WEBVTT 00:06.800 --> 00:10.067 position:21.25% line:79.33% size:57.5% FOUNDATION AND THE ZEIGLER ART MUSEUM, LOCATED IN JENNINGS CITY 00:10.133 --> 00:13.667 position:25.91% line:79.33% size:48.17% HALL, THE MUSEUM FOCUSES ON EMERGING LOUISIANA ARTISTS AND 00:13.733 --> 00:16.967 position:24.05% line:79.33% size:51.9% IS A HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL CENTER FOR SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA. 00:17.033 --> 00:20.467 position:21.25% line:79.33% size:57.5% ADDITIONAL SUPPORT PROVIDED BY THE FOUNDATION FOR EXCELLENCE IN 00:20.533 --> 00:44.633 position:32.44% line:79.33% size:35.11% LOUISIANA PUBLIC BROADCASTING AND VIEWERS LIKE YOU. 00:44.700 --> 00:52.300 position:33.38% line:79.33% size:33.25% I WROTE 298 PAGES. BY GOING UP ON SCOPINA FROM THE 00:52.367 --> 00:57.633 position:49.23% line:79.33% size:1.55% AGE OF SIX TO 16. FORMER GOVERNOR 00:57.700 --> 00:59.067 position:24.05% line:79.33% size:51.9% BUDDY ROEMER TALKS ABOUT HIS NEW BOOK AND LIFE TODAY AFTER A 00:59.133 --> 01:08.767 position:22.96% line:84.67% size:54.09% STROKE. HI, I'M ANDRE MOREAU. 01:08.833 --> 01:10.133 position:24.98% line:79.33% size:50.03% MUCH MORE ON FORMER GOVERNOR BUDDY ROEMER IN JUST A MOMENT, 01:10.200 --> 01:11.633 position:24.98% line:79.33% size:50.03% BUT RIGHT NOW, ON THE STATE WE'RE IN, THE WEEK'S HEADLINES. 01:11.700 --> 01:15.333 position:23.12% line:79.33% size:53.77% THE OCTOBER 14 PRIMARY ELECTION LIKELY SET AN ALL-TIME RECORD 01:15.400 --> 01:18.900 position:44.56% line:79.33% size:10.87% FOR LOWEST VOTER TURNOUT IN LOUISIANA. 01:18.967 --> 01:24.900 position:38.97% line:79.33% size:22.06% ABOUT 13.5%. IT'S CAUSING SECRETARY OF STATE 01:24.967 --> 01:27.367 position:21.25% line:79.33% size:57.5% TO FURTHER RETHINK HOW WE HOLD ELECTIONS, SAYING TAXPAYER MONEY 01:27.433 --> 01:32.367 position:24.98% line:79.33% size:50.03% COULD BE MUCH MORE WISELY SPENT. IN THE RACE FOR TREASURER, 01:32.433 --> 01:35.800 position:32.44% line:79.33% size:35.11% REPUBLICAN JOHN SCHRODER FINISHED SECOND BUT IS THE 01:35.867 --> 01:36.967 position:43.63% line:79.33% size:12.73% FAVORITE TO WIN THE NOVEMBER 18 RUNOFF. 01:37.067 --> 01:42.167 position:21.25% line:79.33% size:57.5% DEMOCRAT DERRICK EDWARDS WON THE PRIMARY OVER SCHROEDER, 31% TO 01:42.233 --> 01:43.867 position:28.71% line:79.33% size:42.58% 24%, BUT IS ODDLY EXPECTED TO HAVE LITTLE CHANCE IN THE 01:43.933 --> 01:47.333 position:45.5% line:79.33% size:9% RUNOFF. VOTERS SAID YES TO THREE MORE 01:47.400 --> 01:49.833 position:33.38% line:79.33% size:33.25% CHANGES TO THE STATE CONSTITUTION, MOST NOTABLY, A 01:49.900 --> 01:53.567 position:25.91% line:79.33% size:48.17% PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION FOR SPOUSES OF FIRST RESPONDERS AND 01:53.633 --> 01:56.400 position:31.51% line:79.33% size:36.98% LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY. 01:56.467 --> 01:59.733 position:21.25% line:79.33% size:57.5% THERE'S A RUNOFF IN THE RACE FOR NEW ORLEANS MAYOR BETWEEN CITY 01:59.800 --> 02:04.933 position:49.39% line:74% size:1.22% COUNCILWOMAN LATOYA CANTRELL AND FORMER JUDGE DESIREE CHARBONNET. 02:05.000 --> 02:07.133 position:25.91% line:79.33% size:48.17% DR. CRAIG GREENE OF BATON ROUGE WAS ELECTED PUBLIC SERVICE 02:07.200 --> 02:11.567 position:38.04% line:79.33% size:23.92% COMMISSIONER. ON MONDAY, SCIENTISTS WHO WON A 02:11.633 --> 02:16.000 position:25.91% line:79.33% size:48.17% NOBEL PRIZE FOR THEIR DISCOVERY OF GRAVITATIONAL WAVES, OR 02:16.067 --> 02:19.233 position:20.32% line:79.33% size:59.36% RIPPLES IN THE FABRIC OF SPACE, ANNOUNCED THE FIRST DETECTION OF 02:19.300 --> 02:22.067 position:47.36% line:79.33% size:5.28% THE COLLISION OF TWO NEUTRON STARS. 02:22.133 --> 02:24.833 position:32.44% line:79.33% size:35.11% THE LIGO TEAM ALERTED ASTRONOMERS FROM ALL OVER THE 02:24.900 --> 02:28.167 position:21.25% line:79.33% size:57.5% WORLD, HELPING THEM POINT THEIR TELESCOPES SO THEY COULD RECORD 02:28.233 --> 02:32.100 position:38.97% line:79.33% size:22.06% UNPRECEDENTED OBSERVATIONS OF THE AFTERMATH. 02:32.167 --> 02:34.533 position:33.38% line:79.33% size:33.25% THE HEAD OF THE COASTAL PROTECTION AND RESTORATION 02:34.600 --> 02:36.867 position:27.78% line:79.33% size:44.44% AUTHORITY TOLD THE BATON ROUGE PRESS CLUB THIS WEEK THAT 02:36.933 --> 02:41.167 position:25.91% line:79.33% size:48.17% LOUISIANA IS NOW LOSING A FOOTBALL FIELD OF LAND EVERY 100 02:41.233 --> 02:47.367 position:29.65% line:79.33% size:40.71% MINUTES COMPARED TO EVERY HOUR A FEW YEARS AGO, A FACT 02:47.433 --> 02:49.500 position:43.63% line:79.33% size:12.73% HIGHLIGHTED IN A TV AD. STILL VERY BAD. 02:49.567 --> 02:54.600 position:24.98% line:79.33% size:50.03% MORE THAN 120 CRITICAL PROJECTS IN THE 50 YEAR, $50 BILLION 02:54.667 --> 02:57.467 position:24.05% line:79.33% size:51.9% COASTAL MASTER PLAN WILL WORK TO REVERSE LAND LOSS CAUSED BY 02:57.533 --> 03:00.467 position:34.31% line:79.33% size:31.39% LEVEES BUILT ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND BOAT 03:00.533 --> 03:05.900 position:40.84% line:79.33% size:18.33% CHANNELS DREDGED THROUGH COASTAL WETLANDS. 03:05.967 --> 03:08.200 position:20.32% line:79.33% size:59.36% WORK MARCHES ON, EVEN WITH ROAD BLOCKS ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE THAT 03:08.267 --> 03:12.567 position:39.9% line:79.33% size:20.19% MAY COME FROM POLICY CHANGES IN WASHINGTON. 03:12.633 --> 03:16.867 position:28.71% line:79.33% size:42.58% WE HERE, IN PUTTING THE MASTER PLAN TOGETHER, I'M GOING 03:16.933 --> 03:19.900 position:21.25% line:79.33% size:57.5% TO TELL YOU REALLY HAVEN'T PAID ATTENTION AND DON'T REALLY CARE 03:19.967 --> 03:24.933 position:30.58% line:79.33% size:38.84% MUCH ABOUT WHAT CONGRESS THINKS ABOUT SEA LEVEL RISE. 03:25.000 --> 03:31.833 position:42.7% line:79.33% size:14.6% WE'RE SEEING, OK, WE'RE SEEING A CHANGE. 03:31.900 --> 03:33.400 position:27.78% line:79.33% size:44.44% LOUISIANA AND LAFAYETTE IN PARTICULAR, ARE NUMBER ONE IN 03:33.467 --> 03:34.767 position:26.85% line:79.33% size:46.3% AMERICA IN THE CREATION AND OPERATION OF A HURRICANE MEGA 03:34.833 --> 03:35.733 position:49.23% line:79.33% size:1.55% SHELTER. THE CAJUNDOME BECAME THE 03:35.800 --> 03:38.300 position:24.05% line:79.33% size:51.9% NATION'S FIRST MEGA SHELTER AFTER HURRICANE KATRINA IN 2005. 03:38.367 --> 03:45.767 position:49.23% line:79.33% size:1.55% IT BECAME A MODEL FOR ALL OTHERS. 03:45.833 --> 03:47.200 position:22.19% line:79.33% size:55.63% THE DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS AND A PURPLE HEART WAS AWARDED 03:47.267 --> 03:51.633 position:49.39% line:74% size:1.22% TO THE DESCENDANTS OF LIEUTENANT JOSEPH LAFLEUR, AN ARMY CHAPLAIN 03:51.700 --> 03:58.733 position:25.91% line:79.33% size:48.17% WHO DIED IN A JAPANESE TORPEDO ATTACK DURING WORLD WAR II. 03:58.800 --> 04:01.833 position:26.85% line:79.33% size:46.3% U.S. REPRESENTATIVE RALPH ABRAHAM PRESENTED THE MEDALS IN 04:01.900 --> 04:03.767 position:29.65% line:79.33% size:40.71% A CEREMONY AT ST. LANDRY CATHOLIC CHURCH IN OPELOUSAS. 04:03.833 --> 04:07.900 position:34.31% line:79.33% size:31.39% A BIG HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO CECELIA YOUNG OF CROWLEY. 04:07.967 --> 04:11.933 position:29.65% line:79.33% size:40.71% SHE TURNED 106 WITH A PARADE AND CELEBRATION DOWNTOWN. 04:12.000 --> 04:14.567 position:24.98% line:79.33% size:50.03% SHE RODE IN A HORSE AND BUGGY AND WAS GIVEN YELLOW ROSES BY 04:14.633 --> 04:23.233 position:25.91% line:79.33% size:48.17% BUSINESS OWNERS ALONG THE ROUTE. LSU PRESIDENT DR. F. KING 04:23.300 --> 04:25.367 position:22.19% line:79.33% size:55.63% ALEXANDER ANNOUNCED THURSDAY HE IS REINSTATING AN ALCHOHOL BAN 04:25.433 --> 04:28.000 position:27.78% line:79.33% size:44.44% ON CAMPUS GREEKS, SAYING FRATERNITIES AND SORORITIES DID 04:28.067 --> 04:31.400 position:49.23% line:79.33% size:1.55% NOT TAKE THE SITUATION SERIOUSLY. 04:31.467 --> 04:33.067 position:25.91% line:79.33% size:48.17% THIS IS THE WAKE OF THE ALLEGED HAZING DEATH OF A FRESHMAN 04:33.133 --> 04:36.433 position:44.56% line:79.33% size:10.87% STUDENT. ALEXANDER ALSO GAVE SOME GOOD 04:36.500 --> 04:39.333 position:26.85% line:79.33% size:46.3% NEWS ABOUT THE SCHOOL AFTER YEARS OF BATTLING BUDGET CUTS 04:39.400 --> 04:44.467 position:38.04% line:79.33% size:23.92% AND FIGHTING TO KEEP TOPS SCHOLARSHIP INTACT. 04:44.533 --> 04:46.367 position:28.71% line:79.33% size:42.58% THIS FALL, WE JUST WELCOMED ONE OF OUR LARGEST INCOMING 04:46.433 --> 04:50.767 position:27.78% line:79.33% size:44.44% GROUPS OF THE NEW FACULTY. THIS COHORT OF NEW FACULTY IS 04:50.833 --> 04:54.567 position:43.63% line:79.33% size:12.73% 133 STRONG. NORMALLY, WE'RE BRINGING IN 04:54.633 --> 04:58.867 position:35.24% line:79.33% size:29.52% ABOUT 72 TO HELP OFFSET RETIREMENTS OF ABOUT 87. 04:58.933 --> 05:03.033 position:30.58% line:79.33% size:38.84% ALEXANDER SAYS THE NEW FACULTY COMES FROM PRESTIGIOUS 05:03.100 --> 05:13.100 position:39.9% line:79.33% size:20.19% UNIVERSITIES ACROSS THE U.S. AND THE WORLD. 05:18.133 --> 05:19.433 position:35.24% line:79.33% size:29.52% FORMER GOVERNOR BUDDY ROEMER HAS WRITTEN A BOOK. 05:19.500 --> 05:22.633 position:21.25% line:79.33% size:57.5% NOT ABOUT HIS LIFE IN POLITICS OR AS LOUISIANA'S 52ND GOVERNOR. 05:22.700 --> 05:25.333 position:48.3% line:79.33% size:3.41% NOT ABOUT HIS SUCCESS IN BUSINESS. 05:25.400 --> 05:28.500 position:20.32% line:79.33% size:59.36% IT'S ABOUT HIS GROWING UP ON HIS FAMILY'S PLANTATION SCOPENA AND 05:28.567 --> 05:43.433 position:33.38% line:79.33% size:33.25% HOW HE CAME TO WRITE IT. ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO, ON 05:43.500 --> 05:48.100 position:24.98% line:79.33% size:50.03% JULY OF '14, I HAD A STROKE. A SMALL STROKE BUT CENTERED IN 05:48.167 --> 06:00.167 position:49.23% line:79.33% size:1.55% MY SPEECH AND WALKING FACILITIES. 06:00.233 --> 06:01.567 position:33.38% line:79.33% size:33.25% THIS IS BUDDY ROEMER AT HIS OFFICE IN BATON ROUGE. 06:01.633 --> 06:02.900 position:28.71% line:79.33% size:42.58% HIS STROKE AT FIRST ROBBED HIM OF HIS ABILITY TO SPEAK. 06:02.967 --> 06:09.633 position:39.9% line:79.33% size:20.19% IT DID NOT AFFECT HIS MIND OR HIS THOUGHTS. 06:09.700 --> 06:11.200 position:24.05% line:79.33% size:51.9% AGGRESSIVE PHYSICAL THERAPY AND A SUGGESTION FROM HIS DOCTOR 06:11.267 --> 06:15.400 position:38.97% line:79.33% size:22.06% BRINGS US TO THE REASON FOR OUR VISIT TODAY. 06:15.467 --> 06:20.200 position:45.5% line:79.33% size:9% OH SAID, WHAT YOU SHOULD DO IS WRITE. 06:20.267 --> 06:30.233 position:41.77% line:79.33% size:16.47% I THINK YOU COULD TELL A HELL OF A STORY. 06:30.300 --> 06:31.600 position:29.65% line:79.33% size:40.71% SO, HE BEGAN TO WRITE ABOUT SCOPENA, A MEMOIR OF HOME. 06:31.667 --> 06:39.700 position:34.31% line:79.33% size:31.39% AND THE DOCTOR WAS RIGHT. I WROTE 298 PAGES ABOUT 06:39.767 --> 06:46.533 position:24.05% line:79.33% size:51.9% GROWING UP ON SCOPENA FROM THE AGE OF SIX TO 16, WHEN I WENT 06:46.600 --> 06:52.067 position:47.36% line:79.33% size:5.28% OFF TO COLLEGE. SCOPENA IS A PLACE. 06:52.133 --> 06:56.267 position:45.5% line:79.33% size:9% YOU CAN SEE IT FROM HIGHWAY 71 SOUTH. 06:56.333 --> 06:59.833 position:24.05% line:79.33% size:51.9% BUT, THE HEART OF SCOPENA, THE LIFE OF SCOPENA, THE MAGIC OF 06:59.900 --> 07:05.567 position:25.91% line:79.33% size:48.17% SCOPENA, THE UNIQUENESS OF SCOPENA WAS MOM AND DAD RAISING 07:05.633 --> 07:09.700 position:25.91% line:79.33% size:48.17% FIVE KIDS UNDER A PHILOSOPHY THAT IGNORED WHAT THE REST OF 07:09.767 --> 07:14.600 position:27.78% line:79.33% size:44.44% THE WORLD THOUGHT AND THAT EMPHASIZED INDIVIDUAL EFFORT. 07:14.667 --> 07:18.933 position:24.98% line:79.33% size:50.03% WITH MOM AND DAD GONE, I WANT TO TELL THE STORY OF SCOPENA. 07:19.000 --> 07:20.667 position:40.84% line:79.33% size:18.33% HE REMEMBERS WELL HIS FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL. 07:20.733 --> 07:24.700 position:46.43% line:79.33% size:7.14% THE FIRST GRADE. HE DID NOT LOVE IT. 07:24.767 --> 07:28.367 position:22.19% line:79.33% size:55.63% AND, AFTER A FEW HOURS, RIGHT BEFORE LUNCH, HIS OPPORTUNITY TO 07:28.433 --> 07:31.333 position:49.23% line:79.33% size:1.55% SNEAK OUT AND RUN BACK HOME CAME. 07:31.400 --> 07:35.367 position:24.05% line:79.33% size:51.9% EXACTLY HOW HE WOULD NAVIGATE THE 12 MILES TO SCOPENA HE DID 07:35.433 --> 07:39.000 position:40.84% line:79.33% size:18.33% NOT KNOW. BUT YOU WOUND UP AT THIS GROCERY 07:39.067 --> 07:44.300 position:47.36% line:79.33% size:5.28% STORE. WHERE THEY TOOK CARE OF YOU, 07:44.367 --> 07:46.633 position:46.43% line:79.33% size:7.14% GAVE YOU A COKE AND CALLED YOUR DAD. 07:46.700 --> 07:50.667 position:41.77% line:79.33% size:16.47% AND YOUR DAD CAME. IT IS INTERESTING, YOU 07:50.733 --> 07:54.467 position:21.25% line:79.33% size:57.5% ANTICIPATED HIS REACTION TO BE DIFFERENT, PERHAPS, THAN IT NIK0 07:54.533 --> 07:58.133 position:22.96% line:84.67% size:54.09% WAS. I ANTICIPATED HIM TO GET 07:58.200 --> 08:04.767 position:41.77% line:79.33% size:16.47% ANGRY WITH ME. AS HE WAITED, HE NERVOUSLY 08:04.833 --> 08:05.867 position:49.23% line:79.33% size:1.55% WONDERED. DAD MIGHT NOT LIKE THIS 08:05.933 --> 08:13.300 position:40.84% line:79.33% size:18.33% INDEPENDENT STREAK. I SAW HIS RED PICK UP. 08:13.367 --> 08:20.900 position:35.24% line:79.33% size:29.52% AND, I SAID, I'M IN TROUBLE NOW. BUT, HE WASN'T. 08:20.967 --> 08:25.767 position:29.65% line:79.33% size:40.71% HE WAS RUBBING MY HEAD AND SAID, LET'S GO HOME, BUDDY. 08:25.833 --> 08:28.867 position:47.36% line:79.33% size:5.28% LET'S GO HOME. LET'S GO TO SCOPENA. 08:28.933 --> 08:35.500 position:32.44% line:79.33% size:35.11% IT WAS THE GREATEST DRIVE WE EVER MADE, HIM AND ME. 08:35.567 --> 08:39.667 position:36.17% line:79.33% size:27.66% ROEMER'S MOTHER? ADELINE ROEMER WAS PEACEMAKER, 08:39.733 --> 08:45.067 position:21.25% line:79.33% size:57.5% DEALMAKER AND MUCH, MUCH MORE. YOU WERE CLOSE TO HER, IT SOUNDS 08:45.133 --> 08:47.900 position:48.3% line:79.33% size:3.41% LIKE. I'M VERY CLOSE TO MY MOTHER. 08:47.967 --> 08:52.500 position:30.58% line:79.33% size:38.84% SHE WAS A WONDERFUL MOTHER. SHE WAS VERY SKILLED WITH 08:52.567 --> 09:00.367 position:42.7% line:79.33% size:14.6% PEOPLE. SHE TALK US HOME SCHOOLING FOR A 09:00.433 --> 09:06.767 position:27.78% line:79.33% size:44.44% LONG TIME, AND THEN I GRADUATED FROM MOSIER HIGH SCHOOL. 09:06.833 --> 09:16.167 position:21.25% line:79.33% size:57.5% THE BOOK TELLS THE STORY OF MOM DECIDING THAT I WOULD NOT GO TO 09:16.233 --> 09:18.867 position:39.9% line:79.33% size:20.19% COLLEGE EARLY. HARVARD WANTED TO ENROLL HIM 09:18.933 --> 09:25.633 position:22.19% line:79.33% size:55.63% EARLY, BUT HIS MOM SAID NO AND HAD A VERY SPECIFIC REASON WHY. 09:25.700 --> 09:30.400 position:26.85% line:79.33% size:46.3% HE'S GOING TO BE GOVERNOR OF LOUISIANA, AND HE'S GOING TO 09:30.467 --> 09:34.400 position:43.63% line:79.33% size:12.73% GRADUATE FROM HIGH SCHOOL IN LOUISIANA. 09:34.467 --> 09:37.833 position:32.44% line:79.33% size:35.11% THIS HAD NEVER BEEN DISCUSSED, BUT HIS MOM KNEW HER 09:37.900 --> 09:41.833 position:31.51% line:79.33% size:36.98% SON'S POTENTIAL WELL. SOMETHING HE REALIZED WITH THE 09:41.900 --> 09:44.433 position:45.5% line:79.33% size:9% "ROEMER REVOLUTION" CAMPAIGN OF 1987. 09:44.500 --> 09:53.367 position:44.56% line:79.33% size:10.87% HE WAS 44. SOME INSIDERS SAY I'M NOT A 09:53.433 --> 09:57.333 position:34.31% line:79.33% size:31.39% GOOD POLITICIAN BECAUSE I MAKE SOME PEOPLE ANGRY. 09:57.400 --> 10:01.333 position:38.04% line:79.33% size:23.92% THEY'RE RIGHT. I DO MAKE PEOPLE IN WASHINGTON 10:01.400 --> 10:03.800 position:46.43% line:79.33% size:7.14% ANGRY FOR NOT PATTING THE PAY RAISE. 10:03.867 --> 10:06.200 position:47.36% line:79.33% size:5.28% THAT DOESN'T SURPRISE YOU, DOES IT? 10:06.267 --> 10:09.100 position:32.44% line:79.33% size:35.11% POLITICS AS USUAL. I DON'T LIKE LOUISIANA POLITICS, 10:09.167 --> 10:11.867 position:34.31% line:79.33% size:31.39% I LOVE LOUISIANA. I LOVE LOUISIANA ENOUGH TO MAKE 10:11.933 --> 10:17.533 position:39.9% line:79.33% size:20.19% SOME PEOPLE ANGRY. IT SOUNDS LIKE SHE WAS A 10:17.600 --> 10:21.000 position:21.09% line:84.67% size:57.81% GREAT POLITICIAN. SHE WAS GOOD. 10:21.067 --> 10:24.867 position:24.98% line:79.33% size:50.03% HIS MOM RAN FOR HIS SEAT IN CONGRESS IN 1988 WHEN HE BECAME 10:24.933 --> 10:31.867 position:25.91% line:79.33% size:48.17% GOVERNOR, BUT ROEMER SAYS LOST BECAUSE SHE WAS A DEMOCRAT. 10:31.933 --> 10:36.367 position:23.12% line:79.33% size:53.77% GROWING UP ON THEIR 10,000-ACRE COTTON FARM IN THE SEGREGATED 10:36.433 --> 10:45.833 position:26.85% line:79.33% size:46.3% 1950'S, ROEMER HAD A FAR ADVANCED VIEW OF RACE RELATIONS. 10:45.900 --> 10:49.733 position:44.56% line:79.33% size:10.87% AGAIN, HE SAYS, THANKS TO HIS PARENTS. 10:49.800 --> 10:56.900 position:27.78% line:79.33% size:44.44% YOU NEVER KNEW AT SCOPENA WHERE YOU WERE WHITE OR BLACK, 10:56.967 --> 11:01.467 position:49.23% line:79.33% size:1.55% THE FOREMAN WERE WHITE AND BLACK. 11:01.533 --> 11:06.800 position:36.17% line:79.33% size:27.66% THE COTTON WERE WHITE AND BLACK. MEN AND WOMEN. 11:06.867 --> 11:11.733 position:25.91% line:79.33% size:48.17% DAD WAS VERY CONSERVATIVE. BUT, WHEN IT CAME TO PEOPLE, HE 11:11.800 --> 11:18.700 position:48.3% line:79.33% size:3.41% THOUGHT EVERY PERSON WAS VALUABLE. 11:18.767 --> 11:22.767 position:48.3% line:79.33% size:3.41% HE NEVER USED THE "N" WORD, NEVER! 11:22.833 --> 11:29.300 position:37.1% line:79.33% size:25.79% DAD WAS HUNG IN EFFIGY BY MANY PEOPLE WHO WERE 11:29.367 --> 11:30.467 position:43.63% line:79.33% size:12.73% KU KLUX KLANNERS. I TELL IT IN MY BOOK. 11:30.533 --> 11:34.533 position:47.36% line:79.33% size:5.28% READ IT. I HAVE READ IT IN THE PAST 11:34.600 --> 11:39.767 position:45.5% line:79.33% size:9% FEW DAYS. YOU CAN PICK UP THE BOOK AT 11:39.833 --> 11:40.767 position:46.43% line:79.33% size:7.14% BARNES AND NOBLE AND AMAZON FOR $20. 11:40.833 --> 11:43.933 position:45.5% line:79.33% size:9% THE BOOK IS PAPERBACK AND READS FAST. 11:44.000 --> 11:46.867 position:22.19% line:79.33% size:55.63% THE FEDERAL AGENCY THAT STUDIES AMERICA'S NATURAL RESOURCES IS 11:46.933 --> 11:49.767 position:23.12% line:79.33% size:53.77% WORRIED THAT INVASIVE SPECIES MAY HAVE SPREAD AFTER HURRICANE 11:49.833 --> 11:53.067 position:46.43% line:79.33% size:7.14% HARVEY. IT COULD MEAN ECOLOGICAL AND 11:53.133 --> 11:56.167 position:30.58% line:79.33% size:38.84% EVEN ECONOMIC DAMAGE. LPB'S KELLY SPIRES IS HERE WITH 11:56.233 --> 12:00.000 position:38.81% line:84.67% size:22.38% THAT. KELLY. 12:00.067 --> 12:02.200 position:21.09% line:84.67% size:57.81% THANK YOU, ANDRE. THAT'S RIGHT. 12:02.267 --> 12:03.700 position:23.12% line:79.33% size:53.77% HURRICANE HARVEY'S FLOOD WATERS MAY HAVE CONNECTED WATERSHEDS 12:03.767 --> 12:09.067 position:47.36% line:79.33% size:5.28% THAT AREN'T NORMALLY TIED TOGETHER. 12:09.133 --> 12:10.733 position:22.19% line:79.33% size:55.63% THE U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY TEAM MADE A MAP THAT COMPARES KNOWN 12:10.800 --> 12:12.933 position:24.05% line:79.33% size:51.9% LOCATIONS OF INVASIVE SPECIES AND PROJECTED RAINFALL LEVELS. 12:13.000 --> 12:16.467 position:27.78% line:79.33% size:44.44% FLOODING COULD HAVE ALLOWED THESE THREATENING SPECIES TO 12:16.533 --> 12:19.433 position:40.84% line:79.33% size:18.33% MOVE AROUND. GIANT SALVINIA IS AN INVASIVE 12:19.500 --> 12:25.567 position:24.98% line:79.33% size:50.03% PLANT SPECIES IN LOUISIANA. IT CROWDS OUT NATIVE SPECIES IN 12:25.633 --> 12:28.833 position:45.5% line:79.33% size:9% THE STATE'S LAKES, PONDS AND STREAMS. 12:28.900 --> 12:30.200 position:25.91% line:79.33% size:48.17% MATT NEILSON WITH THE U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY HELPED CREATE 12:30.267 --> 12:35.400 position:24.05% line:79.33% size:51.9% AN ONLINE MAP THAT HE HOPES LOCAL WILDLIFE MANAGERS WILL USE 12:35.467 --> 12:36.833 position:21.25% line:79.33% size:57.5% TO KEEP A LOOKOUT FOR NON-NATIVE PLANTS AND ANIMALS, LIKE GIANT 12:36.900 --> 12:43.033 position:46.43% line:79.33% size:7.14% SALVINIA. THE MAP INITIALLY HAS SOME 12:43.100 --> 12:48.500 position:30.58% line:79.33% size:38.84% OUTLINES OVERLAID OVER AN AREA OF SOUTH LOUISIANA AND 12:48.567 --> 12:52.933 position:42.7% line:79.33% size:14.6% EASTERN TEXAS. THOSE ARE THE OUTLINES OF 12:53.000 --> 12:56.667 position:22.19% line:79.33% size:55.63% SECTIONS OF STREAMS AND RIVERS THAT COME PRICE WATERSHED, SO A 12:56.733 --> 13:02.633 position:30.58% line:79.33% size:38.84% SECTION WHERE ALL THE WATER WILL FLOW INTO ONE PLACE. 13:02.700 --> 13:04.133 position:23.12% line:79.33% size:53.77% IF YOU SELECT GIANT SALVINIA FROM THE DROP DOWN MENU, YOU CAN 13:04.200 --> 13:05.500 position:26.85% line:79.33% size:46.3% SEE THAT IT MAY HAVE MOVED TO NEW PLACES, LIKE THE WHISKY 13:05.567 --> 13:07.233 position:24.98% line:79.33% size:50.03% CHITTO, THE WEST FORK CALCASIEU WATERSHED AND THE MERMENTAU 13:07.300 --> 13:10.367 position:45.5% line:79.33% size:9% HEADWATERS. THE LIGHT GREEN INDICATES 13:10.433 --> 13:15.567 position:24.98% line:79.33% size:50.03% WATERSHEDS WHERE WE HAVE RECORDS OF ESTABLISHED POPULATIONS 13:15.633 --> 13:24.367 position:29.65% line:79.33% size:40.71% WITHIN THIS REGION, AND THE DARKER GREENS ARE ADJACENT 13:24.433 --> 13:25.933 position:27.78% line:79.33% size:44.44% WATERSHEDS WHERE THERE'S THE POTENTIAL FOR SPREAD DUE TO 13:26.000 --> 13:28.767 position:31.51% line:79.33% size:36.98% THESE FLOODING EVENTS. HE SAYS, WHEN THERE ARE LARGE 13:28.833 --> 13:30.767 position:23.12% line:79.33% size:53.77% RAINFALL EVENTS, WATERSHEDS THAT WEREN'T CONNECTED BEFORE CAN 13:30.833 --> 13:38.500 position:22.96% line:84.67% size:54.09% LINK. SO WE COULD EITHER HAVE 13:38.567 --> 13:42.333 position:24.98% line:79.33% size:50.03% ACTIVE MOVEMENT, SO FOR EXAMPLE, WITH FISH, THEY COULD SWIM 13:42.400 --> 13:44.367 position:24.98% line:79.33% size:50.03% ACROSS A FLOODED FIELD THAT MIGHT CONNECT TWO WATERSHEDS OR 13:44.433 --> 13:49.067 position:31.51% line:79.33% size:36.98% YOU COULD HAVE PASSIVE DISPERSAL, FOR EXAMPLE, THOSE 13:49.133 --> 13:52.167 position:28.71% line:79.33% size:42.58% PLANKTONIC ORGANISMS, THINGS THAT LIVE WITHIN THE WATER 13:52.233 --> 13:56.000 position:27.78% line:79.33% size:44.44% ITSELF, OR THINGS THAT LIVE ON TOP OF THE WATER, SUCH AS 13:56.067 --> 13:59.033 position:20.32% line:79.33% size:59.36% FLOATING AQUATIC VEGETATION THAT COULD BE PASSIVELY CARRIED FROM 13:59.100 --> 14:02.433 position:33.38% line:79.33% size:33.25% ONE WATERSHED TO ANOTHER WITH RISING FLOOD WATERS. 14:02.500 --> 14:05.200 position:28.71% line:79.33% size:42.58% LOCAL MANAGERS CAN ALSO SELECT A SPECIFIC WATERSHED AND 14:05.267 --> 14:10.700 position:23.12% line:79.33% size:53.77% SEE WHAT SPECIES WERE KNOWN TO HAVE BEEN IN THE AREA AND WHAT 14:10.767 --> 14:11.733 position:46.43% line:79.33% size:7.14% MAY HAVE SPREAD AFTER THE HURRICANE. 14:11.800 --> 14:15.367 position:37.1% line:79.33% size:25.79% WILLIAM KELSO STUDIES INVASIVE SPECIES AT LSU. 14:15.433 --> 14:18.733 position:36.17% line:79.33% size:27.66% OUR NEWEST FLOATING INVASIVE IS GIANT SALVINIA. 14:18.800 --> 14:25.700 position:33.38% line:79.33% size:33.25% SALVINIA MOLESTA. IT GOT HERE SOMETIME AFTER 2000, 14:25.767 --> 14:28.900 position:25.91% line:79.33% size:48.17% HAS BECOME INCREDIBLY ABUNDANT IN SOME PARTS OF THE STATE. 14:28.967 --> 14:33.567 position:20.32% line:79.33% size:59.36% IT FLOATS ON THE WATER WITH THE LEAVES LIKE THIS, AND AS IT GETS 14:33.633 --> 14:34.967 position:24.98% line:79.33% size:50.03% DENSER AND DENSER, THE LEAVES ACTUALLY TURN UP AND IT LOOKS 14:35.033 --> 14:39.100 position:34.31% line:79.33% size:31.39% LIKE AN ACCORDION. THEY'LL JUST PACK IN THERE AND 14:39.167 --> 14:44.400 position:25.91% line:79.33% size:48.17% COMPLETELY COVER THE SURFACE. I'VE SEEN PICTURES OF PEOPLE 14:44.467 --> 14:47.500 position:27.78% line:79.33% size:44.44% WALKING ON GIANT SALVINIA. I MEAN, LARGE PEOPLE WALKING. 14:47.567 --> 14:50.067 position:30.58% line:79.33% size:38.84% THEY DON'T FALL THROUGH. ITS THICK FOLIAGE LIMITS THE 14:50.133 --> 14:51.833 position:48.3% line:79.33% size:3.41% ABILITY FOR ANYTHING ELSE TO GROW. 14:51.900 --> 14:54.033 position:32.44% line:79.33% size:35.11% YOU'RE NOT HAVING ANY PHOTOSYNTHESIS UNDERNEATH THE 14:54.100 --> 14:58.667 position:35.24% line:79.33% size:29.52% MAT BECAUSE THERE'S NO SUNLIGHT GETTING THROUGH. 14:58.733 --> 15:01.900 position:23.12% line:79.33% size:53.77% SO, IF YOU LOOK UNDERNEATH THOSE MATS, THERE'S REALLY NOTHING 15:01.967 --> 15:06.800 position:20.16% line:84.67% size:59.68% THERE. THERE REALLY AREN'T FISH. 15:06.867 --> 15:08.333 position:28.71% line:79.33% size:42.58% ZOOPLANKTON, THE WATER WILL OFTEN BE BLACK COLORED, HAS 15:08.400 --> 15:10.967 position:28.71% line:79.33% size:42.58% VIRTUALLY NO OXYGEN IN IT. SO IT ISN'T GOING TO SUPPORT 15:11.033 --> 15:15.167 position:40.84% line:79.33% size:18.33% ANYTHING THAT NEEDS TO BREATHE UNDERWATER. 15:15.233 --> 15:17.200 position:26.85% line:79.33% size:46.3% THERE ARE TWO MORE AQUATIC PLANT SPECIES TO LOOK OUT FOR, 15:17.267 --> 15:20.833 position:45.5% line:79.33% size:9% KELSO SAYS. THAT'S WATER HYACINTH AND 15:20.900 --> 15:23.200 position:40.84% line:79.33% size:18.33% HYDRILLA. THEY GROW DIFFERENTLY, BUT THEIR 15:23.267 --> 15:25.433 position:35.24% line:79.33% size:29.52% EFFECTS ARE THE SAME. LIKE ALL INVASIVE SPECIES, 15:25.500 --> 15:30.700 position:27.78% line:79.33% size:44.44% THEY'RE ON A DIFFERENT PLAYING FIELD THAN NATIVE PLANTS. 15:30.767 --> 15:34.133 position:30.58% line:79.33% size:38.84% THEY GROW INCREDIBLY FAST, AND THERE ARE FEW, IF ANY, 15:34.200 --> 15:35.667 position:40.84% line:79.33% size:18.33% PREDATORS. ASIAN CARP ARE ANOTHER THING TO 15:35.733 --> 15:37.267 position:36.17% line:79.33% size:27.66% BE WORRIED ABOUT. KELSO SAYS BIGHEAD AND SILVER 15:37.333 --> 15:39.900 position:35.24% line:79.33% size:29.52% CARP ARE THE KINDS TO LOOK OUT FOR IN LOUISIANA. 15:39.967 --> 15:43.033 position:31.51% line:79.33% size:36.98% NEILSON'S MAP POINTS TO THE ATCHAFALAYA AND ADJACENT 15:43.100 --> 15:47.033 position:42.7% line:79.33% size:14.6% WATERSHEDS AS POTENTIAL AREAS OF SPREAD. 15:47.100 --> 15:49.833 position:21.25% line:79.33% size:57.5% KELSO SAYS THEIR ONLY PREDATORS ARE LARGEMOUTH BASS, BUT THAT'S 15:49.900 --> 15:54.167 position:39.9% line:79.33% size:20.19% ONLY FOR THE EARLY PART OF THEIR LIFECYCLE. 15:54.233 --> 15:56.600 position:24.98% line:79.33% size:50.03% SO YOU'RE LOOKING AT A BASS THAT MAY GROW TO BE SIX, EIGHT, 15:56.667 --> 15:58.933 position:26.85% line:79.33% size:46.3% 10 POUNDS BEING ABLE TO EAT SOMETHING THAT'S MAYBE ONE OR 15:59.000 --> 16:04.900 position:39.9% line:79.33% size:20.19% TWO POUNDS. THESE INVASIVE CARP CAN GROW TO 16:04.967 --> 16:10.033 position:27.78% line:79.33% size:44.44% THAT SIZE IF THEY HAVE ENOUGH FOOD, PROBABLY IN A MONTH. 16:10.100 --> 16:11.467 position:23.12% line:79.33% size:53.77% SO THEY HAVE THE NEXT 20 YEARS TO BE ESSENTIALLY INVULNERABLE 16:11.533 --> 16:14.867 position:32.44% line:79.33% size:35.11% TO ANYBODY EXCEPT HUMANS. HOW IS THE STATE MANAGING 16:14.933 --> 16:20.933 position:26.85% line:79.33% size:46.3% THESE SPECIES CURRENTLY? FOR PLANTS THERE ARE HERBICIDES, 16:21.000 --> 16:22.767 position:46.43% line:79.33% size:7.14% BUT THOSE ARE EXPENSIVE, KELSO SAYS. 16:22.833 --> 16:28.433 position:29.65% line:79.33% size:40.71% THERE HAVE BEEN DEVICES DEVELOPED THAT COLLECT PLANTS, 16:28.500 --> 16:30.400 position:22.19% line:79.33% size:55.63% PARTICULARLY IN FLORIDA, THERE ARE THESE LARGE, THEY LOOK LIKE 16:30.467 --> 16:49.267 position:28.71% line:79.33% size:42.58% AQUATIC COMBINE, SO THEY DRIVE IT UP, PULL IT UP ONTO A 16:49.333 --> 16:51.100 position:22.19% line:79.33% size:55.63% CONVEYER BELT, PUT IT BETWEEN TWO ROLLERS, CRUSH IT, PUT IT ON 16:51.167 --> 16:55.400 position:33.38% line:79.33% size:33.25% A BARGE BEHIND THAT BOAT AND GO DUMP IT SOMEWHERE. 16:55.467 --> 16:58.733 position:30.58% line:79.33% size:38.84% THE LATEST TOOL IS A BUG. THE WAY EVERYONE WOULD LIKE 16:58.800 --> 17:00.133 position:27.78% line:79.33% size:44.44% TO BE ABLE TO CONTROL THESE PLANTS IS THROUGH BIOLOGICAL 17:00.200 --> 17:01.200 position:43.63% line:79.33% size:12.73% CONTROLS. SO GO BACK TO WHERE THEY CAME 17:01.267 --> 17:02.733 position:25.91% line:79.33% size:48.17% FROM AND SEE IF THERE ARE ANY ORGANISMS THAT CONDUCT THEIR 17:02.800 --> 17:04.900 position:48.3% line:79.33% size:3.41% LIFE HISTORY SOLELY ON THAT PLANT. 17:04.967 --> 17:06.167 position:35.24% line:79.33% size:29.52% THE STATE HAD HAD SOME SUCCESS WITH THE SALVINIA 17:06.233 --> 17:08.600 position:46.43% line:79.33% size:7.14% WEEVIL. THE CARP ARE MORE DIFFICULT. 17:08.667 --> 17:10.033 position:25.91% line:79.33% size:48.17% WE HAVE SOME PEOPLE LIKE TO FISH THEM WITH BOW AND ARROWS. 17:10.100 --> 17:11.567 position:28.71% line:79.33% size:42.58% THEY TEND TO SIT IN SHALLOW WATER, WE HAVE SOME BOW AND 17:11.633 --> 17:13.233 position:41.77% line:79.33% size:16.47% ARROW HUNTERS THAT LIKE TO GO SHOOT CARP. 17:13.300 --> 17:15.267 position:22.19% line:79.33% size:55.63% BUT YOU CAN'T FISH FOR THEM LIKE YOU WOULD A BASS OR SOMETHING 17:15.333 --> 17:16.833 position:23.12% line:79.33% size:53.77% BECAUSE THEY'RE PLANKTOVORES, THEY DON'T REALLY EAT LURES, SO 17:16.900 --> 17:19.967 position:48.3% line:79.33% size:3.41% YOU CAN'T REALLY GO FISH FOR THEM. 17:20.033 --> 17:21.500 position:49.39% line:74% size:1.22% WE TRIED COMMERCIALLY HARVESTING THEM, BUT THEY'RE VERY DIFFICULT 17:21.567 --> 17:24.367 position:45.5% line:79.33% size:9% TO FILET. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME USGS 17:24.433 --> 17:25.667 position:49.23% line:79.33% size:1.55% HAS PUT TOGETHER A MAP LIKE THIS. 17:25.733 --> 17:27.233 position:24.98% line:79.33% size:50.03% THESE IS NOT NECESSARILY A THERE ARE SPECIES THAT HAVE BEEN 17:27.300 --> 17:28.600 position:26.85% line:79.33% size:46.3% MOVED, IT'S MORE OF A THESE SPECIES HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO 17:28.667 --> 17:30.067 position:26.85% line:79.33% size:46.3% HAVE MOVED AND HERE'S WHAT YOU SHOULD BE LOOKING OUT FOR. 17:30.133 --> 17:33.267 position:25.91% line:79.33% size:48.17% THEY HOPE TO MAKE IT MORE PRECISE WITH TIME AND MORE DATA. 17:33.333 --> 17:37.967 position:24.98% line:79.33% size:50.03% WHEN I INTERVIEWED NEILSON, HE SAID THE TEAM WAS WORKING ON 17:38.033 --> 17:39.200 position:33.38% line:79.33% size:33.25% ANOTHER MAP TO SHOW THE EFFECTS OF HURRICANE IRMA. 17:39.267 --> 17:43.433 position:24.98% line:79.33% size:50.03% I'D WOULD HAVE LIKED TO SEE ONE FOR THE FLOODS LAST YEAR IN 17:43.500 --> 17:44.667 position:49.23% line:79.33% size:1.55% THAN WOULD HAVE BEEN INTERESTING. 17:44.733 --> 17:47.067 position:38.04% line:79.33% size:23.92% HOW ABOUT THAT. ALWAYS GOOD STUFF, THANK YOU, 17:47.133 --> 17:52.600 position:34.15% line:84.67% size:31.7% KELLY. THANK YOU. 17:59.933 --> 18:04.600 position:26.85% line:79.33% size:46.3% THE MOST RECENT CDC REPORT ON HIV SHOWS AN 18% DECLINE IN 18:04.667 --> 18:06.833 position:42.7% line:79.33% size:14.6% INFECTIONS NATIONWIDE FROM 2008 TO 2014. 18:06.900 --> 18:10.167 position:21.25% line:79.33% size:57.5% YET LOUISIANA STILL RANKS NUMBER TWO NATIONALLY FOR ITS RATE OF 18:10.233 --> 18:13.867 position:36.17% line:79.33% size:27.66% HIV DIAGNOSES. BATON ROUGE AND NEW ORLEANS RANK 18:13.933 --> 18:17.533 position:25.91% line:79.33% size:48.17% SECOND AND THIRD NATIONALLY AMONG MAJOR METROPOLITAN AREAS 18:17.600 --> 18:21.133 position:33.38% line:79.33% size:33.25% FOR THEIR HIV RATES. THIS MONTH, "LOUISIANA PUBLIC 18:21.200 --> 18:24.533 position:24.98% line:79.33% size:50.03% SQUARE" EXPLORES WHY THE STATE'S RATES ARE SO HIGH AND WHAT 18:24.600 --> 18:27.933 position:28.71% line:79.33% size:42.58% RESOURCES ARE AVAILABLE FOR PREVENTING AND TREATING THE 18:28.000 --> 18:29.967 position:43.63% line:79.33% size:12.73% DISEASE. A RECENT REPORT INDICATES THAT 18:30.033 --> 18:33.967 position:24.98% line:79.33% size:50.03% WHILE THE STATE'S OVERALL HIV RATES HAVE DECLINED, IN RURAL 18:34.033 --> 18:37.700 position:24.98% line:79.33% size:50.03% LOUISIANA THEY'VE SLIGHTLY INCREASED DUE TO STIGMA AND LACK 18:37.767 --> 18:41.067 position:35.24% line:79.33% size:29.52% OF HEALTHCARE ACCESS. BUT, A NEW DRUG REGIMEN IS 18:41.133 --> 18:47.267 position:28.71% line:79.33% size:42.58% BEGINNING TO SHOW HUGE PROMISE IN STALLING THE DISEASE. 18:47.333 --> 18:49.700 position:40.84% line:79.33% size:18.33% YOU KNOW, WHEN THE CDC RELEASED ITS REPORT 18:49.767 --> 18:53.867 position:43.63% line:79.33% size:12.73% AND SAID HIV HAS BEEN DECREASED BY 14%. 18:53.933 --> 18:56.300 position:42.7% line:79.33% size:14.6% IN LOUISIANA, PEOPLE THINK IT'S HANDLED. 18:56.367 --> 19:04.933 position:27.78% line:79.33% size:44.44% BUT, IN LOUISIANA, IN RURAL AREAS, IT'S ON THE INCREASE. 19:05.000 --> 19:10.433 position:30.58% line:79.33% size:38.84% IT'S NOT HANDLED AND PEOPLE NEED TO FOE THEIR STATUS. 19:10.500 --> 19:18.767 position:28.71% line:79.33% size:42.58% THE ONLY WAY YOU KNOW YOUR STATUS IS IF YOU GET TESTED. 19:18.833 --> 19:22.100 position:41.77% line:79.33% size:16.47% PREP STANDS FOR PRE EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS. 19:22.167 --> 19:30.433 position:29.65% line:79.33% size:40.71% RESEARCH HAS SHOWN FOR PRE EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS WITH A 19:30.500 --> 19:35.433 position:29.65% line:79.33% size:40.71% MEDICINE CALLED TRUVADA, WHICH IS A COMBINATION OF TWO 19:35.500 --> 19:39.133 position:43.63% line:79.33% size:12.73% MEDICINES. IF A PERSON IS HIV NEGATIVE, 19:39.200 --> 19:43.133 position:24.05% line:79.33% size:51.9% TAKES THE MEDICINE ON A DAILY BASIS HE CAN DOES NOT CONTRACT 19:43.200 --> 19:48.133 position:21.09% line:84.67% size:57.81% HIV. WE'RE WORKING WITH FINDING 19:48.200 --> 19:51.033 position:49.39% line:74% size:1.22% INDIVIDUALS LIVING WITH HIV, MAY NOT BE AWARE OF THEIR DIAGNOSIS, 19:51.100 --> 19:53.367 position:29.65% line:79.33% size:40.71% DISCOVERING THEY'RE HIV POSITIVE, LINKING THEM TO CARE 19:53.433 --> 19:55.433 position:26.85% line:79.33% size:46.3% AND THEN HAVING ACCESS TO RETROVIRAL MEDICATIONS IS GOING 19:55.500 --> 19:59.667 position:26.85% line:79.33% size:46.3% TO BE A SIGNIFICANT PREVENTION TOOL, AS WELL AS OBVIOUSLY 19:59.733 --> 20:06.567 position:35.24% line:79.33% size:29.52% TAKING CARE OF THAT INDIVIDUAL'S OVERALL HEALTH. 20:06.633 --> 20:08.100 position:22.19% line:79.33% size:55.63% AND, THEN, ON THE OTHER SIDE, WE HAVE PREP FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO 20:08.167 --> 20:11.733 position:34.31% line:79.33% size:31.39% ARE HIV NEGATIVE. AND I THINK THAT WITH THOSE TWO 20:11.800 --> 20:15.433 position:32.44% line:79.33% size:35.11% SIGNIFICANT TOOLS IN OUR TOOLBOX, WE REALLY SEE THE 20:15.500 --> 20:19.767 position:40.84% line:79.33% size:18.33% OPPORTUNITY THAT WE CAN END THIS EPIDEMIC. 20:19.833 --> 20:23.833 position:24.98% line:79.33% size:50.03% "HIV AIDS IN LOUISIANA" AIRS WEDNESDAY AT 7:00 P.M. ON LPB. 20:23.900 --> 20:31.067 position:26.85% line:79.33% size:46.3% FOR MORE INFORMATION, YOU CAN VISIT THE SERIES WEBSITE AT 20:31.133 --> 20:32.733 position:32.44% line:79.33% size:35.11% LPB.ORG/PUBLICSQUARE. NEW ORLEANS ARTIST JACQUELINE 20:32.800 --> 20:34.100 position:25.91% line:79.33% size:48.17% BISHOP WILL BE A SPECIAL GUEST OF LPB'S ART OF FOOD DINNER 20:34.167 --> 20:35.767 position:49.23% line:79.33% size:1.55% SUNDAY NIGHT AT LPB HEADQUARTERS. 20:35.833 --> 20:44.500 position:24.05% line:79.33% size:51.9% JAMES FOX SMITH, HOST OF ART ROCKS, HELPS HEAD UP THE EVENT. 20:44.567 --> 20:46.533 position:22.19% line:79.33% size:55.63% BISHOP EXPLAINS HOW SHE USES HER WORK TO EMPHASIZE HER CONCERN 20:46.600 --> 20:53.233 position:26.69% line:84.67% size:46.62% FOR OUR NATURAL HABITATS. 20:55.833 --> 21:03.933 position:49.23% line:79.33% size:1.55% ♪ IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO ME TO 21:04.000 --> 21:07.600 position:28.71% line:79.33% size:42.58% HAVE THE FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION POLITICALLY, POETICALLY. 21:07.667 --> 21:11.233 position:22.19% line:79.33% size:55.63% AND, I WOULD HOPE THAT NO TWO VIEWERS WOULD HAVE THE SAME VIEW 21:11.300 --> 21:16.467 position:44.56% line:79.33% size:10.87% OF THE WORK. BECAUSE, HOW CAN THAT BE? 21:16.533 --> 21:20.100 position:24.05% line:79.33% size:51.9% I MEAN, WE'RE ALL COMING FROM DIFFERENT HISTORIES, DIFFERENT 21:20.167 --> 21:22.633 position:49.23% line:79.33% size:1.55% PERSONAL STORIES AND EXPERIENCES. 21:22.700 --> 21:26.000 position:25.91% line:79.33% size:48.17% I AM VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT, THE FUTURE, BUT 21:26.067 --> 21:29.100 position:23.12% line:79.33% size:53.77% ALSO THE PAST AND WHAT WE HAVE ALREADY DONE THAT CAN NEVER BE 21:29.167 --> 21:35.600 position:48.3% line:79.33% size:3.41% REPAIRED. I WORK IN MANY DIFFERENT 21:35.667 --> 21:42.100 position:33.38% line:79.33% size:33.25% MEDIUMS, PAINTING PRIMARILY, WATER COLOR, COLLAGE, 21:42.167 --> 21:43.900 position:44.56% line:79.33% size:10.87% ASSEM-BLAGE. I REALLY LOVE PRINTMAKING 21:43.967 --> 21:47.067 position:22.19% line:79.33% size:55.63% BECAUSE OF THE SURPRISE THAT IT BRINGS WHEN YOU PULL THE PAPER 21:47.133 --> 21:53.133 position:33.38% line:79.33% size:33.25% OFF OF THE PRESS. BUT, I LOVE THE WHOLE MEDITATION 21:53.200 --> 21:55.900 position:23.12% line:79.33% size:53.77% OF PAINTING, GETTING UP EVERY DAY, KNOWING THAT YOU ARE GOING 21:55.967 --> 21:59.500 position:24.05% line:79.33% size:51.9% TO GO BACK INTO THAT PAINTING, WHERE YOU LEFT OFF YESTERDAY. 21:59.567 --> 22:04.700 position:37.1% line:79.33% size:25.79% AND, COMPLETING IT AND KNOWING WHEN IT'S DONE. 22:04.767 --> 22:08.767 position:26.85% line:79.33% size:46.3% BUT, I LOVE WATER COLOR BECAUSE OF THE SPONTANEITY OF IT. 22:08.833 --> 22:19.667 position:25.91% line:79.33% size:48.17% ESPECIALLY, THE METHOD THAT I USE OVER COLLAGE, IT IS VERY 22:19.733 --> 22:22.600 position:31.51% line:79.33% size:36.98% FILLED WITH SURPRISES. I LOVE BIRDS AND BIRD IMAGERY 22:22.667 --> 22:24.133 position:29.65% line:79.33% size:40.71% AND I STARTED HAVING TO DO MORE RESEARCH ON THE BIRDS. 22:24.200 --> 22:29.400 position:22.19% line:79.33% size:55.63% AND FOUND OUT THAT A LOT OF THE BIRDS THAT I HAD BEEN PAINTING 22:29.467 --> 22:30.867 position:20.32% line:79.33% size:59.36% WERE EXTINCT, WHICH SEEMED LIKE A PRETTY STRONG WORD TO DESCRIBE 22:30.933 --> 22:37.933 position:44.56% line:79.33% size:10.87% ANYTHING. I REALIZED THAT MY PAINTINGS 22:38.000 --> 22:47.633 position:29.65% line:79.33% size:40.71% CONTAINED EXTINCT SPECIES WITHOUT EVEN KNOWING IT, AND 22:47.700 --> 22:50.567 position:24.05% line:79.33% size:51.9% THAT TOOK ME IN THAT DIRECTION, WHICH ENDED UP TAKING ME ALL 22:50.633 --> 22:52.200 position:24.05% line:79.33% size:51.9% OVER THE WORLD TO STUDY BIRDS, TO TRAVEL WITH SCIENTISTS, TO 22:52.267 --> 22:55.167 position:31.51% line:79.33% size:36.98% STUDY THE LANDSCAPE AND OF COURSE, LOOKING AT MY OWN 22:55.233 --> 22:57.233 position:25.91% line:79.33% size:48.17% LANDSCAPE FROM THE MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST TO THE LOUISIANA 22:57.300 --> 23:04.333 position:28.71% line:79.33% size:42.58% LANDSCAPE THAT IS DISAPPEARING. AND, AS MUCH AS I NEVER 23:04.400 --> 23:08.933 position:27.78% line:79.33% size:44.44% CONSIDERED MYSELF A LANDSCAPE PAINTER, I WAS A LANDSCAPE 23:09.000 --> 23:14.333 position:43.63% line:79.33% size:12.73% PAINTER. COMBINING SCIENCE WITH ART WAS 23:14.400 --> 23:20.133 position:24.98% line:79.33% size:50.03% NOT REALLY A PRIORITY OF MINE. I DIDN'T SET OUT TO DO THAT. 23:20.200 --> 23:24.467 position:21.25% line:79.33% size:57.5% IT JUST HAPPENED, I THINK, MORE THROUGH THE BIRDS AND HAVING TO 23:24.533 --> 23:28.633 position:24.05% line:79.33% size:51.9% DO MORE RESEARCH TO FIND SUBJECT MATTER THAT I WANTED TO USE 23:28.700 --> 23:30.900 position:31.51% line:79.33% size:36.98% INFORMED MY PAINTINGS. MY WORK HAS ALWAYS BEEN ABOUT 23:30.967 --> 23:37.233 position:46.43% line:79.33% size:7.14% THE NARRATIVE. I LIKE STORY TELLING. 23:37.300 --> 23:39.467 position:21.25% line:79.33% size:57.5% BUT, I ALSO LIKE REAL STORIES, WHETHER THEY ARE REAL LANDSCAPES 23:39.533 --> 23:43.633 position:47.36% line:79.33% size:5.28% OR NOT. PROBABLY, MY LANDSCAPES ARE 23:43.700 --> 23:48.067 position:47.36% line:79.33% size:5.28% IMAGINARY BUT TELLING REAL STORIES. 23:48.133 --> 23:55.933 position:25.91% line:79.33% size:48.17% FROM THE VINE TO THE VEIN, A FEMALE TREE SHAPE WITH A BIRD 23:56.000 --> 23:59.667 position:28.71% line:79.33% size:42.58% HEAD, AND THE BRANCHES TURN INTO ARMS AND EVERYTHING IS 23:59.733 --> 24:01.867 position:44.56% line:79.33% size:10.87% ABSOLUTELY CONNECTED IN THAT PAINTING. 24:01.933 --> 24:14.400 position:29.65% line:79.33% size:40.71% BUT, THE BACKGROUND IS A BEAUTIFUL KIND OF A FIERY RED 24:14.467 --> 24:18.667 position:46.43% line:79.33% size:7.14% SKY. SO BEAUTIFUL, BUT OUR BEAUTIFUL 24:18.733 --> 24:20.167 position:21.25% line:79.33% size:57.5% SKIES AND SUNSETS ARE BEAUTIFUL BECAUSE OF THE CHEMICALS IN THE 24:20.233 --> 24:21.333 position:48.3% line:79.33% size:3.41% SKY. BECAUSE OF THE CHEMICALS FROM 24:21.400 --> 24:23.333 position:28.71% line:79.33% size:42.58% THE REFINERIES OR FROM THE CATTLE RANCHING, OR FROM THE 24:23.400 --> 24:25.900 position:31.51% line:79.33% size:36.98% CITIES WITH ALL OF THE POLLUTION COMING OUT OF THEM. 24:25.967 --> 24:29.200 position:28.71% line:79.33% size:42.58% THEY CHANGE THE COLOR TO SOMETHING SO BEAUTIFUL, BUT WE 24:29.267 --> 24:34.133 position:46.43% line:79.33% size:7.14% ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE BREATHING IT. 24:34.200 --> 24:45.833 position:23.12% line:79.33% size:53.77% THE PAINTING WORLD VIEW IS A LARGER SCALE PAINTING, AND IT IS 24:45.900 --> 24:47.167 position:45.5% line:79.33% size:9% VERY NEST-LIKE IN THE SUBJECT MATTER. 24:47.233 --> 24:51.367 position:25.91% line:79.33% size:48.17% AND THERE IS THE EARTH IN THE VERY MIDDLE OF IT, BUT IT IS 24:51.433 --> 24:52.633 position:47.36% line:79.33% size:5.28% ALMOST CAMOUFLAGED WITH EVERYTHING. 24:52.700 --> 24:56.133 position:25.91% line:79.33% size:48.17% RIGHT IN THE CENTER IS A HALLOW MONKEY THAT I HAVE SEEN IN 24:56.200 --> 24:58.733 position:23.12% line:79.33% size:53.77% BRAZIL MAKING AN ANNOUNCEMENT, AND THE MOUTH OF THE MONKEY IS 24:58.800 --> 25:02.667 position:38.04% line:79.33% size:23.92% WIDE OPEN, SCREAMING AT THE TOP OF ITS LUNGS. 25:02.733 --> 25:11.033 position:27.78% line:79.33% size:44.44% AND, EVERYTHING AROUND IT IS VERY CLOSE-KNIT, NEST-LIKE, 25:11.100 --> 25:14.567 position:34.31% line:79.33% size:31.39% BUILT BY SOMETHING. BUT, MANY OF THEM ARE LEAVING 25:14.633 --> 25:19.467 position:27.78% line:79.33% size:44.44% THAT NEST OR IT'S UNRAVELING ON ITS OWN OR BY SOMETHING. 25:19.533 --> 25:22.200 position:21.25% line:79.33% size:57.5% IT DOESN'T FEEL AS BEAUTIFUL AND COMFORTABLE AS IT LOOKS ON THE 25:22.267 --> 25:24.433 position:49.23% line:79.33% size:1.55% SURFACE. BECAUSE I DO OBSERVE THE 25:24.500 --> 25:29.967 position:28.71% line:79.33% size:42.58% LANDSCAPE, AND I HAVE THIS AFFILIATION WITH GARBAGE AND 25:30.033 --> 25:36.300 position:49.39% line:74% size:1.22% DISCARDED OBJECTS, WHETHER IT BE NATURAL OR MANMADE, I DID NOTICE 25:36.367 --> 25:39.400 position:25.91% line:79.33% size:48.17% MANY YEARS AGO, HOW MANY BABY SHOES WERE IN THE LANDSCAPE. 25:39.467 --> 25:43.533 position:25.91% line:79.33% size:48.17% I STARTED PICKING THEM UP AND PUTTING THEM IN MY BACKPACK. 25:43.600 --> 25:48.533 position:36.17% line:79.33% size:27.66% YOU KNOW, I'M GOING TO DO SOMETHING WITH THESE. 25:48.600 --> 25:50.067 position:23.12% line:79.33% size:53.77% THEN I STARTED PAINTING ON THEM, PAINTING LANDSCAPES ON THEM. 25:50.133 --> 25:52.333 position:31.51% line:79.33% size:36.98% I REALIZED THE CORRELATION BETWEEN THE LANDSCAPE AND 25:52.400 --> 25:58.900 position:49.23% line:79.33% size:1.55% CHILDREN. AND OUR MEMORIES TO THE 25:58.967 --> 26:01.567 position:44.56% line:79.33% size:10.87% LANDSCAPE. AND, HOW IT IS DISAPPEARING 26:01.633 --> 26:05.500 position:24.05% line:79.33% size:51.9% BENEATH THEIR FEET BECAUSE OF THE DECISIONS ADULTS HAVE MADE 26:05.567 --> 26:09.133 position:42.7% line:79.33% size:14.6% ABOUT IT. SO IT SEEMED VERY IMPORTANT TO 26:09.200 --> 26:22.667 position:24.05% line:79.33% size:51.9% COVER THEM WITH THE LANDSCAPE. NEW ORLEANS ARTIST JACQUELINE 26:22.733 --> 26:24.000 position:44.56% line:79.33% size:10.87% BISHOP. THAT'S OUR SHOW FOR THIS WEEK. 26:24.067 --> 26:25.833 position:21.25% line:79.33% size:57.5% REMEMBER, YOU CAN WATCH "LPB ON DEMAND" ON YOUR PHONE OR TABLET 26:25.900 --> 26:27.233 position:24.98% line:79.33% size:50.03% WITH OUR "LPB ANYWHERE APP." THE DOWNLOAD IS FREE FROM YOUR 26:27.300 --> 26:30.300 position:45.5% line:79.33% size:9% APP STORE. 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