finally coming into terrebonne. so we ll be lighting up para bone from thursday on and of course there is still a lot of poles down and we have three utility companies here, aggressively preparing them and getting them underway. and we have a lot of pod, points of distribution by the national board. we have them all over terrebonne parish, giving water and ice and food. good to know. good to know that help is there and the power is coming back. gordon defer, appreciate your time. thank you for joining us this morning. thank you for reporting it. thank you very much. pandemic politics in kentucky. the governor there calling a coronavirus surge, quote, dire. right now lawmakers meeting to consider new requirements and new vote restrictions in texas. what impact could the new law have and what happens next. and then a powerful family at the center of a murder mystery. after a prominent lawyer is shot
as we re looking at this, what do you think of the legislature taking those steps and what do you think could come out of it. i think a lot could come out of it. the bottom line is trying to figure out how we could actually get to a point where we could take care of these surges, take care of the sick patients coming into icus. let not forget that we have specialized care being offered in the icus. these nurses and these icu physicians have spent years taking care of patients. so if they are mentally distressed, nurses are walking out of jobs because they are tired of this pandemic that is playing over and over again mostly in unvaccinated people. so i think that good things could come out of it. the bottom line though is it is up to you and i, we have to get vaccinated to prevent these surges and people from dying on a daily basis. miguel also laid out for us the mask issues in kentucky. and again it is not just kentucky.
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rain in the forecast. is that going to help or is that too little to really get provide any help for this kind of raging wildfire? reporter: yeah, well, we re inland so there is a little bit of rain forecast for the san francisco bay area which is about 100 miles south of us. not sure how much of that will reach up here. the temperatures are definitely cooler than they were over the weekend which is great news, but get this. we have 20 to 30 mile an hour winds expected for later this afternoon and that has firefighters bracing out here. thank you very much. kim davis, the county clerk in kentucky jailed for refusing to issue marriage licenses for same sex couples is back at worth today, under threat of being re-jailed if she were to continue to defy the supreme court. this morning she said she will not personally authorize any marriage licenses but will not stop her deputies from issuing them if they choose to. davis turned a little bit emotional. i am no hero.