1 00:00:09,510 --> 00:00:16,148 PROVIDED BY -- AT -- WE HELP PEOPLE GET 2 00:00:16,283 --> 00:00:19,218 CARE, STAY WELL, AND BUILD HEALTHY COMMUNITIES. 3 00:00:19,353 --> 00:00:25,992 CARE IS THE HEART OF OUR WORK. AT AMERIHEALTH CARITAS 4 00:00:26,127 --> 00:00:28,727 LOUISIANA. AND BY THE U.S. ARMY, BATON 5 00:00:28,862 --> 00:00:33,765 ROUGE RECRUITING ATLANTA. COMMUNITY COFFEE. 6 00:00:33,900 --> 00:00:37,268 AND THE EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH LIBRARY. 7 00:00:37,403 --> 00:00:42,775 WITH ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FROM HOTEL INDIGO. 8 00:00:42,977 --> 00:00:45,777 ENTERGY IS PROUD TO SUPPORT PROGRAMMING ON LPB AND GREENER 9 00:00:45,913 --> 00:00:50,748 PRACTICES THAT PRESERVE LOUISIANA. 10 00:00:50,952 --> 00:00:54,920 THE GOAL IS TO ENSURE THAT OUR KIDS AND FUTURE GENERATIONS 11 00:00:55,055 --> 00:00:59,223 CAN BE LEFT WITH A CLEANER PLANET. 12 00:00:59,427 --> 00:01:01,727 ADDITIONAL SUPPORT PROVIDED BY THE FRED B. AND RUTH B. 13 00:01:01,862 --> 00:01:05,230 ZIEGLER FOUNDATION, AND THE ZIEGLER ART MUSEUM, LOCATED IN 14 00:01:05,363 --> 00:01:08,133 JENNINGS CITY HALL. THE MUSEUM FOCUSES ON EMERGING 15 00:01:08,268 --> 00:01:11,470 LOUISIANA ARTISTS, AND IS AN HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL CENTER 16 00:01:11,605 --> 00:01:16,008 FOR SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA. AND THE FOUNDATION FOR 17 00:01:16,143 --> 00:01:17,575 EXCELLENCE AND LOUISIANA PUBLIC BROADCASTING. 18 00:01:17,712 --> 00:01:20,912 WITH SUPPORT FROM VIEWERS LIKE YOU. 19 00:01:36,363 --> 00:01:39,130 WE'RE MORE AT RISK. I THINK WE'LL SEE CASES GO UP. 20 00:01:39,333 --> 00:01:42,333 A NEW VARIANT BRINGING UP MASK MANDATE. 21 00:01:42,535 --> 00:01:47,538 WE ALL REALIZE -- WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GIVING THEM 22 00:01:47,675 --> 00:01:50,175 THE TOOLS AND RESOURCES THEY NEED. 23 00:01:50,377 --> 00:01:53,345 REFORMING PRISONS IN ONE LOUISIANA PARISH. 24 00:01:53,547 --> 00:01:55,413 "SHE'S OUT OF MY LEAGUE" BEEN A BIG HELP FOR ME THIS PAST 25 00:01:55,548 --> 00:01:57,348 YEAR. THIS WEEK'S LPB LOUISIANA 26 00:01:57,483 --> 00:02:00,987 YOUNG HERO. HI, I'M KARA ST. CYR,. 27 00:02:01,188 --> 00:02:03,055 AND I'M ANDRE' MOREAU. THIS WEEK PRESSURE IS MOUNTING 28 00:02:03,190 --> 00:02:06,592 AT THE CAPITOL, SOME LAWMAKERS ARE WORKING OVERTIME TO REVERSE 29 00:02:06,727 --> 00:02:10,895 BILLS THE GOVERNOR VETOED AFTER THIS PAST SESSION. 30 00:02:11,098 --> 00:02:14,433 THAT'S RIGHT, JOHN BELL EDWARDS REFUSED TO SIGN A BILL 31 00:02:14,568 --> 00:02:17,302 THAT WOULD KEEP TRANSGENDER GIRLS FROM PARTICIPATING IN 32 00:02:17,435 --> 00:02:20,538 GIRLS' SPORTS, HE WILLS STRUCK DOWN A CONCEALED CARRY PROPOSAL 33 00:02:20,673 --> 00:02:23,942 THAT WOULD NIX THE LICENSE REQUIREMENT IF YOU NEED TO CARRY 34 00:02:24,077 --> 00:02:29,415 A GUN IF USUAL 21 OR OLDER. IF IT HAPPENS, IT WOULD BE A 35 00:02:29,548 --> 00:02:31,750 FIRST VETO SESSION SINCE THE MODERN CONSTITUTION WAS ADOPTED 36 00:02:31,885 --> 00:02:34,487 IN 1974. A SPECIAL SESSION WOULD BEGIN 37 00:02:34,622 --> 00:02:37,455 JULY 20th. ALSO HAPPENING THIS WEEK, 38 00:02:37,590 --> 00:02:41,727 IT'S 225 VERSUS THE 504. BATON ROUGE AND NEW ORLEANS ARE 39 00:02:41,862 --> 00:02:44,128 OFFICIALLY RIVALS IN THE RACE TO GET VACCINATED. 40 00:02:44,263 --> 00:02:50,335 MAYOR SHARON WESTTON-BROOME FROM BATON ROUGE AND MAYOR LATOYA CAN 41 00:02:50,468 --> 00:02:53,638 TERRELL IN NEW ORLEANS PUT UP A TWITTER VIDEO ANNOUNCING THE TWO 42 00:02:53,773 --> 00:03:00,212 CITIES ARE FIGHTING OVER WHO CAN WIN THE CONTEST. 43 00:03:00,413 --> 00:03:03,382 TO PARTICIPATE YOU HAVE TO GET THE VACCINE AND ENTER THE 44 00:03:03,517 --> 00:03:07,753 SHOT FOR A MILLION CONTEST THAT OFFERS $100,000 PRIZES, 45 00:03:07,888 --> 00:03:10,988 SCHOLARSHIPS AND A GRAND PRIZE. YOU HAVE TO RECOMMEND YOUR 46 00:03:11,125 --> 00:03:12,423 FAMILY AND FRIENDS GET THE VACCINE TOO. 47 00:03:12,558 --> 00:03:14,660 SO FAR BATON ROUGE IS LAGGING BEHIND WITH 40% OF THE 48 00:03:14,795 --> 00:03:17,362 POPULATION VACCINATED. NEW ORLEANS IS APPROACHING 60%. 49 00:03:17,563 --> 00:03:20,232 THE CHALLENGE SHOULD YOU CHOOSE TO ACCEPT IT, LASTS FOR 50 00:03:20,367 --> 00:03:23,635 30 DAYS. IT STARTED JULY 1st. 51 00:03:23,837 --> 00:03:27,505 NOW TO OTHER HEADLINES ACROSS THE STATE. 52 00:03:27,707 --> 00:03:29,608 THE PINK TAX IS OFFICIALLY A THING OF THE PAST. 53 00:03:29,743 --> 00:03:34,747 PEOPLE DON'T HAVE TO SHELL OUT ANY EXTRA DOLLARS TO BUY 54 00:03:34,880 --> 00:03:36,915 TAMPONS, DIAPERS OR HYGIENE PRODUCTS. 55 00:03:37,050 --> 00:03:39,952 THE GOVERNOR SIGNED A BILL ELIMINATING ALL THAT, BUT IT 56 00:03:40,087 --> 00:03:43,955 WON'T HAPPEN OVERNIGHT. THE STATE STANDS TO LOSE 57 00:03:44,090 --> 00:03:46,292 $11 MILLION IN COLLECTIONS AND LAWMAKERS NEED A MOMENT TO 58 00:03:46,427 --> 00:03:49,595 ADJUST. RIGHT NOW THE EXEMPTION IS SET 59 00:03:49,730 --> 00:03:52,730 FOR JULY 2022. A NEW CHLORINE PLAN IS COMING 60 00:03:52,867 --> 00:03:54,867 TO SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA AFTER BEING DESTROYED IN HURRICANE 61 00:03:55,002 --> 00:03:57,770 LAURA. PLANS FOR BIOLAB INC. IN 62 00:03:57,903 --> 00:04:00,472 WESTLAKE WERE ANNOUNCED WEDNESDAY. 63 00:04:00,607 --> 00:04:03,175 GOVERNOR JOHN BELL EDWARDS SAY THE PLANT WILL PRODUCE MORE 64 00:04:03,310 --> 00:04:05,210 SWIMMING POOL PRODUCTS AND CREATE JOBS FOR PEOPLE WHO LOST 65 00:04:05,345 --> 00:04:08,180 THEM AFTER THE FIRE. THE COMPANY'S OWNERS SAY THE LAB 66 00:04:08,315 --> 00:04:12,750 WILL ADD 82 MORE JOBS WITH AN AVERAGE SALARY OF $76,000. 67 00:04:12,887 --> 00:04:17,055 THE PLANT IS EXPECTED TO BE FIXED NEXT YEAR. 68 00:04:17,257 --> 00:04:19,357 LOUISIANA'S WETLANDS ARE STARTING TO GET NATIONAL 69 00:04:19,493 --> 00:04:22,027 ATTENTION, BUT NOT FOR GOOD THINGS. 70 00:04:22,162 --> 00:04:25,397 EROSION, SINKING LAND, AND SEA RISE IS CAPTIVATING THE INTEREST 71 00:04:25,532 --> 00:04:27,800 OF NASA. THE SPACE ASSOCIATION IS 72 00:04:27,933 --> 00:04:32,203 DROPPING $15 MILLION ON SPECIAL EQUIPMENT TO STUDY THE LOUISIANA 73 00:04:32,338 --> 00:04:34,773 DELTAS. THE RESEARCH WILL BE USED TO 74 00:04:34,908 --> 00:04:36,875 CREATE COMPUTER MODELS THAT CAN BE PAIRED WITH SATELLITE DATA TO 75 00:04:37,010 --> 00:04:40,845 FIND OUT WHICH DELTAS CAN BE SAVED AND WHICH ONES ARE GONE 76 00:04:40,980 --> 00:04:43,615 FOR GOOD. TO BE SPECIFIC, SPINE 'TISES 77 00:04:43,750 --> 00:04:47,452 WILL BE LOOKING AT WATER FLOW FLOWING IN AND OUT OF BASINS, 78 00:04:47,585 --> 00:04:51,122 AND PLANTS THAT CAN SLOW, TRAP SAID ADVERTISEMENT AND PULL 79 00:04:51,258 --> 00:04:53,958 CARBON FROM THE AIR. A SMALL TRAGEDY COMING FROM 80 00:04:54,093 --> 00:04:56,728 THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES. 81 00:04:56,863 --> 00:05:00,365 BRUNO THE BEAR IS NO MORE. AFTER A GROWING SOCIAL MEDIA 82 00:05:00,500 --> 00:05:03,568 FOLLOWING FROM WALKING HUNDREDS OF MILES FROM THE MIDWEST DOWN 83 00:05:03,702 --> 00:05:07,305 SOUTH, THE BLACK BEAR'S EXPEDITION WAS CUT SHORT AT THE 84 00:05:07,440 --> 00:05:10,108 ARKANSAS STATE LINE. HE WAS HIT BY A CAR IN NORTHEAST 85 00:05:10,243 --> 00:05:11,743 LOUISIANA. THE BEAR WAS EUTHANIZED AFTER 86 00:05:11,878 --> 00:05:14,145 BREAKING BOTH LEGS IN THE ACCIDENT. 87 00:05:14,280 --> 00:05:17,415 A MANAGER OF THE LARGE CARNIVORE PROGRAM SAYS THERE WAS NO WAY 88 00:05:17,550 --> 00:05:20,552 FOR HIM TO LIVE AND LEAD A COMFORTABLE LIFE AFTER THAT. 89 00:05:20,687 --> 00:05:24,255 BRUNO WAS FOUND LAYING DOWN IN SOMEONE'S YARD WHEN THE 90 00:05:24,390 --> 00:05:26,692 DEPARTMENT GOT THE CALL FOR HELP. 91 00:05:39,973 --> 00:05:43,075 YOU PROBABLY HEARD THE PHRASE DELTA VAIRNT SEVERAL TIMES THIS 92 00:05:43,210 --> 00:05:46,878 WEEK, BECAUSE HEALTH OFFICIALS ARE WORRIED THIS NEW STRAIN OF 93 00:05:47,012 --> 00:05:50,815 COVID COULD CAUSE A DISASTER BY THE FALL. 94 00:05:50,950 --> 00:05:54,820 DR. JOSEPH KANTER SAYS IF LOUISIANA ISN'T CAREFUL, WE 95 00:05:54,955 --> 00:05:59,725 COULD SEE POCKETS OF OUTBREAK. THE U.S. IS FAIRING BETTER THAN 96 00:05:59,860 --> 00:06:02,760 OTHER COUNTRIES, BUT WE'RE STILL AT RISK FOR AN OUTBREAK. 97 00:06:02,897 --> 00:06:05,597 THE DELTA VARIANT FIRST FOUND IN INDIA IS NOW IN EVERY STATE IN 98 00:06:05,732 --> 00:06:07,865 THE COUNTRY. INCLUDING LOUISIANA. 99 00:06:08,068 --> 00:06:17,608 ANY VIRUS THAT TRANSMITS ACROSS THE WORLD AND -- ALMOST 100 00:06:17,743 --> 00:06:21,045 ALWAYS THEY HAPPEN EVERY SINGLE TIME THE VIRUS TRANSMITS FROM 101 00:06:21,180 --> 00:06:26,752 ONE PERSON TO ANOTHER. USUALLY THEY'RE INSIGNIFICANT, 102 00:06:26,887 --> 00:06:30,822 BUT EVERY NOW AND THEN YOU HAVE A VARIANT THAT IS SIGNIFICANT, 103 00:06:30,957 --> 00:06:32,723 AND CHANGES THE DYNAMICS OF THE VARIANT. 104 00:06:32,927 --> 00:06:35,993 THE DELTA VARIANT IS ONE OF THE STRAINS THAT CHANGES THE 105 00:06:36,128 --> 00:06:38,397 DYNAMICS. THIS VERSION IS SIMILAR TO THE 106 00:06:38,532 --> 00:06:42,333 ALPHA STRAIN OR UK VARIANT. YOU'LL STILL GET THE SAME 107 00:06:42,468 --> 00:06:45,503 SYMPTOMS, SHORTNESS OF BREATH, SORENESS, DRY COUGH, BUT IT'S 108 00:06:45,638 --> 00:06:49,808 MORE DANGEROUS. THE DTV IS MORE EASILY SPREAD 109 00:06:49,943 --> 00:06:53,578 AND THOSE WHO GET INFECTED ARE MORE LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE SEVERE 110 00:06:53,712 --> 00:06:55,880 SIDE EFFECTS. IT'S PROVEN TO BE MORE 111 00:06:56,015 --> 00:07:01,118 TRANSMISSIBLE, PERHAPS 60% MORE TRANSMISSIBLE THAN THE DOMINANT 112 00:07:01,253 --> 00:07:05,957 STRAIN. IT IS MORE THAN LIKELY MORE 113 00:07:06,090 --> 00:07:07,792 DANGEROUS. MEANING IF YOU GET IT YOU'RE 114 00:07:07,927 --> 00:07:12,030 MORE LIKELY TO GET SICK, TO ACQUIRE HOSPITALIZATION. 115 00:07:12,232 --> 00:07:14,800 IN OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY, OFFICIALS ARE 116 00:07:14,935 --> 00:07:16,402 REINSTATING MASK MANDATE TO KEEP PEOPLE SAFE. 117 00:07:16,537 --> 00:07:19,805 EVEN THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION IS ASKING PEOPLE TO 118 00:07:19,940 --> 00:07:23,742 WEAR FACE COVERINGS AND SOCIAL DISTANCE AGAIN. 119 00:07:23,943 --> 00:07:26,512 MORE TRANSMISSION, MORE VARIANTS. 120 00:07:26,647 --> 00:07:29,613 LESS TRANSMISSION, LESS VARIANTS. 121 00:07:29,817 --> 00:07:32,750 IN LOUISIANA, NO SUCH GUIDANCE HAS BEEN GIVEN YET, BUT 122 00:07:32,885 --> 00:07:35,820 EXPERTS DO EXPECT THE NUMBER OF DELTA VARIANT CASES TO JUMP IN 123 00:07:35,955 --> 00:07:38,323 THE NEXT MONTH OR SO. WE'RE MORE AT RISK. 124 00:07:38,458 --> 00:07:42,060 I THINK WE WILL SEE CASES GO UP, AND WHAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE IS 125 00:07:42,195 --> 00:07:47,632 POCKETS OF THE STATES THAT HAVE NOT DONE AS GOOD A JOB GETTING 126 00:07:47,765 --> 00:07:52,037 PEOPLE VACCINATED. THAT'S WHEN WE'LL SEE MORE 127 00:07:52,172 --> 00:07:53,972 PATIENTS AND MORE HOSPITALIZATIONS. 128 00:07:54,173 --> 00:07:58,077 KANTER SAYS THERE ISN'T A CLEAR SIGN OF A FOURTH WAVE BUT 129 00:07:58,212 --> 00:08:01,713 HE CAN'T RULE IT OUT, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE LOUISIANA IS IN A HOT 130 00:08:01,848 --> 00:08:03,448 SPOT. EXPERTS ARE EXPECTING THE 131 00:08:03,583 --> 00:08:06,452 SOUTHERN REGION OF THE COUNTRY TO SEE POCKETS OF OUTBREAKS. 132 00:08:06,587 --> 00:08:09,553 AND THE REASON IS SIMPLE -- PEOPLE AREN'T VACCINATED HERE. 133 00:08:09,690 --> 00:08:13,592 ONLY ABOUT 38% OF THE STATE HAS INITIATED VACCINATION PROCESS. 134 00:08:13,727 --> 00:08:15,760 WHICH IS WELL BELOW THE NATIONAL AVERAGE. 135 00:08:15,893 --> 00:08:18,797 THAT COUPLED WITH HOT WEATHER AND RAIN CONDITIONS FORCING 136 00:08:18,932 --> 00:08:21,967 PEOPLE INSIDE IS ENOUGH FOR CASES TO BOOM AGAIN. 137 00:08:22,102 --> 00:08:25,303 KANTER SAYS YOUR BEST LINE OF DEFENSE IS STILL GETTING 138 00:08:25,438 --> 00:08:34,747 VACCINATED. [INDISCERNIBLE] PARTICULARLY 139 00:08:34,882 --> 00:08:38,950 IF YOU GET BOTH DOSES. IF YOU ONLY GET ONE DOSE OF THE 140 00:08:39,085 --> 00:08:42,053 SERIES, USUAL ONLY ABOUT 32% PROTECTED. 141 00:08:42,187 --> 00:08:50,562 IF YOU GET -- HIGH 80s, LOW 90s -- SO THIS VARIANT IS 142 00:08:50,697 --> 00:08:54,833 SPREADING QUITE RAPIDLY. IN FACT THE CDC ESTIMATES THE 143 00:08:54,968 --> 00:08:58,803 AMOUNT OF VARIANTS IN THE COUNTRY IS DOUBLING. 144 00:08:59,005 --> 00:09:01,607 WE ONLY HAVE 19 CONFIRMED CASES IN LOUISIANA, BUT IT'S 145 00:09:01,742 --> 00:09:03,908 LIKELY THAT NUMBER ISN'T ACCURATE. 146 00:09:04,043 --> 00:09:06,778 THERE AREN'T TESTS TO CONFIRM WHICH VARIANT YOU HAVE, SO IT'S 147 00:09:06,913 --> 00:09:11,215 BEST TO ASSUME WE'VE GOT MORE CASES, KANTER SAYS. 148 00:09:22,928 --> 00:09:25,697 IT'S TRUE THAT LOUISIANA HAS MORE PEOPLE BEHIND BARS THAN THE 149 00:09:25,832 --> 00:09:27,632 REST OF THE COUNTRY. BUT IT'S ALSO TRUE THAT THE 150 00:09:27,767 --> 00:09:31,035 STATE IS REFORMING THE WAY IT INCARCERATES PEOPLE. 151 00:09:31,170 --> 00:09:34,005 TONIGHT WE'LL SEE PRISON REFORM STRATEGIES FROM TWO DIFFERENT 152 00:09:34,140 --> 00:09:37,008 STATES AND HEAR HOW LOUISIANA COMPARES FROM A GROUP OF 153 00:09:37,143 --> 00:09:39,077 EXPERTS. A PERSON CAN END UP IN PRISON 154 00:09:39,212 --> 00:09:44,215 FOR MULTIPLE REASONS. DRUGS, THEFT, THE LIST GOES ON. 155 00:09:44,350 --> 00:09:46,718 ONCE SOMEONE HAS SERVED THAT STEARNS, HOW DO YOU INCORPORATE 156 00:09:46,853 --> 00:09:50,722 THEM BACK INTO SOCIETY? WHEN INMATES COME HERE 157 00:09:50,857 --> 00:09:54,793 THEY'RE ASSIGNED TO A JOB. THE FILM ZOO CREW AND PARISH 158 00:09:54,928 --> 00:09:57,295 PRISON ANALYZED THAT QUESTION. WHATEVER HAPPENED TO LOCKING 159 00:09:57,430 --> 00:10:00,732 PEOPLE UP? JAMILA JOHNSON, A LOUISIANA 160 00:10:00,867 --> 00:10:03,067 CIVIL RIGHTS ATTORNEY, SAYS REHABILITATION IN MOST LOUISIANA 161 00:10:03,203 --> 00:10:05,937 PRISONS ISN'T A PRIORITY. AND THE INMATES KNOW THIS. 162 00:10:06,138 --> 00:10:10,575 WHAT WE GET MOST OFTEN ARE REQUESTS FOR TRANSFERS TO 163 00:10:10,710 --> 00:10:14,712 FACILITIES WHERE THERE MIGHT BE A JOB PROGRAM OR TRANSFERS TO A 164 00:10:14,848 --> 00:10:17,148 FACILITY WHICH MIGHT HAVE A BETTER CHANCE AT EDUCATION, SO 165 00:10:17,282 --> 00:10:20,685 WHAT YOU HAVE IS PATCHWORK OF INDIVIDUALS WHERE IT SEEMS MUCH 166 00:10:20,820 --> 00:10:24,222 LIKE THE LUCK OF THE DRAW WHETHER YOU'RE GOING TO GATE 167 00:10:24,357 --> 00:10:28,293 CHANCE TO REALLY GAIN THE SKILLS TO BE SUCCESSFUL WHEN YOU COME 168 00:10:28,428 --> 00:10:30,195 HOME. AND THAT SHOULDN'T BE THE WAY 169 00:10:30,330 --> 00:10:34,665 OUR SYSTEM OPERATES. BUT THE PLAQUEMINES PARISH 170 00:10:34,800 --> 00:10:37,168 DETENTION CENTER IS DIFFERENT. INSTEAD OF HAVING A STANDARD 171 00:10:37,302 --> 00:10:39,872 LADDS PRISON WHERE INMATES SERVE THEIR SENTENCE AND LEAVE, THIS 172 00:10:40,007 --> 00:10:43,675 PLACE FOCUSES ON GETTING THEM BACK ON THEIR FEET. 173 00:10:43,810 --> 00:10:45,910 HERE THEY LEARN VALUABLE SKILLS THEY CAN USE LATER ON. 174 00:10:46,043 --> 00:10:48,813 IF THEY DON'T HAVE A LOT OF EDUCATION, THIS PLACE TRIES TO 175 00:10:48,947 --> 00:10:53,952 PROVIDE THAT. CAPTAIN BYRON WILLIAMS WORKS 176 00:10:54,087 --> 00:10:56,120 WITH THE PLAQUEMINES PARISH SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, WHICH IS 177 00:10:56,255 --> 00:10:59,823 HIGHLIGHTED IN THE FILM, "PARISH PRISON." 178 00:10:59,958 --> 00:11:04,062 HE SAYS GETTING GEDs AND EDUCATIONAL COURSES IS 179 00:11:04,197 --> 00:11:06,297 ESSENTIAL, AND INMATES THAT FINISH THE PROGRAM USUALLY SHOW 180 00:11:06,432 --> 00:11:07,865 PROMISING RESULTS ONCE THEY LEAVE. 181 00:11:08,065 --> 00:11:13,305 ONCE WE ALL REALIZED THEY'RE GOING BACK INTO OUR SOCIETY, WE 182 00:11:13,440 --> 00:11:15,840 HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE'RE GIVING THEM THE TOOLS AND RESOURCES 183 00:11:15,973 --> 00:11:18,910 THEY NEED THAT THEY CAN BE PRODUCTIVE AND FIND WHAT IS 184 00:11:19,045 --> 00:11:21,145 THEIR CAREER PATH AND WHAT IS THEIR CAREER GOALS. 185 00:11:21,345 --> 00:11:24,048 JOB PROGRAMS LIKE THOSE OFFER INMATES A SENSE OF CONFIDENCE 186 00:11:24,183 --> 00:11:31,590 WHICH WE LEARN IN BOTH FILMS "PARISH PRISON" AND "ZOO CREW." 187 00:11:31,723 --> 00:11:35,227 IN "ZOO CREW" INMATES ARE GIVEN THE CHANCE TO WORK WITH ANIMALS. 188 00:11:35,360 --> 00:11:37,228 IT GIVES THEM A SENSE OF INDEPENDENCE AND PURPOSE. 189 00:11:37,430 --> 00:11:39,330 WE WANT IT TO BE A GOOD EXPERIENCE FOR THEM TOO, BECAUSE 190 00:11:39,465 --> 00:11:43,033 IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE DO THAT. 191 00:11:43,237 --> 00:11:46,370 SON SON SAYS GIVING PEOPLE AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WHILE INSIDE 192 00:11:46,505 --> 00:11:49,540 PRISONS CAN HELP INMATES ADJUST FOR THE REAL WORLD, ESPECIALLY 193 00:11:49,675 --> 00:11:51,577 IF THOSE JOBS TEACH VALUABLE SKILLS. 194 00:11:51,778 --> 00:11:55,580 WITH "ZOO CREW" YOU SAW THE RESPONSIBILITY ASPECTS, BEING 195 00:11:55,715 --> 00:11:58,048 SOMEWHERE ON TIME, HAVING TASKS, THAT TRANSLATES. 196 00:11:58,183 --> 00:12:02,320 BUT THE THING WE CAN DO THAT'S THE MOST HELPFUL IS REALLY GIVE 197 00:12:02,455 --> 00:12:06,090 PEOPLE SKILL SETS THEY CAN USE IN THE MARKET, AND IDENTIFY 198 00:12:06,225 --> 00:12:10,062 THOSE AND HELP PEOPLE TRANSLATE THE WORK THEY DO WHILE 199 00:12:10,197 --> 00:12:13,898 INCARCERATED TO JOBS THEY CAN SEE IN THE FUTURE. 200 00:12:14,100 --> 00:12:18,135 IN THE LAST FILM, "CONSTANCE," VICTORIA COUNTY, 201 00:12:18,272 --> 00:12:20,972 TEXAS, IS TRYING TIME PROVE JAIL TIME DIFFERENTLY. 202 00:12:21,107 --> 00:12:24,908 THE CRIMINAL DISTRICT ATTORNEY TRIES TO CHANGE THE WAY THE 203 00:12:25,043 --> 00:12:27,312 SYSTEM FUNCTIONS. SHE WANTS TO IMPLEMENT SPECIALTY 204 00:12:27,447 --> 00:12:31,048 COURTS WHICH DO DOLE OUT PUNISHMENTS, BUT IT ALSO OFFERS 205 00:12:31,183 --> 00:12:33,352 TREATMENT. IN THE FILM THE DWI COURT 206 00:12:33,487 --> 00:12:35,287 JOHNSON FOUND SECOND DEGREE SPECIFICALLY FOR PEOPLE WHO 207 00:12:35,420 --> 00:12:37,255 DRIVE DRUNK. IN ADDITION TO LEGAL ACTION, THE 208 00:12:37,390 --> 00:12:38,823 COURT OFFERS TREATMENT TO GET SOBER. 209 00:12:38,958 --> 00:12:42,760 WHICH WASN'T ALWAYS POPULAR. JUST LIKE A LOT OF OFFICERS, 210 00:12:42,895 --> 00:12:45,630 IN THE BEGINNING OF MY CAREER I WAS LINEAR IN THE WITH I LOOKED 211 00:12:45,765 --> 00:12:49,167 AT CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM. YOU GO OUT, YOU FIND THE CRIME, 212 00:12:49,302 --> 00:12:52,037 YOU ARREST THE BAD GUYS AND PUT THEM IN JAIL. 213 00:12:52,170 --> 00:12:54,572 THEY GO TO PRISON. LIKE CONSTANCE, LOUISIANA 214 00:12:54,707 --> 00:12:56,073 PROGRAMS WANT TO DO MORE THAN THAT. 215 00:12:56,208 --> 00:12:59,043 CAPTAIN BROWN SAYS PROGRAMS LIKE THE DWI ONE EXISTS IN 216 00:12:59,177 --> 00:13:01,880 PLAQUEMINES PARISH. INSTEAD OF ALCOHOL TREATMENT, 217 00:13:02,015 --> 00:13:05,550 THEY OFFER ANGER MANAGEMENT COURSES AND SOME COUNSELING. 218 00:13:05,752 --> 00:13:08,252 WE'VE BEEN IN OPERATION NOW FOR SIX YEARS, SO WE'VE HAD AN 219 00:13:08,388 --> 00:13:11,823 OPPORTUNITY TO MASSAGE THIS LIVING DOCUMENT SEVERAL TIMES TO 220 00:13:11,958 --> 00:13:17,262 GET IT TO THIS POINT. AND KNOWING THAT THE MODELS, 221 00:13:17,397 --> 00:13:30,542 WE'RE LOOKING AT RISKS, SO -- WE DO -- WE FIND OUT IF THEY HAVE A 222 00:13:30,677 --> 00:13:32,710 SUBSTANCE ABUSE ISSUE OR MENTAL HEALTH ISSUE. 223 00:13:32,843 --> 00:13:36,682 I'M SORRY, SUBSTANCE ABUSE ISSUE OR ALCOHOL ABUSE ISSUE, AND ON 224 00:13:36,817 --> 00:13:39,950 THE FLIP SIDE WE DO A PSYCH SOCIAL TO SEE IF THEY HAVE 225 00:13:40,087 --> 00:13:42,053 MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES. IT WILL TAKE TIME FOR ALL 226 00:13:42,188 --> 00:13:44,922 THESE PROGRAMS TO BE ROUTINE FOR ALL PRISONS IN THE STATE, BUT 227 00:13:45,058 --> 00:13:48,593 REFORM IS HAPPENING SLOWLY IN PLAQUEMINES PARISH. 228 00:13:48,728 --> 00:13:51,930 WE SHOWED EACH OF THESE FILMS IN AN ONLINE SCREENING AND PANEL 229 00:13:52,065 --> 00:13:53,163 DISCUSSION. IF YOU WANT TO WATCH THAT FULL 230 00:13:53,298 --> 00:13:56,702 PANEL YOU CAN VISIT LPB.ORG/JUSTICE. 231 00:13:56,903 --> 00:14:00,905 THIS WEEK WE HIGHLIGHT OUR FINAL LPB LOUISIANA YOUNG HERO. 232 00:14:01,040 --> 00:14:04,075 SHE'LL BE A COLLEGE FRESHMAN THIS FALL AFTER OVERCOMING A 233 00:14:04,210 --> 00:14:06,745 YEAR OF PERSONAL TRAGEDY IN WHICH SHE CONTINUED TO LIFT UP 234 00:14:06,878 --> 00:14:11,182 HER COMMUNITY AND THOSE AROUND HER. 235 00:14:11,383 --> 00:14:14,218 HANNAH LEWIS HEADS TO COLLEGE AT LOUISIANA TECH ON AN 236 00:14:14,353 --> 00:14:16,487 OUTSTANDING STUDENT MERIT-BASED SCHOLARSHIP AFTER A SENIOR YEAR 237 00:14:16,622 --> 00:14:20,658 THAT TESTED EVERY REALM OF THE DERIDDER NATIVE'S LIFE. 238 00:14:20,793 --> 00:14:23,595 THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC ALREADY MEANT HER FIRST SEMESTER WOULD 239 00:14:23,730 --> 00:14:27,032 TAKE PLACE VIRTUALLY WITH ALL INSTRUCTION ONLINE. 240 00:14:27,165 --> 00:14:31,502 BUT SHE ALSO ENDURED THE DEATH OF HER MOTHER AND TWO 241 00:14:31,637 --> 00:14:33,772 HURRICANES. IT DAMAGED HER HOME. 242 00:14:33,973 --> 00:14:37,275 SHE'S BEAUTIFUL AND LOVELY, AND SHE'S WELL-GROUNDED AND 243 00:14:37,410 --> 00:14:41,078 SHE'S ACTIVE IN HER CHURCH, AND SHE'S VERY -- SHE'S GOT A STRONG 244 00:14:41,213 --> 00:14:47,218 FAITH, AND SHE'S BEEN VERY STRONG FOR ME THIS PAST YEAR. 245 00:14:47,353 --> 00:14:53,123 LAST YEAR I HAD A HAPPY LIFE, I HAD A FAMILY OF FOUR, AND WE HAD 246 00:14:53,258 --> 00:14:56,693 THIS HOME, AND EVERYTHING, AND THE HURRICANE CAME AND THEN MY 247 00:14:56,830 --> 00:15:00,865 WIFE, HER MOTHER SUDDENLY AND UNEXPECTEDLY PASSED AWAY, AND 248 00:15:01,000 --> 00:15:04,435 ANOTHER HURRICANE CAME, AND IT WAS JUST THE THREE OF US. 249 00:15:04,568 --> 00:15:07,472 I TOOK THAT PRETTY HARD. AND SHE TOOK IT HARD TOO, BUT 250 00:15:07,607 --> 00:15:11,442 SHE WAS VERY STRONG FOR ME. SHE'S BEEN A BIG HELP FOR ME 251 00:15:11,575 --> 00:15:13,978 THIS PAST YEAR. IT SEEMS HELPING AND BEING 252 00:15:14,113 --> 00:15:18,583 INVOLVED IS JUST PART OF HER DNA, INCLUDING ACADEMIC, CIVIC, 253 00:15:18,718 --> 00:15:23,888 AND COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES. AFTER THE STORM SHE HELPED 254 00:15:24,023 --> 00:15:28,660 FEED FAMILIES WITH THE DISASTER RELIEF PROGRAMS, AND STUFF LIKE 255 00:15:28,795 --> 00:15:32,463 THAT, HANDING OUT MREs, TO SERVING FOOD AND MEALS IN THE 256 00:15:32,597 --> 00:15:35,933 HOT LUNCH LINE. WE DID THAT. 257 00:15:36,068 --> 00:15:39,137 IT'S LIKE, TO ME IT'S JUST NORMAL LIFE STUFF. 258 00:15:39,272 --> 00:15:46,010 ALL OF THE EVENTS IN THE SCHOOL I WAS PART OF, THOSE WERE 259 00:15:46,145 --> 00:15:49,147 AVAILABLE. THERE WEREN'T A WHOLE LOT OF 260 00:15:49,282 --> 00:15:53,450 EXTRA RICK LAR PROGRAMS, THERE WERE, BUT NO GIFTED PROGRAMS OR 261 00:15:53,587 --> 00:15:56,855 ANYTHING LIKE THAT. I WAS PART OF THE LOCAL PLAY 262 00:15:56,988 --> 00:15:59,790 THEY DO EVERY SUMMER AND THAT WAS FUN. 263 00:15:59,925 --> 00:16:03,595 I'VE ONLY EVER GOTTEN TO DO IT ONE OTHER YEAR, BUT I WAS A 264 00:16:03,730 --> 00:16:06,630 SENIOR, SO IT WAS AWKWARD BECAUSE ALL THE OTHER SENIORS 265 00:16:06,765 --> 00:16:09,433 HAVE DONE IT FOR LIKE SIX YEARS. IT WAS A LOT OF FUN. 266 00:16:09,568 --> 00:16:12,770 A LOT OF MY FRIENDS WERE PART OF IT. 267 00:16:12,905 --> 00:16:16,240 AND I GOT TO BE DOROTHY FROM WIZ OF ARIZONA AND MAKE MY OWN 268 00:16:16,373 --> 00:16:17,808 DRESS. IT WAS A LOT OF FUN. 269 00:16:17,943 --> 00:16:21,245 BUT I WOKE UP YESTERDAY AND WAS LIKE WHOA I DON'T HAVE TO GO TO 270 00:16:21,378 --> 00:16:26,717 THEATER TODAY! SHE SHOULD HAVE DONE IT FOR 271 00:16:26,853 --> 00:16:29,620 THREE YEARS, BUT IT WAS CANCELED LAST YEAR. 272 00:16:29,755 --> 00:16:33,925 SHE DID 2019 AND THIS YEAR. SHE HASN'T DECLARED A MAJOR 273 00:16:34,060 --> 00:16:37,028 YET, BUT KNOWS HER ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE HER PASSIONS WILL BE 274 00:16:37,163 --> 00:16:42,067 PART OF WHATEVER SHE DOES. I LIKE HISTORY, I LIKE 275 00:16:42,202 --> 00:16:48,272 SCIENCE, I LIKE -- DAD IS TALKING ABOUT HOW I I'M A 276 00:16:48,405 --> 00:16:50,408 FANTASY READER, BUT I THINK THAT'S A MISREPRESENTATION. 277 00:16:50,543 --> 00:16:55,313 I LIKE TO STUDY TOLKIEN'S WRITING, ABOUT WHAT FAIRYTALES 278 00:16:55,448 --> 00:17:01,685 ARE, HIS PHILOSOPHY, AND HIS OTHER WORK, HOW THEY THOUGHT 279 00:17:01,820 --> 00:17:05,022 CHILDREN SHOULD BE APPROACHED, ADDRESSED, WRITTEN TO, WRITTEN 280 00:17:05,157 --> 00:17:06,892 ABOUT. WHAT THIS MEANS. 281 00:17:07,027 --> 00:17:12,630 HOW THIS CONNECTS TO SORT OF THEIR APOLOGETIC OR FAITH, IT'S 282 00:17:12,765 --> 00:17:16,767 VERY INTERESTING THINGS THEY WROTE ABOUT. 283 00:17:16,903 --> 00:17:19,103 I STUDIED THAT, I THINK IT'S REALLY INTERESTING. 284 00:17:19,238 --> 00:17:22,840 BUT THAT'S SORT OF THE ONLY BRANCH OF LITERATURE I LIKE TO 285 00:17:22,975 --> 00:17:25,777 TAKE A DEEPER DIVE INTO. EVERYTHING ELSE GOES OVER MY 286 00:17:25,912 --> 00:17:28,880 HEAD. BUT THAT CLEARLY DOESN'T GO 287 00:17:29,015 --> 00:17:32,650 ABOVE YOUR HEAD, AND YOU HAVE TAKEN SOME MORE OF A DIVE INTO 288 00:17:32,785 --> 00:17:37,855 IT, YOU CAN TALK ABOUT IT ON A PRETTY DEEP LEVEL WITH PRETTY 289 00:17:37,990 --> 00:17:40,258 MUCH ANYTHING ELSE. I THINK SHE WOULD BE A GREAT 290 00:17:40,393 --> 00:17:41,792 TEACHER. SHE SAYS SHE DOESN'T WANT TO BE 291 00:17:41,928 --> 00:17:44,195 A TEACHER. SHE WOULD BE A GREAT TEACHER AT 292 00:17:44,330 --> 00:17:47,365 THE UNIVERSITY, OF YOUNG CHILDREN, I'VE SEEN HER TEACH IN 293 00:17:47,500 --> 00:17:49,933 CHURCH AND SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASSES AND BIBLE SCHOOLS AND THINGS. 294 00:17:50,068 --> 00:17:52,270 I THINK SHE WOULD BE A GREAT TEACHER. 295 00:17:52,470 --> 00:17:56,007 I THINK STORYTELLING IS AN INCREDIBLY POWERFUL TOOL THAT WE 296 00:17:56,142 --> 00:17:59,743 HAVE, AND I THINK IT'S ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT TOOLS WE 297 00:17:59,878 --> 00:18:02,147 HAVE. IT'S HOW WE COMMUNICATE. 298 00:18:02,282 --> 00:18:06,450 WE COMMUNICATE THROUGH THINKING, THROUGH TELLING STORIES, AND I 299 00:18:06,585 --> 00:18:10,655 THINK IT'S VERY POWERFUL. SO WHATEVER I DO WITH MY LIFE, 300 00:18:10,790 --> 00:18:14,292 WITH MY CAREER, I WANT TO BE TELLING PEOPLE THE STORIES OF MY 301 00:18:14,427 --> 00:18:17,962 FRIENDS, STORIES OF WHAT THEY'VE GONE THROUGH IN THEIR LIVES, 302 00:18:18,097 --> 00:18:22,200 STORIES OF HOW THEY'VE OVERCOME THINGS, STORIES OF WHAT CULTURES 303 00:18:22,335 --> 00:18:23,968 FROM THOUSANDS OF YEARS AGO MEANT TO US. 304 00:18:24,103 --> 00:18:25,970 I THINK IT'S SUCH A POWERFUL THING. 305 00:18:26,105 --> 00:18:29,807 I WANT TO USE MY PASSION TO PUT SMILES ON PEOPLE'S FACES. 306 00:18:29,942 --> 00:18:32,310 WHETHER I DO THAT THROUGH TELLING STORIES, WHETHER I DO 307 00:18:32,445 --> 00:18:34,645 THAT THROUGH BUILDING THINGS, WHETHER I DO THAT THROUGH 308 00:18:34,778 --> 00:18:37,048 VOLUNTEER WORK, I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S INCREDIBLY 309 00:18:37,183 --> 00:18:41,118 IMPORTANT, AND I THINK A LITTLE GOES A LONG WAY. 310 00:18:43,222 --> 00:18:46,257 CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF THIS YEAR'S LOUISIANA LPB YOUNG 311 00:18:46,392 --> 00:18:50,328 HEROES. THE NAME JIMMY FITSMORRIS WAS 312 00:18:50,463 --> 00:18:52,530 PROMINENT ON THE LOUISIANA POLITICAL SCENE FROM THE 1960s 313 00:18:52,665 --> 00:18:55,265 TO THE 1980s. HE DIED THIS WEEK WITH FAMILY AT 314 00:18:55,402 --> 00:18:58,435 HIS SIDE. IN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEWS WITH 315 00:18:58,570 --> 00:19:00,872 LPB, FITZMORRIS REMEMBERED THE POLITICAL SIDE OF HIS LIFE AND 316 00:19:01,007 --> 00:19:09,713 WHAT IT STOOD FOR. JAMES FITZMORRIS, JUNIOR WAS 317 00:19:09,848 --> 00:19:14,418 BORN IN 1921. HE GREW UP DURING THE GREAT 318 00:19:14,552 --> 00:19:16,553 DEPRESSION WHEN HUEY LONG CAPTURED THE IMAGINATION OF 319 00:19:16,688 --> 00:19:18,622 LOUISIANA. I REMEMBER PARTICULARLY ON 320 00:19:18,758 --> 00:19:22,293 SUNDAY NIGHT, THE RADIO WE DIDN'T HAVE TELEVISION IN THOSE 321 00:19:22,428 --> 00:19:28,700 DAYS, AND RADIO WAS VERY PROMINENT, AND HUGHIE LONG WOULD 322 00:19:28,833 --> 00:19:31,868 COME ON THE RADIO AND SAY, I'M GOING TO PLAY SOME MUSIC, AND I 323 00:19:32,003 --> 00:19:34,838 WANT YOU TO GET ON TELEPHONE AND CALL YOUR FRIENDS. 324 00:19:34,973 --> 00:19:38,142 AND TELL THEM I'M ON. AND I'M GOING TO GIVE ABOUT YOU 325 00:19:38,277 --> 00:19:42,313 10 OR 15 MINUTES TO DO THAT. AND YOU WOULD BE AMAZED AT THE 326 00:19:42,448 --> 00:19:46,183 NUMBER OF PEOPLE MY DAD INCLUDED, THAT WOULD IMMEDIATELY 327 00:19:46,318 --> 00:19:48,552 GET UP AND GET ON THE TELEPHONE AND START CALLING HIS FRIENDS 328 00:19:48,687 --> 00:19:52,022 AND OTHER PEOPLE WOULD CALL THEIR FRIENDS TO TELL THEM TO 329 00:19:52,158 --> 00:19:55,393 GET ON THE -- TURN ON THE RADIO AND LISTEN TO HUEY LONG. 330 00:19:55,593 --> 00:19:59,197 HE GRADUATED FROM JESUIT HIGH SCHOOL, AND ATTENDED LOYOLA 331 00:19:59,332 --> 00:20:01,465 UNIVERSITY BEFORE JOINING THE ARMY. 332 00:20:01,598 --> 00:20:03,768 IT'S THERE HE DEVELOPED AN INTEREST IN POLITICS. 333 00:20:03,970 --> 00:20:07,905 WHEN I WENT IN THE ARMY, THEY WOULD TEASE ME BECAUSE I WAS 334 00:20:08,040 --> 00:20:11,575 FROM LOUISIANA, AND THEY WOULD WANT TO KNOW ABOUT LOUISIANA 335 00:20:11,710 --> 00:20:14,812 POLITICS. AND CONSEQUENTLY, THAT WHET MY 336 00:20:14,947 --> 00:20:19,650 APPETITE ON THAT. AND THEN I JUST DECIDED ONE DAY 337 00:20:19,785 --> 00:20:22,220 THAT I WOULD TRY TO RUN FOR PUBLIC OFFICE. 338 00:20:22,355 --> 00:20:26,423 AND MY MOTHER ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT POLITICS WAS A TERRIBLE 339 00:20:26,558 --> 00:20:30,027 BUSINESS, AND I NEVER SHALL FORGET WHEN I TOLD MY MOTHER I 340 00:20:30,162 --> 00:20:33,030 WAS GOING TO RUN, SHE SAID, SON, PLEASE DON'T RUN FOR POLITICS. 341 00:20:33,165 --> 00:20:36,600 SHE SAID, IT'S A DIRTY, ROTTEN, FILTHY BUSINESS, AND AFTER I 342 00:20:36,735 --> 00:20:39,437 FINISHED SOME 30 YEARS OF BEING IN POLITICS, SOMEBODY ASKED ME 343 00:20:39,572 --> 00:20:44,608 WHAT DID I THINK, AND I SAID, I THOUGHT MY MOTHER WAS RIGHT. 344 00:20:44,810 --> 00:20:46,910 FITZMORRIS HAD SEVERAL HIGH-PROFILE POLITICAL LOSSES, 345 00:20:47,045 --> 00:20:50,147 INCLUDING THE NEW ORLEANS MAYORAL RACE OF 1969. 346 00:20:50,280 --> 00:20:55,085 HOWEVER, IN 1971, HE WAS ELECTED AS LOUISIANA'S FIRST FULL-TIME 347 00:20:55,220 --> 00:20:59,290 LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR. YOU MUST REMEMBER THAT IN MY 348 00:20:59,425 --> 00:21:01,992 FIRST FOUR YEARS OF LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR I WAS LIEUTENANT 349 00:21:02,128 --> 00:21:05,463 GOVERNOR, PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE, PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD 350 00:21:05,598 --> 00:21:09,333 OF PARDONS, AND PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY. 351 00:21:09,468 --> 00:21:13,603 SO I HAD FOUR MAJOR JOBS WRAPPED INTO ONE. 352 00:21:13,807 --> 00:21:17,040 FITZMORRIS FORGED A NEW PATH WITH THE ROLE, BUILDING STRONG 353 00:21:17,177 --> 00:21:20,277 RELATIONSHIPS WITH GOVERNOR EDWARD EDWARDS AND WITH 354 00:21:20,412 --> 00:21:23,882 BUSINESSES AROUND THE STATE. ONE THING ANY PERSON RUNS FOR 355 00:21:24,017 --> 00:21:25,717 LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR HAS TO UNDERSTAND, HE HAS TO HAVE A 356 00:21:25,852 --> 00:21:29,653 RELATIONSHIP WITH THE GOVERNOR. A GOOD, BAD, OR INDIFFERENT. 357 00:21:29,788 --> 00:21:31,688 BUT AFTER ALL, THE GOVERNOR IS THE GOVERNOR. 358 00:21:31,823 --> 00:21:34,892 AND I MADE IT VERY PLAIN TO THE GOVERNOR THAT I WAS THERE TO 359 00:21:35,027 --> 00:21:40,297 SERVE THE PEOPLE OF LOUISIANA. I WASN'T THERE TO SERVE JIMMY 360 00:21:40,432 --> 00:21:42,333 FITZMORRIS, OR TO THINK ABOUT THE NEXT ELECTION. 361 00:21:42,468 --> 00:21:44,835 I WAS THERE TO TRY TO DO A JOB FOR THE STATE. 362 00:21:44,968 --> 00:21:51,042 AND I VIEWED MY ROLE COMPLETELY DIFFERENT, PERHAPS THAN OTHERS 363 00:21:51,177 --> 00:21:53,277 WHO VIEWED IT. FIRST I STARTED FROM SCRATCH, 364 00:21:53,412 --> 00:21:55,747 GROUND ZERO, I HAD NOTHING TO GO BY. 365 00:21:55,882 --> 00:22:00,518 AND I ALWAYS PRIDED MYSELF AT BEING A PRETTY GOOD SALESMAN, 366 00:22:00,653 --> 00:22:03,553 AND I FELT I COULD HELP THE STATE TREMENDOUSLY BY TRAVELING 367 00:22:03,688 --> 00:22:09,527 ALL OVER THE COUNTRY AND MEETING WITH COMPANIES THAT WERE A 368 00:22:09,662 --> 00:22:12,463 DOMICILE OF LOUISIANA, AND LETTING THEM KNOW THAT WE WERE 369 00:22:12,598 --> 00:22:16,167 GRATEFUL FOR THEIR BEING HERE. AND AS A RESULT OF THAT, IF THEY 370 00:22:16,302 --> 00:22:19,870 EVER HAD ANY PROBLEM, I WOULD SAY CONTACT, DON'T WORRY ABOUT 371 00:22:20,003 --> 00:22:23,507 CALLING THE DEPARTMENT, THE DIRECTOR, CALL ME. 372 00:22:23,708 --> 00:22:27,912 HIS TACTICS PAID OFF. PRIOR TO THE FACT THAT WHEN I 373 00:22:28,047 --> 00:22:31,948 LEFT OFFICE IN 1979 AS LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, THE 374 00:22:32,083 --> 00:22:35,018 LOUISIANA LED THE NATION IN INDUSTRIAL GROWTH. 375 00:22:35,153 --> 00:22:37,555 VERY PROUD OF THAT. IT'S NOT WHAT I SAID, IT'S WHAT 376 00:22:37,690 --> 00:22:40,558 THE "WALL STREET JOURNAL" SAID. IN SPITE OF THE ACCOLADES, 377 00:22:40,693 --> 00:22:43,827 HONORS, AND SUCCESSES HE EXPERIENCED OVER HIS LONG LIFE, 378 00:22:43,963 --> 00:22:47,298 FITZMORRIS BELIEVES HIS LEGACY IS SIMPLY ABOUT SERVICE. 379 00:22:47,500 --> 00:22:51,002 IT'S NOT A QUESTION ABOUT WHAT I DID, IT'S A QUESTION OF 380 00:22:51,137 --> 00:22:52,937 WHAT WE DID. WE DID. 381 00:22:53,072 --> 00:22:56,573 I ALWAYS BELIEVE IN BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER, AND MAKING 382 00:22:56,708 --> 00:22:59,277 PEOPLE PART OF THE TEAM. IF YOU TRY TO TAKE SUCCESS FOR 383 00:22:59,410 --> 00:23:02,313 EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS, YOU'RE GOING TO BE A COMPLETE FAILURE. 384 00:23:02,448 --> 00:23:06,983 IT DOESN'T WORK THAT WAY. IT CAN'T BE BIG ME, LITTLE YOU. 385 00:23:07,118 --> 00:23:10,187 IT'S GOT TO BE US. PEOPLE GO IN PUBLIC LIFE FOR 386 00:23:10,322 --> 00:23:13,557 MANY DIFFERENT REASONS. SOME PEOPLE GO IN FOR POWER, 387 00:23:13,690 --> 00:23:17,962 SOME PEOPLE GO IN FOR MONEY. SOME PEOPLE GO IN FOR 388 00:23:18,097 --> 00:23:20,563 SELF-GLORY. OTHER PEOPLE GO IN TO SERVE. 389 00:23:20,698 --> 00:23:24,302 THAT'S WHAT I TELL YOUNG PEOPLE TODAY. 390 00:23:24,435 --> 00:23:27,003 SERVING IS THE MOST IMPORTANT WORD IN GOVERNMENT. 391 00:23:27,138 --> 00:23:30,173 HOW WELL CAN YOU SERVE? HOW MUCH CAN YOU DO IN THE 392 00:23:30,308 --> 00:23:34,412 INTEREST OF OTHER PEOPLE? JIMMY FITZMORRIS WAS 99 YEARS 393 00:23:34,547 --> 00:23:36,513 OLD. EVERYONE, THAT'S OUR SHOW FOR 394 00:23:36,648 --> 00:23:38,415 THIS WEEK. 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