ENERGY IS PROUD TO SUPPORT PROGRAMMING ON LPB AND GREENING PRACTICES THAT PRESERVE LOUISIANA.

>>: THE GOAL OF OUR ENVIRONMENTAL INITIATIVE REALLY IS TO INSURE OUR KIDS AND FUTURE GENERATIONS CAN BE LEFT WITH A CLEANER PLANET.

ADDITIONAL SUPPORT PROVIDED BY THE FRED B AND RUTH B FOUNDATION AND THE ART MUSEUM LOCATED IN JENING CITY HALL.

EMERGING LOUISIANA ARTIST AND HISTORICAL AND CURTURE CENTER FOR SOUTH WEST LOUISIANA.

AND THE FOUNDATION FOR EXCELLENCE AND LOUISIANA PUBLIC BROADCASTING WITH SUPPORT FROM VIEWERS LIKE YOU.

THE DYNAMIC.

>>: THE SCIENCE BEHIND BREAK THREW CASES.

>>: HELLO LOUISIANA.

>>: THE SONG BIRD OF NEW ORLEANS GETS YOU READY FOR THE SUMMER FEST.

>>: WE SHOULD BE AN INCLUSIVE FAMILY AND REALLY WANT PEOPLE TO BE PART OF OUR LIVES.

>>: AN INTERVIEW WITH THE NEW FIRST FAMILY OF LSU.

>>: TYKE A WHILE FOR IT ALL TO SINK IN.

>>: I'M CAR A AND I'M AN DRAW.

THE DELTA VARIANT AND NOW THE STRAIN.

THIS WEEK ALONE HERE IN LOUISIANA ABOUT 500 MORE THAN OUR FIRST WEEK ON RECORD.

>>: ITS EASY TO SPREAD AND EASIER TO CATCH.

THE CD AS JUNG TABLINGIC AS CHICKEN POX AND SPREADS FASTER THAN THE SPANISH FLU.

ESTIMATE ONE INSPECTED PERSON WILL SPREAD TO EIGHT TO NINE OTHER PEOPLE.

ZALABLEING TO FLATTEN THOSE NUMBERS.

STATE EMPLOYEES REQUIRED TO WEAR MASK 40,000 OF THOSE SAME WORKERS TOLD TO HOME FOR AT LEAST DAYS OF OUT OF WEEK.

>>: HERE IS GOVERNOR EDWARDS FROM TODAY.

>>: WE ARE NUMBER ONE IN THE COUNTRY FOR NEW CASE PER CAPITA AND AS THE STATES GO WE HAVE BEEN LABELED AS A STATE OF CONCERN.

AND I WILL TELL YOU WE WOULD BE THE FOREMOST STATE OF CONCERN IN THE COUNTRY.

THAT IS NOT A DISTINCTION THAT WE SHOULD ASPIRE TO.

IN LIGHT OF THE TRENDS AND DEVELOPMENTS I CAN TELL YOU THAT I HAVE RECEIVED OVER THE LAST 24 HOURS OR SO NUMEROUS REQUEST FROM HOSPITALS AND HEALTHCARE ORGANIZATIONS AND OTHER ENTITIES TO REINSTATE A STATE WIDE MASK MANDATE.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I AM SERIOUSLY CONSIDERING.

AND IT WOULD BE A MANDATE TO DO WHAT WE ANNOUNCED LAST FRIDAY THAT WE'RE ASKING PEOPLE TO DO CURRENTLY AND THAT IS TO MASK IN PUBLIC IN DOOR SPACES.

REGARDLESS OF YOUR VACCINATISH.

IF YOU'RE VACCINATED OR UNVACCINATED WE'RE ASKING YOU TO DO THAT.

>>: THAT'S THE GOVERNOR FROM TODAY.

NOW A LOOK AT OTHER HEAD LINES MAKING NEWS ACROSS OUR STATE.

>>: THE SURGE OF COVID PATIENT IS FORCING SOME LOUISIANA HOSPITALS TO SUSPENDED NONEMERGENCY SURGERIES.

BATON ROUGE BASED OUR LADY OF THE LAKE IS WUP OF THOSE.

THE SUSPENSION COMES AFTER 25 NEW COVID PATIENTS WERE ADMITTED THERE THIS WEEK AND 24 HOUR PERIOD.

IN NEW ORLEANS CHILDREN MEDICAL CENTER IS ALSO SHUTTING DAWN NONESSENTIAL SURGERY THAT REQUIRE HOSPITAL STAYS.

SOUTHERN IN SHREVEPORT IS USING FEDERAL COVID RELIEF MONEY TO ELIMINATE STUDENT DEBIT FOR ANYONE ATTENDING COLLEGE THIS THIS PAST YEAR.

THE OFFER SHOULD HELP STUDENTS FACING HARDSHIPS AND WORRY HOW TO PAY FOR COLLEGE.

AS CROSID VACCINE PLUMING THE NUMBER OF WAISTED SHOTS SPIKED.

ONLY FOUR MONTHS GO THAT NUMBER OF WAISTED LIFE SAVING DOSES WAS POWER THAN 1500ISM NOW ITS 79,000.

DOSES TRASHES BECAUSE HEALTH PROVIDERS COULD NOT FIND ENOUGH ARMS QUICKLY ENOUGH.

THERE IS NOW SOME UPTICK IN VACCINATIONS.

JULY THIRTY-FIRST THE STATE ENDS APRIL UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS FOR 200,000 PEOPLE AND THE RESULTS COULD BE A HUGE SECKER FACE HOMELESSNESS.

MORE THAN TWEPT MILLION AT RISK.

AND AT THE MOMENT CONGRESS DOESN'T SEEM POISED TO EXTEND BENEFITS.

ITS NOT EXACTLY KNOWN HOW THE SUPERDOME WILL MANAGER CROWNS THIS FALL WITH THE DELTA VARIANT, BUT FANS WILL SEE A NEW LOOK WITH SEIZER ENTERTAINMENT SIGNING A 20 YEAR RIGHTS DOOR THE NAME AND LOGO WITH WIL DOMINATE.

>>: WITH COVID CASES RICING AGAIN FOR THE FOURTH TIME MORE VACCINATED PEOPLE ARE FALLING VICTIM.

SO FAR ABOUT 3,000 PEOPLE IN THE STATE FULLY VACCINATED ARE DIAGNOSED AND ABOUT HUNDRED FIFTY ARE IN HOSPITALS.

BUT ACCORDING TO EXPERTS BREAK THROUGH CASES AREN'T EXPERIENCE THE VACCINE ISN'T WORKAL IT PROVES THE OPPOSITE.

>>: YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM IS DYNAMICKISM YOU HAVE THESE LITTLE POLICE STATIONS IN YOUR BODY CALLED LYMPH NODESSISM SO THEY'LL GRAB A VIRUS THAT'S MAKING YOU SICK AND DYING CELLS AND BRING IT THE LYMPH NODESSISM HEY THIS IS THE PART THAT MATCHES UP THIS IS THE PART DUTY THAT DOESN'T.

>>: MUCH MORE ON THAT STORY NEXT WEEK.

LSU NEW PRESIDENT DR. WILLIAMITATE ANNOUNCED A DECISION ABOUT STUDENTS AND COVID.

COULD A VACCINATION MANDATE BE COMING.

LSU SEEMS CONFLICTED ABOUT THE LEGAL ASPECT.

THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH HAS APPROVED THE MANDATES OF FOUR SCHOOLS REQUESTING THEM AND SAY PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS CAN MANDATE.

LSU SAYS ONLY 26 PERCENT OF STUDENTS ARE VACCINATED.

TOLD ME THIS WEEK THERE IS MUCH RISK TO MANAGE.

>>: I'VE RECEIVED A SET OF RECOMMENDATIONS FROM OUR HEALTH AND MEDICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS SOCIALIZED ON CAMPUS RIGHT NOW AND WE'RE MANAGING RISKS WHEN YOU'RE DEALING WITH A PANDEMIC.

WE'LL HAVE TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THE FACULTY AND THE STUDENTS AND THE COMMUNITY BROADLY SO THEY CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT THOSE RISK MITIGATION STRATEGIES ARE AND HAVE TO MAKE A DIG ABOUT WHICH DIREC.

>>: PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT WE WANT TO SEE A HUNDRED THOUSAND PEOPLE BACK IN TIGER STADIUM.

WITH THAT IN MIND DOES THAT PRECENT ANOTHER PROBLEM OR ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO GET IN NEED THE VACCINATION OR AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE VACCINATED ONCE YOU ENTER THE STADIUM.

>>: RIGHT NOW THE SEC GOT US STILL OPEN AND FULL BOARD WITH THE FALL AND I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING WILL BE CHANGED.

>>: WANTS TO KNOW EVERYTHING THAT HELPSISM MEANTIMEITATES WIFE KIM JOINED EXPUS OUR CONVERSATION TURNED TO WHO THEY ARE AS A COUPLE THEIR PRIORITIES AND THEIR FAITH.

>>: IT HIT ME JUST SECONDS INTO OUR INTERVIEW.

EVEN THOU WE JUST MET IF FELT I'D KNOWN DR.BILITATE AND HIS WIFE KIM FOR YEARS.

>>: DO I OWE YOU ANY MONEY.

YOU CAN CALL ME BILL.

>>: BOTH ARE ACCOMPLISHED AND KNOWN ONLY SUCCESS IN THEIR STELLAR CAREERS AND YET THEY'RE EKEQUALLY DOWN TO EARTH.ITATE IS A CALLER AND AUTHOR WHO LOVES MATS AND STATS.

BESIDES MATH TEXT BOOK HE'S WRITTEN ALL THE BOOKS YOU SEE HERE.

WHEN I ASKED ABOUT HIS GENERAL IMPRESSION OF LSU STAICAL TRENDS FACTOR INTIZE HAD ANSWER.

>>: I STUDIED UNIVERSITIES AND HAD FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS.

WHAT I HAD SEEN IN THE DATA WITH LSU HAD A TRAJECTORY THAT WAS POSITIVE IN TERMS OF RESEARCH PRODUCTIVITYISM THAT'S WHAT I TEND TO BE ATTENTION TO CAUSE YOU CAN HEARING THAT.

SEEMS LIKE IT WAS REALLY MOVING IN A REAL POSITIVE DIRECTION FOR A 20 YEARS PERKED BETWEEN 19th 90 TO 2000.

THEN IT SLOWS A BIT SO THAT CAUGHT MY EYE.

CLEARLY EVERY KNOWS ABOUT LSU FOOTBALL AND SPORTS MORE GENERALLY.

IF YOU PUT THEM TOGETHER WHAT I SAW WAS AN INITUTION SEEMED TO HAVE A POSITIVE TAWJECTARY THAT WAS STALLED A BIT ON THE RESEARCH SIDE AND IT ACSET RAILED REALLY FAST ON THE ETHLETTIC SIDE AND I ALWAYS RAISE THE QUESTION IN MY MIND WHEN I SEE THAT COULD YOU DO BOTH AT ONE TIME.

>>: OF COURSE THE SEXUAL ISSUES THAT PUT A CLOUD OVER THE UNIVERSITY.

YOUR THOUGHTS OPAPPROACHING THAT.

>>: WE HAVE TO BE ATTENTIVE TO THE PAST.

BE RESPECTFUL OF WHAT'S HAPPENED AND IN SOME CASES REALLY TRY TO UNDERSTAND IT SO THAT WE CAN FORM WHAT WOO WE'RE GOING TO DO IN THE FUTURE IF WE CAN PUT TOGETHER RELIABLE PROCESSES WHEN SOMEONE REPORTS WE'RE TAKING THEM AT THE SAME TIME INVESTIGATING IN A WAY THAT DEMONSTRATES ETHICS AND HONESTY WE'LL BE MOVING IN THE ROY DIRECTION AND BE CONSISTENT WITH THE BEST PRACTICES.

>>: THE FIRST WEEK WAS EXCITING.

I HAD A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH FACULTY, STAFF AND STUDENT LEADARDS.

>>: SINCE THEY'RE ARRIVAL HE SPEPT A GOOD BIT OF TIME ON THE ROAD.

AND LSU OTHER CAMPUSES ALEXANDRIA UNIISH SHREVEPORT AND NEW ORLEANSCH POSTING TWITTER VIDEO REPORT OF WHAT'S HE'S SEEING TO COMMUNICATE WITH TIGER NATION.

KIM IS PROMINENT ON YOUTUBE AND POD CAST AND THERE SHE'S SHARES HER CHRISTIAN TESTIMONY AND THE PRIVILEGE SHE SAYS OF A PERSONAL WALK WITH GOD.

>>: FOR 27 YEARS I LIVED WITHOUT GOD.

NEVER PICKED UP A BIBLE TO READ IT FOR MYSELF FOR 27 YEARS.

>>: EVEN THOU THEY WERE A RISING YOUNG COUPLE AND HER CAREER AS A LAWYER WAS GOING WELL SHE ADMITS SOMETHING WAS MISSING.

>>: I THOUGHT I WOULD BE AN ATTORNEY AND SO I RETIRED I JUST DIDN'T KNOW I WOULD BE REQUIRING EARLY.

OF THAT.

SO I DID LEAVE THE PRACTICE OF LAW WHEN MY KIDS WERE SMALLISM I WAS REALLY A STAY AT HOME MOM AND THAT WAS WHAT I WAS DOING AND ALL THESE THINGS JUST BEGAN TO UNFOLD.

>>: BOY DID THEY EVER UNFOLD ONCE KIM BECAME A CHRISTIAN SHE USED GITS SHE NEVER KNEW SHE HAD PUBLISH TEN NOVELS CHRISTIAN FICTION AUTHOR OF THE YEAR REGARDING ARTIST NUMBER TWO BILL BOARD GOSPEL CHART HOW DID YOU DO ALL THAT.

>>: THE GRACE OF GOD.

I CAN'T TAKE CREDIT.

>>: DOES SHE SING TO YOU.

>>: NOW BUT I HAVE STARTED TO LINSE TO HER SONGS WHEN I WORK OUTISM WHY WOULD I LISTEN TO SOMEONE ELSE MY LOVEY WIFE HAS HITS SONGS PORT OF MY WORK OUT.

I CAN GO LONGER AND HARDER LISTENING AND RUNNING BECAUSE MY LOVEY WIFES VOICE.

>>: THAT'S A TESTIMONY IN ITSELF.

>>: ABSOLUTELY.

MUSIC PLAYING WHAT ABOUT YOUR WIFE HELPS YOU GET THRU THE DAY.

>>: KIMS SUCH A GREAT EXAMPLE.

OVER THE YEARS WHEN EVEN WHEN THE KIDS WERE VERY SMALL SHE WOULD GET UP WAY BEFORE EVERYONE ELSE.

SHE WOULD BE DOWN STAIRS STUDYING THE BIBLE AND THEN WE GET THERE AND SHE'S BE REALLY PUMPED UP ABOUT THE DAY.

ITS AMAZING TO WAKE UP AND YOU HAVE A SPIRIT FILLED WIFE WHOSE PUMPED UP.

WHEN F I COME HOME AND SAY I'M DEALING WITH XYZ ALWAYS A FRAMEWORK FOR UNDERSTANDING THAT PARTICULAR PROBLEM.

SHE DEMONSTRATES WISDOM.

>>: REGARDING THEIR MOVE TO LOUISIANA THE COUPLE PRAYED UP AND IS PEACEFUL AND EXCITED ABOUT THE FUTURE.

>>: WHEN WE MADE A DECISION TO COME HERE SHE JUST JUMPED STRAIGHT IN AND SAID OKAY, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO ABOUT FOOTBALL.

OKAY.

ARE WE GOING TO HAVE PEOPLE OVER AT OUR HOUSE.

ARE WE GOING TO HAVE, ALL WE GOING TO BE INVOLVED TAIL GATING AND MAKING PEOPLE FEEL INCLUDED IN OUR LIVES.

JUST SOMETHING ABOUT HER SHE JUST SAID WE SHOULD BE AN INCLUSIVE FAMILY AND REALLY WANT PEOPLE TO BE A PART OF OUR LIVES I THINK THAT'S MADE IT EASIER FOR ME.

CAUSE I HAVEN'T HAD TO THINK IS SHE GOING TO WANT TO BE PART OF THIS.

I'M IN SHE CAN YOUR HUSBAND HIS GUIDANCE YOUR RELATIONSHIP SOMEWHAT THE MOST POW URFUL THING ABOUT IT.

>>: HE BRINGS A WISDOM THAT IS VERY METHODICAL.

AND I THINK IT COMES FROM HIS LOVE OF MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE AND FORMULA AND HE ACTUALLY LOVES THIS STUFF.

HE COLUMN ME DOWN IN A VERY GOOD WAY.

AND HE'S JUST BRILLIANT AND ITS FUNNY I KNOW HE'S THE PRESIDENTF LSU BUT I HAD TO IN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS GO TO A COUPLE OF MEETING AT HISS OFFICE AND I TOLD HIM ONE DAY I SAID JUST HEARING YOU QUICKLY SENICIZE INFORMATION AND SHOOT IT BOOK AND A SOLUTION YOU ARE REALLY SMART.

BUT I REALIZE THAT'S WHAT HE HAS DONE AT HOME IN OUR RELATIONSHIP FOR SO MANY YEARS BUT JUST BEING ABLE TO SIT BACK AND OBSERVE IT IN REALTIME MAKE ME APPRECIATE WHAT HE'S DONE FOR ME DURING OUR ENTIRE MARRIAGE.

>>: AND A BIG THANK YOU FOR THE TATES FOR BEING HERE WITH US.

EARLIER THIS WEEK WE GOT TO TALK WITH THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS WHICH IS PLANNING A BIG FALL OF FESTIVALS REMEMBER A YEAR WITHOUT FESTIVALS IN 2020, BUT IN THE FALL OF 2021 THEY'RE CRAMMING TOGETHER ALL SORTS OF FESTIVAL THAT INCLUDES IN OCTOBER THE JAZZ FEST.

BUT THIS WEEKEND IS THE SAT MOW SUMMER FEST AND ROBIN BARN THE SONG BIRD OF NEW ORLEANS IS WITH ME RIGHT NOW TO TALK ABOUT WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN AND ITS FREE AND ITS THIS WEEKEND IN NEW ORLEANS ROBIN YOU LOOK GREAT.

YOU READY TO SING.

>>: FIRST OF ALL I WANT TO SAY HI ANDRE AND HELLO LOUISIANA.

>>: I LIKE IT.

SOUNDS GREAT WHAT OTHER KIND OF MUSIC ARE WE GOING TO BE HEARING THIS WEEKEND.

>>: SO SUMMER FEST IS ONE OF MY FAVORITES SELL GRATING LIEUY ARM STRONG, NEW ORLEANS THE FIRST PLACE OF JAS.

TONS OF JAS MUSIC AS WELL AS NEW ORLEANS MUSIC AND NEW ORLEANS JAZZ MUSIC.

A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING.

>>: I KNOW YOU HAVE TO BE READY FOR THIS, IS THERE ANY SORT OF ANTICIPATION OF DISCOMFORT WITH THE NEW VARIANT THAT'S MAKING A SURGE RIGHT NOW IN THE REGION.

>>: SO YOU KNOW WE'RE MONITORING EVERYTHING AS ITS HAPPENING AND WE ARE TAKING EVERY PRECAUTION BUT AS OF NOW WE'RE DOING OUR MASK ADVISORY AND MAKE SURE EVERYONE IS SAFE BUT HAVING A GREAT TIME.

>>: AND ITS OUT DOORS SO THAT'S A GOOD THING.

>>: OUT DOORS.

>>: IF YOU GET THROUGH THE HUMIDITY AND THE HEAT.

FORECAST IS ALWAYS GOOD WHEN YOU HAVE A FESTIVAL, RIGHT.

>>: I MEAN WE ARE IN LOUISIANA HUMIDITY IS A THING BUT THAT'S WHY YOU CAN DRINK AND HAVE SNOWBALLS WE FIND OUR WAYS TO SURVIVE.

>>: TOURISM SO HUGE IN NEW ORLEANS TOOK SUCH A BIG HIT THIS PAST YEAR THEY'RE REALLY COUNTING ON THIS FALL BEING A BIG BOOST FOR THE ECONMY TOURISM FOR GETTING PEOPLE TO COME BACK TO NEW ORLEANS TO BE IN NEW ORLEANS PERHAPS IT MUST BE FUN TO BE RIGHT AT THE CENTER OF THIS KICK OFF THIS WEEKEND.

>>: I MEAN THE BEST PART ABOUT YOU KNOW US ALL BEING IN LOUISIANA WE ARE JUST A DRIVE AWAY FROM NEW ORLINESSISM NEW ORLEANS WE ARE GOING TO BE HAVING SO MANY FESTSELVES EVERY WEEKEND.

SO BEING ABLE TO ENJOY THE MUSIC ENJOY THE FOOD ITS GOING BE GREAT FOR PEOPLE TO COME IN.

>>: RABBIN IN A FESTIVAL LIKE THIS HOW DO WOW PLAY TO THE FANS THAT ARE LISTENING AND WATCHING.

>>: FIRST OF ALL I'M JUST SO EXCITED THIS IS MY FIRST FESTIVAL BACK.

AND I'M SO EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO ENGAGE WITH THE AUDIENCE.

ITS SO IMPORTANT AS A NEW ORLEANSIAN ALSO AN ARTIST ITS ABOUT ALL THE ENERGY AND THE PEOPLE GETTING UP AND SMILING AND DANCING CAN JUST REALLY INTERSOMEWHERES THE ENTIRE TO GIVE THEIR ALL.

COMPLETELY RECIPROCATED.

>>: YOU KNOW A YEAR WITHOUT ALL THIS ACTIVITY JUST PART OF THE NORM IN OUR I DID AND ESPECIALLY IN THE CRESTANT CITY THERE HAS TO BE AN EXTRA EDGE IN THE AIR RIGHT NOW WITH THIS ALL BEGINNING AGAIN.

>>: I THINK THEY'RE GOING TO BE A LOT MORE PEOPLE DANCING THAN BEFORE.

OH, I'LL DO IT NEXT YEAR.

I THINK THIS YEAR I'M UP I'M DANCING LET'S CELEBRATE LIFE.

>>: ROBIN BARNS THANK YOU SO MUCH.

GREAT TO TALK TO YOU.

HAVING A GREAT WEEKEND AT THE SUMMER FEST AND ALL THE FALL FEST VALES AND MAY BE GET DOWN THERE AND WAVE AT YOU FROM THE CROWD.

>>: OKAY YOU BETTER BE DANCING WHEN YOU COME CAUSE YOU ARE COMING.

>>: I AM COMING.

>>: THE SUMMER FEST THIS WEEKEND AT THE NEW ORLEANS JAZZ MUSEUM RIGHT THERE IN THE FRENCH QUARTER 1LSU STUDENT MAKING HISTORY 21 YEAR OLD BOOKS CURRY TAKING HOME GOLD OLYMPIC SWIM TEAM.

NEVER BEFORE HAS A TIGER JOINED TEAM USA OR TAKE FIRST PLACE.

IT WASN'T A SURPRISE.

TONIGHT HE SHARES WITH US CURRY STORY FROM THE VERY BEGINNING.

>>: BROOKING CURRY MAKING LOUISIANA PROUD.

20 YEARS OLD HISTORY OF FIRST LSU SWIMMER BEING AN OLIMMIAN REPRESENTING THE SWIM TEAMMATE.

BUT PAVED WITH HARD WORK AND DILIGENCE.

SOMETHING ONE OF HIS COACHES SAID BROOKS ALWAYS HAD FROM THE BEGINNING.

>>: WE FIRST MET AS YOU WOULD NORMALLY MEET THROUGH THE RECRUITING PROCESS OVER THE PHONE AND THE WAY WHICH I GO THROUGH MY RECRUITING IS I TAKE A LOOK AT INDIVIDUALS THAT CONTINUALLY STARTING TO IMPROVE THROUGH A CERTAIN TIME OF THEIR CAREER AND BOOKS WAS SHOWING TIME OF IMPROVING AT THE RIGHT TIME I FELT THE NEED TO REACH OUT AND CONNECT WITH HIM.

THIS WAS UBFOUR YEARS AGO NOW.

AND WE GOT TO KNOW ONE ANOTHER OVER THE PHONE A COUPLE TIMES WE MET IN PERSON ONCE OR TWICE HE CAME AND VISITED LSU.

>>: DECIDE THIS KID WAS SPECIAL.

NOT ONLY DID SHE SHOW SHE COULD PROVE BUT A DRIVE TO WORK HARDER AND BE BETTER AMP DISCIPLINE ANYBODY NEEDS TO MOVE FORWARD IN LIFE.

BUT FOR AN ATHLETE A RECIPE FOR A CHAMPION.

>>: WHEN YOU MET HIM AS AN INDIVIDUAL YOU REALIZE HE'S INCREDIBLY HUMMABLE DOWN TO EARTH KID WHO REALLY DOESN'T DROWN HIMSELF IN THE SCIENCE AND MAKE UP OF WHAT IT TAKES TOEE BE AN ELETH ATHLETE.

HE JUST KIND OF REALLY APPRECIATE AND REPECTS WHAT IT IS I ASK HIM TO DO AND AFTER THAT HE'S JUST VERY WILLING TO WORK AND DO AS HE'S ASKED.

AND I THINK THAT IS A PRETTY INCREDIBLE THING THAT YOU CAN RELY UPON AS A COUCH BUT FOR HIM AS A PERSON IT SPEAKS TO HIS CHARACTER.

A VERY COACHABLE INDIVIDUAL.

VERY OPEN MINDED INDIVIDUAL.

AND SOMEONE WHOSE INCREDIBLY AMBITIOUS.

>>: BUT WITH ALL THE DRIVE AND DISCIPLINE TO SUCCEED BROOKS STILL HAD HIS WORK CUT OW FOR HIM.

HE STARTED OFF PLAYING BASEBALL THEN MADE THE TRANSITION TO SWIMMING.

SO HE HAD TO PLAY CATCH UP.

ALSO WHEN HE STARTED SWIPING AT WHAT MILLER CALLED A SLIGHT DISADVANTAGE.

BROOKS IS 63 STILL A BIT SMALLER THAN MOST SEASON SWIMMER A.

SLIMMER BUILD AND SMOCKER WING SPAN.

>>: IF HE WALKED INTO A ROOM YOUREDDANT REALIZE AN ELITE ATHLETE JUST WALK UNDER TO THE ROOM AND NOTHING AGAINST HIM JUST FROM A FISCALTY STAND POINT IN OUR SPORTED A LOT OF THE GUYS AT THE TOP OF THE SPORT JUST SORT OF SORRY KNOW TYPE HOW THEY LOOK.

VERY WIDE, VERY BROAD.

CARRYING A LOT OF MUSCLE MASS.

AND BROOKS CASES HE DOESN'T REALLY HAVE MUCH OF THE MUSCLE MASS OR THE BROAD STAFFER.

YOU CAN TELL HE'S GOT SOME LONG LEVERS IN TERMS OF NOT JUST PHYSICS STAND POINT.

EVERYTHING SWIMMERS DREAM THAT ABOUT TO HAVE LONG ARMS AND LONG LEGSISM HE CERTAINLY CHECKS THE BOX WHEN IT COMES TO THAT.

>>: WHEN HE CAUSE COUNTED HIM HE KNEW KNOWN OF THIS WOULD GET IN HIS WAY.

BROOKS ECSELD QUICKLY.

ONE THE HUNDRED YARD FREE STYLE A FEET NEW LSU STUDENT HAS ACCOMPED SINCE 2004 SEC FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR NOT TO IMAGINATION BREN SEVERAL RECORDS FOR INTIFFTY, HUNDRED AND TWO HUP YARD FREE STYLISM HANDED HIM THE ALL AMERICAN TITLISM OF COURSE BIGGEST CLAIM TO FAME HAPPENED INOME A HA.

COMPETED FOR THE SPOT ON THE US OLYMPIC SWIM TEAM.

>>: HE HAS TO GO THROUGH THREE ROUNDS OF QUALIFYING TO MAKE THE TEAM.

STARTED OUT WITH A FEEL OF ABOUT 65 AND HE WAS THE FOURTH FASTEST IN THE THIRD ROUNDS SO MOVED ONTO THE NEXT ROUND OF 16 IN THE ROUND OF 16 THE FIFTH FASTER.

SO HE MOVED ON THE THE ROUN OF EIGHT THE FINE EXPL THEN SHE WAS FOURTH IN THE FINAL AND THE AUTOMATIC STANDARDS TO MAKE THE TEAM TO FINISH THT TOP FOUR SO HE WAS THE LAST MAN IN SO TO SPEAK.

AND SO HE MADE THE TEAM.

>>: AND FROM THERE HE CONTINUED TO SHOCK EVERYONEFELT HE CON GOLD FOR THE FREE STYLE.

AS AN LSU TIGER MILLER WAS EUSTATIC OVER THE WIN.

BUT AS CUE COACH HE WAS EEMOTIONAL.

>>: THE JOURNEY AND ACHIEVEMENT IN ITSELF.

I THINK BOTH A LITTLE LOST FOR WORDS KIND OF INIA FOR EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENEDDISM.

>>: MILLER SAYS THAT BROOKS CAREER IS FAR FROM OVER AFTER THIS WIN.

WHEN HE GETS BACK TO LSU MILLER SAYS TRAINING IS GOING TO START UP AGAIN AND THIS TIME THE SKY IS THE LIMIT.

>>: AND EVERYONE THAT'S OUR SHOW.

>>: WAIT WAIT WAIT.

>>: WAIT.

>>: AN DRE WHO IS THIS.

>>: AROUND THE NEWS ROOM.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE.

>>: AND WHO ARE YOU.

>>: MY NAME A ZIGY A NINE YEAR OLD SPACE ALIEN HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE NEW LPB SHOW FOR CHILDREN ZIGY ADVENTURE.

>>: WHEN IS THAT HAPPENING.

>>: AUGUST 22nd ON LPB .ORG.

>>: WHAT IS THE SHOW ABOUT.

>>: ABOUT ME LEARNING ABOUT THE ARTS.

>>: OKAY.

AND ALSO I'M SORRY I'VE NEVER MET AN ALIEN.

WHAT IS THIS ON YOUR HEAD.

>>: WELL THAT'S MY MOTEICAL.

WE USE IT ON MY PLANET TO FEEL EACH OTHERS PEOPLINGS.

>>: LIKE HOW MUSIC MAKES YOU FEEL FEELING.

>>: EXACTLY HOW IT.

>>: ZIGY YOU ARE TOO MUCH.

LOOK AT YOU.

YOU'RE GO GREENISM WOW.

>>: I GET THAT A LOT.

>>: I WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THIS SHOW YOU'RE DOING.

>>: WELL, I'M WITH ALL MY FRIENDS WITH THE BAND AND EVERY DAY I LEARN ABOUT ART WITH A NEW GUEST ARTIST FROM LOUISIANA.

>>: I KNOW EVERYBODY WANTS TO HEAR ABOUT IT AND SEE ABOUT IT.

CAN WE HAVE A CLIP ABOUT IT.

>>: YEAH.

>>: ALL RIGHT I GUESS WE SHOULD TALK A LOOK.

MUSIC PLAYING.

OH, WELL THAT MADE ME FEEL SLOW AND KIND OF SAD.

>>: WELL THAT ACTUALLY WAS A LITTLE PART OF ST. JAMES BLUES THE BLUE IS A STYLE OF MUSIC THE ABILITY TO EXPRESS SAD EMOTIONS.

>>: PLAY SOMETHING THAT SHOWS OUR MAGICAL MEWEDDIC AT WORK.

>>: ZERO, MAN I GOT SOMETHING I CAN DO RIGHT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.

WE CALL THAT IN PROPPIZATION.

>>: MUSIC PLAYING.

I LOVE IS.

WHAT A HUGE DEAL.

YOU HAVE TO BE EXCITED BY OUR DEBUT.

>>: SUPEREXCITED.

>>: WE'RE ALL EXCITED.

ZIGSY AN EDUCATION CHILDREN SERIES FOR K THROUGH TWITH GRADE.

JOINISH UNSUNDAY AFF5:00 P.M. FOR A SPECIAL SPEAK SPEAK.

THE PREMIER IS MONDAY AUGUST 2nd LPBISM ORG THE EPISOID WILL ROLL OUT WEEKLY AND WE HOPE YOU JOIN US FOR THIS VERY SPECIAL SERIES.

>>: VERY SPECIAL AND A FIRST ON LPB.

>>: THANK YOU ZIGY AND EVERYBODY THAT IS OUR SHOW FOR THIS WEEKISM REMEMBER YOU CAN WATCH ANYTHING LPB ANYMORE WHERE EVER YOU ARE ON OUR APP.

>>: YOU CAN CATCH NEWS AND OTHER PROGRAMS YOU HAVE COME TO ENJOY.

LIKE US ON FACEBOOK TWITTER.

>>: I'M AN DRAAND CARA UNTIL NEXT TIME THAT'S THE STATE WE'RE IN.