as the water recedes. there you can see people with the stuff to that guy was able to take a guitar out. some of the stars affected, kenny chesney, dirks bentley. both tweeted pictures as they tried cleaning up the mess. the city s mayor says the total amount of damage could be more than a billion dollars. in tennessee, the death toll stands at 18. 10 of those deaths were in nashville. and because there s been so much news regarding the bomb attempt in times square, this story has largely been wiped off the front page of a lot of newspapers. but in nashville, and portions of tennessee, it is a desperate situation. it is as bad as it gets in downtown nashville. look at that. iran s president mahmoud ahmadinejad says he knows exactly where osama bin laden is. you want to know where he thinks he is? right here in the nation. right here in washington. if you did know that osama bin laden was in tehran, would
speed. as you point out, the effort to try to get the water of those places hampered by lack of electricity, the water got into the wiring and that never goes over too well. as the water recedes, the fear is the death toll will go up. we went with two teams in cheatham county in a small town that was hard hit. we meet captain tony clark, whose only had about eight hours of sleep. we still need to go in and do our search, i understand that. just in case, we need to see if we can get into the house. reporter: these specially trained firefighters were here over the weekend and now they are back to make sure everyone got out alive. this will keep us from having
it s an amazing place and a big piece of american history. thanks, marty. a dry spell on tap for much of the volunteer it state. jacqui jeras, i am not liking what i m seeing in tennessee. speaking of the grand ole opry, the show must go on. they relocated it last night. that is such a part of their souls, no matter what, they keep going. and those waters are going down and the weather has been cooperative with that. i want to show you pictures that are in suburban nashville right now. this is what happens when the water recedes. this is part of a highway that got washed into a neighborhood which is pretty much gone as well. the power of the water leveled some of these homes and moved that big chunk of asphalt right into the area. amazing pictures of just how forceful it can be when those waters get high and the rush in the area. i also want to show you a visible satellite picture. you can see the floodwaters from space. that s how wide spread and how deep some of the water is,
p.m. eastern time and 10:00 a.m. pacific. live coverage in the cnn newsroom . turning to other big stories, emergency crews are afraid they ll find more bodies as the water recedes in nashville, tennessee. the cumberland river crested overnight and water levels are falling very slowly. there are 27 deaths across the southeast. 18 of them in tennessee. i ve seen a lot of devastation. my home isn t a year old yet and this is very upsetting for me. i ve lost a couple of antique corvettes and other people have just lost a lot. i ve got to tell you the flood turned the president of nashville university into a hero. we will hear his story just ahead here in the newsroom. a couple of thing to put on your radar. president obama is about to discuss the economy with business leaders at the park hyatt hotel in georgetown. we also expect him to talk about last night s arrest in the times square bomb investigation.
live for us in london on this. the police chase of a pickup along interstate 10 in phoenix, arizona, ended with the arrest of two people. the driver and the owner. 12 others in the truck were taken into custody. authorities say they re undocumented immigrants who just arrived in the truck from mexico. and new pictures out of massachusetts where governor duval patrick has declared a state of emergency. low lying roads are flooded forcing evacuations. schools are being closed. officials say they are keeping their eyes on the swollen rivers and stressed out dams until the water recedes. also, fargo, north dakota, is bracing for near record flooding. flat bed trucks have delivered almost 40,000 sandbags to help people protect their homes against the rising red river. the national weather service says the river is expected to crest at about 20 feet above the flood stage. that s not expected to happen until saturday. a $250 million deal for the late king of pop, michael