pleasure of going back to shreveport's the other day. i tried to engage everyone i talk to about mary leandro and no one wanted to talk politics at all. what are you hearing down there? issue, and this is a reference to my home town, part of the problem is in shreveport no one knows who built cassidy is pier yen -- bill cassidy is. i think the race has not really engaged at all. louisiana has not turned a corner and focused on the senate race. i think this is going to be a very big race. one side of the equation she will take over the senate energy committee. influence inot of a state that has historically had a lot but as of late has not had as much. on the other hand, the senator has been the beneficiary of having either really weak opponents, or really good years for democrats. had a toughever opponent in the tough year. that will really test her. this is, i believe, the toughest had, and at has worst for republicans it will be a level playing field in louisiana. i sank this is going to be the toughest election she has had yet. thanin

. >> [inaudible] i had the pleasure of going back to shreveport the other day. i tried to engage almost everyone i talked to about landrieu. nobody wanted to talk politics at all. what are you hearing about those races down there? >> part of the issue -- there is a reference to my hometown, by the way. part of the reference -- part of the problem is in shreveport nobody knows who he is. he's not known particularly in shreveport. i think the race hasn't really engaged at all. louisiana hasn't sort of turned the corner, and focused, i think on the senate race. i think this is going a very, very, very big race. that landrieu, you know, one side of the equation, she's going to be taking over the senate energy committee, and, you know, gathering a lot of influence in a state that is historically had a lot but of late hasn't had as much. on the other hand, senator landrieu's been the beneficiary of having either really weak opponents or really, really good years for democrats. so she's never had a tough opponent in a tough year. and so that is going really, really tes

is that he problem shreveport about what it is. not known particularly in shreveport. all.race isn't engaged at so louisiana hasn't turned the corner and focused i think on the senate race. this is going to be a race that big landrieu, you know, one side of going to be she's taking over the senate energy committee and, you know, lot of influence in a state that's historically had a lot. late hasn't had as much. senator e other hand, landrieu has been the beneficiary of having really opponents or really, really good years for democrats. so she's never had a tough opponent in a tough year. going to really, really test her. think this -- this is, i believe, the toughest opponent had. and at worst, for republicans it be a level playing field in louisiana, at worst. i think this is going to be the toughest had yet.she's i mean certainly it's tougher woody jenkins. daught darrow.an suzy as as tough a year republicans as 2008 was. it was.ad a year as but you get the general idea. know the outcome of just three states, that would be one of the three i would want to do. along w

. >> i had the pleasure of going back to shreveport's the other day. i tried to engage everyone i talk to about mary leandro and no one wanted to talk politics at all. what are you hearing down there? >> part of the issue, and this is a reference to my home town, part of the problem is in shreveport no one knows who built cassidy is pier yen -- bill cassidy is. i think the race has not really engaged at all. louisiana has not turned a corner and focused on the senate race. i think this is going to be a very big race. one side of the equation she will take over the senate energy committee. gathering a lot of influence in a state that has historically had a lot but as of late has not had as much. on the other hand, the senator has been the beneficiary of having either really weak opponents, or really good years for democrats. so she has never had a tough opponent in the tough year. that will really test her. this is, i believe, the toughest opponent she has had, and at worst for republicans it will be a level playing field in louisiana. i think this is g

. >> reporter: if you drive down maine street in shreveport maine, any tuesday morning, this is whatountry came under attack on september 11 2001. and like so many americans that day, i wanted to do something. >> reporter: on that tragic day, the three women walked up the street from where they lived and decided to hold up the american flag. the response was so overwhelming they promised to do it for one year. one year turned into two which turned into three. 12 years later, the free port flag ladies have never missed a tuesday since 9/11. >> they're lucky to have the reminder. free dochl's not free. it makes them feel a little more connected. >> where she flies, people know that. but the thing they have to know is that when she's not flying there is no freedom left. >> we got an e-mail from the national guard. >> reporter: the flag ladies don't just stand on main street. they answer dozens of requests to go to schools, churches and community events. they even travel five hours to greet flights leaving and returning from overseas. elaine will never forget one soldier who was heading

you know, he is not known particularly in shreveport. and so i think that the race just has not really engaged at all. louisiana has not turned the corner and focused on the senate race. i think this is going to be a very, very, very big race that plan drew -- on one side of the equation she will be taking over the senate energy committee. dino, gathering a lot of influence in estate that has historically had a lot but of late has not had as much. on the other hand, senator landreau has been the beneficiary of having either really weak opponents or really, really good democrats. and so she has never had had a tough opponent in a tough year. and so that is going to really, really tester. and i think this is, i believe, the toughest opponent she has had. and at worst for republicans it will be a level playing field in louisiana and worst. and so i think this is going to be the toughest election she has had yet to. i mean, certainly it is tougher than woody jenkins. it has turned tougher than suzie. probably a better year are not as bad a y

for the call.hank you let's go to randy from shreveport, louisiana, independent line.ler: good morning, i agree with the man from south carolina earlier.. the people in washington should be taking the pay cuts. across the board. all either being bribed, black males, or intimidated. you have a bunch of communists running the government. host: do you for the call. think it is a leadership issue in congress? forer: they are well paid and lining their own pockets. they don't care. they are tearing this country down like every other person in washington is. it is not just this administration. this goes all the back to 1913. it is just incremental and it will keep on happening to the people say something about it. they don't know what is going on in this country anymore everybody is just brainwashed. have a good day. host: thank you for the call. up next, we will have russell moore, president of the southern 6 to talknvention at about conservative movements in this country and later, we'll talk to the new executive director of the liberal group move on.org about their agenda

host: lisa, shreveport, louisiana.toler: hello, i would like know what i can possibly do -- i am divorced. i have no insurance. i do not know where to go to look. i have no job. and i am desperate. host: what is your question to the congressman? caller: i would like to know where i should go to find out the best way to get insurance at the lowest cost? go is first place i would your congressman, whoever that might be. he will be able to get you the answers as to what you should turn to, who you should turn to. i think that is very important. say you are divorced, you do not have a job, so that means that you might be eligible for other bevices and you might eligible for medicaid. it might be that you're eligible for indigent care. i do not know what your economic situation is overall. but i would go to the congressional office. let me tell you something, everybody goes to the congressional office to get a cat out of the tree or to get something that is important that you deserve. go to your congressional office. host:

. >> host: zachary, thanks for the call, shreveport, louisiana, greg is on the phone, democrats line. >> caller: i was calling about -- the filibuster, one of your earlier callers came in and said she was -- her goal to be a senator and to -- she filibustered, and that's the problem with the filibuster. people want to play games with it. she just wants to get notoriety and that's what our present senators want to do, too, and the whole time they're doing nothing but slowing down progress that we could be making. the president should have an opportunity to get who he wants in office, and remember, he -- they answer to him. he going to be up for election, they don't have any type of real power because the president is the one that has power. thanks. >> thanks for the call. >> host: pete from washington state, as we see a little bit more activity as reporters try to get information from senators who may be departing. so we'll keep a close eye on that as we listen to your comments on the republican line. >> caller: yes. i like this filibuster. and without it, this democrats would run ramp

host: wayne is up next from shreveport, louisiana. republican line. caller: hello?how are you doing there. i used to be proud to be an american, and proud to join the marine corps and go to vietnam years ago, but since this country has gone under communism i just cannot -- i just walk around with a sad face now. i was raised a free man but now the country is going downhill and the american people just don't seem to realize what the president is doing to this country, so anyway, i used to be proud to be an american. i would fight in a heartbeat against any nation that attacked us, but today we don't have no freedom. everything has been taken away from us. that's all i got to say. .ost: dan is next he joins us from pennsylvania, independent line. caller: thanks for taking my copy i want want to say that i am proud to be an american, and with regards to the last living above the country being under communism or something, taxes high for60 year -low, corporations, and i don't see where we are under communism. we have freedoms here, and it is not obama, it starts with bu

we have two areas of severe weather to talk about, basically looking at from dallas to shreveport, and on into green bay. the heaviest rain around oklahoma and texas where we could see anywhere from 2 to 3 inches of rain. we'll get to your local forecast in 30 seconds. we'll get to yourt in 30 seconds. >>> good friday morning. we're start with this live picture, foggy start over the golden gate bridge. you can see we have quite a bit of low cloud cover all around the coastline. if you're waking up with us inland, count on low clouds for the next half hour or two. we'll see sunshine break through. 88 degrees on the way to livermore. 76 in fremont. 62 at the coast. as we head through the weekend, temperatures don't change that much. we'll drop off from sunday into monday. >> thanks very much. we're hearing from prince harry for the first time about his new nephew. michelle kosinski is at her post at buckingham palace. michelle, good morning to you. >> reporter: hey, matt, the royal band out here was just playing "there's no business like show business." that was interesting. so anyway, p