. >> pastor brown collapsed and died at a revival meeting in west louisiana. >>> and doug olden died after inring his back ding a fall. he was 79. olden worked with prominent evangelicals including jerry falwe falwell, billy graham and he recorded 6 a albums in a career that spanned more than four decades. >>> finally a group of cloistered nuns are recording an album of their own. the benedictine sisters have signed a deal to produce an album of gregorian amp in der not to destroy their cloistered way of life, the sisters will photograph their album cover and film their own music video. by the way, the nuns record video is the same one that brought you elton john, the rolling stones and lady georgia. i'm kim lawson, we would like you to follow us on our website. you can comment on all of our stories and share them, audio and video mod podcasts are also available. join us at pbs.org. >> as we leave you, more music from doug olden. ♪ when my heart is pained too deeply for a song. ♪ when my way grows weary ♪ oh, yes he cares i know >>> major funding for "religion & ethics weekly" is pro

and their home louisiana west maintained a noncalifornia edge. she's always been interested in her family stories especially ones about here great grand mother emily who died with a life savings hidden

and their home louisiana west maintained a noncalifornia edge. she's always been interested in her family stories especially ones about here great grand mother emily who died with a life savings hidden in her mattress. lalita level her position at sun miko systems to seresearch her family. she had no choice but to write about the amazing people. the result was "cane river" her novel based on the lives of slave women in louisiana women who whom she descended. the second book, red river published in january of 2007. my pleasure to welcome lalita tademy and scott shafer. [applause] >> good evening, everybody. out of curiousity a show of hands how many of you have read the book? wow? >> you will have a chance to ask questions as well. bear with us. i don't think i need to summarize the back. sounds like everyone -- this is great. we heard a summary there. this is a story of resilience and about the brutality of slavery and the resourcefulness of your family going back several generations. i want to start at the end. your great grand mother emily gran

. >> reporter: it's a welcome sight in louisiana's bay collette, west of the mississippi river. shrimp boats trawling nets instead of boom. d.c. cooper says he's home. >> i wish we had a few more shrimp but it feels good. >> reporter: his nets bear the -- of seasons past. shrimping brings $1.3 billion per year to louisiana's economy and more than 14,000 jobs. much of the industry and its workers sidelined by the oil leak. have you seen any oil? >> no, none. >> thank god. >> reporter: that's got to make you feel good. >> it really does. >> reporter: on this trip his nets come up clean. no signs of oil as the fish are sorted from the shrimp with a net and then by hand. what scares the shrimpers isn't so much what they can see but rather what they can't, and the impact it could have for years to come. state and federal tests consistently find no contamination in the seafood, but in the mud of one of the passes, researcher bob kibler found benzine, a toxic component of oil. >> a hundred to a thousand times more than you would expect. >> reporter: today matt o'brien's shrimp dock sta

west of chicago. zaerted showers from detroit to new york. thunderstorms from louisiana to florida. and heavy rain from arizona to montana. plus heat advisories from the northern lanes to the gulf coast. >> dallas hits 102. kansas city, 98, omaha, 96. 104 in phoenix, 85 in salt lake city. >>> and a hollywood passing to note this morning. patricia neal has passed away. the actress with the legendary husky voice was a star of stage and screen. she earned an oscar back in 1963. >> neal made an extraordinary recovery of a stroke at the age of 69. she died yesterday at her summer home on martha's vineyard after battling lung cancer. >>> ford gets assistance dealing with its debt. >>> and toronto's brandon morrow, he was as close as he could have been to baseball's six no-hitter of the season. mrut close just doesn't count. stay with us. have you tried honey bunches of oats with real strawberries? wow. it's seriously strawberry. they're everywhere. it's in the bunches, on the flakes, even real strawberries in the mix. can i have some more? honey bunches of oats with real strawberries. it'

both parties in west virginia are picking candidates for the senate seat held by the late robert byrd. in louisiana david vitter is faifed over two challengers. an idea why democrats are deeply worried about losing congress this fall, look no further than ohio's 16th district. it was one of 48 house seats held by democrats in districts republican john mccain won two years ago. if all those seats go republican, so does the house, and that is the focus of tonight's "weekend journal: the battle in omit's 16." >> we bash all our metal. we paint all our metal. >> reporter: congressman bporks cheri is touring a manufacturing plant in north canton, ohio, where the number one issue is jobs. the unemployment rate in this district has almost doubled. he is campaigning for reelection in a district whose republican routes go back to president william mccunly and where president obama lost to john mccain in 2008. >> at the end of the day my constituents vote are for me to be their congressman. they don't vote for the president. >> glor: this company making circuit breakers for rail lines has created 135 new job

louisiana. >>> that's our broadcast for >>> it's being called the largest crackdown ever on counterfeit goods on the westght stores in the fishermen's wharf area raided, ten arrested one person on the run. good evening, everyone. >> versace, coach, kate spade, gucci, if the price tags don't give you the shake, the a fake.

west on c-span's "q&a." >> yesterday, i signed a declaration for the state of emergency in louisiana. i signed a disaster declaration for the state of mississippi. >> as we mark the fifth anniversary of hurricane katrina, look back at the response to the crisis. it is online at the c-span library. washington, your way. >> now, a conversation on the state of the levees in new orleans five years after hurricane katrina. from today's "washington journal," this is about 45 minutes. host: joining us from new orleans is karen durham- aguilera, the task force hope leader for the army corps of engineers. guest: thanks for inviting me here today. this reduction system we are building for greater new orleans and the surrounding parishes, i oversee the program and look at the budgeting aspects. one of the things i enjoy the most is the tremendous stakeholder engagement between our levee authorities and the public in louisiana and the parishes. especially the public, they are so involved in what we did and did give us a lot of help with input and solutions. host: how would you tell someone the di

states, in west virginia, 14 candidates are vying for robert byrd's old seat. he was the nationest longest serving senator. in louisianadavid sitter is expected to cruise to an easy primary victory today. he has focused his campaign on his likely democratic opponent. >> the economy is expected to be issue number one during the november elections, and this week we received new evidence the recovery might not be happening anytime soon. we have this report from the government's options. >> reporter: as the president took to the links to golf with mike bloomberg friday. the white house told reporters the two spent 15 minutes in the clubhouse talking about the economy. earlier the whole financial world was listening to ben bernanke who said the recovery is slowing but they're not discussing further action. what to do? what tools are still in the government's arsenal. >> it's not like there are any sell very bullets. every american needs to hear, we have long haul to get out of this. >> after a more than $850 stimulus and healthcare bill so they knock longer spend their way out. the fed has cut lending rates to nearly zero a

, triggering tropical storm warnings from just west of new orleans all the way to the florida panhandle. the storm is on track to make landfall in louisianady declared a state of emergency. >>> bp and the coast guard are taking no chances as that storm approaches, so they have suspended drilling on a relief well. forecasters say tropical storm winds are possible by late this afternoon. waves in the oil spill area could get up to 11 feet. >>> now here is a look at the rest of your wednesday weather. that tropical depression brings up to 3 inches of rain to the gulf coast states. thunderstorms and gusty winds across the ohio valley, great lakes and midwest. more rain in the southwest. showers in idaho, eastern oregon, and washington. >> 88 in boise. 90 in salt lake city. the heat wave continues in the middle of the country. 90s from minneapolis to kansas city. and 104 in dallas. 93 here in new york. and 88 in miami. >>> well, it is on to november's elections for the winners of primaries in four states. former world wrestling entertainment executive linda mcmahon won connecticut's republican senate primary. in colorado, senator michael benne

west, north, and self. that required us to create a resource management scheme that spread from south-central louisiana to florida over hundreds of miles. it required us to some of the glee increase our skimming and boom capabilities and we have done that. an unprecedented amount of boom and skimmers has been brought. when we were early in this response, we could line up 200 skimmer's the were available. we have 835 and the water. there has been a significant coronation. we moved response equipment from different parts of the country for the first time in the nation's history where that weaver was invoked to allow us to bring more assets to the team. i do not think we should discount the fact that this is the largest public participation in a national incident in this country. an unprecedented number of vessels of opportunity have been involved. an unprecedented number of volunteers have been involved. looking forward, we need to understand that will never to a large corresponds that does not include large-scale public participation. one of the largest challenges we had was excepting the vessels of opportunity th

west, north, and self. that required us to create a resource management scheme that spread from south-central louisiana to florida over hundreds of miles. it required us to some of the glee increase our skimming and boom capabilities and we have done that. an unprecedented amount of boom and skimmers has been brought. when we were early in this response, we could line up 200 skimmer's the were available. we have 835 and the water. there has been a significant coronation. we moved response equipment from different parts of the country for the first time in the nation's history where that weaver was invoked to allow us to bring more assets to the team. i do not think we should discount the fact that this is the largest public participation in a national incident in this country. an unprecedented number of vessels of opportunity have been involved. an unprecedented number of volunteers have been involved. looking forward, we need to understand that will never to a large corresponds that does not include large-scale public participation. one of the largest challenges we had was excepting the vessels of opportunity th