We begin with a visit to nashvilles Ryman Auditorium as author david ewing talks about how the venue became a place for political rallies, civil rights events and home to Country Musics grand ole opry. Today were at the historic Ryman Auditorium in downtown nashville, tennessee. It definitely tells the history of both things it is famous for. It was built by a river boat captain who was famously converted under a tent in downtown nashville in may of 1865. After his conversion, he believed that traveling ministers should have a permanent home inside that was large enough to take the large crowds of the traveling ministers who came to town. So captain ryman built the Ryman Auditorium and it opened at first in 1892 as a tabernacle. So thats the church part of the history. The music part of the history, the Country Music part, deals with the grand ole opry which came here in 1943 after being in many different homes in nashville, and stayed here until 1974 when the new opry house was built.
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Standoff, a weekend a day after the election. What is the Trump Campaigns strategy in all of this . Guest the Campaign Strategy is to mount legal challenges. And the republican strategy is to stand with President Trump. It was evident on monday at the capital that Mitch Mcconnell, senator roy blunt and other members of the Republican Leadership stand in lockstep with President Trump as he pursues different recounts and litigation across the political map. Its an example of the solidarity of the gop despite President Trumps defeat, and also a challenge for Vice President elect biden who is trying to mount a transition at this point but he doesnt have formal backing from the current administration. Host what are you hearing is the mood inside the white house, officials and sources you talk to . Guest President Trump is unlikely to concede this election. He may walk away from the white the electionary if is certified formally for president elect biden. He becomes president of the united s
There is still that little bit of possibility you could see some shower activity for the first half of our day. Aside from that it will be a lovely afternoon. A great shot of san jose. I think this is the gorgeous sunrise kira was talking about. Our current temperatures right now, it is still a pretty cold start in areas like napa, fairfield and concord. Look at tracy. 39 degrees in tracy right now. 37 in concord. 39 in napa. 40s down to the south bay. As we head into the afternoon we will be seeing a nice increase in temperatures. Another thing were monitoring those king tides. A coastal Flood Warning in effect through dome. In addition to that were also expecting breezy winds to kick up today and then, get this, we have a next chance of seeing rain heading into the workweek. That in a few minutes. Kira . Thank you for that, vianey. Thank you so much. Tensions remain high following the president ial election and yesterday tens of thousands of supporters of President Trump rallied in t
Echoing the president s false claims of a stolen information. The president withholding Sensitive Information to president elect biden. I just think its an embarrassment, quite frankly. This morning the incoming chief of staff ron claim and republican governor of arkansas, asa hutchinson. Also, record covid spike. This is kind of like standing on the beach and watching the hurricane slowly roll towards you. This surge is much more intense, widespread and thank results. Were headsing toward a cliff. 49 cases see a rise in cases. Many cities and states finally cracking down. Im a announcing twoweek free for the entire state. Stay at home unless you must go out for essential reasons. I will talk to president elect bidens covid transition head, Michael Osterholm. Joining me for insight and analysis are nbc news correspondent carol lee, republican stratist ard card nis, Maria Teresa Kumar, president of voto latino, and jeffrey golderg, editor and chief of the atlantic. Welcome to sunday, it