the mural is in nashville, where it belongs. rita said she had nothing else to do, life was empty, she said tom was not supposed to have died. she had been ill for a few years and stopped indicting and died three weeks later. at his funeral rita said we need to preserve this place and make a memorial. she got that started. just a few months after rita died it was a designated state historical site. in 1977 missouri purchased the home and studio with all the possessions. travelcities tour staff to kansas city, missouri to learn about its rich history. when more about kansas city and other stops on our tour at c-span.org/cities tour. you are watching american history tv, all weekend, every weekend on c-span3. on the presidency, a historian daniel revisits presidents andrew jackson's war of the 1830. a political struggle that crippled the powerful bank of the united states. the young countries only financial institution. he teaches at the university of tennessee and directs the papers of andrew jackson project. the white house hist

the empty halls of nashville's 100 oak mall reimagined. now new doctor's offices for vanderbilt's medical center. >> we have approximately 25 to 30 square feet of retail for every person in the united states. when you look at the model in japan or europe it's 6 to 9 square feet of retail per person. we're over retailed. we're going to see condensed retail and have fewer brick and mortar stores. >> just outside cleveland euclid square mall demolished. a new amazon fulfillment center that will employ 100 workers.

the mural is in nashville where belongs. rita said she and nothing left to do. she said tom was not supposed to have died. she had been ill for a few years and she died 11 weeks later. at tom's funeral, rita said we need to preserve this place. she is the one that got that started. just a few months after rita died, it was designated a state historic site and in 1970 seven the state of missouri purchased with alland the studio of their possessions. our cities tour staff recently traveled to kansas city, missouri. learn more about kansas city and other stops on our tour at c-span.org/citiestour. you're watching american history tv all weekend, every weekend on c-span3. sunday, live on in depth, professors cornell west and robert george will be our guest. >> anytime i get a chance to be in dying dog with professor to be in dialog with professor george. we go back 13 years. we share commitment to the world of ideas. we have had a chance to lecture around the country. when i see him, i do not see a conservative thinker, catholic philosopher, i see him as my friend,

we're at home in tennessee with the man who spent years in nashville as a songwriter before breaking out on his own with a lot of help and harmony from his wife, morgan. >> he's completely true to himself and outshines the sun in a lot of ways, to me. i don't know if that's a good answer or not. >> you're blushing, chris. >> well, i outshine the sun, come on. >> well, i think you're a very bright star. >> a sunday sit-down with chris stapleton and his wife, morgan, plus harry smith later in the show. >>> but we begin with new questions about what president trump may have known after a tweet from his account claiming he fired former national security adviser michael flynn for lying to the fbi. could that tweet put the president in legal jeopardy? nbc's jeff bennett is at the white house with more for us. jeff, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, willie. this robert mueller's russia investigation appears to inch closer to the president's inner circle, president trump is defiant, telling me he's not concerned about the guilty plea of his former national security adviser, michael fl

. >> the town they sent him to in japan called kuji, a long way from his hometown of nashville, nashville, indiana. on sundays he skiepd with his parents john and terry. john is a musician and terry a school guidance counselor. >> how did he seem to be doing? >> it was rough at first, the language thing was the big thing. >> you were a stranger in a strange land. >> yes, yes. >> was it a lonely feeling? >> yeah, it was. but it was made better by the fact that there were other foreign teachers in town. >> along with the teachers, there was one other person, a volunteer who helped the foreign teachers adjust, a local english speaking businessman named kenji hair yam ma. kenji, a pretty accomplished guitarist found out that zach was, too. >> i was amazed by his songs, his original songs, and also he played guitar very well. >> kenji pulled out an old gibson, handed it to zach. >> he said consider it yours while you're here. >> zach took that guitar to school trying to break the ice. >> i would play music for them. i think that helped break down the barrier a bit. >> just three weeks in, over

. >>> a nashville, tennessee woman and her five kids spent their first christmas today together without their father who was murdered. brandon marshall s one man hopes to ease their pain on that very difficult day. >> reporter: of all of the previous christmases, of all of the past presents wrapped, this one means much more to floyd miley. >> i don't even know what she looks like. it is just a blessing. i'm kind of nervous about meeting her. >> reporter: two months ago, leon ridly and his friends sat outside of their home when someone shot at them. the 37-year-old father of five died. his friend survived. after miley heard about the tragedy, he and his friend wanted to help. on christmas day, he visited the home with gifts in hand. >> good morning. merry christmas. >> and one in his heart. love. the children's mom misses her other half of 14 years. >> he would take them to the practices, take them to their games. you know, take them to school in the morning. pick them up in the evening. he would do all of that. you know, the kids, they really >> reporter: his mother missing her only son

nashville is hard to beat. they still have great. big studios and if you want to capture and live the sound you need a biggish room this room is alive you know and i know when i hit this drum it's going to go back it's not going to go. when the room is great. the atmosphere in the studio is great everybody enjoys playing because they know immediately the sound is all you have to do is capture. and. it's more than. in the early one nine hundred seventy s. deep. into the mainstream and really groundbreaking. seventy two. two albums six tours of america the tour of japan in one year i can't imagine that now the time if by and by is just stayed together for four or five years that was quite a long time and managers being what they are all this. while the fat goose laying the golden eggs was not allowed to have a rest over its close to fifty year history the band's lineup his jeans considerably guitarist steve morse has been with deep purple since one thousand nine hundred four. replacing the legendary. because it's a style that we've ado

ladies and gentlemen let's make a rock record right everybody their infinit was recorded in nashville tennessee. that's where deep purple made their previous album to this time around it took the band less than a month to develop and record in its ten tracks when it comes to music disability nashville's hard to beat. they still have great. big studios and if you want to capture and live the sound you need a biggish room this room is alive you know and i know when i hit this drum it's going to go back it's not going to go. when the room is great. the atmosphere in the studio is great everybody enjoys playing because they know immediately the sound is all you have to do is capture. and. it's more than that. in the early one nine hundred seventy s. deep. into the mainstream and really groundbreaking. after year seventy two we did. two albums six tours of america. i mean in one year i can imagine that now the time if managed to stay together for four or five years that was quite a long time and manages being what they all this. while the fat goose laying the golden eggs was not allowed to

developing during the day today, from dallas to little rock to memphis, and all the way through nashvillend atlanta, and then in to saturday, a bit of snow on the back side o we are watching you in st. lo s louis. but then some snow back in to areas like d.c. a lot of big cities and highways and big airports with delays. >> a lot to watch. thank you. a government shutdown has been averted for now. the there was a temperature funding deal passed -- there was a temporary funding deal to keep the government open. the stop gap is only good for a month with major issues still left unresolved as the lawmakers go home for the holidays. good morning. >> reporter: hey, good morning to you and this morning, president trump is getting ared to leave washington like a lot of members of washington have. and go to south florida for the holidays. he is getting out of town as lawmakers have come to a deal to avoid a government shutdown and punting all the big battles to january. so when the president and the rest of congress, and the folks in washington get back in the city after the new year. they are go

but do watch out for delays tomorrow morning in nashville, philadelphia, d.c. and also new york city and boston as well. the big change for us as we head through the weekend is the cloud cover. let's get a look. it is impressive. check it out. a lot of moisture with this but heading to the north. the rainfall. as we put this into motion you can see how the bottom edge moves into the bay area. we'll be hard pressed to get anything in terms of a lot of sunshine heading through saturday and sunday. so probably not he'd needing the sunglasses much. through tomorrow morning the other good thing, the clouds are like a big blanket. so temperatures won't drop quite as much. instead of upper 20s in the south bay we'll go for average of 36 here tomorrow. peninsula 38 and tri-valley down to 33. we had 26 in napa this morning. this is feeling better to you, 32 starting off saturday morning. san francisco also looking at 42. so clouds to start. it lingers through the day tomorrow. and that will keep temperatures right near average for december. you can see in the south bay

go to nashville.t was so cold. my kids were like, are you kidding me, mom? >> i heard someone say yesterday the country has been florida. >> i was in florida. it was fantastic. >> whatever. >> i even got a little tan. but you can't see it because my dress is covering it. temperatures every day were in the upper 70s. i was sweating a little bit too, believe it or not. lots of sunshine. okay. back to reality i'm not there anymore. if i was, probably make things a little worse. 21 degrees right now. this is where we'll be for a while longer until the sun comes up and the temperatures will rise a bit. it's going to be pretty cold today. 21 in the district. but look at the suburbs in the teens. 18 degrees frederick, dulles. 17 clinton. 16 manassas. 19 degrees in leesburg. it is another bitter cold start by this afternoon. we'll be about 10 degrees warmer than yesterday. but we're still going to be pretty cold. we'll have a few could move in during the day today. snow moving in for your saturday. here's a l

novelists to nashville. and pilates instructors to palm springs. sure, we love a good glacier. but we also like a little cocoa butter. >>> live where you live, this is abc 7 news. >> she always smiled. she always asked about the family. >> she's very caring. >> a mother loved by so many, tonight an east bay family deals with the unthinkable after a bay bridge toll plaza >> si si han worked on the bay bridge, tonight a drunk driver crashed into her toll booth and tonight flags are lower half staff. >> so many are including hrnan's family still long what happened in lane 14 this morning. she was loved by so many. here she is with the two loves of her life her husband and their ten-year-old daughter. i spoeke with a close relative who shared these photos and fears for the family. >> devastated. depressed. the daughter is going to have a difficult time. >> hrnan stepped into booth 14 before daniel burke hit that last car in line and caused a chain reaction and continued and struck the booth. >> the booth with han inside was thrown several peek. burke was ejected from his truck and

a car ending up in a creek, and winds in nashville knocking over the city's official christmas tree. take a look at that. fedex now reporting planes flying into their memphis super-hub, experiencing severe wind sheer, and causing disruptions and delays. abc's senior meteorologist, rob marciano, starts us off. >> reporter: the cold fist of winter gripping the eastern half of the country tonight, snarling holiday travel for millions this weekend. >> i'm trying to beat it, but i don't think i planned well enough. >> reporter: winter weather alerts from texas to maine. experts warning it could take flee time three times longer for you to reach your holiday destination. >> my wife was kinda worried about it. ended up taking off a day early. >> reporter: icy conditions across new england. >> it looks like there's ice on my window, but in fact. it's just icy. >> reporter: nearly 30 crashes reported in massachusetts, shutting down parts of i-95 for over an hour. and in vermont, drivers warned to avoid an icy 30-mile stretch of interstate. whiteout conditions in missouri. this jackknifed semi

how are the people in nashville doing on this new year's eve?er: people are showing up hours early. they have this amazing dj who is just rocking the mic asking for people to give him anything they want. the note will lift up. this is where they drop the note here in nashville because it is music city. it will lift up around 6:00 central time and they will drop at midnight. this place will go crazy expecting more than 100,000 people all crammed in here. you can hear this music kind of outside the venue. it is kind of awesome. on broadway where the honky-tonks are, no cover charge ever. so you can just go in there and listen to amazing music, a lot of it is cover bands. there are rock and rollers that are here. you can listen to any kind of music you want here. it's awesome. i can't stop dancing. because it is going to be freezing like 11 degrees. i think similar -- you are going to try warming up by dancing around. you should come visit us. this is the place to be. i know anderson and andy are cool guys but this is the place to be in my opinion.

you go to nashville. you have the best job. >> a childhood dream come true.een of krchristian p. and vince gill, a star in country music. superstar couple amy grant and vince gill have been entertaining audiences for a decade. nashville. ♪ i really can't stay ♪ baby, it's cold outside >> with their soldout christmas show. what makes creating these memories for the audience so special and sacred for y'all? >> this is where she really shines. this time of year, these songs, this spirit, you know. the real spirit behind christmas, she has that over anybody i've ever met. me, not so much. i just like to get -- stand beside her, play a little guitar and cheer her on. it is a good feeling. ♪ chestnuts roasting on an open fire ♪ >> when you see somebody doing something they love, you fall in love with them all over again. he might half joke and say he's not wild about doing all the crooner songs, but he kills em. >> he is. >> then he starts playing guitar and everybody levitates. he has a rare ft crazy about you. i would stalk you if i wasn't married to you. >> but

. >> nashville 1010ism what's in nashville. >> it's a beautiful countryside city.y daughter is there. i love being there. so i spend most of the christmas there. >> reporter: and it seems like so far sewing sew good today when you look at the travel maps and the arrivals and departures board. everything pretty much appears to be on time. a lot of pilots have come through here saying that they've got a number of trips scheduled today and things seem to be like -- everything is going to go pretty well. we'll keep our fingers crossed and hopefully everybody will get to their destinations today without any hitches and guys, i was also looking at what some of the top year end travel destinations are. you probably might have guessed. they're all warm weather places. the number one place orlando florida. number two, anaheim california. take me with you. back to you guys. [laughter] >> reserve two seats. make it three. we'll go too. 6:02 right now. shutdown averted. later today president donald trump expected to sign a bill preventing a government shutdown. congress passed

we currently care for about 190 survivors a year in nashville, and the surrounding area. survivors need a plethora of wrap-around services to meet their every need. because trafficking victims suffer complex posttraumatic stress disorder, the restorative process can and usually does take years. to compound the trauma of trafficking, most victims were abused as children or suffer from a range of other adverse childhood experiences that made them vulnerable to exploitation in the first place. it's essential that an agency offer case management and a array of services until a survivor is ready to lead a productive and stable life. in tennessee we use a single point of entry model with one agency in each of the four regions of the state whose entire focus is on providing intensive case management and restoration of victims. together we form the tennessee anti-slavery alliance. this approach ensures that quality, consistent trauma informed services are provided statewide in the most effective and efficient way possible and that victims don't fall between the cracks. thank you

we go to beautiful nashville tennessee. most would recognize andrew jackson from the 20-dollar bill or this which is brilliant, but you truly understand who he was, you have to understand the moment that defined him that came at the second war of independence, the war of 1812. we begin with his most impressive feat, forming, melding and motivating an army to stop the most fearsome force, the british infantry. this battlefield, the from your battlefield in new orleans. what is this? this is the canon jackson used for this is the protection of jackson's troops. what was over there? the british. outnumbering us, 2 - one. what he did after that still has historians befuddled. all give it away, we won. although the revolutionary war ended in 1783, the british never truly accepted america's victory. in fact, it resulted in another war. the war of 1812. and, things were not looking good at start for the united states. >> we were so weak he couldn't challenge what they called the british navy. 6000 americans became prisoners on boa

the hermitage in beautiful nashville, tennessee. most people would recognize andrew jackson from the $20 bill and binnings like this one steve truly understanding who andrew jackson was. understand the moment that defined him which came at the end of america's second war of independence, so to speak. the war of 1812. so, we begin, perhaps, with his most impressive feat, forming, melding and motivating an army to stop the most fear some force force at the time the british infantry. the premier battle in the battle of new orleans. that what is in this is a cannon jackson used. what is the protection? that's the protection of jackson's troops. what was over there, the british. outnumbering us, two to one. what jackson did after that still has military historians befuddled. i will give it away. we gone. >> although the rev news lay war officially end in 1873. never accepted the. resulted in another year the war of 1812. things were not looking good for the start for the united states. >> we were so weak we couldn't any other country. ch

no, we're not in nashville. we're in new york city with luke bryan.> right in the middle of times square. >> and what better way than for you to kick it off and you have this great new music that is out. "what makes you country." when people ask you that, how do you answer that. >> it's tough to sum it up in a paragraph or a book, but, you know, just small town upbringing, you know. you know, just parents staying on you, making sure you got your manners in order and -- but your family and your friends and your, you know, you know the deal. >> you know the deal and you shared that because you opened yo of us in that cma special right before. [ applause ] you, caroline, the boys and, you know, you're about to go back home for the holidays. how does the bryan family celebrate. >> oh, gosh, we -- it's totally -- i become clark w. griswold. i mean, i -- you know -- >> i believe that. >> i'm falling off things, you know. but we have a big time. we will get the whole family in and some of them like, you know, some of the family we don't like we try to put th

cool spot -- start in places. 63 nashville and and look at cold air north and west though that's comingn as we roll our way into the daytime hours tomorrow. in fact, temperatures expected to drop all day tomorrow. hour by hour temps poke into 50s. early afternoon and we stay mild into the evening showers. again strong southerly push ahead of cold front will keep us warm. the forecast, 50s tomorrow and temperatures dropping all day and thursday and beyond highs staying in the 40s. that's weather erin is back with road raise this morning. how does it look, erin. >> 5:17 keeping eyes on roads and luckily as you mentioned dry right now. low lying fog in some areas. use caution and put low beams on if you encounter any. near further hurley looks good. green zone a 14 minute trip. 70 looks great. problem free at the spur. outer loop. pleasant past new hampshire. no problems upper loop passing 95 to baltimore washington parkway and 95 quiet icc to beltway as well. changes right now we had earlier inner loop construction between pennsylvania and branch avenue blocking left lane and left shoulde

even nashville with steady trains.to two inches from northern georgia to south carolina. charlotte a lot of rain too, so let's get into the white christmas forecast. technically, you have to have one inch of snow on the ground for official white christmas. most of the northern rockies, none minnesota -- it's interesting some of the dakotas don't even have an inch of snow. plenty of snow in northern new england. southern new england has barely any at all. the big question mark, will we get any snow in southern new england? how about portions of the great lakes and ohio valley? here's the christmas day forecast. bitterly cold in the middle of the country. we do have potential for snow, maybe a snowstorm northern portions of new anengland. maybe central portions of new england. here's the potential program for potentially a white christmas. fingers crossed in pittsburgh. new york city, you're too far south. >> oh! >> bill, it's very misleading. >> there's other places besides new york. boston is possible. >> bill, you're

winds in nashville knocked down the city's official christmas tree.s reporting the winds caused substantial disruption and delays but for the most part travelers have been able to get where they're going just taking a little longer. >> i'm trying to beat it so i don't think i planned well enough. >> my wife is kind of worried about it. i ended up taking off a day early. >> meanwhile shoppers in our area and along the northeast corridor like these folks in the washington, d.c. area had to deal with rain and wind while picking up those last-minute gifts. >>> they are the three faces at the center of the scandal. miss america's ceo, president and board chair have all resigned in the wake of emails. this morning some of the former miss americas are racking to the fall-out that has left the atlantic city tradition hanging in doubt. >> reporter: resignations at the top of the miss america organization. ceo sam has kel resigned saturday from the new jersey-based organization the day after he was suspended by the board. president and coo josh ran dal and the

a car ended up in a creek and winds in nashville knocked down the city's official christmas tree.porting the winds caused sus stanchion disruptions and delays. it's taking a little longer. >> i'm trying to beat it so i don't think i planned well enough. >> my wife is kind of worried about it. ended up taking off a day early. >> meanwhile shoppers in our area and along the northeast corridor like these folks in the washington, d.c. area had to deal with rain and wind while picking up the last-minute gifts. >> they are the faces at the center of the scandal. miss america's ceo, president and board chair have all resigned in the wake of stunning emails. this morning some of the former miss americas are reacting to the fall-out that has left the atlantic city tradition hanging in the balance. >> reporter: resignations at the top of the miss america organization. >> hi, i'm sam haskell. >> reporter: the ceo resigned saturday from the new jersey-based organization the day after he was suspended by the board. the president and coo and chairman also departing. following publications of sa

when you're jump starting your career in nashville, you're scraping by. have fish and tackle, you don't have anywhere to go hunting. through the years i have been able to -- >> get more toys. >> more toys so i can go out in the woods. >> what's your number one toy? >> it's my lake. i built my bass lake. we go fishing. it's fun. >> he built a lake? >> you can go fishing. but right now, the holidays it's successful. >> nicole richie and michael strahan team up to help your shopping a little easier. >> i go over the top with the decorating. we decorate the tree, eat ginger bred cookies. >> the tradition is this kids tell me what they want, i get it and then we eat. a lot of people call jc penney jacques penny. we created this little pop up. >> it's about getting your amazing holiday gives in one place. >> you can do virtual shopping as well. spin around the store, do 365s. >> they created special collections. >> these are my picks. amazing gifts i think you should get your friends. >> i picked a cute pair of vance. anike sweatshirt. if you got that, you woul

some now on display at an exhibit at nashville's country music hall of fame.he exhibit for the first time. >> things like this matter a whole lot. >> reporter: they do. >> it's validating in a lot of ways, that -- >> reporter: to be in here with people you respect. >> to be in here with people you respect. ♪ >> reporter: the son of a kentucky coal miner, stapleton has written more than 150 songs that have been recorded by other artists, including adele, george strait and tim mcgraw. for years, stapleton would write, day and night. >> because i just loved it so much. and i love it that much still. i just don't do it as much. >> reporter: what did you love about it? >> plucking something out of the air, waiting on something to be there that wasn't. you know? >> reporter: it wasn't until the release of "traveler" in 2015 that stapleton went out on his own. but not exactly solo. ♪ his wife, morgan, sings harmony with him. ♪ >> reporter: what has morgan been for you during all of this? >> well, she's my partner in life and business and on the stage, in every possib