pollution clashes with anti-government feelings in louisiana., much more. >> woodruff: it was another day of high drama for brex british prime minister theresa may traveled to brussels to meet european union leaders. her plan to leave the e.u. has now twice been voted down in parliament, and today, she sought an exteion beyond next friday's march 29 deadline for the united kingdom to exit the bloc. as nick schifrin repts, there are many options ahead in this next, crucial week.ri >> sch in these divorce proceedings, one side knows what it wants. lfrench president emmanue macron... german chancellor angela merkel... and d prime minister mark rutte all endorsed a short brexit eension, if, and only if, british parliament endorses the brexit plan. >> we'll put it fairly and squarely again at the door of the brith parliament, because it is then for them to say yes to the whole thing. >> schifrin: but breakg up is really, really hard, when the other side is infighting. last night, british prime minister theresa may blame britain's brexit paralysis on

are very good people in louisiana.t are, when they say people in the northeast, or who live in big cities live in bubbles, yeah, that is indeed a bubble. >> 900 people. >> because the rest of the country don't feel that way, but to have that level of ignorance is really quite shocking. and people take that from childhood all the way into adulthood. as the police chief, he's in charge of protecting the town's residents, black and white. should the black people be worried about being treated fairly? >> why shouldn't they? the head of the naacp down there said, my suggestion is, for black people, people who aren't white, drive right through that town. that's a shame that people aren't safe going through a town, because the police chief is posting racist memes and doesn't think there's anything wrong with that. >> none of the black residents wanted to talk. >> that's a shame. >> the fact that none of them would be interviewed on camera says a lot about the culture that exists in that community. and it's a lot of places in

that is up to louisiana. when someone gets through that primary, the rga will be there ,o support them against presumably, the incumbent. so we can help them and win that race. the governor in the louisiana has raised taxes. we think we have a good pickup opportunity. >> let's move to kentucky, governor matt bevin seeking reelection. are you concerned that the attorney general or a real race? gov. ricketts: the democrats have put up good candidates, and they have a primary in may the we have to wait to eat with the challenger two governor bevin will be. governor bevin has done a great job and tackled issues like pensions him a right to work, and has been successful driving activity in kentucky. think kentucky has come up number two in pro-capita category, second most economic development per capita of any of the states. he has done a great job there. it will be a tough race. one of the candidates's father was previously the governor in kentucky, so that person starts with great name id. we have a great candid

we talk with john kennedy of louisiana about what can be done about that. that is next.is bloomberg. ♪ david: you are watching "balance of power" on bloomberg television. i'm david westin. over 10 years ago, the sec charged robert allen stanford for fraud violations for running a massive ponzi scheme that cheated investors out of $7 billion. he is now serving a term of 110 years in prison, but so far less than $600 million of lost investments have been recouped. many investors come from the state of louisiana, led by the republican senator john kennedy, who is taking up their cause. thank you for your time today. i knew about the fraud, but i didn't realize the disparity between the percentage that has been recouped from bernie made off's victims and these victims, why is that? senator kennedy: this is a sad situation. what robert allen stanford is unconscionable. and he110 years to servc deservese -- serve and he deserves every part of it. i think so far the receivers have recovered, out of the $7 billion, about $600 million, but the problem is half of it went to fees.

and through louisiana and mississippi. a but americans receive more and more involvement and this is no different. the president reported the came to the capital that the president of the united states something that i have never seen. whether republican or president that we should refrain from helping american citizens. that was not based back to reality. but it was only federal assistance and what they say is not true using federal money to pay off the debt. the president knows that is not true. why does he keep saying it? that puerto rico has $20 billion but the bulk of the money and the republicans and democrats like to be held up by the administration and end to be purposely held back millions of dollars that this remains from washington d.c. of puerto rico. there is no excuse for that. for puerto rico and then to tell you to spend it and then holding these away from puerto rico you can do that. because they are not spending money they are just holdingat back. with a bureaucratic delays actually toen ask unanimous con

just as they voted in louisiana six times. it wasn't for a political benefit of vermont. >> you might consider a disaster package when they've all suffered equally from disasters they say okay, you america, we ypay for you. au, i don't like so you are not going to get money. one that allows us to move quickly to get assistance people that need it now and i hope all members will support it. the governor of federico made a strong statement i ask consent that statement be made a part of the record. americans in pretty rico do not have representation in this body. vermont is probably as far away as just aboutst any state with e exception of alaska and hawaii. americans in puerto rico were oklahoma or california were new york or wherever a disaster has struck, we are the united states of america. let's start actingle like it not on behalf of the political bias. it played a role. indoors. people lived in fear of an enemy they couldn't hear, see or feel. >> accused of mishandling negotiations with the european union and later the pri

we have great candidates in louisiana. we think there is great opportunity if the president can help support our republican governor candidates, we would love to have him help us out. thee: governor, you ran for senate wants before and are now in your second term as governor of nebraska. theinterest in seeking senate again or in a national office? gov. ricketts: i tell people that i have got the best job in the world, and i guarantee you that if i just got reelected, i will be governor for the next four years. that is my plan. i will worry about what happens when i get done with my term after i get done with my term. i am now focused on being the best governor for the state of nebraska i can be. steve: how much money do you expect to raise as head of the rga? surericketts: we do not the budget because we do not want to give away what we're doing to the other side. but the rga has ambitious goals for fund-raising. one of the reasons we have been so successful as we do not think about this election year or next year only, we

. >> hurricane katrina is now bearing down on louisiana. >> where is the federal government? where are the troops? >> shame on bush! shame on bush! >> signs the economy is in trouble just keep on coming. >> i see a great day coming for our country, and i'm eager for the work ahead. god bless you. and may god bless america. ♪ ♪ ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >>> my fellow americans, major combat operations in iraq have ended. in the battle of iraq, the united states and our allies have prevailed. [ cheers and applause ] >> today there's a total of 147,000 american troops throughout iraq. 42,000 in baghdad alone. that's 50% more than the entire u.s. force it took to fight and win the war. but critics claim it's still not enough troops to win the peace. >> while the administration had thought about getting rid of saddam, there had been very little thinking about what to do after he was removed. >> seven weeks after the war, the u.s. military has still not been able to restore law and order to many areas of war-torn iraq. >> there was a sense that all we had to do was take a hammer an

but louisiana refused to release albert woodfox until years later.he state successfully tried him a second time in 1998 after his first conviction was overturned. then in 2014, a federal judge ruled he should be set free on the basis of racial discrimination in his retrial. when louisiana attorney general buddy caldwell announced plans to try woodfox yet again, u.s. middle district court judge james brady ordered his release, but the u.s. fifth circuit then approved woodfox's continued detention. then after being held in isolation in a six-by-nine-foot cell almost continuously for 43 years, woodfox was released on his 69th birthday, february 19, 2016, after he entered a plea of no contest to charges of manslaughter and aggravated burglary. when he left the jail where he'd been held pending his trial, his first stop was to visit the grave site of his mother who , died while he was in prison. >> and need to say goodbye to oy mother. i was not allowed to go to her funeral when i was in angola. and my sister as well. amy: that was 2016. now two years lat

we ask the louisiana state attorney general jeff landry next.f you like bloomberg news, check us out on the radio, the bloomberg app, and on sirius xm. this is bloomberg. ♪ >> today's technology -- it is in our watches, our phones. i think it will be augmented and eight more important by using ai. >> we will see a fundamental shift in how they think about artificial intelligence and predictive models. when you can harness those two as a leader, it is an exciting time. on wednesday, president trump met with google ceo sundar pichai. according to the president's tweets, they talk about google's efforts in china and work with the u.s. military, as well as political fairness. a meeting the president said and did very well. despite the positive sentiment, google and its parent company off of it are targeted by lawmakers. senator ted cruz claims it silences conservative voices. bloomberg previously reported a group of state attorneys general are laying the groundwork for a probe into google for antitrust and privacy concerns. i want to welcome the att

the lab the chimps have gone into retirement and a new oh so one hundred has the story from keep louisiana. for mankind's closest relative. this is the reward for a life of service. they've been infected with hiv tuberculosis and other diseases and tested it medical labs across the united states now julius and two hundred sixty eight other chimpanzees are living a life of leisure at louisiana's chin pavan the world's largest chimp retirement home. they get treatments for the usual ailments for the elderly. diabetes we see kidney failure we see liver insufficiency arthritis. and they get specialized medical care and the occasional healthy treat. they are living out the chimp life they get to make choices they can decide if they want to be indoors or if they want to be outdoors. that happened. three years after the u.s. government ended invasive testing on chimpanzees there are now more chimps here than in government funded laboratories. and chin pavan is rapidly making room for the remaining one hundred eighty test chimps hey are you are ready for the release anything anybody ever did about

we will ask the louisiana state attorney general jeff landry coming up next. if you like bloomberg news, check us out on the radio, the bloomberg app, bloomberg.com and on sirius xm. this is bloomberg. ♪ emily: on wednesday, president trump met with google ceo sundar pichai. according to the president's tweets, they talked about google's efforts in china and work with the u.s. military, as well as political fairness. a meeting the president said and -- said ended very well. despite the positive sentiment, google and its parent company etse that -- company alphab are targeted by lawmakers. senator ted cruz claims it silences conservative voices. bloomberg previously reported a group of state attorneys general are laying the groundwork for a probe into google on the basis of antitrust and privacy concerns. i want to welcome the attorney general of the state of louisiana, jeff landry. thank you so much for joining us. i am curious what your reaction is to the president's meeting with google ceo sundar pichai, or his tweet about it, given the state attorneys gener

lirp governor expanded state medicaid program following year louisiana spent 86 million dollars foreven equal for the program. so i mean if that is happening at state level, imagine in national push, to increase medicaid or do something like medicare for all would be disastrous fraud probably through the roof. >> making an important point gao found one out of 10 medicaid checks are sent erroneously i am payererly california 25% wrongfully 30% new york louisiana to your point that a state audited found 8 out of 10 checks o ronnous in medicaid programs in louisiana. >> final record. >> i do want to say that beyond just improper payments and fraud, this country has a spending problem, in general. so we need reform at federal level we are 22 trillion dollars in debt. and trump's budget for 2020 unfortunately just adds to the debt even more in, 8 years, he is projected to add as much to federal debt as obama did so i would love to see people in washington get serious about spending cuts but we have democrats pushing for massive programs free college free health care, and even social secu

so it is less expensive but also more efficient. >> a pass in louisiana is sold out.have sold 8 million tons. that is sufficient for us to build a facility. we started early works -- the early non-flight related activity. we are just a few months away from completing the project financing. we should be deep into construction by the middle of the year. our first shipment is went for 2022. for our mississippi river project which is twice as big, we are on schedule their to start construction in the fall. >> for more on lng, i am joined by an engineering analyst. for perspective, how big of a year could this be for lng exports? >> it is going to be a big year. we will probably grow by five. it is going to be double or more what we grew last year. these are big numbers for sure. >> the question for me becomes -- we might get approval for the terminals. is the export terminal availability there? where is the bottleneck? >> a lot of our clients are concerned about that. we need to be careful about where the gas is coming from as well as where it is going. the lng plant is -

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we ask the attorney general of louisiana.loomberg. ♪ emily: president trump wet myth google's ceo -- met with google's ceo and talked about work with the u.s. military, a meeting the president tweeted went well. google and alphabet are still being targeted by lawmakers. elizabeth warren has called for their breakup and ted cruz says google silences conservative voices. a group of state attorneys general are laying a dutch groundwork for a probe. we talked about all of this with the attorney general of the state of louisiana, jeff landry. a.g. landry: i was not privileged to the discussion the president had and i would guess it mainly surrounded google's activity in china. i have not heard that they discussed any of its practices as it relates to data mining, the use of data mining, the manipulation in the digital ad space, and content suppression. what we have here are different layers of problems surrounding big tech as a whole. these are issues attorney general's around the country on both sides of the aisle have been discu

we started the louisiana institute of children and families. a great group of people in louisiana started that off of a national group. to have these young people come during session, walk around and talk to the legislature, get in front of them and be in committees and talk about aging out and raising it to 21, it is powerful. their own experiences, that is stellar. for them to say, i have been in 20 different homes. now, i am handed a blue folder that says here you are, it is nice knowing you and you are out on the streets. it is nice for them to come and present that and talk to the people who make the decisions. it is extremely powerful. >> speaking of, we have a gentleman here who we met through the course of meeting the movie. adrian grew up in the foster care system in his home state of ohio, he is part of a youth advisory board that is amazing, that i think everybody could learn something from, where they get foster alumni together to advise on a variety of topics. feel free to chat him up. >> did you have something? >> let me make a po

he enlisted as a private in the second louisiana guard. a new regiment composed of african-americans and later changed to the 73rd. he enlisted in the 54th massachusetts infantry. he returned south only to be wounded severely wounded in the back and abdomen in february of 1864 at the battle of alusty in florida. again he was honorably discharged again he returned to massachusetts. remarkably wilson chose to enter the fray a third time. in september of 1864 he returned to norfolk virginia. he dispatched on a boat and he worked with the u.s. secret service with the army of the james in front of richmond. the end of the war found wilson back in norfolk tending a supply store that supplied good to freed people. wilson's military career is fascinating on many levels. his louisiana regiment along with its two sister regiments contained nearly 90% of the total number of black commissioned officers who would serve in the civil war interesting facet of these regiments. the most storied of all usct regiments immortalized in the popular movie glory.

. >> talk about the bp oil spill that happened off the coast of louisiana. ?ere there any similarities did they learn anything from what had happened in alaska? stan: there were no real parallels in the operational sense. of completely different sets circumstances. what was similar for us alaskans watching from afar was the oil industry was caught flat-footed. i have sure they had all kinds of plans to keep that from happening, and plans to deal with it, but did any of it work? no, it did not. that will got loose and it spread and spread and spread. impact on communities that live on the coast of the golf -- especially the fishing communities, the cajuns and so on. , a lot ofthat spill people from that area came up here to look at what we had done in the prince william sound regional citizens advisory council, having a mechanism to give citizens a voice and how the oil industry operates in these areas. as i recall, the flow went on for day after day, for an inconceivable amount of time, whereas the escon -- the exxon valdez was a one and done event. >> do you

in louisiana, an apparent tornado whipped through this town and tore off roofs. while in texas, damaging hail and heavy rains are causing flooding and chaos. nbc's steve patterson starts us off tonight. >> reporter: tonight, debris strewn across the south after a series of powerful storms ripped through the region. >> i was really scared. i knew that it came real quick. >> it's coming right at us. oh, wow. >> reporter: with an apparent tornado touching down in louisiana and in arkansas, the national weather service confirming two tornado touchdowns. one near england, arkansas, gutting this home, injuring two people inside. >> it's like one minute there were severe thunderstorm warnings, then there was a tornado. just that quick. >> reporter: winds whipped through neighborhoods, downing power lines, damaging structures, uprooting trees. >> there's people around us, their whole house is gone. >> reporter: in texas, residents under siege by damaging hail, pounding parts of the road near dallas. >> this is what we're experiencing across the southeast. pockets of this

suspected tornados have hit o part louisiana and arkansas. chris pollone has more on the threat heading east. >> reporter: it was a terrifying morning for people south and east of little rock, arkansas as severe storms blew through the area. >> when i looked out of thedo front, all of the trees were pretty much touching the ground, laid over. and stuff was hitting the house and it sounded like a freight train coming through. >> reporter: camer fuller said he never knew it was coming. >> no siren -- they said they ount off down the road. but in't hear them. and it was like one minute there was severe thunderstorm warnings and then there was a tornado. just that quick. >> reporter: the suspected tornado part of a line of storms stretching across the south putting about 25 million people at risk for severe thunderstorms and tornados. the damage reported in northwest louisiana and near tyler, texas as hail as big as golf balls al outside of ds and in memphis a- a truck blew right over after a deadly tornado outbreak in the southeast, more than 20

the coastal waters of the united states, mainly off the coasts of california, alaska, texas, and louisiana. the gulf of mexico, home to a rich diversity of marine life, and it also produces almost a quarter of america's oil. tapping these offshore oil reserves helps meet a significant part of u.s. energy needs. but when things go wrong, there's a high price to pay. in 1969, the santa barbara oil spill dumped two and a half million gallons of oil into the pacific, killing thousands of sea birds and marine mammals. in 1989, the exxon valdez oil tanker ran aground in alaska, spilling 11 million gallons of oil into prince william sound. and most recently, in 2010, the bp deepwater horizon disaster, which according t to u.s. government estimates, released 210 million gallons of oil intoto the gulf f of mexico. >> 57 days ago, in the dead of night, the worst environmental nightmare in u.s. history began. on a screen here and in homes across the country, we now see the livive video o of tens s of thousands of bbarrels of f oil billllowing into the gulf f of mexico every day. for yeyears, e oil in

louisiana. our travels but his far derren thank you so much eventers and all but confirmed they will be the citizens at talian syria champions but they had to ride their lock to beat second place napoli as andy richardson reports. this was a game napoli had to win some and sign their faint hopes of catching events at the top of the table despite having home advantage napoli though were quickly on the back foot. with less than a third of the game played they were a man down they keep alex marat sense off of that challenge and christiane are renowned on. the setback of his departure compounded by the resulting free kick marilyn piano is putting you they want out. and the concerts look to be as good as over when emery chan made it to kneel before half time i. but the game turned around in the second half damage was cents off after receiving a second yellow card. not play thrived in the ten a side environment i was a care home pulling a goal by was i a penalty ben gave napoli the chance to equalise

louisiana. i figure. in the sport. he has. a hand. he has. thanks very much liverpool missed the chance to regain top spot in the english premier league you're going to team was held to a goal a straw away to local rivals everton the result means the trail manchester city by one point with nine matches to play the reds have only won two of their last five league games i'm one hundred percent you know a chance i know that and was said game by game a game my fear gets better of all the boys because they look really ready for it so and today of course we didn't score that have chelsea are now two points off the champions league places after beating follow him and granted rodgers has lost his first game in charge of leicester they conceded late leaves to want to watch for. josie marino says he is flattered by rumors that he may one day return to his former club around with dreads but the portuguese isn't confirming anything the fifty six year old who managed rail from twenty twenty ten to twenty thirteen was responding to legal president have yet

for the first time in their lives can make all the difference john hendren al-jazeera key field louisiana. you're watching out is there and these are top stories jarius presidents will seek a fifth term despite large scale protests that he's unfit for office representatives of abdelaziz bouteflika formally put forward his name up for reelection but the eighty two year old has pledged to call a new vote if he wins next month's polls. has obtained exclusive pictures inside the residence of the saudi consul general in istanbul after the murder of journalist jamal khashoggi it's all comanche airing on our sister channel auxerre arabic details have turkish officials believe an of an may have been used to dispose of his body these twenty two people have been killed in the u.s. state of alabama tornadoes swept through rescue teams have been searching the wreckage of homes and businesses destroyed in lee county. fortune the death toll is going up i worry twenty two right now. here and unfortunately i feel like we are told that number may rise yet again but again. there's going to be unknown or mo

host: from louisiana, richard, you are next, republican line. caller: good morning. i am voting for trump again. he is republican and the man is doing his job. you don't think the border needs a walk? come to louisiana and look at these roofers on these roofs. i can't even speak english. let me see their green cards. you don't see them. the state of the union address he gave was an embarrassment to the united states. these people just sat while our leader talk. .- leader talked what is the deal with america? this man is trying to do a job and he cannot do it without help. incentivere is a big for democrats this time around in 2020 to run on immigration or incorporate immigration reform into their platform. it, they areing at seeing how popular it is on the republican side and they are looking to figure out a way to reach enough people to pull over to their side and say president x,y, z. doing you will see a conflict between trump's rhetoric and trumps results to some people versus how democrats will view it as too extreme or inhumane, or ways that candidates and vote

director, andrew mccabe, and a key presidential defender on the senate judiciary committee, louisiana's john kennedy. plus we'll have analysis on all the news of the week coming up on "face the nation." good morning and welcome to "face the nation." we begin this morning with the already packed field of potential candidates for 2020, and there are signs that former vice president joe biden is planning to enter the race next month. a new poll out this morning shows him leading in iowa with vermont senator bernie sanders close behind. handful of those candidates appeared over the weekend at the south by southwest festival in austin. cbs news political correspondent ed o'keefe caught up with one of the big names in the race, massachusetts senator elizabeth warren, and asked about her new proposal to break up tech companies like amazon, apple, google, and facebook. >> the giant tech companies right now are eating up little tiny businesses, start-ups, and competing unfairly. look at it this way: someone like amazon runs a platform, you know, the place where you buy your coffee maker and get

a say for many for the first time in their lives can make all the difference john hendren keith louisiana. and that's it for me for this news. then we'll have more news. the ultranationalist monks connected with one of the world's worst humanitarian crisis we doe as illegally maigret joining with the military to impose a deadly political agenda we have to protect our nation is in our religion because of the politics what has happened to the engine that's one of the biggest stains of want a country as the military has got into motherhood and all that but lots of women me and mark an unholy alliance coming soon on all jews. whether online. to the answer for them not to do you got this or if you join us on sat all of us have been colonized in some form or some fashion based is a dialogue we are talking about a legal front and you have seen what it can do to somebody people used in multiple drugs including a funnel and some people or secular out everyone has a voice from that your posse or twitter and you could be on the street join the global conversation on mt is iraq. during sierra leone's

we ask the attorney general of louisiana. that is next.is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ emily: president trump met with google's ceo on wednesday and talked about work with the u.s. military, a meeting the president tweeted went well. despite the positive sentiment, google and alphabet are still being targeted by lawmakers. senator elizabeth warren has called for google's breakup, and senator ted cruz says google silences conservative voices. and bloomberg previously reported a group of state attorneys general are laying the groundwork for a probe into google on the basis of antitrust and privacy concerns. we talked about all of this with the attorney general of the state of louisiana, jeff landry. a.g. landry: i was not privileged to the discussion the president had and i would guess it mainly surrounded google's activity in china. i have not heard that they discussed any of its practices as it relates to data mining, the use of data mining, the manipulation in the digital ad space, and content suppression. all of which you mentioned earlier. what we ha

he told his secretary of louisiana to go after him.hey went after him and he almost got him but he was assassinated so that's how that ended. when you look at the administration of john kennedy which we are not apparently allowed to look at, called camelot. he used the internal revenue service and gives the fbi. nobody knew that better than ben bradley who will become the top dog at "the washington post," but then he was working at "newsweek" because jfk shared irs information with his opponents. they shared fbi files with ben bradley. ben bradley never reported any of that. if you look at lyndon johnson, they did the same thing. candidly put taps on martin luther king's phones. they learned all about martin luther king's life. they are concerned with any opponents with any party. he also had access to fbi files. linda johnson tapped the phones. he wanted to know what he was saying about the vietnam war. he knew what goldwater was planning, so they knew what was going on there, too. i will tell you what's interesting about all this. th

any iowa family feel any better about hearing their congressman talk about how supposedly worse louisianaamilies behaved. congressman king seems to think so. he seems to believe that john or joe wrote not be moved by someone like her getreg of the lower nighten ward in new orleans. he was in the middle of the rebuilding the home he and his wife had lived in for decades. >> how's the rebuilding going? >> it's good pretty good. not as fast as i expected it to go. but we're making progress. >> and people might think that you got some big company working with you, rebuilding. you are in your house every day, every night, rebuilding it on your own. >> well, i had quite a few people. i had a bunch of people from kansas city, kansas. >> a church group. >> the national baptist they call themselves. i've had common relief. billy crystal. i've had quite a few people. i can't think of all of them. salvation army. i had quite a few people come down. >> herbert get ridge never talked to me about handouts. he got help from church groups and he may have gotten aid from fema as well. when i met him, he w

the party was on in new orleans louisiana this week off watchers as march fifth celebrated mardi gras a fat tuesday and historic city but with all the millions of people and gallons of alcoholic drinks that descend upon the city during mardi gras millions and millions of small plastic beads the long standing tradition of mardi gras throwing plastic beads down from the floats a balcony onto spectators below has a rather brutal effect on the city's ecosystem and twenty eighteen the city remove ninety three thousand pounds of mardi gras beads from just a five block stretch of the city's trains but thankfully new orleans there is hope in the form of biological sciences professor and hero kotto from louisiana state university concert was developed the first biodegradable mardi gras be made from a species of microscopic algae called diatoms these bees will break down naturally in just one to two years so you can rest easy big easy the beads are here to stay figurative lee not physically that's cool but it's cool keep the party going without destroying the environment so you it can be done y

i want to thank your national association president, attorney general of louisiana jeff landry, a friend of mine. we are grateful to be joined by our fantastic new attorney general, bill barr, thank you. today, we join together to reaffirm and strengthen the vital partnership among state and local and federal law enforcement. only by working together can we ensure security for every community and deliver justice for every citizen. i want to take a moment to send a message on behalf of everyone in this room to all law enforcement personnel across america. you are loved, cherished, and respected by the american people more than you will ever know. more than you will ever know. when i took office two years ago of my highest priorities was to , one reduce violent crime. in the two years before my inauguration, violent crime was up substantially. murders had increased by more than 20%. for this reason, my administration resurrected project safe neighborhoods, bringing together citizens groups, sheriffs, and police departments to put dangerous offenders behind bars. while supporting crime prev

in the lab the chimps have gone into retirement home so one hundred has their story from phil in louisiana. for mankind's closest relative. this is the reward for a life of service. they've been infected with hiv tuberculosis and other diseases and tested it medical labs across the united states now julius in two hundred sixty eight other chimpanzees are living a life of leisure at louisiana's chimp pavan the world's largest chimp retirement home. they get treatments for the usual ailments for the elderly. we see diabetes we see kidney failure we see liver insufficiency arthritis periodontal disease. and they get specialized medical care and the occasional healthy treat. they are living out the chip live they get to make choices they can decide if they want to be indoors or if they want to be outdoors. that happened. three years after the u.s. government ended invasive testing on chimpanzees there are now more chimps here than in government funded laboratories. inching pavan is rapidly making room for the remaining one hundred eighty test chimps hey are you are ready for the release . of e

look, the people of iowa need help, and we should be there to help them, just like the people of louisianaere hurt and then went to florida when they were hurt and went to puerto rico and haiti. we've paid it forward many, many times. that's really the american way, not stepping on somebody else to make yourself look good. and that's just not a good view of the world. and he ought to be ashamed of himself. he should apologize. and as i said many, many times to the good people of iowa, they really deserve better. >> do you think it's a coincidence at all that king made these comments in a city that i think is like 99.4% white about -- >> no. >> clearly he's playing in racial stereotypes, this idea of, you know, african-americans asking for help. there were, you know, 60.2% african-american in new orleans. >> not only -- >> you can't help but avoid the topic of race here. >> not only is it not a surprise, unfortunately we've come to expect these kind of comments from congressman king, and it's happened over the past 15 years. so not only am i surprised, i just continue to be as disgusted abo

traders from europe and iraq today about two hundred jews live in washed out the synagogue and so louisiana but recent changes in indonesia i mean practicing that religion isn't as easy as it used to be. the this is the shark has young my synagogue it's the only jewish house of worship in midst sprawling indonesian archipelago and one of the few places indonesia's remaining jews feel comfortable practicing their faith. the southeast asian country has long been praised for its moderate brand of islam but more conservative forms of islam are increasing in popularity here and religious divides are deafening members of indonesia's jewish community say tolerance is fading. they see a huge you just go home to israel. tensions in the middle east particularly between israel and the palestinians are spilling over in indonesia at this public cemetery in jakarta several jewish graves have been desecrated and if you know where to look nazi symbols can easily be found across indonesia the so-called soldiers cafe in the city of bam don't has now been shut down but there are several other places like it c

of both the louisiana-based washington artillery had surrendered at appomattox, 30 members. on april 13, at least for the battalion in lynchburg. 60 members of lynchburg's own battery. 21 men from baltimore light. the 11th virginia, all units to have been present on the morning of april 9 at appomattox. a key junctionh, on the richman and denver railroads, the marshall reported 1614 names in a three-day period stretching from april 14 through april 17. burkeville proved to be a favorite site, because if you showed up there, not only will it be possible, not guaranteed, but possible that you can catch a ride to petersburg, but you might also get some rations. some men who showed up here are doing so because they realize that is their opportunity to get home faster and to get some rations. eville theyk also come in as units. to the keyheir way railroad junction in order to get the papers that they would need in order to get them home. 14, that on april evening, lincoln, as you all know, was assassinated. contrary to what we might think or even expect, rather than process,g the

louisiana was so incredibly lucky. however, it cost me, i admit to the world, i guess, i hope i don't get in legal trouble, but the republican whip and i had a little sort of side bet, so i owe the republican whip a crab dinner for four people. that's the bad news. the good news is the minority whip will now be eating the best crab in america, not louisiana crab. it will be maryland crab that i will be giving him for dinner. i yield back to my friend if he would like to ask questions about the schedule and stop -- he already did ask me, i'm told. i knew that game was coming. mr. scalise: i'll be happy to ask both questions again. i look forward to the maryland crab dinner. i think as the gentleman from maryland knows, a lot of times when you go to places and they say it's maryland crab it's really gulf of mexico crabs because they want the best quality to offer the patrons. we were excited to see the buzzer-beater. i know both of us were waiting in those last 12 seconds to see which team would walk away with the sweet