this is -- this is for every single person in louisiana. yes, sir. >> governor, it might be repetitious. but what's known as the italian lesson, what they didn't learn is now being coined the louisiana lesson because we're not doing what we're supposed to be doing. so my question is, maybe not churches, but where people congregate at the l.s.u. lakes, maybe reports of way too many people not being distant. parks in new orleans. would you have people going to those areas and try to patrol them somehow? anything to that nature? gov. edwards: we have law enforcement that are, when they see obvious violations, they are stopping, reminding people. they are dispersing crowds. in those situations, people are doing what they're being asked to do at that moment by law enforcement agencies -- sorry -- law enforcement agents. that's happening for the most part. my message is to all of the people of louisiana, no matter where they happen to be. and that is that they need to take this seriously. we can do a better job. there's a lot of compliance out th

and as of noon today, louisiana has reported 2,746 cases of covid-19. that is 41 cases more than yesterday. that is a 19% increase in the last 24 hours. now there's some good news and some not so good news. it's a lower number from yesterday's increase of 510 and yesterday's growth was 28% and today's was 19%. but keep in mind today's increase was from only half as many tests. so it's a mixed bag and we're trying to figure out what it means. and there's a lot of information you have to know, much of which i don't think we actually have right now but i've asked my team, including the doctor, to make sure we're analyzing these numbers so we can lean as quickly as possible what the trends are. but i can tell you, as far as what we know, we still remain on the growth curve that the trajectory that we don't like, the one that we need to flatten just as soon as possible. the other news that really there's no way to spin it or misinterpret it, we now have 119 deaths. that's an increase of 36 deaths since our last update. this is the largest increase in deaths

we'll take you now to louisiana. john bel edwards giving an update on that state's response to the coronavirus pandemic. governor bel edwards: that meeting in was also the president. we were able to visit with him. earlier this morning, i had the opportunity to have a phone all with secretary of veterans administration, robert wilke, that we ed our request forwarded through fema for supplemental assistance from the potentially with respect to surge capacity of hospitals here primarily a looking towards new orleans. and last night, i was able to fema conversation with the ister pete gainer on most pressing needs we have in louisiana, all of which relates surge capacity. principally, as i mentioned to you yesterday, those being ventilators. p.p.e. and other requests. pleased to announce and in fact the president announced this during the call with all 50 as rnors today -- and just an aside, we have 55 governors because of territories. governors on 50 the call today. but the president announced that our request d 250-be

that's what we do not want to happen here in louisiana. and while we're still on the trajectory that we're on, we have still the third highest case count per capita in the country. while we're on this trajectory, we have to be intensely focus on -- focused on what we can to flatten the curve. of all the messages that i deliver to the people of louisiana, at these press conferences, that is the single most important thing. while we've done the mitigation measures, while we're asking everyone to comply. don't go out if it isn't essential. minimize contact. practice all the measures that we've talked about. they remain important. we don't necessarily repeat them every time. but it's still important. wash your hands frequently for 20 seconds with soap and water. if you don't have access to soap and water, use hand sanitizer. stay six feet away from people. make sure you control your cough. if you are sick, do not get around other people. and understand that the most vulnerable people in our state remain those who are older and those who have c

we want the people of louisiana to have food during this time. we are announcing today that those snap recipients that are not at the maximum they are allowed will be put to the maximum. this will automatically be loaded on their cards. they don't have to do anything to receive this. only about 47% of louisiana households are receiving their maximum benefits. this is helping 63% of our families get to the maximum level. again, they don't have to do anything. this will be loaded on cards automatically. it will be loaded tomorrow night for the march benefits and it will be loaded again on april 17 for the april benefits. we have also, during this time, temporarily waived the redeterminations. every six months you have to be redetermined to get your snap benefits. that has been waived. you do not have to do anything. your benefits will automatically come to you in march and april. you do not have to call, email, text, or worry about that. if you are a current snap recipient, that will automatically be loaded and the timeframe will be waived. we are

the total death count is now 10 in the state of louisiana. one of those most recent is a 44-year-old orleans parish with underlying medical conditions and other a 90-year-old resident. and obviously, these individual are in the most at risk category of our citizens because of age and underlying health conditions. so that makes the fifth total death at lamb beth house and 24 cases total at the house which remains the only known cluster of cases in our state. for total confirmed cases in louisiana, excuse me, that number is now 380. you should know that i just finished a call with the president and the vice-president and america's governors, some of which i understand was aired live on cnn and fox news. and of course, we discussed the current crisis. i did have a chance to ask him a question and share with him my top priorities for the state of louisiana. certainly, the number one priority has to do with rapidly increasing our medical and health care surge capacity. based on the first models that we ran that i was able to take a look at just be

in the state of louisiana. and so i think the best thing for us right now is to focus on these mitigation measures, making sure that they are effective. and to the degree that we are successful, we will hasten the day when we can reopen all sectors of our economy and get things going. look. we had the fourth fastest growing economy in the country when this hit us. i want that to happen too. but my first priority is for the health and safety of the people of louisiana. and we're going to rely upon science, we're going to rely upon the c.d.c., we're going to rely upon the advice that we're being given by the medical community as to what we need to do. and until we tackle the medical challenges in front of us, it is very difficult for me to see the economy coming back. under any circumstances. reporter: seems less and less likely that school will resume this year. if it does not, will those students be -- all of the students, testing has been waived, will they be pass aid long to the next level? governor edwards:

people of louisiana. and while i have the cameras rolling, i'm going to ask you, i'm going to urge you, i am going to implore you one more time, do your part. stay home, slow the spread, save lives, and offer a prayer for those whose lives have been taken. and their families, and those who are afflicted by this disease now that they will be granted recovery. and for everybody in the state, that we will find the ability to do our part. god bless and thank you. >> we are actually going to go a reporterur desk to who is working in louisiana right now to see if we can find out a little bit about what is going on on the ground. on on the ground. adelson, who jeff is a reporter in new orleans. good morning. guest: good morning. thanks for having me. host: what is going on on the ground in new orleans right now? guest: as the governor said in the clip that you played, we are factg a pretty heavy the -- heavy effects from coronavirus here. rateve the highest death by far on a per capita basis. are pretty intense

we have navy personnel coming to louisiana and they will be working with us. believethe first time i i have signed a letter as a dual status commander of the national guard and these navy sailors when they arrive in new orleans. i am proud that general lee hopkins of the louisiana national guard will serve as our dual status commander. ventilators continue to be the most pressing need in the short term. when it comes to our medical care capacity. unfortunately, i don't have much .rogress to report inmy call with the president the video teleconference, he acknowledged our need for ventilators and made a they will send ventilators to louisiana. i don't have a precise number to give you, but i believe he was referring to an allocation we can expect to receive from the strategic national stockpile. we have been sharing information with the white house and with fema about the timeline we are exceed capacity as it relates to ventilators. so hopefully we will get those very soon. i will talk more about ventilators in just a moment as it relates to capacity. we are ob

all across the state of louisiana. whether they're doctors and nurses, respiratory therapists, you name it. a lot of really, really good work by selfless people has taken place across the state of louisiana. and certainly particularly down in the new orleans region. last night, i requested a major disaster declaration for the state of louisiana from the federal government. so i directed that request to president trump. in order that we might receive additional support for state and local agencies as we continue to combat the spread of the virus and deal with all of those individuals who actually have the disease, covid-19. as we anticipated and as we stated and, quite sadly, the number of cases in louisiana continues to rise. more drastically than we would like. as of today, we have 1388 cases and 46 deaths. that is 216 more cases than we reported at noon yesterday. and 12 more deaths since our report yesterday. i want to remind you that we are updating the numbers once a day now at noon. because it just became too muc

this is not a problem unique to louisiana. in fact, one of the things that is so challenging about this particular disaster, and this is unlike any that people in louisiana are accustomed to, and it makes a big difference, is typically when we have something happen here, and we are working with our sister states and the federal governments, because we had a hurricane or we had a flood command you can always look to other parts of the country where they have the resources that you need, and they don't need them, so they send them your way, and you have a federal government that has stockpiles of resources and people and so forth, and they send them your way. well, we have the entire country that is on the same footing as we are, and so we are not going to be getting the assistance from our sister states as we normally would, and the federal government is doing the very best job that they can to resource our requests for assistance, but they are having to do that across the entire country, and so -- and i don't want to speak for

louisiana is not a wealthy state. you head up one of the flagship -- the flagship university health system in the state. you're former secretary of louisiana health department. what should we understand around the country if louisiana does have a rapidly increasing epidemic that's already of considerable size, how much capacity is there in the state to continue to care for people? >> right now our hospitals are about 50% capacity and we estimate we have about 380 additional icu beds. systems are trying to build capacity, and certainly bed capacity and the availability of ventilators is a problem, but we're also really worried about staff. we only have a certain number of pulmonologists, critical care nurses and so on in the state of louisiana, and we don't have enough of those to meet the need that we're going to have when this surges, which will be in approximately two weeks or when the governor said in early april when we're going to run out of bed capacity. so that's why the major declaration of disaster is so impo

next, louisiana governor john bel edwards in baton rouge. then california governor gavin newsom briefs reporters. later, we hear from arkansas governor asa hutchinson. louisiana governor john bel edwards updated reporters from the office of homeland security and emergency preparedness in baton rouge. he was joined by secretary walter of the department of children and family services with an update on the expansion of qualifications for the state's food programs. this is 40 minutes. >> good afternoon and thank all of you for coming. thank you for joining us at home or wherever you might be tuning in on the radio or television or at the yeutter. i will be followed in just a few minute by the secretary of the department of children and family services. she has updates around nutrition , particularly snap benefits. obviously, we are still answering specific questions related to health care testing, that sort of thing. i want to start out by thinking the medical professionals of all types working all across louisiana heroically every single day.

host: what is different about new orleans and louisiana? quickly? spreading so guest: that is a very good question. i don't think anybody has a solid answer to that. there have been a lot of theories about some underlying conditions within our population that make people eventually more susceptible to having extreme illness when they get the virus. thatinly there is the fact any federal were warnings, we had mardi gras. that is something some experts think might have helped the virus spread more widely. what has been the response from local officials in new orleans and the governor for people who have been told to stay at home, possibly losing their job, and the people who may be possibly exposed to ?oronavirus guest: that is a good question. a lot of the help so far has been through nonprofits and community groups. a lot of restaurants are on ading meals for people nonprofit basis. meals fore providing students that are no longer attending schools. uncertaintyot of about what the effects of this are going to be because so much of the economy is bas

in louisiana. the burdens of the law may vary but a law that has no benefits and doesn't serve any valid state interest is much more likely to impose an undue burden. >> if the state passed and admitting privileges law therefore and supposed estate had 10 clinics and two doctors for each clinic but all 20 doctors could easily get the admitting privileges so that they would be no effect on the clinics, no effect on the doctors who perform abortions and therefore no effect on the women who obtain abortions, would a law be constitutional in that state? >> that law may still be unconstitutional if it's restricting access because of the 30 mile limit but that's very different from the situation here where the district court à >> i'm sorry to interrupt, if it didn't put aside the 30 mile Ãbassume all the doctors currently perform abortions can obtain admitting privileges, could you say that the law still imposes an undue burden even if there were no effect? >> that law would have no benefit. it may pos

we're about to take you inside what may become the last abortion clinic in louisiana. struggling to survive at the center of the supreme court case that could affect access to abortion across the country. here's abc's gloria riviera. >> my body! my decision! >> reporter: rallying cries of a cultural divide. >> every single life is precious! >> reporter: a woman's access to an abortion, now before a conservative-leaning supreme court for the first time since president trump took office. >> what matters is that we are loud! and weheard!coicnps of the supreme court. >> we have a lot of work to do. a lot of work to do in fighting for unborn children. >> reporter: kathleen pitman has just stood before the highest court no the land. she's here to fight in a case that could set the precedent for the entire nation, a ruling many feel could weaken roe versus wade. >> i cannot tell you how moving it is to see all of you here. all of these faces rallying behind us, behind a small, independent clinic in northwest louisiana. [cheers and applause] >> reporter: here, 1200 miles away

facilities are licensed by the louisiana department of health. as our amatory surgery centers and both who are all medical staff to have admitting privileges. the requirement under asc says and it is interpreted under the ranks as the same way. >> do you agree the benefits inquiry under the law is going to be the same in every case,, regardless of which state we talking about? i mean, i understand the idea the impact might be different, but as far as the benefits of the law, that's going to be the same in each state, isn't it? >> no. i don't think the benefit -- i mean, i think estate and show greater benefits to thinning of what the regulatory structure is and what the facts on the ground in in the state. we absolutely could show that it serves a greater benefit. in a situation we have demonstrated the doctors don't to credentialing, that the lsbme testimony from executive director from dr. mouton in the record, at ja 1373, she testified specifically that the lsbme does the credentialing for procedures. that's what the hospital would do and that

soledad: move-in day at nicholls state university in thibodaux, louisiana. sophomore rodney woods is excited to get back to his studies. rodney: when i walked into the art department, it just, like -- i instantly fell in love. i seen cameras. i seen art. i was like, yes, this is where i was supposed to be. everywhere i go, i have my camera . everybody knows me as, you know, the dude that walk around with the camera all day. soledad: the hard part -- paying for college. the annual cost of tuition, fees, and housing at nicholls state is about $18,500. -- about $21,000. rodney's entire family income is just $10,000. has there been a big financial burden for you to go to school here? rodney: yes, there have been. soledad: rodney estimates he'll owe between $25,000 and $50,000 in loans by the time he graduates. rodney: we had money, but we didn't have, like, college expense money. so it's like -- we have money like we're basically living check from check. ethan: we do have peltier hall right here. this is kind of my home, as i like to call it. soledad: ethan henr

we are keeping our eyes on louisiana. we are thinking of all of you as you are starting to go through this with these really concerning numbers. gary, thanks again. >> thank you. >>> after lagging behind the rest of the world when it comes to testing for coronavirus, can a just-approved, rapid-results test help get the u.s. back on track? >>> and nearly one-third of the global population is now living under some kind of government restriction. we'll have a look at the new challenges that are being faced all around the world. you want c. but on a papadia, cheese is what's holding the whole operation together. get one now for just six bucks. better ingredients. better pizza. better than a sandwich. papa john's. stand up to moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis. and take. it. on with rinvoq. rinvoq a once-daily pill can dramatically improve symptoms... rinvoq helps tame pain, stiffness, swelling. and for some... rinvoq can even significantly reduce ra fatigue. that's rinvoq relief. with ra, your overactive immune system at

let's talk about louisiana right now. the number of reported cases in your state jumped by, what, 400 today alone. does this move up your timeline for how soon hospitals in louisiana might be overwhelmed? >> well, it really keeps us on the current trajectory, the one we've been using to model our estimates. right now we believe that by about april 7th, region 1, in new orleans, we would exceed our capacity to deliver health care in the hospitals. that's even as we're surging in our hospital footprint, we're bringing online the tier 2 hospitals, long term acute care facilities, rehab hospitals and so forth. even after doing all that, if we stay on the current trajectory, by april the 7th or so we would lack capacity. and we would lack capacity with regard to ventilators a few days ahead of that. the count today went up by 407 cases. sadly, 19 more deaths. we're at 65 deaths in louisiana. we're in a very difficult place. number three, per capita in the cases in the country. the reason that's important, wolf, is any medical

a louisiana clinic brought the case to the u.s. supreme court, saying that lower court was wrongec, the 2016ion controls, you need to correct that lowerat court. is why the court is taking another look at the issue, as wells the specific louisiana case. >> i'm very excited to talk to about what happened in court, but i want to set a larger stage. mary, help us with the broader view. what is at stake overall on the ground? what is the potentl impact? >> i think if the court does uphold louisiana's law, it is likely that many, if not all clinics in the state will have to close. we will have to wait and see how that would go down. it would be likely we would see many more states sh to copy louisiana's law if it does uphold it. it would also depend on how the court upholds it. i think we will see the court send a message going to stat gislatures going forward on restrictionshat kind ofabortion abortion restrictions states will have the best odds of seeing succeed. also on the line is whether abortion providers and clinics can actually

tourism is a big business in louisiana. you have to look out for the people that have the jobs in the restaurants and hotels and not wanting to make a call you might have regretted. could we have done it earlier, maybe so. i take as much responsibility as any elected official. the thing now, we know what we have got. we have to shelter in place. we have to do what the governor asks and make sure that we get control of this thing that has gotten out of control here. >> and you were told -- it is not like you were defying anyone with mardi gras. nobody asked you to cancel it. >> no. absolutely not. it hit right about that time. actually right after that. i think the governor has taken the right steps asking people to stay at home, not touch, keep your distance when you do go out to buy groceries and hopefully in the next week or so we will get ahold of this. >> he says the coronavirus has been present in his state since december of last year and when history looks back you will see that is the case. do you think that is true

louisiana having a very large population. who -- the challenge is for the average, you know, mex of the public to understand what this -- why this matters to them. why they should care about people who are in prison, potentially being exposed to this virus. can you lay that out to people why this should matter other than just being a human being that cares about other human beings. >> absolutely. i think folks know by now that louisiana has the highest incarceration rate mr. the world. that is our prison population. we also have the highest pretrial incarceration rate of any country in the worrell. those people who are languishing behind bars in local jail facilities, these individuals' pretrial have yet to be charged and they're awaiting trial behind bars. we at the aclu of louisiana offed a landmark report called justice can't wait, and essentially what it shows is that there are over 15,000 people who are awaiting trial behind bars -- deem these people innocent until they've been proven guilty. they have not been given a t

experts say louisiana would become one of the next end centers of the pandemic. it currently has more than 3,300 confirmed cases and 137 known deaths. more than 1,200 cases are in and around new orleans. and the timing of the outbreak could not have been worse. mardi gras made it easy for the virus to spread. joining us now is jeff adelson, a staff writer for the "times picayune" in new orleans. jeff, tell us what louisiana is doing right now to try to flatten the curve, as they say. flatten the curve of new infecti infections. >> well, right now, louisiana as with most other states has instituted a lot of restrictions on all sorts of gatherings. large gatherings over just a couple people are prohibited. the number of -- bars have been shut down. restaurants have been ordered to takeout only. and across the state, they're trying to enforce these measures. we actually had an incident yesterday where about 100 people gathered for a second line parade which is a common thing usually around here on weekends. the police had to go and shut that down on the orders of th

really that goes to all of the hospitals assistance across the state of louisiana. it's important to note that this will be a fully functioning hospital for all patient who need care. whether they are diagnosed with covid-19 or have other medical needs. obviously this is different from the convention center, which is is going to be a medical monitoring station for covid patients only. you won't be able to go to convention center in new orleans on your own to seek care and treatment. we will not allow visitors there to see the patients who will be there. everybody who goes to the convention center will be transfer to a facility by a hospital. we will be moving to expand capacity in several regions of the state, similar to what we're doing at the convention center. we have little more time and the rest of the state and modeling is brought up to date as new data comes online. we will be looking at that. it will be the similar strategy in mind where we take the non-fragile parents out of hospitals, place them in these medical monitoring units around the state, freeing u

experts say louisiana could become one of the next epicenters of the pandemic. it currently has more than 3,300 confirmed cases and 137 known deaths. more than 1,200 cases are in and around new orleans. and the timing of the outbreak could not have been worse. mardi gras made it easy for the virus to spread. jeff, staff writer for the "times". >> right now louisiana, as with most other states, has instituted restrictions on all sorts of gatherings. bars have been shut down. restaurants are take-out only. across the state they are trying to enforce measures. about 100 people gathered for a second parade, a common thing usually around here on weekends. but the police had to go and shut that down. they are trying to take a progressive attitude toward stopping a lot of these gatherings, these events. and really enforce social distancing all across the state, particularly here in new orleans. >> yeah. i was just going to ask you how is that going? i think trying to get people to stop having parties like getting people in key west to go inside during a hurricane. one

red state, louisiana, people out. they were out for i think there was a parade and people were out in bourbon street, what have you, in the french quarter. listen. this should not be a partisan thing. i want people in red states and blue states to listen. this is not a partisan thing. we're all in this together. and even the pastor of the church, this is not -- we've got to stop this. we've got to believe in science and get a handle on this thing. what is your message to folks? >> well, i mean, that's precisely it. i'm encouraging people in louisiana and elsewhere around the country, by the way, to do what you can. be -- be responsible. be a good neighbor. you know, i'll -- i'll quote luke chapter 10. he was the samaritan who was the neighbor to the robber's victim left him dead on the corrode between jericho and jerusalem. and you can do that by keeping a good distance and making sure you are not infecting them unnecessarily. >> the lord helps those who help themselves. thank you, governor, appreciate you joining us.

a louisiana clinic brought the case to the u.s. supreme court saying that lower court was wrong, the 2016 deio controls, you need to correct that lower court, and that's why the court is taking another look at the issue as well as the specific louisiana >> reporter: i'm very excited to talk to you about what happened in court today, buto first i wantt a larger stage. mary, help us with the broader view here. what is at stake overall here on the ground? what's the potential impact of this case? >> well, i think, if the court does uphold louisiana's law, it's likely that many, if not all, clinics in the state will have to close. we will have to wait and see actly how that would go down. it would be likely that we would see many more states rush to copy louisiana's law, if the court, in fact, does upold it, and then, of course, much would depend on how the court upholds it. i thik we're going to see t court send a message to state legislators going forward about how receptive it is to working restrictions and also what kinds of workin

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antivirus hot spot emerging in louisiana. hospitals warning that they will run out of ventilators this week and we will talk to the lieutenant governor about that. he joins us, next. >> we have to work very hard to try to get in front of this virus because we are playing catch up. there's no doubt about that. it moves fast and it can be deadly, as we know. at newday usa. newday's va streamline refi is the quickest and easiest refi they've ever offered. you can lower your payments by this time next month without having to verify your income, without getting your home appraised, and there's no money out of pocket. call newday right now. yes, please. thank you. you're welcome. ♪ [indistinct conversation] can i help you? yes! we're stuck. the career skills that really matter- like teamwork, responsibility, and serving others... hey... can i help you? are the ones you learn here. welcome to mcdonald's. can i help you? saturpain happens.d's. aleve it. aleve is proven stronger and longer on pain than tylenol. when pain happens, al

louisiana has a very large incarcerated population. who -- the challenge is, for the average members of the public to understand what this -- why this matters to them. why they should care about people who are in prison, potentially being exposed to this virus. can you lay that out for people, why this should matter, other than just being a human being that cares about other human beings. >> absolutely. i think folks know by now that louisiana has the highest encarceration rate in the world that's per capita, that's our prison population, we also have the highest pretrial incarceration rate in the world, and i want the public to understand, those people who are languishing behind bars in local jail facilities, these individuals pretrial have yet to be charged and they are awaiting their trial behind bars, and we at the aclu authored a landmark report called justice can't wait, an indictment of louisiana's pretrial justice system, essentially what it shows is that there are over 15,000 people who are awaiting trial behind bars in louisi

sally smith is in louisiana. if she wants to get to pennsylvania or new york where abolition laws are taking effect, that is a really long way to go. she has to run through a lot of slavery to find a potential life in freedom. if sally smith stayed close to the plantation like she did in this case, she could come back to borrow food, she could come back and try to get things from neighbors, but if she left, if she ran through alabama and mississippi and tried to find her way north, she lost that potential support system. one of the reasons truancy happened, and we will talk more about this in the weeks to come, one of the reasons truancy happened is because running away from a plantation, escaping slavery, was incredibly difficult. also, another way to think about how truancy happened is that enslaved people understood that running away from a plantation often meant leaving behind family and friends. as much as enslaved people hated their bondage, they were not always ready to abandon the place they might have se

red state, louisiana, they were out. i think there was a parade, people out on bourbon street and people going to church. this is not a partisan thing. we are all in this together. even the pastor of the church. we have to believe in science and get a handle on this thing. what is your message to folks? >> that's precisely it. i am encouraging people in louisiana and elsewhere to do what you can. be responsible. be a good neighbor. i will quote luke chapter 10. the samaritan who left a victim dead on the road on the way to jericho. now it's time for all of us to be good neighbors and you can do that by making sure you are not infecting people unnecessarily. >> the lord helps those. thank you, governor. >>> the president says the kucu can't be worse than the problem itself. we are going to discuss what we can do about health and the economy, next. # in the right jobs, so employees like dave can achieve what they're working for. (mom vo) we got a subaru to give him some ato reconnect and be together. and once we did that,

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>> louisiana. >> louisiana, good. >> reporter: it was not perfect, but it all worked well enough that more than a half century later, another president and other americans are echoing the message of those difficult times. >> everybody should learn from world war ii, we can get through it, we can win. >> reporter: to be sure, president trump is not president roosevelt, and many of his critics are hesitant to see him get any more power, but medical

this time, he ships it to a state museum in tioga, louisiana. five years pass. then, larry receives an alarming phone call. the museum's unstable -- literally. how unstable? >> it was about to cave in. then it became kind of a panic situation for us. >> for a third time, larry scrambles to relocate his strange inheritance. he decides just to bring it home, where the boats will be absolutely safe -- he thinks. then, early one morning... >> my stepdaughter came into the room and said, "hey, the house is on fire." >> the whole house, within five minutes, was in flames. >> in the 40 minutes it takes the fire department to reach their rural location, the atteridge house burns to the ground. >> we lost everything. >> so, you escaped with your family, but the ships? >> they were still in the museum. >> thankfully, there'd been a delay in delivering custom-built cabinets to the house, and the models stayed put. wow. someone was protecting them. >> it was just by the grace of god, i think. >> unfortunately, most of his father's sale records for ships that he had sold wer

senator john kennedy of louisiana joins us during the massive surging cases in louisiana. alarming spike in deaths there we will talk to him about that tonight. the senator will be with us shortly. also a crucial look at the numbers coming out of china. what can you believe coming out of china and what deserves the skepticism that is gathering around it. nigel faraj will be here on that tonight. we begin with lieutenant general todd semite. u.s. army corps of engineers chief. thank you so much for being here. you are doing incredible job across the con true building these facilities. tell us what's going on in new york and how many buildings besides the javits center you anticipate you might need there? >> martha, thank you for having us on tonight and the department of defense all of our thoughts and prayers go out to all of these people affected by this terrible virus. a lot of heroes being made last couple weeks. i was in new york city the last couple nights streets empty. still saw the cops and nurses and medical people. people stepping up to help be able to try to mit

there were 510 new cases yesterday in louisiana as i understand it. as you said, there's now 2,300 cases at least. i know that you've been monitoring, you say you've been monitoring the situation over several months. so when you say that you fear that this is just sort of the tip of the iceberg, what are your models telling you or what have you seen in terms of where you are on the surge? >> so let's be frank. obviously nobody really knows where this is going to go. but i think that being that we have been monitoring this for quite a few months now, we are prepared. as part of that, we were able to implement ppe protocols very early on for our employees. we have -- our care teams are working judiciously in order to make sure we don't run out of ppe. our supply chain works tirelessly to make sure they're purchasing. we're utilizing -- we have an innovation lab that really is helping us in order to manage our patients in a very safe manner. we're utilizing telehealth. as an example, if i were to see you in one of my emergency departments and i deem that

tonight, louisiana founding a new alarm. the state's health care system could be overwhelmed by early april. >>> state versus state, residents from new york and louisiana put on notice. rhode island expanding its crackdown on drivers with out-of-state license plates. police going door to door. in florida checkpoints on highways. other governors now ordering many out-of-state visitors to self-quarantine, and tonight growing concerns among the nation's governors forced to > spalon lifsut each other and cases soaring in california. more than 5,000 now. tonight, one-on-one with governor gavin newsom. how he's enlisted the help of billionaires to bring in badly needed supplies, especially n95 masks into his state. his warning, california is just days away from where new york is right now. >>> overseas, tragedy on the runway. the medical transport plane crashing during takeoff in the philippines. eight people killed including an american. >>> and the tornado outbreak. at least 17 reported in the south and midwest. a confirmed ef-3

the terrible mystery in louisiana. the state is posting a record number, record growths here in coronavirus cases. as a louisiana pastor has been preaching to 1,000 people at his mega church in person has no intention of social distancing. >> we'll address that by laying hands on them and praying for them and we're leaving god to heal their body. >> the mayor of new orleans is "out front." res. i use it to buy makeup... travel... ...clothes, electronics. to me, rakuten is a great way to get cash back on anything you buy. sign up today and rack it up with rakuten. non-drowsy claritin cool mint chewables. feel the clarity of new the only allergy product with relief of your worst symptoms, including itchy throat. plus an immediate blast of cooling sensation. feel the clarity and live claritin clear. and mine super soft? with the sleep number 360 smart bed, you can both adjust your comfort with your sleep number setting. but can it help keep me asleep? absolutely, it intelligently senses your movements and automatically ad

we just got staggering news out of louisiana. in just one day, anderson, 1200 new cases and 54 new deaths. as we just heard from the governor of new york, he says we have been behind this viruses since day one, and we're still playing catch-up. in pittsburgh, lines at a food bank, in atlanta city workers on the front line now getting hazard pay. in new york today the first patients arrive at that field hospital in central park. here at the epicenter, the rate of new cases still climbing, but now slowing. >> what we're starting to see right now is just the inklings, and i don't want to put too much stock on it, because you don't want to get overconfident. >> >> reporter: more than 10,000 cases hospitalized across new york state. among them mia's 30-year-old sister. >> she's heavily sedated. they paralyzed her. >> she's a health care worker who thinking she had coronavirus, couldn't get a tithe. >> i can only speculate that i possibly infected her. >> reporter: today the white house task force is discussing whether we should all no

here. >> any louisiana ends? way in the back, close to the bar. well done. my roommate in college was jack daniels so i'm with you . we had to deal with dixie. and the south and if you think about the war, you can understand the intentions with dixie and the battle hymn of the republic. your thoughts on dixie. >> like john said i grew up in the deep south in louisiana and i grew up literally in the middle of cotton fields. my first memory is beingin house that used to be a barn in the middle of a cotton field . i grew up driving with cotton pickers and working in cotton fields and moving irrigation systems and an early time dixie was a part of our culture and part of what i heard growing up and still to this day when i hear the song dixie it still stirs something in my soul even though in my head i realize that it's a song that was written for a different purpose than what i believed it to be written for. >> again, as you said last night you don't have to push hard to find irony in americanlife . p dixie was writ

court judges a herring a major case that could make the law on abortion meaningless the herring and louisiana is the 1st since president donald trump appointed to conservative judges and the gallacher reports from new orleans by the law by up force and does not sound problems outside one of louisiana's few remaining abortion clinics a protester urges women to make a different choice the state's laws are among the most restrictive public fundings only available in cases of rape or incest women must receive counseling discouraging them from the procedure and mine is need parental consent the case now before the supremes court could make abortions in louisiana harder forcing clinics to get admitting privileges to a hospital within 50 kilometers of their practice a move critics say would force most to close it's very concerning in that that the supreme court took this case up at all caruso who studies women's health and says louisiana was trying to undermine a rule. known as roe v wade made abortion legal in 1973 rather than overturn roe v wade which at one time seemed so insurmountable kill it b