. >> at this stage in my life, i don't think i can afford 10 years on millard fillmore or franklin pierceguys in the all my room at the same time. i'm going to write about leadership. that is what i care about underneath it all. thank you. [applause] >> c-span is going to have questions called in from c-span. ♪ next, a look at the city of new orleans one year after the storm. a c-span crew toured water-damaged neighborhoods, spoke with residents on the ground, and officials involved with recovery efforts. from august of 2006, this is 90 minutes. ♪ ♪ >> about 120 or so in the new orleans area. katrina was enormous, very powerful storm. it overwhelmed the system, and that would happen again. >> what katrina has done is caused the cultural deist for a. our culture has been sprinkled out all over the country now. like a ghost town. the devastation is still here. ♪ >> the city of new orleans, one year after katrina, is now home to less than 50% of its population prior to the storm. a c-span video journalist traveled in august to take a look at recovery efforts in communities where some of the

. >> at this stage of my life, i do not think i can afford 10 years on millard fillmore or franklin pierceno big person to go back to easily. so i am bringing all my guys in the room at the same time. and i'm going to write about leadership. that is what i care about underneath it all. so -- thank you. i just started >. >> c-span is going to have questions called in. and c-span will now answer. >> a congressional budget office billionasting a $426 deficit next year, which would be the sixth straight year of deficit reduction. the head of the congressional hallt office keith ahl announce those numbers today. this is 45 minutes. director hall: good morning, again. i am keith hall at the congressional budget office. we have released a net day to our previous economic projections for the next 10 years. i will briefly summarize those projections gaining with the budget and then turning to the economy and i will be happy to take your questions. the federal budget deficit we predicted for 2015 -- 2016 will be smaller than we predicted in march. specifically, we estimate that the deficit for this

. >> the station my life i don't think i can afford 10 years on millard fillmore. there is no big person to go back to these silly. i am bringing all of my guys in the room at the same time. i am going to write about leadership. that is what i care about. [applause] before we break for lunch, want to get a glimpse into eight new orleans family, -- into a new orleans family that can trace its history back a couple hundred years. we want to get some sense of the extent that katrina was an inflection point in the life of this family. guysoing to introduce you in terms of birth order to keep things simple. i will start with wayne, who has owned and operated numerous restaurants in new orleans for some time. currently the owner of little

obliged and on july 20th they had the state department spokesperson john kirby threatening rosa mia millardatening, they were threatening her that if she raised a hand to ask a question she would be escorted physically from the event. i think that's regrettable. >> given that the last 50 years the so-called cold war hasn't done anything to improve the lives of dissidents, why not give diplomacy, give a new relationship a chance given that there really was no alternative and no proof that maintaining these tensions had helped the dissidents? >> well first off: the loosening and engagement with the dictatorship back in the '90s during the clinton administration made things worse for dissidents. we saw cuban americans shot down and killed february 24th of '96 in massive crack downs during that warming period. now with this administration we are seeing prominent dissident leaders who had had successful initiatives -- >> i get all these examples, what is the fairness? what is the alternative? >> wait wait, with obama now they are being killed. before they could do the cavism and noactivism and n

. >> i don't think i can afford 10 mirrors -- years on millard fillmore or franklin pierce. [laughter] >> i'm bringing all my guys in the room at the same time and i'm going to write about leadership. that is what i care about. [applause] >> thank you. >> c-span is going to have questions called in from c-span and c-span will now answer. ♪ saturday march the 10th anniversary of hurricane katrina. julianek, hud secretary castro and members of the housing and urban development recovery team presented a on the recovery efforts. this is one hour. >> good morning. we want to welcome you for the media briefing ahead of the 10-year anniversary of hurricane katrina. today you will hear from secretary castro and senior policy experts who have worked tirelessly on the gulf recovery from day one. before i turn it over to secretary castro, i want to let you know we will be taking questions from the media as well as viewers on the webcast and c-span2. link urge you to send questions via twitter -- we encourage you to send questions via twitter or by e-mail. that is h.u.d. public affairs

. >> at this stage in my life, don't think i can afford 10 years on millard fillmore or franklin pierce. there's no big person to go back to easily. so i'm bringing all my guys in the room of the same time. i'm going to write about leadership area is absolutely what i care about underneath it all. [applause] >> thank you. going to have questions called in from c-span, c-span1 now -- >> monday, the un security council held its first ever meeting on lgbt writes and attacks from isis. un'sambassador to the samantha power spoke to reporters briefly following the meeting, calling it a small but historic step. this is 15 minutes. ms. power: hello, everybody. , we juste to be here spoke to the first ever meeting of the security council on lgbt writes and issues. i would like to say a few words and then open it up for questions and feel free to direct your questions. it was a moving meeting. the attendance was excellent and cross regional. and -- the gentleman left people grouped and moved. gripped and moved. everyone has read about what isil and others are doing to lgbt people around the world

life ihis stage in my don't think i can afford 10 years on millard fillmore or franklin pierce.here is no person to go to easily so i am bringing them all in the room at the same time and i will write about leadership. that is really what i care about. [applause] oh, thank you. i am just starting. c-span is going to have questions called in and c-span will now answer. >> " the atlantic" recently hosted a daylong conference examining new orleans 10 years after katrina. one of the discussions included the state of new orleans housing and development. this is 20 minutes. ♪ >> hello, again, everybody. i am james bennett from "the atlantic." conversation will be about housing and neighborhood development. 70% of all homes were damaged and more than 700,000. people were displaced. living inho had been places for generations other whole neighborhoods become uninhabitable overnight. we have had the fastest housing recovery in the history of the nation. but how might neighborhoods and housing change yucca were able to discuss this at the other and of the couch on the far end. it's a nati

. >> i don't think i could spend 10 years on millard fill more or franklin pierce and there's no person'm bringing all my guys in the room at the same time and talk about leadership. that's what i care about underneath. oh, thank you. it just started. >> c-span is going to have questions called in from c-span and c-span will now answer. >> up next here on c-span -- q&a with brookings institution enior fellow vanda felbab -brown. after that three republican presidential candidates. first florida senator marco rubeo talking about china -- from south carolina. and also governor scott walker outlying his goals and donald trump speaking to a republican group in nashville. >> this week on "q&a," brookings institution senior fellow vanda felbab-brown, she talks about the u.s.'s counterinsurgency and state building efforts in afghanistan and the global war on drugs. >> vanda felbab-brown, can we start with the name? where does it come from? vanda: well, i was born in czechoslovakia on the czech side of czechoslovakia. but the name is

. >> i don't think i can afford 10 years on millard fillmore or franklin pierce.here is no big person to go back to easily, so i'm bringing all my guys in the room at the same time and will write about leadership. that is really what i care about underneath it all. thank you. [applause] >> c-span will have questions called in and c-span will now answer. ♪ a public commemoration was held earlier today in new orleans to market 10th anniversary of hurricane katrina. that is next year on c-span. then we will take you back to a 2005 town hall meeting with new orleans residents and the city's mayor, ray nagin, discussing emergency response efforts and other issues in the aftermath of hurricane katrina. later, the katrina remembrance commission hears from former president george w. bush at a recent event honoring first responders. president bill clinton spoke this weekend at a commemoration ceremony in new orleans marking the 10th anniversary of hurricane katrina. the event included remarks from mayor mitch landrieu, members of congress, and local residents and community

. >> i don't think i can afford 10 years on millard fillmore or franklin pierce. there is no big person to go back to. i am bringing all my guys and i'm going to write about leadership. that is what i care about underneath it all. thank you. [no audio] >> c-span is going to have questions. >> c-span special coverage of hurricane katrina's 10th anniversary continues with a town hall meeting. this was one of a series of meetings held after the storm, giving them an opportunity to address their concerns. and then -- the mayor moderated this discussion. it is 2.5 hours. >> as you are coming forward, take your time. line up. you know the routine. you don't have to hurt yourself. we are going to be here for at least two hours. i appreciate the spirit. let's keep going. >> i will alert you before cutting the mic. we do have phones and e-mails for the house and senate representatives. and u.s. congressman. for the house and senate as well. those are on the back table. >> there are a couple of elected issues here. district attorney eddie jordan is here. it he staples offic

to do that with people .ho are less familiar >> the stage of my life, i cannot afford 10 years on millard fillmore or franklin pierce and there is no big person to go back to easily. i am bringing all my guys at the same time and i will write about leadership. that is really what i care about underneath it all. [applause] thank you. we just started. >> we're having questions coming in from c-span. >> in his quest for the 2016 republican presidential nomination, ted cruz spoke at the iowa state where and also held a rally in des moines on friday. the two-hour 20 minute event called a rally for religious liberty featured speakers who had faced consequences for upholding their religious beliefs from losing a job to vandalism to losing a business. [applause] to the rally for religious liberty. welcome to iowa, some of you that are not from iowa. the vast majority are from iowa and we want to say thank you for coming out tonight, joining with us to rally for religious liberty. this is a serious topic that we are gathered around tonight. is at thetopic that root of the foundation of the very co

. >> this stage of my life i do not think i can afford 10 years on millard fillmore or franklin pieceere is no big person to go back to easily, so i'm pretty a model to the room the same time and on which to read about leadership. that is what i care about underneath it all. [applause] oh, thank you. i just started. >> questions called in from c-span. ♪ the democratic national committee held its summer meeting yesterday in minneapolis, where presidential chafee, martinln o'malley, bernie sanders, and hillary clinton spoke. there were marks our next here on c-span. that is followed by former president george w. bush visiting a new orleans high school on the 10th anniversary of hurricane katrina. and at 7:00 a.m. washington journal will get your thoughts on katrina and recovery effort on the gulf coast. ♪ >> thank you. thank you very much. thank you, mayor. good morning. what a beautiful city we are in. i was very lucky to be here yesterday afternoon to take a walk by the mississippi, great city, construction going on everywhere. [laughter] that is a good sign. we have five great candid

. >> i don't think i can afford 10 mirrors -- years on millard fillmore or franklin pierce.laughter] >> i'm bringing all my guys in the room at the same time and i'm going to write about leadership. that is what i care about. [applause] >> thank you. >>

my life, istage in don't think i can afford 10 years on milledge -- millard fillmore or frank when peersso, i am bringing all of my guys into the room at the same time and i'm going to write about leadership. that is really what i care about, underneath it all. [applause] oh, thank you. >> c-span is going to have questions. questions have been called in from c-span. ♪ >> there is a lot to watch this weekend on c-span networks. politics, books, and history all weekend for you. , hurricane katrina's 10th anniversary all day continues and at 6:00 p.m. eastern, live coverage of the new orleans community commemoration and celebration. p.m.tv on c-span2 at 10:00 eastern tomorrow evening. ords program with dan- peralta talking about his book "undocumented." essex a got p.m. eastern time, american artifacts takes you to -- at six :00nd p.m., eastern time, american artifacts takes you to jamestown island, virginia. those are highlights. you can find more details on our schedules at www.c-span.org. >> the democratic national committee is holding its annual summer meeting in minneapolis today, and