to open that refurbished building tonight including dierks bentley and he joined us yesterday. they know how important the opry is, not only to country music fans but nashville in general. so many people travel here to come watch catch a show at the grand ole opry. important to get this building up and running. brad paisley, keith urban, trace adkins and many others will be taking the stage tonight. very nice. all right. meanwhile, let s take a look at what s going on in the weather and we ve got another soaker, as you can see, throughout the northeast down through the mid atlantic. really heavy. you can see moving through portions of ohio this morning, right up through the great lake states. balance of the country is nice and dry. and it s going to be another hot one. look at that. l.a. already is at 74. but here in new york city, we ve already got 71 degrees. a lot of 50 s and 60 s across the balance of the map. today in l.a., though, it s only going to be 84. yesterday, it
apocalypse. nothing s going to get rid of you. no water. we re the cockroaches of the music world. we ll never go away. i hope they don t put that on there. is that the final quote we re going to end with here? what is that, trace? amber lyon joins us now live from the grand ole opry house. and if question i had was, where do you buy trace atkins voice? how much money did it cost? isn t that the most amazing voice? it really is pretty amazing both speaking and singing. what was the cost to restore the grand ole opry house? reporter: well, it cost quite a pretty penny. it was about $20 million. and just to put things in perspective here, we were speaking with the manager. and he said that everything below that wooden line you re seeing had to be replaced. so this entire floor was like a giant swimming pool when this flooded. and this stage is made of wood.
of salt. flood waters in wisconsin. a state official reports now the levee is holding up, but that water is still seeping through the thing, flooding the only access road into a neighborhood near portage. water still surrounds a number of homes, keeping hundreds of residents away from the area. we ll have new updates as they come in through this hour. it took six months, but tonight the grand ole opry will start rocking again. and all star line - up, including brad paisley and keith urban will perform since floods wrecked nashville in may. nearly four feet of water covered the grand ole opry stage at the height of the flooding. but a month s long restoration project fixed the damage. last month country singers brad paisley and little jimmy dickens helped return the famous circle of wood from the opry s original home. a landslide possibly killing dozens of people while they slept in their beds in a rural town in southern mexico. a state governor in the area
and in the last 14 years of the 39 major explosions, rig explosions in the lzhp them have occurred from negligent application of cement. that s precisely the operation occurring by halliburton at the time that the rig exploded. we ll be following the lawsuit, of course, robert kennedy, jr., with the waterkeeper alliance. thanks for bringing your perspective to us today. we appreciate it. thank you, monica. the death toll continues to rise from the weekend southern storms. right now 29 people have diedfcn tennessee, kentucky and mississippi. that number may rise as floodwaters recede and emergency workers reach the areas hardest hit. the majority of the deaths occurred in tennessee were popular tourist spots, including the grand ole opry house suffered serious water damage. flash floods over the weekend caused by record breaking off-guard and caused thousands to flee their homes and hotels. we re getting in new numbers
summer. it s going to feel downright freezing today when it s 88 there. it s so funny when you look at fashion and see the people in l.a. wearing boots and scarves and hats. they want to dress like fall even though it s 88. that s the way the stars play. it s how you look, not how you feel. it s been a cool summer, they could use a warm day. exactly. well, country is coming home. for the first time since flood waters devastated nashville, the grand ole opry returns tonight. country star trace atkins showed our amber lyon around. they re here, and according to the members of the air force, they re not happy with us. a lot of jaws dropped yesterday. six former officers talking about ufo sightings through the 60s, 70s, and 80s.