WEBVTT 00:08.600 --> 00:11.467 position:48.3% line:79.33% size:3.41% THAN POWER. WE SUPPORT SCIENCE AND 00:11.600 --> 00:14.367 position:24.05% line:79.33% size:51.9% ENGINEERING TO BUILD A BRIGHTER PATH TO BETTER JOBS AND HELP 00:14.500 --> 00:18.367 position:24.05% line:79.33% size:51.9% PREPARE THE NEXT GENERATION BECAUSE TOGETHER, WE POWER LIFE. 00:18.500 --> 00:25.533 position:46.43% line:79.33% size:7.14% ENTERGY. ADDITIONAL SUPPORT PROVIDED 00:25.667 --> 00:27.400 position:30.58% line:79.33% size:38.84% BY THE FRED B. AND RUTH B. ZIEGLER FOUNDATION AND THE 00:27.533 --> 00:28.633 position:33.38% line:79.33% size:33.25% ZIEGLER ART MUSEUM. LOCATED IN JENNINGS CITY HALL, 00:28.767 --> 00:31.000 position:26.85% line:79.33% size:46.3% THE MUSEUM FOCUSES ON EMERGING LOUISIANA ARTISTS AND IS A 00:31.133 --> 00:38.767 position:28.71% line:79.33% size:42.58% HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL CENTER FOR SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA. 00:38.900 --> 00:41.067 position:30.58% line:79.33% size:38.84% AND THE FOUNDATION FOR EXCELLENCE IN LOUISIANA PUBLIC 00:41.200 --> 00:44.733 position:35.24% line:79.33% size:29.52% BROADCASTING WITH SUPPORT FROM VIEWERS LIKE YOU. 00:44.867 --> 00:59.000 position:37.88% line:84.67% size:24.25% ♪♪ ♪♪ 00:59.133 --> 01:02.200 position:46.43% line:79.33% size:7.14% SUGAR RECOVERY WAS AT RECORD LEVELS. 01:02.333 --> 01:03.567 position:29.65% line:79.33% size:40.71% HOW THE STATE'S SUGAR CANE HAS APPARENTLY SURVIVED OUR 01:03.700 --> 01:07.633 position:45.5% line:79.33% size:9% WINTER. THIS SEASON, MOTHER NATURE IS 01:07.767 --> 01:09.367 position:33.38% line:79.33% size:33.25% REALLY PLAYING WITH US. THE RULES AREN'T APPLYING. 01:09.567 --> 01:14.033 position:30.58% line:79.33% size:38.84% THE RULES AREN'T APPLYING. TRYING TO EXPLAIN WHY IT'S 01:14.167 --> 01:16.600 position:41.77% line:79.33% size:16.47% BEEN SO COLD. CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS ARE 01:16.733 --> 01:18.567 position:35.24% line:79.33% size:29.52% LIKE A KNIFE FIGHT. A FIRST EVER SUMMIT LOOKS AT 01:18.700 --> 01:22.533 position:34.31% line:79.33% size:31.39% REDISTRICTING IN LOUISIANA. HI, I'M ANDRE MOREAU. 01:22.667 --> 01:29.867 position:27.78% line:79.33% size:44.44% MORE ON THOSE STORIES IN A MOMENT, BUT RIGHT NOW ON SWI, 01:30.000 --> 01:32.200 position:41.77% line:79.33% size:16.47% THE STATE WE'RE IN, THE WEEK'S HEADLINES. 01:32.333 --> 01:33.667 position:26.85% line:79.33% size:46.3% SEVERE COLD WEATHER PROMPTED GOVERNOR JOHN BEL EDWARDS TO 01:33.800 --> 01:37.700 position:31.51% line:79.33% size:36.98% ISSUE AN EMERGENCY DECLARATION THROUGHOUT LOUISIANA. 01:37.833 --> 01:41.533 position:24.05% line:79.33% size:51.9% THE ICING ON ROADS CAUSED THE INTERSTATE SYSTEM TO SHUT DOWN 01:41.667 --> 01:45.700 position:39.9% line:79.33% size:20.19% AND FOR DAYS, PEOPLE BASICALLY STAYED HOME. 01:45.833 --> 01:50.500 position:22.19% line:79.33% size:55.63% THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION DEPLOYED 1,200 WORKERS FOR 24 01:50.633 --> 01:53.567 position:39.9% line:79.33% size:20.19% HOUR OPERATIONS TO SECURE AND DE-ICE ROADS. 01:53.700 --> 01:58.233 position:22.19% line:79.33% size:55.63% SEVERAL HUNDRED TRUCKS POURED ONE AND A HALF MILLION POUNDS OF 01:58.367 --> 02:01.567 position:34.31% line:79.33% size:31.39% SALT TO MELT ICE TO REDUCE THE DANGERS OF TRAVEL. 02:01.700 --> 02:05.000 position:24.98% line:79.33% size:50.03% FIVE OF THE STATE'S AIRPORTS CLOSED DURING THE DEEP FREEZE. 02:05.133 --> 02:07.967 position:23.12% line:79.33% size:53.77% AT LEAST FOUR PEOPLE DIED IN LOUISIANA DURING THIS ICE EVENT. 02:08.100 --> 02:11.533 position:24.98% line:79.33% size:50.03% THEY INCLUDED A MAN WHO WAS KNOCKED OFF AN ELEVATED SECTION 02:11.667 --> 02:16.833 position:22.19% line:79.33% size:55.63% OF INTERSTATE 10 IN NEW ORLEANS WHEN A PICKUP SPUN OUT ON ICE. 02:16.967 --> 02:19.933 position:24.98% line:79.33% size:50.03% AN 8-MONTH-OLD BABY DIED IN A CAR THAT SLID INTO A CANAL IN 02:20.067 --> 02:25.400 position:32.44% line:79.33% size:35.11% SUBURBAN NEW ORLEANS. WE ALL WANT THE BEST BANG FOR 02:25.533 --> 02:28.967 position:20.32% line:79.33% size:59.36% OUR BUCK HEATING AND INSULATING OUR HOMES AND THIS WEEKEND LSU'S 02:29.100 --> 02:33.467 position:38.97% line:79.33% size:22.06% AG CENTER CAN SHOW YOU ALL THAT'S AVAILABLE. 02:33.600 --> 02:35.000 position:23.12% line:79.33% size:53.77% THEIR LOUISIANA HOUSE RESOURCE CENTER DEMONSTRATION HOME WILL 02:35.133 --> 02:37.900 position:44.56% line:79.33% size:10.87% SHOWCASE THE LATEST IN ENERGY SAVINGS. 02:38.033 --> 02:41.167 position:25.91% line:79.33% size:48.17% THERE'S AN OPEN HOUSE SATURDAY, JANUARY 20 FROM 10 TO 2 ON 02:41.300 --> 02:46.967 position:34.31% line:79.33% size:31.39% GOURRIER AVENUE. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED, GO ONLINE 02:47.100 --> 02:54.300 position:23.12% line:79.33% size:53.77% TO WWW.LSUAGCENTER.COM/LAHOUSE. YOU WILL GET ALL THE INFO YOU 02:54.433 --> 02:58.800 position:37.1% line:79.33% size:25.79% NEED FOR THE EVENT. ALABAMA BEAT OUT LOUISIANA 02:58.933 --> 03:01.867 position:21.25% line:79.33% size:57.5% FOR A $1.6 BILLION TOYOTA-MAZDA JOINT AUTO PLANT THAT WILL MEAN 03:02.000 --> 03:04.667 position:40.84% line:79.33% size:18.33% 4,000 NEW JOBS FOR THE YELLOWHAMMER STATE. 03:04.800 --> 03:08.767 position:26.85% line:79.33% size:46.3% STATE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SECRETARY DON PIERSON SAYS THE 03:08.900 --> 03:11.367 position:33.38% line:79.33% size:33.25% BIDS WERE COMPARABLE, BUT ALABAMA'S FOOTPRINT WITH 03:11.500 --> 03:18.933 position:32.44% line:79.33% size:35.11% EXISTING CAR MANUFACTURING PLANTS WAS AN ADVANTAGE. 03:19.067 --> 03:20.433 position:20.32% line:79.33% size:59.36% LOUISIANA OFFERED A HALF-BILLION DOLLAR INCENTIVE, WHILE ALABAMA 03:20.567 --> 03:22.667 position:22.19% line:79.33% size:55.63% OFFERED LESS CASH BUT COUNTERED WITH DONATED LAND AND PROPERTY 03:22.800 --> 03:27.967 position:42.7% line:79.33% size:14.6% TAX VALUES. PIERSON SAYS HIS AGENCY WILL 03:28.100 --> 03:29.633 position:26.85% line:79.33% size:46.3% REEXAMINE WHAT IT'S DOING BECAUSE IT WANTS TO BE A PLAYER 03:29.767 --> 03:37.167 position:31.51% line:79.33% size:36.98% IN THE CAR BUILDING INDUSTRY A PROPOSED $3.6 BILLION 03:37.300 --> 03:39.500 position:21.25% line:79.33% size:57.5% METHANOL PRODUCING MEGA-PLANT IN PLAQUEMINES PARISH NOW HAS ITS 03:39.633 --> 03:43.767 position:42.7% line:79.33% size:14.6% AIR QUALITY PERMIT FROM LOUISIANA'S DEQ. 03:43.900 --> 03:48.833 position:24.05% line:79.33% size:51.9% WHEN THE GULF COAST METHANOL PARK IS COMPLETED IN TWO YEARS, 03:48.967 --> 03:50.800 position:25.91% line:79.33% size:48.17% IT'S EXPECTED TO PRODUCE 7.2 TONS OF METHANOL FROM NATURAL 03:50.933 --> 03:54.967 position:46.43% line:79.33% size:7.14% GAS AND EMPLOY THOUSANDS OF WORKERS. 03:55.100 --> 04:00.133 position:20.32% line:79.33% size:59.36% THE COMPLEX, WHICH IS MADE UP OF FOUR IDENTICAL METHANOL PLANTS, 04:00.267 --> 04:01.800 position:24.98% line:79.33% size:50.03% BOASTS BEING THE LARGEST AND LOWEST-EMISSION METHANOL PLANT 04:01.933 --> 04:05.033 position:44.56% line:79.33% size:10.87% IN THE WORLD. SENATOR BILL CASSIDY HAS 04:05.167 --> 04:07.933 position:23.12% line:79.33% size:53.77% BEEN AWARDED FOR HIS EFFORTS TO SAVE THE FEDERAL HISTORIC TAX 04:08.067 --> 04:11.500 position:49.23% line:79.33% size:1.55% CREDITS. WORK DONE BY CASSIDY AND 04:11.633 --> 04:14.633 position:31.51% line:79.33% size:36.98% LOUISIANA'S CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION HELPED SAVE THE 04:14.767 --> 04:17.633 position:36.17% line:79.33% size:27.66% HISTORIC TAX CREDIT AS REPUBLICANS PUSHED THEIR 04:17.767 --> 04:20.667 position:46.43% line:79.33% size:7.14% SIGNATURE TAX BILL THROUGH CONGRESS. 04:20.800 --> 04:24.000 position:23.12% line:79.33% size:53.77% LOUISIANA HAS BENEFITED FROM THE HISTORIC CREDIT PERHAPS MORE 04:24.133 --> 04:26.600 position:32.44% line:79.33% size:35.11% THAN ANY OTHER STATE WITH THE REHAB OF THOUSANDS OF 04:26.733 --> 04:28.367 position:47.36% line:79.33% size:5.28% HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT BUILDINGS. 04:28.500 --> 04:30.300 position:22.19% line:79.33% size:55.63% THE FUTURE OF THE PROGRAM WAS THREATENED DURING THE TAX REFORM 04:30.433 --> 04:35.533 position:21.09% line:84.67% size:57.81% PROCESS. SOME CHOICE WORDS FROM 04:35.667 --> 04:39.867 position:25.91% line:79.33% size:48.17% GOVERNOR EDWARDS ABOUT FLORIDA GOVERNOR RICK SCOTT AND HIS 04:40.000 --> 04:41.933 position:34.31% line:79.33% size:31.39% SO-CALLED "TRADE MISSION" TO LOUISIANA THIS WEEK. 04:42.067 --> 04:45.033 position:24.98% line:79.33% size:50.03% SCOTT WANTS TO LURE BUSINESSES AWAY FROM LOUISIANA AND INTO 04:45.167 --> 04:48.500 position:41.77% line:79.33% size:16.47% FLORIDA. BESIDES TRYING TO POACH BUSINESS 04:48.633 --> 04:51.733 position:23.12% line:79.33% size:53.77% FROM US, EDWARDS SAYS SCOTT IS ALSO TRYING TO RAISE MONEY FOR 04:51.867 --> 05:00.133 position:27.78% line:79.33% size:44.44% FUTURE POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS. TODAY WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THE 05:00.267 --> 05:02.433 position:37.1% line:79.33% size:25.79% DAY THE GOVERNOR RELEASED HIS DOOMSDAY BUDGET. 05:02.567 --> 05:05.167 position:31.51% line:79.33% size:36.98% FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR. OF COURSE, THE WEATHER HAS 05:05.300 --> 05:10.700 position:28.71% line:79.33% size:42.58% DELAYED THAT UNTIL MONDAY. GREG HILBURN WITH U.S. TODAY 05:10.833 --> 05:12.900 position:27.78% line:79.33% size:44.44% NETWORK, YOU HAVE TALKED WITH PEOPLE ALL OVER THE STATE, 05:13.033 --> 05:16.033 position:34.31% line:79.33% size:31.39% TALKED WITH NEWSPAPERS. WHAT ARE YOU HEARING FROM 05:16.167 --> 05:18.500 position:44.56% line:79.33% size:10.87% PEOPLE? WHAT ARE THEY FEARING THE MOST 05:18.633 --> 05:21.400 position:40.84% line:79.33% size:18.33% ABOUT THE CUTS? IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN 05:21.533 --> 05:23.933 position:42.7% line:79.33% size:14.6% AND I APPRECIATE YOU HAVING ME ON TODAY. 05:24.067 --> 05:29.700 position:23.12% line:79.33% size:53.77% I THINK THAT WHEN THE GOVERNOR ANNOUNCES HIS EXECUTIVE BUDGET 05:29.833 --> 05:35.933 position:24.05% line:79.33% size:51.9% FOR NEXT YEAR, IT WILL BE, OF COURSE, AT LEAST $1 BILLION IN 05:36.067 --> 05:40.033 position:30.58% line:79.33% size:38.84% CUTS AND IT WILL BE INTENDED TO CREATE SHOCK AND AWE. 05:40.167 --> 05:44.067 position:27.78% line:79.33% size:44.44% HE WILL CUT THE THINGS THAT PEOPLE MOST WANT IN ORDER TO 05:44.200 --> 05:47.767 position:24.05% line:79.33% size:51.9% FIND SOME PRESSURE POINTS ON THESE LAWMAKERS TO COME UP WITH 05:47.900 --> 05:53.467 position:24.05% line:79.33% size:51.9% SOME MORE OF THE REVENUE OR TAXES THAT HE WANTS TO FILL THIS 05:53.600 --> 05:54.167 position:36.01% line:84.67% size:27.98% HOLE. GO AHEAD. 05:54.367 --> 05:59.033 position:23.12% line:79.33% size:53.77% ARE YOU HEARING ANYTHING THAT HAS HAPPENED WHERE THERE'S BEEN 05:59.167 --> 06:04.633 position:28.71% line:79.33% size:42.58% PROGRESS OR A LACK OF PROGRESS IN THE LAST WEEK OR TWO? 06:04.833 --> 06:08.433 position:31.51% line:79.33% size:36.98% WELL IN THE LAST NINE WEEKS, WHICH IS HOW LONG THESE 06:08.567 --> 06:11.767 position:20.32% line:79.33% size:59.36% NEGOTIATIONS HAVE BEEN GOING ON, IT MAY BE COLD ACROSS LOUISIANA 06:11.900 --> 06:15.667 position:35.24% line:79.33% size:29.52% THIS WEEK, BUT THOSE NEGOTIATIONS HAVE BEEN EVEN 06:15.800 --> 06:17.333 position:45.5% line:79.33% size:9% COLDER. NOW, WE'LL SEE WHETHER OR NOT 06:17.467 --> 06:20.567 position:20.32% line:79.33% size:59.36% THEY CAN THAW BEFORE THE TIME IT IS WHERE SOME DECISIONS HAVE TO 06:20.700 --> 06:24.167 position:45.5% line:79.33% size:9% BE MADE. I THINK THAT THERE HAVE BEEN 06:24.300 --> 06:27.167 position:27.78% line:79.33% size:44.44% MAYBE SOME PROGRESS, BUT CERTAINLY NOWHERE NEAR ANY KIND 06:27.300 --> 06:30.600 position:42.7% line:79.33% size:14.6% OF RESOLUTION. DID ALL OF HIS TALKS WITH 06:30.733 --> 06:34.400 position:22.19% line:79.33% size:55.63% CIVIC GROUPS AND BUSINESS LEADER OF THE PAST YEAR, DID THAT DO 06:34.533 --> 06:37.167 position:41.77% line:79.33% size:16.47% ANY GOOD? IT WAS GOOD P.R. CERTAINLY, BUT 06:37.300 --> 06:40.533 position:25.91% line:79.33% size:48.17% DO YOU THINK IT REALLY HELPED IN TERMS OF WHAT HE WANTS TO 06:40.667 --> 06:41.800 position:26.69% line:84.67% size:46.62% ACCOMPLISH? I'M NOT SURE. 06:41.933 --> 06:47.967 position:23.12% line:79.33% size:53.77% IT DEPENDS ON WHETHER OR NOT THOSE CONSTITUENTS WHO HE TALKED 06:48.100 --> 06:55.433 position:25.91% line:79.33% size:48.17% WITH AND TO HAVE RELAYED ANY KIND OF PRESSURE TOWARD THEIR 06:55.567 --> 06:58.633 position:21.25% line:79.33% size:57.5% LAWMAKER, WHETHER HE OR SHE CAN VOTE FOR ANY KIND OF REVENUE TO 06:58.767 --> 07:01.833 position:30.58% line:79.33% size:38.84% FILL THESE CUTS OR THIS TEMPORARY $1 BILLION IN TAXES 07:01.967 --> 07:04.700 position:47.36% line:79.33% size:5.28% THAT'S GOING TO FALL OFF THE ROLLS. 07:04.900 --> 07:07.600 position:23.12% line:79.33% size:53.77% YOU KNOW, IT SEEMS YEARS, BUT CERTAINLY NOW PEOPLE HAVE HEARD 07:07.733 --> 07:10.367 position:43.63% line:79.33% size:12.73% THE SKY IS FALLING, THE SKY IS FALLING. 07:10.500 --> 07:15.033 position:22.19% line:79.33% size:55.63% HOW DO YOU PLAN ON COVERING THIS LEGISLATURE WITH THAT IN MIND 07:15.167 --> 07:19.000 position:24.05% line:79.33% size:51.9% AND PEOPLE, MAYBE THEY LOOK UP AND THEY SAY IT HASN'T FALLEN 07:19.133 --> 07:20.867 position:48.3% line:79.33% size:3.41% YET. IT'S NOT GREAT, BUT IT HASN'T 07:21.000 --> 07:24.100 position:43.63% line:79.33% size:12.73% FALLEN. HOW DO YOU PLAN ON COVERING IT? 07:24.300 --> 07:26.167 position:32.44% line:79.33% size:35.11% WELL, THAT'S RIGHT. IT HASN'T AND THAT'S BECAUSE OF 07:26.300 --> 07:30.567 position:23.12% line:79.33% size:53.77% THESE TEMPORARY MEASURES THAT HAVE BEEN ENACTED AND FIRST TWO 07:30.700 --> 07:32.833 position:24.05% line:79.33% size:51.9% YEARS AGO WITH THE TEMPORARY SALES TAX COVERING MOST OF THIS 07:32.967 --> 07:37.833 position:24.98% line:79.33% size:50.03% BILLION DOLLARS, BUT THERE'S SOME OTHER TEMPORARY TAXES AND 07:37.967 --> 07:43.767 position:22.19% line:79.33% size:55.63% IT'S TRUE, PEOPLE BECOME NUMB TO THE SKY'S FALLING TACTICS AND 07:43.900 --> 07:46.133 position:33.38% line:79.33% size:33.25% THE CHAIRMAN OF THE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE WHICH 07:46.267 --> 07:49.467 position:26.85% line:79.33% size:46.3% CRAFTS THE BUDGET, CAMERON HENRY, WHO'S A REPUBLICAN, HAS 07:49.600 --> 07:52.733 position:24.05% line:79.33% size:51.9% SAID HE EXPECTS THESE -- THE GOVERNOR TO ISSUE THESE WHAT HE 07:52.867 --> 07:57.733 position:24.98% line:79.33% size:50.03% CALLS SCARE TACTICS TO TRY TO PRESSURE LAWMAKERS INTO DOING 07:57.867 --> 08:01.833 position:24.05% line:79.33% size:51.9% THINGS THAT THEY, YOU KNOW MIGHT BE RETICENT TO DO, WHICH IS 08:01.967 --> 08:05.700 position:29.65% line:79.33% size:40.71% BASICALLY RAISE TAXES OR MAKE TAXES PERMANENT THAT ARE 08:05.833 --> 08:08.667 position:46.43% line:79.33% size:7.14% TEMPORARY. SO AT THE END OF THE DAY, 08:08.800 --> 08:13.633 position:41.77% line:79.33% size:16.47% WHAT DO YOU WIND UP THINKING WILL HAPPEN? 08:13.833 --> 08:16.400 position:28.71% line:79.33% size:42.58% I THINK THAT THERE WILL BE A SPECIAL SESSION, EITHER IN 08:16.533 --> 08:20.367 position:25.91% line:79.33% size:48.17% FEBRUARY OR JUNE, TAXES CAN'T BE RAISED DURING THIS YEAR'S 08:20.500 --> 08:22.433 position:24.98% line:79.33% size:50.03% REGULAR SESSION, AND I THINK THERE WILL BE A COMBINATION, A 08:22.567 --> 08:26.900 position:49.39% line:74% size:1.22% LITTLE PIECE OF THE PENNY, WHICH IS THE EXTRA TEMPORARY SALES TAX 08:27.033 --> 08:32.667 position:24.05% line:79.33% size:51.9% PENNY WILL BE KEPT AS AGAIN, A BRIDGE AND THEY WILL PROBABLY 08:32.800 --> 08:36.400 position:23.12% line:79.33% size:53.77% CLEAN SOME OF THE EXEMPTIONS FROM THE EXISTING PENNY IN ORDER 08:36.533 --> 08:42.367 position:21.25% line:79.33% size:57.5% TO MOVE THEM, MOVE THEM OFF THE ROLLS TO RAISE SOME REVENUE AND 08:42.500 --> 08:48.333 position:30.58% line:79.33% size:38.84% VERY POSSIBLY THEY WILL ELIMINATE THE EXCISE ITEMIZED 08:48.467 --> 08:50.233 position:38.04% line:79.33% size:23.92% FEDERAL DEDUCTION FOR LOUISIANA INCOME TAXES. 08:50.367 --> 08:52.667 position:25.91% line:79.33% size:48.17% THAT IS ONE MEASURE THAT WOULD ONLY TAKE A MAJORITY IN THE 08:52.800 --> 08:58.033 position:43.63% line:79.33% size:12.73% HOUSE, WHICH IS 53 VOTES INSTEAD OF 70. 08:58.167 --> 09:00.300 position:30.58% line:79.33% size:38.84% AND COBBLING ALL THIS TOGETHER, THAT'S MY PREDICTION. 09:00.433 --> 09:02.567 position:40.84% line:79.33% size:18.33% I DON'T KNOW IF IT WILL GET TO $1 BILLION. 09:02.700 --> 09:05.900 position:24.98% line:79.33% size:50.03% I DON'T KNOW IF THE REPUBLICAN HOUSE WILL WARM TO THAT, BUT 09:06.033 --> 09:08.833 position:31.51% line:79.33% size:36.98% SOME REVENUE WILL BE RAISED. LET ME ASK YOU BRIEFLY. 09:08.967 --> 09:12.833 position:28.71% line:79.33% size:42.58% THE BIG ROADS PROJECT WAS BROUGHT UP, OF COURSE, IN THE 09:12.967 --> 09:17.033 position:41.77% line:79.33% size:16.47% PAST WEEK. DO YOU SEE THEM IN ANY SPECIAL 09:17.167 --> 09:19.200 position:24.98% line:79.33% size:50.03% SESSION TALKING ABOUT HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION AT ALL, SNEAKING 09:19.333 --> 09:23.333 position:24.98% line:79.33% size:50.03% THAT IN SOMEWHERE AND HOW TO RAISE MAYBE A GAS TAX AGAIN OR 09:23.467 --> 09:27.700 position:44.56% line:79.33% size:10.87% SOME SORT OF REVENUE BUILDING PROJECT? 09:27.900 --> 09:31.567 position:28.71% line:79.33% size:42.58% I DON'T THINK SO BECAUSE EVERYBODY'S SO FOCUSED ON WHAT 09:31.700 --> 09:36.800 position:24.98% line:79.33% size:50.03% THEY CALL THIS FISCAL CLIFF OF FALLING OFF THIS $1 BILLION. 09:36.933 --> 09:39.733 position:22.19% line:79.33% size:55.63% I DON'T THINK SO AND IT WAS SUCH A DISASTER LAST YEAR, I'M NOT 09:39.867 --> 09:42.867 position:23.12% line:79.33% size:53.77% SURE THAT -- THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE -- IF THEY RAISE ANY TAXES 09:43.000 --> 09:47.967 position:34.31% line:79.33% size:31.39% IN THIS SESSION TO REPLACE THESE TEMPORARY TAXES. 09:48.100 --> 09:51.333 position:30.58% line:79.33% size:38.84% NOW, THEY MAY ADD A SWEETENER IN THERE AS PART OF THE 09:51.467 --> 09:54.833 position:21.25% line:79.33% size:57.5% NEGOTIATIONS TO SAY WE WILL VOTE ON THIS IF PART OF IT WOULD GO 09:54.967 --> 09:57.700 position:35.24% line:79.33% size:29.52% TOWARDS TRANSPORTATION. SO THAT'S A POSSIBILITY. 09:57.900 --> 10:00.867 position:34.31% line:79.33% size:31.39% ALL RIGHT, GREG HILBURN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 10:01.067 --> 10:06.233 position:38.97% line:79.33% size:22.06% THANK YOU, ANDRE. A FIRST-EVER SUMMIT ON THE 10:06.367 --> 10:08.033 position:20.32% line:79.33% size:59.36% DRAWING OF POLITICAL BOUNDARIES IN LOUISIANA TOOK PLACE TODAY ON 10:08.167 --> 10:12.367 position:35.24% line:79.33% size:29.52% THE LSU CAMPUS. IT WAS FUELED BY WHAT'S KNOWN AS 10:12.500 --> 10:13.800 position:27.78% line:79.33% size:44.44% GERRYMANDERING, OR DRAWING DISTRICTS FOR POLITICAL PARTY 10:13.933 --> 10:18.633 position:39.9% line:79.33% size:20.19% ADVANTAGE. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF CASES THAT 10:18.767 --> 10:22.667 position:24.98% line:79.33% size:50.03% COULD HEAD TO THE SUPREME COURT ABOUT HOW STATES DRAW THEIR 10:22.800 --> 10:24.167 position:20.32% line:79.33% size:59.36% DISTRICTS AND IN THE YEAR 2020, LOUISIANA WILL AGAIN LOOK AT ITS 10:24.300 --> 10:27.500 position:44.56% line:79.33% size:10.87% DISTRICTS. LPB PRESIDENT BETH COURTNEY 10:27.633 --> 10:29.500 position:24.05% line:79.33% size:51.9% MODERATED A TALK THAT INCLUDED A PANEL OF STATE LEGISLATORS. 10:29.633 --> 10:37.700 position:39.9% line:79.33% size:20.19% HERE'S A LOOK. THE LAW IS CLEAR THAT RACIAL 10:37.833 --> 10:42.267 position:47.36% line:79.33% size:5.28% GERRYMANDERING IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL. 10:42.400 --> 10:48.300 position:30.58% line:79.33% size:38.84% WHAT IF DISTRICTS ARE DRAWN TO FAVOR CERTAIN PARTIES? 10:48.433 --> 10:51.200 position:37.1% line:79.33% size:25.79% IS THIS A CLEVER STRATEGY OR UNCONSTITUTIONAL? 10:51.400 --> 10:55.033 position:29.65% line:79.33% size:40.71% WE HAVE KIND OF MAINTAINED THAT AGREEMENT, IF YOU WILL 10:55.167 --> 10:59.033 position:24.98% line:79.33% size:50.03% AMONGST LEGISLATORS, THAT UNLESS YOU REALLY GET INTO A TRUE 10:59.167 --> 11:02.300 position:26.85% line:79.33% size:46.3% BATTLE ON LINES THAT I'LL DRAW MY DISTRICT, YOU DRAW YOUR 11:02.433 --> 11:05.533 position:22.19% line:79.33% size:55.63% DISTRICT AND HOPEFULLY, YOU CAN APPEASE AS MANY LEGISLATORS AS 11:05.667 --> 11:08.167 position:40.84% line:79.33% size:18.33% YOU POSSIBLY CAN. IT'S A LITTLE BIT LIKE A 11:08.300 --> 11:11.400 position:24.05% line:79.33% size:51.9% KNIFE FIGHT, PARTICULARLY WHEN YOU'RE GOING TO LOSE A MEMBER 11:11.533 --> 11:13.567 position:36.17% line:79.33% size:27.66% WHICH HAS BEEN THE CIRCUMSTANCE THAT WE'VE HAD. 11:13.767 --> 11:16.467 position:30.58% line:79.33% size:38.84% WHEN YOU MOVE A NUMBER AROUND, YOU'RE GOING TO MOVE A 11:16.600 --> 11:21.433 position:27.78% line:79.33% size:44.44% PRECINCT AROUND TO GET THAT DONE, YOU HAVE -- IT GETS SO 11:21.567 --> 11:26.033 position:23.12% line:79.33% size:53.77% CONTENTIOUS THAT WHEN YOU MOVE THE ONE, YOU MOVE IT DOWN, AND 11:26.167 --> 11:33.533 position:34.31% line:79.33% size:31.39% YOU MOVE THAT, IT'S JUST LIKE THE LAW OF PHYSICS. 11:33.667 --> 11:36.200 position:31.51% line:79.33% size:36.98% IT PUSHES SOMETHING ELSE. I THINK THE MOST IMPORTANT 11:36.333 --> 11:39.633 position:21.25% line:79.33% size:57.5% THING IS WE ARE STILL LOOKING AT THE PREMISE THAT WE DON'T FEEL 11:39.767 --> 11:41.767 position:40.84% line:79.33% size:18.33% THAT MINORITY DISTRICTS NEED TO BE PACKED. 11:41.900 --> 11:44.700 position:32.44% line:79.33% size:35.11% THEY SHOULD NOT BE PACKED BECAUSE WHEN YOU PACK ONE 11:44.833 --> 11:48.500 position:26.85% line:79.33% size:46.3% MINORITY DISTRICT YOU THEN CREATE ANOTHER WHITE DISTRICT. 11:48.700 --> 11:51.300 position:32.44% line:79.33% size:35.11% IF YOU WANT TO WATCH THE ENTIRE DISCUSSION, YOU CAN 11:51.433 --> 11:58.733 position:43.63% line:79.33% size:12.73% ONLINE RIGHT NOW AT LPB.ORG/NEWSMAKERS. 11:58.867 --> 12:09.967 position:37.88% line:84.67% size:24.25% ♪♪ ♪♪ 12:10.167 --> 12:12.833 position:27.78% line:79.33% size:44.44% THIS WINTER MAY NOT GO DOWN AS HISTORICALLY, THE COLDEST 12:12.967 --> 12:17.600 position:22.19% line:79.33% size:55.63% EVER ON RECORD, BUT IF YOU ASK AROUND, MOST WILL TELL YOU THEY 12:17.733 --> 12:21.300 position:36.17% line:79.33% size:27.66% DON'T REMEMBER THAT WAS CONSISTENTLY THIS COLD. 12:21.433 --> 12:25.767 position:35.24% line:79.33% size:29.52% WE SAT DOWN WITH STATE CLIMATOLOGIST BARRY KEIM. 12:25.967 --> 12:29.933 position:28.71% line:79.33% size:42.58% IF THERE'S A METEOROLOGICAL THING ABOUT THIS WINTER, IT 12:30.067 --> 12:33.833 position:36.17% line:79.33% size:27.66% WOULD BE THE POLAR VORTEX. EXPLAIN THAT FOR US. 12:34.033 --> 12:36.400 position:32.44% line:79.33% size:35.11% THE POLAR VORTEX IS ESSENTIALLY THE POSITION OF THE 12:36.533 --> 12:38.833 position:26.85% line:79.33% size:46.3% JET STREAM AND WHEN THE JET STREAM OVER THE UNITED STATES 12:38.967 --> 12:43.700 position:25.91% line:79.33% size:48.17% GETS IN A CONFIGURATION WHERE LOUISIANA FALLS ON THE NORTH 12:43.833 --> 12:46.700 position:21.25% line:79.33% size:57.5% SIDE, WHAT THAT TELLS SUS WE ARE EXPERIENCING EITHER AIR OFF OF 12:46.833 --> 12:49.500 position:26.85% line:79.33% size:46.3% THE PACIFIC OCEAN OR OUT OF CANADA AND IN THIS CASE WE'RE 12:49.633 --> 12:53.267 position:24.98% line:79.33% size:50.03% LOOKING AT CANADIAN AIR THAT'S BEEN POURING INTO LOUISIANA. 12:53.467 --> 12:59.367 position:49.23% line:79.33% size:1.55% POURING IN REALLY SINCE NOVEMBER. 12:59.500 --> 13:01.000 position:24.05% line:79.33% size:51.9% THE DECEMBER SNOW AND COLD AND NOW THIS SECOND SNOW EVENT IN 13:01.133 --> 13:03.633 position:28.71% line:79.33% size:42.58% MID-JANUARY WITH THE ADDITION OF FREEZING RAIN AND ICE. 13:03.767 --> 13:06.133 position:20.32% line:79.33% size:59.36% THIS WEEK, SHREVEPORT AND MONROE GOT IT FIRST, WITH TWO TO THREE 13:06.267 --> 13:08.733 position:49.23% line:79.33% size:1.55% INCHES OF SNOW PLUS ICE REPORTED. 13:08.867 --> 13:13.867 position:29.65% line:79.33% size:40.71% PRETTY TO LOOK AT, DANGEROUS TO TRY AND GET AROUND IN. 13:14.000 --> 13:16.800 position:22.19% line:79.33% size:55.63% A COLD RAIN HAD ALREADY SOAKED THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE STATE, 13:16.933 --> 13:20.500 position:24.05% line:79.33% size:51.9% SO WHEN IT TURNED TO FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW, AND THE MERCURY 13:20.633 --> 13:23.900 position:22.19% line:79.33% size:55.63% DROPPED BELOW FREEZING, AN ICE EVENT, VERY UNUSUAL FOR US, WAS 13:24.033 --> 13:31.100 position:39.9% line:79.33% size:20.19% IN FULL FORCE. WHAT IS THAT MAKES THE POLAR 13:31.233 --> 13:33.333 position:38.97% line:79.33% size:22.06% VORTEX DRIFT SOUTH? WELL, THAT'S THE MILLION 13:33.467 --> 13:35.667 position:37.1% line:79.33% size:25.79% DOLLAR QUESTION. BASICALLY, WHAT HAPPENS IS WE 13:35.800 --> 13:39.000 position:24.98% line:79.33% size:50.03% GET A LOT OF COLD AIR THAT IS MANUFACTURED UP IN THE ARCTIC 13:39.133 --> 13:43.467 position:25.91% line:79.33% size:48.17% REGION WHICH MAKES PERFECT SENSE, TOTAL DARKNESS, VERY LOW 13:43.600 --> 13:46.267 position:33.38% line:79.33% size:33.25% IMPRINT OF THE SUN. AND BY VIRTUE OF THAT, LOTS OF 13:46.400 --> 13:48.700 position:28.71% line:79.33% size:42.58% COLD AIR GETS PRODUCED, AND THEN IT STARTS TO FLOW OUT. 13:48.833 --> 13:53.067 position:34.31% line:79.33% size:31.39% THAT AIR IS VERY COLD, VERY HEAVY AND VERY DENSE. 13:53.200 --> 13:55.800 position:22.19% line:79.33% size:55.63% AND AT SOME POINT, THAT AIR IS GOING TO START TO FLOW OFF INTO 13:55.933 --> 13:58.767 position:20.32% line:79.33% size:59.36% SOME DIRECTION AND CREATE A BIG LOBE OF COLD AIR DRIFTING OUT OF 13:58.900 --> 14:03.133 position:37.1% line:79.33% size:25.79% THE ARCTIC REGION. AND LOUISIANA IS WHERE MUCH 14:03.267 --> 14:05.800 position:36.17% line:79.33% size:27.66% OF IT DRIFTED. THE RESULT HAS PRODUCED STUFF WE 14:05.933 --> 14:09.533 position:27.78% line:79.33% size:44.44% JUST DON'T SEE AROUND HERE. TYPICAL INTERSTATE GRIDLOCK? 14:09.667 --> 14:13.767 position:29.65% line:79.33% size:40.71% NOT A CAR IN SIGHT WITH OUR INTERSTATE SYSTEMS CLOSED, 14:13.900 --> 14:15.967 position:24.98% line:79.33% size:50.03% EVERYTHING COVERED IN ICE. THEN SNOW ON TOP OF THAT IN MANY 14:16.100 --> 14:20.400 position:47.36% line:79.33% size:5.28% PLACES. TRYING TO CROSS THE STATE'S 14:20.533 --> 14:23.567 position:30.58% line:79.33% size:38.84% MAJOR BRIDGES, IMPOSSIBLE. SOME WERE CLOSED FOR DAYS. 14:23.700 --> 14:27.400 position:35.24% line:79.33% size:29.52% AND IT'S NOT JUST ROADS AND BRIDGES THAT CLOSED. 14:27.533 --> 14:29.400 position:33.38% line:79.33% size:33.25% THE STATE'S ENTIRE TRANSPORTATION GRID WAS KNOCKED 14:29.533 --> 14:31.400 position:44.56% line:79.33% size:10.87% OFFLINE. FIVE AIRPORTS CLOSED FOR SOME 14:31.533 --> 14:35.900 position:35.24% line:79.33% size:29.52% AMOUNT OF TIME. AND YOU KNOW, THIS WINTER IS NOT 14:36.033 --> 14:41.700 position:31.51% line:79.33% size:36.98% THE ONE THAT WAS FORECAST. THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A 14:41.833 --> 14:46.833 position:35.24% line:79.33% size:29.52% WEAK LA NINA WINTER, WHICH MEANS DRY AND WARMER? 14:47.033 --> 14:52.633 position:35.24% line:79.33% size:29.52% THAT'S CORRECT. THEY TEND TO BE DRY IN LOUISIANA 14:52.767 --> 14:55.667 position:25.91% line:79.33% size:48.17% BECAUSE THE JET STREAM IS MUCH FURTHER TO THE NORTH AND BY 14:55.800 --> 14:58.333 position:24.05% line:79.33% size:51.9% VIRTUE OF THAT WE ARE BASKING IN AIR OFF THE GULF OF MEXICO. 14:58.467 --> 15:01.633 position:31.51% line:79.33% size:36.98% THIS SEASON, MOTHER NATURE IS REALLY TOYING WITH US. 15:01.833 --> 15:05.067 position:30.58% line:79.33% size:38.84% THE RULES AREN'T APPLYING. THE RULES AREN'T APPLYING. 15:05.200 --> 15:08.567 position:34.31% line:79.33% size:31.39% AND IT IS WHAT IT IS. NOT EVERY LA NINA IS ALIKE. 15:08.700 --> 15:13.467 position:27.78% line:79.33% size:44.44% THIS IS A WEAK LA NINA. HAVING SAID THAT, THINGS ARE NOT 15:13.600 --> 15:16.200 position:49.23% line:79.33% size:1.55% PLAYING OUGHT HOW WE ANTICIPATED. 15:16.333 --> 15:17.667 position:24.05% line:79.33% size:51.9% IN GENERAL, LOUISIANA IS NOT EQUIPPED TO HANDLE ICE AND SNOW 15:17.800 --> 15:21.400 position:49.23% line:79.33% size:1.55% EVENTS. THEY ARE RARE AND FOR US. 15:21.600 --> 15:24.267 position:24.98% line:79.33% size:50.03% HERE IN LOUISIANA, IT'S RARE THAT WE'RE CONSISTENTLY IN THE 15:24.400 --> 15:27.567 position:37.1% line:79.33% size:25.79% LOW 20s AND IN THE TEENS. SO MOST OF OUR SOLID 15:27.700 --> 15:31.100 position:21.25% line:79.33% size:57.5% PRECIPITATION COMES IN THE FORM OF SLEET AND SOME FREEZING RAIN 15:31.233 --> 15:34.067 position:39.9% line:79.33% size:20.19% AND IF YOU GET PURE SNOW, IT'S A REAL GIFT. 15:34.267 --> 15:36.300 position:46.43% line:79.33% size:7.14% ONE THING TO REMEMBER, IT'S JANUARY. 15:36.433 --> 15:40.633 position:34.31% line:79.33% size:31.39% WINTER IS NOT OVER. NO IN FACT, THE TRUE MIDPOINT 15:40.767 --> 15:44.033 position:30.58% line:79.33% size:38.84% OF WINTER IS PROBABLY LIKE THE THIRD WEEK OF JANUARY. 15:44.167 --> 15:49.367 position:28.71% line:79.33% size:42.58% THAT'S ABOUT RIGHT NOW. SO WE'RE RIGHT ABOUT THE LOWEST 15:49.500 --> 15:52.333 position:38.97% line:79.33% size:22.06% POINT AS FAR AS THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES GO. 15:52.467 --> 15:54.433 position:36.17% line:79.33% size:27.66% AND WE'LL GRADUALLY START CLIMBING OUT OF THIS. 15:54.567 --> 15:57.433 position:23.12% line:79.33% size:53.77% HAVING SAID THAT, SOME OF THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES WE'VE EVER 15:57.567 --> 16:00.033 position:48.3% line:79.33% size:3.41% HAD IN LOUISIANA WERE IN FEBRUARY. 16:00.167 --> 16:02.100 position:35.24% line:79.33% size:29.52% SO THERE'S A LOT OF WINTER STILL IN FRONT OF US. 16:02.300 --> 16:07.833 position:38.97% line:79.33% size:22.06% BE ON THE LOOKOUT. THERE IS SUPPOSED TO BE A 16:07.967 --> 16:09.433 position:39.9% line:79.33% size:20.19% WARMUP THIS WEEKEND. SO HOW DID SOME OF THE 16:09.567 --> 16:11.333 position:40.84% line:79.33% size:18.33% STATE'S TOP CROPS WEATHER THE SEVERE COLD? 16:11.467 --> 16:17.600 position:29.65% line:79.33% size:40.71% LPB'S KELLY SPIRES FOUND OUT FROM AN LSU AG ECONOMIST. 16:17.733 --> 16:18.933 position:31.51% line:79.33% size:36.98% THAT'S RIGHT, ANDRE. KENT GUIDRY IS BASED OUTSIDE OF 16:19.067 --> 16:20.233 position:47.36% line:79.33% size:5.28% THE TOWN OF RAYNE IN ACADIA PARISH. 16:20.367 --> 16:22.467 position:22.19% line:79.33% size:55.63% WE TALKED VIA SKYPE AND HE TOLD ME THERE'S MORE GOOD NEWS THAN 16:22.600 --> 16:27.300 position:22.02% line:84.67% size:55.95% BAD. AS I UNDERSTAND IT, THERE 16:27.433 --> 16:29.167 position:26.85% line:79.33% size:46.3% AREN'T TOO MANY CROPS IN THE GROUND THIS TIME OF YEAR AND 16:29.300 --> 16:33.400 position:38.04% line:79.33% size:23.92% THAT SUGAR CANE HARVEST IS COMING TO A CLOSE. 16:33.533 --> 16:37.333 position:22.19% line:79.33% size:55.63% I AM WONDERING IF YOU COULD TELL US WHAT HAPPENS TO SUGAR CANE 16:37.467 --> 16:41.600 position:23.12% line:79.33% size:53.77% WHEN IT GETS TOO COLD AND HOW THIS COLD SNAP COULD AFFECT THE 16:41.733 --> 16:45.233 position:21.09% line:84.67% size:57.81% HARVEST AS A WHOLE. YES, MA'AM. 16:45.367 --> 16:47.933 position:24.05% line:79.33% size:51.9% PRIOR TO THE FIRST FREEZING EVENT AND SNOW EVENT THAT WE HAD 16:48.067 --> 16:52.400 position:29.65% line:79.33% size:40.71% EARLY IN JANUARY, WE WERE APPROACHING ABOUT 90% OF THE 16:52.533 --> 16:57.067 position:24.98% line:79.33% size:50.03% SUGARCANE CROP BEING HARVESTED. WHEN WE DO GET THESE REALLY 16:57.200 --> 17:01.633 position:24.05% line:79.33% size:51.9% COLD, FREEZING TEMPERATURES, IT CAN START TO DETERIORATE THE 17:01.767 --> 17:03.867 position:23.12% line:79.33% size:53.77% SUGARCANE IN THE FIELD, WHICH MAKES IT MUCH MORE IMPORTANT TO 17:04.000 --> 17:09.900 position:29.65% line:79.33% size:40.71% GET THAT SUGARCANE PROCESSED MUCH MORE QUICKLY THAN WE 17:10.033 --> 17:12.533 position:38.04% line:79.33% size:23.92% NORMALLY WOULD. TYPICALLY, YOU HAVE ABOUT TWO 17:12.667 --> 17:14.933 position:48.3% line:79.33% size:3.41% WEEKS. ONCE YOU GET THESE FREEZING 17:15.067 --> 17:18.167 position:30.58% line:79.33% size:38.84% TEMPERATURES BEFORE YOU START TO SEE SOME SIGNIFICANT 17:18.300 --> 17:19.667 position:43.63% line:79.33% size:12.73% DETERIORATION OF THE CROP IN THE FIELD. 17:19.867 --> 17:24.700 position:24.98% line:79.33% size:50.03% KIND OF THE AMAZING THING, THOUGH, IS THAT MOST OF THE CROP 17:24.833 --> 17:28.033 position:23.12% line:79.33% size:53.77% WAS ALREADY OUT OF THE GROUND AND WE'RE SEEING RECORD NUMBERS 17:28.167 --> 17:32.100 position:43.63% line:79.33% size:12.73% IN TERMS OF SUGAR RECOVERY. ABSOLUTELY. 17:32.233 --> 17:36.200 position:26.85% line:79.33% size:46.3% PRIOR TO THE FIRST EVENT THAT WE SAW EARLIER THIS YEAR IN 17:36.333 --> 17:40.600 position:38.04% line:79.33% size:23.92% JANUARY, SUGAR RECOVERY WAS AT RECORD LEVELS. 17:40.733 --> 17:43.667 position:44.56% line:79.33% size:10.87% WE HAD INCREASED PRODUCTION THIS YEAR. 17:43.800 --> 17:46.600 position:26.85% line:79.33% size:46.3% WE HAD INCREASED ACRES IN SUGARCANE PRODUCTION THIS YEAR. 17:46.733 --> 17:51.333 position:31.51% line:79.33% size:36.98% WHEN YOU COUPLE THAT WITH INCREASED CANE TONNAGE AND 17:51.467 --> 17:56.267 position:21.25% line:79.33% size:57.5% INCREASED SUGAR RECOVERY, THIS YEAR, EVEN THE SPIKE, THE ISSUES 17:56.400 --> 18:01.733 position:22.19% line:79.33% size:55.63% THAT WE'VE HAD HERE IN JANUARY, THE 2017 CROP WILL BE A RECORD 18:01.867 --> 18:05.767 position:29.65% line:79.33% size:40.71% LARGE CROP FOR LOUISIANA. AND SUGARCANE IS A MULTIYEAR 18:05.900 --> 18:07.000 position:47.36% line:79.33% size:5.28% CROP. WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR CROPS 18:07.133 --> 18:11.000 position:39.9% line:79.33% size:20.19% DOWN THE LINE? YEAH, CERTAINLY WHEN WE LOOK 18:11.133 --> 18:15.033 position:25.91% line:79.33% size:48.17% AT SUGARCANE, WE PLANT IT IN ONE YEAR, AND THEN WE HOPE TO 18:15.167 --> 18:18.133 position:48.3% line:79.33% size:3.41% HARVEST IT FOR TWO TO THREE YEARS. 18:18.267 --> 18:21.733 position:28.71% line:79.33% size:42.58% SOMETIMES, EVEN FOUR YEARS AFTER THAT INITIAL PLANNING. 18:21.867 --> 18:29.033 position:49.39% line:74% size:1.22% SO CERTAINLY WHAT HAPPENS IN ONE YEAR CAN IMPACT ON THE SUGARCANE 18:29.167 --> 18:33.300 position:25.91% line:79.33% size:48.17% PRODUCTION IN THE REMAINING LIFE OF THAT PRODUCTION CYCLE. 18:33.433 --> 18:38.700 position:46.43% line:79.33% size:7.14% PROBABLY A LITTLE TOO EARLY TO TELL. 18:38.833 --> 18:41.867 position:22.19% line:79.33% size:55.63% WE WON'T HAVE A TRUE INDICATION OF ANY IMPACT THAT WE MAY HAVE 18:42.000 --> 18:44.767 position:45.5% line:79.33% size:9% HAD FROM THESE FREEZING TEMPERATURES. 18:44.900 --> 18:48.433 position:30.58% line:79.33% size:38.84% UNTIL THIS CROP STARTS TO GROW OUT LATER THIS SPRING. 18:48.633 --> 18:51.600 position:25.91% line:79.33% size:48.17% IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS COLD WEATHER COULD BE GOOD 18:51.733 --> 18:55.000 position:38.04% line:79.33% size:23.92% NEWS FOR CROPS THAT HAVEN'T BEEN PLANTED YET. 18:55.133 --> 18:58.433 position:27.78% line:79.33% size:44.44% CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT FOR ME? CERTAINLY, WHEN YOU LOOK AT 18:58.567 --> 19:03.533 position:22.19% line:79.33% size:55.63% LOUISIANA THE MAJORITY OF OUR CROPS ARE SPRING PLANTING CROPS. 19:03.667 --> 19:08.233 position:25.91% line:79.33% size:48.17% WHEN YOU LOOK AT THINGS LIKE CORN, SOYBEANS, COTTON, THOSE 19:08.367 --> 19:14.133 position:23.12% line:79.33% size:53.77% MAKE UP A LARGE PERCENTAGE OF OUR TOTAL AGRICULTURAL VALUE IN 19:14.267 --> 19:19.333 position:41.77% line:79.33% size:16.47% LOUISIANA. WHAT THESE COLD SNAPS CAN HAVE 19:19.467 --> 19:21.800 position:39.9% line:79.33% size:20.19% IS A BENEFICIAL IMPACT ON PEST POPULATIONS. 19:21.933 --> 19:26.300 position:30.58% line:79.33% size:38.84% THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS WHEN WE'VE HAD RELATIVELY MILD 19:26.433 --> 19:31.567 position:27.78% line:79.33% size:44.44% WINTERS, INSECT POPULATIONS, DISEASE POPULATIONS TEND TO 19:31.700 --> 19:38.767 position:24.98% line:79.33% size:50.03% INCREASE DURING OUR -- TEND TO LEVEL OUT WHEN WE HAVE THOSE 19:38.900 --> 19:41.800 position:40.84% line:79.33% size:18.33% MILD WINTERS. HOPEFULLY, WITH THESE REALLY 19:41.933 --> 19:47.300 position:26.85% line:79.33% size:46.3% COLD TEMPERATURES, THAT WILL HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON 19:47.433 --> 19:51.200 position:29.65% line:79.33% size:40.71% THOSE INSECT POPULATIONS. IF WE DON'T HAVE THAT INSECT 19:51.333 --> 19:53.933 position:21.25% line:79.33% size:57.5% PRESSURE, PRODUCERS DON'T HAVE TO SPEND THE MONEY THEY NORMALLY 19:54.067 --> 19:58.933 position:25.91% line:79.33% size:48.17% WOULD TO MANAGE THOSE PARTICULAR PESTS SO IT CAN HAVE SOME 19:59.067 --> 20:04.767 position:24.05% line:79.33% size:51.9% BENEFITS FOR OUR LATER SPRING PLANTING CROPS AND FOR MOST OF 20:04.900 --> 20:10.000 position:23.12% line:79.33% size:53.77% THOSE PRODUCERS WE'RE NEEDING A GOOD PRODUCTION YEAR IN 2018. 20:10.133 --> 20:14.500 position:24.05% line:79.33% size:51.9% 2016, 2017, IT WAS DIFFICULT BECAUSE OF CERTAINLY THE FLOODS 20:14.633 --> 20:21.833 position:23.12% line:79.33% size:53.77% THAT WE HAD IN AUGUST OF 2016. AND THEN THIS YEAR WE ALSO HAD 20:21.967 --> 20:25.300 position:24.05% line:79.33% size:51.9% SIGNIFICANTLY WET CONDITIONS, EXCESSIVE RAIN THROUGH MOST OF 20:25.433 --> 20:30.100 position:24.05% line:79.33% size:51.9% OUR GROWING YEAR, WHICH REALLY HAD AN IMPACT ON A LOT OF OUR 20:30.233 --> 20:32.800 position:24.98% line:79.33% size:50.03% PRODUCTION FOR A LOT OF OUR COMMODITIES SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT 20:32.933 --> 20:36.933 position:28.71% line:79.33% size:42.58% THOSE TWO THINGS, LAST COUPLE OF YEARS BEING VERY, VERY 20:37.067 --> 20:40.767 position:28.71% line:79.33% size:42.58% DIFFICULT, 2018 HOPEFULLY WILL BE A BETTER YEAR FOR OUR 20:40.900 --> 20:43.567 position:20.32% line:79.33% size:59.36% PRODUCERS AND LOWER INSPECT AND DISEASE POPULATION PROVIDES KIND 20:43.700 --> 20:49.267 position:22.19% line:79.33% size:55.63% OF A BASIS OR A GOOD FOUNDATION FOR THOSE CROPS GOING INTO THE 20:49.400 --> 20:53.800 position:38.04% line:79.33% size:23.92% 2018 PRODUCTION YEAR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR 20:53.933 --> 20:56.500 position:38.97% line:79.33% size:22.06% EXPLAINING ALL THIS AND FOR YOUR TIME, KIRK. 20:56.700 --> 21:00.900 position:45.5% line:79.33% size:9% THANK YOU VERY MUCH, I APPRECIATE IT. 21:01.100 --> 21:06.567 position:28.71% line:79.33% size:42.58% AND A CROP OF CRAW FISH, HOW DOES THE COLD AFFECT THEM? 21:06.700 --> 21:08.033 position:24.05% line:79.33% size:51.9% WELL, YOU MAY WANT TO WAIT A LITTLE LONGER BEFORE THAT FIRST 21:08.167 --> 21:10.167 position:48.3% line:79.33% size:3.41% BOIL. AS IS TYPICALLY EARLY IN THE 21:10.300 --> 21:12.233 position:38.97% line:79.33% size:22.06% SEASON, SUPPLY IS TIGHT, SO PRICES ARE HIGH. 21:12.367 --> 21:16.600 position:24.05% line:79.33% size:51.9% GUIDRY EXPECTS THAT TO LAST A LITTLE FURTHER INTO THE SPRING 21:16.733 --> 21:21.900 position:42.7% line:79.33% size:14.6% THAN IN A TYPICAL YEAR. THANKS FOR THAT. 21:22.033 --> 21:23.267 position:29.65% line:79.33% size:40.71% IT'S RARE TO SEE LOUISIANA FIRST IN ANYTHING EDUCATION 21:23.400 --> 21:27.500 position:25.91% line:79.33% size:48.17% RELATED, BUT FOR TWO YEARS IN A ROW, THE LUMINA FOUNDATION 21:27.633 --> 21:34.233 position:23.12% line:79.33% size:53.77% RANKED US NUMBER ONE FOR THE PERCENTAGE OF WORKING AGE ADULTS 21:34.367 --> 21:35.433 position:36.17% line:79.33% size:27.66% WITH A HIGH-QUALITY POST-SECONDARY CERTIFICATE. 21:35.567 --> 21:36.800 position:31.51% line:79.33% size:36.98% THE STATE COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL COLLEGE SYSTEM HAS 21:36.933 --> 21:39.167 position:35.24% line:79.33% size:29.52% MADE GREAT STRIDES DURING ITS 19 YEAR EXISTENCE. 21:39.300 --> 21:41.633 position:27.78% line:79.33% size:44.44% DR. MONTY SULLIVAN, THE PRESIDENT OF THE STATE COMMUNITY 21:41.767 --> 21:46.200 position:49.39% line:74% size:1.22% AND TECH COLLEGE SYSTEM, TOLD ME IT'S AN EVER-EVOLVING PROCESS TO 21:46.333 --> 21:47.600 position:30.58% line:79.33% size:38.84% REMAIN VIBRANT AND PRESENT. HERES AN EXCERPT FROM OUR 21:47.733 --> 21:53.833 position:45.5% line:79.33% size:9% INTERVIEW. WE HAVE CERTAINLY FELT THE 21:53.967 --> 21:56.667 position:38.97% line:79.33% size:22.06% BRUNT OF CUTS. WE'VE BEEN CUT BY $80 MILLION 21:56.800 --> 21:59.800 position:32.44% line:79.33% size:35.11% OVER THE LASTING DECADE. HOWEVER, WE SPEND OUR TIME 21:59.933 --> 22:02.800 position:22.19% line:79.33% size:55.63% FOCUSED NOT SO MUCH ON THE CUTS, BUT RATHER HOW WE CONTINUE TO 22:02.933 --> 22:05.067 position:38.97% line:79.33% size:22.06% DELIVER IN EVERY COMMUNITY ACROSS LOUISIANA. 22:05.200 --> 22:07.500 position:49.39% line:74% size:1.22% THE MISSION OF TWO YEAR COLLEGES IS SO IMPORTANT TO THE PEOPLE OF 22:07.633 --> 22:10.133 position:22.19% line:79.33% size:55.63% THIS STATE AND TO THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY TO ENSURE THAT PEOPLE 22:10.267 --> 22:13.800 position:24.98% line:79.33% size:50.03% HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN WHAT HAS BECOME A STRONG 22:13.933 --> 22:16.600 position:24.82% line:84.67% size:50.35% ECONOMY. JOIN US NEXT WEEK. 22:16.733 --> 22:21.600 position:24.05% line:79.33% size:51.9% WE'LL HAVE THE FULL INTERVIEW ON NEXT WEEK'S EDITION OF SWI, 22:21.733 --> 22:23.767 position:28.71% line:79.33% size:42.58% "LOUISIANA: THE STATE WE'RE IN." IN NOVEMBER, THE STATE 22:23.900 --> 22:28.267 position:24.98% line:79.33% size:50.03% DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION LAUNCHED A FIRST-OF-ITS-KIND IN THE 22:28.400 --> 22:30.367 position:32.44% line:79.33% size:35.11% COUNTRY ONLINE DATABASE OF EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTERS. 22:30.500 --> 22:36.133 position:25.91% line:79.33% size:48.17% IT'S CALLED THE LOUISIANA SCHOOL FINDER TOOL, AND IT GIVES 22:36.267 --> 22:38.233 position:22.19% line:79.33% size:55.63% PERFORMANCE SCORES FOR ALL OF THE STATES PUBLICLY FUNDED EARLY 22:38.367 --> 22:40.267 position:24.98% line:79.33% size:50.03% CHILDCARE CENTERS TO SHOW HOW WELL STUDENTS ARE PREPARED TO 22:40.400 --> 22:47.267 position:37.1% line:79.33% size:25.79% MOVE ONTO THE NEXT GRADE. WOMEN GENERALLY HAVE 22:47.400 --> 22:51.833 position:26.85% line:79.33% size:46.3% PART-TIME JOBS THAT ARE TWICE THE NUMBER OF MEN, AND THEY 22:51.967 --> 22:55.933 position:20.32% line:79.33% size:59.36% OFTEN CITE THE FACT THEY'RE NOT FULL-TIME WORKERS BECAUSE OF THE 22:56.067 --> 22:58.467 position:25.91% line:79.33% size:48.17% HIGH COST OF CHILDCARE SO IF THEY HAD AFFORDABLE, RELIABLE 22:58.600 --> 23:02.700 position:22.19% line:79.33% size:55.63% CHILDCARE THEY COULD PROBABLY ENTER THE FULL-TIME WORKFORCE AS 23:02.833 --> 23:06.067 position:45.5% line:79.33% size:9% WELL. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE STATISTICS 23:06.200 --> 23:12.467 position:33.38% line:79.33% size:33.25% IN TERMS OF ABSENTEEISM, IN TERMS OF PRODUCTIVITY, 23:12.600 --> 23:13.867 position:26.85% line:79.33% size:46.3% EVERYTHING ABOUT EARLY CHILDCARE AND LEARNING IMPACTS THE 23:14.000 --> 23:17.500 position:28.71% line:79.33% size:42.58% WORKFORCE AND THE ECONOMY. THIS MONTH, LOUISIANA PUBLIC 23:17.633 --> 23:22.100 position:25.91% line:79.33% size:48.17% SQUARE AIRS WEDNESDAY, JANUAR 24th AT 7:00 P.M. ON LPB AND 23:22.233 --> 23:29.433 position:29.65% line:79.33% size:40.71% IN NEW ORLEANS ON WLAE. VISIT LPB.ORG/PUBLICSQUARE FOR 23:29.567 --> 23:32.067 position:38.97% line:79.33% size:22.06% MORE INFORMATION. ACCLAIMED LOUISIANA AUTHOR 23:32.200 --> 23:34.633 position:22.19% line:79.33% size:55.63% ERNEST GAINES HAS WRITTEN A NEW NOVELLA, "THE TRAGEDY OF BRADY 23:34.767 --> 23:37.433 position:48.3% line:79.33% size:3.41% SIMS." THE STORY REVOLVES AROUND A 23:37.567 --> 23:41.267 position:49.39% line:74% size:1.22% COURTHOUSE SHOOTING THAT LEADS A YOUNG REPORTER TO UNCOVER AN OLD 23:41.400 --> 23:44.100 position:41.77% line:79.33% size:16.47% STORY OF RACE AND POWER, BLACK AND WHITE. 23:44.233 --> 23:47.133 position:27.78% line:79.33% size:44.44% THE 11th ERNEST GAINES AWARD FOR LITERARY EXCELLENCE WAS 23:47.267 --> 23:50.467 position:28.71% line:79.33% size:42.58% GIVEN THURSDAY NIGHT AT THE MANSHIP THEATRE AT THE SHAW 23:50.600 --> 23:52.867 position:23.12% line:79.33% size:53.77% CENTER FOR THE ARTS IN BATON ROUGE AND FEATURED ERNEST GAINES 23:53.000 --> 23:56.567 position:47.36% line:79.33% size:5.28% HIMSELF READING FROM HIS NEW BOOK.. 23:56.767 --> 24:00.900 position:32.44% line:79.33% size:35.11% NEXT, CAME THE LOUDEST SOUND THAT I HAD EVER HEARD. 24:01.033 --> 24:06.133 position:25.91% line:79.33% size:48.17% I SAW THE PRISONER FALL BACK WITH BLOOD SPLASHING FROM HIS 24:06.267 --> 24:17.400 position:24.98% line:79.33% size:50.03% BODY AND BOTH DEPUTIES LET GO OF HIS ARMS AT THE SAME TIME. 24:17.533 --> 24:18.700 position:32.44% line:79.33% size:35.11% THE WINNER OF THE 11th ERNEST GAINES AWARD IS LADEE 24:18.833 --> 24:23.967 position:23.12% line:79.33% size:53.77% HUBBARD FROM NEW ORLEANS FOR HER NOVEL, THE TALENTED RIBKINS. 24:24.100 --> 24:25.867 position:27.78% line:79.33% size:44.44% SHE RECEIVED $10,000 CASH AND A COMMEMORATIVE SCULPTURE. 24:26.000 --> 24:27.367 position:22.02% line:84.67% size:55.95% THAT'S OUR SHOW FOR THIS WEEK. 24:27.500 --> 24:29.767 position:23.12% line:79.33% size:53.77% REMEMBER, YOU CAN WATCH LPB ON DEMAND ON YOUR PHONE OR TABLET 24:29.900 --> 24:33.333 position:26.85% line:79.33% size:46.3% WITH OUR LPB ANYWHERE APP. THE DOWNLOAD IS FREE FROM YOUR 24:33.467 --> 24:37.533 position:45.5% line:79.33% size:9% APP STORE. YOU CAN CATCH LPB NEWS AND 24:37.667 --> 24:39.000 position:23.12% line:79.33% size:53.77% PUBLIC AFFAIRS SHOWS, AS WELL AS OTHER LOUISIANA PROGRAMS YOU 24:39.133 --> 24:41.933 position:22.19% line:79.33% size:55.63% HAVE COME ENJOY OVER THE YEARS. AND PLEASE LIKE US ON FACEBOOK 24:42.067 --> 24:45.400 position:41.77% line:79.33% size:16.47% AS WELL. FOR EVERYONE AT LOUISIANA PUBLIC 24:45.533 --> 24:47.733 position:31.51% line:79.33% size:36.98% BROADCASTING, I'M ANDRE MOREAU, THANKS FOR WATCHING. 24:47.867 --> 24:53.233 position:39.9% line:79.33% size:20.19% UNTIL NEXT TIME, THAT'S THE STATE WE'RE IN. 24:53.367 --> 25:19.300 position:37.88% line:84.67% size:24.25% ♪♪ ♪♪ 25:19.433 --> 25:21.800 position:23.12% line:79.33% size:53.77% CHECK US OUT ON FACEBOOK AND TWITTER AND VISIT LPB.ORG, WHERE 25:21.933 --> 25:24.133 position:34.31% line:79.33% size:31.39% YOU CAN VIEW MORE STORIES AND LEAVE US A COMMENT. 25:24.267 --> 25:29.633 position:49.23% line:79.33% size:1.55% THIS PROGRAM IS AVAILABLE ON DVD. 25:29.833 --> 25:33.733 position:35.24% line:79.33% size:29.52% SUPPORT COMES FROM -- ENTERGY PROVIDES MUCH MORE 25:33.867 --> 25:37.133 position:48.3% line:79.33% size:3.41% THAN POWER. WE SUPPORT SCIENCE AND 25:37.267 --> 25:38.600 position:21.25% line:79.33% size:57.5% ENGINEERING IN LOCAL SCHOOLS TO BUILD A BRIGHTER PATH TO BETTER 25:38.733 --> 25:41.000 position:21.25% line:79.33% size:57.5% JOBS AND HELP PREPARE THE NEXT GENERATION, BECAUSE TOGETHER, WE 25:41.133 --> 25:45.700 position:31.35% line:84.67% size:37.3% POWER LIFE. ENTERGY. 25:45.833 --> 25:48.467 position:29.65% line:79.33% size:40.71% ADDITIONAL SUPPORT PROVIDED BY THE FRED B. AND RUTH B. 25:48.600 --> 25:52.000 position:27.78% line:79.33% size:44.44% ZIEGLER FOUNDATION AND THE ZIEGLER ART MUSEUM LOCATED IN 25:52.133 --> 25:54.700 position:33.38% line:79.33% size:33.25% JENNINGS CITY HALL. THE MUSEUM FOCUSES ON EMERGING 25:54.833 --> 25:58.800 position:26.85% line:79.33% size:46.3% LOUISIANA ARTISTS AND IS A HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL CENTER 25:58.933 --> 26:01.933 position:36.17% line:79.33% size:27.66% FOR SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA. AND THE FOUNDATION FOR 26:02.067 --> 26:04.467 position:22.19% line:79.33% size:55.63% EXCELLENCE IN LOUISIANA PUBLIC BROADCASTING, WITH SUPPORT FROM 26:04.600 --> 26:07.100 position:34.15% line:84.67% size:31.7% VIEWERS LIKE YOU.