. >> that's harry conic jr. talking to robin roberts about rebuilding the city he loves, all part of robin's abc special, hurricane katrina: ten years after the storm which airs sunday on abc. ten years ago, brad pitt was one of the first celebrities who rushed into new orleans with the solution. i spent a day with the actor in the ninth ward when launching his initiative to rebuild the area. it was a moment i will never forget. tonight, we had an update with one of the families getting a second chance thanks to brad. >> that was where the barge came through, where the levee broke on the other side of this house. >> it's falling apart. get back, get back. >> go for cover. >> that was the scene august 29th, 2005. hurricane katrina's assault on new orleans and its levee. the water broke through, flooding much of the city, leaving more than 1800 dead. the worst hit, new orleans' lower ninth ward on the lower east side when i met brad two years after the storm. his plan, build new eco-friendly green homes and breath

this wasn't keeping with the law, senior father of harry conic jr. during connick sr.'s tenure, handled thousands of cases with hard lined tactics. >> harry connick in death penalty cases, i don't think would have offered a deal bauds he was aggressive and wanted to lock them all forever. >> connick's lead prosecutor was jim williams. jim took great pride in his numerous death penalty convictions. he even kept a miniature electric chair on his desk. >> jim was regarded ads one of the most aggressive in the prosecutor's office. sliding up behind defendants in the courtroom and buzzing in their ears to mimic the buzz of electricity. >> thompson's carjacking trial lasted only two days. the testimony of the lagarde children was enough to convict thompson of armed robbery. he was given the maximum sentence. >> your heart stops beating for a minute, you know? that was my first conviction. he gave me the maximum. 49.5 years. i realized that i was in some serious trouble. because now, we won't go to the murder trial. >> at the murder trial, both kevin freeman and richard perkin