WEBVTT 00:00.567 --> 00:01.334 align:start Support for 00:01.334 --> 00:01.968 align:start Louisiana, the state we're in 00:01.968 --> 00:05.372 align:start is provided by. 00:05.505 --> 00:05.839 align:start Every day 00:05.839 --> 00:07.941 align:start I go to work for Entergy. 00:07.941 --> 00:08.208 align:start I know 00:08.208 --> 00:09.676 align:start customers are counting on me. 00:09.676 --> 00:10.010 align:start So Entergy 00:10.010 --> 00:12.078 align:start is investing millions of dollars 00:12.178 --> 00:12.679 align:start to keep the lights on 00:12.679 --> 00:15.115 align:start and installing new technology 00:15.348 --> 00:15.815 align:start to prevent outages 00:15.815 --> 00:17.250 align:start before they happen. 00:17.250 --> 00:19.052 align:start Together. Together. Together. 00:19.052 --> 00:28.161 align:start We power life. 00:31.064 --> 00:31.531 align:start Additional support 00:31.531 --> 00:33.266 align:start provided by the Fred Bea 00:33.266 --> 00:33.900 align:start and Ruth B Ziegler Foundation 00:33.900 --> 00:35.535 align:start and the Ziegler 00:35.568 --> 00:36.236 align:start Art Museum located in Jennings 00:36.236 --> 00:38.004 align:start City Hall. 00:38.371 --> 00:39.039 align:start The museum focuses on emerging 00:39.039 --> 00:41.207 align:start Louisiana artists 00:41.441 --> 00:42.442 align:start and is an historical 00:42.442 --> 00:42.942 align:start and cultural center 00:42.942 --> 00:44.844 align:start for Southwest Louisiana 00:46.279 --> 00:46.746 align:start and the Foundation 00:46.746 --> 00:48.581 align:start for Excellence in Louisiana 00:48.581 --> 00:49.983 align:start Public Broadcasting. 00:49.983 --> 00:50.583 align:start With support from viewers 00:50.583 --> 00:51.985 align:start like you. 01:03.830 --> 01:04.531 align:start And we have a lot of our outdoor 01:04.531 --> 01:11.171 align:start ventures that are open. 01:11.371 --> 01:11.871 align:start And have been open. 01:11.871 --> 01:13.139 align:start For a while now. 01:13.139 --> 01:15.208 align:start I think that as time progresses, 01:15.542 --> 01:16.242 align:start we're going to see people return 01:16.242 --> 01:17.644 align:start to Lake Charles. 01:17.811 --> 01:19.045 align:start The anniversaries of Laura 01:19.045 --> 01:19.345 align:start and Ida, 01:19.345 --> 01:21.214 align:start and their toll on our state. 01:21.414 --> 01:22.949 align:start It's something that 01:22.949 --> 01:23.416 align:start that we have at LSU, 01:23.416 --> 01:25.785 align:start which is absolutely unique. 01:26.419 --> 01:26.986 align:start LSU campus mounts likely 01:26.986 --> 01:29.522 align:start the oldest in North America. 01:30.657 --> 01:31.124 align:start Some are cheering 01:31.124 --> 01:33.960 align:start it, while others are jeering it. 01:34.127 --> 01:34.694 align:start Student loans have been 01:34.694 --> 01:37.430 align:start forgiven, at least partially. 01:37.564 --> 01:38.131 align:start The Biden administration 01:38.131 --> 01:40.033 align:start announced a sweeping effort 01:40.033 --> 01:40.500 align:start to forgive $10,000 01:40.500 --> 01:42.869 align:start in federal student loans 01:43.036 --> 01:44.204 align:start and 20,000 for Pell. 01:44.204 --> 01:44.838 align:start Grants is a huge thing that's 01:44.838 --> 01:46.940 align:start been talked about for decades. 01:47.173 --> 01:47.640 align:start But for Louisianans, 01:47.640 --> 01:50.376 align:start more than 650,000 of them 01:50.577 --> 01:51.077 align:start are buried in loans 01:51.077 --> 01:53.480 align:start totaling about 22 and a half 01:53.480 --> 01:55.081 align:start billion dollars in debt. 01:55.081 --> 01:55.682 align:start But not everyone qualifies 01:55.682 --> 01:58.051 align:start for this forgiveness plan. 01:58.151 --> 01:58.751 align:start That's right. It only covers 01:58.751 --> 02:00.987 align:start federal loans, not private ones. 02:00.987 --> 02:01.588 align:start And it's limited to people 02:01.588 --> 02:04.324 align:start who make less than $125,000 02:04.324 --> 02:05.024 align:start a year and households that bring 02:05.024 --> 02:08.728 align:start in less than $250,000 a year. 02:08.761 --> 02:09.362 align:start So one of the huge stories 02:09.362 --> 02:10.830 align:start of the week. 02:10.830 --> 02:11.531 align:start And now to other news headlines 02:11.531 --> 02:14.199 align:start from this week across our state 02:16.336 --> 02:16.736 align:start might 02:16.736 --> 02:17.437 align:start want to keep an eye on the rise 02:17.437 --> 02:19.772 align:start in West Nile virus. 02:19.772 --> 02:20.240 align:start Health Department 02:20.240 --> 02:22.008 align:start leaders are reminding people 02:22.008 --> 02:22.509 align:start to take precautions 02:22.509 --> 02:24.077 align:start against mosquito bites. 02:24.377 --> 02:25.011 align:start We are entering the peak time 02:25.011 --> 02:28.014 align:start for transmission in Louisiana. 02:28.481 --> 02:28.915 align:start Since 2018, 14, 02:28.915 --> 02:31.117 align:start people have developed 02:31.384 --> 02:31.851 align:start dangerous infections 02:31.851 --> 02:34.220 align:start of the brain or spinal cord. 02:34.554 --> 02:37.757 align:start And two of those have died. 02:38.091 --> 02:38.725 align:start LSU achieved another record 02:38.725 --> 02:40.927 align:start breaking year, 02:40.927 --> 02:41.394 align:start securing research, 02:41.394 --> 02:43.630 align:start grants and contracts 02:44.063 --> 02:44.697 align:start for the 2020 122 fiscal year, 02:44.697 --> 02:48.501 align:start which closed just June 30th. 02:48.902 --> 02:49.469 align:start As a whole, LSU campuses 02:49.469 --> 02:52.472 align:start pulled in more than $324 02:52.472 --> 02:56.643 align:start million in research funding. 02:57.310 --> 02:57.977 align:start A Shreveport police officer is 02:57.977 --> 03:00.480 align:start accused of turning in overtime 03:00.480 --> 03:00.947 align:start reports for times 03:00.947 --> 03:02.549 align:start he was out of state 03:02.782 --> 03:03.183 align:start or working off 03:03.183 --> 03:05.084 align:start duty in a restaurant. 03:05.418 --> 03:06.085 align:start A federal grand jury this week 03:06.085 --> 03:08.755 align:start indicted officer James Cisco 03:08.955 --> 03:12.559 align:start on six counts of wire fraud. 03:12.825 --> 03:13.526 align:start The New Orleans City Council may 03:13.526 --> 03:16.196 align:start stop issuing new short term 03:16.196 --> 03:16.896 align:start rental licenses like you'd have 03:16.896 --> 03:20.133 align:start with VRBO or Airbnb. 03:20.500 --> 03:21.801 align:start This after a federal court 03:21.801 --> 03:22.268 align:start struck down a key 03:22.268 --> 03:24.971 align:start provision of current city law. 03:25.271 --> 03:25.972 align:start Council members say the proposal 03:25.972 --> 03:28.374 align:start won't affect residents 03:28.441 --> 03:28.908 align:start short term operators 03:28.908 --> 03:43.756 align:start who have a current license. 03:48.494 --> 03:48.761 align:start Moving 03:48.761 --> 03:50.897 align:start forward for those hit hardest 03:50.897 --> 03:51.497 align:start by two years of hurricanes 03:51.497 --> 03:55.134 align:start is a daily grind. 03:55.468 --> 03:56.703 align:start We're at the anniversary 03:56.703 --> 03:57.136 align:start for the two Cat 03:57.136 --> 04:00.039 align:start four powerhouses, Laura and Ida. 04:00.306 --> 04:00.907 align:start They're the two of the three 04:00.907 --> 04:02.642 align:start most powerful storms 04:02.809 --> 04:04.644 align:start to ever strike our coast. 04:04.644 --> 04:06.679 align:start It's been one year since Ida. 04:06.913 --> 04:07.413 align:start More on that recovery 04:07.413 --> 04:08.848 align:start in a moment. 04:08.848 --> 04:09.849 align:start A part of it anyway. 04:09.849 --> 04:10.550 align:start But first, my sit down with Lake 04:10.550 --> 04:13.052 align:start Charles Mayor Nick Hunter. 04:13.219 --> 04:15.455 align:start Two years after Laura blew it. 04:16.623 --> 04:16.889 align:start Mayor, 04:16.889 --> 04:18.992 align:start it is always great to see you 04:18.992 --> 04:19.591 align:start and your always spirited, 04:19.591 --> 04:23.062 align:start resilient and moving forward. 04:23.463 --> 04:25.665 align:start And two years removed. 04:25.697 --> 04:26.332 align:start Where is Lake Charles today 04:26.332 --> 04:30.003 align:start from Laura and the other storms. 04:30.103 --> 04:31.437 align:start Andre, good to see you as well. 04:31.437 --> 04:33.473 align:start Thanks for the opportunity. 04:33.473 --> 04:35.008 align:start It doesn't feel like two years. 04:35.008 --> 04:35.642 align:start It certainly feels like a lot 04:35.642 --> 04:37.010 align:start longer. 04:37.010 --> 04:37.610 align:start And I will tell you, 04:37.610 --> 04:38.111 align:start if you had asked me 04:38.111 --> 04:38.845 align:start that question 04:38.845 --> 04:39.545 align:start a year ago, I would have put on 04:39.545 --> 04:42.181 align:start a very brave front. 04:42.615 --> 04:43.249 align:start I would have had a very stoic 04:43.249 --> 04:44.717 align:start answer. 04:45.318 --> 04:45.652 align:start But today, 04:45.652 --> 04:48.821 align:start I just feel so much better. 04:48.821 --> 04:50.390 align:start And I feel so, 04:51.357 --> 04:51.924 align:start so much more 04:51.924 --> 04:52.592 align:start positivity around our recovery 04:52.592 --> 04:55.762 align:start than I did even a year ago. God. 04:55.995 --> 04:56.629 align:start And we've still got some of 04:56.629 --> 04:58.398 align:start the best people in the world 04:58.498 --> 04:59.666 align:start that will never change. 04:59.666 --> 05:00.300 align:start We've got a beautiful culture 05:00.300 --> 05:03.603 align:start and an economy and just a 05:03.603 --> 05:04.270 align:start wonderful community atmosphere 05:04.270 --> 05:07.206 align:start in southwest Louisiana. 05:07.707 --> 05:08.341 align:start But we didn't have a year ago 05:08.341 --> 05:10.310 align:start was supplemental disaster aid 05:10.310 --> 05:11.711 align:start from the federal government. 05:11.711 --> 05:12.178 align:start And that finally did 05:12.178 --> 05:13.613 align:start come through. Right. 05:13.613 --> 05:14.314 align:start And so I think you got to admit, 05:14.314 --> 05:16.382 align:start some wins when you get them. 05:16.382 --> 05:17.083 align:start And we got a big win with. That 05:17.083 --> 05:19.352 align:start and there's more to come. 05:19.352 --> 05:19.986 align:start But there is redevelopment, 05:19.986 --> 05:24.357 align:start rebuilding actually tangibly 05:24.524 --> 05:25.191 align:start happening that people can see, 05:25.191 --> 05:27.894 align:start which is inspiring. 05:28.461 --> 05:29.062 align:start There is there's the vast 05:29.062 --> 05:32.198 align:start majority of businesses 05:32.198 --> 05:32.632 align:start are reinvesting 05:32.632 --> 05:34.500 align:start back in the community. 05:34.500 --> 05:34.801 align:start In fact, 05:34.801 --> 05:36.602 align:start we're seeing a lot of businesses 05:36.602 --> 05:37.236 align:start take this as an opportunity 05:37.236 --> 05:39.272 align:start to really grow and expand 05:39.739 --> 05:40.840 align:start their footprint. 05:40.840 --> 05:41.441 align:start The major employers have all 05:41.441 --> 05:45.144 align:start come back or are coming back. 05:45.178 --> 05:46.112 align:start That's remarkable. 05:46.112 --> 05:46.979 align:start Well, it is. 05:46.979 --> 05:47.513 align:start And and I'll tell you, 05:47.513 --> 05:48.381 align:start there were some moments 05:48.381 --> 05:48.815 align:start after the storm 05:48.815 --> 05:51.417 align:start when we were concerned about 05:51.417 --> 05:51.984 align:start very simple things like 05:51.984 --> 05:55.288 align:start electricity and utilities and 05:56.155 --> 05:57.323 align:start and population. 05:57.323 --> 05:58.124 align:start We didn't know 05:58.124 --> 05:58.825 align:start if some of these major employers 05:58.825 --> 06:00.760 align:start were going to come back. 06:01.294 --> 06:01.761 align:start And to a T, every 06:01.761 --> 06:03.863 align:start one of them has said, yes, 06:03.863 --> 06:04.364 align:start we are coming back. 06:04.364 --> 06:05.832 align:start And some even coming back. 06:05.832 --> 06:06.466 align:start Stronger has been you heard 06:06.466 --> 06:08.935 align:start they've been a body of people 06:09.302 --> 06:11.070 align:start that's come together 06:11.070 --> 06:11.637 align:start to make sure 06:11.637 --> 06:12.171 align:start that these businesses, 06:12.171 --> 06:14.507 align:start the industry that it comes back. 06:14.774 --> 06:15.408 align:start In is absolutely the people 06:15.408 --> 06:16.876 align:start in southwest Louisiana. 06:16.876 --> 06:18.077 align:start It's our population. 06:18.077 --> 06:18.544 align:start It is their grit, 06:18.544 --> 06:20.680 align:start their tenacity. 06:21.414 --> 06:22.115 align:start We have some of the best people 06:22.115 --> 06:23.783 align:start in the world 06:23.783 --> 06:25.385 align:start in southwest Louisiana. 06:25.385 --> 06:25.918 align:start And I just don't think 06:25.918 --> 06:27.754 align:start there was ever a question 06:28.187 --> 06:28.755 align:start that we were going to do 06:28.755 --> 06:30.990 align:start everything humanly possible 06:30.990 --> 06:32.225 align:start to help each other. 06:32.225 --> 06:32.792 align:start Now, there are some some 06:32.792 --> 06:35.128 align:start limitations to what you can do. 06:35.161 --> 06:36.629 align:start I mean, it does. 06:36.629 --> 06:38.631 align:start And these things do take money. 06:39.132 --> 06:39.599 align:start So that's 06:39.599 --> 06:40.299 align:start why when you take that tenacity 06:40.299 --> 06:43.703 align:start and grit and resilience 06:44.704 --> 06:45.037 align:start coupled with 06:45.037 --> 06:47.106 align:start the supplemental disaster aid, 06:47.173 --> 06:47.507 align:start I just think 06:47.507 --> 06:49.342 align:start we have the resources 06:49.342 --> 06:50.209 align:start and the people in place 06:50.209 --> 06:50.543 align:start right now 06:50.543 --> 06:52.712 align:start like we didn't have in the past. 06:52.712 --> 06:53.346 align:start And I just feel really good 06:53.346 --> 06:54.881 align:start about the future. 06:54.914 --> 06:55.314 align:start Let's touch on 06:55.314 --> 06:57.683 align:start just some of the things that are 06:58.951 --> 07:01.053 align:start being rebuilt, renovated, 07:01.487 --> 07:01.954 align:start some shopping plaza, 07:01.954 --> 07:03.256 align:start some other buildings, 07:03.256 --> 07:03.856 align:start perhaps some of those things 07:03.856 --> 07:06.392 align:start that people see every day. 07:06.392 --> 07:07.093 align:start But now they see work happening. 07:07.093 --> 07:08.694 align:start Yeah. 07:09.128 --> 07:09.762 align:start So I never thought I would be 07:09.762 --> 07:12.498 align:start excited about seeing a building 07:12.498 --> 07:14.333 align:start demolished or torn down. 07:14.333 --> 07:14.967 align:start And we have seen some of that 07:14.967 --> 07:17.170 align:start in the last few months. 07:17.170 --> 07:17.637 align:start And quite frankly, 07:17.637 --> 07:19.472 align:start it needed to happen. 07:19.472 --> 07:19.939 align:start I mean, there were 07:19.939 --> 07:20.506 align:start some buildings 07:20.506 --> 07:21.007 align:start that were lingering 07:21.007 --> 07:22.442 align:start after the storms 07:22.442 --> 07:23.042 align:start that were really eyesores 07:23.042 --> 07:24.477 align:start to the community. 07:24.811 --> 07:25.411 align:start And I'm happy to see some of 07:25.411 --> 07:28.281 align:start those buildings come down. 07:28.514 --> 07:29.582 align:start But we've also seen 07:29.582 --> 07:30.082 align:start some shopping centers 07:30.082 --> 07:32.618 align:start that are coming back alive. 07:32.618 --> 07:32.952 align:start And again, 07:32.952 --> 07:36.856 align:start those were some retail customers 07:36.856 --> 07:37.356 align:start and some tenants in 07:37.356 --> 07:39.592 align:start some of those shopping centers 07:40.226 --> 07:40.726 align:start that we were unsure 07:40.726 --> 07:42.462 align:start if they were going to return. 07:42.628 --> 07:43.095 align:start When they come back. 07:43.095 --> 07:44.730 align:start And so they come back. 07:44.730 --> 07:45.064 align:start And I was 07:45.064 --> 07:47.600 align:start I was thrilled to receive 07:47.733 --> 07:48.434 align:start several calls 07:48.434 --> 07:48.901 align:start the last few weeks 07:48.901 --> 07:49.936 align:start that said, hey, 07:49.936 --> 07:50.636 align:start these were 07:50.636 --> 07:51.871 align:start owners of the development 07:51.871 --> 07:52.505 align:start saying, hey, we're announcing 07:52.505 --> 07:54.540 align:start this tenant's coming back. 07:54.974 --> 07:55.608 align:start Would you care to participate 07:55.608 --> 07:57.443 align:start in announcement? 07:57.443 --> 07:59.612 align:start And I can't tell you. 07:59.612 --> 07:59.912 align:start Some of 07:59.912 --> 08:02.014 align:start the most popular announcements 08:02.014 --> 08:02.381 align:start we've made in 08:02.381 --> 08:03.649 align:start the last few months 08:03.649 --> 08:04.116 align:start was to tell people 08:04.116 --> 08:05.985 align:start that a popular retail tenant 08:05.985 --> 08:06.419 align:start was coming back 08:06.419 --> 08:07.987 align:start to a shopping center. 08:08.221 --> 08:08.821 align:start One thing I want to touch on 08:08.821 --> 08:11.224 align:start that's still not finalized 08:11.224 --> 08:11.624 align:start is your tower, 08:11.624 --> 08:13.359 align:start the bank tower boarded up. 08:14.060 --> 08:14.393 align:start Some work, 08:14.393 --> 08:16.395 align:start I understand, is being done 08:16.395 --> 08:16.963 align:start on some of the exterior, 08:16.963 --> 08:19.198 align:start but there is legal legal matter 08:19.198 --> 08:19.799 align:start still to go through before 08:19.799 --> 08:23.102 align:start all the moneys are in place. 08:23.436 --> 08:25.471 align:start So a rebuild could happen. 08:25.872 --> 08:26.506 align:start That's right. 08:26.506 --> 08:27.206 align:start And the owners of that building 08:27.206 --> 08:29.675 align:start are in litigation 08:29.876 --> 08:31.511 align:start against their insurer. 08:31.511 --> 08:32.111 align:start And what I am comfortable 08:32.111 --> 08:34.714 align:start saying about that 08:34.714 --> 08:36.115 align:start is that the city would love 08:36.115 --> 08:36.682 align:start nothing more than to see 08:36.682 --> 08:39.251 align:start the building rehabilitated. 08:39.719 --> 08:40.352 align:start But we are mindful of the way 08:40.352 --> 08:43.956 align:start that building looks right now, 08:44.423 --> 08:44.924 align:start and that is something 08:44.924 --> 08:48.059 align:start that we are very 08:48.995 --> 08:50.863 align:start passionate about as a city. 08:50.863 --> 08:51.330 align:start We don't want to see 08:51.330 --> 08:52.865 align:start that building continue 08:52.865 --> 08:53.466 align:start to look in its current state 08:53.466 --> 08:55.601 align:start for an extended period of time. 08:56.102 --> 08:56.802 align:start And we're going to do everything 08:56.802 --> 08:59.772 align:start we can legally 08:59.772 --> 09:00.339 align:start to protect the interests 09:00.339 --> 09:02.608 align:start of the city of Lake Charles. 09:03.109 --> 09:03.976 align:start And I would just point 09:03.976 --> 09:04.544 align:start to kind 09:04.544 --> 09:05.177 align:start of an example in New Orleans, 09:05.177 --> 09:06.512 align:start I think it's called 09:06.512 --> 09:06.946 align:start the Plaza Tower 09:06.946 --> 09:11.317 align:start that was damaged after 09:11.384 --> 09:12.018 align:start Katrina and really kind of, 09:12.018 --> 09:15.121 align:start you know, lingered and festered. 09:15.121 --> 09:15.588 align:start And now it's quite 09:15.588 --> 09:18.925 align:start a conundrum of what to do 09:18.925 --> 09:19.725 align:start with that building. 09:19.725 --> 09:20.226 align:start And I will just say 09:20.226 --> 09:21.961 align:start that we are using 09:21.961 --> 09:22.562 align:start that as a case study of what 09:22.562 --> 09:25.364 align:start we will not allow to happen. 09:25.364 --> 09:25.831 align:start And that building, 09:25.831 --> 09:27.033 align:start which used to be the tallest 09:27.033 --> 09:27.733 align:start building in Louisiana, has been 09:27.733 --> 09:30.703 align:start vacant and vacant for decades. 09:30.903 --> 09:31.404 align:start Let's take you back 09:31.404 --> 09:33.406 align:start right before Laura. 09:33.839 --> 09:34.507 align:start Lake Charles was a destination 09:34.507 --> 09:37.143 align:start place. 09:37.143 --> 09:37.710 align:start Jobs for plentiful, high 09:37.710 --> 09:41.480 align:start paying a lot of them LNG boom. 09:41.847 --> 09:42.448 align:start And it was one of the most 09:42.448 --> 09:45.284 align:start desired places to move to 09:45.284 --> 09:45.918 align:start because the jobs were great 09:45.918 --> 09:47.253 align:start then. 09:47.253 --> 09:48.354 align:start Laura Head 09:48.588 --> 09:49.922 align:start Now two years later. 09:49.922 --> 09:50.423 align:start Where does that stand 09:50.423 --> 09:52.325 align:start with making sure 09:52.325 --> 09:54.327 align:start that industries here. 09:54.327 --> 09:55.394 align:start And you said it 09:55.394 --> 09:55.995 align:start we were one of the fastest 09:55.995 --> 09:57.964 align:start growing cities in the country. 09:58.130 --> 09:58.664 align:start Between 2010 and 2020, 09:58.664 --> 10:02.101 align:start we had a 12% population 10:02.101 --> 10:02.435 align:start increase, 10:02.435 --> 10:04.971 align:start which is monumental for cities, 10:04.971 --> 10:05.538 align:start especially compared to, 10:05.538 --> 10:07.073 align:start I think, say, Louisiana. 10:07.273 --> 10:09.976 align:start It's like 2.5 or 2.7% increase. 10:10.009 --> 10:12.511 align:start Lake Charles was 12%. 10:12.511 --> 10:13.112 align:start So we we did have a lot of 10:13.112 --> 10:16.749 align:start really good things going for us. 10:16.749 --> 10:17.350 align:start And it wasn't only Laura, 10:17.350 --> 10:18.851 align:start it was COVID as well. 10:19.018 --> 10:22.021 align:start So COVID and then Laura, Delta, 10:22.488 --> 10:23.189 align:start Winter Freeze, a 1000 year flood 10:23.189 --> 10:25.625 align:start event. 10:25.625 --> 10:26.192 align:start It's been a lot of last 10:26.192 --> 10:28.928 align:start couple of years and and. 10:29.028 --> 10:29.762 align:start Not getting the money. 10:29.762 --> 10:30.396 align:start And by the time it's coming 10:30.396 --> 10:33.933 align:start time line it was there. 10:34.800 --> 10:35.835 align:start So it is difficult 10:35.835 --> 10:36.369 align:start because when employers 10:36.369 --> 10:38.804 align:start are trying to attract people 10:38.804 --> 10:39.839 align:start to a community, 10:39.839 --> 10:40.306 align:start they're interested 10:40.306 --> 10:41.941 align:start in quality of life or interest 10:41.974 --> 10:43.509 align:start in the way the community looks. 10:43.509 --> 10:45.745 align:start They're interested in schools. 10:45.745 --> 10:46.345 align:start We have a lot of our schools 10:46.345 --> 10:47.613 align:start right now 10:47.613 --> 10:48.180 align:start that are still tattered 10:48.180 --> 10:50.483 align:start and torn up 10:50.483 --> 10:50.983 align:start and our school board, 10:50.983 --> 10:52.218 align:start God bless them, 10:52.218 --> 10:52.818 align:start they're working with FEMA 10:52.818 --> 10:55.621 align:start the same way that everyone is. 10:55.621 --> 10:56.188 align:start But that that timeline, 10:56.188 --> 10:58.658 align:start that process is just so long. 10:58.658 --> 10:59.125 align:start It's really a system 10:59.125 --> 11:02.461 align:start that needs some reformation. 11:02.762 --> 11:03.229 align:start It is a challenge, 11:03.229 --> 11:06.065 align:start however, I will say again, 11:06.065 --> 11:06.666 align:start I am much more optimistic on 11:06.666 --> 11:11.804 align:start where we're going to be tomorrow 11:11.804 --> 11:12.371 align:start and years from now today 11:12.371 --> 11:15.241 align:start than I was a year ago. 11:15.541 --> 11:17.276 align:start We have the resources. 11:17.276 --> 11:19.145 align:start We have the people in place. 11:19.145 --> 11:19.845 align:start There's a lot of blue tarps out 11:19.845 --> 11:20.713 align:start there. 11:20.713 --> 11:21.013 align:start There's 11:21.013 --> 11:22.682 align:start a lot of blighted buildings. 11:22.682 --> 11:23.282 align:start But I believe those things 11:23.282 --> 11:24.850 align:start will be remedied. 11:24.850 --> 11:25.418 align:start And I think that as time 11:25.418 --> 11:27.186 align:start progresses, 11:27.553 --> 11:28.254 align:start we're going to see people return 11:28.254 --> 11:29.622 align:start to Lake Charles. 11:29.622 --> 11:30.523 align:start Quicker than not. 11:30.523 --> 11:31.123 align:start And the wheels are in motion 11:31.123 --> 11:33.793 align:start to make things whole and better. 11:33.793 --> 11:34.360 align:start Absolutely. Absolutely. 11:34.360 --> 11:35.795 align:start I feel good about it. 11:35.795 --> 11:36.328 align:start All right, Mayor, it's 11:36.328 --> 11:37.363 align:start great to see you. 11:37.363 --> 11:37.863 align:start Thanks, Andre. 11:37.863 --> 11:52.144 align:start Good to see you. 11:53.813 --> 11:55.181 align:start Kids visiting LSU have 11:55.181 --> 11:55.715 align:start memories of running up 11:55.715 --> 11:56.982 align:start and down the mound, 11:56.982 --> 11:57.383 align:start sitting across 11:57.383 --> 11:59.085 align:start from the Huey Long Field House. 11:59.418 --> 12:00.019 align:start But it's a little known fact 12:00.019 --> 12:02.288 align:start exactly how all these mounds 12:02.288 --> 12:02.788 align:start are. A team at LSU, 12:02.788 --> 12:04.490 align:start led by Brooks 12:04.490 --> 12:04.957 align:start Elwood, excavated 12:04.957 --> 12:06.525 align:start the mounds dirt 12:06.525 --> 12:07.093 align:start just to find out exactly 12:07.093 --> 12:09.361 align:start how old these mounds are. 12:09.729 --> 12:11.764 align:start His findings were extraordinary. 12:12.331 --> 12:12.932 align:start All LSU grads have passed 12:12.932 --> 12:14.834 align:start these structures. 12:15.034 --> 12:16.535 align:start It's almost a rite of passage 12:16.535 --> 12:17.002 align:start to stop and marvel 12:17.002 --> 12:20.072 align:start at these 20 feet grassy hills. 12:20.706 --> 12:21.307 align:start But while they're just two 12:21.307 --> 12:24.009 align:start of nearly 800 manmade structures 12:24.009 --> 12:24.610 align:start in the Americas, it's likely 12:24.610 --> 12:27.813 align:start that these are the oldest. 12:28.114 --> 12:28.714 align:start I did get permission from 12:28.714 --> 12:31.917 align:start the state, too, but there's no 12:33.919 --> 12:34.386 align:start special title, title 12:34.386 --> 12:37.623 align:start or anything like that. 12:38.023 --> 12:38.724 align:start I got permission from the state 12:38.724 --> 12:40.893 align:start to drill 12:41.927 --> 12:42.261 align:start two cores, 12:42.261 --> 12:44.663 align:start one from the Southern man, 12:44.663 --> 12:46.398 align:start which is the B mound, 12:46.398 --> 12:46.999 align:start one from the Northern Mound, 12:46.999 --> 12:48.901 align:start which was the amount 12:49.335 --> 12:50.703 align:start we extracted those cores. 12:50.703 --> 12:51.237 align:start And we also 12:51.237 --> 12:51.837 align:start then later on got permission 12:51.837 --> 12:55.341 align:start to do a small excavation 12:55.341 --> 12:55.908 align:start on the crest of this one 12:55.908 --> 12:59.445 align:start and on the side of that one. 12:59.512 --> 13:00.112 align:start BROOKS Elwood is a professor 13:00.112 --> 13:02.481 align:start emeritus at LSU. 13:02.982 --> 13:04.183 align:start He led a research study 13:04.183 --> 13:04.750 align:start to uncover the true age 13:04.750 --> 13:06.385 align:start of the LSU mounds. 13:06.752 --> 13:08.821 align:start What he found was astounding. 13:08.821 --> 13:09.488 align:start Originally, indigenous peoples 13:09.488 --> 13:11.724 align:start likely started constructing 13:11.724 --> 13:12.258 align:start the first mound dubbed 13:12.258 --> 13:15.394 align:start Mound B by Alberts team. 13:15.761 --> 13:18.297 align:start A little over 11,000 years ago. 13:18.297 --> 13:18.898 align:start The second mound was built 13:18.898 --> 13:20.633 align:start shortly afterward. 13:20.733 --> 13:21.367 align:start The oldest date 13:21.367 --> 13:21.934 align:start we have from that mound, 13:21.934 --> 13:25.271 align:start the B mound, is 11,300. 13:26.438 --> 13:29.008 align:start And then as you go up 13:29.008 --> 13:31.076 align:start in the mound, that is as you 13:32.077 --> 13:34.480 align:start take additional samples 13:34.480 --> 13:35.181 align:start at higher and higher elevations 13:35.181 --> 13:38.217 align:start in the mound, the ages get 13:38.684 --> 13:39.385 align:start younger and younger and younger 13:39.385 --> 13:41.887 align:start in a nice linear trend, 13:42.421 --> 13:43.088 align:start which is what you would expect 13:43.088 --> 13:45.891 align:start if you went into your backyard 13:45.891 --> 13:46.458 align:start and dumped dirt one year 13:46.458 --> 13:50.729 align:start and then came back a year later 13:50.729 --> 13:51.430 align:start and dumped another load of dirt 13:51.430 --> 13:53.732 align:start and then a year later 13:53.732 --> 13:55.768 align:start dumped another load of dirt. 13:55.768 --> 13:57.736 align:start And then if you 13:58.037 --> 13:59.305 align:start were able to date. 13:59.305 --> 14:00.706 align:start The bottom. Layer. 14:00.706 --> 14:01.574 align:start And then the. 14:01.574 --> 14:01.941 align:start Next layer up 14:01.941 --> 14:04.109 align:start and then the next layer up, 14:04.743 --> 14:05.244 align:start you would find that 14:05.244 --> 14:06.946 align:start it got younger as. 14:06.946 --> 14:07.646 align:start You went. Up. 14:07.646 --> 14:09.682 align:start That's a no brainer, right? 14:10.549 --> 14:11.150 align:start And so that's what the trend 14:11.150 --> 14:14.687 align:start is in these in this mound. 14:14.887 --> 14:15.387 align:start Elle Woods 14:15.387 --> 14:15.888 align:start team use the sediment 14:15.888 --> 14:16.922 align:start they found at 14:16.922 --> 14:17.456 align:start the core of the mounds 14:17.456 --> 14:19.325 align:start to estimate their age. 14:19.325 --> 14:19.925 align:start They found ash burned reed 14:19.925 --> 14:22.528 align:start cane and burned mammal bones, 14:22.528 --> 14:23.195 align:start which Elwood hypothesizes were 14:23.195 --> 14:26.065 align:start used for ceremonial purposes. 14:26.932 --> 14:27.566 align:start He also found that the people 14:27.566 --> 14:28.734 align:start who constructed 14:28.734 --> 14:29.235 align:start these mounds used mud 14:29.235 --> 14:30.836 align:start from an estuary 14:30.836 --> 14:31.303 align:start that used to flow 14:31.303 --> 14:32.771 align:start where Tiger Stadium sits. 14:32.771 --> 14:33.339 align:start Now they piled all of it 14:33.339 --> 14:36.342 align:start together to create Mound A. 14:37.042 --> 14:37.543 align:start If you look closely 14:37.543 --> 14:39.311 align:start when you pass it, you can see 14:39.311 --> 14:39.778 align:start dents in the sides 14:39.778 --> 14:41.647 align:start which indicate that it was built 14:41.647 --> 14:42.081 align:start with a substance 14:42.081 --> 14:43.649 align:start that holds water. 14:43.649 --> 14:44.049 align:start But that's not 14:44.049 --> 14:45.651 align:start the most interesting part. 14:45.651 --> 14:46.285 align:start It appears that the alignment 14:46.285 --> 14:49.355 align:start of the two crests of the mound, 14:50.656 --> 14:51.123 align:start that alignment was 14:51.123 --> 14:53.893 align:start done at about 6000 years ago. 14:54.059 --> 14:57.463 align:start And that alignment was basically 14:57.463 --> 14:57.763 align:start aligned 14:57.763 --> 15:01.233 align:start towards the Red Star in the sky 15:01.233 --> 15:01.700 align:start at night, Arcturus 15:01.700 --> 15:04.637 align:start and both Mounds. 15:04.637 --> 15:05.204 align:start When you take the crest 15:05.204 --> 15:07.473 align:start of both mounds and be 15:08.073 --> 15:08.574 align:start and you draw a line 15:08.574 --> 15:11.443 align:start through them, it's about 8 15:11.443 --> 15:11.844 align:start to 8.5 degrees 15:11.844 --> 15:14.146 align:start east of north that line, 15:14.146 --> 15:14.480 align:start and that's 15:14.480 --> 15:16.548 align:start where Arcturus was located. 15:16.548 --> 15:17.850 align:start Elwood study was published 15:17.850 --> 15:18.417 align:start in the American Journal 15:18.417 --> 15:20.486 align:start of Science by Yale University, 15:20.519 --> 15:21.186 align:start where all of his findings show 15:21.186 --> 15:22.922 align:start that these mounds are 15:22.922 --> 15:23.555 align:start the oldest American manmade 15:23.555 --> 15:25.925 align:start structures ever recorded. 15:26.492 --> 15:28.027 align:start It's something that 15:28.027 --> 15:28.494 align:start that we have at LSU, 15:28.494 --> 15:30.863 align:start which is absolutely unique. 15:31.797 --> 15:33.799 align:start And the fact that 15:35.100 --> 15:36.969 align:start we have saved them. 15:36.969 --> 15:38.137 align:start And didn't bulldoze them. 15:38.137 --> 15:38.604 align:start Like up at Monsanto, 15:38.604 --> 15:42.041 align:start where the other two mounds were. 15:42.775 --> 15:43.475 align:start We really need to take our hats 15:43.475 --> 15:45.644 align:start off to the folks 15:45.644 --> 15:46.145 align:start that have worked hard 15:46.145 --> 15:49.348 align:start to keep LSU a beautiful campus. 15:50.783 --> 15:51.450 align:start In this story, 15:51.450 --> 15:51.884 align:start we showed 15:51.884 --> 15:52.518 align:start older pictures of the mounds, 15:52.518 --> 15:54.620 align:start but if you pass by today, 15:54.620 --> 15:55.087 align:start you'll see a fence 15:55.087 --> 15:56.088 align:start surrounding them. 15:56.088 --> 15:57.089 align:start And that's because the school 15:57.089 --> 15:57.589 align:start is trying very hard 15:57.589 --> 15:59.591 align:start to preserve these structures. 15:59.992 --> 16:00.693 align:start Elwood says that all the running 16:00.693 --> 16:02.328 align:start and sliding is actually 16:02.328 --> 16:03.562 align:start damaging the dirt underneath. 16:03.562 --> 16:04.163 align:start So if you happen to visit, 16:04.163 --> 16:06.065 align:start please be respectful. 16:06.999 --> 16:07.633 align:start And now a preview of Monday 16:07.633 --> 16:09.535 align:start night's presentation 16:09.535 --> 16:10.102 align:start of Louisiana Spotlight, 16:10.102 --> 16:12.504 align:start formerly known as Public Square. 16:12.805 --> 16:13.405 align:start In it, we explore population 16:13.405 --> 16:15.808 align:start loss in our state 16:16.075 --> 16:16.709 align:start and ask the question, is it 16:16.709 --> 16:19.311 align:start more than a troubling trend? 16:19.712 --> 16:20.179 align:start I spoke with a panel 16:20.179 --> 16:22.381 align:start of politicians, data scientists 16:22.381 --> 16:23.015 align:start and community organizers from 16:23.015 --> 16:25.617 align:start across the aisle and the state. 16:25.884 --> 16:26.518 align:start We also talked with Insurance 16:26.518 --> 16:27.453 align:start Commissioner 16:27.453 --> 16:28.053 align:start Jim Donlin about an industry 16:28.053 --> 16:31.423 align:start turned upside down after 16:31.423 --> 16:41.066 align:start all the disaster claims. 16:45.237 --> 16:46.805 align:start I'm Jim Donlin and I'm 16:46.805 --> 16:47.439 align:start the commissioner of insurance 16:47.439 --> 16:49.308 align:start for the state of Louisiana. 16:49.908 --> 16:51.043 align:start Well, we're in a crisis. 16:51.043 --> 16:52.411 align:start There's no question about it. 16:52.411 --> 16:52.778 align:start And some of 16:52.778 --> 16:55.180 align:start it is beyond our control. 16:55.414 --> 16:57.883 align:start Laura 150 mile an hour winds. 16:58.217 --> 17:00.619 align:start IDA 150 mile an hour winds. 17:00.953 --> 17:01.620 align:start Those 2/2 most powerful storms 17:01.620 --> 17:05.023 align:start in our state's history, 17:05.324 --> 17:05.924 align:start and that resulted in 800,000 17:05.924 --> 17:10.729 align:start claims being filed over the past 17:10.796 --> 17:11.363 align:start two years and companies 17:11.363 --> 17:14.800 align:start paying or reserving to pay 17:15.166 --> 17:17.869 align:start a total of $22 billion. 17:18.137 --> 17:18.604 align:start Huge amount of money 17:18.604 --> 17:21.607 align:start that has had a devastating 17:21.607 --> 17:24.843 align:start effect on our market. 17:28.079 --> 17:28.646 align:start The insurance companies 17:28.646 --> 17:31.183 align:start that failed, that was on them 17:31.517 --> 17:32.518 align:start and it was on them 17:32.518 --> 17:33.218 align:start because they did not adequately 17:33.218 --> 17:36.422 align:start reinsure themselves 17:36.622 --> 17:37.056 align:start for the exposure 17:37.056 --> 17:39.058 align:start that they had taken on. 17:39.625 --> 17:40.192 align:start All six were re insured 17:40.192 --> 17:44.530 align:start based on the most 17:44.530 --> 17:45.064 align:start liberal of projections 17:45.064 --> 17:48.099 align:start from cat modelers. 17:48.333 --> 17:48.767 align:start There are three 17:48.767 --> 17:51.369 align:start major catastrophe modelers 17:51.603 --> 17:52.304 align:start that all the insurance companies 17:52.304 --> 17:55.074 align:start use to evaluate their 17:55.240 --> 17:56.608 align:start coastal exposure. 17:56.608 --> 17:58.444 align:start All six of the failed. 17:58.444 --> 18:00.612 align:start Use the same CAT modeler. 18:00.779 --> 18:02.714 align:start And they missed it by a lot. 18:02.714 --> 18:04.383 align:start They missed it by six. 18:04.383 --> 18:06.351 align:start By $600 million. 18:06.351 --> 18:07.052 align:start $100 million each on average in 18:07.052 --> 18:10.923 align:start not 2020. 18:11.056 --> 18:11.657 align:start Not Laura, Delta and Zeta, 18:11.657 --> 18:14.626 align:start but Ida, which hit 18:14.626 --> 18:15.327 align:start a more expensive, more populated 18:15.327 --> 18:20.065 align:start part of the state. 18:20.933 --> 18:21.633 align:start These seven companies left $100 18:21.633 --> 18:25.370 align:start million of unpaid claims behind 18:25.370 --> 18:26.138 align:start when they fail. 18:26.138 --> 18:26.705 align:start It's a challenging part 18:26.705 --> 18:30.242 align:start of our job. 18:30.242 --> 18:30.843 align:start It's the most important part 18:30.843 --> 18:32.611 align:start of our job 18:33.245 --> 18:33.812 align:start to monitor for solvency, 18:33.812 --> 18:36.782 align:start because we're here primarily 18:36.982 --> 18:37.449 align:start to protect consumers 18:37.449 --> 18:40.652 align:start of of insurance products. 18:40.786 --> 18:41.353 align:start And the first thing that 18:41.353 --> 18:43.922 align:start they owe their policyholders 18:44.123 --> 18:44.790 align:start is enough resources to fulfill 18:44.790 --> 18:48.627 align:start the promises they make 18:48.627 --> 18:49.228 align:start to their policyholder owners 18:49.228 --> 18:51.263 align:start when they take their premium. 18:51.663 --> 18:52.231 align:start And in this case, those 18:52.231 --> 18:55.167 align:start three companies in my state did 18:55.167 --> 18:57.469 align:start not meet that obligation. 18:58.604 --> 18:59.071 align:start Now, we're always 18:59.071 --> 19:00.839 align:start going to be more expensive. 19:00.873 --> 19:01.340 align:start We've always been 19:01.340 --> 19:03.909 align:start one of the three most expensive 19:04.143 --> 19:04.409 align:start states 19:04.409 --> 19:06.979 align:start for homeowner's insurance. 19:06.979 --> 19:07.479 align:start We're at greater risk 19:07.479 --> 19:10.149 align:start than I think anywhere else 19:10.149 --> 19:11.617 align:start in the United States. 19:11.617 --> 19:14.086 align:start Below I-10 i 12. 19:14.086 --> 19:14.586 align:start We are the bull's eye 19:14.586 --> 19:17.456 align:start for hurricane landfall. 19:17.823 --> 19:18.390 align:start That's part of the cost 19:18.390 --> 19:20.959 align:start of living where we do. 19:21.293 --> 19:21.760 align:start And a lot of folks 19:21.760 --> 19:25.097 align:start want to live their own bayous 19:25.697 --> 19:26.231 align:start in in communities that 19:26.231 --> 19:28.800 align:start they've been in for generations. 19:29.134 --> 19:31.270 align:start And and and they can be done. 19:31.637 --> 19:32.204 align:start And it falls to us, the 19:32.204 --> 19:35.674 align:start regulators and policy makers, 19:36.241 --> 19:36.575 align:start to see to it 19:36.575 --> 19:39.678 align:start that the stock of construction 19:39.678 --> 19:39.978 align:start in homes 19:39.978 --> 19:41.813 align:start and commercial buildings 19:42.080 --> 19:42.648 align:start are built strong enough 19:42.648 --> 19:45.517 align:start to make it withstand 19:45.751 --> 19:46.451 align:start these horrific hurricane events 19:46.451 --> 19:48.720 align:start when they do come. 19:49.021 --> 19:49.655 align:start And that will make affordable 19:49.655 --> 19:51.924 align:start insurance 19:51.924 --> 19:52.257 align:start available 19:52.257 --> 19:55.494 align:start for for those policyholders. 19:56.461 --> 19:57.763 align:start Some very interesting 19:57.763 --> 19:58.430 align:start and troubling insight from Jim 19:58.430 --> 19:59.998 align:start O'Donnell in there. 20:00.365 --> 20:00.933 align:start For more on this topic, 20:00.933 --> 20:02.568 align:start please join us for 20:02.601 --> 20:03.969 align:start the full episode of Spotlight 20:03.969 --> 20:04.436 align:start this coming Monday 20:04.436 --> 20:07.039 align:start night on August 29th at 8 p.m.. 20:07.739 --> 20:08.307 align:start And finally, we dragged 20:08.307 --> 20:10.642 align:start videographer for Rescue 20:10.642 --> 20:11.009 align:start Fortenberry 20:11.009 --> 20:13.612 align:start in front of our camera tonight. 20:13.979 --> 20:15.180 align:start Because, Rex, you've 20:15.180 --> 20:15.814 align:start been with Lvb for 30 years, 20:15.814 --> 20:18.717 align:start almost to the day. 20:18.917 --> 20:19.218 align:start You have 20:19.218 --> 20:21.253 align:start a very unique personality, 20:21.253 --> 20:21.920 align:start but also a style of excellence 20:21.920 --> 20:24.790 align:start in everything you've done 20:25.090 --> 20:25.757 align:start since you've been here. 20:25.757 --> 20:28.594 align:start Do you retiring, however, and 20:29.761 --> 20:30.996 align:start a couple of things. 20:30.996 --> 20:31.396 align:start It's got to be 20:31.396 --> 20:34.199 align:start wild to look through this. 20:34.199 --> 20:36.134 align:start And what everybody may not know 20:36.134 --> 20:36.602 align:start is that the pictures 20:36.602 --> 20:37.636 align:start you've seen over 20:37.636 --> 20:38.203 align:start the years, Rex, has shot 20:38.203 --> 20:41.406 align:start most of them, I would say. 20:41.406 --> 20:42.074 align:start Right. 20:42.274 --> 20:42.507 align:start Good. 20:42.507 --> 20:43.108 align:start Many of them for many, many, 20:43.108 --> 20:46.078 align:start many, many, many, many years. 20:46.545 --> 20:47.145 align:start Going back to you, the story 20:47.145 --> 20:49.181 align:start that stands out that you've done 20:49.448 --> 20:50.082 align:start that has not been in the past 20:50.082 --> 20:52.184 align:start few years. 20:52.184 --> 20:52.551 align:start Oh, there's 20:52.551 --> 20:54.653 align:start just so many memories. 20:54.653 --> 20:55.854 align:start Yeah, so many things. 20:55.854 --> 20:57.723 align:start So many stories. 20:57.723 --> 20:58.323 align:start One of the very first things 20:58.323 --> 21:01.393 align:start that stand out stands out to me. 21:01.860 --> 21:04.763 align:start A story I did for SWI State Run 21:06.465 --> 21:08.433 align:start is the 1993 21:08.433 --> 21:08.900 align:start Hurricane Centennial 21:08.900 --> 21:11.403 align:start on the Grand Isle. 21:12.204 --> 21:12.904 align:start So we did the 100 years of Jeff 21:12.904 --> 21:17.476 align:start doing, and I did that in 93. 21:17.509 --> 21:17.743 align:start Yeah. 21:17.743 --> 21:18.443 align:start You've worked with many anchors, 21:18.443 --> 21:20.012 align:start many reporters 21:20.012 --> 21:20.479 align:start through the years. 21:20.479 --> 21:22.047 align:start I still have the press kit. 21:22.147 --> 21:22.781 align:start Oh. You'll look through it. 21:22.781 --> 21:24.616 align:start Sure. 21:24.850 --> 21:25.651 align:start What's in this? 21:25.651 --> 21:27.753 align:start That's the paperwork, basically. 21:27.753 --> 21:28.120 align:start Yeah. Yeah. 21:28.120 --> 21:29.488 align:start You know, it's interesting when. 21:29.488 --> 21:30.222 align:start When I said, Hey, Rex, 21:30.222 --> 21:30.922 align:start we want to talk to you for this 21:30.922 --> 21:32.891 align:start to close our segment 21:33.258 --> 21:33.959 align:start you completely appeared on ready 21:33.959 --> 21:38.163 align:start to do this and not prepared. 21:38.163 --> 21:38.830 align:start And yet when he came out here, 21:38.830 --> 21:42.000 align:start he has a script and he's got 21:42.367 --> 21:43.669 align:start a scrapbook of all the memories. 21:43.669 --> 21:45.304 align:start So I'd say you are prepared. 21:45.304 --> 21:45.771 align:start Oh, yeah. 21:45.771 --> 21:46.738 align:start I mean, over the years, 21:46.738 --> 21:47.406 align:start I've made my own little museum 21:47.406 --> 21:49.541 align:start of this, that and the other. 21:49.541 --> 21:50.008 align:start I've got 21:51.343 --> 21:51.576 align:start nails 21:51.576 --> 21:53.412 align:start from the Bollinger shipyards. 21:53.412 --> 21:54.046 align:start I've got pieces of helicopter 21:54.046 --> 21:57.482 align:start from some of the crash stories 21:57.482 --> 21:57.816 align:start we've done 21:57.816 --> 21:59.885 align:start and from a Nazi U-boat that they 22:00.385 --> 22:00.952 align:start brought up from the Gulf 22:00.952 --> 22:03.021 align:start and we did stories on that. 22:03.021 --> 22:03.622 align:start And a lot of this was lost 22:03.622 --> 22:07.025 align:start Louisiana older show we did 22:07.025 --> 22:07.693 align:start yeah some other stuff programs 22:07.693 --> 22:11.697 align:start over the years you also were 22:11.930 --> 22:12.431 align:start traveling a great bit 22:12.431 --> 22:16.335 align:start right around 911 of all times 22:16.335 --> 22:16.868 align:start to travel, ironically, 22:16.868 --> 22:19.404 align:start so we didn't plan it that way. 22:19.438 --> 22:20.138 align:start But, um, yeah, right before 911, 22:20.138 --> 22:24.810 align:start I flew 22:25.410 --> 22:26.044 align:start in and out of Boston like two 22:26.044 --> 22:28.714 align:start or three days before 911. 22:28.747 --> 22:29.281 align:start Okay. 22:29.514 --> 22:30.215 align:start On a documentary, you were going 22:30.215 --> 22:33.085 align:start up there about schools and. 22:34.586 --> 22:35.654 align:start Yeah. 22:36.021 --> 22:36.621 align:start That we went through that 22:36.621 --> 22:41.460 align:start and 911 happened. 22:41.460 --> 22:42.127 align:start Then I went on at what we call 22:42.127 --> 22:44.429 align:start the environmental tackle boxes 22:44.463 --> 22:45.030 align:start of the kid science show 22:45.030 --> 22:46.965 align:start that we used to do 22:46.965 --> 22:49.368 align:start went on a shoot to both Mount 22:49.368 --> 22:49.901 align:start Rainier and Washington 22:49.901 --> 22:52.037 align:start State and San Francisco. 22:52.771 --> 22:53.638 align:start And it came back. 22:53.638 --> 22:54.339 align:start And then right after that, they 22:54.339 --> 22:56.608 align:start said, is your passport good? 22:56.608 --> 22:57.642 align:start Is it? Yeah, I. 22:57.642 --> 22:58.276 align:start Okay, you're going to Paris 22:58.276 --> 22:59.077 align:start this weekend. 22:59.077 --> 22:59.678 align:start So I flew to Paris, France 22:59.678 --> 23:02.547 align:start that weekend for the Jo 23:02.748 --> 23:03.782 align:start Josephine exhibit. 23:03.782 --> 23:04.216 align:start We don't do that 23:04.216 --> 23:05.584 align:start quite as much anymore. 23:05.584 --> 23:06.218 align:start Travel like that. That was. 23:06.218 --> 23:08.353 align:start Yeah. 23:08.353 --> 23:09.321 align:start And I was in, 23:09.321 --> 23:09.955 align:start I was thinking on my mind, my 23:09.955 --> 23:12.791 align:start last leg back from from Paris. 23:13.158 --> 23:15.160 align:start I was on 47 different aircraft. 23:15.594 --> 23:16.161 align:start You're in the last month 23:16.161 --> 23:17.095 align:start and a half. 23:17.095 --> 23:17.796 align:start So hey, before we go to a time, 23:17.796 --> 23:21.600 align:start I wanted to I just mentioned 23:21.733 --> 23:22.234 align:start one thing you've done 23:22.234 --> 23:23.769 align:start that I've seen has been 23:24.302 --> 23:25.003 align:start you've taken over your decision 23:25.003 --> 23:26.872 align:start on how things would look. 23:27.572 --> 23:27.939 align:start The stories 23:27.939 --> 23:29.775 align:start we did with Kathleen Peugeot, 23:30.142 --> 23:30.642 align:start you're using, what, 23:30.642 --> 23:32.177 align:start five cameras, a drone, 23:32.444 --> 23:33.478 align:start all sorts of things 23:33.478 --> 23:33.979 align:start that you typically do 23:33.979 --> 23:36.615 align:start not ever see in television news. 23:36.748 --> 23:37.315 align:start Well, yeah. 23:37.315 --> 23:37.883 align:start I mean, I try to make it 23:37.883 --> 23:41.086 align:start more of a kind of a feature news 23:41.153 --> 23:42.554 align:start magazine type thing. 23:42.554 --> 23:44.222 align:start And it's 23:44.222 --> 23:44.923 align:start you know, it's more interesting 23:44.923 --> 23:45.490 align:start when you're doing 23:45.490 --> 23:46.458 align:start those kind of things 23:46.458 --> 23:47.526 align:start to have the interaction 23:47.526 --> 23:48.226 align:start between the reporter and whoever 23:48.226 --> 23:51.563 align:start you're asking questions to. 23:51.563 --> 23:52.030 align:start And just just try 23:52.030 --> 23:54.900 align:start to fill out the story 23:55.133 --> 23:55.734 align:start that you're you're excellent 23:55.734 --> 23:58.003 align:start at what you do. 23:58.003 --> 23:58.437 align:start It's been great 23:58.437 --> 23:59.638 align:start to work with you. 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