the senator from tennessee. mr. corker: i reserve the right to object, and say as is the senator from new york, the senator from illinois is most eloquent and i always enjoy listening to his many comments, and i agree with him that the many attributes that he alluded to regarding the senior senator from tennessee, all are true, and many more, i might add. a multitalented person. but i say look, the president's commission on deficit reduction actually is addressing this issue, and they have actually made many bold steps in trying to address the many deficit issues, the tax expenditure issues, which cause our country in many cases not to be as competitive as we could be around the world. and so knowing that we are -- it is eminent that this group is meeting on friday, i reserve the right and do object. i would like to say that -- for the c-span watchers, there isn't really much happening on the floor right now that matters. and i would agree with the senator from tennessee, the senior senator, that there is a great ne

graduated from tennessee state and degree in english in 1964. she married her childhood friend on december 12. they are the parents of fredrick and twins robert and john. her education continued with a master's degree in early childhood literature, and programming in 1975 from webster university. patricia has a successful career as a teacher and children's book editor. she changed careers to become a full time writer of children and young adult books. her goal is to create books for and about african-americans. i write because there is a need to have books for, by and about the african-american experience and how we helped to develop this country. i present to you patricia makinsik heart of literacy. >> i am from st. louis, missouri. a lot of you think i have said it in correctly when i said missouri. you think i got it slid into my southern dialect, right? no. i was not born in st. louis. i was born in nashville, tennessee, a little town side of nashville. that is where i grew up, went to high school, met and married my husband. moved back to s

areas like national tennessee could get a wintry mix over the next two days. you're under a winter weather advisory. some areas of kentucky are under a winter storm warning. as we go back towards the east coast, it will be sunny and chilly from d.c. to boston. lynn, i'll have more on the wintry mess heading for the tennessee valley, coming up the. >> thanks so much. >>> also coming up, the fed hits a sour note. retail sales are up again and a computer hits the game show circuit. your early morning business headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, another on bites the dust. we'll tell you which hollywood couple is calling it quits. >>> cong up, the lakers get better. dwight howard calls it quits and one of the defendant dunks of this season. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning, and welcome back to "early today." i'm lynn berry. here are some of your top helines this morning. the white house is planning to release a report tomorrow that is expected to conclude the u.s. militaryas made enough gains in afghanistan to begin withdrawaling troops next july

winter weather advisories for almost all of the tennessee valley and southern ohio valley and mostly expecting sleet, freezing rain, and just a little bit of snow there in areas of tennessee and kentucky, including memphis. lynn, finally looks like we're done with the cold cold. look at dallas today. 75 degrees and sunny. so the warmer air is on the way. >> it better be bill, we've had enough of it. thank you so much. >>> the fed hits a sour note. retail sales are up again. and a computer hits the game show circuit. your first look at this morning's business headlines is straight ahead. >>> coming up -- the lakers get better. dwight howard calls it quits. one of the best dunks of the season. you're watching "first look" on msnbc. [ female announcer ] experience dual action power with listerine® whitening plus restoring rinse. it's the only listerine® that gets teeth two shades whiter. and makes tooth enamel two times stronger. get dual action listerine® whitening® rinse. building whiter, stronger teeth. get dual action listerine® whitening® rinse. i'm a member of this hotel'sre loyal

the gentleman from tennessee. mr. gordon: let me first congratulate dr. ehlers on a stellar congressional career. his contribution to the science committee was enormous and he will be missed. having spent as much time as i have on the science committee, you develop an affection for the committee, for the people, members, and for the staff. so it is with really gratitude that i know that the gentlelady from texas, ms. eddie bernice johnson, is going to be the ranking member in the coming 112th cock and i yield -- congress, and i yield five minutes. the the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from texas yielded five minutes. ms. johnson: thank you very much, mr. speaker. i do rise in support of h.r. 5116, the america competes re-authorization act. and i'm proud to say that i worked with dr. ehlers, with our incoming chairman, mr. holt, as well as outgoing chairman. we all know that the re-authorization of america competes is to ensure that our future is more prosperous than our past. it is about ensuring america's memo

oakland wins by seven, shocking tennessee at home. >>> how about tennessee's women's squad.ked number six, taking on number three, baylor, who has brittney griner. she can dunk easily. however, she did not dunk in the game. but she did do a lot of that. blocking. blocking. and blocking. then, inside. griner. later in the second half, how about 21 points, 9 blocks. baylor wins by 11. >>> that's going to do it for now. i'm jonathan coachman. back to you guys in new york. >>> well, something of a blending of sports and hollywood on this next cover of "sports illustrated." >> mark wahlberg and christian bale are on the cover, posing as their characters in the new movie "the fighter." it's the third time that a nonathlete, other than a swimsuit model has been on the cover. >> wahlberg and bale received nominations for the golden gl p globes. >> "the king's speech" garnered seven nominations. "the fighter" with six. and "the social network" had six. >>> coming up next, the stories we'll be following today. including how you can see what some consider to be the greatest baseball ga

the forgotten homeless of the floods in tennessee. someone is bringing him a song, and he's our "person of the week." >>> good evening. most of us thought no one would ever find bernie madoff's money from that massive ponzi scheme. but today, a motherload. the largest pay back in american history. more than $7 billion being returned. and who is giving it back? a widow whose late husband made more money with madoff than anyone else. and brian voss here to tell us about it tonight. >> reporter: diane, his name was jeffrey picower, the single largest winner of all of madoff's clients, taking $7.2 billion over the last 35 years. but lawyers involved in the case say picower was more likely madoff's secret partner for decades. he made more money than madoff himself and might have faced prosecution without his death last year. the news from the federal courthouse was quite the christmas present for madoff's victims today. the fbi, the irs and the top federal prosecutor announced that jeffrey picower's widow had agreed to turn over all the mo

tennessee with control in ot. cain misses the free throw, her own rebound and the putback. right now, tennessee leads 77-70 in o.t. >> uconn women going for theirle 8-inch win, tying john wooden in wins. hayes two of her 26. uconn up 12. second have. maya moore. catholicking her way -- carving her way through the line. it's 88 straight for uconn. look to break the record tuesday against my florida state seminoles. >> plays of the day at 11:00. though see you then. and there was some more. >> alan: and apparently people weren't too busy shopping to go to the movies. we show you the box office winners coming up. >> alan: jeff brings' sci-fi sequel ruled the box office. "tron legacy" earned $43.6 million, beating out yogi bear. the chronicle0ss of narnia fell to number three, and mark wall berg's the fighter came in third. and rounding out the top five. angelina jolie. thanks for watching. good night.t.t.t.t.t.t.t.t.t.t..

the gentleman from tennessee. mr. roe: thank you, mr. speaker. i do want to again say that in our district and in many districts around the country it's not just veterans day, it's veterans week. we spend an entire week celebrating the service and sacrifice made by our veterans. during this past -- two weeks ago we had veterans day, during the entire week, because most of us as congressmen like to attend as many of these as we can, to show the support in one small community of tennessee, there were almost 6,000 people in the event for veterans. our key note speaker was general livingston, a medal of honor winner, a marine. i attended children the following sunday with a colonel who lost his arm in vietnam, who is a baptist pastor there. and on and on we see stories of these heroes who have served our nation. so i would encourage all of us to support this resolution and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from tennessee yields back. the gentleman from california is recognized. mr. filner: mr. speaker, i urge

y repito pudiera llegar a atlanta, gran parte de tennessee y todos estos sectores.avisos y alertas de tormenta en gobernador parte del suroeste, y en la región sur de los grandes lagos es tormenta invernal, posibilidad de hielo. y se extienden a texas, lluvia que abarca hasta el norte de la florida, y en todo el estado de la florida habrá lluvias. y todo este verde es lluvia, y noten la nieve invadiendo gran parte de georgia, y luego el nordeste con sectores costeros posibilidad de ver nieve. así que 3,4 pulgadas en sectores

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an ice storm is now glazing over tennessee and kentucky. and another round of snow is in store for the upper midwest. karen travers has more. >> reporter: the bitter cold and relentless winter weather are showing no signs of easing up. snow was followed by ice in parts of the midwest. this lighthouse near cleveland is frozen solid. in the southeast, sleet and freezing rain turned roads into skating rinks. at least five people were killed in accidents caused by icy conditions. parts of kentucky and tennessee are bracing this morning for ice accumulations of up to half an inch. >> i couldn't see it. black ice, it's transparent. you can't see it. folks, you have to be real careful. especially if you have a loved one in the car with you. >> reporter: lake-effect snow pummeled upstate new york. with two weeks to go, this month is already the second-snowiest december on record in that region. residents of minnesota are still digging out from their own massive snowfall this week. and officials will are now concerned about how this early winter wea

he served as governor of tennessee, as president of the university of tennessee, as u.s. secretary of education, as a businessman, and also as a hudson institute fellow. for a few hundred votes in the new hampshire primary, he would've been the republican nominee in 1986. the senator has treated his signature red flannel shirt for the more muted suit of it u.s. senate. he is a leader who takes ideas seriously. in recent years, we have worked with him on numerous issues, including the assimilation of immigrants. he and his colleagues will tell you the same. he is one of the most well-liked members on both sides of the senate. that is in part because he has never forgotten his small-town tennessee roots. back in 1994, in the days of strong republican resurgence in congress, former gov. alexander, along with then-hudson senior fellow, promised a new hudson project funded largely by our friends, but not exclusively by our friends, at the liam hadley policy group. the book was a critically acclaimed volume, a hudson institute press crossette. -- press classic. as worthy as the

snow showers on the ground in tennessee and kentucky. so the first elements of this storm are beginning to move toward the u.s. coastline. it doesn't look like this will become a nor'easter. it looks like it will go off the coast. and go straight ute -- out to see. we have clouds this morning. hugh -- humidity. 70 piffer is low for these temperatures at this hour of the day. it is a pretty dwie dry atmosphere. the high drom barometer will suppress the barometric pressure. the high pressure will suppress that storm to the south. if you don't want snow, that's a good thing. winds are calm right now around the area. we are on the cold side of the storm bassing through. 19 at camebridge. 16 degrees and warmer up north. chestertown 34. same at edgewood. parkton 20. here is that high pressure. if there is high pressure, the storm will be held to the south. it will he can plode in intensity. this is the next wave to come through. quickly across the west. so today, cloudy skies. that chance will continue sunday morning. variable winds at 5 miles

the presiding officer: the senator from tennessee. mr. alexander: i'm here tonight in the spirit of my late friend, the author of roots "roots," alex haley, who lived and died by these words, "find the good and praise it." i'm here to commend senator warner, senator chambliss, and the bipartisan group of senators who have focused their attention on this urgent crisis that our country faces, the national debt. this is the way our nation is supposed to work, to see an urgent need, to develop a bipartisan consensus to go to work on it, come up with a strategy to deal with it and get a result. not just make speeches but get a result. we've heard the evidence. we've had the good examples set by five members of our body, two democrats, three republicans, who took a courageous step in their action o on the fiscal commission the other day. we should follow that example. but i'm so encouraged by what i hear. this is the way the senate is supposed to work. let me conclude with just one example from history. i was -- picked up a book the other night

graduated from tennessee state and degree in english in 1964. she married her childhood friend on december 12. they are the parents of fredrick and twins robert and john. her education continued with a master's degree in early childhood literature, and programming in 1975 from webster university. patricia has a successful career as a teacher and children's book editor. she changed careers to become a full time writer of children and young adult books. her goal is to create books for and about african-americans. i write because there is a need to have books for, by and about the african-american experience and how we helped to develop this country. i present

i was born in nashville, tennessee, a little town side of nashville. that is where i grew up, went to high school, met and married my husband. moved back to st. louis where i lived part of my life. i heard people saying missouri and missouri. what is the correct pronunciation of our new home? the best place to go when you want information is where? >> [inaudible]. >> of course, we all know that. i went to the library and the librarian gave me a wonderful book and began a life long friendship with the librarian. missouri is the native american pronunciation. in their language it is the people of the big boats. one word means all of that. missouri. frenchman who came up the mississippi river. they said that would be a great place to have a trading post. they set up a trading post and called it st. louis. missouri became missouri. now i ask you which is correct? missouri or missouri? >> missouri. okay. neither one. [laughter]. you can't say the native americans were wrong for saying missouri. you can't say the french were wrong for pronouncing it in their

same for knoxville, tennessee, cincinnati, louisville, indianapolis, columbus, all those areas have had some snow overnight. definitely be careful as you head outside. as far as new england goes, just some heavy rain left over now from boston up into areas of main so not a lot of snow left. just the temperatures are just bitterly cold in so many spots. that's a look at your monday forecast. now re's a look at weather outside your window. snow showers in chicago, but our accumulating snows for the most part are over with. temperature, high of only 13 today. cleveland, ohio, you're under a winter storm warning. you're going to get heavy lake effect snow. you could see at least another six inches. well, the active weather pattern is in a slowly beginning to get more tranquil. we'll he that forecast coming up. >> t crazy thing, winter hasn't even officially started yet. so -- >> i know. just imagine what january and february are going to be like. >> i don'tant to. >>> a deal in the works. whato look for on wall street this week. and a fashion debate in english proper. your early morning bus

storms don't live up to the hype, but this one has, dumping snow from the dakotas to nashville, tennessee, an behind that precipitation, bitter cold. wind chills here expected to be negative 25 tonight. first came heavy snow. enough to collapse the 9.5 acre roof of the minneapolis metrodome, hope of the minnesota vikings. it gave way this morning, unable to stand up to the fifth heaviest snowfall in twin cities' history, 17 inches in 18 hours. the vikings will now play the morning giants in detroit on monday, but the giants were unable to get to minneapolis anyway because the airport there shut down for the first time in 19 years. roads across the region were also closed. heavy snow kept firefighters from getting to a house fire where two people died. more than 600 vehicles slid off the road. there were so many accidents in iowa, troopers say they quit counting. in lacrosse, wisconsin, where snowplows could not keep up, drivers were urged to keep off the roads. >> stay home. do not come out in this. this is ridiculous. >> reporter: state of emergency has been declared in all 72 wisconsin

tennessee with control in ot. cain misses the free throw, her own rebound and the putback. rit now, tenneee leads 77-70 in o.t. >> uconn women going for theirle 8-inch win, tying john wooden in wins. hayes two of her 26. uconn up 12. second have. ma moore. catholicking her way -- carving her way through the line. it's 88 raight for uconn. look to break the record tuesday against my florida state seminos. >> plays of the da at 11:00. though see you then. and there was some more. >> alan: and apparently people weren't too busy shopping to go to the movies. we show you the box office winners coming up. ♪ leftover dserts, boardroom, now. and hurry before the interns get here. thanks but i aeady have some yummy black forest cake. black forest ce? ♪ so? [ female annncer ] need a guilt free treat? try yoplait light. and i've lost weight. [ female announcer ] with 30 delicious flavors like black fest cake all around 100 calories each. plait. it is so good. younger brother ] oh, do you want it? yeah. ok, 'll split it. [ female announcer ] made fresh, so light... ...buttery and flaky

they are just entering eastern sections of kentucky and tennessee. so we'll start out clear until midnight and then the clouds roll in and we're looking at a cold, cold night. the winds will diminish. it's a small weather event but may have a high-impact. thursday morning commute is okay. the evening commute is a different story. could see light snow. the good news, it's dry snow and that's easier to drive on. and accumulation, either side of an inch, but -- but much more to the south. and very cold, mid teens to mid- 20s. and winds light. look at the lows. 16 in gaithersburg. 18 in rockville. 24 downtown. but 18 in college park and in bowie. and all teens out to the west in fairfax, reston and sterling and also middleberg and leesberg. now here is our future-cast and we'll stop at lunchtime and we see we have a little bit of accumulating snow by 1:00. with much more to the south. over an inch in fredericksberg. and keep going. maybe an inch and a third around d.c. lesser amounts as you go north. but i think we'll see accumulating snow up to the mary

. >> our guest is republican from tennessee and a member of the house communications subcommittee. what is your reaction to this announcement on regulating the internet? >> what we are seeing come from the fcc chairman is a hysterical reaction to a hypothetical problem. we know the fcc is not going to be stopped by common sense, by the judicial system, by the public, or by the debate that was a voted on on november 2nd. "we have to look at is the process by which the -- what we have to look at is the process by which the fcc went about making this decision. we have had years of bipartisan talks about what congress was going to do and how we were going to approach the internet. we have a new congress taking over so the fcc has decided to jam this is shortsighted policy down the throats of the american people and to bypass congress in the process. you know, i think we have to look at the fact that you have had over 300 members of congress signed a letter to the fcc expressing concern over the sec power grab. when there was a net neutrality -- fcc power grab. when there was a net neut

satellite picture, radar combined, clouds entering southwestern virginia and eastern kentucky and tennessee. that's the leading edge of the system we have to deal with tomorrow. because of that, winter weather advisory posted south of town, calvert, fredericksberg, stafford county, doesn't mean you won't see snow in manassas and d.c. and gaithersburg, you will. and we'll break that down in a minute. and overnight, increasing clouds by dawn, lows 16-24 and winds west southwest at 10. we'll come back and tell you if it's snowing in time for the morning commute and how much will fall. >>> a ring of suspected mexican drug cartel members goes down after a joint sting operation between the feds and d.c. police. the group was reportedly looking to bring and sell large amounts of crystal meth here in the d.c. area. our ken molissina explains. >> reporter: streets like those are where drug investigators say crystal meth was headed before they busted men that are mexican nationals and claim to have ties to the mexican cartel known as la fam illia. they have crippled the country. >> we have dealt with

kansas city's game is at tennessee next week. remember the raiders play the chiefs in the final week of the campaign. san diego has to lose one of their final two games. that might be the stumbling block, because those are two easy games. matt cassel back in the lineup for the chiefs, less than two weeks after undergoing an appendectomy. back in the end zone, and they never gave the lead back. chiefs beat the rams 27-13, outcome huge for the 49ers' playoff hopes. pete carroll and his seahawks had a chance to move into sole possession of first place in the west. unfortunately, playing the hot falcons. matt ryan throws 3 touchdown passes, blowing out the seahawks 034-18. atlanta won eight straight, an nfl best 12-2. the winner in the nfc west will not have a winning record. even crazier, the 5-9 49ers still have say in this. they remain a game out of first place and play at st. louis next week. seahawks play at tampa bay. i mean, incredible. >>> eagles and giants, 14 seconds left, tied, deshawn jackson back to return the punt. >> d

tennessee winners over mid- tennessee. number 1. weird night for steven grey at gonzaga.other point. >> what's going on? >> i guess he must have come out of the game. 43-point lead. zags cruise to beat eastern washington for the 23rd straight time. and 30 out of the last 31 games. if i'm the ad of eastern washington i would probably say let's schedule somebody else. let's take gonzaga off the schedule. >> if you hit 18 you're doing okay. if do you that every night you're fine. >> your first six shots i'm done for the night. >> and traveling. >> we will be right back. captions by: caption [ mom ] my son only wanted one toy this year. i want a robosan 4000. [ mom ] the one no one could get. toy stores are reporting long lines and empty shelves. a robosan 4000. [ mom ] and i mean no one. so i did most of my holiday shopping on citi specials. with the money i saved, i bid online -and got exactly what he wanted. -a robosan 4000! [ television ] introducing the new robosan 5000. [ mom ] at least for now. [ male announcer ] make your happy holiday stories come true with citi spec

the presiding officer: the senator from tennessee. mr. corker: mr. president, i want to thank the senator from missouri for her work in setting the ceiling that was adhered to. and i know there's a -- i don't support this bill and i don't -- i didn't ask for any earmarks, and i know the senator from missouri did not ask for any earmarks. i think there's been a lot of frayed feelings, no question. i think we all know that even at the levels -- and i would say that the appropriators i think did agree to a number that was passed out here on the floor. but i think we know even at those levels, spending is higher than it should be. and what i would ask is that the senator from missouri and i continue to work together. i know we've got an amendment that was going to be part of whatever passed to really cap spending and drive it down to the appropriate level of spending relative to our gross domestic product. i know that it's going to take both sides of the aisle to do that. and i know that we've had a deficit-reduction commission that has just

senate in 2000 to come he served as governor of tennessee good as president of the university of tennessee. but for a few hundred votes in the new hampshire primary, he in all likelihood would've been the republican nominee for president in 1996. i should note that the senator has treated his signature red flannel shirt for the more muted plaid suit of the u.s. senate. he was a man of firm conservative principles and strong conviction, a leader who takes ideas seriously. in recent years, we hudson have worked with him on numerous issues, especially assimilation of immigrants. he is, as colleagues would say the same, one of the most well-liked members on both sides of the senate and that they think in part because he has never forgotten his small towns tennessee roots. back in 1994, in the days of the strong republican resurgence in congress, former governor alexander, along with an hudson senior fellow checkers and co-edited the new promise of american life as part of a major hudson project funded largely by our friends, but not exclusively by her friends at the wind and harry bradley foun

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. >>> a tennessee man is being called a real-life santa.e spent the last quarter century helping out the less fortunate in his rural community. he's left little for himself or his family. steve hartman has the story. >> reporter: about 4,000 miles south of the north pole, in eastern tennessee, we found the closest thing to santa i've ever seen. not in looks, but in spirit. and inventory. >> i've got about 25 trailers altogether. that's all toys. >> reporter: is this an elf? >> that's an elf, yeah. >> reporter: your elves are pretty scroungey looking. >> yeah. >> reporter: with the help of a handful of dedicated volunteers -- >> thank you. >> reporter: donations of goods and services. fund-raisers to buy food. >> start loading them cheetos. >> reporter: and a lot of his own money to keep the whole operation rolling. ronnie green has been serving the needy in his town of mascot and the surrounding appalachian communities for 26 years. >> we just feed the poorest of the poor. >> reporter: he's helped so many people, today you can pretty much g

parts of kentucky and tennessee are bracing for ice accumulations of up to a half- inch. upstate new york was pummeled. syracuse got 10 inches yesterday. the rulesrprise that of the minneapolis metrodome collapsed under 17 inches of snow last sunday. the nfl is moving the vikings game to the university of minnesota amador stadium. a dozen states are expecting " worse weather over the next couple days and there will be icy conditions in the mid- atlantic and in the southeast. it will make for cold and bitter commute to this morning. back to you. >> thank you. >>> checking news around the region, investigators are looking for the person or people who stole former mayor marion barry's vehicle. his silver jaguar was stolen from livingston road in southeast on saturday. his keys were in the ignition. the calm has been found. >>> the head of montgomery county public schools is proposing an increase in spending for next year despite the county budget shortfall. jerry weast's proposal does not include any new programs or talks of increases for school employees. >>> holiday decora

she joins us via phone from tennessee. thank you, representative blackburn, we appreciate it. >> doctor good to be with you. >> host: well, markham erickson is the directer of the open internet coalition, represents companies such as google and e pay and netflix. you issued a press release in support of chairman genachowski's proposal. was i fair to use the word tepid? >> guest: well, we think there's a very strong proposal. it's a very good first step. it's a critical step to insure that the internet remains a flat form for inknow -- platform for innovation, free speech, for the continued development of the most revolutionary communications platform ever invented. we've got three weeks now where the commissioners will work among themselves to fine tune this rule. we want to support the commissioners as they work to fine tune this rule. certainly it needs a little bit of further work. but this is a strong rule, and it's a very good first step to insure that the internet doesn't turn into something that looks more like cabl

>> let's take the leader, the state of tennessee. the governor and state leadership said we need 269,000 college graduates to fill our work force needs in the state of tennessee. so with that pool of the economic need it help galvanize the state. then they got good data. they focused their efforts on the five urban school districts in tennessee that disproportionately had the most dropouts. they mobilized outstanding educators, leaders to help principals. most importantly perhaps the community-based supports that these individual students need day in and day out to stay on track. >> warner: did the black students or non-white students improve as much tass white students? >> the good news is that about a third of high school dropouts-- there have been about one third of all public high school students who have dropped out-- and about 50% of minorities. but we've seen a good progress on african-american, hispanics and native americans. this report show cases that good news. >> warner: give us another example, for instance, a specific s

and the aclu warning schools in tennessee not to say merry christmas.s it details and we hope you stay tuned to those reports. >> bill: in the is it legal segment tonight, 29-year-old teacher who taught matt in berkeley illinois suing a school district because they denied her unpaid leave to travel to mecca, saudi arabia. guess who is aiding her in her case can you say attorney general eric holder. she asked for three weeks leave to travel to mecca. the school district said no. that was too much time away from her students. here now attorneys and fox news analyst kimberly guilfoyle and lis wiehl. why is holder and the justice department involved in the first place. this is the first time the justice department is involved in a case like this. >> bill: ever? >> ever. because the civil rights department set up a separate division to go through these sort of cases to see whether or not the department should get involved. title 7 no discrimination. >> bill: first time under the new civil rights division. >> one has to wonder if it isn't something to do with

that precip will move up into tennessee this afternoon and into kentucky tonight.nd for that reason, there are winter storm warnings for much of the state of kentucky including louisville through tomorrow. we've already seen snowfall across this area. we're just along the banks of the ohio river right here and there's already a couple of inches of snow on the ground from what they saw this weekend. so they've already salted the roadways because of this snowfall, about 6 hourks tons,0t and crews are waiting both road crews and utility crews. because with ice storms, tree limbs can come down and that will take down power lines. they're ready for it if it does happen tomorrow morning. i'll toss back to jackqui jeras. how close is that precip into getting first into tennessee and then here in kentucky? >> it will be a while. we don't think it will happen until later on this afternoon or this evening. we've been seeing most of those problems this morning in parts of mississippi and into alabama. the biggest concern has been what's baby going on right here between columb