the first louisiana planters successfully granulated sugar in louisiana. we are in a green climate zone, so no one had been able to take it the full way. in 1795, with the help of all of them haiti, planters followed suit after that. sugar could make a lot more money than indigo could. there were crop failures and competition in the market. right around these first -- the same time the first sugar crop was being granulated, indigo was not really a viable crop anymore. so this plantation transitioned at some point after that. it remains planted in sugar today. it's still a gigantic industry. there are historic cane fields that are now sent off to sugar refineries. hydel, who started this plantation in 1753, three successive generations ran the plantation, always with the labor of enslaved africans and african descended people. over the course of the 100-plus therethey owned the land, were many successive generations of people who were enslaved here. and so, the population would have shifted over time with market forces. the highest number we have timerecord

. -- in paulina, louisiana. the structure was donated about 10 years ago by the descendents of that congregation. they bought the land in 1870, two parcels of land, for the express purpose of building a house of worship. in the excel document, which we have from the courthouse, they named their congregation the anti-yoke baptist congregation. that message of being against yolk or slavery is something important to our story here. this is a significant church for newly freed slaves on the east bank of the river. it is important in talking about lives of people who saw freedom after the end of the civil war. we like to start our to her here -- our tour of the whitney in this building so we can see what happened to people after freedom came. the whitney plantation is the only plantation in louisiana exclusively dedicated to telling the story of enslaved people. this land we are on now was historically known as habitation hideout, and our owner, john cummings, purchased the property 15 years ago and has been restorin

voting rights in louisiana and reconstruction. after the civil war, and new group of people was able to vote for the first time, african americans to change the competition of the state legislator. we're looking at some of the african americans who were elected in to the state legislature during radical reconstruction. it consisted of newly elected african americans. one of the most interesting figures is oscar dunn. oscar dunn was the first man of african descent who was elected lieutenant governor of the states. and he said his lieutenant governor for several states and then was replaced by pbs pence baku served as lieutenant governor but went out to serve for 35 days as the governor of louisiana, the first african american to serve as governor of the state. he served from late december 1872 until january 1873, about three months later, the supreme court handed down the slaughterhouse verdict. an addition to the fact that the racial composition of louisiana state legislature changed, and now thousands of northerners moved to the

the family was german, but this was french louisiana. we had native american ingredients, african ingredients. and if you think about the foodways of south louisiana, there is an african center. something like gumbo, for instance, is an african food but has a european and native american vocabulary as well. but they would also be preparing any types of foods that the family had specifically requested. we have archaeological remains of cow, apparently an extraordinary amount of beef, and cow teeth. that tells us that the cook was doing everything from butchering to preparing the food. we also found turkey, freshwater drum, and turtle. this is a raised creole cottage -- this is the style of architecture built circa 1790. it seems to have been built into -- in two campaigns, or perhaps raised at a later time, but it was complete to this configuration by 1805 and had a quick renovation in the 1830's to add dormers. other than that, it is pre-much -- pretty much unchanged. the house was lived in by two generations of hydels, and then after sl

law louisiana law and the challenge.in the challenge the so that he wrote an plessy article about challenge. he wrote an article that appeared in a chicago it appeared as chicago newspaper newspaper. he was he then contacted was then by the citizens contacted committee by and because a committee because they they knew this knew this was was a lawyer a lawyer who had experience it a little bit of and could be helpful. experience in this could be he came helpful on board and affiliated himself with he could start with the local a local new orleans new orleans lawyer lawyer by the name of. a lawyer walker. by the name of who handled walker who the matter handled the matter in the. new orleans court. and that is how that is how he got involved in he got involved in the the case. case. >> he is >> he is described in some describing some biographies as the biographies as the nation's leading nation's leading civil civil rights lawyer of rights lawyer of the era. the era. he took on the took on the case pro bono, case pro bono.

does the state of louisiana support a federal mask mandate? your borders aren't shut.e coming in and out of the state all the time. >> right. we're giving out masks at the visitor centers and we do the monday conference call with the white house, and there's talks about that, and that will be decided on the federal level -- >> but what do you think? >> well, i think it's in lieu of all of the states that are having the spike it's absolutely important to have that -- everyone wearing a mask. i don't want to make a decision for the feds, but here in louisiana we need everybody to wear their mask so we can get the doors back open until louisiana. >> yeah, yeah. >> i mean, you think about the fight within the state of georgia right now in atlanta and if that makes a whole lot of sense, you know, in the middle of all of this. >> this is not police camp this is about people's safety and about getting our economy back open. we've got families that have been in the restaurant business for generations here in louisiana, especially new orleans, that won't make it through this cr

working in communities throughout louisiana, one of the things that is very clear to me is that louisiana is going to continue to feel the effects of the covid-19 pandemic for years to come. we know that in new orleans area in particular our economy really heavily depends on tourism and hospitality jobs. the concern that we have, and that our clients have come is that while stimulus and unemployment insurance has been helpful, we know that folks are not being asked to return to work in what is traditionally the slowest time for those industries. so they are now going back to work and are moratorium here on june 15. we are concerned that people are going to have to catch up on the rent that they miss during the moratorium. >> do you think reoccurring payments something and it's be leading this conversation about how do we tackle some of these issues? >> absolutely because in each of our allies means we don't just incur one-time costs. so rent, bills, those things occur on an ongoing basis at the stimulus and the unappointed money has been very helpful but in order to help people to continu

this is in the louisiana case that the court had considered. the lawyers on behalf of roberts and anthony amsterdam, on behalf of louisiana, the paris assistant district attorney, james babin. i'll ask you about anthony amsterdam, will come back and have you talk about what your hearing as we start here. he was the attorney in the furman case? >> he was. and came back for this case. he argued for three of the defendants for the texas, louisiana, and one of the other cases. so he was the lead attorney. two of the others had another attorney. >> let's listen into a portion of attorney amsterdam's oral argument, followed by james bevin. >> we'll start with you this time. what did you hear in those arguments? >> well, and the description of the louisiana statute, what the attorney for the state is saying that the jury cannot return a verdict for a lesser offense than first degree murder. that's one of the main reasons that the louisiana statute was struck down. we really can't eliminate discretion from its system. if you freeze the balloon in one p

tomorrow louisiana will enact a mask maup date.is weekend. >> masks are now maup dated statewide for anyone age eight and older unless they have a major health condition. >> let's discuss it with derrick hawkins and marissa yati. no more indoor service. how have these changes been received? >> well, we've had republicans in the state legislature who have been pushing back against coronavirus restrictions even before this. they have it as an issue of liberty and have tried to shut town the limitations that have rr existed. i think it's safe to say they haven't reacted particularly well. >> what happened in louisiana? had things gotten better and is there a clear reason why things got worse? >> i think it's a mix of reasons. categories cases are at the same levels that they were at the height of the outbreak in this state in early april. so there's some alarming infection trends there. you're seeing local officials in some places clamoring for a more coherent response from the top. in louisiana, the governor so far until last week wa

the louisiana attorney general jeff landry joins me now. you announced on tuesday that you had tested positive for a covid, a lot of people might be surprised that you're sitting for this interview right now, how are you feeling? >> i feel great, i really have had no symptoms. i got tested on sunday and another test on monday and both confirmed that i had it. i've just been quarantined, staying isolated and taking my vitamins and meds per my doctor's orders and just trying to get through the next 10-14 days get a couple of test and hopefully get back to work in the office. >> john: does your own case, though, illustrate perhaps the utility of a mess? you are not feeling symptoms, and that's what experts say justify the wearing of masks in public. because people who might not know they are carrying the virus could spread it. >> here's what's very important, it's not about antimasks but it's that the constitution does not allow you to mandate in a very arbitrary, capricious and really broad sense in the way that the governor issued his execut

louisiana baton rouge louisiana he played a crucial role speaking of louisiana in post katrina relief efforts and he's been critical of the trumpet ministrations response to the pandemic he joins us from louisiana what do you make of these reports about the russians paying a bounty to kill american soldiers in afghanistan. a very discouraging but to be expected from the russians we will do is lose if you go to impose their will. they will also use information operations to exploit this to cause dissent in the american people so there were uses a soft power and apparently limited use of this direct power by giving money to the taliban they kill us so does this. one it the word come out about it will deny it like you know it will. blow it up in the press and in the media or social media because dissent inside the united states so it's a this ring in the x. both ways lair former congressman bob barr was with us and he tended to not believe the reports because they were to him with no sense for the russians to do anything like this what he were going to say rather. it doesn't make sense b

in louisiana 64-year-old man refused to put a mascot inside a walmart. after saying you can't wear make me wear a mask he backed his car into a police officer twice and faces multiple charges included aggravated assault. in st. petersburg a man was busted after punching another passenger honestly bus in the face after a mask wearing dispute. in new york governor andrew cuomo announced a new crackdown on restaurants failing to comply with public health orders. he says bars can no longer serve drinks without food and if they do a 3 strikes and you're close rule will be enforced. >> it is wrong, dangerous, selfish, unacceptable and illegal, any establishment that receives three violations will be closed for business. >> in danbury, connecticut 5 local cafÉ owners were charged with breaking public health emergency orders for multiple alleged violations including employees not wearing masks and not putting tables far enough apart and in brooke county, texas authorities have issued a warning to anyone testing positive for the virus, isolate yourself or get arr

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about the fight against the coronavirus in his state of louisiana.t is coming up on "balance of power." ♪ david: this is "balance of power." i'm david westin. fighting against coronavirus. it had made some progress, it seems to be like -- backsliding. now we turn to the senator from louisiana, though cassidy, who is also a physician and taught edison as well. -- taught medicine as well. give us a sense of where things are. your governor said he white out three weeks of progress because it has spiked in louisiana. sen. cassidy: blame it on college students in bars. [laughter] imagine that. college kids go to bars, they don't wear a mask and they crowd in. there has been a couple of super spreader events which seem to be related to social events. so far, the icu occupancy has been flat. the death rate has been flat. .ut the cases are going up so, again, young people being that. the problem is young people give it to older people, so we have to be concerned that there will be a lag with deaths. don't wantppose you to ban college students, but can you an

the covid-19 delayed louisiana primary is underway right now, during louisiana's emergency election planre suggested but not required and poll workers have instructions to sanitize equipment often. the contest has been delayed so long that the original primary date had biden as one of 14 democrats on the ballot but now he is the presumptive democratic nominee and blaming the current president for past comments on covid, quote, the united states has over 3 million cases of covid-19 and over 130,000 people have died. yet donald trump continues to say it will just fade away. it's unbelievable. we're paying the price for this president's incompetence every single day. joe biden's plan to revise the economy includes 700 billion taxpayer dollars being spent on american goods and services, he rolled it out in his only day outside of delaware this week. he has no public events today. eric. eric: peter, jumbo shrimp, they're really named the jumbo shrimp. >> reporter: jacksonville jumbo shrimp, i learned that 20 minutes ago. eric: maybe they'll play the sea dogs which is a red sox minor league af

in louisiana, we're focused on the our issues here.ew science as a tool that will allow us to open up, whenever it is safe to do so. testing is a part of that. masking is a big part of that as well. we want students and faculty to be as safe as possible. >> plain and simply. dr. kanter thank you for coming. >> thank you, kate. >>> the nfl association has just revealed how many players have really tested positive for the coronavirus. you're going to want to hear this, next. >>> this just in, 72 nfl players have tested positive for coronavirus as of last week. that's according to the league's players association. the players association database does not specify, however, how many players have actually been tested. overall. it's an effort to keep players and personnel updated on the spread of the virus within the league. and despite the numbers, nfl training camps are scheduled to begin before the end of the month. and the nfl insists that the regular season will begin as planned in september. >>> also this, as scientists across the coun

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paul: all right, dan, what about this decision in the abortion service's case in louisiana? law by admitting privileges. roe v. wade and right to abortion wasn't really on the table. this was a question of whether the law in louisiana created undue burden for women having an abortion. what do you make -- what does that say about justice roberts because four years ago in a different case or a similar case in texas he was on the other side, he was in descent. this time he said, well, i've got to go with this law overturn it because that descent that i opposed the last time. it's a precedent and we can't overturn it. daniel: yeah, i think it's an important distinction to make sheer, -- here, paul, it wasn't about women's access to abortion but requiring doctors to get admitting privileges at a hospital if they were going to perform abortions. the decision here suggests that he thinks roe v. wade is settled and that any challenge in any way to -- to that decision is not going to pass muster with his supreme court and i suspect it will, indeed, deter a lot of states from in tryin

yet something called the baton rouge community chorus so i grew up in baton rouge louisiana. still the wind my back really. being a southern woman being raised by incredible 7 women informed a lot of miss lady may and how she does things and how she so sets of table and all that you know that would be a lot of the women in my family you know which to. robert e. lee high school i'm a southern girl and yes so that's where from and i love my louisiana i love my state you know still to this day you know louisiana new orleans is a cultural mecca for for music could this brought so much to american culture and just kind of change the face of what we think about music how we hear how we listen how we dance. i thought accidentally had you know you're going to get but easy it is you go down there and it's such a like the city in microcosm the whole states like a well leaven the walk i really dig it there's been a lot a life lived there and for a place that's so you would. work best knelt by during that whole use the vibration of man behind you do it baby oh you aren't great don't go.

louisiana reporting its highest number of fatalities in 2 1/2 months. >> there's more covid-19 in louisiana and in every community across louisiana than in any point up to now. >> reporter: former republican presidential candidate herman cain losing his battle with the virus. the cancer survivor tested positive after attending president trump's rally in tulsa although it's unclear where cain contracted the virus. but there is some good news, fema reporting fewer cases down an average of 3% from last week. some states trying to curb the spread with more restrictions. michigan now limiting indoor gatherings to no more than ten people. hawaii closing bars on oahu for three weeks, but dr. anthony fauci says a widespread shutdown of the economy is not needed to slow transmission. >> i don't think we need to go to lockdown again and shelter in place. >> reporter: dr. deborah birx blaming people on vacation in part for the increase in cases in certain areas. >> now we see the virus probably because of vacations and other reasons of travel moving up into kentucky, tennessee, southern ohio. >> repor

here tonight's top stories 1st a black man in louisiana making a passionate case for removing the name of confederate general robert e.'s leave from a high school is out right disrespected by a school board member caught on line shopping during his plea we're going to show that to you then over to san francisco where police departments there are changing the way it releases mug shots to the public we'll tell you what's behind that sudden move. in the senate kills an amendment to the n.d.a. that would have ended the u.s. war in afghanistan we're going to discuss that with our panel all right it's time to boost your news i. have seen the viral video of a black man in baton rouge louisiana calling out of school board member for ignoring calls to change the name of the robert e. lee high school in his town listen to what he said. so i had intended to get up here and talk about our race is robert e. lee what i'm a talk about your cat should never shop and while we talk about robert e. lee bush a picture you shop at robby talking about racism in history of his country only white members it i

thank you. >> thank you very much, the chair recognizes the gentleman from louisiana, mr. richmond, for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. following the gentleman from new hear i will call bs when i bs. for holding you this hearing and your patience. i colleague from louisiana talked about how important it was for people to be in the room and be there so we can have this theing as he asked to skip meeting so he could catch a flight. i want to make sure that while we are having this call that we are honest. this issue is far too important to the american people to simply politicize it or play defense. mentioned that learning is important in this role. i agree with him 100% but i also would say that accurate information to the american people is very important. let me ask one basic question. do you all agree that wearing a containa basic tool to in beating the coronavirus? can you answer with a yes or no, please? >> yes. >> yes. >> yes. >> yes. that we are in unanimous agreement, i think it is unfortunately, if we are going to talk about learning, want to make sure th

they are firmly based on the authority that i have louisiana law based onet the constitution and statutoryll. >> laura: we've already showed you how the science behind the mask mandates is shaky and that is putting t it charitably, but what about the legality of these orders? claremont institute senior fellow and constitutional scholar. can governors unilaterally mandate the wearing of face masks and then force those mandates with no law on the book, no state legislature involvement and have these mandates go on presumably indefinitely? >> i am sitting in santa fe, new mexico, where we have a mask ordinance in place right now but i'm going to violate it here. >> laura: that is an odd mask, by the way. >> thanks. look, they have an immense amount of power that has been delegated to them under emergency statutes to deal with contagious diseases, and where the governors are starting to cross the line, and i think the louisiana case is a perfect example, i think theam attorney general down there has done a very good job pushing back. they can now impose certain mandates but they can't criminal

molly: it is election day in louisiana, the state holding its presidential primaries for both parties after the coronavirus pandemic forced a delay in voting earlier this year. it all comes as president trump and former vice president joe biden take the gloves off in some pretty heated exchanges. peter doocy is following it all for us from partne washington. >> reporter: here's how much the world has changed. joe biden was one of 14 democrats on the ballot there. now he is the presumptive nominee and the contest is so low on his li list of priorities of, his twitter account has not posted a get out the vote message today. people who want to vote in person in louisiana are being instructed that masks are recommended but not required. and louisiana's secretary of state says poll commissioners will be wiping down voting machines and hand sanitizer will be available for everybody who shows up. it's part of the louisiana emergency election plan which also moved some polling places out of nursing homes and senior centers today as republicans look big picture at joe biden's policies and his

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jerry weintraub came, picked president bush and me up and off we go to cameron, louisiana. the two cutest georges i've ever met in my life. one huge mistake. there's no picture with me and george clooney. [ laughter ] and coming home, my ears had totally -- before they stuffed up, i asked him why he did this i said, why would you do this? you don't know him. you don't know us. this obviously isn't political, but you're not exactly a republican, and his answer was, i was so impressed that he wanted to do this. cameron, louisiana, is not in the news. the media's not there. the tv cameras aren't there. c-span wasn't there. everybody was in new orleans, and george clooney said, if you'd asked me to go to new orleans i probably would have said, no, but i was so touched by what he was doing i wanted to be a part of it. now, the end of the story which you can choose to believe or not is my ears completely stopped up from my cold or whatever. and george kept talking to me. i have no idea what he said, and to this day, it's possible he asked me to marry him. [ laughter ] and -- and

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cameron, louisiana isn't in the news, c-span isn't, there tv cameras and there. everyone was in new orleans george clooney said if you ask me to go to new orleans i probably say no but i was so touched by what he was doing that i wanted to be a part of it. so the end of the story which you can choose to leave or not is that my ears went up, george kept talking to, me i have no idea what he said. to this day it's fossil he asked me to marry him. and i just kept going yes yes. president bush was the minister of acts of kindness. that was the main thing i learned from him. it's not that i was a mean person, but it was interesting to watch the way he lived his life. in big ways and small ways. this picture doesn't have a lot to do, this has a lot to do with the next story i'm going to tell. this is three days after 9/11. this is the national cathedral. the prayer circle of the, national cathedral that all the presidents went to. for the second president set down after getting his remarks, and his dad reached over. i just want to play with these two. they were on thei

realize thek people meaning of the louisiana purchase. upish she would look something or show something and let them know that we have not always owned this land. for a few cents an acre. [indiscernible] we have a lot of things here in arkansas, a lot of indian in placesn and indeed we can go to see how they live. you can learn so much just going there. up,: since you brought it what is important to know about the louisiana purchase? to arkansass close areeen brinkley and kellen -- helena. it is out in the woods. nice, nicet really walk to go out there. the water is so clear and it is beautiful. host: in the context of taking down statues, what is important to know about it? caller: it's because all of that is connected together. it all connects. putting a map together, it is our history. from riverview, florida. good morning. i support taking them down because they were put up by white supremacist. when you know better, you do better. to all the folks who say, these folks are vigilantes, taking the law into their own hands, i wish they w

louisiana. you are on. caller: good morning. i am a 79-year-old white guy from louisiana. ever time i listen to mr. olson, i agree with him more. it's like he's when to say what i am thinking. a couple points -- is such a terrible thing, if you go back -- if the, coronavirus is such a terrible thing, if you go back to march 4, mrs. pelosi, they were all at the hall of fame at march 4. that was a problem men. about one other thing i want to put up. here is what i think about america. we are sheep without a shepherd. we don't know how to be alone. so we wander around this desert, following the wrong gods home. but the flock cries out for another, and they keep answering that bell. i do not know who the messiah is going to be. we can only put up with so much and is going to come to an end. i think this pretty white house capitol behind you, steve, that is getting to be like a brothel. it's really getting -- republicans and democrats. host: hey, ken. thanks because the next time we will have you sing that song. don't be a stranger. first-time caller. henry olsen? think there w

this gentleman from louisiana. mr. graves: i yield five minutes -- e gentleman from ohio, from ohio. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. >> i rise in opposition to this en bloc amendment. there's a lot of bipartisan support for an infrastructure bill so it's a shame that today we're considering a political messaging bill that's dead on arrival in the senate. part of the reason this legislation will fail is that it's a wish list for progressive priorities, many of which are outside the scope of what americans consider to be addressing real and immediate transportation needs and the bill was drafted without any bipartisan input. as the ranking member on the housing insurance subcommittee, i believe that housing and infrastructure are important enough to merit their own ebate. while there are good ideas in this amendment, there are also bad ones. the underlying bills spend about $100 billion on housing programs, done without any debate in the house, on the house floor, other than this 15

pence's visit to louisiana comes as the state is experiencing a covid surge and is now requiring face coverings in businesses and other public areas. joe biden is now coming out, though, in wilmington, delaware. this speech on the economy and the climate, let us listen in. >> -- talk about infrastructure and jobs, but i have to start by speaking about what millions of americans know when they wake up every morning with worry, anxiety and fear. we're still a country in crisis. the pandemic has affected more than 3 million americans. it hasth 135,000 lives and climbing. and it shows no signs of slowing down. in just the last few days, 19 states, 19 states reported record cases, including florida which saw more than 15,000 new cases in a single day. hospitalizations and deaths, two of the most concerning indicators of trump's failed response, are already unacceptably high and theoriy a rising. it's gotten bad enough that even donald trump decided to wear a mask in public. i'm glad he made the shift. mr. president, it's not enough. we won't be able to turn the corner and get the american

the state recorded a staggering 75,000 new cases in just over a week today in louisiana, a mandatory mask order, and all bars will be closed the governor's response to a spike in cases. >> as recently as june 19th, louisiana was number 10 in the country per capita cases. today we're number three. >> reporter: and in georgia, the case count more than doubled in the last month, triggering a standoff between the governor and the mayor of atlanta governor brian kemp insists mayor keisha lance bottoms's plans to roll back the city's opening is legally unenforceable. but across the country, the mayor of san francisco says rollbacks are part of the new normal her plans to reopen the city now on hold due to a recent spike in cases >> these openings and closings, these things are sadly going to be a part of our life now. so the certainty that we all want and all look forward to no longer exists. >> reporter: a harsh new reality all too apparent in san antonio. this week a patient in their 30s died of the virus after attending a covid-19 party. >> just before the patient died, they looked at t

the eventually i think the most fascinating part of his years as a fugitive was what happened in louisiana because he took a bit of a risk in that he was there on a regular basis and she appreciated himself with the humanity and people in louisiana had no idea who he was. when did they get down to grand isle? >> very shortly after they went on the run. the first were swapping cars and part of the story of hunting whitey is the fbi story and how these agents it despite public perception that they want doing anything to find a whitey bulger you know many of them were including an agent named charlie jia turco who was able to find wide mouth whitey bulger's a so-called getaway cars in a driveway in new york. he takes this car parts and he finds a receipt and that receipt was from a salon i believe in grand isle louisiana, which put the fbi on the hunt for whitey and catherine in the very rural rustic area in the us, but here are whitey and catherine and they get down there under the alias of tom and helen baxter. they take a family that's rural, doesn't have a lot of money and bulger and cath

why is louisiana in that position? are not listening to the scientists, listening to the public health experts and are not putting on masks. >> reporter: that's adding to the debate over when and how to reopen schools. there's word today that infected children may carry 100 times the virus. it's still unclear how much virus they have and how infectious they are. >> we have no good options for reopening schools. certainly, the level of transmission in the community is the most important factor. >> reporter: meanwhile, baseball could be running out of options. today, the philadelphia phillies announced two staff members are infected. they canceled all home games until further notice. those cases come in stark contrast to the n.b.a. no one has tested positive since those teams entered what's called the florida bubble, where extra precautions are taken. sidelines will have plexiglass, referee whistles will have cloth coverings. there is some promising news tonight on the race for a vaccine. johnson & johnson revealed a cli

with the photographs, everybody was on a need to know basis and that included the family in louisiana, they didn't know he was a fugitive but he was so good at seeing them but when they when they were finally told by the fbi who whitey bulger was they refused to believe it. >> he showed so much kindness, buying gifts for the kids, refrigerators. didn't the kids call him uncle or something? >> that is how they knew about it. the day that whitey knew his alias had been made, they had a tearful goodbye and whitey tell them you will read some things in the newspaper, just know that we loved you and we will always love you and despite the depravity of this guy, certainly he was a mobster, continuing to correspond beyond his capture into his years as a convict in federal prison. >> you tell a great story about how he was made and it involves teresa stanley. >> talk about women problems. it hurt teresa and that whole episode continued to whitey having to make some fast moves. >> here was somebody who loved whitey bulger but had to come back to her family and he's trying to grapple with that.

today louisiana's governor announced face coverings will be mandated for most people eight years and older in that state to stop the spread of the virus release and a reporting more than 2600 covid-19 cases yesterday read this as one of its largest single day case totals. >> it has become clear to me especially after the numbers that we saw yesterday that our current restrictions are not enough. obviously we hope to avoid going backwards. we hope to avoid closing business again but what we cannot do is go back to a time where we are running out of hospital beds and ventilators. we cannot risk losing our capacity to deliver lifesaving care. reporter: there has been 69 deaths in arizona since yesterday pushing the overall count to 2151 covid-19 fatalities. the deaths there have doubled in the past five weeks and 99 deaths were reported today in texas and in one of the deadliest weeks for people with covid-19 in the lone star state. yesterday the state governor extended a statewide disaster order several resources and flexibility to deal with the surge in cases. house of representatives

louisiana was an early hot spot for coronavirus and the state has seen daily cases rise to levels not seen since early apri today, white house coronavirus task force member, admiral brett giroir said completely shutting down again is not necessary and supported bar-closings and mask-wearing. >> our models really show that if you close down bars, where there's a lot of transmission, if you decrease restaurant capacity to about 50%, that you really strictly physicallyal distance, and , everybody, if you are out in public, we have to have about 95% mask wearing or face coverings. if we do just those simple things we can bring that r value, that transmissibility value down to below one, which means it goes away. >> sreenivasan: more than three months after the c.d.c. first recommded wearing a face covering, president trump wore a mask in public for the first time yesteayuring a visit to walter reed national military medical center. mr. trump previous declined to ar one, arguing that he's regularly tested for covidti9. but many ccs have argued that it sends an important symbolic message, r