the gentleman from louisiana is recognized. the gentleman from louisiana has one minute remaining. mr. landry: so, mr. chairman, i'll just close with this. as the gentleman from louisiana just indicated 30% of all oil and gas produced in this country comes off the louisiana shores. a quarter of all the seafood is caught in louisiana. in louisiana we have made it a constitutional amendment that any revenue we receive from the federal government, offshore royalties, goes to coastal protection and the building of the coast that we are so rapidly losing. and, again this is not and amendment whereby we are asking for more of our share. we are simply asking to raise a cap when other states would have no cap. this is only fundamental fairness here. i certainly would urge all members to consider that and to please support this amendment when it comes to the floor. with that i yield back. the chair: the gentleman yields back. all time having expired, the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from louisiana. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chai

and then in december of 1803, the united states would purchase louisiana. in fact, it would be general james preside over the transfer of that territory. and in march of 1804, captain amos stodard would go to st. louis and preside over the purchase of that territory. jefferson's empire of liberty was becoming a reality, becoming a reality. yet is it enough land for the 100th and 1,000th generation? jefferson still thinks so. we see that his secretary of war in the 1820s named james barber would comment that there would be enough land for 500 years. well, he didn't get it right either. in fact, we know that by 1890, the frontier vanishes. so what jefferson sees is that over the course of 100 years or so, americans had crossed the appalachian mountains, they had moved down the mississippi valley, they had begun trickling into east and west florida. am the louisiana purchase, and now all eyes would focus to the west. and to the south. of course, that would be texas. now, while the acquisition of louisiana does momentarily satisfy this desire for expansion, it w

for six months, i studied it to retake the louisiana board -- the law board. six months later, i reject the test. my score catapulted up to a 401. [laughter] i figured, at that rate, i would be about 90 before i got into an english-speaking law school. so i started writing jokes for all comedians who played in the catskill section of new york. the hotels paid me $7 a joke. that was the going rate at the time the vso 21. they are 45. it was like writing for my parents' friends. but i tried my best. they would say to me, like, a sperm banks. sperm banks are in it the news. write me sperm bank jokes. 21, this is what was the foremost on my mind. they have this new thing now called sperm banks, which is just like an ordinary bank except here after making a deposit, you lose interest. [laughter] hey, $7, what do you want? [laughter] then i became the sperm bank guy. they would go, more sperm bank jokes. that i looked into the future. i said, i see a problem with spurring banks. they're starting to freeze sperm. that will be a problem because it is herded up telling

the louisiana purchase doubled the size of the united states.entually, the area would make up all or part of 15 new states, including kansas. >> kansas is a flag meant to represent "manifest destiny." there are three separate images of people on the flag, all moving westward. >> manifest destiny was the belief that the american expansion across the continent was both inevitable and justifiable. >> in the foreground, you see a farmer plowing his land. just beyond the farmer, you see a wagon train, also heading west. in the background, you see native americans hunting bison. there's also a steamboat on the kansas river, meant to represent commerce. life for the pioneers was not easy, and the state motto is "ad astra per aspera," which means "to the stars through difficulties," which is certainly a reference to how hard it was to settle the land. >> within the state seal, 34 stars represent kansas' place as our 34th state. >> above that state seal, there is a blue-and-gold band meant to reference the french and the louisiana purchase. >> and at the

physical it the founding father's autograph collection at the louisiana state museum. and from pioneer heritage center, medical treatment and medicine during the civil war. shreveport, louisiana, next weekend on cspan2 and 3. next is a film produced in 1974 by the u.s. army. portions of the film were reported in the pentagon in the hall of heroes. the hall of heroes was dedicated in 1968 by president lyndon johnson and contains the names of the recipients of the medal of honor. the film aired as part of the big picture series on abc television from 1951 through 1975. the series focused on historic battles, figures and traditions in u.s. military history. >>> the long years stretched behind us into the past, forming corridors of time which echoed to the bugle's sound of valor. those years and that valor have been given tangible focus here in this quiet shrine of tribute, the hall of heroes. here on the inner ring of the pentagon, this space is dedicated to a nation's remembrance. not of events, but of deeds. deeds of americans in uniform who gave more than was asked, mor

two we see thunderstorms down in the louisiana and texas coast. hey start developing down in georgia tomple, that may interfere with the amount of moisture. again, maybe you are not rooting for snow. i don't know. so far, fairly dry. today is not the snow day or even the chance for it. scattered clouds. unseasonably mild again. low 50's for high. southwest winds at 10 to 15 miles per hour. winter storm watches tomorrow. this is where all the models agree, the afghanistanniest of the snow. futurecast shows rain in the morning and afternoon. later in the day, one computer model puts snow into our area but stops short at the pennsylvania line. other computer models have that line farther south where we don't get anything. by monday everything moves out of the picture, and we have some good weather. how much snow do we get? one of those computer models indicates the snow stops short of baltimore with heaviest amounts down to our northwest. another model, heaviest to our southwest which puts snow at least an inch or so up in our neighborhood. that's whe

and this was the first redistricting in louisiana ever where all of the litigation has been cleared. i mentioned contested litigation involving the texas plans, that trial in the section 5 matter ended last week, closing arguments are tomorrow. there was litigation in the section 2 proceeding that went up to the supreme court. we participated as an amicus in that particular case. we continue to be involved in both the section 5 and section 2 matters. we also have other judicial preclearance cases in matters and we have lodged a number of objections in a number of counties. we're obviously involved in a number of section 5 matters arising out of recently enacted state laws relating to voter identification requirements, voter registration requirements, and changes to early vote prog se procedures. last month we interjected -- last week texas filed a judicial action seeking preclearance of their voter identification law. florida has adopted a number of changes to its electoral process and filed an action for judicial preclearance of those change. and both the texas voter id and the ther

the gentleman from louisiana. mr. scalise: can i inquire on the balance of the time, mr. chairman? the chair: the gentleman has 1 3/4 minutes remaining. mr. scalise: i yield 45 seconds to the gentleman from texas, mr. olson. the chair: the gentleman from texas is recognized for 45 seconds. mr. olson: mr. chairman, i rise in support of the amendment introduced by my friend and colleague on the energy and commerce committee. the gentleman from louisiana. in april of 2011 the deepwater horizon rig exploded, killing 11 workers. and starting the worst oil spill in u.s. history. while the whole nation suffered, the five gulf states were particularly hard hit. each of our five states suffered different damages. a moratorium was ordered that sent u.s. jobs overseas with the rigs that went overseas. tourism on some of our most pristine beaches was lost. the fishing industries were unable to bring their catches home. the water restore act will not replace the lives lost, it will ensure that the five states most impacted by t

the civil war. shreveport, louisiana. next weekend on c-span2 and 3. >>> the entire globe, even as it trembles in passion with the birth of new nations and shrinks in the hand of a dispassionate science, is today the site of a momentous conflict. as each side attempts to prove to the world the superiority of its position, the conflict is fought with the words of diplomats, with gestures of friendship and help to uncommitted countries, even with cultural demonstrations, it is fought indeed on every level of man's experience for the stakes are high. as one of the adversaries in the conflict, we see a challenge as great as any in our historic past, a challenge do not we hope to be met and joined in battle, but to be faced in the hearts and hopes of men. it is the challenge of ideas. ♪ >> i'm edward r. murrow. for a little while, i would like to review with you the great conflict of our times. one which demands and must get the attention and the involvement of each one of us. this conflict is the reason why most of you are in

we look at the role on 9/11 in shreveport, louisiana. also, visit the founding fathers autographed collection at the louisiana state exhibit museum and from the pioneer harry tisch center, medical treatments and medical and dealings in shreveport, louisiana. >> this particular phone only brings for a serious question. keep it in a hand who has proven himself responsible. >> bush and dukakis on crime. dukakis battled the opposes the death penalty, he allowed first- degree murderers to have weekend passes from prison. one was willie horton. >> the accusations that was made against the veterans who served in vietnam was devastating your >> randomly civilians -- we can all point to a regis commercial or two or three or four. negative commercials are more likely to be correct and negative commercials are more likely to talk about issues. >> will 2012 be the most negative campaign cycle in history? a new foundation discussion looks at current and past political campaigns and their impact on american culture. watch this and past panels on politi

also visit the founding fathers autograph collection at the louisiana state exhibit museum and from the pioneer heritage center, medical treatment and medicine during the civil war. shreveport, louisiana, next week end on c-span2 and 3. >>> each week, american history tv sits in on a lecture with one of the country's college professors. you can watch the classes here, every saturday night at 8:00 p.m. and midnight eastern and sundays at 1:00. this week we join university of michigan history professor kevin gaines where he discusses the music of the civil rights movement. this is about an hour and 20 minutes. >> welcome history 197, the long civil rights movement. thank you all for coming. i'd like to thank c-span for coming to the university of michigan to tape this lecture which is on the music of the civil rights and black power movement, and we have a lot of material to get through, and so what i'm hoping is that we will just go right to the slides and begin. now, why study the music of the civil rights movement? and when you look at this period, it's really striking how the mass med

let's go back to the grand program and in louisiana south of louisiana, probably in the world when you combine port of south of louisiana and port of new orleans. is it your expectation that the jurisdictions that currently receive the bulk of the money pursue want to receiving the same or even more support under the new program? >> i think it's difficult to prejudge. i think what we intend is that we want to look at what the $35 billion we've already spent on homeland security and across the country and we have gaps and ensure where the money best would go. >> second, the threat has an identification of risk assessment has a large part in deviceing new formula and analysis will go into how much and who receives money under the new formula? >> yes. it is intended to be a risk-based, consequence-based evaluation. there will still be retained some base level of funding dependent on population. but we believe that in our vision for these grants is that we ought to be building and sustaining a national capacity for terrorism for national prevention and mitigation response. that's what we a

the gulf coast. and we have an event tonight called louisiana live. our shuckers here and some of our best restauranteur prosecutors the fwufl coast and new orleans will be up there showcasing. and louisiana oysters. >> brought a bunch of them with you. folks will be standing there waiting to eat oysters. >> absolutely. >> you go for it. >> ladies first. >> what? >> in new orleans, take it and just -- >> i will try it after the show. all right. so good to have you here. >> thank you very much. >> thank you for joining us. >> thank you. >> hollywood, broadway. great to have you with us. >> california hollywood. >> already. thank you. >> thank you very much. appreciate it. >> it is now 11:25. coming up in the next half hour, d.c. leaders join forces to keep children in school. how they hope to persuade students and parents. plus, the vow to strike down a controversial new requirement from the white house. get ready for another ride on the weather roller coaster we have been on. tom kierein lets us know when you can expect to switch from mild to cold agai

. >> next weekend book tv and american history tv explore the history and literary culture of shreveport, louisiana, saturday, starting at noon eastern, author gary joiner. and a look at the 200,000 books in the l.s.u. archives. on american history tv on c-span3, sunday at 5:00 p.m. eastern, from barksdale air force base a look at the base ose -- base's role on 9/11 and visit the founding fathers autograph collection at the louisiana state exhibit museum and from the pioneer heritage center, medical treatment and medicine in the civil war. shreveport, louisiana, next weekend on c-span2 and c-span3. >> there are millions of decent americans willing to sacrifice for change but they want to do it without being threatened and they want to do it peacefully. they are the nonviolent majority, black and white, who are for change without violence. these are the people whose voice i want to be. >> as candidates campaign for presidents this year, we look back at 14 men who ran for the office and lost. go to our website, crmbing span.org/thecontenders who see video of the contenders who had a lasting impact on

the cato institute gave louisiana one of only four states to get an a grade. y budget this week. it is the fifth budget in a row that reduces spending that is balanced without raising taxes. we created a work force training program that is number one in the country. we will retrying companies and workers if they are not ready to work on the first day for free. the bottom line is it is results. after 25 years of losing people for four years in a row, we have had more people move into louisiana rather than leaving the state. we have reversed the howard migration. -- the howard migration. -- outward migration. we were named the most improved state in the country, no. 14 per capita development. number one in the south for three years in a row. highest ever shrinking for business friendliness. we are the most improved state in the country. unemployment rate below the national and southern averages. every single month since i have been governor. we have shown that conservative principles work. we have shown if you cut taxes and spending, you can create good things. [

the civil war. shreveport, louisiana. next weekend on c-span 2 and 3. >>> this particular phone only rings in a serious crisis. keep it in the hands of a man who has proven himself responsible. vote for president johnson on november 3rd. >> bush and dukakis on crime. bush supports the death penalty for first degree murders. due kas kis not only opposes the at the time penalty, he allowed first degree murderers to have weekend passes from prison. one was willie horton. >> the accusations john kerry made against the veterans who served in vietnam was just devastating. >> we can all point to an outrageous commercial or two or three or four. but on average, negative commercials are more likely to be factually correct and negative commercials are more likely to talk about issues. >> will 2012 be the most negative campaign cycle in history? a new american foundation discussion looks at current and past political campaigns and their impact on american culture. watch this and past panels on political ads online at the c-span video

the pond. you're nothing but poor white trash. >> in rural louisiana, halfway between new orleans and baton rouge, is the second largest prison in the state, the elayn hunt correctional center. although the facility is relatively new, it opened in 1979, the look is anything but modern. armed officers on horseback, work crews farming the land, and no air conditioning. in the next hour you will meet some of the men doing time including a former nfl player and two aspiring boxers who win the opportunity to compete against a rival prison. >> a mile and a half from the banks of the mississippi river, what appears to be a toll booth is the entrance to the elayn hunt correctional center. this all-male facility houses more than 2100 inmates. >> every monday and tuesday the reception process will start at about 5:30 in the morning. the inmates will come from the various parish prisons and other doc facilities and they will all pool here. >> the men arriving today have been convicted of a wide range of crimes, everything from marijuana possession to murder. >> i'm here for one count of rape, three kidnappi

the war. shreveport, louisiana. this weekend on c-span. >>> and now environmental protection agency administrator lisa jackson on the president's 2013 budget request. this hearing is a little more than three hours. >> i like to call today's hearing to order. this is a hearing on the fy 2013 budget request for epa, we only have one witness today. and that is the honorable lisa jackson, who is the administrator of epa, and ms. bennett is there to provide additional information if she is needed, which she probably won't. we are delighted to have you here as well, i'm recognize myself for three minutes for the purposes of an opening statement. this is a joint hearing of the sub committees of the energy and commerce committee. i think it's important that we have this hearing because in washington it seems like we do become insensitive to dollar amounts. when we go home and attend civic clubs and have town hall meetings, people get upset about the many dollars that are being spent in washington, d.c., president obama's fy

zplnch >>> a detroit lions fan will appear in court facing allegations he phoned in bomb threats to the louisiana dome during this year's playoff game between the detroit lions and the new orleans saints. >>> and former "today" show host hugh downs turns 81. all day long, you can stay on top of those stories on msnbc.com. >>> finally, here's a look at what's coming up later this morning on the "today" show. hear from a music producer who was working with whitney houston days before her death. and country pop singer taylor swift sits down with jenna bush hager to talk about what's next in her musical career. >>> now keep it on this channel for continuing local news, weather, sports, and more. i'm lynn berry. thanks for watching "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. have a good one. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

. >> the gentlemen from louisiana is recognized for five minutes. >> that, mr. chairman. let's go back to the grant program and in louisiana, especially in south luouisiana with the largest port system in the world when you combine the port of south louisiana and the port of plaquemines, is it your understanding that those departments that receive if bulk of the money would receive the same or more support under the program? >> i think it's difficult to rejudge, what we intend is is that we want to look at the $35 billion that we spent to ho homeland security grants, where that has put us, so we can look across states and regions across the country and identify where we have gaps and critical truck customer that needs hardening. >> second, the

the gentleman from louisiana. mr. boustany: thank you, madam speaker. i want to thank the gentlewoman for raising the concern about ensuring that tanif recipients have adequate access to their benefit, this bill requires states to block access in casinos, liquor stores and strip clubs. however we know some grocery stores and convenience stores may sell groceries and alcohol and in some states have gambling machines as well. this allows states to make exceptions for these stores so they don't have to block access in a grocery store. there are provisions made in this. i thank the gentlewoman for raising this issue, but i'm glad that we can ep sure the integrity of this program. i would submit the most important thing we can do is ensure the integrity of the program so it's there for the children and families that need it. . we want to ensure that there is not an overt abuse of these funds in strip clubs, casinos, and liquor stores. while allowing for reasonable exspecials -- exceptions. also the gentlelady and the rankin

also, visiting the founding father's autograph collection at the louisiana state museum and from the pioneer medical center, medical treatment and medicine during the civil war. shrevepo shreveport, louisiana, next weekend on c-span2 and 3. >> there's a new website for american history tv where you can find our schedules and preview our upcoming programs. watch featured video from our regular weekly series as well as access ahtv's history tweets, history in the news and social media from facebook, youtube, twitter and foursquare. follow american history tv all weekend every weekend on c-span 3 and online at c-span.org/history. >> delphine hirasuna is the author of the "art of gaman," a book that features arts and crafts from the japanese american internment camps during world war ii. she showed us the items on display at the renwick gallery. her parents were interned at one of the camps where all ethnic japanese on the west coast were transferred shortly after the bombing of pearl harbor. >> well, the way the whole project started was shortly after my mother died. i was going through

nearly 200,000 gallons of oil spilled off the louisiana coast into the gulf back in 2010. >>> this morning investigators are trying to determine what caused a deadly train derailment in canada. three employees died and 45 passengers were injured yesterday when a train went off the tracks in burlington, ontario, just west of toronto. the crash also caused minor damage to some nearby buildings. >>> this morning, former south african president nelson mandela is back home. doctors released the 93-year-old from the hospital yesterday. they performed minor surgery to determine the cause of abdominal pains. they did not find anything seriously wrong, they say. the nobel peace prize winner was elected south africa's first black president after spending 27 years in prison fighting apartheid. >>> some area businesses helped a group of military wives get ready for their husbands' return. the wives received a day of pampering including haircuts, massages, and make-up tips. salons from around the area chipped in thousands of dollars of service the for the military wives. other than the obvious fun of g

by the way, if you come from louisiana or texas, vote against this amendment. i'm telling you this right now. vote against the marky amendment. i give you this warning. tex texas, oklahoma, louisiana, vote no. if you come from any other part of the united states, i do noent he what you're thinking. this oil is not going to the united states. it's going to other countries in the world. >> the gentleman's time has expired. before i recognize you, i'm going to take the chair's prerogative and ask my friend from massachusetts a question. when we all know you were an entrepreneur as a young man and you were selling ice cream at red sox fenway park. isn't that correct? >> this is true. >> did you only sell ice cream to people that said i will eat i right in front of you right now? or did you let them do whatever they want to with the ice cream? >> no. i actually -- >> did you have an eat in my presence ice cream? >> i had an eat in the united states rule. no. you had to eat it within red sox nation. >> did he sell it to yafrpg yes fans is wh -- yankee fans? >> i just

the two main categories. now, why did he exclude these saves in louisiana? because they were the only slaves he could have freed on january the 1st, 1863. the union controlled southern louisiana and new orleans. the union controlled eastern virginia. now, on january the 1st, he could have freed these slaves. all he could do was just not specifically exclude them. instead of freeing them, abraham lincoln unfortunately on january the 1st said i'm not talking about you. this document, you are the same as you were as though this document never existed. so, we have about 100,000 slaves in southern illinois -- southern louisiana, sorry about that, and 80,000 or so in eastern virginia, having some 275,000 slaves in tennessee who were not touched by. all across the south i give an estimate of approximately 55,000 slaves that were kept in slavery by the emancipation proclamation. >> your take. >> lincoln had constitutional constraints in issuing the proclamation. he couldn't touch enslaved people in those areas that were under union control because the constitution di

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want rather the cornhusker kickback that so-called democratic senator ben nelson demanded for the louisiana purchase the so-called democratic senator mary landrieu asked for in return for her support it that's exactly the congress gave him a cap and trade energy let reform legislation through the senate as he wanted because he couldn't overcome a unanimous republican filibuster he couldn't get the disclose act require full disclosure of who's spending how much money in our elections post citizens united because it too couldn't break a unanimous philip republican filibuster he couldn't get comprehensive immigration reform and legislation like the dream act passed again thanks to a unanimous mcconnell led republican filibuster in the senate and he couldn't get legislation through the senate and tax breaks for corporations that outsource american jobs a build named creating american jobs and ending offshore enact all of these bills i just mentioned passed the house had more than fifty percent of the vote in the senate but couldn't break mitch mcconnell's unanimous republican filibuster which s

he went down to the louisiana and had an academy the future lsu. it was working and the war broke out. he had to leave. his wife was connected to a prominent legal family. he was given a command at bull run. he did pretty well and was given after that command of the western theater, specifically to watch out for kentucky and tennessee. and he said something in fall of 1861 that ruined his career. he said i think this war is going to take 200,000 men. at that time people were talking about one great battle that would end it. he said we can't win the war without 200,000. people thought he was crazy. he said i'm depressed. he resigned his commission. he had what the modern physician would have called a mental break down. he was all through and didn't do anything for two months. through the effort of friends he was given a raw ohio division. he was a brigadier general. one of many at the battle of shiloh. it was just fate that before the battle he thought offal suicide but didn't want to embarrass his family and when albertsiny johnston and bragg decid

komen begins today in new orleans including workshops to speakers and will be held at the louisiana superme. >>> ear infection and chicken pox and somethings we like to associate with kids. >> and an increasing number of kids getting strokes and how they can heal from it. >>> could chicken little be right. the sky may be falling after all. >>> plus, the economy is affecting the amount of money the tooth fairy is leaving behind. what he left under the pillow we have details on that ahead.

the pond. you're nothing but poor white trash. in rural louisiana halfway between new orleans and baton riej is the second largest prison in the state, elaine hunt correctional center. the facility is relatively new, it opened in 1979. the look anything but modern. armed officers on horseback. work crews farming the land and no air conditioning. in the next hour meet some of the men doing time, including a former nfl player and two aspiring boxers that win the opportunity to compete against a rival prison. >> this is the entrance. this all male facility houses more than 2100 inmates. >> every monday and tuesday reception process will start about 5:30 in the morning. inmates come from various parish prisons and other doc facilities and all pool here. >> the men arriving today have been convicted of a wide range of crimes, everything from marijuana possession to murder. >> three kidnapping aggravated burglary. >> we have a lot of inmates come up and said i didn't do it they got me wrong. we're not here to judge. we're just here to make sure you serve

that is shreveport, the louisiana, next weekend, on c- span2 and c-span3. >> the house of commons returned this week after a short recess, and prime minister david cameron fielded questions during weekly question time. they also paid tribute to a war correspondent who was killed last week when syrian forces bombed a media center. >> for the prime minister, mr. betts? ] >> i am sure the whole house will join me in sending our deepest condolences to the families of the senior aircraftsmen. members of the house have also seen the reports that the talented and respected foreign correspondent of "the sunday times" marie colvin, has been killed in the bombing of syria. it is a desperately sad reminder of the risks are journalists take to inform the world of what is happening. in addition to my duties and the house, i will have further such meetings today. >> i associate myself with the prime minister's comments. one of the priorities is fighting crime. a number of frontline -- frontline police officers. responsible for apprehending 700 criminals. they will be strapped, despite the advice from th

the civil war. shreveport, louisiana. next weekend on c-span2. >> with michigan's primary election on tuesday, republican presidential candidates have been traveling throughout the state speaking to voters. both rick santorum and mitt romney spoke at a forum in michigan. comparing to the president's affordable care act. we will surely today's remarks from a romney. [applause] >> thank you. thank you so much. thank you for that great reception. i appreciate the opportunity to be here. americans for prosperity, all the great work they do in supporting free enterprise, free markets, and limited government. i am excited to be here with you. i look forward to a good day on tuesday here in michigan. i am looking forward to big things. [applause] this has been a campaign that has had its ups and downs for me. this has been an amazing ride. two months ago, the pundits were asking me why i was still in the race. we will go out there and we will deliver a positive message for america. we will remind people why we are the greatest co

saturday starting at noon eastern on book tv, author gary joyner on the union army's failure of louisiana "from one damn blunder from beginning to end." and then a look at the over 200,000 books of john smith nobel collection housed at the lsu shreveport archives. and walking tour of shreveport with neil johnson and on america history tv on c-span 3 sunday at 5:00 p.m. eastern from barksdale air force base and a history of the b-52 bomber and visit the founding father's autograph collection at louisiana state exhibit museum. from the pioneer heritage center, medical treatment and medicine during the civil war. shreveport, louisiana, this weekend on c-span2 and 3. >>> there are millions of these americans who are willing to sacrifice for change, but they want to do it without being threatened. and they want to do it peacefully. they are the non-violent majority, black and white, who are for change without violence. these are the people whose voice i want to be. >> as candidates campaign for president this year, we look back at 14 men who ran for the office and lost. go to our website c-spa

they'll head over the afternoon to the evening hours into louisiana. actually have a severe weather risk today. slight risk of severe storms includes the houston area, lake charles, shreveport. almost all of louisiana. louisiana will deal with the storm as the sun is setting into the evening hours. early overnight southern mississippi could get some of those storms including new orleans. an isolated tornado or two is not out of the question. the damaging wind with the storms. this is a march like weather pattern out there with thunderstorms and rain in the forecast. very little in the way of any snow. there's a little bit of wet, damp weather going through southern new england this morning but that will be gone for a mild afternoon. temperature 53 in new york city. that's a look at your national forecast. now here's a look at the weather outside your window. warm air out there today will be responsible for those thunderstorms. look at austin today. 76 degrees. then the front will go through and cool you off a little bit after those storms blow through.

the mixture here? >> we have some louisiana shrimp we precooked. we blanche them a little bit. we have butter of course. the staple of cooking. a little parmesan cheese, some house seasoning, kind after creole seasoning but we make ours a little different. >> mike, tell us about this giveaway today at the navy yard. >> the cajun food trucks are going to be out there today at the navy yard. they'll be giving away free oyster pull boys. we want people to enjoy seafood from the gulf of mexico, from louisiana. >> especially from louisiana. >> the giveaway at the navy yard is from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. again with the purchase of red beans and rice or gumbo, a free sandwich. thank you. through the magic of twig, this is what cory has baked. we'll be back with news to go before you go right after this. look it there. good stuff on the way. >>> 6:54. quiet this morning but snow is on the way. by midday it will be snowing north and west, upper 30s. we'll be seeing snow for the drive home. winter weather advisories go in effect later this morning. surfaces stay mainly wet. >>> top of th

more than we spent on the moon race, manman project the louisiana purchase, and the marshall plan.ill a huge amount of money. did it work and where did the money go? first off to give you some perspective in october 2009 unemployment had gone up to 10.2% and it is now down to 8.3%. michael grabell has said quote the recovery act failed to live . . . that's really interesting, and we're going to talk to him about that. michael is joining us now. he is the author of "money well spent?"? the biggest economic recovery plan in history and a reporter. michael great to have you on the program. so, first of all, let me ask you about that. where did most of the money go? let's start with that. >> sure. is the stimulus was broken up -- spread far and wide. tax cuts safety net spending infrastructure projects, and these long-term investments in clean energy high speed broadband, things like that. >> so where do we run into problems? >> the plan was to bring about a recovery and to also -- and also seed these long-term investments, but the problem we saw were that these quote unquote shovel-re

the cato institute gave louisiana one of only four states to get an a grade. ubmitted my budget this week. it is the fifth budget in a row that reduces spending that is balanced without raising taxes. we created a work force training program that is number one in the country. we will retrying companies and workers if they are not ready to work on the first day for free. the bottom line is it is results. after 25 years of losing people for four years in a row, we have had more people move into louisiana rather than leaving the state. we have reversed the howard migration. -- the howard migration. -- outward migration. we were named the most improved state in the country, no. 14 per capita development. number one in the south for three years in a row. highest ever shrinking for business friendliness. -- highest ever ranking for business friendliness. we are the most improved state in the country. unemployment rate below the national and southern averages. every single month since i have been governor. we have shown that conservative principles work. we have shown