PRACTICES THAT PRESERVE LOUISIANA.

THE GOAL OF OUR ENVIRONMENTAL AND SUSTAINABILITY INITIATIVES REALLY IS TO ENSURE OUR KIDS AND FUTURE GENERATIONS CAN BE LEFT WITH A CLEANER PLANET.

ADDITIONAL SUPPORT PROVIDED BY THE FRED B.

AND RUTH B. ZIGLER FOUNDATION AND THE ZIGLER ART MUSEUM LOCATED IN JENNINGS CITY HALL.

THE MUSEUM FOCUSES ON EMERGING LOUISIANA ARTISTS AND IS AN HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL CENTER FOR SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA.

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

THERE'S REASON TO BE OPTIMISTIC RIGHT NOW.

THE FORECAST AT THE STATE BUDGET.

CONTINUE TO SPEAK OUT ABOUT SEXUAL VIOLENCE ON CAMPUS.

THE LATEST COMPLAINTS ABOUT LSU.

I DIDN'T WANT THIS TO GET OUT.

I WANT IT TO SAVE AS MANY LIVES AS POSSIBLE.

A GRANDMOTHER'S PLEA FOR MORE VACCINATIONS.

THE FIRST ONE TO COME TO THIS AREA.

WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY OTHER STATIONS UP HERE.

HOW STANDARD OIL BUILT UP A BATON ROUGE COMMUNITY.

HI, I'M KARA ST. SIR.

AND I'M ANDRE MOREAU.

RIGHT NOW, COVID CASES AND HOSPITALIZATIONS CONTINUE TO TREND DOWNWARD.

CURRENTLY 923 NEW CASES HAVE BEEN REPORTED AND 344 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN HOSPITALIZED.

LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH REPORTS THAT THE CASES CONTINUE TO BE AMONG THE UNVACCINATED AS NATION RATES SLOWLY CONTINUE TO INCREASE.

STATE OFFICIALS ARE STILL PUSHING FOR MORE PEOPLE TO GET THEIR SHOTS BEFORE FLU SEASON REALLY PICKS UP.

LOUISIANA SHOT FOR 100 CAMPAIGN IS STILL GOING STRONG.

ANYONE WHO HASN'T RECEIVED THEIR FIRST DOSE IS EL IJIBLE TO WIN $100 IF THEY PARTICIPATE.

THE CLOCK IS TICKING ON THIS CAMPAIGN.

IT ENDS OCTOBER 30th.

NOW TO OTHER NEWS MAKING HEADLINES ACROSS THE STATE.

AT&T SAYS FIBER OPTIC INFRASTRUCTURE IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA UNDERGROUND TO AVOID FUTURE HURRICANE OUTAGES.

HURRICANE IDA CAUSED A NUMBER OF CUTS TO KEY FIBER OPTIC LINES.

IT WILL FOCUS ON JEFFERSON, ORLEANS, ST. CHARLES, ST. JAMES.

NEW MEDIATION PROGRAM COULD HELP HOMEOWNERS AND INSURANCE COMPANIES HAGGLING OVER CLAIMS FROM IDA.

THE PROGRAM USES A FLAT FEE OF $600 BY EITHER PARTY TO TRY TO INTERVENE.

THE STATE'S TOP EDUCATION BOARD IS ASKING FOR NEARLY 20 MILLION BUDGET INCREASE NEXT YEAR.

THE MONEY IS TO BE USED TO HELP THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE GETTING DEGREES.

OFFERING COUNSELING TO STUDENTS AND STAFF AFTER TWO DEADLY SHOOTINGS ON CAMPUS LAST WEEK.

SHOOTINGS ON OCTOBER 13th AND 17th LEFT TWO DEAD AND TEN WOUNDED.

LOUISIANA STATE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING.

THIS 60-FOOT ALLIGATOR SEEN FLOATING IN LOUISIANA WILL DEBUT DURING THE MACY'S THANKSGIVING DAY PARADE.

LOUISIANA OFFICIALS ARE SENDING ALMOST $1.4 MILLION TO FEATURE THE FLOAT FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS.

♪♪ HERE WITH US, OPTIMISTIC, MATTER OF FACT, AND FIRST OF ALL LET ME SAY DID YOU EVER THINK AT THIS POINT IN TIME WE WOULD BE WITH A $1,000,000,000 SURPLUS AND ANOTHER $1 BILLION SURPLUS OF FUNDS?

THINGS HAVE PROVEN TO BE MUCH BETTER DURING THE COURSE OF THE PAST YEAR.

NO, I DIDN'T THINK WE WOULD BE AT THE POINT WHERE WE WOULD HAVE A BILLION DOLLAR SURPLUS IN THE STATE-GENERATED REVENUE, NOR ANY EXPECTATION WE WOULD HAVE THIS MUCH MONEY.

IT WAS FORECAST LOWER BUT YOU GOT BETTER PERFORMANCE ON THAT END.

THAT'S WHY THE NUMBERS WERE HIGHER.

MET AND PROPERLY PRETTY DRAMATICALLY LOWERED THE FORECAST.

WE DIDN'T KNOW THE DURATION OF THE PANDEMIC, WHAT IMPACT IT WOULD HAVE.

I DON'T THINK ANYBODY WOULD HAVE EXPECTED IT TO LAST AS LONG AS IT HAS.

WE WERE VERY CONSERVATIVE IN SAYING WE DON'T THINK THE ECONOMY WILL DO WELL IN THIS PANDEMIC.

IN FACT, THE ECONOMY DID BETTER THAN THAT FORECAST.

THAT'S THE REASON WE HAVE SUCH A LARGE NUMBER OF SURPLUS DOLLARS.

A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF THAT BILLION DOLLARS IS DEDICATED AND IS GOING TO GO -- ALREADY SOME OF IT HAS GONE INTO PARTICULAR FUNDS.

PROTECTIVE ALSO AND STRUCTURED IN SUCH A WAY THAT THINGS CAN'T BE SPENT ALL AT ONCE.

THAT'S RIGHT.

IT CAN'T BE USED FOR OPERATING OR RECURRING EXPENSES.

A PORTION OF THE SURPLUS THIS YEAR WENT INTO THE REVENUE STABILIZATION FUND, A NEW FUND THAT THE LEGISLATURE CREATED AND PEOPLE PUT IN THE CONSTITUTION.

SOCKS AWAY ABOUT $200,000,000 OF THIS SURPLUS INTO A FUND THAT REALLY CAN'T BE TOUCHED, ABSENT TWO-THIRDS OF THE LEGISLATURE.

THERE'S OTHER DEDICATED FUNDS WITHIN THAT BILLION DOLLARS TO FLOW DIRECTLY TO SPECIFIC DEDICATIONS.

BOTTOM LINE, AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE'LL HAVE $525 MILLION OR SO.

BUT THERE'S A LIMITATION ON HOW THAT'S SPENT AS WELL.

RIGHT.

WE TALKED ABOUT PANDEMIC.

IT'S A DIFFERENT ANIMAL THAN HURRICANE DISASTERS.

BUT WE'VE HAD HURRICANES ALSO.

WE'RE FAMILIAR WITH THE MONEY THAT CAN COME IN AFTER THAT TO REBUILD AND HIT BACK.

BUT A ONE-TWO KIND OF PUNCH, THIS WAVE OF CALAMITY TYPE OF THINGS HAPPENING.

THAT'S RIGHT.

INDEED IT WAS A PUNCH WHEN YOU ADD THE DAMAGE FROM IDA TO THE PANDEMIC AND HOW IT'S IMPACTED THE ECONOMY AND AFFECTED THE STATE.

AND LAST YEAR ON A DIFFERENT PART OF THE STATE.

IT'S BEEN A DIFFICULT YEAR FOR THE STATE.

THE AFTERMATH OF THOSE STORMS, AND WE HOPE IT'S THE AFTERMATH OF THE PANDEMIC MEANS DOLLARS ARE FLOWING IN.

AFTER A DISASTER, BE IT A NATURAL DISASTER LIKE A HURRICANE OR NEVER-BEFORE-EXPERIENCED NATIONWIDE PANDEMIC.

YOU DON'T JUST SEE MONEY FLOWING INTO A STATE THAT'S BEEN VICTIMIZED BY NATURAL DISASTER BUT EVERY STATE AND TERRITORY OF AMERICA GETTING UNPRECEDENTED AMOUNTS OF MONEY.

INFRASTRUCTURE WHICH HAS BEEN LEFT UNDONE FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND MAINTENANCE AND REHAB AND REBUILDING TO BE A BENEFICIARY OF THIS.

IT WILL BE A PRIMARY BENEFICIARY IF WE HAVE OUR WAY.

THE GOVERNMENT WILL BE RECOMMENDING TO THE LEGISLATURE THAT THAT 4 MILLION ODD SURPLUS WILL BE DIVIDED INTO THREE POTS.

WE RECOMMEND THIS EVERY TIME WE HAVE A SURPLUS.

WE HAVE HAD SURPLUSES THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.

IT GIVES US A CHANCE TO INVEST IN INFRASTRUCTURE WITHIN THE STATE, ROADS, BRIDGES, HIGHWAYS.

AND ALSO ONE-TIME EXPENDITURES FOR DEFERRED MAINTENANCE ON STATE BUILDINGS, PARTICULARLY UNIVERSITIES.

AND A PORTION OF IT FOR COASTAL PROJECTS.

THOSE ARE THE THREE POTS WE WILL RECOMMEND MONEY BE DIVIDED INTO.

A WATCHDOG GROUP WITH UNFUNDED PENSIONS THAT IN THE PAST HAS RAISED CONCERNS IN LOUISIANA.

BUT YOU'RE SAYING NOT SO?

WE'RE ON THE PATH TO TAKE CARE OF THE ACCRUED UNPROTECTED LIABILITY.

A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OF SURPLUS GOES TO TWO THINGS.

25% MINIMUM MUST GO INTO THE RAINY DAY FUND, WHICH WILL HAPPEN WITH THESE SURPLUS DOLLARS AND 10% OF IT HAS TO GO TO THE UNFUNDED ACCRUE LIABILITY ON THE PENSION FUNDS TO HELP US PAY DOWN THAT OBLIGATION.

A STAGGERING FEE TO LOOK HOW IT'S GONE FROM WHERE IT COULD HAVE BEEN, TO WHERE IT IS NOW?

AND AS YOU SAID, OPTIMISM?

TREMENDOUS PROGRESS.

WHEN GOVERNOR EDWARDS FIRST TOOK OFFICE, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT A $2 BILLION PROBLEM.

THE LEGISLATURE PROPERLY RESPONDED TO RESTORE SOME SOURCES OF REVENUE AND THE ECONOMY HAS PERFORMED WELL, BETTER THAN EXPECTED.

EACH OF THESE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS, COUPLE THAT WITH THE LARGE COMING FROM THE GOVERNMENT AND WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE INFRASTRUCTURE IN LOUISIANA.

SO MANY PEOPLE IN OUR STATE, SOUTHWEST AND SOUTHEAST PART OF THE STATE, CONTINUE AND WILL CONTINUE TO SUFFER FOR YEARS FROM HURRICANES.

THAT'S RIGHT.

AND IT'S ALWAYS A TRAGEDY.

THE UNFORTUNATE STORY FOR LOUISIANA IS WE'RE USED TO THIS.

AND IT WILL HAPPEN AGAIN.

THAT'S RIGHT.

IT WILL HAPPEN AGAIN.

WE KNOW HOW TO DEAL WITH IT.

IT DOESN'T MAKE IT EASIER OR BETTER FOR THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN VICTIMIZED BUT WE HAVE A GREAT DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT THAT WORKS WELL WITH AGENCIES ACROSS THE STATE.

WHEN A CRISIS STRIKES, WE REACT, RESPOND, AND RESILIENCY IS ALWAYS THE TERM THAT'S USED.

WE BOUNCE BACK, AND THAT'S ALWAYS GOING TO HAPPEN.

IT'S GOOD WE'RE IN THE PLACE WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW.

YOU'RE IN A POSITION TO LOOK OVER THIS.

JAY, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

GLAD TO BE WITH YOU.

♪♪ THIS WEEK, HUNDREDS OF STUDENTS PROTESTED LSU'S FAILURE TO INVESTIGATE THE SEXUAL MISCONDUCT OF A FORMER GRAD STUDENT WHO FLED TO HIS HOME COUNTRY OF FRANCE.

THERE WAS A RAPE CHARGE PENDING AGAINST HIM, AND AT LEAST SIX OTHER ALLEGATIONS.

ON TOP OF LEADERS OF STAR, SEXUAL TRAUMA AWARENESS AND RESPONSE, I TALKED TO THEM ABOUT THIS AND COACH O, AND THEIR LATEST LEGISLATIVE SCORECARD.

STUDENTS CONTINUE TO SPEAK OUT ABOUT SEXUAL VIOLENCE ON CAMP US.

WE DEFINITELY VIEW THIS AS SOMETHING THAT'S A LONG PROCESS.

ALMOST A YEAR AGO THE ARTICLE CAME OUT ABOUT LSU'S MISHANDLING OF SEXUAL MISCONDUCT.

AND I THINK THAT MANY PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY EXPECTED IT TO GO AWAY PRETTY QUICKLY AFTER THEY ENLISTED FLATWELL TO DO THE AUDIT ON THEIR PRACTICES AS WELL AS LSU IMPLEMENTING A LOT OF NEW INITIATIVES.

I THINK OUR WORK WITH LSU HAS SHOWN THAT THEY HAVE TAKEN ALL OF THIS TO HEART AND THEY HAVE MADE SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS IN THE WAY THEY HANDLE SEXUAL MISCONDUCT.

BUT THE TRUTH IS THAT PEOPLE CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE SEXUAL ASSAULT ON CAMPUS AND, OF COURSE, STUDENTS HAVE BEEN THERE BEFORE THIS PAST YEAR BEFORE CHANGES WERE MADE THAT STILL HAVE STORIES TO TELL.

IS THAT WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, WITH THIS GRAD STUDENT WHO, AGAIN, HAS GONE BACK TO FRANCE?

I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S A SITUATION OF HAVING HIM COME BACK HERE TO FACE THIS SITUATION, HOW THAT WILL PLAY OUT.

MY FEAR IS THAT BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO SEE MORE STORIES COMING OUT, BECAUSE NOT ALL OF THOSE STORIES ABOUT THINGS THAT HAPPENED IN THE PAST WERE IN THE HUSH BLACKWELL REPORT.

OCCASIONALLY YOU'LL SEE MORE AND MORE STORIES COME OUT.

I THINK THAT HINDERS THE PROGRESS.

ALTHOUGH IT HAPPENED IN THE PAST, WHEN PEOPLE DISTRUST THAT THEY'VE ACTUALLY BEEN TRANSPARENT ABOUT EVERYTHING, IT SORT OF REOPENS WOUNDS THAT ARE STILL IN THE MIDDLE OF HEALING.

SO, I THINK THAT WE KIND OF NEED TO GET EVERYTHING ON THE TABLE.

AS RACHEL HAD SAID, THERE ARE MORE STORIES THAT REALLY NEED TO COME OUT AND BE DEALT WITH.

BUT UNTIL THEY ARE VERY TRANSPARENT ABOUT ALL THAT THEY'VE DONE IN THE PAST OR NOT DONE IN THE PAST, THE WOUNDS ARE NOT GOING TO HEAL.

THERE'S NO LACK OF THINGS GOING ON, ON THE LSU CAMPUS THEN.

AND ONE OF THOSE, OF COURSE, IS THE LATEST WITH COACH ED ORGERON AND HIS OUSTER.

AND APPARENTLY GOING AGAINST THIS LARGE SUM OF MONEY, THE BUYOUT.

HOWEVER, THAT HINGES ON SOME LEGAL MATTERS THAT STILL COULD BE IN PLAY.

THERE'S SOME LAWSUITS IN PLACE RIGHT NOW THAT THROUGH THE DISCOVERY PROCESS THERE WILL BE MORE INFORMATION OBTAINED.

I THINK THAT RIGHT NOW MAYBE THERE IS THINGS THAT ARE BEING UNCOVERED THROUGH THE DISCOVERY PROCESS THAT IS NOT OUT IN THE PUBLIC YET THAT THERE IS SOME LEVEL OF MITIGATION WE DON'T KNOW.

I SUSPECT THAT THERE IS MORE INFORMATION OUT THERE.

AND TO ME, I AM AT THAT POINT WHERE LSU -- YOU KNOW, I WENT THERE FOR UNDERGRAD.

I FEEL LIKE THERE WOULD BE A LOT MORE TRUST AND SORT OF FAITH IN THE SCHOOL IF THEY JUST CAME CLEAN, TO BE HONEST, WORK WITH SURVIVORS AND LOOK INTO POSSIBILITIES FOR SETTLEMENTS.

AND TO HONESTLY ADMIT THEIR WRONGDOING.

AND I THINK THAT THAT WOULD GO A LONG WAY WITH TRUST IN THE COMMUNITY.

AND WE JUST, UNFORTUNATELY, DON'T SEE THAT HAPPENING, ESPECIALLY WHEN THERE CONTINUES TO BE THIS ENVIRONMENT OR BELIEF THAT THEY HAVE TO REDUCE RISK AND LIABILITY RIGHT NOW.

LET'S DISCUSS THE LEGISLATIVE SCORECARD, WHICH YOU HAVE RELEASED ALSO JUST RECENTLY.

OUR LEGISLATURE HAS BECOME VERY PARTISAN.

AND THERE ARE TIMES WHEN PEOPLE REALLY TRIED TO -- I GUESS YOU COULD SAY MAKE POINTS, POLITICAL POINTS ON THINGS THAT DON'T NEED, -- YOU KNOW, IT'S OVERWHELMINGLY SUPPORTED BY LEGISLATORS, NO MATTER WHAT THEIR PARTY.

BUT BECAUSE OF SORT OF THESE PLAYS, THERE WERE SOME VOTES THAT WERE MADE THAT REALISTICALLY COULD HAVE KILLED SOME OF OUR BILLS.

SO, WE DECIDED TO GRADE THE PROCEDURAL MECHANISM THAT LEGISLATORS VOTED ON IN ORDER TO MAKE THESE POLITICAL POINTS RATHER THAN JUST THE ACTUAL LEGISLATION.

SO YOU'LL SEE A LITTLE SORT OF DIFFERENT THINGS IN OUR SCORECARD THAT WE HAVE NOT REALLY DONE BEFORE.

BUT WE REALLY WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT WHAT LEGISLATORS STAND WITH SURVIVORS, NO MATTER WHAT, AND DO NOT PUT POLITICAL PARTY OR POLITICAL GAMES IN FRONT OF, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY THE VOTES THAT WOULD LEND US TO THOSE BILLS BEING PASSED.

IS THERE A PLACE PEOPLE CAN GO TO LOOK AT THAT SCORECARD, TO SEE WHAT THE NUMBERS ARE?

IF THAT'S WHAT IT IS?

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YOU CAN FIND IT THROUGH THE INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT OR FACEBOOK ACCOUNT.

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♪♪ THE NUMBER OF COVID CASES MAY BE TRENDING DOWNWARD BUT FOR DAWN HEBERT, IT'S FAR FROM OVER.

AFTER LOSING HER PREGNANT GRANDDAUGHTER, SHE'S ASKING EVERYONE TO GET THE VACCINE.

THE THREAT OF THE VIRUS IS STILL VERY REAL.

DAWN HEBERT LOST EVERYTHING TO IT.

I CONSIDERED HER MY ADOPTED DAUGHTER.

PRACTICALLY RAISED HER SINCE SHE WAS 6.

SHE HAD GOTTEN -- NOT HAD GOTTEN BUT SHE WAS EXPECTING A BABY THIS YEAR.

SHE HAD A BABY SHOWER.

AND SHE CAUGHT THE DELTA VARIANT AT THE BABY SHOWER.

THE WOMAN HEBERT CALLED HER ADOPTED DAUGHTER WOULD ACTUALLY BE HER GRANDDAUGHTER BY WAY OF MARRIAGE.

WITHIN A WEEK AT THE BABY ASSURE 15 UNVACCINATED FAMILY AND FRIENDS CAUGHT THE VIRUS.

THAT'S WHEN HEBERT'S GRANDCHILD, WHO SHE ASKED NOT TO BE NAMED, STARTED FEELING THE SYMPTOMS.

COUGHING FITS WERE ENOUGH TO BRING HER TO THE HOSPITAL BUT NOT ENOUGH TO KEEP HER THERE.

THEN THAT TIME, SHE HAD GONE TO THE HOSPITAL.

THEY HAD GIVEN HER SOME FLUIDS, SENT HER HOME.

AND THE NEXT WEEK, SHE HAD GOTTEN WORSE, HAD TROUBLE BREATHING.

WENT INTO THE HOSPITAL.

AND WITHIN, I WOULD SAY, THREE OR FOUR DAYS, SHE WAS PLACED ON A VENTILATOR.

AND SHE HAD TO DELIVERED THE BABY, WHICH IS FINE.

BUT WE LITERALLY WENT THROUGH AN EMOTIONAL ROLLER COASTER.

FOR 14 DAYS, HEBERT'S GRANDCHILD STRUGGLED TO BREATHE UNDER VENTILATOR TUBES.

AN EMOTIONAL ROLLER COASTER FOR HER FAMILY.

AT ONE POINT, IT SEEMED LIKE SHE WOULD GET BETTER OF THE ON THE 15th DAY OF BEING IN THE HOSPITAL, HER BODY COULDN'T HAMMOND THE COMPLICATIONS ANYMORE, AND SHE DIED AUGUST 21st.

SHE WAS 24 YEARS OLD WITH NO UNDERLYING HEALTH CONDITIONS.

CLOSE TO THE END OF HER LIFE, DOCTORS WERE ABLE TO DELIVER HER HEALTHY BABY BOY, WHICH IS THE ONLY THING THAT GAVE HEBERT SOMETHING TO LOOK FORWARD TO NOW THAT HER GRANDCHILD IS GONE.

IT WAS TOTALLY TRAUMATIC.

AND THE WHOLE 14 DAYS SHE WAS ON IT WAS LIKE I SAID JUST AN EMOTIONAL ROLLER COASTER.

THAT I WILL NEVER FORGET, NEVER.

AND IT WAS LIKE THE WORST TIME IN MY LIFE, ACTUALLY, DEALING WITH SOMETHING.

YOU KNOW, WATCHING SOMEONE BE ON A VENTILATOR AND JUST HOPING AND PRAYING, YOU KNOW, THAT THEY WOULD SURVIVE.

SHE WAS TRULY A WONDERFUL PERSON, PERSONABLE.

ANYONE WOULD LIKE HER.

SHE WAS A BEAUTIFUL PERSON WITHIN AND OUTSIDE.

YES, SHE WAS.

AND VIBRANT.

YOU KNOW, SHE WAS VERY VIBRANT.

WHAT HAPPENED TO HEBERT'S GRANDCHILD IS HARDLY A NEW STORY.

IN THE U.S. MORE THAN 128,000 PREGNANT PEOPLE HAVE BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH DIAGNOSED WITH COVID.

PEOPLE WHO ARE PREGNANT HAVE A HIGHER RISK OF BEING ADMITTED INTO HOSPITALS AND 70% INCREASED RISK OF DEATH.

EVEN IF THEY AREN'T HOSPITALIZED, INFECTED PEOPLE STILL HAVE A HIGH CHANCE OF HAVING A STILLBIRTH OR PREMATURE BABY.

HEBERT SAYS HER GRANDCHILD DIDN'T KNOW ALL THE RISKS.

INSTEAD, HER FOCUS WAS ON HOW THE VACCINE WOULD AFFECT HER CHILD.

WHAT I UNDERSTAND, SHE HAD DONE A LOT OF RESEARCH.

AND IN THE BEGINNING OF HER PREGNANCY, IT WAS NOT RECOMMENDED THAT SHE HAVE THE VACCINE.

SO, SHE HAD DONE HER RESEARCH.

AND CAME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT IT WAS NOT A GOOD IDEA.

IT WAS NOT SOMETHING THAT WOULD PROTECT HER OR THE BABY.

SO, THAT'S WHY SHE DID NOT HAVE THE VACCINE.

THE VACCINE HAD NOT BEEN TESTED ON PREGNANT PEOPLE DURING THE INITIAL TRIALS.

THERE WASN'T A LOT OF DATA TO GO ON SO HEBERT'S GRANDCHILD DECIDED NOT TO GET IT.

A GROUP OF PROFESSIONALS, MAYBE SHE WOULD HAVE GOTTEN SOME ADVICE FROM THEM.

OR MAYBE SHOULD HAVE CONSIDERED IT BECAUSE WE HAVE STATISTICS BASICALLY THAT SHOW THAT IT IS SAFE.

HEBERT HOPES THE STORY OF WHAT HAPPENED TO HER FAMILY WILL INSPIRE OTHERS TO TAKE THE VACCINE.

CURRENTLY IN THE U.S., ABOUT TWO-THIRDS OF PREGNANT PEOPLE HAVE GOTTEN THEIR SHOTS.

HEBERT SAYS THAT NUMBER ISN'T HIGH ENOUGH.

I DO WANT THIS WORD TO GET OUT.

I WANT IT TO SAVE AS MANY LIVES AS POSSIBLE.

HEBERT SAID ONE OF HER BIGGEST REGRETS ABOUT THE SITUATION WAS NOT ASKING HER GRANDDAUGHTER TO TALK TO A DOCTOR.

IF YOU OR SOMEONE YOU LOVE ARE ON THE FENCE OF GETTING THE VACCINE, MAKE SURE YOU TALK IT OVER WITH A PHYSICIAN AND ASK THEM QUESTIONS.

♪♪ NOT LONG AGO, FILLING UP A GAS TANK WOULD HAVE BEEN DANGEROUS FOR AFRICAN-AMERICANS IN LOUISIANA.

BUT IN SCOTLANDVILLE YOU COULD TRUST ESSO OR EXXONMOBIL AS WE CALL TODAY.

ONE MAN IN BATON ROUGE REMEMBERS A TIME WHEN THE GREEN BOOK WAS THE SAFEST WAY TO TRAVEL.

IF I WERE TO TRAVEL 70 YEARS AGO, THIS LITTLE GUY COULD POTENTIALLY SAVE MY LIFE.

I'M KARA ST. CYR AND THIS IS "SAFE HAVEN."

GETTING GAS IS SOMETHING WE ALL TAKE FOR GRANTED, AN EASY, MUNDANE TASK.

IF A BLACK PERSON WENT TO THE WRONG GAS STATION WHILE TRAVELING, IT COULD LEAD TO A HUMILIATING INCIDENT, OR WORSE.

IN THE 1950s IN THE DEEP SOUTH, LYNCHING WAS STILL A THREAT.

IN LOUISIANA ALONE, 549 LYNCHINGS WERE REPORTED FROM 1877 TO 1950.

FOR AFRICAN-AMERICANS, JUST PASSING THROUGH, STOP FOR BATHROOM BREAKS OR CAR SERVICE HAD TO BE CAREFULLY PLANNED.

ESSO SERVICE STATION OR AS WE CALL IT TODAY, EXXONMOBIL, WAS A PLACE AFRICAN-AMERICANS COULD TRUST.

DAWLTON HONORE STILL REMEMBERS THAT.

HEY, HOW ARE YOU DOING?

I'M KARA.

AN HISTORIC TOWN NORTH OF BATON ROUGE THAT'S HOME TO SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY.

IT WAS ONCE THE LARGEST MAJORITY BLACK TOWN IN LOUISIANA AND ESSO STANDARD OIL WAS PARTLY THE REASON FOR THAT.

IT'S A SPECIAL COMPANY FOR SCOTLANDVILLE.

IT WAS ONE OF THE FEW BUSINESSES THAT WOULD HIRE BLACK PEOPLE IN ALL POSITIONS.

WE DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE.

STANDARD OIL WAS THE FIRST ONE TO COME TO THIS AREA AND PUT A STATION.

WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY OTHER STATIONS UP HERE.

BUT IF YOU HAD A JOB AT STANDARD OIL AND YOU WERE BASICALLY A LABORER THERE, YOU HAD ONE OF THE BEST JOBS YOU COULD HAVE.

THAT WAS THE GREAT PART OF BUILDING THE REFINERY.

SOME OF MY ANCESTORS BUILDING THE STATION.

MY FAMILY HAS BEEN IN THIS COMMUNITY SINCE THE LATE '20s.

IN THE TIME OF JIM CROW WHEN BLACKS COULDN'T EVEN USE THE SAME WATER FOUNTAIN AS WHITES, ESSO HIRED BLACK OWNERS AND FRANCHISE OWNERS.

A MAN NAMED HORATIO THOMPSON WAS THE FIRST BLACK MAN TO OWN AN ESSO STATION IN THE SOUTH.

YOU COULD GET YOUR CAR REPAIRED, BUY FOOD, EVEN APPLIANCES.

MOST IMPORTANTLY, THEY PROVIDED BATHROOMS.

WHEN YOU WENT TO A GAS STATION AND WE GOT SOME FEMALE TRAVELERS, FIRST THING WE DO IS ASK WHETHER YOU'VE GOT A BATHROOM.

WE'VE BEEN TOLD MANY TIMES THERE WAS NO BATHROOM.

SO, IF YOU COULD MAKE IT TO ANOTHER GASOLINE STATION, YOU COULD TRY.

SOMETIMES YOU WOULD HAVE TO GO TO TWO OR THREE BEFORE SOMEONE WOULD SAY YEAH, WE'VE GOT ONE AROUND THE BACK.

OTHER THAN THAT, YOU COULDN'T GO TO THE BATHROOM.

THE FARTHER WEST YOU WENT, RESTRICTIONS LIGHTENED UP A LOT.

HORATIO'S ES.

O STATION QUICKLY MADE HIM A LEADER, BUT HIS PARTICIPATION IN THE BUSBOY COT OF 1953 ELEVATED HIS STATION.

HE WOULD LOWER THE COST OF HIS INDEPENDENT STATIONS OR WHAT HAVE YOU AND SOLD IT TO THE PATRONS WHO PARTICIPATED AND SOLD IT TO THEM AT COST.

ALL THEY HAD TO DO WAS PUT A SIGN THIS THEIR WINDOW LETTING HORATIO KNOW THEY WERE CAR POOLERS.

SOMETIMES HE WOULD GIVE THAT GAS WAY FOR FREE.

HE LOST THOUSANDS IN PROFIT THAT YEAR BUT STILL MANAGED TO BECOME THE FIRST BLACK MILLIONAIRE IN BATON ROUGE.

THE INVESTMENT ANYBODY PUT IN THIS COMMUNITY AT THE TIME WAS HORATIO THOMPSON.

STRUGGLING UNDER THE WEIGHT OF RACISM.

IMAGES PAINTED ON THE SERVICE SHOP BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH THE STATION ISN'T THERE, HIS LEGACY REMAINS.

EXXONMOBIL BATON ROUGE IS PROUD TO SUPPORT SAFE HAVEN, LOUISIANA'S GREEN BOOK.

FOR MORE THAN 100 YEARS, EXXONMOBIL HAS MADE A COMMITMENT TO WORKFORCE DIVERSITY AND A BELIEF THAT REFLECTING ON HISTORIC RACE RELATIONS IS KEY TO A BETTER FUTURE.

WE'LL BE SHOWING ONE MORE EPISODE OF SAFE HAVEN ON "THE STATE WE'RE IN," BUT HAVE FOUR MORE EPISODES.

THE LINK TO THOSE IS ON YOUR SCREEN.

WE ARE THRILLED TO TELL YOU THE NAMES OF THE LPB 2022 LOUISIANA LEGENDS..

THE SIX HONOREES ARE ARTHUR FARVE, CEO AND FOUNDER OF PERFORMATIVE CONTRACTORS, PHILANTHROPIST, STALWART SUPPORTER OF AMERICAN MILITARY VETERANS.

DR SAUNDRA YANCY MCGUIRE, RETIRED ASSISTANT VICE CHANCELLOR, PROFESSOR EMERITA OF CHEMISTRY AND DIRECTOR EMERITA OF THE CENTER FOR ACADEMIC SUCCESS AT LSU AND RECIPIENT OF THE PRESIDENTIAL AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN SCIENCE, MATHEMATICS, AND ENGINEERING MENTORING DR STEPHEN MCGUIRE, JAMES AND RUTH SMITH ENDOWED EMERITUS PROFESSOR OF PHYSICS AT SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY AND A AND M, SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR TO THE LIGO SCIENTIFIC COLLABORATION AWARDED THE NOBEL PRIZE IN PHYSICS, 2017 COACH PAUL MAINIERI, RETIRED LSU HEAD BASEBALL COACH, AMERICAN BASEBALL COACHES ASSOCIATION HALL OF FAME INDUCTEE 2014, TWO TIME SEC COACH OF THE YEAR FOR 2009 AND 2015, 2009 NCAA CHAMPIONS VALSIN MARMILLION, PRESIDENT AND CEO MARMILLION AND COMPANY, AND FORMER MANAGING DIRECTOR OF AMERICA'S WETLAND FOUNDATION AND THOMAS WHITEHEAD, PROFESSOR EMERITUS AT NORTHWESTERN STATE UNIVERSITY, EXPERT AND PRESERVATIONIST OF THE CLEMENTINE HUNTER COLLECTION, AND BIOGRAPHER.

THEY'LL BE HONORED NEXT APRIL.

THAT WILL BE AT THE OLD STATE CAPITAL AT THE LPB GALA HERE IN BATON ROUGE.

LOUISIANA LEGENDS HAVE BEEN HONORED ANNUALLY SINCE 1990.

ALSO THE FINAL EPISODE OF THE FIRST SEASON IS FINALLY ONLINE.

IF YOU HAVEN'T CHECKED IT OUT, HERE'S YOUR CHANCE.

HERE IS A SNEAK PEEK OF WHAT YOU'LL SEE.

PAINTING, MUSIC, DANCE.

THEY'RE SO DIFFERENT, YET THEY'RE ALL SO INTERESTING WAYS OF FILLING UP SPACE.

WAY TO PUT IT ON.

TURN UP THE MUSIC.

I WANT TO FEEL IT IN MY BONES!

♪ DANCE DANCE DANCE.

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