. >> we are talking with representative mike johnson who serves the state of louisiana, the 4th district and thanks for joining us. >> thanks for having me. >> tell us how you got to this position? >> my background is in constitutional law. so for about 20 years i did litigation in the courts and public interest law firms is i did do litigation and served in the louisiana legislature for a short term for a little under two years and was elected to a full term, and we got a chance to serve it out because the seat became open when the predecessor ran for the u.s. senate and we jumped in and it turned out well. we wound up with the largest winning percentage in 50 years in my district, and so it's good to be here. >> tell us a little bit about what was the ultimate deciding factor? >> well, i'm the father of four children under the age of 16, and my wife and i have invested all of our adult lives in trying to make a better opportunity for them as all parents do, and i come from the state of louisiana, and a poor state or one of the less well off, let's say that, least well off, and there's

if it is not working for louisiana, louisiana would have the ability to do something different. in every scenario, we would devolve power down to the patient. by the way, this gentleman keep shouting about taxes. under the bill, we do not do anything for the -- of the obamacare bill. we take them, we use them, and then we do tax reconciliation, which is coming next. that is when all of this can be addressed. folks are going about the taxes. >> [inaudible] sen. cassidy: with that said, than the question is, what about medicaid itself? if you robot medicaid eligibility -- rollback medicaid eligibility and put folks on private insurance, that can be a good thing. if your credit is adequate for the private insurance -- let me go back to medicaid expansion in louisiana. in louisiana, we are not spending $6,300 per person. $6,700 perding person, which is more than a blue cross blue shield policy would cost. of the same kind of benefit structure. we are spending more in louisiana medicaid expansion been blue cross. medicaid expansion in louisiana is spending blue cross rates. as a woma

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but if the exchange population is not working in louisiana, louisiana would have the ability to do something different. in every scenario, we would devolve power down to the patient. by the way, this gentleman keep shouting about taxes. under the cassidy collinsville, we do not do anything for the pay forwards of the obamacare bill. we take them, we use them, and then we do tax reconciliation, which is coming next. that is when all of this can be addressed. it is a pretty generous plan. unfortunately, we have been unable to get others support. would -- -- it did, we again, folks are going about the taxes. some of the taxes that were to be repealed will not be repealed in the bill we finally see. i have not seen it yet, but that is what is being said. >> [inaudible] so, that saidand -- then the question is, what about medicaid itself? if you rollback medicaid eligibility and put folks on private insurance, that can be a good thing. because if your credit is adequate for the private insurance -- let me go back to medicaid expansion in louisiana. in louisiana, we are not spending $6,300 per per

he serves the state of louisiana, the fourth district. thanks for joining us. rep. johnson: thanks for having us. >> tell us how you got to this position. rep. johnson: my background is in constitutional law. for 20 years i did litigation in courts, public interest law firms so i did religious liberty litigation. served in the legislature for short-term, little under two years. was elected to a full term but never got a chance to serve it out because the seat became open. we jumped in and it turned out well. we ended up with the largest winning percentage in my district. we are blessed to be here. >> tell us what made you decide to get into this race? what was the ultimate deciding factor? rep. johnson: i am the father of four children. my wife and i have invested all of our adult lives in trying to make better opportunity for them. i come from the state of louisiana. a poor state or one of the less well-off. there is a lot of concerns my district. i represent 15 parishes or counties. there is a lot of cultural differences along that big area but their concerns are

i come from the state of louisiana. in relative terms, it is a poor state or one of the less , well-off, let's say that, least well-off. there is a lot of concerned in my district. i represent 15 parishes or counties in louisiana. there is a lot of cultural differences along that big area , geographic area but their , concerns are the same. that is the common concerns about the jobs and the economy. we need more opportunity for economic mobility. create opportunities for everyone. the american dream should be within our grasp. but it has not been in recent years. national security and the threat of terrorism and all these things are universal concerns. we look at that and i felt we had something to offer. out there,ourselves and the people sent us here to do that good work. >> what is the difference between serving as a state representative and what you experience your serving in washington, d.c.? rep. johnson: there is a lot of similarities. to be honest, people are surprised to year this back home when i say it, but i

then natural resources, which is important for louisiana. i was grateful to get a vice chairmanship there on the oversight committee and we are doing some really important work there. those are key positions for our state, and we have an grateful for those assignments. the johnson: finally how is po boy market? rep. johnson: it is not louisiana. we get home often enough to get a taste of the real stuff. here every year and get people to samples tough, so we have a taste of louisiana there. >> representative mike johnson, thank you for your time. rep. johnson: thank you for your time. we didn't tax our way to surpluses in the 1990's. we had a circumstance where the administration and the senate came together to get welfare reform and spending restraint, keep spending flat while the economy crew and revenues caught up to spending. that is how you get to surplus. that's why you are seeing so much focus on economic growth. you cannot cut or tax your way to a balanced budget, but you can grow your way to a balanced budget. watch our interview wit

i come from the state of louisiana. a poor state or one of the less well-off. there is a lot of concerns my district. i represent 15 parishes or counties. there is a lot of cultural differences along that big area but their concerns are the same. that is concerned about jobs and the economy people we need more opportunity for economic mobility. create opportunities for everyone. the american dream should be within our grasp. it hasn't within recent years. national security and the threat of terrorism. we look at that and i felt we had something to offer. the people sent us here to do that work. >> what is the difference putting serving as a state representative and what you experience here serving and washington, d.c. rep. johnson: there are a lot of similarities. to be honest, people are surprised to hear this, it is the level of congeniality that you find among colleagues. even across the aisle. in our freshman class, it has been a great experience. there was 55 of us that came in together and we work very well together. we have developed some friendships. th

in my state in louisiana we're down to three. one-third of all the counties in america have only one choice, one insurance company that will still write insurance, and many of our counties have zero, none, n ada, zilch. they have been given a bus ticket, but there's no bus. in louisiana, let me talk for just a moment about my state -- our state, mr. president. in louisiana premiums have gone up 123% on the exchanges since 2013. s that an average of -- that's an average of $3,600 increase per plan. nationwide, the average obamacare plan now costs 105% more than when it started. that's $3,000 per person. and what's particularly incredible to me, mr. president -- you know these statistics better than i do -- in louisiana we have 136,000 people who, rather than buying insurance off the exchanges, have chosen to pay the fine. let me say that again. 136,000 people in my state have looked at the insurance offered to them with the subsidies and said, weed rather -- we would rather pay the fine. of that 136,000 who said, i'll pick the fin

to understand why, we head south to the louisiana bayou.where an industry that survived hurricane katrina and the bp oil spill is finding itself threatened with extinction by foreign competition. shrimpers lost and theirs could be a lesson for us all. today, we're going shrimping in venice, louisiana. acy cooper is our guide. how important is the shrimping business to your personally? acy cooper: it's everything to me. you know, my family does it. my dad's 80 years old, he still fishes. and my two boys has entered the business and my daughter, she married a fisherman. sharyl: louisiana's shrimp industry has been a family affair for more than a century. >> while the men condition the boats, the womenfolk do their knitting. down where louisiana is neither land nor sea, the bayou dwellers home becomes the base of annual operations that keep mom, pop, and the kids busy as the dickens. sharyl: venice is one of the south's shrimping capitals. cooper's sons make four generations of fishermen. who's that coming up here? acy cooper: that's my son, m

>> it is not louisiana but we get old enough to get the real taste for. and then to draw thousands of people we have a taste of louisiana on the hill. >> thanks for your time

meanwhile, back in louisiana, the governor of spanish louisiana, was supplying the american troops in the western theater with gun powder and guns and supplies. but as soon as war was declared in 1779 he launch a series of raids that brought down the british posts at mobile, natchez and baton rouge. but the goal was always pensacola, which was the capital of british west florida. and was the key to the 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, remember, that's 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. now, he was a fighting admiral. he was loved by his sailors. he stands 6'4" and 6'5" on days of battle. the

in louisiana, let me talk about our state for a moment, in louisiana, premiums have gone up 123% on the exchanges since 2013. that is an average of $3600 increase. plan. nationwide, the average obamacare plan now cost 105% more than when it started. that is $3000. person. what's particularly incredible to me mr. president, you knowo these statistics better than i do, in louisiana, we have,000 136,000 people who, rather than buying insurance off the exchanges, have chosen to pay the fine. let me say that again.6,000 pe 186,000 people in my state have looked at the insurance offered to them with the subsidies and said we would rather pay the fine. of that 136,000 who said i will pick the fine instead of the insurance, of that 136,000, 84% make $50000 or less. 48% of them hav make $20000 or less. you know what that tells me? that tells me 136,000 people in my state, most of whom are too poor to be sick, they looked at the affordable care act plan and said we can afford it. we'd rather pay the fine. we are better off paying the fine. their out-of-pocket, the money for the fine, and they sti

>> it's not louisiana.of the real stuff. washington d.c. mardi gras here every year that cost thousands of people to get to sample the real stuff. we got a taste of the here on the hill. thanks for your time. >> thanks for your time. ♪ >> we are live this money at the annual naacp convention is about to kick off in baltimore maryland. it will start with a panel focusing on the criminal justice system looking at how mass incarceration has impacted people of color. states attorney for baltimore and author and charts and university professor michael eric dyson are expected to speak. live coverage here on c-span2 should begin momentarily. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> we are live at the annual naacp convention is about to kick off in baltimore maryland. live coverage should begin shortly with a panel focusing on the criminal justice system. while we wait for this first session to begin here's an update on capitol hill with the capitol hill reporter. >> a reporter when it comes to issues of appropri

omar villafranca, cbs news, dulac, louisiana. >> quijano: up next, sand castles fit for a king.of shoreline properties on rockaway beach. on rockaway beach. xeljanz can lower your ability to fight infections, including tuberculosis. serious, sometimes fatal infections, lymphoma and other cancers have happened. don't start xeljanz if you have an infection. tears in the stomach or intestines, low blood cell counts and higher liver tests and cholesterol levels have happened. your doctor should perform blood tests before you start and while taking xeljanz, and monitor certain liver tests. tell your doctor if you were in a region where fungal infections are common and if you have had tb, hepatitis b or c, or are prone to infections. xeljanz can reduce the symptoms of ra, even without methotrexate, and is also available in a once-daily pill. ask about xeljanz xr. >> quijano: one new yorker has ed island into his art studio. his sand castles are indeed fit for a king but as don dahler reports from rockaway beach, each creation is at the mercy of the elements. >> reporter: the daily com

natural resources is really important for our state of louisiana. i was really grateful to get a base chairmanship there of the oversight committee we were doing some important work. those are key positions for our state and we been grateful for that time. >> how is the whole boy gumbo market here. >> well it's not louisiana. but we get home enough to get the real stuff. we've got a taste of louisiana here on the hill. >> thank you for your time. >> on c-span2, we are live in the blue room of the white house. president trump has been meeting with people he has termed victims of the 2010 health care law. we expect him here to make a statement about healthcare and the upcoming debate in the senate on repeal and replace the 2010 health care law. we should hear from the president momentarily. he said republicans have a last chance to do the right thing on repeal and replace after years of talking and campaigning. we will see what the president has to say shortly. here's today's "washington journal". >> host: good morning. we'll have a question for democ

resiliency is a huge issue for us and louisiana. i had a lump or remarks plant but i'm going to stop here because i know we have to get to our guests. we areto introduce and proud to have with us today and it many is the administrator of fema. i wanted knowledge, we know you have a hard stop at noon so i want to make sure the other folks know that here as well. and michael berkowitz, president of 100 resilient cities. i know that both of you in the state of louisiana have made a tremendous difference for my citizens. i want to thank you very much for that and they q4 being here. the program is now yours. >> thank you governors. it is an honor to be here and serve the nation and this capacity. one thing you will get from me is working through the issues. i want to organize fema in a with yourt helps you responsibility goals. it is a partnership. if there is a failure at any level whether it is local, federal, state, we fail together. we can't afford for that to happen so we have to design programs in a manner that resiliency. you may

william: you wanted to be governor of louisiana. charles: i wanted to be governor of louisiana.hat was a thing. not anymore. william: inspired by edwards? charles: in the worst possible i always sense that tell kids, this is not aspirational. do not do what i did. a bunch of tour, kids from louisiana, some program, we went to the governor's mansion. first we took a tour of the capitol building. they pointed out the craziness that happened. this one got shot here, his wife locked him up in an insane asylum. william: famously so. charles: famously. we go to the governor's mansion. governor edwards strolls in. magnetic,-- the most flamboyant character. -- he is just the most magnetic, flamboyant character. a folk hero, in a way. one of his elections, the most popular bumper sticker in the itte was put for the crook, is important. he was running against david duke. everyone knew the edwards was a crook. but they kind of liked it. it was fascinating. william: same thing with you long. qheuy long. charles: yes. it wasn't an honorable decision to make. but there was a part of me that r

it felt north to us, louisiana. read the description, back then, you get a big book and they have these colleges, they had descriptions. i said, this sounds like me. but i ended up staying close, in part because the recruiter gave a very important speech that made a big impression on me. i decided i would go to lsu. i got a full scholarship. he says, lsu doesn't need you. grambling needs you. it really made an impression on me. what he was saying to me was that you are not just coming here to get something from us. i want you to come here see you can give something to your fellow students. that is the way that i kind of navigated college. that i was giving as much as i was getting. william: you were a standout in high school, intellectually. editor of your high school newspaper. a standout at grambling. magna cum laude graduate. did you always know you wanted to be in journalism? you did an high school, and i guess in college? did you want to change the world? charles: i had no desire to be a journalist. i majored i

if you live in louisiana, you are family. and: some of the flowers flags of morning have been in all-too-familiar sight. nick bryant, bbc news, baton rouge. katty: let's get the latest from laura bicker. she is live from us in that and reached it what -- life for us in baton rouge. what do we know about the shooter and the investigation? laura: in a press conference in the last hour we heard from the sheriff and they believed he targeted officers and he used the word "lured them here to be assassinated." there were three guns found with the gun man, including 2 assault rifles. we also know he looked at various venues. he had been in the city for a number of days and he was at various venues to carry out his attack. the investigators are continuing their work. they certainly have been examining his house in kansas city, missouri. this highway was the center of the protest just 10 days ago, now you see a little monument behind where they are putting flowers and balloons for the fallen officers. , it is just over 24 hours since

. >> i wanted to be governor of louisiana. that was the thing. no more. ( laughter ) >> cohan: you were inspired by edward edwards, of all people? >> inspired, in the worst possible way, not that i don't like him, but in the worst possible way in the sense that i tell kids, this is not aspirational, do not do what i did, because i went on a tour, it was a bunch of kids from north louisiana and some program, and we went to the governor's mansion. first, we took a tour of the capitol building, and they were pointing out all the craziness that happened in louisiana politics, it is truly a crazy history. this one got shot here, and his wife locked him up in an insane asylum. it was just craziness. >> cohan: famously so. yes, famously. so we go to the governor's mansion, and governor edwards, at the time, strolls in, and, you know, he's just like the most magnetic, interesting, flamboyant character, you know, and he was a folk hero in a way. one of his elections, the most popular bumper sticker in the state was vote for the crook,

that of louisiana where another pipeline that connects that it could access the bayu bridge pipeline is being proposed and is up for potential permits from the department of natural resources there that connects and goes to the gulf coast in the louisiana we see that not only that that compact isn't place but the same private security firm tiger swan was just denied a permit there but we see that have the same firms are involved we see the same spokesman a guy by the name of spider marks who is speaking on behalf of tiger swan he's been involved in the louisiana and we see that the national sheriff's association who was so involved in the code access and who was working alongside this p.r. firm they are also now deeply involved in the head of the current head of the president of that is associated and is a sheriff in the state of louisiana but the national association is already sort of figuring out its response to protest of the bayou bridge pipeline and the last thing i'll say is in a webinars the national association which we reported on the story. took place in may they both spit

louisiana, we are actually taking entire communities and relocating the. we're starting that process now with an american indian community. even though it will be relatively small in terms of a large city like new orleans or new york, i'm just wondering if what you were talking about in terms of resiliency and building it in, if that has applications for these small communities when we moved them north and put them on higher ground so we can structure that in a way that achieves many of the things that you were talking about. mr. berkowitz: thank you, governor. i think the way that that relates to resilience is twofold. one is to your point that we do the right risk assessments to understand what the scenarios will be so that we appropriately communities to somewhere that is less vulnerable than where they came from, right? and we take a long-term view. we will never be able to predict everything that happens, but we take a long-term view of what that means. second, i think the process that we go through in order to work with those communities is every wha

so what does this mean for louisiana?s mean you keep to keep your medicaid expansion, your rate of growth? explain what your amendment would do. >> so our amendment would give our state the dollars that it's currently receiving, minus the amount for the individual mandate penalties and the employer mandate penalties. it would give the state that money, and it could continue the expansion if it wished. >> with federal dollars or want with federal dollars? >> it would take the federal dollars it's currently receiving, it would then receive it as a block grant. the state would then continue a maintenance of effort, putting up its share, if you will, and take that sum total to come with a solution that's pick particular for louisiana. >> but would the federal government continue to increase its share or no over triem with that block money? >> there would be an inflation rate built into the amount of money the state received. but the state would also be given additional responsibility. sometimes the government puts states in s

here louisiana were unfishable.e government set a quota of just over 13 million pounds of red snapper to be pulled from the gulf. 51% for commercial fisher mern. in 2016, recreational anglers exceeded the limit by 65 tons. >> if to to the law, why have regulations. supply chain -- >> we can all go back to the wiwi its going to damage the resource. >> we are in a federal season. >> attorney for ocean group, suing the federal government to >> unfair to commercial fishermen. fishery as well all. what is happening with the red snapper is, a ainistration, challenged by environmental groups. the grizzly bear expected to be removed from the endangered spies list. if the government doesn't ans r from the list, environmental groups say they will sue. >>> up next, sand castles, fit for a king. that's a good thing, but it doesn't cover everything. only about 80% of your part b medical expenses. the rest is up to you. so consider an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. like any

the story from dulak, louisiana. >> reporter: a commercial fisherman who returned to the louisiana shore. with almost 6,000 pound of one of the most sought after fish in the gulf of mexico. red snapper. >> we have had the best snapper fishing in the last, two, three, four years that we have had in 25 years. >> the snapper is prized in restaurants as flaky, full of >> on fishing boats. it's renowned for its fight. this year department of commerce extended the red snapper season for recreational in federal waters three days to 42. the department said the three day season was hurting businesses that depend on sport fishing. commercial fishermen worry longer seasons could threaten the red snapper population. overfishing caused the gulf's red snapper population to plummet in the mid 1980s. >> it is a huge driver for tourism here. >> the coastal conservation association of louisiana says, the red snapper population has largely recovered. and, a three day fishing season is too short for recreational anglers. >> two of the days here in louisiana were unfishable. the weather was too rough. this y

bill cassidy is from louisiana. here's the exchange from one of his recent town halls. >> you are saying that the people here who are speaking out are asking questions about how c the care because they will be mostly affected are being cruel or a router speaking out. i will tell you it is rude. taking 22 million people lost their health in this country of who cannot afford it. you worked at the hospital for a long time. you know what people are like at their lowest. to step on their necks by kicking them off their healthck care, that his cool. what you need to do in louisiana is go and stand up for the people here and say we need our health care. [applause] >> i am doing my best to make sure that we can continuer thos coverage, care for those with preexisting conditions,. eliminate mandates and lowerthai premiums. that is what i'm working for. >> tom bevan, talk about bill cassidy's role here and his push with his own legislative effortp >> look, it's a perfect example of the position the republicans find themselves

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guest: louisiana is -- could be doing better, i think they don't have great reserve necessary terms of rainy day funds and revenues.ve lost some they're an oil story going on, affected them. liabilities, need to take a closer look at that. of is not as dire as some the other states. host: massachusetts on bottom caller from next salem, massachusetts. john, good morning. caller: hi. to speak on the onnection mercatus center has with the koch industries. uest: yes, i work at the mercatus center, a university-based research center. funded, we have range of donors and yes. among them? guest: he sits on our board. gary, good ew york, morning, you are up next, hi. hello. this is jerry. about the question effect of public service retirement, transfer people retire n from new york state and move to outhern states, does that really have any impact, big those on the economies of respective areas, new york, states?is, the retirees' how does that affect the state economies? i'll hangup and listen. guest: so i want to clarify, i'll answer the question, whether you mean does it affect they are leave

alaska and louisiana. to states. and there is a new provision that makes it very curious change into the waves these payments are sent the disproportionate program to help pay for the cost of people without insurance. but not coincidentally advocated by one senator from one state. change will disproportionately benefit the state of florida and it is now in the new version.re these are not changes to help the american health care system that benefits my state or the state of the majority of member some don't benefit 98 of us but only to a bus and they are in this version of the bill make to win votes not make good policy. and we hear word this morning of a new fund invented in the middle of the night of last evening that would supposedly helps the states transition the citizens currently on medicaid to the private market. $200 now there are reports that is a to under a billion dollar fund and that is a lot of money. but it would represent 17 percent of the funds that are cut to the states and it dizzily a temporary ba

. >>> next tonight, the mystery in the fire in louisiana. the wife of a fire chief found dead in their burning home. the medical examiner revealing the cause of death and it was not from the fire. the stunning news coming during her memorial service. here's abc's kenneth moton. >> reporter: tonight, the louisiana mystery deepening. first, the wife of a fire chief found dead inside their home. burned to the ground. 49-year-old beloved and retired schoolteacher. >> she was wonderful, compassionate, sweet. >> reporter: members of the community gathering friday at a parish near new orleans for the woman they thought died in a tragic fire. but in the middle of the memorial service, a bombshell, the coroner's autopsy revealing she suffered a gunshot wound. her death not caused by the fire. >> we're disappointing at the timing of the information. >> reporter: they're overwhelmed at the news. >> maybe the family would have been notified prior to the release. >> reporter: the chief reportedly at work when the fire call came in for his own home. the s

asked for this stuff these files before will never give them over guess what fact check both the louisiana and the mississippi secretary of state both republicans handed over their lists to kris kobach in january but instead of sending him to their washington to his washington office they sent it to his wichita office. the secretary of state's office in kansas same thing no difference so they gave him the voter files including the social security numbers etc twenty eight states have done so by the way of the forty four resistors i've counted twenty one of the resistors have already turned over their list to kobach so guys i love the press releases and i know you were called by c.n.n. and said would you dare turn over these listen coursing not i but sixteen republican states on the c.n.n. resistors list have already turned over their voter rolls with all that information to kris kobach in wichita and by the way and one and a democratic state virginia we've called their office and asked why are you doing this if they know we don't want to be in cross-check i said why do you give them the lis

that come from members on the other side of the aisle -- the senator from maine, the senator from louisiana. so let's turn the page and work together to improve our health care system, and let's turn the page in another way. all of us were so inspired by the speech and the life of the senator from arizona, and he asked us to go back to regular order, to bring back the senate that some of us who have been here a while remember. maybe this can be a moment where we start doing that. both sides will have to give. the blame hardly falls on one side or the other. but if we can take this moment, a solemn moment, and start working this body the way it had always worked until the last decade or so, with both sides to blame for the deterioration, we will do a better job for our country, a better job for this body, a better job for ourselves. and finally, i'm glad that the leader asked us to move to ndaa. we need to do it. i can say on this side of the aisle, we will move expeditiou expeditiously. i know that the senator from rhode island has worked with the senator from arizona on a list of amendment

how long have you lived in louisiana, she had no accident so i didn't know and she said my whole life. i said you spent your whole life looking at louisiana swamps, your brain is able to simulate this really well. i just gave you an experience of a snake for what, 10 seconds. so your brain has an ability to make that, to modulate its own neurons to make that image in your head is much weaker than to make a louisiana swap which you been making your whole life. so you have to practice and you have to practice being able to make a new simulation and if you process it a little bit, it will be easier to do so that it becomes automatic for you to do. so it is possible for you to change how you see things, absolutely. yes. >> quick question, this may be sort of semantics but when you talked about how you see the snake and then you see the black-and-white picture, yours you simulate seeing lines. >> could you also say that you're not seeing the black-and-white picture differently, you just are interpreting it differently. ask your interpreting the image. >> you could say that but of course ev

>> i spent time this past week in louisiana.s a one stoplight town surrounded by rice fields, gravel roads, the only way to navigate between them. the texture of this story and community is complex. as he was laid to rest today, so many questions remain unanswered. it was in the early morning hours of july 6th that he and his girlfriend were riding a four wheeler down one of the gravel roads frog hunting, not an unusual activity in this part of louisiana. they encountered sheriff deputy holden holden. brown says it was the deputy who started the fight with her boyfriend. nevertheless, gillry ended up on the ground with the deputy attempt to go arrest him, that's when brown got involved. she jumped on his back and the deputy says she then tried to grab his gun. the arrest warrant affidavit says brown told authorities she, quote, approached him from behind, began to choke and bite him. but brown's attorney said his client never said that. his authorities are misrepresenting his clients version of events he says. quincy brown is ch

of louisiana.ince she has been back in the state, senator collins does not do a lot of town halls. but she participated in a parade, a very well-known parade here in maine over the weekend was notuly 4 holiday, i there because unfortunately we had a state government shutdown at the time we were all covering , but from all the reports that we have seen and from what senator collins said, she said that people were really encouraging her to stand her ground against the health care bill, and were thanking her for her position and her criticism of it so far. host: and the editorial board for the portland press herald, senate: should fight health-care bill -- senator collins should fight the health-care bill, standing her ground. what exact changes is she asking for in order to be a guess vote? -- yes vote? guest: her big concerns right now seem to be focused a lot on the impact to medicaid, the cuts and the spending caps. maine is a rural state and we are also an old state. speaking how we are the oldes

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