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 this area probably by john the feet. he was part of the wrong side of the french revolution. had to escape europe and go west. he pushed further west to louisiana and settled along the this particular short. on the other side, you see the working site. this side of the lake you see working, as well. >> icy refineries, there is a big petroleum industry. petroleum a huge>> refinery. also major oil refineries. refinery and they are both located among the top 10 refineries in the u.s.. nowbiggest economic driver are t

heckled by i ioner three weeks after a pennsylvania grand jury report accused 300 priests over 70 yearsf abusing more than 1,000 child victims. cardinal facing calls to resign for allegedly failing to deal with the scandal. in the today's sermon h asked -- >> for forgiveness in any of my ofors of judgment, for any my inadequacies. >> reporter: in rome pope francis remains silent on the andal. he accused without evidence of a cover up by his former ambassador to the u.s. archbishop carlo vergano. he stuck to theesson urging to be vigilant. catholic infighting, reformatives against conservatives all spilling over once again spending anothe shock w through the catholic community. keir simmons, nbc news, london. >>> an update on aizarre story. a new report today suggests those strange symptoms suffered by dozens of u.s.ma dip in cuba and china may have bn caused by microwave beams used as weapons. the story first reported by the "new york times." a group of scientists say microwaves may have caused brain damage resulting in the victims hearin painfully loud noises. the state department says

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yearsf them are there 30 and bragging about it. they write laws that are ambiguous or all of this.n you are going to put judge cavanaugh on the stand. you are going to ask leading questions. when i am watching what's going asksd i am hoping my party meaningful questions, one of the things we are looking at is not any talking head on cnn or fox news or anywhere, real government happening. host: we are talking about the hearings. they took place this week. calling to to keep see if you can get on before (202) 748-8000 for democrats, (202) 784-8001 four republicans, (202) 748-8002 four independents. here to talk about north a politicale is reporter. good morning. guest: good morning. host: the president has been there to fund raise for kevin cramer. talk about why he is doing that and his interest in the race. is a very important race in the national perspective. it's a very red state. republicans see an opportunity to pick this up with a formidable candidate. fundraising, she out raises kevin cramer. this is an opportunity for them to try and close the gap on fundraising. it's amazin