loretta thank you bob. thank you. want to go back to the general. it's not in your zone but how is the new orleans area the huge core of engineer project. is new orleans' safe now? >> the system was completed this month in august of 2011. it is 100 percent fuvended it was funded up front you c unlik other system that was only 40 percent done. it will protect against category 3 storms. old levy and system designed. >> i didn't get to missouri or mississippi river. 15 seconds final thoughts congressman? >> just very, very impressed again by the volunteers and staffers at the shelters. very impressed with the administration reaching out. >> katrina was an f you would still give this an a. >> i would give it an a or effort for sure. >> in terms of the aspect of compassion people standing up to the plate helping neighbors. >> never been stronger. >> i hope to see you in our 9-11 special. we are doing our special the we are doing our special the counter attack thast: could swio really save you 15% or more on car insurance? host: do people use smartphones

loretta thank you bob. thank you. want to go back to the general.e core of engineer project. is new orleans' safe now? >> the system was completed this month in august of 2011. it is 100 percent fuvended it was funded up front you c unlik other system that was only 40 percent done. it will protect against category 3 storms. old levy and system designed. >> i didn't get to missouri or mississippi river. 15 seconds final thoughts congressman? >> just very, very impressed again by the volunteers and staffers at the shelters. very impressed with the administration reaching out. >> katrina was an f you would still give this an a. >> i would give it an a or effort for sure. >> in terms of the aspect of compassion people standing up to the plate helping neighbors. >> never been stronger. >> i hope to see you in our 9-11 special. we are doing our special the counter attack thank you for watching. gas and bloating. with the strains of good bacteria to help balance your colon. you had me at "probiotic." [ female announcer ] phillips' colon health. you had me

the answer to your question, loretta, despite all their rhetoric in washington, the answer, the billions did we give last month the big oil? the answer is $0. not one dime. we're big oil is their money is from the sale of gasoline, diesel, and oil products. it is one of the big fallacy's people talk about, all the money we are giving to them, all the subsidies. they do not get subsidies. they get tax deductions. they get to deduct the cost of doing business from their profits for tax purposes. so they do not get subsidies. we do not give them one dime. in fact, they pay more in income tax than most any other industry areas. but it is a deduction. every other industry that exists gets to deduct the cost of their doing business, the

raquel nelson is joining us once again exclusively, along with her aunt, loretta williams.w attorney is also joining us from atlanta. good morning to all of you. >> good morning. >> raquel, first -- >> good morning to you, steve. >> tough decision, choosing probation means all of this is over. behind you. choosing a new trial brings a lot of emotional risks and legal risks. what is your decision? >> well, i have decided to go along with the new trial. >> why is that? >> first, what you said about the emotional risk and the legal risk versus just letting it be over. as i mentioned before, going through thing like this makes you a heck of a lot tougher. by all means, you know, you don't want to wake up in the morning with that hanging over your head. it's bad enough to wake up ever morning knowing you're minus one of your children and you'll never see them again. to have the conviction hanging there also, it's -- that will be, i think, a little more emotional in the long run because it has been right now and that's going to stay forever, along with the fact that he's gone. >>

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. >> for loretta and her daughter it has been a very painful year. take a look, while the neighbors have begun to rebuild a lives by having crews construct new homes to replace those burned in the blast, they have been waiting and waiting to move forward. >> the hardest part is money coming out of our pockets to build this house. we are just waiting. we want to have improved so that we can get the retaining wall up and in our house it should be starting to. >> the two of them have lived in this neighborhood for more than three decades. >> we will die here from had this house since 1963. >> for now they're living in a rental and they just want to return home. >> we are not comfortable where we are at in is really hard for us right now. we will be happy when this is done over with. >> the mayor of san bruno is in washington d.c. he also heard the final report today, the mayor says that he will join with lawmakers to push measures to replace the aging pipelines and increase inspections and require the emergency shut off valves. he says that pg&e problem

opportunity to see a man walk taller than he was, alongside a lovely woman who continued to press forward, lorettanstitution. the open wards said we come together to formulate a more perfect union. the declaration of independence said we all are created equal with certain unnamed ninth ball -- in in the research and rights. -- with certain rights. we have strange ideas about justice. we feel someone else should do that. when i sit in the justice committee, with the honorable john conyers, who sat with my predecessor in the first stages of the watergate proceeding -- i wonder whether we recognize that we should be fighting for justice? martin luther king is asking us never to give up on what is justice. so my challenges for you to be reminded that work can not come without action. it is for you not to give up on the tools, for you to be litigators' of life. as martin the third talked to us about dying for something he believed in, we have to be able to be willing to die for justice. and you wonder, in the 21st century, with our wonderful legacy president, president barack obama -- as general holder

and walked alongside of a lovely woman who continues to litigate and press forward on his issues, lorettand bernice -- who am i? but justice is imbedded in our constitution. when the opening words say that we come together to formulate a more perfect union and the declaration of independence that says we are all created equal with certain inalienable rights of freedom and the pursuit of happiness. when i sit in the judiciary committee chaired by the hon. john conyers who sat with my predecessor barbara gordon in the first early stages of the watergate proceedings when she said we the people, i wonder if we recognized that we should be fighting for justice that martin is asking is never to give up on what is justice. [applause] and so my challenge is for you to be reminded that work cannot come without action. it is for you not to give up on the tools, for you to be litigator's of life. talked about working on something we are willing to -- talk about dying for something that you believe in, beneficiaries of martens walk and talk, you wonder whether there is work for you. let me provide yo

and walked alongside of a lovely woman who continues to litigate and press forward on his issues, lorettaut justice is imbedded in our constitution. when the opening words say that we come together to formulate a more perfect union and the declaration of independence that says we are all created equal with certain inalienable rights of freedom and the pursuit of happiness. yet i believe that so many of us have a malaise about justice. we suggest that somebody else should do it. when i sit in the judiciary committee chaired by the hon. john conyers who sat with my predecessor barbara gordon in the first early stages of the watergate proceedings when she said we the people, i wonder if we recognized that we should be fighting for justice that martin is asking is never to give up on what is justice. [applause] and so my challenge is for you to be reminded that work cannot come without action. it is for you not to give up on the tools, for you to be litigator's of life. as martin iii talked about working on something we are willing to -- talk about dying for something that you believe in, ben