roy is a professor at louisiana state university if you started using g.p.s. technology to study how the surface shifts. it's revealed that data that everybody had been relying on for decades had been exaggerated or here we can actually see today 12 satellites the reality is that the land is actually lower than records show which means the threat is fog greater than people think initially there was a number of people. denied it they didn't want to hear it in fact they actively worked against even the publication of this work but over time. the reality c.t.m. because now people are beginning to see this effect wherever they go. because not only the wetlands that are in trouble were on the east side of new orleans in a place called lake forest it is a quite enough community but it's what lies beneath that's a problem. in this neighborhood just on the edge of new orleans you can see subsidence in action foundations opened up by the sinking ground and you can't park a car you know garridge because the driveways and more than a foot below the entrance so. the probl

roy is a professor at louisiana state university if you started using g.p.s.technology to study how the surface shifts. it's revealed that data that everybody had been relying on for decades had been exaggerated or here we can actually see today 12 satellites the reality is that the land is actually lower than records show which means the threat is fog greater than people think initially there was a number of people. deny that they didn't want to hear it in fact they actively worked against even the publication of this work but over time. the reality you see it because now people are beginning to see this effect where they go. because not only the wetlands that are in trouble were on the east side of new orleans in a place called lake forest it is a quiet enough community but it's what lies beneath it's a problem. in this neighborhood just on the edge of new orleans you can see subsidence in action foundations opened up by the sinking ground and you can't park a car you know garridge because the driveways and more than a foot below the entrance. the problem is

out of the $7000000000.00 in revenue louisiana receives less than one percent. and people just don't understand the importance and the benefits to that song for example watson as a country but the price of his few buy for the seafood his ability to get his grain to market is all depend upon south louisiana functioning properly and that understanding is that. there is a congressional plan to reroute funds to states like louisiana but not until 2017 many observers say that will simply be too late. when i was a little boy my grandfather used to say this was the bank. if you needed money you went to the bank caught it sold it and got your money but it's not like that any more. government regulation salt water intrusion habitat destruction you know these guys here they're all dying they're getting old and there's no one morning to think they're my generation or the next generation may very well be the last of this. is this place a tipping point in the balance between man and his into. an is this river delta fated to be a clarion call for help humans and nature must s

point south louisiana function probably and that understanding is that. there is a congressional plan to reroute funds to states like louisiana but not until 2017 many observers say that will simply be too late. when i was a little boy my grandfather used to say this was the bank if you needed money you went to the bank caught it sold it and got your money but it's not like that any more. government regulation salt water intrusion habitat destruction you know and these guys here they're all dying they're getting old and there's no one in mourning to think they're my generation or the next generation may very well be the last it is. this is place a tipping point in the balance between man and his into. and is this river delta fated to be a clarion call to help humans and nature must strike a better balance so that base can survive. they rob the bank they rob the bank that's a good way of putting it yeah they were coming back. losing louisiana from 2009 but some dire warnings about what the next decade would bring so 10 years on we often met clock now as en

louisiana's highway 66. its beautiful countryside is not lost on the countless men driven to the place where they will most likely die. that road ends here. the louisiana state penitentiary, former plantation the size of manhattan. 28 square miles. most people call it angola, named after the african country owned by the slaves. now it is confining about 5,500 men. today i'm heading into ground zero of mass incarceration. >> there's certainly a heightened awareness as i walk-through here with no guards. >> for the next couple of days, i will be staying here, exploring key issues of the prison reform debate. juveniles sentenced to life without parole. >> we were children when we got incarcerated. >> the lasting effect of the war on drugs. >> sentence was 150 years. >> power of rehabilitation. >> you know that you have done something. your life is worthwhile. >> and the demand by many for punishment. >> personally i think he's where he needs to be. >> i will also be staying in a cell. not to play prisoner, but

to rewind continues with losing louisiana was once a thriving community. with murdering about downtown louisville right on the southern tip of illinois submerged 30 feet below us on al-jazeera. you're watching out as they are a reminder of our top stories this hour. the world's oldest travel company thomas cook has collapsed leaving more than one 150000 people stranded on holiday and about 20000 people out of a job flights have also been grounded the british government is promising to help anyone stuck of course. the u.n. is warning world leaders attending its climate change summit in new york that the effects of global warming are speeding up the world meteorological organization says the average global temperature from 10 to 2015 to 2019 is on track to be the hottest of any 5 year period on record and sea levels have risen by 5 millimeters a year. israel's main arab political parties have endorsed ex military chief benny gantz for prime minister in a bid to oust by netanyahu the move breaks a 27 year long policy of not backing any candidate to lead the c

louisiana shrimp need the fresh water marshes to mature before heading out into the gulf now they'rerunning out of room as a consequence the fishing season is increasingly shortened. coupled with an influx of cheap foreign bred shrimp saturates in the u.s. markets and local fisherman have nowhere to turn that's one thing about the numbers now they their resilience bunch and they work hard and they just have to work harder for less money. like i say it's just been tougher and tougher the economics you know are getting worse and you know it seems like every year for these guys and kids it's a struggle. add to that more than $300000000.00 in damage caused to the local industry by the last 2 hurricanes alone and needs fishing between towns of years gone by have all but gone by. their father for. food at 2 pm every day of what they call the cajun dollar alongside highway one a group of old friends gather. there are right by god yeah they still speak the pats were offering their ancestors it stuck. but goal of the day is lost as of the value instead they collect cans for a few extra dollar

there are some 20 to 30 inches of rain into parts of texas and louisiana. it looks like it is moving a little bit toward the east

he had three clients in louisiana they. they couldn't understand what a terriblterrible thing their sond done anhavedone and i rememberer talking about odysseus in the cave. they were trying to kill him and there was a herd of sheep. i remember this now. miller have said what h he is gt underneath one of those sheep and they brought him out again. what we are trying to do is find him a cheap that we ca sheep thm out alive. that she is his constitutional right and then you go and look at these trials. is anyone surprised the criteria that the supreme court set up that would be executed when they put the death penalty back in gregory georgia in 1976 only four years after they found it unconstitutional was that it would be reserved only for the worst of the worst? gets to the worst of the worst always is. you look at the over thousand people that have been shot and aghast at electrocuted and checked it in this country and they are all who poor which means they have to take who is appointed and often they are underworked and ov

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. >> they got pop eye sandwiches, louisiana best.old out, i was g but theernor posted the video lastnight, saying louisiana governor's mansion we night only the only place in the world to get a pop eye's chicken sandwich, so john bell edwards may have one mr. president you got get pop eye's chicken sandwiches s we know the president is really more of a kfc guy, even though, there you go, with a knife and fork. >>> he didn't want to get hands dirty. i get the pop eye's chicken for the louisiana team, you know. >> we get it. >> ok. >> we get>> it. watch "the final 5" sunday rough friday notes at 11:30. >> the oation's meautbreak leading to stricter vaccination laws. of. >> going to break. back in a moment. ♪ . ♪ . ♪ . i'm ládeia, and there's more to me than hiv. there's my career... and creating my dream home. i'm a work iprogress. am much goes into who i . presiption dovato is for who are starting hiv medine is one part of it. t hiv-1 treatmd who aren't resistant to either of the medicines dolutegravir or lamivudine. dovato has 2 medi

we haven't had an execution in louisiana in 17 years. now, why? [applause] we could be like texas that goes and gets their drugs and keeps the executions going, but we're not doing that in louisiana. you know what my hunch is? i don't think the wardens and the guards want to do it anymore. to be present when people are being strapped down and killed and you are the agents of that and participating in it? i really think that's -- and it's moral hurt. you walk away from that, you have just killed a human being you've renderedded defenseless. and i think there's ron mcandrews in florida. he had the prison there. he said i wanted to run an honorable prison, it was an honorable profession, but then i was involved and id had to -- is and i had to kill two human beings. he said publicly, i'm going to be going to therapy the rest of my life because i helped kill a defenseless human being. so we're waking up, the victims' families are being more outspoken. when new jersey, 12 years ago, did away with the death penalty in their legislature 62 murder victims

and sister helen's native louisiana closer to 90%. book ignited national debate on capital punishment and inspired an academy award winning movie play and opera. sister helen also embarked on a speaking tour that continues to this day. sister helen works with people of all faiths and those who follow no established faith but her voice has had a special residence with her fellow catholics. over the decades sister helen has made personal approaches to two popes, john paul ii and pope francis. urging them to establish the catholic church's position unequivocally opposed to capital punishment under any circumstance. after sister helen's urging under john paul ii the catechism was revised to strengthen the church's opposition to executions. although it allowed for a very few exceptions. not long after meeting with sister helen in august 2018, pope francis announced new language of the catholic catechism which declares that the death penalty is inadmissible because it is an attack on the in viability and dignity of the person with no except

centenary college is in shreveport, louisiana.h, seth lugo of the mets. pga legend hal sutton attended centenary college. >> kenny: and cal hubbard. the only person enshrined in both the pro football and baseball hall of fame. he had a terrific nfl career and then became an umpire so he's in two hall of fames. played in the nfl back in the 1920's and 1930's then became a major league umpire also out of centenary college. >> a.j.: out of all the things i thought would happen tonight, i didn't think i would get a history lesson on centenary college in shreveport, louisiana. >> kenny: you never know. chang grounds out to the shortstop, castro. one away. >> a.j.: i can live my life much better now that i know that cal hubbard went to centenary college. >> kenny: the lansing lugnuts made the telecast as well. >> a.j.: that's right. >> kenny: mike freeman. one for three. bottom of the eighth in cleveland. 7-0 indians. >> kenny: one thing we haven't yet mentioned, ron gardenhire in the second inning talked about his autograph collection

men from river ridge, louisiana. with that, madam speaker, i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from florida seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> thank you very much, madam speaker. today i rise to applaud the heroic work of the united states coast guard in response to the historic category 5 hurricane dorian. the coast guard motto is, always ready. and they have shown that in the wake of this disaster. by strategically positioning personal -- personnel, aircraft, cutters ahead of the storm, they were able to respond quickly and save lives. in fact, in total the coast guard first responders rescued over 200 people in dorian's wake. mr. crist: back home in florida, i had the opportunity to visit the first responder crews from coast guard air station clearwater after they ret

population >> louisiana is a poster child for why this country needs to make changes >> the majority here, however, committed violent crimes i was a lot different at 17 than i am at 60 now, but i still knew right from wrongars d when i took the life of carnell >> terrence simon wa convicted of second-degree murder when he was 17 and is serving a life sentence without parole >> i don't deserve sympathy >> you don't deserve sympathy >> one thing i witnessed over and over, the search for hope and validation. >> i just knew i had to do something different than just do time and die in prison >> dalton, serving 60 years for manslaughter found his hope in a bible college program. everybody stays busy everybody has a job or occupation >> yeah. if you're on this yard, you have a job >> the prison offers over a dozen vocational programs like auto repair officials here say rehabilitation programs like these and not simply punishment is the answer to making things safer for everyone >> to give a person a life sentence and say you're not worthy of rehabilitation, that's i believe where we get it

. >> angola, or louisiana state penitentiary, is a former slave plantation i spent three days here on the inside, my access was virtually unrestricted, and at times i was not in the immediate sight of officers very few of the roughly 6,000 inmates here live behind bars as we traditionally think of prisons in fact, most of them, about 80%, live in open dorms like this, bunk beds like you would see in a barracks >> but for security reasons i won't be staying in a dorm. instead i'm brought to this cell block, reserved for high-risk offenders. in my case, a high-profile guest >> so, 11. go in there, please. go ahead and close >> as journalists we know that to get to the heart of something you have to get inside it the closer you are to something, the more is revealed to you. the men on my tier are locked in their cells 23 hours a day, like my neighbor william curtis, a convicted murderer sentenced to life he told me he tried to escape how far did you get? >> not very. >> in 2017 louisiana lawmakers passed bipartisan reforms which reduced its nonviolent prisoner population >> louisiana is

we go to cameron, louisiana. here is the one huge mistake. there is no picture with the end george clooney. [laughter] -- before my ears stuffed up, i asked him why he did this. us, this know him, obviously isn't political. his answer was i was so impressed that he wanted to do this. cameron, louisiana is not in the news. the media is not there. everybody was in new orleans. george clooney said if you asked me to go to new orleans i probably would've said no. i was touched by what he was doing and i wanted to be a part of it. the end of the story, my ears completely stuffed up. george kept talking to me. i have no idea what he said. is -- day it is possible he asked me to marry him. [laughter] i just kept going uh huh. president bush was the master of acts of kindness. it is probably the number one thing i learned from him. it was interesting to watch the way he lived his life. in big ways and small ways. this picture doesn't have a lot sort of has to do with the next story. .hree days after 9/11 this is the national cathedral. the prayer ser

[laughter] in louisiana prison i believe 'for murder. [laughter] showed cokie photos oo children on her phone. faced -- face lit up with that incandescent smile. she exclaimed, "what beautiful children." and the two of them just embraced. that moment captures the cokie i will remember most, caring about someone else, helping him feel good about themselves, opening arms and and her making the world around brighte. what a beautiful smile. a beautiful spirit. what a beautiful life. and the event in boston where he was joined by his family. [cheering and applause] [cheering and applause] [cheering and applause]

latest al, who's in the danger zone here >> right now, lester, everyone from texas right on into louisiana has to worry about this it's 30 miles west of galveston. 40-mile-per-hour winds the flash flood watches extend into louisiana imelda with he rain and thunderstorms. rainfall rates up to 1 to 3 inches per hour, and that could be life-threatening flash flooding rainfall amounts generally from 6 to 12 inches of rain, but 18 inches are possible, lester, so this flash flooding is going to be our biggest concern lester >> al, thanks very much. we'll have more from you shortly ahead in our series "climate in crisis." >>> right now let's turn to that attack on those oil facilities in saudi arabia and mounting evidence that iran was responsible for the strikes that sent shockwaves through the global oil market. andrea mitchell tonight with the new developments >> reporter: tonight, u.s. intelligence indicates the unprecedented attack on saudi oil fields originated from iran. using a combination of low altitude cruise missiles and drones to evade radar, two u.s. officials tell nbc news. they sa

the flash flood threat has also expanded into louisiana. this morning, the remnants of tropical storm imelda spawning at least two tornadoes near houston. pictures overnight from the harris county sheriff show collapsed buildings, shredded branches and sheet metal wrapped around these trees. >> there's a tornado literally right freaking next to me. >> reporter: in baytown ashley mendoza was driving home from her job as a nurse when she spotted a tornado just in front of her. >> no one would believe me if i told them i was right next to a tornado. like so all i could think of was just get a quick video because this is just crazy, and then i realized, you know, it's moving closer, like i need to go. >> reporter: more than half a foot of rain has already fallen in neighborhoods near houston's hobby airport and in the barrier islands in freeport up to 17 inches in the bahamas and farther south in galveston, neighbors pitched in to help stranded drivers. abc's clayton sandell is there. >> this water has shut down a number of streets here in galv

yeah, this louisiana senators working to pay out. $26 billion in unclaimed savings bonds to the people who actually owned them as jesse to know reports now his bill is advancing in congress. but the treasury's fighting back. >>you wonder why people hate government this is louisiana senator john kennedy is upset because he says the us treasury department is holding on to $26 billion that doesn't belong to them, you know if you don't pay your taxes on the right amount long time. a tray showing for making some take you first more. >>well, here's a case for government those people money. >>kennedy louisiana's for state treasurer is trying to bring what he did at the state level to the federal level payout much heard unclaimed savings bonds to the people who own them. his legislation would force the us treasury department to share those names and addresses with the state treasury department's i just kind of their home. the money shocking on their the federal government has argued in court that states have no ownership claim over the bonds and it would take too much time and money to organiz

. >> and it is less about the actual facts of the case challenging the louisiana law and it actuallycame up before the court on the emergency if they voted with the more liberal members to make sure it will not take effect but that position they have been in and the state got a delay in the response. >> that all of this would be contextual how far the next hospital is. >> but there is nobody with an ounce of integrity everybody understands. >> and some honesty about that. >> and ebayo that take justice breyer's opinion we hold fast. >> it is an opinion what does it mean to talk about the burden and to say you can go to another state that makes a mockery of the decision against canada to say that another state will pay for you to go there but then louisiana says there are places you can get an abortion in another state. >> but the different point but it doesn't determine how many forceps you have on hand but in that case so basically it's the construct that i will grant you they want to stop that practice of those standards. >> and the undue burden. >> breyer did write that opinion in

into louisiana. that could produce 20 or 30 inches of rain. there is some rain activity in northeast california after some big-time boomers yesterday. it 1 a very good school. er should know. i went there. that activity still up in northeast california and up we go with the temperatures. i have maybe upper 80s as we head towards saturday. the inland temperatures are still every trending below. we are running noticeably cooler. napa airport is minus 12 compared to this time. overall, though, except for some patchy fog, a lot of sunshine today as that system moves up. 60s and 70s. upper 70s. very low 80s. 5:32. allie is here. >> we're going to start with bart because there is a delay. a ten-minute delay if you are taking bart in the pleasantton direction. a ten-minute delay because of an equipment problem. we'll continue to keep an eye on it. this is westbound 580 east of north glenn road. this crash has been cleared. as you can see, the damage has been done so the back-up extending all the way into we

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i also sat down with seth smith director of operations for louisiana's prison system. system is broken. >> it's not giving us the results we want. it's costing a lot of money. >> you say it's about rehabilitation, but a lot of americans think it's about punishment. >> it should be hell. sure they've done awful things, but it's punishment. we can make somebody worse. >> the power of rehabilitation was on the mind of nearly every prisoner i spoke to. especially with these men who are known as juvenile lifers. they committed their crimes before they were 18 and were sentenced to life without patrol. >> i was 16 years old when i committed my crime. >> i was 17 years old. >> most of them are here for murder, but they say they're changed men. >> we were children when we got incarcerated. >> the u.s. supreme court ruled in 2012 that mandatory life without patrol sentences for juvenils are unconstitutional. so today they all have a chance at patrol. >> when we do get the opportunity to show that we're different, the people will be able to see. >> back in the solitude of cell i

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the chair: the gentleman from louisiana yields back. utah ntleman from reserves, and the gentleman from arizona is recognized. mr. grijalva: thank you, madam chair. yield to the gentleman from florida three minutes, mr. gaetz. the chair: the gentleman from florida is recognized for three minutes. mr. gaetz: thank you, madam speaker. if drilling off of florida is the only thing that's going to keep us from having high energy prices and a reliance on foreign energy, i don't know why that hasn't happened yet. right now we are not drilling off the coast of florida and we are energy-dominant in the world. we're not drilling off the coast of florida and we continue to see energy prices dropping. as my colleague said, 69% of floridians do not want to see drilling off our shores. so if you'd like to drill off the coast of louisiana or south carolina, i'd say have at it. but leave my beloved florida alone. there are many reasons to oppose drilling off of florida's shores. our environment, our tourism economy, our real property values. but i come

louisiana fast, right? sold out everyere but the governor posted the video last night saying louisiana governor's mansion for one night only was the only place in the wod to get a popeye'scken sandwich so he may have one upped the president. mr. president, you'v got to gete po's chicken sandwiches,gh al we know he's more of a kf c guy guy. over in brexit is a massive dumpster fire. law but whether prime minister boris johnson will follow it is another story. he suspended parliamen which means they're done until october. he also didn't get them to approved for mid sokt. so while it's up in the air the speaker is making up his own deadline. john says he'll step down by the 31st andon't run i a general election is called before then and i don't know if he's any good at j his but he is entertainings hell. and our hope is in the uk the next speer can deliver moments like this. >>e wouldn't dare behave like that in front o colin, a neither would i.ar us the thee at tricks.ha beve yourself. be a good boy, young ma

we go to louisiana, robert.aller: i raised my home up 12 1500 people died in new orleans. .5% of them drowned or more you never hear these politicians talk about life preserver's. walmart, andne at everyone should have one in their home for ever member of their family. when the water comes up, you need a life jacket, and you need a hatchet. i can't swing and -- swing an ax anymore. the water around your house, you have flotation. you need flotation. you don't need a boat to have flotation. that is all i have to say. politicians need to speak up. these brochures need to mention in the survival kits, a life jacket. host: appreciate that, robert in louisiana. this tweet says, callers who say things like why should people in indiana pay for hurricane damage in florida infuriate me. the answer is because people in florida pay for crop insurance that happens in indiana. united we stand, divided we fall. linda in california. is the storm -- linda and castle, florida. is the storm going to affect you? caller: i am not q

>> they were the prison -- louisiana has made a lot of changes.assed different laws to reduce incarceration levels so they really wanted to show off what they were doing they've got a long way to go but i'll tell you, it was an eye-opener there were moments there i realized that there are no guards around me and i'm walking among the inmates. and there's certainly no fear. but there's this kind of heightened awareness, you know, given where i was. >> jimmy: sure, of course. do you also touch on the issue of what happens if they do get out of prison? >> well, that's one of the big deals. 95% of the people we have locked up in this country are going to get out some day. so when we talk about criminal justice reform, it affects all of us. 'cause these folks are going to be our neighbors they're going to be sharing, you know, the same streets we walk down. going to the stores we go to so we've got -- we have an investment we have to be invested in the idea that they come out better than when they went in >> jimmy: wow. and that they're prepared as wel

>> not very. >> in 2017, louisiana lawmakers passed bipartisan reforms, which reduced its nonviolentlation. >> louisiana is a poster child for why this country needs to make changes. >> the majority here, however, committed violent crimes. i was a lot different at 17 than i am at 60 but i still knew right from wrong. >> i was 17 years old when i took the life of cornell. >> terrence simon was convicted of second-degree murder at 17 and is now serving a life sentence without parole. >> i don't deserve sympathy. >> you don't deserve sympathy. >> no. i don't deserve a second chance. >> one thing i witnessed over and over, the search for hope and validation. >> i just knew i had to do something different than just do time and die in prison. >> reporter: dalton prashon serving 60 years for manslaughter found his hope in a bible college program. everybody stays busy. everybody has a job or occupation. >> oh, yeah. if you want a job you have a job. >> reporter: the prison offers over a dozen vocational programs like auto repair. officials say rehabilitation programs like these and not simpl

i haven't spent a lot of time there but the state of louisiana has been looked at possibly as a model for getting teachers on board. really att the state level or the district level. i haven't done a close study of it to talk to those administrators and that has to do with engaging teachers what they bring their teacher leaders in to do is training them to understand what makes one curriculum better than another cracks if they go back to their districts or to their schools then it becomes less top-down that teachers are resistant to because there are so many now we do this. now we do this. but if they hear it coming from the colleague they are more receptive to the message and it seems to be working. it will not happen overnight. >> we have done the same thing in dc that if they want content rich curriculum which they can do but we felt that teachers wanted to be involved in content rich curriculum to reflect conventional wisdom and the intricacies of the particular content so we pay teachers over the summer to develop the curriculum and then attend trainings with their colleagues so

the louisiana couple both 40 years old had been together for two years.nd wereebra celng their love with a bucket list vacation. staying at a partially submerged hotel room about 30 feet under water. the $1700 a night room is the centerpiece of the resort, luxurious resort off the coast of tanzania. their family knew stephen was planning to pop the question but weren't aware of of his risky plans. >> he want this had to be a special opportunity to propose to tanesha, whom he loved. >> reporter: it's unclear what happened to him after the proposal, before his return to the surface. he was found alive bypassing boaters, one even performing cpr. antoine said the best day of our lives turned into the worst in the cruelest twist of fate imaginable. now they just want his remains back home. >> this emptiness will never be filled. we love him. we want him here in the united states. he is a beautiful, beautiful, wonderful person. >> young life ended just as they hoped to begin a new one together. matt bradley, nbc news. >> so sorry for that family. >>> up next, a

let me stake you to the bayous of louisiana. there's real concern right now. this is an area where sugar cane grows abundant ly and oil is siphoned from the gulf. i dug into data from the geological survey. it says the louisiana wetlands could completely disappear in about 200 years. as of last year, noaa says sea level around the state is about 24 inches higher than it was in 1950. so what does that mean for us here? rising sea levels could bring its own set of consequences. a report by the union of concerned sdooinss says if the climate conditions continue in about three decades from now, homes are most at risk of flooding. 13,000 homes could flood every other week according to that group. so i spoke with the "today" show's al roker who has been in greenland reporting on the climate crisis and says this could be a matter of national security. >> the department of defense has said that on both coasts and also the gulf coast for this country, when you talk about climate change, it's the number one threat to homeland security. you look at any military installat

. >>> leading the news, a marriage proposal mystery a louisiana man died thursday just moments afterng the question to his girlfriend in a tropical paradise getay.arry him that may hav death. nbc's matt bradley has more. >> what does that say? >> reporter: when steven weber proposed to his girlfriend, antoine -- >> oh, that's so cute. >> reporter: -- he did it with a little bit of daring, writing, i can't hold my breath long enough to tell you everything i love about you. her answer, a resounding yes but weber never heard the reply. he drowned shortly after this proposal the louisiana couple, both 40 years old, had been together for two years. they were celebrating their love with a bucket list vacation. >> here we go. >> reporter: staying in a partially submerged hotel room 30 feet underwater the $1700 a night room is the centerpiece of the manta resort, a luxurious hotel off the coast of tanzania. steven's sister said the family knew he was planning to pop the question but weren't aware of his risky plans. >> he wanted this to be a special opportunity for him to propose to her, who

. >> reporter: but the louisiana mother of three was also the ultimate wine mom. >> if there was an eventay date or if i had a birthday party to go to, it was okay to drink at that. and it's fun. like all my friends were like oh, you know, that's hilarious. >> reporter: harmony even running a successful blog called modern mommy madness that celebrated cool moms who enjoyed their cocktails. but for harmony those meme-filled moments raechlg a dark truth, that life for her wasn't as happy without alcohol. >> people think they know everything about what's going on with me. >> reporter: so she shattered her perfect image, revealing to her thousands of followers live on facebook that she's an alcoholic. >> part of why i'm an alcoholic is because i'm a control freak and i could not control my life. so i continued to drink more and more. >> do you like mines, mommy? >> yes. >> reporter: harmony saying the stresses of motherhood leading her to constantly fill her glass. >> i had a very successful career in insurance, and i quit to be home with my kids. i didn't feel like i had the right tools to b

two sites in texas two sites in louisiana currently they have about 645 million barrels between the foursites. right after 9/11 there was discussion maybe we could she could go to a billion barrels. that narrative has really flipped with the shale revolution. they are instead selling off a lot of that crude. now we are at 644. president trump announced, and ready to sell off some crude from the spr and he said it's going to be coordinated with the rest of the world. that i think you could argue did dampen the impact of this incident on prices a bit. even though there is a glut of us supply a release from the strategic petroleum reserve still does bear some weight. he ended up not releasing anything, i think saying aboard air force one must make the impact wasn't so bad. you saw as well the saudi's announcing we are going to be back to normal in about two weeks. what i'm hearing from sources is that it's no longer being considered. but it does stress the idea of what purpose do strategic petroleum reserves served in the u.s. when we have this record-breaking production going on. do we sti

now the flash flood watches extend to shreveport, louisiana. you could see six to ten inches on top of what you've already had. then we go to humberto. just got a report in, bermuda had a 100-mile-an-hour gust. and jerry, headed, looks like toward islands but looks like it's going to stay away. most of the computer models curve it away from the united states. all that would mean, high surf going into early next week. we'll be watching. david? >> ginger, thank you. >>> next tonight, president trump announcing new sanctions on iran, after that massive attack on oil facilities in saudi arabia. the u.s. and saudi arabia continue to point the finger at iran. and tonight, secretary of state mike pompeo calling it an act of war. so, what happens next? here's abc's senior white house correspondent cecilia vega now. >> reporter: with tensions rising after that attack on key saudi oil facilities, today president trump announced he was slapping stiff new sanctions on iran, but stopped short of a military response. >> there's plenty of time to do some dast

. ♪ feed your head >>a horrible situation, a louisiana man at louisiana and who was proposing to his happened while the couple was vacationing in the african country of tanzania, where they were staying at a cabin that had a bedroom submerged in the ocean let's turn reports. >>antwan share this video on facebook showing the last precious moments of her boyfriend steven levers like to read a resort in tanzania. took a dive under water with in a ziploc bag for the love of his life. one side of the no red i can't hold my breath long enough to tell you everything i love about you, but everything i love about you. i love more every day on the other side of the note weber asked and want to marry him, but then webber swam off in never surfaced on facebook antwan wrote you never emerge from those deaths. so you never get to hear my answer. yes, yes, a million times yes i will marry you super creative. >>super bright intelligent. >>jared monson says he and steven were best friends for 23 years and he considered him family. >>he told me that i'm going to marry this time the sweet home. the tou

coastal areas moving inland, that's why we have flash flood watches up for the next two days areas of louisiana could even get into the mix too our computers are forecasting the heaviest rainfall totals seven inches possible. widespread from beaumont to port arthur toward the houston area again the possibility someone could get 18 inches of rain. could be a very dangerous situation. we're hoping for the best. so far so good >> we sure are i lived in an area of houston that would flood just after a few inches of rain every single time >> thank you >>> now to u.s. officials who tell nbc news that the trump administration is weighing a range of retaliatory action on iran after the saudi oil attack. secretary of state mike pompeo has traveled to saudi arabia and is set to meet with crown prince muhammad bin salman to discuss responses to iran. our andrea mitchell has the latest developments. >> reporter: u.s. intelligence indicates the unprecedented attack on saudi oil fields originated from iran using a combination of low altitude cruise missiles and drones to evade radar, two u.s. officials tell

to rewind continues with losing louisiana what was once a thriving community. water with motoring above downtown leave all right on the southern tip of the xian or the law is superb 30 feet below us on al-jazeera i really felt liberated as a journalist was. getting to the truth doesn't either that's what this job. you know that corruption has reached a love all like that before judge jury. rank outsider. to president of the united states. the power was in the data we will honor the people with the truth and nothing else discovered. from winning the white house unfair game on al jazeera. whole. crude oil prices register their highest one day rise on record after saturday's attacks on oil facilities in saudi arabia. new satellite images appear to show the damage caused in saturday's attacks donald trump says the u.s. is locked and loaded to respond but is waiting to verify who was responsible. hello again i'm dennis your without is there a live from doha also coming up counting is under way engineers here 2nd presidential elections. the arab spring as 2 candidate

johnson of louisiana? mr. johnson of louisiana votes no. mr. biggs? mr. biggs votes no. mr. mckleclintock? mr. mcclintock votes no. mr. armstrong? mr. armstrong votes no. >> gentlelady from california? >> ms. bass votes aye. >> gentlelady from washington? >> votes aye. >> are there any other members who wish to vote who haven't voted? the clerk will report. >> mr. chairman, there are 24 ayes and 17 nos. >> ayes have it. the resolution is agreed to. this concludes our business for today. thanks to all members for attending. without objection, the mark-up is adjourned. >>> if you missed any of the house judiciary committee meeting, you can see it tonight at 9:00 eastern on c-span. the house judiciary committee considered a resolution laying out committee procedure to investigate possible articles of impeachment against president trump. committee chair gerald nadler of new york started the hearing by laying out why democrats believe this is needed. we begin with the committee clerk reading the resolution that the committee was about to work on. >> resolution for investigative p

it's in louisiana. i'm aware of that. it's not central. >> neil: senator, when you look at this situation and you look at the countries that would be affected besides iran, their central bank, had some freeze on funds, russia comes to mind, china. this gets to be very big. >> so russia has tried to set up a back door financing system with the iranians. this may increase that trade. what the iranians want are those things that the russians don't have. the consumer goods, the electronics -- >> neil: you expect the russians would offer them that back door route? >> they have. >> neil: and it would increase in this case. >> i presume. i think there's a limit to that that they can do. >> neil: would you do anything else to russia because of this? >> the russians are sanctioned. this is step-wise. you always want something in your quiver. i don't want dead iranians and don't americans or dead saudis. if there's something that we can do before, that's best. if you have to go to kinetic, we'll support our allies in doing that. >>

like cokie a proud louisiana native.a political columnist for the "washington post". mara liasson, she worked side by side with cokie and our karen travers, cokie mentored her here at abc. we'll get to our thoughts on cokie in a little bit. we'll start with the news just as cokie would have wanted us to do. karen tumulty, i want to start with you. i want to pick up on iran. you heard what secretary pompeo said. the president's maximum pressure campaign seems to be having the opposite effect of what they wanted it to do despite what secretary pompeo says. the question is, can the president let iran get away with this attack. >> i think that is one of the things a lot of other countries are going to be wondering at the u.n. general assembly. the president's messaging has been so inconsistent. talking about peaceful solutions. i think that he's confusing a lot of people in this country, but also a lot of other countries around the world. >> mara, the president doesn't appear to know how he wants to respond, but he has two t