On the Border Security issue we apparently have a very broad based agreement on that issue. The gentleman says you want to do it individually. The gentleman knows that the Judiciary Committee has passed out individual, discreet bills dealing with discreet parts of the immigration issue, which you say is a broken system, bring out discreetly those bills. The bill that the Homeland Security reported out unanimously has not been brought to the floor. The four bills that have been reported out of the Judiciary Committee have not been brought out to the floor. They were passed months and months and months ago so that if you dont want to to a comprehensive thats the view of the majority leader, mr. Speaker, then i would suggest to the majority leader that he bring out discreet bills, individual bills, not comprehensive, and see if we can deal with those. I will tell you our disappointment also is that it was not overwhelm the senate bill that was rejected, but the speaker put out some princi
Radio partners statewide as well as w. Jdl and batteries kpbs in shreveport cspan in the pbs newshour for sharing this Evenings Program with our viewers and listeners. I am very earned present the council for a better louisiana or cable and thank you for being with us tonight. Over the next hour we will delve into many issues of importance to our state and country with their three invited candidates. Participating tonight our commerce and bill cassidy retired colonel rob maness and senator mary landrieu. Thanks to all of you for being with us this evening. A panel of journalists include Shauna Sanford coanchor and producer of lbb louisiana the state we are in, allen english editor of the Times Newspaper here in shreveport stephanie grace a columnist for the advocate and jeremy offer editor and publisher of politics. Com. We drew names to determine the seating in order of questioning and the format this evening is designed to learn more about where the candidates stand on key issues fac
Thats a disaster. Our College Graduates need to go to those jobs that are sustainable longterm jobs. We would be creating those jobs. Not just in certain parts of the state but all over the state. I have also supported the hero at the Higher Education reform opportunity act that will spread accreditation in the state and increase the market and competition drive costs down. Moderator senator landrieu. Landrieu those amendments would be very helpful i believe to the 600,000 people in louisiana that have outstanding Student Loans. Its a serious burden and a serious challenge to all of us. Its not just a private luxury. Its a public good for people that have strong education. The frightening thing is to think about one or two of these gentlemen being in the senate than standing in line with Governor Jindal to raise education the state to 700 million the largest cuts in the state of the union. I have fought against those cuts and ive done a lot to make sure at least we support hundreds of
Earth under threat. Said David Attenborough describes to us his fears to the planet and what might be done to help the. Lets start with that story that has just broken in the past couple of hours. A Million Deaths at least from the coronavirus have now been recorded worldwide. According to theJohns Hopkins university. Those official figures are likely to be a considerable underestimate but it is a milestone. The bulk of those come from the americas with more than half the global toll there. Europe, with a concerning rise in cases over recent weeks is next worst hit with almost a 250,000 cases. Asia, where the virus first originated and the middle east have seen more than 180,000 deaths. Africa has recorded at least 35,000s of the pandemic began. Lets speak out to an Infectious Disease physician at the Washington School of medicine. First we have to acknowledge how deeply sad this is that we have reached this stage. It has become so normal that we dont even pause to consider how devasta
The issues we care about, joe biden needs your vote. Today president obama will be making a special appeal to black men, voters who did not turn out in large enough numbers for Hillary Clinton four years ago. President trump is back at the white house today after a rally in erie, pennsylvania last night, telling a packed crowd of supporters he didnt have much of an interest in traveling there in the first place. Pennsylvania, you got to get out of if we win pennsylvania, we win the whole thing. Before the plague came in, i had it made. I wasnt coming to erie. To be honest, there was no way i was coming. I didnt have to. Now the plague, hello, erie. The tickets have been to the state nearly a dozen times, President Trump narrowly winning pennsylvania by just 44,000 votes. A state that had not gone republican since 1988. Ill also be joined today by House Speaker nancy pelosi in just a few moments for the latest on covid relief negotiations. And the new major hurdle thrown up by Senate Ma