. >>> the water is slowly receding in nashville, tennessee but the cumberland river is expected to drop below flood stage this morning. nine people in music city died in flash floods after massive weekend rainstorms. authorities are worried they may find more victims as water levels drop. now damage assessments will begin as people start to get back in to flooded buildings. >> i can only think the lesson with hurricane katrina, they will be laying down sheet rock. >> don't need that much water to do that. mold grows up the wall it. >> is ugly. you don't want anything that was ever around the mold. >> mold, shot up yesterday with the ailer jeffs in the moderate category. tree pollen is high. a lovely day today. hopefully the allergens will not be a problem. a beautiful day ahead. spectacular. nice fits but spectacular would be sticking out all over the place. warm tomorrow. a couple of thunderstorms in the afternoon. friday nice day and 70s. and showers and storms for saturday. a lot of graduations on saturday. some could be impacted. the momslikeme.com bus stop forecast, clear and pleas

in nashville, tennessee, today this is what it looked like downtown after flood waters of the cumberland river starts to reseed. 29 people died when torrential rains swelled the river to 12 feet above flood stage. rescue officials say they will fear they will find more bodies. this is not going to be an easy recovery for nashville. 50 of the city schools were damaged. this is the field where the tennessee titans play. that is water you are seeing there. the grand old opry, country music hall of fame, national symphony center took on water. the $2.5 million pipe organ was severely damaged as is the city's only water treatment plant remained in tact due to prisoners who piled up sandbags. that is the only one they've got. nashville has the one saved water treatment plant causing officials to ask people of the city to conserve water. keith noted you can donate $10 to the red cross to help in the rescue and recovery by texting. text the word redcross to 90999. we'll be right back. [ dog barks ] [ female announcer ] share your goal at walgreens.com and we'll celebrate you in times square. and

the kummcoupl cumberland river to go down, starting to uncover things, a lot of iconic buildings in nashville were affected by that the most important thing, there's an awful lot of people who suddenly find themselves homeless. and even when they get back to their homes they have to deal with all the problems of having floodwaters in your homes. it's very tough right now. i just finished a meeting with red cross talking about how we get out and outreach. the people i'm most concerned about are people like the elderly might not move around as easily or access make of the services we have. we're trying to reach out and get their life back to normal. a lot of heroism. >> i saw an interview with a guy who saw people trapped in a car. he went in and carried teenager girl to safety trapped in the car. what kind -- shelters open, what kind of immediate help is available. as you mentioned, elderly and people have nowhere to go. >> we have shelters open. across the state, nashville the hardest and most visibly hit. significant issues in west tennessee and around outside of memphis and so on as well. w

cumberland, cloudy skies. and they could hit an 82 down towards culpepper. washington and southern maryland, back out to the eastern shore. that's the upper 70s to the mid- 70s and maybe even lower 70s right on the eastern shore of the east breeze coming in. seven-day forecast, we'll put it altogether for you. and a slim chance of the storm. then we go into wednesday and i think that it is a better chance of the storms overnight on wednesday and thursday. that's the back door cold front that will try to ease in. but before it comes in, nearly 90 degrees on wednesday. 90 on thursday. really hot and humid. and then back down to 84 on friday after that weak front is going to pass through. memorial day weekend outlook and into memorial day itself. we could be bringing quite a cold front here to the mid-70s, dry, mild. and unfortunately, they would like to see 88, 90 when they opened up on memorial day. back down to what you like that today. >> and we have to enjoy the weekend ahead of it. >> all right, thank you. >>> all right, they are coming. >> he's coming so

. >>> the cumberland river receding today giving recovery crews a chance to survey what is extensive damage to the city of nashville. if you haven't seen this, take a look at the pictures. power out through much of the historic downtown area where flooding caused this significant damage to the grand ole opry and reached the country music hall of fame and museum. 29 people died in kentucky, mississippi, tennessee as a result of flooding. emergency crews are searching for more victims. >>> oil is oozing into the gulf of mexico, oozing at a remarkable rate, even though one of the three leaks has been capped. there is more help on the way. will it work? an experimental fix is getting shipped to the rig any minute now. >>> did you see this? cover your screen if you're looking away. a philly fan goes wild. we'll tell you what happens. they can't seem to stop running on the field. did the latest guy get the taser treatment? ♪ [ crowd cheering ] [ male announcer ] competition... it pushes us to work harder. to be better. to win. but sometimes even rivals realize they share a common goal. a

. >> all in a small area and funneled in to the cumberland river. and so many of our major cities are on rivers. and whenever you get heavy rain in a small area like that, it will funnel into those rivers and unfortunately, with all the development right on the river, they get inundated. and that is the situation there in tennessee, but not here. we've got a beautiful blue sky, high pressure is holding fourth here and we have temperature now at 77 at reagan national. dew point down to 47. that's drew. humidity only 35% and a variable light wind right now. elsewhere we're in the mid-70s in friprince georges and througt much of the region, we have temperatures hitting the 70s. any wind off the water is cooler. out of the mountain, it's near 07 degrees. eastern shore and at the beach, in the 70s except right there on the shore. wind off the water is keeping it it cooler. over the last 12 hour, the high pressure has moved in and has given thup gorgeous sky and we're not alone. it stretches all the wear from new england all the way down to the gulf coast

the cumberland river is starting to recede and some homeowners are starting to return. in roswell, georgia, a dramatic rescue, three people pulled alive from a rain swollen creek. look at that! just inches from a 30 foot waterfall, a huge break there. this flooding, anderson, has been absolutely beyond belief. the pictures from nashville, blowing my mind, i can't believe it. >> unbelievable. amazing they were able to pull them to safety. >> look at that. >> tonight's shot, a baseball fan stormed the field during a phillies home game last night. what he probably did not expect was to get tasered. look at this video from youtube. >> there he goes. see the guy pointing the gun and then, boom! >> there he goes, too, wow, look at this. >> the philadelphia cop follows him, pointing the taser, 17 years old. the jolt from the weapon sends him to the grass. look at this still photograph, you see the police officer pointing at him, unbelievable, moments before the taser is actually fired, hit the guy. his father says he's a good student, a big fan, clearly not how he expected the

i want to show you the cumberland river behind me, she's fortunately making her way back home, but she's still well outside her banks, 100 feet from here. the current is movinged a a good clip. one of the concerns that officials have is as the waters recede we may find more victims. the death toll here in tennessee alone is 18. about ten of those here in nashville. now earlier this afternoon, we paid a visit over to one of the hard-hit eastside neighborhoods to take a look at the damage there. we can tell you some homeowners there were in tears, still unable to get in a their homes because their neighborhood is only accessible by kayaks and boats. but probably by tomorrow they'll be able to take a look. some of those homes had water five or six feet high in them and probably total losses inside. we spoke to one gentleman who was able to walk through water to get to his house. he said everything is gone there, no flood insurance. >> let's go back out now to bridgeport, connecticut and peetder alexander and the latest into the suspect and the latest on the times square bombing attempt. >>

sunshine in the mountains, 73 in oakland. 77 in cumberland. a chance of an afternoon thunderstorm, further north you are tomorrow, the better chance of a storm you have, especially near the maryland, pa border. 84 downtown. 83 in annapolis. small craft advisory goes into effect from noon until 6:00 tomorrow. next seven days, 84 thursday. nice on friday and saturday. a couple sprinkles friday night, that's it. we'll be cooler for mom. still looks good, mid 60s. upper 60s on monday and temperatures go back up. showers and storms possible tuesday and wednesday and by next wednesday, we are in the low 80s. >> as you mention, it is a glorious night for baseball tonight. and our brett haber is live at nationals park, where ball park security is a big buses you around. >> it is, it's all based on what happened in philly over the weekend as this debate is raging over how much force is acceptable for police and security to use in subduing an unruly fan who runs on the field. in other words, to tase or not to tase. in case you missed it, it happened in

fortunately, the cumberland river crested last night. she's on her way back down, which is great news for folks who run businesses downtown and folks who live on the outskirts of town. today what they're trying to do is to get most of this water out of pockets of downtown that has stopped the flow of commerce. there's an economic impact here as well. they may still find victims once this water gets back down to normal levels. we're hearing some reports about a 7-year-old whose body was found near a tent camp, a homeless temp camp near downtown that had swept away. they were able to get a lot of those folks who live in those camps out of there but they apparently could not account for everyone. we're keeping close watch on that aspect of the story. the ú5vut-p'up has already begu. we were just in a hard hit neighborhood on the east side of town. a lot of folks there crying, holding each other. one woman i heard say she cannot do this again. she was flooded once before. she just says she didn't have the heart to recover again from a devas

the cumberland river still receding through downtown. at least 29 people have died in three states from the storm. nbc's ron mott is reporting from nashville. he'll bring us a live report later on throughout the afternoon here, keeping our eye on the breaking developments out of nashville. >>> breaking news now on some sea turtles coming out of the -- the news is coming from the federal fishery. they're investigating whether aggressive shrimpers are actually causing the deaths of these endangered sea turtles. we know they've been washing up on the beach with no signs of oil. we're getting that from the associated press. and they've talked to these fishery officials. investigators are going to look at whether the shrimp boats taking part in the emergency shrimping season ahead of the spill removed devices from their necks that are intended to allow turtles to escape. when we find out if that's what's causing these endangered turtles' deaths, we certainly will pass that along. >>> new satellite images show oil drifting south. one expert sa

the cumberland river has started to recede and this weekend's flash flood killed ten people in nashville. in all, 30 people were killed in tennessee, mississippi, and kentucky. earlier today i spoke with the governor of tennessee by phone and asked if he'd seen anything like this before. >> this is extraordinary. this is probably in terms of flooding more than a hundred-year event here. we're surviving and will get back to normal. nashville and tennessee are here. we thank everybody. the president was great. he called about the problem and talked to me. other members of the white house staff have called down here. we're getting a lot of people and people are getting their lives back. >> ron, the governor also talked about meeting with the red cross and really trying to find shelter for people who will make it back to their homes but find them uninhabitable. >> reporter: right. that's the case here in this neighborhood, tamron. the flood waters are mostly bad memories for these folks. this is the harsh reality that follows. there are hundreds of volunteers just in this neighborhood alone

. >> reporter: the swollen cumberland river began to recede today after swamping the music city. more bodies of people caught in the flash flooding were found. the extent of damage also came into focus at many of nashville's major attractions. water was nearly three feet deep in the grand ol opry house. parts of the sprawling gaylord opry land hotel were among 10 feet of water forcing guests to shelter at a nearby school. the country music hall of fame, seen here before the storms was badly damaged as well. elsewhere, the muddy torrent poured into major sports venues. water lapped at the first row of suites at l.p. field, home to the nfl's tennessee titans, after pumps lost power. and the outages hampered recovery efforts. 24 square blocks in the city's downtown along the river front lost power early today. they were expected to be in the dark for the rest of the week. overall, more than half of tennessee's 95 counties were declared disaster areas. damage was estimated in the 10's of millions of dollars. wall street had its worst day in three months as new fears about europe's de

have returned here to downtown nashville but there is still block after block of darkness along the cumberland river which is receding, though leaving a huge mess in her wake. overhead, the flood's destructive and deadly reach was obvious tuesday. airplanes sat grounded under water. so did the grand ole opry and opry land hotel. the expansive opry land which could be shuttered for months is key to convention and tourism revenue here, host to 3,000 hotel rooms just at this location now closed for repair. on the ground in neighborhoods, the toll is harder to quantify yet easy to see as residents anxious to check their damaged homes are left to wait for the coast to clear. some who returned could only watch, still seemingly stunned by what happened over the weekend so quickly. >> nobody knew that the water was going to come down this way. we didn't hear no sirens. >> reporter: jorge at least got inside his house wading through ankle-deep water but didn't find much to salvage. >> everything we have in there is -- it's bad. we have to dump everything. >> reporter: like many families, the family doe

the cumberland river that winds around the river, spilled over the banks after getting more than 13 inches of rain. and heavy tolling taking a parts of mississippi and parts of kentucky. >>> this is how powerful my first 5 is. my 5-year-old said do you think i turn 6 i can be on my first 5. and we have until september and i'm going to have to pull a favor. >> sure. send the picture in and we'll consider it just like any other. we have until september. >> send it in. i think the viewers would love to see that. she is a cutie. >> and it is time for the my first 5 photo of the day. let's take a look. >> oh, look at that. >> that has to be a professional shot photo. this is bentley. >> how precious. >> that's a rich-sounding name. she is 2 months old. >> she's smiling because she knows she's loved. >> what an adorable picture. to send us your child's picture go to myfoxdc.com and click on mornings. welcome to the world, bentley. >>> let's look at what is going on right now. take a look at the temperature. 66 degrees. we've jumped up five degrees in one hour. yeah, relative humidity has dropped

the cumberland river is 7 feet above flood stage. the storms and flooding are to blame for 21 deaths in the south. the number could rights further still. many people are trapped in their homes right now. including country singer julia roberts. she sent us brand-new pictures not too long ago. take a look at this. the water almost reaching the tops of the street signs. the drivers, their cars completely submerged. just hold it right here. this is a major highway. would you look at this? julia joins us live in 10 minutes. and may day protests getting out of hand. activists resorting to violence, damaging several businesses in california and it got scary for some. is this the first you have heard of this? michelle malkin on the may day protests you did not see. plus a violent arrest caught on tape. what you see here is making both sides quote sick. but not for the same reasons. the tape and the fallout on "kelly's court". @=h megyn: the melee on may day. protesters raging out of control in california. in santa cruz 18 businesses were da

it's the tenth-highest crest on the cumberland river in history. 13 inches of rain over the weekend. today, some of the water is beginning to come down. but rivers do not drop below flood stage until thursday. there are eight, major river gauges in that kentucky/tennessee area. homeland for me. that are still at major flood stage. we'll continue do follow that. and again, it's a real issue there. 93. 91. 83 in orlando. look at new york, 82 degrees. boston is 82 degrees. the warmth is everywhere and continues, all the way from the deep south up the eastern seaboard. and we'll watch the gulf coast currents, as well. here's the game plan on the winds here. this is all-important. general spill location about there. winds are calm until friday. it's more of a southern push. that means we go back into all that weather was brought to you by dairy queen. george? >> thank you, sam. >>> when we come back dr. richard besser's here. he has new details about a big recall of children's cold recommendries. i can't play my sax with allergy congestion. claritin-d helps me breathe in and out. nothing

the cumberland river has crested. it's going back down. but this week -- this week starts the digging out process. there's an awful lot of that to do. a lot of damage. >> we know nashville provides a lot for your economy. the whole country is hurting right now. we're in an economic slump trying to dig our way out of it. you're going to get some federal assistance right now. but this is really going to take a chunk out of your economy. >> well, it certainly -- it certainly hurts the economy. this is not news that any state would love to have in these times. but most important thing right now is the people, there are people who never even thought their homes were in danger of having flooding around it who have lost their homes. they're in shelters. they're staying with friends and neighbors and in motels and such. and right now we're trying to reach out to those people and get them all the help we possibly can. >> how many people are we talking about here? >> we still have several hundred in shelters. i have no idea how many are staying with

cooler near the water as you see easton at 59. 61 in cumberland and ocean city. around central maryland around the beltway, we are look at temperatures in the low to mid-60s. 66 in annapolis. 64 in kent island and rock hall. 65 in dc. wind coming with a southeast component across the entire state. and that's going to keep a bit of a cool flow as long as the wind is coming off the water a bit of a cool flow around most of the area. today between the wind direction and cloud cover blocking out the sun. we won't be able to warm up to the nice warm 80s like we had yesterday. so we are about a 10 degree deference from yesterday's high of 87. the spin you see here a bit afro station mock over the great lakes. much of the bulk of the rain that we have moving in from the region, that is sis them a came in from the southern plains around texas across oklahoma, brought a lot of turbulent weather across parts of the south. but it's now lifting a lot of that moisture to the north and breaking up quite a bit and the air is the same area that dried us out. low dew points and m

the cumberland is going back to where it should be in its banks. several aid groups are working to help. you can go to cnn.com/impact. you'll get the whole list of agencies providing aid. one stop shopping. >>> addiction of any kind is no laughing matter. still many of us have a hard time believing sex addiction is a real disease. lots of celebrities have gone to rehab to treat the problem. that's why joe carter hit the streets to find out can you really be addicted to sex? >> reporter: i'm joe carter and this is hln news from the street. men caught cheating claim sex addiction. do you think this is a real problem or just an excuse? this video here is of some celebrities recently in the news. jesse james, tiger woods, and then david duchovny, the actor. now david duchovny and jesse james have both admitted to putting themselves in a clinic. is sex addiction a problem? >> i don't think sex addiction is a problem. i think marital morals are an issue. >> i think there is temptation all around the world us in the world. >> i think it is more of an excu

we're still watching the cumberland river. it crested yesterday. it's coming down for you. queet get a good idea how many millions of dollars were done and what they're calling a 1 in 1,000 year flood. going any year in nashville, you have a 0.1% cans of having a flood like this. >>> today's going to be an absolutely gorgeous day in the northeast. i'm going to call this one of my top ten days of the year. cool, crisp morning, up around 80 degrees, low humidity this afternoon. picture perfect from boston down to washington, d.c. around the rest of the country, a couple strong storms today right around -- maybe around pittsburgh, detroit, cleveland. that's about it. we're also talking about that oil leak, some call the loop current dips down, goes back up through the gulf stream. that's how it's possible for water in the gulf to get up the east coast. otherwise, it's a beautiful day out there. enyoi it if you possibly can. you're watching "morning joe" brewed by starbucks. when your eyes are smiling... you're smiling. and when they're laughing... you're laughing. be kind to y