tennessee out of time-outs. terrence newman was behind the camera, and now to eliminate our own pam oliver helping with the lighting. he's doing it all. cowboys doing it all tonight. - ( "super freak" by rick james playing ) - it's pretty amazing how one click of a mouse can make you move... groove, bust it, shake it, get down, - ♪ she's a super freak, super freak ♪ - get funky - ♪ she's super freaky - and let your freak flag fly. - ♪ ohh, ohh, ohh, ohh, ohh, oh, oh ♪ - ( laughs ) - visa debit is the safe, secure way to pay online. - ♪ super freak, super freak - ♪ that girl's a super freak, ohh, ohh, ohh, ohh... ♪ - more people go with visa. >> joe: in the media guide for the cowboys, it lists the attendance as up to 100,000 here in cowboys stadium. 75,000 people came through the turnstiles here tonight to see the preseason home opener. cowboys will be home next saturday against san francisco. what a crowd. 75,000 people for preseason game. mcgee throws. the pass is wrestled away by rodney hannah for the touchdo

tennessee out of time-outs. terrence newman was behind the camera, and now to eliminate our own pam oliver helping with the lighting. he's doing it all. cowboys doing it all tonight. - ( "super freak" by rick james playing ) - it's pretty amazing how one click of a mouse can make you move... groove, bust it, shake it, get down, - ♪ she's a super freak, super freak ♪ - get funky - ♪ she's super freaky - and let your freak flag fly. - ♪ ohh, ohh, ohh, ohh, ohh, oh, oh ♪ - ( laughs ) - visa debit is the safe, secure way to pay online. - ♪ super freak, super freak - ♪ that girl's a super freak, ohh, ohh, ohh, ohh... ♪ - re people go with visa. >> joe: in the media guide for the cowboys, it lists the attendance as up to 100,000 here in cowboys stadium. 75,000 people came through the turnstiles here tonight to see the preseason home opener. cowboys will be home next saturday against san francisco. what a crowd. 75,000 people for preseason game. mcgee throws. the pass is wrestled away by rodney hannah for the touchdown

in a state like tennessee, people flee from medicaid only about 40% of the physicians in the tennessee underpaid and the ones that do -- >> i don't mean to interrupt, but in fairness, every child, essentially every child in vermont has health insurance because of medicaid. it changes from state to state. >> no, it's very good, and i don't think you would want medicaid to be the program throughout the country today. >> what we did is we raised reimbursement rates in order to make it -- >> that's what happened in tennessee in 1994, we put a universal coverage program in called tin care and howard you're familiar with it. and we extended coverage, it worked great for about three years. but after about four or five years, the cost went exactly what you said, you had to start escalating it and it ended up eight years later costing three times, both per capita and at the state level in just about drove the state bankrupt. an experiment that people were taken off because it failed. and america doesn't want to have an experiment that failed in tennessee to be taken nationally and that's what -

if you take a left, you could go into tennessee. so we are working with tennessee authorities as well, to interview approximately 180 sex offenders in the counties bordering georgia. >> wow. you mentioned the phone. do you know anything else about that phone call with her boyfriend? what was said, anything else you can glean a clue off of? >> well, we have interviewed the boyfriend and talked to him to get as much information as we can. we haven't released any specific details about what that interview contained. we do know that the call was made by the boyfriend in atlanta. that's where the cell phone connection was made to the tower. so you know, as far as his involvement, there's been a lot of questions about that, but he's pretty much been ruled out. >> okay. so he's in the clear. any physical evidence from the phone, dna, anything? because the folks who found it handled it as well, right? >> right. well, the people that found it, they were cutting the grass, they had lost a cell phone. they thought it was theirs, and so they op

. >> controversy brewing in tennessee as well. or not people can -- guns in to bars and restaurants. >> they can pass a law that allowed people to carry concealed weapons to restaurants and bars. some of the restaurant owners who are gun owners themselves say it's a terrible idea. look at the debate coming up in the next hour here. >>> look at the national headlines. $10 million are set aside for veterans returning to active duty by the state of massachusetts. that money is unclaimed. the bonus to members of the military to members who serve on speculation that veterans are reluctant to accept handouts and it's part of the information getting out there letting them know what's available. >> almost two miles, allegedly extremely drunk and high. she killed herself and seven people including four children. but the new york prosecutor says there's not enough evidence to file criminal charges in the crash last month. toxicology reports show her blood alcohol level was .19 at the time of the crash, more than twice the legal limit. two o

his last job was in tennessee. say after the robbery, someone saw him jump into a blue pickup truck with someone else driving. police say he's about 25 years old, 5'9", 5'11", weighs about 175, 200 pounds, somewhere in that range. reddish-brown hair. he's got a goatee. the police put his picture on electronic billboards in eight southern states. no one's been hurt in the robberies, but the fbi still think this guy's dangerous. >> this guy has made no effort to hide the gun. he's threatened the use of it in every bank robbery he's committed. he's put the gun in the faces of tellers, threatened to use the gun against them, and threatened violence against the bank themselves. certainly we need to get this guy in custody before he does harm someone. >> there's all the reasons that they say this guy is dangerous. if you have seen this man, if you've got any idea who he might be, this is the number, the police hotline, 423-282-8090. >> okay. richelle, we see this, some we think -- someone has to have seen this guy that k

this is from paula yawnson from tennessee.a child treatment but not when our government denies treatment. that is a powerful question. >> firstly, part of the issue is that the government shouldn't deny treatment. insurance companies shouldn't deny treatment. the problem we think of that as rationing. we have to stop practicing the wrong care . start with the right care. we have to start being educated. if a diagnosis is made and someone said you need open heart surgery. before you accept that. will the surgery prolong my life and improve the quality of my life . what are the complications and where the sound scientific evidence of what you are saying is true? we know that a significant fraction of invasive cardiac procedures are uninousand yet we do >> we have to continue this conversation soon and it is so great to see you. thank you for everything that you are doing out there the trenches as a primary care physician. what do you and your fellow americans think about the health care plan. coming up. we'll be answering the qu

that is but a fiscal disaster for them as once can care and tennessee.pening. why doesn't the federal government test some of these ideas within some states like yours, find out if it works and if it works like you have found some successful programs, and adopted into the program, but they're about to do a one-size-fits-all approach here. wouldn't that be a better way to go about it which mark team act i think so, mike, but they have studied -- i know for example that the administration for months ago asked us for our cost savings on hospital acquired infections by emergency room usage and chronic care, diabetes, asthma, heart conditions or did they have studied but the states have done. there's no question, anybody who looked at the system and a note from your days as governor of arkansas, we can save a substantial amount of money, but there's also no question that we have to have revenues upfront. my program that i was going to roll out, 44% of the revenues were to come from the federal government in waivers and the state government. 55% were going to

that is but a fiscal disaster for them as once can care and tennessee.he says may be exactly what ought to be happening. why doesn't the federal government test some of these ideas within some states like yours, find out if it works and if it works like you have found some successful programs, and adopted into the program, but they're about to do a one-size-fits-all approach here. wouldn't that be a better way to go about it which mark team act i think so, mike, but they have studied -- i know for example that the administration for months ago asked us for our cost savings on hospital acquired infections by emergency room usage and chronic care, diabetes, asthma, heart conditions or did they have studied but the states have done. there's no question, anybody who looked at the system and a note from your days as governor of arkansas, we can save a substantial amount of money, but there's also no question that we have to have revenues upfront. my program that i was going to roll out, 44% of the revenues were to come from the federal government in waivers a

tennessee the best record in the league last year. as brett basanez comes in at quarterback. his first pass of the game is completing to iglesias, a rookie out of the oklahoma and completes his first pass. >> you look at the past decade. the afc is dominated by three times -- pittsburgh and indianapolis and new england patriots. right now, tennessee is in a position where they were 13-3 last year and had home field advantage and all of a sudden they had a great defense. their quarterback is playing well. ageless quarterback and they have a good quarterback in vince young. but now it's time to take it to the next level and get in the playoffs and get into that upper echelon of teams. >> cris: how about without albert haynesworth? you talked about vince wilfork and the force up front to draw the double teams. how much of a difference is that going to make? >> i mean, he's the best defensive tackle in the game so of course, it makes a lot of difference but, at the same time, i'm not investing a hundred million dollars in one guy unless he touches the ball every single down and t

thunderstorms will develop from the tennessee valley to the northeast coastline. the south remains hot and dry. storms will be scattered around the rockies. >>> as we reported earlier, a lone gunman walked into a suburban pittsburgh health club and opened fire. four people, including the gunman are now dead. police are still trying to figure out the motive. allison morris of our pittsburgh station reports. >> reporter: police left the scene here at the l.a. fitness at collier township in the early morning hours today. they have been investigating a shooting that took place shortly after 8:00 on tuesday. they say a man walked into an aerobics classroom where more than 20 people were taking a class and opened fire. >> as i was laying on the floor, i started calling 911. i had the officer on the line. and he's like, ma'am, i can't hear you. i'm just like, please, we're at l.a. fitness. these a guy shooting. >> reporter: trainers figured out it was a gunman. another trainer came and said, there's an exit this way. people were running. we didn't even know how to get ou

he went to tennessee and people lost track of him. a few years later, he did several years in prison for horse thievery in tennessee and people in richmond had a sense that he had at least been punished for something someone. >> by the way, is it true that lewis powell would always ask his clerks whether or not they knew george wythe? >> yes, he would ask them if they knew about george wythe and if they did not, they could not be his clerk. >>i really tried to track throuh law enforcement archives in tennessee. the prison system was not formed in tennessee with archives until 1826. so there was no sign of him. >> to talk about autopsies, but you have a whole section about the first high-profile person to be autopsied. who was it? >> julius caesar. that was a wild story because the men that killed him in the roman senate, they were the ones that pushed for the autopsy so that they could prove to the roman public that they had murdered caesar, that it was then, thinking that the public would think it was a great idea. the public did not

his first stop is chattanooga, tennessee. americans are telling their own stories on health care reform. >>> and today rowlands is following a mission to bring health care to everyone. today, people line up for free clinic in los angeles. >>> first, i want to give you a glimpse of what lawmakers are facing as they host meetings with constituents. >> we're number 60 in line, and there's probably 400 or 500 behind us. >> i've stood here -- i've been here since 3:00. >> short tempers, long lines, jam packed day ahead in the health care debate. first, let's get the pulse of the people. ali velshi aboard the cnn express talking to americans about health care as he travels through half dozen states. he is joining us from his first stop, that's chattanooga, tennessee. ali, if you could, tell us a little bit more about what you are expecting to see and who you're going to talk with today. >> what do i say? >> hey, ali can you hear me. >> reporter: i got ya, heidi. i didn't hear what you asked me, but i do hear you. >> all right. go f

the latest satellite picture shows skies are cloudy over much of the tennessee valley and gulf coast. it's a clear but warm and muggy morning along the eastern seaboard. later today another round of storms will develop across the plains. afternoon storms will be scattered from the tennessee valley to the eastern great lakes, and it will be another hot and humid day up and down the east coast. >>> in sports, a dramatic walk-off win for the san diego padres. rookie kyle blanks hit a three-run homer with two outs in the ninth inning. that gave san diego a 4-1 victory over the chicago cubs and the celebrations began. >>> in texas, marlon byrd drove in three runs, and the rangers beat minnesota 8-5. that increases the rangers lead in the american league wild card race to one game over the boston red sox. >>> in nfl preseason action, the new york giants and carolina panthers were tied with only seconds left on the clock. then the giants knocked the ball into the air, and tommy hill caught it and scored on a fumble return as time ran out. giants 24-17 over carolina. >>> in miami, the dolphin

defensive tackle said the same type of injection he had during his time in tennessee.omething he does to feel comfortable. zorn is doing fine. reiterated it was just a precautionary measure. on the other side of the ball, th offense continues to improve after a slower start. one thing players are finding helpful is being able to devote more time to perfecting plays they have installed as opposed to starting from scratch. >> some times the guys will get a play. you go back and heroine from it. not a bad play if you learn from it. training camp was all about. and you try it out here. you move on to the next play. >> working on getting better. not going out there. and hoping i remember what i have. we're going out there. going. i know what i have. what can i do to make it much better. a huge step forward for this year. we'll keep building. obviously the first few days. a little slow. everyone has been off a couple months. leaps and bounds ahead. >> the redskins shaking off the rust. moving out of baseball. nationals played so well tonight. manager, jim rigleman said as go

there you have the letter sent out by this tennessee senator.oing to be joining me in just a little bit. he's going to be talking about the politics of the day, including what john mccain had to say and do on this day and during the weekend and questions about what the president of the united states the preparing or might possibly break a promise that would be, well, possibly politically harmful, as well. stay with us. hi, may i help you? yes, i hear progressive has lots of discounts on car insurance. can i get in on that? are you a safe driver? yes. discount! do you own a home? yes. discount! are you going to buy online? yes! discount! isn't getting discounts great? yes! there's no discount for agreeing with me. yeah, i got carried away. happens to me all the time. helping you save money -- now, that's progressive. call or click today. >> hi, rick. >> there are two stories i want to get your input on. the first one, to john mccain. john mccain this weekend on "state of the union." let's do that first. dan, what he said on "state of the union" f

with us now republican representative from tennessee, congresswoman marsha blackburn. she is a member of the energy and commerce committee currently overseeing the 1,000-page health care bill. congresswoman, thank for being with us. you suggest the best thing to do with this bill is put it through a shredder. what would you replace it with? >> i would come back and replace it with some of the good options that are out there. we have the shattuck bill, ryan bill. there are plenty of ways we can address the insurance market reforms. joe, as you know, previously the house has passed many of those in '06, bipartisan support, send

tomorrow it's the dallas cowboys and the tennessee titans.at dallas cowboys stadium in arlington, texas. the cowboys open up their stadium on fox tomorrow night. >> kenny: gathered in for a first down. >> daryl: it will be interesting to see where carolina is this year. they finished their season in the playoffs last year. new orleans they've got to get a running game. kansas city a lot of transition there this year. then a bye week and come back against tampa bay. >> kenny: michael on first down. and the pass is caught, brought down at the 21 yard line by mcbride. >> daryl: looks like they're playing a lot of games at home in the beginning of the year and playing a lot of games on the road at the end of the year. >> kenny: also an early bye, week four. dimichelle at second and 4. >> daryl: the philosophy to the early bye they try to sell you on is that it comes almost at the midpoint that you start training camp to the regular season. i never bought into it. >> kenny: and a look at the early schedule for jim caldwell's colts. they will open

in tennessee, if after five years, you expand medicaid and you pay the doctors who see the patients,ich 40% of them will do today, and then you send tennessee its share of that, we would have to pass a 10% income tax to pay for it. that is what is the democratic governors not on board with this. host: are your fears based on what you have heard from senator grassley and snow and where those negotiations are headed? guest: it is not from them. we don't know what they will end up with. the report to us their discussions and the discussions are mostly that they have best lot of questions and there are big issues to decide. there are many details to decide so we will not prejudge them until they finish their work and that will be several weeks. host: we are talking about what is going on behind closed doors in the senate. what is getting a lot of attention right now is these town hall meetings. we call them town halls gone wild. a lot of them have been cancelled or overrun and there was reportedly a fist fight that broke out in tampa, florida. there's a lot of anger out there. democrats

in tennessee, for us, steve osunsami. >>. >> reporter: across tennessee they can't believe the new law. >> it is now legal for gun owners who have a permit, to carry concealed weapons into any bar or any restaurant that serves liquor. >> there you go, good shot. >> reporter: randy raper, worries that bar fights turn into gun fights. >> i am a proponent of the second amendment. i keep my gun at home. my concern 1% or 2% will try to impress a girl. >> reporter: lawmakers say that residents have a right to bear arms even in places alcohol is served. >> you have the right to protect your family. >> reporter: at the firing range they agree with the gun owners. >> it just didn't make sense. >> reporter: in april, 49-year-old ben was gunned down in nashville. his wife was there. >> he pulled out a gun and murdered my husband right in front of me. >> reporter: today, nicky said she would have had a gun on her side and would have shot the gunman dead under current law. >> it happens in schools, in churches, in establishments that serve alcohol. i would have tried to protect my husband. >> repor

i have appointed 50 judges as the governor of tennessee and i did not like it. i criticized then-senator obama and the democrats for speaking out against and just because he was not on their side. sotomayor is not on our side but we should not talk about -- which cannot turn these votes into who saturday one. that turns that the supreme court itself into a political football and it is supposed to be a group of well qualified individuals who are impartial. >> to you believe that the number of republicans who voted against tirpitz the party at a disadvantage with latino voters? >> i do not face up. -- i do not think so. there are a number of people still angry about the treatment democratic senator's aide to republican nominees a few years ago. we need to get back to the point and one of the reasons i but it that way -- when every single senator voted for justice scalia and all but three voted for judge ginsburg. >> let's go back to health care. republicans have been criticized as being the party of no, for not having an alternative. what is the republican plan sa

in prison for horse thievery in tennessee. people had a sense that he had at least been punished for something somewhere. to>> is it true that lewis pal would ask if they knew george? if they said he did not, he will not let them be his clerks. >> how did you find where he ended up? >> different documents that i read. i really tried to track him through law enforcement archives in tennessee, 1826. >> you have a whole section on the highest profile person to be autopsied. who was a? >> julius caesar. the man that killed him in the roman senate, they are the ones that pushed for the autopsy so they could prove to the roman public that they had murdered caesar, that it was them, thinking the public would think this is a great idea. the public did not. the public was appalled by this. all of the people that murdered caesar, everyone of them, was himself killed in prison or had to flee the country. the whole assassination backfired. >> has there been for a lot written about autopsy? >> i was very surprised that there had been relea

he's in tennessee. where are you now? you're on the road from where to where? >> reporter: we just stopped and got some lunch in manchester, tennessee, at a cracker barrel. and you and i have broken bread before, and you know my affinity for food. we're good for several hours. we're heading north now. we'll go through nashville. we'll probably make our next stop, paducah, kentucky, so about 200 miles. we've got about three hours driving ahead of us. we're talking to people about the economy and health care. i have to tell you, tony, we're getting some great discussion, some great commentary from people, real concern about health care. not as hot as the kind of discussion going on at the town hall meeting, but lots of different opinions. >> it's interesting. i'm wondering, are people viewing this health care debate as essential to the overall debate that we're having about the health of this economy and any potential recovery for this economy? >> reporter: well, you know, it's a good question. i'm trying to get a sense of it. i really do think that most people a

bend an ear and listen to my version of - really solid tennessee excursion...atanooga choo choo? yes, that's right, track twenty-nine boy, you can gimme a shine can you afford to board a chattanooga choo choo? i've got my fare and just a trifle to spare you leave the pennsylvania station 'bout a quarter to four read a magazine and then you're in baltimore dinner in the diner nothing could be finer than to have your ham an' eggs in carolina when you hear the whistle blowin' eight to the bar then you know that tennessee is not very far shovel all the coal in gotta keep it rollin' woo, woo, chattanooga there you are there's gonna be a certain party at the station satin and lace i used to call "funny face" she's gonna cry until i tell her that i'll never roam so chattanooga choo choo won't you choo-choo me home? chattanooga chattanooga get aboard chattanooga chattanooga all aboard chattanooga chattanooga chattanooga choo-choo, won't you choo-choo me home? chattanooga choo-choo - carry me home..... ♪ >now is your final opportunity to show your support for this great

name out there because tennessee is being talked about.talking about a program that's on the down side. he's replacing a longtime head coach who won a national championship, and otherwise i don't think tennessee would be in the news. so to get out there and recruit nationally you have to do that with tennessee's in-state talent. i think for the most part they're okay with it, but at some point they asked him to calm down a little bit and i think he's done some. >> so much of the chatter has been in regards to lane kiffin and his recruiting. very little of the chatter is about what's returning on the football field and how good tennessee can be. they start with western kentucky. what are the expectations for this team? >> i think seven wins is a fair place to be. eight i think would be an exemplary season. this is a football team that has talent issues and where they are talented in places they're not real deep. eric barry is their one star player. i think he's the best player to play at tennessee since a guy named peyton manning, but other

less humid air is moving through the tennessee valley, also the ohio valley is ideal today. here's the setup. area of low pressure along the front, moving up here off the mid atlantic. brought rain overnight outside d.c., right outside philadelphia too. the showers in the lower hudson valley, through new england. show you those in a second. the front snakes its way through the southeast. so the humid air has been pushed to the south. now more or less southern georgia, florida and coastal carolinas. this is the canadian high. that means beautiful, nice weather. so as that low moves off the coast, you can see some of the rain we had between philadelphia and harrisburg. showers through the poconos, the lower hudson valley, right across connecticut and central mass along the pike we have showers too. but nothing that's too bad. later on today, that will be gone. the only storms will be down here in the southeast. that's a look at your national forecast. now here's a look at the weather outside your window. as i mentioned, beautiful today in pittsburgh all the way to louisville.

intense, severe weather in tennessee valley this morning. over the ohio valley yesterday, some major flash flooding. 6 inches of rain fell in one hour. most of that will be going to our satz -- south. the front is to our north. it will be getting here later this afternoon and pushing through overnight. we will have scattered showers and storms. 71 degrees at the airport this morning. 87-91 degrees today. thunderstorms late this afternoon and evening and perhaps overnight. the showers will stay around thursday morning. a high-pressure bills in. i will tell you what that means coming up in a bit. >> here is a look ahead at "11 news today." >> i am nikole killion in washington with more on the homecoming of journalists from north korea. that story coming up. >> governor o'malley announces major plans to expand the light rail in maryland. the details are straight hair. -- straight ahead. >> i will update you on the paris for expressway. paris for expressway.

let's take you out to espn's coverage, in boys to, tennessee. look-in. >> elect to go start on the bottom of the racetrack. biffle said, earlier today, he said that's what i expect him to do, because he runs so well down there. >> early on, last night, we saw the first couple of race starts, it worked, being on the inside. but, after the racetrack, and the groove had widened out, david ragan won on a final re-start from the outside. >> races within races and, plots within plots, drivers, hanging onto the cuke of the top 12. drivers that want to crack into the the "elite eight" group. and drivers that want to get a win. and right now, all of those storylines, coming into play, as martin, and biffle are necessary selled up behind the pace car. >> the light is off, the pace car. that means, as the sign board said, it is time to rock. 43 drivers now. >> pull those seatbelts up tight. they're two by two, in bristol, tennessee, thunder valley, and we'll turn them loose, for the green flag. >> biffle. >> speed on the inside. >> looks like martin was fi

i love tennessee williams, a lung trauma. i love to collect material written to the stage but as it appears on the page so this is a really wonderful first edition of the glass menagerie. collectors will tell you this is just a marvelous -- look at the clock on this. in this is a superb copy of this book and first edition. it is arguably his best novel, best play. outstanding tennessee williams and you go here and you'll see that absolutely is the press printing right there. that is a pretty nice copy of this book but equally as scarce is a streetcar named desire. it's very common for this particular title, the sun on this binder. in the sun has set this paper in this paper is rated a little bit on this binding so whoever owns this before me have it before the sun and a kind of faded, but most copies of this are much more than that. i think anyone -- any bookseller will tell you this is an outstanding copy and far better than most and it's really a very good copy and wonderful condition. the designer, a famous book jacket des

tomorrow it's the dallas cowboys and the tennessee titans.at dallas cowboys stadium in arlingtontexas. the cowboys open up their stadium on fox tomorrow night. >> kenny: gathered in for a first down. >> daryl: it will be interesting to see where carolina is this year. they finished their season in the playoffs last year. new orleans they've got to get a running game. kansas city a lot of transition there this year. then a bye week and come back againstampa bay. >> kenny: michael on first down. and the pass is caught, brought down at the 21 yard line by mcbride. >> daryl: looks like they're playing a lot of games at home in the beginning of the year and playing a lot of games on the road at the end of the year. >> kenny: also an early bye, week four. dimichelle at second and 4. >> daryl: the philosophy to the early bye they try to sell you on is that it comes almost at the midpoint that you start training camp to the regular season. i never bought into it. >> kenny: and a look at the early schedul for jim caldwell's colts. they will open at ho

possibly, possibly, across state lines, maybe into tennessee, perhaps into north carolina. because the road that's right behind me, actually if you continue on it leads into tennessee. that's why the fbi's gotten involved. what they've done is sent a couple of agents, probably three to five agents, down here to join the army of those who have been out looking for kristi cornwell for last several days. in fact, tonight, starting at 8:00 eastern, there's more roadblock situations that are forming all around this area. really crossing a three-mile radius. what they're doing is stopping and asking people, have you seen anything? i know you probably heard about the situation. did you see anything on tuesday night between 8:00 and 10:00 p.m.? just trying to jog people's memories and get something on this case they've not gotten before. so far, they really don't have a a lot of leads, nancy. >> joining me there at the command center, blairsville, georgia, eric philips with wsb-tv. everybody, especially you, ladies, how many millions of us across the country go for a run or a jog,

we'd have 135,000 businesses in tennessee who will be paying new taxes and fines. we need healthcare plan that americans can afford and then when we're through fixing it it, we need healthcare plan and a government that americans can afford. that will be our objective. >> thanks. >> i had a teletown hall meeting in advance of the august break and i'm looking forward to getting out in the month of august across my state as my colleagues are and hearing directly from the people about how they perceive the impact of the things that are being debated in terms of healthcare solutions. it strikes me the thing most americans care about now is jobs. it is the economy and obviously the cost of healthcare factors into that, it is the availability of healthcare, access to healthcare, all factors into it it. the one thing we shouldn't be doing is raising taxes at a time when the economy is in recession in a way that will cost jobs to the economy. i think most people are making the connection between the cost of many healthcare proposals in thrillions of dollars paid for, finan

storms also expected across the tennessee valley and southern plains.it will be a beautiful day across the midwest and great lakes. >>> in sports, a little guy had a huge night in colorado. shortstop troy tul wits ski had two singles, a double, a triple, a home run, and seven rbis against the cubs. but the best play of the night had to be this catch by dexter fowler. they win 11-5. >>> in anaheim, vladimir guerrero's second home run of the game and the 400th of his career put the angels ahead. with two outs in the ninth, ben zobrist almost tied it, but juan riff ya saved the angels' victory. >>> tiger woods will have to pay a fine for criticizing a tour official. the official, enforcing the rules on sunday, told woods and padraig harrington to play faster. woods told the reporter that the official had gotten in the way. >>> nascar drivers hit the famous road course at watkins glen yesterday. on lap 62, hornish hit jeff gordon and a few other cars. the race was stopped for a while, but no one was hurt. tony stewart went on to get his fifth victory at wat

the heavy thunderstorms are working their way down from tennessee. weather elements that are in place, warm air crossing the mountains could bring as a potential for showers tomorrow afternoon. some severe storms in eastern canada this afternoon. that is going to move through here tomorrow night. hopefully a high-pressure can clear things out towards the end of the week. more clout than sun with increasing chances for showers and storms as we head into the afternoon. some of the showers will linger in the area tomorrow night perhaps into thursday morning before things began to clear up in the afternoon on thursday and some sunshine anticipated for friday. temperatures tomorrow, warm, showers likely in the afternoon. south-southwest winds on the day. when storms are in the course has, the winds get higher on the day. western maryland, same thing only much cooler out there. scattered showers and storms around the bay as we hit the low 90's. ocean city, some afternoon showers. it may linger into thursday down in ocean city. 89 degrees tomorrow with thun

stormy from florida into the mississippi and tennessee valleys. >> 90s from boston to baltimore. near 90 in atlanta and miami. 75 in fargo, 77 in minneapolis while omaha climbs into the 80s. 94 in portland, 87 in boise, 91 in albuquerque. >> well, thanks to cutting edge technology, smart phones can do just about anything these days. >> but a man in brooklyn is getting a little more than he bargained for. every time his cell phone rings, somehow it turns on his oven. he was shocked when he smelled something burning and he realized his phone was somehow triggering the controls on his boiler >> a technician checked out the stove but so far he can't even explain this bizarre connection. >> i wonder if he punches in 300 if would turn it to 300 degrees? >> why would he smell something burning unless there was something in the broiler? >> some people keep their pans? there. >> a pan doesn't smell. >> if it burns it can smell. >> it is having to turn it on from the lobby and have dinner ready. we'll be right back with more "world news now." >> some people say that >> some people say that

tennessee. there you see it, 55 miles east of chattanooga.a said it shook the buildings. so far here is the good news. no reports of any damage or injuries. the quake was also felt in north carolina as well as georgia. >> in texas, one of the worst droughts in the state's history is taking a toll on farmers there and nearly every day in july saw triple digit temperatures, meaning huge loss force people ho work the land. but the agriculture department says farmers will have to wait until the fall for their share of the $3 billion in assistance they're owed. for many it's been one of the worst suppers in memory. >> we had a drought in the 50s, but didn't compare to this drought that's devastating. it's disaster. >> even when the federal money comes, it will only pay for 60% of the farmers' losses. is there any relief in sight? >> the rain, unfortunately, is not going to the place where is it's needed in texas. but out to the east, eastern part of texas and northern part of texas, that's where we are looking at flash flood warnings and watches t

it end on sunday. >>> you know tennessee is a long way off maybe i'll skip that one. but now a lot of redskins fans looking forward to the big scrimmage tomorrow thinking they want to see their favorite players. >> to me i think that's a good came why waste a guy when it doesn't count. let's let him get hurt when it counts. it's been that kind of camp. better to be safe than to be entertaining. that is jim zorn's philosophy. we'll tell you who's in and who's out for the dress rehearsal. another reason to lauat the cowboys. you'at the cowboys. you'llant to see this. 9 sports coming up. ysi= at suntrust, we help you manage your money at home. and make it easy when you're away. and where ever you go, atm fees won't follow. get back to what really matters switch to suntrust checking today suntrust. live solid, bank solid. the skins would like to see the starts jim zorn says the best way he can show appreciation is keeping the stars healthy. most of his big names will sit out the dress rehearsal. jason campbell will play and zorn says it's still going to be a good show. >

what was the example you found in your own state, tennessee?tion health care, put in case in 1994. it was a $2.5 billion program. it wound up being about $8 billion, consuming 36% of the state budget. it has been a very difficult plan. there has been a lot of work to try to bring it under control. even in scoring the coverage component of hr 3200, they are looking at $8.9 billion additional. bill: you are saying that the cost went up in tennessee after no one expected them to? >> that is right. costs quadrupled. what you are looking at now is a bill that has scored over $1 trillion for coverage. so, if you say that they are looking at it as being over $1 trillion, it would probably be closer to $3 trillion if you look at the tennessee example. bill: the president said this on sunday, "naysayers will continue to exploit fear for political gain." >> i am looking at past experience and there are a lot of lessons learned from the tennessee health-care example and how it played out. we should be mindful. we should be listening to cbo. when they tell

tennessee has 9,300 known caves statewide and probably more waiting tore discovered. that's the most of any state. our landscape, climate and geology seem to be the perfect blend for these places of wonder and mystery to form. a cave is an incredible thing to see, but you should never enter one alone. the 4hers learn about spelunking safety as well as geology and environmental issues and other important life lessons. >> the kids gain teamworkment they're working together helping each other out climbing over things, through things, making it across water crossings and stepping on stones. >> reporter: the light of day is a welcome sight as the tired spelunkers reach the entrance. it's time to go home and scrape away the layers of mud. these 4hers can now call themselves explorers and they take what they learned underground and bring it to the surface. this is chuck denney reporting. >> here is some other subterranean facts from chuck. at 33 miles long, blue springs cave in white county is the longest in the state. the deepest is bulcade at about a thousand feet n either