baton rouge is talking about software. should reach the topic again because you see the flows of companies to austin, alabama, arkansas, a lot of places that were not able to attract these i get skilled industries in the same capacity as new york or los angeles. they're doing it now, because of what mayor suarez talked about. they are making the environment more comfortable for the companies with lower taxes. there could be longer term ramifications. taylor: the investment management industry, as well. you mentioned cathie wood and technology but if you think about the financial industry as well, some ramifications down there. where we going next? can we take a trip? caroline: let's go to chicago. everyone comes from their believes the way. taylor: i hear it is cold. caroline: that doesn't from "what you missed?" bloomberg technology is up next. romaine: i a great weekend. this is bloomberg. ♪ switching wireless carriers is easy with xfinity. just lean on our helpful switch squad to help you save with xfinity mobile. they

baton rouge, the louisiana state capitol perched on the banks of the mississippi. three blocks off the river, on a chilly thursday night, a criminal defense lawyer was working late, drafting a writ for the big murder trial starting monday. when did the killer take her? sometime after 8:00 was the best guess. the news led next morning's early drive. >> i hear on a local news station, they interrupt to say that there is a downtown murder in a law office. >> reporter: attorney prem burns was on her way into work. >> which, of course, alerts me. initially, my -- my gosh -- is it an attorney? >> reporter: the office, now strung with yellow crime scene tape, belonged to an up-and-comer named chiquita tate. a local woman just a few years out of law school, but already making a name for herself in the competitive, pads and helmets, arena of litigation and criminal defense. >> she had recently won a half-million dollar jury verdict. that's pretty good for somebody out such a short time. >> reporter: chiquita was one of seven, her father, absent, raised by her grandma in a t

baton rouge, new orleans, is going to happen. cp have committed to that and have committed to that in their filing. yesterday was a historic day for that. we were very excited about it. it shows the benefit of commissions because we were able to hold that project together when louisiana and the previous administration refused the money to build this project. >> we remember that all too well. >> yes, sir. we do, too. >> i cannot tell you how grateful i am to you, mr. ross, and the southern rail commission for the incredible work that you do and continue to do to hold this project together. we were disappointed when the previous administration under mr. jindal rejected those resources and we missed a great opportunity. so grateful we're back on track and this will be a reality for the people of louisiana. >> congressman, i would be remiss, the person who has held this together, would be my fellow commissioner john spain. he has been instrumental in using the southern rail commission to keep this alive and across administrations, ac

jones was the first african-american member of the baton rouge bar association. he served in louisiana state house of representatives. throughout his career as a lawyer he successfully fought for pay equity for teachers and sued to desegregate parks and communities in louisiana. he also represented students, protested at southern university during civil rights movements. countless indigent defendants and challenged voter discrimination practices throughout the south. i was grateful to have the opportunity to speak with dr. anthony jones on veterans day to thank him for his incredible service to our people in america. on his birthday, he celebrated with friends, family, and with good louisiana seafood. today let's all thank dr. jones for his great advice that he shares with us which is, he said, you have to deal with the past. you have to deal with the history. you have to read and understand so we don't repeat the past. let's build better. let's build a future for everyone. please join me in wishing happy birthday, 102nd to dr., attorney anthony jones sr. i yield

like baton rouge. in florida somebody shirley from georgia where he was fighting the seminoles in mississippi, by the late 1850s he was in texas and oklahoma chasing the indians in october 1, 1858 he was fiercely wounded at the battle of wichita village, while holding the reins of his horse, i'm going to describe this and i have a lot to cover and i will probably short myself somewhere else, right here in his life in case i cannot finish this program, and his life this is where the style of command that earl van dorn exercises come from the time he was stationed in the piecework army, anyway at the battle of wichita village while holding the rain in his left hand and aero that probably would've hit his heart instead hit him above the wrist and after passing between two bones stopped near the elbow, i don't know exactly how to describe that to you but i don't think i have to if that did not get your goose up after lunch i'll tell you this another arrow fired from below his horse, the opponent was below

baton rouge, louisiana. must have a tennessee fan in here. didn't like baton rouge. in florida, surely there's somebody from georgia in here. he was fighting the seminoles. by the late 1850s, he was in texas stationed in texas and oklahoma chasing the indians and on october 1st, 1858, he was seriously wounded at the battle of wichita village. i think this is where the style of command that earl van dorn exercises in the civil war comes from. the time he was stationed in the peace war army. at the fight of -- at the battle of wichita village while holding the reins in his left hand, an arrow that would have hit his heart hit him just above the rest. after passing between two bones stopped near the elbow. i don't know exactly how to describe that to you but i don't think i have to. now if that didn't get your goose up after lunch, i'll it will you this, another arrow fired from below his horse, i guess the opponent was below, struck him on the right side puncturing beau lungs and stomach before exiting out his left side. he reportedly extracted the arrows himself. he h

baton rouge louisiana. must have a tennessee fan in here somewhere, didn't like baton rouge. and florida, surely there is somebody from georgia here -- where he was fighting the seminal in mississippi. by the late 1850s, he was in oklahoma, chasing the indians. and in october, first 1850, eight he was seriously wounded at the battle of wichita village. while holding the reins of his horse, i'm going to describe this to you, and i've got a lot to cover you and i probably going to shorten myself somewhere else but i think right here, ladies and gentlemen, in this life, in case i can't finish this program -- but in this life i think this is where the style of command that earl van dorn exercises in the civil war comes from. the time he was stationed in the peace war army. so, anyway, at the fight -- or, excuse me, at the battle of wichita village, while handing the reins in his left hand, a -- that probably would his hit his left -- i don't know exactly how to describe that for you but i don't think i have to. if that didn't get your goose up after lunch i will tell you this, an

can you talk about the establist between new orleans and baton rouge?y >> yes sir. thank you. we are here to help you. yesterday they safely committed to in an initial round trip between baton rouge and new orleans with no. they have to have time to evaluate to see what improvements have to be done to implement that. this is a historical movie and we've been working very hard to create t a good partnership goig forward that can be beneficial thetn. they are going to happen and they are committed to that in the surface transportation board of filing.g. so. we were able to hold that project together with louisiana and the previous administration refused the money to build the ldproject. for the incredible work you have done and continue to hold this project together, we are all disappointed when the previous administration. so grateful that we are back on track and this will become a reality for the people of louisiana. >> i would be messed the person that has held. each has. and administrations across the secretaries and i think it also demonstrates that. an advocate and a frie

he prepares a plan to the louisiana state university in baton rouge beginning in 1921. and classes began on the new campus in 1925 and formally opened in 1926. they called it a pulmonary plan and the olmsted brothers preliminary plan incorporated the sites existing trees and topography and the vision for a continued expansion. perhaps his most significant contribution to the lsu campus was to convince the university leadership to move from downtown baton rouge to its current location on the plateau of the mississippi river. this was especially important for the expansion of lsu's agricultural research and activities. the olmsted plan responded carefully and creatively to existing conditions in particular tree groupings, topography and taking into account native american ground but the german born engineer architect theodore was brought in for the building design into redesign the preliminary plan, he felt that the tablet was required for what he called landscape work, he argued against hiring the olmsted brothers to refine their plan, he would going to do the master pla

was actually to convince the university's leadership to move from where was hemmed in in downtown baton rouge to its current location on the plateau above the mississippi river. this was especially important for the expansion of lsu's agriculture research and activities. the olmsted plan responded carefully and creatively to existing condition, in particular, tree groupings, topography, and also taking into account native american mounds. but the german-born engineer, architect, whose name was theodore sealink was brought in for building design and to design the preliminary plan. lake thought no special talent was required for what he called landscape work, so argued against hiring the olmsted brothers to refine their plan. so lake went on to do the master plan himself, adapting and altering the olmsted plan. one observer notes the choice of the olmsted brothers in the first place was brilliant, not hiring the firm to continue full service was a tragic loss. the architect link's plan was more ignoring the better parts of the sites, such as the indian mounds, magnolias and the vista to the mis

really bumps up again on friday part of the puzzle piece, it's fueling these storms so 83 degrees in baton rouge, that's 22 degrees above normal for this time of year, nashvill3 in bismark, also in fargo. all right. guys, we'll talk about the new year's eve forecast and your new year's day forecast and snow in the west as well. >> looking forward it to thank you. >>> still over a day-and-a-half away, new york city is already budget 2022 in the west. yesterday the city made sure the confedty was good to go. it's all for the big if you year's eve bash in time's square 1.5 tons will go flying tomorrow at midnight this year's celebration is limited to 15,000 revelers because of covid. >> my thoughts are always with the sanitation department cleaning that up after the fact. right? >> it's a big job. >>> next, a florida man rushed to the hospital after reaching into a tiger's enclosure at a zoo. >> what do you expect with the president's call today with vladimir putin for strong protection, that's always discreet. question your protection. try always discreet. huh. is that true? geico's been saving fo

one example is baton rouge to new orleans hopefully within louisiana.all wholeheartedly support that and work on that. the same would be for here in tennessee running for seven rail commission and we could begin work working with the host railroads and amtrak to see with the possibility's arc, what the capacity constraints are, what the potential ridership would be to between nashville and memphis. it sounds like a great service and one we should definitely look at but they need to allow us to do that. >> that's a great idea for tennessee to join with the solvent group rather than create the wrong. the governor would need to initiate that. >> yes, sir. the governor legislatures would have to vote to invite tennessee and the legislature to say tennessee would have to wait to join. >> it's been pretty simple but i think the main t thing is having something like the seven rail commission works across administrations, we've been working -- >> i appreciate it but my time is about out. mr. gardner, amtrak's 2035 plan to atlanta, they don't have -- i was memph

clyde edwards helaire to pride and joy of baton rouge, louisiana. takes it in for the touchdown. he had 2 of those bad boys. she's just east rory the raiders 48 to 9 las vegas. they're under 500 for the first time this season and they have a brutal schedule coming up, too. so tougher it. >> well, as for bay area basketball, the lawyers are going play the indiana pacers today on the road, steph curry needs to score 7, 3 pointers to break the all-time 3 point record you might want to watch. tipoff is going to be at 4 o'clock. we'll be right back with more coverage on your weather and traffic when we come back from break. >> social media is calling him one of the best grinch impersonators who works at universal orlando and he's been giving customers a special tree. take a look. >> i got know needed may be a blocking i feel me not to do it. you're going let's go. come on over. and i think to loya, you know what my day went. well, you know, i woke up this morning and into the i'm in a real life. i want to burn strike, much to go on and get this and guess what, he's going to >> yet in

has warned russia of severe sanctions if it invades ukraine. president joe biden and baton rouge and held a to our virtual call that ended with no breakthrough. putin ones guarantees that ukraine wont join later. now the funeral of a sri lankan man biesen to death and pakistan on friday is about to begin in his home country. a crowd attacked brianne to deal with donna before dragging him into the streets and setting him on fire staff at the factory wade. he'd worked at accused him of destroying a religious poster. pakistan's prime minister says more than a 100 people have now been arrested. well, let's speak to michelle fernandez. she is outside victims, home in tampa, in sri lanka, manella. i understand that mr. dia donna had a wife and 2 children. how is everyone doing that? her? that's right. no sir. the entire family is very much in a state of shock. i spoke to his wife, ah, who is? i still trying to take it all in the fact that her husband is no more and then he came to such a brutal end. i mean ho one cray is there just just be done. that all of sort of the ammunition of the ar

know before you become a cop gentleman, welcome to both of you and albuquerque, atlanta austin, baton rouge, columbus, ohio, indianapolis, jackson, mississippi. i'm going alphabetically, that's 7 of the 16 cities across the country that have set new homicide records this year. dominic, let me be very generic and start with you. why is this happening? because they're allowed to. there's no other reason that they are not going to find any other reason than criminals are not being prosecuted cops are doing their job. i've talked about the several times on r t. the other states attorney or district attorney, depending upon your where your state is, which is an elected position, they are not prosecuting. it's oh, my gosh, let's just down play these communities and baby them and the recidivism rate is insane. and know you're, this is all this is, is they're just not being prosecuted held accountable. bad guys know this, they're out there to do whatever they can do and they have no consequences for their actions. it's as simple as that. yeah, matthew. well, the bottom line is there is a plea slow

record warmth. 22 degrees above normal in baton rouge. as we go towards tomorrow this expands to the north. we want to talk about that winter weather because we have a ton of alerts into the west. you can see the radar and in los angeles, steve touched on this, you're watching hour after hour. the good news is that will let up later on tonight. we're still going to see two or three inches of rainfall in there and that could cause some flooding as well. we have a lot of alerts stretched across the west. so 26 million people impacted and we will continue to see it fall. it is not as bad today. wait until you see tomorrow and the next day. las vegas, los angeles, and we're seeing slowdowns there. we're looking pretty good in terms of weather. by tomorrow we'll see the slow downs expand to atlanta, dallas, minneapolis, salt lake city, denver, las vegas, and phoenix. and saturday this is a big day. we're watching in terms of severe weather all along the east coast we could see slowdowns as well from boston to dc. >> it seems saturday is the da

lsu campus was to convince the university leadership to move from where he was hemmed in downtown baton rouge to its current location on the plateau above the mississippi river. this is especially important for the expansion of lsu's agricultural research and activities. the olmsted plan responded carefully and creatively to existing conditions, particular tree groupings, topography and also taking into account native american mountains. but the german born engineer architect, whose name was theodore c. link was brought in for the building design and for the preliminary plan. link felt that no special talent was required for what he called it landscape worked and so he argued against hiring the olmsted brothers to find a plan. though link would go on to do the plan himself, altering and extending it. as one observer notes, the choice of the olmsted brothers from the first place was a brilliant. not hiring the firm to continue in full service was a tragic loss. it reflects a more insular and self referential nature, ignoring the site such as the indian mounds, the magnolias and the vistas to t

front, in the middle 60s, mind you, around midnight eastern in december than your hometown down in baton rougeappening here. a storm that has a history of producing 350 severe wind reports. 50 of these with wind gusts over 75 miles per hour. 50 locations, towns, observation points had winds at hurricane force this afternoon as the system pushed through and it's far from over. you'll notice tornadoes, upwards of 19 records of them. that's all you'd expect in the month of december happening in a few hours. we have 50 reports just five days ago. here we go with the wind gusts. expansive area of the central plains, the upper midwest, where we have the threat in place. and yes, the storms are still rotating. the potential is there for those to spawn tornadoes. that's why we have tornado watches expanding. these nocturnal tornadoes, when you get these, historically speaking, they are about 2 1/2 times more deadly than ones during the daytime. that's why this situation becomes that much more serious. 10% chance within a 25-mile area within that area indicated in orange, rochester to waterloo, that's

the key came out of journalism, right out of the baton rouge city paper.here are so many ways that i learned as a journalist helps me and the key to my being a historian. as i look back over my life thig bars the resource is concerned to writing of course is a very different story. as far as the research is concerned i've been doing the same thing all my life. the only difference is that for the first few years i was doing it to write newspaper articles and for the last 50 years i've been doing it to write looks. of all the similarities between the two are fashions that it was the incident that gave rise to the title this exhibition, turn every page. i've told the story before. this is the day to tell it again. when i wentiv to work at newsdai was the first person to be hired in the news sitting room from an ivy league college. that was because the managing editor of was this very old newspaperman who came right out of the hearst papers in chicago in the 1920s. he was a big burly guy with the kind of stomach that looked big but it wasn't soft at all. he us

she went to the big city of baton rouge so that they would not be humiliated by the fact that there unwedaughter -- their unwed daughter was pregnant. she gave birth, and that child was taken away by mary had raised by her parents across this river. she basically was not able to be a mother to her child. she had to pretend the child was not her child, and that had devastating consequences for mary, and in turn, that was the home that norma had grown up with. she became an alcoholic. she had a broken marriage, she slept with many of the men that she served drinks too. this was the home that she grew up in. along where sex was illicit. when she came out to her mother as a lesbian in her early teen years married -- mary told me that she beat her for that. her parents were jehovah's witnesses, and when she then got married at the age of 16 years old to a man, she then quickly got pregnant. that marriage fell apart, then she had another child. both of those children were surrendered to adoption, and by the time norma was pregnant for the third time in 1969 she had already suffered enormously f

five other cds toledo, baton rouge, columbus, indianapolis and louisville broke mike broke on the side in 2020 and the deadly dozen handed out by portland, tucson, allston, albuquerque, st. paul and rochester, new yor. here is a police captain, watch. >> this is shown by the black legislation to help protect the victims and the witnesses. this includes catch and release policies and probably one of the biggest reasons for lack of proactive policing right now which is a direct result of a lack of support for politicians as well as a responsible reporting by some media outlets. >> meantime los angeles and new york haven't broken records for murder but is definitely high. far less los angeles district attorney george gascon with a recall for soft on crime policy held a news conference today. the chief correspondent jonathan hunt reminded him of the recent high-profile murder, a series of smash and grab robberies, and countless other senseless attacks, watch. >> what did you and your policies bear as responsibility for this? >> i know you hear a lot of misinformation concerning this partic

have a cold front moving through, that's a trigger that should ignite these storms. 82 degrees in baton rouge today, 21 degrees above normal. 66 in nashville. so many records have been broken over the past few days. we'll continue to break the records. this warmth expands tomorrow, as far north as pittsburgh. we're near 60 degrees, that's 16 above normal, and 80 degrees in new orleans, 84 in houston. it's new year's eve, certainly feeling toasty there. we do have winter in the country, or it's back to the west. 26 million people impacted. a ton of advisories, watches, warning. we even have a flood watch in los angeles county. we've seen rain after rain, hours of rain in los angeles county causing lots of problems at the airport there. the good news is we'll see it lessen overnight and we'll be better off in terms of the rainfall in los angeles tomorrow. we'll still see snow falling in feet in some spots in the west. in terms of your holiday hub impacts, we're looking at some slowdowns in charlotte, los angeles, phoenix. this is weather-wise. friday, towards new year's eve, we'll expand those

. >>> finally, brian kelly has been in baton rouge a couple days and apparently already developed a southerntalian. i'm here with my family, and we are so excited to be in the great state of louisiana. but more importantly to be with you great fans, and to be part of what is going to be an incredible ride here at louisiana state university. >> so, i don't know, guys, maybe if you eat cajun food 48 straight hours the accent starts to develop. brian kelly has been coaching up north his whole life. that was fascinating. >> he was trying to fit in? i don't know. >> whatever it takes. >> maybe don't fake it. >> all right. andy scholes, nice to see you. >> thanks, andy. >>> all right, actor eddy mecca died, on "laverne & shirley" playing the love interest, the big ragu. >> are you going to start with the prince charming on the white horse bit? bad enough i'm taking horseback riding lessons. we need a big ragu. >> the big ragu. cindy williams who played shirley and the former co-star could do it all. eddy mecca was 69. >>> sing a dua lipa levitating to the hot 100 chart with the biggest song in the

you're right there in baton rouge.nd where i am now in kentucky. but from what you see, what do you think of the disaster response so far? >> well, i think the search and rescue is moving with us most expeditiously that the governor and county officials, from everything i see moving fast and neighbors helping neighbors. i stayed up past midnight last night watching that line of storms and the warnings and how much things have changed from past years. the warnings were significant. with current technology and local media giving people warnings, that saved untold lives. the impact of a tornado with this taken down to grid inside those areas were -- it touched down for 200 miles is going to be a significant challenge while many of the people who are first responders that are out there, many of them, themselves are survivors. so you got the outside teams coming in. the unique thing about a tornado, you can go 10 miles away and it looked like nothing happened. surrounding communities will be able to put their arms around th

feeling like spring once again today. 83 degrees in baton rouge, 22 degrees higher than what is typical, 19 degrees above normal. sbeechb pittsburgh, we're looking at 57 degrees. 62 in norfolk. atlanta, 75. 85 in new orleans. we're going to keep that warmth in place and keep the threat for showers and severe storms in place for friday, saturday, into sunday. >>> talking about the winter part in the nation, we're looking at many, many winter alerts. winter storm watches and warnings. these will continue throughout friday. the highest elevations could see an additional 1 to 2 feet, especially in the sierras and rockies. in san diego, we could see 1 to 2 inches of rain there. jonathan? >> michelle grossman, thank you so much, and happy new year to you. >>> still ahead, today president biden is set to speak with russia's president vladimir putin for the second time this month, but will it help de-escalate things with ukraine? >>> before we go to break, what's your new year's resolution. email your answers to waytooearly@msnbc.com or tweet me. be sure to use the #waytooearly. we prepare to s

and similarly, i think there's opportunities for that baton rouge to new orleans service that was mentioned and we have a strong modeling capability service planning, the northeast corridor handles 2200 trains a day in normal times. we modeled that interaction of 2000 freight trains, about 130 amtrak trains and 70 freight trains a day. and so we know how to build a schedule that works and have great cooperation with a number of our host railroads to do that. we're going to work together with them to find the win-wins that i think that-- >> yes, and go ahead. >> the gentleman's time has expired. >> thank you for that. i'll yield back. >> thank you, sir. next we have mr. cowan. >> you're recognized for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chair, i appreciate you and ranking member crawford for this important hearing. i'm a big fan of amtrak, a big fan of rail transportation. and we've heard today about inner city passenger rail service and how it will reduce the carbon footprint which is important right now and reduce congestion returning to pre-pandemic levels and create opportunities and the nex

clyde edwards helaire to pride and joy of baton rouge, louisiana. takes it in for the touchdown.t east rory the raiders 48 to 9 las vegas. they're under 500 for the first time this season and they have a brutal schedule coming up, too. so for death. >> all right. hey, don't forget the warriors play tonight to step could break the 3 point record will be watching. here's a live look at the radar. back with more coverage of the star. justin. only wendy's serves a better breakfast, with a better biscuit. a hot, buttery treasure loaded with a fresh cracked egg, cheese and sausage or bacon. and to top it off, right now, they're just a buck. a buck? now there's no reason to go somewhere else. choose wisely. choose wendy's. 6.57 is the time. and coming up in the next hour, the kron 4 morning news. of course we're still tracking the rain as it falls across the bay area. a live look at stormtracker 4 shows where we're seeing some of the heavier showers. it's those pockets in yellow in the north bay and some portions of the east bay. john troubles got a full look at the forecast harvey with

clyde edwards helaire to pride and joy of baton rouge, louisiana. takes it in for the touchdown.had 2 of those bad boys. she's just destroyed the raiders 48 to 9 las vegas. they're under 500 for the first time this season and they have a brutal schedule coming up, too. so tougher take care of their division. alright 48 tonight. we have across shot. >> come on over. we have across join us. talk to me about steph tomorrow staff. you need 7, 3 pointers to break that record is in indiana, indiana. >> the cool thing about >> indiana is where reggie miller played reggie miller steps already passed him. but regulars 3rd, all time in reggie miller. >> and staff have a great relationship. so be kind of cool to see him break the record and reggie's house. so 7 in one game possible. yeah. he averages just over 5 a game room. scott stepping up it would tricks. >> bright lights, madison square garden, new york city, big apple. and you know who looms after madison square garden. if he slumped or something. >> boston homol ray allen who move. that's in the leader of the right so there's a lot o

clyde edwards helaire to pride and joy of baton rouge, louisiana. takes it in for the touchdown.ad the raiders 48 to 9 las vegas. they're under 500 for the first time this season and they have a brutal schedule coming up, too. so tougher it. >> upside. but then happy. so all right. here's a quick look at the radar as we take another brief break stormtracker 4 showing us. we still got quite a bit of rain to get through this morning will be right back. hi honey! hi mommy! oh i missed you! you just want to video call the kids. ok. hush little baby...don't say a word... but if slow upload speeds turns your goodnight call into an accidental horror movie... can you hear me? shut it down. just remember. you're not a bad mom. you just need better internet. at&t fiber delivers faster upload speeds for more reliable video calls. get at&t fiber, plans starting at $35 a month for a year. limited availability in select areas. call 1.877.only.att. your kindness outshines your highs and lows. your strength can outlast any bad day. because you are greater than your bipolar i, and you can help ta

baton rouge and philadelphia and portland. they are battling crime rates.t. when you condone this behavior, you get more of it. you can imagine the russians threatening ukraine when reagan or donald trump was president? the public is frustrated. iran is on the verge of breaking out and acquiring nuclear weapons. if iran gets nuclear weapons all of the arabs in the middle east will that want nuclear weapons and we will have a nuclear arms race and the survivability of the israel is at risk. the iranians will test biden. >> sandra: ronna mcdaniel was on predicting a red wave in 2022. your prediction based on what is happening? >> a wipe out. >> sandra: thank you. >> john: domestic issues including immigration. the biden administration says the cause of the border crisis lies way south in central america. corruption and poverty in guatemala, until they are solved we can't solve the problem here. what does guatemala's president say in response? that's next. >> man: what's my safelite story? i spend a lot of time in my truck. it's my livelihood. ♪ rock music ♪ >

we're gearing up at our facility in baton rouge.railer loads of supplies on the way. we'll try to be working with some other logistics firms to be able to move supplies closer. unfortunately some of the calls we're getting for our drone teams and for our search-and-rescue dogs which we have some trained to find cadavers and some trained to find people who are still alive. so that effort continues. and we're just monitoring, trying to get intel on the ground and doing everything we can to help out. rachel: brian, "cajun navy" sounds very official. you're a great organization. you're not a government agency so what advantages do you have as a group of right citizens wanting to do good work, what advantages do you have say oaf government entities? >> well you know, we, not being a government agency i could go through a list of advantages but, one of the things is that we don't necessarily have to, i have don't want to say not follow certain rules. we respect all laws and we actually work with local law enforcement and first-responders

host: cj in baton rouge, louisiana. independent. good morning.aller: i think the total debacle at the border, which there is nothing going on there but illegals coming over without anything to stop them. biden does not know what he is doing. we have got some problems in this country, back problems. host: are you optimistic will be able to solve those problems in the year to come? caller: i don't think so. i think the communists are well seated in this country and it is the dnc. they have the federal government behind them. host: do you think republicans will take over the reins of power on the capital in 2022? caller: i certainly hope so. the country cannot last with these should ask -- with these bolsheviks. host: lynn on twitter saying i have two top stories. one is covid and the people we lost to this virus. the second is january 6 and republicans try to steal the election away from joe biden. on the first point she brings up , one of the major political battles of the past year with covid has been a vaccine mandates and when and where and who

temperatures out today in texas look at this the we're going up to 85 in corpus christi a new record there baton rougeern plains of minus 20 to minus 40 bundle up. >>> and this is a live look now in walnut creek. we are under a micro climate weather alert still because we'll see on and off showers. showers through mill valley. a couple in san francisco. danville in through the dublin area along 680 seeing plenty of activity. temperatures topping out at 49 in heyward, 48 in concorde. low 50s on the coastline, rain moves out tonight leaving dry weather through the weekend. >>> that is your national forecast the wind chills in the upper plains of minus 20 to minus 40, going to get warmer by sunday. we're going to go up to a much warmer 28 degrees. >> great. >> how about that? >> oh, boy a balmy 28 all right. jeff, thank you for that >>> all right. jacob, you have your carson hat on >> you ready for a little "pop start" first off, harry potter. a first look it at the highly anticipated 20th anniversary special headed to hbo max. "return to hogwarts" will reunite cast members from all eight movies to celeb

we starred loading up the trucks at our wire house in baton rouge, louisiana.ave a 18 wheeler arriving in couple hours in that area. we start setting up. we organize everything. create a drive-through or walkup distribution site where locals can get things like tarps, hygiene, products, supply, water, mres, pretty much everything you would need after a hurricane. we also have some equipment that can, that can clear out roads, chainsaws, we have generators. all these things are on the way or some of it is already there. we just, we just had to be there, all these states helped us out after ida. this is what we do. neil: this is such an unusual storm, series of storms. over 250-mile swath of course that just defies descriptions, the worst tornado december we've ever seen and that is what you're in the middle of. tomorrow presidential visit besides. how do you juggle all of that? >> we're starting to run into you know, a lot of the logistical programs that you get when you go into a disaster theater. like the state police, local emergency management will start get

host: cj in baton rouge, louisiana. independent. good morning. caller: i think the total debacle at the border, which there is nothing going on there but illegals coming over without anything to stop them. biden does not know what he is doing. we have got some problems in this country, back problems. host: are you optimistic will be able to solve those problems in the year to come? caller: i don't think so. i think the communists are well seated in this country and it is the dnc. they have the federal government behind them. host: do you think republicans will take over the reins of power on the capital in 2022? caller: i certainly hope so. the country cannot last with these should ask -- with these bolsheviks. host: lynn on twitter saying i have two top stories. one is covid and the people we lost to this virus. the second is january 6 and republicans try to steal the election away from joe biden. on the first point she brings up , one of the major political battles of the past year with covid has been a vaccine mandates and when and where and w

we have been telling you about tunnel 2 towers helping the grieving wife of five children brian baton rougegedy. tunnel 2 towers we want to pay off heir by christmas. go t2t.org? wouldn't that be a beautiful gift to give them. steve: that would be a beautiful gift to give them. joining us now tunnel 2 towers ceo frank siller. frank, you wanted to make it happen before christmas. here we are on christmas eve eve how are things going? >> well, i got great news, steve. and we should be proud, fox news should be very proud, "fox & friends" for sure that we have raised enough money yesterday we paid off the mortgage for commander brian incredible what we have been able to do. we had a company born primitive run by a navy seal. it's a fitness company. apparel. they donated $36,000. i mean, the guy is a navy seal that runs that company. steve: wow. >> we had somebody donate $50,000 donation. most of it was $100, $50. you name it you know, people coming together. thousands of people making this donation. and we raised enough, we raised enough, steve, to send an additional $100,000 to the family and

manufacturing, a partnership between nasa and the state of louisiana, louisiana state university in baton rouge and the university in new orleans also calls mishu home. all this to say, mishu is an indispensable part of the new orleans economy and new orleans community and our nation's space program. sites like this would benefit greatly from the passage of h.r. 5746, which re-authorizes the enhanced use leases needed to keep up the production. i am proud to be an original co-sponsor of this bill and ask that all of our members support this bill and i urge an aye vote for this incredibly important piece of legislation to maintain and to continue the work that we've done at mishu, with nasa for our country. i yield back. . the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from virginia reserves. the gentleman from texas, mr. babin, is recognized. mr. babin: yes. mr. speaker, i yield five minutes to the the gentlewoman from california, mrs. kim. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from california is recognized for five minutes. mrs. kim: thank you, mr. speaker. thank you, ranking member, for yielding.