interstate 40 running from the east coast to the west coast coming into two lanes in downtown nashville, tennessee. we have a liberal mayor that has made us a sanctuary city that is now looking at a billion-dollar infrastructure for rail system. system ineed a rail downtown nashville. you will go up different cities, that allows rural people to hop on the trains. do it like the japanese have done it. we're wasting money. host: thank you. guest: i think his overarching point is there is an impetus to enhance capacity. i can't speak specifically about but these major urban centers, big cities, mayors, governors, members of congress, they realized the need to enhance capacity. you have the trucking industry talking about this for years that being struck in traffic is excellent detrimental to the economy. takes about $63 million annually -- the economic impact of the trucking industry. enhancing capacity, that is on and ige to do list -- mean capacity on surface transportation -- it is a huge to do list for your mayors and your governors. that is a debate in nashville on where you put your transit sys

the president has boarded air force one, he's headed to nashville, tennessee. he will be talking small business, the economy, he will address the farm bureau federation's convention as they await him. we will see you tonight at 6:00 p.m. eastern as i always do for "special report." one of the most influential republicans on capitol hill is wrapping up his call for an investigation. the author of that anti-trump dossier, why he says we need a second special counsel for that. and roughly 24 hours from now, north and south korea sitting down for their first talk into coyears. what's behind the move? the director of the cia says north korea is finally feeling the heat. >> you see the north koreans doing what they have historically done. trying to come up for air when they are being strangled by a president who has made very clear that this behavior is unacceptable. iss the mayhem? does waiting around trying to protect your house from a lighting strike give me the same rush as being golfball-sized hail? of course not. but if you can stick to your new year's resoluti

one more call from nashville, tennessee. independently. rick, go ahead. caller: good morning, gentlemen. i would like to make a comment about the state in which i live. i live in the capital of tennessee, nashville. by leaps is growing and bounds. we had a big medical industry, and insurance industry here, and also the entertainment industry here, and not only with hockey, pro football, we're getting a soccer team, and we have all the stuff going on. i want you to pay attention to this real close. from interstate 65, runs chicago to nashville, tennessee. chattanooga.m always interstate come through nashville, tennessee. there are four and six lanes coming into nashville. outside of nashville they in a loop. you

of course, it's in nashville, tennessee where the hermitage is located where andrew jackson called his home for three decades. it's a huge sprawling ranch. he pointed out on january 8th on this day 203 years ago andrew jackson won the battle of new orleans and talked about the impact this man had on this country. watch. >> today the battle of new orleans lives on in the american soul and it lives on in each and every one of you. our task is to preserve the freedom that american soldiers have fought for and died for in every generation. the americans held their ground. independence was secured. andrew jackson's name was etched in to history. and those patriot farmers proved once again that in the words of andrew jackson farmers are the basis of

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but first, president trump speaking to farmers in nashville, tennessee. but how his agenda will impact rural america and the middle class. it's farmers and rural america that helped get the president elected. but while fox news took the president's speech. cnn, msnbc, and other networks decided to skip it. dr. art law enforcement officer, good to see you. >> good to see you. how are you? liz: good. what did you think of's speech? >> i thought it was great. it was great that it was here in nashville. we people in nashville deserve some great credit, and he came here for us. it's super. liz: you know, earlier knows how to speak to the american people. >> it's amazing. liz: i hate to say this. i don't want to be a clichÉ call it a barn burner of a speech but there was a lot of applause, and he has talked personally about 401(k)s, and i think this is what we're going to show you. he added how a police officer came up to him and says thank you for my 401(k). let's listen. trump: i had a policemen in new york come up to me and said mr. president -- i was shakin

in the meantime, i was accepted by a college in nashville, tennessee. he said, when you are home from spring break, come to see me. bus andd a greyhound traveled from troy to montgomery . been young lawyer, who had a lawyer for rosa parks and dr. martin luther king, met me at the first baptist church in abernathy. see dr. martin luther king and reverend abernathy. dr. martin luther king said are you john lewis? said, dr. king, i am john robert lewis. he still called me the boy from troy. this man inspired me to stand up to find a way to get in the way. you can watch the rest of man lewis' speech here on c-span. was created byan your local satellite provider and is brought to you today. >> facing a challenge over whether the policy of removing an active voters from ls is aation rol violation of federal law? who does not respond is removed from the rolls. this argument is just over one hour. your argument in this morning -- we will hear the argument this morning versus the randolph institute. mr. murphy? >> may it please the court. congress passed to serv

mountain home brewed seemingly love songs to tennessee you're still based there though rather than metropolitan l.a. or new york well no i'm still live in nashville i love tennessee asked about the old home place you know back years ago were we my early days and so i've kind of built up that part of the you know of our world of they are close i love my family i love the smoky mountains i love who i am and where i'm from and the people that made me everything that i am so i love travel and i love going to new york i used to have an apartment there for years and i have a home in l.a. because i do a lot of business there but i just fear like days or weeks not months and years they're close this is still. you know it's a poor state of i'm reading that maybe nothing team found direct jobs have been attributed to dollywood and maybe one of billion dollars of economic impact for me about dollywood well dollywood we actually have dollywood the theme park we have a water park we have a couple of dinner theaters out on the parkway as well so we generate a lot of jobs for a lot of the people in the area and now we have a new resort called the dream or resor

tennessee. not long after, roy marries his childhood sweetheart, claudette frady. they move to nashville, and roy rockets to the top of the charts with a string of hits, including "oh, pretty woman" in 1964. was "oh, pretty woman" a game changer? >> people loved the song. it really made him into an international superstar. >> ♪ oh, pretty woman >> roy and claudette have three boys -- roy dewayne, anthony, and wesley. roy can't ask for more, either professionally or personally. then, in 1966, tragedy strikes. >> claudette and my dad were coming back from the drag races on their motorcycles. at the end of the ride, a truck had pulled out, and claudette was killed instantly. >> as a 30-year old widower with three young sons, roy relies on his parents, who live across the street, for childcare while he soothes himself by writing and touring. back in nashville, young wesley finds comfort in his father's songs. >> that's kind of how i'd visit with him, 'cause he was on the road all the time. so i would just always would go to those records and listen. >> while on tour in leeds, england, in 196

president addressed that topic earlier in the day during a speech before thousands of farmers in nashville, tennessee. he highlighted aspects of the tax bill he says will benefit them. >> you'll be spared and it really is the word punishment of the deeply unfair estate tax known as the death tax so you can keep your farms in the family. >> reporter: while in nashville the president also signed an executive order aimed at expanding broadband to rural areas. over the weekend the president defended his fitness for office following the publication of the explosive new book, "fire and fury." tonight the author of that book, michael wolff will join stephen colbert on the late show and he isn't holding anything back. >> everybody in the white house had their own press secretary. so the president has his own press secretary, not sean spicer, but his private press secretary. jared had a press secretary, steve bannon had a press secretary. so there are all these different press operations. so the answer why there are so many leaks in this white house, that's what they did all day. >> you can watch the entire i

couldn't get a gig in nashville tennessee which is 120 miles up the road. i said, well, i'm going to build myself a studio and cut some hit records. >> hall's muscle shoals sound often teamed white session musicians with black singers. all while recording in the still segregated deep south. >> while george wall as was making a statement of, of -- segregation now, segregation tomorrow, and segregation forever. i was in this studio, and muscle shoals, cutting a round of 1,000 dancers on wilson peck it. >> in 1968, hall gave dwayne alman a shot using him on wilson picket's version of hey jude. ♪ ♪ he ♪ don't make it bad ♪ the muscle shoals sound spread as mothers opened studios in the area. with acts like the rolling stones. >> what's your name? little girl ♪ >> leonard skinard. >> and paul simon. all recording hits in northern alabama. in 2015, we visited fame studios. with singer songwriter, jason isbell where he recorded something more than free. ♪ you were singing that night by yourself ♪ >> isbell who grew up a few miles from muscle shoals, has deep conne

>> he leaves the white house bound for nashville tennessee at 1:00. the weather is bad there. he will be the first sitting president in 25 years to address the national farm bureau federation annual convention and from there he jets off to atlanta, georgia, where he will watch the georgia bulldogs pull off an upset victory over the alabama crimson tide. you heard it here first. >> sandra: like everything, john roberts, thank you very much. >> bill: sandra and i have a bit of a wager on that we'll share in 30 minutes. i want to bring in david bossie. former deputy campaign manager. good morning to you. i thought you were the genius, by the way. >> far from that but i know that alabama is going to win tonight. >> bill: hang on. hang on 30 minutes on that. steve bannon put out a statement over the weekend, part of what he said on screen. everything i have to say about the ridiculous nature of the russia collusion invetion. it is a witch hunt. what do you make of this now, david? >> i'm with the members of the administration, like mike pompeo who just find this book to be pure fic

president addressed that topic earlier in the day during a speech before thousands of farmers in nashville, tennessee. he highlighted aspects of the tax bill he says will benefit them. >> you'll be spared and it really is the word punishment of the deeply unfair estate tax known as the death tax so you can keep your farms in the family. >> reporter: while in nashville the president also signed an executive order aimed at expanding broadband to rural areas. over the weekend the president defended his fitness for office following the publication of the explosive new book, "fire and fury." tonight the author of that book, michael wolff will join stephen colbert on the late show and he isn't holding anything back. >> everybody in the white house had their own press secretary. so the president has his own press secretary, not sean spicer, but his private press secretary. jared had a press secretary, steve bannon had a press secretary. so there are all these different press operations. so the answer why there are so many leaks in this white house, that's what they did all day. >> you can watch the entire i

in the meantime, i have been accepted at a college in nashville, tennessee. american baptist college. dr. king got back in church with me and said, when you're home for spring break, come and see me. i traveled from troy to montgomery, and a young lawyer by the name of freddie gray met me at the first baptist church. me in to see dr. king. youin luther king jr. said, are the boy from troy? are you john lewis? am johndr. king, i robert lewis. but he still called me the boy from troy. this man inspired me to stand up, to find a way to get in the way. announcer: you can watch the rest of the speech and more speeches on martin luther king from members of the congressional black caucus tonight, on c-span, at 8:00 p.m. eastern. c-span's washington journal, live every day with news and policy issues that impact he appeared coming up this morning, the week ahead in washington. including the upcoming government funding deadline with roll call white house correspondent john bennett. and bloomberg congressional aritter a reit john -- john. about immigration policy. and

one more call from nashville, tennessee. independently. rick, go ahead. caller: good morning, gentlemen. i would like to make a comment about the state in which i live. i live in the capital of tennessee, nashville. by leaps is growing and bounds. we had a big medical industry, and insurance industry here, and also the entertainment industry here, and not only with hockey, pro football, we're getting a soccer team, and we have all the stuff going on. i want you to pay attention to this real close. from interstate 65, runs chicago to nashville, tennessee. chattanooga.m always interstate come through nashville, tennessee. there are four and six lanes coming into nashville. outside of nashville they in a loop. you have 65 and interstate 40 running from the east coast to the west coast coming into two lanes in downtown nashville, tennessee. we have a liberal mayor that has made us a sanctuary city that is now looking at a billion-dollar infrastructure for rail system. system ineed a rail downtown nashville. you will go up different cities, that allows rural pe

helicopters flew severely wounded victims to a trauma center in nashville tennessee. >>> governor newsom sent this. >>> 13 children found chained to their beds in riverside county. this is surveillance video the day the children were found in their home. and donations have come in all over the world. calls from people offering to adopt these kids. both have pleaded not guilty to torture and other charges. >>> new details on the 34-hour standoff in a san jose hotel that ended today of a san jose suspect. they tracked him to the wyndham garden hotel on sunday. when they tried to arrest him he refused to come out. finally he was taken into custody. >>> the traffic at the bay bridge toll plaza. >> abc7 news was at the toll plaza just before noon. and this is what drivers were facing. >> jonathan bloom tells you why a simple technical problem was what it was. >> reporter: one of thousands of drivers stuck in this. >> much worse than usual. thinking there must be an accident or something. >> reporter: there was no accident. no lane closures. what was it? >> just a glitch. >> reporter: just a g

helicopters flew severely wounded victims to a trauma center in nashville tennessee. >>> governor newsom sent >>> 13 children found chained to their beds in riverside county. this is surveillance video the day the children were found in their home. and donations have come in all over the world. calls from people offering to adopt these kids. both have pleaded not guilty to torture and other charges. >>> new details on the 34-hour standoff in a san jose hotel that ended today suspect. they tracked him to the wyndham garden hotel on sunday. when they tried to arrest him he refused to come out. finally he was taken into custody. >>> the traffic at the bridge toll plaza. >> abc7 news was at the toll plaza just before noon. and this is what drivers were facing. >> jonathan bloom tells you why a simple technical problem was what it was. >> reporter: one of thousands of drivers stuck in this. >> much worse than usual. thinking there must be an accident or something. >> reporter: there was no accident. no lane closures. what was it? >> just a glitch. >> reporter: just a glitch in the 40-year-old

part of the nashville, tennessee, skyline came crashing down today. was what known as the centennial tower and lifeway building was imploded. after the debris from the 12- story building is removed, construction can begin on a new development, which may including enildings more than twice as tall. many had high hopes of hitting last night's megamillions jackpot, but only one winning ticket was sold. it was purchased at a 7-eleven in port richey, florida. the winning numbers to claim the $450 million prize were: there's another huge lottery tonight. the powerball jackpot has climbed to $570 million. tod luck. coming up, attorney general jeff sessions sparks a cloud of ionfusion in states where marijuana is legal. and later, she's 99 and shows no signs of slowing down. so what's her secret? remember our special night? abdominal pain... ...and diarrhea. but it's my anniversary. aw. sorry. we've got other plans. your recurring, unpredictable abdominal pain and diarrhea... ...may be irritable bowel syndrome with diarrhea, or ibs-d. you've tried over-the-co

. - let's take a phone call from erika in nashville tennessee.ika, you're on the phone with credit expert john ulzheimer. - [erika] hi john, you're telling me that my neighbor living right next door might be paying less money for everything that i am, just because he has a higher credit score? - not might, that's absolutely correct erika. but look, a picture is worth a thousand words, so let me show you the reality, and in a moment, i'll give you a free website where you can put in your own numbers and do this for yourself. the rates change daily, so make sure you check yours often. example, let's say you're financing $500000 for a mortgage for 30 years, a very common loan. if you're fico credit score is in the low range of 620-639, you'll be paying an interest rate of a little over 5.1% for a total amount of interest paid of over $483000. if your fico score is at the highest level, you'll pay a little over 3.5% for a total interest paid of a little over $315000 over that 30 year period. - that's almost a difference of $170000. you're paying 50%

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freezing rain possibly across nashville, tennessee and georgia and that could be an issue., the first time that's happened so far this year. across to australia. it's a real different story. heatwave conditions across the south—east. but as you can see from the satellite some sharp showers here marking an end to that extreme heatwave: we need to keep a close eye to the north—west, potential for a storm here. keep a close eye to the north—west, potentialfor a storm here. the sharp showers through sydney is helping to bring a lowering of temperatures. 36. that could potentially bring localised flooding as well. staying with a risk of heavy rain, plenty of it from an ex — cyclo ne heavy rain, plenty of it from an ex—cyclone which is now leaving from madgascar. by madgascar. by contrast, we are going now to cold and snow, particularly in europe and particularly in spain where it's been bitterly cold with heavy snow and early on monday morning temperatures fell down to lows of minus eight which is very unusualfor lows of minus eight which is very unusual for them even for this t

the national farm bureau federation in nashville, tennessee. we look ahead at what to expect for the house and senate as they get to work in the second session of the 115th congress. we look at the result of a survey on u.s. and japanese public opinion about north korea. announcer: president trump spoke of the american farm bureau federation annual convention in nashville. he talked about the economy, the tax reform bill, deregulation, and rural development. following his remarks, he signed two executive actions examined -- aimed at expanding broadband internet access in rural america. agricultural secretary sonny purdue introduces the president. sec. perdue: ladies and gentlemen, you are in for a real treat this afternoon. thank you for showing up. the last sitting president to speak to the american farm bureau federation was president george h.w. bush 25 years ago. so it is an indication of what this president thinks about your organization and u.s. people and what you do for the united states economy. just think about it -- a year ago -- you

stejskal is the senior vice president of human resources at sms, a janitorial company based in nashville, tennesseewith contracts throughout the country. >> we do a very good job, i believe, of training our supervisors and management on harassment prevention. >> bergman: your policies call for any complaint to be investigated, right? >> they do. if we find that somebody has indeed violated our policies on harassment, they'll be subject to disciplinary action up to and including termination of their employment. >> bergman: have you ever been involved in trying to determine the truth of any of these allegations? >> sure, that's what we're trying to accomplish during the investigation, and that is to learn the truth. sometimes we are able to find out what the truth is, other times the truth is elusive. >> bergman: leticia zuniga worked for sms, cleaning a mall in a minneapolis suburb. her manager controlled her schedule and had the power to hire and fire. (zuniga speaking spanish): (man speaking spanish): >> bergman: zuniga left sms without filing a complaint. several months later, she reported the in

but in nashville, tennessee, nobody really did that. research center was located up in new jersey, which was called bell laboratories, which i learned about through college professors from stanford. but i couldn't get to new jersey because i was living in tennessee. and the educational system was directing me to manufacturing and things like that that was in tennessee. so i just -- the question that i would raise is this educational transformation with the cultural impact that this panel is talking about, i wonder if you guys would respond to how do we deal with american competitiveness given the educational system the way the culture iss culture is set up here. something needs to change, otherwise we will continue to lose the strong what i would call technological edge that we've had in the united states to compete. >> well, that circles us back to gene's point about college majors. and we have, again, two university faculty members. this is a conventional wisdom that we're falling behind, we're not competitive and our institutions of

i live in nashville, tennessee now.d a tornado warning and i was listening to the radio and they were telling us what to do during the tornado warning based on what kind of house you live in. they said if you have a house with a basement, go into the basement. if you live in a house without a basement, go into a bathroom or a small room. and they were like, if you live in a trailer park, we want you to go to a neighbor's house or go outside and lay down in the ditch! that's the real news. they were like "listen, we don't know what to tell ya. hell, you made some bad decisions along the way, now you've got to deal with this." they're like, "yeah i know it's raining out there and that ditch is going to be full of water but just get down in it. yeah it's december, it's going to be cold. you're probably going to get sick, but just get down in there." i like that they think that there's a ditch located next to every trailer park. like it just comes with it. every trailer park gets their own tornado ditch. no trash in this di

the president departing for nashville, tennessee. later georgia.m shapiro live at the white house on what's in store. because he'll be doing a lot not about a book but about his record. adam. >> not only about his record, neil, but about the legislative agenda he's pursuing. let's start with when the president speaks in nashville around 4:00 p.m. our time, 3:00 p.m. central time, he's going to be talking about ways to improve the rural economy. going to be hitting on different things like enhancing broadband access, issues quality of life generating, reliable workforce and also agricultural issues. but, yes, he will talk about his accomplishments as well. we know from the speech he's going to say, and this is a quote, american businesses are going from the highest tax rate in the developed world last year to one of the most competitive this year from 35% all the way down to 21%. he's going to talk about the benefits to farmers that they'll be able to expense 100% this year new equipment that they buy. so that's a little bit of what's coming down th

in the meantime, i had been accepted at the little college in nashville, tennessee. but dr.g got back in touch with me and said that when you are home for spring break, come and see me. in 1958, i boarded the greyhound bus and traveled from troy to montgomery. lawyer who had been a lawyer for dr. -- for dr. king and rosa parks met me at the first baptist church headed by the reverend abernathy and took king.to see dr. and martin luther king jr. said, you are the boy from troy. are you john lewis? , i am john dr. king robert lewis. but he still called me the boy from troy. this man inspired me to stand up, to find a way to get in the way. >> you can watch the rest of this speech and more speeches on martin luther king from members of the congressional black caucus tonight on c-span at 8:00 p.m. eastern. >> sunday, on c-span's q&a, author and harvard law school , thessor -- and his book three lives of james madison. >> the constitution is madison's monument and in that way, the constitution is all around you when you come to washington, d.c. the x -- when they exercise free sp

the two will be flying together in an event in nashville, tennessee.orker has been working to repair the happy over the past several months and the two have spoken several times just in recent weeks. there is peace. >> several peace. they have spoken at length during the tax debate. as you recall, corker voted the initial senate bill in the final legislation that came out and he voted for it. he got a lot of heat for that including over a report that may have enriched himself. he rejected the report and said it was false. the president called it fake news and corker agreed with that. since then corker maintained this good relationship and it really speaks to the transactional nature of this president who one time he doesn't like you and another moment he does when he get what is he wants. the one thing that corker wants, they have to get the iran issue situated. he will need the president's support. >> steve bannon doesn't like bob corker because he is establishment. he's prove it's possible. this is the president of the united states tweeting on octob

he is in nashville, tennessee. a lot of supporters in the rural communities of the president.fact many more so than in the cities and suburbs of the united states. he is talking at the american farm bureau federation's national conference, the first president to do so in 25 years, talking about all of those measures that he has been responsible for which he said has been of great help to the farming communities including deregulation and a host of other things including the new tax bill which of course will allow farmers all kinds of tax breaks to pass their farms on to their younger generation. melissa. melissa: let's bring the panel back in. dan, if you were going through that, trying to listen for the policy nuggets there, he was talking about nafta. he said i'm working hard to get a better deal on nafta but it's not easy. it was a change in the tone and rhetoric that i will throw nafta out the window. what do you think about that? >> melissa, you put your finger on the most important part of this speech. i have to say i thought it was very, very significant. i counted the

counting down to president trump's remarks at the american farm bureau annual convention in nashville, tennesseegin speaking at about 4:00 eastern time. this is bloomberg. ♪ >> let's get the first word news this afternoon. the washington post is reporting special counsel robert mueller will likely seek an interview with president trump. the president is comfortable -- comfortable participating in an interview. however, they say the president's attorneys may be reluctant to have him be questions without clear parameters. 11 princes and sonssts include two of the of almarai. has verified a voice message from a member of the royal family family, calling accusations against the princes lately false and not believable. election they say an will be held at the end of march. they have not announced you will seek a second term and he is expected to run and win. the two koreas

nicole holt and preston ryan, bailey died on scene at the school, preston died at a nash -- nashville tennessee hospital 100 miles away. several other shooting victims also taken to that hospital. police say a 15 year old walk into marshall county high school on tuesday, started shooting, in a commons area of the school before classes cents started. witnesses cents say he kept firing until he ran out of ammunition, and then he ran away. police later caught him, took him into custody. when all over, 17 student were injured. student are still trying to cope with this tragedy. >> there was a lot of blood everywhere. people getting shoved down. so i took off, scared for my life. terrifying, still is like something out of the movies. it doesn't feel real. >> the 15 year old you see there, he was arrested now facing charges two counted every murder, multible counts of attempted murder. tuesday's attack came days after another school shooting this time in texas, monday, 15 year old girl shot in the city of italy. police say the gunman 16 year old boy who may have been romantically involved with the vi

at any moment we're expecting president trump to touch down in nashville, tennessee. see behind me the group of people at the farm bureau waiting to hear from them at their annual convention. all coming as nbc news reports initial talks are under way were between president trump's legal team and robert mueller's team about president trump himself being interviewed. a range of options discussed including written responses to questions in lieu of a formal sitdown interview. two sources told nbc news the president's team is also seeking potential compromises to avoid an interview altogether and the "washington post" just reported that president trump's intervw

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. >> reporter: thousands of people lining up in the conference center in nashville, tennessee, to seecaption period}. >> how do you feel he's doing so far? >> i would give him an a, or a plus. >> this is the national convention. american farm bureau federation. but the people going to watch the president speak with "are m big fans of his. >> i don't know. >> when he says, like, really smart, if you're really smart, do you need to tweet it and say that to everybody? >> i don't know but part time with higher intellect wul levels than me, they can speak above my level something almost everybody we talked to wants to defend dwufrp. >> are you a mother? ? >> yes, i am. >> do you think it would be good for them to be tweeting something like? >> that i wouldn't want them to be brag docious. >> that's okay if you're president? >> well, not really, but. >> so you do or you don't think it's a good thing for him to do? >> i want him to be confident. you don't want him to appear brag docious but sometimes we need that and people who say they're going to do. >> if you are indeed a genius, do you n

. >>> president trump just wrapped up a speech in nashville, tennessee, touting his accomplishments, including the recently passed tax cuts. behind the scenes, his team is trying to defend his fitness for office and explain his tweet over the weekend claiming he's, quote, a very stable genius. let's go to our senior white house correspondent jim acosta. jim, what are you hearing? >> reporter: jim, president trump trying to get back on message today, touting his economic message after spending the last few days defending his own mental acuity. the president's unusual claim, and you just mentioned it, that he's a very stable genius, has demonstrated how too much damage control can cause some damage. at a speech to farmers in nashville, president trump sounded as if he was summing up his first year in office as pure genius. >> oh, are you happy you voted for me. you are so lucky that i gave you that privilege. >> reporter: the president was trying to steer his white house back on track after a week of responding to revelationings from the book "fire and fury" that raised questions about

cheers & applause] >> neil: you've been listening to the president of the united states in nashville, tennessee. he will be putting pen to paper on two executive order that will expand broad band to rural america. that's a problem where they don't have the ease of use in urban areas. putting a lot of agricultural communities to say nothing of those that just live in rural areas, they don't have to be farmers, at a disadvantage. you can see a who's who crowd of bob corker, looks like phil graham in the back there, a host of others. who else is there? marsha blackburn is there. on and on. the fact of the matter is, the president signing these documents, that through executive order he can unleash great deal. he's doing just that here. i'm joined by charlie gasparino and katie, gary. the president at some of these initiatives has been talking up just this. listen. >> streamlining and expediting requests to locate broad band facilities in rural america. might as well be efficient. we'll do the other one. nice job putting a mic at that table, folks. supporting broad band tower facilities in rural am

schedule today, he's headed to the farm bureau federation convention to address that group in nashville, tennessee. that is happening earlier in the day and then the president expected to be at the national championship game, the college football championship game in georgia tonight. jeff is on the line for republicans. go ahead. caller: yes, if there was a bill that would attach the daca people that are trying to come into the country that stated you are not allowed to vote for the next 20 years and then after that you can vote, you can bet the democrats or the progressives would care less about those people and the reason we want a wall so badly is because every time the democrats are progressive's get in office, they come out against the agents to our assigned to guard the wall. the arm ofwe have the progressive party, which is the press, everybody knows it now because it is absolutely so, so obvious. the shows are all identical. on homelanddick, security funding and where it has gone in recent years and where the president wants to take it. guest: it has gone up, it will continue to go up unle

at any moment we're expecting president trump to touch down in nashville, tennessee. you see behind me the group of people at the farm bureau waiting to hear from them at their annual convention. all coming as nbc news reports initial talks are under way were between president trump's legal team and robert mueller's team about president trump himself being interviewed. a range of options discussed including written responses to questions in lieu of a formal sitdown interview. two sources told nbc news the president's team is also seeking potential compromises to avoid an interview altogether and the "washington post" just reported that president trump's interview could possibly come within the next several weeks, according to a person close to the president. we've got a lot to get to this afternoon. two of our reporters, contributing to that report, nbc news chief white house correspondent hallie jackson following the latest from the white house and julia aimsl ain. we we spoke a couple hours ago, one of your question es, would the president have anything to say aboar

> reporter: thousands of people lining up in the opry land resort and conference center in nashville, tennesseesident trump in person. >> how do you feel he's doing so far? >> i'd give him an a, maybe an a plus. >> reporter: this isn't a trump rally, it's the national convention of the american farm bureau administration. but the people going to watch the president speak are big fans of him. >> he tweeted my two greatest assets have been mental stability and being like, really smart. when you hear that, what does it make you think? >> well, i don't know. >> when he says, like really smart, if you're really smart, do you need to tweet it and say that to everybody? >> i don't know. but you know, people with higher intellectual levels than me anyway, they have a different way of expressing theirselves and they can more or less speak above my level. >> reporter: almost everybody we talked to here wants to defend donald trump. >> are you a mother? >> i am. >> would you like your kids to tweet like i'm really smart? do you think that would be a good thing for them to do? >> i probably wouldn't want t

in nashville, tennessee, a medical resident famous for his political activism is challenging the vanderbilt university medical center after he was suspended for two weeks over what he says was a twitter post critical of white supremacy. in november, dr. eugene gu tweeted a photo of himself taking a knee and raising a fist, with the caption -- "i'm an asian-american doctor and today i #taketheknee to fight white supremacy." dr. gu says he was placed on paid administrative leave after the mother of one of his patients complained about the photo. dr. gu has over 100,000 twitter followers and has long been outspoken on social issues. he was previously subpoenaed to testify to congress over his research on fetal tissues, and he's also suing president trump for blocking him on twitter. and in peru, the family members of victims of in december, -- family members of victims protests erupted in peru after president pedro pablo kuczynski pardoned former president alberto fujimori, who was imprisoned for crimes including ordering massacres by death squads in the 1990's. this is gisela ortiz perea, sis

it happened at marshall county high school, benton, kentucky, 100 miles northwest of nashville, tennesseece say a student brought a handgun to school and killed two 15-year-olds. a boy and a girl. 17 others were hurt. this governor, matt bevin confirmed the teenage suspect is in custody. the governor is urging people not to speculate and await for the facts. mike tobin alive. benton. marshall county, kentucky. >> michael webb with the kentucky state police said this strikes to the heart of kentucky. we know from the governor, two people died. one succumbed to injured at the scene and one transported to the hospital where he later died of his injuries. there's some dispute about the number of people injured. the governor and the officials said here at the school board the number of people injured was 19. 14 injured by gunshot wounds. others injured in the panic subsequent to the shootings. the associated press is saying 17 people were injured. we're looking for clarity on the number. the suspected shooters 15 years old. he had a handgun. the motive is unknown. state police say even in a sm

trump just moments ago talking immigration during a speech to the american farm bureau in nashville, tennesseensisted there will be no fix for the so-called d.r.e.a.m.ers, those brought to this country when they were children illegally, unless he has a guarantee his border wall will be funded. this all comes as congress is facing a spending deal deadline next week. just wise the government could shut down. cnn's phil mattingly is live for us on capitol hill. phil, where do things stand right now? >> reporter: it's a mess. those are the words of a person directly involved in those negotiations. to me just a short while ago. underscoring these negotiations, which are really four concurrent negotiations, a disaster relief package, some kind of health care stabilization bill, the spending deal you were talking about and daca just simply aren't in a good place. you listen to what the president was talking about related to daca and republican and democratic leaders are looking at that as a trigger mechanism to make some grand bargain by january 19th actually work and two of those issues, whether it'

i had been accepted at a little college in nashville, tennessee, american baptist college. dr. king got back in touch with me and said, when your home for spring break, come and see me. 1 in 1958, i ordered the greyhound bus and traveled to montgomery. a young lawyer by the name of frank gray who had been a lawyer for rosa parks and dr. king met me at the first baptist church king.ok me in to see dr. martin luther king, junior, said, we use a boy from troy -- were you the boy from troy? were you john lewis? i said, dr. king, i am john robert lewis, but he still call me the boy from troy. this man is tire inspired me tod in theind a way to get way or find a way to get in trouble, good trouble, necessary trouble. to set if you want to go to troy state, we will help you, but we may need to file suit against the state of alabama, against troy state. go back and have a discussion with the mother and father. tell them the home may be bombed or burned. they could lose their land. i went back. my mother was so afraid. my father was afraid. so i continued to study in nashville. from tim

. >> on the mayor of nashville, tennessee. not a mayor but director of asian american civil rights organization. >> durham, north carolina. >> on the mayor of ocala, florida. >> steve jones, mayor of garden grove. >> central falls, rhode island. >> union city, california. >> karen freeman-wilson, gary, indiana. >> providence, rhode island. >> anchorage, alaska. >> gresham, oregon. >> thank you, that was very helpful. >> kalamazoo, michigan. >> thank you so much, and thank you to all the organizers of this important event. i'm very grateful to have all of you here in washington, d.c., at a very timely moment in the struggle to protect those with daca and to protect all dreamers. as was said before, i'm a senior policy attorney with the national immigration law center. for those of you who may not are anr work, we organization that has been around for over 35 years. we are based in los angeles, but office here in washington, d.c., and we are exclusively dedicated to advancing the rights and opportunities of low income immigrants