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Coalition pushing to complete i-49. >> that's the end of it right there? >> yeah. >> all this stuff we're looking at right now is because of a highway. >> if the highway weren't here, we wouldn't be as far along as we are. even with only 6.5 miles completed, it's still generated a heck of a lot of development. >> you need to build the dang thing. >> we're ready to start moving dirt. >> if you could tell the president why you think he should give you the $3 billion to finish this highway, what would you say to him? >> i'd say, mr. president, you campaigned on jobs. finishing this highway will p...

Coalition pushing to complete i-49. ivy, this is it, the end of it right there? >> yeah. all this stuff we're looking at right now is because of highway. if the highway weren't here, we wouldn't be as far along as we are. even with only 6 1/2 miles of it completed, it still generated a heck of a lot of development. >> reporter: you really need to build the dang thing. >> we're ready to move the dirt. >> reporter: if you could tell the president why you think he should give you the $3 billion to finish this highway, what would you say to him? >> i'd say, mr. president, you campaigned on jobs, f...

Talk of snow, would create a mad rush on the grocery stores. you would be hard pressed to find a roll of toilet tissue in a three mile radius. has it happened there yet in the bayou? >> reporter: you are so money and you don't even know it. you are dead on accurate. people tend to freak out in the south when you have that stuff. you're right about it, from south carolina to alabama where i grew up, when you have the winter conditions people go nuts. here in louisiana, what's interesting is that you're used to handling tropical systems and they have that down pretty well pat. but it's a little ...

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