melissa lawson is the winner of "nashville star," the tv singing contest.ned her husband rick was having an affair while she was on tour. it might have something to do with the fact that he spent those three months running a business and taking care of a family. we welcome the lawsons to "larry king live." they will be the subject of "breakthrough" with tony robbins next tuesday night, right? melissa, what happened? >> well, i went to audition for "nashville star". >> larry: how many children do you have? >> i have five boys. they're all ours. >> larry: you went on "nashville star." >> it was an amazing process. thought it was 20 years of effort coming true. the fans voted. thanks to them we won the show. i say we because i had the support of everyone around me. >> larry: you went to the beijing olympics, right? you toured for three months? >> right. it was on and off. i would be home a few days, on the road a few days, kind of here and there. toward the end of that period things started kind of going south. rick was very focused into facebook and other soc

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i'm ken paulson, joining you today from nashville. our guest today is a man whose name and sound are known and respected worldwide. he's a 1987 inductee into the rock and roll hall of fame, and he was the winner of the lifetime achievement award from the rhythm and blues foundation.

beth clark of nashville, tennessee, is one of the long-term unemployed. a single mother of two boys, she is struggling to make ends meet. her unemployment benefits expired in april. >> i want to work. i want to work. and i never thought in a million years i would be completely, at my age, unemployed. it is extremely scary. >> reporter: tuesday is a busy day in the senate. besides this vote on unemployment benefits, national security will be an issue as the committee takes up the nomination of james clapper to be the next director of national intelligence. but that hearing could also end up being about deficit spending. in the wake of a two-year-long "washington post" investigation into the costly and complicated $75 billion intelligence bureaucracy created after the 9/11 attacks. and brian, terrorism will be on the agenda when the president meets here with british prime minister david cameron tomorrow. as you know there is an issue over bp and the role they played with the scottish government and its release of the lockerbie bomber to the libyans. michael

it just so happens that nashville also has the perfect set for this act, a full scale replica of theparthenon. >> oh yes, the greeks gave us a-- and plato and other wonder stuff ♪ ♪ but balancing their national budget, their budget ♪ ♪ apparently is tough ♪. >> reporter: the song is supposed to be funny, of course. but greek economist is completely serious in explaining his country's recent might. >> in the '80s there was an enormous expansion of wealth for programs of different kinds. but basically the kind of massive spending on education and research that is necessary to transform a country, this did not happen. and it did not happen even though it was one of the things that the european union really was striving for. >> reporter: in 2001, greece joined the european monetary union. the deal was that greece would drop its currency, the drachma and adopt the euro. that meant the greece could borrow in euros, a stable currency backed by the likes of germany and france, instead of in drachmas which an unreliable grease could print with a abandon, creating drachma inflation and thus wi

tonight we've got a little unknown candidate running your for governor of tennessee a station in nashville is giving each candidate one minute to make their pitch here's about thirty seconds of based on marsa. i'm very good marcelo dot com good republican candidate for governor i like to recall all permits and registration but darned everyone carry guns because i want to know you get murdered and you go to jail and i like to put. grass over education across the interstate where anybody can log and so we're prepared so we can do to use it for expenses also in a more remove all go french fry from the state of florida real progress prescribed . stop traffic stop. i've got a few questions there what the hell was that i mean how did this man actually qualify for the ballot and is he the alvin greene of the g.o.p. we didn't show you his entire page which included the rants talking about praying and saying amen saying the pledge each morning to the republic and ending all traffic stops if this man ends up winning the primary in tennessee next month but i'm thinking voters in the volunteer state s

now i live in nashville. >> what is your question? >> how would you dri innovation in public education around the state and what is your plan to move to tennessee from #42 to the top tended >> we will start with mr. mcwherter. >> i will be broke quick. i think that we need to keep a focus on prekindergarten. i think early childhood development is something that we need to focus on i applaud -- to focus on. as the next governor, i will be the next person to implement that program and i think it is terribly important that this goes with all the people in tennessee. >> i am not for universal prepaid. i think it takes money away from classes. we have to start thinking outside the box. what can we do best to use taxpayer dollars the best way. there are three classrooms and the students rotate between the classrooms. it's a is a tremendous amount of money and provides a good education. that is exactly what we will have to do to providethe best bang for the buck of taxpayer dollars. >> my 20/20 vision includes a specific early childhood read

and that just sent him off on his rant about muslims and a large mosque is being built near nashville and how it's dividing the community you know what somebody should really tell ron ramsey that islam is in fact a religion in fact it's the second largest religion in the world so when politicians go around spreading false information just to win votes it only leads to more muslim bashing and that's why the tennessee lieutenant governor ron ramsey is tonight's two all time winner. now since september eleventh two thousand and one i think it's pretty clear that some things have changed america that fear has become a constant for many and that that fear gets channeled into prejudice into a growing culture of islamophobia are to correspond unless they see a chicken or has the story. has the religion of islam turned into a source of fear in the us well the american media has been doing a heck of a job if you will in phobias to me that you are not. working with our enemies some have had enough some of bin laden became the poster boy for all muslims are a billion muslims in the world as one

afternoon thunderstorms could pop up from nashville to atlanta. >> it is about 10 degrees hotter than usual in the northeast with boston at 94. southern california cools down from the weekend heat wave. 96 in dallas and kansas city. anchorage is our cool spot at only 58 which sounds especially nice when you look at the rest of that board. >> no kidding. bring on fall. >>> no one likes a creepy roommate but a british man is gladly putting up with dozens of them at the same time. >> this story kills me. david jones plans to live with 40 deadly snakes for 121 days, just to set a new world record. he's confined himself to a room in south africa where boa constrictors, green mambas and other killer serpents are simply roaming free. he even has to move snakes out of the way just to take a shower. >> jones says his goal, not sanity, is instead to prove that people can live with snakes without fearing them. >> i just don't get why. people do crazy things to set world records. why that? so what? at the end of it, great, 121 days of snakes. >> yeah, and this guy also, they apparently are saying

and nashville, with their lives spread out that much, it may have been that at some point it was easier larry: what do you make of michelle obama? >> i think she's doing a really good job of what i think -- i thought it was the worst job in the country and i think she's doing a splendid job with it. >> larry: worst job why. >> huh? >> larry: worst job why? >> well, because people talk about what you're wearing, if you talk about any real issue and you know she cares about real issues, people can be critical of you, that you're talking about a real issue. and i can't imagine being able to keep your mouth shut for four years or eight years and not talk about anything that really matters. >> larry: and raising kids. >> and raising kids at the same time. her girls look lovely. i think she's doing a great job. i love that she's wearing american designers. that's fantastic. >> larry: okay. you put it in the subtitle "reflections on the burdens and gifts of facing life's adverse i ities. burdens are obvious. >> yes. >> larry: what are the gifts? >> the gifts are that, you know, you are reminde

and nashville, with their lives spread out that much, it may have been that it was just easier. >> larrywhat do you make of michelle obama? >> i think she's doing a really good job. i think she's doing a splendid job. i think it's the worst job in the world. >> larry: worst job why? >> because people talk about what you're wearing. people can be critical of you that you're talking about a real issue. i can't imagine keeping to myself for four years and not talking about anything that matters and raising kids. her girls look lovely. i love that she's wearing american designers. i think that's fantastic. >> larry: you put it in the subtitle, "reflections on the burdens and gifts of facing life's adversities." the burdens are obvious. what are the gifts? >> the gifts are that, you know, are reminded time and again, the easiest example is wade's death, because it's not -- there's not so many other parts of it. when wade died, it was a terrible burden, but it reminded you both of the fact that you needed to grab hold of each day. you couldn't just take each day for grant it. you had to make e

medicine at yale university and doctor hal roseman is a cardiologist with a private practice in nashville. for the record, he is also a paid consultant for glaxosmithkline-- the maker of avandia. dr. roseman, describe for us what it is that avandia does. >> avandia makes insulin more effective. in diabetes there's a condition that precedes diabetes called ins lins resistance in which fat basically causes changes in the way that insulin operates in the body. what avandia does is correction the defects that this fat has and the way i works in the body. >> ifill: did the f.d.a. panel make the right recommendations? >> you know, time will tell about this. but actually i agree with the recommendation of the panel because they said this drug should either be taken off the market or if left on the majority said it should have such severe restrictions that only certain doctors should be able to prescribe it or if patients take it they should get special education about the medication, or doctors who prescribe it should have special education about the medication. i think the bottom line here is t

see the affection they had for one another, but, you know, california and washington, d.c., and nashvilleves spread out that much it may have been that at some point it was just easier. >> larry: what do you make of michelle obama? >> i think she's doing a really good job with -- i see a lot of people saying she really wanted to be first lady. i think she's doing a splendid job. >> larry: worst job, why? worst job, why? >> because people talk about what you are wearing. if you talk about any real issue and you know she cares about real issues, people can be critical of you that you are talking about a real issue. and i can't imagine being able to keep your mouth shut for four years or eight years and not talk about anything that really matters. >> larry: and raising kids. >> and raising kids at the same time. her girls look lovely. i think she's doing a great job. i love that she's wearing american designers. i think that's fan taskt. >> larry: you put it in the subtitle "reflections on the burdens and gifts of facing life's adversities." burdens are obvious. what are the gifts? >> the gi

thunderstorms possible in much of the northeast and in ge wet from nashville o birmingham. >> 90amios 75 in seattle. 85 in sacramento. a scorching 105 out in phoenix. >>> it's a pony express of sorts and this only happens once a year. >> about 150 ponies took the plunge yesterday, swimming across a 200-yard channel between maryland and virginia. it was the 85th annual pony swim at chincoteague. the event made famous by the 1947 novel "misty of chincoteague." >> 40,000 spectators showed up to watch this year. these ponies will be auctioned off. hopefully after a bath. the money goes to a volunteer fire department that cares for the herd. we'll be right back. hoveround power chair? the statue of liberty? the grand canyon? it's all possible ith a hoveround., tom: hi i'm tom kruse, inventor rand founder of hoveround., when we say you're free to see the world, we mean it. call today and get a free overound information kit, that includes a video and full color brochure. dennis celorie: "it's by far the best chair i've ever owned." terri: "last year, 9 out of 10 people got their hoveround f

half of the country, where we see the big-time heat, i'm talking new york city, over to pittsburgh, nashville, charleston. we are talking about feels-like temperatures there between 100 and 110 degrees, this entire area shaded in red is under a heat warning with the exception of the very spine of the blue ridge mountains elevational cooling keeping it a bit below the warning level. high humidity the cause, temperatures soaring on your thermometers. a quick look at a portion of the country. here's a closer look at the weather for your weekend. >>> make it a great day wherever you are. we'll say where we are got dicey last night, happens rarely but new york city had a tornado warning. tough to get rotation because of the big buildings in the city. we had a tornado warning in effect until 1:00 in the morning. >> wow! incredible thunderstorm, too. great to watch. >> what a light show, unbelievable looking, yeah. >> sheets of water. >> hot today, though. >> if only it cooled it off, lonnie. >> the beach! >> staying inside today. >> still ahead this morning, an exclusive interview with the man who

nashville, tennessee. good morning.aller: just about everything has been covered on this wonderful forum. i would simply add that despite arguments to the contrary that these republicans position on unemployment benefits is indicative of where they stand. always for the privilege, always for the elite or the wealthy. they did in got -- they did not get apoplexy about tax cuts for the rich because that is who they are. and money trying to the diet. -- no point trying to deny it. this just shows their philosophy. it does not work. take care of the fat cats. that is what it has been. their unemployment stance shows the senate is to fall of multimillionaires who have no sensitivity towards with the working class is going for. host: the vote is expected around 2:30 p.m. eastern. if you tune in to c-span2, you will likely hear arguments from democrats and republicans why they are either supporting or not supporting this. obama urges congress to end the stalemate on benefits. they said unemployment americans -- unemployed amer

nashville, tenn., on the line for democrats, go ahead. hunter?aller: i can't believe i got through. yes, sir. we just saw joe biden yesterday at the jackson dinner here in town. i believe that obama has a shot at coming back. first thing is have his bill as a governing based on fairness, honesty, opportunity. make it known he does not support greed or sloth -- either one of the extremes. the guy who says he is not from america needs to forget about them -- there is no way to change their minds. and i guess the one thing i would have told him was do not run a deficit higher than what bush did because now there republicans have obviously got a problem with the deficit standing. so, we will have to be ready to take the gloves off when they come after him, and stand up for the working people. sloth and greed are not to be allowed. the courts are an atm machine for lawyers, and wall street is not the economy. wall street is to raise money for businesses, not for the goldman sachses of the world to bring home a couple of billion dollars per year. host:

. -- hello, nashville. caller: thank god for c-span. i am confused. you have this morning to you have faith in the president and congress and then the big banks and businesses -- to big to fail, mess up america. can you put some facts, studying how the big companies and businesses took america to the cleaners. and congress, try to explain the credit card companies, how they were taking money from people that they could not even do but -- that was fraud. these companies were never put out of business. small business are the backbone of america. host: a tough connection there, but could you take anything out of the call? guest: it seemed that the major concern was the two big to fail problem, how the big banks or of made a mess of things. i think everyone feels that way these days. hopefully financial reform, which is on the verge of passing finally in the senate, may help that. specifically credit cards. obviously there is the new consumer financial protection agency which again will hopefully help matters. host: does the big finance reform bill connec

george on the line from nashville, republican. caller: hello. i do believe america is very exception exceptional. but that article you are reading about the new york yankees and chicago white sox, i think that was -- anybody that doesn't believe the new york yankees are mo more, very much more exceptional than the chicago white sox, whoever wrote that is crazy. host: thanks for calling this morning. this is the piece "bring back the old glory" we are talking about. time to rescue the idea that america is exceptional by john steele gordon. to afghanistan for a couple of seconds here now. the war debts update, "washington post" on this fourth of july, 1,137 military deaths since 2001. 850 hostile, nonhostile, 287. david patraeus officially takes command in afghanistan with a ceremony earlier today. here is a photo 3 "new york times" -- photo in "new york times." he spoke at an independence day celebration yesterday at the u.s. embassy in kabul followed by karl eikenberry. he seeks military civilian unity in afghanistan. there is a quote. in this i