>> it still exists in new orleans.un by a wonderful woman pastor allie, pastor allie was instrumental in participating in 45th anniversary memorial for the upstairs lounge fire which took place at st. marks methodist church last sunday. at that memorial, she spoke at the memorial, i won't say she planned the whole memorial, st. mark's, she spoke at the memorial, she read a letter from the founding pastor of the metropolitan community church who was a very really magnanimous figure who was instrumental in history. the day after the upstairs lounge fire this radical gay minister in the early 1970's, back then was the only one of homosexuals who had gave real name to press and allow photograph to appear in the newspaper and he heard about the fire and allies ze -- descended upon new orleans and he couldn't make it and still alive at 45th anniversary at church but we wanted to have that -- corey sparks wanted to have consistent so pastor allie read a letter about recollections of what it was like to come to new orleans and

the battle of new orleans. how did webeat the british that just defeated the french and took down napoleon was relatively invincible . - - so this group - - [indiscernible]. america said, what was at stake? they're going to stop america from going past the mississippi. they saw us as a threat. not the eventual ally we would become. they would never invade after this. america has never been in dated since. america is not going anywhere. the jackson knew we would be a superpower. nothing stopping us now. you've got to know we are playing ahead. inthe midwest, the expansion. jackson oversaw, it wouldn't have happened without new orleans. from doing the tour, people asked, how big a deal was that? it was a big deal. i think at the 25 year mark senses when, they said did you really have to fight this? he said if you think - - and his men were going to defeat my hodgepodge army, if you think they were going to keep us from growing. you don't understand history. they would have undone the louisiana purchase. which bel

in lakegras celebration charles is -- in new orleans, but it is celebrating like in new orleans as of family style. as for decorating and costumes, we have very elaborate costumes, as you will see in the treasures that we have taken out of the closet to share with you today. >> the first room is our captains room. the captains of each krewe are the organizers or directors of each mardi gras krewe. you are basically one of the first organizers of the krewe or the person that came up with the concept or the name of the krewe . a lot of times, the captains are the main character of the theme for that year of the ball, and their costumes will go along with the theme. example, this costume right here, the theme was egypt. we have the egyptian bird, the is action -- the egyptian sphinx, and the egyptian cobras. the captain is the one who keeps everyone on the same page. he is usually the one who is in contact with the lighting director, the music director, all of those. and he has a lot of meetings with the costume designers. , we have aour museum lot of large costumes. for example, this on

of new orleans. and while he was here, he began to develop relationships with a lot of the early pioneers in lake charles. but he was from the old world. i mean, he had connections to france and spain and, in fact, that's really what made jean lafitte who he was. in 1808 the american government passed the embargo act, and it forbade us from trading with those old world countries. and that's when jean lafitte's legacy really skyrockets because he becomes sort of the de facto smuggler in new orleans making sure the residents have goods from france and spain and britain. the population of new orleans, you know, you have to understand it's a city, it's a port city. it's a city full of people who had very strong ties to france and spain. they spoke french in new orleans and spanish for a long time. the city was governed by the french and spanish rule. so the citizens felt a sort of an allegiance. now, once the louisiana purchase happened and new orleans became an american city, jefferson and other officia

they spoke french in new orleans and spanish. for a long time the city was governed by the french and spanish rule.so citizens felt sort of an allegiance. once the louisiana purchase happened and norma's became an american city, jefferson and some other american officials worried about the population of new orleans. and would they be loyal to the new american government? so jean lafitte sort of maintain the relationship with the old world. the goods, silver, wine, all of these things that residents of new orleans began to see as part of their daily life. they say what jean lafitte possess that many did not was this incredible navigating war ways. this knack for getting in and out of places the other ships could not get in and out of. he also evidently was a person that had a certain command of men. in the southern parts of new orleans, he basically was the de facto boss of a large group of pirates, or smugglers, exiles from the old world. because he occupied that sort of half land, half water area, a place where authorities could

they wanted new orleans.the future of the country was at stake. >> they are not going to go out and engage the british. jackson knows that would be suicide. >> any expert would tell you jackson's ragtag army would be the miracle from stopping the british from spending christmas on bourbon street in jackson knew where to go to ask for. what i'm tied-- trying to tell us about love new orleans. this is the home that dates back hundreds of years. they trade for jackson's success among the people who think these unknowns brought him a victory, major general andrew jackson himself to make it's a miracle. praying for a miracle took the catholic church and the battle of new orleans, i mean, that is when we know that there was divine intervention. >> that divine intervention would reveal itself in the final by january 8, 1850. >> this becomes a bloodbath here it was the beginning of the end of britain and in many ways the birth of modern america. >> jackson's leadership would record one of the most decisive and a stun

they left new orleans to come to galveston and set a base here around 1812. while he was here he began to develop relationships with a lot of the early pioneers in lake charleston. he have connections to france spain and that's really what made him who he was. the american government passed the embargo act. he becomes the de defective smuggler in new orleans making sure that the residents had goods from france and spain and britain. the population of new orleans you have to understand it's a city they had have very strong ties to france and spain. the citizens felt and allegiance. they worried about the population. with a be loyal to the new american government. they can to maintain kind of maintain that relationship. all of these sorts of crafts that they have and they begin to see as part of their daily life. legend said that what they did it. was a skill navigating waterways. the neck for getting out of places that other people can get in and out of. appeared he evidently was a person that have a certain command of men. he basically was the de facto boss o

their imposition of new orleans. the americans are now little better than prisoners in their own country. so what stop that from happening? andrew jackson, this instinctive military leadership. he didn't come from the academy. like i was brought up outside the so-called virginia base, or the boston powerbase. either one of these can he was the first outsider to actually rise to prominence. what did he go through? i didn't realize this until after researching it. what he went to was the ultimate and maybe the first rags to riches story. his parents come here from scotland. his dad dies before he was born. his mom races three kids by just basically being a a housekeeper for other people doing whatever she can to get through rates at times in the tennessee/south carolina three. then when it's time for the were the oldest item they knew one thing, they didn't like the british because their scottish. he goes to fight. he dies of heatstroke so that two of the voice robert and interest on the county couriers in revolutionar

me premise, especially when i look at new orleans --'ll talk about new orleans because that's the sort of charter market i know best mitch premise was that i believe these people in their hearts think they are doing the right thing. they believe in a market model. they believe competition will deliver better schools, et cetera. now, having said that, we all of course know that -- certainly learning in places like arizona, establishing charter schools, even nominally nonprofit charter schools, is a real estate play. so, you have a nonprofit charter school that then has to rent space from a real estate company, the real estate company controls the charter school. so it's -- we do know that there's a real blurring of the lines between nonprofit and for-profit. but my premise was that i'm going to take, especially in new orleans -- going to take them at their word they are well intentioned and i went to new orleans completely open-minded. i really just want to see how is this working because this was being sold as a miracle. and i think you're right. there is a fundamental ethical dilemma

in new orleans, $50 billion plus of imports come into this port according to a 2016 study.ys it has seen in the first six months of the year a 25% decline in steel imports as a result of tariffs, adding aluminum, you get to roughly 30%. and it is not just steel per se or this port specifically either in milwaukee it is agriculture exports. in mobile, alabama, steel and agriculture. here in new orleans, they're watching and concerned about poultry and pork this goes even a step further. there's another domino effect on infrastructure think of it this way not only are you bringing in less steel, revenues go down, but also the price of steel is going up this port has to invest in infrastructure it uses steel. revenues are going down, the prices of input cost are going up, and it makes planning very, very difficult it makes those projects very difficult to carry out as well take this one step further, impacts the overall supply chain as well. ports are about 25% of u.s. gdp. you're talking not just about activity here, talking barges, rails, trucking, manufacturing, too. 23 mil

is mardi gras celebration seconds to new orleans. --, it is -- it has as much celebrating new orleansst in a family-style. as far as decorating and costumes, we have a very elaborate costumes. as you will see in the treasures that we have taken out of closets to share with you today. and what we have here at the museum. will beirst room we viewing is our testing room. captains of each crew are basically the organizers. the directors of each mardi gras crew. to become a captain for a mardi gras crew you are basically one of the first organizers of the crew. or the person that came up with a concept for the name of the crew. a lot of the time the captains are basically the main character of the theme for that year of the ball. and their costumes will go along with the theme. this one right here, there theme was egypt. action --an bird, the egyptian sphinx, the egyptian cobras. the captain is basically the one that keeps everybody on the same page. each is the one that is in contact with the lightning -- lighting. all of those, a lot of meetings with the costume designer. throughout our

my premise all along especially when i looked at new orleans and is we talk about new orleans my premiseall along was that i believe these people in their hearts think they are doing the right thing. they believe in a market model. the competition will deliver better schools etc.. having said that we are certainly learning now that places like arizona established charter schools and not only charter schools but it's a real estate way. you have direct space from a real estate company and the real estate company controls the school. we do know that there is a real blurring of the lines between nonprofit and for-profit. my premise all along was i'm going to take them at their word that they are well-intentioned and incident when he went to new orleans completely open-minded. i really just wanted to see how it was working. this was being sold as a miracle. i think you are right that there is a fundamental dilemma to this idea of a disruption is fine in the market. it hurts adults when companies go out of business and people lose their jobs. can be very painful for people and the communities

orleans,tte left new he came to this region. this is right after the war of 1812 and he was expelled from new orleans. river to make his way inward over and over again. like most local historians, maude reid made an effort to document the people she considered the founders of the town, the most important members. when history changed or there was economic development, she documented it. you can see some of the work she showing pictures of the prosperous people in town. the town was built off the lumber industry. theeveryday activities, activities that in this time many people might ignore, in the 1930's, she is going to document a river baptism and the aftermath of the community. it's a very important affair for this group. it is one that is often ignored. this is sunday, 1938. she went to houses to take pictures of the people. daye are the st. joseph's alters. made and given away as a sign of thinking st. joseph for his help. realizedink maude reid about the place was it's a living, breathing entity that takes different types o

we play it ahead with the midwestin expansion but it would not happen without new orleans then to fight the war and with that 75 year mark in with my hodgepodge army then you will t understand, history those were the exact words. and believe it or not even know america -- side it was a good move but they would do that and take it back. >>host: now let's take some calls. you are on booktv. >> caller: thank you. i have read all three of his books high school algebra teacher i was taking college history that is so relevant to what is going on today. what is the next project? and i thank you you made my day. i'm working on project but i will say october 19 i will be doing this so the next but i am working i will talk about is the alamo. sam houston by andrew jeff some of those things i try to unwind. >> is your co-op working on that civic yes. i'm working on that now kept great records even back. >> hello there. comment into question. but talk about that slb jackson like it or not he has nothing to do withli slavery. but he was ever tough. i have a lot of static here but i hope you can hear

the concern tonight for the new orleans levy system. abc's victor oquendo starts us off. >> reporter: tonight, fast-moving trap came storm gordon lashing south florida. wind gusts topping 50 miles per hour. >> of course, they're encouraging people to stay off the roads if you don't have to be out here. the roads are really flooded. you have to drive super slow. >> reporter: police say one driver losing control, crashing on i-95 in miami. >> right now, they're not letting cars get onto i-95. >> reporter: the driver did not survive. this storm has been hammering south florida all day long, dropping several inches of rain and the winds are really starting to pick up. this time lapse video showing the bands of rain moving through boca raton. further south, miami's famed beaches normally packed with tourists on labor day, deserted. gordon now taking aim at the central gulf coast. tropical storm and hurricane warnings stretching hundreds of miles with the risk of life-threatening storm surge. outside new orleans, residents loading up on fuel

the battle of new orleans. i don't want to be presumptuous but in school they said the battle didn't have to happen. it was a substantial victory for america. >> i'm always intrigued by this war. i've going to the white house and they said we will bring you to a place not a lot of people go by the bowling alley. this is for the british burned the white house to the ground. i was moved by the fact at how - - looked. our army has been annihilated. the british had their way with them. they're dominating us in the water. there polarizing the eastern seaboard. mr. madison can't catch up with mrs. madison. they've already separated. must have looked like america was flat on its back and maybe be destroyed. i thought, how did we do this? how did we end up. what did we do to actually prevail? what was really at stake? the more i read and researched, the more fascinated i got. >> we often go from the american revolution to the civil war when we talk about this. we skip right over this, the war of 1812. off we go. >> and

jackie de angeles explains from new orleans. >>> about a quarter of u.s. gdp is tied to trade. the ports, railroads, pipelines, farmers and truckers who depend on it. he at the port of new orleans, imports represent more than $50 billio tariffs are making a dent. in the first six months of the year,import volumes as a result of steel tariffs are down 25%, adnu in alu and you're looking at 30% and it's not just steel or this specific port. in milwaukee it's agriculture export.ma in ala it's steel and agriculture and here, add ,poultry and po as well. as the negotiations continue and as items are addedo the list by both sides, the concerns are growing. kurt nava, the president and cee ofmericanon associati of port authorities says retaliation is an issue. >> the tariffs that have been announced already account for about 10% of the total value of the tgde that's mov through america's sea ports. so that could obviously continue to escalate,ut even at 10% it's a significant impact not just on the tra t movinough our ports and ultimately to folks like truckers, railroads and warehous

new orleans city hall is closed to non essential personnel.don has lashed south florida with rain and tropical sto

to a category 1 hurricane just before landfall, likely somewhere from mobile, alabama, west to new orleans. then as it weakens, it's also going to slow down, which means tremendous amounts of rainfall wednesday, thursday, and friday on areas that are already flooding. significant amounts of rainfall already coming down from kansas, south texas, where numerous flood warnings are in effect. futurecast says wide swaths of the midwest will receive two to six inches of rain between now and wednesday night including mississippi, west to texas, north to nebraska, and all the way east to wisconsin. so significant flooding concerns are likely throughout the next couple days for a good chunk of the united states. >>> well, there's also severe weather in the midwest. flash flood warnings are posted in kansas, nebraska, illinois, and iowa. late yesterday a string of tornadoes blew through iowa. several homes were damaged, but there are no reports of injury. in cedar rapids, a possible tornado blew a tree into a home. this homeowner says he was in bed when it hit. >> i heard a roar, so we went for the

now, states of emergency have been declared in mississippi and louisiana and in new orleans. public schools are closed as people race to prepare. tropical storm gordon intensifying in the gulf of mexico. >> i don't want to see another hurricane like katrina at all. >> reporter: evacuations are already under way living outside areas protected by the levee system. the national hurricane center is warning of a life-threatening storm surge up to five feet in some areas. >> you don't take any of these lightly even though it may not be a hurricane. >> reporter: tropical storm and hurricane warnings stretch hundreds of miles as forecasters say the storm could dump up to eight inches of rain. many along the gulf coast say they're not taking any chances. >> i went to sam's and bought a bunch of water and stuff for my family and other than that, just kind of letting all my employees know to kind of prepare because you don't know what's going to happen. >> reporter: the storm already drenched parts of south florida. this time lapse shows the bands of rain moving through boca raton. fart

legend says that once lafitte left new orleans, he came to this region. this is right after the war of 1812 when he was expelled from the city after being a hero. he comes here and sets up a base in galveston and he uses the river to make his way inward over and over again. like most local historians, maude reid made an effort to document the people she considered the founders of the town, the most important members. when industry change or there was economic development, she took great pains to document it. you can see some of the work she does is showing pictures of the most prosperous people in town. off of the lumber industry and sulfur industry and oil industry. she also takes great pains to find the everyday activities, activities that in this time many people not -- might ignore. in the 1930's, she is going to document a river baptism and the -- in the african-american community here. a very important affair for this group, but one that is often ignored. -- in the african-american community here. this is sunday, 1938. -- 1930. she went to houses to

in the days before mirlo left new orleans, a series of stories appeared in the nation's newspapers and were no doubt read by the officers. on august 4, a u-boat was reported to have sunk a tanker in a two-hour long gunbattle east of the north carolina/virginia border. in the days before mirlo left -- sorry.s i have gotten out of order here. just a second. on the very day that mirlo was scheduled to depart new orleans -- i have to wait until that stops moving. the same u-boat sank the american steamer and diamond shoals life ship number 71 off cape hatteras. this was news learned by the officers of the mirlo. there was no doubt disconcerting because these were the very waters where that ship was headed. but it was this portentous associated press story published the morning before mirlo stained down the mississippi river that must have been especially unsettling for captain williams. secretary daniels said yesterday other sinking's would probably follow." and so, they did. seven days later, williams'mirlo was among the next victims. oits have putl the search stations on high alert. when

las fuertes marejadas, nuestro corresponsal edgardo muÑoz se encuentra en vive informa desde nueva orleansnta tropical gordon con vientos de 65 millas por hora y las prÓximas horas segÚn el centro nacional de huracanes se puede convertir en huracÁn categorÍa uno, nueva orleans estÁ por abajo del nivel del mar y cualquier lluvia lo puede convertir en una gran inundaciÓn, esto es lo que todavÍa es tormenta tropical viene con fuerza desde la florida donde a miles y miles de personas dejÓ sin electricidad por los fuertes vientos y podrÍa afectar los estados de alabama, louisiana y mississippi, 13 millones de personas estÁn en riesgo, asÍ la crÓnica. . >> el centro de huracanes avisÓ por fuerte oleaje que puede traer condiciones peligrosas para louisiana y alabama el gobernador de louisiana declarÓ estado de emergencia y dijo que movilizarÁn 200 soldados de la guardia nacional al sureste del estado, gordon se formÓ cerca de los cayos de la florida y descargÓ lluvias vientos en el estado. >> gordon podrÍa convertirse en huracÁn este martes cuando >> gordon podrÍa convertirse en huracÁn este mart

this is very close to new orleans and new orleans is in the cone of uncertainty, but so is the extremeestern of the florida panhandle so depending on where thi goes the biggest factor will be most likely srm surge warnings. 3 to 5 foot storm surge could putse lot of h underwater and at least the first floor could be seeing some water. that's something we'll be watching in mississippi and alabama. this mov inland fairly quickly and will quickly dissipate over the inlandfl areas. ence with winds over 70 miles pe nhour. this i going to get our way any time soon. some of the computer models actually bring it towards bermuda and then towards the u.s. coast. others churning this out to sea. something we're watching for days if not in the next two weeks and way out to theast of bermuda. not a big factor for us. 94 degrees tomorrow. mostly sunny, hot and humid.s isolated sto and just like today most of us stay dry. big deal is the heat andhi humidity w sticks with us wednesday into thursday. 'm going 94 each day and heat index over 100 each day. showers likely on friday and saturday and saturd

orleans over the next couple of days so we'll continue to monitor that and the flooding potential. home, we have dry weather and continues with the high temperatures inland reaching into the upper 80s. low 90s by the end of the week. so our temperatures going up a few more degrees and not as much of an ocean breeze and not seeing the fog for san francisco so our temperatures going up a few more degrees there, as well. up to 70 degrees by saturday and and then back to some more seasonable temperatures and here we are in september we are seeing the weather cooling off for parts of the bay area and heading deeper into fall most likely we'll start to see more fog rolling in. for the coast. i'll be keeping an eye on that and also our air quality. marcus and kris? >> thank you, kari. >>> we'll be right back with breaking new tons deadly plane crash on the peninsula. welcome to the xfinity store. thanks, janet. it's my happy place. you can learn how to switch to xfinity mobile, a new wireless network that saves you cash. and you can get 5 lines of talk and text included with your internet

en la parte alta del golfo como en nueva orleans. de la ciudad de miami sino los condados de colÍn o de miami-dade, la parte al sur. aquÍ tenemos la imagen del satÉlite y del radar. se ve perfectamente la circulaciÓn en sentido contrario a las agujas al alimentarse de la calidad ag qen el atlÁntico está favoreciendo esas bandas de lluvias sobre la ciudad de miami. el centro de circulaciÓn no tenemos camino hacia naples lo que significa que la parte mÁs intensa está por terminar. este sistema se seguirÁ moviendo por las aguas del golfo de mÉxico que estÁn a unos 90 grados y que se mantendrÍan como tormenta tropical y este martes en la tarde podÍa tocar tierra sobre la zona de nueva orleans o missouri. lo iremos siguiendo porque como ven el cono de incertidumbre difiere un poco en cuanto a su trayectoria. borja: muchas gracias por esa informaciÓn. esta maÑana cuando he visto la tormenta que estaba en miami he pensado en las personas que celebran el labor weekend. maity: recuerde salir de su casa con el paraguas en manosÉi ver ariana gr

and right now, it's headed closer and closer toward new orleans, toward mississippi. this is where we have hurricane watches, warnings, thunderstorm warnings as well. and right now, it is currently still a thunderstorm. as i set this into motion, you can see it could become a gat cory -- gat category 1 -- category 1 hurricane late tonight. staying a category 1 through early tomorrow and downgrading back to tropical storm status. right now, the gusts are pretty strong and moving at 15 miles per hour toward the louisiana, mississippi border and bringing a whole lot of moisture with it. some report up to 12 inches of rain possible. >> and we continue the storm coverage from the gulf coast in mississippi. . >> reporter: tropical storm gordon formed over south florida on monday morning, lashing parts of the sflien state with -- sunshine state with wind and rain. the rain flooded out some local roads south of miami, catching some drivers off grd. >> -- guard. >> i have a little car. i'm frad to -- afraid to get stuck. >> reporter: in mississippi, they stocked up on supplies

new orleans city hall is closed to non essential personnel. gordon has lashed south florida with rain and tropical storm force winds. many schools from florida to louisiana closed or closing early. we have meteorologist pedram javaheri joining us live in the cnn weather center with the latest. p.j., what's in store? >> this system is going over warm waters over the next 12 hours. we think strengthening is possible. it is not very organized or impressive system. thunderstorms on the western periphery of florida. 65 miles per hour. 5:00 a.m. update talks about the storm system at 65. no changes made to the update. you notice 17-mile-an-hour winds to the north/northwest. that is the area we are watching. that is a rapidly moving system which gives it little time to intensify beyond category one if it makes it there at landfall. when you talk about slow moving systems. harvey was five miles per hour. it produced 30 inches of rainfall in cases. when you speed the system up, chances of rainfall drop dramatically. that is the case with gordon with th

plus, the new orleans levee system and the evacuation notice for those living nearby.rm track. >>> stranded by floods. relentless rain washing out roads and grounding flights. travelers forced to drag their luggage across the road at chicago's o'hare airport, as hundreds are forced from their homes in the heartland. >>> supreme showdown. the bitter confirmation battle that could shape the court for a generation. and why president trump is unleashing a new attack on attorney general jeff sessions tied to the midterm elections. >>> concert shooting scare. an angry customer firing in a crowd.

let's go to ed dlavandera in ne orleans. they say this will be a cat one hurricane when this hits tonight. a lot of people monitoring this closely always a concern in the back of people's mind is that once these storms get out over the gulf waters they increase in intensity quickly so people watching that, and we're in new orleans because one of the major concerns isn't so much the strength and how strong the winds will be but it will be the rain and flooding potential. especially given over the course of the last year there has been focus and concern about the pumping and brainage system in this city and whether or not the city can handle once again some of these potential heavy downpours that would be coming with a storm of this magnitude so that is the underlying concern in the city of new orleans and obviously as you spread out and fan out into the areas outside of this city and along the louisiana gulf coast and alabama and mississippi. it's the storm surge that will come with tropical storm gordon and what that means f

katrina downflate to just new orleans., if you think about the devastation, you think about gulfport biloxi mississippi. alabama, mississippi, louisiana. it was a massive storm the people because of the new york thinksuperdome, tend to of katrina justin that visual. that oftentimes drives the narratives. let me make a few other comparisons. florence, in terms of the scope geographically, is almost as large as katrina was. the difference is this. once florence got to the coastline, it dropped from a category for 201. now it is a tropical storm tropical depression. disasteree the first was caused by the wind. and the storm surge surge. now, we will see a second disaster which is the flooding that comes, particularly flash flooding throughout the heels -- hills of the carolinas. in katrina, you have a similar double when he. was a categoryna five in the gulf, it deteriorated to a category 3 by the time it hit new orleans. the damage to new orleans is not that bad initially, but because of the storm surge and the winds across

>> we were in new orleans, and i rented a house. orleans for the summer. it was going to be hot as hell. where are we going to we could chill. so i get this cool ass house, nice swimming pool in the backyard. e d this is my -- this is spot. so when we're off, or on the weekends. i'm throwing something on the grill, just come oover, chill. so tiffany comes over. she already half lit. [ laughter ] tiffany enjoyed new orleans like no e else. >> jimmy: yeah. yeah, that's what happens man. it's new orleans, man. iffany comes over, she's chilling. she's jumping in the pool. she's jumping up. she's like, "yes, i'm the or spokespersonig lots, size regular." and i'm like, "who decides they're big lots?"rson for >> jimmy: no, i mean she's crazy. so fun >> and she jumps in the pool. and she's like "oh, hey --." she's like, "oh, that looks like mary j. blige and as she keeps swimming, mary is literally sitting right by the pool. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: it actually is. >> then she's like, "wait a [a minute! leep ] that is mary j. blige! that is m

he would set up a table in new orleans with the new orleans government so the british said where going to plan a big invasion. we need john on our side. we're going to put you in the british maybe and pay us, fight with us. he went in one end and said i want to fight with the americans and i think jackson says i don't feel abandoned, you guys are pirates, i'm not going to deal with you guys and the more he thought the people on the ground you realize i need these guys. and the pirates were able to fight and use their weaponry to buy a lot of money and have thatknowledge of the area to allow him to put together a formidable army . john lafitte was fighting in the battle, providing a lot of the artery, a lot of the weapons and a lot of the men. they just had this conglomeration of people. indians, free men of color, and you have regular army, n kentucky rifleman and of course the pirates. so i hope you like it. >> time for a couple calls, this is richard in north carolina, i richard?>> mister kinney, thank you for your work. i love your analysis on history. i'm interested in the battle o

utilities towards the top up, 2.3% >>> the port of new orleans already starting to feel the impact ofriffs on imported steel. more on the story, hi jackie >> hi, good afternoon, to you, sara, that's right based on the trade story and what we know the port of new orleans say imports of of steel have gone down 25% every day there's a new threat added to this story. and of course the american association of u.s. ports say if the retaliation continues, if these trade escalations continue to move up and ratchet higher we could potentially see across the board at all ports a 10% decline as a result of it. it would be very significant and it would impact their business now in new orleans the vp of ports here says for about six months they can navigate and weather the storm. wake balance things out, try and move things around in the budget but if they see a steeper cline d cline and it starts to go into 2019 things will potentially suffer one would be spending less on infrastructure not only do you have less steel so revenue comes down but the price increase on infrastructure would also go do

this is a live look in new orleans. the sky is darkening. they are tracking the latest on. >> it is common new orleans right now. but this is when they need to take the precautions and get out of there if they can. this is going to get a bit stronger as it gets closer and closer to making landfall. let's see what is going on with gordon right now. a tropical storm at this hour. sustained winds intense. it is 65 miles per hour. is moving directly towards louisiana. is a gets there, that is when it could become a category 1 hurricane. when speeds are getting stronger by then. it will stay a category 1, possibly upgrade to a category two as it makes landfall there in louisiana. then it will downgrade, eventually, to a tropical storm. the spaghetti plots have until pretty much going in the same direction. they are in agreement that is heading right for the gulf states. >>> the first day of hearings for supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh start today. over the next few days, he is expected to face a lot of scrutiny. >> all eyes will be on the s

some of the outer bands are approaching panama city and wrapping toward new orleans.with some hefty totals coming in, 5-10 inches of rain. gusting up to 70 miles-an-hour. in san jose and livermore, not conquered, though. 60s, 70s and 80s with a roaring delta wind that leads me to believe it will be a little bit cooler. the city cannot get over 70, at least not this month. 64, 65 again and 65 on the high side. cities are getting more sunshine and warmer temps. not happening, yet. thunderstorm activity south of tahoe. a deep track of this in the four corners with a ridge of high pressure moving far to the west with a couple of category hurricanes. it will not affect the hawaiian islands. it is moving north and is coming out of the gulf of alaska that could fire up a ridge of highof that yet, but something to watch for. upper 40s with some travels gusting up to 37 overnight and with low clouds, it will be 60s and 70s by the water and 80s inland unless you are firing up inland where you don't get the fog. then, upper 80s to skin near 90s. temperatures will struggle with a

in new orleans they're prepared for high wind and rain.evee system. >> all right. thanks. it's so important for people to know where that storm is headed. accuweather is tracking tropical storm gordon for us. >> yes, paul williams, what do you say? >> good morning. gordon's impact is going to bring storm surge across mississippi, louisiana and alabama. localized flooding, landfall late tuesday. now, in addition to that, if that's not enough, we're looking at this continuing to push its way towards the north and then possibly downgraded to a tropical storm. risks to life and property, we're looking at extreme risk around mobile, alabama to moderate throughout portions of mississippi. we're looking for the threat. it's mainly about flooding. slight threat with damaging storm turn and tornados. look at the rain, over 8 inches in the new orleans area. >> fast-moving waters quickly turned towns into lakes in reilly county, kansas. forecasters say the rains were a once in 500-year event. hundreds had to be rescued by boat. floodwaters have destr

tonight into early tomorrow, new orleans and houston might be dealing with tropical storm gordon as it moves closer. this morning, everything is okay. and other solid fog bank. is it june? it is september and usually by this time, thethe city are getting more sunshine but that is not the case. morning fog is cool and temperatures are near seasonal with temperatures in the central sierra but not over lake tahoe. they fire up big time in the four corners. 50s on the thames, near 60 in the santa clara valley. mid-50s and warmer for some. san jose, 58. west and southwest, and onshore in vacaville, the fog is in place and temperatures don't travel far. 60s, 70s and more of the same tomorrow. 80s well inland and that is what we have today. >>> allie rasmus tells us more. >>> everything looks good except the altamont pass. big problems at this hour and let's show you the map. if you are driving from tracy, you will hit a backup through 205 and as 205 merges with 580 westbound, livermore valley looks good toward the interchange. that is clear except 84 southbound, just before 680, there is a r

new orleans is the largest city in the confederacy. it is captured very early in the war. it is captured fairly easily. it is going to stay in union hands for the whole war. that is a tremendous blow to the confederacy. i'm still going to stick with vicksburg. i think the loss of 30,000 combat veterans is something that you can't do without. new orleans didn't have a large garrison. fall, theburg's entire river is now in union hands. the confederates can still operate a little bit. essentially the river is now in union hands. i will stick with vicksburg. i love gettysburg two, by the way. park summit, pennsylvania. you mentioned political will. i was wondering since most of the folks in the confederate congress would be more inclined to us -- to favor safe conscription laws over a federalized system. who was responsible for mustering that political will? >> that's a good question. i'm not sure. it is ironic that the confederacy is founded on the idea of state rights but they created very centralized and strong and invasive central government. they had to to wage the kind o

the new orleans advocate says well, he is ageless at age 37 and still getting it done as tight end for the saints, tough game last night. mark ingram says he is so ripped he looks like the under armour manikin. ben watson, great to see you. how you doing? >> doing well, how you doing, laura? >> laura: doing good. under armour manikin, i saw that, has to make you feel good, even if you had a tough game last night, you heard the angle, ben, your thoughts on where things are now given the $100 million almost the n.f.l. has given over to various groups, include thanksgiving players coalition? how do you feel? >> i think the bigger thing we're missing in this whole conversation, the fact what colin did was one tick along the long spectrum of players and americans concerned about what is going on in this country. everyday people, fathers, brothers, sisters are concerned when they see things happen on television or maybe they experienced something themselves, what colin did brought a lot of attention, this is one thing along a long spectrum. cottalition, look, tomorrow we're having a listen a

that would be good news for the city of new orleans. but storm surge flooding could be a big issue with this storm. we're goig to be watch that very closely. and then moving inland and quickly becoming a depression. now, another storm, tropical storm florence. florence, winds of 70 miles an hour. close to hurricane strength, moving west-northwest at14. this is way out in the atlantic. here's the u.s., here's bermud this is the next five days and it doesn't even come close to bermuda in five days. a lot of the storms, the computer models have this storm curving out to sea. that would be great news for the u.s. a however, the a couple that actually bring it back be-lowber mu day and towards the east coast into next year. so, that's what we' going to be tracking for you very closely. we know we're on top of it for you. 94 degrees the high tomorrow. hot and humid. isolated storm possible but most of us remaining on the dry side. next couple of days, 94 tomorrow, wednesday and thursday. chance of storms late thursday, that's a cold front. th

and then comes back to new orleans and faces black—on—black violence.s in afghanistan, when this is the first time he's been around a lot of people who look like him, and he is supposed to shoot them. so that ended up, i think, allowing me to create kind of a richer story, in a way, yeah. and also when you look at the domestic lives, and achilles returns, and he always remembers that he's come back from afghanistan, and there's no doubt that his mother was warning him away from his two—time, three—time girlfriend, because she was considered white trash. his parents wanted him to date somebody of higher standing than janice. you have this notion of class and race, what might be white trash, being juxtaposed against the slow and steady work of love. you do that in another character in the book, ines, who isn't actually african—american but, as you put it, can "pass". one of the great things you do is burst the bubble of the gap year, or the "gap yar", as it is called there. she's done her time in afghanistan as well, but he still thinks that she is a bit

they take two tours together and much of the action takes place in new orleans, your home town.s that you face, i also want to talk about the family dynamics in this particular relationship. here we have two young black men, adopted by i would say a lower—middle—class white family, traditional five acres that they have. yes. tell me how you alighted on that family dynamic. i wanted to put together a cast of people who were trying to do their best for each other but didn't necessarily know how. and so, this is what ends up happening with achilles‘ parents, who don't really know how to prepare him for what he will face when he leaves his small home town where everybody knows him and he becomes just this anonymous black kid walking down the street which is, in much of american society, a symbol for danger, right? like, people are worried as soon as they see this. and then also, with — you know, between the two brothers, with all of the tension and competitiveness that can arise between siblings, you mix in this notion of masculinity, you send them off to war and they come back, and

can see it heads up just to the east, more like gulf port is going to take a direct hit, but new orleans will be on the weaker side, which means they'll get less storm surge and less rain tonight into tomorrow morning and then it will head to arkansas where the marshy land in the southeast could flood and even the mountains could flood in the northwest corner because of heavy rain from that. for us back here at home, let's look at what's going on. you can see it's cloudy. marine clouds are back and they'll hang around. look for more sunshine at noon, a little haze, and 4:00, we're in the 60s at the coast. mid 70s around the bay. upper 80s inland. close to average. here's alexis. >> good morning, mike. overall, the commute average too. we're looking live at our walnut creek traffic camera. southbound 680 starting to fill in, and of course, expecting a much busier day than yesterday. a lot of you were off for the holiday, but everyone should be pack at work and school today. should be busy once we get a few hours in. westbound 580, tracy to dublin in the yellow at 37 minutes. westbound 4,

this was new orleans in the '7s so now. so imagine men laugh offing and singer and bartenders swinging drinks in a crowds place as a piano player who takes requests, pounds on the key of a white baby grand piano. this men had a particular song they would like to sing besides the broadway show tunes that -- they could woo would sing the song to the point of terms and became an anthem called united we stand by the brother hads of man. the lyrics wednesday win -- i think they stand for more united we stand, divided we paul, and if our backs should ever bee against the walling we'll be together, together you and i, and then the would lift their glass and toast each other, expressing solidarity at time when the simpling a of being who they are could pose danger. with all sorts of things that could health if people found out where they were as they were singing the song. could be evicted, fired, reject by families, et cetera. so you have to imagine in the upstairs lounge, couples congregating and something very radical. joint tog

and get this, more than 75,000 people lost power in new orleans yesterday.to one curious cat that climbed into a utility substation according to energy new orleans, the cat caused a flash when it touched the high voltage equipment knocking out the the power for several hours for thousands of people. the power was eventually restored but sadly cheryl the cat did not survive. >> i was afraid of that. i didn't want to hear that. all right. well we have plenty more coming up for you this morning. capitol hill is gearing up for a supreme court showdown. >> i want him to go in at the absolute highest level, and i think to do that, you have to go through this if it takes a little delay it will take a little delay. will judge brett kavanaugh keep him off the bench? and what problems for movie path? will company be able to stop from diving off a cliff and not a movie with that one. taking a look at futures yep seeing green afters are despite new tariffs against china. dow 55 and up and nasdaq up 3.25. you're watching fbn:am. (guard) i've seen things i shouldn't have.