ray nagin: you said you live in algiers? >> in the cut. c. ray nagin: see that lady behind you, give her your address. we will get the debris taken care of. >> all right, thank you. >> mr. mayor, i am reverend howard. >> can you get closer to the microphone. >> don't cut me off. >> two minutes. [laughter] >> i am here because i am appalled. first of all at fema. mr. mayor, you gave them your plan for the trailer parks. i have seen one. my question as -- is, what is fema need to have to put those trailers where the requests were made? where are they? what is wrong with you? does that mean that you are that incompetent? all of our citizens want to come back home. speak for yourself. i cannot find a place. i even requested a trailer be placed on my home. that was in october. i have not heard from them. and then for energy to come up with some foolishness that you have to put in -- what? to get power? why have you not call for help to put the power back on the lines, like parrish avenue. what is wrong with you? the citizens want to come back, but

ray nagin: you said you live in algiers? >> in the cut. that ladyin: see behind you, give her your address. we will get the debris taken care of. >> all right, thank you. mr. mayor, i am reverend howard. >> can you get closer to the microphone. >> don't cut me off. >> two minutes. [laughter] i amam here because appalled. first of all at fema. mr. mayor, you gave them your parks.r the trailer one.e seen is, what isas -- fema need to have to put those trailers where the requests were made? where are they? what is wrong with you? does that mean that you are that incompetent? all of our citizens want to come back home. speak for yourself. i cannot find a place. i even requested a trailer be placed on my home. that was in october. i have not heard from them. energy to come up with some foolishness that you -- what?ut in to get power? why have you not call for help to put the power back on the lines, like parrish avenue. what is wrong with you? the citizens want to come back, but what are you doing? sitting on your behind. tired. i am hurt. repr

on algiers point there's schools open in good condition. they tired 30 teachers at eisenhower, one of the top-rated schools in new orleans. they asked me to reregister a 10-year-old foster child i have. i refused. she's going to stay in justin parish. rta drivers are driving at will. i got picked up two hours on a biwater bus she was off time driving 2 miles an hour picking up no passengers. and lastly, the people coming in from baton rouge on the bus at elks place is terrible. they need to leave 'em in baton rouge. there's trash. this morning i got off the gold bus, i had to step over bags of clothing that they just throw from canal street all the way to tulane, and it is a disgrace. our future is our children. if they don't open new orleans parish, the system is going to be a disaster. no to one is going to get social security past 2006. thank you. >> okay. thank you. >> thank you. >> it's my understanding that the school system is starting to open up some schools next month -- >> i say something? [inaudible] >> five days from 10-2? >> an

in the immediate aftermath of katrina -- there ublicalot of great propl reporting on the deaths in algierse police department was under great stress during the storm, was involved in any number of civil rights violations. amy: in out years, we were there and there was a dead body laying in the street, which we filmed. we tried to get every level of authority to come over -- we were right there and they were passing us on the street. >> data shooting of somebody in algiers -- they would not investigate their own shooting. publica reporting was astonishing. you're dealing with a police department with a long strip civil rights violations. i covered up police department in baltimore for about 15 years that has a long history of problems. the in opd as i encountered it, there was not a professional egos in the years running up to katrina, they had a phenomenal problem with civil rights issues, phenomenal problem with criminal prosecution. and katrina hit a very vulnerable police agency that i think in some respects cracked during the storm. -- stillhe prepared prepared to bend of the storm. tr

i live in algiers in jefferson parish. my area was one of the first areas you invited back to new orleans but it is end of november and i don't have any power still. my wife who is asthmatic and grew up in atlanta was on a breathing machine and now she is back here and, you know, she is living in the house with the stale air. i mean, the eelectrlectrician c out, carpenter, but i can't get the city to do their work. the city inspectors are busy and i don't know if someone is dropping the ball or what is going on. i don't know. >> you need an inspector come out to get energy to hook up the power? >> that is what i am told. >> we can take care of that for sure. give that lady behind you and we'll get that expedited. >> you sure? i have been on your phone leaving messages. >> write it down and give it to me. write your address down. >> if you come approve it i will do that. >> give me the address and i will make sure it gets done. >> i am going to hold you to that. >> i know you will. yes, sir? all right. yes, sir? >> good eve

. >> you said you live in algiers. >> in lower algiers. -- give heru what your address and we will get the debris taken care of. thank you so much. mayor, i am reverend howard. don't cut me off like you did before. two minutes. [laughter] >> i am here because i have been appalled. and i am first of all, at fema. mr. mayor you gave them your plan for the seller parks. my question is what does fema need to have to put those trailers where the requests were made? where are they? does it mean that you are just -- that incompetent? all of our citizens want to come back home. speak for yourself. i cannot find a place. i even requested that such killer be placed near my home and that was in october. -- i even requested that a be placed near my home and that was in october. somey has come up with foolishness to get some power. the power needs to get put back into the lines on the main thoroughfares. st. charles avenue. the citizens want to come back but what are you doing? sitting down on your behind. tired and i have been aggrieved and hurt at the representatives who submitted andslation to t

only trying to reach their facility in algiers where buss would pick them up. you're not crossing my damn bridge, the i police officer ponded. you better get your ranks. pedestrians are not allowed on the bridge at any time, she counter. as. she was hollering issue lolls my house, i lost everything, but al adamant. you ain't going nowhere. and at the back of the line, sharon paul, the diabetic dispatcher, was looking at the police cruisers parked blocks away until someone told her police say we can't cross. she look at them, at her friends and said, don't they know we got water in new orleans? so, i'm here in new orleans, which feels different than talking about this book in other places, at the risk of a bad punishing that's you're probably hearing too much, deluged with the coverage of memories. i argue what has been going on is that it's kinds of a replay of that -- those first months. most of the attention is being paid to those first horrific days. there's sad stories, important stories to share and tell: ... >> he never recovered from that. you had mayors

only trying to reach their facility in algiers but bus withs would be picking them up.not crossing my damn bridge the female officer responded. you better get your ranks steven snapped. pedestrians are not permitted on the bridge any time she counters as if this was any other tuesday. hollers i lost my house everything wilfred said but she was adamant you're not going anywhere she is repeated. at the back of the line sharon paul, the diabetic looked at the police cruisers parked a block away until someone told her police say we can't cross. she looked at them and said don't they know we have got water in new orleans. so -- i'm hearing new orleans which feels different than talking about this book in other places at the risk of a bad pun you're hearing too much. deluge but i would argue it is kind of the replay of the first few months. most of the attention is being paid to those first horrific days. i mean, their saturday stories, important stories to share and a tell. heartbreaking story it is, but you know, i think that a really interesting story arguably a more impor

i had a place in algiers. i have been formally evicted. i paid my rent, did what i was supposed to do and rent was refused for november. i am relying on you. i know all of this is state level, federal level, and all other levels. i don't have them. i voted for you to represent me on a local level. i don't know where else to go. i don't know what else to do. 24 hours after today my family will be at a hotel to be displaced after you said, i am holding you responsible to come back to what was not right at all. i want to know, my question is to you, that is one of my situations. secondly, i am a homeowner. my home is in an area that seems to be have -- to be forgotten. i understand there is a process. everything has a process. my problem is, when will this catastrophe going to be reclassified, because it was not a flood due to water from nature. it was due to the breach of the levees which would be covered by my homeowners, how do we get this reclassified? i know that there is something in place. that was probably due to you the councilmember

i live in algiers. my name is daniel johnson and my area was one of the first areas you invited back to new orleans but yet, it is the end of november and i still don't have any power. my wife is, has an asthmatic condition and grew up in atlanta. she is on breathing machine. now she is back here and nothing but stale air. i mean, electrician come out done his work. tree people come out done their work. i had carpenters in and out doing work but yet, i can't get the city to do their work. this business with the city inspectors. i don't know if somebody is dropping ball, what is going on i don't know. >> you need an inspector to come out to get fema, i mean get entergy to okay up the power. >> that's what i'm told. >> we can take care of that for sure. >> you sure. >> give the lady behind you that information. we'll get that expedited. okay? >> okay. >> i've been on the phone, giving you messages. write your address come down and giving to me. >> if you come out there and approve, i will do that.w3 >> gi

and other bodies that was laid out in algiers.of a sudden, it is like you had waived a magic wand. the tragedy of katrina -- over the 10 years, new orleans is still two cities. if you white or if you part of that privileged black class or free people of color class, then , i mean, it's recovered. and part ofre poor that african or marin class, then it is like the hurricane just happened last year. ofht now we in the midst some of the most violent times in the history of this city. and it is only because of the 10, that eight-year-old, that six ural child, that 12-year-old child that was in the convention center and abandoned in the 22, 16,e, now there are full of rage because we did not have trauma counselors there with them through this. we have unemployment over 50%. and the ones who are blessed disparity ofhe wages is that they make three times less than they white counterpart. public housing is no more. they displaced everyone. the only legal opportunity employer -- the only eagle opportunity employer is the drug deal. and now

i live in algiers. my area was one of the first reas you invited back to new orleans. but i still don't have any power. my wife has an asthmatic condition and is on a breathing machine. now she is back here, and has to deal with the stale air. the electrician has come out and done his work, tree people have done their work, i fed carpenters in and out, but i can't get the city to do any work. i don't know if someone is dropping the ball. mayor nagin: you need an inspector to come out that the power? >> that is what i am told. ayor nagin: give that lady right behind you, we would get that expedited. >> ok. i have been leaving messages. mayor nagin: well, give it to me now. >> if you can come out there and approve it, i will do that. mayor nagin: i will make sure orleans. that gets done. >> i will hold you to that. mayor nagin: i know you will. >> leave it here? mayor nagin: yes or. -- yes, sir. >> good evening. i have the utmost respect for you. to show a video and then go from there. >> to show a >> so our project seeks to answer three questions. to country commifments

casey steagle standing by levee in the algiers neighborhood in new orleans.hat's the mood like right now? >> reporter: well, uma, it is estimated that ten years later, this is hard to believe, but some 5,000 people are still displaced from their homes. many people left and they never returned to this city. but that was not the option for a family that you're about to meet. georgia johnson and her family. georgia johnson's father gave her the family home in the lower nin ninth ward. katrina ruined it. but this week a decade later, georgia gave us a tour of her brand-new house rebelt from the ground up. she's about to move in any day now and we shared an emotional visit with her. and she told me if there's anything she's learned through this crisis, it's patience. >> if i could take out what i'm feeling to put inside of you, you'll be doing just what i'm doing. just -- and it's not sad. they're really tears of joy, because it feels so good to have such a beautiful home to say this is our family home. >> reporter: all of that made possible through volunteers and

my ex-wife is hoping to return to new orleans, her house is in algiers, had minimal damage.hank you. >> thank you very much. ms. kieler. >> hello. my name is doreene kieler, my home is located at 5020 legions field avenue in new orleans. on saturday morning, august 28th, after watching news and weather reports the day, during the day, that day and during the week i decided to evacuate because of hurricane katrina. i contacted my in-laws, three senior citizens over 70 who refused to leave. my daughter and i prepared by disconnecting electrical items, placing treasured items on table tops, high shelves and adding to regular hurricane provisions. i went to my office to back up my computer and disconnect electrical equipment while my daughter went to the atm, got gas, started evacuation plan and the route. we convinced family to leave, packed the cars and headed east. this was 5:00 a.m. august 29. we listened to local news reports for as long as we had reception. local weathermen told viewers to leave, the mayor stressed leaving, but we were all well out of a louisiana by then.

. >> can you give, you said you live in algiers? >> yes. i live in the lower algiers in the cutoff -- >> in the cuts. >> i tell you what, see that lady behind you. >> fill out your questionnaire. >> give her your address and you know, we'll get the debris taken care of. >> all right. >> thank you so much. >> thank you. >> yes, sir? >> mr. mayor, i'm, and other members of the committee, i'm reverend howard -- >> can you get closer to the mic, that mic up front. >> thank you. >> now don't cut me off like you did before. >> two minutes. [laughter]. >> i'm here, because i've been aggrieved, and i'm appalled. first of all, at, fema, mr. mayor, you gave them your plan for trailer parks, i've seen one. that is at bonnie. my question is, what does fema need to have, with the request she made. what is wrong with you? does it mean that you're that incompetent, to handle that business that business? all of our citizens want to come back home. we can't -- speak for yourself. i can not, find this place. i even requested that a trailer be placed in my ho

algiers,ee across, in things coming apart on the riverbank. i had a dog that i try to bring out in the storm. i went down when the winds were coming, and it almost lifted it, it pulled the lease of the up.mal o you can see the danger of stop signs flying. people got injured because of .oose metal the odd thing is once the storm settled, i went and walked around the french quarter, and i thought new orleans dodged the bullet. only later did i go down to the bywater region and speak with , and the great city of 80%orleans going underwater. morial is one of my heroes because he was an outstanding mayor, and his father was in an outstanding mayor. i want to ask you, where were you when the storm hit? saturday, august 27, i flew to new orleans for a funeral. by that time, we were living in new york. we still owed her home in new orleans. i moved to new york after i hold office to become president of the national urban league. my wife was working for cbs news. on the 27th, i moved to new orleans to attend the funeral of clarence barney, a legendary

they were blocked by the algiers police from going over that bridge. she said that one of the people, to of the sheriffs, rode up the people, took their water bottles, some of them from them, and took them and put them in the trunk of his car and drove off. later on, the attorney general of louisiana brought charges against him. unfortunately, everything was eventually dismissed. no repercussions. that bridge was open on the other side of the river. that ridge is elevated to about 15 feet above the ground. there was absolutely no water over there. people could have been taken that way. i saw something the other day that was terrible, charity hospital, a 300 euros hospital, the oldest charity hospital in the country. those people were in that building in all of that heat with no electricity. it took one week for the last patient to be lifted out of that hospital. host: emily from mississippi. good morning. thank you for calling in. caller: good morning. the focus is on new orleans, that is about 90 miles from where i live. i live 60 or 75 miles from the

until ronald reagan had taken the oath of office before the plane was allowed to fly out of tehran to algiersto make sure that jimmy carter didn't get any credit for the freedom of the hostages. >> it was a bittersweet moment as jimmy carter, private citizen, left andrews air force base outside of washington to go home to georgia. >> luck is a big factor in a presidency. and jimmy carter had some very bad luck. >> because of the blowback from vietnam and watergate, it will be recognized that jimmy carter inherited a national and world situation that was almost completely unmanageable. >> a few moments ago on air force one, i had received word officially for the first time that the aircraft carrying the 52 american hostages had cleared iranian air space on the first leg of the journey home and that every one of the 52 hostages was alive, was well, and free. >>> vietnam is the most divisive, abrasive war americans have fought anywhere. >> it's time for the great silent majority to stand up and be counted. >> how do you ask a man to be the last man to die for a mistake? >> we're just going to re

there, and -- in algiers there, and you could just see things coming apart along the river bank.i also had a dog that i tried to bring out in the storm, and i went down when the winds were coming, and it almost lifted -- it's a border collie. et just pulled the leash of the animal up and quickly brought it back in, and you could just see the danger of, like, stop seasons blowing and debris. and, in fact, in mississippi a lot of people got hurt by shrapnel of just loose bits of metal flying. you walk outside and something hits you, and you had many injuries with that. but the odd part was once the storm settled, i went and walked around the french quarter because it was very close, and i kind of thought new orleans missed -- >> dodged the bullet. >> i thought it dodged the bullet. >> which it did. >> which it did. and then only later i went down towards the biwater region and talked to a group of police, and we were starting to deal with the levees breach anything that city, the great city of new orleans going 80% underwater. so that's where i started working on my book, "the grea

i lived in the algiers section of new orleans which was high and dry.the structures there suffered some wind damage and water damage from rain. in fact, there are a lot of travel trailers there. the interesting thing is, i think a lot of them are families who may have been displaced from neighborhoods like this, who have relatives on the other bank of the river. and are camping out, for lack of a better term in their relatives' yards. but personally we did very well over on the west bank. we felt very fortunate that things went that way. we evacuated and came back and i'm committed to the city and the job i'm doing now as the director for the transitional recovery office. having said that, it is discouraging at times to see the slow pace of recovery. but we talked earlier about the pace of recovery and other disasters and this one overshadows the size and magnitude of any of the other ones before. hurricane andrew, for instance, took years before miami was back on its feet, especially homestead. and we can see that happening here. it's going to take yea

i had a place in our jews -- in algiers. i have been formally evicted. i paid my rent, did what i was supposed to do and rent was refused for november. i am relying on you. i know all of this is state level, federal level, and all other levels. i don't have them. i voted for you to represent me on a local level. i don't know where else to go. i don't know what else to do. toy for hours -- 24 hours after today my family will be at a hotel to be displaced after you said, i am holding you responsible to come back to what was not right at all. i want to know, my question is to you, that is one of my situations. secondly, i am iphone owner -- i am a homeowner. my home is in an area that seems to be have -- to be forgotten. i understand there is a process. my problem is, when will this catastrophe be classified my problem is, when will this catastrophe be classified because it was not a flood due to water from nature. it was due to the breach of the levees which would be covered by my homeowners, how do we get this reclassified? i know that there is something

my ex-wife is hoping to return to new orleans, her house is in algiers, had minimal damage.ank you. >> thank you very much. ms. kieler. >> hello. my name is doreene kieler, my home is located at 5020 legions field avenue in new orleans. on saturday morning, august 28th, after watching news and weather reports the day, during the day, that day and during the week i decided to evacuate because of hurricane katrina. i contacted my in-laws, three senior citizens over 70 who refused to leave. my daughter and i prepared by disconnecting electrical items, placing treasured items on table tops, high shelves and adding to regular hurricane provisions. i went to my office to back up my computer and disconnect electrical equipment while my daughter went to the atm, got gas, started evacuation plan and the route. we convinced family to leave, packed the cars and headed east. this was 5:00 a.m. august 29. we listened to local news reports for as long as we had reception. local weathermen told viewers to leave, the mayor stressed leaving, but we were all well out of a louisiana by then. s

the director for this boyd manor in algiers came in the day before the storm, told the senior citizens to get out, then she took the keys to their brand new state of the art bus and abandoned them. so we took it upon ourselves to care for them because that was the only care that they could get at the time. so in the meantime, my brothers got back and we eventually had to command dear a van, try to get somebody to rig it so we could get started and get the sick to the so-called evacuation points. and among us was a pregnant woman with two small children. we bought to the evacuation points and you know, the military, they, you know, they were kind of nice to us at first, though we were wondering why all the m-16s, looked like we just stepped in to a war. why all the guns? we didn't see any first aid kits. all we saw was water and guns. now, the u.s. coast guard search and rescue team were frustrated, they were furious, said they cannot want to stand around holding guns on people, they were ordered to stand and hold guns on see vac wees when they wanted to be rescuing people from drowning

they were blocked by the algiers police from going over that bridge.eople --ne of the errifs wrote up to the people and took their water bottles and drove off. the attorney general brought charges against him. unfortunately, everything was eventually dismissed. no repercussions. was open on the other side of the river, elevated to about 15 feet above the ground. there was no water over there. people could have been taken that way. i saw something the other day that was terrible about charity hospital. the oldest charity hospital in the country. those people were in that building and all that heat with no electricity and it took one week for the last patient to be lifted out of that hospital. host: emily from mississippi. good morning. thank you for calling and. caller: good morning good i wanted to give -- a lot of the focus is in new orleans. i live 60 miles from the gulf coast. my father was the director at hancock medical. he had to go down there for the storm. i want to share stories from hattiesburg. we have a pretty large hospital here. it also l