amazing at the impact this storm has had on this city. you re right. there s a lot of musical landmarks that mean a lot to a lot of people in this country. it not only touched the music industry, tourism industry, and the sports industry, so many things that it s affected. i really appreciate you talking about it and having me on. people need to know this city is hurting in a way that i don t think i ve ever seen it before. as you said, property is one thing. that can be fixed and repaired but the lives are you know, the death toll, still frankly being accounted for and we don t know where it s going to go. thank you for taking the time to talk to us. caller: thanks, anderson. we ll show you the search and rescue operations under way and the survivors and joined by tim mcgraw and faith hill residents of nashville. our special report nashville
trying to rebuild their lives and also be joined by tim mcgraw and faith hill nashville residents. special report, nashville tomorrow. up next, the latest on the oil spill. keeping them honest report. people of the government agency for years supposed to be regulating the gasoline industry. were they actually doing that? turns out a handful of them were doing cocaine and sleeping together, high officials. and the new york square bombing attempt, a dry run the day before. also the big 360 interview. bill maher s take on the utterly insane story of people able to buy guns and ammo. surprised a lot of people and talk to him about islam and the oil spill. [ beeping ]
our honky-tonks and lower broadway are up and running. we will remain music city and go forward with what we ve been doing. at this point, how much water is there still in the streets? in how many areas? the water was in all parts of the city. nashville is a metropolitan county and city government, we have flooding north, south, east and west. the areas outside downtown, areas served by tributaries or creeks, those waters have receded relatively rapidly. there was a lot of flooding of homes there, flooding along the cumberland river where probably the most famous damage was done to the gaylord opryland hotel. that was been closed now and should be closed for several months as they repair it. the grand ole opry itself is closed. the grand ole opry was moved
the grand ole opry was performed last night. they moved those po performances downtown, near the war memorial and the performance went on and the facilities will continue with the music traditions. are you getting the help you need from the federal government? yes. the president declared a disaster yesterday. senator corker and senator alexander both came to nashville. i visited with them. fema is in the city. we set up five or six local disaster assistance offices where fema will be working with us. so far so good. we are totally committed to getting the city cleaned up and moving forward. obviously, this has been tough on everybody. we have a long ways to go, it will take some time but we re going to get it done. mayor karl dean, appreciate you being on. thanks. country singer and songwriter kenny chesney lives in nashville. he rushed back to the city to check on his family and friends only to find his own home flooded.
employees and doing drugs and you will not believe the report. breaking news tonight on the time square terror suspect. a dry run the day before the bombing attempt and why so many suspects on the no-fly list can still get guns illegally and we ll talk to bill maher. we begin with the breaking news on catastrophic flooding in the south. while a lot of us in the national media have been focused on the oil spill the city of nashville is under water, 19 dead. that s where it s taken its toll. besides the devastating loss of life. people being swept away, homes damaged or gone. look at these images. tonight, the mayor of nashville says the cost of the damages could be more than $1 billion. search and rescue teams today fanned out in neighborhoods