parts of downtown nashville were inundated with water.d landmarks, including the grand ole opry, were hit. weeks later, with a benefit concert about to get under way, we found a mix-- continuing loss and worries about the future alongside a steady rebuilding effort and a strong determination to show that nashville is well on its way back. even as the rain was falling, officials with hands on nashville, a local volunteer group, were localizing thousands of people to organize aid and rescue efforts. >> are you the host church? >> brown: earlier this week we found director brian williams still tat in the engelwood area, one of the hardest hit areas. >> i would say the need hasn't lessened. the need has changed and it's been a constant change from day one. you have the immediates of shelter and food distribution and water distribution, and then you're cleaning up neighborhoods and then you focus on roads and homes. and new we're starting to move slowly into rebuilding efforts. >> brown: tennessee is, of course, the volunteer state. everyone w

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host: nashville, tenn. jeremy on the independent line. caller: obama said he with clean up global warming. why doesn't he allow the dutch to bring down skimmers and the boomers in the maine. this guy is using this catastrophe like rahm emanuel said, never let a good crisis go to waste and the american people along the gulf coasts are suffering from its. barack obama is an idiot. he is incompetent. everyone that is out of work because they voted him into office deserves what they get. host: this is an article in "the washington post." you can see that a congressman there. according to other newspapers, they are reporting that these lawmakers are saying they did nothing wrong. host: richard on the democratic line. and caller:two things on the oil spill. one is, why don't they get of big enough pipe? the other thing is i think they could use of liquid nitrogen and go down into the hole and freeze it down there and poured concrete on top of it. host: bill from mobile, alabama. caller: mike, obama speech. like most people, i was pretty disappo

senator byrd played the fiddle on the grand ole opry in nashville, came back to nashville in 2008 andank along with a group of fiddlers. a few days later i came to him on the senate floor and talked to him about an old mountain song called "wreck on the highway" made famous in the 1940's, i guess, 1930's. and senator byrd began to sing the song. he knew all the words -- so loudly -- that the staff was afraid the galleries would all tice it. we will miss his loveeof the united states history, but traditional american history. he was the superior o sponsor oe teaching american history program which is part of the elementary and secondary education act. he has provided nearly $600 million to school districts to imriewft professional development of american history teachers. he and the late-senato kennedy and i were work on a piece of legislation which we introduced consolidating all the federal programs that support the teaching of united states history, hoping that our chhldren can grow up learning whatit means to be an american. senator byrd is also responsible for the celebration of s

senator byrd played the fiddle on the grand ole opry in nashville, came back to nashville in 2008 andsank along with a group of fiddlers. a few days later i came to him on the senate floor and talked to him about an old mountain song called "wreck on the highway" made famous in the 1940's, i guess, 1930's. and senator byrd began to sing the song. he knew all the words -- so loudly -- that the staff was afraid the galleries would all tice it. we will miss his loveeof the united states history, but traditional american history. he was the superior o sponsor oe teaching american history program which is part of the elementary and secondary education act. he has provided nearly $600 million to school districts to imriewft professional development of american history teachers. he and the late-senato kennedy and i were work on a piece of legislation which we introduced consolidating all the federal programs that support the teaching of united states history, hoping that our chhldren can grow up learning what it means to be an american. senator byrd is also responsible for the celebration of

on the grand old opry in nashville, tennessee.most of the people on the peak -- on the sheet i am looking at, the program, most of these people are all dead and gone and i remember the weekend he. on the standard candy company portion of the opera -- this is primarily for people like senator byrd -- he autographed by program backstage. i asked him to. the funniest thing i remember about our conversation back there, i have an autographed copy of an album he made called "now and fiddler." most probably are not aware he enjoyed music much less pyed a musical instrument. but he did. and he signed this thing and he asked me who my favorite politician -- i am trying remember part of the conversation. i told him i said, senator byrd, to be honest, i am not really particularly fond of any politician. his head jerked back and he kind of laugd and he said, well, son, decant be all that bad being here of the grand ole opry on this beautiful saturday night in march. he was just, like a lot of folks i have seen around at festivals of around th

on the grand old opry in nashville, tennessee. most of the people on the peak -- on the sheet i am looking at, the program, most of these people are all dead and gone and i remember the weekend he. on the standard candy company portion of the opera -- this is primarily for people like senator byrd -- he autographed by program backstage. i asked him to. the funniest thing i remember about our conversation back there, i have an autographed copy of an album he made called "now and fiddler." most probably are not aware he enjoyed music much less played a musical instrument. but he did. and he signed this thing and he asked me who my favorite politician -- i am trying to remember part of the conversation. i told him, i said, senator byrd, to be honest, i am not really particularly fond of any politician. his head jerked back and he kind of laughed and he said, well, son, decant be all that bad being here of the grand ole opry on this beautiful saturday night in march. he was just, like a lot of folks i have seen around at festivals of