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00:04:42
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THE NUMBERS ARE ON THE SCREEN IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO CALL IN. WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE CONVENTION AND THE HURRICANE. THERE WILL BE THE VERY LARGE PROTEST...
00:05:48
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AS FAR AS PROTESTERS GO, THEY SHOULD DO SOMETHING PRODUCTIVE WITH THEIR ENERGY. >> AFTER JUST DURING THE FIRST PART OF THIS CONVENTION, I WOULD LIKE TO...
00:06:19
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ABOUT 9/11, THE WAR, AND KATRINA. THEIR INVOLVEMENT IN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF THE PROTECTION OF A DISEASE THAT SUPPOSEDLY PROTECT THOSE LIKE FANNIE...
00:07:07
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I THINK IT SHOWS HIS LEADERSHIP TO CUT THE CONVENTION SHORT. THEY SAID THAT OBAMA IS A FUNNY AND CAYNE AND SARAH PALIN IS WHAT THIS COUNTRY NEEDS NOW....
00:07:33
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MOVE ON TO CALIFORNIA. WHAT DID YOU THINK OF THE FIRST NIGHT? >> YOU COULD SEE THE PEOPLE
00:07:46
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THERE AND YOU COULD HEAR THE GOVERNORS FROM THE GULF STATES AND IT REMINDS ME OF PRESIDENT LYNDON JOHNSON WHEN HE SIGNED THE CIVIL RIGHTS LEGISLATION....
00:08:05
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SOUTH TO THE REPUBLICANS. WHEN I LOOK AT THE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION, I SEE THAT WE LOST THEM WHEN THE CIVIL RIGHTS LEGISLATION WAS SIGNED INTO LAW. >>...
00:08:46
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ST. PAUL? >> I AM IN ST. PAUL. I AM ALONG THE LINES OF RON PAUL. I LIKE HIS PHILOSOPHY. HE IS A SPIN-OFF OF OUR FOUNDING FATHERS. I THINK HE HAS HIS HEAD...
00:09:11
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SPOT ON THE FEDERAL ELECTIONS. >> CALLER, WHAT DO THINK ABOUT THE CONVENTION BEING IN YOUR CITY? >> IT IS A BOON TO OUR ECONOMY. I AM NOT PRESENT THERE,...
00:09:36
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RON PAUL AND IF HE'S LUCKY ENOUGH TO GET ON THE TICKET. >> ON PAUL WILL BE PARTICIPATING IN AN EVENT
00:09:43
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AT THE TARGET CENTER IN MINNEAPOLIS AND WE WILL BE BRINGING THAT EVENT YOU AS WELL. WE'RE NOW DOWN ON THE FLOOR. >> ONCE THE PROCESS AND DETERMINE WHAT...
00:10:01
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THE COMMITTEE WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS CONVENTION AND THE JOHN MCCAIN CAMPAIGN WILL MEET AND TALK ABOUT WHAT THE PROSPECTS ARE FOR THE PROGRAM FOR TOMORROW....
00:10:16
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AND I BELIEVE WE DID THE RIGHT THING TODAY. I THINK HE SAW THAT WE WERE NOT PARTISAN
00:10:22
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TODAY. WE ALL WORE OUR AMERICAN HATS AS THE BOW -- AS OPPOSED TO BEING A PART IN REPUBLICAN. WE WILL THINK ABOUT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO MORE AND HOPEFULLY...
00:10:57
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OF THE DELEGATES -- 75% OF THE DELEGATES GAVE US THEIR NUMBERS. WE CAN
00:11:05
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PLACE PHONE CALLS AND GET THAT OUT AND WE ALSO RELY ON THE MEDIA TO GET THAT OUT. WE'RE HOPEFUL WE CAN RETURN TO OUR REGULAR SCHEDULE. >> IT IS NOT A...
00:11:37
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TO HAPPEN? >> TODAY WE CONSTITUTED OURSELVES AND WE DID OUR COMMITTEE AND WE KNOW WHO THE DELEGATES ARE AND WE HAVE
00:11:44
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THE RULES SO WE KNOW THE PROCESS IS, AND WE HAVE OUR PLAN FOR NOW. THE NEXT STEP IS THE NOMINATION OF THE PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED...
00:11:56
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DELEGATES HERE AND THEN AN ACCEPTANCE SPEECH IS GIVEN. IT DOES NOT HAVE TO
00:12:00
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BE GIVEN THAT WE'RE HOPEFUL IT WILL BE GIVEN. AND WE PUT PEOPLE ON PLANES AND FILE THEM TO VARIOUS STATES TO MAKE SURE WE ARE CERTIFIED ON ALL 50 BALLOTS....
00:12:31
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CONTINGENCY PLANS. IF YOU LOOK AT
00:12:33
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THE RULES, THERE WAS A CONTINGENCY PLAN OF WHAT WE COULD DO IN CASE THERE WAS A DESCRIPTION OR A POWER SHORTAGE. WE HAD A WAY OF NOMINATING A VICE PRESIDENT...
00:13:12
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PROTESTS THAT HAPPENED
00:13:13
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TODAY IN ST. PAUL. WE WILL SHOW YOU THAT A LITTLE
00:13:19
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BIT LATER THIS EVENING. THAT YOUR PHONE CALLS. FLORIDA, YOU'RE ON THE LINE. >> I AM A LONGTIME REPUBLICAN. I THINK THIS IS A LACK OF ENTHUSIASM. I THINK...
00:13:48
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IS GOING TO FILL HIS SHOES? I AM SORRY, BUT I THINK IT WAS THE WRONG CHOICE. >> THANK YOU FOR THAT CALL. WE'RE WANT TO TAKE ANOTHER CALL NOW. BUT I AND...
00:14:18
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I LOVE OBAMA AND I AGREE WITH THE LAST CALLER REGARDING SARAH PALIN. I THINK SHE
00:14:27
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IS REALLY EXPERIENCED AND I WOULD HATE TO SEE A SITUATION WHERE SHE BECAME PRESIDENT.
00:14:33
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I DO WANT TO SEE -- I THINK THAT THE HURRICANE HAS BEEN A GOOD DIVERSION FOR THE REPUBLICANS BECAUSE I CANNOT THINK THEY HAVE A LOT TO TALK ABOUT. THAT...
00:15:11
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THAT IS POSITIVE AND HURRICANE GIVES THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW THEIR
00:15:20
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SUPPORT AND CREATE A DIVERSION THAT THEY REALLY NEED. I SERIOUSLY THINK THEY DO NOT HAVE A LOT TO TALK ABOUT. >> GEORGIA, GOOD AFTERNOON. WHAT YOU THINK...
00:15:49
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I LIKE TO SAY
00:15:57
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IS -- OF BLACK AND TO ADDRESS WHO IS GOING TO BE HELD RESPONSIBLE -- I'D LIKE TO ADDRESS WHO WILL BE A RESPONSIBLE FOR THE STRING PACKAGE THAT DISAPPEARED....
00:16:45
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THE NEXT 24 HOURS? >> I WOULD HAVE BEEN SINGING BUT YOU WOULD NOT WANT THAT. CLEARLY, THIS IS A PARTY
00:16:53
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CONVENTION OF WHICH WE NEVER SEEN IN THE HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY. WE ARE DEALING WITH 2 MILLION OF OUR FELLOW AMERICANS HAVING TO EVACUATE THEIR HOMES....
00:17:08
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THEM THROUGHOUT THE LAST TWO DAYS. JOHN MCCAIN HAD A STRONG STATEMENT WITH THEM YESTERDAY. THIS CONVENTION HAS BEEN FOCUSED ON DOING EVERYTHING THAT...
00:19:42
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STILL CAN HAPPEN, BUT AGAIN, I DID NOT WANT TO PREDICT WHAT IS GOING TO
00:19:47
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HAPPEN BECAUSE AS WE SAID, THIS IS BEING TAKEN ONE DAY AT A TIME. OUR FOCUS HAS GOT TO BE ON THE 2 MILLION FELLOW AMERICANS WHO ARE FACING THIS TRAGEDY...
00:20:25
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DEMOCRATS ARE HURTS THE REPUBLICANS ARE VICE VERSA IS NOT SOMETHING THAT IS EVEN BEING CONTEMPLATED. I SAID THAT VERY SINCERELY BECAUSE WHEN YOU LOOK...
00:20:35
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THOSE PEOPLE VICTIMIZED -- I SAW A MAN WHO WAS LITERALLY STAYING AT HIS HOME BECAUSE HIS WIFE DIED IN HIS HOME OF SHOCK AND STRESSED THREE YEARS AGO AT...
00:21:30
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UNTIL LATER. THERE ARE CONSTANT DISCUSSIONS GOING ON.
00:21:36
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IS A TEAM EFFORT. JOHN MCCAIN ONCE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND OUR DELEGATES TO FOCUS OUR ATTENTION ON PROVIDING SUPPORT AND RELIEF TO THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN...
00:22:09
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AND OTHER POLITICAL NEWS. FLORIDA, WHAT DO YOU THINK? >>
00:22:15
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I THINK THEY'RE MAKING THE RIGHT MOVES. BASED ON THE EXPERIENCE WE HAVE HAD WITH KATRINA, THERE IS NO WAY BE CAN CELEBRATE AT THIS TIME. YOU REALLY NEED...
00:22:36
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I TAKE GREAT PLEASURE IN SUPPORTING SENATOR MCCAIN AND I FIND SARAH PALIN AND INTERESTING PICK AND I DISAGREE WITH THE OBAMA COLLAR. I THINK SHE IS...
00:23:28
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BUT I WAS VERY DISAPPOINTED WITH THE FACT THAT GEORGE BUSH WAS ABLE TO GROW THE DOMESTIC SPENDING IN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SO MUCH. >>
00:23:39
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TELL US ABOUT THE CONSTITUTION PARTY. >> IS A VERY CONSERVATIVE PARTY AND FOCUSED ON LIMITED GOVERNMENT. IT LOOKS LIKE WHAT THE REPUBLICANS FOUGHT --...
00:24:00
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IN SWITCHING TO A SMALLER THIRD PARTY.
00:24:06
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I CANNOT BRING MYSELF TO VOTE FOR MCCAIN. >> YOU ARE LOOKING AT LIVE PICTURES FROM THE EXTERIOR HALLWAY'S JUST OUT SIGN THE OLD OR ALL OF THE ACTIVITIES...
00:24:32
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I THINK YOU ARE DOING A GREAT JOB. IN DISAPPOINTED IN HOW THEY ARE SPENDING THIS. WE'RE USING A TRAGEDY TO MAKE AN EXCUSE FOR THE LACK OF ENTHUSIASM....
00:24:56
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THIS GIVES THEM A GREAT CHANCE TO PUSH THAT TO THE SIDE RIGHT NOW TO GET AWAY FROM BUSH. THERE IS NO ENTHUSIASM IN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY. IS THIS BUSINESS...
00:25:37
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FOR THE REPUBLICAN PARTY. THEY ARE TAKING EVERY PRECAUTION FOR NOT TO BE SEEN AS HAVING AN OVERLY POLITICAL EVENT ON WHAT IS A VERY TOUGH DAY FOR AMERICANS...
00:25:53
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NOT GOING TO BE AS BAD AS KATRINA WAS BUT GIVEN THE PERFORMANCE OF THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION, THEY DO NOT WANT ANY KIND OF A REPEAT OF THAT AND THE...
00:26:53
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SARAH PALIN. THERE ARE STORIES STILL DEVELOPING. ONE OF THOSE IS THE FACT THAT HER DAUGHTER IS FIVE MONTHS PREGNANT AT AGE 17 AND UNMARRIED AND PLANS...
00:27:06
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FURTHER, SARAH PALIN HAS HIRED A PRIVATE LAWYER IN ALASKA TO REPRESENT HER IN AN ETHICS INVESTIGATION UNFOLDING IN THE STATE CAPITAL RELATED TO WHICH...
00:28:42
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BE HEY, THEY CANNOT TOTALLY SAY IT WILL NOT HAVE AN IMPACT. PEOPLE DO VOTE ON PERSONAL ISSUES LIKE THIS.
00:28:49
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IT SEEMS LIKE THE EARLIER REACTION FROM CONSERVATIVES IS UNDERSTANDING AND EVEN ADMIRE THAT THIS GROUP WILL KEEP THE BABY AND MARRY THE FATHER. CS --...
00:29:31
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NOMINATION IN PERSON ON THURSDAY. IS THAT CONFIRM? >> A
00:29:37
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DISCONFIRMED FROM ONE OF THE BEST REPORTERS IN WASHINGTON. HIS SOURCES TELL HIM THAT MCCAIN IS STILL EXPECTED TO BE HERE
00:29:45
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ON THURSDAY AND I THINK THAT WILL AFFECT BE THE CASE GIVEN --
00:29:57
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THE NOT OVERLY SEVERE DAMAGE THAT WILL HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY THE STORM. THIS IS GOING TO BE A FAR DIFFERENT SPEECH, A FAR DIFFERENT CONVENTION IN THIS...
00:30:37
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ANYTHING THAT LOOKS AND SENSITIVE. THAT SAID, A LOT OF PEOPLE
00:30:43
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HAVE SAVED THAT MONEY AND COME A LONG WAY TO THIS CONVENTION AND THERE IS AN ELEMENT OF DISAPPOINTMENT FROM THE DELEGATE TO LOOKING FORWARD TO WHAT IS...
00:31:26
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DISASTER AND IS MY SENSE IT IS STILL ON AN HOUR BY HOUR BASIS. KEEPING A CLOSE EYE ON NEW ORLEANS AND THE FLOOD WALLS. AS LONG AS LEVEES ARE NOT DESTROYED...
00:31:45
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THINK THAT WE WILL SEE -- AND NOT AT THE LEVEL WE WOULD HAVE SEEN PREVIOUSLY BUT A MOVE TOWARD TRADITIONAL CONVENTION FAIR. AGAIN, SCALED-BACK AND...
00:32:37
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IT SHOWS THAT WE REALLY DO CARE ABOUT OUR COUNTRY AND THE COUNTRY COMES FIRST. I DO GIVE THEM PRAISE ON THAT ASPECT AND I AM GLAD THEY SCALED IT DOWN,...
00:33:44
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THINK THEY WENT OVER TO TO SOME EXTENT. THEY SHOULD HAVE KEPT MORE OF THE CONVENTION SCHEDULE.
00:33:56
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WHAT HE -- AND WHAT TO DO IN PHOENIX? >> ARE YOU INTERESTED IN POLITICS? >> I THINK THAT IN THIS ELECTION THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS AT STAKE THAT ARE SO...
00:34:27
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CALIF., THAT AFTERNOON. >>
00:34:33
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IN A FIRST-TIME CALLER FOR C- SPAN. IN A RON PAUL SUPPORTER. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I HAVE NOTICED REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION VERSUS THE DEMOCRATIC...
00:34:50
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IN THE CROWD. I AM ONE OF THE PEOPLE WHO HAS
00:34:56
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BEEN OUT WORK IN SUPPORTING CENTER MCCAIN AND I HAVE BEEN THERE IT GOING ON ABOUT EXPERIENCE AND TALKING ABOUT HOW OBAMA DID NOT HAVE EXPERIENCE AND...
00:35:38
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REPUBLICAN PARTY AFTER THE LAST SEVEN AND A HALF YEARS WITH THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION.
00:35:42
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I REGISTERED AS INDEPENDENTS. IT IS KIND OF LIKE I AM NOT 100% OR EVEN 50 PERSIST IN FOR OBAMA BECAUSE OF HIS LACK OF EXPERIENCE, BUT YET HERE IT IS...
00:36:38
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I SUPPORT HIM ALL THE WAY. I HAVE BEEN A REPUBLICAN FOUR YEARS. >> TO GO TO THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THAT? >> I WAS WORKING THAT.
00:36:51
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MY DISAPPOINTMENT WAS THAT HE DID NOT PICK ONE OF THE PRIMARY CANDIDATES THAT HE COULD HAVE CHOSEN FOR HIS RUNNING MATE. >>
00:37:05
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WHO WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE SEEN HIM CHOOSE? >>
00:37:08
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ARE LIKE HUCKABEE. >> WHAT DO THINK OF SARAH PALIN? >> I THINK SHE IS MAGNIFICENT. >> YOU PROBABLY HEARD ABOUT HER DAUGHTER BEING PREGNANT, IS AT AN ISSUE...
00:37:25
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THE PEOPLE WHO ARE MAKING SUCH A DEAL
00:37:29
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OF THIS, IT REMINDS
00:37:30
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ME OF THE SCRIPTURE TO MAKE SURE YOU ARE SINLESS
00:37:34
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WHEN YOU MAKE SURE YOU THROW THE FIRST PHONE. >> THINGS FOR CALLING.
00:37:40
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WE WANT TO GO DOWN TO NEW ORLEANS NOW. WE WANT TO GET
00:37:47
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AN UPDATE ON WHAT IS HAPPENING AND WE WILL SHOW YOU THAT AND WE WILL BE DOWN HERE LIFE. --
00:37:57
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WE WILL BE BACK HERE LIFE AFTER THIS. >> HOW DIFFICULT IS IT FOR THEM TO CONTROL FLOODING THEIR? >> THEY LOOKING TO STRENGTHEN THAT AREA AND WE'RE NOT...
00:38:25
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IT WOULD MOVE UP AND GO INTO ST.
00:38:34
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BERNARD. >> THEY SAID THEY WENT ABOUT IT THEMSELVES TO REBUILD THE AREA AND IT WAS 8 FEET AND THAT WAS NOT ENOUGH. >> THEY WENT IN AND THEY'D BE BUILT...
00:38:55
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BACK AFTER THE STORM WAS OVER AND RAISE THE LEVY AT LEAST TWO MORE FEET IF THE BASE OF THE FOUNDATION OF THAT LEVY WOULD HOLD OR SUPPORT THE ADDITIONAL...
00:39:10
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FUNDS WITH THE OK OF THE COURT. THEY TRIED TO GET THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS TO DO THIS. IT RESULTED IN TREMENDOUS RED TAPE AND TAKE YEARS TO ACCOMPLISH...
00:39:58
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THE LEVY IS BREACHED THEIR AND THE WATER STARTS TO PORT SCAN, IF IT GOES SOUTH IT WILL GO INTO THE MARSH, IT WILL
00:40:09
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GO NORTH AND START FLOODING THE LOWER AREAS OF ST. BERNARD PARISH. THERE ARE SOME VERY NICE HOMES IN THIS AREA RIGHT THERE. >> WHAT CAN THEY DO IN TERMS...
00:40:45
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THE BUILDING A LEVEE THAT WAS AT THE MAXIMUM 100 MILES LONG. THIS AREA HERE IS MUCH LONGER AND BIGGER. IT WOULD TAKE A
00:41:00
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TREMENDOUS FIGHT IN THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS WHO HAVE TOLD POLICE STATE MATERIALS TO STOP THIS POTENTIAL BREACH. >> WE ALSO HAVE A REPORTER AND...
00:41:32
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I CAN SEE THE WATER IS RISING AND IT ALMOST LOOKS LIKE A RIVER BECAUSE THE TIDE IS MOVING SO FAST.
00:41:44
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WE OF PEOPLE TRIED TO FILL UP MORE OF THESE PORTABLE LEVIES. WE MAY THINK THEY HAVE A FEW HOURS. THE TIDE IS THE FASTEST ROUTE 1:00 IN THE MORNING BUT...
00:42:29
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THE WATER IS RIGHT AT THE EDGE OF THE BOAT DOCK. THERE ARE PEOPLE WORKING OUT HERE FEVERISHLY. THEY'RE FILLING GET THESE TUBES IN TRYING TO PROVIDE...
00:42:46
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HOME THERE AT THE POINT CLEAR. MORE LEVEES OUT THERE. THEY HAD ABOUT A MILE AND HALF OF THE PORTABLE STRUCTURES. THEY FEEL LIKE THEY NEED MORE REINFORCEMENT....
00:43:32
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THE WIND IS WHAT IS WORKING AGAINST EVERYBODY. IS IS RACING AT TIMES. THERE LEAST TRY TO KEEP IT FROM FLOODING THIS TOWN. >> WE ARE GOING TO ASK YOU TO...
00:44:26
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SHE CAN GIVE US A BETTER UPDATE ON WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH. >> THAT WAS PART OF A LIVE
00:44:39
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BROADCAST FROM NEW ORLEANS TO GIVE YOU A SENSE OF WHAT IS HAPPENING DOWN THERE. WE ARE 1,200 MILES NORTH ON THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER IN
00:44:48
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ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA. THERE IS A LIVE PICTURE OF THE FLOOR OF THE XL CENTER. IS DAY ONE OF THE GOP CONVENTION AND IT HAS RAMPED UP.
00:44:58
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WHEN THE DETAILS COME OUT, YOU CAN GO TO OUR WEB SITES AT C- SPAN.ORG AND YOU WILL BE ABLE TO SEE WHAT THE CONVENTION SCHEDULE IS AND WHAT EVER IS,...

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