finally, in 1912, louisiana adopted the flag we see today. - the louisiana flag i love because it's a story of unconditional love. what the settlers saw, according to louisiana legend when they first arrived there, were these brown pelicans. and if food was scarce, what the mother pelicans would do is peck at their breasts until they bled and they would feed that to their young. so on the state flag, you see a mother feeding three baby brown pelicans. - eventually, louisiana adopted the brown pelican as it's official state bird. by the way, louisiana also has an official state donut called a beignet. it's fried dough with powdered sugar on top. fortunately, the official state drink is milk. with flag facts, i'm eric. (patriotic music) (crashes) - believe it or not, it's against the law in california to bathe two babies in the same tub at the same time. makes you wonder. how do parents in the golden state handle twins? - when teen kids news continues, i'll show you how you can charge cell phones without electricity. we'll be right back. some of the things we use every day. but there ar

a state of emergency in louisiana. that as the northeast enjoys the calm before a nor'easter brings up to 16 inches of snow. >>> "early today" starts right now. >> great being with you this morning. the state of emergency was declared in louisiana after severe storms tore through the gulf coast. est plaited 8 to 12 louisiana hit louisiana and mississippi leaving a wide swath of destruction. while no deaths have been reported at least 25 people being treated for injuries. here is gabe with details on the powerful weather. >> reporter: the south is bracing for more severe weather. >> got another one coming. >> reporter: after powerful stormed ripped through louisiana. >> look at this. man, this is a realtor n tornad. >> reporter: flipping trucks and tearing this gas station apart. witnesses say the sky went dark in seconds. >> get on our knees so we won't get hurt. it was scary. >> reporter: louisiana's governor declaring a state of emergency. thousands left without power. >> you know, the people of new orleans are as to

coming out of mississippi and louisiana. he's trying to take that area, and he used the first and third native guards. the 73rd and 75th u.s. colored infant infantry. one of the black officers, a black officer by the name of captain andre caillou says that he would answer to god -- he would capture theford, they'd kill him in the process. another of his color saernlths said he'd turn to flag or answer to god the reason why. he too was killed. these men fight on bravely but they prove to federal authorities that black men are willing to fight and won't run because instead of running away from the sound of the guns in these battles they ran to the sound of the guns. at milken's bend you have an example of black louisianans and black mississippians who haven't had adequate training. they don't even really know how to fire their weapons and they're being used as labor and rear guard troops. they end up getting attacked by confederate forces trying to cut off supply lines and because they couldn't load their weapons some of them

a state of emergency in louisiana. that as the northeast enjoys the calm before a nor'easter brings up to 16 inches of snow. >>> "early today" starts right now. >> great being with you this declared in louisiana after severe storms tore through the gulf coast. est plaited 8 to 12 louisiana hit louisiana and mississippi leaving a wide swath of destruction. while no deaths have been reported at least 25 people being treated for injuries. here is gabe with details on the powerful weather. >> reporter: the south is bracing for more severe weather. >> got another one coming. >> reporter: after powerful stormed ripped through louisiana. >> look at this. man, this is a realtor n tornad. >> reporter: flipping trucks and tearing this gas station apart. witnesses say the sky went dark in seconds. >> get on our knees so we won't get hurt. it was scary. >> reporter: louisiana's governor declaring a state of emergency. thousands left without power. >> you know, the people of orleans are as tough as they come. we'll get through this

a state of emergency in louisiana. that as the northeast enjoys the calm before a nor'easter brings up to 16 inches of snow. >>> "early today" starts right now. >> great being with you this morning. >> they got a pounding in the south. now a state of emergency is declared in louisiana after severe storm tore through the gulf coast. there an estimated 8 to 12 tornadoes through louisiana and mississippi leaving a wide swath of destruction. while no deaths have been reported at least 25 people being treated for injuries. here is gabe with details on the powerful weather. >> reporter: the south is bracing for more severe weather. >> got another one coming. >> reporter: after powerful stormed ripped through louisiana. >> look at this. man, this is a real tornado. >> total devastation. i can't believe it. >> reporter: flipping trucks and tearing this gas station apart. witnesses say the sky went dark in seconds. >> get on our knees so we won't get hurt. it was scary. >> reporter: louisiana's governor declaring a state of eme

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this is the one from east louisiana. that was around 12:25678 we have seen video of damage coming from there. we will continue to get more in throughout the day. this afternoon the enhanced risk is for mobile alabama into the florida panhandle. this will be happening over the next several hours as the storms match towards the east. eventually as we head towards the evening storms continue to push east into florida. panama city, southeastern alabama watching very closely. once the sun goes down you can't see these tornadoes coming. and there could be more tornadoes on the way as the day goes on. by 11:00 tonight later tonight the storms weaken in intensity, and eventually sliding offshore as you head into wednesday morning. over the next several hours still a very dangerous explosive situation across the gulf coast. we'll continue to monitor it here. if any of these severe thunderstorm warnings become tornado warnings or any new tornado warnings we'll bring them to you tloit the day. >> as you said we will continue to wat

lively over there in louisiana. senator cassidy's town hall. there are angry, angry citizens complaining about some of his proposed policies. let's listen. >> please. now, under our plan, the 30 million that are currently uninsured under the aca would be insured. and the state would continue to receive the dollars it currently costs more than medicaid expansion. and they would also receive the dollars for those who are currently on the exchanges. it's my bill. >> not true. >> i would tell you it's true. it is my bill. i can probably is you that is how the bill is written. if you don't believe me it's because you haven't read the bill. in that case -- >> we've read your bill. >> if you've read my bill, then what you'll see is that we actually have the potential to have more folk covered in louisiana than we do now. and, in fact, more potential -- [multiple voices] so, what we also hope to do is give the patient the power. we give the patient the power by requiring price transparency. >> oh, god. >> if somebody -- >> you can hear the heckling goi

tree into a state of emergency in louisiana as in louisiana i sat in tornadoes touched down causing major damage. >> parts and everything just collapsed. me and my son from side to side. nicole: janice dean will have the forecast. in sports, the trail blazers with a one-point win and we will tell you about one high school sophomore who scored 92 points in one basketball game. welcome to transcend them, your first look at morning markets and breaking news. ♪ [ alarm clock beeping ] weather. ♪ [ laughter ] cartoons. wait for it. [ cat screech ] [ laughter ] ♪ [ screaming ] [ laughter ] make everyday awesome with the power of xfinity x1... hi grandma! and the fastest internet. [ girl screaming ] [ laughter ] nicole: welcome back at a look at the latest from the world of sports. an old-fashioned shootout in dallas between the mavericks and trail blazers. 50 seconds left. the whiskey catches the pass. he drained a friend of three, waiting for some video see you can check this out. the blazers with the basket is well painted income that drew the foul, trail blazers are up to an hour 10 se

. >>> devastating tornados tear through louisiana. just an awful scene there. damage and cleanup efforts -- next. >>> a big cleanup under way this morning in southern louisiana after seven confirmed tornados touched down tuesday including the one in new orleans. both the governor and mayor of new orleans issuing emergency declarations. they're screens of other devastations, scores of homes and businesses destroyed. dozens injured but no deaths. one resident impairing it to hurricane katrina. >> you're dealing with amazing destruction. and it's not just -- i mean, it's like katrina again. the whole block is gone. you know. and it's just a matter of rebuilding. >> the president tweeting overnight, our thoughts and prayers are with everyone in southeastern louisiana affected by today's severe tornados. >>> so, how will the weather impact cleanup efforts? let's get to meteorologist pedram javaheri. >> john and christine, conditions across parts of louisiana finally starting to quiet down. that storm system responsible for nine tornados now pushing offshore. take a

a second one, a tornado threat, continuing north of livingston, louisiana. again, we have the possibility here of multiple tornadoes existing within one storm. very quickly, again, on the left side of your screen, that is the neighborhood of new orleans east. that is where we are seeing the pictures of the most damage. that's also where we're receiving reports on social media that there was the most damage in the city from these tornadoes. >> brian lagarde is on the phone right now, director of project nola. you're there in new orleans, as i understand it. what can you tell us? what are you seeing around you right now? >> well, the weather's bad out here. regrettably we've had a tornado touch down in new orleans east. we have emergency units that have responded to the area. however, efforts are being hampered by downed power lines and flipped vehicles. we have 911 reports of people trapped in houses, trapped in cars, some in critical condition. units are trying to work their way into the heaviest hit areas, so please keep us in your thoughts and prayers. >>

yesterday - the same storm spawned at tornadoes in louisiana. new orleans east was particularly hard hit, with hundreds of homes destroyed and thousands damaged. many residents spent the night in emergency shelters or in the dark, because their power is out. amazingly, there were no fatalities, only several dozen injuries not considered life-threatening. it's 5: and time for a check on weather. winter storm watch tonight through thursday morning nw of d.c. - another warm day (records not likely) - another warm day (records not likely) - rain to snow overnight - cold & blustery thursday (chills in the 20s) - warmer weekend today: partly becoming mostly cloudy. still unseasonably mild. highs: 62-65 winds: n 5-10 mph tonight: cloudy with precipitation developing after midnight. rain changes to snow. lows: 35-40 winds: n 5-15 mph thursday: snow tapers off by 8am. cold and very blustery. scattered afternoon snow showers. highs: 34-38 feels: 20s winds: nw 10-20 g 30+ kidd o'shea in the now.. from the super bowl to the announcement of a world tour and

louisiana declares a state of emergency after tornados strike, leaving behind miles of destruction. >>> mr. president, i am surprised that the words of coretta scott king are not suitable for debate in the united states senate. senator elizabeth warren is told to take her seat during her speech opposing attorney general nominee jeff sessions. >>> and in limbo, the fate of president trump's travel ban is now in the hands of three appeal escort justices. good morning from the studio 57 snud room at cbs news headquarters here in new york. good to be with you. i'm ann marie green. a state of emergency remains in effect for louisiana which is working to recover from a string of tornados that barrelled through the southeast corner of the state. of tornados that barrelled through the southeast corner of the state. east new orleans was hit hard. in all, about 20 people were injured, some of them seriously. dozens of homes and other businesses were destroyed and power was knocked out to about 10,000 customers. don champion has our report. >>> cleanup is under way in southern louisiana after se

congressional correspondent nancy cordes went to louisiana to look into it. >> reporter: if professional agitators were lurking in the line outside the jefferson parish library today, we didn't meet them. >> look at us. >> yes. >> yes. >> do we look like loud individuals? do we look like paid protesters? >> reporter: this group of meeftly retired women, brought home made signs, umbrellas for the sun, and a newfound sense of activism. >> i'll be in this until i die, if that's necessary. >> there you go. >> reporter: really, you feel that strongly? >> i feel that strongly about it. >> reporter: they came to confront louisiana senator bill cassidy about the trump agenda and about obamacare. >> where is he! >> reporter: and when he was late, they started without him. >> this child standing in front of you is completely-- >> reporter: cassidy is a doctor himself, and one of the few republicans to introduce his own obamacare replacement. >> now, under our plan, you could actually end up with more people insured. >> no, no! >> reporter: but the tax credits he's proposing to help buy insurance h

a state of emergency remains in effect for louisiana. which is working to recover from a string of tornados that barrelled through the southeast corner of the state. east new orleans was hit hard. in all about 20 people were injured, some of them seriously. dozens of homes and other businesses were destroyed and power was knocked out to about 10,000 customers. don champion has our report. >> clean up is under way in southern louisiana after several tornados touched down tuesday afternoon. >> we have, you know, something for the terrible blow in the city of new orleans. >> the ninth ward of new orleans which suffered extensive damage during hurricane katrina was hit hard by the storm. >> it's devastating. a lot of families that lost everything that they have. >> cheryl mcbride took refuge in her bathtub just before the twister tore apart her east new orleans home. >> it's two down. the roof came off. things started flying. i just asked jesus to cover me, don't let me get hurt. the next thing you know, here we are. >> the tornado ripped th

congressional correspondent nancy cordes went to louisiana to look into it. >> reporter: if professional agitators were lurking in the line outside the jefferson parish library today, we didn't meet them. >> look at us. >> yes. >> yes. >> do we look like loud individuals? do we look like paid protesters? >> reporter: this group of meeftly retired women, broug the sun, and a newfound sense of activism. >> i'll be in this until i die, if that's necessary. >> there you go. >> reporter: really, you feel that strongly? >> i feel that strongly about it. >> reporter: they came to confront louisiana senator bill cassidy about the trump agenda and about obamacare. >> where is he! >> reporter: and when he was late, they started without him. >> this child standing in front of you is completely-- >> reporter: cassidy is a doctor himself, and one of the few republicans to introduce his own obamacare replacement. >> now, under our plan, you could actually end up with more people insured. >> no, no! >> reporter: but the tax credits he's proposing to help buy insurance have turned off colleagues on the

in louisiana people were literally running away. at least 20 people were hurt and 10,000 people lost power. they could be in the dark for days now. we'll get new information about how bad this was later this morning and we'll go live to new orleans where they're cleaning up right now. >> and we also want to get to some breaking news here in prince george's county. angie? >> new video to share with you. that's in to the live desk. this comes to us out of capital heights. you can see that red car rammed into the side of the house here. video of the scene you saw the investigators on the ground. this is on addison road near dunbar oaks. still no sign of the driver and we're still waiting to get whether the people who live in that house are okay. we are going to bring you more as we get it. but for now, back to you. >>> thank you. 6:07 and today elementary students forced to leave a bedbug infested school are heading back to class. >> savoy elementary students will be bussed to a new temporary school in southeast washington. justin is l

congressional correspondent enncy cordes went to metairie, louisiana to look into it. >> reporter: if professional agitators were lurking in the line outside the jefferson ryrish library today, we didn't meet them. >> look at us. >> yes. >> yes. >> do we look like loud individuals? do we look like paid protesters? >> reporter: this group of mostly retired women, brought home made signs, umbrellas for the sun, and a newfound sense of activism. .> i'll be in this until i die, if that's necessary. >> there you go. >> reporter: really, you feel that strongly? >> i feel that strongly about it. >> reporter: they came to confront louisiana senator bill cassidy about the trump agenda and about obamacare. >> where is he! w reporter: and when he was late, they started without him. >> this child standing in front of you is completely-- >> reporter: cassidy is a doctor himself, and one of the few republicans to introduce his own obamacare replacement. >> now, under our plan, you could actually end up with more people insured. >> no, no! >> reporter: but the tax credits he's proposing to help buy

four confirmed tornados in louisiana. one went through the city of new orleans and the mayor says it shredded nearly a two mile path. anthony, we've confirmed the national weather service, the tornado in new orleans was probably an ef-2 which means winds may have been between 111 and 135 miles per hour. >> david, thanks. >>> the secretary of education betsy devos was sworn in last night by vice president mike pence. he rescued her nomination voting yes to break a 50/50 tie in he senate. last night, republicans silenced democrat elizabeth warren for, quote, impug general nominee senator jeff sessions. she read an old letter from coretta scott king. majority leader mitch mcconnell said warren violated rules against criticizing colleagues. >> she was warned. she was given an explanation. never the less, she persisted. >> there was an angry response on twitter. one woman wrote, it was very generous of the senate to offer a motto for women's history month, 2017, #neverthelessshepersisted. >>> democrats supported warren with th

in all four reported tornadoes hammering louisiana. as students sheltered in school hallways. this massive wedge tornado crossing interstate 55. storm chasers just yards away. their vehicle shaking. this gas station here took a direct hit. it really is a miracle that no one here was killed. many here are now homeless and staying in shelters. as they begin to pick up the pieces. phillip mena, abc news, new orleans. >> unbelievable images there. there's also severe weather on the west coast. the strong storms there brought heavy winds and rains causing mudslides, flooding and power outages. >> and guess what, there's more bad weather in store for the u.s. today. let's get the details from accuweather's cam tran. cam? >> good morning, kendis and diane. the barrage of storm systems continue out west. another system will be moving in this afternoon, bringing heavy rainfall from seattle all the way down to san francisco. we're also watching out for concerns for flash flooding, especially across central california as we continue to see stormy weather through the end of the week. whil

louisiana's governor has declared a state of emergency. he and new orleans mayor are expected to hold a news conference any minute, for now, i am joined on the phone by leroy sullivan, he's the mayor of donaldsonville, louisiana, it's about half way between baton rouge and new orleans. to the northwest of new orleans. mayor, thank you for joining us. give us an evaluation of what is happening in your town. >> thank you, so first of all, i'd just like to give thanks to god that he lives to be spared here. the tornado touched through several hours ago. most of the damage is in the downtown area, our historic areas where homes are damaged. they take one home and moved it about 20 feet off of it's foundation. so there's some damage that's power outages, just on the phone with entity and they say that most of the city will have power back by 10:00. >> that's great. >> yeah. -- >> mayor, let me ask you, energy is the power company. what sort of warning did you and the people of donaldsonville get about this and tell me about the weather now. peo

-- woolworth store in louisiana were white. if you go back to philadelphia an mississippi, where they found the three bodies of the civil rights workers who were registering people to vote, you saw one african-american and two white americans who stuck together fighting injustice. dr. king said so eloquently that injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. as we talk about our organizations like sncc and core and sclc and talk about black lives matter, it reminds me of the time when dr. king was sitting in the birmingham jail and seven, eight white religious leaders in the south criticized dr. king, asking why he couldn't wait, why did he have to force the issue and why as an outsider he was town in birmingham? dr. king responded, and he initially said, i don't usually answer criticism because i'd be doing it all day, but because i believe you to be eight men of good will, i will take the time to answer. i just want to read you an exempt of his answer. i think it's so appropriate when we think of our groups that are c

the tornadoes sliced through seven parrishs in louisiana. and part of the worst was new orleans east, some of the same neighborhoods that was devastated by hurricane katrina. and ms. chandler remembers itle with after she was out of her home for a year. >> this is overwhelming, because with the hurricane, you have five opportunities to leave, but this is not. >> and we should not with be here. >> reporter: edward and knnoel d his 83-year-old mother barely survived when the tornado ripped the roof off of the home. >> it was scary, and i saw a tornado coming at us through the win doe. >> reporter: roger tower was walking his dowh took my dog away. >> reporter: in new orleans east the national guard is called in to help with the cleanup. >> they say that the tornado that hit new orleans was at least an ef-2 and winds of up to 109 miles per hour, and 40 people were injure d here in southeastern louisiana, but no deaths were reported. gabe gutierrez here in new orleans. >>> education secretary betsy devos is pledging to be a tireless workers for

tornadoes touched down in southeastern louisiana. the ed cars, smashed >>> clean-up efforts are under way right now after 7 tornadoes touched down in southeastern louisiana. the twisters flipped cars, smashed hopes and brought down trees and power lines. some people recorded the destruction as it happened. several dozen people were injured. and louisiana's governor has declared a state of emergency. >>> president trump told a group of police chiefs this morning that they have a true friend in the white house. he is promising zero tolerance for violence against law enforcement officers. >> we all see what happens and what's been happening to you. not fair. we must protect those who protect us. >> the president also said that his administration will give police departments the resources they need to recruit and retain officers. >>> new at noon intel's ceo joined president trump in the oval office today to announce a $7 billion investment in a factory in arizona. he said the factory will be making the most advanced chips on the planet.

blew it down. >> reporter: louisiana's governor declaring state of emergency. thousands of people left without power. >> we've had our fair share of tragedies. the people of new orleans are as tough as they come. our first responders are the best. we'll get through there. >> reporter: among the worst hit areas, new orleans history. some of the areas ravaged by hurricane katrina more than a decade ago. >> i thought i was going to die. >> reporter: roger howard was walking his dog when the storm came through. he was knocked over by a gust so strong, it kweswept his pet awa. >> it knocked me down. it took my dog away. it took my dog away. >> reporter: the twister is part of a power system that tore through several states dumping hail and pounding the region with relentless winds. parts of the big easy are hit hard. >> a lot of stuff was lost. picture, money, the stuff you'll never get back. >> reporter: neighbors are helping neighbors in a city that's seen heartbreak before. around two dozen people were injured but remarkably no deaths have been reported. the nati

four confirmed tornadoes in louisiana. one went through the city of new orleans and the mayor says it shredded nearly a two-mile path. anthony, we've confirmed the national weather service the tornado in new orleans was probably an ef-2, which means winds may have been between 111 and 135 miles an hour. >> david begnaud, thanks, david. >>> secretary of education betsy devos was sworn in by vice president mike pence. he rescued her nomination to say yes by breaking a 50/50 tie. last night, silencing elizabeth warren for impugn iing the attorney general nominee jeff sessions, reading an old letter from coretta scott king opposing session's '96 nomination to be a federal judge. warren violated senate rules against criticizing colleagues. >> she was warned. she was given an explanation. nevertheless, she persisted. >> there was an angry response on twitter. one woman wrote it was very generous of the senate to offer a motto for women's history month 2017. #neverthelessshepersisted. also presented her with the #letlizspeak. >>>

here are some of the other still pictures we are just getting in from new orleans, louisiana. we're going to take there you in a moment. as soon as we get more, we'll bring it to you. >>> back to wall street, after hitting an all-time high earlier, the dow jones industrials and the nasdaq pulling back just a bit. i don't call this pulling back, when we are about, let's see, it will be 20,100, that's the all-time record for a close. 20,099. so the dow looks great, the nasdaq too. nasdaq at 5673. things are looking very, very dramatic there. stormy for pharmaceutical stocks, did you see this? this is why we take sean spicer's news conferences, there are a lot of business implications. during that news conference, sean spicer reaffirmed president trump and his opinion on better deals for drug prices. here's how it went down. listen. >> so his commitment is to make sure that he does what he can, and rather successfully uses skills as a businessman to drive them down. liz: he meant drive drug prices down, that's what's happening. look at shares of the big pharma names. merck, pfize

burger king and talks by popeye's louisiana kitchen. the price could be wanted one but $7 billion in sources say a degree that could be announced as early this week. the two companies in discussions since last summer. premiere is on the board. dow futures higher by 40. s&p higher by five. that is what is happening now. lauren: at some of america's most well-known stores are resembling the walking dead. retail store is higher than expected in january may not paint a true picture of what's really happening in the retail market. jeff flock in chicago with more on the growing number of let's just call them zombie retailers. reporter: hello from state street in chicago. one of the nation's great retail mac is. stores and street like this in malls across the country. some jeopardy now with "the wall street journal" going so far as to call some retailers on the retailers. payless shoe store is that there is one on "the wall street journal" this. now in talks with creditors to close a thousand stores. others on the list, nine west, jay crew fro

. >> britney spears reportedly flown to louisiana to be with her family after her iece, maddie, was involved in an accident on the atv. the 8-year-old is in stable but critical condition at a new orleans hospital. details are frightening. according to the police report maddie was steering to avoid a ditch when she drove into a pond. she was trapped and security by the seatbelt and atv safety netting. jamie lynn and her husband drove in an tried to resuscitate but

. >>> and louisiana is facing major damage as residents start to clean up from at least four tornadoes. the storms injured several people, intense winds also turned over vehicles and damaged homes as well as knocking out power. we'll have the latest. >>> and new this half hour, high-flying fun on obama's winter vacation. >> why the former president's caribbean getaway is giving the internet plenty of meme material. >>> and gronk gone wild. well, the shirt's -- >> there it is. >> there it is. the gun show. the patriots star crushing it at the parade yet again. and hear why he says he got to it is wednesday february 8th. let's party like it's gronk day. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >>> he's showing off his skills. >> he did. that's actually like the first pass he's caught in several months. i mean, he's injured. sorry. >> maybe he's celebrating mardi gras early. he's expecting some beads. >> he's like i need no excuse. the shirt's gone. all right. we'll get to that a little bit later. right now all across washington the wait is on for a major court ruling follow

his weeklyin address, the president mentions victims of tornadoes in louisiana and mrs. to the, job growth, cutting taxes and executive action on terrorism. representative joe crowley of new york livers the democratic response, giving his reaction to the democratic ticket of order -- the executive order. fellow americans, this week our hearts are with the people of louisiana and mississippi families have lost their homes, businesses and likelihood after devastating tornadoes swept through many, many communities.

the same could be said of louisiana senator bill cassidy who held another town hall which was a little bit of a surprise given the disastrous event he had yesterday where "shame on you, shame on you" is what it looked like in that room at the start of that town hall. joining us is tim morris, columnist for the "times-picayune." thank you for joining us. >> glad to be here. >> how is senator cassidy doing dealing with unhappy crowds of his constituents? >> you know, he seemed to not be all that rattled and to just charge ahead. he had another one today and he has one more schedule sod you have to give him props, he's hanging in there. >> in terms of louisiana politics and how these things work, these angry town halls, people really shouting at him, really giving him a piece of their mind yesterday, does this -- is this like something new in louisiana politics or is this something where this sort of thing comes around and now it's the republicans turn. >> cassidy beat a three-term incumbent democrat with 56% of the vote and donald trump won louisiana with 58% othe vote, a landslide. and

louisiana's governor says it's a miracle no one was killed. >>> the more video you see from louisiana, it is absolutely a miracle that nobody was killed. we have some severe weather around here in the form of a flood risk. there's a flood watch in effect for tomorrow. yet another storm. we'll talk about how much rain, the timing of when it exits, and what you're going to be doing for the weekend. at least the weather part of it. that's next. >> and coming up all new at 6:00, a family's dream home destroyed in a devastating mountain mudslide. a pregnant mother's mad dash to escape as debris covers everything around her. ,, >>> a small window of opportunity for a break before the rain returns tomorrow morning. it did rain this morning steadily, scattered showers still going on in the north bay right now in sonoma county but the radar is as clear as it's going to be for the next 36 hours. it's been a soggy start to the year. it feels like it has rained every, single day this year. no. but close. 39 days so far this year. 25 of them have had rainfall. what's normal? 14. about 11 in januar

jummy: brand-new video from the louisiana after devastating to the south. tornadoes came through the area. the tornado damage, nasa assembly facility there in new orleans, as well as the usda national finance center. at least for tornadoes swept , leaving widespread damage. john bel edwards declaring a state of emergency this morning. one of the hard-hit areas was new orleans east, over 20 people were hurt. weather service official say ef2 ine twister was strength. autria: students of a rat and bed infested school or slowly getting ready to return to class. larry: they will be attending a different school. what do students and parents need to know? sam, good morning. sam: the students will be headed just download -- down the road to therapy help. the school was shut down a few session today because the kids who go to the school behind me elementary, they are part of a rat and bedbug infestation problem so severe they have to shut the school down sunday. they knew that there was a problem earlier in the fall but they did not know it was this bad. take a look

louisiana. louisiana defines colored persons as all persons with any appreciable mixture of negro blood. good old mississippi. okay? mississippi. the word white under section 207 means a member of the caucasian race and the word colored includes not only negroes but persons of mixed blood having any appreciable amount of negro blood. going on. tennessee. the word, negro, includes mulattos, mezitos and descendants having any blood of the african race in their veins. all negros, mulattos and descendants having any african blood in their veins should be known as persons of color. okay. and then virginia has an interesting one because they make a distinction between people who are living on native american reservations as well. okay? but, so i read to you some of the synopses of these laws that had to do with race and color and what do we get from them? we got something from them. they should be a little confusing. but what can you take from them? miss martinez? >> i believe that, like, they kind of

it's noon in louisiana. 1:00 p.m. here in washington. 2:00 a.m. saturday morning. wherever you are watching from around the world, thanks very much for joining us. we start wr cpac, the conservative activist conference just outside washington taking center stage once again today. president trump taking that stage just a little while ago. the first time a sitting republican president has made an appearance there in his first year since ronald reagan. that was 37 years ago. for the conservative faithful, a president did not disappoint. hitting on his campaign highlights, trade, jobs, tax reform, deregulation, and that border wall with mexico. he started with another pointed attack on the news media. listen p to this. >> we have to fight it, folks. we have to fight it. they're very fight. they're very cunning and dishonest. just to conclude, it's a very -- they say that we can't criticize their dishonest coverage because of the first amendment. they always bring up the first amendment, and i love the first amendment. nobody loves it better than me. >> let me state thi

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he joins me from buck and johnny's in louisiana. louisiana also home for mardi gras right now. vaughn, explain what you've seen, what you've heard and the true concerns that constituents are expressing. >> reporter: thomas, lawmakers are actually going back into session over on capitol hill on monday, so this was the end of their tour of their hometowns. you think about it, only four republican senators, one of those being bill cassidy here in louisiana, actually talked to constituents. you saw tom cotton, chuck grassley, some of these town halls that got a little messy, got a little chaotic. yesterday we were here and bill cassidy tried to have much more control over the situation. he didn't take a question for the first 20 minutes. he was accused among the crowd of running out the clock. but pretty much if i've got to say, bill cassidy started essentiay off mardi gras weekend here. we're here over at buck & johnny's which you're going to see some dancing taking place in the next hour or two inside of here. but here in louisiana, it's your populist energy. we went out to town

i really like those comments from the gentleman in louisiana. i want to talk about a personal experience. i own a small business that works in secondary and elementary schools. i had to sign a contract with the school division that was -- had hired me through a fund that was provided by a local not for profit. in the contract it stated that i could not speak negatively about the balance of the program that was outside of the work that i was doing there. so more or less they were -- any shortcomings or anything that i saw that i thought should be brought to the attention of the school board was written into the contract that i could not talk publicly, discrediting a very expensive school-based health program. that same county, james city county, told me when i hung a sign on the side of my trailer that a local -- couple of the local school board members had interest in improving and reducing the cost of this program and i would park my vehicle county property. they wrote me a letter and sent the police after me a couple of times telling me that i

you can see the storm ravaging seven parishes and louisiana's governor says the path of destruction is wide. >> it is amazing how that tornado operated and it kind of bounced back and forth across the highway and it didn't just go in a straight line. it jumped over certain structures and landed on others. the width of the devastation was unlike anything that i have seen before. >> jenna: those are some serious words coming from the state of louisiana. as you know, one hard head area from tornadoes is new orleans ninth ward which was devastated by hurricane katrina. joining us now, mitch landry, the mayor of new orleans. those words are not lost by how scary and devastating these storms were yesterday. you said yesterday in an interview, this storm is worse than katrina. how so? >> there's no question about it. when katrina came in, as hurricanes do, they all come with a big wall of water and wind, so everybody is affected at once. when a tornado comes, it's literally like an elephant just stomping your house. at the area that was affected was about 2 miles long and a half a mile wide a