and in 195858 there was a poll of knoxville you said 80% favored keeping segregation.dad becomes come he became city law director january 1 of 1956, and i can still remember as lobo at seven or eight years old going, he would go into black churches in the mid-50s and speak in those churches sometimes, and he led the peaceful integration of knoxville at a time that it was not very easy. we look back now i think it would be easy, but it wasn't easy back then. he and three races for mayor he got over 90% of the african-american vote. that's against some very tough opponents. and, of course, and then he ran for mayor on a nonpartisan ticket. when he started, he was always an open obvious well-known republican, but when he started running for congress and was on the republican ticket, his black vote fell off to about 50%. when i started running, my african-american vote was, stayed there at the same i think, thanks in large part to my dad, but i also represented a lot of african-american clients when i was a lawyer and have represented the largest black church in the larges

knoxville had $5 in his pocket. he grew in what they consider bitter poverty and 20 years later was elected mayor. and in 1958, there was a poll of him. and i'm not variance and said 80% favored keeping segregation. my dad becomes he became city law director 19 january 1st in 1956. and i can still remember a little boy of seven or eight years old going to he would go into black churches in the mid-fifties, speak in those churches. sometimes and he led the peaceful integration of knoxville that time that it was not very easy. you know, we look back now and think it would have been easy, but it wasn't easy back then. and he and three races for mayor, he got. over 90% of the african-american vote and. that's against some very tough opponents and and of course and then he ran he ran for mayor on a nonpartisan ticket. when he started, he was always an open, obvious known republican. but when he started running for congress and was on the republican ticket, his black vote fell off to about 50%. when i started running my m

tennessee, it didn't matter, it could be served at a restaurant, public place in knoxville tennesseeme things were out of bounds. you might want to, but some things were out of bounds. for your father and you and a host of first publicans, racism was not political context.to so they came together. today we look at critical race theory evenn though there's no e school in tennessee, i knew wt he came up it was about the next election and making it an issue. when you come down the escalatoi talking about those people, rapists and murderers you talk about racism. issues across the country right now, race is in the heat and hurt into many of these elections in the country desperately needs people, the heart and character and couraget they say there are some things we are not going to do, some things too important to this country. those people who live their lives that way, give me faith and politics. sometimes when i tend to get down and disappointed in things taking place, i remember what bdoctor king said, it bends toward justice and i believe that with all my heart. i worship in church

he won two years later, but barry goldwater was flying in the knoxville to speak at a campaign rally. and they got an advance copy of his speech, and in his speech he was coming to knoxville and was advocating the sale of tva. well, my dad called howard baker and they decided that they were not going to go to the airport for the rally. if he, if senator goldwater said that. and so guy smith was the republican editor of the knoxville journal, the morning newspaper, and use one who got them that advanced copy. so then howard baker called everett dirksen, and everett dirksen called the goldwater plane and got that part of the speech removed from the rally. >> congressman, can you read about that in this excellent book "from batboy to congressman"? >> yes. >> i will say this. there are bad people in both parties. i mean, for instance, it really bothers me that conservatives, conservative students are attack on college campuses and that they have to get an extra security when a conservative goes to speak to a young republican or a young americans for freedom group. george will has written,

barry goldwater was flying into knoxville.y called in howard baker and decided that they were not going to go to the airport for the rally if senator goldwater said that. >> there are people in both parties for instance it really bothers me that conservative students are attacked on college campuses and they have to get extra security when the conservative goes to speak to the young republican or young americans for freedom and george will says that the place with the least freedom of speech in thisis country today is on colle and university campuses. if w that's true, and i'm sure u would disagree but if that's true, you say there's some truth to that, that's interesting. >> all i can tell you is this, if you go to any republican club or republican meeting inn this country, you would find mostly very, very fine people, very good people who love this country and who are sincerely trying to make things better. that's thean main thing i can tl you and i spoke about 2,000 times to school groups about half inng washington and half

down there where they play knoxville. i believe tennessee. i have no idea. sec guy guy anyway.nally to a possum, giving new meaning to the term dining in this happened in redding, california, tammy bell spotted this little guy. look at it. it's a baby possums snacking on her jackal lantern from the inside out kind of cute when they're little creepy. cute i guess. tammy spotted the possum after being alerted by a notification that an animal was in her yard. then she joked that it appeared he was just wanting some pumpkin spice latte. it's time to turn over to ♪music playing♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ nothing brings the pack together like a trip to great wolf lodge. now open in northern california. ♪ this city is magical! attention passengers, if you look out your windows, you'll see a magnificent tree and a glorious world of holiday joy. happy holidays from the middle of everything! ♪ ♪ >> kelly: good morning. what? where is ryan? he is usually greeting me with my morning latte. good morning art? don't. where's ryan ryan? >> i haven't seen him. >> kelly: strange. stranger. every day. there yo

knoxville and nashville and the goal is to launch even more routes across the country initially would likely be east coast, but we certainly hear from the west coast folks and people who are writing it seemed to really enjoy it. you know, they get in that well rested and they're ready to go. and nor loft is on the journey with us. what was it that enticed you to say? okay, you know what? i want to give that a try. well, i have to go to nashville anyway, and i didn't want to drive and i didn't want to fly. and then i saw it in the paper and said, oh, an adventure. it's really an expensive, much cheaper than flying and cheaper than trying to drive and get a hotel room and buy meals on the way. so this is a bargain, so we just started our drive. it's just about 10 p.m. you can see here. we've got a blackout shade that comes down on this side. another one that comes down on the other side of the sweet the bed is a lot bigger than i expected. so it's time to get some rest in the morning. it's comfortable, but is it worth it? on a regular day in mid november, the average price of one way ai

before yaki, sorry, and i wrote major knoxville, some assistance in writers. oh, really. okay. and are operations at all. but well must focus is on saving money. critics fear that such drastic cuts to twitters staff will leave the platform used by hundreds of millions, struggling to deal with hate speech and misinformation. and i spoke to jonathan ne glass on the sense apple, social media and politics, that new york university. he told me these layoffs will likely affect with us ability to combat this information. i had of the u. s. midterm elections combating misinformation is difficult in the best of circumstances. and if you get rid of a lot of the people in your organization who are working on doing that, it's hard to draw any inference other than, than that you're likely to get worse at it. you're certainly not going to get better at it. what we have to worry about is that, you know, one of the things that is come up is where is verification process? and if you relax restrictions on this, we have to worry the people can pose as election officials and provide false informat

and i wrote major knoxville, some businesses as doesn't seem right. right. okay. and are operations at all? but while musk focuses on saving money, critics fear that such drastic cuts to twitter staff will leave the platform used by hundreds of millions, struggling to deal with hate speech and misinformation. joining me now is jonathan naylor, he professor of politics at new york university and co director of the center for social media and politics. he works on the impact of social media on political participation. hello sir. so u. s. midterm elections are just a few days away. murphy asked that these layoffs will affect twitters ability to combat misinformation. is that really cause for concern? i think there is a company. misinformation is difficult in the best of circumstances. and if you get rid of a lot of the people in your organization who are working on doing that, it's hard to draw any inference other than, than that you're likely to get worse at it. you're certainly not going to get better at it. what do we knew about it? what do we know about the facia

before yeah, sorry, and i wrote major knoxville some assistance in right in our operations at all. but while must focuses on saving money. critics fear that such drastic cuts to twitter staff will leave the platform used by hundreds of millions, struggling to deal with hate speech and misinformation. earlier i spoke to eleanora mazily, a researcher in data networks and society of the london school of economics. and she told me that the layoffs have concerning implications for twitters ability to counter dis information. these are extremely challenging time for twitter, and it's still rather unclear to some extent which teams and department if need be mostly affected. but as we've seen tweets by this child, the social media company said that some of the people response over communication, content curation, humor rides, machine learning ethics, where among the people laid off. and this is extremely worrisome, as it can potentially jeopardize the company ability to come from is information and to be the democratic town or the mask wants it to be. and here we go back again to ellen, mu

record-breaking twins from a fertility clinic in knoxville tennessee. decades were successfully thought and delivered. kumasi: the previous longest frozen embryos resulting in birth was 27 years old. the national embryo donation center says these newborns hold that record as a part of their embryo adoption program. >> we wanted to be able to go in and find embryos that had been overlooked for reasons beyond their control, that had been waiting so long for a mom and dad. kumasi: now the parents of six are from portland, oregon. they travel to knoxville to participate in the embryo did ocean program. they specifically -- the embryo donation program. they asked for the embryo -- for the kids to feel love and oh that they were chosen. i love that story. yesterday i wanted to see the kids and they look cute. lisa: six kids. little kids. kumasi: i am glad sweet potatoes are on the risk of things that are going down because at 7:00 i will tell you one of my thanksgiving secrets of how you can transform a basic sweet potato and show up to dinner looking like a

bigger than knoxville, tennessee, in one month's time and mayorkas is ignoring this and the biden administration needs to be held for account and i'm all for what leader mccarthy is saying and we have to have accountability and glad he's getting to this right now. maria: yeah, what's the point of this, senator? why do we have this open border? we all should agree on this and 100 people apprehended on the terrorist watch list and you mentioned the fentanyl from china killing american citizens and poisoning the young people and then there's all these people like five million and they're trying to get illegals to vote in elections. >> it's a very cynical rational and i'm afraid, maria, there's a lot of truth to it. if you look at way congressional seats are portioned. they're portioned based on population. not based on citizenship or noncitizenship, it's all people residing in a given state. look at sanctuary cities. loclocated in blue states where democrats control the legislatures and they'll control the congressional seats if they can get numbers higher and very cynical and i hate to say it, the

the wind is coming out of the north, northeast, 25 miles an hour in knoxville.s helping to raise the temperatures. it is 11 degrees warmer in half moon bay. up five compared yesterday in oakland. here's a live view. that same off-shore wind is going to help to take our temperatures up tomorrow afternoon. so it's going to be noticeably warmer in santa rosa from 63. six degrees warmer. oakland you're going from 55 to 67. and in san jose three degrees warmer up to 76 degree. high pressure is right off the pacific northwest coast. the winds are flowing from the high to the low. that northeasterly wind is going to bring stronger winds to southern california. high wind warning for the inland areas under a wind advisory and this is for tomorrow. that same wind direction out of the northeast, a stopping santa ana winds are expected moderate to strong. so red flag warning goes up down south. on wednesday, any fires that develop will rapidly spread as the humidity plunges. our recent rain is limiting our fire danger. so form morning, yes that wind direction out of the nor

the wind is coming out of the north, northeast, 25 miles an hour in knoxville. it's a downsloping wind. and that is helping to raise the temperatures. it is running 11 degrees warmer in half moon bay. up five compared yesterday in oakland. here's a live view. that same off-shore wind is going to help to take our temperatures up tomorrow afternoon. so it's going to be noticeably warmer in santa rosa from 63. six degrees warmer. oakland you're going from 55 to 67. and in san jose three degrees warmer up to 76 degree. high pressure is right off the pacific northwest coast. the winds are flowing from the high to the low. that northeasterly wind is going to bring stronger winds to southern california. high wind warning for the inland areas under a wind advisory and this is for tomorrow. that same wind direction out of the northeast, a stopping santa ana winds are expected moderate to strong. so red flag warning goes up down south. on wednesday, any fires that develop will rapidly spread as the humidity plunges. our recent rain is limiting our fire danger. so form mor

time to sit down and talk with russia would gain knoxville arity under p to the great and the 1st russian emperor to travel widely. anecdotally when he arrived in the french capital, he said, paris stinks at the stench, will be the death of it under peter. the great russia became a powerful state, which of course, well russia looked into on the scene before the others laid, but suddenly appeared under europe one scene as early as talking power in competition with trans. so for their king compiles, was accept with sensory your modem for. so for the us house is used to go, falls of them from middle with the guy said he was in the studies kanaka. talk across when he was a what the da all. but i must, fortunately, even indeed, he's id on a guy, and he's a why you guys, luca citizens. but i'm not sure i will say me enough in the williams up of the writings in video that i will rock whose results in the food here. so with which in tedious that daughter is michelle in a most quarry among the skier, legitimately to she some sort of course won't go them must coyer really if, if the what is actuall

parents of six are from oregon but traveled to knoxville, tennessee, to participate in the national embryoonation centers program . the embryos they requested were frozen in 1992 donated by an anonymous married couple using in vitro fertilization specifically requested the embryos that have been waiting the longest they actually felt called to specifically say we want the embryos. that everybody has taken a pass on. doctors say there are 1.5 to 3 million frozen embryos across the country waiting to be thought and transferred. some are never used. others are put up for adoption embryos that were previously created through the process of in vitro fertilization are basically put up for embryo adoption for other couples to come in and adopt those embryos. now the ridgway's have to new record breaking babies to add to their family. we just want them to always know that they were chosen that they were loved that yes, they that they were preserved and that god is so good to have done that for them. they are so loved. doctors say the age of the embryos should not affect the baby's health. leno has

so there's your boomerang. russia would gain knoxville arity under p to the great and the 1st russian emperor to travel widely. anecdotally when he arrived at the french capital, he said, paris stinks at the stench, will be the death of it. under peter, the great russia became a powerful state, which of course, well its neighbors. russia locked in on the scene before the other great, but suddenly appeared on the europe we're seeing as a very important power in competition. we trans. so for the kink on files, it was not acceptable or sensory room. personal for the us house is used to go, falls of them for the guys to use and the studies kanaka talk across when he was a what that at all. but i was fortunately, even indeed he's id on a guy and he's a why you guys, luca? citizen this but i'm not sure how to say, i'm going off in the labs up of the writings in video that i will rock who's with solution introduced her daughter is mostly a must quarry among the skier, but you're only a cushion. so sort of course won't go them must coyer really that the. so what is your, what goes up south. s

i think a did device self see society knoxville was quite strong or dis copper for even with the little presence that be added at the venue. but i think what is important i like is that is advice that is getting stronger and stronger across the globe. so it's not all in one country or denied or so and visiting would be extremely important as a voice to be supported, especially in that on up to the next copper to make sure that was, that is the and the season and the loss in them as font is a quickly taken a, as in, with all the steps that are needed to make a dental professional. and i also think that that is, is it something we need to think through more as the see the societal transition or now to link up all this pressure to the pressure that intern everyone is doing any, any their own country? because i think in accountability as a, as sharon said, this is the key for this, for the improvement of this process. but also monitoring and monitoring diseases and monitoring without the steps that have been and been taken off. the pledges that has been done a let me allow me to mention as

it is a new luxury bus service between washington, d.c., nashville, and knoxville, and the goal is to we certainly hear from the west coast folks. people who are riding it seemed to really enjoy it. they get in, they are well rested, and they are ready to go. >> i did not want to drive or fly, and i saw it in the paper. it is really inexpensive, much cheaper than flying and keeping that's cheaper than trying to drive and get a hotel room on the way. >> it is comfortable, but is it worth it? the average price of one-way airfare from d.c. nashville is 182 dollars. on the bus, it is $125, nearly 60 bucks less, but look what happens right before christmas. that same trip goes up to 100 bucks more than the bus. you know where you will really save on something like this? last-minute travel. one-way airfare was 200 bucks more than this bus arriving on the same day, so pretty good deal and if this route works for you, it really is a pretty good option. kristen: abc numeral seven news is streaming 24/7. you can get the bay area streaming tv app and join us wherever you want -- whenever you wan

time at nearly 200 degrees below zero, waiting patiently at the national embryo donation center in knoxville few weeks ago when twins timothy and lydia were born to rachel and phillip ridgeway of oregon. >> when we heard about embryo adoption, we thought, that's something we would like to do and that's something we think we're able to do. >> adoption refers to living children and it's a judicial order, a legal process by which a parent/child relationship is created when it did not previously exist. >> reporter: dr. segal clipstein is a fertility specialist in chicago and shares this. she was not involved in the ridgeways' case. >> embryo donation is a medical procedure. it's a way by which we take embryos from one couple or individual and transfer them into another individual in order to build families. >> reporter: freezing embryos is not a new technique. in fact, the first baby born from a frozen embryo was back in 1984, but at a time when medical science has pushed the boundaries of life earlier and earlier, a new question has arisen. how late is too late? >> going into this process, we w

they had that bar in knoxville and everybody is hanging out at the bar and all of a sudden kenny chesneypeyton manning and morgan wallen walk up to a single mic and wallen does an impromptu three song concert and going bananas. rachel: that's amazing. pete: that's bucket list stuff there. sand in my boots is -- there was a point where i was playing it on repeat. rachel: if i like a song that much, i'll do that. pete: i do, i kill it. it's like the bunny you listen to it till you hate it. will: yes. pete: over and over. i know you do too sometimes. will: good morning, welcome to "fox & friends". glad to have you here. let's start with a fox news alert. the university of ohio murder mystery deepens. a county coroner confirming all four victims were stabbed to death in bed likely while asleep. pete: the massacre occurred near campus and police do not have a suspect or person of interest. rachel: ashley stromier has the latest on the grewsome case from idaho. >> a lot of questions unanswered and police without a suspect or person of interest in the killing of the four college students. this

last week at lsu, before that in knoxville.kiffin coming off the bye week with ole miss, we're here in the grove, it's going tock a cold one, but i think alabama wins 42-35, but ole miss covers, its number's too large. bama hasn't been great on the road. back in september down in austin when they made that kick to beat your university of texas longhorns and help insure that i'm going to have a great steak, the real ut -- will: catching shrapnel every which way. pete: he's a pro. you're dishing it out, it's coming right back at you. >> got to the state of tennessee just. >> -- just in time. will: he jumped on that tennessee bandwagon -- pete: right when i got a license, i said i'm in. will: check out what's clicking on outkick. thanks, clay. >> appreciate you all. will: as heating prices rise, it's time for return to american energy, congresswoman victoria sparks has been on the front lines of this movement, and she's next. but first, here they are, the american bombshells, this time performing the navy song. ♪ anchors away, my

they are quite breezy 34, currently at mount diablo, 40 and knoxville.into the sixties across the board this afternoon, reggie. thank you time now for live with kelly and ryan. we see ♪ ♪ >> announcer: it's "live with kelly and ryan!" today, from the film the menu, anya taylor-joy. and star of the hit series "the good doctor," freddie highmore. plus, your thoughts and comments direct from the inbox. all next on "live!" and now, here are kelly ripa and ryan seacrest! [cheers and applause] ♪ ♪ >> ryan: good morning deja vu! >> kelly: thank you. >> ryan: obviously it is tuesday november 15th. were you guys out late last

waiting patiently at the national embryo donation center in knoxville, tennessee.eks ago when twins timothy and lydia were born to rachel and philip ridgway of oregon. >> whether we heard about embryo adoption, we thought, that is something that we would like to do and it is something that we think we're able to do. >> adoption refers to living children and it is a judicial order, it is a legal process by which a parent/child relationship is created when it did not previously exist. >> reporter: dr. segal is a fertility specialist in chicago and chairs the american society of reproductive american ethics committee. she was not involved in the ridgway case. >> it is a way by which we take embryos from one couple or individual and then transfer them into another individual in order to build families. >> reporter: freezing embryos is not a new technique. the first baby born from a frozen em beo was back there 1984. but at a time when medical science has pushed the boundaries life earlier and earlier, a new question has arisen. how late is too late. >> going into this

you can see knoxville, gusting to 31.hore wind, the offshore wind is not really a problem for us when it comes to any fire weather concerns. outside this morning we have clear skies from east bay hills, bouncing around a bit. take the sunglasses with you. you will have temperatures a little bit warmer today, going into the 60's knew the coast. we will talk more about those offshore winds in a few minutes. reggie: today flight attendants from american airlines are expected to picket outside 11 different airports. that includes at as fo. that is where we find delina holland. what is this all about? reporter: these flight attendants say they are working to secure a contract for the first time with a wage increase. that is for the first time since 2019. merrick and airlines says today's picket lines will have no impact on operations. the union representing these workers, called the association of professional flight attendants, says even though flight hours have returned to pre-pandemic levels there are thousands fewer flight

waiting patiently at the national embryo donation center in knoxville, tennessee. twins timothy and lydia were born to rachel and phillip ridgeway of oregon. >> when we heard about embryo adoption we thought that's something we would like to do and able to do. >> adoption refers to living children and it's a legal process by which a parent/child relationship is created when it did not previously exist. >> reporter: dr. clipstein is a fertility specialist in chicago and chairs the ethics committee. she was not involved in the ridgeway's case. >> embryo donation is a procedure in which we take embryos from one couple or individual and transfer them to another individual or family to build families. >> reporter: freezing embryos is not a new technique, the first baby born from a frozen embryo was in 1984. but at a time when the boundaries of life have been pushed, a new question has arisen, how late is too late? >> we wanted to choose children that in our eyes were the most unwanted, the most needy. the ones in a lot of ways that have been overlooked. >> reporter: int

boston, new york, into knoxville, tennessee. atlanta, georgia, may see a record-setting high extending all the way down towards the panhandle of florida. if you're looking to get a little bit of respite, this will be the saturday to do it, because very mild. a lot of clusters of perhaps record or near-record-setting temperatures along that i-95 corridor. this is going to be interesting. the national hurricane center says there's about an 80% likelihood over the next five days we could see some development here. this development right now is a disturbance in the north central caribbean. but take a look at this particular computer model. this is the american model, brings it in. looks like a pretty strong area of low pressure. will it be a named storm? chances are it's not, but we can't rule out anything, because we are still in hurricane season. this is the european model. what this will bring in, kim, is some pretty heavy rainfall, some gusty winds, and the rip current. but this is still five to six days out. we'll keep you upda

. ♪ it's the happy aiest -- ashley: you're talking a look at knoxville, tennessee the.'s the 58 degrees. not too chilly, but maybe on the ice it is. now in the, a warning from the better business bureau as you start your holiday shopping, be on the lookout for online scams. according to the bbb, nearly 36% of all online fraud originates from fake web sites. the agency claims scammers use both e-mail and social media to trick people into giving them their payment information. so to protect yourself, the better business bureau recommends a few different things including doing research on a company that you want to buy from. as always, if the deal is too good to be true the, it probably is. use secure payment methods like credit cards and always, always be aware of fake web sites. don't just give out your payment information freely. the bbb says online shopping fraud has cost victims $380 million this year alone. it is a problem. >>> meantime, thousands of warehouse workers across 40 countries planning black friday protests and walkouts today. they want better wages and wo

spell a very unsettled weather across europe. bands of cloud and rain streaming in from the atlantic knoxville circulation just rolling through here. that's going to bring more wet and windy weather across western parts over the next couple days. but it's not just western parts, further east area of low pressure, quite a nasty one. this that's been running across southern italy through the drastic moving into the balkans, pushing across greece, easing the east, was in. that's going to bring more heavy rain funding down ports of the potential for further flooding as we go on through the next couple of days. further north, something of an area of very cold air here. actually, temperature hovering at around freezing may be a touch below some snow in the mix. here as i went to weather down towards the southeast as at wet and windy weather piling into western parts 11 or 12 celsius for london and paris, 50 degrees that formed even the mediterranean looking very disturbed across western parts. and that will stream a little further eastwards as we go on through thursday, a notice or more snow started

i was out in a farm in knoxville and at the second time where they cut, they told us to cut the power and everything. i then had the crowd do all sort clapping together like, and we did an a cappella version of drunk on arrival that was kind of fun, but i wanted to tell those stories to encourage people in the that the central premise of this book, the central, you know, like the thesis was own your narrative. i spent decades of my life allowing the fear of what other people thought about me, control the narrative i would put out there. but, you know, it's funny when you own your own narrative, when you actually start telling your own stories and you start living your own truth as we say in lgbtq world, you're authentic sense of self. you know what happens that point suddenly. not only are you not afraid of all the other sort of things, whatever, but the opposition research that's out there, what are they going? do you want something you've already talked about? hits. you want something you've already put out there? you know, for the republican redskins against me next year, here's 32

but the long journey to continue growing their family stretched across the country, from oregon to knoxvillethey've been a joy to have to us and to their siblings. >> reporter: embryos originally frozen in 1992 were successfully thawed, transferred, and then delivered, making twins lydia and timothy ridgeway the longest frozen embryos to ever result in a successful live birth. phillip and his wife rachel are the proud parents of the newborn twins. >> we wanted to be able to go in and find embryos that had been overlooked for reasons beyond their control, that had been waiting for so long for a mom and dad. >> reporter: the embryos were donated by an anonymous married couple more than three decades ago. >> they specifically requested the embryos that had been waiting the longest. they actually felt called to specifically say we want the embryos that everybody has taken a pass on. >> reporter: doctors say there are 1.5 million to 3 million frozen embryos across the country waiting to be thawed and transferred. now the ridgeways have two new record-setting babies to add to their family. >> we j

it's called napaway between washington, d.c., knoxville and nashville and the goal is to launch evenut we certainly hear from the west coast folks and people who are riding it seem to really enjoy it. you know, they get in, rested and they're ready to go. >> reporter: anne is on the journey with us. >> what was it that enticed you to say, i want to give that a try? >> well, i have to go to nashville anyway and didn't want to drive and didn't want to fly and saw it in the paper and said, oh, an adventure. it's really inexpensive, much cheaper than flying and cheaper than trying to drive and get a hotel room and buy meals on the way. so this is a bargain. >> reporter: we just started our drive 10:00 p.m. we've got a blackout shade that comes down on this side. another one that comes down on the other side of the suite. the bed is a lot bigger than i expected so it's time to get some rest. see you in the morning. it's comfortable, but is it worth it? well, on a regular day in mid-november the average price of one-way airfare from d.c. to nashville is $182. on the bus, it's 125, nearly 6