otherwise we have a lynn of storms to the east across parts of louisiana with heavy rain, a lot of light next with the thunderstorms, and that is another concern and flash flooding is an issue. heavy rain, quickly, and we have two severe thunderstorm warnings in louisiana and you can see the damaging wind from the storms. the severe weather risk will include kentucky and through alabama and mississippi and louisiana and bigger cities including nashville and new orleans and jackson and memphis and another area in north carolina and southeast virginia, raleigh and norfolk are included and tomorrow the storm system slowly push eastward so new orleans is under the gun for possible severe storms and, also, areas to the east like tallahassee in northern florida. gives? >> thank you, maria. now to the latest in the race for the 2012 g.o.p. nomination. romney winning all they of the primary elections. the first results for washington, dc, romney won with 3,122 votes. ron paul had 535, and newt gingrich 477. in maryland romney, 160,000, and santorum 68,000. and newt gingrich 25,000. and wisconsin

i'm confidence the british would have done that with louisiana. nine. federal opposition to the war encouraged the enemy and prolonged the war. this was a notion that the federalists, excuse me, the republicans embraced during the war and kept it alive after the war. essentially, what they did was claim credit r for all the victories and blame all the defeats and failure, all the misfortunes of the war on those nasty federalists who had opposed it from the very beginning. in point of fact, i think federalist opposition in the united states combined with whig opposition in great britain actually shortened the war. i think both nations were more amenable to a compromised peace because of domestic opposition to the war. so, far from prolonging the war of 1812, i think federalist opposition actually shortened it. finally, the united states could have -- canada, but given its successes, it could still claim victory. the armchair generals who fought since 1815 have argued and i think convincingly, that the united states focused its strategy too far west. expe

and then in december of 1803, the united states would purchase louisiana. in fact, it would be general james wilkinson that would preside over the transfer of that territory. and in march of 1804, captain amos stoddard would go to st. louis and preside over the purchase of that territory. jefferson's empire of liberty was becoming a reality, becoming a reality. yet is it enough land for the 100th and 1,000th generation? jefferson still thinks so. we see that his secretary of war in the 1820s named james barber would comment that there would be enough land for 500 years. well, he didn't get it right either. in fact, we know that by 1890, the frontier vanishes. so what jefferson sees is that over the course of 100 years or so, americans had crossed the appalachian mountains, they had moved down the mississippi valley, they had begun trickling into east and west florida. america has secured the louisiana purchase, and now all eyes would focus to the west. and to the south. of course, that would be texas. now, while the acquisition of louisiana does momentarily

s gulf oil spill, louisiana senator mary landrieu will join us. it's "nightly business report" for friday, april 20. this is "nightly business report" with susie gharib and tom hudson. "nightly business report" is made possible by: captioning sponsored by wpbt >> susie: good evening, everyone. tom, that it's the traditional the u.s. economy is faltering. >> tom: susie, this has been the >> susie: we've seen some disappointing results in the housing market, some signs manufacturing is slowing and darren gersh takes a look at the downshift in expectations. >> let's start with the good news. even with higher oil prices, the after effects of the housing bubble and everything that is still going on in europe, the u.s. economy is growing. and it's proved stronger than the skeptics feared. but just one month ago, the economy seemed to be powering along at a 3% clip. now, that momentum is almost gone. >> i think some of the steam that we were picking up was, in fact, related to unusually warm weher and senseas a hip fake of sorts, an economic hip fake of

we have been speaking with louisiana senator mary landrieu. >> i'm erika miller. stilahead on n.r.,rom hair forl clothes, kids are spending hundreds of dollars on a high school rite of passage. we look at the prom economy. >> tom: mcdonald's continues seeing business pick-up, but even the golden arches aren't immune to the mixed signals on the economy. the company called the economic climate challenging, yet earnings are growing. mcdonald's earned a $1.23 in the first quarter, right on target. its value menu remains a strong selling point for customers. in-coming c.e.o. don thompson is looking for a new extra value menu and the cherry berry chiller drink to help its summer business. >> susie: fellow dow component general electric also ended higher in today's session, thanks to better than expected first quarter results. g.e. says demand was strong for energy equipment and railroad locomotives. c.e.o. jeff immelt also confirmed the company is on track to post double digit earnings growth this year. g.e. earned 34 cents a share, a penny ahead of expectations. revenu

he makes it to louisiana in 1803, and he's an architect. he's an engineer. he had trained as a military engineer. well, by the time of the war of 1812, he's a having a hard time making ends meet. so he joins andrew jackson to fight in this war of 1812. and, in fact, he is the person who designed the defenses for jackson at shalmette. well, after the battle, jackson dismissed the army by march of 1815. latour is unemployed. he speaks french. he speaks spanish. he speaks english. so he's actually going to be hired by the spanish government to go on an expedition. he claims it's an expedition into the gold-producing regions of arkansas. yeah, you can actually find gold in arkansas if you're lucky. so he and jean lafitte will go up into the arkansas. and for eight months, they are out of sight. when he returns, being an architect/engineer, he drafts a map. he writes a pretty lengthy report. and ultimately he had visited the head waters of the red, the sabine, the trinidad, the oregon, the colorado rivers. he had made it almost all the way to the santa fe. and wh

is there evidence that they planned to keep louisiana if they succeeded in this campaign. this myth is built on the orders that the commanding british general carried with him. that provided for establishing civilian government in southern louisiana if the british prevailed in this campaign. but that was to be a temporary government. you look at the diplomatic thing and the campaign on the gulf coast was not even on their radar. they were not even thinking about it. i'm sure they would have restored it like the main coast they occupied at the end of the war just as they restored the island and restored in wisconsin and cumberland island in georgia. it provided for returning to the status quo which meant that all conquered territory was to be restored and i'm confident the british would have done that with louisiana. they kept it alive after the war. they blamed all the defeats and the failures of the war and misfortunes on the nasty federalist who oppose it from the beginning. in point of fact, the federalist opposition in the united states combined with whig opposition in

fleming of louisiana. the chair: the gentleman from louisiana, mr. fleming, and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from louisiana. mr. fleming: mr. chairman, my amendment today maintains the state of louisiana's ability to regulate hunting within its borders. in a decision announced march 1, 2012, the forest service regional forster located way over in atlanta, georgia, went over our heads, went over the heads of louisiana wildlife and fishery commission to forever prohibit the use of dogs to hunt deer in a national forest. dear hunting -- deer hunting has a long and important cultural history within the state of louisiana. when settlers first came to louisiana in the 18th century, louisiana was covered by thick ets and dense timber. most of these settlers had companion dogs with them, but the most treasured were the deer hounds. the use of dogs would help the hunter drive the deer out of the forest because deer were so plentiful and provided exciting races, it provided sound nourishment. hunting in ma

boustany of louisiana. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 619, the gentleman from louisiana, mr. boustany, and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from louisiana. mr. boustany: thank you, mr. chairman. in 1986 congress created the harbor maintenance trust fund and the harbor maintenance tax. a dedicated user fee to provide a steady revenue source for the army corps of engineers to carry out dredging of our critical navigation channels, to meet their authorized specifications with regard to depth and width. in the year 2011, the harbor maintenance tax that was collected was $1.4 billion. but it was slightly over half of that was directed to the intended purpose, the operations and maintenance purposes. yet, less than 35% of our top nation's harbors and ports are dredged adequately. this is hurting american competitiveness, it's hurting american exports, it's hurting american commerce. and, frankly, as the ways and means oversight subcommittee chairman, i f

a native of louisiana. he has a b.a. from louisiana state university. and a ph.d. from rice university. shea has been a fullbright scholar in china, consultant for the national park service and battlefield guide for the smithsonian institution. he is also author or co-author of numerous books and articles on american military history. specially the civil war west of the mississippi river. his most recent book is field of blood, the prairie grove campaign from the university of north carolina press. it received the fletcher-pratt award of the new york civil war roundtable for the best book published on the civil war in 2010. and the j.g. ragsdale award of the arkansas historical association for the best book published on arkansas history that year. among his other books are pea ridge, which we are here tonight to hear excerpts from, civil war campaign in the west, university of north carolina press, vicksburg is the key, the struggle for the mississippi river, university of nebraska press, and the virginia militia in the 17th century, louisiana state university pres

in louisiana. in 1876 peter was selected to be a presidential elector in the heavily contested hayes-tilton election. he was one of eight louisiana electors whose votes gave the election to president hayes and put him in the white house. in 1880 peter wrote to recommend his cousin william syphax. for a position in the department of interior. so there's a lot of ties not just here, but as you move away and people want to come back and understand what's going on with the family to help others. i would be happy to answer questions afterwards. [ applause ] >> thank you, steve. we'll have angela next. >> hi. i want to first acknowledge that this was a photograph taken at the white house in front of the portrait of george washington. and thanks to beth taylor, who is the author of the paul jennings book, we were invited to the white house. the family, the descendents of paul jennings to have a private tour and take this photograph in front of the portrait. for those who have not read the book yet, paul j

. >> in rural louisiana, halfway between new orleans and baton rouge, is the second largest prison in the state, the elayn hunt correctional center. although the facility is relatively new, it opened in 1979, the look is anything but modern. armed officers on horseback, work crews farming the land, and no air conditioning. in the next hour you will meet some of the men doing time including a former nfl player and two aspiring boxers who win the opportunity to compete against a rival prison. >> a mile and a half from the banks of the mississippi river, what appears to be a toll booth is the entrance to the elayn hunt correctional center. this all-male facility houses more than 2100 inmates. >> every monday and tuesday the reception process will start at about 5:30 in the morning. the inmates will come from the various parish prisons and other doc facilities and they will all pool here. >> the men arriving today have been convicted of a wide range of crimes, everything from marijuana possession to murder. >> i'm here for one count of rape, three kidnappings, and aggravated burglary. >>

i live lane lin louisiana, pain tell me, illegitimate patients go from houston to louisiana and back again. feral legislation mandating standard so texas, louisiana, mississippi, arkansas, kentucky with every state bordering it would be in some sort of interchangeable information? >> i think -- my personal opinion is yes, i would love to see that. because the i think doctors need that additional tool. i think as a practitioner, you would agree i want to know what my patient is doing, who my patient is seeing, kentucky, ohio, or four states over. the problem is interconnectivity. a lot of status have different state laws. and different laws regarding -- the information and how it could be distributed. i don't think it's -- i think the problem lies within the states. have to work it out. not a federal government system. we support the states. want the states to get that interconnectivity. a question better asked to the states. >> if i may have -- i will say that after hurricane katrina, and all my patients were displaced to other states, i found that those, there was something that hap

in this same area, over places like northern louisiana, mississippi and alabama.he it could be another red letter severe weather day in the south tomorrow. back here mild 47 overnight. the chance for a shower, we will say 72. we will begin to cool off the temperatures down into the low 40s we are cooling off thursday and bounce back on friday. warming up for easter sunday the bunny, very happy about that. >> there you go. >> here is a different way to take a stand. a group of women are letting their hands down the talking with the not so traditional protest while they try to limit women's health care rights, one of their living uterus came to politicians to reject the policy. the project is actually a nationwide event. >> we will be right back. Ñ[= ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] at southwest airlines, we're always looking for new ways to make you happy. and we know what really makes you happy are new places to fly. now you can fly southwest airlines' new nonstop service from bwi airport to atlanta. book all of our destinations only at southwest.com. ♪ >> a woman is starti

shower activity northern louisiana through central mississippi. that's going to be the forecast today through the southeast. from atlanta all the way through alabama, mississippi, new orleans, chance of showers and storms. drier in new england and cooler. and it looks like tomorrow, showers and storms especially up there around chicago/minneapolis late in the day. well, if you're watching us on wood tv in grand rapids, michigan, mingle with the largest collection of tropical butterflies at "butterflies are blooming" at the meijer gardens. that's your "early today event of the day." >>> thank you so much. now here's a look at early headlines in entertainment. actor johnny depp is facing some legal troubles. tmz reports the "pirates of the caribbean" star is being sued by a disabled woman who claims his bodyguards dragged her from her vip seat in a concert in december, causing serious injuries. >>> well, "titanic" has sailed beyond the $2 billion mark in lifetime ticket sales. this, of course, thanks to the film's rerelease in 3d. it now stands as o

. >> in rural louisiana, halfway between new orleans and baton rouge, is the second largest >>> due to mature subject matter, viewer discretion is advised. >> america's prisons. dangerous. often deadly. there are 2 million people doing time. every day is a battle to survive and to maintain order. >> down on your feet. down. >> this is "lockup: inside angola." over 500 men living behind the gates of one of america's oldest prisons. serving sentences so long, most will die here. >> one out of every two you see in this prison is a murderer. >> violent, close to the surface, ready to explode. >> trouble's ready. if you're not careful, trouble will find you. >> maintain my civility when i need -- >> two ways out, dead or alive. >> 90 miles from new orleans, up the mississippi river, lays louisiana state penitentiary. commonly referred to as angola, at 18,000 acre, it is the largest prison in america. started as a slave plantation in the 1700s, converted to a prison plantation at the end of the civil war, and taken over by the state in 1901, the storied land has seen more than its share of p

he abandoned arkansas, missouri, northern louisiana, and the indian territory. he abandoned all of that to the enemy. he acted entirely on his own without permission from anyone in richmond. in fact, he did not even inform the confederate government in richmond about what he was going to do. he not only took his army across the river -- you have to think of it in larger terms. he took the entire confederate war effort in the trans mississippi with him. took all the troops, all the animals he could lay his hands on, all the wagons and carts, all the weapons, all the equipment, stores, machinery, anything of military value. miles and miles of rope, empty barrels, enormous amounts of canvas, anything that could be used for packing or storing. even the most ordinary things, all of it was packed up, put on steam boats and sent down the white and the arkansas to mississippi and up to memphis and from memphis to corinth. he denew ted the upper trans-mississippi. only in south louisiana and texas where he could not -- the tentacles of his command did not quite reach tha

elaine quijano, cbs news, barataria bay, louisiana. >> pelley: a plane carrying vice president biden collided with some birds last night. it happened as air force two was about to touchdown in santa barbara, california. the vice president landed safely. the vatican reprimands american nuns. the vatican reprimands american nuns. that story when we return. as i'l i used to love hearing that phrase... but not since i learned i have... postmenopausal osteoporosis and a high risk for fracture. i want to keep acting but a broken bone could change that. so my doctor and i chose prolia® to reduce my risk of fractures. prolia® is proven to help make bones stronger. proven to help increase bone density. i take prolia®. it's different. it's two shots a year. [announcer:] if you take prolia® (denosumab) you should not take xgeva®. prolia® can cause serious side effects, including low blood calcium levels, serious infections... ...some of which may require hospitalization, and skin inflammation, rash and eczema. tell your doctor if you develop dental problems... ...as severe jawbone problems may

we still have a few strong storms here in southern louisiana. there's a possibility of damaging winds, but the tornado let is over with. we haven't had any tornadoes if a while. here is a closer view. looks like baton rouge had a g. storm blow through. new orleans, we had storms earlier. so we'll see a couple rounds of storms today in this region. you'll probably get another big one later this afternoon. so today, we do have a potential for more severe weather, just isolated tornadoes. yesterday it wasn't even what we would consider a tornado outbreak. it was isolated into northeast texas. today we'll probably see pain two, three, four. but yesterday was proof it doesn't take strong tornadoes to be a big deal. just depends about they happen in populated areas or not and of course dallas/ft. worth hugely populated region. so the severe risk dwa is if areas of the yellow here. mostly talking about mississippi valley down to the southeast. but again, i don't position we'll see anything like what we saw yesterday. >> that's good news. bill, thanks s

the storms now, eastward, in louisiana and mississippi, now, in the crosshairs here. we'll have more on the storm zone in texas and elsewhere, coming up later today on "good morning america." be sure to stay tuned for that. everyone in the storm's path, please, please be safe this morning. >> amazing, so far, no fatalities. >>> to politics now. and a major change in the republican race for president. >> that's right. mitt romney scored big in three primaries last night. in wisconsin, he led santorum by 5% of the vote. in the state of maryland, a larger margin of victory there. with romney winning the race pretty much hands down. and in washington, d.c., the nation's capital, rick santorum wasn't on the ballot there. >> romney is ignoring his gop rivals and focusing on a bigger target. tahman bradley is joining us with more this morning. >> reporter: good morning, paula and rob. it's not just that mitt romney won all three contests. but he also did well among the key voting demographics that have eluded him over the entire nomination. he is riding high and now setting

the louisiana purchase doubled the size of the united states.entually, the area would make up all or part of 15 new states, including kansas. >> kansas is a flag meant to represent "manifest destiny." there are three separate images of people on the flag, all moving westward. >> manifest destiny was the belief that the american expansion across the continent was both inevitable and justifiable. >> in the foreground, you see a farmer plowing his land. just beyond the farmer, you see a wagon train, also heading west. in the background, you see native americans hunting bison. there's also a steamboat on the kansas river, meant to represent commerce. life for the pioneers was not easy, and the state motto is "ad astra per aspera," which means "to the stars through difficulties," which is certainly a reference to how hard it was to settle the land. >> within the state seal, 34 stars represent kansas' place as our 34th state. >> above that state seal, there is a blue-and-gold band meant to reference the french and the louisiana purchase. >> and at the

the cornhusker kickback, the louisiana purchase, taking lobbyists in the blair house and blankettenning them into supporting obamacare. no wonder the american people are sick and tired of that. that wasn't the kind of government obama promised the

right now, it's just to the west side of houma, louisiana. looks like it's going to go just to your north, but we'll track this, this morning, right near amelia, louisiana. that's where the worst of it is. so far, no reports of tornadoes, but the threat is there. also areas of mississippi. these red boxes are tornado watches, including jackson, mississippi. north of jackson, a pretty strong storm crossing interstate 55 in about a half hour. just outside of baton rouge, we had strong storms just to the north side of town. again, not widespread tornadoes this morning, but we could see a few isolated tornadoes. otherwise, we are watching some rain out there this morning. we're just north of st. louis, through central illinois. and if you're down there in the keys, you've got some thunderstorms and some of that rain's heading for miami. give it about another hour, hour and a half from now, probably the peak of the rush hour. some light rain will move on through. then it's a chilly morning up in the great lakes and up through new england. definite

we have 26,700 jobs at risk in louisiana. this is a very significant deal and challenge for all of our states. now we don't have the trouble of the winter and the summer, but unfortunately, louisiana does have one of the largest percentages of bridges that are deficient in the nation. we also, because we have to build on such soft and unsettling lands, need to have repair money readily available so that our people can evacuate in times of hurricanes and natural disasters. we've been working, senator, you may be familiar with the area because you've got friends and relatives in our state, of the i-49 south and i-49 north, but particularly i-49 south that connects new orleans to lafayette in a hraoup arnold south louisiana -- in a loop around south louisiana, america's energy coast that is so important for not only saving those wetlands and that great industry of fisheries, but also supporting oil and gas production. that highway is yet to be built in a nation that depends on the resources that we send to your state and to othe

and menard was nominated by louisiana republicans on october 4th of 1868 to run in a special election to succeed the late representative james mann in a district which encompassed greater new orleans. this was for the final few months of the 40th congress, which was set to expire in march of 1869. and in a circular explaining his candidacy, menard made it clear that he intended to test the sincerity of his party's frequent professions about enfranchising african-americans. he wrote, the ballot means equal representation as well as equal rights, and if men are still to be debarred from the halls of congress, or even the white house, on account of the color of their faces, then reconstruction and republicanism are lamentable failures. the reward of the long oppressed race will not be adequate and the great cause of equal rights will not be accomplished until the colored man is seen in every department of this government. now, menard appeared to have won the november 3rd, 1868, special election with a 64% of the vote. and it would have made him the first african-american to serve in cong

this was death row in louisiana. you have three televisions on the wall, you were in your cell 23 hours per day, you get out for the shower or exercise, -- >> let me interrupt you to make this clear. you are completely alone, and the televisions are outside of the cell, or multiple inmates can be watching them? and they all may be on different channels? and you have to hear this even if you are not watching television? >> this is crazy. you have sought -- you have for televisions and four different channels, 15 people tried to talk at the same time. i was there was a mentally disturbed people and they actually had to have shot to calm them down, whatever kinds of drugs that they give them to calm them down. you have to deal with all of this insanity. sometimes they would spread them with pepper spray to get them to take the shots. these kinds of situations, you could not get around and you could not deal with. by the same token, you say, why is that man on the death row with mental problems, you have to feed him medi

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