welcome to nashville. youf never been down south before. it s quite an experience. youf been arrested numerous times for horrific times. this is an agreement the cobs may be greeting mored. they re gruff and dismissive? i lived in new york ten years. i ve become gruff and dismissive over that time. no, not really. i m not. this might be good news for the business owners who have homeless people sitting outside of their shops for years on end. one girl has been sitting outside the juice generation for, i don t know, eight years. and she s pregnant for eight years. greg: wow, she s begging for two. dana. if you have customer service now, maybe the business owners can be helped along. you re saying it could be a good idea on that. i might be wrong. i didn t see it like that. how did you see it? i saw it they were implying
dana: s stunning statistics about the growing up opioid epidemic in america. 32,000 die from overdoses along with opioids accounting for almost 50,000 of that total. geraldo rivera joins us with them on the ground of look at this crisis. he joins a task force of the dea, tennessee bureau of investigation and local authorities. during a federal drug investigation in tennessee, geraldo, i will turn it over to you to explain what you do. i believe you done some your views on the ground as well. welcome to nashville, the capital of tennessee. the state capitol building majestic behind me and the flags on the top of the state capital have waved at half-staff. about halfway between here in nashville and knoxville in the eastern part of the state,
we saw in the virginia governor s race a year ago, it wasn t just a big turnout in northern virginia, but the richmond suburbs, traditional strong hold. my message in chairing our ga is we need to go into this with our eyes wide open. this is different circumstances when we had the last eight year. dana: how many seats do you have up? 36 governors races. 26 we hold the seat now. 14 incumbents are running. 12 folks like me term limited out. dana: lot of republican governors have good approval ratings across the board. highest 15 approval ratings are all republican governors. dana: governor bill haslam, thank you. we had a good time here. welcome to nashville. come back. dana: thank you. former president george h.w. bush hospitalized after his wife s funeral. we have an update on his condition coming up. plus the president s nominee to be the new veteran affairs secretary in the hot seat.
there s a musical note that will drop, fireworks will go up. and the party s already started. but when i first got here, guys, i didn t have an essential part of the outfit and that s cowboy boots. take a look at what happened. welcome to nashville, music city usa, home of honky tonks and cowboys like that. speaking of, there s a kid from tennessee, one thing i m ashamed i don t have are cowboy boots. but low and behold here on broadway looks like a place we might be able to find some. come on. hello. i m jen, welcome to boot barn. hey, jen. i m grif jenkins from fox news. i don t have boots and i got to do some reporting on new year s eve from the honky tonk central. can you help me out? you ve come to the best place for boots. here at boot barn we ve got a great selection. this? is this me? once you get it to there the next thing i want you to do is stand up and use gravity to put your foot in the rest of it.
taylor swift is one of the hottest young stars on the planet. the 22-year-old singer holds the record for the most top ten debuts in history of billboard. swift sat down with abc s cynthia mcfadden to talk money, fame, love, and of course, her new album. you belong with me you belong with me reporter: she sings of young love and loss. i m wondering why we bother with love if it never lasts reporter: she sold more than 22 million albums. won six grammys. thank you, thank you, thank you! reporter: all at the ripe old age of 22. welcome to nashville. reporter: thank you. it s a little steamy. reporter: when i caught up with taylor swift, she was in the middle of shooting her third cover for glamour magazine.