like in louisiana we have the louisiana family forum to focus on the family to get this past. so that's really where it is coming from. >> michael: listen to paul brown in georgia. >> all of that stuff i was taught about evolution, and embriology, all of that is laws straight from the pit of hell. >> michael: he is a sitting member on the house committee of science space and technology. how outraged does that make you? >> in our fight we caught on board the support of 78 noble sciencists, and they have made some of the most incredible advancements in science. so representative brown should listen to them and until he realizes that real evidence-based science is what we need to teach, be studying what we need to base our -- like world off, i think it's a very scary thought based on that committee. >> michael: do you want to run for office one day or just keep fighting this fight as someone on the outside. >> as i mentioned this problem is a lot larger than louisiana and a lot larger than creationism. we just cut $50 billion in science research in the budget sequester. so i want

not as a courtesy to him but as a courtesy to other inmates. >> guest: the louisiana case and the louisiana state penitentiary in angola. >> guest: but another one of those issues that are very very tough. what do you do with an inmate who was on death row or not he doesn't want to take his medication and the courts as well, if you can show it's medically necessary you can forcibly medicate them but what doctor is going to say yes it's medically necessary so you can kill a guy? another one of the issues i used to lie awake at night thinking about, it's so troubled me not because they cared which was the right way to go but these are puzzles. in this case the question was can you use the victim impact statement in deciding whether this person is being convicted, committed the crime. should the jury hear about the impact with the loved ones left behind? there were three of the most horrible cases in the book and the court said you can't because if you do somehow if the relatives their relatives are articulated in speaking about what the law says they might get the death sentence but what happ

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 year is 1946. louisiana has a traveling electric chair. they would take it from parish to parish, county to county. they would display the electric chair at the county courthouse at noon and invite school kids to make a field trip and look at the electric chair. don't do bad stuff, guys, because this chair is waiting. they then would take it inside, hook it up to a generator on a truck and invite the victim or mandate the victim into the chair. in this particular case, 17-year-old black named willie francis killed a pharmacist during a robbery. was put into the chair, strapped in. the electrodes attached to his ankle and to his head. and as one witness told us, the executioner said, good-bye, willie, and willie didn't go anywhere. of the chair malfunctioned. there was smoke and sparks, and willie francis had minor burns, but they took him back to his cell. that became a celebrated supreme court case. it wasn't double jeopardy to put the man in the electric chair again. the court eventually decided it was only accidental, that you could put

photos of the sneakers from runners in the boston marathon. >>> at the golf classic in louisiana the course featured what's called a movable hazard an alligator crawled slowly right past a man in a golf cart. who just seemed to be sitting there. and there were a lot more gators nearby, making it a pretty dangerous course, shall we say. >> announcer: "early today" sports is brought to you by touch of gray. get rid of some gray, never all. >>> more trouble for the biebs and the backlash against "people's" most beautiful woman. >>> plus -- >> how about a brand-new ferrari! >> what? those are the words every "price is right" contestant wants to hear especially when it's the show's most expensive prize ever. so how did she do? >>> welcome back. temperatures are really going to soa soar in the desert southwest. temperatures yesterday 84 in vegas and 86 in phoenix. and looking at the forecast in the days ahead, vegas is starting to get a little toasty. a little above average but you know it's not far away once you start heading towards may. 90-degree temps. throughout saturday, sunday, look

louisiana and every other state in the country all ban violent felons from having guns, but in louisiana, that ban on felons getting guns was declared unconstitutional by that local trial court judge last month. that's because of a new law that the nra supported in louisiana last year. a new law that singles out gun laws and gun regulations for special scrutiny by the courts. essentially, gun laws in louisiana now are presumed to be unconstitutional unless proven otherwise. including the one about felons. when the law was first proposed, the bureau of governmental research, which is kind of like the congressional research service at the state level, they do nonpartisan review of legislation and policy for the state of louisiana, this nonpartisan analysts in this state said don't do this thing the nra wants us to do. they urged people to vote against this change in the law. they said, there's no good reason to enter this uncharted territory. they said, changing the law like this, quote, would expose the h. republican governor bobby jindal, though, supported it. he said, it's time we prote

the year is 1946. louisiana has a traveling electric chair. they would take it from parish to parish, county to county. they would display the literature on the county courthouse at noon, and invite school kids about the classes to come and make a field trip and look at the electric chair. don't do bad stuff because this chair is waiting. they then would take the chair inside, a good up to a generator on a truck and invite the victim our mandate the victim into the chair. in this particular case, 17 year old black and end willie francis who would kill the pharmacist during a robbery was put in the chair, strap in, electrodes attached to his ankles and to his head, and does one witness told, the executioner said goodbye willie, and willie didn't go anywhere. the chair malfunctioned. there was smoke and sparks and willie had minor burns, but they took him back to his cell. that became a celebrate supreme court case. was a double jeopardy? the court eventually decided it was only accidental. you could put willie francis in the chair again. but ju

the victories were for the people of louisiana. the people that sent us here and can bring us back home. to see morening kids graduating from high school, fewer failing schools. an economy where today, the unemployment rate continues to be above the average. the per-capita income has gone up and the ranking is now the highest it has been in more than 80 years. the gdp has grown by tens of billions of dollars and the first time in 25 years, people moved to leave this day and we are now the highest we have been ranked on a variety of publications. have passed tougher laws to crack down on sex offenders and the list goes on and on how louisiana is making progress. we are bringing our children home. and that might be a fine point to stop this speech, to stop here and say that is great, everything is great. but we know that is not true. we know there are too many families struggling to find good paying jobs. there are still sons and daughters leaving the state to find good paying jobs. there are families struggling to make ends meet. as

are for louisiana in the coming year. his is 15 minutes. > thank you. thank you very much. mr. president, mr. speaker, statewide elected officials, familiar lirks friends, people of louisiana. it is my privilege to stand before you again. even before i start my remarks i'm going to ask you join me for a moment of silent prayer for a friend of ours. i was with senator john smith. i know he's with news spirit and thought. speedy recovery. he will join us just as quickly as his doctors allow him to do that. please join me for a moment of ilent prayer for john smith. >> it is my honor to stand before you as i've done each of the five years before to start the session of the legislature. we've worked hard together through the past five years to address the big challenges facing our state which we've take on the task to make louisiana a better state to raise our children. i made the promise we would do everything we could to make louisiana a place where our sons and daughters could pursue their dreams instead of having to leave

this is where the story starts. it's sly dell, louisiana. the parents and the boys are in ha hotel room. there's alcohol, drugs, guns. there are also joshua there, the father saying that they are in a journey to armageddon. and the police were spooked by that. they thought the children why in danger. they took them. two weeks later, hammond, louisiana the father showed up with a gun trying to take them. he faces charges in both of those jurisdiction for those two incidents. then on wednesday we're told that he showed up at his mother-in-law's home, sharon's mother. at 6:00 or so in the morning. >> tied her up after breaking into her house, took the boys, took her car and sped off. the car was found. later his truck was found. and then there was the report that he bought a boat. just 25 foot sailboat. and that is what we're told led to the reports that they have been in cuba or are in cuba. all we're receiving from the sheriff's office here is that they received information that the family is in cuba. >> that's a far cry from saying that's wh

so i called the louisiana number that was left and a little young voice answered the phone. i asked, is this tailor? a little young voice said, is this robert neighbor? the only person who calls me robert is my mom and this was not my mom. she went on to say she was thinking of committing suicide and she went on you tube and found some videos that some of jill's friend had made about jill. and she thought, if somebody loves jill that much, maybe somebody loves me. i'm always touched by that. >> some day bullying will be something of the past. i also wanted to say we need to work and i see representatives here of cities and counties because those same children are on sports teams under the city rec department, they are receiving services and they are in programs with the county and so having this training, having this awareness go beyond the schools is really important. so i thought i'd mention that. the other thing that we are moving towards in education is more digital. we'll see less textbooks and more digital learning and with that we are promoting a digital literacy poli

so i called the louisiana number that was left and a little young voice answered the phone. i asked, is this tailor? a little young voice said, is this robert neighbor? the only person who calls me robert is my mom and this was not my mom. she went on to say she was thinking of committing suicide and she went on you tube and found some videos that some of jill's friend had made about jill. and she thought, if

slavery of the territories territories, the louisiana territory was reduced it was introduced by others. you had slavery opened up so that became a problem that the seveners recognize that the geography and in some areas like new mexico was such that they could not grow so to have a big force of slaves to work it they were working against that was a loss reduced to a small area. that was impossible for them to accept, especially if they felt the government was doing what it could to help the north. >> we are out of time. thank you for coming. [applause]

trip to louisiana. >> what's the plan going forward now? you have custody of the boys, correct? >> we have custody of the boys. neglect forward will be done -- >> is that an adoption or anything beyond -- >> we really have -- it just happened, and we really need to get the state of louisiana. we don't know what's coming forward. any more? >> what's going forward as the boys get older and -- have you thought about how you will talk to them about this experience and where their parents are as they get older? >> we haven't got that far yet, but i'm sure that we will have plenty of professional help. >> is there a picture of the dog that you can maybe share with the media later on? >> we'll work on that. >> we'll work on that. we can maybe get a picture taken. >> how do you feel about having two little boys in the house again? >> you know, these are just two wonderful boys. we saw them very frequently before all of this started. you know, we're very close to them. we've always been very close to them. while initially it was a little bit of chan

the louisiana governor introduced a plan to end corporate and personal income taxes while standing and raising the sales tax to make up the difference. after talking to louisiana, residents he decided to scrap it. >> they say governor, we want to get rid of the income taxes and you are worried you are moving too quickly. you are not sure your plan is the best way to do it. we heard the comments and i adjust the course. we will part our tax plan. >> nebraska's republican gun owner tried something similar in his state earlier this year, seeking to raise the money by ending billions of dollars worth of sales tax exemptions. they helped kill that plan. ohio's governor's plan to cut personal income taxes by 20% and small business taxes by 50% was scrapped by his fellow republicans in the house because of concerns about how to pay for it. in north carolina, there was concern they may be on the vergie releasing their own plan. the sales tax raise would be raised. sam brown with the senator signed income tax cuts into law and wants to keep cutting. he encouraged colleagues to keep up the effor

as far as the question of slavery in the territories, in the louisiana territory was reduced to that. cut it in half -- >> so what changed? >> the 3630 mind, and you had slavely that open -- slavery that opened up. it didn't say that you would have slavery. see, that became a problem that the southerners recognized is that the geography in some areas like new mexico was such that slavery would never exist there. they couldn't grow the cotton or the tobacco or the sugar that you need if you're going to have a big force of slaves to work it, and that -- they were working against what looked to be a loss for this country, that they would be reduced to a small area in the south. that was impossible for them to accept, especially if they felt that the government was doing what it could to help the north against the south. >> we're out of time, but thank you for coming. [applause] >> visit booktv.org to watch any programs you see here online. type the author or title in the page, and click "search" and you can share by clicking "share," and selecting the format. booktv streams op line 48 ho

spending the wee hours in the morning shouting and. >> this was the louisiana case and the reason and the penitentiary. my mistake. >> that another one of those issues that are very tough. what do you do with it in may to on death row or not who does not want to take his medication? if you can show it is medically necessary you can forcibly medicate but doctors will say yes. i used to lie awake at night thinking about it and did so troubled me that these are puzzles and the question was could you use victim impact statements to decide if this person has been convicted convicted, committed the crime should the jury hear about the impact of the loved ones left behind? there were three cases, i think the most three or zero cases in the book and initially the courts said you can't because if you do because if they are articulate the perpetrator might get the death sentence but if they do not have particular relatives or loved ones left behind than the perpetrator may escape the death sentence. but i would lay awake at night what is the ready answer? it does seem relevant what the impact i

ii and it took lewis and clark about 1,100 days to walk the louisiana purchase and back. the keystone xl pipeline is a no-brainer. >> all right, so that is a little snippet of a larger rhetoric that's emerged not just around keystone, but in our politics, we have seen the right particularly republicans become more reactionary on this issue, right? they have gone from this kind of this is a necessary evil to this is an affirmative good. drill, baby drill. steve stockman tweeted the other day, a quite conservative republican congressman from texas, the best thing about the earth, this was his tweet, the best thing about the earth is you can poke holes in it and oil and gas will come out. if that's the direction the republican caucus is moving, if you have democrats here voting for this resolution, how do the politics on this shift, on keystone particularly? >> i think they shift, and they have shifted, by the way, when people watch their television and see what happened in new jersey and new york. when they hear scientists saying you're going to see this every year and it's

the state of louisiana wants to scrap its state income taxes. that plan includes an increase in the state sales tax uping it by 56%, a hike on cigarette taxes and eliminating some loopholes to make up for the short fall. steve moore is a senior writer e wall street journal." steve, good to see you. >> hi, gregg. gregg: i wonder if it makes economic sense because income taxes many economists say income taxes is dwect penalty on savings and labor which is a tax on wealth while sales tax is a tax on consumption the result of wealth creation. >> that's right, gregg. you have nine states that don't have a state income tax. sorry those are not states like where you live. states like tennessee and texas and florida and wyoming. the states that are really booming generally in this country have no income tax. they have taken advantage of the tax that their taxes on business income and labor income are virtually zero to attract a lot of jobs, a lot of new capital and a lot of new workers. so that is where the real boom is going on. the real story here bob

thunderstorms, they got tornado watches in the louisiana area. freeze warnings in these areas, for us, we got nice looking weather right now. we are under this ridge of high pressure. everything goes to the north of us and we stay dry through the bay area weekend. a warming trend will continue into the bay area weekend. warmer today. warm right now. 78 in antioch. 77 in livermore. temperatures touching on 80 degrees. highs tomorrow are going to be about the same, maybe a little warmer inland. alongb the coast -- along the coast about the same. coast and bay. inland the winds -- the temperatures warm. low 80s inland tomorrow. these were the national weather service highs tonight. 78 antioch. 77 fairfield. highs tomorrow cooler or the same. here, warmer or the same inland. another nice day. after that temperatures slowly grind their way up. by the weekend, mid-80s. early next week 90s. the forecast highs tomorrow, yellows are 70s. oranges are 80s. you see the temperatures. where am i going to be tomorrow. using colors to represent temperatures. nic

thomas jefferson purchased the louisiana territory. louisiana purchase cost u.s. government $15 million at less than 3 cents per acre. that would come out to $200 million or 40 cents an acre today. a pretty good deal. in campus in 15 states presently, and it also started when jefferson wanted to push napoleon out of north america. april 30, 210 years ago, a long time ago. we will be right back. he be right back. he answered her question of the day. are you planning to buy or sell a home this spring. and taylor swift just bought a huge rhode island mansion. he will tell you how much you paid for coming up next. was it too much? more after the break she knows you like no one else. and you wouldn't have it any other way. but your erectile dysfunction - you know, that could be a question of blood flow. cialis tadalafil for daily use helps you be ready anytime the moment's right. you can be more confident in your ability to be ready. and the same cialis is the only daily ed tablet approved to treat ed and symptoms of bph, like needing to go

while my personal views have evolved i will support the outcome of louisiana's recent vote. an interesting attempt to sort of split the baby there. is that something folks in louisiana can handle, a senator basically saying i have a different view, but i'm not going to share it with you or support it. we'll see. up next as the president pushes his plea for gun control we've got two top white house veterans here for strategy session on how this is working in washington. plus the big back track in the bayou state. amid plummeting poll numbers louisiana governor bobby jindal changes his tune on taxes. first a look ahead at today's politics planner. it's a busy one today. lots of focus on guns on capitol hill. and, of course, we have the illinois special. the women's championship game is tonight. louisville. will they win both men and women? it could happen. you're watching "the daily rundown" only on msnbc. ...so you say men are superior drivers? yeah? then how'd i get this... [ voice of dennis ] ...safe driving bonus check? every six months without an accident, allstate sends

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kentucky, tennessee, the carolinas and parts of louisiana and even the florida panhandle saw some form of severe weather yesterday, damaging wind gusts, large hail, even tornados. we have two areas i want to highlight in mississippi and louisiana. we actually had one confirmed tornado in louisiana. ef-0 confirmed. and reports of power lines coming down in mississippi. that storm system on the move today. we have winter weather to talk about. winter weather advisories because more snow is possible across sections of new england and the upper great lakes. and that tornado watch, including parts of virginia, north carolina, and south carolina through later this morning. >> very troubling, thank you. it could be a troubling new warning about north korea's intentions. a defense intelligence agency report finds north korea likely has the capability of arming a missile with a nuclear warhead. but the pentagon is down playing that report. david piper is live in south korea with the very latest for us. good morning, david. >> reporter: good morning. he is on his first leg of his asian tour. hig

focused on some reforms there. >> host: my sense of how you describe the system in louisiana is the place i would least like to be arrested but i'm wondering what you see is some of the best or the worst areas or jurisdiction in terms of providing indigent defense. are there good models and which tend to create the worst systems? >> guest: there are definitely but the federal defender system is pretty good. they are generally viewed as much better funded. they have access to the experts and investigators. they are adequately staffed, the caseloads are manageable, so that is one model. public defenders are definitely considered and that is a more holistic approach if there are pockets of other places like the offenders, etc. we're in different places across the country they are trying a more holistic approach where it's not just a lawyer it is a lawyer who is first of all going to stay with the client from the very beginning of the way to the end of their case and if they are out on parole or they come back into court on a different charge they get the same lawyer who knows the history whi

--the mayor from louisiana and the person from with carolina. >> the feinstein amendment only got 40 votes and one republican. >> good point. immigration. the gang of eight. will increase the legal flow of low skill workers impactwill adversely workers. >> the gang of eight unveiled their immigration reform package yesterday. jonathan, you mentioned the impact of boston on this. before boston this was the one piece of legislation everybody in washington saw having a chance to pass. it is too early to gauge what it is going to be. look, i do think there is a political motivation. politics is what it is. they are tired of democrats having the issues. and the democrats are working with groups who have been saying come away and? it did not happen. now they're looking to president obama. both parties have an interest in getting this done. looking at summer as the earliest time at best. >> i think jonathan's analysis is spot on. if you get into republican primaries, and it becomes an , that isd he prevails going to make -- that starts to send the same snowball going we saw in 2012. we saw

so the o'reilly family has been in louisiana for centuries. in cuba, nobody remembers him but it was the street of calle oreilly, famous until the 50's for its banks and bookstores. it was one of the favorite streets of (inaudible) secretary of the spanish count of fernandino, my grandfather, another irish man feeling at home in havana. there, at the busy corner of calle street and oreilly was a cafe bakery owned by a catelan. it was described by many foreigners, in particular british and irish who lived in havana at the time, as one of the best order and most elegant cafes in the world. its large door led to a main floor with a fantastic stone floor. i saw it in the 50's, i was very little but i still was there in the 50's, and have a fountain that all that water really produce a refreshing sound that drown the patrons' loud conversations. but what made dominica famous, according to some foreigners and historians, was its ice cream of countless flavors and its famous fruit ices: guava and other flavors were served according to an irish travel

he came in a close second in the louisiana derby. at the kentucky derby, he's far from a favorite. but, then again, many a gambler has gone home with empty pockets after betting against rosie. is there anything in life better than winning a race? >> rosie: there's lots of great things in life, but there's nothing like winning a race. >> and now your cbs sports update presented by viagra. in first-round nba playoff action, the celtics scwansdered a 20-point second-half lead but held on the beat the knicks in overtime. jason terry scored nine clutch points and boston avoided elimination. playing today without injured dwyane wade, the heat closed out a four-game sweep in milwaukee. miami will now move on the play the winner of the bulls-nets series. more more sports news and information, go cbssports.com. where giving up isn't who you are. ♪ this is the age of knowing how to make things happen. so, why let erectile dysfunction get in your way? talk to your doctor about viagra. 20 million men already have. ask your doctor if your heart

>> the one of the authentic louisiana fare and the secret ingredient is the time & patience to rea and i do not need to go to the orleans. >> if you showed but if you do not need to drive all the way down there. >> and my favorite is the b gumbo and tastes like chicken [laughter] coming up after the break. we'll have highlights of the game. those stories and more coming up next. look at them kids. [ sigh ] they have no idea what it was like before u-verse high speed internet. yeah, you couldn't just stream movies to a device like that. one time, i had to wait half a day to watch a movie. you watched movies?! i was lucky if i could watch a show. show?! man, i was happy to see a sneezing panda clip! trevor, have you eaten today? you sound a little grumpy. [ laughter ] [ male announcer ] connect all your wi-fi-enabled devices with u-verse high speed internet. rethink possible. >> the new tom cruise sci-fi adventure was the big draw at the movies this weekend. the post-apocalyptic "oblivion" eliminated the competition at the box office over the weekend. the film, starring tom cruise, toppe

, behind the backs of his fellow justices, went to a friend in the louisiana bar and said, "fight this locally. this would be an embarrassment if it happened and i'd feel really ashamed if it happened." >> it says something, also, about the court, how sometimes theyill te one wayhen their personal feelings go another way. sometimes supreme court justices, more than anybody else in public life, have to hold their nose when they do their job. they have to be faithful to the law. and you'll see justices saying, "i personally oppose the death penalty" they'll confide that in friends, maybe write about it after they leave the court, "but we have to uphold it because we feel the state has the right to do it, even though we disagree with it." >> you begin with a decision the court made on the 9th of march, 1969, a seminal case involving a condemned convict from alabama named william maxwell. the justices voted eight to one to spare his life, declared the verdict unconstitutional and then changed their mind. how did that happen? >> it was an internal matter. the justices were grappling with se

focused on some reforms there. >> host: my sense of how you describe the system in louisiana is the place i would least like to be arrested. but i'm wondering what do you see as in terms of providing indigent defense, are there good models and also which tend to create the worst systems? >> host: there are definitely good malls out there that. the federal defender system is pretty good. i mean, they are generally viewed as much better funded committee of access to the experts and investigators, the caseloads are manageable so that is one model. the public defender system is definitely considered, and that has a more holistic approach and there are pockets of their places by bronx defenders, etc.. in different places across the country they are trying a more holistic approach where it's not just a lawyer, it is a lawyer that this first of all going to stay with the client from the beginning to the end of their case, and if they are out on parole and rearrest or come back into court on a different charge, they get the same lawyer who knows the history which can make a big difference. then t

the fish and wildlife service has certified the frog itself has not been seen in the state of louisiana since 1967. john: so this is elsewhere, just has not been seen in your neck of the woods. >> not in the whole state. john: and they want to reestablish it. >> they have said they want the land we have, over 1500 acr, to become a frog conservation area and it will utterly destroy the value of our land which they will not and they have told me this, pay for. it is just a massive federal landfill. john: you want to build some home >> we want to build some homes and businesses. the land is high and dry, it still is, it will be very valuable for people to live on to avoid the kind of flooding that occurred in katrina. john: this is sort of them saying it is worth zillions of dollars, but you can't make that money. the fish and wildlife said they were not available to, on the show to talk about this in response to your complaint, they posted this video on youtube. >> we're looking forward in working with landowners in louisiana. in fact, we have many programs that provide technical and fina

according to abc news, the state of louisiana is aware of the missing money and pursing efforts to make sure homeowners are using the funds to repair and shore up their homes. boeing is expected to wrap up testing of its troubled dreamliner. the faa grounded the 787s in january following a couple of fire flare-ups sparked by lithium ion batteries onboard. boeing has modified the batteries, and if the faa agrees, forbes reports dreamliners could be back in the sky next month. meanwhile, british airways is going forward wtih orders for 18 dreamliners. on the downside for boeing, airbus took the top spot in the aircraft industry in the first quarter. reports say apple is facing a blueprint bummer. apple's plan for a new campus in silicon valley is around $2 billion over-budget. bloomberg reports inital costs were estimated at $3 billion. now, its closer to 5. expensive building materials and extra landscaping work drove up costs. now it's trying to shave about a billion dollars off of the project. a best buy bounce: shares rose 15% yesterday after the retailer disclosed it will discount ap

and going to your point, the landrieu name is a very famous name in louisiana. it is very similar to being a kennedy in massachusetts. that has helped her family win contests in that state. she is hoping that is one thing that can help her being a democrat in an increasingly red state of louisiana. >> growing up in massachusetts, i can attest to the power of the kennedy name. for decades and decades. even though americans would probably say, no, no, we don't believe in political dynasties, that's like royalty. we actually do, as you said, the 2009 study in the review of check studies talks about the longer you hold power, the greater chance your heirs will get to attain power. if you barely win the election, you are far more likely to put a cousin or a son or daughter into office than somebody who barely loses re-election. if you win more than one term, that doubles the odds for a relative of yours to enter congress in the future. but the question i want to get in is why. you start to dig into it before. i want to push a little bit more. is it something that lik

were when there was a hurricane in the southern parts of the united states, louisiana and mississippi. i'm talking about common sense. we don't need these things right now. they've gotten in the wrong hands too many times and they're causing so much grief in this country. i want to move on. >> okay. >> michael: i want you hear rand paul's response to the president's disgust over the filibuster, what i think is a filibuster of the legislation in light of the newtown tragedy. this is rand paul. >> i hate to see it in using people, i think as props and politicizing people's tragedy. when i see the mothers and fathers and them testifying, and i know they're coming voluntarily, they want to come and be part of the debate, but it saddens me to see them. i think in some cases the president has used them as props, and disappoints me. >> michael: i want to you have equal time, jack. we have both spoken a lot. tell me about the prop. is he out of line? >> no, i think--i think he's right on the money. if anything he tasteful i under states the point. reagan was the first to skillfully use the ho

the fish and wildlife service has certifie the frog itself has not been seen in the state of louisiana since 1967. john: so this is elsewhere, just has not been seen in your neck of the woods. >> not in the whole state. john: and they want to reestablish it. >> they have said they wantnt te land we have, over 1500 acres, to become a frog conservation area and it will utterly destroy the value of our land which they will not and they have told me this, pay for. it is just a massive federal landfill. john: you want to build some homes. >> we want to build some homes and businesses. the land is high and dry, it still is, it will be very valuable for people to live on to avoid the kind of flooding that occurred in katrina. john: this is sortf them saying it is worth zillions of dollars, but you can't make that money. the fish and wildlife said they were not available to, on the show to talk about this in response to your complaint, they posted thivideo on youtube. >> we're looking forward in working with landowners in louisiana. in fact, we have many programs that provide technical and fin