this is something that we have done today after katrina. it is something you can do now as well in the event a disaster does strike. again, i told you about other things, the ride share program we have created now. it's aiding residents to get out. as i mentioned there is no place of last resort. again, it's the neighbors who are responsible for one another. we have residents can sign up to take an elderly out. we can take kids out or whom ever needs a ride, pets, things like that. a lot of people in broadmoore and in the city of new orleans because of their pets. pets are our family. i had a beshon that went with me and i wouldn't leave him or plan to in the future. tailor the information to the residents that live within your community and give them the information that they need to make sure they survive. and that we continue to help one another. it's all about what we can do not only for ourselves but for our communities. in closing, i want to leave you with some additional points that i have made throughout the presentation. just it's

hurricane katrina toward the region apart in 2005, and last summer's oil spill devastated the economy. a police force with a reputation for corruption, drug dealing, and murder, and that is the police force. this cannot help the department when the trust of the local people, but there is a new chief, and they are hoping to change that -- this could not help the department win the trust. >> just another day on the job for these officers. but this is a force facing serious challenges and has one of the worst reputations in america. >> we have a history here in new orleans that if you complain about the police, you may die. you may literally die, and i cannot tell you the number of people who came to me and told me about a bad police officer, a corrupt police officer, and i urged them to report it, and they told me they would not do it. >> that kind of fear has been borne out of years of scandal, and there have been cases that have painted this force in an appalling light. one of the most notorious cases this year at a bridge, where it is alleged that two civilians were shot dead by poli

the opportunity was katrina. and that allowed an awful lot of change to happen in a very short period of time? >> yes. >> i have no argument with that. do you have an argument of that version of events? good. [laughter] >> but that's what we're talking about. we have these nucleuses in place or we could put them in place in lots of different cities but it doesn't change the fact that you can do an awful lot of good sometimes by blowing it up. >> you know what? if we had real leadership right now in a lot of other places, determined to solve this problem -- if we viewed it as the crisis that it is, and we have the right leadership in place, we would -- we would blow it up, to use your terminology, in lots of other context. >> uh-huh. i'm reminded, whether i'm going to come back to ask you what you mean in other context 'cause it's intriguing. [laughter] >> absolutely. >> in other context. we're in a situation in a number of different areas in our society where objectively what we look at the institutional structur

. >> julian zelizer will you give us his writing of katrina and your assessment? >> he admits mistakes and not being aggressive enough and acknowledging the government failure to respond to that. he admits the photo op was a bad choice. there are limits though, you know, i think a lot of the critics said this really revealed how little policy concern there was for urban america. and it wasn't just katrina, it was the state of the cities that was just a kind of huge disaster in national travesty that was not dealt with. and president bush obviously does not go that far. it's like iraq in some ways. there is some admission of doing wrong. this is some admission of mistakes. but in general, i do think he pushes back on his critics that this was not somehow just his failure. he talks about other levels of government failing, including louisiana, and various levels of politics not responding as well. so he's trying to find the middle point with katrina. which is what i'd expect in a memoir. a little more admission of making mistakes, i thought. >> i found that very dif

we don't have trials like what happened with katrina. so many of you that have been sparks of hope and imagination, people that are engaged we have someone that will talk about how she has sparked the imagination and engagement of a city that was ready to abandon, not just her but the entire broadmoore community. in fact, the mayor who is a friend, this is not a critique, put together after the challenges in katrina, put together a diverse group of what we say the best and the brightest. came up with a bad idea. we don't always get it right. they said broadmoore had been wiped out. they said, it ain't worth bringing back. we are going to make it open space. and the speaker i will introduce in a moment she like many of you said, wait that's my community. that's my neighborhood. you made that decision without us in mind. the community was forced to leave. they were not part of this discussion. and she said, like so many of you said to me and others, no that's not the way it's going to be. she stepped up and stepped in and she was heard. an

i saw this firsthand, i went down to help out with katrina thing in september. it's weird. because you are dealing with people that lost everything and it's kind of hard to imagine that if you haven't done it yourself. basically, you know, she's looking at her curtains here, she probably hand-stitched those things. maybe they have been hanging there the last 5 or 6 years. everything in the house is wrecked, photos, keepsakes, it's a tough thing. and people deal with this kind of stress in different ways. we as disaster workers, we see it all the time. but we have a word we use, professional. we try to be professional around people that have suffered a loss like this because they don't want us to come -- you don't want to go into somebody's house and be joking and having a good time. it's unprofessional. when you are dealing with somebody who has a loss like this, just think of the word professional. that's what we try to do. this sort of body language here, she's trying to comfort here, do you think she's buying it? not with that body language. she's not really buying it. s

of hurricane katrina. >> 100% of the proceeds going to the american heart association. going to a good cause. >> seven years ago, i had breast cancer. right when i started to recover from that, i wanted to do something for myself to make myself feel good, because i felt so lousy for so long. i felt fortunate to meet him and become part of what he's doing. >> heart disease is still the no.1 killer in women. taking the lives of one in three women each year. >> we've probably raised about $90,000 in the previous events we've done, all going to charity. hopefully we'll break the $100,000 mark today. >> beauty comes at a price, that saying may be true, but inner beauty and health is the real goal, a shot for the heart. >> working moms may not want to hear this. children whose mothers work may be at a highest risk for being overweight. doctors say it's an increase in fast food and decrease in exercise. they have a warning for parents. >> we talked about getting rid of sodas and juices. we talk about exercising a little bit every day. >> the study looked at grades 3, 5, 6 and

are we building another katrina in the delta and are we doing so that increases the delta failure that has profound water shortage implications and we have them claiming yes climate change is real, yes, it has implications, but, no, they would not evaluate them. so being the reasonable people we are, we sued them. but we think it require as real analysis especially when agencies are making long-term issues with profound effects for public safety and we hope the courts resolve that rapidly and the legislature can do that as well. >> as far as regional exercises, i think i'm all for it. they do have their limitations but the way to improve these models and to understand their capabilities is to use them and try to confirm that they work on big events that we actually have observed, and so you know, typically, we look retrospective simulations and try to introduce as much independence in the tests that are used, in order to gain confidence that the models work in future situations. i'm not familiar with the environmental quality act or activity that you mentioned but i think it's worth di

are we building another katrina in the delta and are we doing so that increases the delta failure that has profound water shortage implications and we have them claiming yes climate change is real, yes, it has implications, but, no, they would not evaluate them. so being the reasonable people we are, we sued them. but we think it require as real analysis especially when agencies are making long-term issues with profound effects fo

we have a lot of people coming here after hurricane katrina. we all have to come together and so many different agencies come in, and they will connect to the data base together. and we have all these different private partners. we are trying to set things up at st. mary's. as if this was a project can act. we have the intake process, and we knew how to deliberately organized. and this is an important discipline. this is almost an exercise in and of itself. >> i would like to say that under your watch, what has been impressive is the emphasis on activating the service center. they have been invaluable, and indispensable. i think that this will play on having people compare themselves beyond 72 hours. this makes us more confident in the ability to weather whatever happens as long as we're able to take on the town, and the quality of activating, in a gratitude kind of way, and organized response by the citizenry, and this is something that you could be very proud of. >> going back to what he said about the intake process, they are really focusing

. >>> and global katrina. england's chief scientist warns the earth is way overdue for a ferocious solar storm. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> hello and good morning. welcome to our viewers across the nation, including the pacific time zone. i'm lynn berry. today we begin with searching for survivors. this morning, new zealand is scrambling to find people trapped under the rubble of a massive 6.3 earthquake. it struck midday yesterday in christchurch, the country's second largest city. the country's prime minister says so far at least 65 people are confirmed dead with that death toll expected to rise. this marks the second major earthquake endured by the southern new zealand city in just five months. hopefully no one was killed in the previous quake. however, this quake is proving to be much more devastating, in part because it was closer to the surface and centered the nearer to the city's main population. it also took place during lunchtime when the streets were crowded with people. christ

>> as we discovered in katrina the out of area contacts are important for communication. because no one you couldn't call a new orleans area code it was not happening. he was able to reach myself in california and our aunt in dallas,texas on a land line. how many know their relatives phone numbers. i'm not meaning picking up your cell phone and clicking, mom. the red cross has a wallet card there is your emergency contact plan where you write down a land line number. we're discovering that text mess anning and e mails work. having the information in your son's back pack or your purse or the car in multiple places so you community with your out of state contact and through that you coordinate your reunionification. >> you have to speak into the microphone. >> it says all the communications will probably be down. >> on your pile of rubble that's your house there is no reason why you can't put a note saying this is where the family is. when you listen to the radios and the radios tell you where the shelters the first thing we set up is communications. you can go there and ge

personally, the plan came into affect during katrina. my family is from new orleans. they were born and educated there. my grandparents are buried there and my sisters lived there. my sister did not evacuate until the last minute. she didn't voluntary evacuation and got stuck in a traffic jam and her car ran out of gas and had 2 kids in the back and was scared to death after that. when they said hurricane warning she was gone. she would pack up the kid in the car and the dog heading to dallas, texas where we have relatives and did that every time. there were times she would get 75 miles out of town and they would say, turn around come on home. and they said cheryl stay come to our hurricane party. they always say new orleans will flood. she said. i was wrong this time but i only need to be right, once. when they called the voluntary evacuation with katrina and when the levies broke we knew she was safe. she had her disaster kit and family. the only one missing was the nephew. he knew his out of state contact and knew where his family was and knew how to get there much

hurricane katrina was back in 2005. and the american people were very generous in responding, as i know senator land drew would attest. but they're also very frustrated when they see improper payments. it was disheartening to see the latest i.g. report which indicates, and here we are, six years after hurricane katrina. that there is still outstanding, at least $643 million in improper payments related to hurricanes katrina and rita. now, i know there were some court developments which slow the recoupment process. but the fact is, according to the i.g., fema has yet to implement a new process to recoup those payments. we just can't afford to have $643 million in improper payments at a time when the budget is under such pressure. we can't afford it at anytime. it's unacceptable. why aren't we recouping that money or prosecuting the cases of fraud that exist within those 160,000 cases? >> well senator collins, this is an area that i think we need to work with the congress on. and you and i may have a respectful difference

. >>> the action one airline is taking at a local airport that hasn't been done since hurricane katrina. >>> good morning. traffic is moving along pretty well if you're driving on highway 4. but it's wet out there. we'll give you another update on traffic and weather straight ahead. >>> well, another very active day today. colder too. looks like snow maybe up in the hills especially up in the northern lake county maybe even near livermore. it's going to be a rainy day. maybe more hail as well. >>> a second suspect in san francisco's funeral parlor scam is due in court today. investigators say a now defunct funeral home in the bay view district bilked several families out of pre-paid funeral expenses. police say donald rollins of fairfield surrendered yesterday, the same day his former boss was in court. the funeral parlor owner was charged with grand theft and other felonies. >>> a former american airlines ticket agent is accused this morning of stealing credit card information from hundreds of customers. investigators say johnson from concord has been tied to about half a million dolla

katrina czar of are there two russian cosmonauts on board the have taken this year's second space walk flight engineers dimity. have now returned back to the station after spending about five hours in open space because we're also clad in state of the art space suits which are interactive displays telling them what must be checked and what to do in an emergency to take six hours but the cosmonauts were able to complete their work sooner porter. by the way log on to our web site for much more news and videos in addition to what you see here on screen you can also read our blogs from around the world and of course leave your comments is a taste of what's online right now at r.t. dot com sochi ski slopes are being put to the test as the twenty fourteen winter olympics host city prepares to stage the old pine european cup. also wanted to travel back in time and that fantasy was a part of a film called distant neighborhood based on a japanese manga comic spoke to the lead actor and find out what he had to say on r.t. . the pentagon is denying rumors that the u.s. commander in afghanistan wi

in fact, she had never been anywhere near katrina when it struck. she said she was bilic -- biloxi, she didn't have custody of the kids, and she was never in the hospital. instead, she was wanted for check fraud. she was arrested shortly after "the times" piece ran, and shortly after that, "the times" standard editor issued a memo saying to the reporters we'll have no more single source stories. she took her at her word and never checked any of the public records that were available to check. we have the awful story of the duke rape chase. which stuart taylor, a journalist at "the national review" wrote a book. a fable of evil rich men abusing poor black woman. it was a story that was too good to be true. too delicious. he said "the times" should take out a billboard in times square and apologize. they never did. there was never an editorial note to readers or anything acknowledges just how bad "the times" reporting had been, how much had slandered the lacrosse players in question, and how much it needed to take account for what it had done. i look

and that was artie's correspondent katrina czar of a reporting on russia's fight against terrorism. the controversial debate over multiculturalism in europe has now taken a new twist as more migrants flee their troubled countries and sturt such of stability and security europe is giving them the cold shoulder more than five thousand arrived in italy in this past week and its interior minister warns they could jeopardize the institutional and social structures of the continent it comes on the back of harsh criticism of multiculturalism by some western european leaders a free speech activist in austria who described it as a failure has gone on trial for speaking out against religious groups though the charges of inciting hatred and violence were dropped she was found guilty of denigrating religious symbols elizabeth wolf is appealing we case in claims she should not be prosecuted for expressing her views parties or katrina covert looks at why some are free to speak held while others are not. just when i think of a european citizen peacefully debating islam with a muslim is nothing unu

after hurricane katrina we participate 5 days. for work a lot of work places have supplies. make sure they do. if they don't keep one for yourself and may be your coworkers. a first aid kit a flashlight any pair of shoes in case you are driving you have to get out. water. how much water do you need for 72 hours? if you use the hot water heater you have to turn off the gas. if you don't stop the gas it will light up and cause a little explosion or fire. vegetables. the back of the tank you go up and treat water with bleach. but remember, it should be a fresh pot of bleach. once you open bleach it looses the effectiveness of the bleach. one capful for a gallon of water. wait 20 minutes. wash your hands. wait a half-hour, to drink it, tastes like pool water but it kills germs. >> what kind of food do you want to keep? open the fridge don't open it too much. eat all perishable food first. you want to save emergency supplies. what emergency supply food do you want to /kaoepl. keep? energy bars. dry food. canned vegetables. can corn, can peas, you can drain that and drink the wate

no one will ever come clean of the katrina of the new orleans and the stinking house of the setting sun. but it's the black and the blue of the loving on the shoes, let alone a dime or water, america, you are always scotched earth in our mouth. always a rain of disaster of streams of our broken eyes. now the rags are the most turn. our pores the poorest that can be worn in the souls shop. now that all is lost and there is only nothing to lose. long live the courage and the poor. they begin to waiver. [applause]. >> vennetia. i was enranged at your body enettia. chicanery that cried out of an awfulor gast. slowly i found you should side streets where you practice a strolling stillness without any engine sounds and the skies turning on into color and then eternal magnificence of twilight, it accompanies your every move and theirs doubt about it, you are more adorable without the car wrapped around you, where you can be what you are. walking water. that gently laps. i have come to you this midnight and lane down in your black body with it's soft red blush and pulled the starkly blue cover

superintendent garcia: katrina from june jordan high school. [applause] ok, we will hang on to that for her. constance walker from woodside learning center. [applause] congratulations. emily from leonard flynn elementary school. [applause] thanks. penelope ho. [applause] from chinese emersion. [applause] rebecca from gateway charter school. [applause] and then we have two more that we do not think are here, we're back johnson from local high school and melissa -- rebecca johnson. we will hang onto those. congratulations to you all. well done. [cheers and applause] [applause] president mendoza: if it is possible, make you all squeezed together for a photograph? superintendent, please squeeze in. thank you, thank you, thank you. ok, thank you, everyone, and congratulations. nice work on that. i know that is a very difficult process to go through. while you are all sitting in a, -- settling in, the mayor's teacher and principal of the month, go on to the website and nominate a teacher, and also, teachers for social justice is taking nominations fo

imagine new orleans if they have the system during hurricane katrina. this is extraordinarily valuable. and you can see the difference spanish components. 92 exercises and parts of the training, and all these different agencies are returning. i am proud of that. let me look at those sunglasses. this had the seal? >> the little party -- >> that was fun. >> that is secret. we can't talk about this. >> i am

hey folks you're listening to our movement of radio show us your house once again and you katrina and look at it last term and talked about in the history of the congress is nature reserve the small studio broadcasting the movement show is in the town of scores of kilometers away from the above go for schoolchildren tell locals about the caucuses reserve journalists. oversees the programs the children talk about the reserves animals surviving trees mountaintops and rare plants. they draw on their experience as reporters and engineers working in various protected areas therefore they always fully prepared for the program when they go on air. then i think when people look at it and they try to imagine what these trees saw a long time ago. as for me i always have this i'm counting feeling that my age and stature martin significant in front of these or inspiring giant. one of the most famous parts of the caucuses nature reserve is the growth situated close to the black sea coast the oldest tree here is over a thousand years old. the grove has survived several generations of tourists and m

only honored for his term in office but what he's done since that time, including raising money for "katrinactims. poet maya angelou. basketball star bill russell and cellist yo-yo ma. >> things are changing quickly. >> and we can certainly use the rain and it's on its way. a live shot right now. outside we go. this is from -- can you help me out joey -- south beach. looking towards gray clouds. current it was as you head out the door in the 50s, upper 50s throughout the bay area and the heavy rain is moving in tonight overnight. we'll see scattered showers on friday and much cooler temperatures after that cold front moves through. here's a look at satellite radar image. low pressure giving us this wide, cold front. that's going to bring this cool and unstable air all the way through friday but the front is moving in tonight. that's when we'll see some of the heaviest rain as indicated by yellow. north bay is where we get the heaviest rain. you see by 5:00 tuesday night, the front kind of stalls in the north bay. by 8:00 that's when the rest of the bay area starts to see light rain but the h

. ♪ we were there for the floods of katrina.saw the african woman in the chair, but there was no story. it was an image. when i saw that picture, my grandmother 100 years old and still alive today in atlanta, georgia, so when i saw ethel freeman, i saw my grand mother. so we found her son and got the story. >> and the earthquake in haiti. dealing with a little kid here. we don't know if they're eight or nine years old, you know what i mean? will is t this is the reality. >> i went underground for a bit, picking up body, bringing them to the morgue, digging holes, burying certain people. that's what we was going through, you know? everything they used to say about, you used to talk about, that you believe about, it gets tested at that moment because it's like, you know, you wore that flag on your back at the grammys, you know, and that's the first time they saw haitian flag on the tv, but what does that mean, though, if you can't be on the ground right now picking up your own brothers and sisters, you see. ♪ >> in our years, we'v