you're mandate is two keep louisiana and mississippi from getting too much money. the mandate of the state of louisiana and mississippi is to get as much from the federal government as they can. there analyze the deadlock so as long as you have people with a structural problem still at one another and i am not convinced that he will break the deadlock and what is your objection to having all parties agree upon a procedure like for example several states have agreed upon to solve a similar medicated issues involving much more money. what is your objection after both parties would have us say, a final say as to what the procedure will be forgetting the others to break this deadlock considering you are keeping $3 billion from the citizens of that louisiana and this is very slow progress. made in the six months since we discovered this outstanding amount, most before you came here but guess what, administrator fugate, it is going to be your $3 billion of as you can give a timetable to get the $3 billion moving to the system and then if we see his lips and t problem is,

that is louisiana. i had the privilege to tour the newly opened new orleans state medical university medical area. it is stated the art. doctors around the world will come their to learn things about computer simulations surgery. i am an orthopedic surgeon. it is beautiful what they have therefore cardiologists and for general surgeons and four medical students, four nurses, positions, it is absolutely incredible. they also have a program to help train physicians to practice in rural louisiana, to help them go through a program with help for their tuition so they will stay after they've graduate to be pediatricians, obstetricians, primary-care doctors that we need in this country. i think medicare advantages very important. i also had the privilege to look at the community health center that to lay in as. -- tulane has. it is a labor of love. it helps your community. with tomorrow being the fourth anniversary of the tragedy of hurricane katrina, to see what these people have done and how to start with a

host: alex from louisiana.ere are at the last week of summer with the labor day weekend beginning this weekend, a big travel weekend. here is a story from the marketplace section. southwest presents a dilemma for thefa faa. the agency has a discovery of a significant maintenance lapse. should they forced the airline to ground the planes to enforce long standing air safety rules and even though the violations do not pose an immediate danger? taking the just temporarily out of service would seriously disrupt operations at the largest domestic carrier measured by passengers. southwest said it is seeking exemptions to continue operating the planes. faa managers and company officials are trying to work out a compromise by tuesday deadline. to virginia beach, good morning. remaining anonymous, go ahead, on the line for democrats. caller: yes, a comment regarding health insurance. i wonder how many women have stayed in an abusive marriage in order to be able to have the benefits of the husband's insurance? after 25 ye

now that is going to confront us in louisiana. if you're rebuilding mercy hospital, what kind of energy systems are you putting in? they are going to cost more. i'll tell you this much. we're going to build the department of homeland security in ward eight. it is going to be a lead building. it's going to be a -- it may not be platinum, but it's going to be as close to that as we can, because we know it's going to be there forever in this case because it a cabinet agency. that should be pretty easy to figure out. but i do know today what i did not know five years ago, what the payback on many energy systems is. i don't know if we had confronted this. i did not come to the committees attention. this is the kind of thing that we have got to be prepared for. it would save the federal and state money. it costs some money in advance beyond what we would have paid ten years ago. and when the bag gets factored in or not, it will be an explosive question for some of us with a major issue today. >> i would certainly love to see the committ

that is louisiana. i had the privilege today toward the newly opened louisiana state university medical lab area. incredible state of the art, doctors all around the country and around the world are going to come here to learn how to do with computer simulations surgery. i'm an orthopedic surgeon. it is beautiful what they have there. cardiologists learn happenstance into art. -- learn how to put stints in two parts. it is absolutely incredible. and they also have a program to help train physicians to train to practice in rural louisiana. help for their tuition so maybe they will stay in the family physicians, pediatricians, obstetricians, the primary-care doctors that we need in this country and in all our rural areas. i think medicare advantage is very important. we also had a privilege to take a look at the community health center that tulane has. we toward 25 different groups together. it is a labor of love by these physicians and nurses, helping your community. it talks about that type of people in

would be the budget of the state of louisiana for decades. that may be what we end up paying because of the nature of the disaster, thank you very much. we are pleased now to welcome our first witness, administrator fugate, the new administrator of the federal emergency management agency itself, his first appearance before our subcommittee. welcome, mr. fugate. >> thank you, chairman. ranking member diaz-balart and other members of the committee, it is an honor to be here before your committee, talking about catastrophic disasters. what is a catastrophic disaster? by what definition do we use? and national response framework, we define it as any natural or man-made incident including terrorism the result in

stormy daniels joined us in june because he was forming an exploratory committee to run for senate in louisiana. her campaign had a stormy week. her name is stephanie clifford and she was arrested on domestic violence charges. documents show she admitted to hitting her husband after h argument on how he did the laundry. her political advisor's car was blown in new orleans, a couple days after her arrest. it was actually caught on surveillance tape. no arrest has been made. brian welsh, her political advisors, calls to him were not returned. >>> it could be a west stormy day for east coast. storms from south carolina and connecticut and tornadoes possible as well. meteorologist rick reichmuth is at the fox weather center with more. hi, rick. >> a really rough day across the southeast and stretched across maine. a lot of rainfall. some of it will come in

there is a saying in louisiana, so goes more lanes, so goes the state of louisiana. there is a lot of poverty around the whole state of louisiana. i heard you talking about the veterans. there are a lot of problems veterans are having in louisiana that are not being addressed. and on the other thing, the thing that really bothers me, i've got a picture that i got off the internet, and i saw they had dogs on greyhound buses and the poor people were on trucks trying to get out of katrina. that is pitiful. for the wealthiest country in the world, to treat people like this simply because of the color of their skin, what is wrong with these people? there was another sign that said louisiana is a good old boys state. these representatives that we have are not being responsive to the people's needs. that is the problem in louisiana. and i would hope that someone would look at what is going on. one of the oldest state in the nation and yet we are one of the poorest. something is wrong in the state of movies and appeared guest: existing you would mention corruption and -- las

his return made a lot of people happy when he came back to louisiana.k -- >> a lot of restaurants are happy. >> that's right. but look, i think there's still some serious problems that the city has to face. first off, a lot of families that have wanted to return haven't. some neighborhoods are still in ghastly decline and disrepair if you go to the lower ninth, you won't find a 75% return rate. it will be a lot lower. something more around 25%, for example. i think a lot of the historic african-american communities pr still struggling greatly and there's some problems that can only be addressed on a national level. not just money for infrastructure because fema is doing a much better job and the new director is getting very high marks. i worry about issues like t wetlands. we talked about coastal erosion four years ago. we were talking about louisiana losing a football field of land a day. this isn't changing. that's an environment reality that louisiana and the country has to face. the disappearing wetlands. it is exciting to see four years later so mu

she chairs the louisiana hospital association professional and general liability trust and is leadingne of the finest hops in my view in louisiana that serves as a expertise in birthing and maternity for 8,500 children every year and is the designated hospital in louisiana to be the leader in disaster preparedness and response for this neonate group which is a very special group of infants that we need to keep our attention to during a disaster. let's start, mr. shriver with you. thank you very much. >> thank you very much, madam chair, for hosting this hearing and for your interest in this issue. i submitted a longer report, frankly you said most of the things i was interested in saying and points to try to get across. just for the record, i'm mark shriv shriver, vice president and managing director for save the children. i want to summarize and say a couple quick facts. the bottom line is children are 25% of the population. yet this federal government and state governments and really all across the board we have spent more time and energy and money focusing on the needs of pets in d

county who works in the state of louisiana. making great strides in improving emergency response in the state of louisiana and making sure we are ready. during gustav and ike, we had a much better system that was more organized. we are working to make a seamless recovery we have a good state, federal, and local cooperation. i think we are making good progress and speeding up the movement of the recovery dollars. host: let's hear a of view from louisiana. caller: mr. rainwater, if there is another storm i hope we don't have the same response as before. the main headquarters for the red cross is north of i-12. they never came into orleans parish. i was here for eight days after the storm. fema didn't show up till friday. we had a tractor trailers that came down with i started if it was not for the united states marine dropping mre's, water, landing on a high-school practice field to bring supplies -- host: we are running out of time. what is your biggest concern about future possible situations in new orleans? caller: we are gett

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at noon, one fire set every eight minutes who police to say is to blame for an hour of terror in louisiana. take another live look outside this a afternoon. stick around your complete weather forecast is coming up. >> for all those whose cares have been our concern, the work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives, and the dream shall never die. >> a homeless man is under arrest in louisiana charged with going on an overnight arson spree. the police say his targets included an arts build manager the city of sleeveport. he is accused of setting seven fires. police say he may have been upset because he was akicked out of a homeless shelter. >> a high school teacher is called a hero after he tackle as student armed with pipe bombs. this is the san mateo. the teacher said he was just getting to work when he heard the explosion and saw the student coming toward him. >> i recognized the type of vest. it is a military-style vest. i didn't sigh bombs, -- see bombs, so he was not following my direction, and he had this -- this tactical vest on. so that's when i decided to do what i did. >>

the storm claimed more than 1600 lives in louisiana and mississippi.ing. katrina left behind more than $40 billion in property damage. boarded-up homes an overgrown lots still very common sights in new orleans. because of all the rebuilding under way, the economy in the new orleans region isamong the healthiest in the entire country. >>> and finally the tropics started to pick up for us in the last couple of weeks ago. what is going on with danny. >> a very anemic storm. not going to be a katrina repeat here. it will past to the east during the day tomorrow. could bring some surge to the beach areas, storm surge. that will been it. it won't be a big deal. that is real good news. >> for us, we do have the potential for heavy rain around here. not so s ucmelh tat rnno edda but we've oagt t n area of low pressure off to our south. it is tropical in nature and will bring us some inra he as we get into reheterftn.aheono got rain out rohtigright now but we've got a strong norm pushing east of annapolis rosthe bac, ayrossththe bay robr. br we want to point it

louisiana, we just checked. they were getting, your state, $3.3 billion, part of the economic recovery with stimulus money. already they made what they say $2.2 billion available. they paid out almost half a billion dollars, $480 million. i assume, even though you hated the stimulus package, you're taking the money, and it's helping. >> well, a couple of things. we looked at it line by line. we're not taking some of the unemployment money. we're not taking some of the tma money. we thought they would have increased obligations on the state. >> how much aren't you taking? >> i think the unemployment was over $100 million. i don't have the other numbers off the top of my head. i think they could have done more to stimulate the economy if they had been more aggressive. truly temporary and targeted as the president said. if it was more aggressive on the tax cut side. more aggressive in speeding up infrastructure spending that was going to happen anyway. >> the 3.2 that you're taking, you're happy with. that money is

we will look at one hospital in louisiana and its innovative technology to help older adults prevent falling. >> there is a nice guy trough over the mid atlantic. i will let you know how hot it's going to be. it's 83 at the airport and the inner harbor with light wind. (employee 1) subject: urgent!! bob!! i need the baker file stat!! reply!! still making changes. circle back later!! what's with the yelling? oh, our internet slows down during peak hours so sending e-mails and large files just takes forever. so, we just yell. ben!!! thanks for the flowers!!! i thought you hated me!!! lol!!! semi-colon! right parenthesis! winky emoticon! (announcer) switch to verizon and get a dedicated high speed internet connection from our office to your small business so you won't be slowed down even if your neighbors are online. call the verizon center for customers with disabilities at 800-974-6006 tty/v today and for only $79.99 a month for 12 months with a 3 year contract you'll also get our award winning internet security suite, unlimited nationwide calling, and over $180 back in available onli

we are talking about louisiana losing a football field of land a day. this isn't changing.t's an environmental reality that louisiana and the country has to face, the disappearing wetlands. but it is exciting to see four years later so much progress and optimistic spirit reigning in large swaths of new orleanians. >> crime is still a huge problem here as well. >> yeah, it is. we addressed it before, we can address it again. it's not something we can't solve. in fact, there's some evidence it's starting to get slightly better. there's a ton of work to do. doug is right. the coastal erosion thing is the greatest ongoing environmental disaster maybe in the world right now. that's a great opportunity, because we can develop technology and we can begin to address this, as we must. he's also right in many areas of the lower ninth, lakeview and other places that got a lot of water. again, it's a function of how much water you got. freret street are places of a success story. these places that got a lot of water, they're coming back. you can feel momentum. i think we're moving in t

boy give away all his birthday money to -- a baton rouge louisiana boy did boy always put the money to help the spca. >> i donated money to the dog shelter. >> after he saw this commercial, he decided to donate all of his birth the money to the aspca. >> we talked about things he could do, and he said that that is what he wanted to do. >> he loved playing with his dogs but after seeing the commercial, he was not sure with what happened to neglected dogs after taken away. >> it means they killed the dogs. i wanted to donate money so that they would not get killed and they had money to take care of them. >> he and his mother launched the cause online. >> i emailed the woman and she told me how to get the fundraiser started, because he has a web page and everything. >> since his birth the last week, he has helped to bring in almost $500. >> both -- most 8-year-old cannot do such a thing. we are very proud of him. >> maybe we can do something for christmas, too. >> yes, maybe we can ask santa to donate a little bit of money. >> he tells me that with or without money, he will keep workin

but i think in the eyes of louisiana people, a state known for some quirky political characters, thisome off as something that's just beyond the pale that maybe this individual just doesn't have her act in order. >> real quick, do you know about the people that are handling her? does she have some people with chops around her advising her. >> she does. she has brian welsh a democratic strategist who's helping her out but he had a pretty difficult week of his own. his car, which was parked on a street, suddenly burst into flames. it was all caught on a surveillance camera. he's sort of subtlie iny sugges this was perhaps a political move designed to scare her and her campaign from jumping into this fray with david vitter. no proof of that whatsoever. we'll see. even though this is louisiana, it seems like it is straight out of the spran knopranos what's g right now. >> thanks, patrick gavin. >>> who knew? but hundreds of chihuahuas are in even him, california this weekend competing in the southwest regional finals for the national chihuahua races. they race down the course of about 30

in the state of louisiana, he created this barri island, protection island.was for birds, but it w also to protect the city of new orleans. t is big legacy tt i write about is trying to champi green space in the united ates, making sure that people do not live in xic conditions, keeping the ver is clan and makingure we have fish ithe reams and federal wildlife preserves. today, we have over 100 national wildlife preservesn the united statesand that is the theodo roosevelt's big legacy. heegan witirds, buttarted rehabilitating everythi from buffalo to itsock. tavis: we will talk ken burns aut his wonderful seeson national parks. i am told tt you are one of the people tt has put in the preside's year that he mailed to visit the tional parks d we will talk aut the time cannote much better that he visitthe national parks this mmer. what part of theodore roosevelt's commitmen his gacy do you think that president obamall to build upon >> thank you f askin. i think there are a couple more national parkshat need to be cread, and war, alaska, big sur, b the problem sh

. >>> plus, unemployment strikes in louisiana. we'll show you the workers who got the bad news. you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back. we are watching with interest this area of showers and thunderstorms. this is just northf puerto rico. it looks ominous. it's unorganized. this plob of showers and storms should be somewhere near the carolina coastline in two to three days. that's why we'll have to keep a close eye on it. as far as your forecast for today, it looks gorgeous. warm in the great lakes. approximate with the exception of florida, the southeast will be dry. if you're watching us in tampa, florida, take a roller coaster ride off into space at the planetarium of museum of science and industry presents earth's wild ride. fitting for the shuttle launch. >> very true. >>> here's an early look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. in terms of typecasting, robin williams may be entering interest uncharted territory. t he claims he's been asked to play scottish singing sensation susan boyle. no word yet on what susan boyle herself thinks about the plan. >>> a

representative william jefferson of louisiana. may recall that a federal grand jury indicted jefferson under corruption scharges charges in june 2007 when federal agents found $90,000 in cash in his freezer. bewe now understand there is a verdict and we'll be bringing more of that to you on the other side of the break. also, the psychological impact of being a prisoner. we'll explore what being detained for months or years can do to the minds. also, seven donors and seven patients. (announcer) this is nine generations of the world's most revered luxury sedan. this is a history of over 50,000 crash-tested cars... this is the world record for longevity and endurance. and one of the most technologically advanced automobiles on the planet. this is the 9th generation e-class. this is mercedes-benz. >>> we want now want to bring in elaine quijano out of washington who has breaking news on the trial of former u.s. representative william jefferson of louisiana. elaine, what can you tell us? >> reporter: we know moments ago the jury did re

the bronze to governor jindal of louisiana.ember when the president outlined the stimulus in february and the governor made his coming out debutante speech? >> while some of the projects in the bill makes sense the legislation is largely wasteful spending and includes $300 million to buy new cars for the government, $8 billion for high speed rail projects such as a magnet magnetic levitation line from las vegas to disney land and $150 million for something called volcano monitoring. >> you will recall that within weeks in alaska nobody was killed because of something called volcano monitoring. now it's that wasteful spending $8 billion for high speed rail projects, governor jindal suddenly wants that money. louisiana has applied for $300 million of the $8 billion for a high speed rail project from baton rouge to new orleans. the runners up pinheads on cluster fox and friends after this fox brain washed woman asked congressman barney frank why do you continue to support a nazi policy? he asked her on which planet she spent most

a federal jury has found former louisiana democratic congressman william jefferson guilty of bribery. this case is best known, you may remember, with the $90,000 federal agents found in his freezer. national correspondent catherine herridge joins us live with details. >> according to reports we are receiving from the federal courthouse in alex an dree ya, the former congressman has been found guilty of 11 of the charges against him, including bribery, in one of the most notorious trials in the beltway within years. he was accused of accepting $400,000 in bribes and $90,000 was found stashed in the freezer of his d.c. home and in addition he was accused of seeking millions more in exchange for putting together business deals in africa. he was indicted in june of 2007, two years after f.b.i. agents began amassing the bulk of the case against him. the evidence came from an f.b.i. informant. jefferson, who has represented louisiana's second congressional district, which includes most of new orleans, lost his seat in the last election after nine terms. now, jefferson, as you remember, had

. >>> former louisiana congressman, william jefferson, is facing 150 years in prison, after a federal jury in virginia convicted him of bribery and money launders. in 2005, jefferson was caught on surveillance video, accepting a suitcase filled with $100,000 in cash. prosecutors say he was going to use it for a bribe. most of that money was later found stashed in jefferson's freezer. >> congressman jefferson had a compact with the citizens of louisiana and the people of the united states. and he owed them his honest services. and he violated that trust. the citizens were owed honesty and integrity. and he used his influence and power to enrich himself and his family. >> this case was about power, greed and money. and the jury agreed with that. it showed congressman jefferson that he sold his office. and now, he will face the price of that. >> lawyers for william jefferson say they will appeal the conviction. jefferson is free until his sentencing, tentatively set for october 30th. >>> congress is supposed to be swinging the budget act. so people are wondering why some controversial je

ronnie francois assistant secretary of louisiana health and hospitals. he was appointed to secretary levine as the assistant secretary of the office of public health, board of the louisiana public health and hospitals. he oversees the daily functions of the dhs' office of public health and he also served as a secretary of health for the state of florida. dr. francois. dr. adolly troutman, he's the director of louisiana metro public health and wellness. dr. troutman is the director of louisiana metro public health and wellness in whether or not you are. and currently serves -- pardon me? [inaudible] >> louisville. i like that. he actually is also currently serves as associate professor of the university of louisville school of public health and previously dr. troutman served as a public health director for the fulton count of public health in atlanta, georgia and later to newark, new jersey. so ladies and gentlemen, please give a round of applause for our panelists please. [applause] >> we'll first start out with -- let's see, dr. benjamin. [inaudible con

in the state of louisiana, he created this barrier island, protection island.was for birds, but it was also to protect the city of new orleans. it is big legacy that i write about is trying to champion green space in the united states, making sure that people do not live in toxic conditions, keeping the river is clean and making sure we have fish in the streams and federal wildlife preserves. today, we have over 100 national wildlife preserves in the united states, and that is the theodore roosevelt's big legacy. he began with birds, but started rehabilitating everything from buffalo to its dock. tavis: we will talk to ken burns about his wonderful series on national parks. i am told that you are one of the people that has put in the president's year that he mailed to visit the national parks and we will talk about the time cannot be much better that he visit the national parks this summer. what part of theodore roosevelt's commitment, his president obama all to build upon? >> thank you for asking. i think there are a couple more national parks that need to be

showers and thunderstorms from louisiana to florida. and up to the northeast. thunderstorms and heavy rain in the upper midwest with flash flood warnings in chicago. a frost advisory in northern maine where morning temperatures could dip to the 30s. i'm sorry, vinita got me distracted. your fault. >> my fault. 70s to boston, 71 in detroit, 80 in omaha. phoenix climbs to a scorching 113. 99 in boise, 79 in portland. >> sometimes during the weather to keep ourselves awake and active we act out the weather. if i'm saying it's raining i'll do this. >> apparently frosty got him. >> the frosty was a new one. one of these times we'll have to do that on the air. >> when painting the town red is not good enough, how about throwing red on everyone? >> i've always wanted do this. a giant food fight in a small town. the messy event dates back to the 1940s. they use more than 100 tons of ripe tomatoes. >> we'll be right back with more "world news now." time walking and getting around in your house, you need a hoveround power chair. you'll be able to go to the mall... play w

it all started in a farm field in a remote part of louisiana.inessman planted some pepper seeds. that was 140 years ago. hot, humid, and fertile, avery island, as it's called, has hardly changed. and the family that owns it, five generations on, the mcilhennys, they're still making tobasco, right here, in old, wooden barrels. what is with all the barrels? >> this is where the whole tobasco process starts. the more we do it the old-fashioned way, the better the sauce is. we receive the mash. it's ground up, mixed with salt. and it's put into these barrels. >> reporter: a great, great grandson of the first tobascomaker, his given name is harold osbourne. but he's known as tuk. >> this is how you taste mash. you get a little of it. you put it in your mouth. and you have to spit it out. >> reporter: like this? >> that's good. >> reporter: i'm going to put it in. >> put it on your tongue. and then, spit it out. >> reporter: finally, we're at the sauce. >> this is the sauce, ready to go. about 1,700 gallons of tobasco sauce ready to be bottled. >> rep

the kennedys, victoria reggie came from a staunchly catholic family in louisiana. state "a" student who attended parochial school. her father, edmund reggie was a justify and a longtime friend of the kennedy family. but it wasn't until her parents' 40 annersary party in 1991 that her friendship with the senator deepened. after he showed up solo, vicki reportedly cracked "what's the matter? couldn't get a date?" that year was a difficult one for the kennedy family. the 1991ape trial involving ted's nephew forced the senator to acknowledge his own failings. >> i recognize my own shortcomings. >> reporter: friends and former staffers say when the two got married, ted and vicki, she became his anchor. her no-nonsense style changing him. >> he was happier. he had found the love of his life. she had learned to sail.iv i mean, they just had the most wonderful relationship. >> reporter: vicki was a lawyer and in the proud kennedy tradition, she became an advocate. foundings an organization that works to educe gun-related deaths among children. >> she was very much like ted

france took back louisiana and so the black men invaded spain. the french king decided to extend his power to america of the ruling class did not like the ideas of they took up arms out of their rebellion was born a new country, meco which have a flag bearing a cactus mounted by a ego that held a stake in its peak. meanwhile the anglo american's guarded against the borders of mexico their symbol is also the ego it is a american gle there were shipped the bird dog they displayed ever were even on buttons and gold buckles of the soldiers to terrified of stapp's with eagles. this time it is not one ego but to if they were about to wage their own struggle for the empire. 600 years, two pages that is not bad. that took a lot of cutting out sorry it seems i am losing my voice from the beginning. 1848 after the shooting part was over the mexican historian sa there were two causes of the war. one was the united states expansionism, not aggressively, did by mexico week that is a fair enough description of what went on. of the united states was colonize or

this comes from the general stacks of the library of congress, but it was published presumably in louisiana because that's where it was printed. and we have some other books. today we're having a talk by sandra herbert and here is here award-winning book, charles darwin geologist. she was looking for the origin of the origin of species and found that before 1859, all of his papers and books had been written in whole or in part about geology. so she went to england and had a great time looking in depth at darwin's manuscripts. and his little red notebook here as well as his other notebooks. and that's where she found the genesis of the origin on which she's going to speak today. >> i see that red notebook there was edited by sandra herbert. what's the story of that book. >> this is the book that she found at down cottage or down house where where darwin lived and she was granted access as a graduatetudent at brandeis and a serious darwin scholar. this is charles darwin's beagle diary, and these are original charles darwin of his journal of researches of the countries he visited during the vo

that's going to confront us in louisiana. if you're building mercy hospital, what kind of energy systems -- they're going to cost much, i'll tell you this much. we're going to built the department of homeland security over in ward 8. it's going to be a lead building. it's going to be -- it's -- it may not be platinum but it's going to be as close to that as we can because we know it's going to be there forever in this case because it is a cabinet agency. that should be pretty easy to big. i don't know what the life of a school is. i don't know what the pay back of many energy systems is. i don't know if we have confronted. it certainly has not come to the committee's attention but this is the kind of thing that we've got to be prepared for. it would save the federal government money. it would save the state money. it costs some money in advance beyond to what we would have paid 10 years ago. and whether it get factored would be an explosive question. >> i would certainly live to see the committee ask that of fema. because the

. >> reporter: louisiana has banned salvia, and several other states have proposed laws to control the herb. but there is no law against using or possessing salvia here in maryland. some people are happy about that. >> it's a very mellow -- it's a gentle effect. and it helps me sleep. >> reporter: shannon began using salvia a few months ago as an all natural remedy for her insomnia. she also says it's a sacred way to enhance meditation. but even shannon says it not a party drug, an not for teenagers the. >> kit be terrifying. it can be very powerful. it's something we should be able to make a decision about on our own. >> reporter: but shelley richards wants lawmakers to take a closer look at this drug. she also wants parents to warn their teens right now before they try out a so-called legal high of a potentially dangerous drug. >> i want people to know that there is these things out there like this that -- that kids are just getting ahold of. >> that was jamie costello reporting. salvia is banned in ten states, including delaware, but not in maryland. ocean city police also say they

and a jury has now convicted the former louisiana congressman william jefferson of bribery after he was caught with almost $100,000 in his freezer. his lawyers say congressman jefferson was acting as a private business consultant. we're told they plan to appeal. and on this day in 1962, america lost one of its biggest stars when marilyn monroe's doctor found her dead in her bed. her room littered with empty pill bottles. she was born norma jean mortensen. she spent much of her childhood in foster homes. she married a factory work only to divorce a few years later. she hit the fast track as an actress and model and later changed her name. in her prime, monroe was an international bombshell and sex symbol, even singing "happy birthday" to j.f.k. after failed marriages to joe dimaggio and playwright arthur miller, she battled depression and apparently lost. her death at age 36 ruled a probable suicide. an icon's life was cut short 47 years ago today. and now you know the news. for this wednesday, august 5, 2009. i'm shepard smith. thanks for having us in your home tonight. i saw bill o'rei

she chairs the louisiana hospital association professional and general liability trust and is leadingone of the finest hops in my view in louisiana that serves as a expertise in birthing and maternity for 8,500 children every year and is the designated hospital in louisiana to be the leader in disaster preparedness and response for this neonate group which is a very special group of infants that we need to keep our attention to during a disaster. let's start, mr. shriver with you. thank you very much. >> thank you very much, madam chair, for hosting this hearing and for your interest in this issue. i submitted a longer report, frankly you said most of the things i was interested in saying and points to try to get across. just for the record, i'm mark shriv shriver, vice president and managing director for save the children. i want to summarize and say a couple quick facts. the bottom line is children are 25% of the population. yet this federal government and state governments and really all across the board we have spent more time and energy and money focusing on the needs of pets in

with the death of 1800 people still like florida and louisiana has experienced multiple hurricanes in the last few years alone right after katrina we had hurricane rita which was very, very serious, that particularly hits louisiana and southeast texas and hurricane gustav and a hurricane hike since then i will not go through the devastation but particularly in places like the gulf coast but also other co-star reformable as well i think there is a clear need for increased research and many areas like understanding and predicting hurricanes and reducing the uncertainty associated with where and when hurricanes make landfall understanding interaction predicting the storm surge rainfall and improved observation. also and the broad category i think we need to understand even better the interaction of hurricanes with engineers structure the economic and social impact of hurricane and mitigation members, measures with the natural ecosystems. the third category is in response measures and we have a lot of additional work to do assessing and improving the resilience of the improved and fire me

en louisiana, georgia y en las carolinas y hacia el norte del medio oeste.do las fuertes lluvias relacionadas a la tormenta tropical danny. las máquinas temperaturas sobre pasaron nuevamente los 99 grados hacia san antonio se repite más de lo mismo en la costa oeste. máximo en los 92 grados es todo en el tiempo y continuamosh@h@tgkécqva adverta de máskécqpk de 90 mil vehículos que podrían presentar problemas en los frenos. se trata de los modeloscorola >> nos trae lo último del entrenamiento personal. >> nathalie es una bailarina profesional que se presentará en un evento mundial del baile del vientre. >> para eso está entrenando con rafael moret algo que se llama tabata. >> lo incluyen en sus rutinas porque el cuerpo utiliza y quema la grasa más rápido. >> podemos quemar más calorías y utilizar grasa como energía que en un entrenamiento normal de una hora, hora y media y dos horas. >> no se hacen repiticiones si no que se mide el tiempo. >> en vez de hacer 10 sentadas o 10 planchas tomémosla cantidad de ner jen ejercicios. >> luego de esos 20 segundos es e

barrier island didn't exist at that period along the texas and louisiana coast. we are getting into a period of instability as this increases. and if we're going to have large built infrastructure like a dike plat placed in these areas we are going to have have to ask if the trends continue what are the effective countermeasures that we can take. these are tremendous impacts on the coastline and i don't think we have fully comprehended at in stage what the future holds. certainly the modeling is going to help us determine that. >> mr. chairman, if i can add, there is an important component that has to be introduced into this discussion in addition to the climate change impacts. we recognize that there are periods of several decades when we see increased and decreased frequency and intensity of hurricane, the multi-decadal oscillation and the question is how much of that is continuing to happen. so, as we have the discussion with regard to climate change impacts, we have to look at what we believe are the naturally occurring multi-decadal patterns that mother natu

to touch the lives of others and does a lot of work with kids, school groups and church groups in louisiana. >> you write great books about people not necessarily sports people. it's a sporting event, but the book is a life journey. we had a terribly busy morning with these storms, you say you were in d.c. and the thunderstorms never got to you. >> didn't know about it until you told me. >> now you're living in louisiana and aware of hurricanes. >> i was in my rooky hurricane and it was ugly, it's not a pleasant thing. >> you're going to be around town, you're a friend of the show, come back any time. looking for a great book to get you into the fall, the long snapper, jeffrey marks a job well done. thank you. we have to take a break. joy has traffic and more coming up. >>> he's updates. >>> looking at the forecast today. rain has nothing to do with danny, everything to do with the stalled front. 77 degrees for the high. joy ponds in traffic control. >>> a busy morning, you need an early start. the storm damage did the damage on the beltway and we have a lot of problems and looks like an ac

search capacity is now unaffordable for us and most hospitals even though the hospitals in louisianaunted on us three times in four years to fulfill this need. the cost for hospitals to be ready at all times is critical. the relocation of our hospital to a new campus will provide a unique learning opportunity. representatives from hospitals like women's from across the nation will participate in a real time evacuation drill as our nic unit is moved from one campus to the other. private organizations will qualify for associated costs of that evacuation. your concern about the impact of disasters on children is appropriate and important. on behalf of the staff of women's hospital we are excited to share our experience and knowledge in response to the care of our most vulnerable citizens. thachg you for your ongoing support and the opportunity to speak today. i look forward to answering any questions. thank you. >> thank you very much. terry, we appreciate your leadership. you continue to make this senator very proud of the work that you're doing. we'll only have one question for each o

rainy whitfield is a family practitioner in baton rouge, louisiana. my hometown. thank you for joining us. >> hey. >> he is founder of the hip-hop healthy coalition. in the interest of full discloe, he supplements his practice with speaking engagements. then there is dr. kent holt, an internist and founder of the holter medical group in los angeles. he did he rivals all of his income from his practice. thank you so much for joining us here today, guys. real quickly, before i get to the questions here, what do you make of this debate going on around the country? >> well, it's interest iing. everyone wants health care reform for different reasons. but we find a lot of patients are so frustrated with the insurance model their premiums are going up but the care is going down. what you find even like a doctor's visit five years ago, averaged 16 minute, now it's less than 6 minutes. we see even common conditions. yeah are not being treated adequately. >> i want to get dr. whitfield in here as well. because i want to get to some people's concerns and questions. >> i agre

the same thing happened in louisiana. so i think over the natural course of a meeting, the majority of people who were there in constitution hall, who were with us in reserve, louisiana, actually wanted to have a dialogue. wanted to get information. wanted to know what really was going to happen. and hopefully that will be a continuation, that members of congress see as they come home over recess. as i said, there is no more important conversation. and frankly, the notion that somehow the status quo is okay so we can yell and scream and drive out the real important facts of what reform looks like, how it will impact people who currently have coverage, who now are terrified that they're going to be dropped next week or next month. i can't tell you the number of people who talk to me and say, you know, i had coverage but when i got sick, the company told me that i would no longer be covered. i have a great friend whose son was in the hospital as a young dad, had emergency surgery, and got the notice while he was in the hosp