this street, the street where memphis, the black people of memphis came to just relax and get away. so you have felicia farrell and her big brother. they're having a great time in this -- in the bellows of the street. and we have huey who comes in so it's a development of how he falls in love with the music and falls in love with felicia. >> talk about preparations for the play. did you have to do research? >> definitely. for myself, there was a lot of youtube and looking at the -- how 1950s was for the street and african-americans and them looking to see how the black music got -- was put into the shared with the world. so there is a story about that and actually, it was based on a deejay that was in memphis that was doing that. he was bringing black music to the white industry and sharing it with the world. >> wow. so i understand you will sing a song called "love will stand when all else fails." love the title. tell us about your performance before we hear it. all of our hearts. we believe that this show is very relevant to the times. we, as a people, need to understand that love

and looking at the scene from the signs on your screen, memphis is apartheid. demonstrators with the black lives mat m up to the state. activists saying they're upset about the economic disparities across the city of memphis. the protest mainly peaceful but a local affiliate did capture a couple of people getting arrested. grace land was picked because it's one of the top tourist destinations within the city of memphis and a national tourist destination because it was home of elvis presley. grace land is currently in the process of investing money into also the surrounding neighborhood, by the way, predominantly african-american. and the protest this actually taking place yesterday coincides with the opening of festivities of elvis week. so it's quite possible that we may get a live satellite feed where we can peek in this morning at graceland. stick with us. we'll take you there live if that's provided with us. >>> we're also teamed up with the today show and they have a live presence every morning from rio. here is what else you can eec rio. coming up on tues

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a small plane crashing in memphis.re is nobody famous in it, nobody terribly important, no big deal but the small plane crash. nobody else was killed, maybe two people on the plane. but we had to break and with it and i think we broke into "op rah." at six 130 we got called up to the general managers office and he says to us, that breaking news that we had today on the small plane crash, we had a viewer call us and say, i was watching your show, but channel 13, we were channel five, channel 13 had it before you. the general manager said, this is never going to happen again. there i am sitting there and i thought to myself, what if you are in their right mind is tuning into tv shows wondering, i see the breaking news on 13 and i wonder when five is going to get this. it sounds kind of shady but he went on. ,his sort of gives you an idea this gives you an idea of the priorities in local notice. to tell you the rest of the story, the following week i had a good friend, he had been my boss for a while and was now with chan

they're mainly ups memphis... along with the death of unarmed teen darrius stewart. memphis officer connor schilling said stewart had attacked him before the officer fired shots. a grand jury declined to indict schilling./// ((christianne klein)) >>> a good time on lake tahoe... turns to panic. ((paul joncich)) >> the everyday device that may have helped save a group of boaters... who were stranded on the lake. ((christianne klein)) >> and a car crashes through a restaurant. that's coming up tonight at 5.. on the valley's news leader. for over 300,000 nevadans, social security means a secure retirement. but in washington, congressman joe heck supports privatizing it... turning our savings over to wall street... and risking it on the stock market. heck's plan means billions more in fees for wall street. and they've donated over half a million dollars to his campaigns. those numbers speak for themselves. to a secure retirement, because he's part of the problem in washington. afscme people is responsible ((paul joncich)) >>> disturbing video out of florida today... show

cincinnati in memphis down to dallas tomorrow. now how a lot of the tropical plume has pushed south by building high pressure. a front will focus that heavy rain from memphis into cincinnati tomorrow. we have a nice warming trend the next couple days, 110 in phoenix, 90 in denver. cool air to the north of us friday, not sure what it is with this friday cooldown the southeast tonight. they will move out, should be nonsevere, a good travel i-25, i-70. foothill storms will bring decent rain up over the higher terrain. we play see a decent shower hold together around limon late in the afternoon. 60s on the plains tonight and out west, cooler in the high country tonight. the warmest temperature denver, fort collins and greeley on a tuesday afternoon. nice drive into lakewood and grand lake with temperatures in the mid-70s. city of forecast tonight, fair skies, light winds, big beautiful moon over the fence. wind are northeast shifting southwest overnight, sunny, warm, 82 by lunchtime. wind and lightning more than rain. tower rain chanc

vivivi óóññ ♪ >> memphis, tennessee.ten if music were religion, then memphis would be jerusalem and sun studio its most sacred shrine. and you are here with otis gibbs! ♪ ain't no one to make ♪ seeking shelter from the dead end streets. >> hi, friends, i'm otis gibbs. i'm happy to be here at sun studio. it's great to stand inside these walls and sing songs at the spot that so many greats sang before. i'm really a sucker for the history of music and i host a radio show and iad

the protesters are trying to shut down the famous "graceland" site during what's known in memphis as "elvis week" -- marking the anniversay of presley's death. protesters chose the site because it's where a police officer shot and killed unarmed that's the latest from the breaking news center. caugth on camera. a reported water spout skips across eastern ohio. some homeowners are cleaning up the damage it left behind.. like ripped shingles and siding. the rain has not stopped.... in louisiana.. and... it's expected to continue.... through wednesday. abc's elizabeth hur reports.. the president's announced a disaster declaration.. and... the national guard is ready to go. helicopters in the air.. and high- water vehicles on the ground.. natsot - "you can come sit on this side if you want!" rescuers are working around the clock.. and residents escaping with just a bag or a box in hand. since saturday.. tens of thousands.. pulled to safety.. natsot - "the woman saying.. my dog my dog!" including this woman and her dog.. rescued.. just in time. shelters.. now home for so many.. with louis

area, look at that, just about 3 inches outside of memphis. just about 3 inches north in jacksonville, 1.6. the moiture keeps rolling in. as you get down in the area, you will see the moisture doesn't stop through the week here. it continues. it is a little scattered from time to time. 107 right now. no wind at this hour. 104 right now in surprise. 104 in fountain hills. gateway, 104 degrees. you can see that kind of moisture just riding the rim here. earlier, we had good storms on the quartzsite area. they have dissipated. take a look at the rim here. we get down and look at it. there is a little bit of active weather in the flagstaff area. still active weather over in the eastern mountains at this also, we are dealing with an air quality warning for the area until tomorrow at 9:00 p.m. the winds are blowing pretty good at the winslow area at 32 miles an hour. 110 degrees for the high today. that takes us to 29 that we've had this summer. the record is 33 in a summer. you can see these other numbers pretty warm with the 91-degree reading in s

. >>> plus, you won't find heart break at this luxury memphis hotel. a sneak peek at the guest >>> a $90 million invest. in memphis, tennessee is expected to draw in tourists from around the world. put on your blue suede shoes because the guest house at graceland hotel awesome. it even features an elvis presley bar and grill. i wonder if she will swerve up peanut but ther and banana sandwiches. it will be done by october 27th. my daughter's birthday. but the grand opening weekend is already booked. >> oh. >>> walt disney world is pulling the bluing on the main street electrical parade. we can however catch the bright lights across the country in california. it will parade through disney year after the last run at walt disney world october 9th . it's a true disney classic. it features half a million twinkling and glowing lights with appearances from classic characters like snow white and peter pan. >> i need to take the kids before it goes. >>> china now holes the world record for dancing robots. at a beer festival in china, 1,007 robots danced and gyra

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. ♪ >> memphis, tennessee.as been written, if music were religion, then memphis would be jerusalem and sun studio its most sacred shrine. and you are here! with flea market hustlers. ♪ all i can tell you is i'll be all right ♪ ♪ i'm the last man standing tonight ♪ >> i'm david preston. i'm in the flea market hustlers. i play acoustic guitar and lead vocals. i'm joined by mike sharp. >> i play the mandolin. >> i play the lead drum set. >> and we had joey fletcher on the guitar. >> we have been doing t

surveillance video shows the gunmen now shot, getting out of towards memphis avenue after shots fired. >> guy get a plate or any distinction marks on the vehicl it was somewhat grainy surveillance video. >> when you leave thew dollar store and memphis there are just two ways to go. >> one of those was taking the speeding car pass the village o linndale traffic enforcement camera, going 46 and 25 trigger the much despised traffic camera , giving investigators a clear view of, the license plate. >> nine that they had toew tur left or right we had a 50/50 shot that they would go awry and i'll follow the speed limit, theneno they activated the phot enforcement camera. the masked gunmen identified as varshawn two counts of attempted murder. his compasses have been arreste facing charges including complicity and robbery. they say they may not have been caught if not for the linndale cameras.. >> there were quite reluctant when first interviewed thought whente shown the evidence of th photo enforcement camera. t th became more cooperative and investigation. >> varshawn dukes is in. >> condit

i was in memphis and the time and she was in pittsburg, kansas. as much as four hours out.meet like halfway and eventually -- i propose to her at roanoak oxford, mississippi. proposed to her and then she moved to memphis and after we got married we came back to tulsa. mr. lamb: another piece. >> biggest challenge was how to figure what direction my story was going and creating the most honest piece as possible and interpreting the people that i spoke to and the town's atmosphere. at the same time not lying for the town. when someone is put in front of a camera, it is almost like there -- their optimism turns on and they try to put the situation or the issues surrounding their lives in the most optimistic light regardless of the truth. mr. lamb: at the end of the -- mr. rafael: at the end of the school year i have a debriefing with my students. what could i do differently? what would you have me do differently? her last year with me, crystal says, don't be so mean first year. i said, that is not happening. when they say mean, they mean don't be so intense. don't ask us to wo

thousands of fans made their way to graceland in memphis for the annual elvis week celebr remember everything that got him "all shook up" ... from music to movies. a special tribute contest will take place later this week.. where dozens of artists from around the world rock out to some of his songs... and explain how the king of rock n- roll changed their lives for the better. /// ((brian loftus)) >>> and looks like everyone can't get enough of vegas headliner, rod stewart! the singer just added new shows to his residency at the colosseum at caesars palace. through april. since 2011, nearly half a- million fans have attended his shows at the colosseum. tickets for those added shows will go on sale friday at noon. /// >>> that's all for 8 news now live at noon.. the valley's news remember that 8 news now is always available at las vegas now dot com, facebook and twitter. switch to centurylink and get up to 40 megs of high-speed internet for just $20 a month. that's the speed you need to stream... ...game... ...connect on social media... learn, shop and more with fast in-home wifi. so call 844-

on the vehicle it was somewhat grainy on the surveillance when you're leaving that dollar store on memphis chief ransack says it really there is only two directions you can go those directions would bring the speeding car right past of the village of the village of lindale is traffic enforcement cameras car traveling 46 in a 257 triggering the villages much despised traffic camera giving investigators a clear view of its license plate knowing that these turned and left left and right is a 50/50 shot we took the chance that they turned right and were not following the speed limit so if that wasn't the case that police have identified the max to gunman as partial and dukes of east cleveland he is still alive with a bullet in his brain facing multiple charges that include two counts of attempted murder his two accomplices at muriel hubbard and nathan hubbard of cleveland have since been arrested and faces charges that include simplicity and aggravated robbery police say they may have never been caught had it not been for the lindale cameras they were quite reluctant when first interviewed by

it could feel that 109 degrees in memphis.8 degrees and that is the concern as we head into this afternoon and this evening with the heat. in the tropics another storm system tracking hurricane earl. a category one hurricane made landfall in the east. maximum sustained winds of 75 miles per hour. it is weakening cut off from the warm water in the western caribbean and the biggest threat with a storm system appear over the next few days will be the heavy rain thread. as thread. as much as 18 inches of rain possible out here across portions of the lease and into mexico with dangerous flash flooding and mudslides will be a thread here over the next few days. over to you. lauren: maria molina, thank you. nicole: coming up, we will hand over to mornings that maria. dow futures that said, s&p futures at the half. nasdaq futures are down a half we await tank of england's decision on rates where they are likely to cut for the first time since 2002 record lows. or that 4065 a barrel down 18 cents. we did see oil yesterday in bear marke

the memphis tourist attraction will also get a new 450-room hotel... scheduled to open in october.// live at noon.. the valley's news leader. remember that 8 news now is always available at las vegas now dot com, facebook and twitter. >> ridge: are you serious right now? >> rick: bringing quinn back to the company is the last thing that wou >> eric: the jewelry line is suffering. we need to resolve that. >> pam: but quinn? >> eric: quinn's talent took us to great heights before and will do it again. >> steffy: granddad, that isn't the issue. she's using you. >> ridge: whatever sweet nothings she's whispering in your ear can't be enough. your whole family is opposed to it. >> rick: it's so obvious what she's up to. >> eric: obvious to everyone but me. >> steffy: she's a liar, and she's a manipulator. that's who she is. i've learned from bitter experience. so has liam. you stole both of our lives.

from there to escape new york's top and credit conditions her family made its way to memphis tennessee. about a year after giving birth to a third child, bessy's mother died leaving bessy's father alone to care for his three very young children. apply a check to the attention of a memphis rabbi who petitioned the jewish orphans home in new orleans to accept the children as half orphans. in 1913, the orphanage admitted bessy at age four and her siblings. proclaimed a magnificent monument to hebrew benevolence, the home, as it was known, that prominently on st. charles avenue near the stately mansions of new orleans most prosperous citizens. it was both a stunning contrast to the humble origins of its young residence and uninspiring similar to each of them could and many of them did achieve. in the home bessy grew up with more than 150 other orphans-- orphans from drought the deep south. its trustees were not content to provide them with mere subsistence. instead, the home groomed bessy is an all-american girl to shed honor of the local jewish community and reflected the values and cultu

in little rock, 110 ° for your heat index values and 108 in memphis.e: i miss the extreme heat in new york. coming up we hand you over to "mornings with maria" bartiroma. look at futures ahead of the jobs report, jobs have been added, us futures up 36 points, nasdaq futures gaining 11. lauren: the a limbic live in rio. lauren: thank you for watching "fbn a.m.". hope you have nice plans this weekend. with that we have maria bartiroma ready to take you through the next couple hours of trading and give you the jobs report when we get it. maria: we are looking for market direction. we went over the unchanged line 84 times, down 80 because of energy but tech is doing well. looking at the jobs report through the next several hours. maria: good morning, happy friday. i am maria bartiroma. it is friday, august 5th. jobs day 6:00 on the east coast. moment of truth for the labor market, july jobs report, expectations call for 180,000 jobs added to the economy with unemployment rate edging down 4.8%. investors watching closely after big swings in may and june. tr

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shows a skirmish last year at memphis international. the suit says the teen's radiation treatment affected her hearing and sight and claims officers failed to consider her disabilities. >>> "the denver post" reports outrage that a rapist sentence included no prison time. a judge in boulder ordered two years of work or school release and 20 years of probation for austin wilkerson. the former university of colorado student was convicted of raping a drunk woman in 2014. >>> "wall street journal" says roger ailes of sexual misconduct reaches into the double digits. more accusers have come forward since ailes stepped down three weeks ago as head of fox news. 21st century fox is reportedly bracing for settlements with many of the women. >>> the associated press reports the release of a north carolina man who was imprisoned for 28 years for a murder. a judge in wilmington ruled yesterday that johnny small did not get a fair prosecutors must decide if there is enough evidence to put him on trial again. >>> "the new york times" reports that gawk

it goes to memphis and tracks off to the north and northeast passing somewhere between chicago and detroit. that would be ideal for us. it would heavy rain. hopefully push the heaviest rain in michigan where they haven't seen much of the rain as we have. it is just humid along the eastern part of the united states and that humidity will just continue as southerly winds kick in. that humidity will help feed heavy downpours on tuesday. a chance of thunderstorms mid-70s. additional chances for showers and thunderstorms on tuesday afternoon with temperatures hanging on into the 80s. for your monday, we will start off with that chance of showers early in the morning then scattered rumble. a heavy rain on tuesday. highest rain chances of the week. this could be an issue. we could see additional flash flood watches issued. a dry mid in the 80s on wednesday and thursday. >>> time now for access to the summer game schedule brought to you by ohio's number one hospital. cleveland clinic. what you will see, track and field. the women's throw. along with the women's 200-meter. that's your access to you

from system to the s we have heat building from midwest, highs will be in 80s tomorrow, in 90s to memphis, hot in dallas, same in san antonio. heat out to albuquerque and vegas, but west coast looks good, 60 in seattle, and 81 in l.a. tomorrow. looking at future cast, clear skies. a couple high thin clouds, that is how we'll start tomorrow with -- i80. but you could see a thin deck of clouds coming in early morning, everyone breaking in full sunshine in afternoon, a beautiful day with dry conditions. tomorrow you get another chance to enjoy it. and tuesday we have more of the same, sunshine, clouds. low humidity and comfortable. they will change to mid week. north and west of city, you can give the ac a break. allow fresh air in. mostly sunny, warm, dry tomorrow, temperatures in 80, with lower dewpoints, and same on tuesday, to wednesday, they change a little bit. we have a chance of scattered showers and thunderstorms, and next weekend it looks to be afternoon showers and thunderstorms popping in. enjoy the first half of week. then it gets uncomfortable. christina: humid and sticky. all

it's actually the largest hotel project in the city of memphis in over a ?century. the hotel will also have a huge theater... two restaurants... and a huge pool. and its called the "guest house" because elvis always wanted to build a guest house at graceland... but could never make it happen. every detail of the new hotel...inside and out...was inspired by the king of rock and roll. the hotel opens on october 27th. prices start at 150 dollars a night. still ahead: a bay area radio star... remembered. how fans of dave mckay can pay their respects... today. plus... fox 13's shayla reaves is ?live in hillsborough... talking about ? ? ? the best way to get together, is with the treat you make together. why are you deleting these photos? because my teeth are yellow. why don,t you use a whitening toothpaste? i'm afraid it,s bad for my teeth. try crest 3d white. crest 3d white diamond strong toothpaste and rinse... ...and fortify weak spots. use together for 2 times stronger enamel.

finally on the the rain shield will cover about five states tomorrow and include areas like houston, memphis, atlanta. areas that could see another 3-5 inches of rain. tropical moisture from the south. isolated storms expected here. with the arrival of this front late in the day thursday into early friday, the weather gets a little more interesting. we'll see a wind shift with the arrival of the front. the cooler air to the north starting to drop south. high press south and east of us. under 90 degrees in denver for the first time in a while. thunderstorms on the plain, ferocious around burlington and north platte. they go away tonight. thunderstorms in the foothills tomorrow. wind and lightning, nothing severe. not a super active day tomorrow. 62 in denver. 51 vail. 62 grand junction. west. the heat and nt south will stay for one more day. we see that trend for denver, greeley, and is fort collins. tonight in denver, we are calling for fair skies, light winds. a nice quiet night. a lot lightning off to the distance and the east again. stormy days now are friday and saturday. cooler days wit

the ford 500 slams into this jewelry store in memphis on friday. not a robbery though but an elderly person. misjudged his parking spot. that's what police are saying caused this crash. no one was seriously hurt thankfully. officials say one man did suffer a hairline fracture in his ankle but nothing worse. >>> rescue crews had to bust through a wall to free a man that was stuck through two buildings this morning. a man fell at 2:00 a.m. when he tried jumping between the roofs. the and apparently trying to impress her. the man fell three stories into the space between the buildings which is about 16-18 inches wide. the man was wheeled out on a gurney about four hours after falling. he was apparently alert and taken to a local hospital. >>> this story is amazing. a penny slot machine turns one person into a multimillionaire. exactly how much this woman won is coming up. something gross filled a new jersey shoreline. what is this? >>> well, congratulations are due. a hawaii resident visiting las vegas is reportedly leaving more than $10 million riche

. >>> a new habitat for community project it will be held in memphis. they were joined by country stars. they work to build 19 homes. carter told reporters that the year ago he said he didn't know he would live three weeks after he was diagnosed with liver cancer. at that time also for spots of cancer was found on his brain. his cancer remains interest in -- remains in remission. >>> the late wife of -- the wife of the late mohammed ali will have an interview florida, we will share an easier way to make sure you do not return from vacation with the zika virus. >>> the teller was trapped in a horrendous bug crash. she was rescued. we will -- the toddler was trapped in a horrendous boat crash. she was rescued. poorest in the state? tell us what you think and social media. we will give you the answer at 6:15 pm. >>> the olympics are over but you do not want to miss these stories on 12 news at 10 pm. >>> the one thing that may be causing >>> community leaders are calling on congress to appropriate $1.9 billion, it is to fight the mosquito that is caring the

region with the system that spins moving towards the west bringing heavy rain from jacksonville and memphis and in the houston area where the rain shield will continue inland tomorrow. tropical monsoons continue from el paso and tomorrow is a smidge dryer. the front dropping south will usher in a cooler air mass. we do expect afternoon showers an in the low 80s. hot south to the east of us and the storms tonight. isolated in nature and then we clear out. notice by 10:00, it is mostly cloudy and after midnight we get clearing skies between one and 4:30. so decent opportunity to see the perseid meteor showers, cloudy in the southeast plains and a sunny start to your day tomorrow and storms by two and in the city and not a rain out cooler lows in front range and 80s, 70s possible and that's going to continue over the next 48 hours with black hawk and in graham lake. tonight a shower and rumble of thunder with mostly cloudy skies and low 56 and clearing expected for after one p.m. tomorrow partly sunny skies and a cooler day as we round up the week with temperatures in the low 80s and a late li

destroyed about half the farmhouse but the entire structure had to be gutted to rebuild and create new memphis out of old memories. >> december 11, i can remember it. at 2:45 in the morning, i get a call saying your always is on fire. >> it was horrible. we are pulling up and the flames are shooting up 20-30 feet and the fire trucks are here and it was heart wrenching to see. reporter: in a matter of minutes, the flames engulf the farmhouse, not just the farm business but family history. it is where he lived. >> i lived in this house and my graduated college. i moved in and married carrie and we lived here. we moved out and started doing weddings and we've done weddings for nine years. >> reporter: construction didn't stop for the past eight months. >> this did not exist. it was gutted and we wanted to give people a place to go in case we created this room that will accommodate 150 guests. >> reporter: it includes a groom's room, bridal suite, with a piece of the past. >> these are the doors in the old part of the house. i made them pretty. can you believe it? they are still green and gorgeous

. >>> also caught on camera, authorities release video from a shocking incident in memphis showing tsa agents violently restrain a teenager. her top set off the security alarm. her daughter is partially blind, of a brain tumor. the teen could not cooperate because of her condition. the family has filed a hundred thousand dollars lawsuit. they did it last month. >>> now to a developing story overseas, two more explosions rock a seaside resort in thailand wounding two people after two other blasts last night killed one person and left 21 hurt including foreignerings. investigators are trying to >>> a local tree trimmer is recovering after getting trapped in a palm tree. it happened just before 11 this morning. left fire and rescue says that worker was dangling about three feet up in the air surrounded by aflame fran that wayed several hundred pounds. firefighters were able to reach him with a ladder and cut him free. that worker is still recovering in hospital. serial robber is breaking into convenience store slot machines. here's video. cameras caught the suspect with a crow that are ha

and one of the things, as pamela said i grew up in california, and i moved to memphis. but i didn't know mississippi. i had wonderful mississippi relatives, but i just really, you know, and friends from mississippi, but i never got to know mississippi until another friend of mine said -- i had just finished a second book, and she said, what are you going to write about? i said, i don't know. she said, well, you should write a book about betty bobo pearson, and i said who is betty bobo pearson? and she said she is the most remarkable woman i have ever known. and i said, hmm, okay. well, let's do a little investigation. and so we started going down to sumner and to tutweiler and to clarksdale, and we started talking to people who knew betty. betty now is living in california. they had one child, and she is live anything a retirement home -- living in a retirement home at 94 years old. and still i defy anyone to write a better e-mail or articulate anything than she does. i mean, it's just -- she is an amazing woman. but she's been an amazing woman from the start. she is a

we had one inch up in memphis. orlando picked up over 2 inches as well. are very heavy rain through that area. 86 degrees for tomorrow. 106 degrees and with cloud cover, things are going to cool off a little bit over the next few days. watch your kids around water. >>> another las vegas landmark is gone. it took a series of there it goes. series of it took a series of implosions to bring down the last the rivera's run. "ocean's 11" was filmed at the rivera. >>> former d-backs pitcher curt schilling is throwing something >>> insurance company aetna will be leaving the public exchange and that will leave pinal county with no federal insurance plans. aetna was the only insurance company planning to offer the president's health care plan. today, they announced they are exiting the exchanges in arizona and 10 other states. blue cross and united health care are currently covering county. united is pulling out of arizona and blue cross announced in june they do not plan to offer coverage in pinal counties next year. >>> former arizona diamondbacks curt schilling

louis area to memphis this area, and high fire danger out for the high based thunderstorms, and it producedlighten and a little rain in utah and nevada this afternoon. here in colorado a dry start to the day on hd doppler, and you will see it through 4:00 this afternoon. we will begin to see a little that's a dryer air pattern, and storms will have more wind than lightning do not count on much, if any, rain today. it will cool us down by 5:00. we hit mid-80s to low 90s early in the afternoon with the 70s and 850s in the foothills. statewide a few isolated showers over the mountains, and because this is slightly more humid there, we of rain over the eastern plains and over the eastern san juans, and temperatures, 80s and 90s south and west, and 60s and 70s in the mountains. i will go to 90 and average. the brief wind gust, and lightning bolts early, and late afternoon and early evening, and then tomorrow, wednesday, thursday, similar pattern, and then we will cool off ad by the a lot for the end of the week. >> looking pleasant. as we head to 6:00 a.m., maybe your waking up and getting ready to hea

i grew up in memphis and my parents moved back to mississippi where we still live on the same land that are great great great grandfather had his cotton farm. my family is still there and being the oldest son, you are expected to go into the family business but that was never going to happen with me. i always knew i wanted to be a writer and my parents were really encouraged me to follow my dreams and to write. but, my dad, when he stopped teaching full time he went into farming full-time and i wouldn't call him a voracious reader, but when he read something and he says it's good, it's high praise. that's probably one of the greatest compliments i have had in my entire life, that my father. the early draft and said you know what, this is good. c-span: how far have you gone back in the genealogy of your own family? >> guest: i am sort of the family historian in those areas. i got started when my daughter was born back in 2006. i have a 9-year-old daughter and her 7-year-old son jesse holland the third so i always wanted them to know who their family was because we live here in washington

this happening in memphis. there it is. customers hurled to the ground as this vehicle smashed right into them. police say there was an older driver behind the wheel and he misjudged his parking spot. you see the results here. hair line fracture in his ankle but no other serious injuries were reported. >> wow. two customers and one ducked. >>> we're working on brand-new stories for 7:00. >> we have something for you to think about the next time you are having dinner and you decide to give some food to your dog under the table. consumer reports t to them. >>> and a nun finds herself the target of a robbery just walking down the street. we'll tell you why she's chosen not to press charges against the two crooks who broke one of the ten commandments. thou shall not steal. >>> to weather, today might be a better today. >> yeah. watching some of those clouds time around. >> not nearly the quantity of last night. they are trying to take aim at the las vegas valley but are not quite successful. better chance east of town maybe off

his home in memphis, tennessee, called grace land is a major tourist traction there.ity of memphis is subsidized grace land to some extent believing it as economic value to the area. that is not sitting well with black lives matter. [chanting black lives matter] >> we don't do me dead i got my hands above my head. >> we need city council down here. we need city council. you guys agreed to vote on 6-million-dollar budget. they are racial profiling us. we can't even go see elvis. >> a list of grievances very, very long. with us here in new york city, lisa booth and juan williams. so, juan, elvis? elvis? i mean, come on. >> it sounds ludicrous. it does. >> but you would appreciate that, of course, in this country people use any kind of platform to get attention for their issues. >> i don't. >> i think celebrities -- >> -- i don't use any kind of platform. >> we saw beyonce do that. we have seen westboro baptist went to a funeral to demonstrate against guys in the military. >> westboro baptist is evil. >> in our history you are well familiar with that the boston tea party

in memphis this week. week.the city is celebrating the music legend with its annual elvis week. week.the top elvis tribute artists from around the world are showing off how much they look and sound like the king of rock 'n' roll.they're also competiting for a chance to win 20 thousand doars -- for e best impersonation of the we'll get you caught up on your top local headlines at the top of the hour 3 city officials weigh in on the ring of a milwaukee police detective..accused of lying after crashing her patrol feingold: i'm russ feingold and i approve this message. johnson: i've always said i'll be the calmest guy on my elecon night. i win either way. narrator: if he loses, senator johnson falls back on the ten million dollar bonus he paid himself as ceo. a big corporate payout for him. johnarrator: if he wins,d... i win either way. he gets another six years to support tax loopholes and bad trade deals that ship jobs overseas. all to benefit corporations johnson: i win either way. good morning everyone. it's friday august 12-th.i'm jessica tighe.. tighe..and i'm kyle aevermann i

in her glowing youth, linda thompson was a college senior and pageant standout in memphis. where in 1972 she met elvis, then 37, at a movie theater. and you can't remember the movie? >> no, would you be able to if elvis presley were sitting next to you? >> reporter: right there as the film screened things progressed at the rapid rate in the elvis love with you." ? but i can't help falling in love with you ? >> if you want to know what it was like to kiss elvis presley, just take two big fluffy marshmallows out and with the sweetness and the softness, kiss those marshmallows. he had marshmallow lips. >> reporter: moving into graceland, linda was by his side when the king of rock 'n' roll turned 40, he didn't like the view. >> he started to do what we all do when we're standing in front of a mirror. what if i just -- what about this? i said, honey, you're fine, you're gorgeous, are you kidding? but he would not be satisfied until he had talked someone into giving him a facelift. >> reporter: 24/7, 365, linda was elvis' lover, confidant, confessor, and his caregiver. >> he adm