and moved around in louisiana and consumed in louisiana simply goes to moving around more oil and gass explains the necessity and why local communities are calling for a moratorium on any new fossil fuel a couple -- chemical plates. we got trust you could operate safely and we don't what you to continue to contribute to the climate crisis. so we support moratoria on new or expanded operations like the one biden has basically put in place for lng. and we also say don't expand with things like -- instead, figure out how to implement the just phaseout. changes to regulation and enforcement and laws that can help speed up that phase out a and petrochemical operations in cancer alley, in louisiana. and do it in a model that is already being used through the inflation reduction act. that is then applied to abandon oil and gas wells. the workers have been employed to remediate those old sites, tournament to -- let's do that as we move out of fossil fuels and petrochemicals. hire workers to remediate those sites. implement localized, renewable sources of energy that are safer, cleaner, play w

, he's a congressman from louisiana. this is his take on these developments. we have just seen and are concerned with the proposed congressionp map should the state not prevail at trial, there are options that do not require the necessary surender of a republican seat in congress. he has like a two-seat majority, anyone home sick one day, he's down to almost nothing. are you confident that this, this new map, this new much fairer map, will withstand a supreme court that has seemed quite hostile to the voting rights act in the past? >> yeah, i think the supreme court in the allen v. milligan case, the alabama case, really took out the position that i think i would expect it would follow as it looks at what comes out of louisiana, which is to say that when you have a cohesive community of interest, when you have the numbers you have in louisiana, that you should create in fact that second black opportunity district. this is what we have litigated. our national redistricting foundation component litigated that case in louis

they flew to louisiana.w had already hired a lawyer and invoked his right not to talk. but the detectives did get in a few words with his sister, brenda, that night. she told him, that he had arrived on their tuesday evening, one day before the murder of paul. >> i wasn't certain at that point if she was telling the truth. he was still very early on in the investigation. >> so, the detectives kept looking into the families possible involvement in the murder. roughly a month after the crime, they attend wiretaps on various phone lines. but they heard, it sounded to them like a closet cover-up in the works. at, trying to make sure his family stayed on script when it came to that tuesday story, his alibi. >> you were there when i got there on tuesday. >> yeah. right. >> i just have to make sure that we're all saying the same thing if it comes to. >> and forcing his alibi at the time on his sister. basically telling her, i got there on tuesday. >> coaching story. >> yes. >> the detectives were also digging in th

we have two problems in louisiana in terms of flooding. we have hurricane flooding and we have non-hurricane flooding. i want to talk about the non-hurricane flooding first. when new orleans gets two inches of rain in a short period of time, at floods. why? because new orleans is below sea level. it is a bowl. it is in a bowl. that is why our founders in the city built it in the highest area. we have what is called a sewage and water board, which has pumps, that when it rains a lot to pump the water out. we've had that for years and years. the taxpayers pay for it. and for years and years, it has been a model of inefficiency. in fact, it has been a cesspool of political patronage and corruption. michael can't say that, because in the business community, he doesn't want to say that because they are worried about retribution from politicians, but it is the truth. look at the headlines from tv stations. payroll fraud and a secret sex room. troubling allegations at new orleans sewage and water board. former new orleans sewage and water board e

we have two problems in louisiana in terms of flooding. we have hurricane flooding and we have non-hurricane flooding. i want to talk about the non-hurricane flooding first. when new orleans gets two inches of rain in a short period of time, at flos. why? because w orleans is below sea level. it is a bowl. it is in a bowl. that is why our founders in the city built it in the highest area. we he what is called a sewe and water board, which has pumps, that when it rains lot to pump the water out. we've had that for years and years. the taxpayers pay for it. and for years and years, it has been a model of inefficiency. in fact, it has been a cesspool of polital patronage and corruption. michael can't say that, because in the business comnity, he doesn't want to say that because ey areorried about retribution from politicians, but it is the truth. look at the helines from tv stations. payroll fraud and a secret sex room. troubling allegations at new orleans sewage and water board. former new orleans sewage and water board employee arrested for

first, the governor of the great state of louisiana, john bel edwards. john, thank you very much for being here. governor. charles kay show, secretary of the american battle monuments commission. roger or hustler, director of facility planning and control for the state of louisiana. please welcome the latoya cantrell, mayor of the city of new orleans. and state senator roy stewart plessis. please, please give a warm welcome to state representatives mandy landry and gary l. smith. and also to the vice president of the new orleans city council. council at large, helena moreno. we have other very special guests in the audience today as well. please give a warm welcome to the daughter of two tuskegee airmen, lawrence, the host of abc's his good morning america, robin roberts roberts. please, a warm round of applause and a welcome to renowned actor and community activist and native new orleanian, mr. wendell pierce. and please welcome someone has been instrumental for decades in bringing the story of world war two to the forefront of american consciousness an

we have two problems in louisiana in terms of flooding.urricane of flooding flooding andwe have non- hurric. i want to talk about the non- hurricane flooding first. when new orleans gets 2 inches of rain in a short period of time it floods. why? it's in a bowl. it is in a bowl. that is why our founders in the city built in the french quarter. we have what's called a sewage and water board. because pumps when it rains a lot to pump the water out we've had that for years and years and years. the taxpayers pay for and for years and years and years and years it has been a model of inefficiency. in fact it has been a cesspool of patronage and corruption. michael can't say that because in the business community does not want to say that because they're worried about retribution from politicians. but it is the truth. look at the headlines from our tv stations. payroll fraud in a secret sex room. troubling allegations that the new orleans sewage and water board. former new orleans sewer water board employs a sentence for the new water department r

how does the shortage affects the community and the culture across louisiana?rt-term, it's hard to imagine a spring without crawfish, but that looks like where we are heading. as you know, right after christmas, people start planting these traditional crawfish boils that start at carnival and last all the way through easter and even beyond. we got a glimpse of what it would look like without these crawfish gatherings during the pandemic when the social gatherings were halted. many people, including a lot of the farmers, worry that this problem will also open the door to cheap imports. with nearly eight inches of rain in trahan and other farmers are december, hopeful, but they say it may be too little, too late. they're not seeing the new hatches, nor are they seeing the so called mama's with eggs attached under the tail of the crawfish. this time of year he'd be pulling in 60 sacks a day from his 3000 traps, but he says he's lucky if he gets five pounds. the crawfish are just not there. >> we lost 35%, 40% of our population due to the heat of the water we had t

and they didn't write these notes to representatives from south carolina or louisiana. they wrote them to senator john gordon of the state of georgia and governor john young brown from kentucky. this was the first note, gentlemen, referring to the conversation had with you yesterday in which governor hayes, his policy as to the status of certain southern states was discussed. we desired to say that we can assure you in the strong and responsible possible manner of our great desire to have adopted such a policy as will give to the people of the states of south carolina and louisiana the right to control their own affairs. they wrote another note about an hour later, and what they said is subject only to the constitution of the united states. they kind of forgot that part. but what they were saying was, you will be able to run things the way you want to run things. and that's what tom talked about in the second part of our little short documentary, what happened after that decision? you know, you're pulling from primary documents, reading from actual texts that we have in

. >> reporter: louisiana also in the path of flooding, dangerously close to homes. in mississippi, this car filled like a bathtub of water. this is the same storm that brought historic rainfall, hundreds of rescues and a state of emergency. in northern california, new video of a woman rescued after being stranded 14 hours when her car flipped in water. >> could have had a different outcome, been swept downstream. but strong enough to get on top of the vehicle. >> reporter: scientists say climate change will make this more of a reality. more moisture, it has to go somewhere, meaning more rain and more flooding. biomes like this are swollen with flood waters and the storm is not over yet. the ground is so saturated, any additional rain will mean more flooding. >> janet shamlian, thanks for being there. for where the storms are headed next, meteorologist mike bettis from the weather channel. >> our flood risk will continue the next several days across the south, more rain coming our way. we've had very heavy rain last week. texas and louisiana had areas with 8 inches i

connection dashcam the louisiana connection be used here? >> he is from the north part of the state. he went to school at lsu in baton rouge so i will give him back. he has visited down south. louisiana people talk about north and south. there is a geographical difference. in all seriousness, garrett graves was a good partner in the debt ceiling. police and his -- steve scalise and his team, i know him. the personal relationships do matter. whatever it takes to get through these next few weeks, we are willing to do. it baffles the mind that there was no acknowledgment the talks -- that talks are happening on the capital. >> jonathan from the pittsburgh post-gazette. at the outer table. >> thanks for coming. i know we are talking about the shutdown, but you're also preparing the budget for 2024-2025. dir. young: don't remind me. >> is there concern when you are looking at the budget, are you talking about new security steps, funding you think you will need for the election and the postelection, for counting the ballots and recertification nex

the crawfish is a staple of louisiana cuisine.year there is worry on crawfish farms across the state. the problem, mud bugs as they are sometimes called don't have enough water to grow and thrive in temperatures have been way too hot. crawfish farmers could lose $140 million. drought stress will impact all of the farmers. the culprit, rainfall in louisiana has been down nearly 44% in temperatures rose three degrees from may through october compared to the four year average. there is some concern that they will take a significant financial hit. geoff: peak season runs from march to may, how are farmers, coping? >> we spoke with a farmer who has been doing this since he was in high school. he can't remember anything like this the last 30 years. he says he normally will farm 800 acres on his land. he says the financial losses started to add up before the season started. >> in the past without the crawfish, we could survive. it kept the cash flow going. without the crawfish income this year, it's going to be a struggle unless we get s

i'll just say was, how does your caster has moved from new orleans and louisiana? the mississippi isn't just a river. it's a super high way of commerce connecting america's midwestern gray fields to its southern c port and the world's consumers beyond. the river is shriveling up. again. that makes a major difference for river traffic. last year, ships ran a ground in mud that was previously underwater. this job this year, there's a lot of the harbors are not being able to be used and a lot of those running the ground. as a result, farmers have had to hold back some of their harvest for fear of overloading barges that have less water. to float in this river is the artery, through which 60 percent of us grain exports past. and all of it comes here to new orleans before it's shipped off to the global market. this robo is a live line of i exports. we have a $150.00 federal chemical plants that fees the stock to the world that come back to us and boards of phones and the camera you got in this piece are, as it's dna, somewhere out of louisiana, or the miss was the space

louisiana has primacy. storage of this under the ground without wading through the epa. it takes two years on average. if louisiana doesn't like other states it will be six months so it's faster to get the permit and more investment which means more jobs and better business. blue when you consider this a win. another one for you. senator bob menendez has been hit with more federal charges, securing us deals in exchange for valuable gifts. a $24,000 watch. one mayor in new jersey running to unseat menendez sounding off. >> this is bigger than bob menendez. this goes to the heart of democratic politics. he has been in some cases perpetrated by democrats and he has been enabled. you have the chair of the foreign relations committee supposedly taking bribes and what country has been not only coasting but protecting the leadership of hamas, terrorist organization, this is a very interesting thing that needs to be on woven. stuart: senator cassidy faces corruption and bribery charges. is it time to step down? >>

what was called i've already forgotten the world's fair the louisiana world's fair. so i went up to new to meet jack and we went out to alice and. he had designed the museum there we were walking through and it's most impressive. and we came to we just stopped and you'll see him in the pacific exhibit here, right in the middle, a little up case, and then pass around it. and inside, one pair of baby shoes and. then a little biography of those shoes they had come all the way from hamburg, germany to ellis island must have been infant who was wearing it. and there were those shoes and jack said to me, you in museums was stopping at this you see in museums smaller is better and you look at the well so that was a. 2001 one of the last times steven ambrose appeared on camera. it was just about eight or nine months before he passed away. but in any event, go back to the story and that's the research park in the master plan. you can see an inset down there on, the left, that is the location actually sited the pavilion to there. and but our board of directors were smarter tha

yes, i am a mom of six living here in sulfur, louisiana. you can imagine living in a town with a name sulfur what it's like just from the name of the town. so we are, you know, surrounded by more than a dozen petrochemical our air smells like rotten eggs, and sounds like trains are coming back and forth. i have two children who suffer with asthma, and i have two children that suffer with other res paw respiratory and skin conditions and all are linked to that exposure, and there are several families dealing with the same thing, and we decided to get together and stand up for our children for their right to breathe clean air and drink clean water. >> you can see the orange glow off in the distance and it looks menacing. what are we looking at? >> what you are seeing is what they call a flare, f-l-a-r-e, and you are seeing this view from my front door. my 20-year-old daughter took this video. that's how close we are to these facilities. now, you may ask the same question as me, if there's a chance of an explosion, why are these facilities so

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louisiana is the northernmost point where sugar cane is grown commercially.m the mississippi river and thousands of years of flooding left naturally occurring fertile topsoil — perfect for growing sugar cane. 20% of sugar in the us, grown in the us, comes from louisiana. so, how does sugar go from being something you grow here and i buy on the shelf? we'll plant a whole stalk in the ground, and the following year we'll harvest that cane. this is a jaunder ch—570 sugar cane harvester. all it does is cut sugar cane. it goes to the mill, and the mill presses the juice out of that sugar cane. that stalk is sugar cane. we have to do a lot of work to get from cane to sugar. we have to knive the cane, put it through some very large rollers under some very high pressure to extract the juice, then separate the mud from the juice, and evaporate the water that's in the juice, before we can start crystallisation. then we have to separate the crystals from the molasses. it's one of the most processed commodities you can find. the us department of agriculture protects dome

cars plowing through floodwater in mandeville, louisiana, north of new orleans.is what six inches of rain in less than 24 hours looks like. a first responder helping a passenger to safety. in texas, the storm is over, but the emergency is ongoing. authorities have been on the scene here for the past day, taking these boats out and bringing people to safety. the water came up very quickly. you can see a car submerged there in the background. just the distance between me and the car, there's eight feet of standing water. emergency crews used these boats to rescue people from more than a dozen homes. >> thanks for your help. appreciate it. >> reporter: including a few pets. first responders say one homeowner wouldn't leave until it was almost too late. >> the individual called 911. he couldn't get out of his house. >> reporter: five people had to be rescued after trying to drive through the fast-flowing water. warnings not to drive on flooded roads are frequently ignored. >> if you do end up in a situation where your vehicle is taking on water, you need to get yours

what was called i've already forgotten the world's fair the louisiana world's fair. so i went up to new to meet jack and we went out to alice and. he had designed the museum there we were walking through and it's most impressive. and we came to we just stopped and you'll see him in the pacific exhibit here, right in the middle, a little up case, and then pass around it. and inside, one pair of baby shoes and. then a little biography of those shoes they had come all the way from hamburg, germany to ellis island must have been infant who was wearing it. and there were those shoes and jack said to me, you in museums was stopping at this you see in museums smaller is better and you look at the well so that was a. 2001 one of the last times steven ambrose appeared on camera. it was just about eight or nine months before he passed away. but in any event, go back to the story and that's the research park in the master plan. you can see an inset down there on, the left, that is the location actually sited the pavilion to there. and but our board of directors were smarter tha

buses carrying nearly 400 asylum seekers from texas and louisiana suddenly arriving in several cities in new jersey. the buses apparently trying to avoid the new crackdown by new york city's mayor eric adams. chicago and denver also seeing more arrivals. >>> respiratory illnesses on the rise across the u.s. 31 states reporting high or very high levels of covid, flu, or rsv. hospitals in at least six states now reinstating mask policies. >>> the israel-hamas war. israel signaling it will withdraw some troops from gaza. several military brigades. to prepare for extended fighting, despite global pressure to scale back attacks. prime minister benjamin netanyahu warns the war could continue for many more months. >>> the countdown to iowa. the first voting just two weeks away in the battle for the republican presidential nomination. ron desantis trying to stake his claim to the state, despite donald trump leading bill iing than 30 points. >>> here in new york, newly obtained surveillance video showing an out of control driver crashing into a restaurant just blocks from times square, where h

flash flood emergency in mandeville, louisiana. the roads turned to rivers. rob marciano timing this out. >> reporter: tonight relentless thunderstorms inundating the already saturated south, flooding whole neighborhoods and stranding families. a flash flood emergency in mandeville, louisiana, the city just north of new orleans swamped with more than six inches of rain. this school bus navigating streets that turned into rivers, cars barely making it through. the ones that didn't abandoned in muddy ditches. >> a lot of rain within the last 48 hours. simmesport in mississippi. whoo, yeah. eight to nine in rainfall. >> reporter: north of houston, in conroe, texas, homes underwater. >> yikes. oh, man. this is terrible. look at the neighborhood in conroe. like a swamp. >> reporter: multiple rescues in montgomery county, officials declaring a disaster. first responders in high water trucks ferrying families and pets to dry land. families evacuating in neighboring san jacinto county, water inside their homes. >> you don't know where you're going to be living after

so south louisiana infantry louisiana tiger dies of alcohol poisoning on a farm near where the peace memorial is today. eternal flame one confederate left in garrison how everybody else leaves because it galls not gettysburg. we're not concentrating there. the goal is the bridges. the goal is to go for harrisburg, give it a shot. so on saturday, june 27th, i got a cross from adams county in new york county. we're going for the world's longest covered bridge at wrightsville, where the coal, the 27th pennsylvania western is going try to stop them. but as they go through this area, they start running into pennsylvania. civilians making weird hands gestures and most of them are german. they're copperhead is most of them they are speaking in broken english. one phrase, peace, peace. and they're holding up of paper in the air that nobody quite knows what in world these guys are doing. are they local? are they strange? you know, most of these confederates i've never seen a pensive in a german farmer until they went north of the mason-dixon line. what's these folks? well, what's with folks i

for what purpose does the gentleman from louisiana seek recognition? >> i unanimous consent to address the house for one minute to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> thank you, mr. speaker. it's been nearly 100 days since my colleagues this chamber and i cannot express how grateful i am for their trust. the speaker: this is the honor of my life and it means everything to us. and despite our challenges that we face day in and day out and the tough fights that law making inevitably brings, i still believe that we can again be a shining city on a hill. i believe that we can champion again what i call the seven core principles of american conservatism but really they're the seven core principles of america. they're our foundations. i believe it boils down to individual freedom and limited government and the rule of law. peace through strength. fiscal responsibility. freets. human dignity. these are the things that made us the most successful, most extraordinary nation in

. >> reporter: louisiana is also in the path of flash flooding tonight, pushing dangerously close toississippi, this car filled like a bathtub full of water. it's the same story that brought ferocious flooding to san diego earlier in the week after historic rainfall resulted in hundreds of water rescues and a state of emergency. in northern california, newly-released video shows a woman being rescued after she was stranded for 14 hours when her car flipped in rising water. >> it could have had a whole different outcome. she could have been swept downstream, but strong enough to get up on top of the vehicle. >> reporter: scientists say climate change will make scenarios like these a regular reality. with every 1 degree of warming, the air can hold 4% more moisture, and it has to go somewhere. meaning more rain and more flooding. tonight, biomes like this one are swollen with floodwater. and this storm is not over yet. the ground here is so saturated that any amount of rain will mean more flooding. norah? >> norah: janet shamlian, thank you for being there. well, for where these storms

louisiana? the mississippi isn't just a river. it's a super high way of commerce connecting americas midwestern gray fields to its southern c port and the world's consumers beyond. the river is shriveling up. again. that makes a major difference for river traffic. last year, ships ran a ground in mud that was previously under water. there's tough issue. there's a lot of the harbors are not being able to be used and a lot of those running the ground. as a result, farmers have had to hold back some of their harvest for fear of overloading barges that have less water. to float in this river is the artery, through which 60 percent of us grain exports past. and all of that comes here to new orleans before it's shipped off to the global market. this river is a live line of i exports. we have a $150.00 petrochemical plants that fees the stock to the world that come back to us involves the phones in the camera you got in. this piece are, as it's dna, somewhere out of louisiana or the midwest of space, the ship roll products, see it as the

cars plowing through floodwater% in mandeville, louisiana, north of new orleans. this is what 6 inches of rain in less than 24 hours looks like. a first responder helping a passenger to safety. in texas, the storm is over, but the emergency is ongoing. authorities have been on the scene here for the past day taking these boats out and bringing people to safety. the water came up very quickly. you can see a car submerged there in the background, just the distance between me and my car, there is eight of standing water. emergency crews use these boats to rescue people from more than a dozen homes. including a few pets. first responders say one homeowner wouldn't leave until it was almost too late. >> this individual called us, called 911, he couldn't get out of his house. >> reporter: five people had to be rescued after trying to drive through the fast flowing water. warnings not to drive on flooded roads are frequently ignored. >> if you do end up in a situation where your vehicle is taking on water, you need to get yourself and your passengers to higher ground as

let's go to nancy next in ham on the, louisiana. democrat -- hammond, louisiana.. boy, this forum, open forum is all over the place. what i really wanted to call in on were two things. don't understand why the republicans are not giving the money to ukraine over russia. 9 from the if of this issue, i e always said what they're trying to do with putin, putin wants the back sheep. they are i trying to take over the red sea. if we don't out of ukraine and getting close to the black sea, what ends up happening, that gives him a straight shot to e need to be ir world war. number two, i am born and raised in the state of louisiana. i have traveled all over this world. i have eight years of college, and i am so ashamed and disappointed in the representative, of the state of louisiana. you do not belong here. care of this state with the department of environmental quality over the chemical companies that are on the mississippi river and you don't want to take care of the wildlife and fisheries, who do you think are the people that have givenp their adult lives to take car