Louisiana governor updated reporters on his states preparations in response to party. He advisedorm that people remain vigilant. This is 15 minutes. Governor edwards good afternoon. Thank you for being with us. Obviously, things are not as bad as has been forecasted. We are thankful. Based upon the amount of rainfall, the wind is severity, there is a severity, long way to go. Thanve fared much better we feared might be the case. Many of us are taking it on the chin. In texas, we are going to be Good Neighbors to them while we continue to prepare for and respond to the situation as it develops in louisiana. We understand there is still a lot of people who are sustaining damage to their homes and businesses in louisiana. Were going to make every effort to assist them. School 38 parishes and closures. Declaredes have disasters. The original five have a federal declaration. There is a situation unfolding in gadon. We believe the levee has been breached. Year,gh it happened last the Louisia
Our website on all of these occasions. In house, wee would ask that courtesy checks that our mobile devices up in silence and turned off as we prepared to begin. For those watching online, youre welcome to spend send questions and comments at any time emailing speaker at heritage. Org. Leading our discussion this afternoon is peter brookes, the senior fellow for National Security affairs and Foreign Policy. Asis also in his fifth term a member of the congressional u. S. China Economic Security review commission. Heritage heing to served as the assistant secretary of defense for asian and Pacific Affairs and the george w. Bush administration. He was also serving on the staff in the house with the Central Intelligence agency, the state department and activeduty naval officers. Please join me in welcoming peter. [applause] good afternoon, welcome to heritage and our program on iran. Since 2015, a Nuclear Agreement iran, iraq and yemen. Irans expanding influence in these wartorn countries
And race relations. Mr. Fletcher will be joined on lindanel by panel list caldwell apps, who is the president and ceo of 1804 consultants, an organization dedicated to the success of cultural organizations. Noted attorney and musician and educator who currently directs the Leadership Institute at Rutgers University in newark. Mark, whose breath of work in Higher Education and the humanities in new york include serving as the director of the alexander Price Institute on at the city, culture and modern experience. The author of a recent book on new work and the rebellion of 1967. Please join me in welcoming michael fletcher, junius williams, and Linda Caldwell apps to the stage. [applause] i should interject that at the end of the Panel Discussion there will be a few moments for questions and answers. Members of the panel will take those questions and we will conclude this panel and move on to our next presentation. Thank you. Good afternoon, everyone. What i hope to do here is just have