Thoughts and prayers go out to everybody in the lake charles in Cameron Parish and the whole area. I know we were speaking earlier saying, there will probably have many weeks if not months of no power and having trouble with her water system. Even people as far north as shreveport and monroe are still without power. Our thoughts go out to them. Anyway, we are here today with jack davis, will be in conversation with the author and jack is a professor of history specializing in environmental history and sustainability studies. And also the author of the Pulitzer Prizewinning the gulf the making of an american sea. The New York Times book review called this book a beautiful march to a neglected see. In addition to the Pulitzer Prize it was a New York Times notable book for 2017 and that several other this list that you including the washington post, npr and forbes. Jack, welcome. Its a pleasure to have you here with us today. My pleasure to be here. Im going to turn the floor over to jack
Our thoughts and prayers go out to everyone in lake charles and Cameron Parish and that whole area. We will speaking earlier and saying that theyre gonna probably have many weeks if not months of no power and having trouble with their water system. Even people as far north as shreveport and monroe are still without power. Our thoughts go out to them. Anyway, we are here and of today with jack davis in conversation with our author. Jack is the professor of history, specializing in environmental history of sustainability studies. Also the author of the pulitzer prizewinning the goals are the making of an american sea. New york times beautiful homage to a neglected lexi. In addition to the pulitzer prize, the gulf was a New York Times notable book for 2017 and made several other best of list for that year including the washington post, npr and forbes. Jack, welcome, pleasure to have you with us today. My pleasure to be here. Im going to turn the floor over to jack and eric and let them st
The next president ial debate. The white house still refuses to release key details on the president s health as President Trump returns to the oval office calling his illness a blessing, touting that experimental antibody cocktail for helping him beat the virus and now says he wants everyone in the country to get access to it. All of this as the seriousness of the white house outbreak escalates. A new report that white house staffers may have exposed thousands of people to the virus. Sounding the alarm. Dr. Faucis urgent warning that the number of american lives lost to the virus could double if things dont improve. Plus, a former cdc director calls the Trump Administrations handling of the pandemic a slaughter as hot spots surge across the country. Wisconsin forced to prepare a Field Hospital as their Emergency Rooms overflow. Hurricane emergency. Overnight delta strengthening in the gulf after wreaking havoc in mexico. Now louisiana, mississippi and texas all bracing for the powerfu
Postpandemic academy dominated by americas big tech companies. This friday morning, stocks are going up somewhere, can you believe that, we dont know how were going to close the session but the opening bell the dow will be up another triple digit, over 100 points, s p coming up a series of records of another nine this morning and the nasdaq made 39 records and moving higher again as of right now. That is the market, that is financial history, cue the fireworks, spectacular way to close out the republican convention, they lit up the sky over the white house after President Trump accepted the nomination for second term. It was a long speech, 70 minutes, the president made his pitch, vote for me and ill keep the streets safe and restore prosperity. Joe biden would ruin the country. You will hear it all, and then there is this, senator rand paul and his wife leaving the white house after the speech into an angry mob of demonstrators. That was intimidation that bordered the very close to re
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