land the size of manhattan lost every year, or a football field every hour. >> the lesson that south louisiana can provide to the nation is what a high rate of sea level rise can do to the coast. and that is it can convert into open water, it can allow storm surges to propagate further inland, and be destructive to infrastructure and even people's lives. >> sreenivasan: it is a hard lesson and may get even harder. the state of louisiana recently drafted its own 50-year plan to restore the coast. state officials admit that maintaining the current coastline may be next to impossible, and they are trying to prepare for scenarios in accordance with the intergovernmental panel on climate changes reports, which predict that sea level rise will accelerate in the next century. but what does this mean for the native residents? many here lack the resources to leave. several tribes in the region are not recognized by the federal government, meaning they have no access to the assistance and benefits entitled to other native peoples. remaining residents like doris naquin say they are rooted on the island.

i represent new orleans louisiana and the port of south louisiana, port of new orleans, five or six major rail lines, and this issue is very important for us. when you look at the loss of time, of people going to renew the card and having to go twice and i think the major issue is the need for renewal and the need to go twice in order to get the card. is there a plan in place to address both of those issues, especially because we don't have the readers. >> yes, congressman, and thank you. recognizing the important, especially to your district, yes. there has been a lot of very good work done. we are very near to announcing what that plan, which addresses those issues, in a way that still provides adequate security in ports to have value date ehas and also addresses issues that have you raised in a way that balances the individual needs with the security needs. >> and getting back to, i guess, the subject of this committee and i agree with the ranking member of the subcommittee that, i think the title is unfair to you. in your experience, and any data surveys that you are seeing, is your a

we are not sunbathing here in south louisiana. we are not vacationing in south louisiana. we have fun, we have weekends, we fish, we hunt, but we're not vacationing for weeks and weeks in south louisiana, lying on the beach, getting a tan. there are no beaches to lie on. we only have two. grand isle is seven miles long and holly beach which got washed away in rita and still has not been rebuilt. and the corps of engineers continues to tell me there is nothing they can do for the last inhabited island off the coast of louisiana. well, there's a lot they can do, and we'll see to that in another bill. but we want these wetlands preserved for our children, for our grandchildren, for the economic vitality of the nation. this is the mouth of the greatest river system in north america, and we intend to save what we can. we will never get everything back. we have lost 1,900 square miles since 1930. we lose 25 square miles of wetlands each year, and we lose a football field every 30 minutes. two million people live in coastal louisiana. about a half a million in mississippi. about

south eastern louisiana may get flooding outside of the levees there and the hurricane center is forecasting it to drift toward texas and get stronger. but this is an uncertain forecast because the computer models pointed every witch direction and the entire gulf coast texas to florida need to watch out for this one. brian norcross from the weather channel thank you. >> states wouldn't be able to stand down anytime soon. two wildfires pose the biggest dangers and a new inferno threatening homes in utah. >> reporter: north of salt lake city thick smoke swept over a town where 18,000 live. and firefighters are not in c control yet. more than 2,000 people have been evacuated. >> i wondered where the heck i was. >> reporter: in colorado's high park fire near fort collins, the flames have scorched more than 100 square miles of forest land and evacuees who had returned home have been forced to leave again. >> i don't know what the fire behavior is right now. >> reporter: firefighters here lost ground friday shifting winds colorado's worst ever now hast way contained. >> it is going to burn for a l

thunderstorms in east texas, louisiana and south florida. up, with showers from the carolinas, to buffalo, new york. >>> and finally from us this morning, the little boy who charmed millions of americans as little darth vader, all remember him. he is out of the hospital this morning. >> the 7-year-old actor is back home, less than a week after heart surgery. kabc's denise theodore shows what's next for him. >> reporter: after surgery, max page is heading home. and first on his list -- >> i'm thinking about a lot of things. especially having a milkshake. ♪ >> reporter: it appears that max was perfectly cast as the mini-darth vader, who uses sheer will to move objects. his positive thinking kept him going through eight surgeries that began when he was a baby. this is the second time doctors have replaced his pulmonary valve. >> he came in, saying we have to do it, get it over with and i'll move on. the force is with me. he's really -- he's really maintained that sparkle and positive attitude. >> i came here when i was 5 weeks old. how young is

in 1950 louisiana state university and this is significant because this is actually a deep south institution. louisiana state university inat the graded its graduate programs for the first time as a result of the naacp. and then, of course, there's the university of oklahoma. i don't know how much time i want to spend on this, but this is a -- this is a photograph that's evocative of the struggle that was going on in the 1940s and early 1950s and how that struggle had ebbs and flows. the naacp brought a lawsuit against the law school at the university of oklahoma. eventually or at least they thought they prevailed the naacp thought it prevailed because the federal judge said the city of oklahoma law school should integrate the student body. at that point the university decided to quote technically integrate by providing a separate area for the one black student that was enrolled at the university. before they got to this, they actually put the single black student, g.w. mclauren, essentially in the capitol rotunda and had one law school faculty member teach him. this was a farce. this was cl

georgia that had never voted for a republican, alabama, mississippi, i believe he took south carolina, louisiana. >> do you attribute to him will t the new southern strategy? >> gold barry voted against the civil rights act. and he voted against 9d act.new? >> gold barry voted against the civil rights act. and he voted against 9d act. you could say a man of principle. he he had been successful in deseg agree greats his family department stores, but he was such a believer in state's rights and so constitutionally opposed to what he saw as feder federal coercion. the other thing with gold water, later on he became every liberal's favorite conservatism because he called jerry falwell name, he was outspoken with pro gay rights. he said you don't is to be straight to serve in the armed forces, you only have to shoot straight. >> that was after he left the senate. >> even while he was in the senate when president reagan nominated sandra day o'connor to be in the court and he said he would nominate a woman and he took that literally, his own promise. and jesse helm spoke against her and she wasn't suff

this is tropical storm debby that will hold stationary and drift to the south of louisiana, possibly approach the texas gulf coast as a strong tropical storm, winds perhaps as strong as 70 miles per hour by wednesday and thursday of the workweek. something we'll be watching very closely there in the gulf. back to the bay area, you probably saw the puffy cumulus clouds over the hilltops, nothing producing rain around the bay area, but up north of lakeport today we've been seeing the clouds and showers. it's a pretty strong trough of low pressure that's held its position to start our weekend and with this pattern in place and the jet stream racing over northern california, this enhancing the onshore push of cooler marine air, so, again, tomorrow 60s in the inner bay, showers to the north of santa rosa, maybe around lakeport and mendocino county, inland temperatures only in the 70s on sunday. in fact, monday when the low tracks inland may even see temperatures drop a little bit more as we get back to the workweek. in terms of cloud cover tomorrow, patchy low clouds, showers staying off

south-southeast. louisiana already under tropical storm warnings. it takes due west towards texas. >> even though the past heads west what are we talking about for rain and where? >> look at computer model, we call them spaghetti models, florida gets inundated. i want to milwaukee a note. anywhere from brownsville to tampa making news. >> you're also following the weather headline on the fire, and newest sparked by a gunshot? >> that's right. one gunshot enough to spark a wildfire. >> just won't quit. utah, colorado, nevada. the summer scrapbook nobody wants to remember. look at this map. seven states with 15 large fires, in northern utah, flames are creeping closer to the 2,000 evacuated homes. >> it's getting a little too close for comfort. >> reporter: guess what started it? a single bullet. a target shooter hit a rock, sparks went flying into a landfa landfill, and boom, wildfire. >> i wish people would be more careful. >> reporter: extreme heat, high winds and low humidity. >> tough day for firefighters. >> reporter: especially for colorado eva

putting debbie just south of louisiana into the next couple of days.gory 1 hurricane as it strengthens over the warm waters eventually heading to east texas where that could be a big concern for places like houston and even further down the coast towards corpus christi. have to keep an eye on this especially because the models are having a hard time with it, a lot could change with debbie and debbie could switch directions. keep you up to date on that here at wbal. let's head back to our area. not so tropical here. the dew point is climbing just a little bit. currently the temperature is 68 at the airport. 78 downtown so it's much warmer as he head towards urban areas. 71 in ocean city. put the dew points in place. it's around 58 downtown and 68 at the airport. 68 in annapolis. that's much more humid. as you head towards the water, you'll start to feel the humidity especially towards the afternoon. here's a look at the forecast for today. starting off with sunshine. few clouds building in towards the midday and towards the afternoon. high temperature a

it's a slow, slow movement south of louisiana. we don't know where the storm will actually pact. that's a good point because the cone of uncertainty does cover portions of louisiana and texas. we're still days away from a lands fa landfall, so it could shift and wobble a bit and importano stay tuned to cnn because we will keep you updated with any change on this track. >> folks on the gulf will keep it tuned. does it look more like a rainmaker and high tides or do damage there? >> i think there's potential for all three. we're looking at a lot of ra. yesterday, we had tornadomage in florida, pretty far away from whe we're saying the storm will go into southwest florida. look at the heavy rain working its way across the tampa area in pensacola. when we get high tides, we see that risk for flooding and winds are stronger for debby than origin originally anticipating and the forecast for hurricane strength winds and wind damage particularly tuesday and wednesday. these storms can shift and change and grow in intensity and sometimes surprise us so we want to keep you up to date on an

this crawfish another south louisiana specialty. love corn.ime. all these dishes, it's also sort of like an easy time of year for chefs because everything is fresh and it requires so little. the asparagus, little bit of olive oil and salt and pepper and vinaigrette. you got a finished dish. >> you said drinks tells your life story even louder? what is this one? >> this is a twist on a punch. most of the infantry divisions and calvary divisions had their own drinks. so we took this puncher and twisted it up with thyme and lemon shrub and this is a knock out. it's brandy, bourbon, rum and champagne with lemon shrub sugar. its like fraction of a point house jungle juice. >> that's what i need. my own punch. every regiment needs its own. >> who would you have this meal with if you could have it with anyone. >> you know i want to say that's almost a rude question to ask a married man. >> they both could show up. can they get along? >> they do very well. i'll say my business partner and my banker actually. >> nice. good move. >> smart move. >> we'll

south. new orleans, louisiana, was often the destinations where slaves ended up being sold. we don't know how margaret was moved to new orleans. she could have gone by ship or she could have had to walk to new orleans. based on a birth certificate, we know margaret gave birth to a can son in april 1842 and he was given the name peter joseph. the father was an austrian merchant who was named sparrow joseph who came to search of his fortune. we have not been able to document the relationship between margaret and him, but we know that peter was born free when his mother had him pay prior to his birth. this lead me to the speculation about margaret possibly been forced to work in a brothel. at age 13, peter wrote a letter to his grandmother nancy. somehow he knew that nancy was at the decatur house. i don't know how he knew that. but they probably also remained in contact with one another. at any rate at the 1857 letter provides an interesting clue. that letter is over on the wall if you get a chance to look at that. finally, we know that peter was a civil war veteran. he's over

traveling just south of louisiana into the next couple of days. strengthening over the warm waters to a category 1 hurricane. however, i want to show you what all the models are thinking. this is what we call spaghetti plot. it's all the models put on one map. showing you that all the models trying to figure this out. it's going all different directions and that means the forecast is very uncertain. while the hurricane center is expecting it to go west, a lot could change in debby's track over the next couple of hours and next couple of days. we'll definitely keep you up to date on wbal where we think debby is going to go. seven day forecast in baltimore. chance for thunderstorms late tonight into tomorrow. only a 40% chance tomorrow as we drop down to the mid 80's. even cooler on tuesday breezy with a high of 81. warm things back up by next week. another chance for thunderstorms by friday night. >> the nice weather is bringing dozens of people to the 32nd annual latino festival going on this weekend at paterson park. yesterday, people flocked to

a wet ride in parts of east texas, louisiana and south florida.wers could slow down your commute from the carolinas to upstate new york. >> and it's a good day for flying out there. the only significant airport delays are expected in the city of minneapolis. that music was good. woke us up. >> what? what's going on this morning? >>> well, museum workers in houston are trying to save a pricey picasso after this was targeted by a brazen vandal. >> a museum visitor captured the whole thing on his cell phone. a well-dressed man is seen defacing "woman in an armchair." he uses a stencil to put a bull. art lovers are hoping the painting can be restored. who would ruin a classic like that? >> unfortunate. >>> a florida teenager is recovering after a fishing trip went horribly wrong. we want to warn you that some of the pictures you're about to see are very graphic. the 16-year-old was shot in the head with a spear gun. trauma surgeons were shocked when he was wheeled into the e.r. the neurosurgeon said as bad as it looks, it could have been a whole lot w

not only a mixed race president but what marco rubio, in florida, you've got governor of louisiana, governor of south carolina, parents indian born assimilating very well. the melting pot of mulligan stew still works. california has been troubled because of people like howard jarvis of proposition 13, in 1970s, that put this lid on taxes. so they no longer wanted to pay for the wonderful educational system california used toe have if you don't pay for it, you're not going to get it. same thing with more recently why the republican party is losing because they alienated the hispanics. america. fortunately, most americans -- >> let me talk, john. >> you'll get a chance, pat. most learns are ostomies tick about the melting pot, and i think a cencus made a mistake by not counting mixed race people as -- as white or some of them as white. it's hard to know how many of them count. but the fact is we're going through a browning process right now. more and more people have somebody of a different race in their family -- >> let's talk a little -- looking you're going to get new taxes this fall hopefully, jerr

across louisiana into the area south of new orleans, the southern parishes. you'll see the areas around the lakes may see problems with low-lying areas because the inle and the way louisiana is shaped top graphically and the southern parishes, especially beyond where they're protected where they're sandbagging because of threat. rain 3-6 inches and flooding beyond high tidal areas as early as tonight. >> bonnie schneider, appreciate it. >>> all eyes will be on the supreme court this week as we wait for the ruling on health care the affordable care act, also known as obama-care. the sweep iing health care law controversial passed two years ago. they have several options on the law and for those not following every step like we are, briefly explain what those options are. >> reporter: good morning, randi. the court is lking at several issues. most experts believe it will come down to one of three choices. the supre court could decide to uphold the entire law, leave it as is or strike down a portion of the law, the individual mandate, the key provision at issue,

clinton and moderate to heavy rain about ready to head toward deal and then off toward the south and west, around louisianaill be heading north and east, fredericksburg, airy, all through here, stafford county, down south. you and spotsylvania county, just some general showers. doesn't look like anything too heavy down south. the rain will be ending around 9 to 10 p.m. there is 7 p.m., your future weather will show it swinging through, there's 11 p.m. we will start our winds out of the west and northwest. so, that's the drying process for us. 6 a.m. tomorrow morning, a lot of breaks in the cloud cover, should be looking at a partly cloudy sky to mostly sunny sky there very quickly by late morning. breezy conditions though going to see winds gusting up to 25 to 30 miles per hour. then for the day thursday, partly sunny skies a few clouds build into the area, here we are for the evening, 72 to 76 degrees, again, thunderstorms possible, so keep that big umbrella with you this evening. tomorrow morning, 612068 degrees. you might need a light jacket with the cooler conditions and with the wind, but at least we

the hurricane center puts her on a path south and west of new orleans. louisiana has already declared a state of emergency. >> and you know this storm has a mind of its own. yesterday we were talking about it potentially hitting the texas gulf coast. it has made a complete turnaround and now looks like florida. >> we'll have to keep an eye on. that. >> changes are on the way. this is clarendon now, from washington lehigh school in arlington. the skies look dark. we have thunderstorms beginning to pop. central montgomery county around rockville, another cluster just developing across central prince georges county moving towards bouey at 20 miles per hour. these storms will continue to pop as we move through the evening and overnight hours, even into tomorrow morning. look at the high, though, this afternoon. 93 degrees. our average for the day is 87. the record set two years ago when we hit 100 degrees. 89. winds out of the southwest at 10 miles per hour. weatherbug shows 88 in war blear. 90 for a high in leesburg. currently at 95 at lafayette elementary school. i

south carolina. bobbie jindal of louisiana. -- bobby jindal of louisiana.he horrible response to the state of the union and a brilliant guy and has a bright future and young. and you have chris christie. there are a lot of republicans coming up. chris: christie has the northeast attitude that works with people. john harris. >> paul ryan fascinates me because he is the only republican who speaks with credibility to both wings of the republican party. the tea party wing and the establishment wing. and it's basically somebody that can help republicans make a -- generational shift which they badly need to do. on the democratic side, a similar person making a generational shift, senator mark warner who shows that he's got real credibility at the center. -- if the ever does come back in washington which is questionable. he is indeed. chris: is he presidential? in his own mind? >> there's no question. chris: when we come back, the big question of the week, will americans decide for barack obama or mitt romney well ahead of this election day or at the last minute?

they are worried it could spread many right now there are 11 reported cases in the south georgia, florida, alabama, louisiana, one fatal, new orleans toddler died last week the cdc the girl and others caught the same dangerous strain genetic fingerprint that produces a deadly toxin which can cause violent reaction, kidney damage and death they are racing against the clock. they want to figure out what the product is and get it out of the market before it sickens or kills anyone else. >> reporter: right now it is not clear if this is a food-borne outbreak. e. coli is typically found in undercooked chicken and beef, wash hands after you handle raw chicken, cook chicken and beef thoroughly and wash fruits and vegetables. top disease hundredders on the case looking to find the cause as fast as possible, because right now people are starting to gear up to grill this summer. >>> just about 5:04. santa cruz sheriff's office says it could take weeks to complete their investigation and determine whether giants' al star pablo sandoval will be charged in an alleged sexual assault case. he was questioned last friday aft

spent time in the contemporary context explaining to all of these ordinary americans living in louisiana and southarolina that these folks are your enemies, then it almost doesn't matter what is imperically true. because you created an infectious understanding this is against my interest. >>ç rush limbaugh on wednesday said he had gotten a call from speaker boehner. listen to this. >> now, i got a call from speaker boehner last friday. he made it clear that repeal and not repeal and replace, but repeal was -- it will be the focus point for the house republicans. >> so they're not talking about repeal and replace. they're not projecting anything. like i said in the opening, they're projecting nothing. what they're saying is repeal, repeal, repeal. according to their mouthpiece mr. limbaugh. >> the right word march of the republican party is something we talk about. on health care it's been remarkable. the universal health care that richard nixon was willing to sign the republicans thought was not progressive enough was to the left of the affordable care act. when bill clinton proposed his health c

louisiana, georgia, south carolina. >> reporter: all right. now, the credits can be worth 20% to 25% of a production's cost. that is used to offset of production income tax bill. however, smaller productions can actually resell those credits to anyone in order to get the cash up front before shooting begins. is this a good deal for taxpayers? >> all of those productions in the program thus far are spending $2.9 billion in direct production expenditures and a billion of that in wages for the crew. >> reporter: all right. so the tax credits versus the actual taxes off that 2.9 billion, it is about awash. however, them ploys 20,000 californians getting paid, spend more and taxes on that. that's where the extra comes in. they estimate $1.13 for every dollar in tax credits. the two producers didn't win the lottery and probably making back-up plans to go to maybe illinois. >> perhaps they will. jane, thank you very much. >>> all right. we have the market alert for us. hi. >> hi there, sue. i want to bring your attention to big moves in the medical d

and the center is expect today stay south of louisiana, but you're still on the bad side of the storm is actually where you get the heavier rain, and the stronger winds and that's a sign that louisiana would be on if this does play out here and that would be wednesday, 1 a.m. category 1 hurricane with a sustained winds at 75 miles per hour and again, a lot of uncertainty with this track. we do have new tropical storm warnings issued from the wisconsin, alabama border eastward through the florida panhandle and this is generally to the west of the city of tallahassee. so, this means that within the next 36 hours, you could be experiencing tropical storm force wind, and conditions along these areas and we also have another area with tropical storm warnings in effect along southeastern parts of the state of louisiana, new orleans is not included in this, but this entire area needs to remain alert over the next several days, a lot of uncertainty with the storm. guys, back to you. >> mike: nice job, maria. >> a new poll show many young adults don't believe in god. what's causing them to los

louisiana. that's moving across the south east. this slowly pushing all the stuff out to the east. those lines of showers developing to the west. we're not quiet done with all the rain yet. looks like tomorrow drier more comfortable air coming in. eastern shore tomorrow morning still a little left over. better clear things out and dry things out. tonight still a chance of shower, maybe a thunder shower or two and cloudy overnight. 68 tomorrow. upper 70s. clouds and sun in the afternoon drying out tomorrow night back in the low to mid-60s. nice weather coming for the activities going on. >> all right. that is lucky. you don't want to caution to come in with this kind of weather. thank you, bob. >>> a natural talent for seeking out natural places has brought a maryland man more attention than he feels comfortable with. alex reports that didn't stop the honor. >> reporter: he has spent 75 years and shared everything he's learned along the way. >> we just believe in it. those of us that have read the books. do it the way he says to do it and you'll find success. >> reporter: in the cer

davis' family moved south soon after davis' birth. they moved to louisiana and then over to mississippi. davis grew up mostly in mississippi. although, he returned to kentucky a couple times both for educational reasons. he went to boarding school in kentucky and then later to transylvania university in kentucky before going off to the u.s. military academy at west point. lincoln, by contrast, spent about the first seven years of his life in kentucky until his parents moved to indiana, which is where lincoln grew up. he didn't move to illinois until he was 21. below davis, on the mantle, are various things that were made by confederate prisoners of war in union prison camps, out of anything they could find, shells, wood, bones, glass, whatever they could pick up in those northern prison camps. throughout roughly the middle two years of the war tharks was a regular prisoner exchange service. many confederate prisoners who had been exchanged for union prisoners would come through richmond and give the davises things like this that they made in the camps and th

there are 11 cases in the south so far, georgia, florida, alabama and louisiana.new orleans a 21 month girl died last week the largest group of sickened five in atlanta hem to the cdc. patients there range from 18 to 52. >> we know that these cases are all linked. that would suggest that there was a common source somewhere along the way. we just don't know where. >> reporter: it is not clear if this is a food-borne outbreak that's the most likely cause. e. coli is typically found in undercooked chicken on beef. wash hands after handing raw chicken, cook meat thoroughly and wash fruits and vegetables until now the government was not checking meat for this strain it was just this week that the usda began testing meat for six new strains, including this one. >>> a series of e-mails posted on the internet exposes a sex scandal involving president obama's nominee to be the u.s. ambassador to iraq. e-mails sent in 2008 between national security council member mcguirk and chong exposes their extramarital affair. mcguirk was married to another woman at the time he has sin

in wisconsin, with support from big names, new jersey governor christie and south carolina governor, nikki haley and louisianaby jindal. governor bobby jindal is next. and people across the country are really heated about this one, some cheering, some fuming about a new law. it's about your pets, that's in 2 minutes. >> better buckle up. new jersey officials are requiring people properly restrain their pet and must be in a seat belt. they can't hangoud window. owners can face a fat fine from $250 to $1,000 and can be charge with disorderly conduct under the animal cruelty statute. if you are caught without a seat belt in new jersey, there is a maximum $46 charge for the first offense. new jersey is not the only state with a tough dog passenger law. hawaii forbids drivers from holding a pet on their laps and in maine, they can be charged with distracted driving laws. do the pet laws protect and you your pet? or is it overreach? go to gretawire com and tell us what you think. i went to a small high school. the teacher that comes to mind for me is my high school math teacher, dr. gilmore. i mean he could teach.

brought in national figures like governor chris christie of new jersey, bobby jindal of louisiana and nikki haley of south carolina to energize supporters. >> you have to show up and vote for tom barrett on tuesday. >> democrats called on a familiar face. >> ordinarily i'm against a recall election. i went to try to fight one in california. but sometimes it is the only way to avoid a disastrous course. >> the retail politicking is so aggressive, mayor barrett personally marched supporters in the direction of the polls for early voting. third party groups claimed nonpartisanship but aggressively strattized. an sentence of one union has been providing free rides for early voting. their routes concentrate in pure areas of milwaukee where voters lean democratic. >> some people don't have transportation. some people even don't know where the polling plays are. >> i want you to know mayor barrett has raised tax necessary milwaukee every year except one when he was mayor. >> they equip people with phones and dialing software on a bus that's been traveling the state. >> we are going to go to 1745. >> teams in the

types of areas we see where it was highest, west virginia stood out, louisiana, pennsylvania ohio, pretty much throughout the southwest, a lot of racially charged searches a lot of racial animus. >> so you list a lot of states. some of them are swing states. some of them are red states. do you think that it that come to light, he would have been able to beat senator mccain by a larger margin? >> that's what i found. basically because he was black, the racial prejudice cost him about 3 to 5 percentage points of the vote. if you remember going back to 2008 it's hard to remember exactly everything that was going down. but president bush was historically unpopular in that time period. iranians in general unpopular, the economy was clamping everybody was blaming the republicans. our research finds a white candidate would have won the election by a much larger percentage. >> do you know if you can project forward? are you still doing the research? could you make a prediction about this election based upon what you learned? >> i think, you know, there is obviously a lot that can happen between now and the election. but t