louisiana's election law features several integrity measures just like my home state of georgia, louisiana. requires voters to present photo identification to vote in person, prohibits ballot harvesting and doesn't allow same-day voter registration. we are seeing that more people have confidence in the process in georgia. how have these measures affected your state? >> we've not seen any negative impact. louisiana has required photo id since 1997 and it was precleared by the clinton admin. we accept any form of state id or any form that has a picture and signature on it so it's not limited just to be state id but we also provide free ideas for individuals who can't afford one. the ballot harvesting has only increased the confidence and we passed it in a democratic governor signed into law prior to the presidential election of 2020. and we had a robust turnout of 70.1% in that particular election, so we haven't seen any negative impacts. >> thank you for that and i will say the feedback that i hear from people in georgia from both parties it's okay if my neighbor votes differently than me a

louisiana's election law features several strong voter integrity measures. louisiana requires voter identification to vote in person and it is balanced missing and doesn't allow same day. we're seeing more people have confidence in the process in georgia. how have those measures elected and ministration interstate ? >> we've not seen a negative impact. louisiana has required voter id says 1997 it is clear and assertions of justice also we accept any form of state id or any form of id and has a picture signature so is not limited to a state id also provide free ids for individuals who can't afford one. the balance harvesting has only increased confidence in our elections as the owner signed into law the election of 20 we had a lost of 70.1 percent in that particular election so we haven't seen a negative impacts. >> i'll save the feedback out here from you in georgia from both parties, is it okay if my neighbor votes differently than me and canceled my vote is not okay so he is not supposed to vote as is my vote, i don't yield back. >> at this time the member

florida, ohio, louisiana. of those states that set the standards even higher and higher and continue to review their own processes to identify ways we can make elections better and better as we say easy to vote, hard to cheat. members of the subcommittee may have additional questions for the witnesses and we ask that you please respond to those in writing without objection each member will have five legislative days to insert additional material into the record or to revise or extend the remarks. if there is no further business i think the members for their participation and without objection the committee stands adjourned. >> [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] behind me is a memorial that symbolizes the range of these clips and before me are the men who put them there. of these are the boys. watch our ten part series of speeches that defined the presidency saturday at 9:30 a.m. and p.m. on american history tv on c-span2. >> you think this is just a community center? it's way more than that. p

our first witness serves as louisiana's 44th secretary of state. the secretary previously served as the president of the national association of the secretaries of state currently on the infrastructure subsector governmentre coordinating councl and became certified administrator in 2021. he brings to the secretary's office more than 30 years of experience working in both the private and public sectors. the next witness was appointed by the florida governor as the supervisor of elections for seminole county in january of 2019. in 2020 he was elected to the office is the first african-american constitutional officer in the history of seminole county. enlisting in the army following 9/11 terrorist attacks, mr. anderson retired as a combat veteran of operation enduring freedom and became the deputy sheriff. i now yield to the administration colleague of ohio for the purpose of introducing the next witness the ohio secretary of state. >> thank youou madam chair and ranking member i appreciate the opportunity to be on the subcommittee today. i'm really j

since 2014, louisiana has successfully carried out ne a statewide elections. this trk record of success was once agaion display on the 2022 congressional midterm electis. we were able to roll back our full wood restrictions, thankfully d not have to contend with any maj storms. as usual, we finalize tabulation of results in a matter of hours. consisten is why louisiana legislation about to release the 45 page report just last year which confirmed the effectiveness of our policies and procedures. the report stated overall quote over all we found the department of state has procedures and practices to ense election integrity". the policy is a site in addition to my office with the legislation have been vital inromoting integrity and efficiency in louisiana's election. over the past bit of harvesting break accurate data from lanza department of healt to conduct more accurate audits of our voters and strengthen the testing of our voting equipment. further i'm happy to say louisiana are overwhelmingly in favor of a constitutional -- soon he voted in favor of a cons

dawson of louisiana? mr. johnson louisiana votes yes. mr. armstrong? mr. armstrong was yes. mr.ube votes yes. mr. bishop? mr. bishop both yes. miss candidate? miss hageman? miss hageman votes yes. miss muscat? >> no. >> this mosque about snow. mr. lynch? miss sanchez? >> no. >> miss wasserman schultz votes no. mr. connolly? >> nay. >> mr. connally for today. mr. garamendi votes no. mr. allred? miss garcia? >> name. >> miss garcia vote nay. >> mr. goldman? >> no. >> mr. goldman votes no. >> the clerk will report. >> mister chair, there are ten eyes and seven nose. >> the motion carries into this table. >> reclaiming my time, mister chairman. >> the gentleman's reclaiming her time. >> i think we made it clear that the republican majority has no interest in investigating violations of regard for meant. they just tabled a motion inflation demonstrate that. i would ask with rain my time, i think he was ready so that we can play. thank you. mister chairman? can we play the video please? >> is that video ready? >> okay. i guess it's still not working. it would be nice if we get the aud

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congratulations on your bid for governor of louisiana. you refused to join 50 other attorney generals in condemning the insurrection of january 6th. in your own separate letter, tried to equate that insurrection, that one violent day with the black lives matter protests of 2020. 7750 demonstrations took place over the summer. 93% of those were peaceful. one day, january 6th, yes, yes, yes. 93% were peaceful. one day, on january 6th, was devastating to our democracy. you have also denied climate change. i would like to speak to these individuals who are here, but maybe for a different reason. we are here to talk about the weaponization of the federal government. when the greatest weaponize there has been donald trump. yesterday, the new york times -- i know it's not everyone in here's favorite paper but i would like to submit -- i have a motion to submit this into the record. >> without objection. >> thank you. the article march 29th, 2023. it says, trump says the justice system has been weaponized. he would know. yes, he would. why would

in louisiana. >> i have a question. yotalked abo, our state utiliz a top-down approach and you talked a littlebout how important that is. do you think that is iortant for the federal government to take a top-down approach? or does that only apply to states? >> i think it should only apply to states. >> what is the difference that you think a top-down approach for states is important -- >> i think states should be sovereign when it comes to elections. again i woullike to thank our witnesses for joining us today. >> think we have an additional witness. >> i dn't see you come in the ro. i norecogne mr. rres for e purpe of qstioni thwitnesses. communities across the coury. in you testiny you discu ho states around the count are enacting the re that preventseople who havthe right to vote from votingnd those that lead toroblems for election workers and in my opinn the ability shodn't depe on the type of job that you have, whether or not you have access to aehicle to drive miles and miles to get to your police. access to child

secretary ardoin talk about the voting requirements louisiana. the part of that is you don't have to have an ie, you can submit a written affidavit but do the precincts that because they are brand-new. >> i had a devastating fire at my home in 2005. i lost everything i own including my wallet which carried my license. i tried to get a duplicate of that id in a quick turnaround time and i find i am over my time and ideals back to continue to have this conversation with you. >> i like to witnesses for sharing more about how their state is free, accurate and fair elections and working to build voter confidence around our country. it will always be to come in the majority of seats that ran smooth midterm elections are working so hard to advance the causes voter access and election integrity . i will note for the record secretary ardoin was able to stay longer but due to our own finances and recess tehe needs to leave but otherwise would have been moralities questions. when we identify areas of his heart sees these are leading the charge to make elect

one louisiana resident managed to ride out the storm in a laundromat. >> that's when the wind started picking up. this lady said my babies are in the car. she wanted me to help. i said let's go. then all of a sudden the wind got so bad, i said don't go out. that's her car under that sign. if we had gone out there, we would have been hit by the sign. >> unbelievable. our cbs affiliate in shreveport reports the 6-year-old and baby in the car are thankfully okay. jess, this storm system was just brutal, bruce al on us but more brutal on them. >> what's interesting is this weekend we are talking about a new storm in the bay area that will impact more than just us locally. it will cause issues in the sierra. they're going to see a winter storm warning starting tomorrow morning throughout the weekend and into next week too. taking a look back at the bay, watch the storm play out. daytime highs today will be hitting the 50s, pretty mild. taking a look at futurecast into this evening, clouds will start rolling in into the late night hours. tonight is great for a date night. tomorrow, not much

dawson of louisiana? mr. johnson louisiana votes yes. mr. armstrong? mr. armstrong was yes. mr. steube votes yes. mr. bishop? mr. bishop both yes. miss candidate? miss hageman? miss hageman votes yes. miss muscat? >> no. >> this mosque about snow. mr. lynch? miss sanchez? >> no. >> miss wasserman schultz votes no. mr. connolly? >> nay. >> mr. connally for today. mr. garamendi votes no. mr. allred? miss garcia? >> name. >> miss garcia vote nay. >> mr. goldman? >> no. >> mr. goldman votes no. >> the clerk will report. >> mister chair, there are ten eyes and seven nose. >> the motion carries into this table. >> reclaiming my time, mister chairman. >> the gentleman's reclaiming her time. >> i think we made it clear that the republican majority has no interest in investigating violations of regard for meant. they just tabled a motion inflation demonstrate that. i would ask with rain my time, i think he was ready so that we can play. thank you. mister chairman? can we play the video please? >> is that video ready? >> okay. i guess it's still not working. it would be nice if we get the

fwist twister also touched down in louisiana.omes and businesses were destroyed. four million people now under a new tornado watch across the mississippi river valley. we have team coverage across the south. we're in shreveport, louisiana. first, we turn to littlee elm, texas. look behind you. >> this is the most extensive damage we've seen because of the storm last night. this was the facade of -- it is a meat market which collapsed in the high winds that you were talking about, crushing a half dozen cars. but by and large, you know, this storm system which was massive, 500 miles long which stretched from san antonio all the way into southeast oklahoma, you know, moved through this area very quickly with those high intense winds. by and large, you know, most of the area in this north texas area unscathed by this storm. there are still over about 100,000 customers without power because of the high winds knocking over power lines or, you know, blowing up transformers, that sort of thing. that is the issues that people are dealing

so, what's different in louisiana from what we're seeing in other states?l, geoff, what we're seeing here is that the battle over books is focused on louisiana public librari. and more and more librarians are finding themselves under intense scrutiny. law enforcement continues to be used in some situations, and the attorney general has set up a tip line asking the public to report librarians. attorney general jeff landry, who is a republican running for governor, also called for legislation to restrict what children and teens can check out in public libraries. all of it has fueled the effort by conservative groups that are on a crusade to attack books that expose children to what they call pornographic material and diverse perspectives on race, gender, and sexuality. the difference is that these groups are not just attacking books. more and more librarians feel like they are in the crosshairs and have come under increased scrutiny for what's on the shelves. the majority of the book challenges across louisiana last year focused on titles for children and you

i was in louisiana, louisiana is a very red state. i love the people, i like the cities. a lot of these similar problems are happening. have i seen a change in new york? no, it's new york. new york is considered a hipster city, we get that label a lot. >> how did you get here? >> we get that label a lot in new york. hipster new york. hipster new york. guess what, nobody in new york is moaning about this stuff, it's a real metropolis. >> that is wrong. you gotta get down with the real people. >> this is part -- >> sandwich shop. >> this is part of the landscape here. crime, felt, we accept it. >> you sound like the police commissioner. >> that guy made a great point. you live in the city, you take what's coming to you. a crime, i will take crime and culture over one of your boring red state suburbs. >> the point is, a, the cities you are talking about are still run by liberals even though they are in red states. you would feel differently paying taxes for the services that keep you staff. there is danger and risks to every city, if you are paying tens of thousands of dolla

>> yes. >> reporter: nevertheless, neither the state of louisiana nor the epa has forced the plant to comply with the 0.2 recommendation or order the children moved, nor have members of the local school board. patrick sanders, the recently retired head of the school board who is a local mortician, grew up right next to the plant many of his neighbors have died of cancer. including his father and sister. he's fighting cancer for the second time. there are going to be a lot of people sitting at home going, hold it a second why wouldn't you at least move them as far away from the plant as you could >> i would agree with those people for the safety of those kids. >> but you didn't do it. >> no, i didn't. >> why >> i didn't -- not -- i didn't -- um, i was one member of 11. it takes a majority of the school board to make such a decision - >> but did you stand up and say, this is wrong, we've got to fix it >> um, no, i didn't. >> why not >> um, there's not a reason as to why not that i can definitively give you. did i stand up and beat on the table, no. >> do you wish you had >> looking back

we have been reporting on this issue across louisiana. different in louisiana from what we are seeing in other states? reporter: what we are seeing here is that the battle over books is focused on lisiana public libraries and more and re librarians are finding themselves under intense scrutiny. law enforcement continues to be usednd the attorney general has set up a tip line asking the public to report librarians. jeff landry also called for legislation to restrict what children and teens can check out in public libraries. this has fueled the effort by conservative groups that are on a crusade that expose children to what they call pornographic material and race, gender and sexuality. these groups are just not attacking books. more and more librarians have come under increased scrutiny for whas on the shelves. the challen in louisiana focused on titles for children and young adults involving sex education and books with lgbtq themes. police have been called on lieb rans and has been unsettling for tammy. she has been a librarian for the p

carlos is in shreveport, louisiana. good morning to you. looks like you are seeing lots of damage there. >> reporter: that's exactly right. don, good morning. that tornado that hit the shreveport area was on the ground by all accounts for just a few seconds, well under a minute, but in that time it managed to damage several homes, several businesses. the worst of it that we saw on our drive in this morning is this landry mat behind me. you can see what this storm was able do in the short time that it was on the ground. you can see the roof of the building was just torn off. the front, the sign out here fell on top of these three cars. there was one line of storms that moved in in the afternoon yesterday. that's when this tornado hit. then we had a second line of storms that hit well into the night around 10 or 11:00 at night. but that line of storms only brought with it some more rain as well as some strong winds. cellphone video from this part of louisiana captured exactly what was going on. now, as of about an hour ago we are told by the

was that louisiana? answer, i think it was louisiana. i think it was landry. mr. landry was president trump's choice to be the special counsel to investigate allegations of election fraud. john sauer and i apologize for not pronouncing your name correctly earlier. yes or no, do you believe fraud impacted the outcome of the election? i'm sorry, you have to hit. >> i have no opinion on that. that is totally aside from the evidence. >> that's no opinion. you don't have an opinion on whether it was fraud? >> i never studied the evidence. i never saw the deposition transcript. >> i asked you if you believe there was election fraud in 2020. >> i don't have an opinion on that. >> thank you. same question for you. did fraud impact the election? >> no. there was no evidence of fraud remotely close to what it would have taken to affect the outcome of the election. >> so how did so many people come to believe that fraud existed? >> they were told that by people who should have known better. >> thank you and i yield back. >> the chair recognizes the chairman from ford. >> whi

with that louisiana? do you recall? and sir, i think it was louisiana. i think with jeff ryan. mr. landry, was president trump's choice to be the special counsel to investigate allegations of election fraud. mr. sour, i apologize for not having pronounced your name properly before. yes or no. do you believe that the fraud impacted the outcome of the 2020 election? >> when i'm sorry, you have to hit the -- >> i have no opinion on that. that is totally aside from the evidence that we -- >> at this time, that's no opinion? you don't have an opinion on whether there was fraud or not? >> i've never studied the evidence. i've never seen the deposition transcript. >> i didn't ask for the deposition of transcript. i ask you if you believe that there was election fraud in 2020. >> i don't have an opinion on that. >> thank you. mr. -- same question. did fraught impact the outcome of the 2020 election? >> now, without question. >> was there any evidence of fraud? >> there was no evidence of fraud in any amount that was remotely close to what would have taken to affect the outcome of the elect

she now lives with an elderly mother and 2 siblings in the town of louisiana in but jobs did. some thought she remembers her wedding ceremony, which cost the family, $20000.00 euros, including the dowry grace enough money. her parents mortgaged their house there some bushes struggling to pay back the loan. she now suffers from a hot gun sion family. my whole family went into depression, but we didn't show it to one another because of all of us used to cry. nobody cared for me and asked me how i found people used to make fun of me by asking when is your husband coming back? and when he going with him, god, you up us in the hope of getting justice, she regularly meets a lawyer to discuss the progress of it. but she feels frustrated and helpless. for her son, dorski is, is not an isolated one. there are more than $40000.00 women across india. what duped into marrying indian men living who are sees. but the northern state up and job is the epicenter or abandoned bribes in india. sufflin the port runs the local and you called up the guy social welfare. that he says he's the man and

the question that i'm is that the investing isn't so bodies for back to louisiana. santos, shes angry or the delane getting just to london. she and tubs and some other women are traumatized by the abrupt collapse of the marriages. plunging their lives into uncertainty and financial ruin. and what they see as the government's equity. ah, more than a 1000000 people live around cambodia as huge. don't less app lake. it's southeastern shells, largest fresh water lake teeming with fish and other wildlife. some families live right on the water where the eco to living with fishing, but silent killers luck within the lake water vaughn, diseases such as cholera and dysentery. some solutions have been put forward by angels to solve the problem, which also has to do with the areas white spread poverty along the fringes of the toneless supp. cambodia is great. lake communities have existed on the water for generations. their livelihoods based on fishing. but there's a problem. this village has 70 houses and a primary school, but no sanitation. ma belmont, we have this water, we drink this water,

one from my part of louisiana. but the first one from your party. and second one times have changed a little bit. they hanson won like barber's district, so what's just go one on each of you and i want start with the person that knew him best from the very beginning his daughter and just go through a couple of minutes of your reflections on barton barber and the book, and then we can just kind of open it up us. and for everybody here. all right, it's on. yes. okay. well, first of all, i really want to thank bill coffman for doing the editing work. it was very difficult and very long. he had to cut it way back and he just kept at it and kept it and kept at it till he got it done. and that's wonderful. know that my wanted to contribute that journal to history and you staffers to all you people that typed and listened to those little transcribe notes plus you he was he was actually dictating the journal while he was commuting from our home in bethesda maryland to the capitol and back he had a little handheld tape there was always fussing around with an

officers were sent to >> linsey: next tonight, the police department baton rouge, louisiana, is morningfficers killed in a helicopter crash. the officers had been sent to assist in a pursuit, the chopper went down early this morning, the national transportation safety board has been called in to investigate the cause. to some scary moments in north carolina, high winds yesterday sent two inflatable bounce houses up in the air. these images taken just after the incident. the houses had been set up for children at a little league game and brevard. they blew across several fields, seven injuries were reported, all minor. when we come back, march madness, who is in and who is out of the final four? she's been looking for. sotyktu is the first-of-its-kind, once-daily pill for moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis for the chance at clear or almost clear skin. it's like the feeling of finding that outfit psoriasis tried to hide from you. or finding your swimsuit is ready for primetime. [dad] once-daily sotyktu is proven to get more people clearer skin than the leading pill. don't take if you're

recently, i told you about louisiana becoming the first state to require i.d.m residents to access porn online. so now in louisiana, if you don't have an i.d., the only way to see nudity is to throw plastic beads in any direction. now, now. stop it. no. evidently now seven more states are looking at requiring i.d. to view porn. but there are some concerns that uploading your i.d. poses privacy risks because users cannot be sure what will happen with their data. hold on. you mean to tell me i can't trust my name, address, and driver's license number to the makers of "ass-atar 2: the way of the stepdaughter?" yes, yes. wait, there's one more joke. wait, there's one more joke. [applause] if i can get to it. in this one, the blue people... blew people. plus. quality joke. quality joke. plus, the new laws may not even work, because they only target specific big-name porn sites. when, according to one survey, a third of teen users say they look for porn exclusively on social media. so parents, you'll want to keep an eye out for pornographic social media sites. that i

she should i'm from louisiana, anybody know anybody in louisiana? you very much. sheu?uisiana, after thanksgiving go duck hunting or a little fishing but this time he decided to go moose hunting but we don't have most so they needed to go up to canada and found somebody who had aeb litte plane to go hunting so they go to canada and get on the plane and the plane dropped them in the tundra or whatever and they go moose hunting so they are out there and they shoot six, amazing but they are good shots because they are from new orleans so the plane come back in the pilot says to them, where are you going with all those moose? said we will put on the plane and fly back and he goes no, we can't put six moves on the plane so they say we can, we are going to shove them all in there and you're going to take us back and he says no you can't and they said yes you can and the pilotes says okay so they shut the moose on the plane the plane takes off and would you know it? the planeul crashes and they are laying on top of all the moose that are deadil because they are to kill them an

slimming tell you a little story i am from louisiana, right? has anybody ever been to louisiana?plause] thank you very much. so louisiana like normal after thanksgiving you don't go little duck hunting may be little fishing. this time for some reason decided to go goose hunting. we don't have any moves then you go to canada they found somebody who had a little plane that would take the moose hunting. so they go up to canada, they get on this plane this plane drops them in the tundra or wherever they say go ahead and go moose hunt. so there moose hunting in or out shoot six moose, amazing good good shots were from new orleans we know how to do that. and so the plane comes back and the pilot says to them where are you all going with all those moose? theywe said were going to put on the plane were going to fly back preserves no, no, we cannot but six moose on the plane. they don't know it we can put six moose on the plane were going to shoveve them all in there. you're going to take us back the pilot says no you can't do they said yes you can the pilot said okay. they shove the moos

you know i am from louisiana, right? has anyone been to louisiana? thank you very much cimino thibodeaux and boudreau? normally after thanksgiving, you want to go duck hunting, fishing, for some reason thibodeaux and boudreau decided to go moose hunting. we do not have moose in louisiana. they needed to go up to canada and found somebody who had a little plane that would take them moose hunting. the go to canada, get on this plane, the planes drops them in the tundra and they say go ahead and go moose hunting. thibodeaux and boudreau are moose hunting, they are out there and shoot six moose. amazing, they're good shots, they are from new orleans we not do that. the plane comes back in the pilot said to them, where are you going with all those moose? this is we will put on the plane and we are going to fly back. he says, looking can output six moose on the plane. they go, we can put six moose on the plane, we will shove them all in there and you will take us back. the poses cannot do that. they say yes we can. they shove the moose on the plane, thibod

chad miles following the system from atlanta and carlos suarez in shreveport, louisiana.e see a little bit of the damage behind you, but now that you have full daylight i imagine it's revealed a lot more. >> reporter: yeah, that's exactly right. so that tornado was on the ground for a relatively short time. we're talking about well under a minute and the worst of the damage really was in this one neighborhood in shreveport, this tornado damaged several businesses, a gas station, an insurance business as well as this laundry mat. this is the worst of the damage we've seen. you can see exactly what i'm talking about, there are three cars that are parked in this parking lot, they were all damaged by this debris. most of this debris came from the roof of that business. the sign of this place, this laundromat, fell in this middle car. as you can imagine, folks that were inside at the time, they were quite worried about what was going on because that emergency alert went out shortly before 6:00 in the afternoon telling everyone to take shelter. there was one man who was inside

march 26, louisiana, mass shooting. march 25, louisiana, mass shooting. march 25, new york, mass shooting. march 25, north carolina, mass shooting. march 25, illinois, mass shooting. march 24, louisiana, mass shooting. march 23, maryland, mass shooting. march 21, new jersey, mass shooting. march 21, south carolina, mass shooting. march 20, wisconsin, mass shooting. march 18, ohio, mass shooting. march 18, illinois, mass shooting. march 18, texas, mass shooting. march 15, oregon, mass shooting. march 14, alabama, mass shooting. march 13, texas, mass shooting. march 12, texas, mass shooting. march 11, new york, mass shooting. march 11, washington, mass shooting. march 10, florida, mass shooting. that's just this month alone. that's just this month alone. let that sink in. at what point do we put people over profit? at what point do we challenge the gunmakers to say, listen, we are not talking about taking away your constitutional right to bear arms. we are talking about sensible gun control that will save these young people that are visiting us today? that

in the two weeks since we've been back from louisiana, the epa has not shut the plant down.d that they will soon take additional actions danca, the plant, says they are breaking no lies and deny their emissions put their residents at an increased risk of cancer. as for the children, they're still going to the fifth ward elementary school. back to you. >> thanks to cynthia mcfadden. ahead in our next hour, an interview with the president of planned parenthood as we await a court decision on a key abortion drug plus, we'll talk to a texas mom pleading with u.s. officials to help find her son who disappeared in mexico. stay with us only at vanguard, you're more than just an investor—you're an owner. we got this, babe. that means that your dreams are ours too. and our financial planning tools can help you reach them. that's the value of ownership. ♪ this feels so right... ♪ adt systems now feature google products like the nest cam with floodlight, with intelligent alerts when a person or familiar face is detected. sam. sophie's not here tonight. so you have a home with no worrie

no, he was taking an even more radical position that slavery, not legal in places like louisiana. as i mentioned, chase was also active as a lawyer. he had a how shall we say, a standard legal of representing banks, companies and criminal defendants. but he also had an active pro-bono practice representing, blacks and accused fugitives. and in 1845, the of cincinnati to thank him for this work commissioned a small silver pitcher. it's about that high high and presented it to him as and in his of thanks chase. among other things denounced the provision in the ohio state constitution that denied blacks the right to vote. he said quote, true democracy, makes no inquiry about color of the skin or the place of nativity or any other similar circum stance or condition. he also denounced the state law that prohibited black children from attending the public. this, he said, was ensconced inconsistent with the state constitution, which promised public education any distinction or, preference, whatever. these were bold statements in 1845, and chase ensured that they were heard not just by hi

amber, you are a mother of four, live in louisiana and you h twins.n the nicu, and you needed premie formula. was it easy to find? >> not at all. it was terrible. i even called the nicu, to see if they could help me find it to see if -- at that point, i was down to half a can, they are on preemie formula. skye has a heart condition, it is vital for her to have all the nutrients she needs. storm's iran was getting low, it's been a nightmare. >> ainsley: for parents watching that haven't had children, you can only give them this one type, if you switch, it could mess up their tummies. if they are preemie, or have allergies. thank you congresswoman for trying that so moms and dads don't have to worry. have a good day, ladies. coming up, portland lady fears for her safety after homeless man sets up camp behind her house. police say he is not breaking any laws. she is next. trying to control my asthma felt anything but normal. ♪ ♪ enough was enough. i talked to an asthma specialist and found out my severe asthma is driven by eosinophils, a type of asthma n

turn up the volume, we have an important story for you tonigh from louisiana it is part of an 85 mileto the air that likely causes cancer and residents are asking why thi plant is still open. my dear friend a hero mine a nbc is investigating thi really important story >> four year old george -- loves going to school, at fift ward elementary in reserve louisiana. but according to the federal government, going to schoo here could be shortening has life as well as the lives of his 40 or so primarily blac classmates >> one of your neighbor says i is like sending your kids to a gas chamber? >> exactly exactly >> 83 year old mary' his grandmother, she lived a few blocks from the school her father bought the land once -- by slaves, giving partial -- children >> we thought it was a legacy, he left us a death sentenc they don't care about us it is racial they do not care you si there and die >> she and her lifelong friends have been fighting to have the kid removed from the school, air quality improved, ever since the epa said seven years ago an unsafe level of a likel carcinogen called chloro

way e of effective administration to help her states will follow the lead of florida and ohio and louisiana. it will set the standard even higher and higher and continue to reviewoc the process. >> without objection each member will have five legislative days to ensure additional material into the record or revise and extend? no further business thank you for your participation and we are adjourned. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations]

i thank the gentleman from louisiana for organizing this evening. he's a blilant orator and brilliant leader and i'm happy to work with him. tonight i want to speak about one of the biggest challenges facing our country today and that's our national debt. we've heard about it tonight. our national debt today stands at over $31 trillion. really hard to comprehend a number that large. even for us. who serve in the house of representatives. instead of taking advantage of the record tax revenues that were produced from the republican past tax cuts and jobs act in 2017, democrats have used the two prior years they had in power when they had the white house, the senate, and the house of representatives, to spend and unprecedented amount of taxpayer dollars. mr. kustoff: here are two big democratic initiatives. almost $2 trillion spent on the american rescue plan. almost $7350 billion spent on what they call the inflation reduction act, really the inflation expansion act. here's the bottom line. the result of the massive and colossal spending over the last

excuse me vernon parish we are in louisiana but hail size 1.5 inches. hail is going to be a big component in today's severe weather is a whole system drag software the east. currently we do see attorney to watch over portions of eastern texas and across louisiana. one of those threats beside possible target is a chart of the watch will be very large hail get amped maybe 2 inches that's enough to a whole lot of damage. all of this is not be dragging east as a with the evening hours in early tomorrow morning. it's not just theories recurrently seen the tender watch is a general threat that will eventually shift off you'll be talking about portions of alabama, mississippi and alabama once again you can see more tornadoes firing before the day is over. where does this kind of lineup worth where was of the severe weather on friday night? a little bit further to the south we do see potential for ef2 plus tornadoes across the entire area. laying it on a track it's all the trimmings on friday night goes a little further to the north going into north-central mis

graves of louisiana. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 260, the gentleman from louisiana, mr. graves, and a member opposed, each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from louisiana. mr. graves: thank you, mr. chairman. mr. chairman, this amendment has a very simple objective. all it's designed to do is provide certainty. they have discharge permits that are granted often to ports, to vessels large and small and different operators that are required to discharge, making sure that what they're discharging is properly evaluated to ensure it doesn't cause adverse impacts to the environment. these permits are normally granted for a five-year period of time, but what we found is upon expiration of the permits, we've seen gaps of months and months and months creating uncertainty for those operators. what this amendment does, it very simply says that if a permit expires, you just get a continuance. you get a continuance of the existing permit conditions until the agency works to recertify or to reup the permit. the second thing that it does is it says if you h

i was a shark feeding frenzy off the coast of venice, louisiana, soaking wet.group of fishermen saying their boat was surrounded. all of a sudden we started experiencing, you know the schools of just frantic feeding sharks. they were devouring bait pods, and they erupted all around us and then up up under the boat. they were looking for yellow fin tuna and spotted a large part of other fish, but the sharks beat them to it is absolutely pandemonium . when these things show up, and they show up for months on end, and they devour everything in its way. mark hardisty says he's been fishing these waters for 15 years, he says. the shark population has exploded and they become more aggressive. he blames regulations that are protected these predators. they have started to devour. quite frankly, every game fish there is on the gulf, it seems, and the catch levels of good gone down dramatically grew worried for everyone on board and decided to leave their fishing spot behind a boat sank. just a couple of days before and the coast guard had to rescue them. they fought off

. >> tornados tear through texas and louisiana, right now more than 60 million people are still under the threat of severe storms. >>> ammunition on the agenda today. president biden meeting the german chancellor and sending more firepower to ukraine. it is friday, welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm christine romans. just hours from now, tau alex murdaugh will stand in a courtroom to learn his fate. a judge will issentence him for murdering his own wife and son. >> guilty verdict. verdict guilty. verdict guilty. verdict guilty. >> the jury heard six weeks of testimony but took less than three hours to convict him. murdaugh now facing a possible 30 years behind bars. >> justice was done today. it doesn't matter who your family is, it doesn't matter how much money you have or people think you have. it doesn't matter what you think how prominent you are, if you do wrong, if you break the law, if you murder, then justice will be done in south carolina. >> randi kaye takes a look at how we got here. >> reporter: june 7, 2021, alex murdaugh says he called

. ♪ ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome, from louisiana, senator john kennedy. ♪ sen.dy: my name is john kennedy. i am a united states senator, though i have tried to rise above it. [applause] last year i spoke to you about what i believe. today, i want to talk to you about truth. the unadorned, unvarnished truth. the truth is important. without the truth, we cannot order society. without the truth, we cannot survive as human beings. without the truth, we certainly cannot thrive as human beings. can you handle the truth? i think you can. the truth is, it is important to speak your mind. i do. that makes some people mad. i try not to worry too much about what anyone thinks of me. except dogs. i really like dogs. [applause] [applause] sometimes my friend will ask me, they say, kennedy, how do you sleep at night knowing that some people do not like you? i tell them, with the fan on. i think i make the right people mad. what else is the truth? the truth is, god is great, beer is good, and the united states of america is star-spangled awesome. america is not perfect, but we

that's heavy coming up, the epa warned fo years that a louisiana rubbe plant is emitting a toxi chemical that likely cause cancer do you know what is right next door an elementary school, an children are still attending that school today. they got out of class a fe hours ago. cynthia mcfadden investigate why on earth this is happening and she is here when the 11t hour continues ♪ ♪ ♪ turn up the volume, we have an important story for you tonigh from louisiana it is part of an 85 mile industrial corridor in a state and it is known as cance valley the epa says a rubber plan near a school has been spewing a chemical into the air that likely causes cancer and residents are asking why thi plant is still open. my dear friend a hero mine a nbc is investigating thi really important story >> four year old george -- loves going to school, at fift ward elementary in reserve louisiana. but according to the federal government, going to schoo here could be shortening has life as well as the lives of his 40 or so primarily blac classmates >> one of your neighbor says i is like sending your kids to a ga