be the ninth generation from france to be able to accomplish and continue to apply the seas of south louisiana. >> questions? >> my name is sharon hayes and i work in the federal government to washington d.c.. i don't have a very articulate question. it is more of a plea. i am not a scientist and i want to put a human face on this. are moved to the gulf coast, mississippi gulf coast after katrina and helped with the recovery. if anyone down there has done a significant amount of time on the gulf coast you know how close to the edge people live. today i was talking to a friend of mine who directs the national estuary program down there. he was mentioning that there is a lot of money flowing around. it is nice that bp wants to do the right thing and make people whole after the oil still, but i am very concerned about the wetlands and the restoration. i was going to make a plea that you use whatever power you have to make sure that the money goes to the right people and the right places so that we can get the restoration we need. none of the money was coming to the people who were doing the resto

the ninth generation from france to be able to accomplish and continue to apply the seeds in south louisiana. >> question? >> my name is sharon hayes and i work in the federal government here in washington, d.c., and i don't have a very articulate question, but more of a plea. i'm not a scientist and i want to put a human face on this. i moved down to the gulf coast, mississippi gulf coast right after katrina and helped out with the recovery and if anyone down there has spent a significant amount of time on the gulf coast, you know how close to the edge people live. and today, i was talking to a friend of mine who directs the nationales tu area program down there and he was mentioning that there is just a lot of money flowing around and it's nice that bp wants to do the right thing and make people whole after the oil spill, but i'm very concerned about the wetlands and the restoration and i was going to make a plea that you all use whatever power you have to make sure that the money goes to the right people and the right places so we can get the restoration we need. none of the money was act

south dakota, louisiana -- there was a town with a ball bearing factory. it is gone.r if furniture plant. it is gone. or a clothing manufacturer. they are gone. or an auto parts plant. it is moved away. we only have 8% of our work force in manufacturing. the rest of us is in service or sales or work for the the -- for the government. made in america? looking back, i believe we gave many of these jobs away. maybe i am guilty. i was in congress eight years. looking back, i think we were hurt by technology. that has any effect. productivity has in effect. -- that has an effect. productivity has an affecti think we were hurt by bad management. i think we were hurt by heavy- handed and short-cited union actions. but the biggest chunk of our best jobs wheat gained 08 to china, mexico, japan, india, -- best jobs we gave away to china, mexico, japan, india korea. we sell them grain, and our best jobs, and they sell us everything else. as stephen more wrote in the wall street journal a few weeks ago, which used to be a nation of makers. we are now a nation of takers. more peop

south carolina, georgia, louisiana, other states where they have looked the thing in the eye and dealt with it. could happen here, judge. and very soon hoch is whisking the back of the pharmacist's neck. somebody's just got to put the thing in motion. we've got them on the police force now. the judge shakes his head violently, ignoring the lather on his face. dorsey drops a couple taps of witch hazel onto his palm. he has polk power pour it into the store bottles when they get low. the judge faces mr. turpin, getting himself indignant. do you think they'll arrest their own? not on your life. and if they do, they got the juries packed and the duck walks out free as daylight and twice as bold as before. it is the gentlemen's right to choose their topic, of course, but dorsey always prefers sport to politics. he's one of the sponsors of the wilmington mutuels and can hold the floor on the relative merits of every ball player in new handover county, black and white. he can talk horses, he can talk bible if there's a man of god in the chair. he can even recite the arrow into song if pressed

the ninth generation from france to be able to accomplish and continue to apply the season of south louisiana. >> thanks. question. >> yes, my name is sharon hayes. i work in the federal government here in washington, d.c., and i don't have a very articulate question. it's actually more of a plea. i'm not a scientist. and i want to try to put a human face on this. i moved down to the gulf coast, the mississippi gulf most right after katrina and helped out with the recovery. and if anyone down there has done a significant amount of time on the gulf coast, you know how close to the edge people live. and today i was talking to a friend of mine who directs the national program down there. and he was mentioning that there's just a lot of money flowing around. and it's nice that bp wants to do the right thing, and make people whole after the oil spill. but i'm very concerned about the wetlands and the restoration and i was going to make a plea that you all use whatever power that you have to make sure that the money goes to the right people and the right places. soothe with can get the restoration

let's start here in south louisiana we understand how to create energy grid we create a third of america is oil and gas and weak -- it is under attack by the administration. the president put in a moratorium on drilling, which violated the recommendations of his own scientific experts. you lose your best rig. he had one of his radical czar's go and change the document. guess what happened? we have seen over 13,000 jobs leave this country to go to foreign countries. we'll see a greater dependence on foreign oil. the wonder why you are paying higher gas prices? they have nearly doubled since president obama took the oath of office. the buck used to stop at the desk and 6000 pennsylvania avenue. it is his responsibility to fix it. if he does not comment we will replace him with somebody who does. we have to do that anyway. we know that we can not -- we can completely eliminate our dependency on middle eastern oil today if we sent our minds to it. we can create over 250,000 new american jobs by exploratory resources here in america. we have billions of barrels of known reserves in alaska we

let's start here, in south louisiana. we know how to create energy.e are proud creed over one- third of america's oil and gas, it is under attack by the obama administration. since the deepwater explosion last year, the president put a moratorium on drilling which violated the recommendations of his own scientific experts that said it would reduce safety in the golf. the president said who cares about that. he had one of his radical czars change the documents. guess what happened. we have seen over 13,000 jobs leave this country. we have seen a greater dependence on foreign oil, and you wonder why we are paying higher gas prices? guests present nearly doubled since president obama and took the oath of office. he is the finger-pointing and chief. the block used to stop at the desk at 1600 pennsylvania avenue, and we are not want to let him get away with blaming people because it is his problem and his responsibility to fix it. he does not, we're glad to replace what somebody who does, and we're going to do that anyway. [applause] we can eliminate our d

south dakota, louisiana -- there was a town with a ball bearing factory. it is gone.re plant. it is gone. or a clothing manufacturer. they are gone. or an auto parts plant. it is moved away. we only have 8% of our work force in manufacturing. the rest of us is in service or sales or work for the the government. looking back, i believe we gave many of these jobs away. maybe i am guilty. i was in congress eight years. looking back, i think we were hurt by technology. that has any effect. productivity has in effect. i think we were hurt by bad management. i think we were hurt by heavy- handed and short-cited union actions. but the biggest chunk of our best jobs wheat gained 08 to china, mexico, japan, india, korea. we sell them grain, and our best jobs, and they sell us everything else. as stephen more wrote in the wall street journal a few weeks ago, which used to be a nation of makers. we are now a nation of takers. more people work for the government today in manufacturing, farming, fishing, construction combined. made in america? not anymore. we must take bold action

record heat from louisiana to south carolina, you know that's got to be hot. at 78 here in new york. 86 in baltimore. mostly 90s, atlanta to dallas. 70, detroit. 77, minneapolis. 87, omaha. phoenix, albuquerque, hit the mid 90s. >>> well, as many americans struggle to recover from those deadly tornado outbreaks, hurricane season has officially arrived. >> and forecasters are now calling for an especially active six months and president obama is now looking to make sure that the government is ready to respond. t.j. winick joins us with the details. good morning, t.j. >> reporter: good morning, peggy, daniel. as the summer approaches we're all looking forward to sunnier skies, but forecasters expect this year's wicked weather to continue. already this year the u.s. has been battered by historic snowfall, floods and storms. now as the calendar turns another page those living along the atlantic coast are faced with a whole new set of worries. >> if you are in a hurricane-prone area, do you have your plan? are you ready? do you know what to do. >> reporter: the for

across america in town after town, alabama, georgia, south carolina, new hampshire, iowa, south dakota and louisiana, and there was at town with a ball bearing factory. it is gone. furniture plants are gone. clothing manufacturers are gone. on auto parts plant has moved away. we only have 8% of the work force in manufacturing. the rest of us are in service or sales. looking back, i believe we gave many of these jobs away. maybe i am guilty. i was in congress eight years. looking back, i think we were hurt by technology. that has an effect. i think we were hurt by bad management. and i think we were hurt by heavy handed and short-sided union actions. and the big chunk of the best jobs we gave away. we gave those a way to china, mexico, japan, india, korea. we sell them grain, and our best jobs, and they sell us everything else. as stephen moore wrote in the wall street journal, we used to be a nation of makers. we now are a nation of takers. more americans work for government today and for manufacturing, mining, utilities, farming, fishing, forestry, construction combined. made in america, not anymor

so there's no question we are as committed to new hampshire, south carolina, florida, georgia, nevada, tennessee and louisiana because they are all part of that early voting primary season. >> from what i understand, he wanted more money to hire more staff. how many staffers do you plan to hire there? >> no, i don't think that was the reason. i think that is a mischaracterization. we haven't determined the exact number that we need there but it will be enough for us to be competitive and we are already working on putting those plans into place. >> let me ask you about the support that you have been receiving from tea party folks. what do you say to people who say that michele bachmann is going to cut into that support? >> well, i happen to think that the tea party has several candidates, michele bachmann and herman cain and there might even be another one that they have, because the tea party movement and the people in the tea party, they are not all necessarily behind one candidate. so there's no one tea party candidate and yes, she will attract many of the tea party people. i will attract many of the tea pa

under the previous order, there will be up to 30 minutes of debate with the senator from louisiana, the senator from south carolina, and the senator from nevada or his designee and the senator from kentucky or his designee each controlling 7 1/2 minutes. a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from louisiana is recognized. mr. vitter: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, i'd like to close on my czar amendment and encourage strong bipartisan support. mr. president, we have a bill before us about the senate advice and consent process, the senate confirmation process. and inked it would be a -- and i think it would be a tragedy to consider any bill on that subject and not address the biggest issue, the biggest problem with that process that exists now. in fact, and certainly also in the eyes of the american people. and that is the abuse by the executive over several administrations, but culminating in this administration, of appointing so-called czars as an end run around the u.s. constitution, as an end run around the powers of the senate, the balance of power of advice and consent

>> there's an opera that premiered in south africa and a movie that has been shot with what you're seeing here with jennifer hudson playing winnie madonna louisianaut it? winnie mandela rarely gives interviews but she invited cnn into her home. and she said she's disappointed in the movie project. >> i was not consulted. i am still alive. and i think that it is a total disrespect to come to south africa, make a movie about my struggle and call that movie some translation of a romantic life of winnie mandela. i think it is an insult. i don't know what would be romantic in our struggle. >> and there ms. mandela is speaking with our reporter. she attended the world premiere in south africa of the opera and was impressed with how that turned out. >> i made those remarks about the opera having been a lily white thing before. and i honestly found it difficult to imagine how you would translate a struggle into an opera. i think they did an amazing job. of course, not everyone would be happy about how that life was depicted. i don't think it is possible to show 18 months of confinement in an opera situation. and i don't think it's possible to translate t

this is of great concern because all across the deep south we've been looking at these temperatures. from texas going through louisianagoing away. and we don't see any break in it at all. and it's been awfully early heat. and it's been constant heat. and it's really getting into a tough situation there because, as we get into july and august, those temperatures will likely get even a little stronger. that's where the storms are rolling in those areas shaded in red. keep tuned to your loc lara, this is -- i know you got a lot coming up, including the deserts that i'm eating right now. >>> but who is that with you right now? >> larry, larry the cable guy. >> hi. >> and we're here to talk about your new movie. although i saw you trying to -- >> i was going to get some oreo cookies. i'm wasting away. >> i see that. >> they got all this food over here. it's not fair. listen, i want to say how special this is. i am wearing the john lasitter pullover. first time i've had sleeves. look at this. >> it's beautiful. >> it's slimming. that's why i like it. it's slimming. look at this. >> that is a wonderful father's day -- we hav

louisiana. to be very candid, my father and my mother's marriage had failed, and six children were left alone in the deep south in the '40s and the '50s. my mother died young trying to raise her six children. and so it was not people of means or parents of great stature. but from that experience and from those who were providentially brought along into my life, it made it possible for me to go forward. >> now, you self-published this book. why, and what was that experience like for you? is. >> well, during the air force i had spent some 20 years being a developer of small business and entrepreneurship and so on, and when i wrote the book and realized that it was going to take an enormous effort to get it published, so i set about using my business skills or experience at the time and said, i think i can do this if i figure out what it is that we need to do. and so i did, and i was able to establish a publishing team and then put together the book following the examples of the great publishers out there. i wanted to be able to put a week out there that would -- a book out there that would, indeed, look like a g

bowling that wants to go into south carolina, they are pressuring company leadership in laboratories in new york, imposing epa mandates that will kill jobs right here in louisiana- they clearly think that they know best. let me tell you -- i vehemently disagree. they don't know best. [applause] i happen to believe that our nation was built on the shoulders of working people, folks who reached our shores in search of religious and economic freedom. they and the generations that followed embraced the risk and reward a. freedom they tilled the land and build a factor. they pursued innovation and they helped create a nation on like any that the earth has ever seen. unfortunately, the liberty that inspired our fledgling nation 2 per of the chains of oppression, a nation that has been a magnet for immigrants all over the years, has been the essence of the american dream, it is being constricted daily by new regulations, obligations that seek to empower government, not the people. we now live in this strange, inverted version of our founding fathers'' vision in which government of the people, by the people, for the people is little more than this outdated notion, not

as we continue to watch the heat in the south, that's going to last right through father's day. just a sizzler of a weekend from texas through louisianas spring. the same areas continue to be hot and the same areas >>> here's a look at the west coast satellite view. showers to the north of portland for this weekend. for the bay area, a lot of clouds to start off the morning. some mist underneath those low clouds. lunchtime midday clearing inland. sunshine inland. relatively cool. 70s to 80s inland. 60s around san francisco. and then starting just in time for father's. day we'll see a warmup that will follow us through the middle part of the lester. amanda knox is back in court today, with the testimony in her defense. coming from an unlikely source. other convicted criminals. as she entered the italian courtroom, amanda x appeared more confident than previous hearings and smiled at her supporters. despite being behind bars for over 3 1/2 years. for a crime she says she did not commit. >> she's looking forward to every day of court. we get to have a bad day. >> reporter: knox, along with her former italian boyfriend, raffaele sollecito

that is wanting to go into south carolina, they are pressuring company leadership in laboratories in new york, imposing epa mandates that will kill jobs right here in louisiana. they clearly think that they know best. let me tell you, i vehemently disagree. they do not know best. [choose and applaus cheers and ] folks who reached our shores in search of religious and economic freedom, they and the generations that follow, embrace the risks and rewards of freedom. they kill the land -- they tell land and work the factories that pursued innovation. unfortunately, the liberty that inspired our fledgling nation to throw off the chains of repression, in asia and that has been a magnet for immigrants -- a nation that has been a magnet for immigrants through the years is being constricted daily by new regulations, obligations that seek to empower government, not the people. we now live in this strange inverted version of our founding fathers envisioned in which the government of the people, by the people, for the people is little more than this outdated notion, not very welcome in today's washington. instead, we have these so-called leaders who ramrod on red health

louisiana's bonnet carre spillway. the spillway's been opened since may 9th to divert the mississippi river floodwaters from new orleans and baton rouge. >>> first lady michelle obama and her two daughters arrived in southay, the first stop? n a week-long trip that includes meetings with leaders as well as a safari. >>> the sports world is beating a path to, of all places, hollywood, northern ireland. that's holywood with one "l." now it's the home of the youngest u.s. open golf champion since 1923, rory mcilroy won the tournament with a record-breaking 16 under par. yes, that is even better than tiger woods in his heyday. so, cnn's dan rivers takes us to holywood. >> reporter: joining me at holywood in northern ireland. this is where rory mcilroy learned his trade, and it was here that hundreds of his well-wishers and family and friends crammed into the clubhouse to watch him making golfing history. the records fell all evening. he was the youngest winner of the u.s. open in 88 years at just 22 years old, and he also had the lowest aggregate score of 16 under par in the history of the competition, and it was here, on the fairways behind me, that a 2 1/2-year-old rory first picked up a golf club and sta

that's wanting to go into south carolina, they're pressuring company leadership in forced laboratories in new york, imposing e.p.a. mandates that will kill jobs right here in louisiana, they clearly think that they know best, and let me tell you, i vehemently disagree. they don't know best! [applause] i happen to believe that our nation was built on the shoulders of working people, folks who reached our shores in search of religious and economic freedom. they and the generations that followed embraced the risk and the rewards of freedom. they killed the land. they built the factories, they pursued innovation. they helped create a nation unlike any that the earth has ever seen. unfortunately, the liberty that inspired our fledgling nation to throw off the chains of oppression, a nation that's been a magnet for immigrants all over the years, it's been the essence of the american dream, to being constricted by new regulations daily, obligations that seek to empower government, not the people. we now live in this strange inverted version of our founding father's vision in which government of the people, by the people for the people is little more than this outdate dated

louisiana. >> visiting prostitutes. >> that was seven years earlier. he apologized to his wife. it was over. everybody knew there were democrats on that list. >> mark sanford of south. but the basic republican response is not to attack the person who just released. congratulations to abc. you guys own the weiner story. you did all of the reporting. the way all of the reporting on this last week was to attack andrew breitbart. attack some random hacker. i don't know who broke the story. >> abc was on top of that. >> we were upset about that because i believe you guys -- that's the only one i remember the source at all. and the claim was that abc had it but held it until the day after so it wouldn't be replaced. >> that's not true. let's get to the book. "demonic," how the liberal mob is the endangering america. you say it's routed in democrats following the french revolution. and the republicans following the american revolution. >> the first is a psychological profile to the left. even liberals who wonder why they behave the way they behave, might want to read it. it's from a social psychologist, who is the father of group think and hitler. he studied him to learn

i say, like if we are -- if we were policing louisiana we just got alabama, mississippi, missouri, omaha, i don't know, seven states in the south. so no, we do not have the resources. we very much need more. the president asked for about 50% more funding. we are 202 million-dollar agency funding. we only spend about 37 million a year on technology. i suspect many of the firms in this room spend far greater than that, and so the answer is no, we do not. very talented people but that's not enough people. >> i'm asking about the number of people but also the quality of the people. can you get people who -- this obviously as we saw a very complex market. people are playing very intricate games. can you get the quality of people that can match up with -- to get the players on the other side? >> we get very talented people. and it might be a sign of the rough economy and the uncertain economy. the post for jobs, and we often get more than 100 resume is proposing. and sometimes multiple to that. but there is no doubt when you pay government pages, you know, that's different than wall street wages by a country mile. so, there's some di

river basin, south of illinois, so there you have at tennessee -- memphis is the only major city to have been affected. most of the other areas have been rural so far. mississippi, louisiana, of course. host: what would you -- for macro impact of the flooding that occurred there recently, how would you describe it? guest: so, the industries that have been -- the first thing is that the numbers are still trickling in, because the flood waters have not yet receded completely. the damages are still being computed. in terms of industries in acted first, it would be cropland -- industries impacted, first it would be cropland. and then because you have the river, the river is an important form of transportation. farms in the midwest to down at the gulf port, where they are exported out of the u.s. traffic along the river, barge traffic, shipping, those industries have been affected at the hospitality industry, casinos along the river. host: have we seen an increase in commodity prices such as corn, etc., because of this massive flooding? guest: yes, there have been a supply effects, supply shortage, definitely, because crops have been damaged. in arkansas, for example, rice fie