how is knoxville hearing about it? >> i can't say that people were universally frightened.hink the greater harm is that people were suspicious of the families. that's what i heard. i had cop friends that were suspicious, and we as journalists were suspicious. they kidnapped you but let you go. it sounded unbelievable. >> unbelievable maybe, but it would happen again. this time in northern tennessee. three months after the harris case, a young mother was starting her day and struggling to get her toddler son secured in her car. >> he wants candy for breakfast and he is throwing a fit. so she's quite distracted anyway. when all of a sudden, you know, she feels movement. >> brook lyons didn't have time to think. in an instant, she and her 3-year-old son were under attack. >> she looks up and here's a guy with an assault rifle pointed at her. >> two male attackers forced brook into the car with her son. that's right, they headed here, this credit union in elizabethton where she worked as a $9 an hour teller. >> they knew how to get to the bank without being told. >> jeff blanto

. >> reporter: matthew cummings sells his house brewed beer in knoxville, tennessee, and on etsy, hisand blown, remarkably-shaped beer glasses. >> if you just hold it up to the light and take a look at those, those undulations, you'll get different densities of the beer. >> look at that. >> reporter: he began has a glass blowing artist, a sculptor, but only so many people could afford his work. >> at $6,000 to $14,000, i can't afford my own work. my friends and family can't afford it. >> so a beer loving friend suggested he make something that more people could enjoy, glasses. by 2013, he was another etsy success story. >> we were back ordered by three or four months for, like, two years. >> reporter: and today enthusiastic beer drinkers allow comings to combine business and art. >> glass has a ton of personality on its own. it's not like you're glowing glass and you're making it into this thing. it's a conversation or a dance with another material that's very mindful. i start to make something, and then i'll let the glass decide where we want to go. so, these are more like jazz. >> r

at seymour middle school in knoxville, tennessee, they're greeted like heroes coming home from the war. 50 years and 10,000 miles from vietnam, two of america's bravest soldiers are making one of their many stops to speak about the value of education, service, and patriotism. >> these two war heroes had lived vastly different lives. both are veterans of the war in vietnam. harvey "barney" barnum received it in 1967 at age 26, and it transformed his life. >> it would be naive to believe it didn't. you're in the spotlight. 24/7. so after i got decorated, it wasn't captain barnum, it was captain barnum, that guy's got the medal, lieutenant colonel, colonel, so you're on a pedestal. and you're in view. soledad: ky phu, republican of vietnam, december 18, 1965. in the midst of the enemy's heavy onslaught, lieutenant barnum reorganized his troops and led a counterattack. he directed rescue helicopters to evacuate the dead and wounded. >> i told everybody we're going to go out at a time, 13 men at a time. when i say go, you run as fast as you can towards the village. and don't stop. if you st

church is in my size part of every shot we've got a christmas market happening in knoxville right outside of it all for us to go ahead while what we have to say shows that. it just makes hospitality business is like ours completely viable i we need more government support. to get us through this so the weiss. as we've seen in the news the last couple of days the high street is already with ok here it happened and. it's it's been decimated by hospitality nashton the step up. 4 people have been confirmed dead after a large explosion in the west of england the incident happened at a waste water treatment facility outside breast all artes reports from the site. well a around 20 this morning local time emergency services called to this water treatment facility here just outside bristol in the south west of. been an explosion at a chemical plant the at the site not too long ago in the last hour or so we've had a press conference being held by the local chief of police and the local head of the fire service the fire service lead the rescue operation but sadly despite the best efforts of all thos

. >> reporter: they were thawed by the national embryo donation center in knoxville, one of the world's adoption programs, facilitating more than 1,000 births. this week they tweeted, the gibson family has another history-making miracle to celebrate. we are so happy for them. >> i'm so glad to have this sweet little blessing. i wanted it for so long, and you know, it was worth the wait. >> reporter: gibson found out she was pregnant with molly just days before covid-19 was declared a pandemic. she calls her birth a little spark of joy for 2020. kenneth, mona. >> megan, thank you. congratulations to the family. >> so happy for that family. not one but two miracle babies. >> and that's what's making news in america this morning. >>> breaking news in "america this morning," the first covid vaccine gets the green light in the uk. so why hasn't the u.s. approved it yet? what the fda is saying, plus americans in need. the new bipartisan stimulus proposal including unemployment benefits. why the senate leader is already rejecting it. >>> also breaking overnight, pardon conspiracy. what we're l

or keith abraham who works in the knoxvil office heard from a tennessee company about an employee with a grim cancer diagnosis. the employee's parents lived in china. they were not able to see the employee because of covid restrictions. long and short, keith worked it out so they could receive the apopriate paperwork and fly to be with their daughter. one story that i got to see in person was about wilbur hofman of l world war 2. mary asked if there was some way to be recognized for his world war ii service. she discovered he was not only eligible for a purpl heart. he had been wounded on d-day in 1944. he had also earned the bronze starnd ranger tab awards. so in 2012 he was presented with these awards by our state's highest ranking military offir, general haston at a ceremony i attended. he died a year later. each fall kay durham works through about 150 tennessee applications to attend our nation's service academies. she's worked with over 2500 candidates applying for thosing academies. there's no better state directors than patrick jaynes. he has served as deputy chief of staff. i'v

commissioner of education and served a similar role developing a special education programs for the city of knoxville. it propelled to run and win on the city commission and first woman to serve. during her three decades, wanda asked tough questions and reviewed budgets and wasn't shy of speaking up for increased government accountability and transparency. she led the reforms that government.cksville wanda was influential and one of my oldest friends and her mentorship will influence my public service career. i'm proud to celebrate her life and recognize her contributions to my community and my friend will be missed. i yield the remainder of my time. . the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia seek recognition? >> thank you, madam speaker. i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> thank you, madam speaker. it gives me great pleasure to rise today to recognize mrs. mary woodruff of amherst county, virginia, who turned 104 years

my name is stuart harris and i teach constitutional law at lincoln memorial university in knoxville,ennessee. today, we have a real treat for you. we are going back to a time when the constitution was ratified and we will talk about some of the great debates that occurred during the ratification process. set context. in 17 76, we had our declaration of independence. don't mix that up with the constitution. they are two very different things. both important, but today we are focused on the constitution. indeed, these two documents were separated by 11

equipment and they sent it back to knoxville. realize theynt to don't have another source, and yes save our stages is good, but you've got to have something to stave -- to save the stage with, and it is the support network. i'm running out of time. we are so determined to help with this industry. mr. strickland and mr. harkey -- mr. mr. hartke, let me come to you with my question. talk to me about what the next six months is going to look like how you industry and think you are going to be able to recover. mr. strickland, you first. michael: thank you, senator blackburn. i have a degree in business from the tennessee college of business and even working in college of business did not teach me how to run a business for 18 months with no money. to answer your question and the biggest point here, the industry not almost out of money, we've been out of money. 30% of our industry is gone now. if nothing is done by february, 60% of our industry will be gone , 60% of the people will be unemployed or doing something else. we simply have

the fbi shared this video of him jumping the counter in knoxville in 2017.go robbing banks every week. authorities say he even took a two year break between his robberies. the suspect is suspected to be a white male, and anywhere between 6 feet and 6'6". he is tall, apparently. hence the name too tall bandit. you can't see his face but the fbi said you might recognize him by how he walks. he has a lymph that affects his right leg. federal authorities are offering up to $15,000 for information to help identify the too tall bandit. they say he is armed and dangerous and again, he's been getting away with bank robberies for years. >> john: pretty clear that he is armed. thank so much. afraid of getting the brain-tickle her nasal covid swab test? we will introduce you to the covid breathalyzer. beautiful. but support the leg! when i started cobra kai, the lack of control over my business made me a little intense. but now i practice a different philosophy. quickbooks helps me get paid, manage cash flow, and run payroll. and now i'm back on top... with koala kai.

officer chief executive of the american bus association and michael strickland of knoxville, tennessee. representatives from the business industry provided written testimony for the record with recommendations for how congress should act to address these issues. i would ask for unanimous consent these letters be submitted into the record. without objection, so ordered. i will turn to the ranking member -- who will join us in about five minutes. i understand the chairman of the full committee, senator wicker, would like to have opening remarks as well. senator wicker. sen. wicker: thank you very much. i appreciate your leadership on this important issue. the senate commerce committee has taken many opportunities to examine the impact of the covid-19 pandemic on american's lives in our economy. in our various subcommittees we have heard about the unique hardships faced by thousands of middle-class, hard-working americans in the manufacturing industry, the transportation sector, and consumers who most -- who are most vulnerable to scams. today we will hear from representatives of the live

they boxed up equipment and they sent it back to knoxville. it is important to realize, they do not have another source. and yes, save our stages is good but you have got to have something to save the stage with and it is the support network. so let me do this. i am running out of time because we are so determined to help with this industry. mr. strickland and mr. hartke, let me come to you with my question. talk to me about what the next six months is going to look like for this industry and how you think you are going to be able to recover. mr. strickland, you first. >> thank you, senator blackburn. wharton college of business does not teach one how to run a business for 18 months with no money. it is not taught. to answer your question, and the biggest point here is the industries and people within these industries, we are not almost out of money. we have been out of money. 30% of our industry's key is gone. if nothing is done by february, 60% of our industry will be gone. 50% of the people will be unemployed or doing something else. we hav

surely isn't knoxville, tennessee on the line for native americans. good morning. >> good morning. am cherokee. we had our dna checked in 2005. it shows that we are scandinavian countries, 45% in iceland and norway, 6% in sweden, mexico 91%, panama 83 to 98%, greenland 80%. >> that's a lot of percentage. >> sorry? >> that is a lot of percentages there. >> yes. it makes sense because we did not come to this area until, oh i don't know, 16 or 17 hundreds. as i understand it. one thing i wanted to ask, i've been to your museum, it's beautiful, the design is beautiful. i wonder, do you have the history? i went with a group, so i did not get to see everything, do you have a basic history of the doctrine of discovery and the -- do you have all that in a museum? >> no, we do not. your digging in to some pretty complicated and sophisticated territory there. the doctrine of discovery was a european invention that rationalized that the indigenous people, not just of native america, but throughout the world, did not actually owned the land that they lived on and occupied for many generations.

my name is stewart harris, and i teach constitutional law at lincoln memorial university in knoxville, tennessee. today, we have a real treat for you. we are going back to a time when the constitution was ratified and we will talk about some of the great debates that occurred during the ratification process. let me set context. in 1776, we had our declaration of independence. don't mix that up with the constitution. they are two very different things. both important, but today we are focused on the constitution. indeed, these two documents were separated by 11 years. from 1776 to 1787 we had no real constitution. we had a treaty between 13 independent nations that we called the articles of confederation. the articles of confederation didn't work too well, and therefore, people like madison and washington and george mason decided to come together in the summer of 1787 in philadelphia and debate what form of government our new nation should have. this is a big question. alexander hamilton suggested it was perhaps the first time in history that such a decision had been entrusted to peopl

december day, in 2017, two and a half years after shirley carter's murder, in this courthouse in knoxvilleff against son. bill carter had spent almost a million dollars to get to this courtroom and to this moment. >> there is not a more important courtroom, anywhere in this state, than this courtroom today, right now. >> reporter: bill carter's lawyer, mark, opened by telling the jury only one person wanted shirley dead. >> the killer is sitting a few feet from you. that's the killer, right there. jason carter. >> reporter: it started like a murder case. but remember, this was a civil trial, a wrongful-death lawsuit. the father, the plaintiff. his son, the defendant. the burden of proof is much lower than it would be in a criminal trial. >> the plaintiff only has to prove the defendant liable by a preponderance of the evidence. in other words, 51% likely that you're right. >> reporter: bill carter's lawyer played jason's 911 call. he argued jason stated something about the time of death he couldn't possibly have known. >> and you hear him say that his mother has been dead for two hours whi

from indianapolis into cleveland, as well as knoxville, tennessee, i even look at new york city, you see today's high temperature, 59, the cold front will sweep through tonight, and by tomorrow, a high of 33 degrees. more of the same in atlanta, we are drastically colder than what we were yesterday. that's why we saw the beautiful snowflakes that fell from the sky today. i'll leave it with that. positive note out of the difficult year and news we have had to report on. i'm supporting a santa hat today. it's international tv. trying to make you guys smile this morning. so hopefully it works. >> listen, it worked on me. that's all that matters. thank you so much. appreciate it. >> happy holidays. >> you too. >>> no matter what's happening on christmas, even a pandemic, one thing is still the same. santa claus is coming to town. he's made a list, he's wearing his mask, and he has already circled most of the world. the north american aerospace defense command is tracking his progress, and telling you exactly how many presents he's dropped off so far. so right now, the jolly old elf is, w

i'm the special agent and public affairs officer with the fbi, knoxville field office. behind me we have the heads of agencies responsible for the work you've seen going on these past 48 hours. speaking today will be donald cochran, united states attorney for the middle district of tennessee. david roush, direct over of the tennessee bureau of investigation. doug corneski, special agent in charge of the fbi's memphis field office. mickey french, special agent in charge of the bureau of alcohol, tobacco, firearms nashville division. john drake, chief of police, metro nashville police. at this time i'll turn it over to united states attorney cochran. >> thanks, jason, and thanks for being here. on behalf of the investigative team, i wanted to give you a major update in a development that we've come to in this case, and that is based on the evidence that we've gathered to this point, we've come to the conclusion that an individual named anthony warner is the bomber. he was present when the bomb went off, and that he perished in the bombing. we base this conclusion on foren

the winds are 18 in knoxville. we a couple hours to get everything secured. as far as temperatures today, mid to upper 50s along the coast into the peninsula. low to mid 60s for the rest of us with high clouds and sunshine. cooler today. kumasi? >>> today could be the day that a coronavirus vaccine is approved to be used in america. the fda advisory committee is meeting right now to decide if pfizer's vaccine should be approved. jobina is tracking the meeting. >> thank you. the fda advisory committee is discussing the findings for the pfizer vaccine and will eventually vote on emergency authorization. this is a live picture right now of that meeting. we're streaming this on our app. stephen hahn spoke to george stephanopoulos this morning on "gma." he said the fda will not give approval until the panel gives their vote. if they give the approval, the fda will act immediately for emergency use authorization. one area of concern is the two instances of allergic reaction in the uk. >> there's much more to learn here, we're operating under difficult circumstances

in knoxville it snowed and that snow is going to stick around.estion about it, we are going to see pretty, i guess, unless you have to drive in it, conditions there across tennessee and parts of kentucky and more snow to come today in some spots. still winter weather warnings out for much of the great lakes. so watch yourself if you're driving today. a lot of roads are actually closed because of the ice on the roadways at this point. if you're traveling today you will want to check a weather app or traffic road app. here is the rain across the east, there were areas that had 4 inches of rainfall flooding a still going on here. it's the area that had 30 to 40 inches of snow last week. now it's raining on top. alison. >> chad myers, thanks so much. merry christmas. >>> and that's the latest from the news desk let's go back to john and alisyn. >>> so the holidays are normally a time to gather together with family and friends to celebrate, but every single leading scientist has advised people from getting together in large groups for this holiday sea

i'm the special agent and public affairs officer with the fbi, knoxville field office.ehind me we have the heads of agencies responsible for the work you've seen going on these past 48 hours. speaking today will be donald cochran, united states attorney for the middle district of tennessee. david roush, direct over of the tennessee bureau of investigation. doug corneski, special agent in charge of the fbi's memphis field office. mickey french, special agent in charge of the bureau of alcohol, tobacco, firearms nashville division. john drake, chief of police, metro nashville police. at this time i'll turn it over to united states attorney

. > reporter: matthew cummings sells his house-brewed beer in knoxville, tennessee, and his remarkablys of the beer. >> reporter: he actually began as a glass-blowing artist, a sculpture, but only so many people could afford his work. >> you know at $6,000 to $14,000, i capito can't afford y own work. >> reporter: so a beer-loving friend suggested he make something that more people could enjoy: glasses. by 2013, he was another etsy success story. >> we were back-ordered for three or four months for, like, two years. >> reporter: and today they allow cummings to provide business and art. >> glass has a ton of personality on its own. it's not like you're blowing glass and you're making it into this thing. it is a conversation or a dance with another material that is very mindful. i start to make something, and then i'll let the glass decide where we want to go. so these are more like jazz. >> reporter: his quartet of glassblowers makes 200 glasses a day. what has etsy meant to your life? >> i think etsy has been life-changing. it has totally redirected what i've been able to do and expan

80 similar rural pbs stations, it serves the upper cumberland. 14 counties between nashville and knoxvilleverished. >> when friends visit from washington, d.c. or los angeles, they'll drive in and say, where are the other tv stations? and i'll say, there are no other tv stations. w're it for 80 miles. >> reporter: she grew up in cookeville, and she started at wcte as that station's first student intern and never left. she has run cameras and sound, hosted shows -- >> you're 81? >> i'm 73. >> i would not have known that. >> reporter: and once, when sisters frankie and patricia murphy couldn't get their tv to work -- >> this is remarkable. >> the last time i was here, it was up in a tree. >> reporter: she even drove out and fixed their antenna for them. >> we're out here and nobody cares. >> reporter: they're grateful for whatever wcte puts on, living in a region trapped in the digital divide with spotty cell service and no internet. >> you can go and buy a dish, but you can't hardly get no signals. it clouds up. >> reporter: listen to what roy cells watches. >> i like the "newshour." it giv

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just a matter of minutes as well here at the john knoxville age campus, the plan for today is 90 residentsp getting the vaccine, as well as about 80 staff members. the state health department strike team for the elderly will begin administering the pfizer vaccine here for the rest of the afternoon. one of the first volunteers to roll up her sleeve, 88-year-old vera leap, a former school teacher from the st. louis area living out her golden years in south florida. the pandemic's toll has been devastating for retirement, assisted living and nursing homes this year, accounting for about 40% nationwide of all fatalities. i asked leap how she felt about being part of this enormous big first step. >> i don't know how i feel about it. you know? how long it's going to be, i have no idea. >> but you're excited to get the shot? >> [laughter] i guess so. reporter: she was such a pleasure. per the cdc guidelines the first people to get the vaccine are the nurses and doctors and hospital staff and senior living facilities and next will be essential workers like police, firefighters and prison workers,

detroit, chicago, knoxville, you're possible. bismarck, minneapolis, likely.ut west, missoula, likely. unlikely seattle, reno and denver and salt lake, it is possible. ♪ i'm dreaming of a white >>> i'm meteorologist kari hall. as we take a look at the fog that we've seen, definitely reducing the visibility in the east bay. take it easy as you're heading out to work. and then after that sunshine in the forecast. we're going to have more cool mornings and fog developing, and we are holding out for some rain that will be moving in by the end of the week on christmas day it looks like we could see some showers and a christmas gift to the bay area. once again that could continue into the weekend. weather. by the way, it's not just the first day of winter, but it's also yosef herzog, our stage manager's birthday. >> happy birthday, yosef we love you. >> somebody answer that phone, or hang it up. ove you. >> somebody answer that >>> still to come, golf fans seeing double this weekend tiger woods and 11-year-old charlie join together for a tournament more on that fath

: after fertility struggles, the gibsons sought help from the national embryo donation center, a knoxville if the embryo is from the early '90s. >> another sign to couples with frozen embryos using these techniques, that these embryos are not too old to use for any purpose or to donate to another couple >> reporter: as 1 in 8 couples struggle to get pregnant, doctors say births like this will be routine. it is a matter of time. >> we expect this will be a relatively common story 27 years from now >> reporter: for struggling parents, the gibsons have a message. it's worth the wait. >> trust that you know that there's options out there, and that, too, shall pass. >> amazing when big sister emma was born three years ago, doctors at the national embryo donation center said about 75% of all donated embryos survive the thawing process, and 25% to 30% of all implants are successful. for the gibsons, they say while the process was a leap of faith and not the path they expected to take, the experience made them even more grateful for the two children they have right now. >> isn't that incredible >>

it has arrived from the knoxville zoo in tennessee.a just stole her. that's not the case, philadelphia wouldn't steal a giraffe. [laughter] it's hard to get away with that. but anyway, apparently she's adjusted, she likes the new place, the new keepers, everything. you know, turned out well. and philadelphia was apparently really pushing to get this, so is they stuck their income out -- [laughter] and got her. so there you go. i just want you to be aware, all types of breaking news here. and that's -- he looks very happy, yeah? how can you tell if a giraffe is happy? you just sort of get a good feeling. [laughter] all right, we're on top of that, we're waiting on this fda news that could launch the advantage seen, and it can't happen a moment too soon forç our next guest. i've been to his place, fantastic. very good of to have you, seth. do you still do the fried brussel sprouts, by the way? >> we do, yeah. it's a different iteration than maybe the last time, but we do. certainly a fan favorite. neil: it is. normally vegetables don't

this 18-year-old was forced to withdraw from the university of tennessee knoxville after a 32nd videoline. leland is live in washington with that. >> keep in mind, the video with a year's worth old incident was posted in june, so many are asking, why now? what is new? why subject to this 18-year-old woman? mimi groves is a white cheerleader. they went to high school together. here's the timeline. at 2016 she recorded a 32nd video which used a racial slur and referenced getting a learner's permit. and 2019 they saw the clip online, then more than six months later in the days after george floyd's death he posted the video and she became the center of a firestorm. quickly the university of tennessee's cheerleading team took her slot away and she withdrew from the university. >> what can only be described as a rush to judgment. the school caved in and panicked, a lot of hysteria and social media going on and they didn't give her a meaningful investigation. >> many are pointing to this of 2019, a warning about perhaps people aren't following cancel culture. >> if i tweet or hashtag how you

we heard from michael strikland out of knoxville, whose company, banded lights, they light these stages, help these shows look great. and you've got millions of people that are in these support industries. we heard from the boater coach industry. we have heard from some of these smaller venues. they are totally shut down. they remember totally shut down -- they were totally shut down when the country went into lockdowns. they were the first to be totally closed, and they're going to be the last to reopen. these are people joined by small business retailers and restaurants that can't open their doors, and small business manufacturers that have got to wait for the supply chain to kickback up so that they can reopen their production lines. and they are saying we need the help. they're asking us who is blocking it? who is holding out? and -- and we tell them repeatedly, they could have had relief in july or they could have had it back in september or a couple of times in october or november or earlier in december. and it is not republicans that have blocked that relief. time and again the d