>> southwestern ohio. >> your biological mother and father were married at the time?. >> they were. >> divorced?. >> very shortly after arabia was one year old. >> your biological mother raised you?. >> yes. >> up close relationship with their maternal grandparents. >> i called them mamaw and papaw. that is common in the broader culture. that is into the hillbilly culture by something people from that region a disproportionately called them mamaw and papaw. >> what is hillbilly aboutthei zero high-yield you describe your roots are from kentucky so describe how you came to ohio?. >> there was a massive migration to the industrial midwest and with those cultural attributes even though my family lived in southwestern ohio we would travel back to eastern kentucky a lot. and felt and then to be in a michigan and added is where they are from. >> you have a sister?. >> different dad. save mom. >>. >> how did she support herself?. >> mom and the cable vendors and those were good times economically cenci work died jobs after mom was no longer working in nursing. >> so your moth

i did notice a pretty fair amount.us i g notice sometimes back in eastern kentucky for southwestern ohio. i go to nashville a week, week in a half ago and i didn't get noticed once they are. >> you have to make a record there. >> many of the family secret they don't want revealed about themselves. you reveal every family secret. what was the reaction of your family to this? >> i didn't reveal every families agree. i have keep writing the book. you know, it is interesting. i am talking to my family about revealing some of the secret. i think i've noticed there's been a slight shift from when i started to write the book to where it is now. the people are much more open about fulfilling the family history on the pages of the book that no one asked that did anybody to read. i think now that we are at the number of copies we sold and people talk about the book, maybe a little more sensitivity. some people definitely say we shouldn't air the family's dirty laundry.hes some people appreciate it was an important and worthwhile story to tell.>> any >> do any of them say he's from this. >> i haven

i gets noticed sometimes in dc and kentucky or southwestern ohio. but in nashville a week or a week and a half ago we have to make a record. >> many of the family secrets people don't want everybody has family secrets what was the reaction of the family to this?f >> it's interesting i'm talking to my family about revealing some secrets and i've noted that there's been a slight tone from where i started to write the book canal and people are open about sharing the family history on the pages of the book no one expected. there was more sensitivity but some people definitely say it's in the family. it's important and worthwhile let's talk about the book itself. i've read it and enjoyed it a great deal. i would like to go through each of the three things. one is the writing style was very crisp and clear and to thee point, not a lot of excess verbiage. second, the personal story is extraordinary that's almost like a novel and third, the impact of the relationship of what is going on in the country i and te opioid crisis and unemployment. let's go throug

i get noticed in eastern kentucky or southwestern ohio. i was in nashville a week and a half ago and i didn't get noticed once. >> you have to make a record there. what has been the reaction of your family. many family secrets people don't want revealed about themselves, everybody has family secrets. what was the reaction of your family to this? >> i didn't reveal every family secret. i saved that for my second book. it is interesting. in talking to my family about revealing the secrets i think i have noticed a slight tone shift from when i started to write the book from where it is now. people are much more open about spilling the family history on the pages of a book they don't expect anybody to read. now we are at the number of copies we sold, there is more sensitivity but some people definitely say it is in the family, we shouldn't tear the family's dirty laundry, some people appreciate that it was an important and worthwhile story to tell, some people come down in the middle. >> any of them say how come i don't get royalties from this

big picture has jose east, just a couple of showers from ohio into west virginia, extreme southwestern virginia and we'll be in between those two, that piece of energy. so we hit high and dry today. tomorrow looks pretty good, as we get into friday perhaps a few more clouds kind of come our way and that may knock temperatures down a bit. but i think we're going to stay dry for quite a while. here's another look at maria ng coast. it looks like the eye which cot obscured over land is on the north coast. there's a closer look. you can see that there. we'll see the storm move off to the northwest. there's the dominican republic. if the eyewall stays offshore, it won't be as bad as if the eyewall gets onshore. we're thinking the eyewall will stay just offshore. look, getting stronger here into tomorrow. i don't think it'll get much stronger than that before making the turn, a little bit more wind shear, a little water, so a slow weakening is expected. monday morning east of charleston, south carolina. after that it will be passing maybe 100 miles offshore of hatteras in the mid-atlantic 10

ohio and tennessee river valley. that's where the flooding's focused today. look to nashville into bowling green as well as memphis. we focus our attention on the ongoing floodwaters across texas and southwesternisiana. currently, 27 rivers have reached major flood stage including the brazos river just west of houston. this is the richmond area. this is staggering. it has reached record levels, okay, talking 24 hours ago. still on its way up, and it will remain at record-level territory for the next four days. we are several days if not weeks before this water recedes from that particular region. dave, rene? >> gosh. a week after it hit, still 24 hours away. major rivers cresting. thank you very much, man. appreciate it. >>> for an update on rescue and recovery operations, let's bring in lieutenant craig cummings of the texas department of public safety. good morning. >> caller: good morning, dave and rene. good to be with you. >> thanks for helping out with this effort. what is the priority when it comes to the safety of those who have been flooded out of their homes and those who have chosen to remain? >> caller: our first spriert rescuing those -- priority is rescuing those who need to get