Officials here. First of all, it is clear that we did not sustain and suffer the absolute catastrophic damage that we thought was likely based on the forecast we had last night but we have sustained a tremendous amount of damage and we have thousands and thousands of our fellow citizens whose lives are upside down because their businesses and or their homes have been damaged and we have lots of challenges around the state to say the least with a variety of things whether electrical power, Water Service or you name it and we have a lot of work to do but we are in better shape today than might have been the case and so we have a lot to be thankful for as well. As you know by now im sure hurricane laura made landfall as predicted last night or i should say this morning at 1 00 a. M. As a very strong category four hurricane with sustained winds of 150 miles per hour. This was most powerful storm to ever make landfall in louisiana and it is still a powerful storm that is in the state of lou
Governor John Bell Edward said the storm is the strongest to hit his statement did not sustain the catastrophic damage that had been forecast parties joined at the briefing by other state officials. Good afternoon and thank you for being here this afternoon. We have our usual lineup today the officials here today with m me. Chip klein is going to speak in just a moment. He is of course chairman of the cpra he will talk about coastal flooding we have secretary of department of transportation and development, shawn wilson who will speak in a little bit on roadways. And then we have fire Marshal Butch browning who is here to answer questions that you might have about the fire at the Chemical Plant and west lake. And obviously you can ask questions of any of the officials here. First of all it is clear that we did not sustain and suffer the absolute catastrophic damage that we thought was likely based on the forecast we had last night. But, we have sustained a tremendous amount of damage.
For President Trump whats on at jen saturday as he gets to work. Fox news at 10 starts now. And we begin with breaking news. United airlines lifted ground stop on domestic flight and is getting travelers back in the air. United spokesperson said the stoppage was due to it issue and International Flights were not impacted and united is apologizing to customers who are inconvenienced and now that the computer outage is over the airline is working to get flights back on schedule. And thank you so much for joining us tonight im lauren demarco. Im matt matt. Its back to work tomorrow after a long weekend for many of you and rain could slow down your morning commute. Meteorologist gary mcgrady is in for gwen tonight. Gary, looks like dreary weather will continue into the workweek. When did he move to seattle. Were there. Feeling a lot like it. I love to visit. There was a okay, listen, it wont take much ob compound the issues for morning commute. Especially monday morning, trust me. Right no
Gender pay e quality, increase the minimum wage. This is 35 minutes. Mister speaker, mister president , members of the legislature, fellow we louisiana in this, good afternoon, and welcome back. This time the constitution requires you to be here. Before i get to the work we have ahead of us i would like you to join me in welcoming a couple guests, true heroes, i would like to recognize the heroic efforts of a young Central Hospice student, Daniel Westland who came to the aid of a Domestic Violence victim. One funding in late number, was shot, pushed out of the vehicle and left for dead. Immediately took action as he rushed to her aid daniel was told by the shooter if you help her i am going to kill you. The aggressor shot daniel twice and struck it with his vehicle, daniel is now thriving after successful surgeries to address his injuries and i ask you to join me in welcoming Daniel Wesley and his family to the legislature today. [applause] i also ask that you keep april picks family i
Elizabeth. This is the home of ashley berlin and her boyfriend norman brown. They just moved here a week ago from portland. Take a look at this. Giant parts of the home just ripped out by what police say were 45 caliber hand guns and ak 47s. Norman brown 09 07 10 this is the couch so it looks like they were aiming for uso new las vegas esidents ashley berlin and her boyfriend norman brown are lukcy ot be alive after nearly 30 bullets struck their condo christmas night just after midnight. She moved from portland a week ago. Ashley berlin 09 15 01 as soon as midnight struck htey started shooting hte house with aks and 45s ashley berlin 09 16 59 my life couldve ended my boyfriends life couldve ended that fast the couple was on the couch. Until they Say Something told them to go to 09 05 53 my girlfriend went to lay down first i styaed to watch tv then something hit me go lay down go lay down ashey berlin 09 23 09 to know that he couldve been gne sahley berline 09 17 42 its all those what