1 00:00:16,300 --> 00:00:17,100 PROVIDED BY THE FRED B. AND RUTH 2 00:00:17,100 --> 00:00:18,500 B. ZIEGLER FOUNDATION OF JENNINGS. 3 00:00:18,500 --> 00:00:19,300 THE ZIEGLER MUSEUM IS A CULTURAL 4 00:00:19,300 --> 00:00:20,100 CENTER FOR SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA, 5 00:00:20,100 --> 00:00:20,900 FEATURING EUROPEAN AND AMERICAN 6 00:00:20,900 --> 00:00:21,600 ARTISTS AND WILDLIFE DIORAMAS. 7 00:00:21,600 --> 00:00:22,400 ADDITIONAL FUNDING IS PROVIDED 8 00:00:22,400 --> 00:00:23,200 BY THE FOUNDATION FOR EXCELLENCE 9 00:00:23,200 --> 00:00:23,900 IN LOUISIANA PUBLIC BROADCASTING 10 00:00:23,900 --> 00:00:52,300 AND BY VIEWERS LIKE YOU. >> 11 00:00:52,300 --> 00:00:53,700 HELLO EVERYONE, I'M CHARLIE WHINHAM. 12 00:00:53,700 --> 00:00:54,400 WELCOME TO THIS EDITION OF 13 00:00:54,400 --> 00:00:56,200 LOUISIANA: THE STATE WE'RE IN. 14 00:00:56,200 --> 00:00:57,600 IT WAS A TOUGH WEEK AS NUMEROUS 15 00:00:57,600 --> 00:01:00,200 TORNADOES RIPPED THROUGH 16 00:01:00,200 --> 00:01:01,400 LOUISIANA THIS WEEK, WE WILL 17 00:01:01,400 --> 00:01:02,900 RECAP THE DAMAGE WITH MIKE 18 00:01:02,900 --> 00:01:04,800 STEELE OF GOHSEP. KELLY SPIRES 19 00:01:04,800 --> 00:01:06,100 PREVIEWS THE SPECIAL SESSION AT 20 00:01:06,100 --> 00:01:09,400 THE CAPITOL THAT BEGINS NEXT WEEK•. 21 00:01:09,400 --> 00:01:10,900 AND AS WE RECOGNIZE BLACK 22 00:01:10,900 --> 00:01:12,500 HISTORY MONTH, WE TAKE YOU OUT 23 00:01:12,500 --> 00:01:14,100 TO NORTH LOUISIANA FOR A TOUR OF 24 00:01:14,100 --> 00:01:15,700 THE EDDIE G. ROBINSON MUSEUM ON 25 00:01:15,700 --> 00:01:18,200 THE CAMPUS OF GRAMBLING STATE UNIVERSITY 26 00:01:18,200 --> 00:01:22,100 BUT FIRST THE LOUISIANA HEADLINES. 27 00:01:22,100 --> 00:01:22,900 >> GOVERNOR JOHN BEL EDWARDS IS 28 00:01:22,900 --> 00:01:24,500 IN WASHINGTON, DC, TO LOBBY FOR 29 00:01:24,500 --> 00:01:26,100 MORE FLOOD AID. IT MARKS HIS 30 00:01:26,100 --> 00:01:27,300 SIXTH TRIP IN AS MANY MONTHS 31 00:01:27,300 --> 00:01:30,900 LOOKING FOR MORE FEDERAL DOLLARS. 32 00:01:30,900 --> 00:01:31,600 EDWARDS MET WITH THE STATE'S 33 00:01:31,600 --> 00:01:33,100 CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION 34 00:01:33,100 --> 00:01:34,300 WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AFTER 35 00:01:34,300 --> 00:01:35,700 ARRIVING IN DC TO DISCUSS THE 36 00:01:35,700 --> 00:01:38,300 EFFORT TO SECURE ADDITIONAL AID. 37 00:01:38,300 --> 00:01:39,300 THE GOVERNOR ALSO MET WITH U.S. 38 00:01:39,300 --> 00:01:40,700 SENATOR SUSAN COLLINS FROM 39 00:01:40,700 --> 00:01:41,100 MAINE, SHE CHAIRS THE 40 00:01:41,100 --> 00:01:43,700 APPROPRIATIONS SUB-COMMITTEE 41 00:01:43,700 --> 00:01:44,900 THAT OVERSEES TRANSPORTATION AND 42 00:01:44,900 --> 00:01:47,400 HOUSING FUNDING. LOUISIANA HAS 43 00:01:47,400 --> 00:01:48,500 RECEIVED NEARLY 1-POINT-7 44 00:01:48,500 --> 00:01:50,100 BILLION DOLLARS IN FEDERAL 45 00:01:50,100 --> 00:01:51,500 FUNDING THAT WILL GO TOWARD 46 00:01:51,500 --> 00:01:53,100 FLOOD RECOVERY PROGRAMS LATER 47 00:01:53,100 --> 00:01:54,400 THIS SPRING, ONCE MONEY IS 48 00:01:54,400 --> 00:01:55,900 RELEASED BY THE U.S. DEPARTMENT 49 00:01:55,900 --> 00:01:58,400 OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT. 50 00:01:58,400 --> 00:01:59,500 EDWARDS SENT A LETTER TO 51 00:01:59,500 --> 00:02:01,100 PRESIDENT TRUMP SEEKING 52 00:02:01,100 --> 00:02:02,500 TWO-BILLION DOLLARS MORE IN 53 00:02:02,500 --> 00:02:03,800 RECOVRY ASSISTANCE. THE GOVERNOR 54 00:02:03,800 --> 00:02:05,700 WILL ALSO ATTEND THE D.C. MARDI 55 00:02:05,700 --> 00:02:07,100 GRAS EVENT AND IS SCHEDULED TO 56 00:02:07,100 --> 00:02:10,100 RETURN HOME ON SATURDAY. >> A 57 00:02:10,100 --> 00:02:12,500 BATON ROUGE FAITH-BASED GROUP IS 58 00:02:12,500 --> 00:02:13,600 HOPEING CITY POLICE WILL ADDRESS 59 00:02:13,600 --> 00:02:15,100 WHAT THEY BELIEVE IS A DISPARITY 60 00:02:15,100 --> 00:02:17,100 OF ENFORCING DRUG CRIMES IN THE 61 00:02:17,100 --> 00:02:18,900 CAPITOL CITY. BRODERICK BAGERT 62 00:02:18,900 --> 00:02:20,600 WITH TOGETHER BATON ROUGE TOLD 63 00:02:20,600 --> 00:02:22,100 THE BATON ROUGE PRESS CLUB THIS 64 00:02:22,100 --> 00:02:23,600 WEEK THAT THEY PUT TOGETHER A 65 00:02:23,600 --> 00:02:25,200 REPORT THAT CONCLUDES EVEN 66 00:02:25,200 --> 00:02:26,400 THOUGH THE RATE OF DRUG USAGE IS 67 00:02:26,400 --> 00:02:28,400 RELATIVELY FLAT THROUGHOUT THE 68 00:02:28,400 --> 00:02:30,500 CITY, POLICE ENFORCE DRUG 69 00:02:30,500 --> 00:02:33,700 POSSESSION CRIMES 513-PERCENT 70 00:02:33,700 --> 00:02:41,400 MORE OFTEN IN LESS EFFLUENT NEIGHBORHOOD 71 00:02:41,400 --> 00:02:47,500 AFFLUENT NEIGHBORHOODS. >> WE DO 72 00:02:47,500 --> 00:02:48,100 SEE EVIDENCE THAT THE 73 00:02:48,100 --> 00:02:48,800 ENFORCEMENT PRACTICES ARE 74 00:02:48,800 --> 00:02:49,600 LEADING TO WILDLY HIGHER ARREST 75 00:02:49,600 --> 00:02:50,800 RATES IN LOW INCOME MOSTLY 76 00:02:50,800 --> 00:02:51,700 AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITIES 77 00:02:51,700 --> 00:02:53,100 REGARDLESS OF INTENT. AND OUR 78 00:02:53,100 --> 00:02:54,400 POSITION IS THAT IT'S SOMETHING 79 00:02:54,400 --> 00:02:56,800 THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED, EVEN 80 00:02:56,800 --> 00:02:58,300 IF IT'S NOT THE GOAL OR INTENT 81 00:02:58,300 --> 00:03:02,700 OF THE POLICE CURRENTLY. >> BRPD 82 00:03:02,700 --> 00:03:04,200 RESPONDED TO THE CLAIMS SAYING 83 00:03:04,200 --> 00:03:05,300 THOSE AREAS MENTIONED IN THE 84 00:03:05,300 --> 00:03:06,500 STUDY ALSO HAVE HIGHER RATES OF 85 00:03:06,500 --> 00:03:08,100 VIOLENT CRIME AND•. HIGHER 86 00:03:08,100 --> 00:03:09,700 ENFORCEMENT OF OTHER CRIMES CAN 87 00:03:09,700 --> 00:03:11,600 BE ATTRIBUTED TO A LARGER POLICE 88 00:03:11,600 --> 00:03:14,100 PRESENCE IN THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS. 89 00:03:14,100 --> 00:03:15,800 >> EMMY AND OSCAR WINNING 90 00:03:15,800 --> 00:03:17,300 FILMMAKER AND SHREVEPORT 91 00:03:17,300 --> 00:03:18,800 ANNIMATOR WILLIAM JOYCE WAS 92 00:03:18,800 --> 00:03:21,100 NAMED THE 2017 HUMANIST OF THE 93 00:03:21,100 --> 00:03:22,700 YEAR AWARD BY THE LOUISIANA 94 00:03:22,700 --> 00:03:24,400 ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES. 95 00:03:24,400 --> 00:03:25,700 WILLIAM JOYCE HAS ACHIEVED 96 00:03:25,700 --> 00:03:27,200 WORLDWIDE RECOGNITION AS AN 97 00:03:27,200 --> 00:03:28,900 AUTHOR, ILLUSTRATOR AND PIONEER 98 00:03:28,900 --> 00:03:32,200 IN THE DIGITAL AND ANIMATION INDUSTRY. 99 00:03:32,200 --> 00:03:35,500 IN 2009, HE CO-FOUNDED MOONBOT STUDIOS. 100 00:03:35,500 --> 00:03:36,800 THE STUDY ON WON AN OSCAR IN 101 00:03:36,800 --> 00:03:38,400 2012 FOR BEST ANIMATED SHORT 102 00:03:38,400 --> 00:03:40,100 WITH "THE FANTASTIC FLYING BOOKS 103 00:03:40,100 --> 00:03:42,700 OF MR. MORRIS LESSMORE." HE HAS 104 00:03:42,700 --> 00:03:43,600 WRITTEN AND DESIGNED PROJECTS 105 00:03:43,600 --> 00:03:45,300 WITH NEARLY EVERY MAJOR FILM 106 00:03:45,300 --> 00:03:47,700 STUDIO INCLUDING DISNEY, DREAM 107 00:03:47,700 --> 00:03:50,100 WORKS, 20TH CENTURY FOX AND PIXAR. 108 00:03:50,100 --> 00:03:53,800 AND IN 2003 HE WAS NAMED AN LPB 109 00:03:53,800 --> 00:03:57,400 LOUISIANA LEGEND. >> LOUISIANA 110 00:03:57,400 --> 00:03:58,500 RESIDENTS ACROSS SEVEN PARISHES 111 00:03:58,500 --> 00:03:59,900 ARE TRYING TO PUT THE PIECES OF 112 00:03:59,900 --> 00:04:01,100 THEIR LIVES BACK TOGETHER AFTER 113 00:04:01,100 --> 00:04:03,100 VIOLENT TORNADOES HIT PORTIONS 114 00:04:03,100 --> 00:04:05,600 OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA. THE 115 00:04:05,600 --> 00:04:06,900 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NOW 116 00:04:06,900 --> 00:04:09,100 CONFIRMS THAT TWO OF THE 117 00:04:09,100 --> 00:04:11,600 TORNADOES WERE RATED AS EF-3'S• 118 00:04:11,600 --> 00:04:14,100 A RARE OCCURANCE IN THE STATE. 119 00:04:14,100 --> 00:04:15,600 EF-3'S CAN HIT WIND SPEEDS UP TO 120 00:04:15,600 --> 00:04:18,100 140 MILES AN HOUR. YET OUT OF 121 00:04:18,100 --> 00:04:19,500 ALL THIS DAMAGE• FORTUNATELY 122 00:04:19,500 --> 00:04:25,100 THERE WERE NO FATALITIES. 123 00:04:25,100 --> 00:04:26,600 >> DESTRUCTION RIPPED THROUGH 124 00:04:26,600 --> 00:04:27,800 LOUISIANA ON TUESDAY. 125 00:04:27,800 --> 00:04:30,200 THIS TORNADO WAS RECORDED IN 126 00:04:30,200 --> 00:04:32,500 NEW ORLEANS EAST WHERE 33 PEOPLE 127 00:04:32,500 --> 00:04:34,500 WERE REPORTED INJURED, ROUGHLY 128 00:04:34,500 --> 00:04:35,500 300 PROPERTIES DAMAGED. 129 00:04:35,500 --> 00:04:37,400 THE DAMAGE TO NEW ORLEANS EAST 130 00:04:37,400 --> 00:04:39,100 HARKIN PAINFUL MEMORIES OF 131 00:04:39,100 --> 00:04:40,800 HURRICANE KATRINA'S DESTRUCTION 132 00:04:40,800 --> 00:04:43,100 BACK IN 2005. 133 00:04:43,100 --> 00:04:45,200 >> COUPLE OF SECONDS, THAT'S ALL 134 00:04:45,200 --> 00:04:47,100 IT TOOK WAS A COUPLE OF 135 00:04:47,100 --> 00:04:47,400 SECONDS. 136 00:04:47,400 --> 00:04:50,100 >> THERE WERE CLOSE TO A DOZEN 137 00:04:50,100 --> 00:04:53,600 TORNADOES THAT TORE THROUGH A 138 00:04:53,600 --> 00:04:55,500 PAIRSISH ATTENTION, EAST 139 00:04:55,500 --> 00:04:56,900 BATON ROUGE AND TANGIPAHOA. 140 00:04:56,900 --> 00:04:58,200 AMONG SOME OF THE COMMUNITIES 141 00:04:58,200 --> 00:05:00,500 HIT WERE DONALDSONVILLE, 142 00:05:00,500 --> 00:05:01,800 PONCHATOULA AS WELL AS 143 00:05:01,800 --> 00:05:02,900 NEW ORLEANS EAST. 144 00:05:02,900 --> 00:05:05,800 >> TORNADO JUST CROSSED THE 145 00:05:05,800 --> 00:05:06,200 BRIDGE. 146 00:05:06,200 --> 00:05:09,300 >> MANY HOME IN DONALDSON RIDGE 147 00:05:09,300 --> 00:05:10,200 FROM DAMAGED. 148 00:05:10,200 --> 00:05:11,100 SOME MISSING ROOFS AND IN OTHER 149 00:05:11,100 --> 00:05:13,800 SPOTS ENTIRE WALLS WERE BLOWN 150 00:05:13,800 --> 00:05:14,400 AWAY. 151 00:05:14,400 --> 00:05:16,200 UNCONFIRMED IF A TORNADO HIT 152 00:05:16,200 --> 00:05:17,800 WATSON BUT A FAMILY OF FIVE 153 00:05:17,800 --> 00:05:19,100 HUDDLED IN THEIR BATHROOM SAYING 154 00:05:19,100 --> 00:05:21,800 ONLY A MIRACLE KEPT THEM ALIVE. 155 00:05:21,800 --> 00:05:23,800 >> TWO OF MY KIDS WERE SLEEPING, 156 00:05:23,800 --> 00:05:27,700 WOKE THEM UP AND RAN TO THE 157 00:05:27,700 --> 00:05:29,600 BATHROOM. 158 00:05:29,600 --> 00:05:31,400 AND -- JUST PRAYING TO GOD. 159 00:05:31,400 --> 00:05:34,300 RAN TO THE BATHROOM. 160 00:05:34,300 --> 00:05:36,900 AND THIS -- JESUS NAME IS ALL I 161 00:05:36,900 --> 00:05:38,100 CAN SAY. 162 00:05:38,100 --> 00:05:40,400 >> NORTH OF LAKE MARPA IN 163 00:05:40,400 --> 00:05:41,200 KILLEEN, EMERGENCY RESPONDERS 164 00:05:41,200 --> 00:05:43,100 WERE IN THE THICK OF IT AS A 165 00:05:43,100 --> 00:05:45,200 TORNADO HIT THEIR LIVINGSTON 166 00:05:45,200 --> 00:05:45,800 PARISH COMMUNITY. 167 00:05:45,800 --> 00:05:47,800 >> I WAS ACTUALLY PARALLEL WITH 168 00:05:47,800 --> 00:05:49,300 THE TORNADO WATCHING IT COME 169 00:05:49,300 --> 00:05:50,700 THROUGH THE SWAMP, AS IT HIT 170 00:05:50,700 --> 00:05:52,100 THIS AREA, THE DEBRIS IT WAS 171 00:05:52,100 --> 00:05:55,200 DEBRIS CLOUD. 172 00:05:55,200 --> 00:05:56,100 UNBELIEVABLE. 173 00:05:56,100 --> 00:05:57,700 >> GOVERNOR JOHN BELLE EDWARDS 174 00:05:57,700 --> 00:05:59,300 AND STATE EMERGENCY OFFICIALS 175 00:05:59,300 --> 00:06:01,100 GOT A BIRD'S EYE VIEW OF THE 176 00:06:01,100 --> 00:06:02,100 MASSIVE DAMAGE. 177 00:06:02,100 --> 00:06:03,300 >> TEED WE HAD A TOUGH DAY 178 00:06:03,300 --> 00:06:04,100 ACROSS OUR STATE. 179 00:06:04,100 --> 00:06:05,300 >> THE GOVERNOR DECLAREDDED A 180 00:06:05,300 --> 00:06:07,500 STATE OF EMERGENCY FOR SIX 181 00:06:07,500 --> 00:06:09,700 SOUTHERN PARISHES AND MOBILIZED 182 00:06:09,700 --> 00:06:13,800 1 50 LOUISIANA NATIONAL 183 00:06:13,800 --> 00:06:15,500 PERSONNEL TO ASSIST IN THE 184 00:06:15,500 --> 00:06:15,900 RECOVERY. 185 00:06:15,900 --> 00:06:18,100 >> THAT SHORT OF DESTRUCTION, 186 00:06:18,100 --> 00:06:21,500 COULD HAVE DONE A LOT WORST THAN 187 00:06:21,500 --> 00:06:22,600 IT DID. 188 00:06:22,600 --> 00:06:23,700 >> MIKE STEELE WITH THE 189 00:06:23,700 --> 00:06:24,900 GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF HOMELAND 190 00:06:24,900 --> 00:06:26,500 SECURITY AND THE EMERGENCY 191 00:06:26,500 --> 00:06:27,600 PREPAREDNESS JOINS ME NOW. 192 00:06:27,600 --> 00:06:30,100 THANK YOU FOR BEING ON LPB. 193 00:06:30,100 --> 00:06:31,200 >> THANK YOU FOR HAVING US. 194 00:06:31,200 --> 00:06:38,200 >> NO FATALITIES. 195 00:06:38,200 --> 00:06:39,900 ANY REASON WHY WE WERE ABLE TO 196 00:06:39,900 --> 00:06:41,700 SPARE LIVES AND SAVE LIVES? 197 00:06:41,700 --> 00:06:43,400 >> I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU ABOUT 198 00:06:43,400 --> 00:06:45,600 I HAD PROBABLY TWO DOZEN ALERTS 199 00:06:45,600 --> 00:06:47,400 COME ACROSS MY PHONE DURING THE 200 00:06:47,400 --> 00:06:48,600 COURSE OF THE DAY TUESDAY. 201 00:06:48,600 --> 00:06:51,100 SO WE DEFINITELY THINK THAT 202 00:06:51,100 --> 00:06:51,800 PLAYED A PART. 203 00:06:51,800 --> 00:06:53,300 PLUS WE THINK THAT PEOPLE TOOK 204 00:06:53,300 --> 00:06:53,700 ACTION. 205 00:06:53,700 --> 00:06:55,100 ONE OF THE PEOPLE YOU SHOWED IN 206 00:06:55,100 --> 00:06:56,900 THAT REPORT RIGHT THERE SAID SHE 207 00:06:56,900 --> 00:06:58,700 GATHERED HER FAMILY IN THE 208 00:06:58,700 --> 00:07:00,100 WATSON AREA AND WENT TO THE 209 00:07:00,100 --> 00:07:02,100 BATHROOM IN THE CENTER OF THEIR 210 00:07:02,100 --> 00:07:03,600 HOME AND THEY SURVIVED AND 211 00:07:03,600 --> 00:07:04,900 THAT'S WHAT YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO 212 00:07:04,900 --> 00:07:05,200 DO. 213 00:07:05,200 --> 00:07:06,800 THERE IS ONLY SO MUCH ACTION YOU 214 00:07:06,800 --> 00:07:08,600 CAN TAKE DURING THESE TIMES. 215 00:07:08,600 --> 00:07:11,100 BUT WHAT SHE DID WAS WHAT IS 216 00:07:11,100 --> 00:07:12,700 RECOMMENDED AND WE THINK THAT 217 00:07:12,700 --> 00:07:14,500 GOT A LOT OF PEOPLE THROUGH THIS 218 00:07:14,500 --> 00:07:14,800 EVENT. 219 00:07:14,800 --> 00:07:16,300 >> SO YOU WERE IN THE HELICOPTER 220 00:07:16,300 --> 00:07:19,300 WITH THE GOVERNOR ASSESSING 221 00:07:19,300 --> 00:07:19,700 DAMAGE. 222 00:07:19,700 --> 00:07:21,200 IT'S JUST AMAZING WHAT THESE 223 00:07:21,200 --> 00:07:22,300 TORNADOES CAN DO. 224 00:07:22,300 --> 00:07:24,600 >> IT WAS MUCH WORSE THAN WE 225 00:07:24,600 --> 00:07:26,600 ANTICIPATED WHEN WE LEFT 226 00:07:26,600 --> 00:07:27,100 BATON ROUGE. 227 00:07:27,100 --> 00:07:29,200 YOU KNOW WE GOT DOWN TO THAT 228 00:07:29,200 --> 00:07:31,100 TOUR AREA AND IT JUST SKIPPED 229 00:07:31,100 --> 00:07:35,400 ALL ALONG THAT CORRIDOR AND 230 00:07:35,400 --> 00:07:36,900 COMPLETELY DESTROYED HOMES IN 231 00:07:36,900 --> 00:07:39,600 SOME AREAS AND THEN SPARED A FEW 232 00:07:39,600 --> 00:07:41,800 AND THEN WIPED OUT ANOTHER 233 00:07:41,800 --> 00:07:43,500 COUPLE OF BUILDINGS AFTER THAT 234 00:07:43,500 --> 00:07:43,800 POINT. 235 00:07:43,800 --> 00:07:45,500 SO IT'S AMAZING HOW THERE COULD 236 00:07:45,500 --> 00:07:46,100 BE SO LITTLE IMPACT TO A 237 00:07:46,100 --> 00:07:48,600 BUILDING JUST A FEW YARDS AWAY 238 00:07:48,600 --> 00:07:50,500 FROM A HOME THAT'S COMPLETELY 239 00:07:50,500 --> 00:07:50,900 FLATTENED. 240 00:07:50,900 --> 00:07:51,500 >> WHAT'S NEXT? 241 00:07:51,500 --> 00:07:53,100 IT'S NOW THE RECOVERY EFFORTS 242 00:07:53,100 --> 00:07:54,800 AND WHAT TYPE OF INFORMATION IS 243 00:07:54,800 --> 00:07:56,300 VITAL TO PASS ALONG TO OUR 244 00:07:56,300 --> 00:07:58,500 VIEWERS AND FOLKS ACROSS 245 00:07:58,500 --> 00:07:58,900 LOUISIANA? 246 00:07:58,900 --> 00:07:59,800 >> LIKELY BY THIS EVENING WE 247 00:07:59,800 --> 00:08:02,300 WILL HAVE A PRESIDENTIAL 248 00:08:02,300 --> 00:08:04,800 DECLARATION REQUEST DISASTER 249 00:08:04,800 --> 00:08:05,900 DECLARATION REQUEST GOING UP TO 250 00:08:05,900 --> 00:08:06,400 PRESIDENT TRUMP. 251 00:08:06,400 --> 00:08:08,800 WE ARE LOOKING AT FIVE PARISHES 252 00:08:08,800 --> 00:08:10,600 RIGHT NOW FOR INDIVIDUAL 253 00:08:10,600 --> 00:08:11,100 ASSISTANCE. 254 00:08:11,100 --> 00:08:13,800 IT WOULD BE ASCENSION, 255 00:08:13,800 --> 00:08:16,400 LIVINGSTONER ORLEANS, 256 00:08:16,400 --> 00:08:18,900 St. JAMES AND ST. TAMMANY. 257 00:08:18,900 --> 00:08:20,700 WE ARE GOING TO MAKE A PUSH FOR 258 00:08:20,700 --> 00:08:22,800 THE HOME OWNER IN THOSE PARISHES 259 00:08:22,800 --> 00:08:24,200 TO RECEIVE FEDERAL ASSISTANCE 260 00:08:24,200 --> 00:08:26,200 FROM THE IA PROGRAM THROUGH 261 00:08:26,200 --> 00:08:26,500 FEMA. 262 00:08:26,500 --> 00:08:27,100 THAT'S INDIVIDUAL ASSISTANCE. 263 00:08:27,100 --> 00:08:30,200 ALSO FOR PA, FOR PUBLIC 264 00:08:30,200 --> 00:08:31,800 ASSISTANCE, WE ARE LOOKING AT 265 00:08:31,800 --> 00:08:33,700 THOSE PARISHES PLUS ADDING 266 00:08:33,700 --> 00:08:35,300 JEFFERSON PAIR SHRK JEFFERSON 267 00:08:35,300 --> 00:08:37,500 PARISH HAD SOME DAMAGE BUT NO 268 00:08:37,500 --> 00:08:39,400 HOMES WERE DAMAGED IN THAT 269 00:08:39,400 --> 00:08:39,700 AREA. 270 00:08:39,700 --> 00:08:41,300 PUBLIC ASSISTANCE WOULD HELP 271 00:08:41,300 --> 00:08:43,500 WITH EVERYTHING FROM CERTAIN 272 00:08:43,500 --> 00:08:45,500 TYPES OF DEBRIS REMOVAL ALL THE 273 00:08:45,500 --> 00:08:47,700 WAY THROUGH INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS 274 00:08:47,700 --> 00:08:48,700 ARE THERE. 275 00:08:48,700 --> 00:08:51,800 ROADS, BRIDGES, SCHOOLS. 276 00:08:51,800 --> 00:08:53,300 THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. 277 00:08:53,300 --> 00:08:54,500 >> WE HAVE SOME INFORMATION I 278 00:08:54,500 --> 00:08:56,300 WANT TO MAKE SURE TO PASS ALONG, 279 00:08:56,300 --> 00:08:57,800 A FULL PAGE GRAPHIC OF 280 00:08:57,800 --> 00:08:59,600 INFORMATION THAT IS VERY HELPFUL 281 00:08:59,600 --> 00:09:01,800 FOR FOLKS TO STREAMLINE SOME 282 00:09:01,800 --> 00:09:02,200 INFORMATION. 283 00:09:02,200 --> 00:09:03,400 SO YOU CAN GET MORE INFORMATION 284 00:09:03,400 --> 00:09:09,300 BY GOING ONLINE AT 285 00:09:09,300 --> 00:09:10,700 EMERGENCY.LA.GOV. 286 00:09:10,700 --> 00:09:12,600 NOAA.GOV IS A WONDERFUL SOURCE 287 00:09:12,600 --> 00:09:13,900 THAT NEW ORLEANS IS PUTTING 288 00:09:13,900 --> 00:09:15,200 TOGETHER AND THESE ARE IMPORTANT 289 00:09:15,200 --> 00:09:17,400 PLACES THAT FOLKS CAN BEGIN 290 00:09:17,400 --> 00:09:19,100 GETTING THE IMPORTANT 291 00:09:19,100 --> 00:09:21,100 INFORMATION TO MOVE FORWARD. 292 00:09:21,100 --> 00:09:21,500 >> YEAH. 293 00:09:21,500 --> 00:09:24,500 WE MADE THAT AS A ONE-STOP 294 00:09:24,500 --> 00:09:24,800 SHOP. 295 00:09:24,800 --> 00:09:26,100 ALL OF THE PRESS RELEASES FROM 296 00:09:26,100 --> 00:09:27,400 ALL OF THE STATE AGENCIES 297 00:09:27,400 --> 00:09:28,100 INVOLVED IN THIS EVENT PLUS IF 298 00:09:28,100 --> 00:09:31,200 WE WILL GET INFORMATION FROM THE 299 00:09:31,200 --> 00:09:33,500 VOLUNTEER GROUPS, ANYBODY ELSE 300 00:09:33,500 --> 00:09:35,700 THAT'S KIND OF AFFILIATED WITH 301 00:09:35,700 --> 00:09:37,100 THE RECOVERY NOW WE WILL POST 302 00:09:37,100 --> 00:09:38,600 THAT INFORMATION ON THAT SITE SO 303 00:09:38,600 --> 00:09:39,700 THAT PEOPLE CAN GO THERE. 304 00:09:39,700 --> 00:09:41,600 THE CITY HAS ALREADY DONE A 305 00:09:41,600 --> 00:09:43,400 WONDERFUL JOB ON THEIR SITE ON 306 00:09:43,400 --> 00:09:45,900 THE NOAA.GOV SITE POSTING 307 00:09:45,900 --> 00:09:47,300 INFORMATION ABOUT THE VOLUNTEER 308 00:09:47,300 --> 00:09:49,900 GROUPS THAT ARE ORGANIZING. 309 00:09:49,900 --> 00:09:51,200 PEOPLE WANT TO GET INVOLVED IN 310 00:09:51,200 --> 00:09:53,400 THOSE GROUPS, WE WILL TRY TO 311 00:09:53,400 --> 00:09:54,900 HAVE THAT INFORMATION 312 00:09:54,900 --> 00:09:55,300 AVAILABLE. 313 00:09:55,300 --> 00:09:58,800 YOU KNOW THIS IS A VERY 314 00:09:58,800 --> 00:09:59,500 DIFFICULT SITUATION BECAUSE YOU 315 00:09:59,500 --> 00:10:01,800 HAVE A LOT OF HOMES IN THE 316 00:10:01,800 --> 00:10:03,300 NEW ORLEANS AREA THAT ARE 317 00:10:03,300 --> 00:10:06,400 IMPACTED AND YOU MAY HAVE 318 00:10:06,400 --> 00:10:08,100 ASSISTANCE AVAILABLE FOR ONE 319 00:10:08,100 --> 00:10:09,500 AREA BUT NOT AVAILABLE ANOTHER 320 00:10:09,500 --> 00:10:11,300 AREA BY THE TIME WE GET ALL OF 321 00:10:11,300 --> 00:10:12,800 THE DATA COLLECTED SO WE MAY 322 00:10:12,800 --> 00:10:14,700 NEED VOLUNTEERS AND PEOPLE FROM 323 00:10:14,700 --> 00:10:15,900 LOUISIANA COMING TOGETHER AND 324 00:10:15,900 --> 00:10:17,100 PULLING TOGETHER TO HELP EACH 325 00:10:17,100 --> 00:10:17,100 OTHER OUT. 326 00:10:17,100 --> 00:10:20,700 >> AND ONCE AGAIN THE IMPORTANCE 327 00:10:20,700 --> 00:10:22,300 OF PROPERTY OWNERS TO DOCUMENT 328 00:10:22,300 --> 00:10:25,100 THE DAMAGE, IT'S STILL ALWAYS 329 00:10:25,100 --> 00:10:25,400 VITAL. 330 00:10:25,400 --> 00:10:25,900 >> NO DOUBT. 331 00:10:25,900 --> 00:10:27,500 YOU KNOW NATIONAL WEATHER 332 00:10:27,500 --> 00:10:28,700 SERVICE TOLD US THIS COULD BE 333 00:10:28,700 --> 00:10:30,600 THE NORM FOR THE NEXT -- FOR THE 334 00:10:30,600 --> 00:10:31,300 NEAR FUTURE. 335 00:10:31,300 --> 00:10:33,900 WE HAD A REALLY WARM WINTER AND 336 00:10:33,900 --> 00:10:35,400 THOSE CONDITIONS COULD KIND OF 337 00:10:35,400 --> 00:10:37,400 SPAWN THESE TYPES OF SYSTEMS 338 00:10:37,400 --> 00:10:39,000 HITTING THE STATE MORE IN THE 339 00:10:39,000 --> 00:10:39,300 FUTURE. 340 00:10:39,300 --> 00:10:41,100 THIS IS THE SECOND OR THIRD 341 00:10:41,100 --> 00:10:42,500 MAJOR WEATHER EVENT SINCE THE 342 00:10:42,500 --> 00:10:43,800 BEGINNING OF THE YEAR THAT WE 343 00:10:43,800 --> 00:10:45,200 ARE DEALING WITH. 344 00:10:45,200 --> 00:10:47,700 AND SO IF IT IS THE NORM, MAKE 345 00:10:47,700 --> 00:10:49,300 SURE YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO IF YOU 346 00:10:49,300 --> 00:10:49,800 HAVE DAMAGE. 347 00:10:49,800 --> 00:10:52,100 LIKE YOU SAID, DOCUMENT, TAKE 348 00:10:52,100 --> 00:10:53,200 PICTURES OF EVERYTHING AND 349 00:10:53,200 --> 00:10:54,700 NOTIFY YOUR LOCAL AUTHORITIES. 350 00:10:54,700 --> 00:10:56,600 NOTIFY YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY 351 00:10:56,600 --> 00:10:58,600 PREPAREDNESS OFFICES WHEN YOU 352 00:10:58,600 --> 00:11:00,400 HAVE DAMAGE BECAUSE AS WE ARE 353 00:11:00,400 --> 00:11:02,400 TRYING TO GET THE SCOPE OF THE 354 00:11:02,400 --> 00:11:04,200 DAMAGE SENT TO WASHINGTON IN 355 00:11:04,200 --> 00:11:07,200 SOME CASES TO SEE WHAT AID IS 356 00:11:07,200 --> 00:11:08,600 AVAILABLE, WE NEED TO KNOW THAT 357 00:11:08,600 --> 00:11:10,200 DAMAGE HAS BEEN DOCUMENTED. 358 00:11:10,200 --> 00:11:11,700 SO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE KNOWS 359 00:11:11,700 --> 00:11:13,200 WHAT'S GOING ON AND THEN MAKE 360 00:11:13,200 --> 00:11:15,100 THE TEMPORARY REPAIRS TO YOUR 361 00:11:15,100 --> 00:11:16,600 HOME AS QUICKLY AS YOU CAN 362 00:11:16,600 --> 00:11:17,800 BECAUSE THAT WAY IF THERE IS 363 00:11:17,800 --> 00:11:19,700 MORE RAIN OR SOMETHING FOLLOWING 364 00:11:19,700 --> 00:11:22,900 YOU WON'T HAVE MORE DAMAGE. 365 00:11:22,900 --> 00:11:24,100 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR 366 00:11:24,100 --> 00:11:24,400 TIME. 367 00:11:24,400 --> 00:11:28,100 APPRECIATE IT. 368 00:11:28,100 --> 00:11:28,800 >> LOUISIANA LAWMAKERS ARE 369 00:11:28,800 --> 00:11:29,600 COMING BACK TO BATON ROUGE NEXT 370 00:11:29,600 --> 00:11:30,500 WEEK TO BALANCE THE STATE'S BUDGET. 371 00:11:30,500 --> 00:11:31,200 WE ARE A LITTLE MORE THAN 372 00:11:31,200 --> 00:11:32,200 HALFWAY THROUGH THIS YEAR'S 373 00:11:32,200 --> 00:11:33,800 BUDGETING PERIOD, AND 374 00:11:33,800 --> 00:11:35,400 POLICYMAKERS HAVE REALIZED THE 375 00:11:35,400 --> 00:11:36,200 SPENDING PLAN IS 300-MILLION 376 00:11:36,200 --> 00:11:38,500 DOLLARS SHORT. NEWS ABOUT 377 00:11:38,500 --> 00:11:39,600 MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR SHORTFALLS 378 00:11:39,600 --> 00:11:42,100 GREW REPETITIVE YEARS AGO. LPB'S 379 00:11:42,100 --> 00:11:43,600 POLITICAL REPORTER KELLY SPIRES 380 00:11:43,600 --> 00:11:45,400 SPOKE TO THE GOVERNOR'S 381 00:11:45,400 --> 00:11:47,400 ADMINISTRATION, THE REPUBLICAN 382 00:11:47,400 --> 00:11:48,800 LEADER IN THE HOUSE, AND A GOOD 383 00:11:48,800 --> 00:11:50,100 GOVERNMENT GROUP TO PUT THE 384 00:11:50,100 --> 00:11:55,400 DEFICIT INTO CONTEXT. 385 00:11:55,400 --> 00:11:57,300 >> STEVEN SIS IT'S IMPORTANT -- 386 00:11:57,300 --> 00:11:59,300 IS IT'S IMPORTANT TO KEEP THE 387 00:11:59,300 --> 00:12:01,100 BIG PICTURE GOING INTO SPECIAL 388 00:12:01,100 --> 00:12:01,400 SESSION. 389 00:12:01,400 --> 00:12:03,700 HE IS THE POLICY DIRECTOR OF 390 00:12:03,700 --> 00:12:04,100 LOUISIANA. 391 00:12:04,100 --> 00:12:05,600 OR PAR FOR SHORT. 392 00:12:05,600 --> 00:12:07,900 HE SAYS THE STATE IS SET TO 393 00:12:07,900 --> 00:12:08,900 SPEND. 394 00:12:08,900 --> 00:12:10,400 $.6BILLION IN GENERAL FUND 395 00:12:10,400 --> 00:12:11,700 REVENUE THIS YEAR. 396 00:12:11,700 --> 00:12:13,600 >> THAT GIVES YOU A SENSE OF 397 00:12:13,600 --> 00:12:14,600 WHERE 300 MILLION FALLS ON THE 398 00:12:14,600 --> 00:12:16,500 SCALE AND ADDITION TO 399 00:12:16,500 --> 00:12:17,700 $300 MILLION THAT'S ALREADY GOT 400 00:12:17,700 --> 00:12:18,900 CUT OUT OF THE BUDGET BECAUSE 401 00:12:18,900 --> 00:12:20,600 LAST YEAR WE FELL SHORT. 402 00:12:20,600 --> 00:12:22,500 I DON'T WANT TO UNDERSELL IT TOO 403 00:12:22,500 --> 00:12:22,800 MUCH. 404 00:12:22,800 --> 00:12:24,900 YOU LOOKING AT $300 MILLION OUT 405 00:12:24,900 --> 00:12:25,400 OF $9 BILLION. 406 00:12:25,400 --> 00:12:27,400 >> THERE ARE THREE CATEGORIES OF 407 00:12:27,400 --> 00:12:30,400 MANEUVERS IN GOVERNOR EDWARDS 408 00:12:30,400 --> 00:12:31,700 PLAN TO CLOSE THE DEFICIT. 409 00:12:31,700 --> 00:12:34,100 THE LARGEST ENTAIL THE RAINY DAY 410 00:12:34,100 --> 00:12:34,500 FUND. 411 00:12:34,500 --> 00:12:35,500 THE COMMISSIONER IS THE 412 00:12:35,500 --> 00:12:38,400 GOVERNOR'S BUDGET CHIEF. 413 00:12:38,400 --> 00:12:39,500 >> THE 119.6 MILLION RAINY DAY 414 00:12:39,500 --> 00:12:41,200 FUND DOLLARS THAT WE THINK NEED 415 00:12:41,200 --> 00:12:43,500 TO BE A PART OF THE SOLUTION AND 416 00:12:43,500 --> 00:12:44,500 ABSENT THOSE DOLLARS BEING A 417 00:12:44,500 --> 00:12:46,200 PART OF THE SOLUTION IS GOING TO 418 00:12:46,200 --> 00:12:48,500 BE VERY DIFFICULT TO AVOID CUTS 419 00:12:48,500 --> 00:12:50,300 TO AREAS THAT WE HAVE PROTECTED 420 00:12:50,300 --> 00:12:51,900 IN THE PROPOSAL THAT GOVERNOR 421 00:12:51,900 --> 00:12:52,900 HAS RELEASED. 422 00:12:52,900 --> 00:12:54,100 >> RAINY DAY FUN IS WHAT IT 423 00:12:54,100 --> 00:12:55,700 SOUNDS LIKE A POT OF MONEY THE 424 00:12:55,700 --> 00:12:56,900 STATE HAS SET ASIDE. 425 00:12:56,900 --> 00:12:58,400 IT'S BEEN TAPPED FIVE TIMES IN 426 00:12:58,400 --> 00:13:00,500 THE LAST EIGHT YEARS. 427 00:13:00,500 --> 00:13:02,400 LAWMAKERS CAN TAKE UP TO A THIRD 428 00:13:02,400 --> 00:13:03,300 EACH TIME. 429 00:13:03,300 --> 00:13:08,200 AND IN 2009, THE FUND HELD 430 00:13:08,200 --> 00:13:08,600 $853 MILLION. 431 00:13:08,600 --> 00:13:11,700 TODAY IT'S GOT $360 MILLION 432 00:13:11,700 --> 00:13:12,200 LEFT. 433 00:13:12,200 --> 00:13:13,200 >> THE DECISION POLICY MAKERS 434 00:13:13,200 --> 00:13:15,600 HAVE TO MAKE IS IF THEY USE 435 00:13:15,600 --> 00:13:17,200 $119 MILLION NOW TO PREVENT 436 00:13:17,200 --> 00:13:19,100 CUTS, THAT MEANS IF THERE IS A 437 00:13:19,100 --> 00:13:20,400 SHORTFALL NEXT YEAR AND 438 00:13:20,400 --> 00:13:22,200 CONSIDERING WE HAD THE 14 IN THE 439 00:13:22,200 --> 00:13:23,700 PAST SEVERAL YEARS, PROBABLY 440 00:13:23,700 --> 00:13:26,100 WILL BE, THAT MEANS YOU ARE 441 00:13:26,100 --> 00:13:28,200 GOING TO HAVE ONLY ABOUT 442 00:13:28,200 --> 00:13:30,600 $90 MILLION PLUS OR MINUS TO 443 00:13:30,600 --> 00:13:31,900 DEAL WHATEVER SHORTFALL THERE 444 00:13:31,900 --> 00:13:32,200 IS. 445 00:13:32,200 --> 00:13:33,700 >> USING THE RAINY DAY FUND AND 446 00:13:33,700 --> 00:13:35,100 OTHER ACCOUNTING MANEUVERS IN 447 00:13:35,100 --> 00:13:36,800 THE PLAN, THE STATE WILL BE SET 448 00:13:36,800 --> 00:13:38,600 TO SPEND THE SAME AMOUNT NEXT 449 00:13:38,600 --> 00:13:40,300 YEAR BUT HAVE LESS MONEY TO 450 00:13:40,300 --> 00:13:41,600 COVER THAT AMOUNT. 451 00:13:41,600 --> 00:13:42,900 THAT'S WHY REPUBLICAN LEADERS 452 00:13:42,900 --> 00:13:46,300 ARE CRITICAL OF USING THAT 453 00:13:46,300 --> 00:13:47,100 CASH. 454 00:13:47,100 --> 00:13:48,100 ALEXANDRIA REPRESENTATIVE LANCE 455 00:13:48,100 --> 00:13:49,100 HARRIS IS CHAIR OF THE 456 00:13:49,100 --> 00:13:50,400 REPUBLICAN CAUCUS IN THE HOUSE. 457 00:13:50,400 --> 00:13:51,800 >> WHEN YOU USE THE RAINY DAY 458 00:13:51,800 --> 00:13:53,500 MONEY WHICH HAS CONCERNED ME 459 00:13:53,500 --> 00:13:55,500 FROM THE BEGINNING, YOU USE 460 00:13:55,500 --> 00:13:57,500 $119 MILLION OF THAT, THAT'S 461 00:13:57,500 --> 00:13:58,300 $119 MILLION PROBLEM YOU WILL 462 00:13:58,300 --> 00:13:59,100 HAVE NEXT YEAR. 463 00:13:59,100 --> 00:14:00,900 IF YOU DON'T TALK ABOUT 464 00:14:00,900 --> 00:14:01,300 SPENDING. 465 00:14:01,300 --> 00:14:03,100 >> THE SECOND KIND OF MANEUVER 466 00:14:03,100 --> 00:14:05,400 SHIFTS THIS YEAR'S PAYMENTS TO 467 00:14:05,400 --> 00:14:05,100 NEXT YEAR. 468 00:14:05,100 --> 00:14:08,200 THAT MEANS MORE EXPENSES AND THE 469 00:14:08,200 --> 00:14:10,300 SAME AMOUNT OF MONEY TO PAY FOR 470 00:14:10,300 --> 00:14:10,600 THEM. 471 00:14:10,600 --> 00:14:12,900 >> WORST THING TO DO IS TO MAKE 472 00:14:12,900 --> 00:14:13,700 SOMETHING WORSE. 473 00:14:13,700 --> 00:14:15,400 SO FOR EXAMPLE PUSHING BACK A 474 00:14:15,400 --> 00:14:15,700 PAYMENT. 475 00:14:15,700 --> 00:14:18,300 NOW YOU ARE NOT ONLY HAVE NOT 476 00:14:18,300 --> 00:14:19,600 HAVE THAT SOLUTION NEXT YEAR, 477 00:14:19,600 --> 00:14:21,500 YOU MADE IT WORST NEXT YEAR. 478 00:14:21,500 --> 00:14:23,200 >> I CAN'T DO THAT IN MY 479 00:14:23,200 --> 00:14:23,500 BUSINESS. 480 00:14:23,500 --> 00:14:25,100 I WOULD HAVE CREDITORS COMING AT 481 00:14:25,100 --> 00:14:26,600 ME TOMORROW. 482 00:14:26,600 --> 00:14:28,200 YOU STILL HAVE TO PAY THAT BILL 483 00:14:28,200 --> 00:14:29,300 AT SOME TIME. 484 00:14:29,300 --> 00:14:31,200 >> HARRIS ARGUES THAT STATE 485 00:14:31,200 --> 00:14:32,700 SPENDING IS OUT OF CONTROL. 486 00:14:32,700 --> 00:14:33,800 THERE ARE MANY WAYS TO GAUGE 487 00:14:33,800 --> 00:14:34,700 THAT FIGURE. 488 00:14:34,700 --> 00:14:38,200 >> WE HAVE TO BE FOCUSING OUR 489 00:14:38,200 --> 00:14:39,900 EFFORTS ON THE SPENDING PROBLEM 490 00:14:39,900 --> 00:14:42,100 AND HAVE TO DOO IT NOW 491 00:14:42,100 --> 00:14:43,200 BECAUSE -- DO IT NOW BECAUSE NOW 492 00:14:43,200 --> 00:14:45,200 WE WILL COME TO THE TAXPAYER 493 00:14:45,200 --> 00:14:48,200 YEAR IN AND YEAR OUT RAISING 494 00:14:48,200 --> 00:14:48,500 TAXES. 495 00:14:48,500 --> 00:14:50,100 >> THE THIRD KIND OF MANEUVER IS 496 00:14:50,100 --> 00:14:51,800 CUTTING SPENDING THAT LEADS TO 497 00:14:51,800 --> 00:14:53,300 LESS EXPENSES AND THE SAME 498 00:14:53,300 --> 00:14:54,900 AMOUNT OF MONEY TO SPEND NEXT 499 00:14:54,900 --> 00:14:55,200 YEAR. 500 00:14:55,200 --> 00:14:57,100 WHEN IT COMES TO TRIMMING 501 00:14:57,100 --> 00:14:58,700 MID-YEAR, POLICY MAKERS ARE IN A 502 00:14:58,700 --> 00:14:59,400 TOUGH PLACE. 503 00:14:59,400 --> 00:15:01,600 ANOTHER NUMBER TO PUT THE BUDGET 504 00:15:01,600 --> 00:15:03,200 INTO CONTEXT. 505 00:15:03,200 --> 00:15:04,300 >> AFTER THE SPECIAL SESSION YOU 506 00:15:04,300 --> 00:15:06,100 WILL HAVE MARCH, APRIL, MAY AND 507 00:15:06,100 --> 00:15:07,100 JUNE TO FINISH THE FISCAL YEAR. 508 00:15:07,100 --> 00:15:09,600 SO EVEN THOUGH IT'S 509 00:15:09,600 --> 00:15:11,200 $300 MILLION, IT'S EXTREMELY 510 00:15:11,200 --> 00:15:13,600 DIFFICULT TO DO A LOT OF MAJOR 511 00:15:13,600 --> 00:15:15,600 RESTRUCTURING OR CUTS IN A FOUR 512 00:15:15,600 --> 00:15:18,500 MONTH PERIOD BECAUSE IT'S GOING 513 00:15:18,500 --> 00:15:20,500 TO FEEL FOUR TIMES AS BIG TO 514 00:15:20,500 --> 00:15:21,800 MANY AGENCY BUDGET. 515 00:15:21,800 --> 00:15:24,100 >> FOR BUDGETING BEST PRACTICES, 516 00:15:24,100 --> 00:15:25,700 LAWMAKERS WILL MAKE THE KINDS OF 517 00:15:25,700 --> 00:15:27,100 CUTS THAT HARRIS WANTS. 518 00:15:27,100 --> 00:15:29,600 THOSE THAT CAN BE ANNUALIZED OR 519 00:15:29,600 --> 00:15:31,600 NOT APPROPRIATED IN THE SPRING 520 00:15:31,600 --> 00:15:33,600 WHEN LAW MAKERS PLAN THE NEXT 521 00:15:33,600 --> 00:15:35,100 BUDGET THAT THAT WOULD MEAN CUTS 522 00:15:35,100 --> 00:15:36,600 TO STATE SERVICES THAT THE 523 00:15:36,600 --> 00:15:38,100 GOVERNOR CONSIDERS ESSENTIAL. 524 00:15:38,100 --> 00:15:39,800 DARDEN HAS ANOTHER NUMBER. 525 00:15:39,800 --> 00:15:40,200 >> ZERO. 526 00:15:40,200 --> 00:15:41,500 AND ZERO BECAUSE THAT'S THE 527 00:15:41,500 --> 00:15:43,200 AMOUNT OF CUTS THAT ARE BEING 528 00:15:43,200 --> 00:15:45,100 IMPOSED UPON HIGHER EDUCATION 529 00:15:45,100 --> 00:15:46,400 AND CORRECTIONS AND THE 530 00:15:46,400 --> 00:15:47,600 DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND 531 00:15:47,600 --> 00:15:51,900 FAMILY SERVICES, K-12, MFP 532 00:15:51,900 --> 00:15:52,300 EDUCATION. 533 00:15:52,300 --> 00:15:55,400 WE HAVE TO MAKE A MINOR CUT IN 534 00:15:55,400 --> 00:15:56,800 OUR PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNER 535 00:15:56,800 --> 00:15:58,300 HOSPITAL PARTNERS BUT IT'S LESS 536 00:15:58,300 --> 00:15:58,900 THAN 1%. 537 00:15:58,900 --> 00:16:00,700 >> ALL SIDES AGREE THE SPECIAL 538 00:16:00,700 --> 00:16:02,500 SESSION WILL MOST LIKELY ONLY 539 00:16:02,500 --> 00:16:04,700 SERVE AS A JUMPING OFF POINT FOR 540 00:16:04,700 --> 00:16:06,500 LARGER CONVERSATIONS. 541 00:16:06,500 --> 00:16:08,100 NOT THE TIME TO TACKLE THE 542 00:16:08,100 --> 00:16:08,900 LARGEST PROBLEMS. 543 00:16:08,900 --> 00:16:10,800 >> WE ARE HAVING THIS 544 00:16:10,800 --> 00:16:12,300 $300 MILLION CONVERSATION ABOUT 545 00:16:12,300 --> 00:16:13,600 THE SPECIAL SESSION, BUT THE 546 00:16:13,600 --> 00:16:15,100 REAL BIG ISSUE THAT'S LOOMING 547 00:16:15,100 --> 00:16:18,100 OUT THERE IS $1.1 BILLION IN 548 00:16:18,100 --> 00:16:19,100 TEMPORARY TAXES THAT ARE GOING 549 00:16:19,100 --> 00:16:20,700 TO FALL OFF BEFORE THERE IS 550 00:16:20,700 --> 00:16:22,100 ANOTHER FISCAL SESSION YOU CAN 551 00:16:22,100 --> 00:16:22,900 ADDRESS THEM WITH. 552 00:16:22,900 --> 00:16:24,800 >> AND THAT WOULD LEAD TO A LOT 553 00:16:24,800 --> 00:16:26,400 LESS CASH TO COVER THE SAME 554 00:16:26,400 --> 00:16:27,500 AMOUNT OF EXPENSES. 555 00:16:27,500 --> 00:16:28,900 THERE IS ONE FINAL NUMBER TO 556 00:16:28,900 --> 00:16:31,300 KEEP IN MIND OVER THE NEXT FEW 557 00:16:31,300 --> 00:16:31,600 WEEKS. 558 00:16:31,600 --> 00:16:32,400 >> 70 BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE 559 00:16:32,400 --> 00:16:33,500 VOTES THAT ARE NEEDED IN THE 560 00:16:33,500 --> 00:16:35,900 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, THE 561 00:16:35,900 --> 00:16:38,100 TWO-THIRDS VOTE NEEDED FOR THE 562 00:16:38,100 --> 00:16:39,200 RAINY DAY FUN. 563 00:16:39,200 --> 00:16:40,400 >> SPECIAL SESSION KICKS OFF 564 00:16:40,400 --> 00:16:42,200 MONDAY AT 6:30 P.M. AND 565 00:16:42,200 --> 00:16:43,300 LAWMAKERS WILL HAVE TO WRAP IT 566 00:16:43,300 --> 00:16:45,100 UP BEFORE THE CLOCK STRIKES 567 00:16:45,100 --> 00:16:46,100 MIDNIGHT ON THE 22nd. 568 00:16:46,100 --> 00:16:48,500 >> GOVERNOR JOHN BEL EDWARDS 569 00:16:48,500 --> 00:16:50,300 WILL GIVE HIS OPENING REMARKS 570 00:16:50,300 --> 00:16:51,600 THIS MONDAY EVENING AND YOU CAN 571 00:16:51,600 --> 00:16:53,800 CATCH IT RIGHT HERE LIVE ON 572 00:16:53,800 --> 00:16:56,900 LPB. 573 00:16:56,900 --> 00:16:57,700 THE GOVERNOR IS SCHEDULED TO 574 00:16:57,700 --> 00:16:58,400 ADDRESS BOTH HOUSE AND SENATE 575 00:16:58,400 --> 00:16:59,100 MEMBERS INSIDE THE CAPITOL 576 00:16:59,100 --> 00:16:59,800 BEGINNING AT 7PM. YOU CAN ALSO 577 00:16:59,800 --> 00:17:02,900 WATCH IT ONLINE AT LPB.ORG. 578 00:17:02,900 --> 00:17:04,100 ALSO, TUNE IN TO LOUISIANA: THE 579 00:17:04,100 --> 00:17:06,100 STATE WE'RE IN NEXT WEEK FOR 580 00:17:06,100 --> 00:17:09,400 UPDATES FROM THE SPECIAL SESSION. 581 00:17:09,400 --> 00:17:11,400 >> IN HONOR OF BLACK HISTORY 582 00:17:11,400 --> 00:17:13,100 MONTH, LPB SHOWCASES THE EDDIE 583 00:17:13,100 --> 00:17:14,500 G. ROBINSON ON THE CAMPUS OF 584 00:17:14,500 --> 00:17:16,100 GRAMBLING STATE UNIVERSTIY. 585 00:17:16,100 --> 00:17:18,200 "COACH ROB" LED GRAMBLING OVER A 586 00:17:18,200 --> 00:17:20,700 56-YEAR COACHING CAREER AND WON 587 00:17:20,700 --> 00:17:23,700 408 GAMES AS THE TIGERS HEAD COACH. 588 00:17:23,700 --> 00:17:25,500 THANKS TO A COUPLE OF VERY 589 00:17:25,500 --> 00:17:26,900 SPECIAL MEN, GRAMBLING BASEBALL 590 00:17:26,900 --> 00:17:28,700 COACHING LEGEND WILBERT ELLIS 591 00:17:28,700 --> 00:17:30,200 AND LINCOLN AND UNION PARISH 592 00:17:30,200 --> 00:17:31,800 DISTRICT ATTORNEY JOHN BELTON• 593 00:17:31,800 --> 00:17:33,100 THE DREAM OF MAKING AN EDDIE 594 00:17:33,100 --> 00:17:38,700 ROBINSON MUSEUM BECAME A REALITY. 595 00:17:38,700 --> 00:17:40,500 >> THIS BUILDING ON THE CAMPUS 596 00:17:40,500 --> 00:17:41,900 OF GRAMBLING STATE UNIVERSITY 597 00:17:41,900 --> 00:17:43,700 HOUSES THE STORY OF LEGENDARY 598 00:17:43,700 --> 00:17:45,800 FOOTBALL COACH EDDIE ROBINSON. 599 00:17:45,800 --> 00:17:48,100 COACH ROBINSON PUT THE SMALL 600 00:17:48,100 --> 00:17:49,100 NORTH LOUISIANA COMMUNITY ON THE 601 00:17:49,100 --> 00:17:50,500 MAP AS HE PUT TOGETHER ONE OF 602 00:17:50,500 --> 00:17:51,800 THE BEST COLLEGE FOOTBALL 603 00:17:51,800 --> 00:17:53,100 PROGRAMS IN THE NATION. 604 00:17:53,100 --> 00:17:55,300 HE LED THE GRAMBLING STATE 605 00:17:55,300 --> 00:17:59,700 TIGERS FOR 57 YEARS AND WON AN 606 00:17:59,700 --> 00:18:01,200 UNPRECEDENTED 408 GAMES AND SENT 607 00:18:01,200 --> 00:18:02,500 OVER 200 PLAYERS INTO 608 00:18:02,500 --> 00:18:03,500 PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL. 609 00:18:03,500 --> 00:18:05,700 FORMER GRAMBLING BASEBALL COACH 610 00:18:05,700 --> 00:18:08,800 WILBERT ELLIS AND LINCOLN PARIS 611 00:18:08,800 --> 00:18:10,400 DISTRICT ATTORNEY KNEW EDDIE 612 00:18:10,400 --> 00:18:10,100 ROBINSON WELL. 613 00:18:10,100 --> 00:18:12,800 THEY PLAYED A BIG ROLE IN MAKING 614 00:18:12,800 --> 00:18:13,900 THIS MUSEUM A REALITY. 615 00:18:13,900 --> 00:18:15,800 THESE DAYS COACH ELLISON AND 616 00:18:15,800 --> 00:18:17,700 JOHN SERVE AS A LIVING HISTORY 617 00:18:17,700 --> 00:18:20,800 LINK TO THE LEGENDARY COACH. 618 00:18:20,800 --> 00:18:22,600 >> EDDIE THE BEST COACH EVER? 619 00:18:22,600 --> 00:18:23,100 >> YEAH. 620 00:18:23,100 --> 00:18:24,800 HE WAS THE BEST. 621 00:18:24,800 --> 00:18:26,100 HE EWAS THE BEST. 622 00:18:26,100 --> 00:18:27,900 THEY GOT A LOT OF GREAT 623 00:18:27,900 --> 00:18:28,300 COACHES. 624 00:18:28,300 --> 00:18:29,100 YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT EDDIE AS 625 00:18:29,100 --> 00:18:34,300 MORE THAN JUST A FOOTBALL 626 00:18:34,300 --> 00:18:35,800 COACH. 627 00:18:35,800 --> 00:18:36,200 HUMANITARIAN. 628 00:18:36,200 --> 00:18:38,200 A MAN THAT GO BEYOND THE GAME OF 629 00:18:38,200 --> 00:18:39,100 FOOTBALL, BUT HE TOOK FOOTBALL 630 00:18:39,100 --> 00:18:41,800 TO MAKE ALL OF THESE OTHER 631 00:18:41,800 --> 00:18:43,200 THINGS WORK. 632 00:18:43,200 --> 00:18:44,500 HE WAS AN OVERCOMER. 633 00:18:44,500 --> 00:18:46,300 WHAT DID HE OVERCOME? 634 00:18:46,300 --> 00:18:47,700 LET'S LOOK AT THE TIME HE WAS 635 00:18:47,700 --> 00:18:48,300 BORN IN. 636 00:18:48,300 --> 00:18:54,400 WE ARE TALKING EARLY 1900s. 637 00:18:54,400 --> 00:18:56,900 SEPARATE BUT EQUAL. 638 00:18:56,900 --> 00:18:58,600 SO HE WAS BEHIND THE EIGHT 639 00:18:58,600 --> 00:18:58,900 BALL. 640 00:18:58,900 --> 00:19:01,700 HE HAD TO COME FROM WAY BEHIND 641 00:19:01,700 --> 00:19:05,100 TO GET WHERE HE ENDED UP. 642 00:19:05,100 --> 00:19:07,800 BUT HE DID IT, NOT WITH A 643 00:19:07,800 --> 00:19:08,100 STICK. 644 00:19:08,100 --> 00:19:09,900 HE DIDN'T DO IT WITH CARRYING A 645 00:19:09,900 --> 00:19:10,400 BIG SKIT. 646 00:19:10,400 --> 00:19:12,300 HE DID IT WITH CARRYING A BIG 647 00:19:12,300 --> 00:19:12,600 SMILE. 648 00:19:12,600 --> 00:19:14,100 >> AND IT'S THE FIRST THING YOU 649 00:19:14,100 --> 00:19:16,300 SEE WHEN YOU ENTER THE EDDIE 650 00:19:16,300 --> 00:19:19,100 ROBINSON MUSEUM A LIFE-SIZED 651 00:19:19,100 --> 00:19:21,100 BRONZE STATUE OF COACH ROB WITH 652 00:19:21,100 --> 00:19:23,400 THAT UNMISTAKABLE WINNING 653 00:19:23,400 --> 00:19:23,700 SMILE. 654 00:19:23,700 --> 00:19:27,100 >> EDDIE LOVED PEOPLE. 655 00:19:27,100 --> 00:19:27,900 CARED ABOUT PEOPLE. 656 00:19:27,900 --> 00:19:30,900 I MEAN, YOU KNOW HE TALKED ABOUT 657 00:19:30,900 --> 00:19:31,500 AMERICA. 658 00:19:31,500 --> 00:19:34,900 HE DIDN'T TALK ABOUT ONE SEGMENT 659 00:19:34,900 --> 00:19:35,100 OF OUR SOCIETY. 660 00:19:35,100 --> 00:19:37,500 HE TALKED ABOUT AMERICA. 661 00:19:37,500 --> 00:19:40,100 THAT INCLUDES EVERYBODY. 662 00:19:40,100 --> 00:19:42,900 AND SO THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO DO 663 00:19:42,900 --> 00:19:45,600 AS LONG AS I LIVE AND I HAVE THE 664 00:19:45,600 --> 00:19:48,400 OPPORTUNITY TO GO MANY, MANY 665 00:19:48,400 --> 00:19:48,800 PLACES. 666 00:19:48,800 --> 00:19:52,800 I'M STILL SPREADING THE NEWS 667 00:19:52,800 --> 00:19:54,900 ABOUT GRAMBLING. 668 00:19:54,900 --> 00:19:55,500 40. 669 00:19:55,500 --> 00:19:57,100 VICTORIES ON THE FOOTBALL -- 408 670 00:19:57,100 --> 00:19:58,800 VICTORIES ON THE FOOTBALL FIELD 671 00:19:58,800 --> 00:20:00,100 AND THOUSANDS OF VICTORIES OFF 672 00:20:00,100 --> 00:20:00,600 THE FIELD. 673 00:20:00,600 --> 00:20:02,600 WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS MUSEUM, IT 674 00:20:02,600 --> 00:20:05,200 HOUSES A STORY OF FAITH, HARD 675 00:20:05,200 --> 00:20:07,900 WORK AND OVERCOMING. 676 00:20:07,900 --> 00:20:10,900 IT ALSO HOUSES A STORY BETWEEN 677 00:20:10,900 --> 00:20:13,000 HE AND MRS. ROBINSON. 678 00:20:13,000 --> 00:20:15,600 YOU KNOW HE TALKED ABOUT ONE 679 00:20:15,600 --> 00:20:18,400 WIFE, ONE JOB. 680 00:20:18,400 --> 00:20:20,300 SO THAT'S WHY COACH ELLISON AND 681 00:20:20,300 --> 00:20:23,400 I AND OTHERS THE TEAM AS I WANT 682 00:20:23,400 --> 00:20:26,400 TO SAY, MADE A POINT TO MAKE 683 00:20:26,400 --> 00:20:31,800 SURE WE HAD A DORIS ROBINSON IN 684 00:20:31,800 --> 00:20:32,800 HONOR OF HER. 685 00:20:32,800 --> 00:20:35,600 >> COACH ELLISON AND JOHN LEAD A 686 00:20:35,600 --> 00:20:37,300 WAY ON A BRIEF TOUR OF THE 687 00:20:37,300 --> 00:20:39,400 MUSEUM IT HIGHLIGHTS THE TIGERS 688 00:20:39,400 --> 00:20:40,800 FOOTBALL TRADITIONS AND HUNDREDS 689 00:20:40,800 --> 00:20:42,600 OF ROBINSON COACHED ATHLETES 690 00:20:42,600 --> 00:20:44,400 THAT WILL GO ON TO PLAY 691 00:20:44,400 --> 00:20:45,100 PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL. 692 00:20:45,100 --> 00:20:46,600 >> THIS IS WHERE ALL OF THE 693 00:20:46,600 --> 00:20:50,700 FOOTBALL PLAYERS PLAYED. 694 00:20:50,700 --> 00:20:52,200 OVER 200-SOME PLAYERS. 695 00:20:52,200 --> 00:20:55,700 TO MY LEFT OVER HERE, THE TIGER 696 00:20:55,700 --> 00:20:56,400 MARCHING BAND. 697 00:20:56,400 --> 00:20:57,900 AND THEY ALL WENT TOGETHER. 698 00:20:57,900 --> 00:20:59,400 WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE BAND, 699 00:20:59,400 --> 00:21:00,800 YOU TALKED ABOUT FOOTBALL. 700 00:21:00,800 --> 00:21:04,900 >> EDDIE ROBINSON COACHED FOUR 701 00:21:04,900 --> 00:21:06,100 NFL HALL OF FAMER INCLUDING 702 00:21:06,100 --> 00:21:07,600 WILLIE DAVIS OF THE GREEN BAY 703 00:21:07,600 --> 00:21:09,900 PACKERS, BUCK BUCHANAN OF THE 704 00:21:09,900 --> 00:21:11,300 KANSAS CITY CHIEFS, CHARLIE 705 00:21:11,300 --> 00:21:13,100 JOINER OF THE SAN DIEGO CHARGERS 706 00:21:13,100 --> 00:21:15,200 AND WILLIE BROWN OF THE OAKLAND 707 00:21:15,200 --> 00:21:15,500 RAIDERS. 708 00:21:15,500 --> 00:21:18,400 >> FOUR GUYS IN THE NFL HALL OF 709 00:21:18,400 --> 00:21:19,100 FAME AND THAT'S SOMETHING. 710 00:21:19,100 --> 00:21:20,400 >> AMAZING. 711 00:21:20,400 --> 00:21:22,400 >> THIS IS A WALL OF FAME IN 712 00:21:22,400 --> 00:21:22,700 HERE. 713 00:21:22,700 --> 00:21:24,100 THIS IS WILLIE DAVIS. 714 00:21:24,100 --> 00:21:27,900 >> WILLIE DAVIS ROOM. 715 00:21:27,900 --> 00:21:31,700 LINSEY FOUNDATION DONATED 716 00:21:31,700 --> 00:21:33,100 $150 ON HIS BEHALF AND WE NAMED 717 00:21:33,100 --> 00:21:34,800 THIS ROOM AFTER WILLIE DAVIS. 718 00:21:34,800 --> 00:21:37,300 COACH ROBINSON DID A GOOD JOB IN 719 00:21:37,300 --> 00:21:38,600 PREPARING YOUNG MEN TO BECOME 720 00:21:38,600 --> 00:21:40,300 MEN AND TO BECOME HALL OF FAME 721 00:21:40,300 --> 00:21:41,700 FOOTBALL PLAYERS. 722 00:21:41,700 --> 00:21:42,800 >> AND INSIDE THE MUSEUM YOU 723 00:21:42,800 --> 00:21:45,700 WILL SEE AN EXACT REPLICA OF 724 00:21:45,700 --> 00:21:47,200 COACH ROBS HOME OFFICE. 725 00:21:47,200 --> 00:21:49,100 >> JUST LIKE IT WAS AT HIS 726 00:21:49,100 --> 00:21:49,400 HOUSE. 727 00:21:49,400 --> 00:21:50,900 IT'S THE SAME WAY. 728 00:21:50,900 --> 00:21:52,500 HIS BOOKS AND EVERYTHING WAS 729 00:21:52,500 --> 00:21:54,300 THERE HIS CHAIR, THE SAME 730 00:21:54,300 --> 00:21:54,600 CHAIR. 731 00:21:54,600 --> 00:21:56,200 THEY DID A LITTLE SOMETHING WITH 732 00:21:56,200 --> 00:21:58,400 THE DESK AND ALL OF THAT, BUT 733 00:21:58,400 --> 00:22:00,100 THE ARRANGEMENT OF THE BOOKS ARE 734 00:22:00,100 --> 00:22:01,600 JUST LIKE HE PUT IT. 735 00:22:01,600 --> 00:22:04,900 AND OVER HERE YOU SEE WE ARE 736 00:22:04,900 --> 00:22:05,800 WHERE THE PRESIDENT OF THE 737 00:22:05,800 --> 00:22:07,100 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA CAME 738 00:22:07,100 --> 00:22:10,400 AND SPOKE FOR OUR COMMENCEMENT, 739 00:22:10,400 --> 00:22:13,100 BILL CLINTON. 740 00:22:13,100 --> 00:22:14,100 AND COACH WAS FIXING HIS ROBE. 741 00:22:14,100 --> 00:22:16,300 AND HE DIDN'T WANT ANYBODY 742 00:22:16,300 --> 00:22:18,300 ELSE -- I WAS THE GRAND MARSHAL, 743 00:22:18,300 --> 00:22:19,600 BUT HE DIDN'T WANT ME. 744 00:22:19,600 --> 00:22:21,900 I WANT EDDIE TO FIX MY ROBE. 745 00:22:21,900 --> 00:22:24,100 AND YOU SEE COACH THERE FIXING 746 00:22:24,100 --> 00:22:26,100 HIS ROBE AND PINNING ON. 747 00:22:26,100 --> 00:22:27,200 COACH SIGNED THE BALL FOR HIM 748 00:22:27,200 --> 00:22:28,600 AND ALL OF THAT. 749 00:22:28,600 --> 00:22:30,500 IT WAS A GREAT MOMENT. 750 00:22:30,500 --> 00:22:32,700 >> YOU CAN ALSO WALK THROUGH AN 751 00:22:32,700 --> 00:22:34,200 EXACT REPLICA OF EDDIE'S OFFICE 752 00:22:34,200 --> 00:22:37,200 ON CAMPUS AND EVEN STEP INTO THE 753 00:22:37,200 --> 00:22:38,100 GRAMBLING LOCKER ROOM WHERE 754 00:22:38,100 --> 00:22:39,700 COACH ROB WILL DIAGRAM HIS PLAYS 755 00:22:39,700 --> 00:22:40,700 TO THE TEAM. 756 00:22:40,700 --> 00:22:43,100 THE MUSEUM IS ALSO INTERACTIVE. 757 00:22:43,100 --> 00:22:45,100 ONE AREA ALLOWS VISITORS A SPOT 758 00:22:45,100 --> 00:22:46,100 ON THE BLOCKING SLED. 759 00:22:46,100 --> 00:22:49,600 OR TAKING A CRACK AT 760 00:22:49,600 --> 00:22:50,100 QUARTERBACK. 761 00:22:50,100 --> 00:22:52,100 BUT THIS MUSEUM IS EXTRA SPECIAL 762 00:22:52,100 --> 00:22:54,600 TO COACH ELLIS AND JOHN JUST 763 00:22:54,600 --> 00:22:56,600 BEFORE COACH RABUNSON PASSED 764 00:22:56,600 --> 00:22:58,900 AWAY THEY PROMISED THAT ONE DAY 765 00:22:58,900 --> 00:23:02,700 THERE WOULD BE AN EDDIE ROBINSON 766 00:23:02,700 --> 00:23:03,100 MUSEUM. 767 00:23:03,100 --> 00:23:04,600 >> HE ASKED ME ONE THING AND 768 00:23:04,600 --> 00:23:05,800 COACH ELLIS WAS THERE, TOO. 769 00:23:05,800 --> 00:23:08,100 HE SAID, COULD YOU PROMISE ME 770 00:23:08,100 --> 00:23:11,300 THAT IT WILL BECOME A REALITY? 771 00:23:11,300 --> 00:23:13,500 THAT YOU WILL SEE IT TO THE 772 00:23:13,500 --> 00:23:13,800 END? 773 00:23:13,800 --> 00:23:17,600 AND WITH GOD'S GRACE AND THE 774 00:23:17,600 --> 00:23:20,100 BLESSINGS OF ALMIGHTY GOD AND 775 00:23:20,100 --> 00:23:22,800 THE VOLUNTEERS AND THOSE THAT 776 00:23:22,800 --> 00:23:23,800 DEDICATED AND COMMITTED TO MAKE 777 00:23:23,800 --> 00:23:26,200 IT HAPPEN AS A TEAM, WE NOW SIT 778 00:23:26,200 --> 00:23:28,200 HERE IN THE EDDIE ROBINSON 779 00:23:28,200 --> 00:23:28,500 MUSEUM. 780 00:23:28,500 --> 00:23:30,200 >> YOU CAN THINK ABOUT A LOT OF 781 00:23:30,200 --> 00:23:31,100 GREAT PEOPLE. 782 00:23:31,100 --> 00:23:33,800 YOU CAN THINK ABOUT GANDHI. 783 00:23:33,800 --> 00:23:36,300 YOU CAN THINK ABOUT MOTHER 784 00:23:36,300 --> 00:23:36,700 TERESA. 785 00:23:36,700 --> 00:23:38,800 YOU CAN THINK ABOUT DR. MARTIN 786 00:23:38,800 --> 00:23:39,300 LUTHER KING, JR.. 787 00:23:39,300 --> 00:23:41,500 YOU CAN THINK ABOUT GEORGE 788 00:23:41,500 --> 00:23:42,600 WASHINGTON. 789 00:23:42,600 --> 00:23:43,400 ABRAHAM LINCOLN. 790 00:23:43,400 --> 00:23:46,200 THEY STILL LIVE TODAY. 791 00:23:46,200 --> 00:23:48,300 AND GREATNESS LIVES FOREVER. 792 00:23:48,300 --> 00:23:52,100 AND COACH ROBINSON IS A GREAT 793 00:23:52,100 --> 00:23:52,400 MAN. 794 00:23:52,400 --> 00:23:53,700 AND IT IS BECAUSE HE IS STILL 795 00:23:53,700 --> 00:23:54,400 WITH US. 796 00:23:54,400 --> 00:23:57,500 WHEN HE LIVED HERE ON EARTH IN 797 00:23:57,500 --> 00:24:00,100 HIS BODY, HE WAS A GREAT MAN. 798 00:24:00,100 --> 00:24:01,500 AND HE STILL LIVES ON. 799 00:24:01,500 --> 00:24:03,800 AND SO THIS MUSEUM IS JUST AN 800 00:24:03,800 --> 00:24:06,900 EXHIBIT OF THOSE THINGS THAT HE 801 00:24:06,900 --> 00:24:07,400 ACCOMPLISHED. 802 00:24:07,400 --> 00:24:10,700 OFF THE FIELD AND ON THE FIELD. 803 00:24:10,700 --> 00:24:12,600 THAT HE STILL LIVE IT AND WILL 804 00:24:12,600 --> 00:24:18,500 FOREVER LIVE IT BECAUSE OF HIS 805 00:24:18,500 --> 00:24:19,100 GREATNESS. 806 00:24:19,100 --> 00:24:20,100 >> AND FOR MORE INFORMATION ON 807 00:24:20,100 --> 00:24:23,300 THE EDDIE G. 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