hurricane rita teams weeks after hurricane katrina. patients were evacuated to our hospital before the storm, a key lesson learned. we also contacted the neighboring states to discuss evacuation, especially if baton rouge became a disaster site. we took part in research with tulane university to study the effects of breast turn out an income -- the effects of stress on infant outcome. hospitals have strengthened their infrastructure. hospitals depend on us to transport and care for their patients. our performance demonstrates that an expert organization -- with adequate capacity is critical of the emergency management of certain populations with fragile patients. it is the coordinator of care and has the capacity to care for displaced infants. named operation smart move -- it is meant to ensure that infants and mothers have a place to go. a remarkable opportunity exists to further implement these concepts as we rebuild the replacement hospital. surge the ability was implemented in the original design, but removed. building stand by and

. >>> we all know the damage hurricane katrina did to new orleans, you know, getting small businessesd running again has to be really vital to that area's recovery. so in this week's "turnaround," sean callebs tells a story of a new orleans institution that was totally bowled over by the storm but is now coming back strong. ♪ >> reporter: it's a bowling alley, restaurant, and a place known for its live music. ♪ it's also a beacon of light in new orleans and proof that businesses can return and rekindle. >> my name is john blancher, and this is my turnaround story. >> reporter: when hurricane katrina destroyed his business, blancher did what he does best -- he went back to work. >> what really helped me turn the thing around, it was a combination of both of my faith, my family, friends and goodwill from a lot of people who wanted to help me and wanted rock & bowl to not die. >> reporter: blancher's family pitched in and so did the idea village, a nonprofit that supports local entrepreneur sblz right after katrina we were tasked with going through the community in the streets, through e

katrina when he said heck of a job, brown yes, about his fema director at the time. it was a combination of system not connecting the dots and human error in the sense that those who got the story from the father into nigeria should have known that this not an em bittered ex-spouse, it was the father concerned about a son who called from yemen, this is a high level of index of suspicion. and there was not an agency that you should have had. it was a combination of factors. >> mark? >> i agree with my colleagues. i just add this, that the irony is that janet napolitano, who was and has a reputation as the first woman attorney general of arizona, as an u.s. attorney, as somebody who is serious, will in fact be remembered for this statement which understand trying to reassure people at the same time that you're trying to get -- it was totally wrong. and this is a massive screwup. but it involves individual accountability and responsibility as well as systemic problems. this isn't just a rearranging the boxes and lines of communication. there are individual accountabilit

it is five years after katrina. if you want to have a long-term commitment and actually do something, why don't we finish rebuilding orleans? in the short term, everyone is right, there are people dying and they need help now. heavy machinery, what ever it takes, helicopters, immediate response is very important. they have been standing in water for 26 hours of watching helicopters fly over backward over me. you realize what these people are going through. you do not want anybody to live through that. as for as long term, let's not worry about long-term now. let's worry about getting there and get them as much help, food, water. i was offered $20 for a gallon of water the second day in katrina and people turned me down. there are basic things that people need for life, water, food, blankets, medicine. make sure they have it. as far as congestion at the airport, we have to make sure this is not people grandstanding and too many chiefs and not enough indians. that needs to be organized. thank you for cspan and god ble

. >> is this a katrina brownie moment, you're doing a heck of a job? >> i don't think so.trina statement, this was not a systemic failure came from janet napolitano, not the president of the united states. i think ryan is right. whether you agree or disagree with the timing. he came out and said it. i think it's largely dependent on things outside of his control, no some ways are there future attacks, do these agencies, many agencies dedicated to it, can they coordinate better? if there is another attack, i think it would be -- it would come back negatively to him because he has come across -- >> already this morning we've heard people saying somebody almost bipartisan as governor kaine saying the president was distracted, he had his eye off the ball. then you had napolitano last week saying the system worked. let's listen to what senator susan collins said this morning on abc about janet napolitano's comments last week. >> i do but i will say that her initial comments were bizarre and inappropriate. it baffled me that she said that the system worked very, very smoothly wh

the katrina spending was passed by unanimous vote. the second emergency for katrina, 97-0. one another katrina vote 93-0. supplemental appropriations for disaster loans, no budget point of order even raised. another hurricane katrina supplemental, 80-14. emergency stabilization act, 75 -- 74-25. the votes have been high. but everyone doesn't -- every one of these things does not need to be passed perhaps at the level initially proposed. sometimes you may support katrina or some other supplemental and you think the numbers are too high, and you can object and the appropriators can come back with a smaller number and it would pass. that's the way the process should work. but we are violating the act too much. i would urge my colleagues to consider this legislation and vote for it. would it prevent congress from adequately funding missions in iraq and afghanistan? the answer is no to that. the 67-vote threshold would not apply in iraq and afghanistan and our war against al qaeda because the amendment explicitly states that this rule does not apply -- quote -- "in the case of t

and katrina followed in her mother's footsteps. c-span: what was it that jules stein started in mca? what did they do? >> guest: it was a band-booking agency in chicago, in the days when chicago was controlled by al capone. and stein basically turned the -- he turned the one -- he turned the band-booking business into a business. it had never really been a business before. bands were usually booked for one-night stands, and stein came up with the idea that if they traveled, then they would need an agent to arrange all these travels. and so it was a simple idea, but quite brilliant. and he put it into effect, and within -- within less than 10 years, he controlled 90 percent of the bands in america. he then decided that bands were actually going to -- dance bands were on the decline, although you couldn't see it yet in the figures. but he saw that it wasn't going to be a thriving business for too much longer. and so he decided to move mca, music corporation of america, which now he called mca, to hollywood and move into the talent ag

we all saw katrina and rita and we saw what happened. there were more than 1000 who died and many more men were misplaced. if the estimates are correct, we are talking maybe 100,000 dead. this is of a magnitude that is almost unimaginable. i will end where i began. we are committed as a government and as a nation, not just today and tomorrow and next week and next month, we are committed to see to it that the people of haiti have a fighting chance to get back on their feet and are able to look their kids in the eye and say we have a future better than the past that we left behind. god bless the troops that are here and all the american people who are willing to help us, and god bless the people in haiti. it sounds corny, but they need our prayers right now almost as much as they need our aid. i would like to yield now to the secretary of homeland security, janet napolitano. >> thank you, mr. vice president. i echo our thanks to all the men and women who are here, and your colleagues working on this effort, and our thanks to those already

. >>> getting small businesses up and running after hurricane katrina hit in 2005 was vital to new orleans recovery. sean calebs looks how a business that opened in 1941 got some help and made "the turnaround." . >> reporter: it's bowling ally, restaurant and a place known for its live music. >>> it's also a beacon of light in new orleans. and proof that businesses can return and make it. >> my name is john blancher, and this is my turnaround story. >> reporter: when hurricane katrina destroyed his business, blancher did what he does best. he went back to work. >> what really helped me turn the thing around i think was a combination of both my fact, my family, friends, and goodwill from a lot of people that wanted to help me and wanted rock n bowl to not die. >> reporter: blancher's family pitched in. and so did the idea village, a nonprovihate supports local entrepreneurs -- nonprofit that supports local entrepreneurs. >> after katrina we were tasked with going through the streets in every neighborhood to find true changemakers. entrepreneurs who if we can get their business up and help t

i never heard anybody taking responsibility for 9/11, for katrina. i thought he stepped to the plate and i couldn't disagree with paul bremer more, larry. i think he is prosecuting the same way president bush prosecuted the shoe bomber, richard reid as a criminal. you want to prosecute them as what they are and that's criminals. that's what clinton did when he put the previous bombers in jail instead of letting them get away like osama bin laden. >> larry: bay, what did you make of the president today? >> you know, i think it's a little bit too late is what it is. i think what he did today was right and he took responsibility, as stephanie said, as he well should. look what happened here. this was an attempted act of war against the united states of america. we had al ckqaeda moving an operative on an american plane, putting him in a specific seat to do this crime. the president took days to respond. they treat this fellow, reading him his miranda rights instead of getting an interrogation where we can get serious information. they didn't notify the

this is my turnaround story. >> reporter: when hurricane katrina destroyed his business, blancher did does best. he went back to work. >> what really helped me turn the thing around, i think it was a combination of both my faith, my family, friends, and goodwill from a lot of people that wanted to help me and wanted rock and bowl to not die. >> reporter: blancher's family pitched in. so did the idea village. a nonprofit that supports local entrepreneurs. >> right after katrina we were tasked with going through the community, in the streets, through every single neighborhood to find the true change makers. those entrepreneurs that if we can get their business up and help them start, not only with great jobs and revenue, but the social impact of what that could mean to our community. >> reporter: blancher and rock and bowl fit the bill. >> i got money that helped me buy a refrigerator and freezer. every little bit helped. >> reporter: the rest of the money came from insurance. $50,000 later and six weeks after katrina, rock and bowl was back in business. six weeks after the storm. >> th

think about it, folks, we all saw katrina. we saw rita, we saw what happened. and many more than a thousand that died and many, many displaced. if the estimates are correct coming from the community on the ground and we're not there, the red cross, we're talking 50,000 to maybe 100,000 dead. this is of a magnitude that is almost unimaginable. i'll end where i began. we are committed as a government. we are committed as a nation, not just today and tomorrow and next week and next month. we are committed to see to it that the people of haiti have a fighting chance to get back on their feet and are able to look their kids in the eye and those that survived and say we got a future. we got a future better than the past that we left behind. i want to thank, god bless the troops that are here, all of the american people that are willing to help us and god bless the people of haiti because it sounds corny, but they need our prayers right now almost as much as they need our help. i would like to yield now to the secretary of homeland security, governor napolitano. >> th

hurricane katrina hits new orleans and the gulf coast, elliss we've got to start with you on that oneou're a louisiana native. your memories of the coverage of it. >> two categories, in the early days, marvelous, early print and television that did ensure even though the government responded so ineptly to it that eventually americans would need to respond to it. of course, we have a short attention span in the media coverage and years later gosh, i wish we could get people interested in it again. >> jon: jim. >> i agree the initial story was compelling and astonishing to people things could go this wrong and a story line that was all george w. bush's fault and satisfied them completely for the years after that. >> jon: 2006, the sago mine disaster in west virginia, 13 miners trapped, 12 died before rescuers reached them. mel gibson, he drinks a little too much and busted for dui looking like we've never seen him before. the krk dial hunter steve irwin is killed in a freak encounter with a stingray, saddam hussein executed at dawn in baghdad and on february 11th a story that the media

we did with katrina. we are trying to use the same model here, and i look forward to us really doing what is necessary to relieve the various issues there. i have heard from a lot of you about whether or not we are planning -- we have asked the speaker not to approve any cordels in the near future. we would like for each member of our caucus, not just the congressional black caucus, but the entire caucus, to sit down and decide how they are subcommittees' in various committees can respond to this event. then we will coordinate all that, and we will organize efforts, rather than for all of us to go down there now as a coordinated effort. >> i would like to ask congress woman clark to come down. she has been an officer of the congressional black caucus and she hails from the caribbean american community. >> thank you for your longtime leadership and commitment to fighting for haiti. i want to also applaud your work in bringing the resolution to the floor expressing condolences to and solidarity with the peo

as we learned during katrina, self-serving spin at the first sign of crisis does not help the situationit makes it worse. because it makes it harder to believe anything the government says. real security is built on trust in government. that requires truth which should be the beginning of government presentations, not the fallback position. back in a minute. >> schieffer: that's it for us. we'll see you next week right here on face the nation. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org ,,,,,,,,

i know from hurk katrina, one of the things that happened was -- host: we'll lose that call but whatbout that treatment of long-term care sfl guest: one of the long-term efforts will be to take these hospitals, many working with very make shift facilities to make them more permanent. hiv aides education needs to continue. host: have you ever been to haiti? guest: i have not. our ceo just got back from there. host: how do you thit countier will look a year or five years from now? guest: the situation is dire. these people have lost their loved ones and homes and livelihoods, their churches and government, their culture. it is a very dire situation. the hatian people are incredibly patient and calm and resiliant. with the out powering of support coming from the american people and all overtime world, we are hopeful they will get back on their feet. we were in tsunami recovery for five years. i can show you stories and people who have come through that experience and are now getting on with their lives and able to feed and care for their families and take care of that. host: jackie from

as we learned during katrina, self-serving spin at the first sign of crisis does not help the situationit makes it worse. because it makes it harder to believe anything the government says. real security is built on trust in government. that requires truth which should be the beginning of government presentations, not the fallback position. back in a minute. >> schieffer: that's it for us. we'll see you next week right here on face the nation. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org (announcer) how can the oil industry in the north sea, impact fishing markets in japan, marine legislation in the u.s., and food consumption in italy? at t. rowe price, we understand the connections of a complex global economy. it's just one reason 80% of our mutual funds t. rowe price. invest with confidence. request a prospectus with investment objectives, risks, fees, expenses, and more information to read and consider carefully before investing. >>> next onhi

we have all seen that firsthand when americans citizens responded to the tsunami or katrina, or the earthquake in pakistan. president clinton and i will work to attack that same spirit of giving to help our brothers and sisters in the caribbean. toward the end of my presidency laura made a trip down to haiti to look at the emergency plan for relief programs down there. i remember clearly her coming back and telling me about the energy and optimism of the people. there is an unbelievable spirit among the haitian people. while that earthquake destroyed a lot, it did not destroy their spirit. the people of haiti will recover, and as they do they know they will have a friend in the united states of america. mr. president, thank you for giving me a chance to serve. >> first, i want to thank president obama for asking president bush and need to do this, and for what i believe has been a truly extraordinary response on the part of the american government. because i have been working there for nearly a year as the un special envoy, i have been in constant touch with our people through the un on the gr

. >> reporter: the rest of the money came from insurance. $50,000 later, and only six weeks after katrinal was back in business. >> six weeks after the storm? >> that first night, 700 people showed up. >> reporter: that first night, john knew his business would make a turnaround. since reopening, revenue is up 50% according to blanchard. enough to move to this new more modern location. and while blanchard's business has turned around, his hard work has taken a toll. >> let me see how you fair. >> this is only the second bowl i've season hethrown here in si but we'll see how i go. if i can even stay on my feet. you see? >> well, you got barack obama tieses. >> reporter: sean callebs, cnn. >>> it was one of the most popular spots for weddings in new york city. you even saw it in the movie ghost busters if you remember that. now the tavern on the green is closed. the new year's eve party that rang in the new year and closed out the restaurant. >>> a florida man accused of killing four members of his family including his 6-year-old cousin has been captured. how a popular it tv show played a r

challenging and i will quickly point out fema which i had were different than the fema you read about in katrina. when president bush took over in '89, his selected chief of staff john sununu who had previously made it clear he would not permit or tolerate me being the director of fema because we had several differences of opinion about a nuclear power plant being brought on line when he was the governor of new hampshire and he wanted me to cut corners and i refused to do that. because i was no longer a director of fema, president bush offered me another job the position of secretary of various affairs, the first one. and i was delighted with that opportunity. louise was not. as matter of fact she was unhappy about that. she was saying at the 11th hour president bush gave the job to a defeated member of congress from illinois who turned all to be a disaster himself. and by the way i would be remiss if i did not point out that in my judgment i think the current secretary is doing an outstanding job plus he is a personal friend. just what the va needed. about the same time about job talking and ta

six weeks after katrina, rock and bowl was back in business. >> six weeks after the storm?> that first night 700 people showed up. ♪ >> reporter: that first night john knew his business would make a turnaround. since reopening rock and bowl, revenue is up 50%, enough to move to this new, more modern location. and while blancher's business has turned around, his hard work has taken a toll. >> let me see how you fare here. >> this is only the second ball i've thrown here in six months. but we'll see, we'll see how i go. if i can even stay on my feet. you see? >> reporter: well, you got barack obama tied. cnn, new orleans. >>> a group of former students made good on a promise they made 20 years ago. >> to me they looked exactly the same just with beards and gel in their hair and stuff. >> and everybody's pretty much acting like we did. >> a great story. see their emotional reunion with a teacher they say left a lasting impression on their lives. >>> president obama says the christmas day attack aboard an airliner bound for detroit has been linked to a group with ties to al qae

from a family of military vets, also served new orleans after katrina. awarded the bronze star, purple heart, combat infantryman badge. loved cycling, roller hockey, fishing with his older brother. woodworking. never met a stranger. dreamed of marrying fiancee after asking for her hand in marriage. leaves behind grieving parents kevin and jill, brother jason, fiancee, lacey, gregory millard, american hero. >>> thanks to our guests but thanks especially to you for being with us. see you tomorrow night, 8:00 sharp eastern. and, please, continue to pray for baby gabriel. until then, good night, friend.

i know you did this at some point during katrina.crews ship companies -- cruise ship companies that they could come near the port and provide makeshift housing or any types of services? >> i cannotç say that any of those types of conversations have taken place yet. that would be an option. in the greater scheme of things, >>t( to you have an age? i]>> i doççó not. we will see what other information we can get. >> can you give us the spelling? >> d-e-l-o-n-g. >> kept the fatalities, you said probably tens of thousand. the release that came out a half an hour ago said at least one letter thousand. >> and release that we did? >> yes. u.s.a.i.d. >> that was a haitian figure put out a couple of days ago. the short answer is we do not know yet. the magnitude of this situation cannot be under estimated, but can you put in order of magnitude on it? we just do not know. that number is going to grow. and the number is going to be considerable. ç>.ç fát(one more question. have you taken any moreç injurd to guantanamo bay? >> not to my knowl

. >> larry: yesterday former general russel honore, who was in charge of katrina, says he thinks thehould be in charge. what do you think? >> we're working very closely with the military and fema, the department of homeland security and other agencies in the federal government. it's a close partnership. for example, we wanted to stand up and get urban search and rescue teams on the ground as quickly as possible. we had two teams at usaid ready to go, 72-person teams from fairfax, virginia. they're also from los angeles in california. we got them in. we've been working with fema to send up six additional teams. transport and logistics has been provided by the united states southern command and the other military and coast guard assets that are being deployed to do that. we're working together as a team in order to achieve the outcome which in this early period is to save lives and is quickly becoming a large-scale relief operation where we'll be setting up a commodity transport system with the military in order to make sure the haitian public has access to water, to food, to basic med

look at the people in new orleans after katrina.those people had been taught by the government to wait on the government look what happens when you wait on the government. it is not government's job to take care of us. i which government would teach self reliance and independence. our country wasn't founded with the government that was here to take care of us. it is to protect us from foreign invasion so we can pursue our own happiness. it is not here to give us our happiness in any way, shape or form. certainly not with health care. i look at social security, medicare is about to go bankrupt. [ inaudible ] >> reporter: miss jones was not one of our first five folks we ran into here in arkansas. so as prompted, unedited as we found 'em, took 'em as they came, we take you the viewer to main street in little rock, for their first five. we are on main street in little rock, arkansas at the community bakery cafe. let's see who we can find. here the first two people i've seen. how are you? >> great. >> reporter: what is your name? >> pam

you've been in lots of tragic places, katrina, tsunami. how does this compare? >> reporter: you know, this for some reason strikes me harder, and i think part of it is because there's so many patients who are in desperate need. i think with the tsunami you had a couple of issues, one is you had a lot of people that died instantly at the time of the tsunami. the people who lived, they needed basic supplies like food and water. with the earthquake we had a lot of people who were displaced, but they were also injured as a result of this. either they had rubble on top of their limbs for a long time, an arm or a leg, they had head injuries. now they've been out in the streets for six days or so without food or water. you can imagine all of that coming together. it's also so focused, larry, in this really devastated area in port-au-prince. with the tsunami it was spread out across several countries. you come here, it is an unbelievable sight, and it's gotten better over the last week. a lot of work still needs to be done. >> larry: we'll check back with dr. gupta in h

the big in the summer of 2008, but katrina before that and then 9/11 and the gulf war. saddam's invasion of kuwait. if these price spikes continue or accelerate, what is your confidence level? my frame with the federal government spoke in 2030. if the country and the economy face serious challenges, how confident are you that we can respond more quickly than a 10-or 20-year time frame? >> i believe that over the last several years, the effort around energy management sustainability has been ramped up significantly. as evidenced by our own goal and reduction with green house gas reduction. as we do that. as we invest more money in research and development to provide more energy-efficient products. i believe in the markets there will be ups and downs, but the need is there and industry in general have invested and shifted research and development monies to accelerate in this deal. i'm understanding what the core problem is. that's one of the things we're able to do is begin increasing awareness of how to resolve the issues. when the spikes occur, there is an expedited res

they were the ones that started the prototype for the green houses in tupelo and when hurricane katrina was threatening they moved people up into tupelo where they had four brand-new greenhouses set to open. at the end of that, at the end of sort of the aftermath of the hurricane, most of the houses and assisted living down on the gulf had not been damage aed and the people moved up to the greenhouses didn't want to leave. thank you. [applause] >> and that story brings to brian -- i did a story in a lincoln, nebraska, where one of the older residents who had eventually died but was able to celebrate her 100th birthday at the green house before she did and the staff asked her what she most wanted for her 100th birthday a margarita and a cigarette and she got them both. [laughter] >> so fun can be had. we have fallen a bit behind schedule so we're going to try to keep this section of q & a relatively short in the interest of moving on to our final panel and then we'll have a longer stretch of time for more generalized questions and answers. let me ask you first, haiden, to discuss one iss

washington post's" kathleen parker who writes -- "obama's open-collared vacation was deliver odd and katrina time, about two days too late, and fell a few links short of reassuring. calm in the face of potential zaft cere laudable but it's a fine line between executive tranquility and passive nonchalance. like a tone-deaf disk jock ji, obama plays elevator music when the crowd wants john philip souza. i'm joined by analyst pat buchanan and peter fenn. happy new year. >> happy new year, chris. >> is that fair, the criticism that the president was tone-deaf? >> no. the fact is you have to go out and make a statement if you're president of the united states with the facts. i think the administration coming out on sunday and saying the system worked is a legitimate criticism. the system clearly didn't work and the president, you know, on tuesday said just that. but i think -- you know, i think that the monday morning quarterbacking by conservative columnists is really not called for. what the american people want, chris, is they want less finger-pointing and more problem fixing. and that's exact

we did predict a hurricane in 2005 in the gulf coast, which was right around when katrina hit.e had called for some other conditions. we called for one of the only rains in the roses of tournament parade a couple of years ago, we warned people should bring their umbrellas to the parade. we do our best and people still look at the forecast. of course, they need you to check out what the local conditions might be, but we go out and give people an idea what might come next october, next june. >> what does the spring look like? when will it warm up? >> 70 days until spring. hang on. according to the farmer's almanac, it look like spring comes in april, will be wet, but will warm right up and summer looks awful hot. >> really? >> yeah. >> i'm not sure like that so much. can you do anything about that, bill? >> i think people in minnesota like that forecast. >> you have a point. okay. sandy duncan, always interesting to read the farmer's almanac. >> i'm always here for you. >>> we heard so much about the potential health hazards posed by cell phones. this morning, a new study shows h

you saw what we went through with katrina and rita. we lost several thousand people. here, we're talking about tens of thousands dead. a city, our region from the epicenter out is to look at the -- if you look at the telemetry map, this is absolutely devastating. devastating and beyond recognition. the american government and people are responding in a way that makes me once again proud to be an american. yesterday, i was kidding longstanding commitments of three or four weeks to visibly trustco louisiana, and new orleans, louisiana. -- so fema is actually delivering the goods for the last year. there is still a great deal to be done. i am meeting in an area of the parish, the largest parish in louisiana, lake charles is, housing recently built for the elderly. i walked into a community room, and the first questions they asked me are how can we help the people of haiti? there are just getting off their feed -- they are just getting off their feet. they are still devastated, and they're organized. the fire crew was decimated. the police was decimated. and we have volun

when the population does trickling back into new orleans that summer after katrina, when politicians an pundits urged the city to be abandoned, the sign on the superdome said, our team, our home. bumper stickers in the saints' black font said, faith. drew brees, who took a chance on the team and the city, had t-shirts that said, believe, new orleans. popular saints fans contend, this is the way we live. we are able to survive by clinging to our faith in this team. our devotion to the new orleans saints, win or lose, keeps our battered spirits alive. i want to close tonight with a prayer by the saints delivered by archbishop hammond delivered at a banquet in 1968. our heavenly father has instructed us that saints evercame lions, grant our saints an increase of faith and strength so they will not only overcome the lions, but the bears, the ram the lions and the awesome people in green bay. may they continue to tame the redskins and the falcons and eagles. give our coaches the ability to be as wise as serpents and simple as doves so no good talent will donnell our draft. grant to fans p

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we saw what happened in katrina here. we saw what happened when the tsunami hit in southeasta. we saw how people tried to loot and they had to put some order. i think the human being in general who are facing a crisis of the stomach, of the throat or whatever else, will grab unless you place some security to have some water. but in general, i think the people of haiti have been pretty courageous and have worked together quite a bit. it's now three days desperation starts to kick in. however, i expect that with proper security the people will react properly. and i think i see a silver lining in what is happening. the chaos of port-au-prince, a city that was built for 50,000 now houses more than two million, i'm quite sure it's not going to be rebuilt the same way again. we're going to have some order in haiti. >> woodruff: ambassador raymond joseph, thank you very much. >> thank you. >> lehrer: and still to come on the newshour: an unexpectedly close senate race; shields and brooks; and haiti's voices and images. that follows the other news of the day. here's hari sreenivasan in

after hurricane katrina, the entire world knew that as well.thank you for opening ourselves to those in need. [applause] we are a city of opportunity and a city of optimism. we have a sense of partnering and a respect for our differences. houston is a city built on dreams. but our dreams are always power by hard work, guided by common sense, and inspired by creativity. i spoke of election night of is being an historic election. my election made news around the world. people in houston were not surprised that they had elected the first gay mayorÑi of a major american city. we have a tradition of electing a mayor is not for who they are, but for what they believe we can do as a city. [applause] but i do want to speak just briefly to those from my community. to those who are gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgendered. i understand how much this day means to you. i can feel your excitement in youÑijulyand and your joy. but i am also feel your apprehension and longing for acceptance. i will gladly carry you forward. but today is simply ones that. and -

shame on us if we have another katrina and we have sheriff departments not talking to firefighters to be a firefighter not talking to the national guard. so i appreciate this focus and we all understand the importance of having an inventory. but if we can't get the d. block right in a timely manner, who are we kidding ourselves? so i would hope, mr. chairman, and the full committee chairman that we would really work on the parameters to push for appropriate and proper auction in which we get all the benefits, bring in the additional revenue, but we also developed the revenue stream which will allow us to provide grant and money to our first responders to get to one important aspect of our homeland security issues and debates in line. i yield back my time. >> thank you very much mr. shimkus. the chairman emeritus of the full liberty and commerce committee chairman mr. dingell is recognized for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman and thank you for convening today's conference on h.r. 3125 the spectrum act. and h.r. 3019 the act of 2009. these two bills and which i am the original c

after hurricane katrina, the entire world knew that as well. ourselves to those in need. [applause] we are a city of opportunity and a city of optimism. we have a sense of partnering and a respect for our differences. houston is a city built on dreams. but our dreams are always power by hard work, guided by common sense, and inspired by creativity. i spoke of election night of is being an historic election. my election made news around the world. people in houston were not surprised that they had elected the first gay mayorÑi of a major american city. we have a tradition of electing a mayor is not for who they are, but for what they believe we can do as a city. [applause] but i do want to speak just briefly to those from my community. to those who are gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgendered. i understand how much this day means to you. i can feel your excitement in youÑijulyand and your joy. but i am also feel your apprehension and longing for acceptance. i will gladly carry you forward. but today is simply ones that. and -- simply wants that.

it is frustrating to hear stories again as we did after hurricane katrina, 9/11, when you have the outpouringf support, but they cannot get it to people. host: from the atlanta paper they write that the red cross received $45 million within three hours, $5 million came from those using cell phones. guest: it is a testament to how technology is helping to connect with people around the world, similarly disposed towards helping. it is also a sign we need to continue to look for ways to streamline bureaucracy to be more effective. host: kevin madden, a republican strategist, former communications director for mitt romney. karen finney the work for john edwards in it 2004. under a contributor to msnbc. dean joins us from san diego. caller: good morning. i'm a disabled veteran. the young lady sitting there, was wondering whether washington would change of, or obama will change washington -- i think that washington will change obama. i'm disappointed. we're all christians. but only god knows who is christian and who is not. republicans when they were in office put this country in the worst situatio

the depravitys of abu ghraib and the horrors of hurricane katrina.apse of the world financial system and the discovery that the supposedly ironclad laws of the marketplace were only about as reliable as superstition. and after all this, there's still more remarkable. the election of a certified intellectual as president. not to mention an african- american one. there was the assent of the digital realm with our happy surrender to the omnipotence of google. what of those other unlikely innovations and unforeseen blits of the era. small plates, sarah palin, chinese dry wall. given all that has emerged in the past ten years, the failure to invent a satisfactory name for the period seems fitting. a reflection of our sense that the so-called aughts were not all they ought to have been and were so much less than they promised to be. with its intractable conflicts and its irresolvable crises it's astonishing accomplishments and its devastating failures. the decade just gone by remains unnamed and unclaimed. an era that no one quite wants to own or own up to

big meeting of house democrats and as it was described to me, gene taylor of mississippi said after katrina i had to tell the people in my district, i went to the beach and had to tell them. i'm sorry your house is gone. then he said before everybody, all the democrats, madame speaker, let me tell you, your house is gone, referring to the 45e9 care bill. and that is the sentiment that one heres. now i wouldn't say for sure but if you talk about the consensus among the experts and people follow this, a lot of people think it's gone. >> lehrer: you think it's gone? >> i think pick your bad cliche, life-support, intensive care. i think it is in serious-- but the democrats have a reality they have to confront. and that is if it does go down, if there is no -- nothing they can pass, that can pass the test of being comprehensive health-care reform, then they have failed on the president's domestic initiative. the principal, the signature issue, the issue on which the president has told members privately i would stake my presidency on this, and not even have a second term. >> lehrer: it was that i

maybe bush screwed up katrina in 2005, but now you have a system with the union deal, which is only wayhealth care could be revived, which is the situation with the cadillac health care plans in which democrats are proposing to say if you have one of these expensive health care plans, you pay more in taxes -- taxes, unless you are in the unions. . i was in massachusetts for a few days covering this and people were upset about the process and they felt the process reflected the content of the problem itself. they wouldn't have to cheat like this if there were not a problem with bill itself. >> maria from newport news with byron york of the washington exam peer in and your on the air. air. caller: i would just like to ask him about the supreme court decision. the way i see is that, i heard them say that there's been no change in states when corporations could donate to campaigns. on a state and local level it is very different. they can go straight to the candidate. they can go straight to the local government. they can go straight to the state house. and make deals and get the legislatio

but it appears to me we are actually moving faster there and katrina. we have an ongoing disaster in ourw3 country, 44,000 out -- 44,000 people dying without health care and several million american families already lost their homes due to the wall street earthquake and that is going to get worse and i don't see us as a nation moving as quickly to help ourç own, and when they say charity begins at home, i would like to see something like that happen. the idea of families losing their homes because of economic condition that they really did not have as much a part in is justç abominable and we need to do somethingç as a nation. host: hot springs, village. -- hot springs village, arkansas. henry on the independent line. caller:ttç please don't cut me . i agree with the last person 100%. the thing is, i believe that the haitian people should be relocated but not in the united states. çwe are in a dire problem here, like the man said before me. they are suggesting for the people coming here temporarily. nothing is temporary. everything, it is written in