the people in nashville, the mosque that he attended, purposely picked him out. they seeked him out. they brainwashed him and manipulated him, and they lied to him. they abused him. he was a victim of a crime before he committed the crime that he committed. >> daris, your son was in the army four months, five days when he was killed. does it get to you that your own government has failed to acknowledge that he was the victim not of just some random shooting but the deliberate murder because he was in the military? >> yes. it gets to me. i served 27 years in the marinee corps. i took a st statue toirtory oato defend the country. we have cases of people who were arrested before they thought about going over to yemen. in the case of abdul hakeem, these previously things, they were arrested for what abdul hakeem mohammed was successful at. he was not just -- he just didn't come back from yemen. he was deported from yemen at the request of the u.s. government. they didn't follow up on it. >> when he come back, i'm going to ask melvin and darris about their efforts to

i was born in nashville, tennessee, a little town side of nashville. that is where i grew up, went to high school, met and married my husband. moved back to st. louis where i lived part of my life. i heard people saying missouri and missouri. what is the correct pronunciation of

it belongs to the people of nashville.we don't want to see follow this path into a gang. this is a step really i think to preserve the rights of the vast majority of nashvillians of all

they knew of my son, the same fbi agent who investigated my son was from nashville.y my son was from, almost an hour within his arrest. and we asked the federal government for help. they knew all about what was taking place with my son in yemen, but yet, they had him some back to america and they supposed to have been surveying him, but it shows that they dropped the ball somewhere. and i think this whole matter could have been prevented if they had just did their jobs. >> mike: and your son has not even been awarded a purple heart. he was denied that, why? >> the issue is what we've been told that he didn't know enough information about it, we provided a two inch thick thing that we had greened off the internet and articles on him, and then it came back, because it's a criminal act. now, what we're hearing is that the president might overturn or veto the national defense authorization act, because of the little rock purple heart issue, one of the reasons, and they're saying because arkansas tried him under a criminal law, not terrorism, you were the governor of arka

these are the college students from nashville. and they were led by a remarkable woman named diane nash. and i wish we had more time to talk about her. she was, again, one of those ordinary students, an ordinary college student, who becomes extraordinary. she is one of the leaders. this is not in the script, so -- but she becomes one of the leaders of the freedom rides. she becomes so important that she literally defies the federal government and continues the freedom rides when the kennedy administration wants to shut them down. and robert kennedy asks famously, "who the hell is diane nash?" because she has -- because she has effectively defeied the federal government and continues to lead the demonstrations. and eventually, there will be the integration of the buses. that's another story. i don't have time for that. but that's another story. but that's an idea -- that's an example, i should say, of what's going on at this particular time. let me give you the stats. by march 14th, 1960 -- by march 14th, there were 17 separate dem

i was born in nashville, tennessee, a little town side of nashville. that is where i grew up, went to high school, met and married my husband. moved back to st. louis where i lived part of my life. i heard people saying missouri and missouri. what is the correct pronunciation of our new home? the best place to go when you want information is where? >> [inaudible]. >> of course, we all know that. i went to the library and the librarian gave me a wonderful book and began a life long friendship with the librarian. missouri is the native american pronunciation. in their language it is the people of the big boats. one word means all of that. missouri. frenchman who came up the mississippi river. they said that would be a great place to have a trading post. they set up a trading post and called it st. louis. missouri became missouri. now i ask you which is correct? missouri or missouri? >> missouri. okay. neither one. [laughter]. you can't say the native americans were wrong for saying missouri. you can't say the french were wrong for pronouncing it in their

i want to bring in carl dean, the mayor of nashville.gang that police say have been involved in murder, drugs, illegal weapons, vandalism. for years, i saw it listed in a statement. so what was the last straw leer. why take this action now? >> well, we initially received the authority from the tennessee legislature to file a nuisance action, which is really a civil action against gangs to prevent them from holding meetings in public spaces and other things. and that statute has never been used in tennessee yet. and so we decided that this was a good time to use it. and basically what we're asking for is to prohibit this gang from having meetings or gatherings in two of our public parks and to prohibit them from having meetings in a relatively small geographic area of about 1.4 miles. but let me stress something. nashville is extremely proud of our kurdish population. you know, one of the things that gifs me the most pride as mayor is that groups look at nashville as a welcoming city, an open city and they come to nashville because of the

♪ ♪ how am i supposed to know ♪ >> in a prison in nashville the home of country music, we decided itould find a country singer, and so we kind of made a callout to the other inmates and officers and they came up with mcculloch and he turned out to be pretty good. ♪ said she never talked about me ♪ ♪ how it never did seem right ♪ ♪ i've been pulling time in nashville ♪ ♪ wasting days and wasting nights ♪ >> writing music in prison is just my life. i don't sit down to write a song. something hits me and my best songs come with about two minutes and about two or three minutes i have an excellent song. and i wrote "pulling time in nashville at the walls" which is tennessee state prison, which is shut down now. ♪ here the families come and see me ♪ ♪ they can spare some of the time ♪ >> i let my feelings out in my songs and i wrote old-time country. i don't write anything but old-time country. when i'm under pressure and depressed i write all the time. all i do is write my songs and play my guitar and study the bible and try to stay out of trouble. ♪ oh you can't leave ♪ >> though confine

like, "how about we go to nashville? can we go to nashville? can i take a trip to nashville? about nashville. can we go see nashville?" >> stahl: spring break 2001, they finally gave in and headed to mecca, says her mother andrea. >> andrea swift: we started driving up and down music row. and at that point, she would say, "mom, mom, pull over. that's mercury records. let me out." >> stahl: she was 11, toting cds of herself singing karoake songs. and she'd run in? >> andrea swift: she would walk up to the receptionist and hand them a demo cd, and say, "hi, i'm taylor. i'm 11. i want a record deal. call me." >> stahl: anyone call? >> andrea swift: no. sadly, no. ( laughter ) >> stahl: she spent the next few years performing every chance she got, even in a bar when she was 13. >> taylor swift: i remember there was all these, like, rock- n-roll dudes and, like, biker guys. and i'm like, "this is a song that i wrote about the guy who sits next to me in class." and it was just like... ( laughs ) you know, sometimes i ended up in the wrong venue. but it was still... it was learning

>> from nashville, as well.. >> eric: who do you like on "the five"? >> oh, well, like a lot of guys i like dana and kimberly, and to heckle beckel. >> like you. >> eric: that's so sweet. >> i like greg. he's funny. >> i lover ric love eric. >> eric: send it back to dana. beautiful day. have a great weekend. >> dana: he did not ask them the most important question. if they knew dierks bentley. >> bob: good thing you got outside. you got a head start. i'm coming. >> dana: that was amazing week. i got a new dog, obama had a bad week, bob in a bad mood but people in nashville like us. that's it for "the five." have a great weekend. see you on monday. ♪ notice captioned by closed captioning services, inc >>> welcome to "red eye." i'm andy levy. i'm filling in for greg gutfeld. don't ask where he is because i don't though. i don't care. now to michael with a look at tonight's show. >> thank you, a n dye. andy. president obama has breakfast with young movie stars in a vein attempt at rescuing the hollywood vote from t

look at the current temperatures out west. 103 degrees in indianapolis and nashville. 104 in kansas city right now. the moisture in the air feels like 112 degrees at chicago o'hare airport. the heat and humidity, zero is what we are concerned with. air temperatures somewhere near 100. look at the records for washington, we will be closed. the forecast is coming up in just a couple of minutes. >> breaking news from capitol hill tonight. democratic lawmakers walking out of the u.s. house contempt vote of attorney-general eric holder. this happened after house committee members had ruled the attorney general in contempt. it stems from his alleged refusal to turn over documents related to the fast and furious operation. >> a great deal of work for the american people remains to be done. i will be getting back to it. i suggest those that orchestrated today's vote do the same. >> 17 democrats voted with republicans in favor of the contempt boat. >> coming up the new beginning at the u.s. naval academy. >> 7 is on your side with news but not every metro rider will be happy about it. >> metro fa

i was born in nashville, tennessee, a little

nashville goes to the union army quite early. hold on to nashville? partly by building something called ft. negly. who build that? slaves who ran to the union army. they cooked, they laundered, they did daily tasked that freed up soldiers for other duties. at the end of the day, the conflict is going to come down to manpower as much as anything. freeing up manpower is a direct military contribution. slaves, refugees, sometimes called contrabadz, nursed sick soldiers. that doesn't sound like much, but when we talked to the hospital, what ozthe varinable that most predict ed that, lack of nursing. so working at nurses mattered. and another way in which slaves flocking to union horses contributed to manpower, numerically smaller ways but exciting and dramatic ways nonethele nonetheless, are aiding a p.o.w. prisoner, a war escape. a soldier, i looked for a vermont one for you, but the closest one i could get was maine. hannibal and three other guys from his regiment in maine or were from maine were captured and held in the confederat

in other areas like nashville to charlotte to raleigh get ready. the heat is on the way. >>> if you're watching us on nbc providence 10 in rhode island take a bike ride. explore deep inside a bone or solve a skeleton at bone zone. and that's your "early today" event of the day, lynn. >> that sounds like fun. >> it does. >>> and now here's an early look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. well, alex trebek's health is not in jeopardy. he's up and in good spirits at a los angeles hospital as he recovers from a mild heart attack. the 71-year-old trebek who's hosted jeopardy for 28 years is fully recovered and expected to be back to work in july. >>> buzz reports that zack gal a fa na cass will mair longtime girlfriend. >> what's so funny? >> this next part is kind of funny. it includes a drawing of the cup i by galifianakis that makes him look like, quote, a little troll while quinn is a stunning tall blond princess. >> he's funny to look at. he's funny, period. >>> uggy, the canine star of the oscar winning film, "the artist" became the fir

at this prison in nashville, convicted killers can play softball. >> they're playing softball on linedths with baseball uniforms while other guys are hanging out, getting a sun tan. >> reporter: for a quarter of a century, robert blecker has been documented his provocative and controversial view. >> no mission state in any department of corrections in the united states mentions the word punishment. >> reporter: that life for convicted murderers can be surprisingly comfortable. we think when someone's on death row, or they have a life sentence, life is miserable for them. the reality? >> it's completely different. those who committed the worst crimes who deserve to suffer the most generally suffer the least. >> reporter: blecker, who shot the footage you see here inside prison says most americans are unaware of this part of prison life. blecker says life can be so good here, convicts claim to have killed just to get put away, like robert pitts, who beat a grandmother to death with a lead pipe. >> i can play pool or basketball, run, you can go out and jog, lift weights, play cards. >> th

flooding on i-40 from nashville to little rock. storms drench i-5, 84, and 90 in the northwest. >>> if you're plying the friendly skies, airport delays are possible on the east coast from boston to atlanta. also in nashville, memphis, seattle, portland and san francisco. >>> and now to medical news this morning. what is being called major break through in the battle against breast cancer. >> researchers say they've come up with a targeted therapy that heads straight for the cancer. they've tried it out on a thousand women, including 28-year-old bridget spencer. they say the cocktail works like a smart bomb. >> it's really like a heat-seeking missile with a toxic payload, travels all over the body until it meets the cancer cell and then lets off a massively toxic dose to kill off the cancer without damaging the rest of the body. >> sounds ground-breaking. spencer is among half of the women in the study that saw their cancer stabilize or shrink. and they had fewer side effects than standard chemotherapy. >> big news for a lot of wome

>> from nashville, as well. eric: who do you like on "the five"? >> oh, well, like a lot of guys i like dana and kimberly, and to heckle beckel. >> like you. >> eric: that's so sweet. >> i like greg. he's funny. >> i lover ric love eric. >> eric: send it back to dana. beautiful day. have a great weekend. >> dana: he did not ask them the most important question. if they knew dierks bentley. >> bob: good thing you got outside. you got a head start. i'm coming. >> dana: that was amazing week. i got a new dog, obama had a bad week, bobn

. >>> a very special delivery in nashville for a very tall order. >> tall drink. no, no. giraffe. giving the world a glimpse of its newest edition of a lanky, adorable baby giraffe. named baby girl here with mom, margarita, said we could pour a cold one, tall one during the story. born sunday. 6'2", and weighs 160 pounds. >> same as lebron at birth. zoo officials say margarita is showing great maternal skills, she is no novice. this is actually se

. ♪ ♪ oh, oh, all the way ♪ o oh >>> parnassus books in nashville, tennessee, is an outlier.re in a city of 1.5 million people. since 2002, the u.s. has lost roughly 500 independent bookstores. 1 in 5. last year's borders bankruptcy claimed another 600 chain stores. is the neiborhood bookstore risky business? jog ing me now is novelist ann patchett, author of "state of wonder," "bel canto," and six other books as well as the co-owner of parnassus books in nashville, tennessee. great to have you on the program. >> glad to be here. >> thank you so much for joining us. you put $300,000 of your own money into opening an independent bookstore. you're already a best-selling, prize-winning author. why become a small business owner as well, putting your money on the line? >> i should say my partner karen hayes told me it would be $300,000. to date she's only taken $150,000. i'm only in for half at this point. she's very good with money. because i was in a city and our bookstores closed and simple as that. i just didn't want to live in a city without a bookstore. i thought, i can affo

nashville, 109,ag athens, also 109.to front page politics, a new poll shows americans are sharply divided over the supreme court ruling. the new poll shows 46% of americans agree with the decision. while 46% say they disagree. meanwhile, republicans are not letting up, wyoming senator john barrosso, take a listen. >> the goal of health care reform all along should have been to ensure that people get the care they need from the doctor they choose at a lower cost. under president obama's health care law, they got the exact opposite. tax increases and government control. >> president obama has signed a short-term bill passed by the senate extending federal funding for highway and infrastructure projects for two years, $120 billion measure also provides a one-year extension on current stone loan rates. the justice department will not prosecute attorney general eric holder for contempt. the house voted thursday to hold holder in contempt of congress after he withheld information about the bungled gun tracking operation known

columbia, south carolina, and nashville, tennessee, both hit 109. their hottest ever. from birmingham to kansas city, memphis and more that triple-digit heat wave is remarkable. no records in nyc but it's still uncomfortable. oven-like people finding the typical ways to stay cool. >> it's very hot. finding air-conditioning and a cold beer. >> reporter: in raleigh, this can income, the second day in a row north of 100 and it's the most wonderful time of the year for one group. >> the weather is so hot it's kind of like christmas for a technician. you know, it's when we make our money. >> so many feeling the heat and temperatures up tonight. >> the big question, when will it breaky not going to break any time soonment tomorrow still very sweltering going into the beginning of the week still dangerous. midweek and bewrondz is when we start to see relief. >> ink goer, thank you. >>> of course, the heat still fueling the wildfires out west tonight and this evening here a chilling portrait of what it's like for families living under con trants threat not only from the flames

highs today 105 in nashville, 105 in atlanta.that would be the hottest temperature ever recorded, tie anyway in the peach city, 105 in charlotte, 100 in d.c. d.c. and jackson, mississippi, 99. sunday, it's more of the same. a prolonged bout of heat, we have 25 states we're forecasting 100 degrees or higher. heat advisories are you for over 47 million people. here are some of the numbers about nashville, 109 is a june record, it was set record. that was also the all-time warmest temperature ever recorded. saturday, sunday, monday, more triple digit heat in atlanta, the hottest braves game should be played at turner field, high of ç105. we cool relatively speaking to 90s by the monday. escape from the heat, pacific northwest and coast of california is it. everyone else dealing with incredibly warm temperatures here as we end june and begin the month of july. >>> we're sweltering and the washington, d.c., area has been hit especially hard. this is brand-new video from capitol hill where a huge tree fell on to a parked dar. kristen

. >> thousands of guests are evaluated in eight nashville hotel. >> a vigil for a feared leader. >> ava marie live with the baltimore dragging club. -- dragon club. >> sarah caldwell checking on your morning commute. . some problems on the west side. will update >> good morning. looking a bit hazy. 77 degrees downtown at the maryland science center. we're feeling here as we are next to the water. we are here with the baltimore dragon club. there is a team behind me of about 18 people. about 22 people could be on the boat. what a fun thing that baltimore has. the baltimore dragon boat club has a breast cancer survivor team and it will be competing at this week's race. you're part of that team and you have been diagnosed with breast cancer. >> that is right, this year. >> we were talking about people surviving breast cancer to get involved in something like this. >> everybody needs to have some kind of exercise whether you run or do yoga or just walking. it cannot be able to say you do a dragon boat racing for exercise. it is great for breast cancer survivors. you get support any good hea

black and white college students at the university of washington, supporting what's going on in nashville. and i'll pull up another one here. here's another one. this is another demonstration in seattle in 1960. a support demonstration. but i can tell you, although this is not part of the main lecture tonight, by 1961, these students will be in the streets, not protesting or not supporting what's going on in nashville in terms of those protests. they will be in the streets protesting racial discrimination in seattle. okay? but in 1960, they're still at the -- let's see if i can go back. in 1960, they're still at the sympathy demonstration stage. that will change. that will change, and it will change dramatically. but the point here is that these young people, whether they're in seattle or whether they're in selma, they understand that something is wrong. they understand that racial injustice is rampant. and they want to do something. they want to employ the direct action approach of martin luther king and others in order to challenge racial segregation. again, i don't want to put people o