then he moves north, which is louisiana highway 175. he starts seeing confederates. cavalry, texans under tom green who arrived. and they just sort of slow him down. they're not going to bring on a battle. but they do delay them. on the morning of april 8, 1864, the union column sets out and moves the last miles until they come to another small stream called chapman's body. this one is even smaller. they have run through a set of woods, another set of woods, a couple of over passions, and then a lot of toshi acreage called honeycutt rich. and did the confederate calvary prepared to fight them, they think. union cavalry up front of the main column, sets up a line of battle and the confederates lead. they ride over this hill. so the on scene commander, brigadier general lee, and his staff and some of the other staff of infantry go up to the top of this, and lee reports, i see before me every confederate seemingly west of the mississippi river. they have been to my left as far as i can see. they have been back to the road ahead of me to my right. indeed, there's probabl

when the oil business began in north louisiana, equipment was taken to the oil field with mule teams, and they were usually a large contingent of mules pulling wagons. often the wagon wheels were sunk in the mud up to their hubs, and the mules were sunk up to their knees. it was not uncommon. our photographs also document the dangerous nature of drilling for oil and wildcat wells. back in the day when there was no regulation of any kind. we have pictures as early as 1905 and 1907 of huge oil well fires. these two, i think, demonstrate just how regular an occurrence catastrophic fires were. this photograph here is from 191 11, and it says that it was the largest oil well fire in the united states up this that time. i think represented a loss of a million dollars which was a lot in 1911. but two years laettner 1913 we have another picture, would almost be the same picture, so it was a regular occurrence. so regular that there's even a man posing here in front of the n front of the fire in a very casual stance with his arm propped against a fence post. here in our archives we've been her

north louisiana is really home of the self described christian evangelical movement. and, also, rick santorum has a hard problem, really, solidifying a catholic vote. so i think rick santorum can covery well in weekend in louisiana. but, you know, i already said something very important. that's the last southern state. that's the last south state. but you still have texas. you still have arkansas. i don't think he can pull together the math. we know that he has problems filling delegate's place in many of these states. but you know what, this race is still going to continue. and i still believe at the end of the day sometime in mid april, mitt romney will be able to get these two gentlemen out of the race and he can finally earn the right to, you know, start talking about president obama, i guess. >> you said earlier the handwriting is on the wall chatty what about santorum? >> santorum is going to stay in for a while. he's got louisiana. he's probably got texas. mathematical mathematically, considering his lack of delegates, even where he's winning, i don't see how ri

what part of -- what part of -- >> north louisiana. >> north louisiana. think romney has a shot. let's move from north louisiana to central florida. you have been a champion on this tragic case coming out of sanford, florida. there appears, and i say only appears, because you never know, there appears to be some movement in the tray von martin case. von martin case. >> i don't know what that means. the sheriff, i don't know whether he will be back, whether you have a boss that goes away, you know he will be back or behave differently in any way that will shame that boss if you know he is coming back. prosecutor has changed. >> changed prosecutor. the governor is now appointing another special investigator. i think everybody statewide is starting to feel the heat. >> that is very true. there is a lot of heat here. this is a very small city, small police department. and they have bungled things, to some degree, and that may compromise the investigation and even if it doesn't compromise it, it makes people lose faith in the investigation and that's bad thing

that the great yellow favor epidemic decimated the city and changed the course of the history of north louisiana and the city in particular. within two weeks, we lost a quarter of the population in the city inside the city limits. 800 to 1,000 people are in this cemetery. if you pan over and look at the top of the hill, that's the yellow fever mound. with 824 people confirmed in it, then there other folks who died and were either moved or put in here. it killed almost all the doctors and all the nurses. it killed many, many prominent people in the city. it was devastating. the city was quarantined by railroads and rivers. nothing was allowed to come in and go out. money was raised from new york and washington and new orleans from chicago. it was a national event. nation will last another four years. in shreveport andno louisiana, shreveport is luckyr the army leaves to save itself. redemption as itas in this state. local rule returns at that time. on the negative side, shreveport stunted for many,an unhealthy many decades. it ends up returning, but it's going to take a while. this is the monumen

city is that the great yellow fever epidemic decimated the city and really changed the course of north louisiana and this city in week quarter of the population of the city, inside the city limits. 800 to 1,000 people are in this cemetery. if you pan over and look at the top of that hill, that's the yellow fever mound. common trench with 824 people confirmed in it. then there are other folks who died and were either moved or put in here. killed almost all the doctors, all the nurses, killed many, many prominent people in this city, and it was devastating. the city was quarantined by railroad and by river. nothing was allowed to come in go raised, large amounts from new york, washington, from new orleans, from chicago, and it was a national event. now reconstruction is going to last another four years. ut in shreveport and northwest in a way because reconstruction ends, the army leaves to save itself. so redemption as it was called begins here. in this space, and local rule returns at that time. on the negative side, shreveport was thought to be an unhealthy place, and its growth was stunted for

that the great yellow fever epidemic decimated the city and changed the course of history of north louisiana and this city in particular. within two weeks, we lost a quarter of the population of the city inside the city limits. 800 to 1,000 people are in this cemetery. if you look at the top of that hill, that's the yellow fever mound. trenched with 824 people confirmed in it. there other folks who died and were either moved or put in here. it killed almost all the doctors, all the nurses, it killed many, many prominent people in this city. it was devastating. the city was quarantined by railroad and river. nothing was allowed to come in and go out. money was raised. large amounts and new york and washington and new orleans and chicago. it was national. now nationally, reconstruction is going to last for another four years, but in shreveport, shreveport is lucky in because reconstruction ends and the army leaves to save itself. and so reducing as it was called begins here. in this state. and local rule returns at that tight. on the negative side, shreveport was thought to be an unhealthy pla

louisiana. that can be very good news for rick santorum. >> it could be. of course, my sister donna knows that state better than everybody. i'll speak about the north/south divide and why rick santorum will run hard in the louisiana area. if i were santorum i would cling to this, 40% of republican primary voters today said they had reservations about the candidate they voted for. not about another candidate. but when four out of ten are not happy about the candidate they voted for, i think that's what politicians use to fuel a dying candidacy. >> donna, what about louisiana? >> well, i think that it is a go good fertile territory for rick santorum. for two reasons. one, north louisiana is really home of the self-described christian evangelical movement and also rick santorum has a hard problem really solidifying the catholic vote. so i think rick santorum can do very well this weekend in louisiana, but you know ari said something very important and that's the last southern state. well, that's the last deep south state but you still have texas. you still have arkansas. i don't think he can pull together the math. we know he has problems filling dele

are in the mississippi river across north louisiana.the way from the texas line, just west of shreveport downs to not accord day. everybody gets together. it's a gathering. so it takes a while for these forces to come. there resupplied. they're ready. nobody believed that the yankees could move that quickly and they did. and so, every time the texans try to come across at a predetermined point, the yankees are already ahead of them. it's like a big raise. one side coming up the red river. the texans coming up what is today the equivalent of highway 59, u.s. 59 in texas. and they will cross into louisiana desoto parish. louisiana troops have come from central louisiana hud's louisiana back to northwest and the tax observatory under walker have been in the south part of red river valley and they come out. although no one realizes that the time everyone to shattering the end and the union has no clue that that the confederates do not have a clue. taylor knows that if he couldn't fight closely -- as close as possible to shreveport and still

look at how the rain is just treatmenting from the south to the north through louisiana, arkansas andissouri. they are getting extremely heavy rain, lots of flooding problems out there that. front will very slowly track to the east and get in here by saturday. could bring us some showers and thunderstorms by about saturday and some cooler air behind it. temperatures by the end of the weekend, high temperatures will be in the low 50s. today, a nice one. 74. partly sunny skies. don't forget about the morning fog and fog advisory until 10:00 this morning. some fog developing late. 57 your overnight low. your five-day forecast, tomorrow, 77. mix of clouds and sun for your thursday. friday looks warm. friday will be beautiful. sneak out of work early. 80 your daytime high. here yoms your weekend forecast. shower and thunderstorm on saturday. -- here comes your weekend forecast. >> i tweeted, julie. >> i retreated you. >> i'm going to retreat you next. >> he has no idea what that means, folks. >> i'm going to retweet you. you just wait. >> bring it on, tucker barnes. >>. tucker barnes is ta

also in at the top five, laugh fay yes, louisiana, raleigh, north carolina, huntsville, alabama, and greenville, south carolina. bingham ton is the least optimistic city.

and provo is followed by lafayette, louisiana, raleigh, north carolina, and huntsville, alabama.ptimistic city, would be binghamton, new york. less than 28% of the residents there see their area improving. and you can check out where your community ranks on abcnews.com/worldnews. >>> and a resident of the white house made a surprise appearance. bo, the dog. a reporter for univision was on the south lawn. her camera rolling, when the first dog crashed the picture, sprinting behind her. you can look again. there goes bo, streaking by. the white house often, deliberately, puts bo in the picture. you'll remember those christmas videos. but this time, he just barged in for a little self-promotion. >>> and coming up, jaycee dugard, who inspired millions with her courage, tells us how she's putting her life back together tonight. an abc news exclusive. in my line of work, it's not uncommon for the term "hero" to be bandied about. but does bringing a floor back to life really make us heroes? [ chuckles ] yes. yes, it does. ♪ call 1-800-steemer is the pain reliever orthopedic doctors reco

louisiana. you know, i look today. went to monroe in the northestant most conservative bible belt part of louisiana. he was at a gun range in the north. that's a twin killing. he's in the bible belt part and shooting at a gun range. i think that is more powerful than this gaffe. >> rich, you say this is less of a campaign at this point and more of a personal vendetta by santorum and gingrich against romney? >> i think so. at this point of the campaign, the second place, third place, fourth place candidates, they run into the three fs, fatigue, frustration and finances. i think especially in this cycle where you've had the enormous rises in dips and, you know, the santorum thought at some point he was really on a path to the nomination that they just get tired. they get sloppy. and they start saying things out of peak rather than out of good sense. i do think that there is a streak both among santorum and gingrich that is a personal distaste if not dislike for mitt romney. >> for all the talk about divisiveness and how divisive this primary is, yo

he is going through the north louisiana. he is going to go out there a ports. he is practically in the middle of the gulf of mexico. we're not sure what he is going to do there. we will be able to see them from the shore. a lot of people take boats to get there. it is just one of the many things that does take this. he has a prize for all of us that go the way out there. he will have his first press conference in a week. >> we are going to get back to you throughout the day. please work the phones. we're going to pop back into the political newsroom. coming are the state's on after tonight? they think about the politics of each state. it would be great for him to get there. >> when have alex right there. the network is not calling it right away. bromley is leading but not enough to make a call. they are just asking about the state ahead. tell us about this. >> santorum has this one more chance in louisiana on saturday. he is in favor. it is one of those places where there is spending disparity. it is not as dramatic. >> should be merged be in the game? >> he is

louisiana. you know, i look today. went to monroe in the northnt most conservative bible belt part of louisiana. he was at a gun range in the north. that's a twin killing. he's in the bible belt part and shooting at a gun range. i think that is more powerful than this gaffe. >> you say this is less of a campaign and more of a personal vendetta by santorum and gingrich against romney? >> i think so. at this point of the campaign, the second place, third place, fourth place candidates, they run into the three fs, fatigue, frustration and finances. i think especially in this cycle where you've had the enormous rises in dips and, you know, the santorum thought at some point he was really on a path to the nomination that they just get tired. they get sloppy. and they start saying things out of peak rather than out of good sense. i do think that there is a streak both among santorum and gingrich that is a personal distaste if not dislike for mitt romney. >> for all the talk about divisiveness and how divisive this primary, is you look back, so was the

this whole area is moving up toward the north and the east. so parts of louisianand then eventually into parts of arkansas can expect to see stronger to severe thunderstorms. that risk area going all the way up into the boothill of missouri as these storms continue through the overnight. now the plus side to all of this is that temperatures have been extremely warm across the plains states. in fact, we're talking some record-breakers out there. take a look at these 60s all the way up across the upper midwest. we did have a live picture -- it went away -- officer my hometo minneapolis. >>> right around the corner. tax returns are due, ready for that? >> i am. filed and ready. >> all right. very good. for those of you who need a lid help, learn how to -- a little help, learn how to use your cell phone if get your refund faster. [ male announcer ] this is lawn ranger -- eden prairie, minnesota. in here, the landscaping business grows with snow. to keep big winter jobs on track, at&t provided a mobile solution that lets everyone from field workers to accounting, initia

prolific porn watchers were in red states including utah oklahoma, mississippi, arkansas louisiana, alaska northest virginia and in fact even florida which is considered a blue state because president obama iswon it on isthe fen. red state? representing the porn community? hawaii, appreciate it. when you turn to gay porn of course red states aren't going to watch that except for when they do. that one is split at least. the top 10, five are from red states texas kentucky, mississippi, louisiana, west virginia apparently love them some gay porn. all right. now we are going to bring in michelangelo here, the host of the michelangelo show on certainsirius xm and the editor for huffington post gay voices. great to have you here? >> great to be here cenk. >> first of all, let's talk about this whole gay porn issue because i am amused by it. gay porn all of these guys family values, we don't do that. it sounds like they have a place where they actually make you take a pledge. right? to say that you will not watch any porn. and then it turns out those are the guys watching the most? >> you know in texa

expensive energy, which turned to the saudis to pump more oil, not to the americans, not to louisiana or northkota or texas or any other place in america. none of this is a surprise. the question is, does the united states want to reelect a president with the worst economic record since the great depression, the highest deficits in american history, a rising cost of gasoline, a weak foreign policy, and a willingness to destroy the american defense system? i mean, that's essentially what obamaism is. >> sean: let me ask you this. rick santorum had a confrontation with this reporter, and i'm frankly would get tiertd of the liberal media myself. you might be a little sympathetic towards it. but things are slowing down now, and you have said that there's a possibility that mitt romney might not get the 1144 committed delegates to get the nomination outright by june. how likely is that scenario, and what does it mean for you? what does it mean for senator santorum, what does it mean for governor romney and those who want to see ban barack obama defeated? >> i'm speaking to you from delaware which i

came in this year that sold part of their companies, high-tech, oil guys, quite a few north dakota oil guys, louisiana >> making good money right now. >> i'm going to look at some cars, kraig. your next auction is in palm beach in april? >> easter weekend. >> fantastic. let's go over here. roger. >> yes. >> this is your car. tell me what it is and why you loved it and what you paid for it? >> i paid $500 for this car in 1965. >> $500? >> yep. >> what do you think it would fetch today? >> well, maybe $50,000. >> $50,000? >> maybe. >> you buy that, craig? >> yeah. >> what kind is it? >> a 1935 lasalle built by cadillac. >> did you invest in this car as an investment or because you loved it? >> i loved it. >> do you remember these cars? >> oh, yeah. >> do you take it out and drive it? do you rent it out to movies? >> i drove it 70 miles today up the turnpike. >> is that where you live? >> hopewell, new jersey. >> roger, thank you for coming. very nice. $500 to $50,000. nick, hey, this is my kind overcar right here, a corvette. >> this is my girl. >> what'd you pay for it? >> $2,500 at the time. >> what y

the need for improved storm warning was clear in 2011, a historic year for tornadoes from north carolina to louisianace 1936 and almost as many as the previous ten years combined. $10 billion in damages, the most ever. the national weather service needed more weapons. installing dual polarization radar will cost $54 million. four are already in place worldwide and the new storm tracking paid off early wednesday morning, around 4:45 a.m., forecasters at the national weather service in missouri warned that a tornado was heading toward branson. people in branson had 35 minutes warning. the alert interrupted broadcaster on radio and television stations and the new twist in 2012 -- all of america's major cell phone service companies have agreed to send text message alerts like this to cell phones of everyone in a storm system. >> it will threaten you at some point in your life, knowing in advance that it is a threat, knowing that in advance to know what to do when that threat comes allows you to act. >> the goal is to save live in a moment of mayhem when every second matters. ask people in branson, missou

north carolina. >> right. >> louisiana is different than mississippi and alabama, although there are similarities.o important. it's not a monolithic region of the country. >> that's right. it's not just one thing. you were talking. we were talkinge1 earlier about sort of what you see when you walk out of your office building in south carolina. when you look at the south, think about southern politics what, are the issues we're missing? >> one of the things you'req missing in states like south carolina and florida, masse1 migration of retirees from north.fáq >> the weather. >> the weather qhelps. sometimes bad or good. but the weather e,k>rq&ps. i think just the general nature of the southern states. it's a slower pace. it's certainly elections and campaigns i think much more brutal in theq south, they're extremely personal. that's a bad side of it. look atr flows, it's hard to put it in terms of is it a solid voting block. do thee1 -- >> what's fascinating, i would say to me in my business to places like north carolina, to see how it's evolved overe1 the last 10 to 15 years. q,u begin to see it in

. >>> once the louisiana primary is all done, the focus shifts north. the next set of contests are on april 3 when maryland, d.c., and wisconsin will be holding their primary. and next week, some of the gop hopefuls will be campaigning in our neighborhood. the latest edition could be santorum. his campaign tells us he'll hold an event in maryland or wisconsin on tuesday. newt gingrich is visiting the free state that same day and ron paul will be in college park on wednesday. voters in maryland and d.c. don't have to wait until april 3. tomorrow, early voting for the primaries begins full throttle in both jurisdictions. d.c. will have eight voting centers. open through march 31. and maryland will have 46 early voting centers throughout the state and they'll be open until march 29. in addition to picking prty nominees for president, voters can cast their ballots for the u.s. senate, congress, council seat, and the board of education. and if you go to our website, wusa9.com. look under campaign 2012. we have all the location. plus, sample ballot informatio

burning in prison so to speak to colonel lawrence wilkerson on that iran syria north korea and the n.d.a. then former louisiana governor buddy roemer and reason dot com and reason t.v. editor and chief make unless you will join us for an alternative politics panel and google's new privacy policy started today we're going to tell you what's changed with the ways are the can get around it and we'll explore the possibility of quitting google altogether with all that and more for tonight including a dose of happy hour but first let's take a look at the mainstream media has decided to miss. all right so today's one of those days when the mainstream media is all over the place and granted there is a lot of news today with the death of andrew breitbart continued tornadoes sweeping through inflicting damage in the midwest and of course more campaign coverage. conservative blogger andrew breitbart has died in los angeles he was just forty three years old folks in the midwest bracing for new storms after a string of deadly trying to go there i dozen people killed in three states reality stars well they say she's blowing

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louisiana. the president in north korea. and one that i wanted to highlight.rmer vice president cheney has had a heart transplant. we have a live picture in the fairfax hospital in virginia where he's recovering in intensive care. a history of heart trouble, of course, for mr. cheney. we wish him all well. let's talk about some of the big issues driving this campaign. you heard me talk about it with david plouffe, the energy crisis in america. this fight over who do you blame for high gas prices? we were talking, nothing hit the president's approval harder. who is going to win the blame game argument this year? >> there's no question that presidents lose popularity with gas prices. house issues, health issues appear as pretty vague. every time you're at the gas tank, oh, my god, he's responsible. even if he isn't responsible. carter definitely got blamed. it was partly the way he handled it by telling people heating oil was going up. put on a sweater in your house. it made him feel like he wasn't on your side. i think what the president is trying to do now is