o■ new orleans. new orleans. n'awlins. nola, crescent city. groove city. jazz city. the big easy.randing and reputation aside, things are far from easy in new orleans. the city suffers from many of the symptoms of the urban american narrative: poverty, social and racial inequity, gun violence, a murder rate twice the national average. then, the world watched in 2005 as hurricane katrina smashed through this place. how does any city rebound from that? how does any community regroup and rebuild? now, we can add a rise in mass tourism and gentrification to the list of challenges that this city is facing. this city still stands, stubbornly so. this will be a tale of revival and community, but also of ongoing struggle and survival. - with a history rooted in afro-american, spanish, french, and creole cultures, new orleans is one hell of a town. and with so much eclectic influence, locals have witnessed many periods of change - and much hardship. plagued by a violent era of slavery, and ravaged by hurricane katrina in 2005, people here know what it means to survive. the recovery from ka

many thousands moved to new orleans and constant, the carpenter, now competes with black craftsman to make a living and does badly. lacorn, my great-great-grandfather felt himself the victim. he saw the new world is anathema and descended into resentment. the occupation government was pro-negro in the coloreds held office seemed to to be a genuine aversion. reconstruction as we call it was the name of the first attempt to remake the united states as a racially mixed democracy. to some, not least to 4 million back slaves it meant power sharing with whites, perhaps wealth sharing and somewhere in the distance, shared humanity. these fantastical ideas work on radical reconstructions by millions of white opponents met with massive obstruction and violent defiance. that is one of constant's houses. the ku klux klan arose in tennessee in 1866 soon after the end of the civil war and it was a resistance movement. it was an armed militia that wanted to return to a world dominated by whites with only whites in economic and political authority. the name ku klux klan derives from the greek name f

my mother's family new orleans, louisiana. and like 99% of society, his family left very few paper records that chronicled their experiences. there was no archive. and i only had a few scraps of paper that he had written on this man, constant lecorgne, and so i had to decide, i wanted to write his story, and i decided to write it first as a novel. because i thought, faced with what you might call the silence of the archive. i thought i would have to write it as fiction. and i wrote about 100 pages and not only were they not very good 100 pages. but at a certain point, i realized that the story had more grip as history, as nonfiction. because people crave the real. and i decided that i would have to write it as non fiction in order to do justice to the extraordinary things that i was beginning to uncover. so i switched to writing a piece of history. and this is a biography, it is sold as a biography. and to do it was to spend hundreds of hours in the public records of the state of louisiana into, in an archive calls the histori

shortly after he arrived in new orleans, in 1820. after this man married marguerite, he married himself into a fine creole family, who had this plantation on the mississippi river. but he married one of the daughters who was from a branch that was less wealthy than the other branch. her branch of the family was in decline. so, eve and marguerite moved into a creole cottage in the french quarter and had five children. my aunt maude continued the story. they had five children and among them was my grandfather, constant lecorn. constant lecorn. he was a redeemer. redemption, as she said. that was after the civil war, when the colored people had taken over the state and they were starting businesses. they were acting as those everything was theirs and they were voting. the redemption was after the time they call reconstruction, that awful time. reconstruction was not when the south tried to build itself up again after the war between the states. no. reconstruction was when they put colored people in the state of power. the redemption wer

>> oh, what would new year's eve from new orleans new orleans be without our music, sean? new orleans jazz museum at the edge of the french quarter for a rehearsal of some acts that will be performing for us on new year's eve. doing a run through, this is a clip of grammy nominee johnny sansone, along with rocking c and friends. watch this. ♪ ♪ >> sean, that sounds, that beat, you only hear that in new orleans. i love country and rock but we have the best country music in the country. admit it, duffy. >> sean: that is not my jam, raymond, i am a country guy myself but that is screaming new orleans. i have a bone to pick. you are going to be going to check out music in new orleans, right, i don't know if rebecca is going to be with you, your wife, rachel is going with will and pete to nashville, and for sean duffy, he is at home celebrating with the kids! archive babysitting duty. >> you can facetime rebecca, who will also be at home with the kids, i think, and my parents celebrating. for so many people, they do not want to travel this year, we can be their proxies and they

new orleans is not atlanta. it is not charleston. new orleans was the largest city in the south. it is of course the cork on the outlet for the mississippi river valley. what made it so important commercially is not only the products of the south, products of the midwest, they all came down to new orleans for trans shipment. so plugging that up was an important element of the blockade. it was a near mortal blow to the confederacy in terms of seizing that system. and could farragut have lost it? i think the easiest way for him to lose it is to say, it looks too difficult to me. that courseit was protected byo substantial masonry for. it's i mean, some of the force in the river system were thrown up -- for donaldson and fort henry -- they were thrown up with mud and wood. they could have been overcome by ironclad. but they had substantial results there. and in the navy, one of the trivia questions last night was about the csis manassas, the first ironclad to engage in battle, in the defense of new orleans. the easiest way to lose it is to say, i don't have to do this. here's an int

you are going to be in new orleans but a lot of cities have shutdown new year's eve celebrations. >>to, cron fears. atlanta shutting down a fatal peach drop, san francisco killed their fireworks, seattle scaling back, new york is restricting time square to 15,000 people all masked and fully vaccinated. all blue state governors and fauci while not canceling celebrations are ringing in the new year with alarm. >> omicron and delta are coming to your party. you need to think twice about how many people will be gathered together keeping social distancing if you are at a party and if you can't -- >> talking about a new year's eve party with 40, 50, 60 people celebrating, you do not know the status of the vaccination i would recommend stay away from that this year. sean: don't meet with anybody, don't talk to the kids, no neighbors, keep your distance. the good news is the cdc director today said despite the surgeon omicron, deaths and hospitalizations are comparatively low. over the last 7 days cases are up 60% but hospitalizations are only up 14% and deaths are down. while this thing is

, not regimen, the headlines out, not charleston, new orleans is the largest city in the south and its of course the cork on the outlet from the mississippi river valley and what made is so important commercially is not only the product of the south, but the products of the midwest and they all came down to new orleans for shipment so plugging that up, was an important element of the blockade and a mere mortal blow to the confederacy in terms of seizing the city so that is important and i think the easiest way for him to lose it is to say, and looks too difficult to me. and it was protected by two substantial masonry reports, some of that course and river systems of coursework thrown out, fort donaldson and fort henry, and what it and easily overcome by ironclad before jackson and court saint phillips of new orleans were substantial a barrier there as well in the confederate navy one of the trivia questions as i was a manassas, first ironclad to engage in battle and if it's in new orleans, so i think that the easiest way to lose it is for him to say that i don't think that we can do t

, new orleans, not richmond, not atlanta, new orleans is the largest city in the south. it is, of course, the cork on the outlet from the mississippi river valley. what made it so important commercially is not only the products of the south, but the products of the midwest all came down to new orleans for trance shipment. plugging that up was an important element of the blockade. it was a near mortal below to the confederacy. so that is important. and could farragut have lost it? i think the easiest way for him to lose it is to say it looks too difficult to me. it was protected by two substantial masonry forts. some of the forts in the river systems, of course, were thrown up, fort donaldson, fort henry. fort jackson was substantial. there was a barrier there and a confederate navy. so i think the easiest way to lose it is for him to say, i don't think i can do this. here's an interesting tidbit. one of his subordinates in that was david dixon porter who commanded the gun -- not the gun boats, the mortar rafts. his idea is, oh, no, we need to stay below the city and fire

notably time spent in post katrina new orleans as a teenager. can you tell us how those experiences informed our career path and what drew you to places that are suffering from disaster look this? >> yes, thanks for having me, i, as you mentioned, started changing after work in katrina. i grew up in maine, but gone down after the flood to just do volunteer work and when i got there i was completely-- by the scope and scale of destruction there, i'd never seen anything close to it before and i was really struck by how long it seems the recovery would take, how many people would need to be involved in that recovery, how many needs were going unmet in the city, and in the 9th ward so i ended up moving to new orleans doing all kind of recovery work in the city. and i ended up being in new orleans when the bp oil disaster happened and we ended up going down to the coast to help with that response in our recovery as well and to finding these other disasters happening around the country and starting to find a lot of the similarities between the challen

everybody wants to new orleans, and next, everybody wants to go to new orleans. atlanta, meh. >> thank you. the gentleman's time has expired. next, my good friend, the gentleman from california, mr. lamalfa, for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman, appreciate it. mr. gardner, i want to come your way for a little bit to know, i personally have supported amtrak. and i think it's important that we do the best we can to have that type of rail service around our country. it makes great sense in the northeast corridor there. and i don't know how close it comes to breaking even and such. of course on the west coast we've got one of the nicest routes in the world going down along the coast. but -- you know, you come back to cost effectiveness, that's a different question. what we're looking at here indeed is approximately $75 billion investment. and at the height of our economy, before we had all the covid business here, amtrak travel consisted of about 1.7% of the miles of riders in this country versus other modes. so that's kind of a tough number. so we'll be look

and i ended up being in new orleans with a disaster half of that so we were helping with response andell and finding these other disasters that were happening around the country andrs startig to find a lot of different similarities which were the challenges that were coming up in these events that led to me of going to grad school to learn about what research does about the disasters and how you should manage them. let me to the work that i do now teaching at and researching and speaking publicly about the disasters, we can do to make our response better. >> and you do a lot of different things besides teaching in your testifying before congress recently. what is that like, it seems like your fork is more relevant than ever and are you feeling that personally. >> yes, i don't sleep much and i have been very fortunate to be able to take on more of a public role and being in a position to research not only my own research but to share a great research from other researchers from decades past and all of the world and really talk to one of the local communities and organizations about how

i will say when i was in new orleans i knew nothing about emergency management.ave any sense of anything related to disaster. i was very focused on itself and so one off kind of crazy thing that happened rather than being the product of these decisions even not necessarily connecting that what that would actually look like it. certainly i knew disaster exactly what that path was. >> is that something that has been rewarding are you happy with this or does it get frustrating at times? >> it really is disasters that happen when you see decisions made that's the wrong decision he see destruction that comes with these disasters. it is endlessly frustrating. but at the same time we know what to do to make emergency management better. we know the kind of policy changes. and it really is a matter of getting the policies implemented. in that sense i am hopeful because there are more disasters happening across the country and around the world there were paying more attention to this. i'm hopeful in the near future and how we manage our risk. >> for anyone interested in re

baton rouge, new orleans, is going to happen. cp have committed to that and have committed to that in their filing. yesterday was a historic day for that. we were very excited about it. it shows the benefit of commissions because we were able to hold that project together when louisiana and the previous administration refused the money to build this project. >> we remember that all too well. >> yes, sir. we do, too. >> i cannot tell you how grateful i am to you, mr. ross, and the southern rail commission for the incredible work that you do and continue to do to hold this project together. we were disappointed when the previous administration under mr. jindal rejected those resources and we missed a great opportunity. so grateful we're back on track and this will be a reality for the people of louisiana. >> congressman, i would be remiss, the person who has held this together, would be my fellow commissioner john spain. he has been instrumental in using the southern rail commission to keep this alive and across administrations, ac

julian heather new orleans' is actually one of the few cities that is still full steam ahead for newhey're not limiting the number of people in the four delete drop is still on as well. city officials say they feel comfortable moving forward because of the city's vaccine card and negative test requirement that's in place at all bars and restaurants. new york city has this requirement in place as well. but this did not stop the city's mayor from scaling back the celebration in times square. usually more than 50,000. people will gather to watch the ball drop there. but this year only about 15,000 will be allowed. it's just another hit to new york city businesses trying to bounce back after yet another year of covid restrictions. in louisiana, even though covid cases are high hotels in new orleans are booked to capacity, the general manager of the iconic restaurant, brennan's in the french quarter , says a lack of visitors is not the issue here. it's the lack of staff. we saw a couple of cancelations. we saw some parties go from 12 to 6 or 12 to 8 or 8 to 4. but we saw very few just str

yesterday new orleans they committed to and it round-trip between baton rouge and new orleans with noacity investment needed and theyte alo committed to looking at a second round-trip as they have too divided to see what improvements have to be done to implement that so this is a historic move. we have been working very hard to create a good partnership going forward that could be beneficial for shreveport new orleans ai 20 quarter and they have committed to work with us on all of these services. we have committed to that in the board filing. congressmen yesterday was a historic day for then we arecp h very excited about it and it shows the benefit of commissions like the southern rail commission because we were able to hold that hadi together when louisiana in their previous registration refused the money to build this project. >> i remember that too well and i can't tell you how grateful i am to you mr. ross in the southern rail commission for the incredible work that you do and continue to do to hold this right it together. we were very disappointed when the previous administration

ross who is here today between mobile and new orleans. however, we do see opportunities and elsewhere in the region but that service has been planned for many years it does create a sort of financial opportunity to demonstrate for more service. you mentioned i think amtrak coming in and partnering with the dialogue into the different areas of the corridor but i would like to i reach out and kd of give an update on exactly what you plan to do. i need to move on to my next question. for these issues, it used to be the friendly skies of united. maybe we need the friendly smacks of amtrak kind of like some of the other lines do and that would probably help a little bit. do you have plans to bolster your ridership? >> great question we did go down to about 4% of the demand here so we have been growing steadily. we are hopeful we will continue with that. one of the things we focus on during this time is to build better communication technology and commute for the passengers to make the trip easier and also focus on the pricing in the new opport

liz mccartney became the first cnn hero of the year in 2008, recognition for her work in new orleansrricane katrina. >> i was so really happy for the people of new orleans and louisiana to shine the spotlight on people and problems post-katrina was a really important moment and support came pouring in. a lot of donations, a lot of new volunteers. >> since then her nonprofit known as sbp has expanded its reach far beyond new orleans. >> we were in joplin, missouri, responding to a tornado, to sandy, hurricane harvey in houston, in the bahamas. we are responded to hurricane dorian, and in puerto rico as well. since 2006, sbp has rebuilt more than 3,000 homes in more than 15 communities. >> now liz and her team also work to reduce the impact of storms before they strike. >> we want to make sure that people have the right insurance, and that homes are built resiliently. we want to make sure that people don't have to endure what many families had to after katrina. >> this year on august 29th, exactly 16 years after katrina hit new orleans, another storm barreled towards louisiana. >> a mo

new orleans has fallen by now. if you know your civil war history -- mansell lovable has retreated from new orleans -- and jefferson davis doesn't trust him with the last nugget of the river. so, he sends earl van doren down there in the summer of 62 to take command. that is when van dorn sends breckenridge to attack baton rouge. that is the end of the thesis arkansas. so, van dorn it's over that department at the time that all these offenses are taking place. when i'm trying to get you -- if how many places this guy is at in a short span that he is in the war. i mean, no doubt jefferson davis trusts him up until this point. we have a problem again up in northern mississippi. the missourians, who crossed the river, are now under the command of -- the same guy that was at -- van doren's supposed to go up there and unite with, him take over, and they are jointly going to attack the rail junction of car, through mississippi. remember the battle of shiloh? -- the offensive, which goes up, is in conjunction with robert

oral arguments are set to happen january 7th in new orleans the controversial law bans pregnancy at aroundow they're pregnant it allows private citizens to sue anyone providing or facilitating an abortion sense the law took effect, thousands of texans have been denied access to an abortion case >>> the seal team 6 team member richard marcinco has died. he organized the mission and he died of an apparent heart attack of a decorated career, he was 81-years-old >>> a new "wall street journal" report warns that groceries are going to get more expensive next year companies like general mills and campbell's soup have said price increases will comesque come january. potatoes and other heavier produce will likely have higher price tags because of shipping costs. they predict liquor prices will go up especially if imported food costs are expected to rise 5% of the year >>> a mystery deepens in virginia, a second time capsule has been discovered at a dismantled robert e. lee, the second one could be the one historians have been looking for. it's thoughtto have items around 60 of them from 1887. gove

therefore winnepeg plus $27.00 celsius there for new orleans. as we got one for the next couple of days, the moderator will try to not a little further northwards, doesn't really make too much progress american to see it sitting in a similar area to go on through the next couple days with more winfrey, weather coming in across the pacific northwest western pass of canada, doubts water, se some severe storms for a time on thursday. be seen some live. the storms recently caught without the possibility of the or tone aid i some very strong winds as well as he's blustery can celsius there for new orleans as we got one for the next couple of days. the mile or i will try to not a little further northwards, doesn't really make too much progress and we are going to see it sitting in a similar area to go on through the next couple days with more winfrey weather coming in across the pacific northwest western path of canada, doubts, water, se, some severe storms for a time. now what i'm trying to bring to the word, i'm saying, yes, we have aids. we have wa

so i was thinking about how different and how new orleans of my own hometown is reckoning for failing to reckon the people who are telling the stories. and the walter johnson's rate has written about, new orleans the whole city is a memorial to slaves like the levees rose and buildings constructed by the labor of enslaved people printed new orleans was one of the largest labor markets in the country, and for much of that. and were thinking about how the story is been told to me and how it's not been told to me. and it started think about how do other cities or historical sites and monuments and memorials tell the story, or not tell the story of slavery and what is that tell us about sort of the nature of the public consciousness of this country with regard to understanding or failing to understand histories of slavery and ending with the cummins rate of the actual impact on this country. so those are questions that i would reckon with and think about. i visited dozens of places that could've written about but i did and ultimately the book is about essentially but if you include the ep

but i will say when i was in new orleans i knew nothing about emergency management and i didn't have any sense of anything related to disasters. i was focused on just new orleans itself and i first viewed it as a one-off crazy thing than the product of all of these policy decisions not necessarily connecting it to the risk of the future. it had been a bit of a surprise. >> is it something that has been rewarding? are you happypy about this, cant be frustrating at times? >> there are disasters that happen and when you see a decision that's made we see the policy not to be implemented that should be and it is endlessly frustrating that the same time we know what to do to make emergency management better. we know what needs to happen at the state level, federal and local and it's a matter of getting the policies implemented. in that place i am hopeful as there are disasters happening across the country and the world. people are i believe paying more attention to this, and i'm hopeful in the near future we will see movement on how we think about it. >> for anyone interested in reading, i

the annual celebration in new orleans would have been a big conflict with the super bowl. and you just don't have the hotel space and flights and infrastructure in a city like new orleans to imagine the party that would have been the super bowl and mardi cry at the same time. we're we're going to do it. so the las vegas visitors and convention authority. they have it and they're estimating that the super bowl have more than 500 million dollars impact on the local economy. including the las vegas area and the state of nevada, the big game, specifically february 11th 2024. how about raiders niners and that super bowl. can i put it you guys. let's hope for that. all right. thank you very much. grant. coming up, the new way to reuse your christmas tree instead of tossing it to the curb. >> we'll explain how you can >> we'll explain how you can wear it. entresto is the number one heart failure brand prescribed by cardiologists and has helped over one million people. it was proven superior at helping people stay alive and out of the hospital. don't take entresto if pregnant; it

this is another big money making time of year for the area in new orleans . castor ktvu, fox two news come saturday, drivers will pay a dollar more across the bay area's bridges. the extra money is meant to make improvements to local roads and infrastructure coming up next. how lawsuit is delaying those projects could even force toll money to be returned to drivers. it's raining outside a lot and some areas and now the sun in its return, and when you should expect it's coming up. it's a news that forward continues. when you have xfinity, you have entertainment built in. which is kind of nice. ah, what is happening. binge-watching is in the bag, when you find all your apps, all in one place. find live sports faster just by using your voice... sports on now. touchdown irish! [cheering] that was awesome. and, the hits won't quit, with peacock premium included at no additional cost. all that entertainment built in. xfinity. a way better way to watch. chase first banking. a debit card and app for kids, and tools for you to teach them good money habits. set account

. >>> oklahoma city down three to new orleans. ties the game with a second left. how did new orleans respond? this! graham, ball game from 61 feet, pelicans won it 113-110. santa, enjoy your down time. you are on the clock in a few days. third ranked stanford, uc davis. stanford won 68-42. they'll have to play better than that before 7th ranked tennessee on the road saturday. >>> travis hunter, number two over all high school recruit taking football talents to, see the j on his cap, stands for jackson state. he was lured by head coach sanders. he got him to flip from florida state. he is first recruit to join football championship subdivision school. irony? what college did sanders play for? florida state. he said no to a big time program for sanders. what was his pitch? maybe "see this hall of fame gold jacket? i can teach you to be a hall of fame corner back ." that is sanders. and that is enough of my spiel. see you later. >> thank you. >>> 4:57. coming up on kpix5 and streaming on cbsn bay area. >> a deadly over night crash on a bay area freeway. the question

. >> new orleans, yeah, born and raised, new orleans, man >> jimmy: is that right?know, white kids go to the beach for spring break. black kids were going to atlanta. >> jimmy: oh [ laughter ] >> don't know why. there was no beach i don't know we just went to atlanta for a thing called freaknik. >> jimmy: freaknik >> yeah, it's like a picnic for freaks when you're young [ laughter ] it was really cool but while everybody there was having a great time, everybody's like, you know, partying you know what people do on spring break they're -- you know, they're doing that but i was seeing black people do well for the first time in my life. i was shocked at how well they were doing so i went back to new orleans and loaded up my hyundai and moved to atlanta that's where it all started for me >> jimmy: that's wild. i mean, now -- tyler perry studios, you have the largest studio in the united states, in the country. >> that's what they tell me, yeah, that's what they tell me >> jimmy: yeah >> that's pretty good. >> jimmy: i mean, they -- they film everything there, all of the

i was living comfortably in virginia and katrina slams into new orleans. that was evacuated and fell and broke a hip. i lost her a few months later. my daughter had a home with seven feet of water inside for five weeks. i watched people standing on bridges waiting to be evacuated and began to recognize faces of people that i had worked with. and i was compelled to go down and do something. so i went back to new orleans and i did the only thing that i knew how to do that could contribute or help in that time. and that was cooked for people. you know, i did my time in new orleans after katrina and i cooked the very best meals that i could, but i'm also a student of anything that i do. and when i got home, i began to think about the food that i saw served. and, and quite honestly, i got angry. now, the food that was served kept people alive, but i think there's more that needs to be done in a disaster. and that's to create hope. i was taught that food is love and anything you serve should have that love in it. i also thought that sanitation and food safety an

the conference on world war ii hosted by the world war ii museum in new orleans continues. next how pearl harbor affected african-americans. >> if you are not backed please take your seats. the next panel is raring to go. they beat me to the stage. they are here ready to go so we are going to oblige and continue. but this session we are going to shift gears a little bit and look through different lands. the first time was the american experience and the road to war as a strategic one and the second one is the japanese perspective and now we are going to provide another perspective a bit closer to home providing an introspective of the experience of african-americans in the conflict. we have a great team here. the history department of the university of your job after john mauro and it's pretty amazing. i'm a bit of a clemson fan myself. i remember the days of herschel walker. great to remember. he's joined by dr. robert chester and he'll discuss the impact of the pearl harbor attack on the african-american community and how we where member world war ii today. joining them o

the new orleans pelicans' devonte graham had the buzzer beater to beat the thunder 113-110.e nba in the last 25 years:the jacksonville jaguars head coach is out of a job after only 13 nfl games. the team fired urban meyer early this morning after the hugely successful former college football coach went two games with the jaguars and lost 11. the move came hours after a former jaguars player told the florida newspaper that meyer kicked him during practice in august. it was the latest in a string of embarrassing incidents for meyer. >>> and for the first time in its 175-year history, a woman will lead the new york city police department. mayor-elect eric adams named 49-year-old keechant sewell as the city's next top cop. she's currently the chief of detectives on long island's nassau county. >> i bring a different perspective -- committed to make sure the department looks like the city it serves and making the decision just as mayor-elect adams did to elevate women and people of color to leadership positions. >> adams praised sewell for her emotional intelligence, describing h

. >> the international conference on world war ii hosted by the national world war ii museum in new orleans continues. next a discussion about how the bombing of pearl harbor impacted african americans. >> welcome back. if you're not back please take your seats. you'll see the next panel is raring to go. they've occupied in force. they've beat me up to the stage. they're already here ready to go. and so we're going to oblige and continue mission. with this session we'll shift gears a little bit. we'll look at a different lens. the first lens was kind of the american experience and view and the road to war a strategic one. the second one was the japanese perspective. now we'll provide a different perspective bringing things a bit closer to home, providing an introspective on african americans in the conflict. we have a great team here. the history department, university of georgia, and -- pretty amazing. >> this year. >> i'm a bit of a clemson fan myself. i remember the days of herschel walker, great to remember. he is joined by historian dr. robert chester to discuss the impact of the pearl

as of right now, new orleans is planning on hosting mardi gras. the mayor says the city will shorten the parade route because there are fewer police officers and other first responders to handle the crowd. plans could change if covid cases get out of hand. however, she is confident the city can make it through the omicron season, flu season and the holiday season. >> the big news and the best news is that mardi gras is returning to the city of new orleans and to the world in 2022. it is happening. >> the city canceled mardi gras this past season. >>> back here at home, cvs is closing many doors. cvs announcing as part of its long process it will close six of its san francisco stores, and transferring all their prescriptions. here's robert handa. >> reporter: even in the rain, customers kept showing up here on pine street, and there were quite a few surprised and disappointed regulars. most describe it as a real inconvenience, especially in the midst of an ongoing pandemic. san francisco is in the first phase of a much bigger cost cutting plan. the

there were four sitting over in the southeast lock, new orleans, san francisco, st. louis, honolulu all of whom will have very active careers in 1942. it would have been much better to take those four out of action rather than disabling the third oldest battleship in the u.s. inventory. in terms of the fuel tank myth, which has been an endless source of speculation through the years and that is the notion if the japanese had simply come back with another attack from their carriers later in the afternoon and attacked both the repair facilities and the fuel tanks around pearl harbor that would have dealt a devastating blow to the american war effort and might have sent the pacific fleet back to california. the way this came down to us frankly is through a movie i'm sure a lot of us have seen here, "tora, tora, tora." he gets back onboard, gets out of his aircraft, goes up to the crew chief. what is going on? why isn't the next attack wave ready to take off? he is told we've received no orders to that effect. he looks up at the bridge to his buddy who looks down and dec

i had never been to new orleans. this is my first visit, and i'm so grateful for everybody who were willing to invite me here, and today i would like to focus on emperor hirohito's role, and the previous speakers already covered excellent sort of ground for the road to pearl harbor, so i will try not to repeat the same information. but i have to confess, i wasn't trained as a military historian, i was a diplomatic historian by training, and international relations but i was drawn to the subject world war i, world war ii, and now i'm working on the cold war, and i have to explain why the really i was studying the diplomacy and state crafts and the most difficult topic to study was the decision for war, the threshold to make a decision to go to war. why do people make that decision and so that was the sort of reason, and i started to study. and emperor hirohito really embody that sort of the difficult spot he was placed on to make that decision. well, he didn't, but he allowed others to make decision and sanctioned it.

important in new orleans where many of her stories took place, her books sold more than 150 million copiesthe big drscreen she was 80 years old >>> a new jersey man is lighting up his neighborhood with a show-stopping holiday display. this is it right there the winterland of lights goes back to a promise of his girlfriend that he would beat cancer ida siegel reports >> reporter: lohser court is your average, quite suburban road until you hit the russo house. where christmas is spilling out of every crevice and on every inch of the front lawn here. homeowner john russo says creating this wonderland of lights has become his life's work >> i just fell in love with it, she fell in love with it and kept going, buying more lights and putting them up. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: the idea for this elaborate display came back in 2014, on a dare of sorts it was a promise he made to his girlfriend after getting diagnosed with throat cancer she said, when you survive, build a light show and so he did. >> it represents a long, hard fight. it was seven weeks of torture with the chemo and radiation >> reporter: not

how did new orleans respond? this. devonte graham, ball game from 61 feet.icans won it 113 to 110. santa, enjoy your down time. you're on the clock in nine days. he saw uc davis. this fast break. the alum scored 17. 68-42. they're going to have to play better before they face tennessee on the road saturday. travis hunter, number two over all hall recruit taking his talent to, you see that gap, fans for jackson state, the defensive back lured by head coach deon sanders. big deal? sanders recruiting pitch got him to flip from florida state. hunter was the first ever five- star recruit to join a football championship subdivision school. irony? what college did he play for? florida state. he said no to a big time program for deon sanders. i wonder what his pitch was? see this hall of fame gold jacket? i could teach you to be a hall of fame corner back. that might have worked. that might have been a good sales tactic. >> that's a good pitch. if you win an emmy, do we all get rolexs. for the assist. she controls the budget. not me. i'll try. thanks, vern. up next,

new orleans has fallen by now. if you know your civil war history, i'm about to deep dive, they have retreated and jefferson davis doesn't trust him apparently with the last nugget on the river, so he sends earl van dorn down there in the summer of '62 to take command that is when van dorn sends breckenridge in turn to attack baton rouge. that is the end of the css arkansas, right? van dorn is over that department at the time all of these offensives are taking place. does that make sense? what i'm trying to give you is how many places this guy is at in the short span that he's in the war. i mean, no doubt jefferson davis trusts him up until this point. we have a problem again up in northern mississippi. they are now under the command of sterling price. van dorn is supposed to go up there and unite with him, take over, and they are jointly going to attack the rail junction of corinth, mississippi. the offensive is in conjunction with be robert e. lee's antietam campaign. so here he goes. the first thing that van dor

. >>> also happening now, new orleans plans on hosting mardi gras. the new orleans mayor said they will shorten it because there are fewer first responders to help with the crowds. she is confident the city can make it through omicron variant, flu season >>> 5g cell phone technology is set to go active next month. and there's a call for the government to delay it. the biggest plane makers are warning it could interfere with cockpit technology. specifically it could affect the altimeter. starting next month, the faa is prohibiting pilots from using them when they are close to 5 g cell sites. they want to limit the signals around airports as other countries already have. >> other countries have very carefully regulated 5g so it won't interfere. here it's the wild west. they can put a tower wherever they want. >> the cell phone industry tells us 5g networks operate safely without interference in nearly 40 countries around the world. there is no legitimate factual basis for this. >>> the most popular place in california is -- according to zillow, it is s

new orleans has a special system to reduce risk. this brought three inches parade per hour. how can we become more resilient to extreme weather? >> i think you raise a really good point. we continue to see more and more severe rain events. we need to start thinking about the future risks our communities are facing. >> my time is running out. do you agree that it is important that these agencies plan ahead for the next disaster and local communities have a voice in that plan? >> i think it is critical that we continue to plan for future happenings. this will continue to change and we will be faced with more severe events. >> i now recognize the gentleman from louisiana. >> before i begin my statement, i would like to introduce several documents for the record. one is an official fema document discussing the changes. >> without exception, all are excepted. >> thank you for visiting louisiana in late august. they are still outstanding from the 2020 hurricane season. there are very slim margins of revenue. they are still waiting on public assistance. they need fema inspectors to