1 00:00:04,638 --> 00:00:07,140 WE SUPPORT SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING AT LOCAL SCHOOLS TO 2 00:00:07,273 --> 00:00:09,277 BUILD A BRIGHTER PATH TO BETTER JOBS AND HELP PREPARE THE NEXT 3 00:00:09,410 --> 00:00:13,480 GENERATION BECAUSE TOGETHER, WE POWER LIFE. 4 00:00:13,613 --> 00:00:19,320 ENTERGY. ADDITIONAL SUPPORT PROVIDED 5 00:00:19,453 --> 00:00:21,455 BY THE FRED B. AND RUTH B. ZIEGLER FOUNDATION AND THE 6 00:00:21,588 --> 00:00:25,158 ZIEGLER ART MUSEUM LOCATED IN JENNINGS CITY HALL. 7 00:00:25,292 --> 00:00:28,362 THE MUSEUM FOCUSES ON EMERGING LOUISIANA ARTISTS AND IS AN 8 00:00:28,495 --> 00:00:32,600 HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL CENTER FOR SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA. 9 00:00:32,733 --> 00:00:34,702 AND THE FOUNDATION FOR EXCELLENCE IN LOUISIANA PUBLIC 10 00:00:34,835 --> 00:00:39,407 BROADCASTING WITH SUPPORT FROM VIEWERS LIKE YOU. 11 00:00:42,342 --> 00:00:45,845 CAPTIONING PERFORMED BY LNS CAPTIONING 12 00:00:45,980 --> 00:00:48,748 WWW.LNSCAPTIONING.COM 13 00:00:53,487 --> 00:01:02,295 EARLY VOTING TURNOUT HAS REMAINED HIGH. 14 00:01:02,428 --> 00:01:03,897 SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR THE GOVERNOR'S RACE? 15 00:01:04,030 --> 00:01:05,765 CANDIDATES REALLY HAVEN'T FIGURED OUT HOW TO TALK TO YOUNG 16 00:01:05,898 --> 00:01:07,267 PEOPLE. WHY MANY YOUNG PEOPLE AREN'T 17 00:01:07,400 --> 00:01:08,935 GOING TO THE POLLS. VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES 18 00:01:09,068 --> 00:01:10,237 ARE NOT BEING TAKEN CARE OF BECAUSE OF THIS. 19 00:01:10,370 --> 00:01:18,212 WORKING TO RIGHT A WRONG THAT HAS GONE ON FOR DECADES. 20 00:01:18,345 --> 00:01:19,313 HI, EVERYONE. I'M NATASHA WILLIAMS. 21 00:01:19,447 --> 00:01:21,048 I'M ANDRE MOREAU. MUCH MORE ON THOSE TOP STORIES 22 00:01:21,182 --> 00:01:22,983 IN A MOMENT ON THIS WEEK'S EDITION OF "SWI," BUT FIRST A 23 00:01:23,117 --> 00:01:24,585 LOOK AT OTHER NEWS MAKING HEADLINES ACROSS LOUISIANA. 24 00:01:24,718 --> 00:01:26,687 THIS WEEK A LOT OF FIRSTS FOR LSU FOOTBALL. 25 00:01:26,820 --> 00:01:28,822 THE TIGERS EARNED THEIR FIRST EVER NUMBER ONE RANKING IN THE 26 00:01:28,955 --> 00:01:34,395 COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF POLL. THEY'RE ALSO FIRST IN THE AP AND 27 00:01:34,528 --> 00:01:35,997 COACHES' POLL. IT'S ALL BECAUSE OF WHAT THEY 28 00:01:36,130 --> 00:01:39,700 DID SATURDAY. A 46-41 SCOREFEST OVER 29 00:01:39,833 --> 00:01:42,903 PREVIOUSLY UNBEATEN ALABAMA. THE TIGERS' FIRST VICTORY OVER 30 00:01:43,037 --> 00:01:46,607 THE TIDE SINCE 2011. QUARTERBACK JOE BURROW AND 31 00:01:46,740 --> 00:01:50,310 RUNNING BACK CLYDE EDWARDS-HELAIRE WERE FLAWLESS, 32 00:01:50,443 --> 00:01:52,078 PROPELLING LSU TO A 20-POINT HALFTIME LEAD AND THEN MAKING 33 00:01:52,212 --> 00:01:55,615 ALL THE CLUTCH PLAYS TO SECURE THE VICTORY. 34 00:01:55,748 --> 00:01:58,285 THE TIGERS TRY TO KEEP THEIR PERFECT SEASON GOING SATURDAY 35 00:01:58,418 --> 00:02:09,062 NIGHT AT OLE MISS. HOUSTON WRITER BRYAN WASHINGTON 36 00:02:09,195 --> 00:02:14,868 NAMED THE WINNER OF THE 2019 ERNEST J. GAINES AWARD FOR 37 00:02:15,002 --> 00:02:16,903 LITERARY EXCELLENCE. HIS DEBUT BOOK ENTITLED "LOT" IS 38 00:02:17,037 --> 00:02:18,405 A COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES. WASHINGTON RECEIVED HIS AWARD 39 00:02:18,538 --> 00:02:20,540 JANUARY 30 IN A CEREMONY AT THE MANSHIP THEATER AT SHAW CENTER 40 00:02:20,673 --> 00:02:22,677 FOR THE ARTS IN BATON ROUGE. THE GALA WILL HONOR THE WRITERS, 41 00:02:22,810 --> 00:02:26,380 OF COURSE, AND ALSO PAY TRIBUTE TO THE LITERARY GREATNESS OF THE 42 00:02:26,513 --> 00:02:34,888 LATE ERNEST J. GAINES. HE PASSED AWAY JUST LAST WEEK AT 43 00:02:35,022 --> 00:02:38,758 HIS HOME IN OSCAR. GOVERNOR JOHN BEL EDWARDS 44 00:02:38,892 --> 00:02:40,793 ANNOUNCED THAT $10 MILLION IN RECOVERY MONEY FROM HURRICANES 45 00:02:40,927 --> 00:02:42,395 IKE AND GUSTAV WILL BE USED TO BUILD PERMANENT HOUSES AT CAMP 46 00:02:42,528 --> 00:02:50,870 BEAUREGUARD IN PINEVILLE. THE 50 NEW HOUSES WILL BECOME 47 00:02:51,005 --> 00:02:52,472 HOME TO NATIONAL GUARD SOLDIERS AND AIRMEN. 48 00:02:52,605 --> 00:02:54,575 THE NEW HOMES WILL REPLACE AGING MOBILE HOMES, WHICH WERE BROUGHT 49 00:02:54,708 --> 00:02:56,710 IN FOR DISPLACED FAMILIES AFTER HURRICANE KATRINA. 50 00:02:56,843 --> 00:02:59,880 WHO KNEW LOUISIANA WAS SUCH A TOURISM DESTINATION FOR GERMANY. 51 00:03:00,013 --> 00:03:04,117 FOR ONE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR BILLY NUNGESSER, RIGHT NOW, AS 52 00:03:04,250 --> 00:03:05,718 CHAIRMAN OF THE NATIONAL LIEUTENANT GOVERNORS' 53 00:03:05,852 --> 00:03:09,423 ASSOCIATION, HE'S LEADING A WEEK LONG DELEGATION THERE. 54 00:03:09,557 --> 00:03:13,660 NUNGESSER IS MEETING WITH GERMAN POLITICAL AND BUSINESS LEADERS 55 00:03:13,793 --> 00:03:16,863 TO CONTINUE PROMOTING OUR STATE AS A TOURIST DESTINATION AND A 56 00:03:16,997 --> 00:03:20,600 PLACE TO DO BUSINESS. GERMAN VISITORS SPENT MORE THAN 57 00:03:20,733 --> 00:03:23,770 $80 MILLION IN LOUISIANA LAST YEAR. 58 00:03:23,903 --> 00:03:28,075 CURRENT MONEY CONCERNS ARE CREATING WORRY THAT HALF OF THE 59 00:03:28,208 --> 00:03:33,280 SCHOOLS IN POINTE COUPEE PARISH COULD CLOSE AND JOBS SLASHED IF 60 00:03:33,413 --> 00:03:37,017 A PROPERTY TAX UP FOR RENEWAL VOTE THIS WEEKEND FAILS. 61 00:03:37,150 --> 00:03:40,187 THE $5.5 MILLION THE TAX GENERATES ACCOUNTS FOR MORE THAN 62 00:03:40,320 --> 00:03:43,390 A QUARTER OF THE BUDGET FOR PARISH SCHOOLS. 63 00:03:43,523 --> 00:03:47,093 THE TAX RATE HAS REMAINED UNCHANGED SINCE THE 1970s AND 64 00:03:47,227 --> 00:03:52,933 HAS BEEN RENEWED EVERY DECADE. WORK TO CREATE FOUR ARTIFICIAL 65 00:03:53,067 --> 00:03:55,568 REEFS TO ATTRACT SPORTFISH IN LAKE BORGNE AND THE MISSISSIPPI 66 00:03:55,702 --> 00:03:59,272 SOUND SHOULD BE FINISHED BY THE END OF THE MONTH. 67 00:03:59,405 --> 00:04:02,475 THE REEFS WILL PROVIDE A HABITAT WHERE SPECKLED TROUT, REDFISH 68 00:04:02,608 --> 00:04:06,180 AND FLOUNDER ARE LIKELY TO HANG OUT, CONTRACTORS HAVE PUT DOWN 69 00:04:06,313 --> 00:04:17,490 880 TONS OF LIMESTONE AND 80 CUBIC YARDS OF CONCRETE DOMES. 70 00:04:17,623 --> 00:04:19,460 OYSTER SHELLS STILL TO COME WILL COMPLETE THE NEW HABITAT. 71 00:04:19,593 --> 00:04:22,095 IT APPEARS A COALITION OF STATE, LOCAL, AND LSU OFFICIALS HAVE 72 00:04:22,228 --> 00:04:24,732 COME TOGETHER IN AN EFFORT TO SAVE THE SIX LAKES WHICH 73 00:04:24,865 --> 00:04:30,037 SURROUND THE LSU CAMPUS IN BATON ROUGE. 74 00:04:30,170 --> 00:04:31,738 A PLAN WAS FIRST DISCUSSED FOUR YEARS AGO, THE COALITION 75 00:04:31,872 --> 00:04:34,842 INCLUDES THE STATE OF LOUISIANA, THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE, BREC, 76 00:04:34,975 --> 00:04:37,510 LSU, THE LSU ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT, AND THE BATON ROUGE 77 00:04:37,643 --> 00:04:42,782 AREA FOUNDATION. LSU'S REAL ESTATE AND FACILITIES 78 00:04:42,917 --> 00:04:47,053 FOUNDATION WILL BE IN CHARGE OF ISSUING THE CONTRACTS AND WILL 79 00:04:47,187 --> 00:04:49,690 OVERSEE THE EXTENSIVE WORK. THE WORK INCLUDES DREDGING ALL 80 00:04:49,823 --> 00:04:53,927 SIX LAKES, BUILDING A BRIDGE AND SIDEWALKS AND BIKE PATHS. 81 00:04:54,060 --> 00:04:55,695 FUNDING WILL COME FROM CONTRIBUTIONS MADE BY EACH OF 82 00:04:55,828 --> 00:05:01,268 THE PARTNERS. THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT. 83 00:05:01,402 --> 00:05:12,245 THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. LOUISIANA, WE ARE TRUMP COUNTRY. 84 00:05:12,378 --> 00:05:13,713 [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] WE LOVE PRESIDENT TRUMP AND HE 85 00:05:13,847 --> 00:05:23,423 LOVES LOUISIANA. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP LEFT A 86 00:05:23,557 --> 00:05:24,825 WASHINGTON EMBROILED IN AN IMPEACHMENT DRAMA FOR BOSSIER 87 00:05:24,958 --> 00:05:26,593 CITY TO RALLY REPUBLICANS AND RUNOFF CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR 88 00:05:26,727 --> 00:05:27,995 EDDIE RISPONE. THE THURSDAY NIGHT EVENT TOOK 89 00:05:28,128 --> 00:05:34,367 PLACE AT THE CENTURY LINK CENTER. 90 00:05:34,502 --> 00:05:37,537 TRUMP IS URGING REPUBLICANS TO VOTE PARTY AND ELECT RISPONE. 91 00:05:37,670 --> 00:05:40,907 BRING DOWN YOUR TAXES. IF YOU WANT TO DEFEND YOUR 92 00:05:41,040 --> 00:05:44,612 VALUES, YOUR JOBS AND YOUR FREEDOM, THEN YOU NEED TO 93 00:05:44,745 --> 00:05:50,783 REPLACE RADICAL LIB CAL JOHN BEL EDWARDS WITH A TRUE LOUISIANA 94 00:05:50,917 --> 00:05:53,553 PATRIOT, EDDIE RISPONE. EDDIE RISPONE. 95 00:05:53,687 --> 00:06:05,065 GREAT GUY. THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL 96 00:06:05,198 --> 00:06:07,767 COMMITTEE HAS POURED ANOTHER $1 MILLION IN THE GOVERNOR'S RACE 97 00:06:07,902 --> 00:06:11,070 IN THE FINAL DAYS BEFORE TOMORROW'S ELECTION. 98 00:06:11,203 --> 00:06:15,008 GROWING CONCERNS ABOUT LOSING A SECOND MAJOR STATE RACE, 99 00:06:15,142 --> 00:06:18,078 KENTUCKY RECENTLY ELECTING A DEMOCRATIC GOVERNOR. 100 00:06:18,212 --> 00:06:24,952 FOR JOHN BEL EDWARDS TO WIN, HE NEEDS A STRONG BLACK VOTER 101 00:06:25,085 --> 00:06:29,055 TURNOUT AND BLACK VOTER OUTREACH HAS INTENSIFIED. 102 00:06:29,188 --> 00:06:34,728 POLLS SHOW EDWARDS WITH A SLIGHT EDGE, 46 TO 48%. 103 00:06:34,862 --> 00:06:38,365 THE GOP MESSAGE IS TO NATIONALIZE THE VISIT, TRUMP'S 104 00:06:38,498 --> 00:06:42,902 VISIT JUNE SCORED THAT. DEMOCRATS ARE KEEPING STHAR 105 00:06:43,037 --> 00:06:47,007 ISSUES ON STATE SUCCESSES. THIS WEEK TO ENSURE HIS MESSAGE 106 00:06:47,140 --> 00:06:52,412 IS HEARD, THE GOVERNOR ROLLED OUT A FINAL STATEWIDE MEDIA 107 00:06:52,545 --> 00:06:55,048 TOUR. THAT MEANT HE WAS IN PLACE AT 108 00:06:55,182 --> 00:07:00,087 LPB STUDIOS, HOME OF LOUISIANA'S ONLY STATEWIDE NEWSCAST BEFORE 109 00:07:00,220 --> 00:07:04,323 6:00 IN THE MORNING THURSDAY SO HE COULD BEAM HIS MESSAGE VIA 110 00:07:04,457 --> 00:07:07,560 SATELLITE TO TV STATIONS AND MARKETS ALL OVER THE STATE. 111 00:07:07,693 --> 00:07:13,333 HE APPEARED ON NUMEROUS MORNING SHOWS AND HE BEGAN A NUMBER OF 112 00:07:13,467 --> 00:07:17,037 TAPED TV INTERVIEWS WITH REPORTERS FROM STATIONS 113 00:07:17,170 --> 00:07:18,805 STATEWIDE. LPB HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET 114 00:07:18,938 --> 00:07:24,143 THE LAST WORD FROM HIM. WE'VE MADE TREMENDOUS 115 00:07:24,277 --> 00:07:26,547 PROGRESS OVER THE PAST FOUR YEARS. 116 00:07:26,680 --> 00:07:34,420 THE LARGEST BUDGET DEFICIT HAS BEEN DEALT WITH. 117 00:07:34,553 --> 00:07:38,525 WE RAN A SURPLUS AFTER A $300 MILLION TAX CUT LAST YEAR, WE 118 00:07:38,658 --> 00:07:45,332 RAN A SURPLUS. WE ARE INVESTING IN GAGS, 119 00:07:45,465 --> 00:07:53,340 CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM IS DONE. WE KNOW THAT BECAUSE OF A RECENT 120 00:07:53,473 --> 00:07:58,645 CRIME REPORT FROM 2018. EVERYTHING I HAVE DONE, ANDRE, 121 00:07:58,778 --> 00:08:03,450 HAS BEEN ON A BIPARTISAN BASIS TO ACCOMPLISH OUR MAJOR GOALS. 122 00:08:03,583 --> 00:08:06,620 MOST OF THOSE THINGS REQUIRES A 2/3 VOTE IN THE LEGISLATURE. 123 00:08:06,753 --> 00:08:12,458 THAT IS THE RECIPE FOR SUCCESS GOING FORWARD. 124 00:08:12,592 --> 00:08:17,797 I'M OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THE NEXT FOUR YEARS, CONTINUE TO MAKE 125 00:08:17,930 --> 00:08:20,400 PROGRESS AND STRENGTHEN OUR STATE. 126 00:08:20,533 --> 00:08:24,503 ELECTION DAY IS NOVEMBER 16, POLLS OPEN 7:00 A.M. AND CLOSE 127 00:08:24,637 --> 00:08:39,787 AT 8:00 P.M. BETWEEN 2012 AND 2014 VOTER 128 00:08:39,920 --> 00:08:44,657 TURNOUT AMONG THOSE OF AND OLDER FELL 16 POINTS, BUT TURNOUT 129 00:08:44,792 --> 00:08:47,293 AMONG THOSE 18 TO 29 FELL 25 POINTS. 130 00:08:47,427 --> 00:08:51,998 IN AN AGE OF SOCIAL MEDIA SHOWS THOSE NUMBERS CONTINUE TO DROP. 131 00:08:52,132 --> 00:08:56,002 WE TALKED WITH STUDENTS AND A PROFESSOR AND LOCAL AUTHOR ABOUT 132 00:08:56,135 --> 00:09:00,707 SOME OF THE REASONS WHY MANY YOUNG PEOPLE AREN'T ENGAGED. 133 00:09:00,840 --> 00:09:03,977 ON A BRISK FALL MORNING, STUDENTS FILL THE SIDEWALKS OF 134 00:09:04,110 --> 00:09:08,915 THE LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY CAMPUS FOR MANY POLITICS THE 135 00:09:09,048 --> 00:09:13,720 FARTHEST THING FROM THEIR MINDS. STUDENT ATHLETE WHITNEY FOREMAN 136 00:09:13,853 --> 00:09:16,490 IS FROM HOUSTON, TEXAS. I'M WAY TOO BUSY. 137 00:09:16,623 --> 00:09:19,827 I PLAY VOLLEYBALL. I FOCUS ON SCHOOL AND MY SPORT. 138 00:09:19,960 --> 00:09:25,532 I HAVE BEEN VERY BUSY. LSU SENIOR OF KANSAS CITY 139 00:09:25,665 --> 00:09:28,335 LIKE MANY YOUNG PEOPLE GET THEIR NEWS, POLITICAL OR OTHERWISE 140 00:09:28,468 --> 00:09:32,338 FROM SOCIAL MEDIA. I SEE IT ON TWITTER AND WILL 141 00:09:32,472 --> 00:09:36,577 LOOK IT UP AND READ ABOUT IT. IT IS OBVIOUS THE POLITICAL 142 00:09:36,710 --> 00:09:45,018 CLIMATE IS TERRIBLE. BRITTANY WIMBERL AND OTHERS 143 00:09:45,152 --> 00:09:48,222 SAY WHEN THEY DO TUNE IN THEY ARE IMMEDIATELY TURNED OFF BY 144 00:09:48,355 --> 00:09:50,957 WHAT THEY SEE AND HEAR. THE PRESIDENT, I DON'T LIKE 145 00:09:51,090 --> 00:09:56,430 WHAT HE SAYS MAINLY BECAUSE WHAT I SEE ON THE COMMERCIALS ARE 146 00:09:56,563 --> 00:10:00,500 NEGATIVE AGAINST THE GOVERNOR. JUST LIKE MANY IN HIS 147 00:10:00,633 --> 00:10:03,570 GENERATION, JAMES MARTEN SPENDS MORE TIME ON HIS PHONE THAN 148 00:10:03,703 --> 00:10:06,507 WATCHING TV. HE IS CAUTIOUS ABOUT WHAT HE 149 00:10:06,640 --> 00:10:09,943 FINDS IN HIS NEWS FEED. I DON'T BELIEVE ANYTHING I 150 00:10:10,077 --> 00:10:14,080 SEE ON SOCIAL MEDIA. I BELIEVE EVERY COMPANY HAS 151 00:10:14,213 --> 00:10:17,050 SOMEWHAT OF AN AGENDA. WHATEVER I'M LOOKING AT ON MY 152 00:10:17,183 --> 00:10:21,622 FEED, I KNOW IF I'M GOING TO TAKE IT TO HEART I HAVE TO 153 00:10:21,755 --> 00:10:24,757 DOUBLE CHECK IT. MARTIN ADMITS HE IS NOT 154 00:10:24,892 --> 00:10:28,462 INTERESTED. I'M OVERALL UNINFORMED. 155 00:10:28,595 --> 00:10:32,265 I DIDN'T EVEN VOTE THIS PAST GOVERNOR ELECTION BECAUSE I 156 00:10:32,398 --> 00:10:35,968 DIDN'T FEEL CONFIDENT OR INFORMED ENOUGH TO MAKE A SOLID 157 00:10:36,102 --> 00:10:39,805 DECISION. IT IS NOT HIGH ON MY PRIORITY 158 00:10:39,940 --> 00:10:41,407 LIST. ANOTHER SOPHOMORE AGREES. 159 00:10:41,542 --> 00:10:46,580 I FIND A LOT OF YOUNG PEOPLE DON'T PAY TOO MUCH ATTENTION TO 160 00:10:46,713 --> 00:10:48,782 IT. I THINK THE CHALLENGE IS NOT 161 00:10:48,915 --> 00:10:52,285 GETTING THEM TO PAY ATTENTION, BUT MAYBE JUST SORTING IT OUT 162 00:10:52,418 --> 00:10:57,590 AND FIGURING OUT WHAT IS IMPORTANT, WHAT IS NOT 163 00:10:57,723 --> 00:10:59,893 IMPORTANT, HOW MUCH EMPHASIS WE PUT ON THIS OR THAT. 164 00:11:00,027 --> 00:11:05,598 ROBERT MANN IS A PROFESSOR AND POLITICAL HISTORIAN. 165 00:11:05,732 --> 00:11:10,070 PART OF HIS JOB IS MAKING SURE STUDENTS CAN SEPARATE SOCIAL 166 00:11:10,203 --> 00:11:12,872 MEDIA FACT FROM FICTION. WHAT WE DO HERE IS HELPING 167 00:11:13,005 --> 00:11:17,110 THEM FIGURE OUT WHAT IS REAL, WHAT IS NOT. 168 00:11:17,243 --> 00:11:20,880 TESTING, UNDERSTANDING WHAT IS A GOOD SOURCE, WHAT IS NOT A GOOD 169 00:11:21,013 --> 00:11:22,315 SOURCE. WHAT CAN YOU BELIEVE? 170 00:11:22,448 --> 00:11:25,318 WHAT CAN'T YOU BELIEVE? LOOK, WE ALL HAVE THOSE 171 00:11:25,452 --> 00:11:29,488 PROBLEMS. I FALL FOR STUFF MYSELF. 172 00:11:29,622 --> 00:11:32,825 AMERICANS, SMART PEOPLE ARE FALLING FOR FAKE NEWS ON 173 00:11:32,958 --> 00:11:36,162 FACEBOOK. A LOT OF RUSSIAN PROPAGANDA. 174 00:11:36,295 --> 00:11:40,467 HE SAYS MANY OF HIS JOURNALISM STUDENTS ARE VERY 175 00:11:40,600 --> 00:11:43,002 INTERESTED IN POLITICS AND OFTEN ENLIGHTEN HIM. 176 00:11:43,135 --> 00:11:45,605 A LOT OF TIMES THEY GIVE ME INFORMATION I DON'T HAVE. 177 00:11:45,738 --> 00:11:48,942 IT IS SURPRISING. I FOLLOW THE NEWS CLOSELY AND 178 00:11:49,075 --> 00:11:52,112 THEY TELL ME ABOUT SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED AND SHOWING ME A 179 00:11:52,245 --> 00:11:54,413 VIDEO CLIP OR SENDING ME A STORY THAT I MISSED. 180 00:11:54,547 --> 00:11:58,252 HE SAYS BECAUSE OF THE WAY MANY YOUNG PEOPLE GET THEIR NEWS 181 00:11:58,385 --> 00:12:02,922 AND INFORMATION, THEY MAY BE ABLE TO BYPASS A LOT OF THE 182 00:12:03,055 --> 00:12:05,425 MUDSLINGING. A LOT OF STUDENTS ARE NOT 183 00:12:05,558 --> 00:12:11,163 SEEING THE SPOTS, THEY ARE NOT SEEING THE SAME MESSAGES WE ARE. 184 00:12:11,297 --> 00:12:14,167 SOMETIMES THEY ARE NOT SEEING THE MESSAGES AT ALL OR THEY ARE 185 00:12:14,300 --> 00:12:18,203 SEEING THEM ONLINE AND MAY BE SEEING SOMETHING COMPLETELY 186 00:12:18,338 --> 00:12:23,710 DIFFERENT FROM WHAT WE ARE SEEING BECAUSE OF THE ABILITY TO 187 00:12:23,843 --> 00:12:28,548 MICROTARGET ONLINE. CANDIDATES HAVE GOTTEN 188 00:12:28,682 --> 00:12:32,552 SOPHISTICATED TO TARGETING YOU. HE SAYS POLITICIANS HAVE 189 00:12:32,685 --> 00:12:35,388 HISTORICALLY STRUGGLED WITH REACHING YOUNG VOTERS AND THAT 190 00:12:35,522 --> 00:12:39,058 COULD BE THE REASON MANY YOUNG PEOPLE DON'T VOTE AND ARE LESS 191 00:12:39,192 --> 00:12:40,860 ENGAGED. THE CANDIDATES DON'T SPEAK TO 192 00:12:40,993 --> 00:12:45,265 YOUNG PEOPLE. IT IS A SELF-FULFILLING 193 00:12:45,398 --> 00:12:47,300 PROPHESY. POLITICIAN KNOW YOUNG PEOPLE 194 00:12:47,433 --> 00:12:50,537 GENERALLY DON'T VOTE, FOR A LOT OF REASONS, SO THEY DON'T TALK 195 00:12:50,670 --> 00:12:53,005 TO THEM. AND YOUNG PEOPLE NOTICE THE 196 00:12:53,138 --> 00:12:56,575 CANDIDATES DON'T TALK TO THEM SO BECAUSE OF THAT, THEY DON'T 197 00:12:56,710 --> 00:12:58,177 VOTE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT COMES FIRST 198 00:12:58,312 --> 00:13:01,213 THE CHICKEN OR THE EGG, BUT BOTH ARE TRUE. 199 00:13:01,347 --> 00:13:05,652 UNTIL YOUNG PEOPLE GET MORE INVOLVED, MORE ACTIVE AND START 200 00:13:05,785 --> 00:13:09,255 VOTING AT A HIGHER PERCENTAGE, THE POLITICIAN WON'T PAY MUCH 201 00:13:09,388 --> 00:13:12,758 ATTENTION TO THEM. LPB WILL RUN ELECTION 202 00:13:12,892 --> 00:13:18,063 RESULTINGS ONCE THE POLLS CLOSE. YOU CAN SEE THE LATEST RESULTS 203 00:13:18,197 --> 00:13:29,042 COMING IN AS THEY HIT THE SCREEN. 204 00:13:29,175 --> 00:13:33,212 YOU SEE THE BIG PICTURE THERE OF THOSE EARLY VOTING NUMBERS. 205 00:13:33,347 --> 00:13:39,585 SOME PEOPLE ARE VOTING. 115,000 MORE PEOPLE HEADED TO 206 00:13:39,718 --> 00:13:44,957 THE POLLS EARLY COMPARED TO THOSE WHO VOTED EARLY IN THE 207 00:13:45,092 --> 00:13:47,327 PRIMARY. POLLSTER AND POLITICAL 208 00:13:47,460 --> 00:13:55,135 STRATEGIST JOHN COUVILLON OF JMC ANALYTICS AND POLLING HAS BEEN 209 00:13:55,268 --> 00:13:58,872 CRUNCHING THE NUMBERS. HERE'S HIS UPDATE FOR THE FULL 210 00:13:59,005 --> 00:14:03,643 EARLY VOTING. 115,000 MORE PEOPLE HAVE 211 00:14:03,777 --> 00:14:07,813 VOTED EARLY. I THINK YOU WILL CRACK 500,000 212 00:14:07,947 --> 00:14:11,017 TOTAL EARLY VOTES. THAT MEANS IT IS THE HIGHEST 213 00:14:11,150 --> 00:14:15,588 EARLY VOTING TURNOUT EVER IN A NON-PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. 214 00:14:15,722 --> 00:14:20,293 BY COMPARISON, 385,000 VOTERS WENTZ TO THE POLLS EARLY IN THE 215 00:14:20,427 --> 00:14:23,430 OCTOBER PRIMARY. THE THING THAT HAS BEEN 216 00:14:23,563 --> 00:14:26,532 INTERESTING ABOUT THE RUNOFF EARLY VOTING, IT HAS REMAINED 217 00:14:26,665 --> 00:14:29,968 MORE HEAVILY DEMOCRATIC. NUMBER TWO, WHEN I LOOKED AT 218 00:14:30,103 --> 00:14:36,342 THOSE WHO ACTUALLY EARLY VOTED, THERE WERE 60,000 QUOTE-UNQUOTE 219 00:14:36,475 --> 00:14:42,148 NEW VOTERS. THEY DID NOT PEARPT IN THE 220 00:14:42,282 --> 00:14:44,117 PRIMARY. MORE BLACK VOTERS TURNED OUT 221 00:14:44,250 --> 00:14:50,055 COMPARED TO THE PRIMARY AND THE FINAL TALLY IS 31% BLACK, 6% 222 00:14:50,190 --> 00:14:54,760 HIGHER IN THE PRIMARY. IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN A 223 00:14:54,893 --> 00:14:56,128 SIX-POINT DIFFERENCE FOR EDWARDS. 224 00:14:56,262 --> 00:15:02,668 THE WAY I LOOK AT IT IS THIS, THERE HAS BEEN SPINNING GOING ON 225 00:15:02,802 --> 00:15:09,208 TO THE POINT THAT THE DEMOCRATS ARE FRONT LOADING THE TURNOUT. 226 00:15:09,342 --> 00:15:15,582 WHAT I HAVE SEEN IS IT IS CONSISTENTLY BENEFITING THE 227 00:15:15,715 --> 00:15:20,120 DEMOCRATS, IT IS MARGE NHL FOR EDWARDS ON ELECTION DAY. 228 00:15:20,253 --> 00:15:26,425 HE BELIEVES 52% OF THE ELECTORATE WILL GO TO THE POLLS. 229 00:15:26,558 --> 00:15:28,962 DO YOU THINK WHOEVER WINS, THE FINAL NUMBERS -- 230 00:15:29,095 --> 00:15:32,165 I THINK IT WILL BE IN TWO TO THREE POINTS. 231 00:15:32,298 --> 00:15:37,970 THE EARLY VOTING HAS EXCEEDED 500,000 PEOPLE. 232 00:15:38,103 --> 00:15:45,912 BESIDES THE GOVERNOR'S RACE, VOTERS WILL DECIDE SECRETARY OF 233 00:15:46,045 --> 00:15:52,552 STATE AND BESE RUNOFF RACES SENATOR JOHN KENNEDY WHO 234 00:15:52,685 --> 00:15:57,157 GAINED NATIONAL ATTENTION AT A TRUMP RALLY SAYING NANCY PELOSI 235 00:15:57,290 --> 00:16:02,262 MUST BE DUMB, STRUCK A DIFFERENT ACCORD AT THE BATON ROUGE PRESS 236 00:16:02,395 --> 00:16:05,030 CLUB. HE TALKED ABOUT THE 2020 CENSUS 237 00:16:05,165 --> 00:16:09,535 IMPORTANCE. A GROWING NUMBERS OF 238 00:16:09,668 --> 00:16:13,205 AMERICANS WHO SAY THEY ARE NOT GOING TO PARTICIPATE IN THE 239 00:16:13,338 --> 00:16:15,073 CENSUS. AMONG THOSE MOST LIKELY TO SAY 240 00:16:15,208 --> 00:16:20,280 THEY WILL SKIP IT, FIRST CATEGORY, YOUNG ADULTS 18 TO 29 241 00:16:20,413 --> 00:16:24,950 YEARS OLD, ABOUT 34% WHEN SURVEYED SAY THEY ARE NOT GOING 242 00:16:25,083 --> 00:16:31,323 TO PARTICIPATE. AFRICAN-AMERICANS ABOUT 26%. 243 00:16:31,457 --> 00:16:36,562 NEIGHBORS OF OURS WITH A FAMILY INCOME OF LESS THAN $30,000, 244 00:16:36,695 --> 00:16:41,267 ABOUT 24% SAY THEY ARE NOT GOING TO PARTICIPATE. 245 00:16:41,400 --> 00:16:45,672 HISPANIC AMERICANS AND HISPANICS WHO ARE IN OUR COUNTRY BUT ARE 246 00:16:45,805 --> 00:16:54,013 NOT YET CITIZENS, 21%. LOOK, I UNDERSTAND DISTRUST OF 247 00:16:54,147 --> 00:16:55,548 GOVERNMENT. AS BAD AS IT LOOKS SOMETIMES 248 00:16:55,682 --> 00:17:01,587 FROM THE OUTSIDE, YOU SHOULD SEE IT FROM THE INSIDE, BUT THIS IS 249 00:17:01,720 --> 00:17:07,593 IMPORTANT. AND I HOPE YOU WILL HELP US 250 00:17:07,727 --> 00:17:11,097 PUBLICIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF ALL AMERICANS INCLUDING AND 251 00:17:11,230 --> 00:17:13,933 ESPECIALLY LOUISIANANS TO ANSWER THE CENSUS. 252 00:17:14,067 --> 00:17:16,468 THERE IS BIG NEWS ABOUT THE SUPERDOME THIS WEEK. 253 00:17:16,602 --> 00:17:19,938 THE COMMISSION APPROVED A CONTRACT TO KICK OFF THE FIRST 254 00:17:20,072 --> 00:17:28,915 PHASE OF A MASSIVE RENOVATION OF THE MERCEDES-BENZ SUPERDOME. 255 00:17:29,048 --> 00:17:36,923 PRICE TAG $450 TO $500 MILLION. AFTER THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL 256 00:17:37,057 --> 00:17:38,357 CHAMPIONSHIP GAME IN NEW ORLEANS THIS SEASON. 257 00:17:38,490 --> 00:17:40,827 THE GOVERNOR AND A CHAIRMAN FOR THE DOME COMMISSION ARE BEAMING 258 00:17:40,960 --> 00:17:45,232 ABOUT WHAT IS TO COME. I EXPECT IT TO BE SUCH A GOOD 259 00:17:45,365 --> 00:17:48,602 DEAL FOR THE STATE THAT EVERYBODY, REGARDLESS OF WHERE 260 00:17:48,735 --> 00:17:51,703 THEY LIVE AROUND THE STATE OF LOUISIANA ARE GOING TO BE 261 00:17:51,837 --> 00:17:54,173 EXCITED ABOUT IT. LOOK, NEW ORLEANS IS IMPORTANT 262 00:17:54,307 --> 00:17:56,775 TO THE STATE. AND EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT. 263 00:17:56,910 --> 00:18:01,813 AND ON OCCASION YOU HAVE TO MAKE SIGNIFICANT NEW INVESTMENTS. 264 00:18:01,948 --> 00:18:04,883 ESPECIALLY IN SOMETHING LIKE A FACILITY LIKE THE SUPERDOME 265 00:18:05,017 --> 00:18:08,822 WHERE YOU NEED IT TO BE COMPETITIVE, NOT JUST FROM THE 266 00:18:08,955 --> 00:18:13,760 ASPECT OF THE SAINTS, EVERY TIME WE IMPROVE IT WE ARE MORE 267 00:18:13,893 --> 00:18:16,462 COMPETITIVE WITH BOWL GAMES AND OTHER FUNCTIONS YOU CAN GET 268 00:18:16,595 --> 00:18:17,830 THERE. THE FAN EXPERIENCE IS SOMETHING 269 00:18:17,963 --> 00:18:21,600 WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT, TOO. AND HOW WE ARE GOING TO UPGRADE 270 00:18:21,733 --> 00:18:24,737 THAT FAN EXPERIENCE AT THE SUPERDOME AND, YOU KNOW, FIRST 271 00:18:24,870 --> 00:18:29,142 OF ALL, I GUESS I SHOULD HAVE STARTED BY SAYING WHAT A 272 00:18:29,275 --> 00:18:31,243 WONDERFUL FACILITY THAT HAS BEEN FOR THE STATE OF LOUISIANA FOR A 273 00:18:31,377 --> 00:18:35,013 LONG TIME. THIS IS A MULTIPHASE, 274 00:18:35,147 --> 00:18:38,785 MULTIYEAR PROJECT THAT TOTALS $450 MILLION. 275 00:18:38,918 --> 00:18:42,888 SO WE ARE GOING TO BE MOVING PIECES AROUND AND IN THIS CASE 276 00:18:43,022 --> 00:18:45,792 WE HAVE THE COMMISSARY INVOLVED IN THIS PHASE. 277 00:18:45,925 --> 00:18:50,763 WE DECIDED TO MOVE IT TO ANOTHER PHASE, HOPEFULLY TO SAVE SOME 278 00:18:50,897 --> 00:18:54,067 MONEY AND BE MORE COST EFFECTIVE. 279 00:18:54,200 --> 00:19:00,038 SO THIS INITIAL PHASE WILL BE CLOSE TO $53 MILLION. 280 00:19:00,172 --> 00:19:06,645 INVOLVE THE TEARING OUT OF THE WALKWAYS, THE INTERIOR RAMPS 281 00:19:06,778 --> 00:19:10,115 INSIDE THE SUPERDOME, WHICH IS ABOUT 80,000 SQUARE FEET. 282 00:19:10,248 --> 00:19:15,153 THIS IS IS A SIGNIFICANT STEP IN KEEPING THE SAINTS HERE FOR 283 00:19:15,287 --> 00:19:17,923 ANOTHER 30 YEARS. THEY ARE A PARTNER IN THIS 284 00:19:18,057 --> 00:19:21,060 PROJECT. THEY ARE PUTTING UP REAL MONEY 285 00:19:21,193 --> 00:19:26,265 TO HELP US RENOVATE THE SUPERDOME. 286 00:19:26,398 --> 00:19:30,803 OBVIOUSLY, MRS. BENSON AND THE SAINTS LOVE NEW ORLEANS. 287 00:19:30,937 --> 00:19:36,842 THEY AREN'T GOING ANYWHERE. WE ARE HONORED TO KEEP THEM IN 288 00:19:36,975 --> 00:19:39,212 LOUISIANA FOR THE FORSEEABLE FUTURE. 289 00:19:39,345 --> 00:19:42,882 WHEN YOU ALREADY RANK ONE OF THE BEST VENUES IN ALL OF NFL, WE 290 00:19:43,015 --> 00:19:46,285 ARE PRETTY CLOSE TO BEING THERE NOW. 291 00:19:46,418 --> 00:19:51,257 WHAT THIS DOES IS WE LOOK TO THE FUTURE TO THE NEXT 30 OR 40 292 00:19:51,390 --> 00:19:53,225 YEARS. THIS WILL KEEP US IN COMPETITION 293 00:19:53,358 --> 00:19:56,628 WITH SOME OF THESE BIG EVENTS WE ARE ALWAYS BIDDING ON. 294 00:19:56,762 --> 00:20:01,033 AS IT RELATES TO THE SUPERDOME NOW AND THE EXPERIENCE OUR FANS 295 00:20:01,167 --> 00:20:05,170 HAVE FLOW, WE ARE UP AT THE TOP OF THE MARK. 296 00:20:05,303 --> 00:20:07,873 YES, DO OUR CONCOURSES NEED TO BE LARGER? 297 00:20:08,007 --> 00:20:12,010 CERTAINLY. DO WE NEED MORE BATHROOMS IN THE 298 00:20:12,145 --> 00:20:13,512 FACILITY? ABSOLUTELY. 299 00:20:13,645 --> 00:20:16,948 DO WE NEED MORE ADA SEATING IN THIS BUILDING? 300 00:20:17,083 --> 00:20:20,352 ABSOLUTELY. WE NEED TO DO THOSE KINDS OF 301 00:20:20,487 --> 00:20:34,467 THINGS IN THIS FACILITY TO BRING IT UP TO CURRENT STANDARDS. 302 00:20:34,600 --> 00:20:38,670 AS WE SALUTED AND HONORED VETERANS ON VETERANS DAY, I 303 00:20:38,805 --> 00:20:44,443 PLANNED TO VISIT WITH A GROUP OF VETERANS TO SAY THANK YOU. 304 00:20:44,577 --> 00:20:48,580 WE CAN NEVER THANK THEM ENOUGH. WHAT I LEARNED IS THESE GUYS 305 00:20:48,713 --> 00:20:51,750 HAVE NEVER STOPPED SERVING. THEY ARE WORKING TO END THE 306 00:20:51,883 --> 00:20:56,088 WIDOW'S TAX. THE ONE THING THAT CONNECTS 307 00:20:56,222 --> 00:20:59,492 US ALL IS WE WERE IN THIS ONE ORGANIZATION THAT VERY FEW 308 00:20:59,625 --> 00:21:03,762 OTHERS HAVE BEEN A PART OF. THE CONNECTION THAT REGINALD 309 00:21:03,897 --> 00:21:11,337 BROWN SPEAKS OF IS THE ONE THAT CAN BE FORGED BY MEN AND WOMEN 310 00:21:11,470 --> 00:21:14,440 WHO CHOOSE THE LIFE OF SERVICE TO AMERICA IN THE ARMED FORCES. 311 00:21:14,573 --> 00:21:21,013 I FOUND SOMETHING THERE AND IT WAS TOUGH AND RIGOROUS, IT 312 00:21:21,147 --> 00:21:23,615 WAS SOMETHING MAGIC ABOUT GETTING THINGS DONE. 313 00:21:23,748 --> 00:21:34,927 WAYNE RADER IS A RETIRED ARMY COLONEL, SHELBY HARGROVE IN THE 314 00:21:35,060 --> 00:21:38,697 ROTC ARMY RESERVES. MILITARY GIVES YOU LOTS OF 315 00:21:38,832 --> 00:21:40,900 OPPORTUNITIES THAT YOU DON'T GET ANYWHERE ELSE. 316 00:21:41,033 --> 00:21:45,505 THE MILITARY GIVES YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO FORM ABILITIES 317 00:21:45,638 --> 00:21:48,240 THAT YOU DON'T GET IN CIVILIAN LIFE. 318 00:21:48,373 --> 00:21:55,915 ONE MISSION THEY ARE WORKING ON WITH GREAT HELP OF THEIR 319 00:21:56,048 --> 00:22:00,720 GROUP THE MILITARIES OFFICERS ASSOCIATION IS SOMETHING KNOWN 320 00:22:00,853 --> 00:22:05,057 AS THE WIDOW'S TAX. THEY TELL ME IT KEEPS THOUSANDS 321 00:22:05,190 --> 00:22:08,193 OF MILITARY FAMILIES FROM COLLECTING WHAT IS RIGHTFULLY 322 00:22:08,327 --> 00:22:10,128 THEIRS AND THAT'S BEEN HAPPENING FOR YEARS. 323 00:22:10,262 --> 00:22:17,637 THERE IS A LAW THAT PROHIBITS INDIVIDUALS FROM DRAWING BOTH 324 00:22:17,770 --> 00:22:23,808 THEIR SURVIVOR BENEFIT FROM THEIR RETIRED SERVICE MEMBERS 325 00:22:23,943 --> 00:22:27,647 SPOUSE AND THE SURVIVOR INSURANCE BENEFIT. 326 00:22:27,780 --> 00:22:32,083 AND THE SURVIVOR SPOUSE PAYS A PREMIUM FOR THIS BENEFIT. 327 00:22:32,218 --> 00:22:39,392 SO IT'S ONE OF THE FEW CASES THAT ANYONE KNOWS OF WHERE A 328 00:22:39,525 --> 00:22:44,063 COUPLE IS PAYING A BENEFIT -- PAYING A PREMIUM FOR A BENEFIT 329 00:22:44,197 --> 00:22:50,670 AND THEN THEY CAN'T ACCEPT THE BENEFIT, THEIR RETIREMENT PAID 330 00:22:50,803 --> 00:22:55,808 BENEFIT IS REDUCED BECAUSE OF THAT IF THEIR SPOUSE DIES. 331 00:22:55,942 --> 00:23:02,315 AS MANY AS 65,000 MILITARY WIDOWS ARE IMPACTED, MISSING OUT 332 00:23:02,448 --> 00:23:06,252 ON $12,000 A YEAR TAX FREE. FOR THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS, 333 00:23:06,385 --> 00:23:11,690 QUITE A FEW YEARS, CONGRESS HAS ENTERTAINED THIS CHANGE TO THIS 334 00:23:11,823 --> 00:23:18,863 LAW, BUT HAS NEVER PASSED IT. AND THEY SAID IT IS BECAUSE THEY 335 00:23:18,998 --> 00:23:24,003 DON'T HAVE THE $2 MILLION TO $3 MILLION IT WOULD TAKE TO FUND 336 00:23:24,137 --> 00:23:26,305 IT. WHICH IS KIND OF STRANGE BECAUSE 337 00:23:26,438 --> 00:23:32,878 WE FIND HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO OFUND OTHER THINGS 338 00:23:33,012 --> 00:23:38,017 WHEREAS IT IS A CASE FOR US WHERE VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILY 339 00:23:38,150 --> 00:23:41,553 MEMBERS ARE NOT BEING FULLY TAKEN CARE OF BECAUSE OF THIS. 340 00:23:41,687 --> 00:23:44,323 HOW DO YOU RESPOND? HOW DO YOU REACT TO SOMETHING 341 00:23:44,457 --> 00:23:48,227 THAT SEEMS LIKE IT SHOULD BE DONE IN SUCH A BETTER WAY AND 342 00:23:48,360 --> 00:23:52,832 SORT OF AN OBVIOUS CLEAR CUT HELPFUL WAY, BUT IT IS NOT? 343 00:23:52,965 --> 00:23:59,705 WE UNDERSTAND POLITICS IS POLITICS. 344 00:23:59,838 --> 00:24:02,675 WE TRY TO BE EVEN KEELED ABOUT THAT. 345 00:24:02,808 --> 00:24:08,580 EVEN THOUGH WE ARE AN OFFICER ORGANIZATION, THE ORGANIZATION 346 00:24:08,713 --> 00:24:11,950 KNOWS THAT WE DON'T EXIST UNLESS WE TAKE CARE OF THE ENTIRE 347 00:24:12,083 --> 00:24:14,220 FORCE. SO THERE'S A LOT OF LEGISLATION 348 00:24:14,353 --> 00:24:20,025 THAT HAPPENS IN WASHINGTON THAT AFFECTS MILITARY PAY AND 349 00:24:20,158 --> 00:24:23,195 ALLOWANCES. SO THERE'S A LOT OF ADVOCACY TO 350 00:24:23,328 --> 00:24:28,500 TRY TO GET THOSE BILLS PASSED TO HELP THE CURRENT SERVING 351 00:24:28,633 --> 00:24:33,438 MILITARY AND THEIR SPOUSES BECAUSE THAT IS A KEY COMPONENT 352 00:24:33,572 --> 00:24:38,077 OF KEEPING OUR MORALE UP IN THE ACTIVE FORCE TO ENSURE THAT OUR 353 00:24:38,210 --> 00:24:43,448 FAMILIES ARE BEING TAKEN CARE OF WHILE WE ARE DEPLOYED AND DOING 354 00:24:43,582 --> 00:24:45,517 WHAT WE NEED TO DO FOR THE COUNTRY. 355 00:24:45,650 --> 00:24:49,988 THEY SAY NOW FINALLY IN JUST THE PAST RECENT MONTHS THERE HAS 356 00:24:50,122 --> 00:24:55,962 BEEN MOVEMENT IN WASHINGTON TO CHANGE THE ARCHAIC LAW, BUT IT 357 00:24:56,095 --> 00:24:59,665 HASN'T HAPPENED YET. THEY CONTINUE THEIR FIGHT TO 358 00:24:59,798 --> 00:25:02,402 SERVE WITH TEAMWORK, BROTHERHOOD AND UNITY. 359 00:25:02,535 --> 00:25:07,540 THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE, TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE, TO BE PART OF 360 00:25:07,673 --> 00:25:18,583 A TEAM THAT REALLY IS COMMITTED TO A QUALITY OF LIFE THAT IS 361 00:25:18,717 --> 00:25:21,353 PRETTY EXTRAORDINARY IS SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN VERY, 362 00:25:21,487 --> 00:25:25,825 VERY SPECIAL, I THINK TO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US HERE AT THIS 363 00:25:25,958 --> 00:25:27,793 TABLE. THOSE GUYS ARE EXTRAORDINARY. 364 00:25:27,927 --> 00:25:31,463 WE THANK THEM FOR THEIR SERVICE. THAT IS OUR SHOW THIS WEEK. 365 00:25:31,597 --> 00:25:38,137 REMEMBER, YOU CAN WATCH ANYTHING LPB ANYWHERE TIME WITH OUR BRAND 366 00:25:38,270 --> 00:25:43,008 NEW APP. 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