. >> lake charles is the southwest corner of louisiana. it's about 30 miles from the gulf of mexico, about 30 miles from the state of texas in that very southwest -- the heel of louisiana if you think of louisiana as a boot. and it's the part of louisiana that sort of bridges the west and the south and the creole and the cajun and the western culture and the southern culture all in one place. it actually started at the end of the 18th century, there were very few intrepid spanish and french explorers had crossed this area, but it's always been a very remote part of louisiana because you can't get to lake charles by water from the mississippi. so it's always been sort of separate and apart in terms of thinking. in fact, when the louisiana purchase was made in 1803, this part of louisiana was not part of the purchase because by definition purpose of the purchase was to buy everything drained by the mississippi. we're not trained by the mississippi. we're not drained by the mississippi. and because of that for about 50 years after the purchase

charleston is a southwest corner of louisiana. the very southwest heel of louisiana. and it is the part of louisiana the bridges the west and the south the creole and the cajuns in the western culture in the southern culture all in one place. it actually started at the end of the 18th century. it's always been ever moat part. it's always been separate and apart in terms of by definition the purpose of the purchase was to buy everything drained by the mississippi. and because of that for about 50 years after the purchase this part of louisiana was essentially a no man's land with the undefined border between the new united states in the empire state. in the 1820s some of them are giving lands in the far western part of louisiana. others who came here because it was no man's land. this is the area that he have it raised. he provided an amazon or a ups residence. nobody else would trade in this part. it was so parsley --dash like sparsely populated. they ran cattle on the wide open prairies of southwestern louisiana and braided cattle on unfriend's -- and fence range lan

. >> lake charles is a southwest corner of louisiana. 30 miles from the gulf of mexico. in the very southwest, the hill of louisiana. it is a boot and that part of louisiana that sort of bridges the west to the south and the creole in the cage and and the western culture and southern culture. it started at the end of the 18th century, there were very few intrepid spanish and french explorers across the area. it's always been a very remote part of louisiana. because you can't get to lake charles by water from the mississippi. so it has always been separate and apart in terms of that. when the louisiana purchase was made in 1803, this part of louisiana were not part of the purchase because by definition, the purpose of the purchase was to buy everything drained by the mississippi. we are not drained by mississippi we are drained by the river. because of that, for about 50 years after the purchase, this part of louisiana was essentially a no man's land with an undefined border between the new united states and the empire spain. it's sort of apart and aside for a lot of the e

adley: lake charles is in southwest, louisiana, about 30 miles from the gulf and the great state of texas. it's a town that's sort of on the cusp. it's the cusp of french louisiana, english louisiana, spanish louisiana. it's sort of population of 80,000. traditionally, a blue collar town. through petro chemical and railroads to what we find now which is a wonderful mixed economy, that includes a fair amount of gaming and recreation as well as blue collar. >> should we see? adley: let's see it. this corner of louisiana was the no man's land. it wasn't part of the louisiana purchase so for 50 or 60 years this no man's land served as a buffer between the united states and the umpire of spain. and that meant this was an area that had quite a bit of use as a refuge for scandals and pirates. he knew most of the early settlers in lake charles. >> what year are we talking about? adley: we're talking about the late 1700s, early 1800s, 1803 to 1820. that's the period in which -- he was responsible for about 25% of all the trade in the lower mississippi valley. it was his black market. he would relo

. >> oil and gas has always been a big part of southwest louisiana in terms of the exploration and discoveryame more to fruition with the actual refining of oil because we had the ideal situation. we were ideally suited in terms of where rail lines cross, bird's legs were connect to, where the oil was able to be moved in and moved out very easily in lake charles. >> at one time this is a beautiful, wonderful community. we had everything family, church, school, grocery stores. people begin to get jobs, so it showed them that it could be better in the future for the next generation. >> this is video from a hurricane hunter plane on a flight through the eye of hurricane florence yesterday. as this trend continues towards the carolinas, president trump received a briefing on the preparations. >> okay, thank you very much. i received a briefing from secretary nielsen, administrator long and my staff regardg

. >> southwest louisiana, about 30 miles from texas. cuspa town that is on the of english louisiana, spanish louisiana. it is a population of about 80,000. traditionally, it was a blue-collar town. it started off as cowboy town. through the lumbering industry, through petrochemical and what we find now, a wonderful mixed economy that includes a fairmont of gaming and recreation, as well as blue-collar. let's see it. this part of louisiana was the no man's land. it wasn't part of the louisiana purchase. servant yearsf,or his as a buzzer between the u.s. and spain. was an area that use as a a bit of refuge for scandals and pirates. john lafitte knew most of the early settlers in lake charles. we are talking about the late 1700s, early 1800s. 1803-1820, the. -- that period of john lafitte. he would relocate people for money, he dealt with commodities. it wasn't just gold and silver. drive, weakeshore will convert into shelby drive. you are actually seeing the lake. lake charles was named for charles elliott, one of the people brought to thi

[inaudible] [inaudible conversations] >> oil and gas has always been a big part of southwest louisiana in terms of the exploration and discovery. but it actually really came more to fruition with the actual refining of oil because we have the ideal situation. we were ideally suited in terms of where rail lines crossed on a barge lines were dead, where the water -- oil was able to be moved in and it got very easily. >> at one time this was a beautiful, wonderful, wonderful community. we had everything that their lives. family, church, school, grocery stores and people began to get better jobs and showed them it could be better in the future for the next generation. >> hoover's sad when all is said and done, accomplishment is all that matters. when you start to think about it is a rather un- fundamental -- the sort of thing you would expect an engineer to say. and that is one of the keys to understanding his life, his success in everything but the presidency. >> lisa mascaro joins us for a look at her work on spending bills in the deadline to fund the government by the end of the month.

. >> oil and gas has always been a big part of southwest louisiana in terms of the exploration and discovery, but it actually really came more to fruition with the actual refining of oil because we had the ideal situation. we were ideally suited in terms of where rail lines cross, where barge lines were connected, where the water was -- oil was able to be moved in and moved out very easily in lake charles. >> on sunday, at 2:00 p.m. eastern, on american history tv, a visit to the small and predominantly african-american community of mossville. >> at one time, this was a beautiful wonderful wonderful community. we had everything that there was. and there was family, church, school, grocery stores, and people begin to get better jobs so it showed them that it could be better in the future for the next generation. >> watch c-span's cities tour of lake charles, louisiana, saturday at noon eastern on c-span 2's book tv and sunday at 2:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span 3. working with our cable affiliates as we explore america. >> what does it mean to be american? that's this year's

. >> oil and gas has been a big part of southwest louisiana as far as the exploration and discovery but it came more to fruition with the actual refining of oil. because we had the ideal situation we were suited in terms of where rail lines crossed, where barge lines were connected, where the water -- water was able to be moved in and out. >> on sunday at 2:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv, visit to the small and predominantly african-american community of mossville. >> this was a beautiful community. we had everything. and it was family, church, schools, grocery stores and people begin to get better jobs for their children and it could be better in the future for the next generation. > watch c-span cities' tour of lake charles, louisiana. and sunday at 2:00 p.m. eastern on c-span 3. working for our cable affiliates as we explore america. >> what does it mean to be american? that's this year's student cam competition question. asking middle and high school students to produce a short documentary about a constitutional right, national characteristic or historic event and explain ho

." >> or i guess also a bit a big part of southwest louisiana in terms of the exploration and discovery but it actually really came more to fruition with the actual refining of oil because we had the ideal situation we were ideally suited in terms of where rail lines crossed, , whee barge lines were connected, where the water was, oil was able to be moved in and out very easily in the lake charles. >> at one time this was a beautiful, wonderful, wonderful community. we had everything that the was, and it was family, church, school, grocery store, and people begin to get better jobs which showed them that it could be better in the future for the next generation. >> watch c-span's cities tour of lake charles, louisiana, saturday at noon eastern on c-span2's booktv and sunday at two p.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span3. c-span3. working with our cable affiliates as we explore america. >> during theg. course of our to others will stick with several legislators and a firstit legislator, represents virginia, representative rob wittman. he serves on the armed services and natural res

been a biggas has part of southwest louisiana in terms of the exploration and discovery. it actually really came more to fruition with the actual refining of oil. we had the ideal situation. in termsdeally suited of where rail lines crossed, where water was able to be moved in and out. >> on sunday at 2:00 eastern on american history tv. a visit to the small and predominantly african-american community of boss fell. >> at one time, this was a wonderful community. we had everything that there was. there was family, churches, schools, grocery stores. jobs, began to get better which showed the mcbee better in the future for the next generation. -- them it could be better in the future for the next generation. >> watch saturday at noon eastern. working with our cable affiliates as we explore america. washington post reporter bob woodward is in our washington journal guest -- is our washington journal guest monday, talking about his new book. on tuesday, former independent counsel ken starr joins us to discuss his book. watch next week on c-span's washington journal. senior of

. >> lake charles is in southwest, louisiana, about 30 miles from he gulf and the great state of texas. it's a town that's sort of on the cusp. french cusp of louisiana, english louisiana, louisiana. t's sort of population of 80,000. collar nally, a blue town. petro chemical and railroads to what we find now hich is a wonderful mixed economy, that includes a fair amount of gaming and recreation as well as blue collar. should we see? >> let's see it. the corner of louisiana was no man's land. it wasn't part of the louisiana urchase so for 50 or 60 years this no man's land served as a united states the and the umpire of spain. that meant this was an area as ahad quite a bit of use refuge for scandals and pirates. e knew most of the early settlers in lake charles. >> what year are we talking about? >> we're talking about the late s, early 1800s, 1803 to 1820. that's the period in which -- he was responsible for about 25% of in the lower mississippi valley. it was his black market. e would relocate people for money. he dealt with all sorts of commodities. it wasn't just the gold and silver

oil and gas has always been a big part of southwest louisiana in terms of the exploration and discovery. but it actually came more into fruition with the actual refining of oil. we have the ideal situation. we were ideally suited in terms of where rail lines crossed and barge lines were connected, oil was able to be moved in and moved out easily. >> on sunday at 2 p.m. eastern on american history tv, a visit to the small and predominantly african-american community of moscow -- mossville . >> this was a beautiful community. we had everything there was. family, church, schools, grocery stores. and people began to get better jobs and show them they could be better in the future for the next generation. >> watch c-span's city tour of lake charles, louisiana. and sunday at 2 p.m. eastern, on american history tv, on c-span3. working with our cable affiliates as we explore america. this afternoon, the pentagon briefed reporters on preparations with hurricane florence and have a military plans to assist with release -- relief efforts. the 40 minute event was assisted

actually, they are billion-dollar investments in southwest louisiana, and part of moved the economy now. we were moving from a blue-collar economy in petrochemicals to a mixed caller economy that includes resort and hospitality industries. and now we are seeing more of the river, and the river is the lifeblood of the area. exist, itthe port to provides for recreational activities up and down. >> let me ask about your relationship. , particularly -- relationship here, particularly with weather. we have heard a lot about louisiana getting hurricanes. [inaudible] whenever you get bad weather? >> we are designing buildings to be much sturdier now than they were before, so houses that have withstood decades of existence are doing fine. but new construction also has to meet the requirements of lima. now, this audio water is highly effected, and storm surges come right on up to this body of water. so we do get flooding out here. weather really affects life down here, because one people -- is help notice it is it is hot. >> it is very hot and humid. we have 100 degree days with occasionally 100

." >> oil and gas has been a big part of southwest louisiana in terms of the exploration and discovery but it really came more to fruition with the actual refining of oil. because we had the ideal situation, we were ideally suited in terms of where rail lines crossed, where barge lines were connected, where the water -- water was able to be moved in and out easily. >> on sunday at 2:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv, a visit to the small and predominantly african-american community of mossville. >> they at one time this was a beautiful, wonderful, wonderful community. we had everything that there was. and there was family, church, school, grocery stores. and people begin to get better jobs, so it showed them that it could be better in the future for the next generation. a >> watch c-span cities tour of lake charles, louisiana, saturday at noon eastern on c-span2's book tv and sunday at 2:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span3. working with our cable affiliates as we explore america. leading up to the 100 anniversary of the end of world war i on november 11, every weeken

inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] oil and gas has always been a big part of southwest louisianain terms of the exploration, the discovery, but it actually really came more to fruition with the actual refining of oil because we had the ideal situation we were ideally suited in terms of where rail lines cross, where barge lines were connected, where the water, oil was able to be moved in and moved up very easily in lake charles. >> at one time this this is a beautiful, wonderful, wonderful community. we had everything that there was and there was family, church, school, grocery stores, and people began to get better jobs, show them that it could be better in the future for the next generation. >> watch c-span city tours of lake charles louisiana saturday at noon eastern on c-span2 tv and send it at two p.m. eastern on history tv on c-span3. working with our cable affiliates as we explore america. >> now, raj shah discues

gas has always been a big part of southwest louisiana, in terms of the exploration and discovery.ut it really actually came more to fruition with the refining of , because we had the ideal situation, we were ideally suited in terms of where rail lines crossed, where the water be movedl was able to in and out easily. at 2:00 eastern on american history tv, a visit to the small and predominantly african-american community of moscow. -- of mossville. point, this was a beautiful, wonderful community where we had everything. churches, grocery stores. people began to get better jobs, which showed them that they could be better in the future, for the next generation. ofwatch c-span's cities tour lake charles, louisiana. -- and sunday at 2:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv, c-span3. washington journal continues. host: on this open phones, you can post on our facebook page, and our twitter feed is available to you, and the phone lines themselves start with the 202 area code. (202) 748-8000 for democrats, (202) 748-8001 for republicans, and independents at (202) 748-8002. brett kavanau

. >> lake charles is actually the parish in louisiana in the extreme southwest corner of the state.te. weather affec% southwest louisiana is the number one explorer for lng for the united states of america. lake charles someone of those cities where there is enough population where a businessperson can make a living and good living. we're small enough city where one person can still have a huge impact on the future of this city. and i like that. i like that we're still a very personal city and of course i want to see us grow. but i like that the citizens here really care and feel like they can make a difference by getting involved. host: to learn more about lake charles, tune in this weekend to book tv and american history tv. and you can follow and watch all of the cities we visited on our c-span cities tour if you go to c-span.org/citiestour. stephanie in buoy, maryland. what's your story about -- bowie, maryland. what's your story? caller: i do think the government is prepared. when i think back to new orleans and what they are dealt with and still dealing with, the federal gover

southwest virginia and northeast tennessee. i also formerly served as the secretary of health for the louisiana and florida. asm pleased to provide this a supplement to the written testimony and look forward to answering questions. tennessee has made many contributions and i have the opportunity to visit one such gift. a place in memphis where research and precision medicine is creating to us for children's cancer. as i toured the hospital, it occurred to me that in just one hour away, a local hospital was closing that very day. closing the ninth such since 2010. it illustrates the increasing distance between urban and rural communities. inmemphis, we have research progress led by a world-renowned institution, and an hour away, a community loses its hospital. evidence is mounting that our policies are having unintended consequences on our home safety net. of most nine rural hospitals have closed in the last two years and 673 hospitals are reported to be at risk of closure. margins, upative from 40%. the health care culture of any human its hospital. ,s nonurban hospitals struggle the opportunity to improve

southwest of marco island. a hurricane watch is in effect for the portions of the central gulf coast. gordon expected to reach coastal mississippi and louisianashark victim in cape cod speaking out today for the first time since being attacked two weeks ago. he says he probably saved his own life when he gave the shark a good smack in the gils. the man has undergone six surgeries since then and has at least one more to go. i'm leland vittert. now back to a real world special with charles payne. >> charles: tomorrow is the big day. president trump's pick for the supreme court, justice brett kavanaugh, will go before congress despite democrats attempt to delay his confirmation hearings. they say they don't have enough information about his past. here's sara revinho from judicial crisis network. we should point out you were a clerk for justice clarence thomas. welcome to the show. >> great to be here. >> charles: this promises to be from all indications probably one of the more explosive confirmation hearings that we've had in a long time. having witnessed what your former boss went through, how do you anticipate kavanaugh handling this washingt

southwest virginia and northeast tennessee. i formally served as secretary of health for the state louisiana and florida. i'm pleased to provide this oral testimony to supplement the written testimony i've submitted. tennessee has made many contributions to america. i had the opportunity to visit one such gift, the std jude children's research hospital. a place where research and precision medicines are createsing cures for children's cancer. it occurred to mow that more man an hour away in a small, rural community in tennessee a local hospital was closing. that very day. and people were losing their jobs. this was the ninth such closing in tennessee since 2010. what a vivid picture that was of the increasing distance between our urban and rural communities and one memphis we have research and progress led by a world renowned institution, and in a rural community more than an hour away, the community lost its hospital. evidence is mounting that our policies are having unintended consequences on a rural health safety net and our hospitals, 90 rural hospitals nationwide have closed in the last eight years

louisiana as well. wetn weather the western plains. fire threat continues in the central plaie southwest. no we have low clouds and low visibility for some areas with patchy fog,specially if you are in maryland. now, keep in mind as you head cl to baltimore and even philadelphia the fog is a lot thicker there. be very careful. thenlow 70s. may be in the upper 70s through the afternoon with cloudyki and a chance for some aft showers. the rest of this week have the umbrella over the weekend. still at least a sma >> your latest weather. >> thank y> coming next, one o biggest naps in holwood, oscar winner matthew mcconaughey is darel dhchat with matthew. first, this is "to on stay with storm team4 on air and online for continuous updates and download the nbc washington app. we. >>> welcome back. matthew mcconaughey has dazzled us through the years, countless memoble rows, but the oscar winner says the latest is unlike any before. "white boy rick he plays a father with bright ideas for his family's future. >> all you've got to have is vision. >> vision? >> it's a metaphor, like a phrase of spe

southwest virginia and northeast tennessee. i also formerly served as secretary of health for the states of louisiana and florida. i'm pleased to provide this testimony as a supplement to written testimony i've submitted, and i look forward to answer your questions about it later. tennessee has made many contributions to america, and yesterday i had the opportunity to visit one such gift, the st. jude children's research hospital, a place in memphis where research and medicine are creating cures for children's cancer. it occurred to me that just more than an hour away in a small, rural committee in tennessee a local hospital was closing that very day, and people were losing their jobs. this was the ninth such closing in tennessee since 2010. what a vivid picture that was of then increasing distance between our urban and our rural communities in one, memphis, we have research and progress led by a world-renowned institution and in a rural community just more than an hour away the community lost its hospital. evidence is mounting that our policies are having unintended consequences on our rural health safety net. a

. >> new orleans gas has been a big part of southwest louisiana in terms of the exploration and discovery. but it actually really came more to fruition with the actual refining of oil. because we had the ideal situation. we were ideally suited in terms of where rail lines cross, where barge lines were connected, where the water was -- oil was able to be moved in and out easily in lake charles. >> on sunday at 2:00 p.m. eesh on american history tv. a visit to the small and predominantly african-american community. >> at one time, this was a beautiful, wonderful, wonderful community. we had everything that there was. the hearing focussed on the government's response to illegal border crossings. and their panelling of a recent surge in asylum seekers. this is about two