i think we have a chance to do that in tennessee, to move tennessee for word. i think tennessee can be a place we are about results and not about rhetoric triet so here are my final promises to you. first, i promise to be relentless when it comes to providing the very best service to our taxpayers for the lowest price they deserve it to be the second on the issue or policy, our administration will always work to get the right answer, not just hour own answer. [applause] so many people today are working hard but they are worried about their future and our country's future. we await to them to get it right. let's not waste this chance to get it right for tennesseeans for today, for next year and many years to come. as i stand before you this evening i challenge all of us to believe in better. if the elected leaders of this great state it's what tennesseeans expect from us and that's what we owe to them. working together we are going to achieve a better tennessee. thank you very, very much. [applause] of wcev in richmond. [applause] >> thank you. thank you. you've

i think we have a chance to do that in tennessee, to move tennessee for word. i think tennessee can be a place we are about results and not about rhetoric triet so here are my final promises to you. first, i promise to be relentless when it comes to providing the very best service to our taxpayers for the lowest price they deserve it to be the second on the issue or policy, our administration will always work to get the right answer, not just hour own answer. [applause] so many people today are working hard but they are worried about their future and our country's future. we await to them to get it right. let's not waste this chance to get it right for tennesseeans for today, for next year and many years to come. as i stand before you this evening i challenge all of us to believe in better. if the elected leaders of this great state it's what tennesseeans expect from us and that's what we owe to them. working together we are going to achieve a better tennessee. thank you very, very much. [applause] [applause] the republican government talked about his budget bl

home to nearly all of tennessee's death row inmates. it contains the state's only operating death chamber. yet, even outside death row, the majority of riverbend's convicts are considered so dangerous they remain on lockdown 23 hours a day. you're about to see firsthand the extreme measures prison staff take to control such an explosive population and discover what can happen when so many offenders have so little to lose. nashville, tennessee, is the world-famous home of country music, but just four miles from downtown is home to this state's most violent offenders. it's a high-tech correctional facility called riverbend maximum security institution. riverbend opened in 1989 and sits on 132 acres. it replaced its 100-year-old predecessor, the tennessee state penitentiary, known as the walls. today, riverbend houses close to 700 male inmates, 480 of them are high risk offenders, classified this way because they're a threat to the security of the institution and other inmates. >> we house the worst of the worst including the male inmates,

i introduced myself and told him that i was from northeast tennessee. and he replied he had relatives in northeast tennessee and perhaps i knew some of them. he identified his great uncle ey isaac as having owned a farm. he also identified another great uncle, gentleman by the name of mordecai who lived in the town of greenville. to which i replied, greenville is my hometown. and your great uncle performed the wedding ceremony for me and my wife in 1827. as well as mordecai and i served on the town council together in 1829. i reassured mr. lincoln that he was in good hands in terms of politics, that his great uncle had gained a great many more votes than i had. but like many young men who came into congress at the time, when they went in there with goals. and each of us had a cherished goal that we wanted to achieve in that congress. mine was the introduction of a bill. for mr. lincoln, the introduction of legislation which would have provided for compensation emancipation of slaves in the district of columbia. and like other young men who go into congr

the presiding officer: the senator from tennessee. mr. alexander alexander: thank , madam president. madam president, i ask consent that senator pryor and i and designated senators be allowed to -- to speak in a colloquy. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. alexander: thank you, madam president. madam president, some of the senators on the republican side have other appointments to make so i'm going to defer my remarks until the end of the colloquy. and what i will do is first take -- state why we're here and, second, go to senator isakson and then we'll go to senator pryor and then back to senator collins and we -- if we may. madam president, our leaders, the democratic leader, the majority leader, and the republican leader sometimes get criticized. they have hard jobs and we recognize that. we also recognize that they can't do their jobs unless we do our jobs well. and so tonight what some of us thought we would do on the democratic side and the republican side is apply a -- a management principle that's called catching people

i have hope for tennessee because i have confidence in tennessee whether it's visiting with families after the last spring's deadly tornadoes sitting down with teachers for breakfast or spending time with the garden men and women in iraq and afghanistan i've been struck by the fact that tennessee in from all walks of life are willing to give of themselves to create a better state for our children and grandchildren. [applause] so, what is the state of our state? in many ways you're doing great. in fiscal response of the i am proud that working together we are carrying on that commitment to the taxpayers. we have new jobs last year. the unemployment rate is the lowest its been since 2008. all across the country tennessee is being recognized as a leader in educational reform. but yet, all of us realize we have issues to deal with, unemployment is still too high and we are consistently in the mid 40's when the states are ranked for educational achievement. i don't think any of us should be satisfied. so i stand here tonight and ask you is the current state of our state good enough? no, i

seton, tennessee is going through a teacher/principal evaluation process. i think every -- almost every teacher is involved in it. and that's the result of a program race to top which had an incentive to -- states who wanted to, to do teacher and principal evaluation. what -- what's going on? what's your experience there in your school in memphis, how are teachers and principals responding to it? and what role do you think the federal government ought to have in requiring it, defining it and regulating it? >> good morning. thank you to the chairman and all of you for having me here. we in tennessee are actually i believe setting the standard nationally and hopefully people will start paying attention to what we're doing with regards to the evaluation. we know that if you want something, you have to inspect it or you have to evaluate it. and so we took the lead with accepting the race to the top money and decided that we were going to look at putting a good teacher, an effective teacher in front of every young person that we have in the state of tennessee. m

and that is the state of tennessee that you're visiting today. you heard some of these words earlier. so i'm going to give you just a short excerpt. in october of 1864, word got out that i as military governor was about to issue a proclamation of emancipation for the slaves in tennessee. and this created a large gathering at the state capitol. and i stepped out to address them. and used some of the following words. colored people of nashville. you have all heard of the president's proclamation by which he proclaims that a large portion of the slaves in the state still in rebellion have been declared henceforth and forever free. for reasons which seemed wise to the president. this proclamation did not apply to you or to your native state. consequently, many of you were left in bondage. the fetters still galled your limbs. gradually this inequity has been passing away. but the time has come for the last vestiges of it to be removed. therefore, i, without reference to the president or any other person, have a proclamation to make and standing here o

up a little bit farther north on the tennessee river. he has a wonderful plan before the battle starts. he created a special route of reinforcement. he has communicated with another general wallace about a contingency plan that he will be there within minutes. but nobody likes the guy. and ulysses s. grant does not want to work with him. when sherman is reeling and creating this myth of uncle billy from the potential suicide and johnson is rushing to the hornet's nest, lou wallace from 5:00 to 6:00 to 7:00 in the morning is raring to go. grant doesn't get up to shiloh until 8:30 and passes him on a boat going up river and says we'll get to you. nothing happens. lou wallace is waiting and waiting. not until 11:30 in the morning does lou wallace get the word. what does he do? he gets to the go to the right side where sherman is but it's not written down. grant not knowing about this alternate universe thinks he is going to take the river route. lou wallace thinks he means the road that he has worked at. lou wallace takes off. the order was

in this report, check penny edits to the show ring. >> experiencing tennessee culture and tennessee agriculture lee is pretty much like any 15 -year-old who just happens to be 7000 miles and 14 time zones from home. he's an exchange student from korea and getting it introduces introduction to southern farm life. >> i think at the very good experience for me. >> he is now up full-fledged tennessee for each person and taking part in livestock shows like this one help him. >> i work with, pigs and sheep. maybe i will show the cows also. >> he has owned papers are actually pretty smart and don't require as much hands-on care as sheep and horses, but all animals need attention. >> when i come here i can learn about a lot of things like, how to feed the animals and cleaning. i like it. >> he is an urban kid, he's from so, one of the world's largest cities with more than 25 million people in its metro region. just come into overall area was an adjustment. one thing he has noticed about tennessee is it's not as congested. >> when i look around, there are pigs and cows walking on the ground. and it's in

one of the stops was the andrew johnson homestead in tennessee. a site owned and operated by the national parks service. serve z under president lincoln and succeeded him when lincoln was assassinated. here's a portrayal of johnson and telling the story how he met abraham lincoln. >> in 1847, i went into the th congress for my third term. while i was there i met an extremely tall, raw boned young man representing the prairie state of illinois. his name was abraham lincoln. and we fell into conversation. and i introduced myself and told him that i was from northeast tennessee. and he replied he had relatives in northeast tennessee and perhaps i knew some of them. he identified his great uncle issac as having a farm. which his father thomas lincoln had worked as something of a hired hand in the 1790s. he also identified another great uncle by the name of mortici. where i replied greenville is my hometown. and your great uncle in fact performed the wedding ceremony for me and my wife elisa in 1827 as well as we served on the town council together. an

massachusetts, minnesota, john mccain john mccain, oklahoma and tennessee, consider new jersey, oklahoma and tennessee, the waivers are going to let the states set their own standards for students and school accountability. >>> all of commands doctor, virginia is mourn -- alexandria, virginia is mourning the loss of paramedic joshua weissman. the paramedic is alexandria's first death in the line of duty in more than 100 years. the city's fire chief says weissman was known for going to extra mile -- the extra mile even when off the job. >> joshua visited her home after responding to an accident in her home. josh reassured the mother her son had been thoroughly checked out after being involved in the home accident when the boy's grandmother fell ill while holding the by. that was the kind of person -- boy. that was the kind of person josh was. committed. professional, dedication to the end. >> weissman was among the first

full, broad and unconditional to every man in tennessee. those were words. some four months later we backed them up with action. the convention i called to recreate a local state government to the union, also enacted an amendment to the tennessee state constitution ending forever slavery in this state. which became part of our constitution with a popular vote of the people on february 22nd, 1865. shortly after that i went back to washington to take the seat as vice president. the second highest office in the gift of a free people. five weeks later the war was over. and one of its final casualties. and with his death, the burden he had born for four years fell upon my shoulders. sorrowful times, discouraging times. yet as i spoke to the gathering of the cabinet that came to my rooms at the kirkwood hotel in the morning, i told them i had hope. i had hope that our government having emerged from its present trials would settle on -- and believed this nation would come together and would move forward. and i had good, strong reason for my hope. i had faith in the

but they had to push the union army into the tennessee river before reinforcements came ner wahls had and they had lost a critical three to six hours, johnson came over and said that we need a bay net. -- ba -- he charged the hornet's nend trip me up, men, go get them. and he fell out of the sattle. people thought he fainted. he just dismissed his doctor who could have helped him. he fell off his horse, nobody knew what was wrong, he died in 15 minutes. it turned out that the femur artery behind his knee was hit and it had a magnetic effect on while most people had disfiguring wounds, albert sidney johnson sort of went to sleep. very handsome man, 60 years old. nobody could there was no blood. people were shocked. this was 2:00 in the afternoon and they didn't know quite what to do. they said that colonel jackson had been killed. they department want to ruin morale for -- they didn't want to ruin morale. later the -- the southerners said that thet was galvanized. out of this the created this myth, forget the fact that the hornet's nest should have been bypassed in the first hours of t

but santorum leads in both ohio and tennessee at the moment.ts through to next week, he would be in the chase for real. and gingrich? >> we're going to win the georgia primary and win it decisively. and that is the key. >> but truth is, just georgia won't be enough. like congressman paul gingrich needs a bigger splash and soon if he wants to be more than a role player. we're joined by cnn chief political analyst gloria borger. when you look at that, tennessee and ohio, the big battle grounds. >> right. >> santorum favored at the moment. i was told tonight they raised $9 million last month. so at least for a week, fundraising's not a worry. he's on par financially with romney. should romney try both? should he pick one or the other? >> i think he's going to try ohio ohio ohio. i mean, this is a state that's like michigan only without the family ties. and it's a bellwether state. you know that it's an important state in the general election. i think romney has to prove that he can win in the midwest there. and i also think, by the way, that he's

in areas of virginia, tennessee, and kentucky. the next system is in the middle of the country, bringing light snow to many areas. we're only expecting a couple inches here and there. nothing too major. areas around south dakota could see up to 3 inches. tomorrow colder air covers much of the country. the rain showers will continue in the ohio valley with snow showers in the northern great lakes, otherwise it looks pretty quiet. >>> well, if you're watching us on wood tv in grand rapids michigan in nearby holland learn the history of souvenir post cards at wish you were here the holland museum. that's your "early today" event of the day. >>> now a look at this morning's headlines in entertainment news. two box holdovers made impressive showings beating out two newcomers. "safe house" managed to pull in $24 million in its second weekend. while the row tan tick moving was a close second with $23.6 million. nicolas cage's "ghost rider" came in with a disapoint 2g $2 million despite higher hef-priced 3-d tickets. >>> "this means war"

georgia, tennessee and oklahoma, very conservative voters are expected to become a bigger port of the electorate. polls show romney trailing in ohio, oklahoma, georgia and tennessee, states voting on super tuesday. tahman bradley, abc news, washington. >>> last night stockton agreed to a move that could bring it closer to declaring bankruptcy. the council voted 6-1 to enter mediation and try to renegotiate its debt. i was hit hard by the recession. -- it was hit hard by the recession. cities must have a 60 day mediation period with creditors before they are allowed to file for bankruptcy. city leaders say stockton is on the brink of insolvency. >>> healthier meals coming to south bay schools, hospitals and jails soon. the board of have advisers has approved the most comprehensive nutrition policy in the state. it will affect food and determines served or offered at all county facilities and events. pizza and burgers will be made with more healthier ingredients. chips and sodas will be replaced with trail mix and water. >> we have to start somewhere we have a quarter of the kids in thi

it would ban tennessee public schools from teaching about gay and lesbian subject matters to elementary and middle school students. >> this bill, if amended, does not prohibit the use of the word gay. it does not change the anti- bullying statute and it does not prohibit a school guidance counselor from discussing issues of sexuality with a student. >> i think this law will just kind of draw more attention to tennessee as a place where it is not safe for lbgt in general to just be themselves and try to live a happy life. >> the tennessee governor's office says they will not take a side on this one. for now the bill continues for further debate in the house. >>> is homosexuality appropriate to talk about with 12-year-olds or even 5-year- olds in school and what about kids who may have gay parents? wouldn't that make school life tough for them? weigh in mcginty's mailbag. >>> two weeks ago our andrea mccarren started taking a clove look at the epidemic of teenage drinking and tonight we're work -- closer look at epidemic of teenage drinking and tonight we're working to get some more answe

what the south tried to do with this army was to go up the tennessee river, reclaim the border states and go into southern ohio and threaten cincinnati. they almost did it. sunday morning they got this army. no one thought they could do it. johnston brought it within a few hundred yards of the union line and no one knew it was there. they attacked at dawn. they almost broke immediately the right side of the union army. what i'd like to do at this point is not talk about the tactics but how this battle affected four people who were there in a way that i think affects all of us in this room right now. i should say before we start, there was a lot of famous people here. two future presidents, ulysses s. grant and james garfield fought there. henry morton stanley, the african explorer and john wesley powell who found or recorded the colorado river exploration. but one of them was william sherman. when the battle started at 5:30 in the morning sherman was all through. he was one of the most brilliant military mind in the history of american military operations but not at shiloh that mornin

a couple of polls showing that rick santorum is ahead in tennessee and ohio. we'll, of course, continue to have these events covered. john, the senior adviser to the santorum campaign and taking questions from reporters about strategy for next tuesday. >> hey, john. >> caller: can you give us little outlook on super tuesday, what is your strategy and your organization outlook in ohio? especially in the south, where you're trying to compete with gingrich? >> well, my first goal is to get automat all of you folks that get it right that michigan is different than it was when you went to bed last night. it's not a win for mitt romney, but it's a tie for mitt romney and his home state. so number one, that's one of my most immediate goals. the second thing is, if you've looked at the super tuesday states you find that we're doing very well in many of those states and we believe we can play in almost every single super tuesday state. we're on tv right now in all but i think two or three of those states. we've made trips to almost all of them and we'll be back to many

and that's 1200 jobs in tennessee

>> newt can win in tennessee, georgia, where else?never there has been candidate perceived more moderate versus more conservative, more establishment candidate has typically carried tennessee in these contest. it should be a contest romney does well in, but as you start to look ahead on the remaining schedule here, romney hasn't demonstrate and ability to connect cultureally with the base of the party, he can be the nominee without connecting with the base of the party in the south but means it will be a turbulent relationship. >> the only test we had of the lds connection is the pan hahan in florida. >> it helped in nevada, didn't help him in the panhandle. >> howard, is this a prelim, impact statement? >> you have to understand next the super tuesday won't settle anything. that is mistake on it. i think it will be a divided result. that is most likely. given what we know about the likely results tonight. i think newt gingrich as you said is in a strong position to do well in georgia and the most delegates are at stake in georgia bec

if he can't win tennessee that means he wins only georgia. think we'll discount that as his home state. >> ifill: i saw ron paul being interviewed on cnn he was asked what is the one state you can win. he said i don't worry about that stuff. that is somebody else's job. >> i think he might win maine. they report out on saturday. he's gotten big crowds in maine. it's the kind of slightly quirky state. a caucus state. where a small band of really devoted followers perhaps can make a difference. but of course i don't think ron paul is really running for the nomination. he's running to affect the course of american history. to affect the platform. to make a statement. so for him it seems to me it's easier to see a path for him to stay in this all the way to tampa than it is for the other two challengers. >> i agree entirely but if we're looking for a quirky state that ron paul could win i think it says something about his overall prospects. >> ifill: okay. every week you're sitting in this chair, stu rothenberg, susan page, thank you both very mu

he said he's moving on to tennessee and ohio. he was doing very well, according to the latest polls, in those states. after all the talk this evening about whether or not rick santorum missed an opportunity here talking about the social issues when perhaps he should have been talking about fixing the economy in a state that has been hard hit, i went up to santorum after his speech this evening and asked him, are you thinking about recalibrating your message? do you think that perhaps the robocall was a mistake? here's what he had to say. >> senator, do you think you'll recalibrate your message today? >> that's a pretty good message. obviously did very, very well. >> do you think the robocall was a mistake? >> no, it wasn't a mistake. >> where do you go from here? >> well, i'm going to tennessee and ohio and a lot of other places. >> you're doing well in a lot of those states. >> we feel great. we feel great. >> what's your name? so nice to meet you. >> the fact that you came so close to beating -- you've got the resources to keep

he said he's moving on to tennessee and ohio. those are two states where he's doing very well, according to the latest polls in those states, and after all of the talk this evening about whether or not rick santorum missed an opportunity here, whether it was talking about the social issues when perhaps he should have been talking about fishing the economy in a state that has been hard hit in the economy like michigan. i went up to rick santorum after his speech and asked him, are you thinking about recalibrating your message, do you think the robo call was a mistake? here is what he had to say. do you think you're going to recalibrate your message. >> it did well. >> you think the robo call was a mistake? >> i don't think it had anything to do with it. where do you go from here? >> going to tennessee and ohio. >> those states are pretty favorable to you. you're doing well in a lot of them. >> we're doing great, great. thank you. >> are you proud of the victory, the fact you came so close to beating? >> pretty close. >> you got th

one of the stops was the national civil rights museum in memphis, tennessee. the museum is on the side of the lorraine motel where martin luther king, jr. was assassinated in 1968. it opened as the national civil rights museum in 1991. and 2011 marks its 20th anniversary. the museum's director of governmental and political affairs, gwynn harmon, led the tour. welcome to the national civil rights museum, the the lorraine motel where dr. king was staying in 1968. what you're looking at is a part of living history. as you walk through, we'll be explaining to you america's civil rights story. not just the south story or the memphis story. this is about the american civil rights movement. because of that, and we are a national site, we start our tour experience in the year 1619. and as you walk through the space, you're walking through history and through eras. when you finish on this side, you will end on april 4, 1968. we believe here that america's civil rights movement did not stop with the death of king. he was a strong influence and strong impact on so many n

in the best of the rest of the news if your job in tennessee is enforcing marijuana laws and it appears you can smoke all the marijuana you want yourself without consequence that's the case with daniel elks the director of tennessee's alcohol beverage commission which also plays a key role in marijuana law enforcement basically the story goes like this police went to alex's home with really tragic news that her husband had died in a car accident they got there and noticed the back doors open so they went in to make sure there wasn't an intruder in the house or anything. else was at home at the time but the officers found pot in rolling papers on her kitchen table ironically right next to her marijuana eradication taskforce sticker report was filed but nothing came of it charges were pressed the marijuana wasn't even confiscated and alex still has her job cracking down on pot offenders it was all swept under the rug. now look this is a sad story the woman just lost her husband and its son clear of the marijuana was even hers she shouldn't be arrested and she probably should lose her job

up the tennessee river as far as they want to go, chattanooga if they'd like. what it did was eventually result in the battle of shiloh, well, pittsburgh landing. which the confederates lost, too, as well as p-ridge in arkansas. so, you lose a good hunk of arkansas and any chance to make missouri a bona fide, de facto confederate state. jefferson davis in his inaugural speech delivered not too far from here on february 22nd, a few days ago, george washington's birthday, not by chance, said this is the darkest hour of our struggle. and our struggle in davis' perspective just got darker and darker after that. lee himself had lost arlington, his home, which wasn't really his home, it was his wife's home, but it was the closest thing he had to a home, ever. he lost his wife, who was trapped behind enemy lines during most of that spring. he had one daughter behind enemy lines. all of his investments. lee was pretty shrewd. he invested in state bonds and railroad bonds, but most of those bonds were in places like kentucky and missouri. he wrote to his oldest son, i e

pretty good rains in central tennessee right now. in the lower left of the screen right now. our temperatures for the time being will be warm enough that when any precipitation finally makes it to the ground, it should be rain. 41 at the inner harbor. we are solidly above freezing in the area. 87% the humidity. we have an east wind at 5. mostly cloudy skies right now. the east winds and the storm coming in from the west both combine to give us moisture today. the storm coming out of the west. the track will be will be just to our south. we'll be on the north edge of it on the cold side. that's why we're including a potential for a snow mix. right now annapolis is 40. chestertown 37. parkton and westminster 36. frederick right at freezing. temperatures around freezing. also out in western maryland right now. here's the cloud picture. some of these clouds might produce a couple sprinkles. again our air is pretty dry. there are some breaks of clouds. especially east of the bay. the farther west you go, clouds get a little thicker. we have this rain area. we have a band of snow u

mainly in tennessee, michigan, also in dallas, texas.unities in dallas, texas. so the opportunities are good at nissan these days. >> your ceo said that 2012 was going to be a record year. that's quite a statement given that the auto industry was on the brink of bankruptcy. what's fueling this growth? >> what i think, al, is nissan in 2011 -- 2010 -- 2011, i'm sorry, had a great year. 14.7% growth. and i think what's fueling that is the customers are back. i think the customers are ready to buy cars, buy trucks. they are coming out of the crisis. they need to get back, buy new vehicles. replace those they have in the past. i think new product introductions. the pathfinder. we launched a new versa. so we're excited about that. and i think the customer is responding. >> now you -- nissan has always made an investment in electric cars which would provide jobs a year and going forward into the future. is that right? >> that's absolutely true. in tennessee, for example, we're building a new plant to build our 100% electric nissan leaf. and th

the confederate troops that had been stationed in new orleans earlier had been called upriver to tennessee to meet the union threat there arch grant had captured fort donaldson leaving behind only local militia which fled at the approach of the fleet. the city was virtually defenseless except for two with 14 guns flanking the river at chalmette, three miles down stream from new orleans where andrew jackson had stopped the british in 1815, but nothing was going to stop faragut. five of his ships including the hartford came on firing first with their bow guns and then veering to fire crushing broad sides into the works. in 20 minutes the confederate guns were silenced. those who could run, farragut reported to secretary of the navy, were running in every direction, cut off and isolated down river with butlers troops finally approaching the forts, the garrison at fort jackson mutinied and both forts surrendered to porter and the navy ships that had remained there. farragut led the fleet to new orleans where they found the ships on the water front burning and thousands of bails of cotton float

>> well, the two key ones are ohio and tennessee. ohio is an absolute must-win, i think for both rick santorum and for mitt romney. ohio is famous as a bellwether state. famous as a battleground state. if rick santorum is going to win a big state, it has to be that because it neighbors his hometown of pittsburgh and the small town of butler where he's actually from in western, pennsylvania. he's going to be carrying his manufacturing message and he's going to have to carry it there. tennessee is a state where mitt romney has to show that he can win southern votes. that he can win in the bible belt. tennessee, and certainly nashville is kind of the cosmopolitan capital of the bible belt, if you will. and if mitt romney is going to have a receptive message, it's going to have to be there. i think those are the two key states. >> let's go to jonathan on the same questions. it seems to me if mitt romney wins ohio, rick santorum has a hell of a long race to go. it looks like he can't win if he can't win ohio? >> that's probably right. you

he cannot stop giving. >> newt is expected to do well in the georgia and tennessee, he could lose tennesseeevangelical. the evangelicals love santorum. because he is more of a evangelical's evangelical. >> and the cancellation of the debate hobbles newt. >> i refuse to give up the dream. gingrich campaign, if you can hear me. coming up republicans are reeling from the retirement announcement of congress woman snowe and dwyre, next on "now." [ male announcer ] this is lois. the day starts with arthritis pain... a load of new listings... and two pills. after a morning of walk-ups, it's back to more pain, back to more pills. the evening showings bring more pain and more pills. sealing the deal... when, hang on... her doctor recommended aleve. it can relieve pain all day with fewer pills than tylenol. this is lois... who chose two aleve and fewer pills for a day free of pain. [ female announcer ] try aleve d for strong all day sinus and headache relief. [ female announcer ] try aleve d this one's for all us lawnsmiths. grass gurus. doers. here's to more saturdays in the sun. and budgets better

our education correspondent rehema ellis is live for us tonight in tennessee near memphis, one of the schools that will no longer have to abide by no child left behind. good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. no child left behind passed with huge bipartisan support and the best of intentions. as states began to implement the law, schools noticed many started to complain that schools were becoming too test-oriented, some lowering standards to make the grade. today, ten states were granted a waiver giving them new flexibility to improve their schools. >> they know the beginning and the end. >> reporter: this middle school outside memphis is considered a good school in tennessee. but under no child left behind, it's at risk of being labeled a failure because nearly 50% of its students are not proficient in reading and math. today, tennessee was one of the ten states granted a waiver from requirements that have been the law of the land for a decade. >> the waiver allows measures that are more tied to growth and you can get a student where they start, intervene and measure that gro

rain developing already in western tennessee. we could have a few areas of light rain later this evening especially if after sunset. 44 degrees right now at dulles airport -- in d.c. and 39 at dulles airport. not a bad start to our wednesday. 61 this afternoon, 40's tonight. 270 on tomorrow. friday, still mild for the first act of the day mid 60's. and temperatures will drop by the weekend. periodically this afternoon it will be breezy. but especially saturday and friday, gusty wind. >> maybe this will help with the commute. vdot addressing delays on the beltway southbound and 66 westbound because of recent traffic pattern changes. to ease congestion, and vdot will restore exit 49, interstate 495 south to 66 westbound tour that will go from one ramps lane to two. and a fifth lane along 66 westbound will be opened. it's 37 degrees in herndon. >> where the markets start today and what the dow jones bounce back means for the nation's economic outlook. >> ♪ oh, come on, baby, don't you want to go? ♪ >> the president's singing the blu