next the president of fisk university in nashville tennessee. this is 40 minutes. >> host: throughout the month of february we are visiting several historic black colleges and universities. this is done in conjunction with the c-span bus making a visit to these tours. we started up at howard university and continued through several. fisk university in nashville tennessee is where the c-span buses today and joining us on the c-span bus where conversation is fisk university president president james williams. good morning. >> guest: good morning and welcome to historic fisk university. >> host: thank you for having us on board today. before we start talking about your university a little bit about your background in your experience includes several awards specifically in teaching. i wanted to see what you have learned his first teaching students especially college students and how you apply that to what you do day-to-day as the president of the university? >> guest: well this is about teaching and learning. be i was invariably the teaching or lear

. >>> here you can see salt trucks working overtime to brine roads in nashville tennessee. police officers have stepped up patrols as they get ready to respond to any emergencies. the nashville police said it's more than a decade since the city responded this way to a weather event. >>> however looking at the other side the country something different going. san francisco bay area, temperatures are unseasonable warm. on saturday the mercury hit 83 degrees breaking 100-year-old record. the warm weather is expected to stick around throughment end of the week. as the temperatures drop and we continue to track the winter storm, stick as with 6abc.com/weather there you will find the hourly and seven-day forecast so you can be prepared no matter old man winter plans to throw our way. >> developing overnight a shooting in the city's mayfair section left a man critically injured. it happened inside a home before midnight. the victim is a man in his 20s, no word on a suspect or motive. >> we're following another developing story danish police say they arrested two men suspected of he

nashville tennessee. this is measuring the sleet.you can see about half an inch for the nashville tennessee area. they are dealing with quite a bit of wintry conditions because of this storm system we're watching. it will actually bring snow to the washington, d.c. area as well. we're seeing that sleet just south of this snow band. you can see it will create rainy conditions for the deep south. even pushing into atlanta this morning. here is a live look. we are not seeing any rain at all for today. and for next several days. right now in san francisco 53 degrees. highs for today breakdown like this. a lot of 70. 73. heading to the east bay. 67 in pittsburgh. richmon looking for a pie in the lower 70. the oakland area. we're going r to a high of 74. new record today. 69 in berkeley. low 70s in santa rosa: more like spring skiing in tahoe. the runs are freshly groomed. of norm. that is not good. we need more. here is your c -- kron forecast. high pressure blocking all the storms to the north of us. we will stay in the low 70s most -- m

charleston west virginia 19 now. 25 in nashville, tennessee so there's a lot of cold air that has to be modified and warm before we'll see things warm up enough. so here's what our best estimate is based on computer modeling is. we'll see snow developing midday and start piling up pretty quickly here on the frozen ground with the cold air. but at some point later in the evening, enough warm air should start to mix in some sleet and that could pile up. and then and only when air temperatures at the surface go above 32 degrees will it change to plain rain. will it happen at 6:00? no, it may be 10:00. this is the best estimate based on modeling. at some point, enough warm air will work in. the conditions will slowly improve as we just get plain rain with temperatures warming above freezing overnight into sunday morning. by the time sunday midday arrives, we'll get breaks in the overcast and sunshine on sunday afternoon. one to three inches is what we think right now. three to six to the west. more than six in the mountains. could we change this a bit? steve rudin will have more guidance

in nashville, tennessee -- $12 million on a new lobby and a restaurant.e redid all of the guest bathrooms. i pick every fabric. >> what is it like? you walk into a room and say yes, yes, no, no? >> i will sit there with designers, and they will show lots of different fabrics. i will ask to make it greener. can you make this bluer? can this be darker? lighter? we will be in their offices or they will be in our offices throwing around different fabric swatches. >> do you have an idea that this is what the room will look like? these are the color schemes? >> i did, but it took us a few iterations to get to the point that we as a company were happy. when people ask me what i would be doing if i wasn't in the hotel business, i really quickly admit that i'm a frustrated architect. >> you love this stuff. >> i really do. >> some people would go nuts having to make all of those decisions. >> i get excited about what we a can create. >> it is a good thing tisch likes picking out the wallpaper, because the lifespan of soft goods in hotels, things like pillows, carp

what's it like out there in nashville, tennessee, this morning? >> reporter: it is brutal.sic city but it's not the kind of records they're used to producing here. record lows for the last week or so. it hasn't been above freezing. take a look behind me, it's been so cold for so long that the symphony center, the fountain here is still rubbinning but sly freezing over, turning into an ice statue. dusting of snow combined with ice, they've been dealing with power outages. the good news is it's going to warm up, it might be in the 20s tomorrow, woo hoo, that will be great. the bad news, it will bring more snow and ice so they'll be dealing with that through the weekend. it's supposed to warm up by the end of the weekend, get back to what it normally is here in nashville, in the 40s, 50s, but there's a lot to thank yw out a lot of things they're dealing with, the kids out of school and will be through the weekend, and as you talked about, this is a situation millions across the region are dealing with. it's just going to continue to be a tough go for a while, kris christina. >

lauderdale twice, taken them to nashville, tennessee and this year taking the kids to chicago illinoisan experience. a career center is such an important part of what wte. >>>f does. >> right. many of the kids will be prepared to go to college. we want to make sure those kids who are not going to go to college are prepared. so we assess them, understand where their skill sets are. maybe they'll be firemen, policemen, electricians plumbers, we'll have them ready for a positive life path. >> talk about your path. you have come back to give back, nicole. how wonderful. you're a mentor, right? >> yes. >> how is that? >> i love it. the kids are amazing. they have a great opportunity. >> and i hear they love you. >> yes. >> you're out on the court with them every week. >> sometimes, yes. >> that must be so neat to see a child light up who maybe didn't think they would love tennis, all of a sudden they're hooked. >> nicole is everywhere. >> do you see a transportation in kids. >> yes. >> talk a little bit about how people can get involved. >> we appreciate the help from the community. we actu

nbc's jay gray is in nashville, tennessee. jay, good morning to you. this cold is invading a huge portion of the u.s. >> it really is. as cold as it is there, it's colder in the southeast and some areas further to the east and north. right now here is 6 degrees, 1 degree away from the record here. it's been cold for almost a week now, hasn't climbed above freezing since last saturday. take a look at the fountain here outside of the outside of the symphony hall in nashville. still running but freezing in several areas, turning into an ice sculpture, dusting on the ground a little ice. a warm up tomorrow maybe even to the 20s. yea, great. we'll also have more snow. there are power lines down as a result of snow and ice they have seen over the last week or so-so that's going to hinder crews out working on that it's going to be a tough go here. across much of this region for the next several days. dara. >> jay, thanks so much. it looks like you haven't lost your sense of humor in those freezing temperatures. >>> now, country below freezing getting from poi

the region tomorrow, and in the morning, here are a few example, and in lexington, kentucky nashville, tennessee, minus two. and i know that you have a map with all of the temperatures on them, e jeff ra neri. >> yes, when you factor in the temperatures and the chill factor, it is going to be 27 in daytona beach. so a lot of the east coast down to the gulf coast will be very cold. most recently this front has given us record highs. we have had 71 innapa. and 70 in pleasanton the and down right hot compared to the east coast. we had sunshine this afternoon, and low clouds for tomorrow, and patchy earareas of fog and a real mix in the south bay, and so for the san jose the east bay towards san francisco, the area of fog and to san francisco and 46 expected in the north bay, and as we head through the microclimate forecast, thursday once we hit the noon hour, we should see a lot of sunshine built into the forecast, and that is is going to catapult the forecast forecast, and we could see the numbers jump 5 to 10 degrees. looking tomorrow at san jose morganhill and check it out, 70 tomorrow and possi

nashville, tennessee, minus 2, just a cold grip going on many parts of the country. >> it just seems, it's amazing how starkly different both coasts are. >> yes. urjz the better side of that, and christina of course always delivering the good 8.n. you said there's damp conditions out there this morning. >> a little mist and drizzle on a friday eve. we're waking up in the 50s so a warmer start than what a lot of the cities in the midwest, northeast region of the country will experience for today. we're at 50 in livermore, 52 in san martin and 54 degrees to kick off the new day, beautiful day shaping up for us here in san jose. sun yu and unseasonably warm. temperatures a little bit warmer today as you break for lunch, upper 50s to low 60s just about everywhere, some mid-60s at noon. 61 degrees on the east shore as you break for lunch. 60 degrees on the peninsula today and 62 at lunch time, comfortable conditions for us in the south bay, where we will round out the day at 70 degrees. 66 on the east shore and the high out in the tri valley 71 degrees. so a really good looking day foreca

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cnn's nick valencia is live in nashville, tennessee.ow when it is cold and snow down south, things come to a halt. >> reporter: good morning, christine. this is not quite boston but pretty bad for the area. we have seen the freezing rain start to pick up in the last couple minutes. as much as .25 is predicted in the area. we have seen people from the office of emergency management partially active to deal with the dangerous situation. some weather models predicted between 3 and 7 inches of snow in the nashville area. that is why over the weekend, they did their best to prepare. getting out on friday and saturday and sunday salting and brining the roads. the mayor asked everyone to stay indoors on the presidents day holiday. in the south, this is not the standard weather conditions for this time of year. last year they had some moderate events, but this year this is predicted to be pretty bad out there. those in the nashville area and watching in tennessee, listen to officials and stay safe. christine. >> you, too. stay safe. i know you

asheville, north carolina nashville, tennessee, and paducah, kentucky all set to hit record lows today, too. nbc's jay sgra in downtown nashville and dylan dreyer at niagara falls with a closer look what happens when it gets this cold. >> reporter: hey there. brutal conditions near nashville again. it's been so cold so long that the fountain here outside the semp symphony is freezing. becoming an ice statue. there's a dusting of snow on the ground and some ice. more snow expected here tomorrow. so a tough go for a lot of people across the region. equally as tough at frozing niagra falls where my colleague dylan dreyer is. dylan. >> reporter: the cold is affecting nigh agoagara falls. one of the coldest winters on record. you can see what it is doing on the american falls across the way. the falls themselves will never completely freeze. it's the mist and water the falls kicks up that freezes and creates gorgeous ice formations. this morning about 3 below zero windchill 22 below. should be even colder tomorrow as that siberian express makes its way in and most likely breaks records. dyl

nbc's jay gray in nashville, tennessee weather a closer look at how people there are dealing with these brutal conditions. jay? >> reporter: hey, jim, pat. most are staying inside not used to this. don't let the sunshine fool you. it is bitterly cold here as you talk about it a week of records here but not the kind they're used to in music city. in music city the forecast is starting to sound like a broken record. the temperature hasn't been above freezing since last weekend. >> chaotic. >> reporter: now even the king is on ice. >> our city shuts down. people up north want to make fun and i get it. it's just we're not used to it. >> reporter: nobody's used to this. millions bundled up and bracing against the bitter cold, a string of air, more on the way. signs of the winter that just won't quit are everywhere. broken water mains, frozen fountains, even the mighty niagara falls aren't flowing like usual because of the arctic blast. and look at this. what's normally a guiser in this western new york state park has been transformed into an ice tower more than five stories tall while winds

matt gutman, abc news, nashville, tennessee. >> sheet of black ice and there's no immediate relief forle in today's forecast. bitter cold in the middle of the country with dangerous windchills as low as 40 below in the upper midwest. snow in the upper great lakes and six inches of snow in new england today. showers in the pacific northwest. >> single digits in minneapolis and chicago. teens in kansas city and detroit. 30s in memphis, new york and boston. 50s and 60s from seattle to new orleans. >>> the western half of the nation has largely been spared by all of this arctic cold and snow but those spring-like temperatures may come at a price. each day without snow this mountains increases the chances of a water shortage this summer. for the pacific and northwest, meteorologists say mountain snow levels are just two to five percent of normal in some places. >>> those oil-filled tanker cars are still smoldering this morning in west virginia after the derailment. hundreds of families were evacuated and two water treatment plants shut down after 25 tank cars left the tracks, most of them e

he attended fisk university in nashville, tennessee, and is a 27-year veteran of the fire department from which he retired the. bill has been a reenactor for the 13th united states colored troops infantry for over 25 years. african-american military service and sacrifice in the civil war. he's opinion a member since 2011. bill made multiple appearances in television and historical documentaries and was a model for the first statute of an african-american civil war soldier in a national cemetery. >> sorry, my allergies are going to kick my tail. hi. when i do interpretation, i do third person and not first. so if you're looking for an exact portrayal, i'm sorry, however, doing third person allows me to speak directly to you in the way you understand. you are first person a lot of the times, you can't break your character to engage their audience. you can see there would be a question on your face. you can't answer it because it's not your time period. what i'm going do is real talk and kind of go over a little bit on emancipation of freedom and what it might have felt like. and we're

. >> one of the places hardest hit is nashville, tennessee. and as jay gray shows us people there are not used to bitter conditions like these. >> reporter: breaking the ice in nashville. where for this bachelorette party and for the weekend, getting cold feet isn't just a chance. it's a sure thing. >> we're not worried. we have options. we're probably going to try to see if we can get out and listen to music and hang out. if not, we have wine back at the hotel room. >> first responders say staying in may be the best bet for the next couple of days. >> if you don't have to be out, don't be out. and if you do have to be out, be prepared. >> though there is only so much you can prepare for. brutal conditions stretching teams to their limit, including these firefighters in massachusetts struggling to save a group of horses after a barn roof collapsed under the weight of all the snow. s winter that won't go away is taking its toll on millions from the south through the northeast. >> the freezing rain. >> reporter: looking to ease some of the stress

nashville, tennessee to little rock arkansas winter storm watches in effect for the next available storm that will bring us a fresh sheet of ice across the area. we've had visuals of people being rescued from some of the frozen lakes and ponds across the eastern half of the u.s. this one coming out of kentucky. we had two particular people rescued from this frozen tundra here. one of their neighbors got out their boat and saved the dog. all three of them are good. >> you mentioned the south. of course many people here in the south, hundreds of thousands have been left without electricity because of the ice on the power lines. >> and the winds have picked up as well leaving the possibility of more. >> derek, thank you for that. thank you for the update. >>> joining me now by phone with an update in new england, the director of communications for the american red cross in massachusetts. jessica, just what is it like outside right now? and how dangerous are these conditions for anyone who is outside? >> it is very cold. we always encourage people if you're going to be out, layer up. make su

freezing rain in nashville, tennessee.ou don't really get used to hear about in the severe weather forecast. a quarter inch of ice so far on the roads according to officials. if you just pan down here you can see what this freezing rain has started to accumulate. it's just hard as a rock. we're here on broadway which is the main thoroughfare in nashville and you see behind me the streets are relatively empty. we have seen a handful of cars and a little bit of traffic this morning. the crews have done their best to try to clear the roads and they spent all weekend salting and brining these streets preparing for the three to six inches of snow predicted over the next 24 hours. with he haven't-- we haven't seen that yet. not as cold as boston for ryan young but people here feeling it. >> i think i can hear people laughing from boston right now. it's dangerous. you should stay off the roads. poor boston. let's head there now and check in with ryan. it's just unbelievable. >> reporter: unbelievable is the right word. 29 degrees

jay gray joins us live from nashville, tennessee where it's just 5 glees s degrees right now the.ou're bundled up. >> reporter: good morning. yeah you have to be out here. it's music city but they're not used to the kind of records that they have been dealing with over the last several days. it will be another record low here today. take a look at the fountain behind me here. it is turning into an ice statue here. just another exx. ample of how cold how bitter it has been here. and as you talk about same situation playing out across the south/southeast and eastern seaboard. just millions dealing with these arctic conditions. not much of a break it doesn't look like for the next couple of days anyway. we could see a bet of a warm-up here tomorrow into the 20s perhaps. the concern is that we'll get another round of snow. they're already repairingause of the snow and ice with the last system now more snow on the way. so just a tough go for so many dealing with these conditions right now. and i know you guys are brutal up there, too. we just have to hunger down and wait it out, i gues

drivers in little rock arkansas nashville, tennessee, already taking it slow on increase lig slick streets. >> it's pretty gross really. it's not quite snow not quite rain somewhere in between. >> reporter: and smoe removal equipment at the ready, prepared to do battle against a winter that just won't quit. boston is expecting 3 to 4 inches of snow with the new storm, that is in addition to the 7 1/2 feet they've received since january. pretty unbelievable. >> oh sarah. thanks so much. >> enough already. >> the snow is coming down in some spots but you have time to get your house prepared. >> consumer reporter erika gonzalez so here to tell us what we can do. >> short window of time but none of the things we're about to go through eat up large chunks of time. so you can take a few notes and get to it. start outside. if you haven't done so you're going to disconnect the hoses from the spigots. clear the gutters and outside drains of debris or ice so that melted snow which in this event may take a little while to get to, but so melted snow can travel down the drain. the key is to keep the wa

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louis missouri and nashville, tennessee. where is this going to go next? having dumped what could be half, three quarters of a meter it carries on in the same flow, moves up the northeast coast of the u.s. once again heading towards boston. >> thank you very much, indeed, rob. >> now it's the stuff of science fiction part human part machine a new surgery is allowing those who lost limbs to receive robotic replacements. we have more. a warning the report contains detailed images of surgical procedures which some viewers might find distasteful. >> pipe's collapsed on this man at a building site. after 17 years dealing with a prosthetic limb, he traveled for pioneering surgery to give him one of the world's first integrated mechanical legs. >> even putting the leg on traditionally, would take 10 or 15 minutes to put it on properly where this is a case of credit it on, off you go. >> it has been surgically implanted in his body and works with residual muscles and nerves to give him feeling. >> if i tap, he can feel it. they regain their ability to feel the gro

we've seen records broken in nashville, tennessee, ashville down through paducah, as we go into friday it's going to be even colder. we're going to break records that have stood for over 100 years and that's the kind of cold we're facing as we go into friday morning. there's no relief in sight. >> thanks dylan. there's a significant step emerge from one of the country's largest employers, walmart announcing that it's going to raise wages for a full half a million employees. that shopping giant has been widely criticized for continuing to pay many of its workers minimum wage. now it says 500,000 of those employees are going to get a bump to $9 an hour or more depending on the case starting in april. as we mentioned walmart is among the largest private employers in the country. some will say that's not enough but it is a significant step for them. >>> overseas it looks like the white knuckle talks between greece and eu over how to save greece's economy have hit a new low. germany rejected the request for a six month lone extension sending greek stocks plummeting once again. greece has be

this one affecting the south and hitting hard nashville, tennessee, this is the biggest ice storm they have seen in 20 years. we had a foot of snow in virginia and parts of kentucky. ice stretched over into north carolina where people are just being told to stay off the roads because it's very icy and slippery. we even had icy conditions down into georgia. from mere on out, the snow and ice is not going to go anywhere or help crews trying to get power up to hundreds and thousands of people without it. we're looking at arctic cold to start working in thursday it affects the midwest with windchill factors about 35 degrees below zero through minneapolis thursday morning. then that cold stretches all the way down south, raleigh, north carolina will bottom out at 1 degree friday morning with windchills about 15 below. it is exceptional record breaking cold even here in washington, d.c. we haven't been below zero since 1994 and we're going to make a run at it by friday morning. >> dylan dreyer thank you. meanwhile in west virginia today, federal investigators are working to figure out what c

in nashville tennessee officials are worried about flooding as snow turns into ice.n freezing rain. the northeast is expected to get a little relief as temperatures rise sunday but another cold air mass is expected to move into the region monday and tuesday. in bedford new hampshire hillary vaughn, fox news. >> group of new york city taxi garage owners hiring veterans to drive yellow cabs. it's called vets drive yellow. the new york city program beginning a little over a month ago and it's already promised jobs to 50 veterans. vets drive yellow also helps speed up the training process for veterans getting them licenses and only a couple of weeks instead of two to three months. supporters of the program say they hope it inspires other businesses to open their doors to those who have served our country. >>> it makes me proud because definitely we can definitely give something back to them people that have done so much for us for this country and definitely i would like to help them out as much as i can and i recommend anybody to come to get to this program it's great f

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nashville, tennessee, is the world-famous home of country music, but just four miles from downtown is home to this state's most violent offenders. it's a high-tech correctional facility called riverbend maximum security institution. riverbend opened in 1989 and sits on 132 acres. it replaced its 100-year-old predecessor, the tennessee state penitentiary, known as the walls. today, riverbend houses close to 700 male inmates, 480 of them are high risk offenders, classified this way because they're a threat to the security of the institution and other inmates. >> we house the worst of the worst including the male inmates, male offenders that are sentenced to death. >> ricky j. bell is warden at riverbend. he's been on the job since 1995. >> it's the state of the art operation. and very proud of what it represents for the taxpayers and the state. >> let's go! chow time! >> the prison compound consists of six different housing units. maximum security inmates live in one, three, and four. nicknamed the high side. it's here you will find riverbend's most dangerous inmates. >> the screaming n

nashville, tennessee, is dealing with its worst ice storm in 50 year 20 years. they have canceled school. joining me is dean fleener, the officer for the tennessee emergency management agency. dean, thanks for joining us. describe for us what's going on in tennessee right now. >> well we're seeing traffic move better this afternoon than last night. we are still working to help motorists, encouraging people to not drive because it is still treacherous out there. but the tennessee national guard tennessee highway patrol, tennessee department of transportation, tennessee wildlife resource agency, a number of state agencies have worked very very hard last night and today to help stranded motorists to get the interstates back open and moving. we've had the american red cross tennessee department of health department of human services working to make sure people are taken care of. we've provided water, food and we have people on standby tonight to monitor the ongoing situation. we're still concerned about roads. we're still concerned about incoming weather. we are stil

in nashville, tennessee, it was 11, and it was 40 degrees in both juneau, alaska, and new orleans. it's even cold in florida. cold for them. it's so cold there that the national weather service has issued a freeze warning for the town of frostproof. it's a real place. something called the siberian express is responsible for all of this. it's actually cold arctic air from northern russia and it's predicted to be even worse tomorrow in some places like here in new york, and this weekend, more winter precipitation -- this is like a sick joke at this point. more winter precipitation predicted for some, including the state of massachusetts, where boston is already buried under 96 inches of snow. so, really, the only solution to cope with a seemingly never-ending winter is to stay inside and watch videos, like this, and contemplate whether they're real or not. there's nothing more romantic than a spontaneous moment. so why pause to take a pill? and why stop what you're doing to find a bathroom? with cialis for daily use, you don't have to plan around either. it's the only daily tablet ap

>> chris, right now snow is hitting nashville, tennessee as well as atlanta georgia and this is our system for saturday. it will make for quite the mess. details next. compromise? middle ground? does it really look like we're holding anything back? longhorn's dinner for two for $29.99. choose two of 7 entrees. like the grilled portabella sirloin or the parmesan crusted chicken. plus two sides, two salads & a shared appetizer or a dessert. it's a deal without a single concession. longhorn steakhouse you cant fake steak. and for lunch try our new tavern steak sandwich or get any of our steakhouse lunch combos starting at $7. ♪ >>> did you see this driving to work today. >> fox 29 taking a lot of calls from drivers wanting to know the story behind this thick black smoke at the refineries in south philadelphia. a lot more than normal. one viewer zen us this video around 8:00 o'clock. they experienced an operational upset that caused the heavy smoke. there was no impact to the area. operations are back to normal tonight. >>> a taxi driver has to be cut out of his cab in west philadelphia after

storm tracker 6 live double scan radar showing you snow breaking out in atlanta, same thing nashville tennessee so there's an area of low pressure. the low is over texas but this will work its way from a southwest to northeast direction as early as overnight tonight and into the day on saturday. so, winter storm watch for philadelphia, areas to the north and west and advisory for the purple shaded counties as we are tracking snow change testifying sleet, ice and a gradual changeover to rain. we'll talk about the details and expected snowfall, rickey rick, with the accuweather forecast. >> all right melissa. thank you. >>> let's switch now to "action news" reporter david henry live in overbrook where residents continue to deal with a big ice problem there. >> reporter: yeah, the cold weather out here is causing all sorts of problems not the least of which is a situation we've got here in overbrook park. i could show you some frozen cars but there's a truck blocking the view but look up this alley behind me. you see that? that is a glacier of ice caused by a leak coming from an unoccupied house f

drivers in little rock arkansas, and nashville, tennessee, already taking it slow on increasingly slick streets. >> it's pretty gross, really. it's not quite snow. it's not quite rain. it's somewhere in between. >> reporter: and snow removal equipment at the ready, prepared to do battle against a winter that just won't quit. boston is expecting 3 to 4 inches of snow with this new storm, on top of the 7 1/2 feet that they've already received since january. in boston, i'm sara dolloff, "nbc10 news." >> thank you. >>> knorr look at conditions in boston tonight. this picture was tweeted by weather channel's jim cantore. that's 4 feet of snow on top of a roof. >> the city of boston has already spent $32 million with snow removal, $7 million with the latest storm. >> in our area we're beginning to track the system as it moves toward us. chief meteorologist gaus joins us -- glenn "hurricane" schwartz joins us. >> things will be reversed with this particular storm. we have a first alert weather day out because it's going to be affecting our area to a significant degree. that snowstorm coming ov

jining me now from nashville, tennessee, is grey grey.t what they're used to down here alex. don't let the sunshine fool you. still bitterly cold. 19 degrees. wsh in the single digits. so they're not getting a break here right now. and they've set a record here in music city again. five degrees this morning. a new record low. it's one of several over the last week when they haven't been above freezing here since lard saturday a brief warmup tomorrow will be in the 20s. maybe even 30. so that's great news. the bad news is more snow and ice on the way, alex. they've already had one round. crews are still working to repair those. now they have to deal with more. it's a tough go. >> what about schools. in terms of budgeting for this. does this data count for weather like this. boston has run through their snow funding. i would assume nashville doesn't have big costs for stuff like this. >> not at all. and schools continue to be closed. they'll reassess over the weekend here. e a lot of businesses telling folks to just work from home if you ca

he attended fisk university in nashville, tennessee, and is a 27-year veteran of the national -- nashville fire department from which he retired. he has been a reenactor -- reenactor with the third team united states colored infantry for over 25 years. the u.s. college troops were -- promote the greater awareness and understanding of african-american military service and sacrifice during civil war. they are lasting -- their lasting contribution to freedom and continued legacy and relevance to freedom and democracy. he has been a member of the tennessee civil war sus when tenniel commission and has made numerous appearances on television and documentaries and was a model of a civil war soldier in a national cemetery. please join me in welcoming both of our speakers. [applause] >> i am sorry, y'all. i was outside in the cold today, so now my allergies are kicking my tail. good afternoon, everyone, how are you doing? great. what i am going to do is probably going to be different than what you expect. when i do interpretation, i usually do third person and not first, so if you were looking an

nashville, tennessee, o'reilly, be renewed in your purpose. you are making a difference. i hope so.s. bill watching you in aruba. fantastic. debbie allison in georgia i saw a gentleman wearing a keep it pithot t-shirt. >>> how people view god. 80% of us americans are believers. there's no question that if you are a religious person here in new york city, los angeles, other places, you may be looked upon with suspicion by some folks. especially if you talk about your religion. you could be branded as a zealot or religious fanatic. you know the drill. the founding fathers based our law system on the ten commandments and openly said our human rights are given to us by god. tomorrow we'll have a debate that. here's the tip for tonight. if you are a believer, be proud of your faith. don't impose it don't be obnoxious, be proud. somebody mocks you turn the other cheek. that's your tip of the day. that is it for us. check out the fox news factor website which is different than bill o'reilly.com. do not be tandentious. please remember the spin stops here. we're looking out for you. >>> brea

there's woman becca stephens in nashville tennessee, and she raised money for safe houses and she puts women or so in each house. they learn to live together. they basically take two years to detox and to adjust into a new life in normal society, and then she trains them for jobs. >> brown: what's your sense, both of you -- starting with you, nick -- what's your sense of the awareness of these kinds of problems whether it is at home or abroad? how much do you have to still convince people of the problem? >> i think that is a huge problem. i think that it's very easy for those who have made it to construct a narrative in which those who are suffering are to blame for their own problems, and, you know this notion of personal responsibility as being the-all and end-all of poverty and disadvantage and we hope that by putting a human face on some these challenges we can push back at that and underscore that, sure, there is a certain amount of personal responsibility there but there also is an awful lot of kids who desperately need help who didn't do anything wrong and it's a certain amount

you're looking at scenes from the nashville, tennessee area. more than 100 million americans were set to be impacted by the blast. coming up on closing bell the ceo of gold corps at 3:00 p.m. eastern time on cnbc. that's your cnbc news update at this hour. back to you. >> courtney, thanks so much. yields are lower after the fed minutes from one day ago. jackie deangelis has more on where they may go from here. jackie? >> that's the question, scott. we are watching the 10-year yield lower but the interesting thing is after the fed minutes it was the short-term treasuries where rates really dropped and that's because people are expecting that rate hike to come a little later. jim what do you think the fed minutes meant for treasuries overall, how are you looking at this trade it? >> when i saw the line that said persistent dollar strength will be a hindrance to exports means that's on the radar. do they want to tighten and exacerbate that situation right now and my guess is they don't. i think we push -- should be pushing rates back further maybe

and even minus 2 in nashville, tennessee. and in chicago, they're shivering through the coldest february since 1875. but it's not just the cold temperatures causing problems. it's the snow. in east port maine, they've had a record 109 inches of snow in just 23 days. >>> happening today in bucks county the trial is set to begin for a teenager accused of trying to rape another student at knifepoint in a school bathroom. cody hendricks was just 15 at the time of the arrest. he's charged as an adult and facing charges that include attempted murder. police say he chased a classmate at penridge high school with a knife, dragged her into a bathroom and tried to rape her before a teacher stopped him. >>> also today, authorities will arraign a man accused of trying to vandalize a septa bus. this is david toledo. police say he propped a mousetrap with nails poking from it under the tires of the vehicle back in november. and at the time of his arrest toledo was on probation for slashing the tires of dozens of cars in philadelphia's mayf

in nashville, tennessee, it was 11, and it was 40 degrees in both juneau alaska and new orleans. cold in florida. cold for them. it's so cold there that the national weather service has issued a freeze warning for the town of frostproof. it's a real place. something called the siberian express is responsible for all of this. it's actually cold arctic air from northern russia and it's predicted to be even worse tomorrow in some places like here in new york and this weekend, more winter precipitation -- this is like a sick joke at this point. more winter precipitation predicted for some including the state of massachusetts, where boston is already buried under 96 inches of snow. so really the only solution to cope with a seemingly never-ending winter is to stay inside and watch videos like this and contemplate whether they're real or not. [bell rings] you're not mr. craig. yeah, i'm confused where's mr. craig? well, i'm sorta mr. craig. we're both between 35 and 45 years old. we both like to save money on car insurance. and we're both really good at teaching people a lesson. um, le

this morning, we are on the campus of the university and nasa -- nashville, tennessee. hg williams will join us. we will be right back. ♪ [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2015] ♪ >> february is black history month. c-span buses on the road to speak with faculty and discuss public all the issues and highlight the role in the american education system. and today, we will be at a university in nashville and talk with this president. on wednesday, we will meet with john wilson junior in atlanta and on thursday, we located -- visit a college in atlanta. the political landscape has changed with the 114th congress here not only are there 43 new republicans and 15 democrats in the house and 12 new republicans and one new democrat in the senate. there are also 108 women in congress including the first african-american republican in the house in the senate. keep track using congressional chronicle on c-span.org very it has a lo

he is in chilly nashville, tennessee. gabe good morning. >> reporter: erica, good morning. it has been a miserable 24 hours in nashville. i woke up with a hoarse voice. lots of wind here. we have seen snow we have seen sleet, we have seen freezing rain. right now, temperatures are in the 30s. as you can see, it is a rainy and slushy mess. around much of the country, the extreme winter weather is far from over. this morning, the siberian express is still barrelling through much of the country leaving in its wake record shattering cold. >> the freezing rain stresses me out. >> reporter: and deadly crashes, including this one in mississippi. in ohio an out-of-control car slammed into a police cruiser. more than 100 roof collapses in massachusetts. the top of lake erie is frozen over. and so is the delaware river in philly. ice cutters are breaking through the ice on the chesapeake bay and more forming on the ohio river. and some icy conditions in alabama. >> my windsh froze up. >> reporter: treacherous conditions in tennessee with 18-weather-related deaths this week. including

forecasters say nashville, tennessee, could see up to ten inches of snow. our affiliate wtvf is along side the interstate in nashville. good morning. >> good morning, the big story has been the ice. it's been sleeting here in the nashville area nonstop since 4:30. this is going to be the problem. as we come down here you can see thick ice covering the roadways. to the point where i can't pick it up. the sleet has clumped into ice balls all across the ro way in and out of the nashville area you can see just how white it is. in fact the sleet has covered the roadways to the point where you can't even see the lane lines here. the tennessee department of transportation trucks have been out here -- the plow trucks have been out here throughout the morning but the salt and brine is not effective with this amount of sleet. they were expecting a lot of snow. instead we're seeing a lot of ice and to make matters even worse the temperatures here in the nashville area is not expected to get above freezing until the weekend. so this is going to be sticking around for q

single digits readings above and below zero reaching down to nashville, tennessee, and charlotte, north carolina 20s back down in north florida heading into tomorrow morning without the wind factored in. high temperatures minneapolis, today and tomorrow chicago in that as well. teens and 20s in st. louis and the southeast isn't exempt as well. from new york to the mid-atlantic in the southeast. 20s and 30s for high temperatures in atlanta through the end 69 week. snowfall forecast, too, several inches possible with a localized over a foot from portland maine, to northern nund end of the week. still kwaiquiet and warm on the coast today. >>> a teen fell into icy waters off the new jersey coast. a local news helicopter was overhead. we'll show you how it all unfolded. that's ahead here on cbs "this morning." >>> the obama administration this morning plans to appeal after a texas judge put the president's immigration overhaul on hold. major garrett is at the white house where the president finds himself fighting two border security battles. major, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. p