search has heard hopes that operations and other amazon locations like arlington virginia and nashville tennessee might be expanded instead. joining us now from wall street is our correspondent there luis they are oh i was so so what's been the reaction to the scrap plans where you wore. it's been a bittersweet you know but the amazon a stock price did not suffer any big moves sense for the last days it's been rumored that the company would end up with scrapping plans to those who cheer decision claimed that the city is not going to accept jobs at any cost and that both the city and the estate a could find a better use of those three billion dollars in tax incentives offered to amazon a company that according to critics also mistreats a worker's and opposes unions but by losing these headquarters plans to create twenty five falls in jobs and invest two point five billion dollars also banishes so does opportunities in real estate and all their business areas that said new york city keeps our trucked in check talent and all the big tech companies as is the case of google now and other news that we'

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and so many more in henderson, kentucky, nashville, tennessee, mansfield, texas.est] children, setting an example of courage and dignity for all of us. co-chairman roy wilkins. >> we are here because the rulers of the darkness of this world, the darkness of ignorance , arrogance, prejudice and upred have permitted to rise and ravage the peace of our nation, to recruit and inflamed inflame the- and wicked, and to browbeat the righteous. hereiends, we are gathered today because certain principalities of government and our own land, certain powers in the ascendancy in many communities have not only turned their faces from us, but have attacked us with the weapons of , withness, with slander economic oppression, with tailor-made laws, with guns and with bombs. bread buten given not a stone. not meat, but a sword. texas and many states in between have set up laws against the naacp to put it out of business. it would prevent us from going to court and it would prevent colored people from lobbying against laws in the state legislature. my friends, these laws denied basic

independent -- henderson, kentucky, nashville, tennessee, mansfield, texas.ng an example of courage and dignity for all of us. cochairman roy wilkins. >> we are here because the rulers of the darkness of this world, the darkness of ignorance, arrogance, prejudice and hatred have permitted to rise up and ravage the peace of our nation, to recruit and inflamed the wicked and to browbeat the righteous. now, my friends, we have gathered here today because certain principles of government , certain powers in the ascendancy in many communities have not only turned their faces from us, but have attacked us with the weapons of , withness, with slander economic oppression, with , andr-made laws, with guns with bombs. bread, been given not but a stone. but aet, -- not meat, sword. texas and many set upin between have laws against the naacp to put it out of business. they would prevent us from going they would prevent colored people from lobbying against laws in the state legislature. my friends, these laws denied --ic freedom and i deserve and deserve the attention of

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. >>> the deadly shooting of a country singer in nashville, tennessee, kyle yorlets gunned down outsidee. police now arresting five children for his murder. girls and boys as young as 12 years old. authorities saying they were trying to steal yorlets' car, shooting him when he refused to hand over the keys, those kids are now charged with criminal homicide. prosecutors are looking to try all five as adults. >>> turning overseas now, news from buckingham palace, prince philip now handing over his driver's license. this less than a month after he was involved in a car crash that left two women injured. there's no age limit to keep a license in britain. prince philip giving up his license at 97 years old. >>> and back here at home, an incredible rescue. firefighters in a burning home in carmichael, california. finding a dog unresponsive under the bed. pulling him out. smoke and flames pouring from that home. feeling no heart beat, they performed cpr, giving him oxygen for five minutes, when finally that little guy jumped back to his feet. >>> and when we come back -- operation homecoming.

industry for a primer and for the current market to do so we are pleased to be joined from nashville tennessee by the founder of swiss trading group swift trade group rather chris swift the namesake chris thank you so much for joining us i've been there where you are nationals a great town and stagecoach where you are is a great place to thank you for taking the time let's start at ground zero give us an overview of the industry in the u.s. first if you would chris of thanks for being here sure absolutely i thank you question for this opportunity and the beef industry is really benefited greatly from our new increase in employment and wages that we've seen over the last two years the beef industry had grown significantly and inventory since the twenty fourteen fifteen and sixteen timeframes and now we're adding to do with some elevated inventory out there but the increase of wages and consumer discretionary spending has helped to level off some of the selling pressure that we've had in the industry. when when times are good people buy buy beef and that's a good thing for the industry and but l

it moved forward there and with a smaller operation in nashville, tennessee.iz: ocasio-cortez and the other democrats against this project are talking as if nearly $3 billion cash pile ready to go for housing or for education. there was never a cash pile of $3 billion. it was tax credits over 10 years if amazon hit their job targets. right, connell? reporter: exactly right. i was speaking to a member of the state assembly who represents a neighboring district. he's in that ocasio-cortez cam and was i was making that point to him and challenging him on point he's making. it's not necessarily and i either/or. just because amazon would be coming here doesn't mean local businesses would necessarily be forced out, or if amazon is leaving here, that somehow that pot of money that was tax incentive could have gone to those local businesses. that won't necessarily happen. liz: it's striking that cortez and the democrats against this deal were saying i.c.e., the border patrol guys have a contract with amazon cloud business. it's a platform for a million small businesse

. >> amazon says they plan to build new offices in arlington, virginia and nashville, tennessee. >>> michael says he has evidence of r. kelley having sex with the underage video was over to prosecutors. he says the video is not the same evidence used in the 2008 trial when he was acquitted on child pornography charges. r. kelley's attorney set apart quote, i have not been contacted by anyone connected with law-enforcement has r. kelley. mr. kelly denies he has engaged in illegal conduct of any kind whatsoever. >>> chicago police are disputing reports that the attack on jussie smollett was a hoax. several news organizations in chicago are reporting that he may have staged his own attack in response to his character at the place and they have no evidence to bahave two persons interest in the case. the fox network called this ridiculous", we continue to stand behind him. he says two men attacked him on january 29th after yelling racial and homophobic slurs. >>> five teenagers are accused of beating a 69-year-old man. it happened near west homestead road tuesday during lunch. the police

. >> reporter: when the lights go down in nashville, tennessee, the stars come out. ♪ >> reporter: evendard, this lineup is rare. 12 women back by an all female band singing songs they wrote but they rarely get to perform. >> there is a human womanly perspective that don't get songs written by a man. >> the girls of nashville. this regular showcase of female talent is the franchise of katelyn smith, a accomplished and singer/song writer like many women in this town vow making it big was not easy. >> did you face any obstacles? >> yes, everyone of us. >> this sounds very relationship based. >> you have to be able to hang. >> hang with the guys. >> or go to the bar and -- and so we just have to figure out better ways to get our songs heard. >> reporter: one place women's songs are not being heard? the radio. despite an impressive number of 2019 grammy nominations, music by female artists made up of 13% of the top 40 songs played on country radio last year which had long been the key to record sales. >> that's it, that's brian barr and that's blake shelton. >> journalist melissa moss has b

plans are moving forward for the new officers in arlington and nashville, tennessee. >>> the companys backing out of the deal ino new york open the campus in chris palone reports. >> reporter: from the moment amazon revealed it would put its second headquarters in new york city opponents criticized the deal. today theen appy killed it. in a statement the giant blad elected officials. while polls show 70% of new yorkers sport our plan ps and investment, a number of state and local politicians have made it clear the do not like our presence and will not work with us. they planned on bringing 25,000 jobscrs the river from manhattan. but critics feared it would raise housing prices and increase the strain on transit. new york mayor de blasio slammed the company. we gave amazon the opportunity to be a good neighbor and do business in the greatest city in the world. instead of working with the community, amazon threw ay that opportunity. elected officials are aeady facing questions how losing job could be a good thing. >> we could invest in ourselves e wanted to >> reporter: amazon confirm

to happen is that facility will move -- they're going to move some of those operations to nashville, tennessee state that has no income tax. new york has lost 1.3 million people in the last decade. 1.3 million people have left new york because of policy craziness in new york, the highest taxes in the country, very anti-business policies, one of the reasons amazon said we're going to leave new york and not build there is because the politicians there said you have to only use union labor. government officials can't tell private businesses how to run their operations. these states like new york, these states like tennessee and texas and florida, are going to be very, very happy to take these jobs from new york because people in new york are the big losers. >> the politicians were taking the leads from the grass roots who are tired of big corporations that have a monopoly. >> are you saying the people there don't want -- >> let her finish, steve. >> is because they cannot afford to live there because of corporate greed not because they want to leave it's because a lot of people who are native to

. >> nashville, tennessee's thriving music community is mourning tonight after the killing of an aspiringusician. 24-year-old kyle yorlt serks was shot and killed in an alley behind his home. a group of five minors, two boys and three girls, held him up at gunpoint demanding his wallet and keys. when he refused to hand over his keys, one of the suspects shot him. police say the suspects ranged in age from 12 to 16. >> it's a shame, you know? i know kids that age. i have cousins and nephews and nieces. >> makes you wonder what's gone wrong this that house. >> yeah, i wonder if the parents even knew where they were. >> so young. 9 suspects were arrested with two stolen loaded pistols on them. he was the lead singer and song writer for a pop funk band called carver ton whose first album was to be released next month. >> more people are coming forward claiming the owners of the "national enquirer" tabloid tried to blackmail them, too. amazon ceo jeff bezos said they tried to extort money from them. terry crews claimed ami did the same to them. >> it is in that threat to publish those photogra

. >>> nashville, tennessee is in mourning after the killing an spiring mutation.s shot and killed in an alley behind his home. a group of five minor, two boys and three girls held him up at gunpoint demanding his wallet and keys. when he refused, one of the suspects shot him. the suspects range in age from 12-16 said police. >> a shame. i know kids that age. i have nephews and nieces. >> makes you wond we're's going wrong in the house. >> i wonder if their parents even knew where they were. >> the suspects were arrested with two stolen loaded pistols on them. he was the lead singer and song writer for a pop funk band called carverton who's first album was supposed to be released next month. >>> more people have come forward claiming the owners of the tabloid tried blackmailing them too. after bomb shell allegations by ceo jeff bezos that the tabloid tried to extort him. actor terry crews and ronin farrow now make the claims. >> it is in that threat to publish the photographs that i think the federal prosecutors are going to be very interested in when they examine

they're going ahead with northern virginia, with hiring in nashville, tennessee and possibly other locationsthe search for its second headquarters. >> dana: kristina, thank you. some local business owners also expressed their anger with the push to drive amazon out of the city. watch this. >> go down to the actual site and see what basically we're left with now. just turn your cameras that way. the bombed out cars in our neighborhood. this is not shangri la. we needed this. >> my big question is, is the city going to follow through on infrastructure for long island city? two days before the deal there was an announcement that we'd get new sewers, new subways? without amazon, i'm hoping the city will follow through on their promise. >> dana: let's bring in coast of unpc on fox nation. look at this. this is a state senator of new york basically doing a victory lap about basically killing this deal. >> this is a very dangerous moment in our history where big corporations think they have the power to tell governments what to be doing. this is robert barrett stuff. we turned away from it a centur

nashville, tennessee, this is the second rainiest february on record.11 inches of rain. in fact, the entire southeastern u.s. is above average. we have had a very wet winter to say the least. it continues to pile up with additional rainfall expected today and through the weekend. boy, we were talking about that with my friend george here. we have not seen the sun here in atlanta, georgia. it has to have been five days now. i want to see sun. >> it's like we are socked in. >> it is. true. >> derek, thank you. >> all right. >>> the u.s. senator clashed with a group of children while discussing the issue of climate change policy. california democrat, diane finestein met with a youth advocate group. they asked her to vote yes on a green deal, a ten-year plan to mitigate climate change. finestein said it is unworkable. they say she was disrespectful to them. watch. >> is there something to get turned around in ten years? you are looking at the faces of those living with it. >> the government is supposed to be working for the people, by the people -- >> you k

my name is ruth kennedy and i'm calling from nashville, tennessee. i was on the phone with my daughter and she screamed and said, "oh no" and the phone's gone dead. and is there anything you can do? can you go check? >> reporter: "oh no." those two words played back, again and again, in ruth's worried brain. and so began a mystery. and a story too unbelievable even for some of its most intimate participants. what happened to carol kennedy? >> the answer to that question would take years to answer. not just what happened to carol, but who was behind it? >> we were just stunned. remember when we all used to go to the cafeteria and just chow down midday? -you mean, like, lunch? -come on. voted "most likely to help people save $668 when they switch." -at this school? -didn't you get caught in the laminating machine? -ha. [ sighs ] -"box, have a great summer. danielle." ooh. danielle, control yourself. i'd like to slow it down here with a special discount for a special girl. danielle, this one's for you. with a special discount for a special girl. with un

they're going to move some of those operations to nashville, tennessee, which is a state that has nome tax. new york has lost 1.3 million people in the last decade. i'm going to say that again. 1.3 million people have left new york because of policy craziness in new york. the highest taxes, income taxes in the country. very anti-business policies. one of the reasons amazon said they were going to leave new york and not build there is because the politicians there said you have to only use union labor. i mean, government officials can't tell private businesses how to run their operations. >> i want nina to respond. >> these states like new york -- these states like tennessee and texas and florida are going to be very, very happy to take these jobs from new york because the people in new york are the big losers. >> go ahead, nina. >> the government people, the politicians were taking the leads from the grassroots who are sick and tired of big corporations like amazon that has a monopoly -- so we talk about that in another show. you're talking about jobs -- >> you're saying that people

and then you pick cities such as nashville, tennessee, february 2019, now the wettest february ever observed 1/2 inches of rainfall in the first 24 days of the month. and notice the previous record dates back to the 1880s where slightly lesser amounts came down and not just for nashville. you kind of pick out any observation point in the southern u.s. these are surplus amounts of rainfall above what is considered average for this time of year. since the beginning of december. notice cities such as atlanta, birmingham, tallahassee, nashville, have picked up as much as eight inches to almost about a foot of additional rainfall than what is expected. if you think it's been soggy in the south it has been the case. and then back toward the west, george, here comes another system coming in into the northwest and eventually it will end up right where we began this weather segment, around the midwest and even the south with additional wintry weather. >> oh, boy. pedram javaheri, thank you. >> thanks, george. >>> up next on "newsroom," israel looks to make history, sending a tiny privately funded spa

three women who represented different aspects of the struggle all arrived internationa -- in nashville, tennessee on the same night. there were summoned to lead this last battle. the president of the national american women suffragists association. the main suffrage organization claimed about 2 million members. she's a protege of susan b anthony. she brings the lineage, the whole history of the movement, down to tennessee. young third the generation suffragists. she is 32 years old. she has left the mainstream. throwing her fortunes with alice paul, the national women's party, the more radical suffrage wing. she is tired of asking. no more fighting for the low, demanding the vote. they are willing to take on new tactics and strategies, confrontational aspects that have never been done before. they are thrown in prison for it. she represents the other strain. oftin pearson, the president the tennessee association of women, opposed to women suffrage. this brings in the aspect of the anti-suffragists women and men. by the women who opposed their sisters getting the vote. what with their motivations?

a pioneering black transgender singer-and-songwriter who died last thursday at her home in nashville, tennesseee was 78 years old. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodmaman with juan gonzalez. we are spending the hour with the venezuelan foreign minister jorge arreaza. juan: on friday, democracy now! lander who wasrdo also against u.s. regime change. he is a member of the citizen's platform in defense of the constitution and has bacack the national referendum on the future of venezuela. >> the citizen's platform on defense of the constitution as well as other groups main from the left but not only, have been arguing that we need this referendum in order to have the venezuelan people decide if they want to have new authorities overall in the country. that is, all of the national powers, including the executive, and the national assembly. but that requires an agreement because we need a new national electoral council. the current electoral council is completely controlled by the government, and it is not trustworthy for the majority of the venezuelan po

look for another location, and will continue to build out offices in arlington, virginia, and nashville, tennessee the story and we will bring you anything newsworthy as it happens. >> melissa: fox news alert, we are expecting a senate confirmation vote to begin shortly on the attorney general nominee william barr. he will immediately have to contend with questions over special counsel robert mueller's final conclusions, whenever they are released. barr was pressed on that during his confirmation hearing. listen. >> when his report comes to you, will you share it with us as much as possible? speaker consistent with regulations and the law, yes. >> do you believe mr. mueller would be involved in a witch hunt against anybody? >> i don't believe mr. mueller would be involved in a witch hunt. >> melissa: meanwhile, house judiciary chairman jerrold nadler it reportedly has hired two veteran lawyers and trump headaches as his panel gears up to investigate through justice department and review mueller's final conclusions whenever they release. over in the senate, senators richard blumenthal and chuck gra

it will continue to build a major facility in nor virginia, and expand its operations in nashville, tennessee. for the pbs newshour,s this economics correspondent paul >> woodruff: let's taka closer ok at why this deal fell apart over corporate subsidies and incentives, anger overnd gentrificationousing, and the politics around it. j. david goodman of the "new york times" has been covering this for months and joins me from the times's newsroom. >> so, david goodman, welcomr.to the newsh what was the main opposition there in new york to what amazon was trying to do? >> well, it's interesting. the opposition never really coalesced around one set o issues. i mean, you had opponents who were uni won membe said-- and union leaders-- who said thn ann posture of amazon in general was offensive to new yorkers. you had local activists in queens who was saying this was going to ruin the character of queens, it was ing to getrify that area more rapidly. and then you had a lot of people that were skeptical of the size of the subsidy going to the richest man in the world, an woivet most powerful companies

there was one woman the mayor of tennessee, of nashville, tennessee, she stepped down.ple feel a sense of shame, that impels them -- that should impel them to step down and then make amends. i hate the word shame. it's my catholic background. it makes me think of sin and hell and all of that. and there's a moment of not just sin and shame but also reconciliation and forgiveness. and so, the question is, do you do the forgiveness inside of office or outside of office? those are questions we're going to be grappling with through 2020. >> jennifer granholm, congresswoman tenney, thank you so much for joining me. it was a great conversation. >> thank you. >> and thank you for watching. >> and thank you for watching. our coverage continues. ome ler,. one of the windiest places in america. and home to three bp wind farms. in the off-chance the wind ever stops blowing here... the lights can keep on shining. thanks to our natural gas. a smart partner to renewable energy. it's always ready when needed. or... not. at bp, we see possibilities everywhere. to help the world keep adv

it will stick with its plans in northern virginia and a smaller plan to move to nashville, tennessee. david: that will affect the bottom line in new york and their finances. joining us, new york republican congressman tom reed. congressman, you weren't happy about amazon tax breaks. we had you on before to talk about that. but i can't imagine you are happy about their decision to leave the state. >> exactly. obviously i wanted to see the jobs, wanted to see the investment in new york but this highlights exactly why we were raising objections to the deal to begin with. you are giving $3 billion to one company. it's all tied up in a politics of winners and losers out of alba albany. we should be improving the business climate for all of new york and stand with our existing businesses, existing residents, first and foremost. >> congressman, this is liz peek. i'm wondering at the end of the day was the objection mainly the subsidies put forward by new york city, or just that it was a big company, refused to hire union labor, refused indeed to be unionized? what is your sense of that? >> t

they head west to take on the world champions, the usa, in front of a lively home crowd in nashville, tennessee a message to their title rivals with a 5—0 thrashing of watford. sadio mane scored twice in the first 20 minutes, his second one was a brilliant back heel. and virgil van dijk wrapped up the three points with two goals of his own. it means thatjurgen klopp's side remain one point clear of manchester city at the top. city themselves beat west ham 1—0. sergio aguero scored from the penalty spot. city are chasing an unprecented quadruple this season after winning the league cup on sunday. chelsea dropped their goalkeeper, kepa arrizabalaga, against spurs after he refused to be substituted in sunday's league cup final. but it was their opponents who had the defensive issues as kieran trippier scored an own goal in a 2—0 defeat. neil lennon made a winning return as celtic manager, but needed a stoppage—time goal to do it. celtic fans made clear their feelings towards previous manager brendan rogers‘ decision tojoin leicester, unveiling a banner saying he's traded immortality for mediocrity

defending world champions him of the usa are still the world number one and will play them in nashville, tennesseeys. they also take onjapan, who were cup winners in 2011 and runners up last time in 2015 so they are to time world cup final lesson there is a brazil of course to the take on tonight. so yes, phil neville is confident, saying they have the squad here and they are confident they can win the cup but he knows it will be a tall order. thank you, reporting from pennsylvania. live coverage of england against brazil in the she believes cup on bbc fourfrom 8:45pm. kick off is at 9pm and you can also catch it on the bbc sport website, app and iplayer. west indies are chasing an imposing england target in the fourth one—day international in grenada. a record—breaking performance from englands batsmen helped them reach a18 in their 50 overs. a huge century from bothjos buttler and one from captain eoin morgan have put the tourists well in control. in reply, though, west indies are making a fight of it, chris gayle reaching his century from just 55 balls. west indies now 263—4. britain's elinor b

steve osunsami is in nashville, tennessee, and, steve, nashville has been getting drenched by rain allth long. >> by the time this is all over nashville could have its wettest february on record. across the south today up to 3 inches of rain could fall in in the south, flash this is a live picture of reagan national airport which is leading the way in flight cancellations. a third of all flights at reagan and a third at baltimore are cancelled this morning. more than a thousand flights are cancelled across the country. here in the south, this rain is expected to continue through the weekend as another storm system moves in. robin. >> we'll talk about that and go back to ginger. the latest on the track and timing? >> so critical. i've even got family flying in. let me time it out. most importantly, it is that transition from snow and strong storms this afternoon in the south, but that snow there that changes to rain in washington, d.c., by the drive time tonight, new york city, the drive tonight going to be a wreck. that's where the snow is really coming in. it will then in philadelphia

. >> dan is in nashville, tennessee, i don't want to get off the tangent on that place, or case because of such little time. >> i just wanted to call in and thank you for covering this, way back when, my best friend and i organized armbands to protest the vietnam war to bring the soldiers home, and i believe it was the spring of 1970, and the school administrators and everybody who was wearing one with suspension. at the end of the day they went to the library and were able to find the then recent dissemination by the court and i was pleased to see plato walter cronkite clip. the court determined that students should not be required to leave their opinions at the schoolhouse door. after graduation, i have several teachers per approach me and say they agree, if they said anything. >> that is great that you are able to use it to do something, because we were talking about how in some ways, the case, the ruling could even be used again students but it did change the power structure in schools, i think, and i spoke to many educators who agree with us that the power dynamics states, because

person was swept away and killed but, yes, many others were rescued before that happened in nashville, tennesseend this morning and we've got more of that where it came from so go to the kankakee river in illinois just south and east of chicago and it looks like this. the ice jams have created flood issues themselves. that's all because it was so cold last week, then we get the brief warm-up. in between you get ice on the roads and that's where you're waking up in kansas city, missouri. you had a bus flipped. thankfully nobody injured there. that doesn't necessarily mean you won't get it this morning. you're still on an ice storm warning. eastern kansas up through iowa and parts of oklahoma, those flood watches in place, even blizzard warnings. so much going on in 31 states on the map here but something to note for later this afternoon, damaging wind and even tornadoes. as if we haven't had enough to talk about, this is the season that we start to talk about this, michael. >> all right, thank you, ginger. a lot of dangerous conditions. >>> we're going to go to more now on that measles outbreak i

continue to develop the other half of hq2 in northern virginia as well as the new office in nashville, tennessee for those other cities vying for amazon's business during the year-long search, amazon said it is not considering any other locations at this time. charles: thank you very much. queens chamber of commerce president says the city -- borough is far along in its plans to welcome and support amazon and he joins us now. do you feel this is a done deal? amazon saying they're not going to look back. so whatever you guys had thought you were going to get done, that's done. >> good morning. thanks for having me this morning. i don't think, you can never say never, especially in the city of new york. i think there's been such a groundswell since the announcement on valentine's day regarding this, all day friday we got calls to my office, e-mails, texts and that includes members of the community advisory council, the 45 people, including people from the neighboring housing projects that were deeply, deeply committed and deeply, deeply involved in every aspect of this. and businesses in negotiati

the same system soaking tennessee. nashville seeing its wettest february on record. over a foot of rain falling there so far this month. in knoxville, up to 4 inches of rain and several high-water rescues like this one. first responders using a raft to bring these stranded motorists to safety. even this fire truck washed off the road during a rescue mission. near chattanooga, the downpours triggering mudslides. this subway restaurant crushed when the surrounding hillside gave way. similar concerns in eastern kentucky after relentless rain. a landslide sending tumbling rocks and earth crushing this truck. >> this is the worst that i've seen as far as the ground saturation. >> reporter: meanwhile in northern mississippi, flooding as far as the eye can see. many buildings, like the inside of this church resembling a swimming pool. water all the way up to the doorknobs. >> let's get right to sam champion. he joins us live on set. you were just telling me things are going to get worse tonight and there's more tornadoes out there. >> we just had a tornado reported in missi

i want you to focus on the flood watches, from nashville to jackson, tennessee, to memphis. northern mississippi and alabama, all in the flood watch watches, because you could end up with five to eight inches of rain along interstate 40 there. that's tuesday night. tuesday night into wednesday morning, it hits enough cold air, you start talking about more snow from wisconsin to pittsburgh, even washington, d.c. to start your day on wednesday. finally, we'll leave it there with what's left behind, that's that snow and ice in the mid-atlantic and northeast and the really heavy rain in the south, david. >> tracking it right through the weekend. ginger zee, thank you. >>> we're going to turn next here to the new headline late today in the case involving actor jussie smollett. we have reported here police have questioned the two men in the surveillance image. well, tonight, those two brothers now claim that smollett paid them to orchestrate the homophobic and racist attack. and this evening, a law enforcement official telling abc news that the brothers have also now suggested a p

seven of this year's nominees have roots at middle tennessee state university outside of nashville.musicians, producers, and songwriters how to shine. nbc's kate snow has more. ♪ >> reporter: at nashville's bluebird cafe, award-winning songwriters who have written for the biggest names in country the round. luke laird isn't a household name. ♪ you can have your space e hity musgraves, "space cowboy." that song giving the grammy winner his fifth nomination. >> the first time i actually got to go to the grammys, i got there and i was literally like, oh my gosh, there's beyonce. >> reporter: and this is how a kid from rural pennsylvania got to the grammys. middle tennessee state university, 40 miles south of nashville. >> i'd had a four-track cassette recorder. that was my studio. so when i saw this, i thought, man, this is really the big-time. >> reporter: mtsu has a department devoted to the recording industry. classes in everything from digital audio technology and commercial songwriting to copy right law. unlike other private music schools, this is a state university. how many of y

nashville, tennessee is next. go ahead. knowr: yes, i'd like to why our foreign policy must involve treason on our end? in vietnamresident this morning that has kicked out the press and invited russia in yet again. there needs to be accountability on our end before we address anything in the foreign realm. peace to all, but this is ridiculous. joey in arlington, virginia, independent, what's your top foreign-policy priority? to say that, want peace talks with north korea are the thing. if there's anything the president has done that's positive, it's engaging with the north korean leader. and the potential war with them. thank you. joey, before you go, would with those out there asking for a nobel prize for president trump when it comes to his efforts with north korea? >> getting north korea to completely denuclearize? if you did that i would say that he had done more to deserve a nobel peace prize than his predecessor. that's joey in arlington, virginia. willy mcgurn takes a look at that particular issue, noting at a white

host: let's chat with a few callers, josh from nashville, tennessee. good morning, you are on.ler: good morning. it's an honor to speak you. .'m not an anti-baxter i do believe in vaccines, but i just want to point out to people watching the show that the host made the comment, should we make it harder for people to opt out of vaccines. and that just demonstrates the value forack of freedom that people in washington, d.c. have on both sides of the aisle. the host is not a liberal, and that just shows that you have total power over the individual and that's just egregious. host: we are asking the questions this morning, what you ink? mean, i think he was criticizing you for what you said without a question. i think you need to put things in context. when you say force people to do things, you don't really want to do that, but my approach has always been to try to explain in ways that people can understand, the importance of vaccination rather than focusing on forcing someone to do something, but have someone come to the decision on their own accord why it's important for the pro

for years, middle tennessee state university, outside nashville, has been teaching young musicians, producersine. ♪ >> at nashville's bluebi cafe, award-winning songwriters who have written for the biggest names in country music play their famous tunes in the round. blake layered isnird isn't a ho name but you may know the song "space cowboy," giving the grammy award winner his fth nomination. >> first time i got to go to the grammys, i got there and was like, oh, my gosh, there's beyon beyonce. s is how a kid from rural pennsylvania got to the grammys, middle state university. >> when i saw this, i thought, man, this is really big time. >> mtsu has a department devoted to the recording industry, digital audio technology and commercial songwriting to copyright law. unlike other private music schools, this is state university. how many of you will graduate with no debt? all of you. that's unusual these days. >> yeah. >> abinlutely. >> s 2007, umni, faculty and former students have brought home 16 grammy awards. memphis native f graduatedrom mtsu in december. he had a huge senior year, producin