and so after the civil war, more than half of the state of louisiana with black but white louisiana and were afraid of a shift in power. and so they put in a lot of met a lot of mechanism to try to insure the primacy of, of the white race. and in 1898. the state of louisiana had a constitutional convention. they brought the whole group of white legislators together and they found a number of different ways that they could explicitly put in place ways to injure black, louisiana, and to give power to white louisiana. and one way they did that was the jim crow jerry, where historically you would need 12 jersey, a unanimous jury to convict someone they wanted to fight on the voices of black dirt and convict more black people. so they made a rule that, that is 10 people said you were guilty and to think you were innocent. you were still going to go to prison. they, since i describe this as racism, being built into the jewelry system in louisiana and in oregon was i over stating that case. no, no, absolutely not. for far too long. our city and our state, i have been ground 0 for the unfairnes

coastal louisiana sits at the epicenter of climate change. sea level rise coexist as threats that are major concerns for both the core and the state. consequentially my major missions are navigation, coastal and environmental restoration, coastal storm risk management and flood risk management. flooding of any kind whether rainfall or river flooding or what has been occurring on a more frequent basis the occurrence of all three of the same kind is a major concern for the state and for my district. when they are residents of south louisiana during a storm in the same impact of their neighbors for them, working with our neighbors to promise a future in coastal louisiana is not just a professional responsibility but a personal commitment. almost a third of my 1100 personal workforce evacuated and almost all of us lost power and almost half lost a form of damage to their homes with 37 of us experiencing so much damage that their homes are now unlivable. while we couldn't be more proud of the performance in the greater areas the risk reduction sys

louisiana coast is a working coast. do through the significance of its waterways and their benefits to the national economy, including five of the nation's busiest ports, the mississippi river, the busiest waterway in the nation and our economic artery as well as the gulf intracoastal waterway, which is the nation's third busiest waterway, all of which continue to be impacted by golf storms -- gulf storms. the majority of the population lives near the coast. coastal louisiana is near the epicenter of climate change. sea level rise is a major concern for the corps and the state. consequently, my major missions are navigation, coastal and environmental restoration, coastal storm risk management and flood risk management. flooding of any kind, from rainfall, storm surge or river, what has been occurring on a more frequent basis, the occurrence of all three of the same time is a major concern for the state and for my district. the men and women of my district are residents of south louisiana. during a storm, they and are th

i show on the screen a picture of the louisiana -- flooding in louisiana and in new jersey. my first question, can you underscore why hurricane ida consomme people off guard? >> congresswoman i will start with the fact that it intensified so rapidly. it went from just a tropical wave into a category for hurricane in a short amount of time. this is what we are starting to see more often. it is giving state officials less time to be able to put plans in place, where they normally had several days to put those plans in place. that timeframe is continuing to get shorter and shorter as these storms intensify more quickly. >> it feels like that window of opportunity is shrinking so quickly. in new york, though the area was bracing for the storm, the city was unable to predict the severity of flooding that would hit. emma does have a warning system that works with our local warnings. as the storms came through, emergency alerts blared through cell phones and warned residents of dangerous flash floods, that they should head for higher ground, one of those alerts said quote this is a

we are making record investments in louisiana. i have been able to secure about $5.6 billion in addressing many of the resiliency projects and coastal restoration in our home state, because these are critical investments. we currently have to be working on implementing this clean energy future, but it has got to be the united states working in lockstep with other countries, not this disparity we are seeing today with the united states is reducing and china is increasing four times more than we are reducing. that is moving net in the wrong direction. a further challenge, our children and grandchildren and our great grandchildren's future. host: 500 billion proposed by the president for climate change proposals over 10 years, $50 billion investment every year, and to try to reduce the natural disaster emergency bills that we see every year to the tune of a b billion dollars this year. --$80 billion this year. guest: based on science, does not make any sense. here is why. if you are going to say that by reducing emissions over the ne

from louisiana coast to new jersey and my home state of new york. this deadly hurricane resulted in over 100 deaths including 13 in new york city. it in new york and new jersey more than 1000 miles from where the storm surge made landfall catastrophicic flooding trapped people and flooded casement apartmentsas and stranded vehicles. louisiana hurricane ida to down the electorate grid knocking out eight transmission lineson that deliver power and downing more than 30,000 utility poles and nearly twice as many as hurricane katrina. more than 1 million people were left without power and are still without power more than a month later. the unprecedented destruction unleashed by hurricane ida is part of ane growing trend that e federal government cannot ignore. there record-breaking hurricanes in the south to rising sea levels that threaten to 40% of america's population the destructive impact of climate change is rapidly escalating and the cost of ignoring this problem is growing. during the first half of 2021 the united states experienced eight climate

i was in louisiana, new orleans, after katrina. our committee went down there to inspect firsthand the damage that was done. and it was shocking to see the amount of loss of life and of property, so the 14 1/2 billion dollars investment is one that we all supported and it worked. as you all have said. we're proud of what we were able to do to mitigate the hurricane ida. we also recognize that these storms are becoming more frequent and more severe, and that we have a responsibility to deal the realities of climate change, both in mitigating the future pollutants that are eating our greenhouses or emitting greenhouse gases, as well as adapt to the realities, and your responsibilities on adapting to the realities, i want to just touch on briefly. many years ago we made a decision in maryland to invest in nourishment, the northeast is becoming more and more severe. and we invested millions of dollars, and the result has been billions of dollars of savings, and savings alike. so these types of investments really pay off dramatically. b

brandon would have had the right to me trial, but not in louisiana. ready it's important to have a unanimous jury verdict because it is important to make sure that there are not reasonable doubts as to someone scout. so in one or 2 jurors say that they have a doubt about guilt. how you can continue to plug someone in prison is, is beyond me. brandon has been fighting to get out of prison for years. in 2020, there was hope when the supreme court ruled that these convictions were unconstitutional. but the court later said the ruling would not be retroactive, meaning brandon wouldn't get a new trial and you'll get it across the julian. boy, you speak or really, you know why we know why? because do you eat a victim more african american males than indeed any other race fault lines partnered with the lens. a nonprofit newsroom in new orleans to investigate the path forward for people locked up on non unanimous convictions. have you thought through what the day would be like the day that you leave prison? don't. would they that i look forward to saying they

at southeastern louisiana university. his first book was the battle of petersburg june 15 through 1864 and a second book is grant left hook about this bermuda campaign. coming soon is a biography of p.g.t. beauregard called dreams of victory one of the first biographies to be published in the emerging civil war series. currently in new orleans tour guide who resides in the french quarter. please give a warm welcome to sean. [applause] >> hi, how are you? can you hear me? is this good right here? thank you all. i will be speaking about general p.g.t. beauregard and i will mention first there is no powerpoint. the powerpoint is great but i wanted to give you something a little unique. this is a painting hanging in the confederate museum in charleston and i was able to take a high-quality photograph and there's one thing i'd like to mention of about the painting. you may of 1890s and it has some interesting data on it. his uniform looks very nice from here but if you see it up posted as stains and holes in it as well. that's

the louisiana coast is a working coast. as the state calls it, due to the significance of its activities and waterways and their benefits to the national economy. these include five of the nation's top busiest ports, the mississippi river is the busiest waterway in the nation and our economic waterway as well as the intercoastal waterway which is the nation's third busiest waterway. all of which have been and continue to be impacted by gulf storms. the majority of the state's population also lives in the southern half of the state near the coast. coastal louisiana sits at the epicenter of climate change. sea level rise and subsidence coexcesses as threats that are major threats for the corps and the state. consequently, my major missions are navigation, coastal and environmental restoration, coastal storm risk management, and flood risk management, flooding of any kind, whether from rainfall, storm surge, or river flooding or in what has been occurring on a more frequent basis, the occurrence of all three at the same time,

we watched impacts and aftermath of hurricane ida both in louisiana but also the northeast. tragically estimated 82 people lost their lives and billions of dollars in damages. those of us from states and communities recently experiencing terrible natural disasters from a fellow americans impacted by the hurricane. both ranking member of this committee and also, security appropriations subcommittee, my staff and i we must response to the disaster and efforts other agencies providing support such as core, how important that it the most recent cap is more than 710 personnel deployed and received 24 mission assignments totally to $23.4 million in response to hurricane ida. the fourth issue 2.5 million infantile hopeful emergency fund under public law 84 -- 99 if the funding went toward protections and repair of vertical infrastructure as well as provisions equipment and facilities to fight floods and painting essential services. i want to reiterate my gratitude to the men and women of the core performing these critical functions. i am eager to hear from you the course efforts an

louisiana is occupied by the u.s. army and new orleans is crowded with black free people who left the sugar and cotton plantations north of the city. about 350,000 african-americans in louisiana are emancipated. many thousand moved to new orleans, and constant the carpenter now competes with black craftsmen to make a living, and he does badly. lecorn, this is my great, great grandfather, and i will call him by his surname now, lecorn felt himself a victim. he saw the new world as anathema, and he descended into resentment. the government, the occupation government, was pro-negro and the coloreds actually held office, which seemed to him to be a genuine perversion. reconstruction, as we call it, was the name of the first attempt to remake the united states as a racially mixed democracy. to some, not least to 4 million exslaves, it meant power sharing with whites, perhaps wealth sharing, and somewhere in the distance, shared humanity. these fantastical ideas called radical reconstruction by their millions of white oppon

louisiana is occupied by the u.s. army and new orleans is crowded with black freedom people who have left the sugar and cotton plantations north of the city. 350,000 african-americans in louisiana are emancipated. many thousands moved to new orleans and constant, the carpenter, now competes with black craftsman to make a living and does badly. lacorn, my great-great-grandfather felt himself the victim. he saw the new world is anathema and descended into resentment. the occupation government was pro-negro in the coloreds held office seemed to to be a genuine aversion. reconstruction as we call it was the name of the first attempt to remake the united states as a racially mixed democracy. to some, not least to 4 million back slaves it meant power sharing with whites, perhaps wealth sharing and somewhere in the distance, shared humanity. these fantastical ideas work on radical reconstructions by millions of white opponents met with massive obstruction and violent defiance. that is one of constant's houses. the ku klux kl

louisiana is debating you constitution in the 1840s and unlike the secretive 1787 constitution, even historians know roughly little what went on inside the pennsylvania state house that's not independent tall. we know bits and pieces from note delegates were taking but louisiana actually printed and published all proceedings are back constitutional conventiontu of 1845. it literally word for word everything is in there. i just want toor -- i put some f us on screen, it's interesting statements, maybe you could talk about these one horse about where to put the capitol and issues regarding that. >> you are right. the contrast between the federal constitution, we have james madison's notes which was only published decades later. not necessarily the case on state level. they do this for it's a free and open circus sort of -- circus is a strong word. it's an event people pay close attention to, their words of what's going on and there's almost a back and forth while conventions are going on about people back home are thinking so it's not something that happened in 1777 very much but louis

easter sunday, 1873, colfax, louisiana, during a political battle for control of grant perish, white democrats seemed ready to take up arms in response a black militia moved in to block the courthouse. grant said what happened next was a butchery of citizens, whites torched building, opened fire, shot 60 fleeing blacks and captured more and executed them. it warned of a second civil war. >> horrible things in the south. >> a whole series of massacres where in some cases straight out fights because you have african-americans who served in union army. and had weapons. that is the case of colfax massacre. in other cases. you had people killed who didn't have weapons to protect themselves with. brett: grant in sent in the military. >> people say enough is enough, we can't keep federal troops in the south enforcing things that whites don't want to enforce. brett: u.s. prosecutors obtained 72 indictment in colfax case but won 3 convictions none for murder. just conspiracy, and supreme court overturned those convictions. more and more, people did not care. the. >> the white population in th

in a louisiana the plan used other names. the nights of the white was one in the white league it, another in the innocence, a third grade in mississippi there was the whites line in north carolina, redshirts. the ku klux clan is as wide as the south and alongside it there were all of those parallel militias during eight years of named. and now, in early disguise of the widespread grades, the ranks of volunteer fire companies. volunteer firemen, joining great numbers and veterans joining volunteer fire companies became overstaffed and armed and were like a kind of up event for the white supremacist movement in constant in the coin fire company, that was called home hook and ladder, which was made up of the former companies of the 14th regiment of louisiana infantry. because it took extreme step and joy joining this armed resistance and became a guerrilla fighter who wanted to return this out to white rule and he became a foot soldier in that campaign. in the first major explosion in new orleans according in july and circumstan

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you've got so many women crossing the border over to louisiana from texas. some of the women that are seeking abortion services here in louisiana, their appointments are getting pushed back weeks and weeks because there's just not enough room, there's not enough time to get all of the appointments done that they actually want to get done. you mentioned that 50% number. i spoke to the director earlier today, she said the number has gone up, 60 to 65% of cases that they're performing here at this clinic are women in texas. if you take a look at the cars around me, it's all texas plates. literally, i speak to women throughout the day, i've been speaking to women throughout the day, many of them are coming from texas. they're making the trek four to five hours in the car, driving by themselves, 12 to 13 hours on the bus, if they don't have a car to get here, having to come, have their initial appointment, stay overnight for 24 hours, because that's the law here in louisiana, and then having to have a followup appointment for the actual procedure. a really harrow

maybe even women in louisiana. how worried are they that they are going to see a similar law in their state like in texas? >> everybody is absolutely worried. not just providers but louisiana patients. it is a known fact that what manages to pass in one state. we are hearing from women, providers and legislatures. >> serving as a blueprint for states that want to do like texas. >>> still ahead, disappointing jobs record and fading poll numbers. what this means for joe biden's ambitious agenda. thanks to sofi. ♪ i don't just play someone brainy on tv - i'm an actual neuroscientist. and i love the science behind neuriva plus. unlike ordinary memory supplements, neuriva plus fuels six key indicators of brain performance. more brain performance? yes, please! neuriva. think bigger. it's moving day. and while her friends are doing the heavy lifting, jess is busy moving her xfinity internet and tv services. it only takes about a minute. wait, a minute? but what have you been doing for the last two hours? ...delegating?

was born december 16, 1932, in jonesboro, louisiana. he has preached the gospel of jesus christ since he was 7 years old and led god's people for over six decades. pastor harris is a veteran who served our country in the united states army during the korean war. he and his wife eva of 63 years have six wonderful children, four of whom followed their father's footsteps to preach the good word to spread the gospel. he and eva are being honored for their 46 years of service at their church, zion hill missionary baptist church number two. he is a man of god, family, and country. it is my privilege to stand here on the floor of the united states senate and recognize the faithful service of pastor a.r. harris sr. god bless him, his family, and god bless the united states of america. and with that, i yield the floor. a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from alabama. mr. tuberville: thank you, mr. president. you know, it's no secret that i oppose president biden's tax proposal. i think it's bad policy that would undercu

when i was a boy, i live for a lot of years in louisiana. and a new orleans. the home of my mother's family and mothers people have lived in new orleans for about 200 years. i lived in charleston for a different part of my childhood. in new orleans and other family has been school teachers, 150 years into the 1970s. when my family arrived in new orleans, as a child has about ten. moved in with my grandmother and her bungalow raised i've been to flat of new orleans. it was near the university, if you know the city. and living with my grandmother also was my grandmother sisters mod look home. it was worth and mod, and many families whether they're white or black or miss raced, there is a family historian. and was that person among my mothers. she had glasses and dresses. it was a length long sleeve. come here boy, let me tell you about our people. our people came from brittany on the west coast of france. the first was called evil calm, he was a sailor in napoleon's navy. as you will earn school he was involved in war. it was one end of the earth to the other. a

louisiana is debating a new constitution in the 1840s and unlike the very secret of 1787 constitutional convention where we know little about what went on inside of the pennsylvania state house in independence hall we know bits and pieces from notes that some of the delegates for our making that louisiana actually and published all of the proceedings of the constitutional convention in 1845. literally word for word every things in their and i put some of these on the screen and maybe you could talk about these two. one was about where to put the capitol and some of the issues regarding that. >> you are quite right. the contrast between james madison's notes which we only published decades later and had they've been changed at all not necessarily the case. lots of states do this where it's free and open and it's an event that people play close attention to their contact reports on what's going on in them and there's almost a back-and-forth while the conventions are going on about what people back home are thinking so it's something that happened in philadelphia in 1787 and you are right

of louisiana. after they shook that, by 1904 that number was reduced precisely, 342. think about that, that is how devastatingly effective the rollback to reconstruction looked. one more thing. the narrative, the narrative. birth of a nation, the most racist film ever made, is not about the civil war. it is about reconstruction and it focuses on south carolina majority black legislature. they become the metaphor of the trope for incompetence, ignorance, lust. one woman in the film, in silent film, they passed the miscegenation law making it illegal for black men to marry white women. that is where the invention of the trope of gus the rapist. ever wonder why other scholars have pointed this out, stories about black men raping white women, all the confederates are white, black slaves back on the plantation, they are not stories about rape. the whole thing about rape was invented as part of the narrative that black women wanted to rape white women. that is post-civil war conceit and it is part of the