SUPPORT COMES FROM -- ENTERGY PROVIDES MUCH MORE THAN

POWER. WE SUPPORT SCIENCE AND

ENGINEERING AT LOCAL SCHOOLS TO BUILD A BRIGHTER PATH TO BETTER

JOBS AND HELP PREPARE THE NEXT GENERATION.

TOGETHER, WE POWER LIFE. ENTERGY.

ADDITIONAL SUPPORT PROVIDED BY THE FRED B. AND RUTH B.

ZIEGLER FOUNDATION AND THE ZIEGLER ART MUSEUM LOCATED IN

JENNINGS CITY HALL. THE MUSEUM FOCUSES ON EMERGING

LOUISIANA ARTISTS AND IS AN HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL CENTER

FOR SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA. AND THE FOUNDATION FOR

EXCELLENCE IN LOUISIANA PUBLIC BROADCASTING WITH SUPPORT FROM

VIEWERS LIKE YOU.

WE'RE EXPECTING TO HAVE MONTHS, AS WE HAVE SAID, AS

OPPOSED TO DAYS. THE SHUTDOWN OF THE SUNSHINE

BRIDGE. HOW CAN YOU NOT BE FOR

LIBERTY? THIS IS ABOUT PROTECTING OUR

LIBERTY. THIS IS WHAT THE BILL OF RIGHTS

AND CONSTITUTION ARE ALL ABOUT. THE FIGHT TO FIX THE STATE'S

JUSTICE SYSTEM. IF WE CAN CATCH THOSE CANCER

DISEASES VERY EARLY, THE SURVIVAL RATE IS VERY, VERY

HIGH. A POTENTIAL BREAK THROUGH IN

BREAST CANCER DETECTION. HI, EVERYONE.

I'M ANDRE MOREAU. MUCH MORE ON THOSE STORIES ON

THIS WEEK'S EDITION OF "S.W.I.". THE SALT DOME HAS BEEN ADDED TO

THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES, A PART OF OUR

STATE'S RICH CULTURE AND HISTORY RECOGNIZED AS A NATIONAL

HISTORIC PLACE. LET'S CHECK OUT SOME OTHER

STORIES MAKING HEADLINES ACROSS LOUISIANA.

HARVESTING THE FIRST CROP OF LEGAL MEDICAL MARIJUANA HAPPENED

THIS YEAR. THE GROWER WORKING WITH LSU'S AG

CENTER EXPECTS THE DRYING PROCESS TO BEGIN NEXT WEEK.

THE COMPANY SAYS THEY COULD HAVE THE PRODUCT PACKAGED AND READY

TO SHIP BY THE MIDDLE OF NOVEMBER.

IT IS UNCLEAR WHEN MEDICAL MARIJUANA WILL BE COMMERCIALLY

AVAILABLE IN THE STATE. A.C.T. SCORES AMONG LOUISIANA

HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS DECLINED. IT REMAINS BELOW THE NATIONAL

AVERAGE. THE GROUP THAT GIVES THE TEST

SHOWS THE NATIONAL AVERAGE COMPOSE IT IS IS 20.8.

OUR STATE AVERAGE IS 19.2. DOWN FROM 19.5 A YEAR BEFORE.

THE TEST MEASURES, HOW STUDENTS PERFORM IN ENGLISH, READING,

MATH AND SCIENCE AND A PERFECT SCORE IS 36.

LOUISIANA RESEARCHER HAS A $1.6 MILLION GRANT TO TRY TO DEVELOP

A SCANNER THAT CAN RAPIDLY CHECK AFTER PROSTATE CANCER SURGERY TO

SEE WHETHER ALL TRACES OF CANCER HAVE BEEN REMOVED.

J. QUINCY BROWN OF TULANE UNIVERSITY WILL WORK WITH

ENGINEERS, MATHEMATICIANS, AND PHYSICIANS ON DEVELOPING A RAPID

MICROSCOPY SCANNER. A FALLOUT IN A CATHOLIC SEX

ABUSE CRISIS. THE HEAD OF THE BATON ROUGE

DIOCESE WILL RELEASE THE NAMES OF PRIESTS CREDIBLY ACCUSED

WITHIN HIS TERRITORY. BISHOP MICHAEL DUKE'S

ANNOUNCEMENT CAME WHEN THE ARCHDIOCESE OF NEW ORLEANS AND

LIE TO OTHER STATE DIOCESE SAID THEY WILL RELEASE NAMES OF

PRIESTS ACCUSED OF SEXUAL ABUSE. GOVERNOR JOHN BEL EDWARDS IS

RELEASING DETAILS OF $7 MILLION IN SPENDING ON PRISONER

REHABILITATION AND EDUCATION PROGRAMS, CRIME VICTIMS SERVICES

AND OTHER CRIMINAL JUSTICE INITIATIVES.

THE DOLLARS COME FROM SAVINGS FROM THE SHRINKING PRISON

CHANGES SINCE SENTENCING CHANGES LAST YEAR.

BIG ANNOUNCEMENT FOR DRIVERS. STATE LEADERS CELEBRATED THE

OPENING OF I-49/220 INTERCHANGE NEAR SHREVEPORT.

THE TOTAL PROJECT COST ON THE ARKANSAS STATE LINE TO I-220 IS

ABOUT $650 MILLION. THAT WAS GOOD NEWS ABOUT ROADS.

NOW TO THE BAD NEWS. LAWSUITS HAVE BEEN FILED IN THE

WEEKS SINCE THE SUNSHINE BRIDGE WHICH CROSSES THE MISSISSIPPI

BRIDGE, A BARGE CARRYING A CRANE STRUCK THE BRIDGE EARLY FRIDAY

MORNING OCTOBER 12. D.O.T. ANNOUNCED THE BRIDGE WILL

REMAIN CLOSED UNTIL PERMANENT REPAIRS COULD BE MADE.

THESE PICTURES SHOW THE DAMAGE CAUSED.

MARQUETTE TRANSPORTATION OPERATED THE TOW BOAT THAT RAN

THE CRANE BARGE INTO THE SOUTHWEST SIDE OF THE BRIDGE.

MARQUETTE IS THE SAME COMPANY OPERATING THE TOW BOAT THAT

CRASHED BARGES INTO MARDI GRAS WORLD IN NEW ORLEANS.

MARQUETTE IS COOPERATING. WITH THE BRIDGE CLOSED DODT

SUGGESTS TRAVEL TO THE GUAMER SI BRIDGE 20 MILES SOUTH OR THE

FERRY AT PLAQUEMINES. REOPENING THE FERRY NEAR

DONALDSON IS NOT AN OPTION. THE DAMAGED BRIDGE IS A MAJOR

CONNECTOR SERVING PLANTS, BUSINESSES, SCHOOLS.

THE LATEST DATA SHOWS 23,000 VEHICLES USE THE BRIDGE EVERY

DAY. WE ARE EXPECTING TO HAVE

MONTHS, AS WE SAID, AS OPPOSED TO DAYS.

WHAT IS THE VALUE OF THAT OR WHAT IS THE IMPACT OF THAT?

RIGHT NOW WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF MODELING THE PROPOSED PREPARE

TO THE PROJECT. WE HAVE A CONCEPTUAL PLAN.

WE ARE MODELING THAT TO SEE WHAT AFFECT THE LOAD WILL HAVE.

ONCE THAT OCCURS WE HAVE TO DETERMINE IF THE MATERIALS THAT

ARE NEEDED FOR THE REPAIR ARE GOING TO BE AVAILABLE TO US.

IF THEY ARE LOCALLY SOURCED HERE IN LOUISIANA, THAT WILL MAKE IT

EASIER FOR US TO MOVE A LOT QUICKER AFTER WE HAVE FINAL

PLANS DONE. IF THEY ARE NOT LOCALLY SOURCED

WE WILL HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHERE THE STEEL WILL COME FROM, HOW

WILL WE GET IT HERE AND HOW QUICKLY WE CAN GET THEM HERE.

WE ARE TALKING ABOUT SIGNIFICANT BEAMS.

THESE ARE NOT JUST LAYING AROUND AT A LOCAL HARDWARE STORE.

WE ARE NOT GOING TO DO A TEMPORARY REPAIR.

IT IS A PERMANENT REPAIR WHICH IS WHY WE HAVE TO MAKE CERTAIN

IT IS GOING TO WITHSTAND CONTINUED LOAD BEARING

CAPACITIES. WHEN YOU SAY MONTHS, TWO,

THREE, FOUR? IT IS YET TO BE DETERMINED.

THE ISSUE IS ARE THE PARTS AVAILABLE AND HOW QUICKLY WILL

THEY BE AVAILABLE. WHAT IS THE TIME TO GO THROUGH

THE DESIGN TO IMPLEMENT THE MAINTENANCE WORK.

HOW WILL THE WEATHER IMPACT US. IF YOU THINK ABOUT THIS BRIDGE

STRUCTURE, WE ARE NOT HANGING A PIECE OF STEEL ON THE BRIDGE, WE

HAVE TO APPROACH IT FROM BENEATH THE STRUCTURE.

WE NEED SPECIALIZED EQUIPMENT TO GET TO THAT HEIGHT.

WE ALREADY WORKED WITH THE COAST GUARD TO MAKE SURE THERE IS

NO-WAKE ZONE UNDER THE BRIDGE. THOSE WAVES WILL AFFECT A BARGE

HOLDING EQUIPMENT. WE ALSO MADE CERTAIN THERE ARE

NO MORE VEHICLES OR VESSELS, I SHOULD SAY, TRAVELING IN THAT

BAY WHERE THE SPAN IS DAMAGED. THERE ARE A LOT OF FACTORS.

WE INTEND TO UPDATE THE PUBLIC AS WE GO.

ONCE WE KNOW EXACTLY WHAT WE ARE DOING AND AVAILABILITY OF

MATERIALS WE CAN TALK ABOUT HOW LONG.

IDEALLY, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE IT LESS THAN A MONTH.

I DON'T KNOW YET. I WOULD RATHER NOT GIVE AN

ANSWER UNTIL WE HAVE THE FACTS TO STAND BY THE DECISIONS.

THIS IS ALMOST AS IF YOU ARE COMPLETING A BRIDGE THAT IS

BRAND NEW. THAT IS A VERY GOOD APPROACH

TO IT. WE ARE HAVING TO DESIGN,

UNDERSTAND THE IMPACT AS WELL AS ACQUIRE MATERIALS THAT WE DON'T

KNOW YET EXACTLY WHAT THAT IS GOING TO BE.

WE HAVE WORKED WITH A COUPLE OF ORR STATES WITH SIMILAR IMPACTS.

IT IS NOT COMMON TO HAVE A SPAN

PACKETED LIKE WE HAVE SEEN IN THIS SITUATION.

THE PAVEMENT HAS SHIFTED AND THERE MAY BE CONTINUED MOVEMENT.

WE HAVE TO PUT MONITORS TO MAKE SURE THERE IS NO PROGRESSIVE

DEGRADING OF THE STRUCTURE. IT IS A SIGNIFICANT UNDERTAKING

TO GET THE STRUCTURE OPEN. OUR COMMITMENT IS NOT TO OPEN

THE BRIDGE TEMPORARILY. WE HOPED TO PUT TRAFFIC ON ONE

SIDE. UNFORTUNATELY, IT IS RULED OUT.

THAT IS NOT POSSIBLE BECAUSE OF THE DAMAGE.

SINCE WE HAVE TO KEEP THE BRIDGE CLOSED FOR THE REPAIR, WE MIGHT

AS WELL MAKE THE PERMANENT REPAIR FIRST AS OPPOSED TO A

TEMPORARY REPAIR AND PERMANENT REPAIR AND FURTHER CLOSURES.

THIS DRIVES HOME THE POINT FOR MORE CROSSINGS.

NEW BRIDGE. YOU ARE TALKING SIGNIFICANT

YEARS AND SIGNIFICANT INVESTIGATION.

BECAUSE THIS IS AN EXISTING STRUCTURE THERE IS AN EMERGENCY

CONDITION IN A SENSE. YOU DON'T HAVE THE SAME TYPES OF

PERMITS AND THINGS YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH.

THERE ARE PRECAUTIONS BECAUSE THE RIVER HAS TO BE SHUT DOWN

POTENTIALLY, AT LEAST UNDER THAT PARTICULAR BAY.

WHAT IS THE IMPACT OF A VERY BUSY SEGMENT OF THE RIVER.

PEOPLE FORGET WE ARE THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.

MARITIME TRAFFIC, PORTS, ALL OF THAT IS IMPACTED.

SUGAR CANE TRUGS OR INDUSTRIAL TANK TRUCKS, ALL OF THAT IS

IMPACTED. THE TOWING COMPANY IS

COOPERATING. HIS DEPARTMENT IS FILING THE

CLAIMS IT CAN FILE. IF NATIONAL SAFETY BOARD IS ALSO

INVOLVED. BECAUSE MARITIME LAW IS

INVOLVED, SOME PEOPLE FILING CLAIMS WILL HAVE A TOUGH TIME

RECOUPING SOME OF THEIR LOSSES. LAST TIME YOU WATCHED A TV CRIME

DRAMA, YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED TO SEND SOMEONE TO JAIL ALL 12

PEOPLE ON THE JURY HAD TO AGREE TO CONVICT.

IT IS INGRAINED IN US IN POP KL CHUR.

IT TAKES A UNANIMOUS DECISION. IT IS NOT HOW IT WORKS IN OUR

STATE. KELLY, LOUISIANA RESIDENTS CAN

GO TO JAIL WITH 10 PEOPLE ON THE JURY SAYING YOU ARE GUILTY.

THAT IS RIGHT. ONE OF TWO STATES WHERE 10-12

ISN'T A HUNG JURY. LOUISIANA VOTERS WILL HAVE THE

OPPORTUNITY TO BRING STATE REGULATIONS IN LINE WITH THE

REST OF THE COUNTRY APPROVING A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT ON THE

NOVEMBER BALLOT. IN LOUISIANA, IT IS EASIER TO

LOSE YOUR RIGHTS THAN IN ANY OTHER STATE.

A PERSON CAN ACTUALLY BE SENTENCED TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT

IN THE STATE OF LOUISIANA WITH A 10-2 JURY VERDICT.

THERE IS NO OTHER STATE IN THE UNITED STATES WHERE LESS THAN A

UNANIMOUS JURY VERDICT CAN CONDEMN A PERSON TO LIFE

IMPRISONMENT. DOUGLAS KNOWS THIS TOO WELL.

1986 MY HOUSE WAS BROKEN INTO IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT.

I WAS BEATEN UNCONSCIOUS, TIED. LATER FOUND OUT MY WIFE HAD BEEN

MURDERED THAT NIGHT. AND HE WAS CHARGED WITH THE

CRIME. APPROXIMATELY NINE MONTHS

LATER I WENT TO TRIAL. AFTER NINE DAYS I WAS FOUND

GUILTY OF A VOTE OF 11-1 AND GIVEN THE MANDATORY SENTENCE OF

LIFE IMPRISONMENT WITHOUT THE BENEFIT OF PAROLE OR SUSPENSION

OF SENTENCE. HE DID NOT COMMIT THAT CRIME

AND EVENTUALLY HE PROVED IT. I HAVE BEEN HOME SINCE

JANUARY 8, 2001. ALMOST 18 YEARS NOW.

MY FIRST SEVEN YEARS OR SO THAT I WAS HOME, I STRUGGLED JUST TO

GET BY. NOW HE WORKS WITH A NONPROFIT

CALLED "RISING FOUNDATIONS" THAT HELPS FORMERLY INCARCERATED

PEOPLE GET BACK ON THEIR FEET. HE FOCUSES ON PEOPLE WHO WERE

FOUND TO BE NOT GUILTY OF THE CRIMES THEY WERE CONVICTED OF.

I DON'T EVER WANT TO SEE A PERSON HAVE TO GO THROUGH WHAT I

WENT THROUGH THOSE FIRST SEVEN YEARS NOT KNOWING WHERE TO TURN

OR WHO TO TURN TO FOR HELP WHEN THEY WERE WRONGFULLY CON VKTED

THROUGH MALICIOUS PROSECUTION. IN THE 1990s HE WAS GRANT

PARISH'S DISTRICT ATTORNEY. ONCE HE LEARNED ABOUT THE

ORIGINS OF THE RULES THAT LED TO THOSE CONVICTIONS, HE MADE IT A

LIFE GOAL TO CHANGE THEM. IT GOES BACK TO JIM CROWE

ERA. 1880 IT WAS PASSED.

THREE YEARS OF RECONSTRUCTION, 1877.

THAT LAW WAS SETTLEMENTED IN THE STATE CONSTITUTION OF 1898.

WHAT TOOK PLACE WAS TO DEPRIVE AFRICAN-AMERICANS THEIR

NEWLY WON RIGHT TO CITIZENSHIP. THIS LAW WAS TO MAKE IT EASIER

TO CONVICT AFRICAN-AMERICANS. D.A.s HAVE BECOME ACCUSTOMED

TO THOSE RULES. ALL MEMBERS OF A SIX-PERSON JURY

MUST AGREE. PROSECUTORS UPCHARGE SO THEY

ONLY NEED A 10-2 VOTE. THE SYSTEM IN LOUISIANA IS

ILLOGICAL AND UNFAIR BECAUSE WE HAVE THIS STRANGE SYSTEM IN

WHICH A PERSON CAN BE SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON WITH A VOTE OF

10 OF 12 JURORS. TWO JURORS ARE SAYING, NO, WE

DON'T AGREE. WE STILL HAVE DOUBT.

THESE KINDS OF CONVICTIONS HAPPEN OFTEN, THOUGH WE DON'T

KNOW EXACTLY HOW OFTEN. WE DON'T HAVE ACCURATE DATA

ON THAT, UNFORTUNATELY. COURTS DOT NOT KEEP THAT DATA IN

LOUISIANA. THE ADVOCATE DID A LENGTHY STUDY

THIS PAST YEAR. THEY ANALYZED 3,000 CASES

FROM THE BIGGEST JURISDICTIONS FROM A SIX-YEAR SPAN.

ALMOST 1,000 WERE CONVICTIONS OF A 12-PERSON JURY.

ALMOST 400 WERE 10-2 OR 11-1 VOTE.

ONE ARGUMENT FOR KEEPING THE SYSTEM THE WAY IT IS NOW IS IT

MAKES IT EASIER TO PUT TRUE CRIMINALS BEHIND BARS.

WHILE THAT IS TRUE, NO QUESTION ABOUT THAT.

WHAT I SAY IS THIS, IS THAT ARKANSAS AND MISSISSIPPI AND

TEXAS ARE NOT HAVING AN ARGUMENT ABOUT EFFICIENCY.

I THINK THE PROSECUTORS IN LOUISIANA ARE FINE PEOPLE,

OUTSTANDING LAWYERS. THEY ARE JUST AS GOOD AS THE

LAWYERS IN TEXAS AND MISSISSIPPI AND I'M SURE THEY WILL BE ABLE

TO CONVICT PEOPLE WHO ARE TRULY GUILTY UNDER THE UNANIMOUS JURY

SYSTEM. NOT MANY FOLKS ARE MAKING

THAT ARGUMENT. MANY STAUNCH CONSERVATIVE

ORGANIZATIONS ARE FOR THIS CHANGE.

THE LOUISIANA FAMILY FORUM AND AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY.

HOW CAN YOU NOT BE FOR LIBERTY.

THIS IS ABOUT PROTECTING OUR LIBERTY.

THIS WHAT THE BILL OF RIGHTS AND CONSTITUTION ARE ABOUT.

HE SAYS THE FRAMERS OF THE CONSTITUTION INTENDED THE JURY

TRIAL SYSTEM TO PROTECT CITIZENS FROM THE GOVERNMENT.

THEY BELIEVE THAT FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO TAKE AWAY ONE'S

LIBERTY, THAT ALL OF THE JURORS MUST AGREE.

THAT WAS WHAT -- THAT WAS THE CENTRAL PART OF THE JURY TRIAL

PROTECTION. IN MADISON AND JEFFERSON AND

ADAMS, ALL OF THESE GREAT MEN THAT WROTE THE CONSTITUTION AND

BILL OF RIGHTS FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT.

NOW THE FRAMERS, STATISTICS, PROSECUTORIAL STRATEGY, THAT CAN

BE ABSTRACT FOR A VOTER GOING TO THE POLLS ON NOVEMBER 6.

WHY SHOULD YOU CARE? DELOSA DID NOT CONVICT THE --

DID NOT COMMIT THE CRIME HE WAS CONVICTED OF.

IF IT IS NOT DIRECTLY IMPACTING THEM TODAY, IT CAN

HAVE A DIRECT IMPACT ON THEMSELVES OR A LOVED ONE IN THE

FUTURE. I DON'T THINK ANYBODY WANTS TO

HAVE THEMSELVES OR A LOVED ONE GO TO PRISON FOR, WHETHER IT IS

ONE YEAR, FIVE YEARS, MUCH LESS THE REST OF THEIR LIFE BECAUSE

THE D.A. HAS LESS BURDEN OF PROOF THAN ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE

COUNTRY. EARLY VOTING STARTS NEXT

WEEK. YOU CAN FIND YOUR SAMPLE BALLOT

ONLINE AT GOVOTE.COM. TO HELP DECIPHER THE

CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS, FIND A GUIDE TO ALL SIX AT

PARLOUISIANA.ORG. KELLY, THANKS.

WE KNOW THE COST OF HEALTH CARE CONTINUES TO GO UP AND RESEARCH

CONTINUES TO LOOK FOR WAYS TO BRING EXPENSES DOWN AND GIVE

PEOPLE QUICKER RESPONSES TO ILLNESSES AND IN GENERAL HELP

MAKE LIFE BETTER. I MET WITH ONE SUCH RESEARCHER

WHO IS DOING WORK THAT COULD BE AVAILABLE IN YOUR REGULAR

DOCTOR'S OFFICE WITHIN ONE TO TWO YEARS.

INSIDE PATRICK TAYLOR HALL ON THE CAMPUS OF LSU, THERE IS

BREAK THROUGH SCIENCE IN THE LAB OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

PROFESSOR MANAS GARTIA. HIS RESEARCH INVOLVES BREAST

CANCER GENETIC TESTING AND A USE OF A SMART PHONE TO DETECT THE

GENE. THE EXTRAX AND ANALYSIS OF A

PERSON'S DNA IS AT THE HEART OF HOW IT CAN CATCH CANCER BEFORE

IT IS FOUND ON A MAMMOGRAM. HIS GOAL IS TO MAKE LIFE-SAVING

HEALTH CARE MORE AVAILABLE AND READILY AVAILABLE.

ESPECIALLY FOR PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN RURAL AREAS.

EVEN IF PEOPLE DO NOT HAVE ACCESS TO DOCTORS, EVERYBODY HAS

A SMART PHONE. IF WE CAN HAVE A SENSOR SO IT

WILL BE ABLE TO DETECT SOME GENE OR DETECT SOME DISEASES, THEN

THAT WILL BE VERY HELPFUL. GARTIA IS COMBINING EMERGING

TECHNOLOGIES FOR POINT OF CARE OR BEDSIDE TESTING WITH THE

RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF SMART PHONE TECHNOLOGY TO DETECT THIS BREAST

CANCER GENE. P.O.C. DEVICES EXIST FOR

DIABETES AND PREGNANCY, GARTIA THOUGHT WHY NOT FOR BREAST

CANCER GENETIC TESTING. HERE WE USE THIS PARTICULAR

CANCER GENE AS A FIRST EXAMPLE. BUT THIS IS A PLATFORM

TECHNOLOGY, SO THIS CAN BE EXTENDED TO MANY OF THE DISEASES

AND MANY OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS AS WELL.

THE IMPORTANCE OF EARLY DETECTION IS ESSENTIAL FOR

SURVIVAL AND HEALTHY RECOVERY. IF WE CAN CATCH THOSE CANCER

DISEASES VERY EARLY, THEN THE SURVIVAL RATE IS VERY, VERY

HIGH. MOST CAN BE CANCER FREE AND

SOMETIMES YOU DON'T EVEN NEED THE CHEMOTHERAPY OR RADIATION.

YOU NEED IMMUNE THERAPY OR DRUGS WILL CLEAR YOUR CANCER.

THE KEY TO FIGHT CANCER WILL BE TO DETECT VERY, VERY EARLY.

BY DOING LOW-COST DYING KNOW -- DIAGNOSIS WOULD BE TRULY

PROFOUND. LITERALLY GARTIA SAYS THERE WILL

BE A SMART PHONE APP TO DOWNLOAD TO SEE YOUR TEST RESULTS.

LOUISIANA FOOTBALL GREAT JIMMY TAYLOR PASSED AWAY THIS PAST

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 13. THIS LPB LOUISIANA LEGEND

STARRED FROM LSU FROM 1955 TO 1957 AND BUILT THE DYNASTY UNDER

COACH LOMBARDI. HE WAS INDUCTED INTO THE NFL

HALL OF FAME AND LSU AND LOUISIANA HALL OF FAMES.

JIMMY TAYLOR WAS AN ALL-AROUND ATHLETE AT BATON ROUGE HIGH

SCHOOL. HE TOLD LPB HE HAD OFFERS IN

BASKETBALL AT DUKE AND NORTH CAROLINA.

HE TOLD US IN THIS 2010 INTERVIEW HE WAS BARELY ON THE

FOOTBALL TEAM AS A HIGH SCHOOL JUNIOR.

THAT CHANGED IN A BIG WAY. MY SENIOR YEAR, CLAUDE

HARRISON CAME IN AND TOOK OVER AS THE HEAD FOOTBALL COACH OF

BATON ROUGE HIGH. I BECAME A SINGLE WING PLAYER

AND I BECAME A PASSER AND I KICKED EXTRA POINTS AND DID

DIFFERENT THINGS. HIS NEXT STOP WAS LSU AND

MORE FOOTBALL. WELL, I THINK PROBABLY TO

STAY HOME. I VISITED OVER TO MIAMI AND OUT

TO COLORADO. I VISITED OUT THERE WITH WILL

WALLS, WHICH BROUGHT ME OUT. I VISIT A COUPLE OF OTHER

COLLEGES AND OPTED TO STAY AT HOME AND BE HERE AND HELP TAKE

CARE OF MY MOTHER AND PLAY AT HOME AND ESTABLISH MYSELF HERE

WITH THE LSU TIGERS. HE PLAYED IN THE VERY FIRST

SUPER BOWL IN JANUARY 1967. THOUGH THAT GAME PALED IN

COMPARISON TO SUPER BOWLS THAT FOLLOWED AND CERTAINLY THOSE OF

TODAY. WE WERE REPRESENTING THE

NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE AGAINST THE AMERICAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE IN

EXISTENCE FOR FOUR OR FIVE YEARS.

WE WERE REPRESENTING ALL OF THE NFL.

SO WE GOT OUR GAME PLAN AND WE WERE READY TO PLAY.

WE HAD BEATEN DALLAS TO HAVE THE RIGHT TO REPRESENT THE NATIONAL

FOOTBALL LEAGUE. AND SO THEY HYPED THE GAME.

WE WERE PLAYING IN LOS ANGELES. I THINK THE TICKETS WERE $15.

IT WASN'T A SELLOUT. TAYLOR PLAYED HIS FINAL PRO

SEASON WITH THE THEN BRAND NEW NEW ORLEANS SAINTS.

AFTERWARDS HE SETTLED IN BATON ROUGE.

THROUGHOUT HIS PRO CAREER HE CALLED BATON ROUGE HOME.

TAYLOR WAS AN AVID WEIGHT LIFTER AND ALWAYS STAYED IN GOOD

PHYSICAL SHAPE. HE BELIEVED GOD HAD GIVEN HIM

EXTRAORDINARY ATHLETIC ABILITY AND HE ALWAYS WANTED TO MAKE A

DIFFERENCE, CONTRIBUTING TO WORTHWHILE ORGANIZATIONS IN HIS

LOCAL COMMUNITY AND IN HIS STATE.

JIMMY TAYLOR WAS A FRIEND. HE WAS 83 YEARS OLD.

WITHIN THE DEPTHS OF THE STATE'S OLD GROWTH CYPRESS SWAMPS IS THE

CHITIMACHA NATION. WHERE CANE GREW, PRODUCED AND

DIRECTORED BY LPB, THE STORY OF THIS RENOWNED ART AND ITS

SURVIVAL IS TOLD BY A TRIBAL MEMBER.

ONCE THERE WAS A HOLY WOMAN. WHEN SHE ENCOUNTERED A YOUNG

CHITIMACHA WOMAN, THE HOLY WOMAN DROPPED A BASKET ON THE PATH.

THE YOUNG WOMAN TOOK THE BASKET HOME AND STUDIED IT CAREFULLY.

SHE LEARNED HOW TO WEAVE THE RIVER CANE AND PATTERN THE

DESIGNS. TO THIS DAY, WHEN A WEAVER GOES

INTO A CANE PATCH AND EXAMINES THE CANE, THE JOINTS STILL BEAR

THE IMPRESSION OF THE HOLY WOMAN'S FINGERS.

THE BASKETS ARE MADE OUT OF RIVER CANE.

WE JUST CUT THIS CANE FROM A PATCH WE PLANTED HERE ON THE

RESERVATION FIVE OR SIX YEARS AGO.

IT IS DOING WELL. WE TAKE THIS CANE AND SPLIT IT

AND PEEL IT TO MAKE THE BASKETS WITH.

CHITIMACHA BASKETRY IS INTIMATELY RELATED BACK TO THE

ENVIRONMENT. IT REFLECTS THE NATURAL WORLD OF

THE CHITIMACHA. THEY HAVE NAMES FOR THE DESIGNS

THAT ARE VERY EXPRESSIVE LIKE MOUSE TRACKS AND THE CHITIMACHA

WOULD HAVE SEEN IN THEIR WORLD EVERY DAY.

THE DESIGNS WERE NAMED THESE THINGS IN THE CHITIMACHA

LANGUAGE AND EVEN THOUGH THE LANGUAGE DIED OUT FOR A WHILE

AND IS BEING BROUGHT BACK NOW, THOSE NAMES WERE RETAINED

THROUGH THE GENERATIONS. THAT SHOWS THE IMPORTANCE OF

CHITIMACHA BASKETRY AS A PHYSICAL AND EXPRESSION OF

CHITIMACHA CULTURE. THE BASKETS HAVE BEEN AROUND.

THE PATTERNS HAVE BEEN HANDED DOWN GENERATIONS AND GOES BACK

AS FAR AS YOU CAN TRACE. THE PATTERNS ARE THINGS AROUND

YOU. YOU MAY NOT REALIZE THIS.

THIS IS THE RIND OR PEEL. THE STORY GOES WHEN THE BERRY IS

SMASHED IT GOES IN FOUR DIRECTIONS, THE SKIN, AND THAT

IS WHERE THAT PATTERN COMES FROM.

EVERY PATTERN IS EVERYTHING YOU SEE, THIS IS THE EYE OF CATTLE.

YOU HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THIS, THE BIRD'S EYE.

RED WING AND EYE. WE CALL IT BIRD'S EYE FOR SHORT.

THEY HAVE BEEN AROUND FOREVER. THE BASKETS TOUCH EVERYTHING.

THE LANGUAGE AND ALL THAT CONNECTS US WITH OUR ANCESTORS.

YOU FEEL THAT WHEN YOU ARE DOING ANY OF THAT.

NOW TOMORROW, OCTOBER 20, YOU ARE INVITED TO EXPERIENCE A

CELEBRATION OF NATIVE CULTURES OF THE FIFTH ANNUAL CHITIMACHA

POUEU-LUNA AT THE CYPRESS BAYOU CASINO.

LPB WILL PREVIEW THE UPCOMING PBS SERIES NATIVE AMERICA.

THAT IS OUR SHOW FOR THIS WEEK. REMEMBER YOU CAN WATCH LPB ON

DEMAND WITH OUR ANYWHERE APP. THE DOWNLOAD IS FREE.

CATCH NEWS AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS SHOWS AND OTHER LOUISIANA

PROGRAMS YOU HAVE COME TO ENJOY. FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK, TWITTER

AND INSTAGRAM. FOR EVERYONE HERE AT LOUISIANA

PUBLIC BROADCASTING, I'M ANDRE MOREAU.

THANKS FOR WATCHING. UNTIL NEXT TIME, THAT'S "THE

STATE WE'RE IN."