the gentleman from tennessee. mr. roe: thank you, mr. speaker. as we begin debate on these important bills, i'd like to take a moment to thank outgoing chairman jeff miller for his tireless work on behalf of our nation's veterans and of course on behalf of florida's first congressional district. chairman miller has led the house veterans' affairs committee through tumultuous times at the v.a. through his service and extensive oversight, he's exposed a bureaucracy that's failed veterans time and time again. his commitment to veterans has never waivered. and he has started the v.a. on a path to reformser form an agency so debt prattly needed. it is han been an honor to serve beside him. i know i have big shoes to fill. he leaves behind a legacy of a statesman who has never compromised his principles or forgot the people he was elected to serve. on a personal note, jeff has become a dear friend and i know our friendship will continue long after he's left these halls. for the last six years, veterans have had a friend in

we are talking about a battle in middle tennessee. why should that interest many of you around here? the rest of the story, so to speak. these are all commanders who will be at franklin who all have connections with this area of virginia. featherstone, general kimball who fought jackson in the valley. brigade commander. you have james wilson, whose last stints in the shenandoah valley. before being assigned to the west to come in the cavalry. we have one of the confederate generals who died in franklin. he was on the staff of bernard b . you have milton clark, the kernel of the 183rd ohio infantry. they are still bringing in troops that late in the war. a few miles west of here -- close on the anniversary right now -- cedar mountain, he is one of the soldiers there. he is a member of the seventh ohio. another regiment that fights around here and will be called the gettysburg before his unit transfers west. old allegany johnson. goes off to the prisoner of war camp. when he is released, he is transferred to the army of tennessee. this

we are talking about a battle in middle tennessee. why should that interest many of you around here? the rest of the story, so to speak. these are all commanders who will be at franklin who all have connections with this area of virginia. featherstone, general kimball who fought jackson in the valley. brigade commander. you have james wilson, whose last stints in the shenandoah valley. we have one of the confederate generals who died in franklin. a brand-new regiment. still bringing in troops that late in the war. a few miles west of here -- cedar mountain, he is one of the soldiers there. he is a member of the seventh ohio. old allegany johnson. goes off to the prisoner of war camp. when he is released, he is transferred to the army of tennessee. this is the rest of the story, so to speak, with some of the local connections in northern virginia. when you really study franklin, john bell hood and his coming into command, franklin is a tragic episode for his army, but also for him. hood tried, he really did, in some ways, just a guy wa

eventually spread to the nearby town of gatlinburg, tennessee. the juveniles arrested yesterday as part of the arson case that is worked by local, state and federal investigators. local district attorney says they believe other charges are possible. according to him, they are keeping all of their options on the table. that includes seeking transfer of the cases to the adult criminal court. 14 people lost their lives. nearly 1,400 structures in tennessee either damaged or destroyed by the fire. we traveled to gatlinburg to see the damage for ourselves. you see the smoldering rubble of the very picturesque region of tennessee. heavy rains helped the firefighters extinguish the flames and now residents are rebuilding their lives and accessing the region for self d several days. the general public will access on friday as the investigation presses forward with two juveniles behind bars. >>> thank you. disturbing details in the warehouse fire in oakland. the city said the warehouse had not been inspected for 30 years. there were repeated complaints ov

and this time moving at the little town of springhill tennessee. and never were and that's one of -- that would be springhill. and that gets set to go. and something doesn't happen. and it's called the mystery of springhill and there's a lot of finger pointing to blame and all of these other commanders are blamed and even to add to about the new research that has been mentioned. and after darkness falls on the field basically says i don't do night attacks and all he had to do was push his men a few hundred yards to cut the road and it could have been a little different and be a little more kind to john bell hood and the evening of november 29th, it ends with such great potential for hood. his men are moving up flanking ahead and they have that opportunity by 4:00 p.m.. all they have to do and get a division across the turnpike which is only a few hundred yards away. one division has the whole army and none of it happens. it's a huge bungled mess and the union army slips right past, in some cases men actually walking to light their pipes with the co

about 100 miles north, a firefighter and his wife were killed in tennessee. at least five other counties in the state were also hit. the twisters were part of a system that also tore through georgia, louisiana, and mississippi. look at this waterspout caught on camera in destin. areas in northern florida were under a tornado watch when this video was taken. annie belter shot the video. she said it was taken along the chocta-whatchee bay. those storms tore through just as crews in tennessee were getting a deadly wildfire under control. at least seven people have been killed. the fires, which spread in gatlinburg and pigeon forge monday, charred thousands of acres and destroyed hundreds of homes and buildings. more than 14 thousand have been forced to leave know how many people are unaccounted for. right now, crews are battling a massive fire at a rec center in tampa. the winston park recreation center is on destin drive, west of the selmon expressway near south 76th steet. details are still coming in, but take a look at this picture from hillsborough county re

officials in tennessee will say these two are juveniles that are from tennessee, but not from seviere region that was scorched by the fires two weeks ago and spread to gatlinburg, tennessee. the two arrested yesterday as part of the arson case that is worked by local, state and federal investigators. local district attorney saying they do believe that other charges are possible. according to him, they are keeping all option on the table and including seeking the transtrans fer of the cases to the adult court. 1,400 structures damaged or dough str destroyed. you see smoldering rubble left of what is typically a very picturesque area in tennessee. recent heavy rains helped firefighters extinguish the flames and residents are rebuilding their lives. they have been able to access the area for self dveral days. the public will be able to access the area on friday. guys. >>> polo, thank you. a dramatic day in court in the dylann roof murder case. the 22-year-old is accused of killing nine people last year during bible study at ame church in charleston, south carolina. prosecutors described

of tennessee." nats the possibility of spot fires after a terrifying 24 hours that left at least 250 homes and businesses destroyed-- and forced more than 14-thousand residents and tourists to flee to nearby shelters. nats mos intv: "you just don't know what to do. i mean, you sit there, you're expecting to come on a vacation and then find out that you can't get back to your family." nats drivers -- capturing terrifying video as they scrambled to monday night. officials now say the fire is "human caused." nats denise bearden and her fianc0 mark benzschawel were asleep when the inferno reached their doorsteps-- police rescuing them just in time. (nats) mark benzschawel/ evacuated resident: "flames were just everywhere, on both sides of the road, crossing the road, embers flying everywhere, it was a nightmare." like many others -- they are unsure when they can return home... or what they'll find... you just don't know if it's still going to be there or not. we may go back to absolutely nothing. but we

tennessee's usar, known as tennessee they have a strong commitment to their jobs and do an extraordinarily good be job. they have firefighters, police officers and civilians and respond to assist in the aftermath of disasters such as hurricane matthew in south carolina and the tragic wildfire in the smoke mountains. they did so despite the uncertainty. their actions are truly heroic and i applaud them. the protections in today's bill are long overdue and they will be taken care of if they are injured. i am sadly disappointed that the republican leadership is choosing when and when not to enforce its budget rules. the underlying senate bill authorized such sums to carry out the usarr system. despite the house having passed the bill authorizing quote such sums as necessary for the public alert and warning system earlier this year, we are now told this violates budget rules and an amendment in further consideration by the senate is required. our usarr teams must wait another day to get the protections they did he are deserved. and we need to support them and their activities and thank the usa

turÍsticos convertidos en solo cenizas nada parece detener el avance del peor incendio forestal en tennesseeen mÁs de un siglo. de corazÓn estÁ debezado. >> el piloto del aviÓn que llevaba al equipo chapecoense alertÓ de la falta de combustible antes de estrellarse se lo confirma un audio, mientras se multiplican homenaje nosotros todo el mundo. >> donald trump anuncia que pronto dejara todos su negocios para enfocarse en gobernar, el presidente electo intenta despejar las dudas sobre posibles conflictos de interÉs. >> me he tomado mÁs de 1500 selfies. >> samsung prepara un nuevo telÉfono con una cÁmara que nos harÁ lucir mejor cuando nos tomemos selfies en minutos le contamos de quÉ manera ♪ noticiero telemundo con josÉ dÍaz-balart. >> muy buenas tardes tercer dÍa (hablan inglÉs) (hablan inglÉs) (hablan inglÉs) (hablan inglÉs) (hablan inglÉs) (hablan inglÉs) increÍble ¿verdad? >> afortunadamente este hombre salvÓ la vida , pero los fuegos estÁn dejando rastros de destrucciÓn de los que tennessee difÍcilmente podrÁ recuperar, rubÉn tiene los detalles. >> una tormenta infernal no vista en ten

. >>> authorities are working toward identifying the people killed in the tennessee wildfires, they are working to make a list of the people help those people. listen to dolly parton and what she is doing to help those people. >> we want to make sure the dollywood foundation provides $1000 per month to all those families that lost their homes in the fires until they get back on their feet. >> the red cross of east tennessee raising money today alone they raised more than $130,000 kumasi aaron showing us the effects of the fire and how it is different from home to home. >> this is what the damage looks like a lot of homes here. some people only have a foundation left, for those who were more fortunate, they have their homes it is still hard for them to see. after days of images like these, new ones are emerging from the area destroyed by flames near gatlinburg, left behind but of people coming together to deal with it. >> we are in a mixed bag, we have things that were saved but the sadness we lost our cabins and our neighbors cabins. >> dave stood outside trying to help the best he coul

at least five people are dead georgia, and tennessee. northern alabama, saw some of the worst damage. strong winds knocked down trees and powerlines - and turned some buildings into ruins. two people were killed in tennessee after a tornado touched down in polk county. that state is still recovering from deadly wildfires that have killed seven people so far. but it's not nearly enough to stop the region's worst drought in nearly a decade./// sherry how's the weather today? ((sherry swensk)) neighborhoods but some highs clouds will be sliding in today. ............s but some highs right now storms are calming down across the east. sh burn in eastern tennessee, the death toll is rising three more bodies were found today in sevier county, bringing the number of people killed to seven. but the weather took a turn for the better wednesday, bringing rain, and possibly, some hope. it allowed search and rescue crews to go house by house, looking for those who may still be trapped./// ((sherry swensk)) >>> community members survey buildings and h

i hope you'll soon visit our tennessee mountains and experience the tennessee spirit. >> 70-year-old dolly parton is from tennessee and is pledging to donate $1,000 per moat for six months for each family who lost their home in the wildfi wildfires. >> we've been to gatlinburg before and talked about it. it's an interesting place. all these museums and restaurants and smoky mountains, one of the most beautiful landscapes i've ever seen. >> one of the most visited national parks in the entire country. a lot of people touched by that. we'll continue to watch that situation. >> here at home, it is all about the chill. it's been so cool. a live look at side at san francisco once again. a nice and quiet morning with mostly cloudy skies. it's drying out. 46 degrees with a high today expected to reach 58 degrees. and looking at all of our microclimates and where we be bin in the tri-valley, watching patchy fog. only 39 degrees. it's 37 degrees in the north bay and 49 degrees once again in san francisco, highs in the peninsula reaching 59 with mostly sunny skies. up to 62 in the north bay. i

this is the tennessee prison for women. >> we have everything here from forgery to murderers. it does look like a college campus. but we have surveillance cameras everywhere. we have random strip searches. we have cell searches. our main objective is to keep the inmates safe and our staff. we want our staff to be able to go home to their families every day. >> hey, hey, move, move, move, move. >> fight! >> hey, everybody in their cell now! >> in here, just as in any men's prison, correctional staff can find themselves in the middle of a sudden outbreak of violence. >> sit down, sit down. up to unit one. >> go to your room. shut the doors. >> if you all don't get in your cells, i'm going to take taking everybody to jail. >> you don't have to do this, man. >> come on, let's ride. >> there was a physical altercation on unit one. inmates were separated by staff on the units and the yard officers responded. the one that initiated the incident has been taken. >> i said go to your cell. >> this time, a potentially violent situation is quickly contained. but some of these inmates comm

areas in eastern tennessee out a series of devastating wildfires. the death toll has risen though - now at 7. officials are now looking at massive cleanup and recovery efforts. gatlinburg's mayor says there is a possibility the town could re-open tomorrow. the wildfires scorched roughly 15-thousand acres. more than 700 buildings were either damaged or destroyed in the resort-heavy area. tennessee's governor says these are the worst fires the state has seen in 100 years. meanwhile -- other residents in tennessee and the southeast are waki today. at least five people are dead after tornadoes touched down. at least three tornadoes ripped through northern alabama, according to the national weather service. and in georgia -- there were also three suspected tornadoes that touched down. two people were killed in tennessee where weather officials say a tornado touched down in polk county. coming up - millions of androids hacked. how you can protect your smartphone - just ahead. and baseball players and owners strike a deal. the changes that could be coming

tragedy in tennessee. crews are assessing the damage caused by a devastating wildfire. and now one musical icon is pledging to help those hardest hit.. what she is doing.. coming up. and this holiday season- you can also give back to those in national harbor this saturday from 11am to 3pm. and bring an unwrapped gift for a child- and you might just make someone's holiday - that much - dry & cool weekend ahead - next chance of rain tuesday - another big cool down late next week today: mostly sunny. breezy and cool. highs: 48-54 winds: w 5-15 g 25 mph tonight: mainly clear and cold. lows: 31-38 winds: w 5-10 mph saturday: mostly sunny to partly cloudy. breezy and cool. he said that he came running across the street that he was running towards him saying i'm gonna bust a cap in your (bleep). did you see any of that in the video? no virginia. a shooting caught on surveillance video, and when police watched it-- they were stunned. what they saw.. coming up. according to its website, a secret service agent has "a high level of responsibility" and "is worthy of trust and confi

this video you're seeing is from polk county, tennessee.hat's where officials say a husband and wife were killed in their mobile home. the tornado damaged at least 50 homes, a fire station, and a post office. >> my husband said get in the closet and lay down. i live in the little house next door to this post office i worked at 20 years. i looked out and all this stuff was done. >> i screamed at my husband saying there's a tornado coming, get the kids, grab the kids. so we grabbed the kids and we run to the bathroom. >> meanwhile in alabama, the governor there has issued a state of emergency. three people were killed when tornadoes tore through the northern part of that state. these pictures are from the community of rosalee. nbc's jacob rascon spoke to a man who lost two nephews and a niece. we caught up to him trying to salvage whatever he could. >> this is your family. >> yeah. >> tell me about them. how do you remember them? how do you hope to remember them? >> just good people. that's about all i can do. >> thank you. >> just heartbreak

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(south carolina) 100 miles north in tennessee, the town of athens is recovering from extensive property damage. (sheriff joe guy/mcminn county) "we are extremely fortunate that

tornadoes rip through the south, unleashing destruction across four states, while communities in tennessee are still reeling from devastating wildfires. >>> the election is over, but the president-elect is hitting the road again. mr. trump launches a thank you tour. >>> good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york. good to be with you. >>> this morning, communities across the southeast are assessing the damage of following an onslaught of deadly wildfires and tornadoes. the tornadoes are blamed for at least five deaths. 13 confirmed tornadoes caused significant damage across four states. hard-hit alabama is under a state of emergency. roxana saberi is here in new york with the latest. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the twisters touchdown down in alabama, louisiana, mississippi and tennessee from tuesday into wednesday. devastation, and tears. search and rescue teams spanned out across parts of the southeast into the night. >> we got crews out doing home searches making sure everybody is okay. >> reporter: as residents in alabama took stock of

we'll tell you why. >> then wildfire devastation in tennessee. seven people are dead and the officials fear that number could go up. this as rescue crews searched

you for what we saw and pigeon forks this is right around the corner from dollywood and eastern tennessee. heavy winds today the house the firefighting efforts as you can see that instruction is widespread at looks like a bomb went off and some of these houses fire so hot that it's melting car straight to the meadow skelter court its religious humbling to see what these homes have been reduced to and talking to the more than 700 people here the rocky top sports world who have taken refuge here there just on certain because some of them aren't allowed to get back into their own neighborhoods because you have multiple blockades going on first responders need to be able to freely move through the area they're not necessarily sure if their home is still spending are is just really humbling to see the resolve of this community as well there is not a second doubt in anyone's mind that they're going to come together and repaired this community but in the meantime it just doesn't seem like there is a a end in sight and eastern tennessee. interesting thing because the fires came in and had a lot o

or east tennessee and when he rides into the sector of now his left wing of the army of tennessee he will find a situation very different than the nice, neat, orderly formation of the earlier man. he will say the line is arranged from right to left as follows. hood's division of which only three brigades were up was some what in the rear of johnsons. they were ordered forward the night before but were not yet up. they have not arrived from richmond. most of the confederate junts had been engaged in late afternoon or evening would pull back just a little ways and simply on the ground where they had ended up. when the fighting in their sector ended darkness putting an end to that fighting. one of the divisions commanded and marched on to the battlefield on the 19th and left briefly engaged and after dark pulled back to the east, several hundred yards and perhaps in a column of battalion formation similar to what david described earlier as one of the examples. the situation that longstreet finds, that morning at dawn will necessitate a fair amount of work. two of his divisions, johnsons

two people were killed in tennessee where weather officials say a tornado touched down . officials are reporting at least seven people dead as a result of the massive wildfires in tennessee. laura ingle has the latest on the fire. the deadly wildfires raging in tennessee continue to pose a threat to residents and businesses in the great smokey mountains, despite rainfall dampening underscore do not let the rain from yesterday lull you into a sense of false security, it has taken us time to get to this point, it's going to take us time to get out of it." more than 17 thousand acres have burned since the fire began, and more than seven hundred properties damaged. at least three hundred of those properties are in the resort town of gatlinburg. local officials reassuring residents today as they assess the damage, offering condolences to the families of those lost in the fires. werner says "gatlinburg is the people that's what gatlinburg is it's it's not the stuff in the buildings, its not anything else you know but its the people and we're the strongest community i've ever se

eastern tennessee were that destroyed hundreds of structures in two resort towns. dolly parton, who has a theme park in the affected area, plans to give one-thousand dollars a month to families who lost their homes. the twisters were part of an onslaught of severe weather that also plagued parts of georgia, louisiana, and mississippi...where powerful winds flipped cars and even containing a deadly wildfire that destroyed hundreds of structures in two resort towns. dolly parton, who has a theme park in the affected area, plans to give one-thousand dollars a month to families who lost their homes. ((kirsten joyce)) >>> two of the biggest hotel companies on the strip have plans in place to charge for parking. but....will other properties follow? mgm made the move earlier this year... tuesday night.. caesars says it bringing the total number of hotels to charge for parking to 22. however it's leaving locals and tourists divided on if it's the right decision. ((beth messick/visitor: "i think they should. it's a good opportunity for them to make money." )) (( "i think th

the twisters touchdownn alabama, louisiana, mississippi and tennessee from tuesday into wednesday. they left behind death, devastation, and tears. search and rescue teams spanned out across parts of the southeast into the night. >> we got crews out doing home searches making sure everybody is okay. >> reporter: as residents in alabama took stock of the devastation around them. in the small town of rosalie yesterday, a tornado ripped apart homes and businesses and killed three people waiting out home. jim smith knew one of them. >> it was a friend of mine's daughter. that's why my business is gone. it's no big deal. i'll get it altogether and restart. >> reporter: 100 miles north, mark faulk junior and a firefighter were killed when an ef-4 tornado struck polk county in tennessee. >> i loved the five department and loved what it represented and loved to work with the neighborhoods and the kids. >> reporter: at least five other counties in the state were also hit. the mayor of one of moved to tears, sharing the story of a family who escaped the worst. >> a baby was born at the local

we begin with tennessee wildfires where the death toll has risen to seven after three more bodies were >> all of us are praying for those families and are very distressed at the loss of life in this situation. and we continue our efforts to move into these areas and recover. >> well, those efforts continue this morning after the state's governor held a call with president obama where he offered condolences and support. officials in tennessee there say the fires are likely to have charred, making it the state's largest wildfire in over 100 years. and as of this morning, just one active fire remains. with some 400 buildings now damaged, families are in desperate need of support. tennessee's own dolly parton is stepping forward, offering a helping hand through her foundation. >> we want to provide a hand up to all those families who have lost everything in the fires and to recover, we want to make sure that the dollywood foundation provides their homes in the fires until they get back up on their feet. >> good to see her helping. and now, to even more devastation to the series of tornadoe

was placed in command of the army of tennessee over sluffing hardee. hardee had turned down the tennessee command in december after the disaster at missionary ridge. the local guardian angel of history where i come from atlanta is wilbur g. kurtz. here's his oil painting of the transfer of command. sherman has he holed up close to atlanta, as they say, did not intend to use his superior numbers, especially against the rebels fortifications, which as i show here in a diagram that was drawn april of '64, were formidable and even then, a month before the campaign started, ringed the city in circumference. sherman planned to capture atlanta by cutting off the rebel railroads. it's a testament to the weak cartography of the atlanta campaign that i had to draw my own map to show the railroad emanating from atlanta. the georgia railroad going to augusta. the macon and weston down to macon and eventually savannah. the atlanta and west point eventually to montgomery. cut the railroads. and his plan was succeeding. david evans of athens, georgia, has written the

the severe weather system began here in northeast alabama, blew into tennessee and georgia, and then headed for the carolinas. 100 miles north in tennessee, the town of athens is recovering from extensive property damage. >> we are extremely fortunate that we have not had a fatality at this point. i think that's something that we are very blessed to be able to say. >> the emotional sharing the story of a family who escaped the worst. >> and one of our hardest-hit areas, a new child came into the world. that family's house had been destroyed and they made it to the hospital and gave birth this morning. so, we had 20 injured and one brand-new life. >> reporter: tornado watches have been lifted across the southeast. good news for communities that want no part of rosalie's just as crews in eastern tennessee were containing a deadly wildfire that destroyed hundreds of structures and two resort towns. dolly parton, who has a theme park in the affected area, plans to give $1,000 a month to families who lost their homes. >>> the dollywood foundation is giving financial assistance to tennesse

i hope you'll soon visit our tennessee mountains an experience the tennessee spirit. >> they are accepting donations online. the link is available on whdh.com. >>> coming up on 7 news, the how is your team holding up. we'll tell you who to sit and play in this week's fantasy picks. >> i need to sit my whole team. forecast is coming up next. >>> ahead on 7 news at 4:30, caught in the act. two suspects tagging a building and now a lawyer is under investigation for his questionable conduct. >>> and on 7 news at 5:00, a mother murdered and her son charged with her death. the courtroom chaos before he fios is not cable. we're wired differently. so we're offering incredibly fast 150 meg internet, just in time for the holidays. hurry, freddy, you're gonna miss it! coming. i can't believe he is doing this. it's so fast that in the 3.7 seconds it takes gary watson to beat the local sled jump record, held by gary watson... ... his friend can download 13 different versions of the perfect song... ...his sister can live stream it... ... while his mom downloads how to set a dislocated shoulder, all at t

heaviest rain right now is in tennessee. that's going to be getting up our way by later this afternoon. then a cold plunge for the weekend. we'll have look at that coming roads now? >> it's out of the way, so we don't have any worries. everything looks good at the top of the beltway. restoriling along nicely as well. no big complaints this morning. you're on time. top of the beltway, nine minutes. isn't that nice we had big delays yesterday. that looks pretty darn good. 66 inbound, fairfax coun to quantico, nothing there in your way. remember to listen to wtop 103.5 fm when you hop in your car today. >>> this could be real. it could be a hoax, but we must remain calm and vigilant. >>> developing this morning, one of america's biggest cities on high alert after a threat to the transit system. that warning from authorities in l.a. >>> plus, you can ride metro and how the technology is being rolling out on the rails. >>> and amazon making it easier to grocery shop by helping you to grocery shop by helping you avoid to grocery s

i'll be okay. >> reporter: in tennessee, another twister. the young family salvaging keepsakes, losing almost everything. >> i screamed at my husband saying there's a tornado coming there's a tornado coming, grab the kids. >> reporter: more than 30 tornados reported in six states in 48 hours. at least five people killed. ? [music] ? in breeman, georgia, high school students sang christmas songs after a tornado warning forced them to take shelter in the hallway. one of many close calls during the first deadly tornado outbreak in this country since may. this morning several people are still hospitalized. some of them with critical injuries. the national weather service says 34 tornados are now confirmed in seven states. and the city of tennessee confirms that one of its volunteer firefighters and his wife were the two people killed in yesterday's tornado. jacob rascon, nbc news, rosa lee, alabama. >> michelle: gosh and when you see devastation like that, kelly, it just makes us really grateful that we live here where we just deal with hot weat

touchdown tennessee.nd. >> this will be the final play. running to his right. no time on the clock. touchdown tigers. >> wins the game. >> verne: dobbs heaves it. bunched up in the end zone. it is caught. it is caught. ja'wuan jennings -- ja'wuan jennings. >> quarterback. the ball is loose. picked up by alabama. it's jonathan allen. touchdown alabama. >> guice, new single-game rushing record in the great history of this l.s.u. program. >> no good. no good. >> the clock runs out. the gamecocks have beaten number agent, tennessee. >> mississippi state has pulled a major upset today. they have knocked off texas a&m. >> verne: hurts rolls to his right. he's got it. touchdown, alabama. >> takes the snap. toss to guice. >> verne: appleby. intercepted again. minkah fitzpatrick. he will score. >> the juggernaut keeps going and the crimson tide is going to win yet another s.e.c. championship. >> second down and eight. trailing by three. bradshaw. touchdown, army. 14 years of frustration come to an end in baltimore

we're continuing to follow the out of tennessee.. where 3 more people have died in the wildfire near the towns of gatlinburg and pigeon ford. tonight.. thousands of homes have been evacuated while crews clear roads to rescuers can reach homes.. and make sure everyone else made it out alive. todd walker is in gatlinburg. nat fb live 17:37:33 i was doing a facebook live video :34 and i was trying to get people out :36 a cop for 11 years in gatlinburg.. luke walker new a bad situation when he saw it.. 17:37:51 firs about was getting everyone out of gatlinburg there were still restaurants open there were still bars open :56 i ran into them get out :58 he's now living at the evacuation shelter.. waiting to go back to his home which did survive.. but he knows why so many didn't.. 17:36:49 there's roads where you have to go a mile out of your way to get 50 yards up the hill :55 to find some of these fires to get to some of these places :59 - standup-- we are just north of gatlinburg, tennessee.. getting into some of the hardest hit areas fr

we can say that storm is gone, it helps bring in beneficial rain this tennessee, for us, back here atome, it was just a glancing blow when you think about it. we had very beneficial rain, in major flooding but couple dreary days. it is licensing gone and we are left with the breeze, that is what we end up finding here for rest of the upcoming weekend too. with the sunshine we will have that breeze, net isable, and, and remember, and we will talk about that in a second. we will go out, for a preference, and storm scan three. i like the start here, give you an idea of where we're coming from right off the bat and on storm scan at the moment, we do still have some movement in the atmosphere with the same area have of low pressure still trying to headache its full exit, off to the north east here and it is last wrap around moisture to even pro tuesday some lake enhanced snow or rain showers, especially through new england and upstate new york. we have seen a couple of additional included out of this and no flakes, rain drops or nothing like that. this is wake of this high pressure, lift n

officials in tennessee there say the fires are likely to have been human caused. over 17,000 acres have now been charred, making it the state's largest wildfire in over 100 years. and as of this morning, just one active fire remains. with some 400 buildings now damaged, families are in desperate need of support. tennessee's own dolly parton is stepping forward, offering a helping hand through her foundation. >> we want to provide a hand up to all those families who have lost everything in the fires and to recover, we want to make sure that the dollywood foundation provides $1,000 a month to all of those families that have lost their homes in the fires until they get back up on their feet. >> good to see her helping. and now, to even more devastation to the series of tornadoes that barreled through the southeast, the death toll now stands at five after bodies were recovered in alabama and tennessee. watch as this whirlwind forms becoming a full fledged tornado leaving homes demolished. while many are just recovering, they're grateful to have made it out alive. >> i

omar villafranca has been looking into a case in tennessee. >> reporter: these days lawrence mckinney can't seem to stay still. the 60-year-old has spent enough time sitting in one place. how long were you in prison? >> 31 years, nine months, 18 days and 12 hours. >> reporter: you have it down to the hours? >> yes, sir. >> reporter: a memphis, tennessee, jury convicted mckinney of rape and burglary in 1978. the victim identified him as one of two men who attacked her in her bedroom. he was sentenced to 115 years. what's going through your mind when you're hearing that now you're going to prison? >> i still could not believe because i thought that it was a dream. >> reporter: in 2008, d.n.a. testing of evidence scientifically excluded mckinney as a suspect. prosecutors said if this evidence had been available, there would have been have been no prosecution. >> i don't have no life. all my life was took away. >> reporter: in 2009, he was released and given $75. since then mckinney has depended on odd jobs at his church just to pay the bills. under tennessee law, he could be eligible for

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. >> and in tennessee, seven people are dead from the wildfires. crews searching the ruins for those till missing. gayle guyardo. >> i'm gene ramirez. >> the weather now. >> humidity sky high, fog and rain on max defender 8, not on land but a thin line of showers in the gulf. that is in association with a cold front that will bring a chance of rain today. look at the fog there though. that is the view from lakeland auto mall. portions of the area dealing with reduced visibility, it's soupy. upper 60s and lo the day. there's the fog, visibility zero now in lakeland. mostly cloudy and 79 today. the rain chances fairly slim. staying at 20% through today. you may have to turn on the windshield wipers today. >> whoo, good to see you here. we've got a decent drive in traffic. a couple of things. quick look at travel times here. wesley chapel up to speed and 2p 75 into downtown tampa looks 275. this is i-75 by i-4, just a few minutes ago -- i think they are take it away now, we had the right lane blocked. i see one of the trucks leaving -- you can see it

. >>> and within the last two hours the death toll from the tennessee wildfires has risen to 11. tonight nearly 5,000 customers are still without power in sevier county. more than 14 wildfires have burned across the state this year, and they expect half are arson. >> tonight most residents are still not allowed inside the city of gatlinburg, but one resident got in yesterday showing video of this destruction. so many residents lost everything. their biggest concern is the friends and family they still haven't heard from. >> there's an elderly reverend up the mountain. they found his dog in the front of his burned out house. they can't find him. nobody knows where he is. he was 85. >> trish lived in the town for 15 years, and said almost everyone staying in the shelter knows someone still missing. >>> and tonight two more fires are nearly 100 percent contained in western north carolina. that means crews are freed up to head to tennessee to fight north carolina are not yet contained. >>> the flood waters from hurricane matthew receded long ago, but some residents have yet to repair

((sherry swensk)) >>> the tennessee fire is the single deadliest u.s. wildfire since 2013, when 19 firefighters died near prescott, arizona. it also ranks as the largest civilian death toll in a wildfire since 15 people, including a firefighter, were killed in southern california's cedar fire in 2003. investigators are now saying that the fire may have been caused by 'human activity.'/// sherry, how's the weather today? northerly winds are brisk and than 20 mph so far this morning. ......... it will be a windy friday so grab a warm coat and a scarf to keep warm. ............. temps in the milder 40s because of the wind... but it feels cooler than that. some clouds around this morning, but those should move out for sunny skies today. ........ with gusts to 40-plus mph and blowing dust and debris on the roads. ................. near 60 for sunday and then much colder next week. demetria, how are the roads? switch to centurylink and get up to 40 megs of high-speed internet for just $20 a month. that's the speed you need to stream... ...connect on social me

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