some residents outside of rat on the rouge, louisiana want to create a new city.hey hope to incorporate. they want their own school district and control of the sales tax revenue from the huge mall of louisiana that sits in what would become st. george. but opponents argue that the two are better together, and should work together to fix problems. making the area a poster child for sim situations that are playing out in america. what will it mean if st. george incorporates to create louisiana's fifth larger city. we have seen this playing out online. but tonight people on both sides are really coming together for the first time. >> they are coming together, but as you mention, this is a very polarizing discussion. we have chris on facebook . . . and as you can imagine, on the flip side, john says . . . and from our community on twitter . . . some harsh language. >> indeed. here to discussal of this in our google plus hangover is the spokesperson to incorporate the city of st. george, also a woman opposed to the decision, and jim richardson is a professor of economi

what's your case for louisiana? and particularly louisiana, now.viously there's a period of time in which louisiana i think you could count as unquestionably the most corrupt state in the nation. why now? >> well, why now, and then our history, chris. and with all due respect, alan, our louisiana politicians are the ones who teach you to be corrupt. when huey long started the share our wealth program, he meant, no, no, you don't understand, this is our wealth, we're going to share it with you people, but this money from the oil is mine. you know? so we talk corruption in louisiana with money and with all due respect to mr. christie, our mayor can even top him on the bullying stance. you know, mitch landrieu's got bullying down. so when we talk in terms of corruption, the department of justice has said louisiana, particularly our area of louisiana, we have nine convictions per 100,000 people. we don't have as many people as you all have in illinois and in florida, but the people we have, we like to throw in jail. >> i would also say you did have, i

they know that is not what louisiana wants.o not think they necessarily see that in bill cassidy. >> on the issue of marriage, some polls show an increasing acceptance of gay marriage. ec states slowly adding to the role of those who legalize gay marriage, supreme court decisions, etc.. i know your organization is not in support of legalizing gay marriage. do you feel like you're writing an uphill battle? i know some states are still opposed. overall in the united states, especially amongst young people who will eventually become voters and eventually run legislatures and become the ruling drew." , they are accepting of it. how does your group it into that? how do you think about that moving forward? >> what we have seen in state s that defined marriage as between a man and woman. it is either been opposed by the courts or the legislature, not the people. we have seen low hanging fruit for those who want to redefine marriage. just this last week, out of indiana and committee events a marriage amendment that now goes to the hous

the elayn hunt correctional center in louisiana claims its boot camp is one of the best. the 200 inmates in the rigorous and challenging program can reduce their sentences by successfully completing the course. but you'll see it often comes at a heavy price. ♪ it's all right ♪ ♪ it's all right ♪ ♪ all i do is double time ♪ >> the boot camp program at elayn hunt is called impact. >> in my honest opinion, this is the best form of rehabilitation offered by the department of corrections. >> for every 100 inmates who complete the program, the state of louisiana says it saves more than $1 million. to qualify for impact, participants must be nonviolent offenders and free of pending felony charges. >> what motivated me to be in impact was i was trying to make a change in my life. i'm at hunt for possession of marijuana, which is actually my second felony. i mean, people used to tell me on the street that i was addicted to marijuana and i would be like, no, i just use it because i don't want to feel this pain or that pain. when the truth of it was is at first it may have started o

nd orleans they are both in louisiana. they are small districts and are at the forefront of introducing a very extensive and well . signed choice architecture among the larger districts, new york city is first-come as it was last year, then houston and denver and t9 -- new york city is first, as it was last year, then houston and denver. change in the ability of choice, but a change in the way that parents could exercise choice. so now they have a one-out process. the process is one that matches families with those choices in a way that minimizes the difference between what they want and what they get. and it does in a way they cannot be done any better given the preferences that parents have expressed. while every family doesn't get its first choice, and as a parent, one is understandably distressed when one does not get their first choice, almost every family gets a really good choice. lastat in denver, in the year, 83% of parents got a school assignment for their child that was their first, second or third choice. and t

of louisiana, we have seen up to 3 inches of snow. that snow will continue on and off throughout the day. and then we get a push of air. conditions will improve tremendously tomorrow. but after today, on i-10, across central portions of louisiana and its pushing into mississippi. we have a coating to an inch of snow on the ground right now. look how chilly it is. 23° in dallas. looking at cold air pushing in out of canada across the north central plains. as we track through. this evening it's going to continue to be chilly over the next several days. we have a winter storm warning in portions of michigan, a winter storm advisory. also into western new york. snow in the midwest and the northeast. back to you, stephanie. >> thank you, and thank you for watching aljazeera america, i'm stephanie cy. >> the demonstrations in ukraine's capital are spreading into the rest of the country. protesters have died and the embattled president is talking to opposition leaders who want new elections. ukraine is the "inside story." hello, i'm ray soar

the presiding officer: the senator from louisiana. ms. landrieu: i ask unanimous consent to dispense with the quorum call, please. the presiding officer: without objection. ms. landrieu: thank you. madam president, i come to the floor this morning to talk about another very important bill. there was an hour exchange about unemployment, which is extremely important for the nation, and i think people got to hear arguments on both sides, and they can continue to try to process that. but came to the floor this morning to talk about another very important piece of legislation that we do have very deep and very genuine bipartisan support for, and that is the flood insurance provision, the homeowner affordability act, which will correct some of the more egregious provisions of a bill that passed a year and a half ago called biggert-waters. the bill biggert-waters that was passed, named for the two members of the house that led that effort, were well-intentioned. in fact, i've had many wonderful conversations with maximum even waters, the -- with

remember those three louisiana murders the detectives questioned beach about?onths later the same detectives filed charges against two men from whom they extracted, yes, confessions. their charges were later dropped. those confessions revealed to be false. centurion attorney peter camille. >> so you've got detectives with a track record of claiming that they've got detailed confessions with people with information that only the killer could know and those are false confessions, and it speaks volumes about what they claim to be the validity of barry's confession. >> narrator: but if barry beach did not kill kim nees, then who did? that's what makes this case a little different, because centurion's team not only believes barry beach is innocent, but it knows who is guilty. >>> coming up, troubling recollections. >> she was talking about how the wrong person got put in jail. >> what a strange thing to hear. >> it gave me the creeps. she said, we got away with the perfect crime. >> when "dateline" continues. >>> by 2007, barry beach had been behind bars in montana

witness what's happened in louisiana where the administration is trying to derail louisiana' school voucher program, where parents get to choose where the money goes, not the government. well, this is all pretty easy stuff. now, some things would be harder, like major tax reform, although i would point out that until recently members of both parties agreed that the goal of tax reform would be to lower marginal rates as we eliminate a lot of the tax expenditures or deductions or subsidies or the like. well, we want to adopt those kinds of pro-growth tax reform, but we're never going to make any real progress as long as our friends across the aisle insist on using this to raise more money for the federal government to spend and not reduce marginal rates. in other words, to basically undermine the benefit of pro-growth tax reform just in order to get an additional trillion -- or $2 to spend. the stalemate on tax reform reflects a broader problem here in washington, madam president. despite the long-term unemployment crisis and despite the massive drop in people actually in the workforce and lo

but louisiana is lending expenditure to the state. owner of hollywood trucks, it was named as one of america's fastest growing companies. it was involved with "the butl butler";" 12 years a slave." >> it's important not only for the creation of economic development but to the state as a whole. it's a brand new industry for us. i think it's something that is fantastic. it's been growing. we're excited about it. right behind me as you can see. >> missouri and north carolina are saying maybe they come in here. companies like yours get the benefits of the tax credits, what does the community keep when you're talking about another state. give they the argument against that. >> our company was born through a tax program. it was founded in louisiana, started with seven vehicles. we've grown to above 300, close to 400. we're expanding daily. it's an infrastructure program. you create long-term jobs. every time we purchase or buy a new truck in this state every single union driver who drives those truck now has long-term employment. i would sa

we already have snow breaking out here, northern portions of louisiana, central louisiana. eventually tonight even snow in new orleans. it is snowing now in jackson, mississippi. and then there is the cold side of this storm, which is just insane. the storm after storm has come through, and a big shot of cold air behind it. minus 42 international falls, minus 35 green bay. none of these locations have school today. kids are out of school detroit, chicago, buffalo, frigid air arriving in the east coast. i got to show you this picture, trafers city, michigan, nbc affiliate, that's not cotton. that's a snow drift outside the newsroom windows. they cannot see. that's how bad the january has been and how much snow has fallen. the newsroom. >> that's almost dangerous. >> you think the windows would shatter, wouldn't you? >> i would stick some food out there to keep it chilled. keep it out of the commissary. thank you very much. >>> now to washington where president obama is preparing for his sixth state of the union address and we're get something details of the president's plan

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texas and louisiana getting hit hard with that early this morning.es not warming up as much through the northeast. stay in teens in new york city, teens in new england. single dig get high temperatures in the state of maine. you have to factor in a little bit of breeze and the windchill temperatures will be brutal. if you are hoping for relief, i have bad news in the midwest and northeast. we are expecting another arctic plunge as we head into the weekend and early next week and also several clipper systems moving through producing areas of snow, very widespread, several inches expected. in minneapolis look at the forecast next monday and tuesday. we are not even going to make it above zero heather and patti ann. >> cold temperatures ahead. >> to say the least. >> i was going to say nothing to say about that. >> not even above freezing. above zero. >> up next the speed cameras at city views that send you tickets may have major flaws, they are usually wrong. >> could it be the next big scandal to hit the irs? this time the agency being accused of targ

i am south of monroe, louisiana. hello?>> host: please go ahead and we are listening. >> caller: yes, i liked your book. i think these doctors have a tough call. and there was a leper colony before hurricane katrina hit up the coast of new orleans. what happened there? we never heard anything. we never heard anything about that. i have researched. >> guest: i didn't hear. >> host: we will let the caller go. she wanted to know what happened to the leper colony near new orleans. >> guest: oh i don't know. >> host: how much did it cost the health care systems? >> guest: not only were these doctors and nurses brought before a grand jury, which i should say did not indict. but there were many lawsuits against the corporation itself. one lawyer described it as a failure to prepare for potential and possible disaster. they knew that hurricanes to hit new orleans and they knew that there could be flooded and they knew that there was a vulnerability in many of the hospitals. so the hospitals many times have been sued by the people w

louisiana, arkansas, michigan, iowa, north carolina. that requires being incumbent. i am not at a place where i am willing to say the senate has a 50-50 proposition. a poll that shows little faith and no news here. pretty evenly split when it comes to the house of representatives's 45. president's own job approval rating is in the low 40's. guest: a tie is a most a win for republicans. that number needs to creep up democrats in order to have a distinct chance of taking back the house. i want to begin by that begin with an ad that was released last week. -- by an ad that was released last week. [video clip] of a voice have much but i have been helped by somebody with a new big as somebody with a big voice. -- somebody with a big voice. i was exposed to radiation. .ike many others i got a cancer mitch mcconnell stepped in and helped create cancer screening programs and provide compensation for sick workers. us andked down walls for helped save people's lives. gives a voice to kentucky's working family. i would like to raise my voice. we are represented by a man who has

. >>> and a monster sinkhole swallowing up 26 acres in louisiana, creating cracks in the surrounding levee. ♪ >>> for more than a decade that has been one of the biggest scandals to rock the catholic church. child sex abuse within the ranks. the first report this week from an international children's rights organization, coming out ahead of a separate report out of the united nations due out tomorrow. >> reporter: peter saunders was a victim of sexual abuse at the hands of his catholic priest at school, so was his brother mike. peter runs an organization helping other survivors. >> most survivors are not particularly interested in compensation. they are interested in seeing change. they are interested in knowing that what .hahhed to them is not going to happen to future generations. having said that, compensation, i think is entirely appropriate, when it comes to people whose life -- whose childhoods have been stolen. >> reporter: the vatican has a new pope. he's popular and he has made some big promises. he wants openness and a new transparency even on this toxic issue. he set up a

more of louisiana's bayou community swallowed whole. why the hole is from another crisis hundreds of miles away. >> not a lot of us left here now. >> also, still troubled waters, the taps are on but there are new signs of danger. should more folks downstream be worried about west virginia's toxic wash? >> the industry is not regulated and it happened because these were old holding tanks which were not properly maintained. >> and faith in flux. the catholic church faces new reports, what a change in leadership may bring. >> good evening i'm joie chen. thanks for being with us. getting there but it's not over yet. that's what authorities in west virginia are telling hundreds of thousands of residents who have now had to endure a full week without run being water. an environmental crisis has been unfolding in the state capitol city charleston after toxic chemicals leaked and contaminated the area's water supply. now it's safe to use the water but then it could be a few more days. before a water ban is fully lifted for the nine counties tha

certainly in alaska, arkansas, louisiana, kentucky, absolutely, for sure. it depends, and that is the answer to almost any question. it depends on the circumstances. in the senate there is a lot less of that that has to take place. yeah. >> i guess you highlighted in 2006, 2010, the last couple midterms that happened, and one thing our distinguished presser has pointed out, there has been an increased polarization within the legislative branch. does that translate to more of a wave effect given the increased polarization from these different midterms? it throws off a little differently than the presidential elections, but midterms, especially the last two, do you see that as being one of the catalysts? >> i think i follow what you are saying, and if i do understand it, i would say what has been going on the last 20, 30 years tends to amplify these kinds of wave elections and make them more likely. back when i moved to washington, 1972, as a freshman in college, there were a ton of moderate democrats from the south and elsewhere. there were a ton of liberal

in louisiana. do is acknowledge the plan has its problems and should not stand behind the president because you can't keep your healthcare necessarily. she made a big mistake there and she needs to walk it back, and for her campaign, her success depends on her walking it back now. in january, not in june. >> let's look at an ad she put out to see if she did effectively walk it back. >> i am mary landrieu and i approved this message. >> hundreds of thousands of people across the country losing their current coverage. >> the administration is measure pressure to act fast. >> i said to the president you told them they could keep it. >> landrieu has introduced the keeping the affordable care act promise. >> i'm fixing and it that's what my bill does and i've urge the president to six it. >> nor landrieu says president obama needs to stick to his word. >> this is a promise you made and a promise you should keep. >> ouch. to your point, she went after the villain in all of these, at least in louisiana, b

louisiana.beginning. this once-in-a-generation storm affecting about 39 million people, from texas to carolina coast. louisiana has declared a state of emergency today, and is urging people to stay off the roads over the next few days. this storm is bringing, as you've probably heard by now, snow, freezing rain and certainly dangerous ice to parts of the country not used to severe winter weather. meanwhile, the midwest and northeast continue to feel the grip of subzero temperatures as the national propane shortage reaches critical levels. in minneapolis today, wind chills are expected to reach 50 degrees below zero. wind chill warnings and advisories are in place all the way from montana to maine. and more than 3,000 flights have been cancelled today, a majority of the cancellations from atlanta's hartsfield-jackson and houston's george bush intercontinental airport, and gabe gutierrez is in columbia, south carolina. it looks a little better, the rides behind you, than what we're seeing right no

wherever the people are in chicago, in louisiana, and it is not national news. again, we all ran to newtown. >> is on tv one. that is true. that is absolutely true. news. is not mainstream and it is unfortunate. again, we write stories and show up at these events, protests and do these things, but when it is our turn, these people do not stand with us. >> obviously i believe in the civil rights issues, looking at mass incarceration, that is a huge issue.

can you give us an example of the extremes. >> oh, lisa, i was just in louisiana last month where ifou were convicted two or three times for possessioning just a joint of marijuana, you can land in state prison for years. you have similar policies in other parts of the south. and that doesn't count all of the 5 million people under the supervision of the parole systems that are ending up in jail. we have 50 states, inevitably there will be different policies just as there are different policies on gun control and gay marriage. i think we'll see the trend on marijuana move more and more in the direction of colorado and washington. >> does this make it more or less difficult to deal with these issues? >> look, big marijuana is like big tobacco of the '80s. they have a lot of done fors contributing millions of dollars. and their nth state is overall drug legalization. and that's like boiling the frog in the water. i have been in law enforcement for 18 years, and worked in the prison system for three years, and i never once came across a person in there for minor possession of marijuana.

certainly in alaska, arkansas, louisiana, kentucky absolutely for sure. so it depends, you know, and that's the answer to almost any question is it depends on the circumstances. but in the senate there's a lot his of that -- less of that that has to take place. yeah. >> i guess since we've, since you highlighted 2006 and 2010 as being the last couple of midterms of that have happened and one thing that our distinguished professor, dr. thurber has pointed out there's been a decreased polarization within the legislative branch, does that translate to more of a wave effect given the increased polarization from these different midterms? i know it throws off a little bit different within the presidential lengths, but, you know, in -- elections, but, you know, in midterms especially the last two, there's such a swing. do you see that as being one of the catalyst ares because -- where i think i follow what you're saying, and if i do understand it, i would say what's been going on the last 20, 30 be years -- 30 years tends to amplify these kinds of wave elections

the carolinas, georgia, alabama, louisiana and mississippi are under a state of emergency. and this morning, nearly 1,000 flights are already canceled. the weather forced more than 1,000 kids in alabama and georgia to spend the night at school. there, staff and students had access to meals and blankets. >> we have several major areas of concern because some of the schools had not released their students early enough in the day for them to be able to get home in the normal fashion before the roads became icy and the school buses could not run. >> just a few inches of snow fell in atlanta, but commuters came to a standstill. it took some more than five hours just to get home. the gridlock was so bad, a baby girl was actually delivered along i-285. thankfully, officials describe the birth as flawless. now remember, the south is not used to this type of weather. many cities don't even have salt trucks or snow plows. in alabama, two people were killed in weather-related accidents. and with as much as a foot of snow expected in parts of the region, many southern officials are ask

. >> and so the government wants to use land in louisiana to protect one type of frog. >> we're haunted by kasper the frag. >> aually the mississippi gopher frog. he calls him kaspar the ghost because none of these frogs live anywhere near ed's property. >> i looked it up on their web site, and found out that by their own publications, the frog has not been seen in the state of louisiana because our land is not suitable for it. >> this frog doesn't exist in this area. >> it doesn't right now. it has historically. >> why ills it fair to impose this on this poor guy? >> that's a good question. right now there are less than 100 of these frogs in the wild. previously thousands. they used to be in louisiana, and this land owner has five great ponds in his property. >> the government went after the mas land after bill snake's group, the center for biological diversity, sued fish and wildlife for not doing enough to protect kasper here. >> the government can just say, oh, this is a good spot? >> technically, yes, but that isn't how i would put it. they think that wild america is cool america.

. >> reporter: san francisco co-president found a kindred spirit in louisiana. >> my dog is from louisianant down to help with the hurricane and i lost my dog to cancer a year before, and i got this dog. >> reporter: when animals coming to san francisco, they have to adapt. for animals sheltered here, it's a different meaning. >> the chance of being adopted in places like stockton isn't so good. >> if they know a dog needs saving, maybe an overflowing shelter in sacramento, we have volunteers that drive the dogs to redistribute them. >> reporter: this is just another way they fulfill the mission. >> as long as you make the connection, no matter where you are, and just giving them a loving home. >> they are going for a new record this year. remember these little guys, the window adoptions placed 327 animals with families. 40% of the animals that were adopted this year were out of towners. tomorrow is the last day for adoption. >>> over the years, many music legends are performed at -- performed at this place. we have more on the final good-bye here. >> reporter: it's a piece of san francisc

. >> and so the government wants to use land in louisiana to protect one type of frog. >> we're haunted by kasper the frag. >> actually the mississippi gopher frog. he calls him kaspar the ghost because none of these frogs live anywhere near ed's property. >> i looked it up on their web site, and found out tha by their own publications, the frog has not been seen in the state of louisiana because our land is not suitable for it. >> this frog doesn't exist in thisrea. >> it doesn't right now. it has historically. >> why is it fair to impose this on this poor guy? >> that's a good question. right now there are less than 100 of these frogs in the wild. previously thousands. they used to be in louisiana, and this land owner has five great ponds in his property. >> the government went after the man's land after bill snake's group, the center for biological diversity, sued fish d wildlife for not doing enough to protect kasper here. >> the government can just say, oh, this is a good spot? >> technically, yes, but that isn't how i would put it. they think that wild america is cool america. >>

you heard me right, southeastern louisiana. this arctic blast set to dump snow, sleet, freezing rain on much of that area. even new orleans. usually when we're talking about weather in this part, we're talking about summer, fall, hurricanes. no, this is a winter storm with windchills in the single digits. >> it's happening in texas, too. crews there scrambling to spray down the roads ahead of the cold and ice. these pictures being taken from houston, a city socked by ice just last week. many schools there are closed, and at its very busy airports this morning, hundreds of flights grounded. passengers saying last night they got word from their airline. >> our flight was scheduled for 7:15 tomorrow morning and we got a notice about an hour and a half ago that it was canceled. >> you're going to be seeing more canceling ahead of time, because you know, the airlines get fined for keeping you on the tarmac, so they're going to cut you loose earlier than usual. indra petersons is watching this extreme weather. what do we expect? >> i

these are in louisiana. they are smaller districts. they're at the froar front of introducing a well-designed are techture. among the larger district new york city is in first as last year. then houston and den denver. we've been particularly interested in denver, which rose from 24th to 5th place last year to they this year based on not a change in the availability of choice, but a change in the way that parents could exercise choice. so now they have a one app process. parents apply once. they list their schools in performance. and the process is one that matches families with those choices in a way that minimizings the difference between what they want and they get. it does it in a way that can't be done any better given that the preferences that parents have expressed and so while every family doesn't get the first choice. as a% one is understandably distressed when they don't get the first choice. almost every family gets a really good choice. in denver in the last year 83% of parents got a school assignment for the child that was

donertainly has not anything to moderate anything in louisiana. but in california, i think it contributed to that. where you saw cases where two democratic incumbents thrown together by redistricting, and they are competing, but in a general election environment so that you have fairly liberal democratic members going out trying to get republican votes, moderate independent votes, a vote is a vote, get it wherever you came, and that reduces some of the ideological, some of the rhetoric, and brings it back down. there are a lot of different ways to fix things. you never know which ones are going to work and which do not, and a lot of times you have a lot of unintended consequences where you set out to do something that is an admirable objective, but that makes it worse. feingoldple, the mccain- finance reform made things worse than before. so you always have to be careful with that. anybody that has not asked a question yet first, and then we will double back? >> there has been discussion in recent years about the political -- of young people. have

it certainly has not done anything to moderate anything in louisiana. in california, i think it contributed to that. where you saw cases where two democratic incumbents thrown together by redistricting, and they are competing, but in a general election environment so that you have fairly liberal democratic members going out trying to get republican votes, moderate independent votes, a vote is a vote, get it wherever you came, and that reduces some of the ideological, some of the rhetoric, and brings it back down. there are a lot of different ways to fix things. you never know which ones are going to work and which do not, and a lot of times you have a lot of unintended consequences where you set out to do something that is an admirable objective, but that makes it worse. for example, the mccain-feingold finance reform made things worse than before. so you always have to be careful with that. anybody that has not asked a question yet first, and then we will double back? >> there has been discussion in recent years about the political of young people. hav

if it comes down to louisiana, does mary landrieu -- >> oh boy. that is 11 months ahead of time. thank you. when we return, the economic outlook for 2014. bloomberg reporters are next. ♪ >> welcome back. let's focus on 2014. the economy, we have an abundance of riches. as an rich miller and richard rubin. let's begin with the miller version. rich, you keep talking about something called escape velocity. no idea what it means. mean something good? >> it is like that movie "groundhog day." he kept waking up opening it would be a different day, but it was the same day over and over. that is what is happening with the economy. but this year, it may be groundhog day will be over. by velocity, some say we will reach a level where we will not need the rocket propulsion from the fed anymore. we can grow on our own. >> the market is soaring. wall street is back. and yet joe or jenny sixpack are still struggling. wages are stagnant. can we do anything about this? >> the democrats would have you think that we can do something about this. rich might talk about this. they will make it a key p

next on al jazeera america, this giant sinkhole in louisiana, it is growing and spreading toxins intoearby swamplands. >>> in louisiana attention turning to a monster sinkhole, and the surrending levy has already started to crack, and it continues to grow what is happening with the actual sinkhole at this point. we're looking at 26 acres is the size. that's about 20 footballs, it's 650 feet deep. it has in the past year and a half put out 7,000 barrels of oil has been dislodged from it, 45 million cubic feet of natural gas underneath the town of bio corn and that is why there is a mandatory evacuation. many residents some of these home. earlier today we talked to one of the emergency managers, he said they are concerned about the levy that -- that partially collapsed in the last few weeks, texas brine the company said to be responsible for this is currently repairing it, and twrieing to make sure it does not collapse, because if that happens what happens is the sinkhole widens even further into places where people live. there are not many people who live watching it very carefully del

. ♪ >> there's no place quite like down south in louisiana for a great time and even greater food.i know, my first trip to the mardi gras capital of the world would have me eating much more than a shrimp po boy. >> one area called bug apetite, we have bugs for appetizer. >> i'm at the audubon insectarium. >> what is entomophogy? >> that is insect eating. >> just as insects come in a variety of forms, so can entomophogy. you can eat the larva, the pupae or the adult. >> you are about to fry a drag on fly. >> about a dozen drag on flies. >> before you say yuck, consider this. >> it's great! >> 2 billion people are already eating insects as part of their regular diet throughout asia, south america and africa and there's a very good reason why. >> what would you say stand up the most about eating insects nutritionally? >> most have high levels of nitrogen iron phosphorous and calcium. you have a lot of other abundant elements that our bodies can use. >> the united nations released a report arguing for more insect farming and more bugs in everyone's diets. >> at the moment, a lot of ent