Is a reporter in new orleans. Good morning. Guest good morning. Thanks for having me. Host what is going on on the ground in new orleans right now . Guest as the governor said in the clip that you played, we are factg a pretty heavy the heavy effects from coronavirus here. Rateve the highest death by far on a per capita basis. Are pretty intense down here. Much fully inetty lockdown. They have shut down the bars and restaurants. Everyone is just trying to figure out how we are going to handle this. Host what is different about new orleans and louisiana . Quickly . Spreading so guest that is a very good question. I dont think anybody has a solid answer to that. There have been a lot of theories about some underlying conditions within our population that make people eventually more susceptible to having extreme illness when they get the virus. Thatinly there is the fact any federal were warnings, we had mardi gras. That is something some experts think might have helped the virus spread m
Ground in new orleans right now . Guest as the governor said in the clip that you played, we are factg a pretty heavy the heavy effects from coronavirus here. Rateve the highest death by far on a per capita basis. Are pretty intense down here. Much fully inetty lockdown. They have shut down the bars and restaurants. Everyone is just trying to figure out how we are going to handle this. Host what is different about new orleans and louisiana . Quickly . Spreading so guest that is a very good question. I dont think anybody has a solid answer to that. There have been a lot of theories about some underlying conditions within our population that make people eventually more susceptible to having extreme illness when they get the virus. Thatinly there is the fact any federal were warnings, we had mardi gras. That is something some experts think might have helped the virus spread more widely. What has been the response from local officials in new orleans and the governor for people who have bee
Is a reporter in new orleans. Good morning. Guest good morning. Thanks for having me. Host what is going on on the ground in new orleans right now . Guest as the governor said in the clip that you played, we are factg a pretty heavy the heavy effects from coronavirus here. Rateve the highest death by far on a per capita basis. Are pretty intense down here. Much fully inetty lockdown. They have shut down the bars and restaurants. Everyone is just trying to figure out how we are going to handle this. Host what is different about new orleans and louisiana . Quickly . Spreading so guest that is a very good question. I dont think anybody has a solid answer to that. There have been a lot of theories about some underlying conditions within our population that make people eventually more susceptible to having extreme illness when they get the virus. Thatinly there is the fact any federal were warnings, we had mardi gras. That is something some experts think might have helped the virus spread m
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Guest ill be giving his speech on the floor of the United States senate. Tomorrows earth date and president obama is in new york will see many countries sign the top 21 agreement for 196 countries, 90 of the global admissions of the world will sign a commitment towards working together to reduce Greenhouse Gas emissions. I was in france during the negotiations. Im a strong supporter of the u. S. Leadership globally and in this country to dramatically reduce our emissions. Caller did you hear senator in half on the floor and those 192 countries going two countries going to be disappointed. How do you work with someone like that. Guest ive known jim ever since ive come to congress we came in the same year, 1987. He is a good person. He is just wrong on climate. Totally wrong. The way i answer that is, look, lets let the scientist determine what we need to do in order to keep our globe healthy. What can we do in order to protect our environment and future generations. Scientists tell us w