1 00:00:00,100 --> 00:00:02,002 Support for Louisiana, 2 00:00:02,002 --> 00:00:02,469 the state we're in 3 00:00:02,469 --> 00:00:04,904 is provided by. 4 00:00:05,071 --> 00:00:05,405 Every day 5 00:00:05,405 --> 00:00:07,474 I go to work for Entergy. 6 00:00:07,474 --> 00:00:07,741 I know 7 00:00:07,741 --> 00:00:09,242 customers are counting on me. 8 00:00:09,242 --> 00:00:10,443 So Entergy is investing 9 00:00:10,443 --> 00:00:11,711 millions of dollars 10 00:00:11,711 --> 00:00:12,846 to keep the lights on 11 00:00:12,846 --> 00:00:14,881 and installing new technology 12 00:00:14,881 --> 00:00:15,348 to prevent outages 13 00:00:15,348 --> 00:00:16,783 before they happen. 14 00:00:16,783 --> 00:00:17,917 Together. Together. 15 00:00:17,917 --> 00:00:19,419 Together we power 16 00:00:19,419 --> 00:00:27,694 life. 17 00:00:30,630 --> 00:00:31,564 Additional support 18 00:00:31,564 --> 00:00:32,799 provided by the Fred Bea 19 00:00:32,799 --> 00:00:33,433 and Ruth B Ziegler Foundation 20 00:00:33,433 --> 00:00:35,101 and the Ziegler 21 00:00:35,101 --> 00:00:36,302 Art Museum located 22 00:00:36,302 --> 00:00:37,904 in Jennings City Hall. 23 00:00:37,904 --> 00:00:39,706 The museum focuses on emerging 24 00:00:39,706 --> 00:00:41,007 Louisiana artists 25 00:00:41,007 --> 00:00:41,474 and is an historical 26 00:00:41,474 --> 00:00:42,909 and cultural center 27 00:00:42,909 --> 00:00:45,812 for Southwest Louisiana 28 00:00:45,812 --> 00:00:46,813 and the Foundation 29 00:00:46,813 --> 00:00:48,148 for Excellence in Louisiana 30 00:00:48,148 --> 00:00:49,516 Public Broadcasting. 31 00:00:49,516 --> 00:00:50,884 With support from viewers 32 00:00:50,884 --> 00:01:03,997 like you. 33 00:01:03,997 --> 00:01:06,366 And it's 34 00:01:06,366 --> 00:01:06,800 both a good time 35 00:01:06,800 --> 00:01:07,967 and a bad time for 36 00:01:07,967 --> 00:01:09,302 for offshore wind. 37 00:01:09,302 --> 00:01:09,636 New activity 38 00:01:09,636 --> 00:01:11,071 in the Gulf of Mexico 39 00:01:11,071 --> 00:01:11,571 and what that means 40 00:01:11,571 --> 00:01:12,972 for Louisiana. 41 00:01:12,972 --> 00:01:16,042 19,000 kids were once registered 42 00:01:16,342 --> 00:01:18,478 and now they're missing. 43 00:01:18,478 --> 00:01:19,813 Louisiana's truancy rate 44 00:01:19,813 --> 00:01:21,581 topped the national average. 45 00:01:21,581 --> 00:01:21,881 In order 46 00:01:21,881 --> 00:01:23,383 to be productive citizens, 47 00:01:23,383 --> 00:01:24,751 we also need to be healthy. 48 00:01:24,751 --> 00:01:27,387 And so the state will need 49 00:01:27,387 --> 00:01:27,854 to spend some time 50 00:01:27,854 --> 00:01:28,922 focusing on that 51 00:01:28,922 --> 00:01:30,123 going forward. 52 00:01:30,423 --> 00:01:32,659 The State of Louisiana's Health. 53 00:01:32,659 --> 00:01:34,094 I want his story 54 00:01:34,094 --> 00:01:36,229 to be seen and heard. 55 00:01:36,563 --> 00:01:36,930 A long lost 56 00:01:36,930 --> 00:01:38,965 legend resurfacing nearly 57 00:01:38,965 --> 00:01:42,102 40 years later. 58 00:01:42,602 --> 00:01:44,070 New information on the Madison 59 00:01:44,070 --> 00:01:45,271 Brooks tragedy that occurred 60 00:01:45,271 --> 00:01:46,806 on January 15th. 61 00:01:46,806 --> 00:01:47,941 The 17 year old charged 62 00:01:47,941 --> 00:01:49,375 with first and third degree rape 63 00:01:49,375 --> 00:01:50,877 will be tried as an adult, 64 00:01:50,877 --> 00:01:52,512 along with three other suspects, 65 00:01:52,512 --> 00:01:53,980 two who are 18 years old 66 00:01:53,980 --> 00:01:55,281 and one who was 28. 67 00:01:55,281 --> 00:01:55,615 Of course, 68 00:01:55,615 --> 00:01:57,383 alcohol has been at the center 69 00:01:57,383 --> 00:01:57,917 of the horrible events 70 00:01:57,917 --> 00:01:59,285 that ultimately took 71 00:01:59,285 --> 00:01:59,786 the life of the LSU 72 00:01:59,786 --> 00:02:01,488 coed that evening. 73 00:02:01,488 --> 00:02:02,889 Her blood alcohol level 74 00:02:02,889 --> 00:02:03,389 was nearly four times 75 00:02:03,389 --> 00:02:04,924 the legal limit. 76 00:02:05,091 --> 00:02:06,359 And now to other news making 77 00:02:06,359 --> 00:02:07,694 headlines across the state. 78 00:02:08,661 --> 00:02:10,196 LSU Tigers leading wide 79 00:02:10,196 --> 00:02:11,931 receiver is no longer facing 80 00:02:11,931 --> 00:02:13,333 misdemeanor charges for carrying 81 00:02:13,333 --> 00:02:14,801 an illegal weapon. 82 00:02:14,801 --> 00:02:15,835 19 year old Malik 83 00:02:15,835 --> 00:02:16,402 Neighbors was approached 84 00:02:16,402 --> 00:02:17,604 by police officers 85 00:02:17,604 --> 00:02:18,805 Monday in New Orleans 86 00:02:18,805 --> 00:02:20,240 during a mardi Gras parade 87 00:02:20,240 --> 00:02:21,708 when they spotted an L-shaped 88 00:02:21,708 --> 00:02:23,510 object in his pocket. 89 00:02:23,510 --> 00:02:24,043 Neighbors was arrested 90 00:02:24,043 --> 00:02:25,478 when he told officers 91 00:02:25,478 --> 00:02:27,180 he did not have a permit. 92 00:02:27,180 --> 00:02:27,747 The charges were dropped 93 00:02:27,747 --> 00:02:28,982 Wednesday afternoon 94 00:02:28,982 --> 00:02:30,283 on the condition that his gun 95 00:02:30,283 --> 00:02:32,619 not be returned to him 96 00:02:32,652 --> 00:02:33,586 as carnival season 97 00:02:33,586 --> 00:02:35,054 ended in tragedy for some, 98 00:02:35,054 --> 00:02:36,356 leaving one teenager dead 99 00:02:36,356 --> 00:02:38,424 and a four year old injured. 100 00:02:38,424 --> 00:02:39,092 Police responded 101 00:02:39,092 --> 00:02:40,360 to gunfire on a popular 102 00:02:40,360 --> 00:02:40,960 parade route late Monday, 103 00:02:40,960 --> 00:02:42,095 eventually 104 00:02:42,095 --> 00:02:42,529 taking a 21 year 105 00:02:42,529 --> 00:02:44,531 old into custody. 106 00:02:44,531 --> 00:02:45,565 The police superintendent 107 00:02:45,565 --> 00:02:46,866 says two guns were recovered 108 00:02:46,866 --> 00:02:48,001 from the scene. 109 00:02:48,067 --> 00:02:49,302 The man in custody was charged 110 00:02:49,302 --> 00:02:50,970 for illegally carrying a weapon. 111 00:02:50,970 --> 00:02:52,605 And now second degree murder. 112 00:02:52,605 --> 00:02:52,906 Homicide 113 00:02:52,906 --> 00:02:54,107 investigators are looking 114 00:02:54,107 --> 00:02:54,607 for any information 115 00:02:54,607 --> 00:02:56,709 and trying to identify a motive. 116 00:02:57,177 --> 00:02:57,777 They're also investigating 117 00:02:57,777 --> 00:02:58,444 whether 118 00:02:58,444 --> 00:02:59,979 another shooter was involved. 119 00:03:01,080 --> 00:03:01,814 Governor John Bel 120 00:03:01,814 --> 00:03:02,415 Edwards budget was presented 121 00:03:02,415 --> 00:03:04,050 to lawmakers this week. 122 00:03:04,350 --> 00:03:04,918 His proposal emphasizes 123 00:03:04,918 --> 00:03:06,586 teacher pay raises, 124 00:03:06,586 --> 00:03:07,854 transportation projects 125 00:03:07,854 --> 00:03:09,756 and funding for education. 126 00:03:09,756 --> 00:03:10,790 About 45.7 127 00:03:10,790 --> 00:03:12,258 billion will go toward this 128 00:03:12,258 --> 00:03:13,459 year's spending plan, 129 00:03:13,459 --> 00:03:14,961 which is a little less than last 130 00:03:14,961 --> 00:03:17,497 year's 46.1 billion. 131 00:03:17,497 --> 00:03:18,665 The governor also wants to set 132 00:03:18,665 --> 00:03:20,200 aside money for FEMA payments 133 00:03:20,200 --> 00:03:21,668 for hurricane damage, 134 00:03:21,668 --> 00:03:22,135 updating Louisiana's 135 00:03:22,135 --> 00:03:23,736 voting systems 136 00:03:23,736 --> 00:03:24,070 and repair 137 00:03:24,070 --> 00:03:26,105 funding for state buildings. 138 00:03:26,105 --> 00:03:27,073 This will be the governor's 139 00:03:27,073 --> 00:03:28,675 last budget proposal. 140 00:03:28,675 --> 00:03:29,943 She will not be able to run 141 00:03:29,943 --> 00:03:31,277 for governor again 142 00:03:31,277 --> 00:03:33,513 as he's reached the term limit. 143 00:03:33,513 --> 00:03:34,047 Lawmakers will convene 144 00:03:34,047 --> 00:03:35,181 April 10th 145 00:03:35,181 --> 00:03:36,649 when session begins to vote 146 00:03:36,649 --> 00:03:50,496 on the spending plan. 147 00:03:54,467 --> 00:03:56,936 And there is action 148 00:03:56,936 --> 00:03:57,637 happening in the Gulf of Mexico 149 00:03:57,637 --> 00:03:59,339 on offshore 150 00:03:59,372 --> 00:03:59,606 rigs, 151 00:03:59,606 --> 00:04:02,709 with drilling on federal waters 152 00:04:02,709 --> 00:04:04,244 opening the waters for more oil 153 00:04:04,244 --> 00:04:05,612 and gas drilling. 154 00:04:05,612 --> 00:04:06,546 But then Wednesday, 155 00:04:06,546 --> 00:04:08,348 news of the first offshore 156 00:04:08,348 --> 00:04:10,617 wind auction took place. 157 00:04:10,650 --> 00:04:11,351 There was going to be a delay on 158 00:04:11,351 --> 00:04:12,452 that we had heard. 159 00:04:12,452 --> 00:04:14,821 So to explain, all this change 160 00:04:15,154 --> 00:04:18,024 is now professor emeritus 161 00:04:18,024 --> 00:04:19,325 of the LSU Center for Energy 162 00:04:19,325 --> 00:04:19,726 Studies, David 163 00:04:19,726 --> 00:04:21,394 Dismukes. Welcome. 164 00:04:21,394 --> 00:04:22,629 Thanks for being here. 165 00:04:22,629 --> 00:04:23,296 First, what do you make of oil 166 00:04:23,296 --> 00:04:25,999 and gas drilling? 167 00:04:26,332 --> 00:04:27,533 Well, it's positive news. 168 00:04:27,533 --> 00:04:27,867 As you know, 169 00:04:27,867 --> 00:04:29,502 There's been a stall throughout 170 00:04:29,502 --> 00:04:30,703 most of this administration 171 00:04:30,703 --> 00:04:32,372 on all new activity. 172 00:04:32,372 --> 00:04:33,273 So for us, it helps 173 00:04:33,273 --> 00:04:34,474 put people back to work. 174 00:04:34,474 --> 00:04:36,075 It creates new jobs, 175 00:04:36,075 --> 00:04:37,877 but it also continues 176 00:04:37,877 --> 00:04:39,379 a revenue source of generation. 177 00:04:39,379 --> 00:04:40,046 You know, a lot of the dollars 178 00:04:40,046 --> 00:04:41,447 that we get through go Mesa 179 00:04:41,447 --> 00:04:42,649 and other funding sources 180 00:04:42,649 --> 00:04:43,916 from the federal government 181 00:04:43,916 --> 00:04:44,784 go into environmental 182 00:04:44,784 --> 00:04:45,485 and coastal restoration projects 183 00:04:45,485 --> 00:04:47,220 so that those are important 184 00:04:47,220 --> 00:04:49,022 things that have been at a loss 185 00:04:49,022 --> 00:04:50,223 for us during that delay. 186 00:04:50,223 --> 00:04:50,690 And it looks like 187 00:04:50,690 --> 00:04:51,858 those are picking up 188 00:04:51,858 --> 00:04:53,493 and the light may be turn on 189 00:04:53,493 --> 00:04:56,262 when with the reality of the war 190 00:04:56,262 --> 00:04:58,164 in Ukraine and that, 191 00:04:58,164 --> 00:04:59,098 you know, the U.S. 192 00:04:59,098 --> 00:05:00,667 is not producing this. 193 00:05:01,801 --> 00:05:02,769 The other people 194 00:05:02,769 --> 00:05:03,236 who are not the ones 195 00:05:03,236 --> 00:05:05,238 you want to be producing it. 196 00:05:05,238 --> 00:05:06,673 Right. Right. 197 00:05:06,773 --> 00:05:07,173 You know, it's 198 00:05:07,173 --> 00:05:07,774 hard to know what the entire 199 00:05:07,774 --> 00:05:09,609 motivation is on that. 200 00:05:09,609 --> 00:05:09,942 You'd hope 201 00:05:09,942 --> 00:05:10,977 that would be part of it. 202 00:05:10,977 --> 00:05:11,411 I think part of 203 00:05:11,411 --> 00:05:12,278 it had to do with 204 00:05:12,278 --> 00:05:12,845 some of the quid pro quo 205 00:05:12,845 --> 00:05:14,213 that were traded off 206 00:05:14,213 --> 00:05:14,681 during the Inflation 207 00:05:14,681 --> 00:05:16,582 Reduction Act passage. Yes. 208 00:05:16,749 --> 00:05:17,817 And and probably 209 00:05:17,817 --> 00:05:19,118 some of this this litigation 210 00:05:19,118 --> 00:05:20,920 probably doesn't help matters, 211 00:05:20,920 --> 00:05:21,621 at least for the administration 212 00:05:21,621 --> 00:05:22,855 from that perspective. 213 00:05:22,855 --> 00:05:24,324 So I'm sure some light 214 00:05:24,324 --> 00:05:25,525 bulb went off. 215 00:05:25,525 --> 00:05:26,192 It may have been a combination 216 00:05:26,192 --> 00:05:26,893 of them. 217 00:05:26,893 --> 00:05:28,161 But, you know, for us it's 218 00:05:28,161 --> 00:05:29,862 a good outcome and a compromise, 219 00:05:29,862 --> 00:05:30,730 it seems, anyway. 220 00:05:30,730 --> 00:05:31,197 And it's very good 221 00:05:31,197 --> 00:05:32,598 for Louisiana. 222 00:05:32,598 --> 00:05:33,032 It is. 223 00:05:33,032 --> 00:05:35,001 And you know, the US it is. 224 00:05:35,001 --> 00:05:35,335 I think it's 225 00:05:35,335 --> 00:05:36,836 and as you mentioned before, 226 00:05:36,836 --> 00:05:37,170 it's very 227 00:05:37,170 --> 00:05:39,372 good timing, not only because 228 00:05:40,707 --> 00:05:41,874 of the war that's going on 229 00:05:41,874 --> 00:05:42,475 in Eastern Europe right now, 230 00:05:42,475 --> 00:05:44,277 but a lot of major 231 00:05:44,277 --> 00:05:44,711 energy companies 232 00:05:44,711 --> 00:05:46,813 as they've set out their capital 233 00:05:46,813 --> 00:05:47,246 budgeting plans 234 00:05:47,246 --> 00:05:48,147 for the next year, 235 00:05:48,147 --> 00:05:49,382 the next two years. 236 00:05:49,382 --> 00:05:49,916 I think Exxon has done 237 00:05:49,916 --> 00:05:51,184 this show, 238 00:05:51,184 --> 00:05:52,585 maybe BP as well. 239 00:05:52,585 --> 00:05:54,454 They've all talked about 240 00:05:54,454 --> 00:05:55,088 increasing 241 00:05:55,088 --> 00:05:55,722 investment in opportunities 242 00:05:55,722 --> 00:05:57,390 in the Gulf of Mexico 243 00:05:57,523 --> 00:05:57,857 as an area 244 00:05:57,857 --> 00:05:59,759 where they want to earmark that 245 00:05:59,759 --> 00:06:00,326 in kind of backing away 246 00:06:00,326 --> 00:06:02,161 after getting burned on 247 00:06:02,161 --> 00:06:02,762 some of these write downs 248 00:06:02,762 --> 00:06:03,629 that they've had 249 00:06:03,629 --> 00:06:04,097 in Eastern Europe 250 00:06:04,097 --> 00:06:05,865 and in Russia in particular, 251 00:06:06,232 --> 00:06:07,233 bringing those kind of back 252 00:06:07,233 --> 00:06:08,468 home to more stable environment. 253 00:06:08,468 --> 00:06:10,303 So it's a good timing for us. 254 00:06:10,303 --> 00:06:11,404 Hopefully it'll carry through. 255 00:06:11,404 --> 00:06:11,938 There won't be delays, 256 00:06:11,938 --> 00:06:13,439 there won't be lawsuits. 257 00:06:14,307 --> 00:06:16,175 The environmental review process 258 00:06:16,175 --> 00:06:18,344 won't be unnecessarily long. 259 00:06:18,344 --> 00:06:19,045 Yeah, So we'll just have to see 260 00:06:19,045 --> 00:06:20,380 how it all plays out 261 00:06:20,480 --> 00:06:20,847 with the fast 262 00:06:20,847 --> 00:06:22,949 track of this new oil 263 00:06:22,949 --> 00:06:24,183 and gas drilling. 264 00:06:24,183 --> 00:06:25,251 There was said 265 00:06:25,251 --> 00:06:25,618 to be a delay 266 00:06:25,618 --> 00:06:26,986 in the wind energy, 267 00:06:26,986 --> 00:06:27,553 but that's not happened 268 00:06:27,553 --> 00:06:28,621 this week 269 00:06:28,621 --> 00:06:29,722 because the auction 270 00:06:29,722 --> 00:06:30,289 or they've already begun 271 00:06:30,289 --> 00:06:31,691 that process now. 272 00:06:31,691 --> 00:06:32,325 Yeah, it was a big surprise 273 00:06:32,325 --> 00:06:33,826 seeing that this morning 274 00:06:34,060 --> 00:06:35,461 or today. 275 00:06:35,661 --> 00:06:37,530 We'll see where that goes. 276 00:06:37,530 --> 00:06:38,231 There. 277 00:06:38,231 --> 00:06:39,265 Three blocks, I believe, 278 00:06:39,265 --> 00:06:40,566 that are going to be up 279 00:06:40,600 --> 00:06:42,468 one offshore from Lake Charles 280 00:06:42,468 --> 00:06:44,003 and then two off of Galveston, 281 00:06:44,003 --> 00:06:44,370 same places 282 00:06:44,370 --> 00:06:46,005 that we had not seen before. 283 00:06:46,038 --> 00:06:46,873 Right. Right. 284 00:06:47,306 --> 00:06:48,908 So it's a unique opportunity. 285 00:06:48,908 --> 00:06:50,443 First of the Gulf 286 00:06:50,443 --> 00:06:50,977 is kind of a mixed bag 287 00:06:50,977 --> 00:06:52,278 right now. 288 00:06:52,278 --> 00:06:53,479 It's both a good time and a bad 289 00:06:53,479 --> 00:06:54,947 time for for offshore wind. 290 00:06:54,947 --> 00:06:55,581 It's there have been a lot of 291 00:06:55,581 --> 00:06:57,417 challenges in the industry right 292 00:06:57,417 --> 00:06:59,485 now, particularly with projects 293 00:06:59,485 --> 00:07:01,053 along the Eastern seaboard 294 00:07:01,053 --> 00:07:01,687 and just big capital projects 295 00:07:01,687 --> 00:07:03,055 in general. 296 00:07:03,055 --> 00:07:03,556 As you can imagine, 297 00:07:03,556 --> 00:07:04,490 when you've got, 298 00:07:04,490 --> 00:07:05,658 you know, really high interest 299 00:07:05,658 --> 00:07:05,892 rates 300 00:07:05,892 --> 00:07:07,393 and higher cost of financing 301 00:07:07,393 --> 00:07:08,027 and the uncertainty of that 302 00:07:08,027 --> 00:07:09,529 with not knowing 303 00:07:09,529 --> 00:07:10,129 where the Federal Reserve 304 00:07:10,129 --> 00:07:10,830 is going to go. 305 00:07:10,830 --> 00:07:11,464 I mean, you watched the stock 306 00:07:11,464 --> 00:07:13,166 market the last few days, and 307 00:07:13,699 --> 00:07:14,500 I think we're going to continue 308 00:07:14,500 --> 00:07:16,235 to see that kind of volatility. 309 00:07:16,235 --> 00:07:18,404 It creates a big macroeconomic 310 00:07:18,404 --> 00:07:18,971 overhang on big projects 311 00:07:18,971 --> 00:07:20,273 like this. 312 00:07:20,273 --> 00:07:22,742 But, you know, it's it's it's 313 00:07:22,975 --> 00:07:23,409 very encouraging 314 00:07:23,409 --> 00:07:25,144 to see that moving. 315 00:07:25,144 --> 00:07:25,745 The public 316 00:07:25,745 --> 00:07:26,913 sale notice has gone out. 317 00:07:26,913 --> 00:07:27,413 I think they're going 318 00:07:27,413 --> 00:07:28,848 to be offering comments on that. 319 00:07:28,848 --> 00:07:29,482 I think the administration, 320 00:07:29,482 --> 00:07:30,683 from what it appears, 321 00:07:30,683 --> 00:07:31,384 is going to be looking at tying 322 00:07:31,384 --> 00:07:33,152 some provisions, 323 00:07:33,152 --> 00:07:33,786 particular with local content 324 00:07:33,786 --> 00:07:35,388 and other things into the sale. 325 00:07:35,788 --> 00:07:36,656 So we'll just have to see how 326 00:07:36,656 --> 00:07:38,191 that plays the building time 327 00:07:38,191 --> 00:07:40,359 of getting construction, 328 00:07:40,593 --> 00:07:41,594 the erection of these 329 00:07:41,594 --> 00:07:42,094 very tall turbines, 330 00:07:42,094 --> 00:07:44,430 which I didn't realize 331 00:07:44,430 --> 00:07:46,966 some of them were 750 feet tall. 332 00:07:46,966 --> 00:07:49,101 So these are huge structures 333 00:07:49,101 --> 00:07:50,102 in the Gulf, but 334 00:07:51,204 --> 00:07:52,472 before that would be even 335 00:07:52,472 --> 00:07:54,874 operating to help with energy. 336 00:07:54,874 --> 00:07:55,508 Is that years, years, years 337 00:07:55,508 --> 00:07:56,409 away? 338 00:07:56,409 --> 00:07:57,109 Yeah, it's going to probably be 339 00:07:57,109 --> 00:07:58,444 some years away. 340 00:07:58,778 --> 00:08:00,046 A lot of developers 341 00:08:00,046 --> 00:08:00,680 are prioritizing the projects 342 00:08:00,680 --> 00:08:02,915 that are on the Eastern 343 00:08:02,915 --> 00:08:04,250 seaboard. 344 00:08:04,617 --> 00:08:05,351 It'll be interesting 345 00:08:05,351 --> 00:08:06,619 to see what this interest is. 346 00:08:06,619 --> 00:08:07,954 It's a bit of a mixed bag. 347 00:08:07,954 --> 00:08:10,122 New York just had an open 348 00:08:10,356 --> 00:08:11,791 solicitation 349 00:08:11,791 --> 00:08:12,758 the last several months 350 00:08:12,758 --> 00:08:13,292 and it had pretty good 351 00:08:13,292 --> 00:08:14,527 response rate 352 00:08:14,527 --> 00:08:14,961 despite the fact 353 00:08:14,961 --> 00:08:15,828 that we've got these 354 00:08:15,828 --> 00:08:16,963 challenges. 355 00:08:17,230 --> 00:08:17,830 It'll be interesting 356 00:08:17,830 --> 00:08:19,232 to see how this one comes out, 357 00:08:19,232 --> 00:08:21,767 how what with the 358 00:08:21,767 --> 00:08:22,835 royalty payments are going to be 359 00:08:22,835 --> 00:08:24,170 on the leases themselves. 360 00:08:24,170 --> 00:08:25,471 A lot of those Atlantic 361 00:08:25,471 --> 00:08:26,672 seaboard leases went for 362 00:08:26,672 --> 00:08:28,140 considerable amounts of money. 363 00:08:28,140 --> 00:08:29,175 So it's a big investment. 364 00:08:29,175 --> 00:08:29,575 You don't want 365 00:08:29,575 --> 00:08:30,343 to leave sitting around and 366 00:08:31,677 --> 00:08:32,678 operating on. 367 00:08:32,678 --> 00:08:34,280 But these are unique structures 368 00:08:34,280 --> 00:08:34,714 as you've noted, 369 00:08:34,714 --> 00:08:37,083 high technology, 370 00:08:37,116 --> 00:08:38,351 a handful of people 371 00:08:38,351 --> 00:08:39,752 that make these things 372 00:08:39,752 --> 00:08:42,154 and they lend themselves 373 00:08:42,154 --> 00:08:43,723 even more than, say, normal 374 00:08:43,723 --> 00:08:44,323 manufacturing activities, 375 00:08:44,323 --> 00:08:46,125 the supply chain challenges. 376 00:08:46,559 --> 00:08:47,159 And we're already starting 377 00:08:47,159 --> 00:08:47,660 to see that 378 00:08:47,660 --> 00:08:48,294 with some of the developments 379 00:08:48,294 --> 00:08:49,562 right now. 380 00:08:49,562 --> 00:08:50,463 So again, 381 00:08:50,463 --> 00:08:51,030 it's kind of a mixed bag 382 00:08:51,030 --> 00:08:51,831 right now. 383 00:08:51,831 --> 00:08:52,365 We'll just have to see 384 00:08:52,365 --> 00:08:53,499 how it all plays out. 385 00:08:53,499 --> 00:08:53,933 All right. 386 00:08:53,933 --> 00:08:55,234 We at least there's 387 00:08:55,234 --> 00:08:57,470 been some harmony on both sides 388 00:08:57,470 --> 00:08:59,238 and maybe a compromise. 389 00:08:59,238 --> 00:09:01,574 So both will move forward. 390 00:09:01,574 --> 00:09:02,208 But it's a good thing 391 00:09:02,208 --> 00:09:02,675 that the oil and gas 392 00:09:02,675 --> 00:09:04,243 is two for us. 393 00:09:04,243 --> 00:09:05,111 Yeah, it's good for us. 394 00:09:05,111 --> 00:09:06,679 It's good for 395 00:09:06,679 --> 00:09:07,113 for labor force 396 00:09:07,113 --> 00:09:08,447 development in Louisiana 397 00:09:08,447 --> 00:09:09,048 and really continuing that 398 00:09:09,048 --> 00:09:09,916 moving on 399 00:09:09,916 --> 00:09:10,583 in this next era with offshore 400 00:09:10,583 --> 00:09:11,384 wind. 401 00:09:11,384 --> 00:09:12,318 David, good to talk to you. 402 00:09:12,318 --> 00:09:12,818 Thank you. 403 00:09:12,818 --> 00:09:13,586 Thank you for having me. 404 00:09:13,586 --> 00:09:28,000 Okay. 405 00:09:29,302 --> 00:09:29,936 A new study 406 00:09:29,936 --> 00:09:31,137 by the Associated Press 407 00:09:31,137 --> 00:09:32,338 and Stanford University 408 00:09:32,338 --> 00:09:32,905 found that about 19,000 409 00:09:32,905 --> 00:09:35,274 Louisiana 410 00:09:35,274 --> 00:09:36,609 students are unaccounted for 411 00:09:36,609 --> 00:09:37,944 on the education map. 412 00:09:37,944 --> 00:09:38,844 These absences 413 00:09:38,844 --> 00:09:40,046 cannot be explained. 414 00:09:40,046 --> 00:09:41,280 Most of the missing kids account 415 00:09:41,280 --> 00:09:43,115 for about 2% of the total 416 00:09:43,115 --> 00:09:43,683 population of school age 417 00:09:43,683 --> 00:09:44,917 children 418 00:09:44,917 --> 00:09:46,052 in the state. 419 00:09:46,252 --> 00:09:47,053 Roxanne Welch 420 00:09:47,053 --> 00:09:47,486 with the Family 421 00:09:47,486 --> 00:09:49,188 and Youth Service Center 422 00:09:49,188 --> 00:09:50,856 has been sounding the alarm 423 00:09:50,856 --> 00:09:51,991 for months. 424 00:09:52,592 --> 00:09:52,959 So recently 425 00:09:52,959 --> 00:09:54,226 there was a study released 426 00:09:54,226 --> 00:09:54,760 by Stanford University 427 00:09:54,760 --> 00:09:56,495 and the Associated Press 428 00:09:56,495 --> 00:09:59,298 that said that 19,000 kids 429 00:09:59,565 --> 00:10:00,866 were missing in Louisiana 430 00:10:00,866 --> 00:10:02,201 off the educational map. 431 00:10:02,201 --> 00:10:02,802 So when you hear something 432 00:10:02,802 --> 00:10:03,436 like that, 433 00:10:03,436 --> 00:10:04,103 it sounds like a really loaded 434 00:10:04,103 --> 00:10:05,571 sentence. 435 00:10:05,605 --> 00:10:06,839 19,000 kids 436 00:10:06,839 --> 00:10:08,674 missing from Louisiana schools. 437 00:10:08,674 --> 00:10:09,308 But what does that actually 438 00:10:09,308 --> 00:10:10,676 mean? 439 00:10:10,676 --> 00:10:12,178 It's horrifying to me 440 00:10:12,178 --> 00:10:13,179 because, first of all, 441 00:10:13,179 --> 00:10:15,314 19,000 children 442 00:10:15,715 --> 00:10:18,084 have no options in life, period. 443 00:10:18,751 --> 00:10:19,352 They don't have an education 444 00:10:19,352 --> 00:10:20,953 and they also don't 445 00:10:20,953 --> 00:10:21,587 have somebody to watch to see 446 00:10:21,587 --> 00:10:23,422 if something's going on. 447 00:10:23,456 --> 00:10:24,890 So school serves 448 00:10:24,890 --> 00:10:26,492 a lot of purposes. 449 00:10:26,492 --> 00:10:26,959 And so they don't 450 00:10:26,959 --> 00:10:28,461 have that anymore. 451 00:10:28,461 --> 00:10:30,563 But that means 19,000 452 00:10:30,563 --> 00:10:32,565 kids were once registered 453 00:10:32,865 --> 00:10:34,800 and now they're missing. 454 00:10:34,800 --> 00:10:35,368 But what about the ones 455 00:10:35,368 --> 00:10:36,235 who were never 456 00:10:36,235 --> 00:10:37,536 registered to begin with? 457 00:10:37,536 --> 00:10:37,970 So you're saying 458 00:10:37,970 --> 00:10:38,838 you think the number 459 00:10:38,838 --> 00:10:40,239 is much larger? 460 00:10:40,239 --> 00:10:41,140 I'm certain 461 00:10:41,140 --> 00:10:42,808 that the number is much larger 462 00:10:42,808 --> 00:10:44,010 because we have people 463 00:10:44,010 --> 00:10:45,378 who will call us 464 00:10:45,378 --> 00:10:47,313 and tell us about children 465 00:10:47,313 --> 00:10:48,781 that are in their house, 466 00:10:48,781 --> 00:10:50,249 that they've never seen anybody 467 00:10:50,249 --> 00:10:52,718 anywhere around ongoing school. 468 00:10:53,052 --> 00:10:53,519 And so the neighbors 469 00:10:53,519 --> 00:10:55,187 are concerned. 470 00:10:55,187 --> 00:10:55,788 Grandmothers are concerned 471 00:10:55,788 --> 00:10:57,490 because they're grandchildren 472 00:10:57,623 --> 00:10:59,191 have not been in school. 473 00:10:59,191 --> 00:10:59,692 You've got the police 474 00:10:59,692 --> 00:11:01,293 that will pick up 475 00:11:01,293 --> 00:11:01,794 a child and the child 476 00:11:01,794 --> 00:11:04,030 and tell them, 477 00:11:04,030 --> 00:11:04,363 you know, 478 00:11:04,363 --> 00:11:06,399 I want to go to school. 479 00:11:06,399 --> 00:11:08,167 I'm not allowed to go to school 480 00:11:08,167 --> 00:11:08,567 because I live 481 00:11:08,567 --> 00:11:11,003 with my grandmother 482 00:11:11,370 --> 00:11:13,172 and she can't sign the papers. 483 00:11:13,172 --> 00:11:13,773 Things like that. 484 00:11:13,773 --> 00:11:16,075 Lots of different reasons. 485 00:11:16,075 --> 00:11:16,642 And those kids 486 00:11:16,642 --> 00:11:18,277 are not on the radar screen. 487 00:11:18,277 --> 00:11:19,578 Those kids are not listed 488 00:11:19,578 --> 00:11:20,813 as the 19,000 489 00:11:20,813 --> 00:11:21,380 because they were never 490 00:11:21,380 --> 00:11:23,015 registered to begin with. 491 00:11:23,015 --> 00:11:24,316 So for the kids, 492 00:11:24,316 --> 00:11:26,218 the 19,000 that are listed, 493 00:11:26,218 --> 00:11:26,852 I mean, in your experience, 494 00:11:26,852 --> 00:11:28,654 why aren't they 495 00:11:28,654 --> 00:11:29,188 coming to school? 496 00:11:29,188 --> 00:11:29,722 Because the study says 497 00:11:29,722 --> 00:11:31,657 that there's really no data 498 00:11:31,657 --> 00:11:33,092 showing why. 499 00:11:33,092 --> 00:11:34,827 I can tell from experience. 500 00:11:34,827 --> 00:11:35,928 I can tell you one. 501 00:11:35,928 --> 00:11:36,896 And really, 502 00:11:36,896 --> 00:11:38,264 it's common sense. Why? 503 00:11:38,264 --> 00:11:39,598 First of all, 504 00:11:39,598 --> 00:11:40,399 you had the problem 505 00:11:40,399 --> 00:11:41,867 that you have family issues. 506 00:11:41,867 --> 00:11:43,602 And family issues by themselves 507 00:11:43,602 --> 00:11:45,471 will cause all kinds of trouble. 508 00:11:45,471 --> 00:11:45,971 And I was an educator 509 00:11:45,971 --> 00:11:47,673 for a very long time. 510 00:11:48,140 --> 00:11:50,476 And I knew I knew 511 00:11:50,643 --> 00:11:51,110 when the children 512 00:11:51,110 --> 00:11:52,244 were very young, 513 00:11:52,244 --> 00:11:54,280 second and third grade, usually 514 00:11:54,280 --> 00:11:54,780 because it's second 515 00:11:54,780 --> 00:11:55,481 and third grade, 516 00:11:55,481 --> 00:11:56,682 that's when the kids 517 00:11:56,682 --> 00:11:58,517 require help from home. Right. 518 00:11:58,517 --> 00:11:59,018 And so if they're not 519 00:11:59,018 --> 00:12:00,853 getting the help from home, 520 00:12:01,020 --> 00:12:02,154 then you start seeing that 521 00:12:02,154 --> 00:12:03,789 the papers are not checked 522 00:12:03,789 --> 00:12:04,423 and the papers are not sent 523 00:12:04,423 --> 00:12:06,192 that sign 524 00:12:06,392 --> 00:12:06,759 and the child 525 00:12:06,759 --> 00:12:08,494 starts struggling with school 526 00:12:08,661 --> 00:12:09,729 and child starts 527 00:12:09,729 --> 00:12:11,464 not wanting to come to school 528 00:12:11,464 --> 00:12:13,099 and the mama is sleeping 529 00:12:13,099 --> 00:12:14,567 or the mom is working 530 00:12:14,567 --> 00:12:15,634 double shifts. 531 00:12:15,634 --> 00:12:16,302 Mom's doing that. 532 00:12:16,302 --> 00:12:18,471 She can child's school. 533 00:12:19,171 --> 00:12:19,805 So there's a lot of different 534 00:12:19,805 --> 00:12:20,906 reasons. 535 00:12:20,906 --> 00:12:22,508 It's not just, you know, 536 00:12:22,508 --> 00:12:23,843 a neglectful parent. 537 00:12:23,843 --> 00:12:25,211 There could be. 538 00:12:25,211 --> 00:12:26,312 All kinds of reasons. 539 00:12:26,312 --> 00:12:26,912 It could be a grandmother 540 00:12:26,912 --> 00:12:28,414 that's raising a child 541 00:12:28,414 --> 00:12:29,815 and she's ill 542 00:12:29,815 --> 00:12:30,382 and she's doing the best 543 00:12:30,382 --> 00:12:31,183 she can. 544 00:12:31,183 --> 00:12:31,650 You really have to 545 00:12:31,650 --> 00:12:32,885 look at these things 546 00:12:32,885 --> 00:12:34,253 one at a time. 547 00:12:34,253 --> 00:12:35,588 You every single 548 00:12:35,588 --> 00:12:37,223 case that we've ever seen 549 00:12:38,324 --> 00:12:39,759 is different 550 00:12:39,759 --> 00:12:40,059 because 551 00:12:40,059 --> 00:12:41,494 the circumstances are different. 552 00:12:41,494 --> 00:12:42,661 The children are different, 553 00:12:42,661 --> 00:12:43,262 the parents are different, 554 00:12:43,262 --> 00:12:44,630 The families different. 555 00:12:44,630 --> 00:12:46,132 The system is different 556 00:12:46,132 --> 00:12:48,067 for that particular child. 557 00:12:48,067 --> 00:12:49,068 And so you really have 558 00:12:49,068 --> 00:12:50,336 to pay attention to these type 559 00:12:50,336 --> 00:12:51,570 of things. Why? 560 00:12:51,570 --> 00:12:52,905 Because kids. 561 00:12:52,905 --> 00:12:55,441 Kids, it's their nature 562 00:12:55,641 --> 00:12:57,042 to want to learn. 563 00:12:57,042 --> 00:13:00,079 It's all of our nature. 564 00:13:00,079 --> 00:13:00,646 And so there's got to be 565 00:13:00,646 --> 00:13:01,881 a reason. 566 00:13:01,881 --> 00:13:02,815 Now, sometimes it's 567 00:13:02,815 --> 00:13:04,884 because you're so far behind 568 00:13:04,884 --> 00:13:07,052 that you really just honestly 569 00:13:07,520 --> 00:13:09,588 don't want to be there anymore 570 00:13:10,523 --> 00:13:12,291 because it's embarrassing 571 00:13:12,291 --> 00:13:13,592 and you're all of a sudden 572 00:13:13,592 --> 00:13:15,327 in a foreign land 573 00:13:15,327 --> 00:13:15,861 with foreign language, 574 00:13:15,861 --> 00:13:17,596 with people 575 00:13:17,596 --> 00:13:18,831 you don't know, 576 00:13:18,831 --> 00:13:20,132 with people who are critical 577 00:13:20,132 --> 00:13:22,201 because you don't know. 578 00:13:22,201 --> 00:13:25,037 And right now we've got cold 579 00:13:25,137 --> 00:13:25,571 feet that change 580 00:13:25,571 --> 00:13:27,673 the entire landscape. 581 00:13:28,440 --> 00:13:29,642 So we've got kids 582 00:13:29,642 --> 00:13:31,811 who have missed three years, 583 00:13:31,944 --> 00:13:34,213 three years of school, plus 584 00:13:34,213 --> 00:13:36,382 half of the year of the dead 585 00:13:36,782 --> 00:13:38,717 because the kids 586 00:13:38,717 --> 00:13:40,853 got hit around March. 587 00:13:40,853 --> 00:13:42,888 And so what happens in school 588 00:13:42,888 --> 00:13:43,589 is for the first part of school, 589 00:13:43,589 --> 00:13:45,891 they're teaching them 590 00:13:45,891 --> 00:13:46,525 skills, teaching them skills, 591 00:13:46,525 --> 00:13:48,093 teaching them skills. 592 00:13:48,093 --> 00:13:49,995 And in about March and April, 593 00:13:49,995 --> 00:13:50,329 they start 594 00:13:50,329 --> 00:13:52,431 bringing them all together 595 00:13:52,431 --> 00:13:53,032 and they're connect those 596 00:13:53,032 --> 00:13:54,667 skills. 597 00:13:54,667 --> 00:13:55,467 Right. 598 00:13:55,835 --> 00:13:57,036 There's no connection now, 599 00:13:57,036 --> 00:13:58,270 but there was no connect there. 600 00:13:58,270 --> 00:13:59,538 So you missed that year to 601 00:14:00,606 --> 00:14:01,807 four years 602 00:14:01,807 --> 00:14:03,175 and then the following year 603 00:14:03,175 --> 00:14:04,577 they tried so hard to get 604 00:14:04,577 --> 00:14:06,512 the kids set up on Zoom 605 00:14:06,512 --> 00:14:09,081 and and Google Classroom 606 00:14:09,215 --> 00:14:10,382 so the kids could go on 607 00:14:10,382 --> 00:14:10,883 to these classrooms 608 00:14:10,883 --> 00:14:12,918 and virtually. 609 00:14:13,953 --> 00:14:15,120 So they had to get 610 00:14:15,120 --> 00:14:16,622 virtual computers. 611 00:14:16,622 --> 00:14:17,223 They had to get the children 612 00:14:17,223 --> 00:14:18,290 hotspots. 613 00:14:18,290 --> 00:14:18,691 They had to do 614 00:14:18,691 --> 00:14:20,326 all of these things. 615 00:14:20,326 --> 00:14:22,695 It was a very difficult task. 616 00:14:22,895 --> 00:14:23,462 And so some of the kids 617 00:14:23,462 --> 00:14:24,496 never got 618 00:14:24,496 --> 00:14:26,131 didn't get the computers at all 619 00:14:26,131 --> 00:14:28,300 until well into the next year. 620 00:14:28,300 --> 00:14:29,735 So you've got that. 621 00:14:29,735 --> 00:14:31,003 And if you 622 00:14:31,370 --> 00:14:32,938 if you think 623 00:14:32,938 --> 00:14:34,940 if you are suddenly zapped 624 00:14:34,940 --> 00:14:37,343 into a foreign country 625 00:14:37,343 --> 00:14:38,644 with foreign language, 626 00:14:38,644 --> 00:14:40,179 with everything different, 627 00:14:40,179 --> 00:14:41,580 would you want to go to school 628 00:14:41,580 --> 00:14:42,114 when every single time 629 00:14:42,114 --> 00:14:44,216 you opened your mouth, 630 00:14:44,250 --> 00:14:45,784 you were wrong? 631 00:14:45,851 --> 00:14:46,385 They stopped 632 00:14:46,385 --> 00:14:47,820 wanting to go to school, 633 00:14:47,820 --> 00:14:48,287 and then they become 634 00:14:48,287 --> 00:14:50,055 very angry children 635 00:14:50,656 --> 00:14:52,591 because they didn't 636 00:14:52,591 --> 00:14:54,059 want to go to school 637 00:14:54,059 --> 00:14:56,061 and things got in their way. 638 00:14:56,061 --> 00:14:57,863 And so you become very angry. 639 00:14:57,863 --> 00:14:58,998 And then to a certain point, 640 00:14:58,998 --> 00:15:01,367 you just become angry people 641 00:15:01,367 --> 00:15:02,034 because 642 00:15:03,903 --> 00:15:06,138 options have been removed. 643 00:15:06,138 --> 00:15:08,407 If you don't have school. 644 00:15:08,407 --> 00:15:09,041 Your options are very limited 645 00:15:09,041 --> 00:15:10,676 in life 646 00:15:11,176 --> 00:15:14,513 and people are going to survive. 647 00:15:15,314 --> 00:15:16,548 So it's a big problem 648 00:15:16,548 --> 00:15:18,284 for all of us. 649 00:15:18,450 --> 00:15:18,984 Well, thank you 650 00:15:18,984 --> 00:15:20,252 so much for taking the time 651 00:15:20,252 --> 00:15:20,619 to talk about 652 00:15:20,619 --> 00:15:22,621 this really serious issue. 653 00:15:22,621 --> 00:15:22,922 I mean, 654 00:15:22,922 --> 00:15:24,423 the report was very shocking 655 00:15:24,423 --> 00:15:25,457 for a lot of people. 656 00:15:25,457 --> 00:15:26,926 But thank you so much. 657 00:15:26,926 --> 00:15:41,206 Thank you. 658 00:15:42,975 --> 00:15:44,043 The health of Louisiana's 659 00:15:44,043 --> 00:15:45,244 citizens is in flux. 660 00:15:45,244 --> 00:15:46,712 Like most of the country, 661 00:15:46,712 --> 00:15:47,379 our residents are experiencing 662 00:15:47,379 --> 00:15:49,048 shorter life spans 663 00:15:49,048 --> 00:15:49,748 and bouts of poor mental health 664 00:15:49,748 --> 00:15:51,083 episodes. 665 00:15:51,383 --> 00:15:51,750 Allison Plyer 666 00:15:51,750 --> 00:15:53,218 with the National Conference 667 00:15:53,218 --> 00:15:53,619 on Citizenship 668 00:15:53,619 --> 00:15:54,720 shed some light on 669 00:15:54,720 --> 00:15:56,221 why Louisiana ranks so low. 670 00:15:56,221 --> 00:15:56,689 Thank you so much 671 00:15:56,689 --> 00:15:57,489 for joining us. 672 00:15:57,489 --> 00:15:58,290 Glad to be. Here. 673 00:15:58,290 --> 00:15:58,757 So these numbers are 674 00:15:58,757 --> 00:16:00,292 pretty shocking 675 00:16:00,292 --> 00:16:00,893 whenever you look at them 676 00:16:00,893 --> 00:16:01,560 at first. 677 00:16:01,560 --> 00:16:02,161 Let's start with the life 678 00:16:02,161 --> 00:16:03,195 expectancy. 679 00:16:03,195 --> 00:16:04,396 So Louisiana 680 00:16:04,396 --> 00:16:06,332 has the third shortest 681 00:16:06,332 --> 00:16:08,834 life expectancy among Americans. 682 00:16:08,968 --> 00:16:09,535 Right. 683 00:16:09,535 --> 00:16:10,502 Why is that? 684 00:16:10,502 --> 00:16:12,204 Well, it's particularly bad news 685 00:16:12,204 --> 00:16:13,472 because obviously 686 00:16:13,472 --> 00:16:14,807 life expectancy in the U.S. 687 00:16:14,807 --> 00:16:16,742 fell in the first year of COVID, 688 00:16:16,742 --> 00:16:17,910 and unlike 689 00:16:17,910 --> 00:16:18,510 other developed countries, 690 00:16:18,510 --> 00:16:19,345 were able 691 00:16:19,345 --> 00:16:20,045 to turn that around and increase 692 00:16:20,045 --> 00:16:21,780 their life expectancy. 693 00:16:21,780 --> 00:16:22,281 The second year hours 694 00:16:22,281 --> 00:16:24,049 continued to fall. 695 00:16:24,049 --> 00:16:25,417 And Louisiana is, as you said, 696 00:16:25,417 --> 00:16:25,918 the third lowest life 697 00:16:25,918 --> 00:16:27,619 expectancy. 698 00:16:27,619 --> 00:16:28,988 There's a number of things 699 00:16:28,988 --> 00:16:29,922 that came along 700 00:16:29,922 --> 00:16:31,690 with COVID, in addition to, 701 00:16:31,690 --> 00:16:33,092 you know, 18,000 people 702 00:16:33,092 --> 00:16:35,060 dying in Louisiana from COVID, 703 00:16:35,060 --> 00:16:36,295 seen drug overdoses 704 00:16:36,295 --> 00:16:38,864 skyrocket by 30%. 705 00:16:38,864 --> 00:16:39,231 And Louisiana 706 00:16:39,231 --> 00:16:40,899 has a higher than average 707 00:16:40,899 --> 00:16:42,901 rate of drug overdose deaths. 708 00:16:42,901 --> 00:16:44,937 Now, also gun suicides, 709 00:16:45,137 --> 00:16:45,804 which are the majority of ways 710 00:16:45,804 --> 00:16:47,072 that guns 711 00:16:47,072 --> 00:16:47,539 actually cause death 712 00:16:47,539 --> 00:16:49,208 or suicides, sadly. 713 00:16:49,475 --> 00:16:50,409 And Louisiana 714 00:16:50,409 --> 00:16:50,809 also is higher 715 00:16:50,809 --> 00:16:52,511 than the national average, 716 00:16:52,511 --> 00:16:54,546 and those skyrocketed about 10%. 717 00:16:54,780 --> 00:16:56,148 We've also seen increased 718 00:16:56,148 --> 00:16:57,349 traffic fatalities. 719 00:16:57,349 --> 00:16:58,584 So there's, you know, 720 00:16:58,584 --> 00:16:58,917 obviously, 721 00:16:58,917 --> 00:17:00,019 the mental health issues 722 00:17:00,019 --> 00:17:00,486 that you mentioned 723 00:17:00,486 --> 00:17:02,488 are a big component of of 724 00:17:02,521 --> 00:17:04,356 of these increasing deaths. 725 00:17:04,356 --> 00:17:04,790 Right. 726 00:17:04,790 --> 00:17:05,391 And I mean, you would think, 727 00:17:05,391 --> 00:17:06,692 you know, three years 728 00:17:06,692 --> 00:17:07,393 after the pandemic, we would see 729 00:17:07,393 --> 00:17:09,061 some sort of improvement. 730 00:17:09,061 --> 00:17:10,129 But I'm looking at the mental 731 00:17:10,129 --> 00:17:10,529 health numbers 732 00:17:10,529 --> 00:17:13,065 and it says 40% of Louisianians 733 00:17:13,065 --> 00:17:13,665 report symptoms of anxiety 734 00:17:13,665 --> 00:17:16,068 or depression. 735 00:17:16,068 --> 00:17:17,770 And why are we not 736 00:17:17,770 --> 00:17:18,037 seeing 737 00:17:18,037 --> 00:17:19,405 any of those improvements? 738 00:17:19,405 --> 00:17:20,806 Yeah, and that was as recently 739 00:17:20,806 --> 00:17:22,941 as December of 2022. Right. 740 00:17:22,941 --> 00:17:24,777 So just a couple of months ago. 741 00:17:24,777 --> 00:17:25,044 Yeah. 742 00:17:25,044 --> 00:17:26,678 And that's only among adults. 743 00:17:26,678 --> 00:17:27,713 And obviously there's mental 744 00:17:27,713 --> 00:17:28,947 health issues that teenagers 745 00:17:28,947 --> 00:17:29,281 and young 746 00:17:29,281 --> 00:17:31,383 people are experiencing as well. 747 00:17:31,383 --> 00:17:32,818 You know, Louisiana has had 748 00:17:32,818 --> 00:17:35,287 some of the most severe, 749 00:17:35,320 --> 00:17:37,256 of course, disasters 750 00:17:37,256 --> 00:17:38,557 in the last three years, 751 00:17:38,557 --> 00:17:39,792 which have compounded 752 00:17:39,792 --> 00:17:41,860 the stress of the COVID crises. 753 00:17:41,860 --> 00:17:42,361 Right. 754 00:17:42,361 --> 00:17:43,395 Louisiana 755 00:17:43,395 --> 00:17:44,730 parishes, every single one 756 00:17:44,730 --> 00:17:46,165 has had at least 12 757 00:17:46,165 --> 00:17:47,800 disaster declarations 758 00:17:47,800 --> 00:17:49,301 in the same time frame 759 00:17:49,301 --> 00:17:50,569 that we've had COVID going on. 760 00:17:50,569 --> 00:17:52,538 So that causes 761 00:17:52,538 --> 00:17:55,107 a lot of anxiety and depression. 762 00:17:55,741 --> 00:17:56,308 And then we've had power 763 00:17:56,308 --> 00:17:57,142 outages. 764 00:17:57,142 --> 00:17:58,844 We've had, you know, more hours 765 00:17:58,844 --> 00:18:00,212 of power outages 766 00:18:00,212 --> 00:18:01,447 across the state than than 767 00:18:01,447 --> 00:18:02,648 any other state in the nation 768 00:18:02,648 --> 00:18:04,083 over the last ten years. 769 00:18:04,083 --> 00:18:05,184 So, you know, 770 00:18:05,184 --> 00:18:05,784 if our if our infrastructure 771 00:18:05,784 --> 00:18:07,653 were more resilient, 772 00:18:07,686 --> 00:18:08,020 you know, 773 00:18:08,020 --> 00:18:09,154 and we could be more resilient 774 00:18:09,154 --> 00:18:10,856 in the face of these disasters, 775 00:18:10,856 --> 00:18:11,824 that would help a lot. 776 00:18:11,824 --> 00:18:12,291 And then, of course, 777 00:18:12,291 --> 00:18:13,759 there's long COVID. 778 00:18:13,759 --> 00:18:15,194 That's right. Yeah. 779 00:18:15,194 --> 00:18:15,594 And currently, 780 00:18:15,594 --> 00:18:18,330 31% of Louisianans 781 00:18:18,330 --> 00:18:20,032 who have experienced COVID 782 00:18:20,032 --> 00:18:20,599 say they're experiencing 783 00:18:20,599 --> 00:18:22,101 long-covid, 784 00:18:22,101 --> 00:18:22,434 which can be 785 00:18:22,434 --> 00:18:23,435 really debilitating. 786 00:18:23,435 --> 00:18:24,002 For some folks. 787 00:18:24,002 --> 00:18:24,336 That means 788 00:18:24,336 --> 00:18:26,772 they just can't even go to work. 789 00:18:26,772 --> 00:18:28,540 So nationwide, you know, long 790 00:18:28,540 --> 00:18:29,141 COVID is going to continue 791 00:18:29,141 --> 00:18:30,709 to be an issue. 792 00:18:30,709 --> 00:18:31,243 And doctors are saying 793 00:18:31,243 --> 00:18:33,512 there's not enough research 794 00:18:33,512 --> 00:18:35,414 about how to treat it, 795 00:18:35,414 --> 00:18:36,849 which is which is a problem. 796 00:18:36,849 --> 00:18:37,316 Right. 797 00:18:37,416 --> 00:18:37,749 If doctors 798 00:18:37,749 --> 00:18:38,817 don't know how to help 799 00:18:38,817 --> 00:18:39,384 you get better than it, 800 00:18:39,384 --> 00:18:41,353 then these are symptoms 801 00:18:41,353 --> 00:18:42,054 that people can really struggle 802 00:18:42,054 --> 00:18:43,355 with for a long time. 803 00:18:43,355 --> 00:18:44,289 Now you're a researcher, 804 00:18:44,289 --> 00:18:44,890 which means you look at data 805 00:18:44,890 --> 00:18:46,792 like this all the time. 806 00:18:46,825 --> 00:18:48,393 Have you ever seen, 807 00:18:48,393 --> 00:18:49,695 you know, ranks and scores 808 00:18:49,695 --> 00:18:51,230 this low before? 809 00:18:51,230 --> 00:18:53,132 Well, you know, sadly, Louisiana 810 00:18:53,132 --> 00:18:53,499 often ranks 811 00:18:53,499 --> 00:18:55,367 very low in the nation. 812 00:18:55,801 --> 00:18:56,168 But I think 813 00:18:56,168 --> 00:18:57,402 what's really concerning 814 00:18:57,402 --> 00:18:58,770 is that the nation is ranking 815 00:18:58,770 --> 00:18:59,905 so low. 816 00:19:00,038 --> 00:19:01,707 And in many of these, you know, 817 00:19:02,708 --> 00:19:03,942 life expectancy has not 818 00:19:03,942 --> 00:19:05,711 turned around in the last year 819 00:19:05,711 --> 00:19:06,211 and a half, as it has 820 00:19:06,211 --> 00:19:07,880 for other wealthy countries. 821 00:19:08,180 --> 00:19:08,814 The thing about gun suicides, 822 00:19:08,814 --> 00:19:10,449 for example, 823 00:19:10,449 --> 00:19:10,916 is about three times 824 00:19:10,916 --> 00:19:12,885 as high in the U.S. 825 00:19:12,885 --> 00:19:15,120 as it is in other countries. 826 00:19:15,120 --> 00:19:16,788 Also, pregnancy related 827 00:19:16,788 --> 00:19:18,190 deaths in the U.S. 828 00:19:18,190 --> 00:19:20,058 are twice as high as they are 829 00:19:20,058 --> 00:19:21,827 in other wealthy countries. 830 00:19:21,827 --> 00:19:22,327 And and in Louisiana, 831 00:19:22,327 --> 00:19:24,296 they're three times 832 00:19:24,296 --> 00:19:24,796 as high as they are 833 00:19:24,796 --> 00:19:26,398 in the U.S., Right. 834 00:19:26,565 --> 00:19:28,200 So Louisiana often 835 00:19:28,200 --> 00:19:28,834 is at the bottom of rankings, 836 00:19:28,834 --> 00:19:30,169 but the U.S. 837 00:19:30,169 --> 00:19:30,836 itself is is not doing well on 838 00:19:30,836 --> 00:19:32,671 health measures 839 00:19:32,671 --> 00:19:32,971 compared 840 00:19:32,971 --> 00:19:34,173 to other wealthy nations. 841 00:19:34,173 --> 00:19:34,606 Do you see this 842 00:19:34,606 --> 00:19:35,974 improving anytime soon? 843 00:19:35,974 --> 00:19:36,308 I mean, it's 844 00:19:36,308 --> 00:19:38,977 been nearly three years, 845 00:19:38,977 --> 00:19:41,313 almost since the pandemic hit 846 00:19:41,313 --> 00:19:42,814 and we went on lockdown. 847 00:19:42,814 --> 00:19:43,415 But, you know, these numbers 848 00:19:43,415 --> 00:19:45,417 have been lingering 849 00:19:45,417 --> 00:19:45,884 and it seems like 850 00:19:45,884 --> 00:19:47,653 they've been getting worse. 851 00:19:47,686 --> 00:19:48,253 I mean, do you see this 852 00:19:48,253 --> 00:19:49,721 improving any time soon? 853 00:19:49,922 --> 00:19:51,056 Yeah, You know, I think there's 854 00:19:51,056 --> 00:19:52,591 a lot of sort of 855 00:19:52,591 --> 00:19:53,192 opportunities and challenges 856 00:19:53,192 --> 00:19:54,293 ahead. 857 00:19:54,293 --> 00:19:54,993 Right. 858 00:19:55,360 --> 00:19:56,461 Speaking of infrastructure, 859 00:19:56,461 --> 00:19:57,162 we know there's a lot of funding 860 00:19:57,162 --> 00:19:58,163 coming 861 00:19:58,163 --> 00:19:58,797 from the federal government 862 00:19:58,797 --> 00:20:01,366 to strengthen infrastructure, 863 00:20:01,366 --> 00:20:01,767 and that'll be 864 00:20:01,767 --> 00:20:03,535 going over probably a decade. 865 00:20:04,503 --> 00:20:06,438 You know, the state 866 00:20:06,572 --> 00:20:08,707 can do a lot to improve, 867 00:20:09,675 --> 00:20:10,075 improve health 868 00:20:10,075 --> 00:20:11,443 and mental health. 869 00:20:11,443 --> 00:20:12,544 One thing we know is 870 00:20:12,544 --> 00:20:12,911 that states 871 00:20:12,911 --> 00:20:17,249 that don't have paid sick leave, 872 00:20:17,482 --> 00:20:18,750 that there are more people 873 00:20:18,750 --> 00:20:20,252 because of the stress 874 00:20:20,252 --> 00:20:20,719 of not being able 875 00:20:20,719 --> 00:20:21,954 to take off work 876 00:20:21,954 --> 00:20:23,255 and be paid, 877 00:20:23,255 --> 00:20:24,056 actually 878 00:20:24,056 --> 00:20:24,656 have mental health crises, 879 00:20:24,656 --> 00:20:26,391 have there's more gun 880 00:20:26,391 --> 00:20:28,126 suicide, more overdose deaths. 881 00:20:28,126 --> 00:20:28,594 And so so states can 882 00:20:28,594 --> 00:20:31,430 actually help by saying, hey, 883 00:20:31,730 --> 00:20:33,232 we need to have paid sick leave 884 00:20:33,232 --> 00:20:34,800 or at least let localities 885 00:20:34,800 --> 00:20:36,802 pass ordnances to require 886 00:20:36,802 --> 00:20:37,135 paid sick 887 00:20:37,135 --> 00:20:38,870 leave in their jurisdictions. 888 00:20:39,238 --> 00:20:39,571 All right. 889 00:20:39,571 --> 00:20:40,172 So is there anything else 890 00:20:40,172 --> 00:20:41,106 about the study 891 00:20:41,106 --> 00:20:42,474 that stuck out to you, Anything 892 00:20:42,474 --> 00:20:44,076 that people should know? 893 00:20:44,276 --> 00:20:44,610 You know, 894 00:20:44,610 --> 00:20:45,310 I think that, you know, the next 895 00:20:45,310 --> 00:20:47,012 many years are going to be 896 00:20:47,012 --> 00:20:47,512 really important ones 897 00:20:47,512 --> 00:20:48,447 for building 898 00:20:48,447 --> 00:20:49,748 the health of our communities. 899 00:20:49,748 --> 00:20:50,449 Right. 900 00:20:50,449 --> 00:20:50,949 To come out of this 901 00:20:50,949 --> 00:20:52,718 in order to be 902 00:20:52,718 --> 00:20:53,185 productive citizens, 903 00:20:53,185 --> 00:20:54,920 we also need to be healthy. 904 00:20:54,920 --> 00:20:57,322 And so the state 905 00:20:57,322 --> 00:20:57,923 will need to spend some time 906 00:20:57,923 --> 00:20:59,725 focusing on that going forward. 907 00:20:59,958 --> 00:21:00,525 Well, thank you so much 908 00:21:00,525 --> 00:21:01,660 for joining us this evening. 909 00:21:01,660 --> 00:21:03,061 We appreciate having you in. 910 00:21:03,061 --> 00:21:16,608 Thank you. 911 00:21:20,112 --> 00:21:20,512 And now a 912 00:21:20,512 --> 00:21:20,746 story 913 00:21:20,746 --> 00:21:22,914 about a legend from the past. 914 00:21:22,948 --> 00:21:23,649 A man who was in the first class 915 00:21:23,649 --> 00:21:25,584 of levees, 916 00:21:25,751 --> 00:21:26,852 Louisiana legends. 917 00:21:26,852 --> 00:21:27,319 Baton Rouge native 918 00:21:27,319 --> 00:21:29,187 Jeanne Callahan. 919 00:21:29,321 --> 00:21:29,921 Big name in the television 920 00:21:29,921 --> 00:21:32,457 and film industry. 921 00:21:32,491 --> 00:21:34,293 A two time Oscar winner 922 00:21:34,293 --> 00:21:36,061 in set design art direction. 923 00:21:36,061 --> 00:21:36,828 He told the L.A. 924 00:21:36,828 --> 00:21:37,329 Times in an interview 925 00:21:37,329 --> 00:21:39,231 it was his job to get the right 926 00:21:39,231 --> 00:21:41,066 look and feel for a show 927 00:21:41,066 --> 00:21:43,235 from locations and interiors. 928 00:21:43,235 --> 00:21:44,403 Memories of Callahan 929 00:21:44,403 --> 00:21:45,804 came rushing back for us 930 00:21:45,804 --> 00:21:47,005 this week when a Baton Rouge 931 00:21:47,005 --> 00:21:47,639 woman walked into our studios 932 00:21:47,639 --> 00:21:48,674 saying 933 00:21:48,674 --> 00:21:49,141 that she had this 934 00:21:49,141 --> 00:21:51,243 amazing memorabilia 935 00:21:51,243 --> 00:21:51,843 that was his apparently left 936 00:21:51,843 --> 00:21:54,146 behind in the house 937 00:21:54,346 --> 00:21:55,580 that he grew up in, 938 00:21:55,580 --> 00:21:57,215 and she inherited it. 939 00:21:57,215 --> 00:21:59,551 That's where our story begins. 940 00:21:59,551 --> 00:22:02,521 I want his story to be seen and. 941 00:22:02,521 --> 00:22:03,922 Heard the story. 942 00:22:03,922 --> 00:22:05,190 Gina Gaspard in Baton 943 00:22:05,190 --> 00:22:06,391 Rouge wants to be seen 944 00:22:06,391 --> 00:22:07,826 and heard, is captured 945 00:22:07,826 --> 00:22:09,027 in a gold mine 946 00:22:09,027 --> 00:22:10,228 of American television 947 00:22:10,228 --> 00:22:11,830 and film history. 948 00:22:11,830 --> 00:22:13,832 It belonged to Jean Callahan, 949 00:22:13,832 --> 00:22:15,033 a Baton Rouge native 950 00:22:15,033 --> 00:22:16,201 and one of Hollywood's 951 00:22:16,201 --> 00:22:16,668 most accomplished 952 00:22:16,668 --> 00:22:18,804 art directors and production 953 00:22:18,804 --> 00:22:21,273 and set designers of all time. 954 00:22:21,273 --> 00:22:23,375 He twice won Academy Awards 955 00:22:23,375 --> 00:22:25,577 out of four nominations. 956 00:22:25,577 --> 00:22:26,778 I left Louisiana 957 00:22:28,113 --> 00:22:30,482 43 years ago 958 00:22:31,016 --> 00:22:31,917 not to escape, 959 00:22:31,917 --> 00:22:34,386 but to seek a career 960 00:22:35,721 --> 00:22:36,822 that seemed impossible 961 00:22:36,822 --> 00:22:38,490 to pursue here. 962 00:22:38,490 --> 00:22:39,091 A belated 963 00:22:39,091 --> 00:22:41,259 thank you, Barbra Streisand. 964 00:22:41,259 --> 00:22:42,794 He did. Funny Girl. 965 00:22:42,794 --> 00:22:43,362 There are personal notes 966 00:22:43,362 --> 00:22:44,963 like that one from Barbra 967 00:22:44,963 --> 00:22:46,264 Streisand and letters, 968 00:22:46,264 --> 00:22:48,100 dozens and dozens of them 969 00:22:48,100 --> 00:22:49,801 and hundreds of photographs. 970 00:22:49,801 --> 00:22:51,169 As Callahan worked 971 00:22:51,169 --> 00:22:52,637 to get the right look and feel 972 00:22:52,637 --> 00:22:54,539 for a movie set, a time 973 00:22:54,539 --> 00:22:56,742 capsule of TV and film history 974 00:22:57,008 --> 00:22:59,144 left behind in these boxes. 975 00:22:59,144 --> 00:22:59,778 So how did Gina, a complete 976 00:22:59,778 --> 00:23:01,580 stranger, 977 00:23:01,780 --> 00:23:03,215 come to own Callahan's 978 00:23:03,215 --> 00:23:04,583 memorabilia here? 979 00:23:04,583 --> 00:23:06,451 1951 Wisteria 980 00:23:06,451 --> 00:23:07,753 Avenue in Baton Rouge 981 00:23:07,753 --> 00:23:09,755 as Garden District is the house 982 00:23:09,755 --> 00:23:11,189 where Jean Callahan 983 00:23:11,189 --> 00:23:12,491 grew up and lived 984 00:23:12,491 --> 00:23:13,492 until after he left 985 00:23:13,492 --> 00:23:14,993 LSU and Louisiana 986 00:23:14,993 --> 00:23:16,795 and began his career. 987 00:23:16,795 --> 00:23:19,564 Gina rented that house in 1995, 988 00:23:19,765 --> 00:23:22,501 several years after his death. 989 00:23:22,501 --> 00:23:24,102 You are not a relative. 990 00:23:24,102 --> 00:23:25,103 I am not sure. 991 00:23:25,103 --> 00:23:27,439 You had never met Jim Callahan. 992 00:23:27,639 --> 00:23:29,941 How did you ever come 993 00:23:29,941 --> 00:23:32,611 to possess these treasures? 994 00:23:33,345 --> 00:23:35,514 I was living in his house, 995 00:23:36,114 --> 00:23:39,251 renting it, and the bank called. 996 00:23:39,317 --> 00:23:40,852 I knew it was going to be 997 00:23:40,852 --> 00:23:41,987 they were going to sell it. 998 00:23:41,987 --> 00:23:44,656 And they said, 999 00:23:44,656 --> 00:23:45,891 if you want anything 1000 00:23:45,891 --> 00:23:47,325 in there, take it. 1001 00:23:47,325 --> 00:23:47,959 Because we're coming tomorrow 1002 00:23:47,959 --> 00:23:49,227 with a truck 1003 00:23:49,227 --> 00:23:49,694 and everything in 1004 00:23:49,694 --> 00:23:51,663 there is going to the dump. 1005 00:23:51,663 --> 00:23:52,631 So I thought maybe 1006 00:23:52,631 --> 00:23:54,933 there's a headboard back there, 1007 00:23:55,333 --> 00:23:56,701 some piece of furniture, 1008 00:23:56,701 --> 00:23:58,270 a lamp, something like that. 1009 00:23:58,270 --> 00:24:01,506 And on the way out, I 1010 00:24:02,107 --> 00:24:04,142 saw this, the 1011 00:24:05,710 --> 00:24:06,978 Oscar. 1012 00:24:09,080 --> 00:24:09,948 Actually the 1013 00:24:09,948 --> 00:24:11,483 Oscar nomination plaque 1014 00:24:11,483 --> 00:24:13,218 Callahan received in the art 1015 00:24:13,218 --> 00:24:16,021 direction category from 1964. 1016 00:24:16,521 --> 00:24:17,122 It's for the film America 1017 00:24:17,122 --> 00:24:18,523 America, 1018 00:24:18,590 --> 00:24:19,191 directed by the great Elia 1019 00:24:19,191 --> 00:24:20,625 Kazan. 1020 00:24:21,326 --> 00:24:21,760 It won Callahan 1021 00:24:21,760 --> 00:24:23,628 his second Oscar. 1022 00:24:24,262 --> 00:24:24,863 He won his first two years 1023 00:24:24,863 --> 00:24:26,398 earlier 1024 00:24:26,398 --> 00:24:26,832 for The Hustler 1025 00:24:26,832 --> 00:24:29,434 with Paul Newman. 1026 00:24:29,434 --> 00:24:30,735 Among the findings, 1027 00:24:30,735 --> 00:24:32,671 photos of Natalie Wood, 1028 00:24:32,671 --> 00:24:33,238 who starred in Splendor 1029 00:24:33,238 --> 00:24:35,006 in the Grass with a 1030 00:24:35,006 --> 00:24:37,142 then unknown Warren Beatty. 1031 00:24:37,609 --> 00:24:39,211 Afraid seeing 1032 00:24:43,014 --> 00:24:43,348 thanks. 1033 00:24:43,348 --> 00:24:43,949 But Callahan was one of LP's 1034 00:24:43,949 --> 00:24:46,384 first 1035 00:24:46,418 --> 00:24:47,986 Louisiana legends. 1036 00:24:47,986 --> 00:24:49,588 This is from his acceptance 1037 00:24:49,588 --> 00:24:51,022 in 1990, 1038 00:24:51,022 --> 00:24:51,823 in which he speaks 1039 00:24:51,823 --> 00:24:53,124 almost prophetically 1040 00:24:53,124 --> 00:24:55,894 about Louisiana's film industry. 1041 00:24:55,894 --> 00:24:58,063 My work in film 1042 00:24:58,096 --> 00:24:59,130 has taken me to cities 1043 00:24:59,130 --> 00:25:01,233 all over the world, 1044 00:25:01,233 --> 00:25:02,834 and it gave me a truly 1045 00:25:02,834 --> 00:25:05,770 wonderful and exciting life. 1046 00:25:05,770 --> 00:25:07,639 While I was away, 1047 00:25:07,906 --> 00:25:11,109 I convinced several producers, 1048 00:25:11,109 --> 00:25:11,443 including 1049 00:25:11,443 --> 00:25:13,311 the irascible Otto Preminger, 1050 00:25:14,613 --> 00:25:15,146 that they could 1051 00:25:15,146 --> 00:25:15,647 make their films here 1052 00:25:15,647 --> 00:25:17,582 in Louisiana. 1053 00:25:17,582 --> 00:25:19,251 They, in turn, 1054 00:25:19,317 --> 00:25:21,353 sang our praises 1055 00:25:21,853 --> 00:25:23,722 to other producers, 1056 00:25:24,122 --> 00:25:25,023 which possibly may 1057 00:25:25,023 --> 00:25:26,224 have encouraged others to come 1058 00:25:26,224 --> 00:25:26,791 here. 1059 00:25:27,659 --> 00:25:29,661 Louisiana has so much to offer 1060 00:25:32,998 --> 00:25:33,532 and has greatly varied 1061 00:25:33,532 --> 00:25:36,001 geography. 1062 00:25:37,536 --> 00:25:38,036 It's lovely. 1063 00:25:38,036 --> 00:25:40,672 Modern cities, small picturesque 1064 00:25:40,672 --> 00:25:41,139 towns and villages 1065 00:25:41,139 --> 00:25:42,741 and exotic swamps, 1066 00:25:43,208 --> 00:25:44,242 bayou, 1067 00:25:44,843 --> 00:25:47,479 vast plains and rolling hills 1068 00:25:47,479 --> 00:25:48,713 and well-maintained 1069 00:25:48,713 --> 00:25:50,749 historical sites. 1070 00:25:50,749 --> 00:25:51,049 To this, 1071 00:25:51,049 --> 00:25:54,119 we can add skilled labor 1072 00:25:54,252 --> 00:25:56,254 who will help the producers 1073 00:25:56,254 --> 00:25:58,523 and filmmakers capture Louisiana 1074 00:25:58,924 --> 00:26:01,293 on film. 1075 00:26:02,060 --> 00:26:03,428 And finally, 1076 00:26:03,428 --> 00:26:04,563 we add our legendary 1077 00:26:04,563 --> 00:26:08,466 hospitality, which is seduced 1078 00:26:08,633 --> 00:26:09,834 every company that I know 1079 00:26:09,834 --> 00:26:11,369 that has worked for you. 1080 00:26:11,536 --> 00:26:13,538 I have now finally returned 1081 00:26:14,239 --> 00:26:15,840 to Baton Rouge, 1082 00:26:16,441 --> 00:26:17,075 though I was sad 1083 00:26:17,075 --> 00:26:18,343 that you can't go home. 1084 00:26:18,343 --> 00:26:19,144 Okay. 1085 00:26:19,811 --> 00:26:21,079 They were wrong. 1086 00:26:22,180 --> 00:26:23,682 I am home 1087 00:26:24,182 --> 00:26:26,418 and maybe I never really left. 1088 00:26:28,820 --> 00:26:30,455 Callahan was so genuine 1089 00:26:30,455 --> 00:26:31,089 and unaffected by his fame, 1090 00:26:31,089 --> 00:26:32,724 loved by 1091 00:26:32,958 --> 00:26:33,358 so many people 1092 00:26:33,358 --> 00:26:35,126 that I've talked with this week. 1093 00:26:35,126 --> 00:26:35,627 Who knew him? 1094 00:26:35,627 --> 00:26:35,927 Yeah. 1095 00:26:35,927 --> 00:26:36,394 I think it's amazing 1096 00:26:36,394 --> 00:26:37,162 that she was able 1097 00:26:37,162 --> 00:26:37,762 to find all of this stuff 1098 00:26:37,762 --> 00:26:39,030 just sitting in our house. 1099 00:26:39,030 --> 00:26:39,264 Yeah, 1100 00:26:39,264 --> 00:26:40,699 it was in the back of the house. 1101 00:26:40,699 --> 00:26:41,166 So there's much more 1102 00:26:41,166 --> 00:26:42,534 about Callahan 1103 00:26:42,534 --> 00:26:43,902 in our Louisiana Digital 1104 00:26:43,902 --> 00:26:45,337 Archives website at L.A. 1105 00:26:45,337 --> 00:26:47,672 Digital Media dot org. 1106 00:26:47,672 --> 00:26:48,206 That's right. 1107 00:26:48,206 --> 00:26:49,541 You can learn about his life 1108 00:26:49,541 --> 00:26:50,041 for this generation 1109 00:26:50,041 --> 00:26:52,143 and everyone. 1110 00:26:52,143 --> 00:26:53,778 That is our show for this week. 1111 00:26:53,778 --> 00:26:54,112 Remember, 1112 00:26:54,112 --> 00:26:55,447 you can watch anything lvb 1113 00:26:55,447 --> 00:26:56,715 any time, wherever you are 1114 00:26:56,715 --> 00:26:58,783 with our Lvb anytime app. 1115 00:26:58,783 --> 00:26:59,317 You can catch Lvb news 1116 00:26:59,317 --> 00:27:00,752 and public affairs 1117 00:27:00,752 --> 00:27:02,487 shows as well as other Louisiana 1118 00:27:02,487 --> 00:27:03,121 programs you've come to enjoy 1119 00:27:03,121 --> 00:27:04,522 over the years. 1120 00:27:04,889 --> 00:27:06,157 And please like us on Facebook, 1121 00:27:06,157 --> 00:27:07,592 Twitter and Instagram. 1122 00:27:07,592 --> 00:27:08,193 For everyone at Louisiana 1123 00:27:08,193 --> 00:27:09,527 Public Broadcasting. 1124 00:27:09,527 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