Obama surveys Louisiana flood damage; recovery will be long
Clip: 8/23/2016 | 6m 51s
President Obama traveled to Louisiana to survey damage incurred by last week’s flooding.
On Tuesday, President Obama traveled to Louisiana to survey damage incurred by last week’s torrential flooding, which killed 13 and left some 60,000 homes destroyed. One of the areas hardest hit was Livingston Parish; its president, Layton Ricks, updates Judy Woodruff on the status of cleanup efforts, the biggest challenges facing residents and how he hopes the federal government will react.
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Obama surveys Louisiana flood damage; recovery will be long
Clip: 8/23/2016 | 6m 51s
On Tuesday, President Obama traveled to Louisiana to survey damage incurred by last week’s torrential flooding, which killed 13 and left some 60,000 homes destroyed. One of the areas hardest hit was Livingston Parish; its president, Layton Ricks, updates Judy Woodruff on the status of cleanup efforts, the biggest challenges facing residents and how he hopes the federal government will react.
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