we represent south louisiana. it adds an additional $400 million which is far short, far short of what the assessment says is needed. we're not asking for anything near the 100% per capita for hurricane sandy or other disasters. we're trying to get around 40%. or 45% perhaps. number, two we have a bipartisan amendment with congressman ri rd that would eliminate just as was done in 2005, it would eliminate a $500,000 per structure deductible requires for schools. we have schools that cannot reopen. they cannot afford to reopen. we have students that are in limbo right now. we have parents that are in limbo. we're trying restore the communities. this is not precedent setting. it was done before. again, bipartisan amendment. we have a third amendment that pluses up the disaster account by $350 million. and we have a fourth amendment and final amendment that would take what was done in the water infrastructure improvement for the nation act of 2016, the win act of 2016, section 1144 says that any project that would pr

this time, he ships it to a state museum in tioga, louisiana. five years pass.larming phone call. the museum's unstable -- literally. how unstable? >> it was about to cave in. then it became kind of a panic situation for us. >> for a third time, larry scrambles to relocate his strange inheritance. he decides just to bring it home, where the boats will be absolutely safe -- he thinks. then, early one morning... >> my stepdaughter came into the room and said, "hey, the house is on fire." >> the whole house, within five minutes, was in flames. >> in the 40 minutes it takes the fire department to reach their rural location, the atteridge house burns to the ground. >> we lost everything. >> so, you escaped with your family, but the ships? >> they were still in the museum. >> thankfully, there'd been a delay in delivering custom-built cabinets to the house, and the models stayed put. wow. someone was protecting them. >> it was just by the grace of god, i think. >> unfortunately, most of his father's sale records for ships that he had sold were in the house and are los

johnson of louisiana. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 352, the gentleman from louisiana, mr. johnson, and a member opposed, will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from louisiana. mr. johnson: thank you, mr. chairman, and i yield myself such time as i may consume. i'm happy to introduce this manager's amendment to h.r. 1973, the protecting young victims from sexual abuse act. this amendment is very simple. it defines who is covered by the mandatory reporting requirement in the underlying bill. the definition harmonizes language with the underlying statute, defining this class, not by location, but by simply keeping the jurisdictional reference where it belongs, in the national governing body or a member of the national governing body. the amendment also defines the term event to include travel, practice, competition and health or medical treatment. this definition is important as events in u.s.a. gymnastics revealed abuse by team dr. larry nassar who molested young girls under

we put up in louisiana about a third of the money. in louisiana dollars, in 2008 we were putting up $7.8 billion in state money. it's called the match. today louisiana is paying $3.3 billion. you can do the math. that's about a 10% increase every year. if we're spending $3.3 billion of state money, that means that every year just like clockwork we have to come up with an extra $330 million. and i can tell you where that money comes from. it comes out of public schools. it comes out of universities. it comes out of our budget for roads, and it comes out of our budget for public safety. we have a choice in america, mr. president. either medicaid is going to be as we originally enings haved it a safety net for the old, the disabled, and mothers with babies, or it is going to a health insurance program for the masses. now, if the american people and congress decide that medicaid is going to be a health insurance program for the general population, then it needs to operate like health insurance does in the private sector. in other words, a

meanwhile, back in louisiana, the governor of spanish louisiana was supplying the american troops with gunpowder and guns and supplies, but as soon as war was declared in 1779, he lost a series of raids that brought down the britain posts that included baton rouge. but the goal was always pensacola, which included the capital of british west florida and was the key to gulf of mexico, which spain wanted to recapture. and after a few setbacks by a series of devastating hurricanes, in 1781, he launched a joint spanish-french attack that took pensacola and got the british out of the gulf of mexico, which happened at just the right time. because right about then, the french commander came to the caribbean and asked the spanish to please guard the french colonies in the caribbean. remembered, that is where the money was. sugar plantations in the caribbean. please guard those colonies from the british while i take my entire fleet north to the chesapeake. the comte de grasse was a fighting admiral who was loved by his sailors. 6'4"aid of him, he stands and 6'5" in days of battle. was learned w

ultimately on the louisiana purchase, or the louisiana fail sale depending on your , perspective. it was all tied up with events taking place in the caribbean. the period from 1793 to 1803 is an extraordinary transformation. the united states was hemmed in between the atlantic coast and the appellation mountains. -- the appalachian mountains. it stretched all the way to the atlantic mountains. much like the story of the american revolution, all of these transformations can't be understood without references two events taking place in europe and the caribbean. american history, our history is so intimately tied up with histories of other parts of the world. [applause] >> let me start with a question for both of you, i am sure the audience is curious of knowing how each of you turned towards, or found your projects. how your own background or interest led you to this slightly offbeat path. mr. furstenberg: for me, my mother is french. i always had what economist call a competitive advantage in terms of being able to read a foreign language. american historians, i am sorry to say are

our local levee boards and levee districts in louisiana, mr. president, along with the families who have lived on the sand being insured for generations, know every single ditch, every single drainage canal from st. tammany parish. the bureaucrats ought to be asking them for guidance when rewriting flood maps and flood policy, not the other way around. instead, our folks only get invited to the dance after all the decisions have been made in washington, when the cow is already out the barn. i believe this is a commonsense principle, mr. president, that ought to be included in legislation to ultimately extend and reform the program. give our local officials who know the land best a seat at the table, not perfunctory, a legal seat at the table -- a real seat at the table to contribute to flood mapping and flood policy. the nfip will be better for it. mr. president, fema's americas as we all know -- mr. president, fema's mission, as we all know, is to lead america to prepare for, prevent, and recover from disaster. that's why fema exists. the floo

first, mixed reaction to the justice department decision not to bring charges against the two louisiana police officers involved in the deadly shooting of alton sterling. police fatally shot him outside a baton rouge convenience store last year and david begnaud spoke to the family with their out rage where they found out out out the decision on the news on social media. >> reporter: two baton rouge police officers will not face federal civil rights charges in the death of alton sterling last july 5. the dispatcher sent officers blane salamoni and how we like to the triple s coen with a gun and the officers tased, tackled and shot 37-year- old alton sterling while he appeared to be on his back. his autopsy showed multiple gunshot wounds to his back and chest. a detective reported a gun in his pants pocket and that he was reaching for it. salamoni and the lake were put on administrative leave. dozens of peaceful protesters held a vigil tuesday outside the triple s. >> we never had grace! >> reporter: the sorrow has not ended for the family. >> we hurt. we hurt so bad. >> reporter: sandra

anybody in the state of louisiana is a constituent.oming from some of the conservative parishes in northern louisiana and folks coming up from new orleans to air their concerns. there's probably half a dozen committed protesters sort of out in front of this event. the folks inside seem to have, you know, fairly legitimate questions about things like medicaid. in particular of note here because louisiana expanded it last year with the democratic governor. that's one of the elements to the cassidy plan. you did see this sort of tight ropewalk that the senator had to take to try to appeal to both of thosestituents here. >> you know what, we actually do have a little bit more sound from the senator speaking. i'll share that. >> we were present for the one and didn't get any answers in so we're hoping for answers today. >> what answers to what question? >> tax returns, special investigator, budget. >> what do you want to ask? >> basically, if health care is a right or a privilege. right now, health care is under attack in the united states.

we're going to talk about what happened in baton rouge, louisiana. family of alton sterling, an african-american father of five who was gunned down by police in 2016, called wednesday for the state's attorney general to bring criminal charges against his killers. the call came after the justice department declined to bring federal charges against officers blane salamoni and howie lake. sterling family lawyer chris stewart said the u.s. attorney's office provided new details about the killing, including how officer salamoni shot sterling six times. >> we learned some new things today. we learned that officer salamoni walked up to out in sterling and put a gun to his head and said "i will kill you, bitch." you heard me correctly. we heard from them that officer salamoni kept instigating the situation. you heard me correctly. hasattorney general phenomenal case because no police officer conduct themselves like that. amy: in a statatement, louisiana attorney g general jeff landry promised a thorough investigation into whether to charge officers lake and

and tobasco sauce was invented on a louisiana island, avery island. and florida actually has an island that is distinguished for having the greatest population density on the gulf of mexico and thus in florida also at nearly 5,000 people per square mile. anybody have any idea? kathy, my dear friend from my teenage days, we grew up together in pinellas county, it's in pinellas county, any idea? treasure island. and treasure island in pinellas county has nearly 5,000 people. at the other end of the spectrum is sanibel with under 400 people per square mile. so why would you go live on treasure island? [laughter] and barrier islands and more than 100 rivers that run to the gulf are responsible or they help make the gulf one of the richest estuary environments in the world. a quarter of all estuaries of the united states are in the gulf. and so you have barrier islands on one side and fresh water coming down and mixing in with the saltwater which makes the estuaries, but you have the barrier islands that helps contain that salt and freshwater mix. and also

that's why we came to louisiana because it is the number one incars ray tor in the world.nt to make a change and we can do that regardless of who is the attorney general inwalk. >> it is amazing that louisiana is the number one incars ray r tor -- incarsrator in the world. why do you think that donald trump was elected? >> i think when you look at the data, the survey data, a lot of it was based on his racial appeals. he basically ran as the white nationalist candidate. and he made people who feel like they have been left behind and kind of forgotten, in a more diverse america like he was going to take the country back for him. like he would bring jobs back for communities. it is more like what was around 40 or 50 years ago. and he promised to do that for them and they voted for him. he didn't get the most votes, but he won enough in the right places to win electoral college. we have to, as people who are progressive, diverse, and just, an equality for all, we have to win the case in 2018 and 2020 as well. >> john legend, helping to raise awareness. john, thank you such a

charles: i want to go back to jeff landry, louisiana's attorney general. you know, sir, we saw yesterday what the sally yates testimony where she had her own interpretation of the constitution, if you will, even so much so that she went against the president of the united states thinking that she was doing the right thing. how does -- are there any guidelines for any attorney general to determine how they interpret the constitution and stated laws that are already on the books? i would think the person who gets this job next is going to be under extraordinary pressure to walk a certain line. >> well, you're always supposed to presume that all of the laws passed by congress are constitutional as attorney general -- charles: but what about orders, for instance, from the white house and in this particular case it was the travel moratorium, or in the case of james comey there was a statute on the books for over a hundred years, and he didn't think it was applicable because no one else had used it before. >> i agree. look, i think that's wrong. i think if laws

louisiana.other look at his reaction. they weren't really paying attention and then all of a sudden -- uh-oh. nick: they're watching it, they're watching it thinking oh, no. bill: well, it's been quite a week with this team event and quite a finish. ke) at rs, we've n almost everything, so we know how to cover almost anything. even a "chauffeur terrier." [rickie fowler] what the...? fore! [burke] and we covered it, february twenty-third, twenty-sixteen. talk to farmers. we know a thing or two because we've seen a thing or two. ♪ we are farmers. bum-pa-dum, bum-bum-bum-bum ♪ water. every day women around the world spend millions of hours just collecting it. stella artois has partnered with us at water.org to help provide access to clean water to women and their families in the developing world. we can be the generation remembered for ending the global water crisis once and for all. what do you want to be remembered for? ♪ bill: and we are back. t.p.c. louisiana. zurich classic of new orleans. you

. -- republican congressman from louisiana. >> here's editor matt phillips. >> in politics, you guess about dr. bill cassidy, first time republican senator from louisiana, shaping up to be a critical vote in the senate, especially when we talk about health get. -- health care. >> that's right. let's remember, republicans have 52 seats in the senate, not a big majority. they need 51 to pass anything that health care bill. if conservatives get their way, whatever health care bill would defund planned parenthood, that immediately loses the support of two female senators. collins and murkowski. that sets up cassidy to the crucial 50th vote with mike pence, the vice president being the 51st boat. even though he's not on the working group that is working on the group behind closed doors, this gives him a huge amount of leverage come fairly moderate when it comes to health care of it and they need him if they want to do anything. he has a lot of leverage here. >> who is this guy? where does he come from? >> he's a louisiana senator, medical doctor, spent a lot of his career working in a char

it's going to be louisiana. it's going to be north and south carolina. it's going to be massachusetts and maine and california. it's going to be the gulf coast. we are all going to have to face up to this. and help communities prepare. the carbon dioxide that we have already pumped into the atmosphere will make some of the sea level rise inevitable. it is baked in now and we just have to wait for it to happen. but we can still avoid these worst-case scenarios if we act appropriately, if we will for one minute say to the fossil fuel industry you've had enough, you have fed enough at this trough, you have silenced congress enough, your power and your greed will no longer prevail here. we are going to solve this problem for the people of our states. we can still do that. we do have to act appropriately. and for the stuff that we can't avoid, we also have an obligation to help our coastal communities prepare for this, make this transition. all of these islands, they're going to need bridges to get to them where there are now roads, where things are falling i

then there was the fighting in the louisiana after taylor's transfer in 1862 as major general, still to be narrated. taylor's reference to future fightingointed -- pointed to another direction. after the pages on the beauty of the shenandoah valley, and appearing "destruction and reconstruction" in, but not in the earlier north american review article, suddenly turned the valley campaign chapter into a kind of chronological pal and member that time present, he is narrating 1862. now we have a flash forward. -- war closed, there was a cruelty surpassing that inflicted on 200 years ago. we have seen the official report of a federal general, where in our recounted barnes, mills, and destroyed saying the crow flying over the valley must take his rations with him. that is general sheridan. we not well ask that religion, education, science, havert, have combined lessened the brutality of man since the days of all in stein and tilly. considered as an isolated strand, apart from the braid of the chapter of the valley campaign. this paragraph might give a pc and not as of the dark war approac

>> it was not just a louisiana. >>. >> and don south louisiana. >> think he and mr. chairman. we will have to take questions from the committee >> thank you for making your amendments in order. seven with that process that is deeply flawed. >> thank you very much. and i would add that they might very well create a disaster relief committee with even the partial ways to fund it with the income-tax checkoff for those to volunteer. on such a committee. so the idea that each share of each committee and with the ranking member and then the reason i feel that way. but in the time that i am here. there libyan another disaster but fema can only address the have news if you lose your house with the disaster relief and when the houses were damaged with the individual and i say to you chairman i hear you loud and clear the worcester believe from hurricanes in florida from houses toward drugs or from floods from one decade ago have not been addressed? and then the emergency way that is necessary. and that there will be more than that we could address that in a meaningful way. >>. >> i wil

killed during the struggle with two baton rouge louisiana officers last july. sterling's relatives vowing the fight isn't over. >> just asking everybody, so we can continue to get justice. because the it can't stop right here. >> louisiana's attorney general will decide whether to file charges in the case. a lawyer for one of the officers says he is confident the state will not >> google is warning that a scam designed to steal your personal information. the company says if you receive an e-mail from some one asking you to open a google doc, don't know the sender, don't open that e-mail. google has already taken several sepz to p says to protect users. any one who receives pos phishing e-mails shoe report them. >> mark zuckerberg said they're hiring 3,000 workers, monitor content and remove violent videos, like the one of a violent death of a grandfather. criticized for not moving fast enough to stop the spread of violent images including facebook live. >> the countdown is on to a fast food item that just might revolutionize how we eat. or not. drum roll, pleas

it is amazing louisiana is the number one incarceration capital of the world.ave to ask you why do you think people voted for donald trump? why do you think he became president? why was he elected? >> well, i think when you look at the data and you look at the survey data and everything that's out there, a lot of it was based on his racial appeals. he basically ran as the white nationalist candidate. and he made people who feel like they've been left behind and kind of forgotten in a more diverse america, he made them feel like he was going to take the country back for them, that he was going to bring back jobs in their communities, kind of restore a racial order that was more like what was around 40, 50 years ago. and he promised to do that for them, and they voted for him. and he didn't get the most votes, the popular vote. but he won enough in the right places to win the electoral college. and we have to, as people who are progressive and believe this country is better when its inclusive and diverse and just and equality for all, we have to go out there and

stott, here in louisiana, 30% of people under the age of 65 have 30pre-existing condition. >> pelley: 31 states have republican governors. david begnaud, thanks. with some insight into this, joining us is john dickerson, our chief washington correspondent and the anchor of oface the nation." john, we just saw the people's concerns about pre-existing conditions. that's just one of the landmines going forward as this goes to the senate. >> that's exactly right. there are a number of senate republicans who think the house legislation weakens or removes s st too many of those obamacare protections on items like pre-existing conditions, and also on some of the guarantees that were part of the affordable care act, that certain health benefits would be covered. also, medicaid might shrink too much under it. and if that skepticism kills the rsll, then the house republican fmbers will be stuck having voted for an unpopular piece of opgislation. >> pelley: john, the non- partisan congressional budget office analyzes these bills to tell the senators and congressmen how they'll affect s e america

then we come to louisiana. finally we come to the north and look at the urban environment and the merchant system. what is important to note is that in each of these spaces the treatments are done in a pattern but they have their unique features. it is important for me to let you know about that pattern. beginning, you see some of the regions of africa where people came from and to the specific regions in the americas. you also see how the laws change over time and start to define whiteness and you start to see how africans become black herbal -- black in america. you start to see the status development of all people in north america, from plantation a elite, to yeoman white farmer, free blacks, and africans. you look at life in the space, escape in the space, and we start to unpack the story of freedom through the story of rebellion. of course, we humanize everything. personal stories about people who lived, labored, and rebelled in the spaces during this time. all of this is foundational to the development of

i know my colleague is here from louisiana. the most expensive thing for us to do is to give up on working people, our kids and urban, rural communities too often forgotten by people in washington. and that, i'm afraid, is what this budget does. it gives up. -- real solutions and our basic commitment to each other as fellow citizens bound by a common destiny. this doesn't meet the test. so i look forward to working with republicans and democrats together to write a budget that actually reflects the will of the american people. i look forward to working with the presiding officer and my colleague again from louisiana who's doing such good work on health care. with that, mr. president, i yield the floor. the presiding officer: the senator from louisiana. mr. cassidy: mr. president, thank you. thank you for the kind words from my colleague from colorado. mr. president, i rise to speak about our republican effort to repeal and replace the affordable care act. now, i always kind of chuckle when i say the affordable care act. i have

. >> reporter: robin robin, a motr of four from louisiana, says she was troubled by today's vote. >> it's frightening. i'm worried about what that impact will have on my family and the medical bills that we might incur. >> reporter: her three-year-old son collin has a preexisting condition called hydronephorsis. it is a chronic condition that prevents his right kidney from draining properly due to a blockage. >> are we going to have my son's insurance cut? are they going to cover him? will because without what we had, we would still be in debt, and we would forever be in debt i have a feeling. >> reporter: more than two million americans covered by obamacare have preexisting conditions. this new house bill would allow states to file for a waiver from the requirement that guarantees their coverage. to qualify, states would have to set up so-called high-risk pools, money used to help pay for expensive premiums. back in louisiana, officials have not signaled that they will seek a waiver, but $138 billion has been set aside in the g.o.p. bill for all 50 states to help fund those high-ris

the folks there were from louisiana who were, you know, 5-1 against.he district the congressman represents is largely a red district. the town hall meetings are not necessarily indicative of exactly where that congressman may stand with his constituents in his district. not like 2010 where those town hall meetings were a lot of conservatives, as well as others who were fired up and charged up. >> shannon and sarah, we showed you her joint appearance with senator grassley and she told folks about obamacare, "you can't repeal it entirely." you have to have 60 votes and we don't have 60 votes at this point. what is the path that they're going to take over here on the hill? >> it's hard to know. the senate majority leader says he doesn't even know if they can get 50 votesreconciliation. republicans are kind of left to fight each of his or her individual battle at these town halls. >> each one is an island kind of thing. no unified agreement. there are some republicans who want to just apply even cosmetic changes and leave it mostly as it even to people who

bridget from louisiana, you are on our line. because -- iing was calling because trump has something to hide. he fired sally ates, -- sally praisedim comey, who he when he was investigating hillary clinton, and now he fired call me. what is it with everybody that he has fired, he has something to hide. i smell treason. thank you. callll get the last tonight to james on our line for republicans in florida. bring it home, weight -- what do you think? >> i don't like how the fire james comey. i think someone needs to fire the president. i don't think he is doing a great job. all right, i think i heard what you said. we appreciate your call. we would open up your phone lines 7:00 eastern tomorrow on washington journal. this will be the subject. your chance to weigh in. the firing of james comey, the fbi director. you can join the conversation on facebook and join the story wherever it may lead on the c-span networks. we showed you a couple minutes hearingittle bit of the after thel show you opening statements and show you about thre

. >> 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 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 man's 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 ameri

t is he come >> he's a louisiana senator, medical doctor, spent a lot of his career working in a charitytal. he got into politics after hurricane katrina. it shook him seeing how inactive the government was in taking care of its people. he set up a medical center in an abandoned kmart, spent time in the state senate, then went to the house visiting louisiana. in toy 14,y landrieu so he's been in the senate for two years. >> his mission was to do what trump promised on the campaign trail, he wants more health care for everyone and make it so that they can afford it. >> that's right. in a political savvy move, it tides the president to his words on the campaign trail, to lower costs and broaden coverage, which isn't something that the bill that came out of the house does. in fact, it goes extremely in the opposite direction and it probably result in 20 million people losing coverage and premiums going up. he said we can do the opposite and he has some plans that are pretty radical in terms of the conservative agenda. he wants state to have the option to keep obamacare, wants to keep a lot

. >> reporter: robin perrot, a mother of four from walker, louisiana says she was troubled by today'sis frightening. i'm worried about what that impact will have on my family and the medical bills that we might incur. >> reporter: her three-year-old son collin has a preexisting condition called hydronephrosis. it prevents his right kidney from draining properly. >> are they going to cover him, will they cover enough of it because without what we had we would still be in debt and we would forever be in debt i have a million americans covered by obamacare have preexisting conditions. this new house bill would allow states to file for a waiver from the requirement that guarantees their coverage. to qualify, states would have to set up so-called high-risk pools, money used to help pay for expensive premiums. back in louisiana, officials have not signalled that they will seek a waiver, but $138 billion has been set aside in the gop bill for all 50 states to help fund those high-risk pools. >> this bill does not automatically eliminate coverage for people with preexisting conditions. >> rep

starting with this morning, we are watching the storms in louisiana. tracked the storms into alabama, into northern georgia. the rain breaks out through the appalachians and into areas of west virginia. if we get any flooding out of this, we have to watch the mountainous regions of virginia and west virginia. 8:00 p.m. this evening. richmond, looks like the light, steadier rains will be arriving for you. if you have late evening plans, have the raingear with you from the mid-atlantic to the delmarva. 5:00 p.m. saturday, the rain ends in raleigh, charlotte, rain ending in d.c. by 5:00 p.m. it will be still pouring. the rain moves in during the day in philadelphia, new york, and as we go through saturday evening. notice the rain ends in philadelphia. the heavier rains are in northern new england. for today's forecast, not bad today. northern half of the country, the heavier rains will be in the southeast. as we go through the weekend, we will track that storm up the coast. a lot of people are looking at a nice mother's day forecast. the middle of the cou

nbc's gabe gutierrez joins me now from baton rouge, louisiana, where again, that news conference is sethly 15 minutes from now. what are we expecting to hear? our understanding is that at this point the decision has already been made, are we expecting them to walk through why that decision was made? >> reporter: good afternoon. we're expecting several new developments within the next few minutes. i'll set the scene for you. we're in front of the federal building, underneath a highway overpass in the middle of a rainstorm. right now we are waiting not just that news conference from the u.s. justice department, but also from a news conference of the family members of alton sterling. they are meeting with doj officials right now inside that building, including alton sterling's son. the decision has been made by the usa doj, according to officials involved in this case. the word leaked out yesterday, and there's a lot of ager in this community from the sterling family that they didn't hear about it first. the attorneys say they were not notified about this decision at all. so this morning,

the area is a moderate risk of flash flooding from southern louisiana to biloxi.s is where you deal with rising stream levels. the forecast for today, heavy rain and flood threat along the gulf coast. we will see downpours from d.c. from philadelphia to baltimore. nice weather from st. louis to chicago. as far as the severe weather threat. 2 million people at risk. amarillo to abilene. large hail is the big risk. we will time out the rainfall throughout the morning and let you know when it will dry out. it will be a while. back to you. >> bill karins. thank you. we have a lot to talk about overseas. still ahead, the streak ends for cleveland cavaliers in the nba playoffs. >> if you don't know by now, we are live and up early this morning and awaiting the arrival of president trump in israel. back in a moments. much earlier than usual. t it too r rns out it wasn't the machine, it was our detergent. so we switched to tide turbo clean. now we get way cleaner clothes way faster he turbo clean. 6x the cleaning power in 1/2 the time unlikeso babies can sleeppampers stas

juan: malcolm suber, your reaction to -- of the louisiana house just passed a bill that would make it more difficult remove any monument honoring war heroes, including confederate monuments? actionsction to those and the threat that of come against the city just for those few monuments that have been removed? course, thenk, of whole history of what supremacy organizations in the south has been one of terrorism. so even though they don't march in the streets with sheets any longer, they have organized issuinges and are still all kinds of threats against myself, against the city officials and everybody else who they can think of. but again, history proceeds and we are not afraid to challenge these white supremacy institutions. of course, it a real reflection of how bad race relations are in the state of louisiana and in new orleans is that every white legislator in the louisiana house representatives voted last monday to require a popular vote to have any of these confederate oftues removed, especially any soldier, including those who were traders who fought in the confederate army. --

an african american, born in louisiana, thomas never graduated from college.january of 1930, he left college because of a lack of funds and went to work in a lab, under the direction of a well-known surgeon. he learned to perform surgeries. most notably, a surgery for children suffering what was known as the "blue baby syndrome." so thanks to anna jarvis, jimmy kimmel, vivien thomas, and jenny davis -- for giving us a mother's day message about what's important in life. i'm soledad o'brien. happy mother's day. we'll see you here next week for "matter of fact." [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] ♪ robert handa: hello, and welcome to "asian pacific america." i'm robert handa, your host for our show here on nbc bay area and cozi tv. spring is in full bloom, and it's time to decide how to take advantage of it. the santa clara valley water district is inviting asian-american community groups for an asian community day this summer. one reason, to overcome cultural o

. >> all right the family of alton sterling hoping the state of louisiana brings charges against officers that shot and killed sterling last summer. the feds declining to press civil rights charges. the family's reaction is next. but with odor free blue-emu continuous pain relief spray, i can box out any muscle or joint pain immediately. blue-emu continuous pain relief spray, it works fast and you won't stink. albreakthrough withyou back. non-drowsy allegra® for fast 5-in-1 multi-symptom relief. breakthrough allergies with allegra®. >>> disappointed and angry after the justice department decide not to bring civil rights charges against two louisiana police officers involved in sterlings fatal shooting last year. >> the family still hoping for justice from state prosecutors so why did the government pass on the sterling case and what comes next? we get more now from ed. >> nearly ten months after alton sterling was shot and killed outside the triple s convenience store here in baton rouge, louisiana, they determined those two officers will not face federal criminal charges for civil rights

david begnaud talks with a louisiana mother who has concerns. >> are we going to have my son's insuranceut? are they going to cover him? will they cover enough of it? because without what we had we would still be in debt and forever be in debt, i have a feeling. >> more than 2 million americans covered by obamacare have pre-existing conditions in louisiana. that including 30% of the population under 65. some of president trump's supporters saying his executive order making it easier for churches to get involved in politics doesn't go enough. it instructs the irs to pack off churches and tact exempt groups from endorsing political candidates. >> no american should be forced to choose the dictates of the federal government and the tenets of their faith. >> the order could also allow religious organizations to deny employees insurance coverage for birth control, but the aclu alert for strange activity that may signal a truck attack. >>> former president barack obama endorsed french presidential candidate emmanuel macron. he's an independent and faces a far right candidate marine le pen. he

. >> here he is on a 2300-mile journey down the mississippi river, from minnesota to louisiana, presentingd star families with gold stars. >> i was flying with the 129th helicopter company with my roommate first lieutenant thomas shaw and all hell broke loose early april. >> his roommate killed in action, shot down one day after the two men made this pact -- if one was killed in combat, the other would comfort the family. >> the trip taking him back to the family he comforted decades ago. >> good to see you, sir. >> thank you for coming. >> he's become a brother to us. tom lived through him. >> a mission of gratitude and a way for jim to make peace with the past. >> i pray a lot on the river. >> just like that, jim heads back into thee water, paddling the mighty mississippi with clarity and purpose. >> if you could seal the faipses of these families and the honor they have been given, you would know why i'm so passionate. >> that was abc tom reporting. >> we'll be right back. >> three men that helped thousands of people through a wide variety of emergencies received a sendoff as they head