and director of collusion called restore the mississippi delta. coalition of three national organizations. and two louisiana based organizations. for over ten years, our coalition has worked together on land scape across the louisiana coast. in addition to my own written statement which is submitted for the record, coalition members, national wildlife has submitted as well. this morning i'd like to tell you the challenges in my home state louisiana where to be blunt senator cassidy said we have a cotal crisis. as congress begins to look at wrda, i want to focus on possible solutions. from what we believe are lessons from the front. louisiana coast since the 1930s has lost about 1900 square miles. as senator carper knows that loss is the roughly the state of delaware. without action, we are pro jebted to lose up to another 4,000 square miles within the next 50 years. these losses have dramatic implications for millions of people and their communities along the coast for nationally significant energy and refining infrastructure, for kblglobal p acti

director of a coalition called restore the mississippi delta. we're a combination of the national autobahn society and national wildlife association and the coalition to restore coastal louisiana and the lake paunz train base foundation. in addition to my own written statement, which is submitted for the record, coalition members have also submitted written testimony and i hope the committee can give them due diligence as well. i'd like to tell you a little bit about the challenges in my home state, louisiana, where as senator cassdy said we have a crisis. i want to focus on possible solutions from what we believe are lessons from the front. louisiana coast, since the 1930s, has lost about 1900 square miles. that loss is roughly the size of the state of delaware. without arksz we are projected to lose miles. these losses have dramatic implications for millions and atlaumg coast. for globally significant port facilities and world class habitat that supports countless wildlife species including recreational fisheries. while the crisis is unique, i

smart, and communicates with the broadest cross section with americans, from appalachia to the mississippi delta; from the very rich to the very poor. she can raise our moral standing in the world. #visionary." for his part, president donald trump doesn't seem too concerned about oprah as an opponent. male: can you beat oprah? donald trump: yeah, i'll beat oprah. oprah will be a lot of fun. i know her very well. you know, i did one of her last shows. she had donald trump, this is before politics. her last week, and she had donald trump and my family, it was very nice. no, i like oprah. i don't think she's going to run. rosemary: here to discuss a possible oprah candidacy is jasmine sessoms. she's the founder and ceo of she can win, a nonpartisan organization with the mission to promote women in government. thanks for being with us, jasmine. jasmine sessoms: thanks, rosemary, for having me. excuse my voice. rosemary: oh no, it's that time of year. yeah, flu season in full effect. so, all right, let's talk about oprah for president. certainly her speech was very powerful, moving. it seemed like sh

i would like to welcome steve cochran, restore mississippi delta coalition, thank you so much for joining us today. [inaudible] >> i want to thank senator cassidy for coming here this morning. i don't know if you noticed it but he has a bad cold and so i particularly appreciate him being willing to come out here today, i want to thank senator kennedy from our state as well, both of them do diligent work on behalf of our states vulnerable coastal communities. for the record, i'm steve cochran, associate vice president of environmental defense fund and restore the mississippi delta. we are a coalition of three national organizations, the national wide life federation and coalition to restore coastal louisiana and the lake baisn foundation, for over ten years the coalition has worked together across the louisiana coast in addition to my own written statement which is submitted for the record, coalition members national wildlife, also submitted written testimony and i hope the committee can give them due consideration as well. this morning i would like to take a little bit about challenges in

working with this committee to restore the mississippi river delta coalition the corps of engineers and other interested parties to update and modernize the federal permitting process in the next wirda reauthorization bill so we are better able to sustain coastal environments and communities in both louisiana and across the nation. thank you for the opportunity to testify this morning to introduce mr. cochran. thank you. >> thank you very much, senator cassidy. i know you have other pressing matters. you're welcome to stay as long as you like but i appreciate you coming here today to introduce mr. cochran. i would like to call on miss julie ufner, associate legislative director for the national association of counties. welcome. >> good morning chairman barrasso, ranking member carper and members of the committee. i'm honored to testify before you on water infrastructure needs and challenges. my name is julie ufner. from the national association of counties of the we represent the nations 3069 counties. i've been asked to share with our western counties experience with the water resource

there are forgotten americans in the mississippi delta when no politicians go to, nobody represents them at the highest level. they are forgotten americans among native americans throughout this country. if we look at those people who have been forgotten, we incorporate all of them. the very nature of his campaign was not very inclusive in terms of the people he sees as forgotten americans. correctlove to see him that and start to think differently about who is forgotten and how we bring everybody forward for the future. and iseonard stein more a -- leonard stein horn is a professor. mr. williams is a broadcaster. both gentlemen are joining us on this martin luther king jr. holiday. indiana, independent line. caller: good morning. i was watching tv yesterday and rand paul said before he got , mr. trump, the president, financed a group to go to haiti and central america to look into cataracts and he financed the whole thing. i don't think he is prejudice either. like he hase something against the poor. they want to give the tax breaks to the rich, i don't understand that. that's what i se

whom i just wrote a book about made a point of exploring places where poor people live, the mississippi deltad on a diet of molasses. families of california workers where their employers refused to let them organize. native americans living on reservations. he learned what he could. imagine walking in their shoes and called those conditions unacceptable in this country. what a far cry from this president who simply dismisses such people from human consideration. my book is "bobby kennedy a raging spirit," now ten weeks on the "new york times" best seller list. the president we have is donald trump. close to a year in office but not a step closer to learning his duty to all the people either those who live on a block along fifth avenue nor hold a kumpbt membership in sunny mar-a-lago. that's "hardball" for now. "all in" with chris hayes starts right now. >> tonight on "all in." >> i think my positions are going to be what the people in this room come up with. >> the president rejects a bipartisan solution to the problem he created that he said he would sign. >> i mean, i will be signing it. i'

he grew up with the mississippi delta and has been surrounded by african-american poverty his whole life and is perplexed by it. anthony bradley from king's college say distinguished faculty member there and the author of -- the director of the center for human flower risching, chair of the religious and theological studies program and the author of the book "blook and tired liber brating black theology". and susan good den is from virginia common wealth university. she's also the president of the america society for public administration. and susan has completed a fascinating new study which she'll be reporting about and falls directly into the context of what we're discussion here this morning. i want to begin with gene. and i didn't bring up your book to disrespect the author's -- the other author's books but rather to quote from it, if i might. and we were talking at the end of the previous panel about programs and efforts concentrated government-direct prod gra programs and whether they helped or behindders. there's a lot of skepticism on your book. trillions of dollars were spent o

jean, an author who grew up in the mississippi delta and ha -- and has been surrounded by american poverty his whole life. guest is the director for the center for human flourishing. and the author of the book " liberated black theology." a professor at virginia commonwealth university. she is the president at the american society for public administration. she has completed a fascinating news that he -- new study she will be talking about. i will start with jean. i brought up your book to quote from it. we were talking about programs and efforts, concentrated, government directed programs and whether they have helped or hindered. there was some skepticism about them. there is a lot of skepticism. trillions of dollars were s pent and the results of the method programs were elusive -- massieve programs were elusive t best. writing that said i cannot think of anything lastingved to be a consequence. for all hear calls marshall plan, a major government intervention to uplift the black floor. what lessons should we learn. jean: the marshall plan is the favorite metaphor for black leadership. o

. >> marion wright edelman who took bobby kennedy to the mississippi delta. >> that's right. >> i want to you lastly, dr. forbes. you're going to be with bishop barber tomorrow -- today later on this afternoon and you guys are going to be doing an action that's going to be a combination of preaching and marching. tell us a little bit about that. >> we're going to be at fifth avenue presbyterian church today. reverend barber is going to be the speaker. we're going to have a wonderful service, many interfaith leaders are going to be there. after the service we have the new orleans second line tradition that's going to give us a chance to march around the church singing "when the saints go marching in." we're going to march outside, across the street to trump tower and offer prayer. we're not making political speeches, making prayer. i'll say a prayer. why? brother trump needs prayer. the country needs prayer. >> yes. >> and we all need prayer. >> amen. >> we're going to have a wonderful time in the service. this afternoon, be there. >> i work on sunday so i have to bring my services to m

there are forgotten americans in the mississippi delta when no politicians go to, nobody represents theme highest level. they are forgotten americans among native americans throughout this country. if we look at those people who have been forgotten, we incorporate all of them. the very nature of his campaign was not very inclusive in terms of the people he sees as forgotten americans. correctlove to see him that and start to think differently about who is forgotten and how we bring everybody forward for the future. and iseonard stein more a -- leonard stein horn is a professor. mr. williams is a broadcaster. both gentlemen are joining us on this martin luther king jr. holiday. indiana, independent line. caller: good morning. i was watching tv yesterday and rand paul said before he got , mr. trump, the president, financed a group to go to haiti and central america to look into cataracts and he financed the whole thing. i don't think he is prejudice either. like he hase something against the poor. they want to give the tax breaks to the rich, i don't understand that. that's what i see on t