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00:00:00FORMER NEW HAMPSHIRE REPUBLICAN
00:00:01GOVERNOR CHRIS SUNUNU AND HAIDI
00:00:07PROCAMP. THEY JOIN HOST DASHA BURNS.
00:00:11WATCH "CEASEFIRE" ONLY ON
00:00:18C-SPAN. ALL THIS WEEK ON C-SPAN 2-YEAR
00:00:22BRINGING YOU LIVE SIMULCASTS OF
00:00:24TOP RADIO SHOWS OFFERING DIFFERENT POLITICAL ISSUES ON
00:00:27THE ISSUES AFFECTING THE COUNTRY AND SHAPING THE NEWS.
00:00:30AT 9:00 A.M. EASTERN, FORMER
00:00:35REPUBLICAN TURNED INDEPENDENT
00:00:38CHALLENGES BOTH SIDES OF THE POLITICAL SPECKS TRIUMPH.
00:00:42AT NOON, THOM HEARTMANN WITH HIS
00:00:48TAKES AND THEN AS 3:00 P.M.
00:00:51EASTERN, CONSERVATIVE HOST AND
00:00:53AWE THAT ARE HUAWEI CARR
00:00:56FOCUSINGS ON CULTURE AND THE
00:00:59NEWS OF THE DAY.
00:01:05NEXT, LOUISIANA REPUBLICAN
00:01:06GOVERNOR JEFF LANDRY AND SPACEX
00:01:11REPRESENTATIVES ANNOUNCE THE
00:01:13BUILDING OF A SPACEX LAUNCH SITE
00:01:17CALLED STARBASE LOUISIANA.
00:01:20HERE'S A LOOK APT THAT ANNOUNCEMENT.
00:01:23>> WELCOME TO YOU, WHAT DO YOU THINK?
00:01:27HUH?
00:01:27WHAT DO YOU THINK?
00:01:47SO MANY PEOPLE I WANT TO THANK.
00:01:53SPACEX TOLD ME I ONLY HAD SEVEN MINUTES.
00:01:56THAT'S NOT TRUE.
00:01:58SO MANY PEOPLE CAME HERE IN
00:02:05VERMILION BAY, I WANT TO THANK
00:02:08THEM FOR BEING HERE AND I ALSO
00:02:10WANT TO THANK OUR SENATOR CLAY
00:02:15HIGGINS AND JULIE WHO'S HEAR.
00:02:19A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR THEM AND
00:02:21ALSO I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE
00:02:26FOR YOUR PATIENCE WHILE YOU
00:02:27WATCHED WITH ANTICIPATION AS I
00:02:30PURSUED PROJECTS THROUGHOUT LOUISIANA THAT HAS TRANSFORMED
00:02:34OTHER REGIONS OF THE STATE AND I
00:02:39KNOW YOU, YOU WERE THERE QUIETLY
00:02:47WONDERING WHETHER THE GOVERNOR
00:02:50FORGET WHERE WE CAME FROM. I KNOW YOU. IT'S OK.
00:02:54BUT I WANT TO ASSURE THAT I'VE
00:02:58NEVER FORGOTTEN HOME.
00:03:01I ALWAYS COME BACK HOME. [APPLAUSE]
00:03:04BUT FOR GENERATIONS LOUISIANA
00:03:06HAS KNOWN AN ABUNDANCE OF HARDSHIP.
00:03:09OUR PEOPLE HAVE ENDURED SCARS
00:03:11THAT HAVE TESTED OUR HOMES,
00:03:15FLOODS THAT HAVE SWALLOWED OUR
00:03:17COMMUNITIES, ECONOMICS THAT MUCH
00:03:20DEMANDED SACRIFICE AND LONG
00:03:21YEARS WHEN OPPORTUNITY SEEMED SO
00:03:26OFTEN TO PASS US BY. YET THROUGH IT ALL, THE PEOPLE
00:03:30OF THIS STATE LABORED, THEY
00:03:34REBUILT AND THEY BELIEVED.
00:03:44THEY WORKED THE FIELDS, THE
00:03:48SHOPS, THE SMALL BUSINESSES THAT
00:03:51HAVE HELD US TOGETHER.
00:03:53NOT BECAUSE THE ROAD WAS EASY
00:03:56BUT BECAUSE LOUISIANA HAS ALWAYS BEEN WORTH THE STRUGGLE.
00:03:59FOR GENERATIONS, INDUSTRIES CAME
00:04:03TO LOUISIANA NOT TO BUILD
00:04:05LASTING PROSPERITY BUT TO
00:04:08EXTRACT WEALTH.
00:04:09THEY CUT OUR FORESTS, MINED OUR
00:04:13MINERALS, TOOK OUR OIL AND GAS,
00:04:21AND THEN THINK SHIPPED THOSE
00:04:24RESOURCES ELSEWHERE.
00:04:26TOO OFTEN LOUISIANA WAS LEFT
00:04:28WITH THE SPOILS WHILE OTHERS ENJOYED THE PROFIT. TODAY WHAT ELON MUSK AND HIS
00:04:33TEAM IS OFFERING LOUISIANA IS DIFFERENT.
00:04:35THEY ARE OFFERING US A PERMANENT
00:04:39FUTURE AND LASTING PROSPERITY.
00:04:43[APPLAUSE]
00:04:52I'D LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT OF
00:04:55PERSONAL PRIVILEGE IF YOU WOULD
00:04:58INDULGE ME FOR A MOMENT AND I'D
00:05:02LIKE TO ASK A FEW PEOPLE TO
00:05:04STAND AND REMAIN STANDING WHILE
00:05:07I ADDRESS THEM.
00:05:09SHEILA MCCORKLE. SID BORDEN.
00:05:12ATTORNEY GENERAL LIZ MURRIEL.
00:05:18SECRETARY SUSAN BOISVA.
00:05:26HUTCHINS.
00:05:27SPEAKER DUE BEULAH AND HENRY AND
00:05:31OF COURSE MY WIFE AND MY SON.
00:05:34EACH OF YOU HAVE SUFFERED
00:05:37THROUGH MY CONSTANT DESIRE TO GET THIS DONE AT ALL COSTS.
00:05:40MY WIFE ESPECIALLY HAS
00:05:43SACRIFICED EVEN OUR PRIVATE FAMILY TIME AS WELL BUT I WANT
00:05:46YOU TO KNOW THAT WORDS CAN
00:05:50SCARCELY CAPTURE WHAT EACH OF YOUR PATIENCE AND YOUR
00:05:53PERSEVERANCE HAVE MEANT TO ME
00:05:56BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY TO THE CITIZENS OF LOUISIANA.
00:06:00FEW WILL EVER KNOW TO TRUE
00:06:02SACRIFICE AND LABOR THAT WENT
00:06:05INTO SEPTEMBERLING THE MATTER OF THREE DECADES OF COASTAL
00:06:09LITIGATION THAT BROUGHT US TODAY
00:06:11AND FOR ME, IT WAS NEVER ABOUT
00:06:14ENDING THOSE LAWSUITS. IT WAS NEVER ABOUT A LEGAL
00:06:18MATTER. IT WAS NOT SIMPLY A BALANCE
00:06:20SHEET, A LINE ON A BALANCE SHEET
00:06:23OR A GREAT ECONOMIC PROJECT.
00:06:26IT WAS ABOUT WHETHER LOUISIANA
00:06:31WOULD TURN A HARD-FOUGHT MOMENT
00:06:34INTO A NEW CHAPTER OF
00:06:37OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR PEOPLE.
00:06:40COULD WE FINALLY DELIVER
00:06:44TRANSFORMATIONAL CHANGE THAT
00:06:47WOULD ECHO THROUGH GENERATIONS?
00:06:49YET THROUGH YOUR PATIENCE AND YOUR PERSISTENCE AND CAREFUL
00:06:53JUDGMENT, YOU BROUGHT ON EITHER
00:07:01SPACEX OR -- YOU ANSWERED YES.
00:07:03AND TODAY A NEW CHAPTER OF
00:07:06OPPORTUNITY IS WITHIN REACH AND FOR THAT, IRWANT TO PERSONALLY
00:07:09THANK YOU.
00:07:11[APPLAUSE]
00:07:19THEY HAVE BEEN GREAT.
00:07:20I'M TELLING YOU, ONE OF THESE
00:07:24DAYS I'M GOING TO WRITE A BOOK
00:07:27ABOUT IT AND IT'S GOING TO BE AMAZING.
00:07:30FOR YEARS WE HAVE WATCHED AS TOO MANY OF OUR CHILDREN HAVE LEFT
00:07:34AND MOVED TO OTHER STATES FOR
00:07:37GREAT OPPORTUNITY. OUR EFFORTS OVER THE PAST THREE
00:07:40YEARS ARE CHANGING ALL OF THAT
00:07:43ONCE AND FOR ALL.
00:07:47[APPLAUSE]
00:07:53TO THE PEOPLE OF LOUISIANA, I
00:07:56REALLY WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR TRUSTING ME AND I
00:07:59KNOW THAT THERE ARE MANY OTHERS
00:08:01HERE TODAY WHO HAVE HELPED ALONG THE WAY AS WELL AND YOU KNOW WHO
00:08:05YOU ARE AND MANY MORE OF YOU
00:08:07WILL BE REQUIRED TO CONTINUE TO HELP US AND SO I WANT YOU TO
00:08:11KNOW, I SAY THANK YOU TO YOU AS
00:08:14WELL.
00:08:18I CAME INTO THIS OFFICE
00:08:21PROMISING NEW INITIATIVES, GREATER WAGES, NEW JOBS AND A
00:08:25WIDER FIELD OF OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PEOPLE OF LOUISIANA.
00:08:29WITH TODAY'S ANNOUNCEMENT WE ARE BUILDING A FUTURE FOR LOUISIANA
00:08:32THAT KNOWS NO BOUNDARIES.
00:08:33FROM THE OCEANS TO THE EARTH AND
00:08:37EVEN TO SPACE.
00:08:41BECAUSE OF OUR WORK, SPACEX IS
00:08:45COMMITTING $100 BILLION OF
00:08:50CAPITAL INVESTMENT.
00:08:52[APPLAUSE]
00:09:05IN VERMILION PARISH!
00:09:11MAKE NO MISTAKE ABOUT IT.
00:09:13TODAY IS NOTHING SHORT OF A
00:09:17TRANSFORMATIONAL MOMENT.
00:09:30THIS IS AN INFLECTION POINT IN
00:09:32LOUISIANA'S HISTORY.
00:09:35IT REPRESENTS JOBS AND MOMENTUM FOR OUR COMMUNITIES AND IT
00:09:38REPRESENTS PROTECTION FOR OUR
00:09:41COASTS.
00:09:43[APPLAUSE]
00:09:51IT WILL REPRESENT PROOF THAT THE
00:09:53WORLD CAN LOOK TO LOUISIANA NOT
00:09:57SIMPLE POLYP AS A PLACE THAT HAS
00:10:00ENDURED BUT AS A PLACE THAT IS
00:10:02READY TO LEAD.
00:10:04WE HAVE GIVEN SACRIFICE AND LABOR FOR THAT OPPORTUNITY AND
00:10:08THIS MOMENT HONORS THAT LABOR.
00:10:10IT SAYS THAT THE TRIALS AND TRIBULATION THAT IS LOUISIANA
00:10:14HAS CARRIED ARE NOT THE END OF OUR STORY.
00:10:16THEY ARE THE FOUNDATION OF A BRIGHTER FUTURE.
00:10:19I WANT THE PEOPLE OF LOUISIANA TO HEAR THIS.
00:10:22I WANT THE PEOPLE OF AMERICA TO
00:10:25HEAR THIS. LOUISIANA IS OPEN AND IT'S OPEN
00:10:28TO NEW JOBS, TO HONEST WAGES AND
00:10:33TO THOSE WHO WILL DARE TO BUILD
00:10:36SOMETHING THAT LASTS. WE ARE NOT HERE MERELY TO TAKE
00:10:40OUR PLACE IN THE FUTURE.
00:10:43TODAY LOUISIANA IS HERE TO BUILD
00:10:45THAT FUTURE.
00:10:47[APPLAUSE]
00:10:53I HAVE SAID THAT LOUISIANA MUST
00:11:02TOP BEING BOUND BY THE PAST,
00:11:04EVEN AS WE HONOR OUR HERITAGE
00:11:06THAT HAS BROUGHT US HERE.
00:11:15SPACEX WILL CAUSE THE SPIRIT OF
00:11:18LOUISIANA'S MEN AND WOMEN, THEIR LABOR TO STIR.
00:11:21THROUGH THIS COMMITMENT THEY WILL BEAR TESTAMENT TO THE
00:11:25GREATEST WORK ETHIC ON EARTH BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT THE
00:11:29PEOPLE OF LOUISIANA, WE ARE A PEOPLE WHO NEVER QUIT, WHO NEVER
00:11:32QUIT TRYING, A PEOPLE WHO SAY IT CAN ALWAYS BE DONE.
00:11:36WE DO NOT BELIEVE IN CANNOT.
00:11:41WE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO FIND A WAY WHEN THERE IS NO WAY.
00:11:45WE ARE THE PEOPLE ALSO WHO
00:11:47ALWAYS HAVE A KIND WORD -- OUR
00:11:56CULTURE OF HARD-WORKING HUMILITY
00:11:58THAT IS OUR GREATNESS.
00:12:00BUT IT'S INTERESTING, IT'S
00:12:03INTERESTING BECAUSE QUITE
00:12:05FRANKLY I BELIEVE WHAT I'VE
00:12:08EXPERIENCED, THAT IS THE CULTURE
00:12:10OF SPACEX AND I'VE STRUGGLED -- I REALLY HAVE STRUGGLED TO FIND
00:12:14THE WORDS. IT'S HARD FOR PEOPLE TO WRAP
00:12:17THEIR HEAD AROUND THIS PROJECT
00:12:18SO I THOUGHT -- AND I
00:12:24CONTEMPLATED AND I WROTE THESE WORDS.
00:12:28IT SEEMS WE FITTING THAT WE
00:12:29TRAVEL BACK TO 1803.
00:12:32AMERICA MADE A PURCHASE THAT CHANGED THE WORLD.
00:12:35THOMAS JEFFERSON IN ONE ACQUISITION CHANGED THE COURSE
00:12:39OF A YOUNG STRUGGLING REPUBLIC.
00:12:44THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE DOUBLED THE SIZE OF THE UNITED STATES.
00:12:48IT SECURED THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.
00:12:50IT OPENED THE WEST.
00:12:53AND FROM THAT DAY, AS --
00:12:59LIVINGSTON SAID, THE UNITED
00:13:00STATES TOOK ITS PLACE AMONG THE
00:13:03POWERS OF THE FIRST RIGHT AND
00:13:05THE MOTTO GO WEST WAS BORN.
00:13:08WITH THAT PURCHASE TO AMERICA
00:13:12WAS, THESE 125,000 ACRES OF
00:13:16LOUISIANA MOORISH WILL BE AN AGE
00:13:20OF STAR SHIP. LOOK AT THE MAP AND YOU'LL
00:13:24SEE -- LOOK THROUGH THE EYES OF 1803 AND YOU WILL SEE SOMETHING
00:13:28ELSE. GROUND THAT APPEARS ORDINARY
00:13:32UNTIL THE NATION DECIDES WHAT IT IS FOR.
00:13:36JEFFERSON DID NOT BUY EMPTY LAND.
00:13:39HE BOUGHT A FUTURE THAT HAD NOT
00:13:42YET WITHIN NAMED AND THAT IS
00:13:44WHAT SPACEX IS DOING HERE.
00:13:46THESE ACRES WILL NOT BE STRIPPED AND SHIPPED AWAY.
00:13:50THESE ACRES WILL BE HOME TO
00:13:52SPACEX AND IT WILL BE BUILT ON
00:13:55LOUISIANA HANDS ON LOUISIANA SOIL.
00:13:59[APPLAUSE]
00:14:08THIS WILL BE THE PLACE WHICH
00:14:13AMERICA REACHES FARTHER THAN IT
00:14:15HAS EVER REACHED BEFORE.
00:14:20IN 1803, LOUISIANA GAVE AMERICA
00:14:24A CONTINENT.
00:14:27AND TODAY LOUISIANA AND SPACEX
00:14:29WILL GIVE AMERICA THE STARS.
00:14:33[APPLAUSE]
00:14:40NOW IT'S MY DISTINCT HONOR TO
00:14:43BRING UP A VERY, VERY SPECIAL
00:14:46GUEST TO THIS STAGE.
00:14:52AGAIN SHOTWELL IS NOT JUST THE
00:14:58CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER OF SPACEX.
00:15:00SHE IS JOINED BY TIM, SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT OF SPACEX AND
00:15:04OTHER KEY EXECUTIVES THAT ARE HERE TODAY.
00:15:06IN WORKING SIDE BY SIDE WE LON
00:15:10MUSK GWEN AND HER TEAM ARE
00:15:13LEADING THE COMPANY ON A MISSION
00:15:15TO CHANGE THE FUTURE OF MANKIND
00:15:18AND SHE IS JOINING US TO CHART A
00:15:21NEW AND HISTORIC CHAPTER IN LOUISIANA'S HISTORY.
00:15:24PLEASE JOIN ME IN GIVING A
00:15:27LOUISIANA WELCOME TO A WOMAN
00:15:30WHOSE COMMITMENT TO LOUISIANA WILL LEAVE AN EVERLASTING IMPACT
00:15:34ON OUR CHILDREN AND OUR CHILDREN'S CHILDREN.
00:15:37LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, GWEN
00:15:43SHOTWELL.
00:15:44[APPLAUSE]
00:15:55GWEN: SO I HAVE AN AMAZING TEAM BUT THEY ARE IN TROUBLE BECAUSE
00:15:59I DON'T WANT TO FOLLOW GOVERNOR
00:16:02LANDRY IN SPEECHES IN THE FUTURE
00:16:04SO I GO FIRST NEXT TIME, OK?
00:16:07HA HA. GOVERNOR LANDRY, THANK YOU SO
00:16:11MUCH. WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM
00:16:13ME IS NOT NECESSARY NEW.
00:16:15YOU SAW THE VIDEO AND I THINK VIDEOS ARE WORTH A MILLION WORDS
00:16:19AND YOU'VE HEARD GOVERNOR LANDRY SPEAK BUT WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO
00:16:23HEAR IS OUR COMMITMENT.
00:16:25I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF
00:16:34SPACEX, AND THE PARTNERSHIP AND THE GREAT THINGS WE'RE DOING
00:16:38TOGETHER. GOVERNOR LANDRY, YOU AND YOUR
00:16:40TEAM WELCOMED US TO YOUR STATE
00:16:42AND YOU WORKED TIRELESSLY, YOUR
00:16:45TEAM WORKED TIRELESSLY TO MAKE THIS PROJECT A REALITY AND I'M
00:16:48SO EXCITED FOR WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BUILD TOGETHER HERE.
00:16:52THIS WILL BE A PROJECT LIKE NO OTHER.
00:16:54ANOTHER PIECE OF SCIENCE FICTION
00:16:57TRANSPORTED INTO REALITY OR WHAT I CALL SCIENCE FACT.
00:17:01SPACEX WAS FOUNDED TO MAKE LIFE
00:17:05MULTIPLANETARY. YOU HEARD ELON TALK IT ON THE
00:17:08VIDEO AND WE'VE KNOWN ALL ALONG
00:17:11THAT MEANT PUSHING THE BOUNDARIES IN THE MOST COMPLEX
00:17:15ENGINEERING FIELD IN HUMAN HISTORY. DON'T JUST MAKE A BETTER ROCKET.
00:17:19MAKE A ROCKET THAT CAN DO ITS
00:17:21MISSION AND COME BACK TO LAND
00:17:23QUICKLY AND FLY AGAIN.
00:17:25DON'T JUST MAKE A BIGGER ENGINE OR PUT WAY TOO MANY OF THEM
00:17:29TOGETHER ON THE BACK END. MAKE IT MORE POWERFUL AND ABLE
00:17:33TO RUN OVER AND OVER, NOT JUST ONCE.
00:17:37DON'T JUST FLY MORE OFTEN. FLY SO FREQUENTLY THAT SOMETHING
00:17:41AS AWE-INSPIRING AS A ROCKET
00:17:44LAUNCH CAN ONE DAY FEEL MUNDANE.
00:17:48THAT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A --
00:17:54ROCKET LAUNCHES NEVER FEEL MUNDANE BUT IT SOUNDS GOOD IN
00:17:57THE SPEECH. WE'VE BEEN DEVELOPING STAR SHIP
00:18:01FOR SEVERAL YEARS ANNOUNCEMENT
00:18:04WE'VE HAD OUR BUNCH AND BRUISES.
00:18:08STARSHIP IS REVOLUTIONLY IN ITS
00:18:12DESIGN TO BE FULLY AND RAPIDLY REUSABLE.
00:18:16LIKE AIRPLANES.
00:18:19ROCKETS ARE USED ONCE AND THEN
00:18:22THEY'RE THROWN AWAY.
00:18:24THIS ROCKET IS FULLY AND RAPIDLY USEFUL.
00:18:28YOU CAN LAUNCH IT AGAIN AND
00:18:30AGAIN HERE IN VERMILION PARISH
00:18:35MULTIPLE TIMES A YEAR.
00:18:37STARBASE LOUISIANA IS GOING TO MAKE THAT FUTURE POSSIBLE AND
00:18:41NOW IS THE RIGHT TIME TO BUILD IT.
00:18:43IN THE LAST FEW YEARS WE'VE
00:18:46GIVEN OURSELVES A LOT OF PRACTICE. WE'VE LEARNED FROM EVERY LAUNCH.
00:18:50WE'VE INVENTED NEW SYSTEMS, NEW
00:18:53TECHNOLOGIES AND WE HONESTLY
00:18:54FOUND OUT THE HARD WAY WHEN
00:18:57SOMETHING WASN'T UNTO THE TASK
00:19:00OF WITHSTANDING SOME OF THE MOST POWERFUL FORCES ON THE PLANET.
00:19:04WE LEARNED FROM THESE TESTS AND
00:19:07NOW WE'RE BUILDING FOR ACTUALLY REPRESENTATIVE OPERATIONS.
00:19:10WE CURRENTLY HAVE ONE ACTIVE
00:19:12LAUNCH PAD FOR STARSHIP IN
00:19:16STARBASE, TEXAS, WITH A SECOND
00:19:18ONE IN ACTIVE BUILD AND WE HAVE THREE DIFFERENT STAGES OF PADS
00:19:21IN CONSTRUCTION IN FLORIDA.
00:19:24PART OF THE MOST ACTIVE LAUNCH COMPLEX ON THE PLANET.
00:19:27BUT FOR THE MISSIONS WE HAVE AHEAD OF US WE NEED MORE AND WE
00:19:31WANT TO DO IT HERE.
00:19:33STARSHIP AT ITS CORE IS DESIGNED
00:19:35TO MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR LIFE TO
00:19:38BE MULTI-PLANETARY. TO MAKE IT SO HUMANS CAN LIVE
00:19:42AND WORK ON OTHER WORLDS.
00:19:45IN A FOUR-YEAR TERM, STARSHIP
00:19:50WILL ENABLE US TO RETURN AMERICANS TO THE SURFACE OF THE
00:19:53MOON ALONG WITH NASA AND BUILD A
00:19:56PERMANENT MOON BASE.
00:19:58[APPLAUSE]
00:20:06I'M PERSONALLY VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. I WANT TO GO TO THE MOON.
00:20:09I DON'T WANT TO GO TO MARS BUT I
00:20:11WANT TO GO TO THE MOON.
00:20:16STARSHIP IS GOING TO BRING EVEN
00:20:18FASTER AND MORE RELIABLE INTERPRET TO ANYONE, ANYWHERE ON
00:20:22PLANET AND TO MOVE SUPER
00:20:24COMPUTER TO SPACE SO AS AI
00:20:26CONTINUES TO ADVANCE IT CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE TO HAVE LIMITLESS
00:20:30RESOURCES THAT ARE OFF PLANET
00:20:32INSTEAD OF HERE ON PLANET.
00:20:34PUT ALL OF THIS TOGETHER AND
00:20:37THESE TASKS WILL REQUIRE THOUSANDS OF LAUNCHES.
00:20:41STARBASE LOUISIANA IS BEING DESIGNED FROM DAY ONE TO SUPPORT
00:20:45THIS DRAMATIC INCREASE IN
00:20:49LAUNCHES. WE'RE PLANNING TO BUILD A
00:20:52SELF-SUSTAINING SPACE PORT WITH
00:20:54IT OWN PROPELLANT PRODUCTION,
00:21:01WATER PRODUCTION. AND PROBABLY AN AIRPORT. AND THANKS TO THE ABUNDANT
00:21:05RESOURCES HERE IN LOUISIANA, WE
00:21:08HAVE READY ACCESS TO THE NATURAL
00:21:11GAS THAT FUELS THESE ROCKETS TO GET TO ORBIT.
00:21:14BUT THAT'S NOT THE ONLY RESOURCE WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT HERE ON THE
00:21:18SOUTH COAST. IT'S THE PEOPLE OF LOUISIANA
00:21:22WHERE YOU HAVE A STORIED HISTORY
00:21:23OF BUILDING LARGE, COMPLEX
00:21:26INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT, WHICH THIS WILL BE, AT SCALE AND WE'RE
00:21:30LOOKING TO YOU FOR HELP. AS PART OF OUR COMMITMENT TO THE
00:21:33STATE WE EXPECT TO CREATE AT
00:21:35LEAST 3,000 PERMANENT JOBS.
00:21:38ELON SAID 10. [APPLAUSE]
00:21:41BASED ON OUR EXPERIENCE IN
00:21:45STARBASE, TEXAS, IT'S PROBABLY
00:21:48CLOSER TO 10 THAN THREE AND LIKELY FAR MORE.
00:21:51BETWEEN 60% AND 0% OF NEW HIRES
00:21:54AT OUR TEXAS SITE ARE LOCAL
00:21:58RESIDENTS, SOMETHING THAT WE WILL REPEAT HERE IN LOUISIANA.
00:22:02[APPLAUSE] WE NEED PEOPLE WITH ALL SORTS OF
00:22:06FIELDS, NOT JUST ROCKET SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS BUT
00:22:11TECHNICIANS, WELDERS, BUILDERS.
00:22:13PEOPLE THAT WORK IN RESTAURANTS,
00:22:16PEOPLE THAT WILL HELP US OPERATE
00:22:18THE AIRPORT AND THE SPACEPORT.
00:22:21EFFECTIVELY IT TAKES A SMALL
00:22:23CITY TO RUN A SITE AND THAT'S
00:22:26WHAT THIS WILL BE.
00:22:30WE WANT TO BECOME PART OF YOUR
00:22:34COMMUNITY. ME PERSONAL LIQUOR AS WELL. I LOVE LOUISIANA.
00:22:37HOLDING TOWN HALLS AND FINDING OTHER OPPORTUNITIES WHERE WE CAN
00:22:41MEET AND CHAT AND MAKE SURE WE UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING
00:22:43FOR AND MAKE SURE YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO BUILD.
00:22:47IT HAS BEEN A PRIVILEGE.
00:22:49MY TEAM TALKED ABOUT THIS SITE A
00:22:52LOT AND IT'S BEEN A PRIVILEGE GETTING TO KNOW EVERYBODY SO FAR
00:22:55AND WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUING THAT.
00:22:58WE'RE VERY MOTIVATED TO WILL BE.
00:23:01WE WANT TO MAKE THIS A GREAT
00:23:03PROJECT, NOT JUST FOR STARSHIP
00:23:05AND SPACEX BUT FOR LOUISIANA AS WELL AND WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO
00:23:09WORK ON THAT WITH YOU AND BUILD THIS FUTURE TOGETHER. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT DOESN'T
00:23:13GET TALKED ABOUT MUCH BUT SPACEX
00:23:16INVESTS INCREDIBLY HEAVILY IN THE COMMUNITIES AROUND OUR
00:23:20SITES. WE TRUCKED ABOUT 100 BILLION, RIGHT? THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY.
00:23:23A LOT OF MONEY.
00:23:28BUT WE DO THIS INVESTMENT IN THE
00:23:30COMMUNITIES BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE
00:23:34OUR GREAT EMPLOYEES LIVE AND WORK.
00:23:37WE WANT THIS TO BE A GREAT EXPERIENCE FOR EVERYBODY.
00:23:41WE HAVE AN INCREDIBLE RESOURCE AS WELL AS CALLED STARLINK.
00:23:45I DON'T KNOW, DOES ANYBODY HAVE
00:23:49STARLINK INTERNET? [APPLAUSE] YES. LIFE CHANGING.
00:23:51I HAVE ONE IN MY CAR.
00:23:54IN CENTRAL TEXAS THERE ARE A LOT
00:23:57OF NO CELL COVERAGE BETWEEN MY
00:24:00RANCH AND MY WORK AND I THINK I DROPPED A FEW TOO MANY CALLS
00:24:04WITH ELON ON THAT COMMUTE. I THOUGHT I NEEDED STARLINK ON
00:24:08MY CAR SURF A STARLINK ON MY CAR
00:24:10AND WE'RE GOING TO MAKE STARLINK
00:24:13AVAILABLE TO EVERYBODY THAT
00:24:15WANTS ONE OR NEEDS ONE AT FAR
00:24:18MORE AFFORDABLE PRICING EVEN
00:24:21SHOULD BE ONLINE. WE'RE ALSO WORKING WITH
00:24:25LOUISIANA ON WAYS TO LEVERAGE
00:24:27STARLINK TO IMPROVE RESILIENCY
00:24:30FOR THE STATE EMERGENCY RESPONSES AS WELL.
00:24:34[APPLAUSE] YEAH, YEAH.
00:24:36I MEAN, STARLINK CAN PROVIDE FUN
00:24:39AND GAMES THROUGH STREAMING ASK
00:24:41GAMING, RIGHT?
00:24:43BUT ULTIMATELY IT SURVIVES
00:24:46STORMS.
00:24:48THE SATELLITES ARE UP IN ORBIT.
00:24:53IT IS SAVING LIVES AND IT'S BEEN
00:24:57INCELLED BLUE HELPFUL FOR PEOPLE
00:24:59TO STAY CONNECTED DURING EMERGENCIES AND LAST BUT
00:25:02CERTAINLY NOT LEAST IT'S OBVIOUS
00:25:05TO ANYONE PRIVILEGED ENOUGH TO VISIT HERE, TO SEE THIS PART OF
00:25:08THE COUNTRY, IT IS BEAUTIFUL AND WE ARE COMMITTED TO DOING OUR
00:25:11PART TO ENSURE THAT THIS LAND DOESN'T DISAPPEAR.
00:25:14THIS IS A ONE OF A KIND CHANCE
00:25:17TO BEET FLY THE WORLD'S MOST ADVANCED AND POWERFUL ROCKETS
00:25:21WHILE STRENGTHENING LOUISIANA'S
00:25:22COASTAL RESILIENCE AND WILDLIFE.
00:25:26[APPLAUSE] YEAH.
00:25:29YOU HEARD SOMEBODY TEE IN -- WHO
00:25:33BY THE WAY, IS THE MAYOR OF
00:25:36STARBASE, TEXAS, ON THE VIDEO.
00:25:38YOU HEARD FROM HIM THAT ONE OF
00:25:40THE FIRST THINGS YOU'LL SEE US
00:25:44DO IS START WORKING WITH THE SPACE TO ENSURE THAT THE
00:25:48COASTLINE SURVIVES. YOU'LL SEE THOSE PROPERTIES START IMMEDIATELY.
00:25:51THE COAST IS DISAPPEARING IN ONE OF THE FASTEST RATES IN THE
00:25:54COUNTRY.
00:25:55IN VERMILION THE COAST IS
00:25:59ERODING BETWEEN THREE AND 23
00:26:01FEET PER YEAR.
00:26:05COASTLINE DISAPPEARING.
00:26:07LEFT ALONE IT WILL CONTINUE TO
00:26:09ERODE AND BASICALLY ELIMINATE
00:26:12THE BEAUTY WE HAVE.
00:26:14IT IS EXPANDING LOUISIANA'S
00:26:19COASTAL PLAN INCLUDING WILD LIFE
00:26:25PRESERVATION.
00:26:27TO RECONNECT WETLANDS AND HELP
00:26:31RESTORE THE NATURAL LANDS THERE
00:26:34COAST HAS LOST.
00:26:37IT'S A HABITAT FOR SHORE BIRDS,
00:26:41AND OTHER COASTAL WILDLIFE.
00:26:43NOW, THE BIRDS MIGHT FLY AWAY
00:26:45DURING A LAUNCH BUT I GUARANTEE
00:26:47THEY COME BACK. [APPLAUSE]
00:26:51AND THEY COME BACK RIGHT AWAY, BY THE WAY.
00:26:54AS SOON AS THE ROCKET'S GONE,
00:26:58THE BIRDS COME BACK.
00:26:59SPACEX IS CHITTED TO KEEPING
00:27:02VERY LARGE PORTIONS OF THIS
00:27:08ACREAGE UNTOUCHED.
00:27:10WE WILL HELP FUND PROTECTION,
00:27:13RESTORATION AND STEWARDSHIP WHILE WE BUILD.
00:27:17[APPLAUSE] WE'LL WORK WITH WILDLIFE
00:27:21AGENCIES, LANDOWNERS AND
00:27:24CONSERVATION GROUPS TO HELP REVERSE THE LOSSES FROM BOTH THE
00:27:27NATURAL EROSION AND CARELESS INDUSTRIAL USE OF THE PAST.
00:27:31WE HAVE A LONG HISTORY OF
00:27:34PARTNERSHIP WITH WILDLIFE
00:27:41REFUGES TO ENSURE THEY CAN
00:27:44THRIVE.
00:27:46SHORE WIZARDS AND OTHER LOCAL BIRDS HAVE CONTINUED TO OCCUPY
00:27:50THE HABITAT THROUGHOUT LAUNCH
00:27:53OPERATIONS EXCEPT JUST THE REALLY NOISY PART. AND I WANT TO BE CLEAR.
00:27:57WE ARE NOT DEVELOPING 125,000 ACRES OF LAND.
00:28:01JUST ENOUGH TO DO THE WORK THAT
00:28:02WE WANT TO DO AND HAVE
00:28:05SUFFICIENT OUTSIDE OF THAT BECAUSE IT'S BEAUTIFUL AND IT
00:28:08MAKES PEOPLE WANT TO BE HERE AND HAPPY TO WORK HERE.
00:28:11AREAS NEAR THE COAST WILL
00:28:14DEVELOP LAUNCH OPERATIONS BUT
00:28:16WE'LL ALSO BE PRESERVING THE
00:28:21WILDLIFE HABITAT, ACTIVITIES LIKE FISHING, HUNTING AND
00:28:24BOATING THAT ARE A PART
00:28:26IN SHORT, WE DON'T WANT THIS
00:28:29LAND JUST TO SURVIVE ARE BEING HERE. WE WANT IT TO THRIVE.
00:28:35WHILE BECOMING A LAUNCHPAD TO HUMANITY'S GREATEST ADVENTURE.
00:28:39I DO WANT TO NOTE THIS IS THE SECOND LARGE PROJECT WE HAVE
00:28:42ANNOUNCED IN THE LAST COUPLE MONTHS.
00:28:45THE LAST ONE, WE WILL BE
00:28:50MANUFACTURING SHIPS ON U.S. SOIL INSTEAD OF RELYING ON OTHER COUNTRIES TO PROVIDE OUR
00:28:54TECHNOLOGY. [APPLAUSE]
00:29:02ALSO CREATING THOUSANDS OF JOBS, TO BUILD A MORE EXCITING FUTURE.
00:29:07BETWEEN STARBASE LOUISIANA AND
00:29:10TARA -- SORRY, I ALREADY SAID THIS PART.
00:29:14[LAUGHTER]
00:29:17THAT EXCITING FUTURE IS BEING BUILT RIGHT HERE IN AMERICA.
00:29:20I WILL CLOSE WITH ONE ADDITIONAL ROUND OF THANK YOU'S.
00:29:24ONCE AGAIN, GOVERNOR LANDRY,
00:29:26YOUR SUPPORT WAS PHENOMENAL.
00:29:29YOU DID NOT WORK THROUGH PEOPLE, YOU WORKED DIRECTLY AND THEY
00:29:33APPRECIATED IT. EVERYONE ELSE IN LOUISIANA THAT HAS HELPED US GET THIS FAR AND
00:29:37FOR THOSE THAT WILL ALSO HELP US REACH HEIGHTS.
00:29:40MY TEAM AT SPACEX, THE REASON I STILL COME TO WORK EVERY DAY
00:29:45BECAUSE I COULDN'T IMAGINE NOT WORKING WITH THESE INCREDIBLE PEOPLE.
00:29:49THEY APPROACH EVERY IMPOSSIBLE
00:29:50PROBLEM WHICH WE HAVE DAILY, AND
00:29:54THEY JUST GET IT DONE.
00:29:56JUST AS IF IT WAS ON THEIR NORMAL TO DO LIST.
00:30:00WE ARE HERE TO BUILD SOMETHING
00:30:02THAT WILL OPEN A PATHWAY TO THE STARS FOR TODAY'S FUTURE GENERATIONS.
00:30:07WE ARE HERE TO STAY AND I'M REALLY EXCITED FOR US TO GET TO WORK.
00:30:11THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [APPLAUSE]
00:30:27>> JOIN US>> TONIGHT FOR MORE CAMPAIGN 2026 COVERAGE FROM SOUTH CAROLINA. THAT IS WHERE INCUMBENT REPUBLICAN U.S. SENATOR DARLINE
00:30:30GRAHAM IS FACING OFF AGAINST HER CHALLENGER CONGRESSMAN RALPH
00:30:34NORMAN IN THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY RUNOFF. WE WILL HAVE LIVE COVERAGE FROM
00:30:38THE PALMETTO STATE STARTING AT 8:00 P.M. EASTERN ON C-SPAN,
00:30:42YOUR HOME FOR CAMPAIGN 2026.
00:30:47COUNTRY MUSIC SUPERSTAR DOLLY
00:30:49PARTON HAS DIED AT THE AGE OF 80. THE AMERICAN ICON AMASSED A BODY
00:30:53OF WORK THAT INCLUDED OVER 50
00:30:55ALBUMS WHICH SOLD OVER ONE HUNDRED MILLION COPIES WORLDWIDE
00:30:59AND HAD 25 NUMBER ONE HITS.
00:31:01SHE WAS ALSO HEAVILY DECORATED WITH AWARDS INCLUDING 11
00:31:04GRAMMIES, THREE ENEMIES, ONE
00:31:07OSCAR AND ONE TONY AWARD IN ADDITION TO GOLDEN GLOBES.
00:31:11MS. PARTON WAS ALSO DEEPLY
00:31:13INVOLVED DONATING OVER 100 MILLION BOOKS THROUGH HER
00:31:17IMAGINATION LIBRARY PROGRAM.
00:31:21HER FAMILY ANNOUNCED THIS SHORT VIDEO ANNOUNCING HER PASSING.
00:31:23>> HEY, EVERYONE.
00:31:26MY NAME IS BRIAN SEAVER, SON OF
00:31:29CASSIE PARTON AND I'M
00:31:34REPRESENTING THE PASSING OF MY AUNT DOLLY PARTON.
00:31:40THIS VIDEO ANNOUNCEMENT IS
00:31:41SOMETHING W ASKED TO BE -- DOLLY
00:31:49ASKED TO BE ANNOUNCED.
00:31:51I HAVE NOT TRULY FELT THE
00:31:55HEAVINESS UNTIL NOW. IT IS AN HONOR MIXED WITH
00:31:56ABSOLUTE PRIDE, BUT SADNESS LIES
00:32:01WITH US, NOT WITH DARLIE. DOLLY HAS LIVED HER LIFE.
00:32:05AND IS IN THE ARMS OF JESUS MET
00:32:08BY COUNTLESS OTHERS.
00:32:12I FIRST WENT ON THE ROAD WITH DOLLY AS A KID GETTING A TASTE
00:32:16OF THE ROAD LIFE IN THE EARLY
00:32:201980'S.
00:32:31DOLLY OPENED THE DOOR FOR ALL SORTS OF PEOPLE.
00:32:36HER EXAMPLE, WE BELIEVE ANYTHING WAS POSSIBLE. SHE NEVER SAW A DOOR SHE
00:32:39COULDN'T OPEN IN THE DOOR SHE OPENED MAY BE CHANGED HISTORY.
00:32:43MY FAMILY AND I HAVE SHARED A LIFETIME OF BEAUTIFUL MEMORIES.
00:32:47SO HAVE YOU. SHE HAS ALWAYS BEEN ON YOUR
00:32:50TELEVISION, THE RECORD PLAYER, YOUR CD AND ON YOUR PHONE
00:32:54PLAYLIST, BECOMING AN EXTENDED PART OF YOUR FAMILY WHETHER YOU
00:32:57LIKED IT OR NOT. OUR FAMILY AND THE TEAM SHE HAS
00:33:00ENTRUSTED WITH HER LEGACY WORKED DILIGENTLY TO ENSURE HER SPIRIT
00:33:03WILL LIVE WITH US FOREVER.
00:33:08DOLLY WAS A FORMER JUST LIKE HER DADDY.
00:33:09HE FORMED THE SOIL.
00:33:13SHEET FARMED HER SONGS AND HAPPINESS.
00:33:16AFTER A LIFE WEARING HEAVY RHINESTONES, SHE FINALLY
00:33:19DESERVES TO BE COMFORTABLE AND HAVE SOME REST.
00:33:21REST IN PEACE, ONTO DOLLY, AUNT
00:33:27GRANNY, GIGI. IT MADE GOD BLESS DOLLY PARTON AND MAY GOD BLESS YOU ALL.
00:33:31SHE WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU.
00:33:35>> IN 2009, DOLLY PARTON
00:33:39ATTENDED THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION OF THE GREAT SMOKY
00:33:42MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK WHERE SHE SERVED AS AN AMBASSADOR.
00:33:45DURING THAT EVENT HOSTED BY THE NATIONAL PRESS CLUB, SHE
00:33:49PERFORMED AND ANSWERED AUDIENCE SUBMITTED QUESTIONS ABOUT HER
00:33:52LIFE, CAREER AND PHILANTHROPIC WORK.
00:33:57[APPLAUSE]