president, as is obvious, the people of south louisiana have been through a whole lot in the last severalyears. hurricane katrina, hurricane rita, many significant hurricanes since then; most recently hurricane isaac and the b.p. oil disaster, to name just a few really trying tragedies. but now, mr. president, having survived all of that, having endured through all of that, many residents of south louisiana think they face a challenge that is even greater, and that is completely, wholly manmade. and that isthe challenge presenw changes to the national flood insurance program, which many south louisiana residents fear could make their staying in their homes that they built following all the rules every step of the way, could make that unaffordable. and that's a crying shame, mr. president. we must avoid that happening at all costs. first of all, mr. president, let me underscore, i talk about the folks of south louisiana because i represent them, because they've been through so much. but this is a national concern which potentially affects tens of millions of residents all around the countr

and then for a while atlanta and even more south, louisiana became the spot. >> yeah. >> between casho limit where all the videos were made and pittsburgh sort of pops up out of nowhere. >> you know what? nobody ever shouted out pittsburgh, ever, like ever. they would be like where brooklyn at? where phil philly at? where jersey at? where south carolina at? where vegas at? i'm like, yo, where's pittsburgh at, so now they shout out pittsburgh. >> what's the celebration of pittsburgh? what is it about it? >> it's just a hometown vibe. i think that we support a lot of people, like in their early stages. there's a lot of rappers like gucci man, nicki minaj, future, there's just a lot of people who like they started their first couple of club shows and stuff like that, they would pack those clubs in pittsburgh, and they would come out and they were showing life and people would fight and be crazy and they would show up next week. quite a thing. >> someone put your arm around you and help you navigate the wildest part of it? >> juicy, juicy j. that's my mine. he's the biggest person who led

it was in south louisiana in donaldsonville. e plant manager says the explosion happened as nitrogen was being off loaded from a tanker truck. thursday's explosion just ten miles away in louisiana killed two and injured more than 100. still no word on what caused that explosion. the sheriff says the general public was never in any real danger from chemical leaks. thousands of colorado residents are watching and waiting hoping good weather conditions will continue to give firefighters the upper hand. crews are working to put out hot spots amid the 473 destroyed homes. george howell joins us live from colorado. 473 destroyed homes. my oh, my. what is the latest on this mammoth fire now? >> reporter: don, definitely a fire that has caused a lot of damage here in the colorado springs area. there is some good news. at this point from officials 45% contained. great news when you consider what we heard the other day that it was 30% contained. it is a sign that firefighters are gaining ground and getting the help of mother nature. just t

i'm a native of south louisiana, and so i grew up with the guard, and i saw the forward primarily as the people who showed up when we had hurricanes coming. and we had 'em a-r. i guess sandy was here, and that was my first s hurricane. audrey, betsy, there was a hurricane named david, it took me a while to live that one down all the way up through rita. and in louisiana we activated the national guard when the warnings went up. we didn't wait until it hit because, in fact, it was part of preparation and advancement. so for me, the guard was part of my life growing up, and it was a very important part of my life. that's why i'm so pleased to be here today with the distinguished gentlemen that we have up here on the stage. i'm going to introduce the flee of them -- the three of them, then they'll each make some remarks. to my immediate left is general joseph lengyel. he came to this from a really easy job as a defense attach they in egypt. made it really easy. next to his left is lieutenant general bill ingram, the director of the army national guard. his commission 1972 as a distingui

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so now into the south, louisiana and mississippi under the gun.f course, oklahoma city still under the gun today for that severe weather threat. so it looks like yes we're going to continue to monitor the plains. it looks like a flash flood watch in effect for them as well. never ending. >> as chad myers reported at the beginning of hurricane season, too. >> all at once. >> the attorney for california state senator ron calderon says his client has done nothing wrong. they raided the lawmaker's office. they raided that yesterday. what they were looking for, not at all clear. the federal warrants are seal and the u.s. attorneys office in sacramento would only say the searches are not in response to anything recent and have nothing to do with public safety. the fbi says it is not planning any arrests. >>> we're getting to know more about the mind and motivation of the bomb is suspect tamerlan tsarnaev. they trained at a boston gym three days before the terror attack and owner and manager of that gym told our piers morgan that tamerlan's demeanor and

thunderstorms across south texas, louisiana and florida.nderstorms in the northeast. >>> 78 in new york, 80s from baltimore down to miami and for much of the midwest. 90s from albuquerque to new orleans. triple digits in phoenix and colorado springs. >>> big argument going on right now in west lafayette, indiana. at issue is a big banana painted on the side of a building. >> here's background on that banana. a banana is part of the logo of a property called. the building that that giant banana is painted on is owned by that company. >> they say it's meant to be a piece of art. the argument is whether it's protected as a form of speech or should be considered commercial speech and, therefore, regulated. it doesn't look bad -- >> it doesn't look bad? >> i guess it does. and you don't want that as your next door neighbor. >> enormous yellow banana. i don't know about that. >> yeah. as scott said in our ear, our producer scott, has a certain a-peel. nicely done, scott. >> ba-dum. >> yeah, you don't want -- >> what if the house next to is it is

. >>> an explosion left one person dead and 77 others injured at a chemical plant south of baton rouge, louisianay. witnesses say workers were scrambling to escape the flames. they make plastic at this plant. investigators are trying to figure out how the fire started. >>> a driver didn't quite make it through the toll booth in new hampshire. instead he drove right on top of it after passing out behind the wheel. he woke up to find his truck like this. the driver says he remembers feeling light headed but didn't pull over in time. >>> carnival cruise lines is bouncing back after a string of hiccups. today the new and improved triumph set sail for the first time since a fire in february left passengers stranded in the gulf of mexico. carnival spent $150 million making over the vessel. it includes new carpetting, a second generator, and rewiring of the ship's engine rooms. the cruise that left galveston today was completely sold out. >>> nasa found a new way to look at the stars without going into space. it's a flying telescope. and it's redefining how we describe the universe. >> reporter: this is

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we have a track record in mississippi, louisiana, south carolina. companies are making decisions in terms of filing. i want to emphasize that the types of things in fortified are not on affordable. they are low cost improvements a homeowner can make -- types of things in fortified are not un affordable. thetat for humanity is largest builder at this time. we have partnered with them in hurricane-prone areas. if we can get those fourth bystanders in a habitat home, you know those are not -- standards in a habitat home, you know they are not un the space affordable. if you are at the point where a home owner -- you know that they affordable. a number of people up here talked about is dissemination of the informational and coordination of the information. when you research, do you sit down with industry participants, the national home builders, for example, and shared this information and into this dialogue with them to make sure they are made aware of this? >> we have certainly started that. they started out negative and skeptical of us and our capabi

coming from louisiana, our states service platforms for the production without the south louisiana texas, there would be no way for the federal government to access resources that are clearly ours. without our states, there could be no access to the offshore. >> senator, thank you for the question. as i mentioned come i support full funding of the conservation fund, which has not been the case for more than one year and it's almost 50 year history. i appreciate the revenue generated for oil and gas production. as i went to the gulf coast, i saw firsthand the positive impact it has on the residents of louisiana to the jobs they created including but in office is that has over 500 people in the offices they are. >> we appreciate the job, but 500 jobs in the jobs they created along the coast do not compensate for the loss of revenues. this is 6 billion in 2006 and is projected to be 11 billion annually coming off the coast of louisiana and texas. and yeah, we are struggling here for years trying to get a fair share of that money to be kept at home along the coast producing these revenues. b

without south louisiana and texas there would be no way for the federal government to access resourcesthat are clearly ours. without our states there could e no access to the offshore. >> thank you for the question. as i mentioned in the comments i mentioned full support of the fund which hasn't been the case for more than one year in its 50-year history. i appreciate the revenue generated. i went to the gulf coast, i saw firsthand the positive impact that it has on the residents of louisiana through the jobs that it created including visiting our offices there which has over 500 people in the offices there. >> listen, we appreciate the job. but 500 jobs and jobs created along the coast do not compensate for the loss of revenues. this is $6 billion in 2006 and projected to be $11 billion annually. that is coming of the coast of louisiana and texas. but we are struggling for years trying to get a fair share of that money just to be kept at home along the coast that is producing these revenues. if you put up the other chart the in land states, which i do not, you know, i am a little jeal

talking about the entire state of texas, south carolina, georgia, louisiana, mississippi, virginia, alaska, arizona, alabama and parts of these states -- florida, north carolina, new york, south dakota, michigan, new hampshire. so this is not only the deep south. these are areas that have been found in the past -- have been held by the federal government to discriminate or act in ways that disaffect minorities in their ability to register and vote. >> reporter: not just racial minorities because the law has been changed over the years since it was passed in 1965 to include, for example, language minorities. so it captures native americans in the southwest, it captures parts of alaska. so, yes. but it is predominantly the south. that's where the problem was. if you think about the political climate in 1965 that led to this law, it's nothing like that now. now what the dissenters say today, this was a 5-4 decision along the usual lines, the majority written by the chief justice, ruth bader ginsburg writing for the minority says that it is still a pervasive problem. the supreme court it says

throughout south louisiana the agricultural economy is the lifeblood of our rural communities. this is a bipartisan bill, containing truly significant reforms with savings of up to $40 billion. given the immense diversity of american agriculture, it's important to have price loss coverage which is an important option for our southern farmers, like our rice farmers. this is critical for their future security. additionally, an extension of the u.s. sugar program ensures a level playing field with other nations who continue to heavily, heavily subsidize their sugar industry one fair trade practices. i urge my colleagues to strongly support this bill and i yield back. the chair: the gentleman from oklahoma continues to be recognized. mr. lucas: i yield to the gentleman from nebraska, mr. smith, one minute. the chair: the gentleman from nebraska is recognized for one minute. mr. smith: thank you, madam speaker. thank you, mr. chairman. i rise today in support of h.r. 1947, the 2013 farm bill. agriculture is an inherently risky venture but even in tough times agriculture remains a br

i mean native of south louisiana and i grew up with the guard.marily saw them as the people who showed up when we had a hurricane coming. and i guess sandy was and that was after me. in louisiana, we actually activated the hurricane -- the national guard when the hurricane warnings went up. that was part of our advance preparation. for me, it was a very important part of my life, the guard. that is why i am so pleased to be here with you today with the distinguished gentleman that we have on stage. i'll introduce the three of them and they will take some moments for remarks and then we will open it up for questions. to my immediate left is the vice chief of the national guard bureau. he came to this from a really easy job as the defense attache in egypt where nothing was going on. commissioned through the officer training corps out of north texas state university in denton. oft to him is the director the army national guard, commissioned in 1972 as a distinguished graduates from officer candidate school from what was then called the north carolin

the worst offenders being alabama, georgia, louisiana, mississippi, south carolina, virginia, and parts of north carolina and arizona. the so-called coverage formula in section 4 of the voting rights act was based on where the worst discrimination was occurring at that time. it is that section that was ruled unconstitutional today by a majority of the supreme court, even though the voting rights act had been renewed by congress several times since 1965, including as recently as 2006 by a republican-controlled house. and a republican-controlled senate. and then signed by republican president george w. bush. chief justice john roberts, majority supreme court opinion believes that the republican congress and that republican president did not know what they were doing. if congress had started from scratch in 2006, it plainly could not have enacted the president coverage formula. it would have been irrational for congress to distinguish between the states in such a fundamental way based on such data, when today's statistics tell an entirely different story. and it would have been irrational

killed and at least 75 others were injured when an explosion rocked a chemical plant south of baton rouge, louisiana taken by a plant worker and given to our affiliate wafb shows people fleeing the plant with flames behind them. no word yet on what sparked the explosion. >>> the inspector of the building that collapsed in philadelphia last week has taken his own life. the incident left six people dead. there's a criminal probe under way. however, authorities say the inspector was not a target of it. >>> steven spielberg is predicting an implosion of the movie industry, according to the hollywood reporter. spielberg says, with several high budget films flopping, that could drive ticket prices way up. >>> a california man accidently sold his wife's $23,000 wedding ring at a garage sale for $10. he thought he was selling an empty watch box. low and behold, his wife put her ring in there before he went to the hospital to have a baby. anderson? >> randi, thanks. we'll be right back. >>> time now for the "ridicu-list" and we're adding heavy metal haters. that's right, you heard me correctly. i'm going to

if you go south to louisiana state highway 1, you'll find that it's the only access road to port forchon. senator vitter, our ranking member on the environment and public works committee from louisiana, has told us that 18% of the nation's oil supply passes through port few shon. it's a pretty important port and highway 1, the only access road to it, is closed three and a half days a year on average due to flooding, according to g.a.o. noaa scientists project that within 15 years, portions of louisiana highway 1 will flood an average of 30 -- three-zero -- 30 times each year. state and local officials raised 11 miles of highway 1 by more than 22 feet, so when hurricane isaac brought a six and a half foot storm surge up the gulf, those raised portions were unaffected. go up north to milwaukee, wisconsin, and you find that milwaukee's metropolitan sewage district spent $3 billion in 1993 to increase the capacity of its sewer system based on historical rainfall records dating back to the 1960's. but extreme rain storms in the midwest have changed drastically. milwaukee experienced a 100-yea

alabama, arkansas, georgia, louisiana, mississippi, south carolina, texas, virginia. this reads essentially like a map of the states that tried to pass the voter i.d. laws that wound up in lawsuits with attorney general holder. >> the question really is when do we no longer need race conscious remedies. the court yesterday in the affirmative action decision and the decision today was saying we're not throwing out all race conscious remedies but we're raising the bar for constitutional muster. and in the affirmative action case, they dikicked it back to e lower court. in this case they are kicking it back to congress. this debate will go on for a long time but the larger question is at what point have these remedies been successful enough that we don't need them anymore. liberals tend to think not yet. and conservatives tend to think yet. >> is there an irony though that sort of one of the results of having first african-american president is a this tremendous backlash against anything that makes voting by minorities, by african-americans, by his base possible? >> yeah

louisiana. happened this morning in geismar, which they tell me is 20 miles south and east of baton rouge. governor bobby jindal says helicopters took eight people to hospitals and some workers are inside shutting down the plant. >> as of now we believe that eave worker has been accounted for. there are ten workers still in a safe room in the plant. this is part of the emergency protocol to help with the shutting down of the plant, so there are ten people, in a safe room, helping to maintain the flare operations you can see. >> officials warned people to stay indoors, keep the windows closed, even though they say early tests do not indicate dangerous levels of chemicals in the air. we also have video from somebody who says he was inside the planted at the -- plant at the d rocked the whole police. police and hazmat crews are searching the plant which produces more than one billion pounds of highly flammable chemicals each year. we have a sergeant with the louisiana state police. getting the whole story? >> i believe we are. we hope we have the situation contained right now. the fire has be

now south carolina had to face the courts because they tried to begin the voter i.d. scheme. or louisiana or alabama. but to the extent that it is more than just the south, apply it there, but don't limit it where it's still very much needed. look at racial disparities not just in voting but home foreclosures and jobs, education, health care. er with a long way from a sense of parity. freedom without equality is the order of this day. >> reverend jesse jakds, you have to get the last word. donita judge, thank you for your time. >>> switching gears now to sanford, florida, an emotional day in the george zimmerman second degree murder trial. never before seen ims and details of the chaotic scene when trayvon martin was killed. craig, what can you tell us? >> marra, dale two of testimony was marked by two things, evidence and images. it was the first time at that time jury got the opportunity to see the gray hooded sweatshirt that trayvon martin was wearing that sunday night and the first time we actually saw the package of skittles, the arizona fruit drink can that he had on, those ear buds

yesterday and some thunderstorms along the gulf coast, especially texas and louisiana and even some thunderstorms over south florida. hot weather unfortunately continues across the midwest into the rockies where conditions are dry and the wildfire danger continues quite high. southwest, sunny and very hot. highs into the 100s. other than that, looking pretty sunny across much of the nation. craig setzer, cbs news. >>> this morning three wildfires are burping out of crowe in colorado. more than 100 homes have already been destroyed. strong winds and hot flames are fanning the winds. the gorge fire has destroyed hundreds of homes and affected thousands of prison inmates. it's the worst blaze is burning along the colorado springs, the black forest fire. some 9,000 residents have been told to evacuate. teresa garcia has our report. >> reporter: the black forest fire is living up to its name, turning the forested land black, destroying nearly 100 homes and sending residents in the area running. >> get computers, prescriptions, eyeglasses. >> reporter: wendy hammock-smith's family has been on edge since the fire

the contestants come from all over the place in the south many this year this season come from kentucky florida alabama tennessee texas georgia louisiana mississippi and most of these have been from the south i'm looking forward to when we have some though i've gotten from from the northeast maybe a jewish woman a new york had absolutely right i would i want to be able to push this thing to be as big as it can be you. know doing that i got one boy that's the name of the ranch you're aware does the weird and i mean larry king so it must be true. in the weird in the best sense ot i know i know so anyway i wrestled for about give or take fifteen years and i've always been wanting to buy ranch in south texas i should've bought years before i did when prices were cheaper but being that as it was i bought the ranch and any time you bahrain she got to have a cool name for it and i figured with everything that i had to do to buy this place i literally had to break my skull so that's why i called it the broken skull ranch here a hunter i guess or proudly so you think hundreds misinterpreted is it a sport. i mean the animal don't have a chance t

and i say coming from louisiana, i me, our state is deserving platform for the production. without the south will louisiana, texas, there would be no way for the federal government to access resources that are clearly ours. but without our states that could be no access to the offshore. >> thank you for the question, and as i mentioned in my opening comments i support full funding of the land and water conservation fund which is not been the case for more than one year, in almost 50 year history. i appreciate the revenue generated to the martial oil and gas production because i went to the gulf coast i saw firsthand the positive impact it has on the residence of louisiana through the jobs that is greedy, including visiting our offices there which has over 500 people in the offices their -- >> listen, we appreciate the job, that 500 jobs and the jobs that are created along the coast do not compensate for the loss of revenue. this is 6 billion in 2006. it's projected to be 11 billion annually coming off the coast of louisiana and texas. and yet we are struggling here for years trying to get a

insurance companies to do that, so we have a bit of a track record of mississippi, alabama, louisiana, south carolina and we see companies are individually making decisions in terms of filing. i want to emphasize the types of things fortified are not unaffordable. the relatively low cost improvements that a homeowner can make talking about a couple thousand dollars in area that already has a code. one of our partners in terms of safer building of habitat for humanity. they are the largest builder in this country at this point in time and we have partnered with habitat unfortified homes in hurricane areas and other areas. if we can get fortified standards come you know those are not unaffordable standards. it is being at the time decisions are made. he made about all another riff on is a very expensive proposition but if you are at the point where a homeowner is replacing a roof or needs to replace the roof because the first is not come it doesn't cost that much more to build to a fortified standard. >> another theme of this legislation that a number of the people up here talked about his dis

to drive 200 miles to, you know, like in your state, madam president, in north dakota or south dakota or louisiana or mississippi, we have areas that, you know, people are really working hard, and they are not like right next door to an internet cafe. and so one idea we had was for a mobile app. that's what one of these amendments is. wouldn't that be a big help. there is no one i know that's opposed to that. there is billions of dollars in this bill. some of it most certainly could be spent helping small businesses access better everify. there is another provision in this bill that klobuchar-landrieu-coats-blunt- b arrasso-enzi. this is as broad a coalition as you can -- not gather, but it could gather broad-based support. but klobuchar is from minnesota, landrieu is from louisiana, coats is from indiana, barrasso is wyoming, and we're republicans and democrats. this amendment has been cleared, and i appreciate it on both sides, requires the certificates of citizenship and other documents to reflect the name and date of determination made by state court to help ensure that name and birth dates fo

louisiana. the blast happened at factory along the mississippi river. just south of baton rouge. the u.s. supreme court has made a ruling that could have an impact on the fast-growing area of d.n.a. medicine. it was considering whether a company that finds a particular gene should be allowed to patent it. mark orchard has more. >> when actress angelina jolie did a genetic test and realized she's predisposed to certain types of cancer, she had a double mastectomy to reduce the risk. she's pretty rich. so the $3 test wasn't a problem for her -- the $3,000 test wasn't a problem for her. but doctors say the test doesn't need to be that expensive. it is because a company myriad owns the genetic test and has a patent on it. so they took the case to the u.s. supreme court. and the justices agreed, saying the company can't patent something found in nature. but it was a split decision. if the company does anything to change the d.n.a., create a synthetic version, that is their exclusive property. meaning the current test could still be protected. that is, until a new test is created. but the rulin

. >> i'm a louisiana boy, i grew up in the south, i know a lot about the "n" word, and i heard the "n" word a lot and i lived in georgia and i hear the "n" word, and i lived in new york and i hear the "n" word, and i'm not sure how paula deen is -- >> 66. >> 66. okay. there are a lot of people what's new, what is new. a white woman from the south has said the "n" word in her life at one point or another. what's new about that? >> she's a dying breed. i mean, we should literally bottle her and put her on a shelf and look at her in amazeme amazement. because she certainly doesn't reflect the majority of progressive thinking americans, but, you know, you almost feel a little bad for her. and look at her asking for forgiveness. >> she should know better. she should know better and i think she realized it in that video. you can hear her pain in that video and, again, i'm not condoning it. anything she said or what she did may have done in the past, but guess what, most people would not even admit to using that word. she admitted it and that says something about her honesty. >> but, don, di

louisiana. this latest incident happened at a plant 40 miles south of baton rouge in donaldsonville.he plant manager said dynamite was being unloaded from a tanker truck. two people died and more than 100 were jurisdiction on thursday on a nearby plant. >>> now to california where police say the suspect in the santa monica shootings left a farewell note, apologizing for killing his brother and father. policy the letter was conversational with not overall hatred of anything. he did not explain why he went on that rampage five days ago. five people were killed. police say he tried to buy a gun but was denied because of a justice department notice about it. they say he received gun part, to build a gun. >>> coming up, things politicians said what jeb bush said about immigrants that put twitter afire. >>> plus 82-year-old rupert murdock is divorcing his 44-year-old wife. and people are wondering what will happen to his $11 billion fortune. i missed a payment. aw, shoot. shoot! this is bad. no! we're good! this is your first time missing a payment. and you've got the it card, so we won't

>> an explosion at a petrochemical plant this morning in louisiana has killed one person and injured more than 30. it is located 20 miles south of baton rouge and owned by the williams companies and makes gases used in processing. plant officials say the flow of chemicals has been cut off and authorities say the fire is contained. >>> ceremonies in oakland this morning honored a 7-year-old boy for helping get medical attention for his mom. teareke blake called 911 after his mother suffered a seizure, his used a cell phone and the operator coached him to use a land line to find out their location to send help. >> he was amazing. he fold everything to a t. followed direction very well, very articulate and he did a great job. [ applause ] >> good job, when the fire department arrived his mother m needed and the story had a happy ending. >>> san francisco police are also investigating a double homicide. the bodies of two young men found shot to death near john mclaren park before 1:00 this morning. officers say they were 22 and 24 but have not yet identified them. both were shot two to three times. investigators are now looking f

states since they couldn't get around what was going on in the votes right act in texas louisiana atlanta. southorth carolina. so those are always problematic. so what do you do? you go and you go after montana and ohio and that's what's been happening. west virginia, those states. >> any state with a large minority population that can be disenfranchised. >> hal: we'll take your calls. 1-800-steph-12 is the number. i'll ham sparks filling in for steph and the mooks. this is a big day. the doma ruling and the prop 8 ruling will come down today within the next 65 minutes. very exciting. but we're going to be taking your calls 1-800-steph-12 about the voting rights amendment act rather. and the climate change speech. it's important. >> what's all that noise? >> announcer: it's "the stephanie miller show." current tv is the place for true stories. with award winning documentaries that take you inside the headlines. real, gripping, current. documentaries... on current tv. >> i can assure you, i mean you no harm. >> hal: welcome back to the show. i'm hal sparks filling in. the delta tones. you're sore

there was a louisiana chemical plant with one person dead. at this was 30 mi. south baton rouge. the witness describes the initial confusion. >> at first i really did not take it as an explosion. however, once i realized what was going on dozens were injured they were taken and the local media has identified the facility as the williams plant. according to the company's website, the chemicals ethylene and propylene. >> police say the gunman who killed five people in a rampage in santa monica last week left a note apologizing for killing his father and brother. authorities say the note was found on the suspect - john zawhari's body - after he was shot and killed by officers. in the note zawhari also said goodbye to his friends and expressed hope that his mother would be taken care of. he is suspected of shooting and killing his father and brother at their house and then shooting three more people. this all before police shot and killed him on the campus of santa monica college. >> six months after the newtown school shooting, the tragedy will be marked with a moment o

that's also true in louisiana, which has one of the highest infection rates in the u.s. >> if you see in the south here especially, all these states in purple, they are states where people are on a waiting list to get hiv medications. >> angus carter no longer has to wait. he is receiving treatment. but he still worries about the quality of his care. his wife tries to cheer him up. he says he will not let his medical condition get him down. >> so how do we measure the success of any health system then? by looking at the medical advances made for those who can afford them, or by how many people actually benefit from the system?-- the treatments? now we're invited into a global living room. today we visit an all-female household in mozambique's capital maputo, meet christina and her girls. >> hello, good evening, i am christina. welcome to my home. that is my youngest daughter xena and my niece feira. and my oldest daughter silvia. this is the living room, where we sit together in the evening or on the weekend. but my family does not only consist of women. i have two men, two little men as well. >>

south carolina. sessions from alabama, shelby from alabama, vitter from louisiana and the bill they refused to discuss as it's currently written would aim to boost protections along the southern border via $4.5 billion in new funding, and 3300 new customs agents. it also establishes a road map for 11 million illegal immigrants to gain full citizenship, a process which would take 13 years and require a payment of $2,000 in fines. democrats are confident they'll obtain passage of the bill in the senate. republicans have made one thing very clear. it won't be without a fight. getting a bill through the senate is going to be easy compared to what's looming in the republican-controlled house where the bill faces a much more uncertain fate. if a bill gets to the president's desk, what's it likely to look at? will it be something we'll be proud to enforce? that's my question. tim pawlenty is a former governor of minnesota and currently the ceo of the financial services roundtable. sam stein is an msnbc contribute were "the huffington post." thank you, gentlemen. i guess my question is as we go into this, we

suggesting that racists and bigots still run government in arizona, in alabama, georgia, louisiana, mississippi, south kirnl, and virginia? >> no, what i'm saying is that racial inequality as far as voting still occurs in those states which some of what i c cited, some of which the federal courts. those states have agreed are discriminatory. the effect is a racial imbalance. you don't have to be a bigot, i don't have 0 prove one is a racist if the results are that there is unequal protection of voting rights under the law, then you should have the justice department still there to preclear. >> here's the problem with that argument. in five of the six states, the voting percentages of african-americans are higher than the voting percentages of white participation. so. >> that's right. >> there is not that evidence of unequal treatment. >> of course, it is. the evidence is the reason that it was higher is because there were preclearance laws protecting those voters. you now have removed what made that possible. >> what would you -- >> you capital say i gave you medicine to make you feel better. therefor

waters, so the word flyers that the recent you see across the river, the louisiana side, you see all these union troops marching south, the reason you see that, they are leaving, they're running away. the people want to believe that, they convince themselves of that. they have no reason to leave vicksburg. after the battle of the big black river when the union gunboats begin to shell the town of vicksburg all-day and all-night, all that wonderful confederate army goes out to meet ulysses grant and they're going to shove grant out of mississippi, suddenly they come pouring back into the earth works because it hasn't quite worked out that way. citizens of vicksburg realize their s right here and nn the artillery shells are coming into town from the other direction from inland and they realize maybe we have a problem here and that problem becomes the siege of the city of vicksburg that lasts 47 days and during that time food dries up, the horses have no foliage, the people begin to eat the mules as as the army, the people suffer the same privations that the army suffers and they are starving to death and they can't live