the war ended. finally in 1912, louisiana adopted the flag we see today. >> the louisiana flag, i love, because it'sitional love. what the settlers saw, according to louisiana legend, when they first arrived there were these brown pelicans. and if food was scarce, what the mother pelicans would do was peck at their breasts until they bled, and they would feed that to their young. so, on the state flag, you see a mother feeding three baby brown pelicans. >> eventually, louisiana adopted the brown pelican as its official state bird. by the way, louisiana also has an official state doughnut called a beignet. it's fried dough with powdered sugar on top. fortunately, the official state drink is milk. with flag facts, i'm kristen. >> adopting a dog is pretty easy. animal shelters are almost always on the lookout for good owners. but as hannah reports, there's a lot more to becoming a friend to man's best friend. >> so, you want to adopt a dog, but you don't exactly know how to properly care for one. here's a way to learn how. >> volunteering at an animal shelter is a wonderful thing to do. there's a lot o

congress had decided would happen on the anniversary of the louisiana purchase. i want to tell you a little bit about the souvenir aspect of the fairs, and this happened at many of them. at st. louis, essentially anything they could think of to put the name st. louis world's fair or louisiana purchase exposition on, they did. we have hundreds of plates, a lot of them with buildings, some with other things. there's a lot of cut glass items. we have a number of things that won gold medals at the fair from matches to crayons, to dr. pepper, which won a medal at the fair, a gold medal, so we have a number of those industrial objects, including a corset that we have here that was done especially for the fair. you wouldn't think that was important, but it was awarded a prize at the st. louis fair. companies tended to use their awards as advertising after the fact, so on their boxes, they would say, gold medal, or in here, highest award st. louis 1904. they would have replicas of the medals so that people could know that this is a wonderful product because it won an awar

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

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 elayn hunt correctional center in louisiana claims its boot camp is one of the best.00 inmates in the rigorous and challenging program can reduce their sentences by successfully completing the course. but you'll see it often comes at a heavy price. ♪ it's all right ♪ ♪ it's all right, it's all right ♪ ♪ all i do is double time ♪ >> the boot camp program at elayn hunt is called impact. >> in my honest opinion, this is the best form of rehabilitation offered by the department of corrections. >> for every 100 inmates who complete the program, the state of louisiana says it saves more than $1 million. to qualify for impact, participants must be nonviolent offenders and free of pending felony charges. >> what motivated me to be in impact was that i was trying to make a change in my life. i'm at hunt for possession of marijuana, which is actually my second felony. i mean, people used to tell me on the street that i was addicted to marijuana and i would be like, no, i just use it because i don't want to feel this pain or that pain. when the truth of it was is at first it may

. >> for those who control the business in louisiana, they do not care for the competition and feel that state law, which says only licensed funeral directors and sell them, the losses on their side. >> lawyers say that this shields grieving people from the trauma associated with buying coffins to do not fit in the area that has unique spaces, ensuring that customers dealing with a licensed professional is a legitimate government interest. so far the monks are winning. but the abbott says that it is not about quality control or difficulty of making coffins that fit. >> i think that the law is economic protectionism. we feel that we have a right to be able to sell caskets, the same right as everyone else. >> the bread is given away, not sold. no threat of lawsuits here. it is all about fulfilling the instruction of st. benedict, to be a true monk, one must work with one's hands. >> we have always kept their tradition, doing physical work. >> the battle is not over. the free marketeers here think they are on solid ground. they think that if god wants them to do this, surely the l

a lot of folks knew about the louisiana purchase. njamin franklin was actually the most i think hotly contested subject. when asked about franklin, really mixed reviews. >> no kite references? >> lot of kite references, some keys, some electricity. >> library? nothing? >> is he the sarah palin of today? >> i guess so. i think sarah palin -- >> you got a better score than jay leno. new york is smarter than l.a. >> we are, as everybody notes, we are in a different area right now and we have been joined by my celebrity doppelganger, the sage of capitol hill, the man who wears boat shoes all year long -- >> i can't believe we actually got this idea off the ground. it shows the dedication of your staff. >> i'm going to explain to the audience what is happening. the 2012 olympics are still weeks away, of course, but a "washington post" article had the inside scoop on the annual romney olympics held at his lake house, happening right now. we have set up one of the events governor romney recently added himself which is hammering nails into a

. >>> governor martin o'malley and the louisiana governor on a war of words over texas. >> we're not going to raise texas, unlike other states that have raised their taxes, like maryland and illinois. we have not raised taxes since i've been governor. >> he touted his state's record on taxes while talking about a new business outsourcing center. >>> a closer look at taxes in maryland shows that we're actually paying about 11% of our income toward taxes. according to the tax foundation, maryland ranks number 4 in the country, behind new jersey, new york and connecticut. >>> our state leaders have approved five areas in the state to provide businesses with income tax and property tax credits to help create and keep jobs. the zones include parts of baltimore city and four other counties in the state. these areas will receive more than $35 million in property tax credits next year. >>> a device designed to help here could make a difference for others. >> now i have a child who reads and speaks. >> hearing problems are helping doctors when it comes to diagnosing dyslexia. >>> and good new

this is a huge mistake for the country, certainly for the state of louisiana. we need to do everything we can to repeal obamacare. greta, let's step back and realize what they're doing. in the middle of the greatest recession since the great depression, the president is creating another entitlement program. we can't afford the ones we got. $1.76 trillion in new spending, over $500 billion in tax increases, over $500 billion in medicare cuts. this is not affordable, it's not sustainable. we used to celebrate when we got people off of government programs. instead this president seems to want to make more and more americans dependent on the government. food stamps have almost grown 70% in the last five years. now he wants more americans on government-run healthcare. it just doesn't make sense for our taxpayers. doesn't make sense for the state of louisiana. >> greta: do you have any idea, apart from the other things, like the expanded mandate, which you can now opt out of, which i understand, but the cost of the exchanges. i know many governors are rejecting it. i'

one legacy of the louisiana purchase was a long and bitter, but ultimately, quite fruitful argument over how to make use of the vast, rich lands seized by the europeans and added to the young american republic. in a very real sense, the fight over these western lands set the fuse on the civil war itself as the competing systems, the slave economy versus free labor, hatched irreconcilable schemes and plans for exploiting this great bounty. so when the south tried to break away, when the southern members of congress removed themselves from the picture, remaining members of the body had a plan of action, ready to put into effect, an agenda they had built over the 1850s that looked to the long future of a nation if only it could survive the next few months. and they pushed it through congress even as the war raged around them. what were -- what was the nature of that future? first that it would be free. the 37th congress passed the law that ended slavery in the district of columbia. ratified a treaty with great to eradicate the slave trade. once and for all. and ordered the confiscation of a

talk about the solutions that are the potential options, what are the right options for the state of louis louisiana the larger picture if people are against the affordable care act? >> if your goals are to provide access to quality to lower cost. if you don't first, access ultimately suffers as does quality. medicate's prime example. the first thing is lower cost. republican solutions center around this as a primary variable empirically we know once you do that, access to quality medicine expands. >> when we look at massachusetts as a model for what the country can look at, they have seen health care costs lowered and done so dramatically. >> no, they have skyrocketed. >> in the small insurance mark, they have the highest premiums in the in addition. in terms of medicaid, on a per person recipient gets more than almost any other state to pay for the patients and even then it is consuming an ever greater portion of the budget. >> that's not all together correct. as we look at the faxes. >> it is. >> going through six years ago, health care costs have gone down as the health access has gone up. >> th

. >> the black panther story is a migration story. they come from texas and louisiana to the area to oakland and they find themselves your book focuses on medical care. you write that the black panther party, the answer is were part of an uncharted tradition of african-american health policies. >> guest: it means that we haven't looked closely enough at the fact that the civil rights tradition, if we just think about the 20th century, because it was always a medical activism tradition. i think that we understand the forms of discrimination, jim crow and racial segregation, we understand this as being part of the early 20th century african-american rights, which also included health care great if we go back across the 20th century to the organizations and the initiatives that we think of being important to the civil rights tradition, health care is always there. one way of thinking about the black panther party is thinking about people that were part of the student nonviolent coordinating committee, that also had a medical on that tended to both activists her during the

that turns out to be the number of religious in the world. louisiana had not considered that and hadn't released that couchers would go to a none christian school. but there was. the islamic school of greater new orleans turned up on the list of voucher-approved classrooms, and the louisiana g.o.p. exploded. that school has since withdrawn from the abraham. but republican state representative valerie hodges wants to make sure that the vouchers can't go to muslims. well, too bad. representative hodges, once you open the door between government and religion, you open it to all religious, not just christians and muslims but snake handlers scientologists rastafarianss. you don't want tax dollars going to muslim school? well, a lot of other people don't want state money going to christian fundamentalists. that's exactly why we separated the church and state. >>we talk a lot about the influence of money in politics. it is the defining issue of this era. the candidate with the most money, does win. this is a national crisis. >> eliot: with another disappointi

the patient. it wouldn't just stay in louisiana. i love my state and it would be nice to have the extra money, but it's more important that where the patient is have the money. it's a various of the theme but also part of it is the state has flexibility, freeing them from the money-consuming regulations that the federal government puts on how those moneys are applied. i yield back. mr. broun: absolutely. the state health flexibility act does that same thing and the only growth is due to the population growth in any state. so it does account for that change in the population of any given state. but we have solutions. we have economically viable solutions that republicans are submitting and hopefully we can get passed into law. of course we've got to have a senate that will even take up those kind of bills because the house has passed bill after bill after bill to create a stronger economy, to create jobs here in america, to lower the cost of gasoline, to develop all our energy resources. we've got these bills that will solve the probl

from to designate the facility of the united states postal service located at 1421 veterans memorial drive in abbeville, louisiana, as the sergeant richard franklin abshire post office building rise? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> mr. speaker, as the house agriculture committee considers farm bill legislation, i rise in strong support of responsible policies for all of our agriculture producers, especially sugar, rice and soybean industry. mr. scalise: it allows for industry expansion under the 2008 farm bill. last week the st. mary parish chamber of commerce passed a resolution on the sugar industry in south louisana. it supplies more than 16,000 jobs. i'm pleased to see the chairman's initial draft language also includes multiple risk management options benefiting south louisana.

>> reporter: the louisiana tragedy resonated with me. in the pool is also a time for a confession. i am one of the statistics. >> one of the problems that i will admit to everyone is i don't know how to swim. it's an embarrassment. i think that people instantly think, oh, you're black, so you can't swim. black children who can't swim turn into adults who can't swim. i share the fear cullen jones has witnessed so often. >> deep breath. relax. there's no rush. >> reporter: even putting my head in the water for just a second is overwhelming. >> good. no, that was -- did you get water in your nose? >> no. then you're doing it right. there you go. >> reporter: my goal is to take the next step and learn to swim, a challenge i don't pretend will be easy. as for cullen jones and the upcoming olympics he says he's after more than just gold. so as they cheer for you in these games, you want all of us to keep in mind that this is not just a sport. >> it's not. >> reporter: this is something that can save lives. >> you're saving your child's life by

that's an idea that existed certainly back to jefferson's time with the louisiana purchase, but it's something that really gets cemented in the public mind and it says everyone who starts a farm, everyone who raises a family, male or family, new immigrant or native-born person and even black or white, everyone can be a patriot and the only people who were left out of this actually were indians. >> nicole eustice, the book is "the war of 1812." we want to thank you for joining us. >> thank you so much for having me. >>> this july 4th we're highlighting the war of 1812 by centennial taking a look at the war that bolstered america's credibility and gave us our national anthem. we continue now with american artifacts. each week american history tv's american artifacts visit historic places to learn the story of the united states through objects. in 1812, joshua barney proposed creating american barges to defend the chesapeake bay area against british ships. in august 1814, he was forced to sink his vessels to prevent their capture. a single vessel, the suspected flagship scorpian was disc

that's an idea that existed certainly back to jefferson's time with the louisiana purchase, but it's something that really gets cemented in the public mind and it says everyone who starts a farm, everyone who raises a family, male or female, new immigrant or native-born person and even black or white, everyone can be a patriot and the only people who were left out of this actually were indians. >> nicole eustace. the book is "1812, war and the passions of patriotism." we want to thank you for joining us on american history tv. >> thank you so much for having me. thanks. >>> you're watching american history tv which you can see every weekend here on c-span 3. this july 4th we're highlighting the war of 1812 bicentennial, taking an in-depth look at the causes and course of the little-known war that bolstered america's international credibility, fostered a new sense of patriotism and gave us our national anthem. we continue now with american artifacts. >> each week, american history tv's american artifacts visits historic places to learn the story of the united states through objects. in

. >>> the louisiana governor bobby jindal over the weekend on "meet the press" a possible vice presidentialontender, of course, made it very clear that he is not going to abide by the supreme court ruling. >> every governor's got two critical decisions to make. one is do we set up these exchanges and secondly, do we expand medicaid. in louisiana we're not doing either one of those things. i don't think it makes sense to do those. >> how will that refusal to accept the expanded medicaid program affect new orleans, for instance, with its large number of low income residents? joining me now is new orleans mayor, democrat mitch landrieu. mr. mayor, thanks so much for being with us. >> great to be with you. >> let's talk about the exchanges, the medicaid program. what will the governor's decision mean for new orleans? >> well, the governor and i get along very well. but in my opinion he's wrong on both these things. unfortunately, louisiana has a very poor health care delivery system now. we have a lot of very poor people, lot of very sick people, and in my opinion, doing both of those things wo

he is not the only one stumping the state. louisiana governor will romney's behalf. former florida gov. jeb bush stopping by. vice-president joe biden will ohio tomorrow. after fund-raisers in texas last night, the president is well ming the is welco baylor bears to the white house. at first there was a book, then movie, now, an elaborate stage show. the cast ofoined by to train your dragon live spectacular." the u.s. government facing a over the decision to kill a u.s. citizen deemed to be terrorist. >> we have some possible minister andense killeder officials were in a suicide bombing. defense minister and two other officials were killed. brother in law was killed. the families of three u.s. killed in drawn strikes yemen have filed a wrongful lawsuit today with the american civil liberties union. top cia and u.s. military are violating their constitutional rights, they say. of government says that one killed have direct ties to terrorism. imagine your sitting in front computer plane some games when armed men burst in. keep an eye on the right side of your screen. yo

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we are awaiting remarks by the president of the united states at the national urban league in new orleans, louisiana. president obama's address arrives on a truly auspicious day in the normally do-nothing congress. today the senate actually passed a one-year extension of middle class tax cuts by a simple majority vote 51-48. the bill did not have to muster the normal filibuster-proof 60 votes because of a last-minute deal struck between senate majority leader harry reid and minority leader mitch mcconnell. an alternative republican bill to extend the bush tax cuts for everyone, including the wealthy, failed. president obama issued a statement. it reads, in part "with the senate's vote the house republicans are now the only people left in washington holding hostage the middle class tax cuts for 98% of americans and nearly every small business owner. it's time for house republicans to drop their demand for another $1 trillion giveaway to the wealthiest americans and give our families and small businesses the financial security and certainty that they need." i'm joined by democratic strategist bob shru

. >> walked in the house, seen her first and was like they're gone. >> i was in shreveport, louisianas hard for me because i know swim lessons is the answer and that's what i'm trying to preach. >> reporter: so jones is trying to prevent more death through his program make a splash. the program has already taught more than a million kids since 2007. the lessons are low cost or free. are you most at home in the water? >> reporter: the louisiana tragedy also resonated with me because this simple walk in the pool is also a time for a confession. i am one of the statistics. >> one of the problems that i will admit to everyone is i don't know how to swim. it's an embarrassment because i think that people instantly think, oh, you're black so you can't swim because black children who can't swim turn into -- >> adults who can't swim. >> reporter: i share the fear that cullun witnesses so often. even putting my head in the water for just a second is overwhelming. i can't. >> good! did you get water in your nose? >> reporter: no. >> then you're doing it right. >> reporter: now my next step is t

the national vetting issue is separate but in terms of public policy work and this idea that he converted from hinduism to catholicism and very much a champion of pro-life community especially in louisianaernor bobby jindal is the cure a of picks that would do mitt romney a world of good. a few others if we want to talk about those but tim pawlenty is one that would excite some. he has a very nice story. he is a born-again christian who doesn't talk about it as much but he is an his story and his family would play well. he is also developed a lot of street credit in the evangelical community. that is a big part of it and he has a good track record on the issues but beyond those two you have bob macdonald of virginia and a couple others. marco rubio would be fine. national vetting issues there. those are about four and they would love mike huckabee but i -- of maybe even a cure see. >> host: if it were condoleezza rice? >> guest: a major problem. the reason that would be is mitt romney's promise to make the mvp peck pro-life vice presidential pick. >> host: condoleezza rice is not pro-life. she is pro-choice. clearly that is going to be a broken promise in that teavangelicals community.

run and dan bongino republican candidate for the united states senate from the state of maryland the louisiana governor bobby jindal all as overhauled his state's education system including creating about your program that allowed state funds to be used to some students to religiously based schools and is playing a lot of support from legislators in the state including initially state representative valerie hodges until she realized that if you're going to send kids with state funds to religious schools they might not all be christians she said i do not support using public funds for teaching is a lobby anywhere ever ways yanna but she's all for explicitly all for using state funds to teach christianity what has happened to to religious freedom in america dan do republicans not believe in all that is my signature issue parent choice i am a product of the fact though school choice i am a firm believer that parents tax dollars parents should pick and they are entitled to the same education as students look like me in and around the county and religious institutions that's a choice is painful you

. >> reporter: meet the press louisiana governor bobby jindal vowed to block key provisions of the law. >> every governor has two critical provisions to make. one is do we set up exchanges or set up medicaid. in louisiana we are not doing either of those things. >> reporter: republicans see a political upside in keeping up the fight. conservatives are energized. in the 24 hours after the decision was announced the romney campaign says it took in $4.6 million from donors. with repeal out of the question without control of both congress and the white house the republicans view the ruling as a rallying cry for the fall. >> we have one last chance to defeat obama care and can do that in november with the election. >> reporter: the issue could be awkward for romney. >> with regardto the mandate, the individual responsibility program which i have proposed. >> reporter: the overhaul was modelled after romney's own plan which he passed as massachusetts governor and which included an individual mandate. >> the fact of the matter is it is the law. it will work. it is necessary and governor romne

. >> this campaign put the louisiana governor and former minnesota rep governor on a bus to shadow the president. >> when it comes to getting tough with china, this is barack obama come lately. he has been in office nearly four years. >> the president's buss heads to pennsylvania friday and mitt romney will be right behind him. >> americans are getting burned out on election. a.p research center poll found 67 percent of adults said they expect the remainder of this year's white house race to be " exhausting ". 56 percent say that the race has been too long already and too dull. >> michael bloomberg making headlines by pushing for a ban on the super sized soft drinks. but a richmond councilman is drawn national attention with his own campaign against what he calls " big soda ". the war on soda may not go down easily with consumers. >> the question is, will making softer and more expensive to deter anyone from taunting them or make those veterans them pay more? that is one big issue shaping up this campaign over a soft drink tax. the man pulling a red wagon is a cardiologist in the city

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yeah that seems will have more in line with the live in louisiana legislature late years excuse me legislators view on science but seriously the whole lot ness monster story it goes to show why taxpayers shouldn't fund religious schools beyond the fact that i think it's a violation of the first amendment which brings us back to valerie hodges issue with withdraw support of the voucher program because she thinks that it violates the constitution no it actually didn't violate the first amendment anough for her like it according to a report in the livingston parish news she mistakenly assumed that religious meant christian and so then she had a defcon one freak out when she found out that a muslim school for finding the she made the following pronouncement she said i actually support funding for teaching the fundamentals of america's founding fathers religion which is christianity in public schools or private schools unfortunately that will not be limited to the founders religion we need to ensure that it does not open the door to find radical islamic schools there are thousand muslim schools tha