now, you -- you shoot the show "nashville" in nashville. which is unusual. a lot of times that's not the case. have you integrated into the -- have you been accepted by the country music community there? >> you know, we have. and that's one of the best compliments we could possibly get. when we go to these awards and see everyone, it's so family oriented and the epitome of southern hospitality. they all say, thank you so much for representing us, and well, because they have this preconceived notion of what people from the south are like, what country music is like, what nashville is like. and so they really have accepted us. >> jimmy: and yet your character is kind of a terrible person and in a way you are representing them very poorly. >> who, me? nah. she's just having fun. >> jimmy: you have friends that are country music performers? >> i do. i do. >> jimmy: who are your friends? >> um -- well, i -- some are acquaintances, but some are neighbors. >> jimmy: really? >> taylor swift is one of my neighbors. miranda lambert is a friend. kelly clarkson. kellie

so, we just started with everyone in need in nashville and we've prepared a banquet for them. they are the guests of honor, they have the v.i.p. sitting. >> right. >> kelly: before i let you go, i want to get my co-anchor here, a quick question because we've got to get ready to go and you've got to get ready to go. >> jamie: i'm a little bit country and i love country. >> oh, yeah. >> jamie: and spare the folks out there from hearing me sing country christmas. just give us a little, something-something for the holidays. >> come on. >> love to hear you sing. >> chestnuts roasting on an open fire-- chestnuts roasting on an open fire ♪ ♪ jack frost nipping at your nose ♪ >> i love that yuletide carols sung by a choir ♪ >> that's it. beautiful you guys, things for what you're doing. >> kelly: grammy winner jason crabb and candy christmas, god bless for what you're doing. >> we wish the best to all those in needs. it doesn't stop here, more ahead with the journal editorial report, i'm jamie colby. >> kelly: i'm kelly wright. >> jamie: thanks for being with us everybody, hav

like, "how about we go to nashville? can we go to nashville? can i take a trip to nashville? hey, so i looked up this tourist brochure about nashville. can we go see nashville?" >> stahl: spring break 2001, they finally gave in and headed to mecca, says her mother andrea. >> andrea swift: we started driving up and down music row. and at that point, she would say, "mom, mom, pull over. that's mercury records. let me out." >> stahl: she was 11, toting cds of herself singing karoake songs. and she'd run in? >> andrea swift: she would walk up to the receptionist and hand them a demo cd, and say, "hi, i'm taylor. i'm 11. i want a record deal. call me." >> stahl: anyone call? >> andrea swift: no. sadly, no. ( laughter ) >> stahl: she spent the next few years performing every chance she got, even in a bar when she was 13. >> taylor swift: i remember there was all these, like, rock- n-roll dudes and, like, biker guys. and i'm like, "this is a song that i wrote about the guy who sits next to me in class." and it was just like... ( laughs ) you know, sometimes i ended up in the wrong v

one of the big stories at the winter meetings here in nashville, tennessee, alex rodriguez and his injured hip. my prediction for 2013, he will not play a single game the entire season. but don't worry too much about a-rod, that $114 million he's still owed, he will get every single penny. >>> finally, hockey. deal or no deal, the nhl is still in trouble. the major profit issue is this. 30 teams. that's four too many. pull out the ten with the lowest

mark strassman is in nashville. mark i like to see you and ll cool j together. >> reporter: he's a very interesting and good guy, gayle. really interesting guy to talk to. the show tonight is the first time it's ever come from any city other than los angeles and while it is nashville, country music will have only one of the spotlights tonight. >> this is our biggest award show for musicians. this is the opinion cal for a musician. >> reporter: ll cool j ought to know. the hip-hop superstar will host tonight's primetime grammy nomination special as he has for each of the past five years on cbs. >> i've been doing this since the grammy nominations, since the inception of the grammy nominations and it's been fun every year. it's been different every year. i think music fans are music fans. you come to nashville people appreciate good music. >> reporter: ll cool j will co-host with taylor swift to announce this year's nominees. the stage will be in nashville america's country music capital but the hour long special will

like, we're going to nashville or something. who cares about nashville on new year's eve? >> honey boo boo is joining us. she's staying up late. >> score. how did you get her? honestly, you couldn't get my mom, and you got honey boo boo. is she going to be on a teleprompter acting like she can read? what happened to you? get me amanpour. would you like to tell the viewers some of the incredibly exciting locations we're going to, tokyo, sydney, london. >> we're going to show new year's eve celebrations from around the world, new orleans, down in florida, nashville, key west, maine. >> what's the matter? you couldn't get tulsa? new orleans, nashville, and maine. that's where we're going? >> a reflection of the united states but also all around the world, london and moscow and tokyo and all those places. we'll show rio. >> we don't even have people in london and rio. we just steal footage. >> we have people, but it happens so many hours before us, we have them record something and then we put it in our show. >> if you could, would you prerecord the show and go home early? >>

the politics of charities i'm joined by richard land in nashville he's the president of the southern baptist convention's ethics and religious liberty commission in new york we have stephen pimp ere he is a professor at columbia university and in bloomington we cross to leslie lynne kosky he's a professor at indiana university school of public and environmental affairs all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want richard if i go to you first in nashville the fiscal cliff is looming and everyone has to pay including ending tax cuts and this is going to hurt charities but everyone has to pay how do you feel about that well i'm all for capping deductions at a reasonable level and clearly part of fixing the fiscal cliff is going to have to be government reductions in spending and increased revenue but i don't think that that indian or kaffeine charitable deductions is a wise move for over one hundred years now america has been doing this and we've discovered that americans give a lot more when they are given a charitable contribution for doing

coming up on abc prime time, a brand-new "nashville." raynea needs to deal with the voters of her husband. it does not tell the real story. i have this under control. you do not have this under control. our children have to deal with this. is alleged pictures of their , comingwho they worship out. "nashville" is on at 10 p.m. coming up, who are the most overpaid actors in hollywood? at least one of the names will surprise you. plus, the new fight against .lzheimer's it could slow down the devastating disease. a job or specifically for their going on today in our area the nationals are coming together with some big-name businesses to get veterans back to work. they were a national park .oday one of our reporters was there today. he retired from the marine .orps a year ago he is still looking for work. they have to take care of their families and themselves. millions of hundreds of were at national park i'm hoping for the chance 100 companiese that are recruiting. this man is an army veteran himself. >> their experience is to employers. he

i went to segregated schools in nashville growing up. perl high this segregated. as we were called in those days. i went to howard and that made sense. when i went to michigan i was one of the first to who was in the phd program because when i got the ahead of graduate study said he was surprised to see me and i found out what that meant. and then he told me there was one time keep your year but didn't graduate is what he told me. so i was there in the department. i was in there by my howard wanted me to work with a particular professor there in the institution. >> host: mary frances berry, who are your parents? >> guest: my parents were poor folk of my mother -- my father left us early. he was one of those lost, stolen or straightman and my mother raised us, spent time in an orphanage in medicine and 10. that's one of my earliest memories. and then my mother raised us on her own. a very extended family in which my generation was the first generation to ever go to college. i mother graduated from eighth grade. she was the last harder than i am and she wanted to go

ryan seacrest -- we're going to nashville? >> we have honey boo boo, she is joining us, staying up late. >> oh, what a coup? you couldn't even get my mom, and you got honey boo boo, and can she read a tele prompter? would you like to tell the viewers the incredibly exciting places we're going? tokyo, london. >> we're going to show new year's eve celebrations from around the world, we're going to showdown in florida, nashville, key west, maine. >> well -- you couldn't get tulsa? new orleans, nashville and maine, that is where we're going? >> a reflection of the united states, but also around the world, london, tokyo. >> but we don't even have people in london and rio, we just kind of steal footage. >> no, no, we have people, but it happens from the hour before us, we have them record something and just put it in our show. >> if you could, would you pre-record this whole show and just go home early? >> yes, i could, if i could record it in a sound booth and you be in another sound booth, not actually be able to touch me, that wo

i'd never been to nashville. i think--are we actually agreeing? - are we agreeing? you agree with me? - i started calling heads of record labels and getting meetings with them. i didn't know that that's not how you do it. - she got in to see people that i couldn't because, of course, i knew in my mind who they were and it was a big producer or record label or whatever it was. and she was able to just-- she had no intimidation factor. - ♪ i don't think about it i don't think... ♪ - angel finally sold one of ilene's songs that was in a movie and became a hit. - ♪ twinkling across the sky at night ♪ - we got it on radio disney and it went number one in a week. it's a very tough business. it's like getting up every day and trying to accomplish the impossible. - despite some success in music, angel was unable to support her two daughters always her most important priority. - i was 53 years old, trying to find work in the middle of a recession, and nobody would interview me. i had all this experience. - make sure you're at that 45-degree angle so you stabilize you

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tonight on the program, her new show is called "nashville." it airs wednesday nights here on abc, hayden panettiere is here. and then, with music from his debut cd, it's called "lace up." mgk from the bud light stage. tomorrow night, from animal planet, dave salmoni will be here with wild animals. do we know what wild animals he's bringing? a jaguar? great. kirstie alley will be here, hopefully without wild animals. really, a jaguar? that's safe to have?

they were announced last night during a very big show in nashville. >> live from nashville, it's the grammy nominations concert. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] ♪ ♪ tonight we are young ♪ going to set the world on fire ♪ we can go higher ♪ than the stars ♪ >> ah. ♪ why you got to be >> they were great together. editor of billboard magazine is here to bring us up to date. i loved taylor swift and ll cool j together. unexpected to me. >> it was a little unexpected. who knew taylor had a gift for light improv comedy. thought she was just a singer and songwriter. >> got beat. in nashville. different. >> it was. big move for the grammys. they blew it out of the auditorium. more music, fewer nominations. >> young, the headline. >> young is the headline. fun, we are young. nominated in all categories "we are young" the song and the theme of the grammy nominations. lionel ritchey, a big record, shut out. bob dylan, shut out. no nomination. >> kanye west? >> kanye and jay-z, six nominations, each, again, not in a major category. >> how is it bruce springsteen with that new album is

they were announced last night during a very big show in nashville. >> live from nashville, it's the grammy nominations concert. ♪ ♪ ♪ tonight, we are young ♪ ♪, so, we set the world on fire we can burn brighter ♪ ♪ than the sun ♪ ♪ uh ♪ ♪ why you've got to be so mean ♪ >> they were great together. joe levy, editor of "billboard" magazine, is here to bring us up to date. i love taylor swift and ll cool j together. unexpected to me. >> it was a little unexpected. who knew that taylor had this gift for light improv comedy? we thought she was just a singer and a songwriter. >> yes, and it was in nashville. that was different. >> it was different. this was a big move for the grammys. they've done this nomination concert before, but they blew it out. a big auditorium, huge concert, more music, fewer nominations. it was fun. >> the young, young is the headline. >> young is the headline, isn't it, though? fun, "we are young," fun, new band nominated in all four of the major categories and "we are young" is their song and it is the theme of these grammy nominations. l

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one of the oak ridge boys joins me now from nashville, tennessee. thanks for being with me. >> martin, thanks for having me. >> quite a voice and queerly you've got healing powers, at least the song has healing powers for the president, because soon after you sang to him, he was moved from icu and i believe went into a regular hospital room. how did this connection between you and the president all get started? we have a long, very long, long friendship with the bush family. it started way back when he was vice president. and it's continued up to this present day. george and barbara are very dear friends of the oak ridge boys, he officially refers to us as his boys, we were able to work it out between barbara and the bush family and four of to us make a phone call to president bush while he was there in icu and were able to sang couple of songs for him. and able to cheer him up just a little bit. we asked him what he wanted to hear. and quickly he said, "elvira." so we sang a little of that for him and we went into one of his all-time favorites, whi

the nominations were announced during a special concert last night in nashville. ♪ >> that's the band fun. the indy group got best song. also those who got nominations was frank and also r & b mumford & sons. you can see the 55th annual grammy awards february 10th, 8:00 p.m. eastern right here on cbs. >>> the duchess of cambridge remains hospitalized for morning sickness treatment. the hospital says it's reviewing telephone info after a nurse revealed information to a prank caller. we have the details from london. >> reporter: the duchess of cambridge got a hospital visit from her sister pippa and brother james. they arrived the day after a caller pretending to be the queen got through to kate's nurse. >> hello. good morning. king edward vii hospital. >> hello there. could i please speak to kate please, my granddaughter. >> reporter: the prankster fooled her way past the operator and tricked kate's nurse as well. she revealed that the duchess was being treated for severe morning sickness had not thrown up during her shift. >> she was given some fluids. she was quite dehydrated when sh

a connecting flight in nashville got delayed and the puppy ran out of food. >> with that they requested $130 for dog food. >> that's a lot of dog food for a little dog. >> that's what my question was to them too. that's quite a bit of money to ask for dog food. how many dogs are being fed? >> debbie's tab was now more than $600 including the money transfers. finally she received this e-mail, the puppy was poisoned by bad food and would not make it. they needed $1500 worth of vaccines before she could fly. >> then the red flag went up. i knew that was it. i was bag scammed and it was going to be no dog. >> the puppy is at the airport. you need to pay $1,500. >> debbie reached the scammers on the phone. >> what's your name? >> i am -- >> on another call the same man had a different name. >> my name is joe jack -- jackson. >> joe jackson, you are over in africa somewhere. how are you g have a name like that? >> debbie was on to something. in the request for the $1500 the scammers asked her to wire the money to the city of duwala in the literal region of cameroon, west africa, the source of

a connecting flight in nashville got delayed and the puppy ran out of food. >> with that they requested $130 for dog food. >> that's a lot of dog food for a little dog. >> that's what my question was to them too. that's quite a bit of money to ask for dog food. how many dogs are being fed? >> debbie's tab was now more than $600 including the money transfers. finally she received this e-mail, the puppy was poisoned by bad food and would not make it. they needed $1500 worth of vaccines before she could fly. >> then the red flag went up. i knew that was it. i was bag scammed and it was going to be no dog. >> the puppy is at the airport. you need to pay $1,500. >> debbie reached the scammers on the phone. >> what's your name? >> i am -- >> on another call the same man had a different name. >> my name is joe jack -- jackson. >> joe jackson, you are over in africa somewhere. how are you going have a name like that? >> debbie was on to something. in the request for the $1500 the scammers asked her to wire the money to the city of duwala in the literal region of cameroon, west africa, the sourc

meantime, rain showers and thunderstorms from new orleans to nashville and the carolinas. rain and mountain snow in the pacific northwest. >> meanwhile, 40s from seattle to san francisco. 20s from the twin cities right down to kansas city. and 30s for much of the midwest and the northeast. >>> coming up next, built for the road ahead. ford makes a major investment in creating jobs. >>> and also ahead, the surprising impact the fiscal cliff will have on a staple of the american diet. >>> also, later, it is back to the sidelines for an nfl coach whose medical battle has inspired his team and his community. we're going to hear from colts' coach chuck pagano, about his fight with cancer. stay with us. >>> welcome back. you could call it the dairy cliff. there could be some serious sticker shock starting new year's day. you heard wendy mention a little bit about this moments ago. here's more information. the price of milk could double, hitting as much as $8 a gallon, if congress does not take action on the new farm bill. without the bill, the 1949 law would kick in. and that wo

for us we're watching the moisture coming through nashville. the clouds increase. by noon could be enough cold air, parts of the shenandoah valley into the mountains that we'll have some wet snow mixing in. in fact, north and west of town and i think this may be overdoing the snow line, i don't think it will be this far south, north and west of town there will be wet snow mixing in till about 8:00. then we start to dry out. everything pulls away. overnight partly cloudy with patchy fog developing. maybe a slick spot with some temperatures close to freezing. then christmas day looks decent with partly sunny conditions at least. highs well up in the 40s before the next system starts to bring snow to the region north and west of us on wednesday. i want to -- when i say north and west, pennsylvania, ohio, perhaps part of western maryland. afternoon rain, wintry mix developing, chilly, 43. tonight in the 30s which we will quiet down. some areas of fog. a dry tuesday, 48. but then rain and wind on wednesday, 46. could be a little wintry mix in the morning west of town. b

still 39 degrees at nashville airport. winds are light out of the southeast, averaging 5 miles per hour. temperatures around the region are, most important of all, above the freezing mark, especially from i-81 eastbound here, temperatures middle and upper 30s for the most part. i say it's a good thing we're above freezing because storm team 4 radar does show light raindrops. some more showers scattered out and about i-81 in the blue ridge and shenandoah valley. we're going to keep a close eye. not going to add up to too much. couple of hundredths inch of rain. could rule out a touch of some freezing rain or a sleep pellet or two, but not looking for any problems to impact any of the major roadways around town. your friday planner, spotty showers around town. most of the light rain chances stacked up in the morning hours. cloudy and chilly for much of the friday temperatures, generally speaking, in the 50s. bus stop weather, jackets required. maybe a little umbrella or too with patchy light fog. temperatures 36 to 41. talk

a connecting flight in nashville got delayed and the puppy ran out of food. >> with that they requested $130 for dog food. >> that's a lot of dog food for a little dog. >> that's what my question was to them too. that's quite a bit of money to ask for dog food. how many dogs are being fed? dee >> debbie's tab was now more than $600 including the money transfers. finally she received this e-mail, the puppy was poisoned by bad food and would not make it. they needed $1500 worth of vaccines before she could fly. >> then the red flag went up. i knew that was it. i was bag scammed and it was going to be no dog. >> the puppy is at the airport. you need to pay $1,500. >> debbie reached the scammers on the phone. >> what's your name? >> i am -- >> on another call the same man had a different name. >> my name is joe jack -- jackson. >> joe jackson, you are over in africa somewhere. how are you going have a name like that? >> debbie was on to something. in the request for the $1500 the scammers asked her to wire the money to the city of duwala in the literal region of cameroon, west africa, the s

he stands guard outside his daughter's school in nashville, praying his uniform will be enough to deter the unthinkable. >> if you're capable and able of doing something, you have the responsibility to act. >> reporter: only one goal, he says. to be a tiny sense of hope, after a flood of despair. alex perez, abc news, chicago. >>> and we'll get into this issue a little deeper on "good morning america." part of our search for solutions, after the newtown tragedy. >>> also, some shocking numbers out this morning. abuse of marijuana and some prescription drugs is up among teens. nearly 7% of high school seniors say they smoke pot every day. five years ago, that number was 5%. nearly 8% of teens, meanwhile, admit of using the stimulant adderall, which treats attention deficit disorder. that's up from three years ago. >>> an alarming, new study about mistakes being made during surgery. it says major mistakes happen more than 4,000 times a year here in the u.s. the study by doctors at johns hopkins says those mistakes include leaving objects inside a patient, operating on the wrong body part.

baseball begin monday in nashville, tennessee. as always, the general managers will be available to discuss potential trades and free agent moves. the g-man might have to shop for a new center fielder. reportedly, angel pagan received two officers from teams. the giants and the philadelphia phillies. and both contract offers are for four years. pagan is 31 years old. he had a .288 batting average last season, along with 8 homers and 56 runs batted in. we'll keep you updated. >>> over to college football. biggest game of the day, bam obama and georgia met in the s.e.c. championship games. alabama takes the lead on a 45-yard pass to a.j., from a.j. to omarry cooper. time winding down. georgia needs a touchdown to win. murray completes the pass. however, the receiver is tackled. alabama wins, 32-28. most likely they will be in the championship game. >>> to golf now. third round of the world challenge hosted by tiger woods. woods started the day four off the lead held by mcdowell. good start for woods. a chip in for birdie. even par f

you can jump in anytime you want richard if i go to you first in nashville the fiscal cliff is looming and everyone has to pay including ending tax cuts and this is going to hurt charities but everyone has to pay how do you feel about that well i'm all for capping deductions at a reasonable level and clearly part of fixing the fiscal cliff is going to have to be government reductions in spending and increased revenue but i don't think that that indian or capping charitable deductions is a wise move for over one hundred years now america has been doing this and we've discovered that americans give a lot more when they are given a charitable contribution for doing so and the estimates are that for every dollar in tax relief that a person gets it's three dollars of advantage to the community and to the economy there's no other government program that's a three to one advantage and ten percent of our workforce ten percent of our workforce work for a not for a nonprofit charitable organizations religious and nonreligious seems to be penny wise and pound foolish to cap the charitable deducti

our affiliate in nashville spoke to one farm about this. >> i'm 54 years old and i'm one of the youngest dairy farmers in the state. everything has to be washed, sterilized. >> reporter: to understand that -- >> get up, come on. >> reporter: you must first understand this. >> i was born into it and grew up doing it. >> reporter: his grandfather once owned cumberland meadows daro. >> we are farmers and this is our family farm. >> reporter: bob is out here at 4:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. each day. >> they like the radio. that's why it's on. >> reporter: he works harder in a 12-hour span than most of us work in a lifetime. so, you can imagine why he thinks it's utterly ridiculous that congress can't work together to help him out. >> i don't have a lot of confidence in congress. >> reporter: the farm bill will expire. the price bob gets paid for his milk will double back to 1949 standards. good news for him, but that means a gallon of milk at the grocery store will cost around $8. >> i'd drink juice. and i'm loyal to milk. >> reporter: but it's not just milk that is going to be affected by all of

showers and thunderstorms from cleveland to nashville, new orleans and houston. moving east, later on, to atlanta, pittsburgh, and other areas. that western storm we mentioned earlier, also dumps up to a foot of snow in the cascades, sierra nevada and northern rockies. >> 50s from seattle to billings and much of the midwest. just 24 in fargo. 38 in the twin cities. and 70s across the south. >>> and when we come back this morning, something to make tax time even worse. a new warning about the irs and identity theft. >>> and then, it is back to work for mitt romney. and he's returning to a familiar gig. >>> and well, if you got 55 cents, you can score one of america's favorite fast food sandwiches. but you better act quick. [ female announcer ] now get high speed internet at home on our newly expanded advanced digital network, a connection you can count on. introducing at&t u-verse high speed internet with more speed options, reliability and wi-fi hot spots than ever. go to our website below to get u-verse high speed internet for just 14.95 a month for 12 months wi

as we thank our affiliate, nashville's news 2. the famous gaylord opryland hotel, glowing. nearly 2 million twinkling lights underneath a dazzling fireworks display. it took four months to put up all those lights. a wonderland was worth it. good night. ♪ [ man ] we''ve been in the business ovr the course of four centuries. [ woman ] it was a family business back then, and it still fes like a family business now. the only people who knew about us were those in new england, that moment that we got our first web order... ♪ ...we could tell we were on the verge of something magical. all of a sudden it just felt like things were changing. we can use is to adveise to bakers everywhere. [ man ] browns summit, north carolina. crescent city, california. we had a package go to kathmandu once. the web has been the reason this entire section of the warehouse exists today. we were becoming more than this little flour company in vermont. [ woman ] we're all going after one common goal, which is to spread the joy of baking throughout the whole world. ♪ ♪

not the politics of charities i'm joined by richard land in nashville he is the president of the southern baptist convention's ethics and religious liberty commission in new york we have stephen pimp ere he is a professor at columbia university and in bloomington we cross to leslie when koski he is a professor at indiana university school of public and environmental affairs are a gentleman cross-talk rules in effect that mean.

as we thank our affiliate, nashville's news 2. the famous gaylord opryland hotel, glowing. nearly 2 million twinkling lights underneath a dazzling fireworks display. it took four months to put up all those lights. a wonderland was worth it. good night.

beyond that the storm moves to the northeast, potentially causing travel woes from nashville to cleveland and d.c. we do expect mostly rain wednesday into thursday as the system moves into new england, with snow on the back end of that. so, while the midweek travel will be tricky across the country, those conditions will improve by the end of the week as millions head home or elsewhere to ring in the new year. lester? >> that is good news. julie, thank you. >>> now to those comments of mitt romney's oldest son that got a lot of people talking today. it has been seven weeks since the election, there has been a steady stream of behind-the-scenes details coming from both campaigns. now comes the revelation from tag romney that his father had no desire to run for president again, at least at first. we get our report from nbc's ron mott in boston. >> i have just called president obama to congratulate him on his victory. >> reporter: as mitt romney, members of his campaign staff and top gop leaders continue assessing how he lost the election to a vulnerable incumbent president, the oldest son o

he stands guard outside his daughter's school in nashville, praying his uniform will be enough to deter the unthinkable. >> you are able and capable of doing something, you have the responsibility to act. >> reporter: only one goal, he says, to be a tiny sense of hope after a flood of despair. alex perez, abc news, chicago. >> and be sure to watch "nightline" tonight. the story of a man who was shot four times during the virginia tech massacre and survived. and tonight, he will take you inside the world of gun shows. >>> and we have a developing story we're also watching in the northeast tonight. part of a huge freeway was shut down today because of a fiery crash that led to a massive pileup. this was the chaotic scene on long island, new york, today. the expressway cluttered with ambulances. two dozen cars strewn about. it's believed the crash was caused by a tractor trailer striking other vehicles, which burst into flames. one person has died. 18 others were taken to the hospital to be treated. >>> and coming up here, a rope made of bed sheets. two inmates use them to break out of pri

as we thank our affiliate, nashville's news 2. in muz ii iic music city, the f gaylord opryland hotel, glowing. nearly 2 million twinkling lights underneath a dazzling fireworks display. it took four months to put up all those lights, a wonderland was worth it. good night. ♪ you can do the job while you're in town ♪ ♪ later on we'll conspire >>> trees down everywhere. all of the aftermath of the rain. we have live coverage and live doppler 7 hd. >> police show ofhç!t a catch of stolen goods from a fencing ring. >> efforts to drive food trucks out of a neighborhood. one man who is really cashing in. he didn't sell a meal. >> we're glad we're here to talk to you about it. it was a big tree. >> a rude awakening. a tree comes crashing into the bedroom in the middle of the night just feet from where they're sleeping. good evening, everyone, i'm carolyn johnson. >> the tree just one of many that fell around the bay area because of saturated ground. there is a a tree that punched a hole through the overhang, damage. crews in lay f

cards up, please, the answer is a, nashville. >> really? >> bill: yeah. where did i start? no one cares. not that they don't know. >> east sandwich. scranton, pennsylvania. >> to pica, kansas. >> bill: where did you start maccallum. >> here in new york city. >> bill: tough one. where else would i start? >> little market. 1992. what song did he use to appeal to the hipper audience? ♪ >> bill: all right, heart break hotel, doocy got it right. >> appeal to the younger audience. >> bill: younger audience elvis song. when they liked elvis they were young. >> i get it but you know, it wasn't exactly a hip song at that time. >> bill: something really strange is happening. doocy has got them all right. he is four for four. you can't beat him. >> dave garaway was the first host of the today show on nbc. he famously had a look. don't forget now i'm looking at you. no i'm not looking at you. take your mouth out of my kiddi? >> bill: is he at a chimpanzee retirement center of course is he. located where? cards up please, come on, let's go. >> if i'm a chimp i want to go to florida. >

mostly in southern california and nevada new york city, nashville and atlanta. this is a well run bank. let's check in with russell goldsmith and find out where this bank might be headed. i don't know anyone in this world who has the pulse of wealthy people the way you do. i need to know whether they are quaking about the increase of possible capital gains. will it be business as usual? >> great to be with you. appreciate the support. i think we have been seeing for well over six months, it falls into two groups. a lot of people are sitting on their hands. deals are getting called off. i'm not going to borrow until i know where they are going to drive the economy. there is always a slice of people who see opportunity with that. that is what city national and i would say a small minority have done. but most people are sitting on the sidelines waiting to know what is my health care cost and depreciation schedule. >> you have these big banks moving into wealth management. your kind of people don't want to be in that business. >> wealth management is a science and a