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thrown out of a baseball game, right? so does drinking beer on the pitchers mound. the events that ended with a minor league pitcher being chased off the field. it is saturday morning, it is hln, so glad you're here on this mother's day weekend. i'm susan hendricks. nashville where floods that ravaged the city have seriously damaged the world famous grand old opry house. look at how bad it is. at the peak of the floods, the opry stage was under 2 feet of water. workers scrambled to move some of the most precious memorabilia to higher ground as water rushed over a nearby levee. despite the flood, the staff is promising the show will eventually go on. >> you walked in here right now. and it's just very depressing. but the good news is, the soul of the grand old opry is intact. >> some of the great technology we have invested in over the years is still intact. so we'll be able to -- we'll be able to utilize that again when we open back up. >> well, that is good news. plans, meanwhile, are underway to perform opry shows in other nashville venues while repairs to the house are underway. it's estimated those repairs will take months, though. the death toll from the floods in tennessee, mississippi, and kentucky is now at 31. nashville's mayor estimates his city alone has suffered at least $1.5 billion in damage. but, despite the devastation, the floods are also bringing people together. in clarksville, tennessee, some flood victims got help from an army of volunteers. literally an army. soldiers from nearby ft. campbell were given a day off to help people clean up their homes. >> why be in the immediate area and not help? you know? that's what the army does. we have values and we stand and live for those values. >> soldiers work fast, yes. >> there's no way we could've done all of this. no way. >> yesterday was the first day a lot of the flood victims in clarksville were allowed back in their homes. now, to find out what you can do, how you can make a difference and help people in tennessee, go to impact your world at our website cnn.com/impact. bp workers are putting this oil containment dome over a gushing well head in the gulf of mexico. they lowered the dome 5,000 feet to the sea floor. that happened yesterday. well, now they're waiting for it to settle to make sure that it's stable. the idea here is to cover the leaking well head, then funnel the oil to a surface ship. that will keep the oil from spilling into the gulf. the coast guard says there are no guarantees, though, this plan will work. >> this is the first time this has been tried in this depth of water. and there's lots of firsts we're seeing here, and we have to allow it to -- there's a lot of steps before it can actually be activated. so i want to let you know that this is going to take a few days. this is not going to be something instantaneous. and it may or may not work. >> the coast guard is trying to minimize the damage from oil that's already spilled. it says it has already burned thousands of gallons of oil and will do more this weekend. you see it there. it is also dropping oil-dispersing chemicals and skilling oil from the water. despite all that, the massive oil slick has reached louisiana's barrier islands. time square was evacuated yesterday a while again, but in the end, it was a false alarm. the evacuation came when a suspicious package was found near 45th street and broadway. it turned out to be a green cooler with bottles of water inside. the area where it was found was only a few blocks from where a car bomb failed to explode last weekend, you may recall. celebrating mom on wall street yesterday, but it's really been a roller coaster week ending with stocks down for the year. not much celebrating. they bounced up and down all day yesterday in the three major indices ended up substantially lower. they've been sliding for about four straight days. investors are pretty concerned the financial crisis in greece can spread to other countries. they're also worried about the outcome of british elections where no party won a straight majority. police have arrested two teenagers who were allegedly planning a school attack in long island. police say the teens wanted to kill faculty and students at this high school. the suspects are a 17-year-old boy and a 16-year-old girl. police say they were texting each other about buying guns and killing someone. and also searched for info about bomb-making online. two other teenagers were charged with planning a similar attack at the same school back in 2007. this huge apartment fire in florida burned at least 40 families out of their homes. take a look at the flames there. it's pretty bad. it started in one unit, raced to the attic, then spread throughout the 3-story building. some people escaped with just the clothes they were wearing. >> i couldn't breathe at all. my eyes were getting blurry. i couldn't smell anything. i couldn't see. but we ran out and ran to the corner, it wasn't as bad yet. it started getting worse, worse, worse -- >> i had to hold my granddaughter -- put my hand over her face and run down. >> they were able to get out. but look here in atlanta. people who live in this apartment complex got a scare, as well. fire destroyed seven units and damaged two more yesterday. one man said he grabbed his keys, phone, and a bible, and was about to jump from a third-floor window when rescuers came to his aid with a ladder. there were no reports of any injuries here. the cause of this fire is under investigation. some people in north dakota may have trouble believing it is springtime. take a look at this. it is snow on the ground in marion. that was yesterday. snowfall turned into rain. it didn't last long, but still, it's may 8th. the temperature did dip below freezing last night. things are expected to get a bit better today. first lady michelle obama nearly broke down in tears before an audience yesterday. she was hosting a gathering in honor of mother's day and got choked up talking about how much her own mother means to her. >> and raising our girls in the white house with my mom -- not going to do this. -- is a beautiful experience. and the opportunity to have three generations living in the white house is beautiful. and i'm pretty sure the president's happy about it too. >> well, aside from her own mother, guests included former first lady rosalind carter, trisha cox, and young women from mrs. obama's mentoring program. you never really know what is lurking around in a mississippi bayou. >> have you seen big ones like that? >> yes, i have. >> it's a little unnerving. >> yes, it is. especially with children around. >> very unnerving, and especially when the visitor is this. an 800-pound gator. hear what it took to fish him out. what did we make better ? communities. industry. energy. her. this. lives. how ? by bringing together... information. ... people ... ... machines ... ... systems ... ideas... verizon helps businesses worldwide... including fortune 500 companies... find and achieve... better. better. better. better. hi there, i'm robin meade. we salute the troops during the week on "morning express" with robin meade, let's do it now on the weekends. today's salute for the troops is for first lieutenant ian norton in afghanistan. his wife says he's expected home this month. and she and their son alexander can't wait. >> hi, robin. i'd like to give a big salute out to my husband, first lieutenant ian norton. i wish i could just hold you and kiss you right now. and just feel you right next to me. i miss you so much, and i wish you were here. just to see your smile and hear your voice again would be the best thing in the world to me. we miss you so much and love you. and happy anniversary. >> happy anniversary, guys. if you have somebody in the service, go to cnn.com/robin. watch for those salutes every morning on "morning express" with me robin meade. here's a question. how would you like to have an 800-pound alligator as a neighbor? well, some people had no idea this creature was there until trappers showed up at a mississippi bayou to flush him out yesterday. it took heavy rope, a large roll of duct tape, and a forklift to capture the giant gator. >> i came down here with my granddaughter and i never thought about these things being down here. >> he actually came right up to me and ate the chicken. so when they get to be that, the state wants us to catch them out and get them away from the public. >> you see why. it is huge. the monster gator nearly 13-foot-lo 13-foot-long. trappers caught and hauled off a second gator, about a 10-footer. a painting by picasso sold for a record setting, are you ready? $106.5 million. here it is. the painting is called nude, green leaves, and bust. it was auctioned off in just nine minutes. the actual final billing was $95 million, but the fees took it past the $100 million mark. the owner has not been identified. that's pitching great tom glavin. now, you might be surprised what he has to say. >> i wouldn't let a kid at 11 years old throw a breaking ball. >> reporter: why does he say that? well, because the breaking ball, also called the curve ball puts too much stress on pre-teen elbows. >> that's a little better. >> over time, we've seen an epidemic of overuse injuries in baseball. >> reporter: that often means surgery and pitching careers over before they've even started. >> i think at this young age, teach them how to throw a fastball for strikes, then teach them a change-up and teach them how to pitch and don't worry about the curve ball. there's plenty of time for that. >> reporter: the problem is that young players are also getting injured because they're throwing too many pitching per outing or playing too many innings. it's hard when professional baseball is a draw. >> i want to be a professional baseball player. >> reporter: but many young players and coaches don't always get this message, play less to play longer. >> those who are getting significant injuries at 19 or 20 years old, you can usually trace it back to overuse at 12 and 13 years old. >> a lot of these kids are playing one sport and year round. >> he took a break each season to play hockey. he gave his arm a rest and thinks that may have contributed to his long baseball career. and hoping these little leaguers catch on. >> don't throw curve balls. >> reporter: dr. sanjay gupta, cnn, atlanta. it's monday, some people will stick with their old way of getting vitamins and minerals. others will try incredible total raisin bran. with 100% of the daily value of 11 essential vitamins and minerals, juicy raisins and crunchy whole grain flakes. guess it's all about what kind of crunch you like. how are you getting 100%? 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[ chuckles ] save on all your rides. now, that's progressive. call or click today. the water levels are dropping in tennessee. and now that the immediate danger has passed, we are hearing just how bad things were for those caught right in the middle of it. leslie bill said she had no good choices when her home looked like this. it became a fiery island in the cumberland river monday. she thought do i want to burn or drown? not good choices, of course. luckily a local lock smith rode up on a jet ski and carried away leslie and her dog. >> i look up, and there is an angel on a jet ski. god sent me an angel on a jet ski. i yelled at him, can you please check and see what's coming out of that garage? he went and looked in and saw the fire had taken over and was getting ready to attack the cars. and he said we have to get out of here. and so jump -- he goes, jump on the jet ski. so he jumps on his jet ski, i grab the dog deuce, get on the jet ski with him. we got 20 yards away and ka-boom, the house blew up. this man saved my life. >> some amazing stories of survival. you can help, as well. several aid organizations are providing relief for victims of the floods. to find out just how you can pitch in, go to cnn.com/impact. you will find a list of agencies providing aid there. if you were saving money in a certain type of retirement account, a lot of your hard-earned dollars could be disappearing. hln money expert clark howard tells us where that money is going and what you can do about it. >> okay. when you hear me talk about saving for retirement. when i talk about doing roth accounts or i.r.a.s, i'm always talking about fees, fees, fees. what do you do to reduce the cost of what you're putting your money into? why am i so obsessed with it? because the fees are like a cancer on your financial security. either later in life or in retirement. listen to this data from a new study reported on in the l.a. times. if you go into the typical high-fee mutual fund, over time of every year's contributions, 54% of it will disappear in fees that you'll pay instead of being there for you in retirement. have your attention now, don't i? you don't want to pay half of your money to somebody else instead of to you. so what should you do? put your money in ultralow-cost mutual funds. the ultralow cost company of all? vanguard. i'm clark howard. for more ways for you to stretch that buck, go to cnn.com/clarkhoward. >> we love hearing that. and you can get much more of it from clark today at noon eastern. he will help you save more, spend less, and avoid getting ripped off. zero tolerance seems like a good idea. no weapons in school. it really sounds like common sense. it makes the rules absolutely clear. but should there be exceptions to zero? education contributor steve perry looks at one case in today's perry's principles. >> i get to school, i mean, it's just like a regular day. i went to reading and, i don't know, one of my friends told me is that yours? and when i looked down, there was a knife -- >> he said he voluntarily turned his own knife into school administration. >> 8:34, i received a call saying, mom, the bag you gave me had a knife in it. it was a bag he had taken fishing two weeks prior. and it had fallen out in school. >> usually when they find something like this, they send them to jail and the parents don't know about it. >> a middle schooler, a good kid from a small town who'd never been in trouble with the law became a victim of the zero tolerance weapons system. >> it's basically like standing outside of your body watching as it's going on. i never imagined seeing him handcuffed and put in the back of a police car. >> amy was told that her son would stay in prison from thursday through the weekend with no money to hire a lawyer, amy contacted state senator emmanuel jones. >> i spoke to the principal at the school who said this shouldn't have happened. immediately i started getting with the sheriff department, and i called -- eventually wound up calling the d.a. >> the zero tolerance policy doesn't allow schools to make individual decisions based on context or intent. jones prefiled legislation in 2009 to remove the zero from zero tolerance. the georgia house senate approved the bill. the new law gives more latitude to schools and the legal system. steve perry, cnn, atlanta. >> "perry's principles" is brought to you by honey nut cheerio cereal. and try...and try. 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that's what the army does. we have values and we live for those values. >> soldiers work fast, yes. >> it's amazing. there's no way we could've done all this. no way. >> yesterday was the first day a lot of the flood victims in clarksville were allowed back in their homes. now, to find out what you can do, how you can make a difference and help people in tennessee, go to impact your world at our website cnn.com/impact. bp workers are putting this oil containment dome over a gushing well head in the gulf of mexico. they lower the dome 5,000 feet to the sea floor. that happened yesterday. well, now they're waiting for it to settle to make sure that it's stable. now, the idea here is to cover the leaking well head and then funnel the oil to a surface ship. that will keep the oil from spilling into the gulf. the coast guard says there are no guarantees, though, this plan will work. >> this is the first time this has been tried in this depth of water. and there's lots of firsts we're seeing here. and we have to allow it to -- there's a lot of steps before it can actually be activated. i want to let you know that this is going to take a few days. this is not going to be something instantaneous. and may or may not work. >> the coast guard is trying to minimize the damage from the oil that's already spilled. it says it has already burned thousands of gallons of oil and will do more this weekend. you see it there. it is also dropping oil-dispersing chemicals and skimming oil from the water. despite all that, the massive oil slick has reached louisiana's barrier islands. time square was evacuated for a while yesterday, again. but in the end, it was a false alarm. the evacuation came when a suspicious package was found near 45th street and broadway. it turned out to be a green cooler with bottles of water inside. the area where it was found is only a few blocks from where a car bomb failed to explode last weekend, you may recall. celebrating mom on wall street yesterday, but it's really been a roller coaster week ending with stocks down for the year. not much celebrating. they bounced up and down all day yesterday in the three major indices ended up substantially lower. they've been sliding for about four straight days. investors are pretty concerned the financial crisis in greece can spread to other countries. they're also worried about the outcome of british elections where no party won a straight majority. police have arrested two teenagers who were allegedly planning a school attack in long island. police say the teens wanted to kill faculty and students at this high school. the suspects are a 17-year-old boy and a 16-year-old girl. police say they were texting each other about buying guns and killing someone. and also search for info about bomb making online. two other teenagers were charged with planning a similar attack at the same school back in 2007. this huge apartment fire in florida burned at least 40 families out of their homes. take a look at the flames there. it's pretty bad. it started in one unit, raced to the attic, and then spread throughout the three-story building. some escaped with just the clothes they were wearing. >> couldn't breathe at all. it really stunk. my eyes were getting blurry, i couldn't see anything. and we ran out to the corner, it wasn't bad yet. it started getting worse, worse, worse -- >> i had to put my hand over her face and run down the stairs. >> look here in atlanta. people who live in this apartment complex got a scare, as well. fire destroyed seven units and damaged two more yesterday. one man said he grabbed his keys, phone, and a bible and was about to jump from a third-floor window when rescuers came to his aid with a ladder. the cause of this fire is under investigation. some people in north dakota may have trouble believing it is springtime. take a look at this. it is snow on the ground in marion. that was yesterday. snowfall turned to rain, it didn't last that long, but still, it's may 8th. the temperature dipped below freezing last night. things are expected to get a bit better today. first lady michelle obama nearly broke down in tears before an audience yesterday. she was hosting a gathering in honor of mother's day and got choked up talking about how much her own mother means to her. >> and raising our girls in the white house with my mom, not going to do this. is a beautiful experience. and the opportunity to have three generations of living in the white house, it's beautiful. and i'm pretty sure the president's happy about it too. >> well, aside from her own mother, guests included former first lady rosalind carter, trisha cox, and young women from mrs. obama's mentoring program. you never really know what is lurking around in a mississippi bayou. >> have you seen big ones back here like that? 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no, no, no -- actually he was in the minor leagues, he was in austin, texas. he's not shooting a new movie, he's just putting on a show for some fans at the round rock express. he's actually in austin, texas, susan because he's raising money for cancer. puts on a golf tournament there. >> love the gold mustache and the chains. there might be a lot more hunting for gray wolves this fall. considering raising the quota for the number of wolves allowed to be killed. it would raise it to three times over the year's limit. gray wolves came off the endangered species list only last year. increased hunting would threaten the wolves' long-term survival. there's now a lawsuit that may block the hunting season altogether. you have to hear this story. a tennessee woman found herself trapped in the recent floods and suddenly her situation got much more dangerous. >> now i'm thinking, do i want to burn, do i want to drown? do i want to burn? do i want to drown? >> can you imagine? but this story has a happy ending. find out who came to her rescue and how? 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your child succeed in school and in life, call now for this free informational dvd. call sylvan at 1-800-educate. the "titanic" is still on the bottom of the ocean. >> sure. >> this will not be. >> saturday night will not be the same for country music fans for quite awhile. the grand ole opry house is one of the victims of the tennessee floods. a look at the damage and when the opry may reopen. bp is hoping this device may stop that massive oil leak in the gulf of mexico, but there are plenty of reasons why it may not work. throwing your glove at an opposing batter usually gets you thrown out of a baseball game, right? so does drinking beer on the pitcher's mound. the events that ended with the minor league pitcher being chased off the field. well t is saturday morning, you're watching hln, so glad you are on this mother's day weekend. i'm susan hendricks. our top story takes us to nashville, where floods that ravaged the city have also seriously damaged the world famous grand ole opry house. this is some of the first video of the devastation inside the building. look at how bad it is. at the peak of the floods the opry stage was under two feet of water. last sunday workers scrambled to move some of the music hall's most precious memorabilia to higher ground as water rushed over a nearby levee. the opry staff is promising the show will eventually go on, despite the flood. >> you walk in here right now and it's just very depressing, but the good news is the soul, the soul of the grand ole opry is intact. >> some of the great technology that we have invested in over the years is still intact, and so we'll be able to utilize that again when we open back up. >> that is good news. plans meanwhile are under way to perform opry shows in other nashville venues, while repairs to the opry house are now under way. it's estimated those repairs will take months, though. the death toll from the floods in tennessee, mississippi, and kentucky, is now at 31. nashville's mayor estimates his city alone has suffered at least $1.5 billion in damage. but despite the devastation, the floods are also bringing people together, in clarksville, tennessee, some flood victims got help from an army of volunteers, literally an army. soldiers from nearby ft. campbell were given a day off to help people clean up their homes. >> why be in the immediate area and not help, you know? that's what the army does. we have values and we stand, we live for those values. >> soldiers work fast, yes. >> it was amazing. there's no way we could have done all this, no way. >> yesterday was the first day a lot of the flood victims in clarksville were allowed back in their homes. to find out what you can do, how you can make a difference and help people in tennessee, go to "impact your world" at our website cnn.com/impact. bp workers are putting this oil containment dome over a gushing well head in the gulf of mexico. they lowered the dome 5,000 feet to the sea floor, that happened yesterday. now they're waiting for it to settle to make sure that it's stable. now the idea here is to cover the leaking wellhead and funnel the oil to a surface ship, that will keep the oil from spilling into the gulf. the coast guard says there are no guarantees this plan will work. >> this is the first time this has been tried in this depth of water and there's lots of firsts we're seeing here and we have to allow it to, there's a lot of steps before it actually can be activated, so i want to let you know that this is going to take a few days. this is not going to be something instantaneously and it may or may not work. >> the coast guard is trying to minimize the damage from oil that's already spilled. it says it has already burned thousands of gallons of oil, and will do more this weekend. you see it there. it is also dropping oil dispersing chemicals and skimming oil from the water. despite all that the massive oil slick has reached louisiana's barrier islands. times square was evacuated for awhile yesterday again, but in the end, it was a false alarm. the evacuation came when a suspicious package was found on 45th street and broadway. it turned out to be a green cooler with bottles of water inside. the area where it was found is a few blocks from where a car bomb failed to explode last weekend, you may recall. celebrating mom on wall street yesterday, but it's really been a roller coaster week ending with stocks down for the year, not much celebrating. they bounced up and down all day yesterday, the three major indices ended up substantially lower. they've been sliding for about four straight days. investors are pretty concerned the financial crisis in greece can spread to other countries. they are also worried about the outcome of british elections, where no party won a straight majority. police have arrested two teenagers who were allegedly planning school attack in long island. police say the teens wanted to kill faculty and students at this high school. the suspects are a 17-year-old boy and 16-year-old girl. police say they were texting each other about buying guns and killing someone, and also searched for info about bomb-making online. two other teenagers were charged with planning a similar attack at the same school back in 2007. this huge apartment fire in florida burned at least 40 families out of their homes. take a look at the flames there, it's pretty bad. it started in one unit, raced to the attic, then spread throughout the three-story building. some people escaped with just the clothes they were wearing. >> i couldn't breathe at all. my eyes was getting blurry, i couldn't smell anything. i couldn't see. we ran out, we ran to the corner and it wasn't as bad yet but then it started getting worse, worse, worse. >> i had to hold my granddaughter's, put my hand over here face and one down the stairs. >> they were able to get out but look at here in atlanta, people who live in this apartment complex got a scare as well. fire destroyed seven units and damaged two more yesterday. one man said he grabbed his keys, phone and a bible, and was about to jump from a third floor window, when rescuers came to his aid with a ladder. there were no reports of any injuries here. the cause of this fire is under investigation. police in california say they have nabbed a man who had tens of thousands of child porn pictures inside of his home. 57-year-old derek pitre is now behind bars. police in the town of clovis got two tips that led to him. the investigation took about four months. after they finally arrested him in late april, police say they found a huge amount of evidence. >> we found ten boxes, file boxes, hundreds, if not thousands per box, and six garbage bags, large, plastic bargain bags full of these printed images. >> i'm concerned as a parent, because i do have two boys, and for somebody to live so close to us, you know, it's very, very disturbing. >> in all, police say he had more than 130,000 photos with sexual images of young girls and 4,000 graphic videos on his computers. some people in north dakota may have trouble believing it is springtime. take a look at this. it is snow on the ground in marion, that was yesterday. snowfall turned into rain. it didn't last that long but still, it's may 8th. the temperature dipped below freezing last night. things are expected to get a bit better today. you never really know what is lurking around in a mississippi bayou. >> you seen big ones back here like in a. >> yes, i have. >> wow, it's a little unnerving. >> yes, it is,'s specially with children around. >> very unnerving, and especially when the visitor is this, an 800-pound gator. hear what it took to fish him out. here's a question. how would you like to have an 800-pound alligator as a neighbor. some people had no idea this creature was there until trappers showed up at a mississippi bayou to flush him out yesterday. it took some heavy rope, a large roll of duct tape and a forklift to catch the jai yant gator. >> it's huge. >> i come down here with my granddaughter, he play around the trees and i never even thought about these things being down here. >> he actually came right up to me and ate the chicken, so when they get to be that, the state wants to us catch them out and get them away from the public. >> you see why, it is huge. the monster gator nearly 13 feet long, trappers also caught and hauled off a second gator. he was about a ten-footer. we have new details this morning into what happened the night that led to football great lawrence taylor's arrest, and charges of raping a 16-year-old runaway. joe carter's been following this one and has the latest for us. >> these details were coming from a criminal complaint filed yesterday against the girl's alleged pimp, rasheed davis. the complaint doesn't mention taylor by name but refers to him as "client one." it says taylor told authorities he met the girl at a hotel taken says he paid her $300 after engaging in 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that's what the army does. we have values and we stand, we live for those values. >> soldiers work fast, yes. >> it was amazing. there's no way we could have done all this, no way. >> they got the help they needed. yesterday was the first day a lot of the flood victims in clarksville were allowed back in their homes. times square was evacuated for awhile yesterday again, but in the end, it was a false alarm. the evacuation came when a suspicious package was found near 45th street and broadway. it turned out to be a green cooler with bottles of water inside. the area where it was found is a few blocks from where a car bomb failed to explode last weekend, you may recall. this huge apartment fire in florida burned at least 40 families out of their homes. take a look at the flames there, it's pretty bad. it started in one unit, raced to the attic, then spread throughout the three-story building. some people escaped with just the clothes they were wearing. >> i couldn't breathe at all. my eyes was getting blurry, i couldn't smell anything. i couldn't see. we ran out, we ran to the corner and it wasn't as bad yet but then it started getting worse, worse, worse. >> i had to hold my granddaughter's, put my hand over here face and one down the stairs. >> they were able to get out but look at here in atlanta, people who live in this apartment complex got a scare as well. fire destroyed seven units and damaged two more yesterday. one man said he grabbed his keys, phone and a bible, and was about to jump from a third floor window, when rescuers came to his aid with a ladder. there were no reports of any injuries here. the cause of this fire is under investigation. police in california say they have nabbed a man who had tens of thousands of child porn pictures inside of his home. 57-year-old derek pitre is now behind bars. police in the town of clovis got two tips that led to him. the investigation took about four months. after they finally arrested him in late april, police say they found a huge amount of evidence. >> we found ten boxes, file boxes, hundreds, if not thousands per box, and six garbage bags, large, plastic bargain bags full of these printed images. >> i'm concerned as a parent, because i do have two boys, and for somebody to live so close to us, you know, it's very, very disturbing. >> in all, police say he had more than 130,000 photos with sexual images of young girls and 4,000 graphic videos on his computers. some people in north dakota may have trouble believing it is springtime. take a look at this. it is snow on the ground in marion, that was yesterday. snowfall turned into rain. it didn't last that long but still, it's may 8th. the temperature dipped below freezing last night. things are expected to get a bit better today. not a whole lot of people will see that snow, but a lot of places are in for some cool weather, considering it's may. reynolds wolf joins us and hey, reynolds, how is it looking on this mother's day weekend for all those moms out there? >> so far, so good but in parts of michigan we're talking about rain and of course northern michigan some snowfall, one to two, maybe three inches of snowfall before some of it switches over to rain. plenty of rainfall in parts of the northeast. when you follow this frontal boundary down in the southeast, perhaps scattered showers along parts of i-10 corridor but fairly nice for much of the gulf coast, nation's mid section looks good. scattered snow showers across parts of the central rockies and cascades also. plenty of sub shine for the west coast of california. for your efforts in parts of the gulf coast in terms of trying to harness the oil flow, temperatures mainly in the 80s, waves one to two feet as that frontal boundary comes through wind to the northeast 10 to 15 miles an hour. what about temperatures, what can you expect on your saturday? well, high temperatures across the nation as you can imagine a little bit warmer in parts of the southeast where we're going to warm up to 84 degrees, new orleans, 89 in tampa. miami with 89 degrees. 75 in new york, 75 in washington, back to denver and salt lake city, 60s and 70s. 58 degrees in san francisco, and 89 in las vegas. that is a look at your forecast. i'm reynolds wolf. susan, let's send it back to you. >> overall looking good, reynolds, thanks. >> you bet. first lady michelle obama nearly broke down in tears before an audience yesterday. she was hosting a gathering in honor of mother's day and got choked up talking about how much her own mother means to her. >> and raising our girls in the white house with my mom -- oh -- i'm not going to do this -- is a beautiful experience, and the opportunity to have three generations living in the white house, it's beautiful, and i'm pretty sure the president's happy about it, too. 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"the clark howard show" at noon eastern right here on hln. you have to hear this story. a tennessee woman found herself trapped in the recent floods and suddenly her situation got much more dangerous. >> now i'm thinking, do i want to burn? do i want to drown? do i want to burn? do i want to drown? >> can you imagine? but this story has a happy ending. find out who came to her rescue and how. time now for "fancy footwork." the club was propelled to a 4-1 at mioy maillorca. that's "fancy footwork." [ beeping ] ♪ my country ♪ 'tis of thee ♪ sweet land ♪ of liberty ♪ of thee i sing [ laughs ] ♪ oh, land ♪ where my fathers died ♪ land of the pilgrims' pride ♪ from every mountainside ♪ let freedom ring the water levels are now dropping in tennessee, and now that the immediate danger has passed, we're hearing just how bad things were for those caught right in the middle of it. leslie bills had no good choices when her home became this, a fiery island on monday. here's what she was thinking, do i want to burn or do i want to drown? not good choices but luckily a local locksmith rode up on a jet ski and carried away less eand her dog. >> i look up and there is an angel on a jet ski. god sent me an angel on a jet ski. i yelled at him, can you please check and see what's coming out of that garage? he was getting ready to check and he says "we have to get -- out of here. jump on the jet ski." he jumps on the jet ski, i grab the dog, juice, get on the jet ski with him, we got 20 yards away 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opry house is one of the victims of the tennessee floods. a look at the damage and when the opry may reopen. bp is hoping this device may stop that massive oil leak in the gulf of mexico. but there are plenty of reasons why it may not work. throwing your glove at an opposing batter usually gets you thrown out of a baseball game, right? so does drinking beer on the pitcher's mound. the events that ended with a minor league pitcher being chased off the field. well, it is saturday morning. you're watching hln. so glad you are on this mother's day weekend. i'm susan hendricks. well, our top story takes us to nashville where floods that ravaged the city have also seriously damaged the world famous grand ole opry house. this is some of the first video of the devastation inside the building. look at how bad it is. at the peak of the floods, the opry stage was under two feet of water. last sunday, workers scrambled to move some of the music hall's most precious memorabilia to higher ground as water rushed over a nearby levee. now, despite the flood, the opry staff is promising the show will eventually go on. >> you walk in here right now, and it's just very depressing. but the good news is the soul of the grand ole opry is intact. >> some of the great technology that we have invested in over the years is still intact. and so we'll be able to -- we'll be able to utilize that again when we open back up. >> well, that is good news. plans, meanwhile, are under way to perform opry shows and other venues while repairs to the opry house are under way. it's estimated those repairs will take months, though. the death toll from the floods in tennessee, mississippi and kentucky is now at 31. nashville's mayor estimates his city alone has suffered at least $1.5 billion in damage. but despite the devastation, the floods are also bringing people together. in clarksville, tennessee, some flood victims got help from an army of volunteers, literally an army. soldiers from nearby ft. campbell were given a day off to help people clean up their homes. >> why be in the immediate area and not help, you know? that's what the army does. we have values, and we live for those values. >> soldiers work fast, yes. >> it's been amazing. there's no way we could've done all this. no way. >> yesterday was the first day a lot of the flood victims in clarksville were allowed back in their homes. now, to find out what you can do, how you can make a difference and help people in tennessee, go to impact your world at our website cnn.com/impact. bp workers are putting this oil containment dome over a gushing wellhead in the gulf of mexico. they lowered the dome 5,000 feet to the sea floor. that happened yesterday. well, now they're waiting for it to settle to make sure that it's stable. now, the idea here is to cover the leaking wellhead and then funnel the oil to a surface ship. that will keep the oil from spilling into the gulf. the coast guard says there are no guarantees, though, this plan will work. >> this is the first time this has been tried in this depth of water. and there's lots of firsts we're seeing here. and we have to allow it to -- there's a lot of steps before it actually can be activated so i want to let you know that this is going to take a few days. this is not going to be something instantaneous. and may or may not work. >> the coast guard is trying to minimize the damage from the oil that's already spilled. it says it has already burned thousands of gallons of oil and will do more this weekend. you see it there. it is also dropping oil-dispersing chemicals and skimming oil from the water. despite all that, the massive oil slick has reached louisiana's barrier islands. times square was evacuated for a while yesterday again. but in the end, it was a false alarm. the evacuation came when a suspicious package was found near 45th street and broadway. it turned out to be a green cooler with bottles of water inside. the area where it was found is only a few blocks from where a car bomb failed to explode last weekend, you may recall. celebrating mom on wall street yesterday, but it's really been a roller coaster week ending with stocks down for the year. not much celebrating. they bounced up and down all day yesterday in the three major indices ended up substantially lower. they've been sliding for about four straight days. investors are pretty concerned the financial crisis in greece can spread to other countries. they're also worried about the outcome of british elections where no party won a straight majority. police have arrested two teenagers who were allegedly planning a school attack in long island. police say the teens wanted to kill faculty and students at this high school. the suspects are a 17-year-old boy and a 16-year-old girl. police say they were texting each other about buying guns and killing someone. and also, searched for info about bomb making online. two other teenagers were charged with planning a similar attack at the same school back in 2007. this huge apartment fire in florida burned at least 40 families out of their homes. take a look at the flames there. it's pretty bad. it started in one unit, raced to the attic and then spread throughout the three-story building. some people escaped with just the clothes they were wearing. >> couldn't breathe at all. it really stunk. my eyes were getting blurry, i couldn't smell anything. and we ran out to the corner, it wasn't bad yet. it started getting worse, worse, worse. >> i had to put my hand over her face and run down the stairs. >> they were able to get out. look at here in atlanta. people who live in this apartment complex got a scare, as well. fire destroyed seven units and damaged two more yesterday. one man said he grabbed his keys, phone and a bible and was about to jump from a third-floor window when rescuers came to his aid with a ladder. there were no reports of any injuries here. the cause of this fire is under investigation. police in california say they have nabbed a man who had tens of thousands of child porn pictures inside of his home. 57-year-old derrick petrie is behind bars. police in the town of clovis got two tips that led them to him. the investigation took about four months but after they finally arrested him in late april, police say they found a huge amount of evidence. >> we found ten boxes, file boxes, hundreds if not thousands per box and six garbage bags, large, plastic, garbage bags full of these printed image's i i'm concerned as a parent because i do have two boys and for somebody to live so close to us, you know, it's very, very disturbing. >> in all, police say he has more than 130,000 photos with sexual images of young girls and 4,000 graphic videos on his computers. some people in north dakota may have trouble believing it is springtime. take a look at this. it is snow on the ground in marion. that was yesterday. snowfall turned to rain, it didn't last that long, but still, it's may 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you know. that's what the army does. you know? we have values and we stand -- we live for those values. >> soldiers work fast, yes. >> it is amazing. there niece way we could have done all this. no way. >> well, they got the help they needed. yesterday was the first day a lot of the flood victims in clarksville were allowed back in their homes. times square was evacuated for a while yesterday again but in the end it was a false alarm. the evacuation came when a suspicious package was found near 45th street and broadway. it turned out to be a green cooler with bottles of water inside. the area where it was found is only a few blocks from where a car bomb failed to explode last weekend, you may recall. this huge apartment fire in florida burned at least 40 families out of their homes. take a look at the flames there. it is pretty bad. it started in one unit, raced to the attic and then spread throughout the three-story building. some people escaped with just the clothes they were wearing. >> couldn't breathe at all. it just really stink. my eyes was getting blurry. i couldn't smell anything. i couldn't see. we ran out. we ran to the corner. it wasn't as bad but started getting worse, worse, worse. >> had to hold my granddaughter's -- put my hand over her face and run down the stairs. >> they were able to get out but look at here in atlanta. people who live in this apartment complex got a scare, as well. fire destroyed seven units and damaged two more yesterday. one man said he grabbed his keys, phone and bible and about to jump from a third-floor window when rescuers came to his aid with lad hear. the cause of this fire is under investigation. police in california say they have nabbed a man who had tens of thousands of child porn pictures inside of his home. 57-year-old derrick petrie is behind bars. police in the town of clovis got two tips that led them to him. the investigation took about four months but after they finally arrested him in late april police say they found a huge amount of evidence. >> we found ten boxes, file boxes. hundreds if not thousands per box and six garbage bags, large, plastic garbage bags full of the print images. >> i'm concerned as a parent because i do have two boys and for somebody to live so close to us, you know, it's very, very disturbing. >> in all, police say he had more than 130,000 photos with sexual images of young girls and 4,000 graphic videos on his computers. some people in north dakota may have trouble believing it is springtime. take a look at this. it is snow on the ground in marion. that was yesterday. snowfall turned into rain. it didn't last that long but still it's may 8th. the temperature dipped below freezing last night. things are expected to get a bit better today. not a whole lot of people will see that snow but a lot of places are in for some cool weather considering it's may. reynolds wolf joins us. how's it looking on this mother's day weekend for the moms throughout? >> in parts of michigan, talking about rain and of course the northern michigan, snowfall. one to two, maybe three inches of snowfall. plenty of rainfall in the northeast and frontal boundary down to the southeast, perhaps some scattered showers along parts of the i-10 corridor and fairly nice for much of the gulf coast. nation's mid section looks good. scattered snow showers in the central rockies and cascades and plenty of sunshine for the west coast of california. now for your efforts in parts of the gulf coast in terms of trying to harness that oil flow, looks like temperatures mainly in the 80s. waves of one to two feet as that frontal boundary comes through. wind to the northwest at 10 to 15 miles per hour. what about temperatures? what can you expect on your saturday? well, high temperatures across the nation as you can imagine warmer in the southeast where we warm up to 84 degrees new orleans. 89 in tampa and miami. 75 in new york. 5 in washington. back to denver and salt lake city, 50s and 60s. 58 degrees in san francisco and 89 in las vegas. that is a look at your forecast. i'm reynolds wolf. susan, let's send it back to you. >> overall looking pretty good. thanks. >> you bet. first lady michelle obama nearly broke down in tears before an audience yesterday. she was hosting a gathering in honor of mother's day and got choked up talking about how much her own mother means to her. >> and raising our girls in the white house with my mom, ugh. not going to do this. is a beautiful experience. and the opportunity to have three generation s living in th whouts, it's beautiful and i'm pretty sure the president's happy about it, too. >> aside from her own mother, guests including rosalyn carter, president nixon's daughter trisha cox and young women from mrs. obama's mentoring program. you never really know what is lurking around in a mississippi bayou. >> you seen big ones back here like this? 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that's what the army does. we have values, and we live for those values. >> soldiers work fast, yes. >> it's been amazing. there's no way we could've done all this. no way. >> yesterday was the first day a lot of the flood victims in clarksville were allowed back in their homes. now, to find out what you can do, how you can make a difference and help people in tennessee, go to impact your world at our website cnn.com/impact. bp workers are putting this oil containment dome over a gushing wellhead in the gulf of mexico. they lowered the dome 5,000 feet to the sea floor. that happened yesterday. well, now they're waiting for it to settle to make sure that it's stable. now, the idea here is to cover the leaking wellhead and then funnel the oil to a surface ship. that will keep the oil from spilling into the gulf. the coast guard says there are no guarantees, though, this plan will work. >> this is the first time this has been tried in this depth of water. and there's lots of firsts we're seeing here. and we have to allow it to -- there's a lot of steps before it actually can be activated so i want to let you know that this is going to take a few days. this is not going to be something instantaneous. and may or may not work. >> the coast guard is trying to minimize the damage from the oil that's already spilled. it says it has already burned thousands of gallons of oil and will do more this weekend. you see it there. it is also dropping oil-dispersing chemicals and skimming oil from the water. despite all that, the massive oil slick has reached louisiana's barrier islands. times square was evacuated for a while yesterday again. but in the end, it was a false alarm. the evacuation came when a suspicious package was found near 45th street and broadway. it turned out to be a green cooler with bottles of water inside. the area where it was found is only a few blocks from where a car bomb failed to explode last weekend, you may recall. celebrating mom on wall street yesterday, but it's really been a roller coaster week ending with stocks down for the year. not much celebrating. they bounced up and down all day yesterday in the three major indices ended up substantially lower. they've been sliding for about four straight days. investors are pretty concerned the financial crisis in greece can spread to other countries. they're also worried about the outcome of british elections where no party won a straight majority. police have arrested two teenagers who were allegedly planning a school attack in long island. police say the teens wanted to kill faculty and students at this high school. the suspects are a 17-year-old boy and a 16-year-old girl. police say they were texting each other about buying guns and killing someone. and also, searched for info about bomb making online. two other teenagers were charged with planning a similar attack at the same school back in 2007. this huge apartment fire in florida burned at least 40 families out of their homes. take a look at the flames there. it's pretty bad. it started in one unit, raced to the attic and then spread throughout the three-story building. some people escaped with just the clothes they were wearing. >> couldn't breathe at all. it really stunk. my eyes were getting blurry, i couldn't smell anything. i couldn't see. and we ran out to the corner, it wasn't bad yet. then it started getting worse, worse, worse. >> i had to put my hand over her face and run down the stairs. >> they were able to get out. look at here in atlanta. people who live in this apartment complex got a scare, as well. fire destroyed seven units and damaged two more yesterday. one man said he grabbed his keys, phone and a bible and was about to jump from a third-floor window when rescuers came to his aid with a ladder. there were no reports of any injuries here. the cause of this fire is under investigation. police in california say they have nabbed a man who had tens of thousands of child porn pictures inside of his home. 57-year-old derrick petrie is behind bars. police in the town of clovis got two tips that led them to him. the investigation took about four months but after they finally arrested him in late april, police say they found a huge amount of evidence. >> we found ten boxes, file boxes, hundreds if not thousands per box and six garbage bags, large, plastic, garbage bags full of these printed image's i i'm concerned as a parent because i do have two boys and for somebody to live so close to us, you know, it's very, very disturbing. >> in all, police say he has more than 130,000 photos with sexual images of young girls and 4,000 graphic videos on his computers. you never what's lurking around in a mississippi buy you. >> you seen big ones back here like that? 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$106.5 million. here it is. the painting is called nude, greenleaves and bust. it was auctioned off in just nine minutes. the actual final bid was $95 million but extra fees took the sale price past the $100 million mark. the buyer has not been identified. we have new details this morning into what happened the night that led to football great lawrence taylor's arrest and charges of raping a 16-year-old runaway. joe carter has the latest. >> these details coming from a criminal complaint filed yesterday against the girl's alleged pimp rasheed davis. the complaint doesn't mention taylor by name but refers to him as "client one." it says taylor told authorities he met the girl at a hotel and says he paid her $300 after engaging in sex acts. the complaint also says davis told the girl to lie about her age to taylor saying she was 19 not 16. according to the paperwork, police believe taylor used a middle man to arrange the meeting with a girl but said they have not identified that person. lawrence taylor is out on bail and is charged with third-degree rape. his lawyer continues to deny the charges. well, hundreds of people attended two public viewings friday in honor of yeardley love. the 22-year-old university of virginia lacrosse player who was murdered this week, love's uva teammates and about half a dozen members of the georgetown women's lacrosse team carried lacrosse sticks into the funeral home. another service is scheduled for later today in baltimore where more people are expected to attend. george hugueley is charged with her death. well, seattle baseball fans might remember when the mariners traded jamie moyer to the philadelphia phillies because they thought at 43 he was too old for baseball. well, four years later, moyer is still going strong at the age of 47, strong enough it turns out to become the oldest pitcher in major league baseball history to throw a shutout. moyer fired a two-hitter last night to beat the atlanta braves, 7-0. we've seen actor and comedian will farrell play an ice skater, a professional basketball player, a nascar driver, and now a minor league baseball pitcher? no, no. he's not shooting a movie. he's actually putting on a show for fans of round rock express in austin, texas. he is there raising money for cancer. he puts on a golf tournament in austin. >> love him and he's dressed the part with the mustache and gold chain. got to love it. thank you. >> you bet. from baseball to wolves now. there may be a lot more hunting for gray wolves this fall. montana and idaho are now considering raising their quota for the number of wolves allowed to be killed. a proposal in montana would raise it to three times over the year's limit. gray wolves came off the endangered species list only last year. ranchers say the wolves attack their sheep and cattle. opponents say increased hunting would threaten the wolves' long-term survival. there's a lawsuit that may block the hunting season. that's pitching great tom glavine watching his son's little league practice. you might be surprise whad he has to say. >> i wouldn't let a kid at 11 throw a breaking ball. >> why does he say that? 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for supporting the bank financial bailout. and that is a quick check of your saturday morning headlines here on hln. hope you're having a great weekend so far. i'm susan hendricks. the grand ole opry house in nashville was under two feet due to a flood and the water is now gone and the opry staff is just now getting an idea as to how much damage was done. >> reporter: it's enough to make the tears flow and the ceo make a sound like this. >> ugh! >> reporter: the permanent home of the grand ole opry will be taking a temporary rest for restoration. >> this is such a vibrant place on a friday and saturday night. you know, when we have got the best artists in country music playing here. this is such a wonderful, happy place. you walk in here right now and it is just very depressing. but the good news is the soul, the soul of the grand ole opry is intact. >> reporter: what was covered in water is covered in muck and mud. they did manage to get a lot of the most valuable memorabilia up and out of the way. look at the gift shop and the stage monitoring and equipment. and that lonely barn that should be lit up on a friday night like this. >> some of the great technology that we have invested in over the years is still intact. and so, we'll be able to utilize that again when we open back up. >> reporter: every piece of cloth is already out. seat cushions and carpet, the smell is swampy and stale. but make no mistake. this is no shipwreck. >> the "titanic" is still on the bottom of the ocean. this will not be. within two or three months, this will be a vibrant place just like it was saturday night. >> and we don't doubt that at all. thanks to wsmv for that report. by the way, plans are under way to perform shows in other nashville venues while repairs to the opry house are under way. the repairs could take months. the devastated floods are bringing people together. in clarksville, tennessee, some flood victims got help from an army of volunteers, literally an army. soldiers from nearby ft. campbell were given a day off to help people clean up their homes. >> why be in the immediate area and not help, you know. that's what the army does. we have values an we live for those values. >> the soldiers work fast, yes. >> been amazing. there's no way we could have done all this. no way. >> well, they got the help they needed. yesterday was the first day a lot of the flood victims in clarksville were allowed back in their homes. times square was evacuated for a while yesterday again. but in the end, it was a false alarm. the evacuation came when a suspicious package was found near 45th street and broadway. it turned out to be a green cooler with bottles of water inside. the area where it was found is only a few blocks from where a car bomb failed to explode last weekend you may recall. this huge apartment fire in florida burned at least 40 families out of their homes. take a look at the flames there. pretty bad. it started in one unit, raced to the attic and then spread through the the three-story building. some people escaped with just the clothes they were wearing. >> i couldn't breathe at all. it just really stink. my eyes was getting blurry. i couldn't smell anything. i couldn't see. but we ran out, we ran to the corner and it wasn't as bad but it started getting worse, worse, worse. >> had to hold my granddaughter's -- put my hand over her face. >> look at here in atlanta. people that live in this apartment complex got a scare, as well. fire destroyed seven units and damaged two more yesterday. one man said he grabbed his keys, phone and a bible and was about to jump from a third floor window when rescuers came to his aid with a ladder. there were no reports of injuries here. the cause of this fire is under investigation. police in california say they have nabbed a man who had tens of thousands of child porn pictures inside of his home. 57-year-old derrick petrie is now behind bars. police in the town of clovis got two tips that led them to him. the investigation took about four months but after they finally arrested him in late april, police say they found a huge amount of evidence. >> we found ten boxes, file boxes, hundreds if not thousands per box and six garbage bags, large, plastic garbage bags full of these printed images. >> i'm concerned as a parent because i do have two boys, and for somebody to live so close to us, you know, it's very, very disturbing. >> in all, police say he had more than 130,000 photos with sexual images of young girls and 4,000 graphic videos on his computers. some people in north dakota may have trouble believing it is springtime. take a look at this it is snow on the ground in marion. that was yesterday. snowfall turned into rain. it didn't last that long but it's may 8th. the temperature dipped below freezing last night. things are expected to get a bit better today. not a whole lot of people will see that snow but a lot of places are in for some cool weather considering it's may. reynolds wolf joins us. how's it looking on this mother's day weekend? >> so far, so good but in parts of michigan we are talking about rain and, of course, northern michigan, snowfall. one to two, maybe three inches of snowfall before it switches to rain. plenty of rainfall in the northeast and follow the frontal boundary to the southeast, perhaps scattered showers along the i-10 corridor and fairly nice for much of the gulf coast. mid section looks good. scattered snow showers in the central rockies and into the cascades. for your efforts in parts of the gulf coast in terms of trying to harness that oil flow, looks like temperatures mainly in the 80s. waves of one to two feet as that frontal boundary comes through. wind at the northeast at 10 to 15 mimpgs. what about temperatures? what can you expect on your saturday? well, high temperatures across the nation as you can imagine, warmer in the southeast where we are going to warm up to 84 degrees new orleans. 89 in tampa and miami. 75 in new york and washington. back to denver and salt lake city, 50s and 60s. that is a look at your forecast. i'm reynolds wolf. back to you. >> overall looking pretty good. thanks. first lady michelle obama nearly broke down in tears before an audience yesterday. she was hosting a gathering in honor of mother's day and got choked up talking about how much her own mother means to her. >> and raising our girls in the white house with my mom -- oh. not going to do this. is a beautiful experience. and the opportunity to have three generations living in the white house, it's beautiful an i'm pretty sure the president's happy about it, too. >> aside from her own mother, guests included former first lady rosalyn carter, president nixon's daughter trisha cox and young women from mrs. obama's mentoring program. you never really know what is lurking around in a mississippi bayou. >> you seen big ones back here like that? >> yes, i have. >> wow. it is a little unnerving. >> yes, it is. especially 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devastation inside the building. look at how bad it is. at the peak of the floods, the opry stage was under two feet of water. last sunday, workers scrambled to move some of the music hall's most precious memorabilia to higher ground as water rushed over a nearby levee. now, despite the flood, the opry staff is promising the show will eventually go on. >> you walk in here right now, and it's just very depressing. but the good news is the soul of the grand ole opry is intact. >> some of the great technology that we have invested in over the years is still intact. and so we'll be able to -- we'll be able to utilize that again when we open back up. >> well, that is good news. plans, meanwhile, are under way to perform opry shows and other venues while repairs to the opry house are under way. it's estimated those repairs will take months, though. the death toll from the floods in tennessee, mississippi and kentucky is now at 31. nashville's mayor estimates his city alone has suffered at least $1.5 billion in damage. but despite the devastation, the floods are also bringing people together. in clarksville, tennessee, some flood victims got help from an army of volunteers, literally an army. soldiers from nearby ft. campbell were given a day off to help people clean up their homes. >> why be in the immediate area and not help, you know? that's what the army does. we have values, and we live for those values. >> soldiers work fast, yes. >> it's been amazing. there's no way we could've done all this. no way. >> yesterday was the first day a lot of the flood victims in clarksville were allowed back in their homes. now, to find out what you can do, how you can make a difference and help people in tennessee, go to impact your world at our website cnn.com/impact. bp workers are putting this oil containment dome over a gushing wellhead in the gulf of mexico. they lowered the dome 5,000 feet to the sea floor. that happened yesterday. well, now they're waiting for it to settle to make sure that it's stable. now, the idea here is to cover the leaking wellhead and then funnel the oil to a surface ship. that will keep the oil from spilling into the gulf. the coast guard says there are no guarantees, though, this plan will work. >> this is the first time this has been tried in this depth of water. and there's lots of firsts we're seeing here. and we have to allow it to -- there's a lot of steps before it actually can be activated so i want to let you know that this is going to take a few days. this is not going to be something instantaneous. and may or may not work. >> the coast guard is trying to minimize the damage from the oil that's already spilled. it says it has already burned thousands of gallons of oil and will do more this weekend. you see it there. it is also dropping oil-dispersing chemicals and skimming oil from the water. despite all that, the massive oil slick has reached louisiana's barrier islands. times square was evacuated for a while yesterday 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cumberland river on monday. she says she thought, do i want to burn or do i want to drown? not good choices, of course. luckily, a local locksmith rode up on a jet ski and carried away leslie and her dog. >> i looked up, and there is an angel on a jet ski. god sent me an angel on a jet ski. i yelled at him, can you please check and see what's coming out of that garage? he went and looked in and saw that the fire had taken over and was getting ready to attack the cars. and he said, we have to get the -- out of here. and so he goes, jump on the jet ski. so he jumps on his jet ski, i grab the dog, deuce, get on the jet ski with him. we got 20 yards away, and ka-boom, the house blew up. this man saved my life. >> some amazing stories of survival. you can help as well. several aid organizations are providing relief for victims of the floods. to find out how you can pitch in, go to cnn.com/impact. you will find a list of agencies providing aid there. the pentagon is cracking down on four 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that. you can see the cart plow right into a passenger. the driver ended up underneath the car. two other people on the cart were also hurt. apparently someone's bag was on the gas pedal. folks in texas were wondering what a duck was walking back and forth for 12 hours. it turns out she was worried about her ducklings that got stuck in the grate. trying to let someone know about it. ♪ ...sun shine in ♪ let the sun shine [ male announcer ] open yourself up to a whole new driving experience. introducing a mercedes-benz convertible that controls the wind and keeps you comfortable in any season. the e-cabriolet, newest member of the amazing e-class family. the thrill of opening it up. there are reports of 60 injuries right now. mayor's office describes them as minor. rescue crews are on the scene right now. 270 passengers and crew were on board. the accident is being called a hard landing. again, the injuries from this crash this morning at the staten ferry terminal, staten island ferry terminal are being described as minor. stay with hln for more information. now let's get back to susan hendricks and more on this morning's top stories. bp is trying to stop a huge oil leak in the gulf of mexico with a containment dome, like this one, like this animation. it lowered the 100-ton box to the sea floor. now, the idea here is to cover the leaking wellhead and then funnel the oil to a surface ship. there is fear the cloud will spread to portugal and france along with other parts of spain as well. senator is fighting for his political life, you could say, facing seven challengers today and may not make it to the primary. some opponents are angry at him for supporting the bank financial bailout. that is a quick check of your saturday morning headlines here on hln. hope you're having a great weekend so far. i'm susan hendricks. the grand ole opry in nashville has one of the most famous stages, as you know. last week it was under two feet of water. the water is now gone and the opry staff is just getting an idea of how much damage was done. >> reporter: it's enough to make the tears flow, and the krechlt. o make a sound like this. taking a temporary rest for restoration. >> this is such a vibrant place on a friday and saturday night. you know, the best artists in country music are playing here, it's such a wonderful, happy place. you walk in here right now and it's just very depressing. but the good news is the soul -- the soul of the grand ole opry is intact. >> what was covered in water is now covered in muck and mud. they did manage to get a lot of the most valuable memorabilia up and out of the way. look at the gift shop, stage monitors and equipment and that lonely barn that should be lit up on a friday night like this. >> some of the great technology we have invested in over the years is still intact. so, we'll be able to utilize that again when we open back up. >> reporter: every piece of cloth is already out, seat cushions and carpet. the smell is swampy and stale. but, make no mistake, this is no shipwreck. >> the titanic is still on the bottom of the ocean. >> reporter: sure. >> this will not be. within two or three months, this will be a vibrant place, just like it was saturday night. >> we don't doubt that at all. thanks to affiliate wsmb for that report. by the way, plans are under way to perform opry shows in other nashville venues while repairs to the opry house are under way. it's estimated those repairs could take months. the devastating floods are bringing people together. in clarksville, tennessee, some flood victims got help from an army of volunteers, literally an army. soldiers from nearby ft. campbell were given a day off to help people clean up their homes. >> why be in the immediate area and not help, you know? that's what the army does. we have values and we stand -- we live for those value zpls soldiers work fast, yes. >> it's been amazing. there's no way we could have done all this. no way. >> they got the help they needed. yesterday was the first day a lot of the flood victims in clarksville were allowed back in their homes. times square was evacuated for a while yesterday again. but in the end, it was a false alarm. the evacuation came when a suspicious package was found near 45th street and broadway. it turned out to be a green cooler with bottles of water inside. the area where it was found is only a few blocks from where a car bomb failed to explode last weekend, you may recall. police in california say they have nabbed a man who had tens of thousands of child porn pictures inside of his home. 57-year-old derrick pitre is behind bars. police in the town of clovis got two tips that led them to him. the investigation took about four months but after they finally arrested him in late april, police say they found a huge amount of evidence. >> we found ten boxes, file boxes, hundreds if not thousands per box and six garbage bags, large, plastic, garbage bags full of these printed images. >> i'm concerned as a parent because i do have two boys and for somebody to live so close to us, you know, it's very, very disturbing. >> in all, police say he had more than 130,000 photos with sexual images of young girls and 4,000 graphic videos on his computers. some people in north dakota may have trouble believing it is springtime. take a look at this. it is snow on the ground in marion. that was yesterday. snowfall turned to rain, it didn't last that long, but still, it's may 8th. the temperature dipped below freezing last night. things are expected to get a bit better today. not a whole lot of people will see that snow. a lot of places are in for cool weather, considering it's may. reynolds wolf joins us. how is it looking on this mother's day weekend for all those moms out there? >> so far, so good. in parts of michigan, we're talking about rain. of course, northern michigan, some snowfall, one to two, maybe three inches of snowfall before it switches over to rain. plenty of rainfall in parts of the northeast. follow this frontal boundary down to the southeast, scattered showers along parts of the i-10 corridor. fairly nice for much of the gulf coast. nation's midsection looks good. into the cascades also, plenty of sunshine for the west coast of california. now for your efforts in parts of the gulf coast in terms of trying to harness that oil flow, looks like temperatures will mainly be in the 80s, waves of one to two feet as that frontal boundary comes through at 10 to 15 miles an hour. what about temperatures? what can you expect on your saturday? well, high temperatures across the nation, as you can imagine, little warmer in parts of the southeast where we'll warm up to 84 degrees in new orleans, 89 in tampa. miami with 89 degrees. 75 in new york. 75 in washington. back to denver and salt lake city, 60s and 70s, 58 in san francisco and 89 in las vegas. that is a look at your forecast. i'm reynolds wolf. susan, let's send it back to you. >> overall, looking pretty good. reynold, thanks. >> you bet. >> first lady michelle obama nearly broke down in tears before an audience yesterday, hosting a gathering in honor of mother's day and got choked up, talking about how much her own mother means to her. >> and raising our girls in the white house with my mom -- not going to do this. it's a beautiful experience. and the opportunity to have three generations living in the white house, it's beautiful. and i'm pretty sure the president is happy about it, too. >> aside from her own mother, guests included former first lady roslyn carter, president nixon's daughter, tricia cox, and young women from mrs. obama's mentoring program. you never know what's lurking around in a mississippi bayou. >> you seen big ones back here like that? >> yes, i have. >> it is a little unnerving. >> yes, it is. especially with children around. >> very unnerving and especially when the visitor is this, an 800-pound gator. hear what it took to fish him out. tot fo a 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