>> louisiana's bayou, 70 miles southwest of new orleans. this is the heartland of the native american houma tribe. and it's one of the most valuable ecosystems in the entire united states. >> we go to the bayous to provide for our families. everything's there... >> raymond clark's ancestors came here to escape settlers 300 years ago, building homes in the marshland. >> our people always had our villages along bayou waterways because it just provided so much for us. >> but today an ecological disaster is unfolding, threatening the tribe's traditions -- and most of all, its land. >> an area of land the size of manhattan is subtracted' from south louisiana every 10 months - it turns to water. a football field every 30 minutes, an area the size of delaware the whole state of delaware since the 1930s... it's just astonishing how much land is being disappeared. >> fault lines is here to find out why southern louisiana is now one of the fastest disappearing landmasses on the planet... ...and to ask who's responsible for the crisis. >> yeah this pl

it's the louisiana oil and gas association.g to one of their meetings to find out why it was so important to be involved. >> today loga is hosting industry power brokers, and they're not happy about the lawsuits. >> one out of every 2 dollars in plaquemines comes from the oil and gas industry. the last place on earth you'd expect lawsuits, and yet, they're happening >> that's gifford briggs loga's vice president. >> when you've got parish councilmen in plaquemines parish filing lawsuits against the oil and gas industry now we have to be paying attention to every council meeting in the parish, and we have to make sure that we have pro oil and gas councilmen elected. this is an incredible amount of money that the industry is having to spend, not investing, not drilling new wells not paying employees not doing the things that we wanna be doing but simply defending lawsuits. >> these all-encompassing lawsuits to sue the industry so you can force a settlement so the lawyers can make a bunch of money isn't going to solve any of the p

in louisiana fixing harm can mean fixing the environment. in florida that could mean rebuilding tourist attractions. >> for example we know in louisiana we've had natural resource injury. when you look at florida the majority of their injury has been to that human use category where people aren't or weren't able to utilize the gulf. >> what it comes down to is, there is a lot of pressure of all different kinds of project.s. projects. we don't know exactly how these decision are made. we would like to see efforts towards a direct benefit. >> reporter: in alabama an environmental group has stepped in to do environmental work. in bon secour bay protecting the fragile shore from erosion in a little more than two years the shellfish are moving back in. >> in my hands i have some baby root mussels. they help the reef become more three dimensional. >> the reef is three miles long, and eventually it may grow another two and a half miles. following the nature conservators'sconservancy's lead, the dar dares would like to see the wet land rebuilt there

in base on the way he runs for louisiana. he can use his governorship as part of his presidential campaign. and louisiana, right now, in part, because of bobby jindal's presidential hopes, is about to run into a little bit of a political buzz saw. at least, that's what it seems like is about to happen. this is indiana's republican governor, mike pence. before a few weeks ago, mike pence was also one of the people talked about as a potential presidential candidate, about the level of a bobby jindal or a mike huckabee or a carly fiorina. mike huckabee a very well-known guy in republican politics before becoming governor of indiana, he had a long career in washington, among the heavyweights. mike pence has been on the edge of presidential possibility for numerous cycles. this year he's been stoking interest in himself as a potential presidential candidate. he was telling reporters he was actively considering making a run in 2016, people were actively considering him as a dark horse contender for the nomination, until that all st

we turn now to another exoneration, this time in louisiana.n march 2014, glenn ford was freed after three decades on death row. he walked out of the angola penitentiary when a judge vacated his murder conviction and death sentence. his exoneration came after new evidence emerged clearing him of the 1983 fatal shooting a jewelry store owner. glenn ford is african-american and was tried by an all-white jury. in 2000, the louisiana supreme court ordered an evidentiary hearing on ford's claim that the prosecution suppressed favorable evidence related to two brothers initially implicated in the crime. then in 2013, an unidentified informant told prosecutors that one of the brothers had admitted to shooting and killing the jewelry store owner. last year, glenn ford briefly spoke to reporters as he left the prison a free man. >> it feels good. i was locked up almost 30 years for something i didn't do. by someone i loved as a baby, nice a grown man with a baby. amy: shortly after ford's release, he received a second death sentence -- stage three lung

robert ray al jazeera louisiana. >> it's earth day and it's celebrated around the world. an italian astronaut tweeted this image of earth from outer space. i'm randall pinkston. thank you for joining us on al jazeera america. >> you welcome to the al jazeera news hour. saudi arabia fires against houthi rebels just hours after announcing the end of the air campaign. >>> and 113,000 people have now fled fighting from the iraqi city of ramadi. >>> i was underwater for five minutes thinking, god god god. >> also this hour we hear from one of the survivors of the

we are the only ones in the state of louisiana. this is a circus.didn't give the money to the regular people, believe what i tell you. >> we were doing services in the fishing industry. for those that couldn't bring in a catch or make a living. where d they go. did they leave altogether. >> no, they've borrowed money from me. we go to label day, if they don't change, we'll shut down, i can't go in my office, i have 10-12 people a day borrowing money. i can't pay all of the bills, this is a joke. >> thank you for joining us. remember the well cam. it was a fixed video camera pointed at the blown out macondo well. you can look at it night and day and watch the under ending eruption of crude oil into the gulf of mexico. where is all of that oil today? most is it in the water. michael oku is back from the coast. he went out with fishing stay with us it's "inside story". . >> living off the water. >> what would we do? >> reporter: yes. >> i don't know. >> reporter: you never considered that? >> no. >>> welcome back to "inside story". today is the fifth a

in part on the basis of the way he runs louisiana. he can use his governorship as part of his presidential campaign. and louisiana, right now in part because of bobby jindal's presidential hopes is about to run into a little bit of a political buzz saw. at least that is what it seems like is about to happen. this is indiana's republican governor mike pence, before a few weeks ago he was one talked about as a possible presidential candidate at the level of a bob bobby jindal or a mike huckabee, or a carly fiorina, he had a long career in washington with lots and lots of friends among the heavyweights in the republican party. mike huckabee has been on the edge of a possible run, this year he has been stoking interest in his possibility in a run for 2016. people were actively considering him as a dark horse contender in the nomination until that all stopped when indiana had its big oops a few weeks ago. right? you will remember how this went. it started with a signing ceremony attended by mostly nuns and friars governor pence deeming thi

cvs health, because health is everything. >>> baritaria bay, louisiana.arshs and shores of these islands were once covered in oil. today from our boat, we spot two dozen workers wearing face masks, shoveling and working on a stretch of beach. we pulled off to take a look. >> how are you doing? doing good. drew griffin with cnn. >> nice to meet you. this is philippe cousteau. >> we'll have you stay away from the hazardous material, this is a clean-up site. >> the hazardous material turned out to be bp's oil, a 90-foot long, 30,000 pound tarmac. we had a small tar ball tested and it matched the oil from the spill. >> the fact is, five years later, there is still oil, oil in big enough clumps that it needs to be dug up by a crew like this, digging down 30 inches trying to take it and remove it. >> the pockets of tarmac that still exist are in areas that are known to us, but which were deemed by the federal government better to leave alone there and let them be naturally supposed to -- through erosion and then for us to clean them. so as they appear, we are f

in louisiana fixing harm can mean fixing the environment. in florida that could mean rebuilding tourist attractions. >> we know in louisiana we have had natural resource injuries. when you look at florida their injury is to the human use factor where people weren't able to use the gulf. >> what it comes down to is, there is a lot of pressure to all different types of projects. we don't actually know how these decision he are being made and it's happening -- additions decisions are being made. we would like it directed to restoration projects with a direct benefit. >> reporter: in alabama a group has stepped in, and in bon secour bay it will create a new home for shrimp and oysters. in little more than two years the shellfish are moving back in. >> in my hands i have some baby rib mussels right here. they help build the reef become more three dimensional. >> the reef is almost 2,000 feet long. eventually it may extend another two and a half miles. >> hopefully the blue crab will start small and then grow into adults. >> reporter: following th

. >> massive oil rig explosion off the coast of louisiana. >> a deadly disaster. >> i've never been so scared in my whole entire life. >> families devastated. >> they don't have to miss him the way i do. >> the worst environmental catastrophe in american history. >> the sheen, it went on for miles. >> a nation watches in horror. a tide of oil hit shore. >> heartbreaking new pictures coming in from the gulf coast. >> now five years later, we return to the gulf as cnn investigates. >> i'm curious to get in the water now -- the aftermath. >> the gulf is recovering now. in their world, the gulf is not back. >> is it really over? >> we have no idea how this is going to end. >> >> i'm drew griffin. tonight, "blowout, the gulf oil disaster." >> it rose over the gleaming waters of the gulf of mexico more than 30 stories high and 48 miles off shore. the deepwater horizon, a premier vessel, drilling deep into the ocean floor. shelly anderson's husband jason helped supervise the drilling. >> it is the best. he loved it. it was in his blood and he didn't want to do anything else. >> that is where

your severe threat continues for texas and into louisiana. i think within the in excouplenext couple of hours we'll see a watch for the potential of hail damaging winds and isolated tornado. 30 degrees difference from amarillo texas to what it was this time yesterday. >> thank you, janice for keeping us updated. >>> let's check in with shepard smith. >> as rescue teams rush to help earthquake survivors in nepal, some of the victims still trapped on mt. everest are going to have to go it alone. avalanches cut off critical access points nobody in nobody getting out. we'll speak with a climber who knows everest very well and has close friends who are trapped up on that mountain right now. he's been in touch with people on scene and says food is quickly running out there. he also owns a factory in nepal and is saent rycenturies-old building that got wiped out in this quake. two people once saved his own wife's life on everest are now possibly in that life or death struggle on their own. that's all at the top of the hour. >>> the families of the c

ibm is warning louisiana over louisiana's religious freedom bill.ing governor bobby jindal a letter. the pending bill would create a hostile environment for employees. it will be harder to attract talent to louisiana if enacted in law. this is from the vice president. this is the latest warning from corporate america to the states considering religious freedom laws. arkansas and indiana had similar laws and were pressured to make changes. >>> verizon launching flexible tv subscriptions. you can add group of extra channels like sports kid shows and pop culture. we know americans want flexibility. most americans watch 17 channels on their televisions. i have seen more changes in the past year about how we consume television than in the 30 years before that. >> i would say as long as one of the channels is cnn, it is great. >> yes. >>> "early start" continues right now. >> an american arrested. returning to the u.s. accused of training with terrorists in syria and coming home to launch a terror attack here. iraq helping to fight isis as terrorists try

while ford was sent to death row in louisiana's hellish angola prison, the brothers remained free. according to authorities maybe responsible for five other homicides. ford would still be on death row today if not for a new confidential informant who told police that jake robinson confessed to him that he killed isadore roz monday. both are in jail charged with other crimes. neither is charged with rosmund's murder. >> reporter: in louisiana exonorees are else available for $330,000 in compensation payment but when he applied if the money the judge denied his request. saying he is not innocent was because he may have known about the shooting beforehand a claim he denies. when marty heard about the state's refusal to compensate ford is when he sat down and wrote his extraordinary letter to the editor saying ford deserves every penny owed to him. >> my personal belief is he should be compensated. the cap on damages of $330,000 is a joke. >> reporter: ford needs that restitution money now more than ever. just months after he got out, he was given a different kind of death sentence, st

there's a series of barrier islands that run along the louisiana coast.ame along the west side of the mississippi river, came through what they call quatro bayou pass and as they came through the little islands were there to greet them. >> not that there's a good time for the oil spill, but it was the worst time because the birds were nesting at that time so you had the pelicans and shore birds and a variety of other birds using the islands at the time to nest, and, unfortunately, the oil was coming in so thick that as it covered the mangrove, it would kill the mangrove trees and the other vegetation that were on the islands. >> when the root system dies of any plant out here in the gulf what happens is the land starts to fall apart because there's nothing to keep the root systems. >> sure, and then the erosion takes place. >> and then the could be stant wave action and erosion from different storms or just the natural wind and wave action that hit these islands and probing them apart. >> can you believe what you're looking at right now? >> i'm shocked. i

durst is still in custody in louisiana. he appeared in court this week for a preliminary hearing minutes in, fireworks erupt between the prosecution and durst defense team stand judge decides to call for a postponement, pushing the hearing to next thursday. with me now louisiana attorney chick foray and former chief county prosecutor bob. chick, you were in the courtroom. how did it get down there? >> well, mark burton, the prosecutor, assistant district attorney is normally a very low key fine gentleman. his voice was cracking. he was very upset. he asked for a continue yans. the judge said no. it did get very heated. but mark burton, it's the first time i have seen ship gets loud and bois rouse as he got the other day. >> i think, chick, there were seven defense attorneys at robert durst's table? >> there were. seven defense attorneys. i will tell you he's put together i called it in my tweets a dream team. he's got some local counsel, billy gibbons, he's got ike spears, african-american lawyer who is new to the team. he'

arizona is looking to do the same thing, louisiana, whoever the next governor is. the model of phasing out the income tax by taking revenue that comes from growth and ratcheting down the income tax was done fishes in kansas and by then a dozen states to do the next thing. they are seeing a very successful model that is moving forward, i know they hate it but it's true. >> there are two republicans who hate it in kansas, one is overland park state representative marvin kleib who says we will look at all options and go with the less offensive route. and never say never when talking about the consequences. hold on, i need to pay the bills so we don't get into a budget hole. stay with us. >> i'm back with grover nor requisite. he's the founder of americans for tax reform. i'm just going to give you an opportunity to respond but i do want to tell my viewers about something else i want to get your views on something else something with a really dull name like supporters like the u.s. chamber of commerce is the export import bank, some call it the ex -im bank. includes ma

i'm joined now by the republican governor of louisiana, bobby jindal.or, welcome back to "meet the press." >> chuck thank you for having me back. >> let me ask you this, do you agree with some other social conservatives that you think governors pence and governors hutchinson in arkansas and indiana have essentially caved to too much pressure? >> well chuck i was very worried about the law in indiana. i'm disappointed. let's remember when what this debate was originally all about. this was about business owners that don't want to have to choose between their christian faith their sincerely held religious beliefs and being able to operate their businesses. now what they don't want is the ticipate in wedding ceremonies that conflict their beliefs. they don't want to participate in those ceremonies. i was disappointed you could see christians and their businesses face discrimination in indiana. i hope the legislators will fix that rectify that. it used to be a bipartisan consensus in this country around religious liberty saying that as americans, we don't h

in cruikshank versus louisiana they claimed the 15th amendment did not give the government the right to pat -- punish private citizens. they could prosecute state officials, but not citizens. justice miller and the court disagreed. yarborough, miller gave a reading to the 15th amendment. congress's constitutional authorities to make regulations on holding elections. in powerful language, miller described the threats to american democracy he saw from violent white supremacist in the south, and wealthy capitalist and corporations in the north. this is the rise of the robber barons. this is what he says. if the recurrence of such violent act as these prisoners stands convicted of, are two common, in one quarter of the country, and give only the danger of lawless violence, the free use of money in elections arises in the vast wrote of recent wealth in other orders presents equal cause for anxiety. no lover of his country can shut his eyes to the future danger from both sources. someone needs to write a biography on this guy. there it is. now, as i have said several times, we know how thi

also in marshall you had the governors of texas and louisiana. all these governors are gathered there. the governors are actually going to have a meeting and they're going to give instructions to smith to make as good of terms as he can and they want the terms to say that there will be no revenge or reprisals for anybody involved in the confederate government. they want the soldiers to be able to go home and they want the government officials to be free of any kind of reprisal. they just want to end the fighting like that. sort of have everything that they want. smith never really gets to consider that because as he's in the process of moving from shreveport to marshall things continue to get worse for the army in shreveport. his subordinate has been left in command of the army while he's temporarily away. they realize that they've got to do something. buckner will move down to hudson to new orleans where he will meet with general camby's representative on the right. on may 26th buckner and osterhouse will negotiate the surrender the trans-missis

carl. >> anne thompson tonight along the louisiana coast.nne, thanks a lot. >>> when we come back ringo star gets a big honor with a little help from his friends. forks ♪ i get high with a little help from my friends ♪ ♪ ooh i get by with a little help from my friends ♪ >>> some of the biggest names in music together on one stage last night as a new class was inducted into the rock and roll hall of fame. paul mccartney helped bestow the honors on ringo star as he became the last beatle inducted for his work as a solo artist. among the others welcomed in this year's class, r&b legend bill withers, the band green day and rocker joan jett. >>> they have been dubbed the pink panthers, a brazen band of robbers behind some of the biggest jewel heists in the world. for more than 20 years now they've been hitting targets and outsmarting the police. we get more tonight from nbc's keith morrison. >> reporter: there are words for what you're about to see, criminal, diabolical come to mind, but especially audacious, and it's been going on for years. thi

and a huge sinkhole began swallowing up a town in louisiana almost three years ago now.ince then about 350 people have been chased from their homes. the few who stayed are now battling a salt mining company company 1924 say was responsible for the disaster. robert ray has their story. >> it's scenes like this that prompted many to leave. >> so it's a very disheartening to me. it's very personal. very sad. very sad. >> dennis landry calls this his paradise despite the natural gas still bubbling up from the sinkhole and the threat of land plunging into the earth. he said he'll die here. >> the beautiful houses across the highway right here, i'm fulling expecting texas brine to level those houses, and they said they're going to convert it to green space. green space is nice, but i hated to see all those good people leave. they're up a abandoned. >> texas brine has filed suit against their corporate neighbor dow chemical. now the sinkhole is 32 acres over my shoulder about 300 yards away. they say that it's stabilized and has not had a lot of activity in the past ten months.

we are watching storms approaching louisiana. 8,000 lightning strikes in less than ten minutes. we're also seeing very strong storms developing. the areas in yellow are tornado watches and the areas in red, tornado warnings. especially if kansas right now, a very dangerous situation. so for tonight, kansas hutchinson kansas, outside of kansas city also. dallas, shreveport. 32 million people at risk. this danger continues on into saturday and moves to the east, charlotte, atlanta, st. louis, nashville and knoxville in the enhanced area. 32 million folks at risk for severe storms, large hail and damaging winds, torrential downpours and tornadoes, and this moves into sunday as well. again, the same area. oklahoma city dallas and on into san antonio. 16 million folks at risk, and we've got flash flooding possibilities anywhere from 3 to 5 inches of rain throughout parts of arkansas kansas and on down into louisiana, lester, and the danger is this is going to continue right on into early next week so flooding and a lot of damage expected this weekend. >> all right, al. thanks very mu

in just the past 24 hours, 20 reported tornados in texas and louisiana. some a mile wide. three twisters touchdown down in this tiny town. >> it sounded just like a freight train. >> reporter: and that hail -- >> oh my gosh. this is the biggest hail i've ever seen. >> reporter: softball size -- hitting with the force of a major league fastball -- shattering this stormchaser's windshield -- again -- --and again. david, tonight so many scenes like this. this stable with all its metal steel and concrete, flew more than a football field away even avoiding those power lines before landing right here. david. >> let's go to rob marciano who is tracking it. we are not in the clear. >> no the storms from texas and louisiana have weakened but the low in texas still has yet to traverse that state. when it does it will spawn more intense storms from dallas houston, new orleans. isolated tornadoes, like we have seen the past few days and tomorrow it pushes down the i-10. biloxi mobile. and another 1 to 3 inches on top what we have seen from the act la text from the carolinas through we

we're watching strong storms approaching louisiana. in new orleans, 8,000 lightning strikes in less than ten minutes. the areas in yellow tornado watches, in red, tornado warnings. kansas in fact hutchinson, kansas. we're looking at the risk of severe storms. 32 million people at risk. this danger continues into saturday and mos to the east. charlotte, atlanta, st. louis. 32 million folks at risk for severe storms large hashlgs damaging winds, torrential rain. th moves into sunday as well. again, the same area. oklahoma city dallas into san antonio. 16 million folks at risk. and we have flash flooding possibilities anywhere from three five inches from arkansas down into louisiana. is going to continue right into next week. so flooding and a lot of damage expected this weekend. >>> now to a terrifying scene on camera. dozens of students d on a stage, dancing and singin a school near indianapolis when the stag collapsed sending students ti to the pit below. >> reporter: it wasn't the big finish to the show of '80s music the students had

. >> 2016 gop hopeful, louisiana's bobby jindal will weigh in. >>> opening day is here. rob manfred and how our national past time is trying to remain part of our national future. and of course, whether pete rose should be allowed into the hall of fame.

wat storms approaching louisiana. 8,000 lightning strikes in less than ten minutes. we're also seeing very strong storms. the areas in yellow are tornado watches, red tornado warnings. especially in kansas right now. a very dangerous situation. for tonight, hutchenson kansas. we're looking at the risk of severe storms. dallas shreveport 32 million people at rick. this danger continues into saturday. charlotte, atlanta st. louis. knoxville. damaging winds, torrential downpours and tornados. and this moves into sunday as well. again, the same area. oklahoma city dallas on into san antonio. 16 million folks at risk. and we've got flash flooding possibilities anywhere from three to five inches of rain throughout parts of arkansas kansas and on down into louisiana, lester. and the danger is this is going to continue on right into next week. so flooding and a lot of damage expected this weekend. >> all right, al thanks very much. >>> now to a terrifying scene on camera. dozens of students on stage, dancing and singing outside indianapolis when the e collapsed, sending the