it would have been where they had many of the raging debates with about louisiana lottery at the time, gambling, in that era. you can see on both sides are the fireplaces. at that time this is how we heated the building. >> what were some of the discussions during the talk about secession. >> one of the interesting things is that 80% of the delegates here to secede from the union were actual slave owners. the outcome of the vote was predetermined. the mean or average income of the individual attention at that time exceeded $100,000. you can imagine what it was worth in those days by today's standards. we have a gallery up come that visitors could come and witness the -- the proceedings. and again this is where hughey long where we would have had the impeach. proproceedings only to fail. >> talk about the man behind the effort to impeach governor long. >> actually he was actually a relative of the family who donated the property for this building. and hughy long after that attempt was to incensed about what occurred to this in this building he had a poor taste in this about tp that was

it would have been where they had many of the raging debates about louisiana lottery at the time, gambling in that era. you can see on both sides of the fireplaces, of course, at that time, this is how we heated the building. and -- >> what were some of the discussions during the talk about secession? >> well, i think one of the interesting things is that 80% of the delegates here to secede from the union were actual slave owners, so the outcome of that vote was pretty much predetermined, to be quite honest. the mean or the average income of those individuals exceeded $100,000. so you can imagine what $100,000 was worth in those days or by today's standards. we have a gallery up top that visitors could come and witness the proceedings. and again, this is where huey long, where we would have had the initial vote taken to bring the impeachment hearings to the other side. the senate chambers on huey long only for it to fail in that hearing. >> talk about the man who was behind the effort to impeach governor long. >> actually, he was actually a relative of the family who donated the property f

for example, the franchise granted to a private company to establish a monopoly louisiana state lottery around the staple time as the slaughter house wakt was passed well well-known to have been a product of bribes paid to legislators. when you think about it, louisiana politics led to some of our most famous and infamous cases. slaughter house, cruikshank, hahns versus louisiana, and plessy versus ferg soon are all involved louisiana. but let's not to be hard on poor louisiana. in fairness, corruption of state legislate steuers and in congress associated with economic development schemes was commonplace in the 19th and 20th centuries. as eric phoner observed "bribery, fraud, and influence pedalling it have been endemic to american politics and nor did the governments in the reconstruction north the era of tweed and whiskey rings offer a model of probity. indeed speaking as someone who grew up in illinois and was a cook county state's attorney before going into teaching, i would say the corruption is pretty common within economic development schemes even today. now, be this as it may, i

lottery incorrectly identified a different store as selling the winning ticket. >>> right now, we're keeping an eye on a storm that could cause major problems for texas and louisiana. tropical storm harvey strengthened overnight and look at where we can expect it to hit next. >>> and isis has featured a video that features a boy that claims he is the american son of a u.s. soldier, how the video is being use and had what officials he in the u.s. arere s >>> we're getting a chilling look at a new isis video that shows a little boy claiming to be the son of a u.s. soldier. the boy says he and his mother moved to syria two years ago and warns that isis plans to move its battle to the united states. >> reporter: isis's latest chilling propaganda video purporting to show the 10-year-old son of an american soldier threatening donald trump. in the footage, the child, whose father is said to have fought in iraq against the mujahideen, tells president trump the battle will end in your hands. he describes the constant air the fight will move to the west. the child, who speaks fluent english, with what sounds like an american accent, is identified only as yousef, age 10. the