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Evacuate now, now, now, you should have already been evacuated. Thats not hyperbole, its a matter of life and death. President biden urging floridians in the path of hurricane milton to take seriously evacuation orders from local officials. It comes as the storm is gaining strength in the gulf, expected to make landfall in the next 24 hours. We have the very latest on the hurricanes track. And a live report from florida straight ahead. Also ahead, a new book by longtime journalist bob woodward i...

Summer coming from Travis Air Force base where evacuees were held for 14 days. The cdc says a second bus will be there in one hour and those released personal health risk to the surrounding community. Also released today was people quarantined in san diego county. More than 160 people had been quarantined but the spike continues worldwide and kpix 5s nancy chen reports officials confirmed another doctor has died of the virus. The director of one of the hospitals. Reporter it is at the epicenter ...

Wanted it to do, which is billed build relationships with the city and Cable Partners and gather great programming for American History tv and book tv. Watched the cities to her on the cspan networks to see where we are going next. See our schedule at www. Cspan. Org citiestour. Next, housing and urban Development Secretary and members of the Recovery Team present a Media Briefing on the gulf Recovery Efforts in the 10 years since hurley Hurricane Katrina. This is just under one hour. Good morni...

Edwin edwards with huey long and with edwin edwards. One of the things we like to do is add some color to the were colorful, and no matter what you think about the donald, you got to say he is spicing it up. Tell him to come on down to louisiana. E would love to see him how about a round of applause for our speaker . [applause] mayor, i hope you come back and see us sometime soon. I would also like to thank the National Press club staff, including its Journalism Institute and broadcast center, f...

They will turn to journalists to recount what so many indoor it and what none of us can forget. Amid the devastating numbers more than 1800 lives lost. And more than 1 million americans displaced, a million homes destroyed across five states. 150 billion in economic damage. Amid all of those numbers, americans will also look for answers. How much progress have we made in the years since katrina particularly in new orleans which was the hardest hit community and what are we doing to continue supp...

We need to take him on the maury show. America, you are not the father. Want to say one last thing. The only reason i am nervous this time is because my family is here. They have never come to anything of mine. I want to tell you guys i love you and i and everything i am and will be because someone took the time to love me and care about me. [applause] Immortal Technique i want to say also we are on the right side, ladies and gentlemen. Illegal war, antidrone, antiracism, antisex discrimination....

Did continue but thats the official end of the construction story. In 1899. Were standing in the second floor of the Old State Capitol on the Mississippi River in baton rouge, louisiana. It was started in 1847 and completed in 1851. One of the only gothic state cap tols in the country. It is a replica of a castle. Mark twain always had a big problem with it. He didnt like it. He thought it was too european or too gothic, so to speak, always very critical of it. Nonetheless. Its one of a kind. In...

Gothic and was always very critical. But nonetheless its one of a kind. In this exact building we had the secession from louisiana from the union. One of the the famous governors was attempted to be impeached here. Union troops occupied it during the civil war. It was actually the interior was really destroyed from from an invertant fire that the union troops were cooking inside and caught the building inside and sbroid the interior. I wanted to point out to you the famds what we call the umbrel...

On the date of his asasstation senator he was in baton rouge visiting the legislature, in particular the house of representatives and visiting with the speaker of the house at that time. They were here. In fact, as you like to and you accompany me, well walk to the speakers desk where huey and eleneder had just finished a conversation or were discussing everything. You will get an idea that from there you can see the entire chamber. You have to remember, huey long, while being a handson governor...

In this exact building, we had the secession of louisiana from the union. One of our past governors, huey long, was attempted to be impeached here. Union troops occupied it during the civil war. And it was actually the interior was really destroyed from an inadvertent fire the union troops were cooking inside and it caught the building on fire and really destroyed the entire interior. I wanted to point out the famous, what we call the umbrella. Umbrella because of the beautiful color scheme of t...