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To come back and waste resources searching again. >> reporter: located down the stream from nashville, ashland city is still battling the water. it's down some and still has a long way to go and so does captain clark. >> everything's clear here. so we're going to our next area from here. >> reporter: a half mile from city hall on a road that's now a boat ramp, we hitch a ride with a different group of fire fighters, searching where only boats can go. deputy chief derek roe, these are familiar waters. his son usually plays sock or the field 15 feet beneath us. the floodwaters have brought new d...

Residents that the flood waters were coming. about two-thirds decided to stay. ever since then, the teams have been out pulling in all the people who stayed behind. >> we had some that even got ugly with us and said that they would sleep on their roof or whatever, if they had to. they wasn't going to leave. they were going to ride it out. we picked them up the following day off their roof. they got their wish. >> reporter: just trying to get close to a home for a look isn't easy. first, you have to clear the trees. >> you don't know what's underneath you. trampolines and swimming pools. >> rep...

Having to search these houses again. we'll mark them. we'll know they're clear and we won't have to come back and waste resources searching again. >> reporter: located downstream from nashville, ashland city is still battling the water. it's down some, it still has a long way to go. and so does captain clark. >> everything is clear here. so we're going on to our next area from here. >> reporter: a half mile from city hall on a road that's now a boat ramp, we hitch a ride with a different group of firefighters searching where only boats can go. for deputy chief derrick noe, these are familiar w...

Shells, collect shells. play in the sand, built sand castles. this is where we spend our days. if you live on the gulf coast, this is where you come. >> reporter: this is why you live here. >> this is why you live here, exactly. and this is a day that if this is the beach that we may never get back again. hello again, everyone. i'm tony harris, in the "cnn newsroom" where anything can happy. first, tennessee flood victim. >> it was just a miracle of god. that's all you can say. p. >> he just kept watching. >> if it had been at night, we would have never made it. >> white until you see mike l...

Billion when all is said and done. we are getting conflicting messages on who will pick up that tab. dana bash is on that story. what's the bottom line on this? is bp ultimately as the president suggested going to pick up the whole tab on this? >> there's confusion over the answer to that question, tony. you mentioned the cost could be $14 billion. federal law only requires bp to spend $75 million in economic damages. you listened to the white house, of course, bp is going to pay. there's a lot of skepticism here on capitol hill, especially from senator bill nelson from florida. he met with th...