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Southeast. at least 19 people are dead, most of them in tennessee, where the scale of the disaster is shocking. lisa sylvester is following this for us, and the images, lisa, i've seen them, they're extraordinary. >> they really are. parts of tennessee have been soaked with 20 inches of rain over the last couple days. the cumberland river in nashville is not expected to crest until today, and at least 12 people in tennessee were killed in the weekend floods. >> this is definitely history-making, unprecedented levels of water that this area has seen. >> reporter: side streets turned into rivers...

Driving down the street saying that the neighborhood is flooding, it's coming our way. get in your cars and get out. >> we were ankle-deep in the house. and we actually had a friend come -- we had friends trying to get to us by boat, and by some miracle, they got there. >> you think it's not going to happen to me. that's what most people think. and it does happen to people. >> all right. right now, we're watching the cumberland river crest in nashville at over 51 feet. and that is easily an all-time record. fireworks, fuel, fertilize could have been a recipe for disaster in times square. and...

Square attempted bombing. we are following every development until we find out who is behind the car bomb. cnn national security contributor fran townsend and the former fbi investigator in detroit join me later this you are ho. other big stories on cnn newsroom, major flooding in tennessee. downtown nashville evacuated this morning as the cumberland river rises to record levels. schools are closed, interstates shut down. the storms dropped between a foot and 20 inches of rain over two days. >> we were ankle deep in the house. we actually had a friend come. we had friends trying to get to us b...