but when the johnson family came back to their home in home ille, tennessee and state of tennessee, what was the them.ion at home for >> surprisingly, very, very good. remember back in the civil war, him a traitor ng and whatnot. now there's signs he was a patriot. to have him come back. the tone completely changed from eing very, very poz p negative to extremely positive. >> the townspeople were sending telegrams, what day you're going be here. tell us what day you'll be here. we want to plan a relate we want it to be good. >> this was just the native son ffect or the politics had changed and they were more receptive to it? traitor comments came when east tennessee was in the hands -- confederacy. what's your question? caller: i would like to know if originalon home is the state of franklin in eastern tennessee. and is it true that president buried in a flag and had the constitution on his hip? thank you. >> yes. the homestead came later. was the area where they attempted to create the state of franklin early on -- really after the revolution. and, yes, andrew johnson is flag.d with the

but i guess from the state of tennessee -- [cheers and applause] i guess from the state of tennessee -- tennessee just standing people you know.9,000 a month they should have say. >> the current system gives families up to $189 for welfare assistance. >> jon: because $190 would spoil them. who is this state legislator who wants to turn tennessee education into the actual hunger game? >> this comment from tennessee state senator stacy campfield in a serious radio interview raised eyebrows he said aids was transmitted to humans because one guy had sex with a monkey and then started having sex with men. [audience boos] >> jon: two things, i always knew the man in the yellow hat was bad news. [cheers and applause] two, -- [laughter] -- bicurious george. [laughter] and two, did you read that sex monkey story in the new england journal of (bleep). >> i'm not expecting the kids to write the magna carta. abc's, 123's i believe any parent could do that. >> jon: you believe aids began when a guy had sex with a monkey. that has to be worth 40% of your salary. [cheers and applause] and you do kn

and goes to work in tennessee and pays taxes in tennessee and collects taxes in tennessee. we'll treat you as well as we do the local folks but we're not going to treat you better and put you at advantage with our hometown businesses. that's what this is about and that's all it's about. let's make clear what this is not. not a tax. it's about taxes already owed. taxes already owed. not a federal tax. state taxes already owed. sales taxes and use taxes, that's all we're talking about. are we telling any state they must do this or must do that? no. we're saying to states we're simply affirming the spirit of the 10th amendment, which says you have the right to decide for yourself, mr. governor, ms. legislator, what your state tax structure ought to be. up to you if you want to just have some people pay the sales taxes and use taxes that are owed and other people not pay them, that's up to you too. that's your business. but this is a states' rights 10th amendment decision that leaves to the state this ability. i wanted to talk mostly about what we're talking about. we're talkin

in 2005 tennessee department of corrections announced brushy mountain will be closed.on will be replaced by a more modern and cost efficient facility, one designed to house more than 2,500 inmates. at

[laughter] besides, the governor is confident that tennessee can go it alone, because tennessee alreadyas a great plan for getting affordable healthcare to the those who need it: a health care lottery. twice a year, residents who have high medical bills and who wouldn't be eligible for tenncare can call a state phone line and request an application, but they need to do it quick, because the line shuts down after 2,500 calls-- typically within an hour. yes, for one hour, twice a year a few lucky people are allowed to live. [laughter] i think we've got some footage. >> come on down! [cheers and applause] >> stephen: don't forget. please spay or neuter your poor. [laughter] now since the line is only open for an hour, would-be applicants are encouraged to use multiple phones, and to dial and dial and dial. [laughter] yes, keep calling! and if you do get through, make sure you shout "tennessee tenncare has all the healthcare hits!" and you'll win two tickets to see your dermatologist live at the bourbon blues and boogie bar! [laughter] of course, if you miss the window to call in, don't wor

and i'm delighted to say we're now joined by tennessee state senator, stacy campfield, good afternoon, sir. >> martin, it's always good to be on this show. unfortunately, you started off with so many lies, it's going to be definiteifficult for me to g through. >> are you using temporary assistance to needy families as a kind of financial motivation, if you like? incentivizing cash payments to encourage kids to study? is that your thinking? >> well, first off, it has absolutely nothing to do with food stamps or food credits or wic or school lunches or anything having to do with food. >> mr. campfield --

we would love to have you in tennessee.laughter] john: will smith says he supports higher taxes but when learned about france 75% tax rate. >> his reaction was telling. [speaking japanese] [speaking french] >> 75? that is different. 75? god bless america. john: we can laugh about the hypocrisy of celebrities but let's go back to the question of fairness. shared sacrifice. and to say to me more than 1 million bucks to have to pay at least 30 percent of taxes which is the buffet rule. that is reasonable that those with more should pay more. >> we should progress you make 10 times as much i think it is right y would pay 10 times as much as i do. that seems obviously fair but when you look at warren buffett but he paid about 6100 of 1 percent of his income in taxes. that is not fair and does not include his not paying pital gains because aeons berkshire hathaway and the company buys the stocks not him personally and also an insurance company that has a huge tax advantage. warren buffett is the master and king of tax circumventi

tennessee and massachusetts and n to some degree hawaii. the states tried it and if it worked we did it . if it didn't we wouldn't. >> you are right. of course, members of congress didn't read the bill. we need plain, honest engish. am i right? that members of congress will vote -- read before they vote on it. congress repeated the mistakes of like new york where we are today . the fact is, congress passed a law that requires everybody to buy a one size fits all health insurance plan that covers many things that plans didn't cover before. it is passing the law. only car is a fully loaded cadillac . that's why the prices will be so hh. >> to betsy's exact point. health insurance start indeed the 60s. doctors said we can't get what we want because patients will not pay for it. it is way too comprehensive and now obama care expands it. instead of looking at the program you can look at medicare and people who are sick can't get seen. obama care gives it to more and morpeople . you have cadillac and bronze plans and platinum plans . they are apt

we would love to have you in tennessee.aughter] john: will smith says he supports higher taxes but when learned about france 75% tax rate. >> his reaction was telling. [speaking japanese] [speaking french] >> 75? that is different. 75? god bless america. john: we can laugh about the hypocrisy of celebrities but let's go back to the question of fairness. shared sacrifice. and to say to me more than 1 million bucks to have to pay at least 30 percent of taxes which is the buffet rule. that is reasonable that those with more should pay more. >> we should progress you make 10 times as much i think it is right you would pay 10 times as much as i do. that seems obviously fair but when you look at warren buffett but he paid about 6100 of 1 percent of his income in taxes. that is not fair and does not include his not paying capital gains because aeons berkshire hathaway and the company buys the stocks not him personally and also an insurance company that has a huge tax advantage. warren buffett is the master and king of tax circumve

if you want to do business in tennessee, play by tennessee rules by tennessee law. and if you don't, well then you don't have to do business in tennessee. it's just that simple and fair. in terms of imposing a new tax, this bill does not create one new tax. first, there are no federal taxes in here, none. and second, we don't even have the power to impose a new state tax, a state sales tax, nor would we try. no new taxes. simply a question of compliance and collecting the taxes already owed in the 46 states that currently have sales and use taxes. i urge my colleagues to come forward tonight at 5:30, vote for cloture on the motion to proceed. let us engage in this important debate. let us not put this off another day, another week, another month. let's bring this to a conclusion in the senate with a good, wholesome debate on a bipartisan basis, germane, relevant, constructive amendments that address some of the issues are welcome. bring them forward and let's not burn up the hours of the day and the hours of the week in quorum calls but let's get down to the busines

don't let your guard down, tennessee lawmakers.cause what is a mop sink other than a muslim mop bath? think about it, a mop is nothing but a beard on a stick, it's osama bin moppin'. [cheers and applause] well, now that we have these sharia mops in our custody, it's time to find out exactly what they're up to. now folks, this next part might be disturbing so, hit record on your tivos. [laughter] let's do this thing. if you saw zero dark thirty you know what is coming, all right. [laughter] get ready to talk exum! come on! get ready to talk scum. come on. who do you work for? right there, come on. gaaahh! have you been in connect with have you been in contact with al-zwahiri's swiffer? answer me! nothing. all right, have it your way. but i am gonna mop the floor with you, buddy. pçblm$dd t![8d",zm,xn9 [cheers and applause] >> stephen: welcome back, everybody. my guest tonight is a pig farmer. let's go meet him in "the cadillac interview part of my studio." please welcome carl edgar blake. [cheers and applause] thank you. about ten m

but when the johnson family came back to their home in greenville, tennessee and home state of tennessee, what was the reception at home for them. >> surprisingly, very, very good. remember back in the civil war, they were calling him a traitor and whatnot. now there's signs he was a patriot. they're proud to have him come back. the tone completely changed from being very, very negative to extremely positive. >> the townspeople were sending telegrams, what day you're going be here. tell us what day you'll be here. we want to plan a relate exception and we want it to be good. >> this was just the native son effect or the politics had changed and they were more receptive to it? >> traitor comments came when east tennessee was in the hands of the con -- confederacy. >> robert, what's your question? caller: i would like to know if the johnson home is the original state of franklin in eastern tennessee. and is it true that president johnson was buried in a flag and had the constitution on his hip? thank you. >> yes. the homestead came later. but this was the area where they attempted to creat

>> georgia. >> so i have to have a tennessee license. >> you have to have a tennessee license. >> withoutks away. total weekend weapon hall, three semi automatic handguns with extra magazines and one semi automatic rifle with a 30 round magazine. total spent, $2800. all done without showing any identification, without filling out a single form, not even so much as a name exchange. the team now has a small arsenal which can never be traced. martin savidge, cnn, atlanta. >>> i am don

our students will not just be competing with other kids from knoxville or east tennessee.y will be competing for jobs and opportunities which young people from across the country and around the globe. >> need to find a way to get inrybody fully engaged education in our county and in our state to understand the needs and come up with ideas for the problems we have. >> mr. president, without funding, businesses are losing opportunities to fulfill their macs -- students are losing opportunities to fulfill their maximum potential. because of the current economic situation, schools have not received as much funding as they should. this is the most important issue right now. mr. president, please help fund education. ♪ ♪ ♪ congratulations to all the winners in this year's student camp competition. to see more videos, go to student cam.org. >> next, your is it -- your calls and comments on "washington journal," then newsmakers." is the predictability in judge bourne. what are the assurances that this committee and the senate has as to where you will be given the background and th

you moved to tennessee to avoid paying california's income taxes. >> that's correct.n it's really phenomenal there's no state income tax, no capital gains tax. there's no estate tax. it's really phenomenal in tennessee and it's a great state. >> you are an affluent guy, it's just the state taxes how much difference does it make? how much money do you rich people need? >> i need a lot. i don't mind paying more in taxes, john. i don't mind it at all to be honest with you. i just minded paying more as a percentage of my income affecting the decisions. i would like to pay more and pay more with a broad rate flat tax. that's not what these guys do. they go right at a small base with a high rate that does the most damage they don't get the money. look at california. they have the highest tax rates in the world they are slowing in growth and the re news aren't coming in provision of public service is one of the worst in the country. >> you can save them. your new book entitled eureka how to fix california. >> yes, i can. >> the way to fix it is to leave it? >> if they doesn'

. >> we met edward mckowen in tennessee at the river bend institution. >> i was ordained as a catholic priest in nashville in january of 1970. i served as an active priest for 19 years at which time i was in effect mustered out of the priesthood because of my behavior. i am, in effect, a child molesters. >> according to police investigators, mckowen admitted to molesting 22 boys, both during and after his time as a priest. the statute of limitations had run out on all but one. it got him a 25-year sentence. >> i certainly had some anxious moments when i walked in because of the way child molesters are traditionally treated in prison, which is not very good, you know. but the truth is, i have not been mistreated at all, either by inmates or staff. >> mckowen is lucky, as sex offenders go. he's assigned to the prison's one minimum security wing where most of the inmates are more interested in going home rather than getting in trouble. it's not the only positive thing mckowen sees in his incarceration. >> i was a catholic priest for a long time. i was then and i am now, you know, a person

and this is our hometown greenville, tennessee! room for a personal life in this lifestyle? >> there will be a time for that. you know, this is such a blessing, a charmed season for us to just really buckle down and work hard. i mean, we've worked towards this moment to be on these stages for over a decade now. so i think we certainly even share that commitment to making the most of this moment. all those other moments will happen when they're meant to. >> reporter: for "nightline." i'm amy robach in new york. >> the band perry's latest album "pioneer" was released today. it's time now for "tonight's closing arguments." samoa air announces it will begin charging passengers for their weight. the company says the more passengers weigh, the more it costs to fly them to their destinations. so what do you think? is samoa's policy sensible or dis-christmas tear? weigh in or tweet us. thanks for watching abc news. "good morning america" will be right here in the morning. good night, america. ♪ ♪ if loving you is wrong ♪ i don't wanna be r

under this tennessee republican bill, you, the average voter in tennessee, would no longer get to voten party primaries for senate candidates. instead the legislature would do it. the legislature would just pick each party's nominees for senate and you would only get to vote in the general election. it's kind of a papa knows best thing. it's as far as you can go toward getting around the 17th amendment without actually repealing it. the bill got through a senate committee in tennessee. the vote was 7-1 in favor of it. the republican senate speaker said that the bill's chances looked like at least 50-50 to him. after some national attention, though, and a bit of a freakout caused by that committee vote, tennessee republicans appear now to have taken the bill off the calendar for now. the senate sponsor saying he's just going to wait a while on this. but it's not just some republicans in tennessee who are going there, who think that people should stop electing our senators. across the state line in georgia, republicans also have a bill calling for voters to lose that particular voting ri

the presiding officer: the senator from tennessee. mr. alexander: i ask that the quorum call be vitiated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. alexander: mr. president, occasionally my -- some of my friends on the other side of the aisle will say that president obama is being poorly treated on his nominations. now, that -- that didn't ring true it me because it seemed to me that just the reverse was true. i have spent a good teal of time in the last -- a good deal of time in the last two congresses actually making it easier for any president to have his or her nomineeations considered in a timely -- nominations considered in a timely fashion. there are about 1,000 nominations that a president makes in the whole government that are subjected to advise and consent. this is the constitutional authority of the -- of the united states senate. it's put there deliberately by the founders to provide a check and balance. the founders didn't want a king. they had been accustomed to tyranny and they wanted to think of ways to avoid that, so

martha came up frequently in polk administration or the other tennessee president.hool? >> she went to school there -- shep went to school in washington. >> she didn't go to school off of the way the polk administration did? >> sarah polk was a great one. mrs. polk didn't have children of her own. she often times invited the young girls in the school that were there. she became quite friendly with mrs. polk and harriet lange who was buchanan's niece. so she's kind of?-- she came into politics thereupon the back

this is the season for parades in tennessee. on weekends and fridays, i go home and i have a rule of thumb. walk in parades. i put on my red and black plaid shirt that i walk across tennessee in. i walked in the st. patrick's day in erin, in the mule day parade in colombia, 100,000 people there, lots of mules. i always try to walk at the front of the mule day parade for obvious reason. tomorrow i was looking forward to walk in the parade at the paris fish fry. but if we continue to object to every amendment in this bill, i won't get to walk in the parade at the paris fish fry tomorrow. but we'll pass the vote on saturday and i suspect with 74 or 75 votes. i thank the president and i yield the floor. i notice the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: # quorum call: a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from nebraska. mrs. fischer: mr. president, i rise today in support of a resolution -- the presiding officer: the senate is in a quorum call. mrs. fischer: mr.

>> georgia. >> so i have to have a tennessee license? have a tennessee license. >> yes, you sure do. >> thank you. >> yeah. >> i know he would like to sell it. >> without proof of residency, the seller refers the deal, and our team walks away. our total weekend weapon haul is three semiautomatic handgun with extra magazines and one semiautomatic rifle with a 30 round magazine. total spent? $2,800. all done, without showing any identification, without felling out a single form, not even so much as a name exchanged, the team now has a small arsenal which can never be traced. martin savage, cnn, atlanta. >> wow. checking our top stories now at 11 minutes past the hour. in suburban atlanta a deadly end to a bizarre hostage take. a hostage sweeps into a gun, and the gunman is dead after a brief gunfight. his hostages firefighters that responded a call that turned into a trap. >> made entry into the home, and they were taken hostage by him, and then he started making demands. these demands were to have his power turned back on. apparently he i

was her >> she grew up in a political household and tennessee. her father was a local politician, so she grew up loving politics. she married james after he won a seat in the legislature. she would not have married him if he was a flirt. james polk,tely for he died after being in the white began and sarah became -- her widowhood. it became sa shhingne to her husband. she would invite anybody who wanted to to come visit and see the objects she had collected through their political career. >> to live there for many years on her own. during the civil war, generals on both sides would come and visit her to pay respects. it is an interesting commentary on what beloved status she held. >> she was honest about her husband's work. she went to every post she could go to with him. she went through the arduous journey. thewas very well-liked in diplomatic community. they met all kinds of people. friends and enemies and others. they had to make things work. they were very experienced people. they were more sophisticated than what is around them. shouldfelt t

he had twice lost the governorship of tennessee. before that he had been a one term governor, and before that a member of congress. he was a lawyer, practicing law in tennessee. he was what is known as the dark horse candidate. he had hoped to get the vice president's nomination, that is what he was pushing for. and suddenly, out of nowhere polk is the presidential nominee. most people don't know who he is. he becomes president and almost immediately puts us in a position to have a war with mexico. he pushes for the war. he is prepared to declare war on ,exico, and sends troops including zachary taylor, who will be the next president, he to thechary taylor mexican border in an area that is completely disputed at all international asset belongs to mexico. polk says it is american land. taylor's troops are there, he goes to his counted and they vote on a saturday afternoon to ask for a declaration of war against mexico. a message, he gets because it takes a long time to get information from mexico to washington. that night he gets a m

and ripped apart this building in tennessee. that hail in houston, so heavy, it looked like snow. pelting the streets that seemed to become rushing rivers. >> all of a sudden, hail started hitting the car really hard. it started pouring. we couldn't see anything. we we driving real slow. >> reporter: this driver slowed down. but 150 others had to call houston police to be rescued. fortunately, no one was killed. but flash flooding is the number one storm-related killer. that means, on average, flooding kills more people than tornadoes and twice as manhtning. >> i thought we was just going to be able to go through it. and then, you know, proceed on. but then, when we got to here, i started to seeing the water getting higher. and it didn't go down. >> reporter: here's why. water builds up quickly. and within minutes, just two feet of matter can literally move your car. tonight, as severe storms and flash flooding attack the southeast, a warning. turn around, don't drown. >> wow. it's stunning it moved in so quickly as we watched it all. ginger with us now. and you say the rain is go

tennessee, south carolina and georgia.p, he will ajay in north georgia, the venue small and selection limited. >> there weren't a lot of vendors, wasn't a lot of product for people to buy. >> reporter: next, the crew went north to kings port, tennessee for a saturday morning local gun show held in a hotel convention center. it was a smith & wesson mp .45 caliber semiautomatic that first caught our producer's eye. asking price, $625. >> it's a nice one. it's not brand-spanking new, but -- make me an offer. >> cash and carry or do i have to pay for is it? >> cash and carry. >> reporter: but it's early and the team opts to keep looking. 10 to 20 minutes later, they circled back to the same table, negotiating for the same gun. >> $600 for that? >> this one? >> yes, box it up. >> it's a deal. no background check. it's not needed for a private sale. but the seller is legally required to check i.d., like a driver's license to make sure the buyer is not from out of state. in this case, no identification asked for, no paperwork, no