1 00:00:12,600 --> 00:00:16,433 LOCAL SCHOOLS, TO BUILD A BRIGHTER PATH TO BETTER JOBS AND 2 00:00:16,567 --> 00:00:18,933 HELP PREPARE THE NEXT GENERATION. 3 00:00:19,067 --> 00:00:23,133 TOGETHER, WE POWER LIFE. NTERGY. 4 00:00:23,267 --> 00:00:27,133 ADDITIONAL SUPPORT PROVIDED BY THE FRED B. AND RUTH B. ZIEGLER 5 00:00:27,267 --> 00:00:31,700 FOUNDATION AND ZIEGLER ART MUSEUM IN JENNINGS CITY HALL, 6 00:00:31,833 --> 00:00:37,567 FOCUSING ON AN EMERGING LOUISIANA ARTIST AND AN 7 00:00:37,700 --> 00:00:49,100 HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL CENTER FOR SWERN LOUISIANA. 8 00:00:49,233 --> 00:00:52,633 AND THE FOUNDATION FOR CLEANSE IN LOUISIANA PUBLIC BROADCASTING 9 00:00:52,767 --> 00:01:01,300 AND BY VIEWERS LIKE YOU. THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS KIND OF 10 00:01:01,433 --> 00:01:03,700 CONDITIONED TO EXPECT TO HEAR THE WORST. 11 00:01:03,833 --> 00:01:06,833 AT THE STATE CAPITOL, IS IT POLITICS AS USUAL? 12 00:01:06,967 --> 00:01:10,800 WE ARE WORKING ON A VERY THIN MARGIN OF PROFIT ON SOYBEANS AS 13 00:01:10,933 --> 00:01:13,900 IT IS. LOUISIANA FARMER FEEL THE 14 00:01:14,033 --> 00:01:17,533 PINCH OF CHINESE TARIFFS. I WANT YOU TO TAKE ONE 15 00:01:17,700 --> 00:01:20,533 VACATION THAT YOU WOULD NORMALLY LEAVE LOUISIANA AND GO SEE A 16 00:01:20,667 --> 00:01:23,167 PART OF LOUISIANA YOU HAVEN'T SEEN. 17 00:01:23,300 --> 00:01:28,033 PUSHING STAYCATION, FESTIVALS AND THE LOUISIANA EXPERIENCE. 18 00:01:28,167 --> 00:01:34,233 HI, EVERYONE, I'M ANDRE MOREAU. 19 00:01:34,367 --> 00:01:37,433 THOSE STORIES AND MORE IN JUST A MOMENT. 20 00:01:37,567 --> 00:01:43,900 NOW THE HEADLINES. EFFECTIVE MAY 8, SECRETARY OF 21 00:01:44,033 --> 00:01:47,467 STATE TOM SCHEDLER WILL RESIGN FROM OFFICE. 22 00:01:47,600 --> 00:01:52,600 RECORDS SHOW SCHEDLER USED HIS STATE E-MAIL ACCOUNT TO SEND 23 00:01:52,733 --> 00:01:54,767 SEXUALLY SUGGESTIVE MESSAGES TO DAWN ROSS. 24 00:01:54,900 --> 00:02:00,600 ROSS RECENTLY SUED HIM FOR SEXUAL HARASSMENT CLAIMING HE 25 00:02:00,733 --> 00:02:06,867 SENT HER LOVE LETTERS AND RETALIATED WHEN SHE REFUSED HIS 26 00:02:07,000 --> 00:02:10,167 ADVANCES. SCHEDLER SAID HIS RELATIONSHIP 27 00:02:10,300 --> 00:02:14,500 WITH ROSS WAS CONSENSUAL. HIS RESIGNATION LETTER READS, I 28 00:02:14,633 --> 00:02:18,233 LEAVE THE OFFICE WITH A HEAVY HEART KNOWING I DISAPPOINTED THE 29 00:02:18,367 --> 00:02:25,967 PEOPLE WHO CARE FOR ME THE MOST. THE COURT DEBATE CONTINUES OVER 30 00:02:26,100 --> 00:02:37,267 A CRUDE LINE PIPELINE FROM THE CALCASIEU PAISH TO THE 31 00:02:37,400 --> 00:02:41,567 ATCHAFALAYA BASIN TO THE@P@h@h JAMES PARISH. 32 00:02:41,700 --> 00:02:48,467 A FEDERAL APPEALS COURT IN HOUSTON SAID IT WOULD REBLIB 33 00:02:48,600 --> 00:02:50,833 FORESTED WETLANDS ELSEWHERE. A LAWYER SUING TO STOP 34 00:02:50,967 --> 00:02:54,233 CONSTRUCTION SAYS FEDERAL REGULATORS HAVE NOT TAKEN INTO 35 00:02:54,367 --> 00:02:58,100 FULL CONSIDERATION THE PROJECT'S CONSIDERABLE IMPACTS. 36 00:02:58,267 --> 00:03:03,367 LSU SAYS AT LEAST 46 SEXUAL HARASSMENT COMPLAINTS AND 37 00:03:03,500 --> 00:03:07,333 INVESTIGATIONS TOOK PLACE AT ITS MAIN CAMPUS IN BATON ROUGE 38 00:03:07,467 --> 00:03:11,367 BETWEEN 2013 AND 2017. THIS, AFTER THE ADDITION OF 39 00:03:11,500 --> 00:03:15,000 NEARLY 20 MORE CASES. THE INFORMATION GIVEN BY LSU IS 40 00:03:15,133 --> 00:03:18,667 STILL INCOMPLETE. IT DOES NOT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT 41 00:03:18,800 --> 00:03:22,967 ALL TYPES OF SEXUAL MISCONDUCT ALLEGATIONS THAT MAY HAVE TAKEN 42 00:03:23,100 --> 00:03:25,633 PLACE. THE UNIVERSITY SAYS THEY DON'T 43 00:03:25,767 --> 00:03:33,733 INCLUDE THOSE THAT INVOLVE STUDENTS OR GRADUATE ASSISTANTS. 44 00:03:33,867 --> 00:03:40,167 LSU TIES AMONG THE THIRD HIGHEST NUMBER FOR ITS REPORT. 45 00:03:40,300 --> 00:03:44,233 LAYOFF NOTICES HAVE GONE OUT TO 770 EMPLOYEES OF LAFAYETTE 46 00:03:44,367 --> 00:03:46,867 GENERAL HEALTH SYSTEM. THE NOTICES COME AHEAD OF DEEP 47 00:03:47,000 --> 00:03:49,667 REDUCTIONS IN STATE FUNDING WHEN THE NEW BUDGET YEAR BEGINNING 48 00:03:49,800 --> 00:03:53,800 JULY 1. GOVERNOR JOHN BEL EDWARDS WANTS 49 00:03:53,933 --> 00:03:56,533 LAWMAKERS TO PASS REPLACEMENT TAXES IN A SPECIAL SESSION TO 50 00:03:56,667 --> 00:04:02,633 AVOID THE CUTS. BESIDES LAFAYETTE, HOSPITALS 51 00:04:02,767 --> 00:04:08,067 WOULD CLOSE IN SHREVEPORT, MONROE, BOGALUSA AND NEW ORLEANS 52 00:04:08,200 --> 00:04:12,733 AND HAVE DEVASTATING EFFECTS ON MEDICAL SCHOOLS IN SHREVEPORT 53 00:04:12,867 --> 00:04:15,233 AND NEW ORLEANS BECAUSE THEY RELY ON THE FACILITIES TO TRAIN 54 00:04:15,367 --> 00:04:18,133 THEIR STUDENTS. THERE IS BETTER NEWS IN 55 00:04:18,267 --> 00:04:19,867 LOUISIANA'S AIR. THE GOVERNOR ANNOUNCED THE 56 00:04:20,000 --> 00:04:22,900 ENTIRE STATE IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH FEDERAL OZONE LEVELS. 57 00:04:23,033 --> 00:04:26,433 THE GOVERNOR SAYS THE STATE GAINED COMPLIANCE BECAUSE OF A 58 00:04:26,567 --> 00:04:29,567 BETTER OZONE REPORT FROM GREATER BATON ROUGE. 59 00:04:29,700 --> 00:04:33,200 STATE POLICE ARRESTED FOUR TROOPERS THIS WEEK, TWO CURRENT 60 00:04:33,333 --> 00:04:36,667 AND TWO FORMER, ON ALLEGATIONS OF PAYROLL FRAUD. 61 00:04:36,800 --> 00:04:41,033 THEY ARE ACCUSED OF USING A TRAFFIC TICKET PROGRAM TO CLAIM 62 00:04:41,167 --> 00:04:43,400 EXTRA DUTY HOURS THEY DID NOT WORK. 63 00:04:43,533 --> 00:04:47,667 THE ARRESTS FOLLOW A NEARLY SIX-MONTH INVESTIGATION. 64 00:04:47,800 --> 00:04:52,900 ONE OF THE ARRESTED TROOPERS, FOR EXAMPLE, MADE $147,000 IN 65 00:04:53,033 --> 00:04:58,933 OVERTIME PAY IN 2016 AND 2016, BUT A WVUE-TV INVESTIGATION 66 00:04:59,067 --> 00:05:01,933 FOLLOWED HIM AND FOUND HIM AT HOME DURING HOURS HE CLAIMED TO 67 00:05:02,067 --> 00:05:05,567 BE WORKING. SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY THIS WEEK 68 00:05:05,700 --> 00:05:09,600 FIRED BAND DIRECTOR NATHAN HAYMER. 69 00:05:09,733 --> 00:05:13,667 AFTER BEING ACCUSED OF REQUESTING A KICKBACK FOR THE 70 00:05:13,800 --> 00:05:17,133 BAND TO APPEAR AT AN EVENT FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL CHILDREN. 71 00:05:17,267 --> 00:05:19,133 IT PROMPTED A UNIVERSITY INVESTIGATION. 72 00:05:19,267 --> 00:05:23,367 IN A STATEMENT THE POPULAR HAYMER SAID I ALWAYS TOOK PRIDE 73 00:05:23,500 --> 00:05:26,600 IN BEING AN AMBASSADOR FOR SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY AND AT NO 74 00:05:26,733 --> 00:05:32,033 TIME DID I ACT IN A NEFARIOUS MANNER BY ACCEPTING KICKBACKS AS 75 00:05:32,167 --> 00:05:36,000 FALSELY REPORTED BY THE MEDIA. FORMER BAND DIRECTOR LAWRENCE 76 00:05:36,133 --> 00:05:40,567 JACKSON WHO RETIRED FOUR YEARS AGO, WILL RETURN IN THE INTERIM 77 00:05:40,700 --> 00:05:50,133 WHILE SOUTHERN CONDUCTS A SEARCH FOR HAYMER'S REPLACEMENT. 78 00:05:50,267 --> 00:05:55,567 ON PAPER, THERE IS EXACTLY ONE MONTH LEFT FOR LAWMAKERS TO 79 00:05:55,700 --> 00:05:57,700 FINISH THEIR REGULAR SESSION BUSINESS AT THE CAPITAL. 80 00:05:57,833 --> 00:06:02,600 THEY HAVE TO FINISH BY JUNE 4. OFFICIALS SAY THEY WANT TO WRAP 81 00:06:02,733 --> 00:06:07,100 UP EARLY, POSSIBLY AS SOON AS MAY 18 TO PATCH UP THE SHORT 82 00:06:07,233 --> 00:06:11,133 FALL FOR THE SPENDING PLAN SET TO BEGIN ON JULY 1. 83 00:06:11,267 --> 00:06:15,933 THERE ARE A LOT OF DATES TO KEEP STRAIGHT AND HERE TO HELP US 84 00:06:16,067 --> 00:06:28,033 SORT IT ALL ARE ELIZABETH CRISP AND JEREMY ALFORD AND LPB'S 85 00:06:28,167 --> 00:06:32,300 KELLY SPIERS STARTS US OFF. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, ANDRE. 86 00:06:32,433 --> 00:06:35,933 IS THERE ENOUGH TIME IN THE SCHEDULE FOR THEM TO WRAP UP BY 87 00:06:36,067 --> 00:06:38,267 MAY 18? ARE WE TAKING BETS HERE? 88 00:06:38,400 --> 00:06:43,333 YOU KNOW, THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE VERY HOPEFUL. 89 00:06:43,467 --> 00:06:48,767 YESTERDAY WE SAW THE HOUSE TRYING A LITTLE BIT OF AN 90 00:06:48,900 --> 00:06:51,600 EXPERIMENT OF EXPEDITING PROCESS OF GETTING BILLS THROUGH. 91 00:06:51,767 --> 00:06:56,467 THE SPEAKER AND ALSO THE MAJORITY LEADER BOTH SAID THEY 92 00:06:56,600 --> 00:07:01,067 FEEL LIKE THIS WILL HELP THEM AS THEY CONTINUE OVER THE NEXT 93 00:07:01,200 --> 00:07:05,000 COUPLE OF WEEKS IN THEIR PATH TO TRYING TO FINISH EARLY. 94 00:07:05,133 --> 00:07:09,200 I'M A LITTLE HESITANT TO SPECULATE THAT THEY WILL 95 00:07:09,333 --> 00:07:12,900 ACTUALLY DO IT BECAUSE THERE IS STILL A LOT OF GOING ON. 96 00:07:13,033 --> 00:07:16,833 A LOT OF BILLS IN PLAY RIGHT NOW IN THE CAPITOL. 97 00:07:16,967 --> 00:07:20,567 THERE ARE STILL A LOT OF HOUSE BILLS THAT NEED TO GO THROUGH 98 00:07:20,700 --> 00:07:23,200 THE SENATE AND SENATE BILLS THAT NEED TO GO THROUGH THE HOUSE. 99 00:07:23,333 --> 00:07:26,300 I THINK AT THIS POINT IT IS ANYBODY'S CALL. 100 00:07:26,433 --> 00:07:28,833 RIGHT. SO THE GOVERNOR HAS SIGNED SOME 101 00:07:28,967 --> 00:07:33,233 BILLS, BUT A LOT OF THE MORE CONTROVERSIAL BILLS ARE KIND OF 102 00:07:33,367 --> 00:07:35,633 STALLED IN EACH CHAMBER, IT LOOKS LIKE. 103 00:07:35,767 --> 00:07:40,800 KIND OF LIKE A GAME OF CHICKEN. I THINK THERE'S ENOUGH TIME 104 00:07:40,933 --> 00:07:48,967 TO MOVE THE CAPITOL BACK TO DONALDSONVILLE AND DECLARE THE 105 00:07:49,100 --> 00:07:53,033 CRAWFISH THE STATE BIRD. THE QUESTION IS THERE WILL IN 106 00:07:53,167 --> 00:07:55,567 THE BODY. THE QUESTION IS THE BUDGET. 107 00:07:55,700 --> 00:08:00,200 IT SOUNDS LIKE THEY ARE TRYING TO FORGE A COMPROMISE, THE 108 00:08:00,333 --> 00:08:03,467 SENATORS INTEND TO MOVE A BUDGET OUT OF SENATE FINANCE. 109 00:08:03,600 --> 00:08:07,000 IS THAT PASSED IN TIME? DOES THAT END UP IN A CONFERENCE 110 00:08:07,133 --> 00:08:10,133 COMMITTEE? IT IS IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER 111 00:08:10,267 --> 00:08:12,933 LEGISLATURES AND THE GOVERNOR HAS UNTIL THE END OF THE FISCAL 112 00:08:13,067 --> 00:08:16,767 YEAR NOT THE END OF THE SESSION WHICH IS THE LAST DAY OF JUNE. 113 00:08:16,900 --> 00:08:20,333 WE HAVE BEGUN TO SEE THE NOTICES, THE HOSPITALS. 114 00:08:20,467 --> 00:08:26,200 THESE ARE SCARY THINGS WHEN YOU HAVE 700 NOTICES GO OUT, PIN 115 00:08:26,333 --> 00:08:29,000 SLIPS TO LAFAYETTE HOSPITAL, HEY, YOU HAVE TO FIND ANOTHER 116 00:08:29,133 --> 00:08:32,400 PLACE TO BE IN THAT TIME PERIOD. THAT IS JUST ONE OF MANY. 117 00:08:32,567 --> 00:08:37,133 WHAT IS THE RIPPLE EFFECT OF THAT AND WHAT IS THE REALITY? 118 00:08:37,267 --> 00:08:41,267 ARE WE GOING TO REALLY SEE THIS? IT IS INTERESTING. 119 00:08:41,400 --> 00:08:44,300 THESE ARE THINGS THAT HAVE TO HAPPEN BY VIRTUE OF TIMELINES 120 00:08:44,433 --> 00:08:47,633 AND PROCESS BECAUSE THERE IS SO MUCH UNCERTAINTY. 121 00:08:47,767 --> 00:08:51,633 THEY HAVE TO START SENDING THESE OUT. 122 00:08:51,767 --> 00:08:55,067 WE SAW IT WITH LAFAYETTE. NEXT WILL BE NEW ORLEANS 123 00:08:55,200 --> 00:08:56,767 PROBABLY. WE WILL SEE MORE. 124 00:08:56,900 --> 00:09:01,733 IF IT GETS TO THAT POINT, WE'LL SEE PEOPLE WHO ARE GETTING 125 00:09:01,867 --> 00:09:04,700 NOTICES THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE KICKED OUT OF NURSING HOMES. 126 00:09:04,867 --> 00:09:08,400 IT IS REALLY SCARY. IT IS VERY, VERY SCARY. 127 00:09:08,533 --> 00:09:11,500 YOU ALWAYS LIKE TO THINK SURELY THEY ARE GOING TO FIGURE THINGS 128 00:09:11,633 --> 00:09:14,433 OUT BEFORE THIS HAPPENED, BEFORE IT GETS TO THAT. 129 00:09:14,567 --> 00:09:18,533 BUT THEY HAVE TO -- THEY HAVE TO LET PEOPLE KNOW AND SO IT IS ONE 130 00:09:18,667 --> 00:09:21,733 OF THOSE THINGS IT IS REALLY HARD TO TELL PEOPLE YOU 131 00:09:21,867 --> 00:09:24,367 SHOULDN'T BE AFRAID ABOUT THIS, BUT IT IS THE REALITY OF WHERE 132 00:09:24,500 --> 00:09:28,667 WE ARE AT THIS POINT BECAUSE THE LEGISLATURE HAS NOT BEEN ABLE 133 00:09:28,800 --> 00:09:33,500 TO, FOR TWO YEARS, FIGURE OUT HOW TO SOLVE THESE FINANCIAL 134 00:09:33,633 --> 00:09:36,000 PROBLEMS THAT WE HAVE GOTTEN TO THE POINT THESE THINGS ARE 135 00:09:36,133 --> 00:09:36,833 HAPPENING. YEAH. 136 00:09:36,967 --> 00:09:39,700 THIS IS ONGOING. OF COURSE, THE NOTICES HAVE TO 137 00:09:39,833 --> 00:09:42,967 GO OUT. THAT IS SO UNSETTLING, BUT IT IS 138 00:09:43,100 --> 00:09:46,800 MORE UNSETTLING WHEN YOU THINK, CERTAINLY, THIS CAN'T REALLY 139 00:09:46,933 --> 00:09:47,733 HAPPEN. BUT IT CAN. 140 00:09:47,867 --> 00:09:52,933 I MEAN, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, IT IS PART OF THE PERENNIAL 141 00:09:53,067 --> 00:09:54,867 SONG AND DANCE THAT GOES ON AROUND THE BUDGET. 142 00:09:55,000 --> 00:09:59,700 OH, YEAH. ELIZABETH AND I THIS WEEK 143 00:09:59,833 --> 00:10:04,033 FOUND OURSELVES UNEXPECTEDLY AT A SPEECH THE GOVERNOR GAVE. 144 00:10:04,167 --> 00:10:08,667 THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT THESE NOTICES AND THE GOVERNOR USED 145 00:10:08,800 --> 00:10:11,233 THESE WORDS, I DON'T THINK THAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN. 146 00:10:11,400 --> 00:10:14,333 IF WE DON'T TAKE CARE OF THE BUDGET, THEN IT WILL HAPPEN. 147 00:10:14,467 --> 00:10:17,000 ELIZABETH IS RIGHT. THESE THINGS HAVE TO GO THROUGH 148 00:10:17,133 --> 00:10:19,233 THIS PROCESS AND WE ARE AT THAT POINT. 149 00:10:19,367 --> 00:10:25,067 YEAH, YOU KNOW, LIKE YOU SAID THAT GROUP, RIGHT AFTER THE 150 00:10:25,200 --> 00:10:27,867 LAFAYETTE HOSPITAL SENT OUT ALL THESE NOTICES. 151 00:10:28,000 --> 00:10:31,400 WE HAVE A GOVERNOR WHO, IT'S BEEN REPLAYED AND BECOME THIS 152 00:10:31,533 --> 00:10:35,767 KIND OF THING HE GOT ON TV AND SAID, WE MIGHT NOT HAVE LSU 153 00:10:35,900 --> 00:10:39,833 FOOTBALL ANYMORE. AND ALL OF THAT. 154 00:10:39,967 --> 00:10:50,733 AND SO WE HAVE HAD TWO YEARS OF ALL OF THESE TERRIBLES ARE GOING 155 00:10:50,867 --> 00:10:52,567 TO HAPPEN. YOU LIKE TO THINK IT IS NOT 156 00:10:52,700 --> 00:10:56,600 GOING TO HAPPEN. MORE BROADLY AND A LITTLE 157 00:10:56,733 --> 00:10:59,867 MORE TECHNICALLY, WHAT HAPPENS IF WE DON'T HAVE A BUDGET BY 158 00:11:00,000 --> 00:11:06,067 JUNE 30? WELL, LOUISIANA DOES NOT HAVE 159 00:11:06,200 --> 00:11:09,700 A GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN OPTION LIKE ABOUT A DOZEN OTHER STATES 160 00:11:09,833 --> 00:11:11,900 DO. WE HAVE NEVER GONE INTO A FISCAL 161 00:11:12,033 --> 00:11:15,000 YEAR WITHOUT A BUDGET IN RECENT HISTORY. 162 00:11:15,133 --> 00:11:16,967 THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE IS LOOKING AT IT. 163 00:11:17,100 --> 00:11:21,233 THE TREASURY HAS BEEN LOOKING AT IT. 164 00:11:21,367 --> 00:11:25,567 THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE STATES THAT THE PREVIOUS YEAR, FISCAL 165 00:11:25,700 --> 00:11:28,500 YEAR BUDGET, DOES NOT ROLL OVER AND TAKE EFFECT. 166 00:11:28,633 --> 00:11:31,933 THERE ARE SOME REPUBLICANS IN THE HOUSE WHO DO BELIEVE THAT. 167 00:11:32,067 --> 00:11:35,700 I WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED IF WE START HEARING SOME FOLKS LIKE 168 00:11:35,833 --> 00:11:39,533 JEFF LANDRY, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, START TO WEIGH IN ON 169 00:11:39,667 --> 00:11:41,200 THIS. THERE IS NO CLEAR GUIDANCE IN 170 00:11:41,333 --> 00:11:45,600 LAW, NO CASE LAW, NO PRECEDENT. YOU CAN LOOK AT ILLINOIS, 171 00:11:45,733 --> 00:11:51,967 ILLINOIS ASSEMBLY FAILED TO PASS A BUDGET FOR 2016-2017 AND THERE 172 00:11:52,133 --> 00:11:55,700 WERE FROM SOME VERY DRAMATIC RESULTS FROM THAT IN ILLINOIS. 173 00:11:55,833 --> 00:11:59,100 VENDORS HAD TO SUE THE STATE TO GET PAID. 174 00:11:59,233 --> 00:12:02,000 THERE WERE ENTITIES THAT HAD TO BE SHUT DOWN. 175 00:12:02,133 --> 00:12:05,567 SO WE DON'T KNOW. WE ARE GOING HAVE TO WAIT AND 176 00:12:05,700 --> 00:12:11,733 SEE, BUT AS LONG AS THEY HAVE SOMETHING ON PAPER BY THE END OF 177 00:12:11,867 --> 00:12:17,200 JUNE, THEY SHOULD BE FINE. SOMEHOW THAT FEELS LIKE A HIGH 178 00:12:17,333 --> 00:12:20,767 BAR FOR LOUISIANA LEGISLATURE. WE ARE IN A PLACE WHERE 179 00:12:20,900 --> 00:12:23,600 EVERYBODY IS TRYING TO RESEARCH WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENS. 180 00:12:23,733 --> 00:12:27,967 WE HAVE BEEN GOING THROUGH THIS FOR TWO YEARS, TRYING TO FIX THE 181 00:12:28,100 --> 00:12:30,367 SAME PROBLEM. WE ARE AT THE POINT WHERE 182 00:12:30,500 --> 00:12:33,933 EVERYBODY YOU TALK TO IS TALKING ABOUT THE RESEARCH RIGHT NOW. 183 00:12:34,067 --> 00:12:38,600 IS THERE LIKE ALMOST A BLAZE FEEL ABOUT THIS? 184 00:12:38,733 --> 00:12:42,633 BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR SO LONG, WE ARE CONDITIONED TO 185 00:12:42,767 --> 00:12:48,200 EXPECT TO FEEL THIS KIND OF MALAISE, ALMOST. 186 00:12:48,333 --> 00:12:51,367 IS THERE ANY SENSE OF URGENCY STARTING TO PICK UP? 187 00:12:51,500 --> 00:12:56,500 I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE INSIDE THE CAPITOL RECOGNIZE THE 188 00:12:56,633 --> 00:12:58,500 URGENCY. MY CONCERN IS, AND I HEAR A LOT, 189 00:12:58,667 --> 00:13:03,567 I GET A LOT OF READER FEEDBACK AND FEEDBACK ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND 190 00:13:03,700 --> 00:13:07,800 EVERYTHING. IT SEEMS LIKE PEOPLE, THE 191 00:13:07,933 --> 00:13:11,633 GENERAL PUBLIC IS KIND OF ALMOST AT THIS POINT CONDITIONED TO 192 00:13:11,767 --> 00:13:15,800 EXPECT TO HEAR THE WORST. WE HAVE A TERRIBLE BUDGET 193 00:13:15,933 --> 00:13:18,267 SITUATION. AND ALL THEY KNOW IS IT ALWAYS 194 00:13:18,400 --> 00:13:23,600 GETS FIXED. AND SO THAT IS MY CONCERN, JUST 195 00:13:23,733 --> 00:13:27,567 THAT OUTSIDE OF THE CAPITOL WALLS, ALL PEOPLE HAVE HEARD FOR 196 00:13:27,700 --> 00:13:31,367 TWO YEARS IS DOOM AND GLOOM. AND EVEN BEFORE THAT. 197 00:13:31,500 --> 00:13:34,233 SURE. AND SO IT JUST SEEMS LIKE I 198 00:13:34,367 --> 00:13:38,233 DON'T KNOW THAT THE GENERAL PUBLIC NECESSARILY FEELS THE 199 00:13:38,367 --> 00:13:41,767 URGENCY AS MUCH ANYMORE BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR SO 200 00:13:41,900 --> 00:13:48,467 LONG. WELL, TO PUT A PIN IN BUDGET 201 00:13:48,600 --> 00:13:50,933 TALK. KIND OF THE -- ONE OF THE 202 00:13:51,067 --> 00:13:55,100 LARGEST NEWS ITEMS FROM THE WEEK IS THE SECRETARY OF STATE 203 00:13:55,233 --> 00:13:58,033 RESIGNED AMID ALLEGATIONS OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT. 204 00:13:58,167 --> 00:14:02,133 WHAT IS TALK AROUND THE CAPITOL ABOUT WHO MIGHT RUN TO REPLACE 205 00:14:02,267 --> 00:14:04,933 HIM? LOOKS LIKE WE'LL HAVE A 206 00:14:05,100 --> 00:14:06,867 SPECIAL ELECTION, PROBABLY IN NOVEMBER. 207 00:14:07,000 --> 00:14:10,967 I'M ASSUMING FOR THAT RACE. THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE LOOKING 208 00:14:11,100 --> 00:14:14,500 AT THAT RACE. A LOT OF MAYBE CANDIDATES WERE 209 00:14:14,633 --> 00:14:17,033 HOPING IT WOULD BE A SPECIAL ELECTION. 210 00:14:17,167 --> 00:14:22,833 THEY PREFER A SPECIAL ELECTION. IT IS LOW TURNOUT, CHEAPER THAN 211 00:14:22,967 --> 00:14:25,533 A 2019 RACE. NO ONE OFFICIALLY HAS ANNOUNCED 212 00:14:25,667 --> 00:14:28,267 FOR THE SEAT YET. I KNOW THAT THERE MAY BE ONE 213 00:14:28,400 --> 00:14:30,867 COMING SOON FROM THE LEGISLATURE. 214 00:14:31,000 --> 00:14:36,100 SEVERAL LAWMAKERS LOOKING AT IT. AND, YOU KNOW, IT IS IS RACE 215 00:14:36,233 --> 00:14:43,200 BECAUSE IT IS A SPECIAL ELECTION, THERE'S NO REAL 216 00:14:43,333 --> 00:14:45,800 DOWNSIDE TO BEING SOMEBODY WHOSE NAME IS THROWN OUT THERE AS 217 00:14:45,933 --> 00:14:48,367 POSSIBLY RUNNING. BUT I DO THINK IT IS 218 00:14:48,500 --> 00:14:53,033 INTERESTING, YOU HAVE A LOT OF REPUBLICANS RIGHT NOW WHO ARE 219 00:14:53,167 --> 00:14:57,033 SIZING UP THIS RACE AGAINST THE GOVERNOR WHO IS UP FOR 220 00:14:57,167 --> 00:15:00,767 RE-ELECTION THE FOLLOWING YEAR. AND IF NOTHING ELSE, IT IS AN 221 00:15:00,900 --> 00:15:04,867 OPPORTUNITY FOR GETTING YOUR NAME OUT THERE. 222 00:15:05,000 --> 00:15:09,800 I'VE TALKED TO SOME REPUBLICANS WHO ARE RIGHT NOW SAYING THAT 223 00:15:09,933 --> 00:15:13,067 SERIOUSLY THERE ARE AS MANY AS 10 CANDIDATES WHO ARE LIKE 224 00:15:13,200 --> 00:15:16,467 SIZING THIS UP RIGHT NOW. SO I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, WE 225 00:15:16,600 --> 00:15:21,733 SAW A LOT OF SPECULATION OVER THE TREASURER'S RACE JUST A YEAR 226 00:15:21,867 --> 00:15:25,400 AGO. BUT I THINK THAT THIS ONE IS 227 00:15:25,533 --> 00:15:27,900 ACTUALLY GOING TO BE A BIT BIGGER. 228 00:15:28,033 --> 00:15:33,667 AND THE TREASURER'S RACE IS PROBABLY A SOLID CASE STUDY FOR 229 00:15:33,800 --> 00:15:37,167 THIS FALL ELECTION. A SPECIAL ELECTION, OFF YEAR, IT 230 00:15:37,300 --> 00:15:47,967 WAS ALL ABOUT REGIONAL BASE. REGION MATTERS. 231 00:15:48,100 --> 00:15:51,867 THE PARISHES AROUND NEW ORLEANS WSH TAKEN. 232 00:15:52,000 --> 00:15:54,467 JULIE STOKES COULD DO FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE RACE. 233 00:15:54,600 --> 00:15:59,500 WE WILL FIND OUT SOON. ELIZABETH, JEREMY, KELLY, THANK 234 00:15:59,633 --> 00:16:03,267 YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. YEAH. 235 00:16:03,400 --> 00:16:10,300 THANKS FOR HAVING ME. THE THREAT OF CHINESE TRADE 236 00:16:10,433 --> 00:16:16,433 TARIFFS IS HITTING LOUISIANA FARMERS' POCKETBOOKS. 237 00:16:16,567 --> 00:16:20,800 IT HAS COOLED OFF, BUT SHADOWING THE MARKETS. 238 00:16:20,933 --> 00:16:25,300 SOYBEANS PLANTING IS JUST GETTING UNDERWAY. 239 00:16:25,433 --> 00:16:28,867 THIS WEEK IN LOUISIANA AGRICULTURAL HAD THIS REPORT. 240 00:16:29,000 --> 00:16:41,633 SOYBEAN SEED IS STACKED TO THE CEILING OLIVE LIVE FARMS IN 241 00:16:41,767 --> 00:16:43,800 ARNAUDVILLE. LOOMING HIGHER THAN THESE 242 00:16:43,933 --> 00:16:49,733 SOYBEAN SEEDS IS THE THREAT OF WHAT LOWER PRICES MAY BRING. 243 00:16:49,867 --> 00:16:52,533 TARIFF DOES CONCERN ME FOR LONG-TERM PRICE OR PRICE 244 00:16:52,700 --> 00:16:55,933 DECREASE BECAUSE WE ARE WORKING ON A VERY THIN MARGIN OF PROFIT 245 00:16:56,067 --> 00:17:01,767 ON SOYBEANS AS IT IS. $10 IS ABOUT WHAT IT TAKES TO 246 00:17:01,900 --> 00:17:06,400 MAKE US CONSIDER OR BE CLOSE TO BEING IN THE PROFIT MARGIN. 247 00:17:06,533 --> 00:17:11,467 TODAY I THINK SOYBEANS ARE SELLING FOR $10.30-SOMETHING. 248 00:17:11,600 --> 00:17:16,833 SO THERE IS NOT A WHOLE LOT OF PROFIT MARGIN TO BE MADE. 249 00:17:16,967 --> 00:17:26,000 IF THIS TARIFF FORCES THE PRICE TO DROP 40 OR 50 CENTS, IT 250 00:17:26,133 --> 00:17:30,633 FORCES US OUT OF THE MARKET. JOEY FARMS IS GETTING THE 251 00:17:30,767 --> 00:17:33,133 EQUIPMENT READY. HE RECOGNIZES THE HARM TARIFFS 252 00:17:33,267 --> 00:17:36,067 MIGHT DO, IT IS ALL STILL UP IN THE AIR. 253 00:17:36,200 --> 00:17:39,933 THERE ARE ALREADY TALKS OF SUBSIDIES WHICH COULD COME INTO 254 00:17:40,067 --> 00:17:42,500 PLAY. THAT MIGHT HELP IN THE LONG 255 00:17:42,633 --> 00:17:44,567 TERM. IF THINGS, THESE TARIFFS COME 256 00:17:44,700 --> 00:17:47,867 INTO PLACE AND THE GOVERNMENT ENACTS THESE SUBSIDIES TO HELP 257 00:17:48,000 --> 00:17:55,533 US OUT, IT MIGHT COUNTERACT, OVERCOUNTERACT THE NEGATIVE. 258 00:17:55,667 --> 00:17:57,800 OBVIOUSLY, IT COULD HURT, YOU KNOW. 259 00:17:57,933 --> 00:18:02,200 IT'S JUST HARD TO REALLY KNOW AND SEE UNTIL IT COMES INTO 260 00:18:02,333 --> 00:18:05,933 PLAY. WHILE THE OLIVIERS ARE 261 00:18:06,067 --> 00:18:10,067 WAITING ON THINGS TO DRY OUT, THEIR SEED DEALER, DENNIS 262 00:18:10,200 --> 00:18:16,600 MARCANTEL PAYS THEM A VISIT, WEATHER, AND PRICES ARE A BIG 263 00:18:16,733 --> 00:18:19,633 THREAT TO HIS BUSINESS. KIND OF EARLY, BUT IF YOU 264 00:18:19,767 --> 00:18:25,033 GIVE IT A MONTH OR TWO, THE COMMODITY MARKET COULD GO DOWN 265 00:18:25,167 --> 00:18:28,867 AND GUYS IN SOUTH LOUISIANA COULD BACK OFF THE SOYBEAN ACRE. 266 00:18:29,000 --> 00:18:33,167 EAST OF THE OLIVIERS, RAY SCHEXNAYDER IS CHECKING ON THE 267 00:18:33,300 --> 00:18:36,000 250 ACRES OF BEANS HE ALREADY PLANTED SO FAR. 268 00:18:36,133 --> 00:18:41,900 HE KNOWS MANY OF THESE SOYBEANS GROWING HERE WILL ONE DAY MAKE 269 00:18:42,033 --> 00:18:45,567 THEIR WAY TO CHINA WHERE THE TARIFFS WILL HIT THEM THE 270 00:18:45,700 --> 00:18:48,400 HARDEST. IT IS AN ISSUE GROWERS LIKE HIM 271 00:18:48,533 --> 00:18:51,700 HAVE BEEN WORKING ON BEFORE THE TARIFF CAME UP. 272 00:18:51,833 --> 00:18:55,300 BEING THAT CHINA IS OUR BIGGEST IMPORTISER OF SOYBEANS, 273 00:18:55,433 --> 00:19:00,367 IT WAS KIND OF A BIG SCARE THINKING THEY WOULD RETALIATE. 274 00:19:00,500 --> 00:19:06,833 I DON'T KNOW IF THERE IS JUST THAT MUCH USAGE WORLDWIDE AND 275 00:19:06,967 --> 00:19:11,633 THAT IS WHAT KIND OF THE UNITED SOYBEAN BOARD THAT I SERVE ON, 276 00:19:11,767 --> 00:19:15,500 WE ARE STARTING TO LOOK INTO SOME OF THESE COUNTRIES THAT 277 00:19:15,633 --> 00:19:19,200 AREN'T SUCH BIG USERS OF BEANS AND TRYING TO GET THEM TO USE 278 00:19:19,333 --> 00:19:26,333 MORE. FOR SWI IN IRWINVILLE, I'M 279 00:19:26,467 --> 00:19:29,267 NIELE THAT COMES FROM "THIS WEEK IN 280 00:19:29,400 --> 00:19:40,500 LOUISIANA AGRICULTURAL." THERE ARE MORE FESTIVALS IN 281 00:19:40,633 --> 00:19:43,500 LOUISIANA THAN THERE ARE DAYS IN THE YEAR. 282 00:19:43,633 --> 00:19:48,500 NO SURPRISE WE ARE OFTEN CALLED THE FESTIVAL CAPITAL OF THE 283 00:19:48,633 --> 00:19:51,433 WORLD. WORLD FAMOUS JAZZFEST WRAPS UP 284 00:19:51,567 --> 00:19:54,767 IN NEW ORLEANS AND MAY IS JAMMED WITH LOCAL FESTIVALS MUCH LIKE 285 00:19:54,900 --> 00:19:59,267 WE SAW IN APRIL. I TALKED TO LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR 286 00:19:59,400 --> 00:20:02,867 BILLY NUNGESSER ABOUT LOUISIANA'S FESTIVAL TRADITION. 287 00:20:03,000 --> 00:20:08,000 WE ARE AT THE HISTORIC PENG BARRACKS IN DOWNTOWN BATON 288 00:20:08,133 --> 00:20:10,467 ROUGE. HISTORY IS ONE OF THE REASONS WE 289 00:20:10,600 --> 00:20:12,800 CELEBRATE THE MANY FESTIVALS WE HAVE IN LOUISIANA. 290 00:20:12,933 --> 00:20:17,333 LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF REASONS AND MORE THAN 291 00:20:17,467 --> 00:20:19,567 400 FESTIVALS YEAR AROUND IN THE STATE. 292 00:20:19,700 --> 00:20:22,067 EVERY YEAR THEY KEEP ADDING NEW ONES. 293 00:20:22,200 --> 00:20:24,300 ONE DAY I'M GOING TO GET AROUND TO ALL OF THEM. 294 00:20:24,433 --> 00:20:32,300 THAT IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. EVERY YEAR I THINK WE HADDED THE 295 00:20:32,433 --> 00:20:36,867 BENIER FESTIVAL, THE FRIED CHICKEN, WE ADD MORE AND MORE TO 296 00:20:37,000 --> 00:20:40,933 THE FULL YEAR THAT KICKS OFF THE SEASON ABOUT NOW. 297 00:20:41,067 --> 00:20:43,867 THAT GO YEAR ROUND. VIRTUALLY. 298 00:20:44,000 --> 00:20:48,667 RIGHT NOW THERE ARE EVENTS COMING UP, THE CRAWFISH FESTIVAL 299 00:20:48,800 --> 00:20:53,700 AND THEY CALL IT PIRATE DAYS NOW IN LAKE CHARLES. 300 00:20:53,833 --> 00:20:56,933 THOSE ARE REGIONAL EVENTS THAT DRAW PEOPLE FROM AROUND THE 301 00:20:57,067 --> 00:20:59,967 COUNTRY, BUT A LOT OF LOUISIANANS. 302 00:21:00,100 --> 00:21:10,033 THEY GO FROMú■ THE JAZZFEST, NE WEEK THE POUDFEST, BEAU BRIDGE 303 00:21:10,167 --> 00:21:13,700 CRAWFISH. YOU HAVE THEM ALL OVER FROM THE 304 00:21:13,833 --> 00:21:16,833 FROGFEST. EVERY AREA HAS THEIR NICHE AND 305 00:21:16,967 --> 00:21:21,233 SOMETHING UNIQUE AND SPECIAL, MUSIC, FOOD, CULTURE, CRAFTS AND 306 00:21:21,367 --> 00:21:25,400 THE PEOPLE. THE ONE THING THEY ALL HAVE IN 307 00:21:25,533 --> 00:21:27,667 COMMON IS THEY ALL TREAT STRANGERS LIKE FAMILY. 308 00:21:27,800 --> 00:21:32,767 THAT MAKES LOUISIANA SPECIAL. HOW HAS YOUR NEW MOTTO, 309 00:21:32,900 --> 00:21:35,800 TOURISM SLOGAN, HOW HAS THAT GONE OVER AND WHAT KIND OF 310 00:21:35,933 --> 00:21:37,267 TRACTION HAVE YOU SEEN WITH THAT? 311 00:21:37,400 --> 00:21:39,933 IT SEEMS TO BE GAINING A LOT OF STEAM. 312 00:21:40,067 --> 00:21:44,733 OF COURSE, WE NEED EVERYBODY TO USE IT LOUISIANA FEED YOUR SOUL. 313 00:21:44,867 --> 00:21:49,467 YOU CAN FEED YOUR SOUL WITH MUSIC, WITH FOOD, WITH÷■ CULTUR 314 00:21:49,600 --> 00:21:52,900 WITH FISH, WITH HISTORY, WITH ALL KIND OF THINGS IN LOUISIANA 315 00:21:53,067 --> 00:21:58,067 AND WE LET THE DATA DRIVE THAT SLOGAN. 316 00:21:58,200 --> 00:22:02,633 WE DIDN'T JUST COME UP WITH IT. WE HAD FOCUS AROUND LOUISIANA, 317 00:22:02,767 --> 00:22:05,933 DALLAS, HOUSTON, ATLANTA, DENVER, INTO CANADA AND WE ASKED 318 00:22:06,067 --> 00:22:08,267 PEOPLE, WHAT DOES LOUISIANA MEAN TO YOU. 319 00:22:08,400 --> 00:22:15,267 IT WAS THAT DEEP SOUL THAT RICH, THAT PERSONALITY THAT SEEMED TO 320 00:22:15,400 --> 00:22:18,500 COME UP AND DREW EVERYTHING BACK TO LOUISIANA WHERE YOU CAN FEED 321 00:22:18,633 --> 00:22:20,000 YOUR SOUL WITH JUST ABOUT ANYTHING. 322 00:22:20,133 --> 00:22:22,167 YOU ARE LOUISIANA THROUGH AND THROUGH. 323 00:22:22,300 --> 00:22:24,467 IT IS NO SECRET YOUR PASSION FOR LOUISIANA. 324 00:22:24,600 --> 00:22:27,733 YOUR LOVE FOR OUR STATE. DO YOU HAVE A FAVORITE FESTIVAL? 325 00:22:27,867 --> 00:22:32,200 THAT IS A LOADED QUESTION. YOU KNOW, I TELL YOU, I'LL BE 326 00:22:32,333 --> 00:22:35,900 GOING TO THE FROG TEST. I REMEMBER CATCHING THOSE FROGS 327 00:22:36,033 --> 00:22:39,667 WITH THOSE LONG LEGS. BUT I HAVE GONE TO AS MANY AS I 328 00:22:39,800 --> 00:22:42,033 CAN MAKE SINCE I HAVE BEEN LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR. 329 00:22:42,167 --> 00:22:48,467 I REMEMBER AS A KID, GETTING IN THAT WOOD PANEL STATION WAGON 330 00:22:48,600 --> 00:22:51,033 AND HEADING TO THE STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL. 331 00:22:51,167 --> 00:22:54,500 THEY HAVE A LOT OF HISTORY AND MEANING WITH ME GROWING UP AS A 332 00:22:54,633 --> 00:23:00,967 KID AROUND LOUISIANA. ALL THE WAY UP NORTH TO THE 333 00:23:01,100 --> 00:23:05,800 WATERMELON FESTIVAL. LAST TIME I BOUGHT A 350-POUND 334 00:23:05,933 --> 00:23:09,167 WATER MELON. THEY ALL HAVE SOMETHING UNIQUE 335 00:23:09,300 --> 00:23:12,100 AND SPECIAL AND SOMETHING I LOVE ABOUT EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THEM 336 00:23:12,233 --> 00:23:15,067 AND THE HISTORY BEHIND THEM. YOU ANSWERED THAT WELL. 337 00:23:15,200 --> 00:23:23,100 THERE IS A SEAFOODú■ú■ú■ú■ AND FESTIVAL IN PLAQUEMINES PARISH. 338 00:23:23,233 --> 00:23:24,867 THAT HAS TO BE DEAR TO YOUR HEART? 339 00:23:25,000 --> 00:23:28,600 IT IS. IN FORT JACKSON, A LOT OF 340 00:23:28,733 --> 00:23:38,800 HISTORY, BEST ORANGING GROWN IN PLAQUEMINES PARISH. 341 00:23:38,933 --> 00:23:42,833 A LOT OF HISTORY IN THAT FESTIVAL IN PORT JACKSON EVERY 342 00:23:42,967 --> 00:23:44,533 YEAR. THEY ALL HAVE A UNIQUE AND 343 00:23:44,667 --> 00:23:46,600 ECONOMIC BENEFIT TO THEIR TOWN AND CITY. 344 00:23:46,733 --> 00:23:49,733 THEY POUR THEIR HEARTS AND SOUL INTO PREPARATION. 345 00:23:49,867 --> 00:23:54,133 ONE THING WE HOPE TO DO ON A STATEWIDE BASIS IS DO A BETTER 346 00:23:54,267 --> 00:23:57,700 JOB AS WE CONTINUE TO PROMOTE STAYCATION AROUND LOUISIANA. 347 00:23:57,833 --> 00:24:01,600 I WANT YOU TO TAKE ONE VACATION WHERE YOU WOULD NORMALLY LEAVE 348 00:24:01,733 --> 00:24:03,833 LOUISIANA AND SEE A PART OF LOUISIANA YOU HAVEN'T SEEN. 349 00:24:03,967 --> 00:24:08,067 WE THINK IT IS A REAL OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO■■ GROW TH 350 00:24:08,200 --> 00:24:11,200 ATTENDANCE AT MANY OF THESE SMALL TOWNS AND THEIR EVENTS 351 00:24:11,333 --> 00:24:12,833 THAT THEY HOST. x■ SOUNDS GOOD. 352 00:24:12,967 --> 00:24:15,333 WE APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. 353 00:24:15,467 --> 00:24:17,867 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH US. 354 00:24:18,000 --> 00:24:22,167 WITH SO MANY THOUSANDS, BY THE WAY, CHECK OUT 355 00:24:22,300 --> 00:24:25,300 LOUISIANATRAVEL.COM FOR COMPLETE FESTIVAL INFORMATION AND ALL THE 356 00:24:25,433 --> 00:24:31,800 WAYS YOU CAN # FEEDYOURSOUL. WITH SO MANY THOUSANDS SPENDING 357 00:24:31,933 --> 00:24:37,300 HOURS OUTDOORS, WE ARE REMINDED THE TOLL OF THE SUN AND HEAT CAN 358 00:24:37,433 --> 00:24:41,533 HAVE ON YOU. HERE IS DOCTOR RANI WOODFIELD 359 00:24:41,667 --> 00:24:46,233 YOU HAVE INCREASE RISK OF SUN CANCER AND DEHYDRATION. 360 00:24:46,367 --> 00:24:48,267 PHYSICIANS TRULY FEAR HEATSTROKE. 361 00:24:48,400 --> 00:24:51,267 YOUNG BABIES THAT ARE NOT BEING PROTECTED AND COVERED. 362 00:24:51,400 --> 00:24:53,800 WE HAVE TO BE CAUTIOUS IN THE SUMMER MONTHS. 363 00:24:53,933 --> 00:24:57,433 WE WANT TO HAVE A GREAT TIME. WE WANT YOU TO PROTECT YOUR SKIN 364 00:24:57,567 --> 00:24:59,867 AND YOUR HEALTH. LET'S TALK ABOUT SKIN 365 00:25:00,000 --> 00:25:01,567 PROTECTION FIRST. YEAH. 366 00:25:01,700 --> 00:25:06,667 YOU HEAR PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT SPF, SUN PROTECTION FACTOR IN 367 00:25:06,800 --> 00:25:08,567 SUNSCREENS. PEOPLE SAY IT IS HOT OUTSIDE, I 368 00:25:08,700 --> 00:25:12,767 DON'T WANT TO HAVE A LONG SLEEVE SHIRT. 369 00:25:12,933 --> 00:25:16,067 YOU CAN START WITH SUN PROTECTION FACTOR STARTING AT 15 370 00:25:16,200 --> 00:25:21,900 THAT DELAYS THE TIME THE SKIN TURNS RED FOR A FEW HOURS. 371 00:25:22,033 --> 00:25:26,400 WE SWEAT SO YOU WANT TO REAPPLY EVERY HOUR, ESPECIALLY IN A 372 00:25:26,533 --> 00:25:29,000 SWIMMING POOL. ONCE YOU COME OUT OF THE POOL, 373 00:25:29,133 --> 00:25:32,333 REAPPLY THE SUNSCREEN. PEOPLE SAY, I KNOW THIS, THIS 374 00:25:32,467 --> 00:25:35,433 IS NOT NEW. PEOPLE FORGET AND HAVE TO BE 375 00:25:35,567 --> 00:25:37,233 REMINDED. THEY FORGET UNTIL THEY SHOW 376 00:25:37,367 --> 00:25:42,833 UP IN OUR OFFICE AND I HAVE TO DO A SKIN BIOPSY AND TELL THEM 377 00:25:42,967 --> 00:25:46,533 THEY HAVE SKIN CANCER. IT IS TREATABLE, BUT WHO WANTS 378 00:25:46,700 --> 00:25:51,400 TO DEAL THAT. MELANOMAS CAN ACTUALLY KILL YOU. 379 00:25:51,533 --> 00:25:52,700 AFRICAN-AMERICANS DO GET SKIN CANCER. 380 00:25:52,833 --> 00:25:57,000 BEING IN THE SUN DURING THE SAFE HOURS BEFORE 10EK AND AFTER 3:00 381 00:25:57,133 --> 00:26:01,933 IS SUPPOSED TO REDUCE THE U.V. LIGHT THAT PENETRATES THE SKIN. 382 00:26:02,067 --> 00:26:05,167 THERE IS STILL EXPOSURE. WHAT IF YOU SEE A FRECKLE OR 383 00:26:05,300 --> 00:26:09,067 SOMETHING THAT LOOKS DIFFERENT? FIRST THING YOU DO IS TALK TO 384 00:26:09,200 --> 00:26:15,167 YOUR DOCTOR. WE ARE LOOKING FOR IRREGULAR 385 00:26:15,300 --> 00:26:19,633 BORDERS, THINGS THAT GROW VER GAITED, BLACK, BROWN, PINK AND 386 00:26:19,800 --> 00:26:21,467 WHITE. IF THEY GET IRRITATED EASILY. 387 00:26:21,600 --> 00:26:24,600 YOU COME IN. FIRST THING IS COME INTO THE 388 00:26:24,733 --> 00:26:26,633 DOCTOR. STAYING HYDRATED. 389 00:26:26,767 --> 00:26:31,767 YOU WANT TO KEEP FLUIDS IN YOUR BODY BECAUSE ONE THING WHEN YOU 390 00:26:31,900 --> 00:26:35,000 LOSE YOU CAN LOSE YOUR ORIENTATION. 391 00:26:35,133 --> 00:26:42,800 BY THE TIME YOU ARE THIRSTY, YOU ARE 3% TO 5% DEHYDRATED. 392 00:26:42,933 --> 00:26:47,600 YOUR URINE SHOULD BE LIGHT YELLOW TO CLEAR. 393 00:26:47,733 --> 00:26:51,767 BEING TIRED, YOU SWIMMING TWO OR THREE DAYS IN A ROW, YOU ARE 394 00:26:51,900 --> 00:26:54,133 FATIGUED AND TIRED. CHECK YOUR WEIGHT. 395 00:26:54,267 --> 00:27:01,400 IF YOU WEIGHED 100 POUNDS ON MONDAY AND 98 POUNDS ON TUESDAY, 396 00:27:01,533 --> 00:27:06,200 YOU ARE PROBABLY DEHYDRATED. I GO TO FESTIVAL WHAT DO I 397 00:27:06,333 --> 00:27:09,167 NEED TO TAKE? HAT, SHADES, WATER, LOTS OF 398 00:27:09,300 --> 00:27:13,500 WATER. GATORADE, POWERA DERKS IF YOU 399 00:27:13,633 --> 00:27:15,800 ARE DOING DANCING AND JUMPING AROUND. 400 00:27:15,933 --> 00:27:18,833 MINIMIZE THE ALCOHOL IN THE HEAT AND HAVE A GOOD TIME. 401 00:27:18,967 --> 00:27:22,133 OUR THANKS TO DR. WHITFIELD. THAT IS OUR SHOW. 402 00:27:22,267 --> 00:27:28,467 YOU CAN WATCH LPB ON DEMAND WITH OUR LPB ANYWHERE APP. 403 00:27:28,600 --> 00:27:32,167 FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK, TWITTER AND INSTAGRAM. 404 00:27:32,300 --> 00:27:37,033 I'M ANDRE MOREAU THANKS FOR WATCHING. 405 00:27:37,167 --> 00:28:01,667 UNTIL NEXT TIME, THAT'S "THE STATE WE'RE IN." 406 00:28:01,800 --> 00:28:07,167 SUPPORT COMES FROM NTRGY PROVIDES MUCH MORE THAN POWER. 407 00:28:07,300 --> 00:28:10,567 WE SUPPORT SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING AT LOCAL SCHOOLS TO 408 00:28:10,700 --> 00:28:14,733 BUILD A BRIGHTER PATH TO BETTER JOBS AND HELP PREPARE THE NEXT 409 00:28:14,867 --> 00:28:18,867 GENERATION. TOGETHER, WE POWER LIFE. 410 00:28:19,000 --> 00:28:21,900 NTRGY. 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