 clcla. in san rael. the wi proessively g g strongererhroughout the day. especially to the north. sonoma and napa by late in the day. we're talking gubss in 50 miles an hour. matt? >> thanks, lisa. this week with george >> announcer: "this week" with george stephanopoulos starts now. >>> campaigner in chief. >> america is booming. it's thriving. >> president trump hits four states in five days. the midterms 23 days away. >> go. just vote. >> it's all about the base. >> this is america. control ocongress, the ws presens proval r the rise. democrats up by double digits in the house. we'll analyze the brand new results, debate how it will play out in the home stretch during our powerhouse round table. >>> plus -- >> we're going to get to the bottom of it. there will be severe punishment. >> senators demand actn

of that area, which they managed, which an expedition does assisting ambrose burnside around the knoxville area. so grant has managed to do many things lincoln wanted done through the war, and managed to do it with the resources on hand, without lecturing the commander-in-chief, the president of the united states, about military matters. this looks pretty good to lincoln. and then, this is something that is underappreciated, that winter as grant, and this is appropriate, by the way, because grant as commander-in-chief of all forces in the west has a key role for what happens in 1864. k,ncoln, through halloc begins to solicit general grant's ideas of what the strategy should be. where should they go, watch it happen? grand sends back all these things. we should operate from north carolina. we should send a massive expedition through mobile, into the underbelly of the confederacy. those aren't received for a well in washington -- very well in washington, but here is where grant is different. unlike people, george mcclellan, when lincoln would say something and offer ideas, or would criticize

trained in knoxville. guess what my father did during the second world war? fix submarines. runs in the family. that columnist brought the interesting edge of adventure even though it was an horrific experience, no doubt about it. don't mean to make light of the war. but we do have a tendency to take certain aspects of it as novelty and sort of fascinating sometimes in a mccobb way. and this is nothing new. i mean, back in the mid-'90s, they had the movie "red october." deep diving submarines. everybody is fascinated by it. the guy made a few million dollars on it. even had sean mcconhery in the film! i mean, goodness, how do you lose? we're attracted by that. case in point. what are we looking at in this particular case? our primary case is on the u- cruisers. and most the statistics that have been put up, you've seen these quite a few times today. a quite a few that attacked the american east coast. so there's three classes over them. the u-139 class which included the u-140. the 151 class which included a converted boat. and also the u-142. now, some interesting aspects b

coming up for viewers on the bbc news channel and bbc world news — from knoxville to nashville to memphis lovely day today, when the sun was shining, temperatures around 21, the peak of the heat this week, from the blue skies to the grey skies, different picture here in argyll in scotland where it was much cooler as a result of the cloud. the band of patchy rain moving into scotla nd band of patchy rain moving into scotland and northern ireland, a very wea k scotland and northern ireland, a very weak weather front. cloud beginning to break up in the south west, and we will continue to see this narrow band of cloud and light rain and drizzle moving down into england and wales. showers following to the north—west. maybe some fog but not as extensive as it was last night. 6—8 in the north, 10—11 in the south. this band of cloud is moving very slowly towards the wash and east anglia, lingering in the west country, and a few showers coming in into the north—west of the uk, light showers. could get 17 in hull, maybe around the london a bit higher, and in kent. they will hang onto some warm suns

wilcox escaped knoxville, tennessee, and out -- lived on a plantation outside of the city. he set he would make the most of it, but along the roads of eastern tennessee, wilcox met union army recruiters. freedomn threatened his in the spring of 1864. the agents stopped wilcox and questioned him. pass of theed a recruiters, indicating that the army had exempted him from service. the recruiters snatched the pass from him and tore it to pieces. although on emancipated, wilcox was now at the mercy of these recruiters. he no longer held proof of his freedom, which he needed as a black man in the south. indeed, as a black man in the chaos of the civil war, wilcox faced uncertainty. on one side, confederate slavers awaited him. on the union side, unknown men in blue. looking over the white men in union colors as they approached, wilcox perhaps recognized allies, as many free people did. once they shredded his passport to freedom, wilcox knew that these men in danger his freedom. the recruiters insisted wilcox in list and go to war. enlistsed -- and list -- and go to war. he refuse

knoxville in the mid 50s on saturday. mid 50s in d.c. that's what's going on around the country.ing with some cloud cover. your temperature trend in the afternoon will be trending into the up ever 60s. around 12:00, we'll be hitting some 70s in the forecast, south bay only topping out low 80s, but inland spots will climb nicely into warmer weather. this sunshine will be around not just through today. be careful with the swells out there, and tall waves across the coast. >>> and that's your latest weather. >> all right. thank you, al. still ahead, royal mania in melbourne. getting the rock star treatment in australia overnight. we're live from the newest stop on the tour. >>> think you could go an entire month without social media? teenagers encouraging all of us to plug into what really matters. >>> also ahead the dude, 20 years later. how did the b"the big lebowski" from dud to cult classic. the cast is reunited to find out? >>> first, a rare look inside a once-in-five hundred year storm should happen every five hundred years, right? fact is, there have been twenty-six in the la

knoxville creek, 26. tam to 28. red flag warning infect f-- in effe our east bay hills. accuweather seven-day forecast, warm today, warmer >>> welcome back to "gma." you ready, huh? >> we ready. we ready. >> we got a terrific audience. >> we do. >> on this tuesday morning. and we always said, when you have a great audience, you have got to bring it with the guests. so we got a great guest. one of the most influential people in hollywood, a producer, director, a writer, an actor and an entertainment mogul and he has a brand-new movie out called "nobody's fool" starring tiffany haddish and whoopi goldberg. please welcome the one-man band himself, tyler perry, everybody. [ applause ] >> we ready. we ready. [ applause ] >> i'm ready. i'm ready. i'm ready. [ applause ] >> i know. >> good to see you. good to see you. [ applause ] >> loving all that. it's all good. >> hey, hey, hey. >> that's a long time to introduce you. you doing a lot. >> things are good. >> things are great. congratulations. 25 years this man has had t

i met with a group of hospitals yesterday morning in knoxville area, who were talking about how low it was, how unfair it is to certain parts of the region. how big a problem is it for you in tennessee and virginia, the area wage index? do you have any suggestions for fixing it? >> senator, it's one of the biggest problems we have. every, all 95 counties in tennessee and all the counties in southwest virginia fall among the lowest of the spectrum for the area wage index which ranges from a low of .68, up to 1.9. if you think about the distribution, only 10% of the counties in the country, have an area wage index. the average is supposed to be 1. only 10% of the countries have an area wage index above 1. the distribution, the intent of the area wage index was to recognize initially that costs were higher in rural areas and therefore you would have to pay more to get people there and somewhere along the way it got turned on its head and once you fall behind -- >> it's hard -- i've got limited time. it's hard to change formulas in the united states congress. do you have any shrewd suggest

host: arnold in knoxville, tennessee, good morning. are you with us? in ohio.annette good morning.aller: i have a question. what do you believe -- looking for his viewpoint, not what he thinks is more of a general look at it, but what does he personally think that the democrats will win, if you things that, how many seats by, and does he think the democrats have a chance in winning in the senate? i am asking all voters to vote democrat. too many senators and congressmen are voting lock stock and barrel with donald trump. if this was a primary and there was anything like what is out there, they would be downgrading trump but they're worried because he took their state and there is still strong backing for trump that i say please vote blew up another ticket. what does he think about that, his own personal view for the house and senate? host: you talked about your predictions but can you talk to those ranges more? guest: senate and house may as well be mars and venus because the senate will be decided by red, rural states where the democrats are on the defensive. the house will be dec

fill seat of bob rockerer todaylo swift weighing in connell mcshane live from university campus in knoxvilleus university of tennessee thought we would talk to you this morning live on "mornings with maria" with some college students about this race let me set things up introduce you my new friends in a moment the race between blackburn and bredesen one of the more interesting president trump won tennessee by 26 points bredesen former governor moderate democratic had been leading blackburn in polls up until a couple weeks ago, blackburn pulled ahead fox poll by 5 cbs has her up 8 same as brett kavanaugh hearings going on capitol hill then taylor swift got involved let me introduce savannah luke, on my left happen to be seniors at university of tennessee supporting blackburn taylor swift got involved encouraged instagram followers vote for bredesen critical of congressman brak burn's record on women's issues does that help turn out young people your thoughts on that. >> i think tennessee has a taylor has a huge following a lasts followers are under age of voting, i have read that articles hav

as we got up this morning, we were on a different story from knoxville yesterday, down towards panhandle we turn to main roads, every time we make a right to get out of there, there's a down tree or down power line. one interesting story before i let you go, maria, chris our field tech found this, look at this, the big oak here in thomasville, one of the big attractions in the city, 337-year-old oak tree, 160 feet spread, 68 feet in height, as i look up, wouldn't you know in the midst of everything else there are so many trees, too dark to tell, so many trees knocked down just in this town and the big oak made it through, maybe the wires they have tied up, i don't know if you can see, the wires they have may have helped out. made it 337 years and made it through michael but a lot of other facilities, structures, trees did not. big clean-up effort underway in the state and we will make our way into florida as the day continues. maria: that's a great shot of the tree, thanks for bringing us that story connell mcshane live this morning. thomasville, futures come -- pointing to selloff, thir

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carl in knoxville, tennessee. good morning. good morning. thank you for accepting my call.'ve been listening for about 20 minutes or so. referencecouple calls individuals who were trying to that are not citizens of the united states. what i keep hearing, not only on the tv today, but i see some of fromepresentatives different areas of the state of tennessee who are referring to illegal aliens versus illegal immigrants. when i see some of our senior leaders in the state calling people illegal aliens. aliens arehinking is from another planet, immigrants are from another country. i think we ought to get our facts straight before we start looking for ways to poke at our opponents when we are running for election. these individuals who are trying to vote are illegal immigrants, not aliens. aliens do not come from the united states. is a do you think that widespread problem, immigrants trying to vote? caller: i don't think it is as widespread as some may think it is. i think there is certainly a problem, but when you cannot even call the group of people what they are, immigrants,

we're on the campus of the university of tennessee by the way in knoxville, because the two candidatesllege campus this evening. close race. we'll see how it goes. charles: connell, very much appreciate it. our next guest says the anti-kavanaugh protests were funded in large part by democrat megadonor george soros. the headline of her op-ed, quote, george soros' march on washington. joining us now, the author of standing alone, an american woman's struggle for the soul of islam. thanks for joining us. we always kind of heard speculation george soros and others like him were funding these things. do you have concrete proof that is the truth? >> yeah. you know, my exercise in all of this is the very linear. i went basically through the entire list of the so-called partners of the women's march, that ran right after the inauguration day of president trump and from that list i then correlated it to all of the documents that are now been leaked by various sources from open society foundations over the last few years. what i did was i cross-checked saw what names were also showing up on the

tennessee debate from the university of tennessee in knoxville, marsha blackburn and phil broadus andere asked whether they believe the border wall was an effective tool in fighting illegal immigration. i do not believe it was an effective tool, and whatever it is affecting may or may not have been, i think it amounted to child abuse, was a stain on our country's reputation, it is the sort of thing that will be studied in future years by school students as an inappropriate period of american history. i hope we can read night those children as rapidly as possible. believeo say, i strongly in controlling our borders, no question about that. when i was governor, we were one of the first states to send to thel guard troops arizona border to help in that process. but i think there are much better ways of doing it than building a wall. in today's world with the technology to the arizona border to help in that process. we have, we can do that more effectively and quickly and less expensively wearied i think a wall is just political theater. but i think we need to control our borders, no ques