cajun is a big part of louisiana, but creole is a big part of louisiana too, you know. >> anthony: it the original meaning as i understand it. >> herman fusiler: it still has hundreds of definitions, but for us, it's descendants of slaves and free people of color, and it deals with the food and the music. and the catholic church is a big part of it too. >> dave lemelle: trail rides and horseback riding is just a way of louisiana now. you know it's been going on for so long. >> herman fusiler: the music was always part of it, but the music got to be more of it, and then slowly but surely became a party, where, you know, kind of this social scene. >> anthony: there's a lot of pieces coming together. you've got food, horses, and music. ♪ ♪ trail rides go back a long way. they happen all year, but are also the way creoles celebrate mardi gras around here. kind of a moving tailgate party and barbecue. interestingly, and i almost want to dig up john wayne just to tell him this, creoles are widely believed to be the first american cowboys. herding cattle in the plains and bayous of louisiana

i'm proud he called louisiana and the fifth congressional district his home. though we know now that he is in his true home with the father. he was a truman of god who touched the lives of countless people, both at home and around the globe. he published a dozen books, created thousands of youtube videos, and had a ttter follong of more than 44,000 peopl all signs of the incredible legacy of the christian devotion that he left behind. bishop kenny will b greatly isdand dian and i will keep him and his family in our prayers. thank you, mr. speaker. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlemiebance of t the chairog the gentlewoman from north utes.ina, ms. foxx, for five thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, this month the federal reserve estimated g.d.p.ll hit 4.8% in the second quarter of 2018. under the former administration g.d.p. never hit even 3%. thanks to tax reform and regulatory relief, passed by this republican government, americans are experiencing economic expansion after eight years of stagnation. according to the bureau of labor statistics,

as a native of louisiana, he's a north louisiana duck hunting country boy at heart. century link now operates in 60 countries and sees revenues in the billions of dollars. yet it remains headquartered in monroe, louisiana not far from where glenn you grew up as a boy. maintaining the headquarters in north louisiana is a testament to glenn's commitment to his home and state that he loves. by growing century link locally, glenn has provided incredible opportunities for monroe and louisiana. having such a large company in our backyard recruits talent to our region, yields higher wages, and attracts other companies that provide complementary services within the communications industry, which in turn produces even more jobs. we can build on the success of century link, coupled with the innovative cyber initiatives at louisiana tech and barksdale air force base, louisiana interstate 20 corridor can help lead our nation into the future as we continue to develop cutting edge technologies. i want to thank glenn for his dedication to our region and his role in helping us grow.

at a future louisiana beach. there's not much attractive about that but you go to texas and those beaches are orange and yellow and tan because that sentiment comes from as far away as the rocky mountains . >> beaches you point out, when you're looking at the beach, you are looking at tax dollars . >> you are because florida beaches a road and the state of florida spends millions of dollars each year, i've forgotten the exact number, $65-$85 million a year to restore those beaches. but 85 percent of erosion is caused by human activity. engineering projects around the gulf coast. and whether it be a bridge or a causeway, an inlet, a jetty or a channel canal for shipping.the mississippi coastline iscompletely artificial . and that's a built beach. >> what do you see as the future of the gulf ? when we go down there we see the development, the shoreline seems like it's permanent right now and a lot of it concrete. what do you see as the future? >> despite all the doom and gloom we've shared here, i am optimistic abo

this was the hardest hit of all the katrina affected areas in louisiana and mississippi. this was the hardest hit because it had the misfortune of being next to the two most seve flood wall breaches. it was a working-class neighborhood, it has had a surprising level of homeownership, about 95% african-american. rate ofhe lowest return any katrina affected neighborhood because of the severity, the social vulnerability of the pre-existing population, coupled with the extreme nature of the damage done. >> you are cut off from media, you started biking around, how did you feel? did you think there would be such a come back? >> no. when we got out, finally that 2005, i willr 2, never forget the moment. we figured out the radio rumors that you could get out of the city by going over the bridge to the west bank and basically driving around the flood. the crest of the bridge, it was early in the morning and i will never forget the view. it look like a beautiful day, except that they were plumes of smoke rising everywhere. if you look closer, you would have seen a sheen of water t

under the the gentleman from louisiana, mr. johnson, is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the majority leader. mr. johnson: supportes promised a greater opportunity and shared prosperity. six months after president trump signed the law, the results are in and we can say that the days of a weak and sluggish economy are behind us. america is a rising nation and america is a nation where families can keep what they earn. america is growing and advancing to the prosperity that our businesses well deserved. but the american people don't need to tell them them. capital one, wells fargo, jetblue, comcast, wal-mart, and nationwide are among the hundreds of businesses that have given pay raises and bonuses to their hard working employees because of the historic tax reform we were able to achieve. these bonuses are not going to a lucky few. more than four million americans have received bonuses. 95 utilities have lowered their rates and 87 million americans have more money and paying lower utility bills. unemployment is down.

iggins of louisiana. mr. higgins: madam speaker, i rise today to offer my amendment -- the chair: the gentleman will suspend. pursuant to house resolution 918, the gentleman from louisiana, mr. higgins, and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from louisiana. mr. higgins: thank you, madam speaker. i rise today to offer my amendment to h.r. 8, the water resource and development act of 2018. my amendment is a commonsense and cost-savegs amendment that would allow the army corps of engineers much-needed flexibility when acquiring certain rights to the procurement of land. specifically it would direct the secretary to prefer acquiring the minimum interest necessary in real property needed to support a project or an action. this allows flexibilities for the corps to consider the use of a temporary easement of estates or other interests to facilitate a reduction in overall project costs, to reduce project time, and minimize conflict with property owners related to the

louisiana wetlands. i want to ensure, mr. chairman, the intent of the amendment in that we have -- and that we have a legislative history here, memorialize the fact that this is intended to address the restoration of floodways as opposed to crevasses that may open in the aftermath of a flood. i yield to the gentleman from missouri. mr. smith: i would say that the gentleman from louisiana is correct. it is for floodways and for restoration that have been activated. mr. graves: thank you. i yield back. mr. shuster: i'm prepared to accept the gentleman's amendment and i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from missouri is recognized. mr. smith: thank you, my friend. i yield back, i close. the chair: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from missouri. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. he amendment is agreed t

that is louisiana. >> that is louisiana. >> born and raised there, i know louisiana. i got kicked out. i had to come to pennsylvania. >> your question? allen: let me speak to this matter of what lincoln wanted to do. we often think of lincoln is a great reconciler and he was, but he also had a stiff back of principle. people talk about lincoln as a pragmatist, and i am a little on -- a little uncomfortable with that because being a student of philosophy in american philosophy, i know a pragmatism -- i know what pragmatism actually means technically. he was a very practical politician but not a pragmatist. he believed the fundamental root of american identity lay in the declaration of independence. and what it says. he made a comment as part of his campaign against stephen douglas from illinois for the senate. he said about half of the people of our country today are people from someplace else. they are people from germany, france, scandinavia, what have you. they are not descended from the american revolutionaries, and they do not know much about the american revoluti

louisiana and south of here was underwater.ting pictures stuck in the minds of people for many years. the tourism industry in new orleans and louisiana did a great job as did the rest of the country in rallying. time we mention katrina it gives people an uneasy feeling, both the locals and the tourists people wonder, if we go down there, will there be a hurricane? sixthe hadur record-breaking year in tourism. to newwell on our way heights in tourism that we have never seen before. >> we are at mardi gras world where work is already underway for next year's mardi gras floats. every year, mardi gras world makes close for all around the city. been one family has working in the business for generations. >> welcome to carnival. mardi gras is a celebration at pretes christianity. it has been in new orleans since the very beginning. when i say christianity, you have the pagans and talk and alea. the one thing they did not want to grant -- to give up was there parties and celebrations. they had a very long tradition of celebrating the

it's killing southeast louisiana. >> this rock bank is an effort to just re-establish the banks of the>> lay the pipe and pump the mud from the bottom of the lake into here and literally create overnight instant marsh. >> reporter: a project like this costs tens of millions of dollars and restores between 300 to 600 acres. but a lot more has to be done to save the land and culture destroyed unabated for decades. >> we invited industry because we needed industry. but we probably did not care as much as we should have about our homeland. there's something that we have to pay back from the past, and there's something that we have to do to make sure it gets better in the future. ♪ >> reporter: at least six louisiana parishes are knew suing energy companies that have operated along the coast. cnn asked multiple representatives from the energy industry to be part of the story and received no response. in a recent op-ed, the outgoing president of louisiana's oil and gas association said, quote, these oil and gas producers who have lawfully fulfilled their state issue permits are now being sue

jamente and his partner priscilla mayfield opened their first store in louisiana. he built the business from the ground up, never took a loan. teafs -- he was a risk taker, an entrepreneur herm expanded his business to include shops in observer lynn, louisiana, and shreveport, the largest metro area in the district. now with the pro-breath, pro-business policies, mr. james says he plans to open a nourt and now a fifth location in the near future. this is a success story and what we're seeing around the country. our nation is full of people like roderick who work long hours and give their all to achieve their version of the american dream. this congress has delivered a fairer, simpler tax code and that's allowed small business owners to keep more of their hard-earned dollars and reinvest in their employees, businesses and communities. i completed my 28th town hall last week when we were home for a day. i can tell you everyone from all walks of life and across the country are feeling the effect of this. they're feeling and tasting the success and they want us to do m

canal coffee shops, owned and operated by a bossier city, louisiana native. he and his partner owned their anchor store in a small town in louisiana he built the business from a ground up, never took a loan he went out and was a risk taker, an entrepreneur, and it worked he expanded his business to include shops in observer lynn, louisiana, and slee sporting -- shreveport, the largest metro area in the district. now with the result of the tax reform, mr. james tells me he plans to open a fourth and fifth location in the near future. s that great success story. s the kind of thing we're see, and the country. our nation is full of small business owners like roderick who put in the hard work, give their all to achieve their version of the american dream this congress has achieved a fairer, simpler tax code that's allowed small business owners like roderick to keep more of their hard-earned dollars and reinvest those in their employees and community. i complete my 28th town hall last week when we were home far day. i can tell you that every from all walks of life

that is the future of louisiana beach. if you go to texas arp and yellow because that settlement comes as far away as the russian mountains. >> florida beachesbe you point out will you look at the tax dollars. >> you are because they erode state of of florida fence millions of dollars each year i think $65 million to restore those beaches that is the tourist economy 85% of erosion is caused by human activity. engineering projects around the gulf p coast whether a bridge or a causeway or a tty or a channel or canal for shipping. zippy coastline the beautiful white -- beaches completely artificial. so what do you see the future of the golf? we see the development of the shoreline seems like it iss permanent, what do you see for thee future? >> despite the doom and miami optimistic about the future of the gulf and i tried not to be all doom and there are success stories with heroes in the book have done much over the decades to restore those environments. we almost lost everything o by the 70s because of the raw sewage pumped

it solidifies louisiana's claims on the louisiana purchase. and allows us to expand west, and also increase the expansion of slavery. new orleans was a major hub for slave trade. by protecting it from the british, it increased the amount of slavery that happened in the united states. andrew jackson has been known as a military man in this battle, but it is this battle that earns him the popularity that wins him the presidency. if you had said anything bad about andrew jackson's politics, it was inferred you were talking about the man himself and the battle of new orleans as a whole. this is where he gains one of his nicknames, the hero of new orleans. small thisf how chunk of ground is has lasting effects across the nation. the men who were fighting here had different reasons, but they overlapped enough that they defended the city, and created the memory of the battle of new orleans in the american population. >> our cities tour staff recently traveled to new orleans to learned outage riskies -- learn about its rich history. learn more on citi

. >> watch the senate cities tour of louisiana saturday at noon eastern on booktv. and sunday at 2:00 on american history tv on c-span3 working with cable affiliates as we explore america. >> c-span, where history unfolds daily. 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television company and today we continue to bring unfiltered coverage of progress, the white house, the supreme court and public policy events in washington dc and around the country. c-span is brought to you by your cable or satellite provider. >> sen. lisbeth ward spoke to a civil liberties union conference in washington dc. this is 30 minutes. elizabeth warren. >> good afternoon, everybody. thank you very much, nice call and response. it is my great honor to introduce our next speaker today, the persistent sen. elizabeth warren. [cheers and applause] >> mitch mcconnell and republican colleagues stopped her from reading loretta scott king's warnings about jeff sessions on the floor of the senate and what sen. mcconnell said at the time was the very dismissive words she was war

from louisiana, we had up the mississippi river to illinois.ssman rodney davis, republican of illinois and he deals with key issues such as trade and immigration. thank you so much for your time. as we heard from our reporter, we are talking about all of these tariffs imposed by the president and halifax these states. trying to attach language raining in the -- presidential authority when it comes to tariffs and imposing them on national security grounds we know the house passed a farm bill. he is trying to attach a language to the farm bill in the senate are what are your thoughts about w happening? the senate i hope can get a farm bill passed so we can go to a conference committee and work out our differences to see if it will be necessary to add a provision like that or not. i agree with senator corker. i'm concerned about the tariffs and the impact they may have on the people i represent in central illinois. there are countries being affected by these proposed tariffs. and tariffs that we have trade surpluses with in many of the commodities

they are still finalizing the louisiana purchase. [ laughter ] president trump tweeted today, ote, "ifou don't have borders, you don't have a country." and if you don't have a country, you can't have a presidee . sod it, we got rid of him. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] it was theorder -- it was the borders this whole time. president trump today spoke to

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louisiana has three of the largest ports in the nation by tonnage. readjust,to be, as we how do we make sur do not cost a lot of american jobs or international jobs as we do the readjustnt? ideally, as the president says, every nation works toward lower would include automobiles, without having to go into a trade war. as it turns out, if the tariffs are working for you, you may not want to give into the united states and that is where the president feels like he needs a stick as well as a carrot. caroline: do you think the stick good end up with a trade war? it could.dy: it could. the other countries have been responding on like measure. we have tariffs on steel. cha puts tariffs on motorcycles and bourbon, which happened to come from kentucky and wisconsin, which happens to be mit m a p rys home state. it has been commensurate. china would lower their tariffs and their nontariff trade barriers to allow us to have freer access to their markets. that is what i would like to see, as opposed to what they are doing, which is a mercantile policy tilting t

there will be no south louisiana >> davies claims the institute is already paying off, not just forouge but for communities, infrastructure and economies up and down the mississippi river. >> what we didn't realize but what happened as a result of the floods is that the water institute developed a methodology to predict inland flooding they have the sole model to do that in the country. >> reporter: just next door, another unique weapon in the battle with water. a giant mississippi river simulator, the size of two basketball courts. >> we harness the power of science to figure out how can we build structures, new wetlands and barrier islands that will help protect properties and infrastructure along the coast so when the next storm comes you have buffer. >> reporter: jeff was the chief rez resilience officer in new orleans before joining the water institute. >> what happened in baton rouge were more newly developed, and rare areas built on the natural drainage system of the community. >> reporter: it's a risk repeating itself in urban centers anywhere near water. >> i do think with

made by a louisiana tribe and likely not for native use. they were likely -- likely made for the french markets to be sold in france. they were made and cents to france where they ended up in the crewo cabinet of an aries to accurate and there they stayed for hundreds of years until they came back for this exhibition. this space is looking at the early infrastructure attempts in new orleans. plans drawn up by french engineers to establish the sets leapt in a more permanent fashion. you can show what is now jackson square in the middle and i don't know is -- beyond suspect french quarter. this is where we're now standing in this building. this map is giving you a sense of the buildings that were bill and the lands that was cleared in about 1725 and you can see different buildings are no at a timed as complete or not completes. one of the interesting things about this plan is that some of it is rootsed in refute but this plan is also showing what they want the new orleans settlement to look like in later years so at this point none of these s

on the republican line and ben rausch, louisiana -- baton rouge, louisiana. caller: i just bury my uncle jack who was in the korean war. just one month ago. my father was stationed there as well. i wish both of them were alive right now to see this. i really do, because this struck my uncle so hard when things started escalating last year. he was afraid. i wish he was alive right now to e oing on and how much it would have maybe gave him a little more hope. maybe he would've been here with us a little longer. on our side, just seeing this, this is to start. in 24 hours, all of this is going to be demeaned. every channel, smc -- msnbc, they're going to demean this. they're going to make it like it is something we are bending over backwards for to give this leader something that we don't know anything about besides but you read of the paper. they are going to insinuate their something else going on. i will not be up to take it. i've tried tweeting. to try and stop this from happening. we are paying cable companies were these channels but we don't watch. yet we

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she received her early education in the public schools of baton rouge, louisiana. she completed her early education at university of louisiana and earned a master of arts at san francisco state university. her childhood dream was always to become a teacher. she began her career at an educator in the sfusd on the faculty of patrick henry elementary school. later, she taught at gar eye and mckinley elementary schools. unsurprisingly, she was a consummate educator. for example, it was important to her that fourth graders begin to appreciate the communities in which they reside. accordingly as a fourth grade teacher, she began taking children on community visits to create an interest in and familiarize them with neighborhoods. it was during her tenure at mckinley that she was appointed the assistant principal of marshall annex elementary school. a newspaper article written during the time described her as the first negro woman administrator in the san francisco school system. she also served as an assistance praent at starky elementary school again earning the distinct

. >> will come to new orleans located in southeastern louisiana along the mississippi river.t the city was founded by the french in the 1718 and later sold to the us government in 1803. it became a major port city during the atlantic slaves trade with the largest slave market and the country. today it has a population of over 340,000 people and is visited by around 10 million tourists per year. with the help of our communication cable partners for the next 90 minutes we will feature the cities literary community. we begin with a visit to voodoo authentic to learn about the history of a voodoo in new orleans. >> people assume even the scholars that history of the voodoo in new orleans is as old as a slavery in new orleans because they equate the slave population with origins of the voodoo in the city. the best evidence we have of voodoo actually comes from people writing about the prosecution of voodoo practitioners because buddha was civilized for the majority of the history of louisiana and the earliest reliable reports we found have to do with the prosecution of black folks

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now my first guest, republican senator john kennedy of louisiana sits on the senate judiciary with michael horowitz, which michael horowitz will testify before. in fact you were just giving me some details on that and some things that you will hit. let's start now with the nomenclature of broke from procedure. it's almost like, leak it to leak. your first thoughts on that? >> i haven't read the report, my staff is being briefed as we talk at the white house. we will have a hearing at 2:00 on monday. i think it took about 12.7 seconds to leak. so i'm told that the conclusion is that mr. comey didn't follow protocol but he wasn't biased. i have to read that in context. but i do know this, usually when someone is biased or not is a question for a jury. not necessarily the report writer, although i certainly respect mr. horowitz's opinion, i think he's very fair. but i will tell you that nothing would surprise me here in lala land in light of what has gone on in the past with the fbi. it breaks my heart. i think the average man and woman in the fbi rank and file, they are part of the best law

scalise to an oil rig off the shore of louisiana in 2014. i made it through. at some point i looked around and i was on an oil rig 250 miles in middle of the gulf of mexico with michelle bachmann and mark sanford. i survived that. i can survive anything. mr. scalise: i have a party switch card. if you want to join in. >> thank you for being here. >> thank you to the energy coalition for making this possible and the d.c. of our association for hosting us today. thank you for watching the live stream. see you at our next event. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2017] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] announcer: the day after this interview, scully's participated in the congressional baseball game. this time last year, he was recovering in the hospital after being shot during practice. here's a look at him making the first play of the game. we are underway, 2018 congressional baseball game and a ground ball to second.

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he had a lot to say that went viral. >> louisiana republican sen.ohn kennedy asking michael horowitz the question many republicans have, how can his report find bias did not affect the clinton email investigation? sen. kennedy went on to read a series of anti-trump text messages between peter stzrok and lisa paige to drive his point home. folks on social media talking about this, thank you, by far my favorite questioning of the hearing and gail on twitter says john kennedy is my new favorite interrogator. michael horowitz did answer sen. kennedy's question, there was individual bias among some agents, prosecutors need big decisions. >> proving it was another issue. he was also talking about something -- >> as people wake up this morning it might be, hashtag. >> hillary clinton cited another bible quote. >> she criticized the trump administration's 0-tolerance policy and took a swipe at jeff sessions for using a bible verse to defend it. take a listen. >> those who selectively use the bible to justify this cruelty are ignoring a central tenet of chri

. ♪ >> southeastern louisiana on the mississippi river.t a major port city during atlantic slave trade. with the help of our communications cable partners. learn about the history of voodoo in new orleans. >> people assume even the scholars that the history they equate the insert population with the origins of voodoo in the city. the evidence we have the prosecution of voodoo practitioners. bhutto has been criminalized from the majority of the history of louisiana. the earliest reliable we found have to do with the prosecution of folks practicing voodoo in the 18th century. again, that doesn't tell us what the prior dislike or if it resembles what we think voodoo is now and people are being prosecuted >> new orleans does have a right to its voodoo history. bhutto came via slave trade that were taken then brought here. we had slaves that were taken from different areas, so there are different spirits. people always wonder, they find new orleans voodoo the tradition to be very eclectic. well, there's a reason for that. because if you go to w

scalise right after he came back from recovery was zipping around the capital in a louisiana state themed scooter which i i imagine was custom-made for you and us and i could go get at -- >> it played i of the tiger if you pressed the horn. i gave that up. every time the scooter. i'm walking on crutches but will put that in the annals of the archives. >> that should go to a museum somewhere, luckily. let's obviously talk about, first of all i want to mention yesterday came up mrs. gleason is writing a book, back in in e game which comes out november 13, a week after election day, and it's 304 304 pages. we had the same book agent so we have not written 304 pages. >> you've got to catch up, jake. >> let's talk about breaking news which is north korea, the president in merge string beans with kim jong-un this morning, or this morning in d.c. and republican for years, almost a decade, you said the president should be coddling dictators and cutting unverifiable nuclear deals. what makes this different? >> i think the fact that you have a negotiation and relationship with one of the nuclear co

and what i have is the louisiana cousin test. do is i will text my cousin the name of the actor that i'm about to cast in the movie and if they know who that actor is. it tends to give me a good sense of whether the movie will do well in audiences outside of l.a. and new york. so louisiana cousin test has proven. >> martha: give me an example of somebody that they would go no, that doesn't nothing for me? >> yeah, i mean, the example i have given in the past, timothy shalamay for example. although is he very talented actor and nominated. he just doesn't. >> martha: he is not resonating with the cousins in tennessee. >> is he not resonating with that crowd. >> martha: making money off these movies. you say if you do a movie about someone who, you know, had a family member who was injured or wronged and then they unjustly go to prison and then they come out again, and they go back and, you know, shoot the people who did this to them, you're going to make money on your movie. depending on how you distribute it? >> yeah. yeah. that w

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announcer: watch c-span cities tour of new orleans, louisiana. saturday at noon eastern and sunday at 2 p.m. on american history tv on c-span3. working with our cable affiliates as we explore america. this afternoon, jerome powell announced another interest rate hike, bringing the federal rate to 1.75%. to 2%. the new york times notes that the rate increase was the second this year and the seventh since the end of the recession. the last time the rate topped 2% was late summer of 2008. next, we show you the news conference where chairman powell made the announcement. it runs about 50 minutes. >> good afternoon. thanks for being here. i know that a number of you will want to talk about the details of our announcement today, and i'm happy to do that in a few minutes. be

when will we see a democrat rolling through rural louisiana?essage that the democratic party should perhaps take note of, get outside of iowa, get out of new hampshire. at this point in time, when you go into places like rural mississippi or rural alabama, quite frankly you haven't seen any of these out there. >> did you have a boil when you were down there? >> reporter: they took good care of us. i can tell you that. >> my colleague, joining mess today from las vegas, talking to good folk across this great country. up next, back to the border where protesters are once again demanding change to the policy, policies the president himself is defending today on twitters. much more, straight ahead. whoooo. looking for a hotel that fits... ...your budget? tripadvisor now searches over... ...200 sites to find you the... ...hotel you want at the lowest price. grazi, gino! find a price that fits. tripadvisor. alicewhich is breast canceratic that has spread to other parts of her body. she's also taking prescription ibrance with an aromatase inhibitor, w

see isolated amounts of 6 to 11 inches between rockport, galveston, and stretching on into western louisiana. flooding could be a major problem right on through thursday, lester. >> looks like quite the soaking. al roker, thank you. >>> now the price you pay and the trump administration upping the ante in its trade war with china now threatening to impose tariffs on every item exported to the u.s. that news sent stocks plunging today, and it comes after china retaliated with its own tariffs last week. as nbc's tom costello reports, it could mean you'll soon pay more for many of the products you buy. >> reporter: the stakes just got higher in america's showdown with china. the trump administration now says it's ready to impose tariffs on up to $450 billion worth of goods from china, a major escalation after china retaliated following the first tariffs. without a compromise, americans could be forced to pay more for everything from tvs to computers, toys to clothing. a $500 cell phone could jump to $550. on their farm in southwest iowa ray and chris gasser support getting tough with china, but

abraham of louisiana. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 918, the gentleman from louisiana, mr. abraham, and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from louisiana. mr. abraham: thank you, mr. speaker. my amendment would increase the corps of engineers' construction account to help address the $96 billion backlog in construction projects across the country. my amendment would also -- offset this increase by reducing the department of energy's developmental administration and bringing it closer in line with the president's budget request. our water infrastructure is aging and deteriorating and the corps of engineers has failed to keep up with these projects across the country. because of the growing bureaucratic mores a that delays construction and leads to wasteful cost overruns. while the corps needs reforms to expedite project delivery, we in congress should also prioritize spending and provide more resources to water infrastructure. projects in louisiana

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