for six months, i studied it to retake the louisiana board -- the law board. six months later, i reject the test. my score catapulted up to a 401. [laughter] i figured, at that rate, i would be about 90 before i got into an english-speaking law school. so i started writing jokes for all comedians who played in the catskill section of new york. the hotels paid me $7 a joke. that was the going rate at the time the vso 21. they are 45. it was like writing for my parents' friends. but i tried my best. they would say to me, like, a sperm banks. sperm banks are in it the news. write me sperm bank jokes. 21, this is what was the foremost on my mind. they have this new thing now called sperm banks, which is just like an ordinary bank except here after making a deposit, you lose interest. [laughter] hey, $7, what do you want? [laughter] then i became the sperm bank guy. they would go, more sperm bank jokes. that i looked into the future. i said, i see a problem with spurring banks. they're starting to freeze sperm. that will be a problem because it is herded up telling

louisiana the percentage of population on food stamps much higher in louisiana. do results break a little along ideological and philosophical lines about taxes and amount of government services? >> david, i would say look how far louisiana has come. we're a top ten state when it comes to private sector job creation, unemployment 5% lower than massachusetts. in louisiana we're actually -- our per capita income, average per capita has risen despite the national recession, highest ranking in 80 years. children's insurance rate, 90% have insurance. look at charter schools in new orleans, doubling on grade reading level after 25 years. after 25 years of losing people, we have had more people move into the state than leaving the state. one of the few states gaining jobs despite the slow national recovery. when you look at the movement and progress, you see tremendous growth in louisiana. when it comes to taxes, we actually have proposed tax reform that will protect our low middle income families, allow our economies to grow more quickly. what you're saying, those state

the gentleman from louisiana. mr. scalise: i yield one minute to the gentleman from georgia, the author of the underlying bill, mr. price. the chair: the gentleman from georgia is recognized. mr. price: thank you, madam chair. i want to thank the gentleman for bringing forth this amendment and supporting the underlying bill. the amendment, as the gentleman from maryland said, simply provides greater information, more transparency, more information from the president on his budget on the differences between the mandatory and the means tested and the discretionary side of the budget. it also i think is so important for the american people to gain as much information as possible as we move through this national debate. the national debate of whether or not it is appropriate for the president to bring a budget to congress that in the past four years has never balanced. the underlying bill again urges the president to bring a bill, a budget to the congress that gets to balance and let's the american people know when it does

a specific example is that two years ago the governor was unwilling to raise the tobacco tax in louisianaublicans across the state whether it was charlie crist or haley barbour in mississippi were willing to raise the tobacco tax because of tough time, and he said not only would he veto it, but they had to pass a constitutional amendment to raise the tax on it. we have the low nest the country. and now as he wants to eliminate taxes and corporate taxes, but on sales taxes, he is putting on the table right now, i'm interested in increasing the tobacco tax, and this is right there the difference of the ideology and the flip-flopping -- go ahead. >> well, interesting and we will take a quick break and continue to talk about louisiana and broaden it out, because part of what is going on here is the fact that the south is a one-har pi town. -- one-party town. ♪ wow. [ buzz ] delicious, right? yeah. it's the honey, it makes it taste so... ♪ well, would you look at the time... what's the rush? bee happy. bee healthy. with clusters of flakes and o's. oh, ho ho... it's the honey sweetness. i...i m

he was a great grandson of the founder of the louisiana company thatter was the family name. nday morning earlier this month-- is not allowed in south louisiana and we are one of the main reasons. >> still ahead a small town that offers southern comfort to some of hollywood's biggest names.re not easy to find, but worth it. but with copd making it hard to breathe i thought those days might be over. so my doctor prescribed symbicort. it helps significantly improve my lung function starting within five minutes. symbicort doesn't replace a rescue inhaler for sudden symptoms. with symbicort, today i'm breathing better. and that means...fish on! symbicort is for copd including chronic bronchitis and emphysema. it should not be taken more than twice a day. symbicort may increase your risk of lung infections, osteoporosis, and some eye problems. tell your doctor if you have a heart condition or high blood pressure before taking it. with copd, i thought i'd miss our family tradition. now symbicort significantly improves my lung function starting within 5 minutes. and that makes a diff

. >> what he did was help create visual effects for the fantasy drama, set in the louisiana bayou. he painstakingly enhanced the look and feel of a levy explosion. >> there is added debris to make it a little bit more intense. >> the movie was made on a shoestring budget, under $2 million, so the financially-challenged director approached the academy of art university. student volunteers did most of the post production visual effects, including a key scene of stampeding big-like creatures. and the teacher said her class brought heart and passion into the project. >> beavers of southern wild" had a great story. so i felt what we were doing was integrate into that story and helped tell the story in our own little way. >> this is where the magic happens. they call it studio 400a. in all, 31 students from the academy of arts contributed to the hollywood blockbuster. they were in constant contact with the director. enjoying him and the young star during a preview the skywalker ranch. >> it lingers in you and it's like, wow, i can't believe i actually worked on that and i was part of this

remember the louisiana governor bobby jindal had tough time delivering the spon response, rubio pushed back on the president's theory of government and talked about his story, a family of immigrants and this is the first time such a high profile speech will be given in two languages by the same person, as i mentioned at the top and it shows a sign of how crucial senator rubio has become in the g.o.p. efforts to draw more hispanic support and possibly rebrand the party. he talked about the efforts to change entitlement reform and tax reform and really get the country moving again. we'll bring back our panel, juan williams, columnist for the hill, nina eastton, syndicated columnist charles krauthammer. >> when reagan was inaugurated he said within ten minutes government isn't the solution, it's the problem. and that was the theme of the rubio speech and set sort of ideological contrast. obama is a man of government, he represents the party of government of the every issue he raised in his speech had a government solution, a program, a partnership, you know, some new initiative spending e

the kansas and nebraska territory acquired during the louisiana purchase. then, during the years that followed, northerners watched in horror as the slavery for assisting ken this employed impressive was an extralegal violence to surpass the local opponent and critics. in 1857, a supreme court dominated by southerners and processed democrat ruled in the same restraint on a case that federal territories were automatically and permanently and irreversibly open to slavery and its expansion into this territories. this is a massive, rather single-minded and pretty successful campaign to shore up slavery in the decade before the civil war. but this campaign failed to smother the sectional conflict. on the contrary, it escalated. it eventually convinced most northerners for southern powers met northern weakness and southern control of the national government meant infringement on northern interest in northern liberties. and therefore, only a political party dedicated to stopping the expansion of slavery and containing and rolling back clinical domination of the fed

. >>> far from the roots in louisiana bay area grammy nominated artist trying to keep a classic form of music alive. >>> plus, red envelopes, how people rang in the chinese new year right here on kpix 5. a number of bay area artists are up for an award. kpix 5 reporter juliette go >>> well tonight is music's biggest night. the grammy awards right here on kpix-5. and a number of bay area artists are up for an award. >> one nominee represents a rich slice of bay area history. [music] >> reporter: step inside of this church in san francisco. [music] >> reporter: and join the mardi gras. [music] tonight, you are in creole country. the guy with the accordion, andre, he is nominated for a grammy in best regional-roots music. [music] >> my family is all from louisiana. i started with the accordion and went nose deep into it. >> reporter: born in richmond, he grew up playing louisiana french music. >> we played four hours straight and people do not sit down for four hours straight. >> reporter: he moves from louisiana to the bay area during the -- the music moved from loose loose to the bay a

django unchained", for example, is seeking eight and a half million dollars in tax breaks from the state of louisiana. "argo", 6.2 million from the state of california. "silver linings playbook", $5.6 million from the state of pennsylvania and "lincoln", 3 1/2 million from the state of virginia. overall, 1 1/2 billion dollars in tax breaks go to hollywood. about 430 million dollars in tax breaks came out of the fiscal cliff deal for hollywood. so the issue is taxpayers are basically paying a lot of money to hollywood not just in ticket prices. also taxpayer paid for subsidies in hollywood. a lot of states are saying hey, wait a second, this money, jenna, may not be worth it to give taxpayer money to hollywood productions because it basically funds temporary workers that come in from out of state. when the production is over the workers, many of them, go back on jobless benefits or unemployment. so there's a positive and negative side to this story, jenna, we're digging into here at fox business. jenna: as you point out, it is both federal tax breaks and state tax breaks. so it is not just the federal

this issue is dedicated to the music of louisiana which is some of the greatest in the union.zz was born in the south. the blues, had a baby, it's name was rock 'n' roll. it was born and raised in the south. >> stephen: what was it about the south that was so different that allowed for jazz and blues and rock 'n' roll. there was some pa cuellar institution that made that possible. >> yes. and out after this tragedy is slavery we have given -- we have received the gift great culture. because the fusion of british culture with the african culture with the spanish and the french it comes together in the american south. >> stephen: there's a cd that comes with this issue and you can put the headphones on, put this in front of your face and you can imagine you are in louisiana with the oxford american. >> you might, yeah especially if you put on mardi gras beads. happy mardi gras, by the way. >> stephen: thank you, happy mardi gras. show me your tits. [laughter] thank you so much. [cheers and applause] editor of "the oxford american," roger hodge. we'll be right back. [cheers and a

. >>> and the power company that provided electricity to the louisiana superdome said it figured out what caused the power outage during the super bowl. it wasn't hackers, beyonce, it was just a bad relay. sometimes the explanation turns out to be a bit routine. a thing-ga-ma-doo quit working. >> fun to think that beyonce blew out all the lightsp. >> scott mcgrew talking about a thing-ga-ma-doo. >> technical term. >>> a live look. beautiful clear skies more or less here over san francisco. this is the clearest it's been all day. so mostly sunny here. let's show you san jose now. oh, yeah, we're still dealing with overcast conditions, but about an hour away from a beautiful partly cloudy sky. we'll finish off the day even here in the south bay with mostly sunny conditions. want to show you where our storm is headed. a big travel day. the storm is traveling with you. take it easy out there. you can see it's still very cold, still bringing snow to the grapevine. 52 today in livermore. the cold blast behind that front is going to keep conditions on the cold side all weekend long but will

the louisiana governor bobby jindal and chris christy this afternoon. the mardi gras mask and the football were some of the items passed to the new jersey counterparts. next year's game will be the first open air super bowl game to be played in a cold weather climate. good luck with that. and stay with nbc bay area news following the game. we'll be broadcasting from new orleans. we have a team of reporters there. >>> what are they doing passing the helmet before the game is over? wait until after. >> stealing the thunder. >> it doesn't seem right. >> thanks for choosing nbc bay area news. see you back at 11:00. - [sighs] oh. - now, remind me, did you just do the philadelphia cotillion, or did you also debut internationally? - i'm happy to say that i don't even get that. - how was your trip? - terrible. i had to give up my window seat to some seven-year-old who had to sit next to her precious mommy. - what about the actual purpose of your trip? how is the search for the new cast member going? - okay. i saw a few good alternative comics in san francisco. -

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. >> reporter: what he did was help create visual effects for the fantasy drama, set in the louisianae painstakingly enhanced the look and feel of a levee explosion. >> there's added debris to make it a little more intense. >> reporter: the movie was made on a shoestring budget, under $2 million. so, the financially-challenged director approached the academy of arts university. student volunteers did most of the post-production visual effects, including a key scene. of stampeding pig-like pictures. the instructor said her students brought heart to the project. >> "beasts of the southern wild" had a great story. i felt like what we were doing was integrated into that story and helped tell the story in our own, little way. >> reporter: they were in constant contact with the director and joined him and the young star during a preview at skywalker ranch. >> it lickers in you. and it's like, i can't believe i worked on that. and i was part of this huge film. and i was part of what made it up there, my colleagues and i. >> reporter: they have the credits to prove it, on the screen and in th

>> alligators. >> we're entering the heart of louisiana swampland dereckness. only the bravest souls venture here. boatloads of them. >> it's awesome but it's creepy. >> these animals are not mechanical. >> they're real? >> real enough to touch and hold? must be on something. >> and thanks to the navigating of the captain, they're right off the side. >> didn't have alligators. >> want to pet them? >> no. wouldn't mind a pocketbook. >> all part of the john la feat national preserve, and the al gators are protected but you haven't seen a big one yet. now you have. here's a closeup look at the dominant male in these parts. he is easy to find because he is almost 11 feet long. >> how old is he? >> 67 years. >> how big? >> 11 feet, probably 400, 500 pounds. >> somebody you want to tangle will? >> no. >> he didn't move because at 70 degrees today the water was cold. what is that? you wonder how we got this shot? a brave cameraman named randy davis. do not try this at home, especially when cruising a bayou in louisiana. ♪ >> now you're looking at sal's seafood from out

we think the tornado touched down in louisiana and the yaare south of marion county mississippi. that would put it roughly at least 60 miles at a minimum. after the tornado crossed through town, it hit all the residential areas and the roads became impassable. unfortunately we had to call off the chase. the tornado tracked well into washington county alabama in the direction of jackson, alabama. >> i want to pause for a moment so we can listen to it as well. this is something you do all the time but we don't get to ride along with the tomorrow chaser. >> this is something i've done professionally for the last 12 years. i've had a pet peeve when people say it sounded like a freight train. i say if you want to know what a tornado sounds like go about 80 miles per hour down the interstate and stick your head out. it's that rushing sound. this tornado is a lot larger. >> oh, my god. >> thank you so much. and for sharing those amazing pictures with us. chad, what are we looking at now because these are bands of storms that move through the areas. are they still a threat? >> slight thr

so i called the louisiana number that was left and a little young voice answered the phone. i asked, is this tailor? a little young voice said, is this robert neighbor? the only person who calls me robert is my mom and this was not my mom. she went on to say she was thinking of committing suicide and she went on you tube and found some videos that some of jill's friend had made about jill. and she thought, if somebody loves jill that much, maybe somebody loves me. i'm always touched by that. >> some day bullying will be something of the past. i also wanted to say we need to work and i see representatives here of cities and counties because those same children are on sports teams under the city rec department, they are receiving services and they are in programs with the county and so having this training, having this awareness go beyond the schools is really important. so i thought i'd mention that. the other thing that we are moving towards in education is more digital. we'll see less textbooks and more digital learning and with that we are promoting a digital literacy poli

than 5% of our economy when america grew the most even limited government had plen of money for the louisianase, a civil war, a transcontinental railroad, it became the richest and most powerful country in the world then government grew. here is a role for one, a world war ii, notice size came back down again then it has gone straight up with did johnson said government can cure poverty. and we created welfare payments so govement grew. but they need more investment but they did not work. so on their own when government was small big government stepped in and and we taught people to be dependent in the course stayed for. bill clinton puts us on of better track and it's so cagey did not want to reform republicans but the economy grow contract to a sustainable future but 90,000 new regulators. the whole new cabinet department to bailout car companies and banks has a big spender and i need a ladder. we spent more now at $20,000 per person. a family of $480,000. >> it is not sustainable. so this week and had an epiphany. what was so wrong with spending in clinton years. widely to spend more than

. >> the louisiana senator says the u.s.and vietnam are now close to agreement ending a ban that was imposed five years ago. washington called for the ban in 2008 after an investigation revealed widespread allegations of corruption, fraud, and baby selling. she is hopeful adoptions will start in the very near future. >> facebook safety measures may actually be too strict. this 104-year-old woman says the social media site would not let her list her real age on her facebook page. she said it keeps changing the date to 1928. joseph is legally blind it cannot hear well. -- and cannot hear well. >> if you are trying to cut back on spending and maybe save a little money, you do not want to set up to many bank accounts. >> researchers say the easiest way is to use only a single account. a new study found consumers to make payments from a single account spent 10% less than those who have access to multiple accounts. take of the duchess of cambridge is known for read wearing -- >> the duchess of cambridge is known for rewearing some

thanless 5% and when may grow the most prospering during this period it had plenty of money for the louisiana purchase, this civil war, a transcontinental railroad, under small limi government america became the richest most powerful country in the world but this is world for one, this is world war ii, but notice government came back down after raids but since thenment it shot straight up. lyndon johnson said government can cure poverty and the experts know how and we created welfare payments so government grow but now those programs that need investment didn't work americans for lifting themselves out of poverty and their own on government was small but then big t government stepped in and progress stopped we taught people to be dependent the bourse stayed for. bill clinton put this on a better track through spending he did not want totaugt reform, republicans force timber that was good and the economy grew and we balanced the budget to a sustainable future but then-presidentbig bush happened 90,000 new regulators and new social programs he created a whole new cabinet departments and bail ou