Headlines – August 18, 2017
Subjects: CASSIDY, BILL | Floods, 2016 | Disaster response and recovery | United States. Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
Moreau, Andre Host
Carson, Ben Speaker
Cassidy, Bill Speaker
This segment from the August 18, 2017, episode of the series "Louisiana: The State We're In" features Andre Moreau reporting on the week's headlines. These stories include: Governor John Bel Edwards and Congressman Steve Scalise's reactions to the deadly Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville; Dr. Ben Carson, the Secretary of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, visiting the August 2016 flood recovery efforts in Denham Springs; United States Senator Bill Cassidy speaking to the Baton Rouge Press Club about his plan to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (also known as Obamacare); a report by the World Resources Institute ranking Louisiana as the state with the eighth highest rate of greenhouse gas emissions; and the LSU Veterinary School quarantining a tiger named Harvey, who could become Mike VII.
U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy (2017)
The Press Club