. >>> two years ago this summer, a massive rainstorm stalled over baton rouge, louisiana. it flooded the areas and caused billions of t dollars in damag both residential and commercial real estate. ironically, baton rouge, which is on the edge of the mississippi river, is now fast becoming research hub for the study of rising water. diana ol' li diana olick is back with us for the next part of our series called rising risks. >> reporter: it was a freak storm, dumping over two feet of rainn the baton rouge area. rivers swelled, flooding more 10 than 000 homes, nearly $4 billion of residential property damage alone according to louisiana economic development. >> what we're doing now is to be better prepared, using science to better prepare ourself for that next flood. >> reporter: ironically, as the rain came down in 2016, a $60 million project in downtown to baoo ban to roouj w baton rouge was going up, home to the just opened water institute of the gulf. >> there are ways to use the best available science to better prepare, to betteon re and to be able to get assets and pe

and then in baton rouge to say so why do you think? and because it was not discussed at the time. mande assumed that is part of the majority where they would live nobody connected the dots. and to become a principal in a school in detroit and then to witness what happened but that also that black nationalist movement after she desegregated. but there was no way we would have a leadership position but some of us might have felt it was an opportunity to be because it wasn't a job at others necessarily wanted to do. desegregating school among many other things is one of the worst jobs you could take on every single day to say the violence was awful but the worst part was ostracism. so no matter what happened it was the silence the way the students moved away from us when we sat down the teacher would not call on us in class. it was terrible. and the boys who did desegregate and to houston and baton rouge and when the situation got like that, many left to get a job somewhere else but also because this isn't doing anything. they felt it wasn't worth it. >> today choose their daughters

host: in baton rouge, louisiana, chris is next. caller: how are you doing? host: go ahead. caller: i just heard a caller advocating while ago for the execution on the spot of drug dealers or immigrants or whatever. i just wanted to point out the danger in scapegoating an entire race ofy, an entire people for that they are only a small factor of. caused by crisis was demand for drugs. there is an addiction problem. it is a medical problem exacerbated by big pharma companies pushing addictive medicines and lying about side effects, and doctors overprescribing. but to simplify it and say it is caused by illegal immigrants and they should be executed on the spot and that will somehow solve something, it is getting to a dangerous point. host: the centers for disease control tell us natural opioids codeine,orphine, oxycodone, hydrocodone, and tramadol and fentanyl. i'd when -- heroin isn't ob synthesized from morphine. david, hello. caller: good morning. host: you are on. caller: for the last 30 years, when black people were getting caught with heroin or opioids, they were called

this is what they went through in new orleans and baton rouge for girls segregated the high school and life threatening the difference that the girls started to fight back and actually that help to make the violent little more manageable. in general people want to know when i write about the jean women what happened afterwards? how did they survive this? most of them were exhausted emotionally and then to figure out what they want to do desegregate because what will people do? many failed out and then they had a hard time. the by the time i interviewed them for those six years after the fact, all of them had achieved to desegregate business offices the chicago symphony orchestra have taken these experiences to use those later in life and if you think about when i them throughout the united states, they did a lot and it was the kind of wisdom from desegregating faces about hatred and to not backhand how to survive. and then i would like to and take the question by mentioning she graduated from university of oklahoma first african-american to pass the bar was actually educated in oklahom

i want to thank especially the judges, i think all of isaiah to thank my friends from baton rouge for being here tonight. i hope that we represented the capital city well. i could promise you upon my sacred honor that i would use the money from the war to stock up on groceries for "the benedict option" bunker that a building in the hills. [laughing] i'm joking of course but since the publication of "the benedict option" just over a year ago, i have had to contend with countless critics who insist that drew is urging all the christians to drop everything and turn themselves into amish. it doesn't matter how often i explain all the wise, they insist. a professor recently he would like to work on an essay contemplated why so many people simply cannot or will not grasp my argument. but to be clear we not talking about people who understand what i'm saying and some would disagree. that's fine, we can have a good conversation. we are taught by people who can't conceive the basic elements of "the benedict option" analysis and proposal. "the benedict option" i should say straightaway for thos

you have just finished a project down the road from us in baton rouge. "greyhound." certainrected by a someone who you have worked with a lot. can you compare the two directors of steven spielberg and tom hanks. ? tom -- capt. dye: tom did not direct "greyhound." it is -- it is a story of the u.s. destroyer shepherding a convoy of merchant men across the north atlantic and the battle between u-boat, wolfpack's and the destroyers. it is from a book called "the good shepherd." tom loves the book and he wrote the script and we did it down in baton rouge aboard the uss kidd. the ship on the inside of a soundstage. i think that will be a great film. the navy, frankly, needs a shot in the arm at this point. that will come out in april of 2019. i have worked for tom while he is directing. we did a film called "larry where i play his boss and i fire him for incompetence or something. he is an actor's director actor. he is an he uses this script as a structure and lets the actor's flesh it out and make it come alive. that is really great if you are an actor and have a directo

. >> asked you a question about an obstacle you had overcome and you mentioned the flooding in baton rougeabout that period of time that really helped form who you are? >> we had to pack up stop and get up out of there. we were walking through the water. there is no one -- in a matter of moments, you had to cherish that. thank god he gave me the ability to play the game at this level. i want to give it my all. i don't take it for granted. >> he was saying all the right stuff. you should be a good player. >>> san francisco has become the first major city in california to increase its minimum wage up to $15 an hour. it took effect yesterday. it was approved by the voters back in 2014. the measure was a vision of the late mayor. today, berkeley set the -- set the same wage hike. >> you are paying a quarter more to cross the golden gate bridge. it is now eight dollars. if you have fast track, you will pay seven dollars and carpools will pay five dollars per vehicle. officials say the toll hike is aimed at bridging an almost $4 million budget deficit at the district. >>> they also went up on go

last we had was a big meeting like 30 or 40 of us in the building i had just gotten out of jail in baton rouge and they said you cannot people thought he said i don't see the thing that you shouldn't but i'm not the president. [laughter] but it isou interesting with this idea that you talk about here, the idea of black people in the room that are not beholden but what is interesting if you write currently is that ferguson is like absent and if somebody was in the street of ferguson to think about that unrest without being rooted in those days we stood in the street. and i t think about you were not part of any organization but you do talk about hillary and you talk about activist we actually only reference people that are in organizations i went to understand that. >> great point. this is part of the reparations to have you here tonight. [laughter] so to take me to task in public. i will be bobby kennedy.. [laughter] >> you are absolutely right. not only that you can't do everything but you're not talking about peripheral but thee definition. i probably was cautious and careful enough to think

son of a judge from southeast texas, and he was in baton rouge, louisiana, and like a lot of young men who came from it least families, in the spring of 1861, robert campbell heard about the decided he was going and serve.savrnd they elected him captain and his shut the entire thing down. they said the war would be short. neededa young man and he to focus on his studies, so robert campbell waited until the of 1862 when clearly the to be as shortng as people thought and he told is father now was the time to serve, and this time judge campbell said that he was happy to have robert go, it was the to be, and he regretted but that he had one son old enough to serve. now, in the spring of 1862, robert campbell could have a host of units that were being organized in southeast had , which is where he returned. he chose to serve in virginia, organized texas brigade because he liked the men absolutely , believed that that was where you totally, to make a full commitment to this war and independence. that was where it was going to come. so robert campbell joined the fifth texas infantry. showed u

they have all looked for just the right tone after dallas, baton rouge, st. paul and none of them gave long-winded oratory. they could not find the time that bobby take -- bobby kennedy had the night in indianapolis. from that moment to the end of the campaign i can say with any -- without any hyperbole that bobby kennedy was easily the -- most popular white man in black america. there was a very short time -- sign that set it all. there are many white politicians the people in black america would have said that about in 1968. what i want to do is take you to who bobby kennedy was and why we should still care about him a half-century after his death and i think that many of us have spent the last 50 years looking for somebody that was able to do with bobby kennedy came on the verge of doing back then in 1968. at a moment where the country was equally divided with equally stressed out with what was going on in vietnam, bobby kennedy was on the cusp of pulling together the kind of coalition that we have never seen in this country. it was a coalition of the blue

deliver in the last month that they've all looked for just the right healing tone after dallas, after baton rouge, after st. paul. and none of them, and they gave long-winded oratories. none of them could find the tone that bobby kennedy managed that night in indianapolis. and from that moment to the end of the campaign, i can say without any hyperbole, that bobby kennedy was easily the most popular white man in black america. in ghettos across the country when bobby kennedy campaigned for the next several months there was a very short sign that said it all. and that sign read -- white, but all right. there aren't many white politicians that people in black america would have said that about in 1968. what i want to do is take you to who bobby kennedy was and why we should still care about him. a half-century after his death. and i think that many of us have spent the last 50 years looking for somebody that was able to do what bobby kennedy seemed on the verge of doing back then in 1968. at a moment where the country was equally riven over racial issues, was equally stressed out by what was going

. >> and i had just gotten out of jail in baton rouge, and i go up to obama afterwards, and it's just he and i, and i'm like, obama, you can't call people dud cans. he said you've said things on tv the you shouldn't say. and i said, but i'm not the president. [laughter] >> right. >> but it is interesting, this idea. and i wanted to ask you about it, is that you talk about, and you talked about it here, this idea of wanting to get black folk in the room that hadn't been deputized by a civil rights group and, therefore, weren't e be holden -- beholden. >> right. what's interesting, and this is something we didn't have a lot of time to talk beforehand, ferguson isn't present here. it's sort of like an absent thing, and as somebody who was in the street in ferguson, i don't know how to think about the current moment of unrest -- >> no question about that. >> and i think about we were not part of any organization. no organization started those protests. but you do talk about hillary, and we can talk about that. you talk about activists, and you bring up britney, who i love -- from right. >

and look at saturday, we're looking at heat indices of over 100 degrees in tampa, birmingham, baton rougestin, 102 in oklahoma city, st. louis 104 with actual air temperatures in the mid-90s and on sunday it will feel like almost 100 in charleston, 102 in tallahasse, 100 in springfield, missouri, and louisville, 102 degrees. that's what's going on around the country. we'll get to your local forecast coming up in the next 30 seconds. hold on. skyscraper. rated pg-13. now playing. >>> good friday morning. we are using our mobile doppler radar to get the best view of exactly what's happening and where. we are seeing scattered showers across northern napa. the rest of the bay area fairly quiet. we'll see things drying out throughout the day. weather. guys. >> all right, al, things. coming up, mall chaos. >> we want bears. >> an overwhelming response forces build-a-bear to shut down its pay your age promotion. how will the company make it up to those families? the ceo is with us for a live interview. >>> and an in-depth look at today's historic meeting between president trump and queen elizabe

we're looking at heat indices of over 100 degrees in tampa, birmingham, baton rouge, austin, 102 in oklahomity, st. louis, 104 with actual air temperatures in the mid-90ds. n sunday, it will feel like almost 100 in charleston, 102 in tallahassee. springfield, 100. 104 innd waco a louisville 102 degrees. that's what's going on around the country. we're going to get to your local forecast coming up in the next 30 seconds. >>> good morning, everybody. tgif. skies are clear, sun is shining. it's going to a nic day to be outside today. llt too terribly humid, either. temperatures are sostly in the 60s in the suburbs to around 70 degrees downtown and by the bay. and as you're planning out your friday today, a perfect day for being ponside. afternighs will be in the mid-to-upper 80s this afternoon. don't forget to put your sun block on if you're going to be outside for anxtended period of time. there's your extended forecast. hot and humid weather comes back sunday. >> and that's yourt lat weather. >> al, thanks. >>> coming up, mall >> we want bears! >> an overwhelming response forces build-a-bear

host: in baton rouge, louisiana, chris is next. caller: how are you doing? host: go ahead. caller: i just heard a caller advocating while ago for the execution on the spot of drug dealers or immigrants or whatever. i just wanted to point out the danger in scapegoating an entire race ofy, an entire people for that they are only a small factor of. caused by crisis was demand for drugs. there is an addiction problem. it is a medical problem exacerbated by big pharma companies pushing addictive medicines and lying about side effects, and doctors overprescribing. but to simplify it and say it is caused by illegal immigrants and they should be executed on the spot and that will somehow solve something, it is getting to a dangerous point. host: the centers for disease control tell us natural opioids codeine,orphine, oxycodone, hydrocodone, and tramadol and fentanyl. i'd when -- heroin isn't ob synthesized from morphine. david, hello. caller: good morning. host: you are on. caller: for the last 30 years, when black people were getting caught with heroin or opioids, they were called

in 2016, in august of that year, in my hometown of baton rouge and south louisiana, we experienced a 1,000-year flood and people were calling us by the hundreds per day, calling and saying, i need help, i need help with fema, with s.b.a., and other government agencies. and so we say, yeah, you bet. go to our website and print out this form and mail it to us. mr. speaker, i can't say on the house floor some of the responses our office received whenever they were telling us about the four feet of water that their computers and printers and other equipment was under. moment. real a-ha how ridiculous we sit here and act like we're 80 years ago as a government. we can do better. this simply brings us to current technology, to allow constituents to reach out to our offices when we're addressing urgent issues like our own issues, like citizens aren't getting the benefits they paid for or they earned. it gives us the ability to quickly step in and address their issues, to intervene on their behalf, and get these issues resolved. mr. speaker, i want to thank especially my friend, joe kennedy,

>>host: baton rouge louisiana you are next good morning. >> caller: how are you doing. i heard a caller say a while ago advocating for the execution on the spot of drug dealers or immigrants or whatever and i want to point out the danger of an entire community and race of people for a problem that there are only a small factor with an opioid crisis caused by demand for drugs and addiction problems that is a medical problem exacerbated by the pharma companies pushing addictive medicines to lie about the side effects and doctors overprescribing in a lot of things that go into that but to simplify that tooth it is caused by illegal immigrants to be executed on the spot that gets to a very dangerous point. >>host: cdc that categories of codeine and synthetics like hydrocodone and synthetic opioids like fentanyl and in those categories and then heroin which is in opioid with morphine. king george virginia hello. >> caller: good morning. for the last 30 years those were called junkies so now all of a sudden it is called the opioid problem and now they want to get medical help

wednesday, there will be a lot of downpours on the gulf coast especially from houston, down to baton rougee for getting rained out for your plans. hopefully not, but there's a potential at least. storms going through minnesota and hit and miss showers and storms from detroit to new york city. here is the 10:00 p.m. forecast, the important one when the fireworks are shooting in the sky, the showers and storms dying off on the gulf coast, and hit and miss showers on the east coast. macy's show looks fantastic with 77 degrees and partly cloudy skies. new york city one of the spots under an excessive heat warning today. temperatures in the mid 90s with a heat index of 100 to 105. you are watching "morning joe." we will be right back. this is your wake-up call. if you have moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis, month after month, the clock is ticking on irreversible joint damage. ongoing pain and stiffness are signs of joint erosion. humira can help stop the clock. prescribed for 15 years, humira targets and blocks a source of inflammation that contributes to joint pain and irreversible damag

and then ten days later, baton rouge officers. >> here's what came from that paper in 2006, a quote defendingcaused boycotts, loss of advertising for any paper and pickets in front of the building. my editors have had to explain the nature of the cartoons to the offended and i am not alone. nearly all cartoonists worth their salt maz enraged some portion of their readership. that's how they're defending thepses. whathemselves. what do you make of that? >> that's no excuse for that. we are in a process. my letter in particular is followed by the signatures of a number of community leaders in new jersey, communities of faith and communities of color. and we are put i can't tell you how many hours for how many years into these projects and we're making progress. new jersey is a better place today because of what's happened and this sets it back. >> we're going to have to leave it there. thank you for your service. we'll be back right after this break. the day after chemo might mean a trip back to the doctor's office just for a shot. but why go back there when you can stay home with neulasta onpr

rouge, in baton louisiana. messages for democrats going into november, what do you think?aller: i think it would be better if everybody would pull up behind democrats like to do with the president we have now. but they don't. ,ecause it they get put behind this would be a better world. togethert want to work , that they are working together for him. saying thatu democrats are not working together? caller: yes, they are working together, but my thing is why couldn't they work with obama when he tried to do right? and trump doing wrong? host: brenda, for democrats going into november, that's the focus of this hour. what do think the message should be? caller: stay together. if they stay together and are word and true to word and true to themselves, this will be a better world because watch, got said the last will be first in the first will be last. host: and bernita, from pittsburgh, pennsylvania. go ahead. caller: good morning. a better worlde when everyone changes their mind about hurting each other. revisit a lotuld of stuff, like retraining officers, and going to the com

they have all looked for just the right tone after dallas, baton rouge, st. paul and none of them gave long-winded oratory. they could not find the time that bobby take -- bobby kennedy had the night in indianapolis. from that moment to the end of the campaign i can say with any -- without any hyperbole that bobby kennedy was easily the -- most popular white man in black america. there was a very short time -- sign that set it all. there are many white politicians the people in black america would have said that about in 1968. what i want to do is take you to who bobby kennedy was and why we should still care about him a half-century after his death and i think that many of us have spent the last 50 years looking for somebody that was able to do with bobby kennedy came on the verge of doing back then in 1968. at a moment where the country was equally divided with equally stressed out with what was going on in vietnam, bobby kennedy was on the cusp of pulling together the kind of coalition that we have never seen in this country. it was a coalition of the blue