We begin with a visit to nashvilles Ryman Auditorium as author dale ewing how the venue became a place for political rally, civil rights events and Country Musics grand ole opry. Today were at the historic Ryman Auditorium in downtown nashville, tennessee. The nickname of the Ryman Auditorium is the Mother Church of Country Music which definitely tells the history of both things that it is famous for. It was built by a riverboat captain who was famously converted under a tent in downtown nashville in may of 1865. And 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 go 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. And the Country Music part deals with the grand ole opry which came in 1943 any came here until 1974 when the new opry house was built, but during the run of th
Pandemic. Here in the bay area, there were more than 6900 cases and 239 deaths. And yesterday, the governor said more testing needs to be done until we considered lifting the shelter in place. The governor is about to speak. Lead by the extraordinary leadership, the by approximate the governor of illinois. 21 out of the 24 largest student loan servicers in the state of california have agreed to a 90day foreperson on student loan debt. Impacting over 1. 1 californians with loan debt. No burden now placed on them over the next 90 days. No impact to their credit rating. No late fees or fines and actual support on terms of getting new payment plans in place for future process. I want to the 24 or 24 23 or 24 service for their willingness to step out and help support those that are struggling to pay their student loan debts. The second debt announcement we wanted to make is in relationship to the cares act. Many of you have received checks from the cares act. Some individuals received 1200
birds, crosby, stills and nash, and crosby, still, nash & young. a legendary songwriter that managed all at once to be of his era and for the ages. helplessly hoping heart again hovers nearby, awaiting a word gasping at glimpses of gentle truth s spirit, he runs, wishing he could fly that is david crosby with steven stills and graham nash at woodstock. only their second concert as a trio, still famously telling the crowd there how scared they were. for most of his 81 years, his music career seemed fearless in a life that was at times as turbulent as his music was at times soothing and brilliant. our randi kaye has more. reporter: he helped shape the sound of 1960s folk recognize as a founding member of the birds. but david crosby will always be best known as a founding member of crosby, stills and nash. the wildly popular group was made up of crosby, steven stills and graham nash. their sound distinctive for its melody and harm days. i am yours, you are mine,
and failed to get german signoff on the allies of ukraine s tanks something that poland says they would do on their own. and president biden was asked about it today. polands call to send tanks and money. u.s. tanks to ukraine? president biden: ukraine s going to get all the help they need. anchor: that s ukraine s president, he says he needs more than western gratitude to hold off the russians. hundreds of thanks, are not hundreds of tanks. also, today, the white house told reporters, that the mercenary fighters made up in part of russian convicts, this all come as day after we learned that cie director briefed president zelensksyy on how the spring russian may play off. fred starts us off from kyiv. reporter: hugely important week in ukraine. one that could be pivotal for the war and the future of their country. they want it take the fight to the russians, they understand that they need more modern, western weapons to do that. at the same time they re bracing
20 tomorrow morning. Thousand we go live to Sarah Rosario in forth laud. Reporte ft. Lauderdale. Reporter the wind is starting to pick up here as Hurricane Irma is less than 24 hours from landfall. Hurricane force winds expected from coast to coast, raising the potential of life threatening storm surge. The message clear. You need to go now. And a has exodus followed as irma showed its strength. We were here for wilma. Nothing really frightening as this. Reporter many heeding warnings as the most powerful atlantic hurricane on record battered the caribbean taking lives, homes and leaving more than a Million People without power. This is a catastrophic storm that our state has never seen. Reporter many shelters are full. Gas stations and airports closed. I dont know what do. Reporter preparations made across the state. From protecting animals at the miami zoo to shutting down the happiest place on earth, disney and other theme parks close as irma sets sight on the Sunshine State. Those