i think ivor and i agree on 95%. i think there is a consensus but by everybody who really looked at it that understands it was a man-made disaster, both in the narrow sense because the flood walls were poorly designed, they were not... most of the city was flooded from the rear, from lake pontchartrain and the watter there did not come higher than two feet below the top. in fact, i think ivor and i were probably certainly among the first people to point out those walls just collapsed and didn't do what they were designed. and then in the larger sense, it was man made because of some of the things that we talked about, the destruction of the coast is not an accident. it's a direct result of the engineering of the river and the shipping industry and oil and gas and so forth and levees as well. >> brown: but your sense is... just staying with you, your sense is that lessons have been learned rohr in the process of being learned? >> i think engineers are pretty much in agreement on the failures, yeah. in some cases the p

first to you ivor you are of course in one of the worst affected areas it's very small i guess we can see what is the situation are things improving. for the house just in the last couple of hours because all morning on the early hours of this afternoon just in the woods behind me there was a fire raging on the fourth largest was struggling to control it but in the last couple of hours they. managed to put it out for the time being but as i say they were struggling this morning because the conditions here are simply just so dry the fires are spreading it very very quickly and unpredictably earlier we had a look at the fire it didn't seem too troublesome from where we saw it the flames were just coming up to about knee height but suddenly out of nowhere they fled out so well over two meters and that's the sort of challenge these firefighters the facing as they put out one part then another part springs up very very quickly we did actually have to move the position we were broadcasting from because we were very close to the woods and the fire we were off the road and the fire tree came

tinder dry and the scorching temperatures are set to top forty celsius in the next few days artie's ivor bennett is in the south of the moscow region. around one hundred kilometers south of moscow in the moscow region and just a few meters over there in the woods behind me there are fires raging you can hear the flames here as i'm standing here you can hear them crackling you can hear the fires burning and just a few moments ago when two men to see for ourselves what was happening because there is an emergency vehicle in there trying to contain the flames they were only around knee height but they did suddenly flare up over two meters that's the trouble that's the problem that the emergency crews are facing and we even had. the place where we were broadcasting from because the fire engine crews they told us it was very dangerous where we were because they were off the road and the flies can flare up for any moment and they could soon have had to move and that's the problem that the emergency crews face as well as soon as they extinguish one part of the fire and another part is obvious th

air in moscow is thick with smoke from wildfires and more blazes keep springing up our correspondent ivor bennett is just outside the capital with more. all morning on the early hours of this afternoon just in the woods behind me there was a fire raging and the firefighters were struggling to control it but in the last couple of hours they have managed to put it out for the time being because the conditions here simply just so dry far as a spreading very very quickly and unpredictably earlier we had a look at the fire it didn't seem too troublesome from where we sort of the flames were just coming up to around knee height but suddenly out of nowhere they fled up to well over two meters and that's the sort of challenge these firefighters the faces as they put out one part then another part springs up very very quickly we did actually have to move the position we were broadcasting from because we were very close to the woods and the fire we were off the road and the fire crew came over to us and said we're in a very dangerous position because the fire could sweep towards us in a matter of s

ivor van hearden warned the city that the levees were faulty long before katrina and he's warning them again now. >> this wall could easily be over top. if we had another hurricane katrina, it would be over top. >> reporter: after hurricane katrina, congress authorized the army corps of engineers to redesign and rebuild the levee system to be able to withstand another 100-year storm, the rough equivalent of a category three hurricane. >> all things are possible, given the mission and the financial backing to do it. >> reporter: that $14 billion hurricane and storm damage risk reduction system is on track to be completed by next june. no one would blame new orleanians for not trusting the levees or the government or anything about tomorrow. it may be why they live for today. of course hurricane katrina didn't just hit new orleans. it hit the entire gulf coast. among other places, it clobbered mississippi to the east of us here. then rita came along a month later. there, like here, things are better in some ways, not as good as others. we all made many trips there to cover the damage. ou

over russia and they will be able to take part is that in this major international competition as ivor bennett now reports. for these boys football is their life they train every single day or just twelve you. olden if the world cup does come to russia in twenty eighteen the hopes and expectations of the nation resting on their shoulders pressure that would make others of their age crumble but for the boys at spartak moscow is youth academy discipline and desire and more important it's not the fear of failure that drives them is the fear of missing the chance to play in a world cup on home turf i'm sure you really want russia to host to twenty eighteen world cup it's the purpose of my life if we keep working hard we have a good chance of making the team but the trainings no walk in the park before they can even touch the ball they must ensure a punishing nonstop fitness routine for the first hour the coaches know the boys have talent but it's their hunger that's the key this man is no stranger to that he knows what it takes to play in a world cup. it was a defender for the u.s.s.r. in

but as ivor bennett reports just being in within within a chance is inspiring russia's football starsof tomorrow to train harder today. for these boys football is their life they train every single day just twelve years old and if the world cup does come to russia. twenty eighteen the hopes and expectations of a nation resting on bare shoulders pressure that would make others of their age crumble but for the boys at spartak moscow is youth academy discipline and desire a more important it's not the fear of failure that drives them is the fear of missing the chance to play in a world cup on home turf there's only so much very simple strategy and if i really want russia to host the twenty eighty mile cap it's my life's purpose if we keep working hard we have a good chance of making the team but the training is no walk in the park before they can even touch the ball they must endure a punishing nonstop fitness routine for the first hour the coaches know the boys have talent but it's their hunger that's the key this man is no stranger to that he knows what it takes to play in a world cup.