ahead fueled by a suspicion of the actions of the ferguson police department and the family of michael brown was outraged that even on the day officials finally released the name of the officer involved in the shooting, darren wilson, they also released surveillance video of a robbery that brown was accused of just minutes before his death, a move that supporters saw as an attempt of it character assassination of brown. >> i'm going to read you a statement mere. michael brown's family is beyond outraged at the devious way the police chief has chosen to disseminate piecemeal information in a manner intended to assassinate the character of their son. what's your response to that. >> my response to that is first my heart goes out to the family. i can't imagine what they're going through. we have given you everything that we have now and everything that we can give you so from our police department, you have everything we've got. >> protests turned violent and the highly militarized response of the police department only seemed to amp up the atmosphere. fires were set, stores burned to the groun

august ninth two thousand and fourteen officer in a wilson shot and killed unarmed black teenager michael brown in ferguson missouri brown's lifeless body lay in the street for four hours after the shooting took place which angered the community on august tenth twenty fourteen st louis county police held a press conference claiming brown was killed because he was reaching for wilson's gun later that evening protests erupted through the city now between august eleventh and august twelfth the f.b.i. announced it would join the police investigation and president barack obama addressed the shooting calling brown's death a heart breaking police were outfitted with riot gear dispersing pepper spray and rubber bullets as protests continue now on aug fifteenth the police department released surveillance video of brown taking part in a robbery prior to the shooting brown's family accuse the police of trying to turn as his character the very next day on aug sixteenth the governor nixon declared a state of emergency and ferguson and impose a curfew making it illegal for anyone to be on the streets after m

until you're watching r t america we begin this hour as today marks the third anniversary of michael brown's death brown was an unarmed black teen who was shot and killed in the streets of ferguson many people were outraged by the events which transpired forcing many to question the role of long foresman

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host: michael brown, let's get your thoughts on that. what does houston look like in the months to follow? guest: it will look like a war zone. the caller is absolutely right. it is easy from a media standpoint to fly over and look at the flooded areas, or to get pictures on interstate highways of the flood waters. what is going to occur over the next several months and frankly over the next several years, as that water slowly receives, and we understand the extent of the damage, and the rebuilding begins, think about this. familiarknow how people are with houston, but when you think about the interstate system that makes houston hum, much of that is going to be destroyed. if an interstate system is destroyed, imagine what happens to surface level streets. those are probably washed out completely. to the caller's point, this is going to be a logistic nightmare in terms of people getting back to their homes. the construction people. resources and materials. people say it will be a boon time, but i imagine if you asked any individual if yo

until you're watching r t america we begin this hour as today marks the third anniversary of michael brown's death brown was an unarmed black teen who was shot and killed in the streets of ferguson many people were outraged by the events which transpired forcing many to question the role of long foresman and the justice system here's our teens ashley banks with more. on august ninth two thousand and fourteen officer derren wilson shot and killed unarmed black teenager michael brown in ferguson missouri brown's lifeless body lay in the street for four hours after the shooting took place which angered the community on august tenth twenty fourteen st louis county police held a press conference claiming brown was killed because he was reaching for wilson's gun later that evening protests erupted through the city now between august eleventh and august twelfth the f.b.i. announced it would join the police and vests again and president barack obama addressed the shooting calling brown's death heartbreaking police were outfitted with riot gear dispersing pepper spray and rubber bullets as protests c

for starters, the small department is more diverse today than the day michael brown lost his life., of its 55 officers, 48 were white, just four black. now just 38 officers in uniform, 26 of them white, ten black. >> change doesn't come quickly. it's a gradual step-by-step process if you want to do it right. >> part of the right approach, he says, is making sure his officers are known in the community. >> you change people's perception and concept of the police department by actually getting out there and meeting them when it's not a crisis, when there are good times. >> his predecessor retired under a cloud. in a new book recently published, he contests many of the doj's findings and perceptions about his leadership. >> did you run a racist police department? >> no, it's a ridiculous assertion. >> while he admits the optics of brown's body sitting under a hot sun for hours on end contributed to tensions on the scene, something he regrets, gunfire added to the delay. >> at the time we were just following protocol. unruly crowd gathering around and suddenly gun shots come out from b

the neighborhood where michael brown was gunned down by darren wilson is calm again.rations and doubts linger. >> it takes time. trust is something that's extremely hard to win back. if you break that trust, sometimes you can win it back, sometimes you can't. >> reporter: to win people over and restore faith in the police, the majority black city overhaull overhaulled. spelled out in a damning justice department probe released in 2015. for starters, the small department is more diverse than the day michael brown lost his life. in to 14, of its 55 officers, 48 were white, just 4 black. now, just 38 officers in uniform, 26 of them white, 10 black. >> change doesn't come quickly. it's a gradual step by step process if you want to do it right. >> reporter: part of the right approach he says is making sure his officers are known in the community. >> you change people's perception, you change people's concepts of the police department by actually getting out there, meeting them, when it's not a crisis, when there are good times. >> reporter: his predecessor tom jackson reti

today marks the third year anniversary of michael brown's death brown was an unarmed black teen who was shot and killed three years ago in the streets of ferguson many people were outraged by the events that transpired forcing many it's a question the role of law enforcement and the justice system ashley banks will bring us more at five pm. as the opioid epidemic drastically stores across the u.s. deaths are among users aren't the only thing increasing around towns are two of the toughest we went to massachusetts where needles from drug users are turning up in places you'd least expect. many refer to the u.s. as opioid epidemic as a modern plague and according to the c.d.c. the number of heroin related deaths has nearly quadrupled and as a byproduct of that health crisis there is another one in the making use needles are turning up all across the country and all those who don't even use drugs or at risk for disease. in the scene of serenity and natural beauty. it's startling to know endless amounts of needles are all around it's an issue about that's not only that everybody has to take

ahead fueled by a suspicion of the actions of the ferguson police department and the family of michael brownhat even on the day officials finally released the name of the officer involved in the shooting, darren wilson, they also released surveillance video of a robbery that brown was accused of just minutes before his

. >> i believe -- that's a good point you made there, because i believe back to after katrina, michael brown, who's big achievement was heading up a horse organization of some source had no crisis management experience and we saw president bush say of a job. seems like this is a much different cast of characters, route people at the right time >> it and in many ways, it's a mirror situation. that is the president bush had so many of the right people qualified people in different important offices and yet over at fema, he had one of the at least qualified in michael brown. here, in administration, that has people and energy and education and epa, who largely want to disband the organizations over at fema in brock lawn you have someone who received near universal approval by the senate, 96-4 vote. so many years of experience, he's the right person and understands what needs to be done. this presidency will not be defined by what happens in the next 72 hours the way the bush administration was with katrina >> i think the last, ten days, the president had some up and down certainly, some negativ

michael brown, form of fema director, author of the book deadly indifference, the perfect political storm. andk you for being with us have your conversation with our viewers. guest: you have been great, thank you. a live picture from the white house briefing room and washington, d.c., awaiting a briefing with sarah huckabee sanders. it is expected to start any moment. bit late, but we will have live coverage when it finally does get underway. we will get a look now at the government's response to the rain and flooding in the gulf coast with today's "washington journal." lets tell our viewers what he had to say when he visited corpus christi on tuesday. >> we love you. we are special. we are here to take care. it is going well. we are going to get you back and operating immediately. thank you everybody, what a crowd. governor,thank your governor abbott has done a fantastic job. thank you very much. we just want to thank your governor, senator cruz, everybody, we want to thank the whole group. this has been a total cooperative effort. we will see you soon. epic, itistoric, it is happened in

history so today let us remember august ninth michael brown jr and the countless lives who struggle we hope will no longer have to be remembered.

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washington journal this morning, we will be talking about the impact of that with michael brown, the former fema director who served from 2003-2005. he is joining us from denver to talk about lessons learned from hurricane katrina. i would like to begin with your reaction to the price tagged that has been put out for hurricane harvey. $160 billion, much more money than was spent in response to and recovery for hurricane katrina. michael: yes, that number does not surprise me one you did consider the magnitude of the storm. kachina was huge in terms of its geographical size, all the way from the texas-louisiana border, to tennessee, to alabama and mississippi. while this extends 200 miles, from corpus christi up to houston and beaumont, the difference is this, you have the fourth-largest city in the united states of america, a population of the entire metropolitan area of about 7 million people, gdp of the houston area would make it the 25th largest economy in the world. he's that could be its own country if it wanted to. then you think about, and i understand listening to the news la

after michael brown after my michael brown's murder and so it was very interesting to me to watch on television there were no police at all i mean there are certainly we hear both theories. here they didn't do it because there are white guys here they wanted something to go right the one thing i think we can come to agreement on is that they failed to maintain public order they failed to maintain peace and quiet in their town and tim last word is yours tim tim there you have it our evan thank you very much for both of you thanks very much for being with us and we'll be right back with greg palast. watch the hawks is founded by three young americans who love their country but we have to constantly question our government watching the hawks brings the stories the give voice to voice. we dig a little deeper we get the stories the everyone else is afraid to touch is afraid to talk about because they don't want to upset their corporate sponsors or interrupt their government access now is the time more than ever we need to question more. we're in this post truth world. we're going to have

michael brown, former fema director joining us this afternoon. i appreciate it. >> stay with misnin and nbc news.com into the night as hurricane harvey approaches landfall. we've got folks all over the region there doing firsthand reporting and everything. up next is president trump filing for divorce from the republican party? and if so, who gets custody of the party? we'll be right back. you don't let anything lkeep you sidelined. come on! that's why you drink ensure. with 9 grams of protein, and 26 vitamins and minerals... for the strength and energy, to get back to doing what you love. ensure, always be you. it's our back to school beeone cent evente. at office depot office max. 10 pack pens, one cent. composition notebooks,scissors, and plastic folders all one cent each! hurry to office depot office max. ♪taking care of business. >>> welcome back. some potentially blockbuster news out of the white house this afternoon. nbc news is reporting according to several government officials that president trump appears likely to pull the plug on what

take a look. >> unrest that took place here was much bigger than michael brown's shooting, that theret of things that folded into that frustration. so given that, how do you change the relationship between the community and this department? >> part of where it's going to result in pulling people's tempers? >> i think the first thing would be to get out and get to know people. when i walk with my commanders, one of the things i said was if i have to introduce you to somebody, we're going to have a problem, because you've been here, you should know people, you should be building these relationships, but it's a step by step process. you change people's perception and concepts of the police department by actually getting out there and meeting them when it's not a crisis, when there are good times. >> there's an overall mood here, alex, for people wanting to look forward and not so much in the past. there aren't a lot of anniversary events planned for here. today, though, starting at 1:00 local time at a nearby ymca they have a book give away, school supplies and what not for young kids. w

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the memorial of teddy bears, candles, and handwritten notes sits on the exact spot where michael brown'sody lay in the street for more than four hourss after the fatal shooting. in the baking hot sunshine. and beloved mexican cartoonist eduardo del rio, known to the world as rius, has died. for five decades, rius authored dozens of books and thousands of comic strips satirizing politicians, educating people about socialism, environmentalism and history. expressing solidarity with revolutionary movements across latin america. he's the author of the bestselling book "marx for beginners." he died inin morelos, mexico, at the age of 83. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. we begin today's show looking at north korea. tensions escalated sharply after trump suggested he is preparing to start a nuclear war, threatening to unleash fire and fury against north korea. korea best not make any more threats to the e united states. theyey will whehere fire and fuy like the world has never seen. threatening,ery beyond a normal state. and as i said, they willll be mt with

inspiring stories of human courage and kindness, tonight weighing in former fema director michael brown, and fox news anchor shepard smith, and catarina pearson, and youtube star, trump supporter sisters diamond and silk are here, i am elizabeth mcdo donald. >> welcome to "risk & reward," president trump weighing in moments ago. >> we're one american family, we hurt together, we struggle together. and believe me, we en dow together -- enduring it, to people of texas. and lui louisiana, we're 100% with you. i'll be visiting the impact zone tomorrow. liz: a category 4 hurricane harvey packing 130 mile an hour winds and a storm surge that local authorities said ran as high as 12 feet, it is now a tropical storm, packing rain. more than 450,000 people could seek disaster assistant. harvey is set to shatter texas state records. 25 inches of rain already. 50 inches total possibly by friday, here is the danger, harvey now could move back out over the gulf of mexico. restrinrestrengthen then turn and wallop southeast texas again. hundreds rescued, people airlifted off of rooftops, and rescued o

livession for black in them was produced wake of the death of michael brown with this in mind. how do we build a world that does not exist. a should be able to build base of people that can organize towards this vision for a long-term. sticks outs platform about ending the war on black people, preparations, economic justice, and the political power. these are fundamental tenants that a lot of organizations across the country are really wishing for. -- pushing for. [applause] >> in regards the democratic platform i think it is very very important we hold our income is responsible for what they promise us. things are going to happen like with bernie sanders and what has happened recently with virginia. one of the biggest polluting coal barons, our democratic republicano was a two months prior to him running for office. he ran for office as a democrat then he came out as a republican. then we have incumbents who are not democrats. when the west virginia democratic party adopted a whichrm in june of 2016 was one of the most progressive democratic platforms and the nation and our in

. >>> to talk more about the economic impact of hurricane harvey, bring in michael brown, economist at wells fargo securities michael, good morning to you about 17% of crude production i believe comes from this gulf region help us understand how this storm will impact not just oil prices but also the refinery situation as well. >> well, you know, the big challenge is when you take a step back and look at the inflation that's created by some of the refining capacity coming off line the potential and question is how long will this refinery capacity be down inflation effects if they are persistent could certainly have an adverse impact on things like consumer spending, while we start seeing gas prices at the pump rise. >> michael, what about lessons from past tragedies of similar size and scale, whether katrina or others in terms of impact on the consumer in the local area and how long that has a lasting impact on the local economy. >> you're right. if we go back, look atti katrin initial adverse shock of not just consumer spending but all of the infrastructure and business infrastructure

more about the cost therecovery effort with former fema director during the bush administration, michael brownalso taxpayers face the biggest share of the bill expected to top $50 billion. as we talk with you about your experience paying taxes, that is the headline. $10 billion is the estimated bill taxpayers face for repairs. the forecast of damage to cars is $4 billion cost of a hurricane harvey. they note that in insurance companies may not make residential flood layouts, but they are facing multibillion-dollar claims on policies. standard car policies do cover flood damage. at as muchis put as $4 billion. back to our conversation with you. your experience paying for taxes as president trump calls on lawmakers in washington to see what he says is a once in a generation opportunity. houston, texas making under $150,000. $50,000, well under. 20% should not get a tax cut. $22 trillion in debt. houston is an in trump saw.han he comes for five hours and leaves. president obama is on the ground for days in new jersey. 500,000 cars have been destroyed . 250,000 homes with water in them. the death

explain what you negotiated after michael brown was gunned down? and the uprising that took place?gotiated? i joined the justice department just a couple of weeks after they announced they were opening a probe of the police department. and in my first few months, the investigation was front and center for me and the team working on the investigation. the vast majority of residents showing how, years and years brown, inichael august of 2014, long before we had police practices completely degrading and undermining trust in law enforcement in ferguson. where african-american residents were being told to pay exorbitant fines and fees. for growing weeds in the grass and the like. watch, we negotiated in cleveland, baltimore -- we did an investigation into the chicago police department -- and on was to walk that back. in only through the rhetoric a memo where he would review. to be honest with you, what is important to know about that is that some of that is not bluster. there are court judges around the country that have the ultimate authority to decide a consensus could be terminated o

this is the black lives platform produced in the wake of the death of michael brown with this in mind. how do we actually build a world that doesn't even exist? how do we actually able to build people who can organize towards this vision over the long-term so i think this platform on ending the war on black people preparation divest invest community control and political power. these are fundamental tenants that i think a lot of organizations are really pushing for and have influenced our conversation at the local state and national level and bias having a conversation right now but push that. [applause] p in regards the democratic platform i think it's very very important behold our democratic incumbents responsible for the platform. or things are going to happen like they did with bernie sanders and what has happened recently in west virginia. one of the biggest putting colbert's in west virginia are democratic governor was a republican two months prior to him running for office. did he run for office as a democrat and did he come out of the trump rally as a republican? than we have

about the same time he told me the story, the decision not to indict the officer involved in the michael brown shooting had taken place. so i felt that the story needed to be told. >> rose: and we continue this evening with icarus, a new netflix film that explores russia's long-running state-sponsored doping program. >> i had the curiosity my whole life, what do the drugs do? would they make me a better athlete? could i possibly be a champion? so i had that curiosity. the second part of that curiosity is what decision does an athlete competing on a world level at the best of the sport have to make whether or not they're going to use or not use the substance if the system itself doesn't work. that was the driving force behind what i did. >> rose: the night at the movies when we continue. >> rose: funding for "charlie rose" has been provided by the following: >> and by bloomberg, a provider of multimedia news and information services worldwide. captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. >> rose: "detroit" is the new film from academy awar

michael brown, former fema director. thanks for sharing your insight tonight. >> thank you, john. >> steve harrigan has been trying to stay upright. he joins us live now from corpus christi, texas. how's it going, steve? >> it's still steady and strong gusts of wind in corpus christi and major population centers along the coast where the storm has hit the hardest. 300,000 people here. it's been under voluntary evacuation. it's a ghost town as the wind is whipping through. it's been strong enough to cause minor damage to buildings. we've seen signs come off but trees still standing and no major structural damage. the question is what we'll see in the morning. that's where the strong side of the storm and the wall hit like rockport. we're hearing now anecdotal reports from people's relatives in the area about widespread destruction of buildings like the fire house and high school and things like that. over the next few hours we're likely to see the start of search and rescue. a lot of people did not heed the mandatory evac

it led to false narratives being created, lies being spread like michael brown hands up, don't shoot, i've covered these issues in detail. then there's the issue of the leftist destroying public property, tearing down monuments like we saw happening yesterday in north carolina. you can disagree with the statements you may not like these monuments, you can fight politically. you can shout people down and say anything you want to say. is there not to the rule of law that needs to be applied here? you can go up so far with speech and say anything you want, you can't punch, you can't tackle. you can't fight with people just because you hate what they're saying even when what they say is disgusting. even the aclu agrees with me and the president on that tonight. the president reacted to this issue, take a look. >> president trump: you had people in that group who were there to protest the taking down to them a very, and very important statue and renaming of a park from robert e. lee to another name. george washington was a slave owner, was george washington a slave owner? will george washi

alison: today marks three years since michael brown was shot to death in ferguson, missouri. ron was not armed at the time of the shooting. the grand jury decided not to charge the a concerted shot him, leading to riots and unrest across the country. askingn: 7 on your side questions about a case that has a lot of people talking. the attempted kidnapping suspect rearrested just days later for another disturbing crime. alison: he was first accused of attacking a woman outside of the kennedy center. days later, he was arrested for lewd acts on the national mall. jonathan: tim barber is asking why he was back on the streets so soon. tim: millions of people visit the national mall each year. tonight, 7 on your side uncovered new records that the accused man of two disturbing crimes. >> is very sad. tim: 7 on your side you last week when district officers arrested marquese bos tic for kidnapping a woman by the kennedy center. he grabbed the victim while she struggled and scream. the woman fought the suspect off and he was only charged with assault before being released. yesterday,

used for the day yesterday crowds rioted in ferguson, missouri after an unarmed black teenager, michael brown, was shot and killed by officer darren wilson. will's and was not criminally charged but did resign from the ferguson police department and in minnesota, jeronimo yanez was acquitted of murder after a shot and killed philando castile in 2016 at a routine traffic stop and who received a $40,000 payout as part of the severance package. according to this tracker, 2017, 605 people have been shot and killed by oer country including 132 people who are black. back to the terrence sterling case, no word onweather officer trainor will resign. hilary lane, wusa9. >> we are staying on top of every angle of the story with breaking information on air and on our wusa9 mobile app. download it and get updates on our website as well at wusa9.com. >>> higher-ups at walmart all apologizing for display at a store. this one is striking a sour note with parents as kids get ready for the new school year. >>> these trucks are like a guillotine on the road. >> can you imagine dying in a crash like this? it's

after police in ferguson used armored vehicles against protesters following the shooting death of michael brown>>> president trump excited to defight the fate of dreamers, the children brought into the country illegally. people on both sides of the issue are bracing for the possibly he will stop issuing new work permits under the daca program. if that happens hundreds of thousands of young people will no longer have protection from deportation. >> senator carmela harris is holding a roundtable with eight dream e dreamers. meeting with california mayors and then wednesday a town hall meeting in oakland. and now to another state senator, dianne feinstein, facing new opposition. los angeles democrat pat harris will be officially announcing his candidacy for feinstein's seat. harris has served as a public offender and criminal defense lawyer for over two decades. harris will make his announcement on the steps of city hall at 10:00 this morning. 68,000 people are descending on the desert this week for burning man. >> opening day yesterday. the festival celebrating the arts and the freedom for people

jegender, and this the latest in the complex race relations with the police and the shooting of michael brown, and joining me is rob schappell who is the president of the missouri chapel? >> yes. it is. >> covering a all of the bases. and so why has missouri has this long issue related to race, and we brought up the most recent one, michael brown, and what is happening now? >> we have looked at some of the statistics such as the vehicle stops reports, and others have been collected anecdotally, and we have seen cases where the people have taken a wrong turn in missouri and wound up dead while never charged with a crime, but in police custody. at the same time, we have seen a growing incidents of people concerned about their civil rights, and now we have a new change in the supreme court that will make it more difficult to bring concerns. >> and what do you believe it is going to bring it and make it more difficult for anyone to fight discrimination in missouri? >> well, we have fought many times in decades to get away from the jim crow legacy, and even in missouri, and now, however, individua

. >> all right jackie, thank you, be safe we'll see you soon >>> michael brown served under president bush as fema chief during katrina he was with us live on the newsline and joins us right now. michael, thank you for joining us obviously, what have we learned from katrina what are we going to do better now that we failed at the last time >> well, before i answer that, let me go back to that last report i was just listening to if you listen to that last report, we apparently haven't learned anything from hurricane katrina, because your reporter was talking about people saying, hey, i can't get any food or i'm not going to evacuate or i'm going to weather this out. and i think part of that is because it's been 12 years since we've had a major storm hit the gulf coast so people aren't aware that it's not necessarily the wind pap category 2 or 3, depending on the kind of structure you have, where you live, you can probably withstand that but i'm more concerned about the fact that all of the weather reports and all of the things i've looked at online in terms of the national hurricane ce

bourbon the need for coastal barrier no matter the cost, former fema director michael brown urging president trump to be on this no matter what he has urged do not, mr. president, let this be your katrina and then general russel remember him during katrina he was banging heads to get everyone on the same page and quit the political arguments, he's here on this over some people heeding warnings tot evacuate and some who never did and never have and now they could be stuck and may be for weeks some say even months to come. first what's happening now on the ground in texas we start with rick whose been covering this on where this massive storm goes right now. what are you seeing here, rick? >> it doesn't move very far which is the big problem with ut and that's why we think it's such a costly storm. in fact if we hit 40 billion it would be the third costly its hurricane behind katrina and superstorm sandy to give you an idea. i will tell you the national hurricane center nailed this for the forecast, both in the track this was what the track was as of thursday morning, made landfall around five

michael brown will be back with us, general russell honorary member during katrina, took charge and everyonek names. and trace gallagher with ongoing special hurricane coverage that continues right now. again, for those following the markets, the market development nonplussed today. anything having to do with preparation for a storm was up, anything having to do with depending on shopping in a time like this was down. see you soon. see you tomorrow. >> i'm trace gallagher, this is breaking news coverage. "the specialists" will not air this hour. the storm taking sites on the golf close, the most powerful hurricane to hit the united states and more than a decade. mandatory evacuations in place for tens of thousands, officials warning this is a life threatening event. we will have live coverage. let's get to the hurricane center. >> this is the 4:00 p.m. central time update on hurricane harvey. harvey is now a major hurricane just hours from landfall. for the next few hours, we

ingest this lesson fully, apparently the way the parents of michael brown have learned this lesson, i think we will be perpetually in trouble. >> [applause] >> first of all i would like to thank you for enlightening me. you said, as you may well know -- i did not know about any of this stuff. >> [laughter] >> i went to a certain university of california school in westwood. i won't mention its name. >> [laughter] >> a professor said the people liked it the way it was in the south. my response to her was, if blacks couldn't vote, natives couldn't vote, women couldn't vote, poor white guys couldn't vote, if 90% were disenfranchised, how could you say they liked it the way it was? i won't tell you what her response was, but it wasn't positive. my question to you is, if i theoretically went to a good university and i don't know, how can we enlighten society? i heard from one of those leftists you are talking about that drink the kool-aid -- oh, this is a great country, blah blah blah. i had no idea that as an african descendent i was actually fighting against the american revolution. i was

then head of fema michael brown became a national punching bag for the failure to anticipate the extent of the disaster. >> you knew it was going to be a force 5 storm that was going to hit in that region. why didn't you? >> when the levees did break, we were already moving in and then had to move back out. and as we began to do the evacuations from the superdome, all of a sudden literally thousands of other people started showing up at other places. and we were not prepared for that. >> reporter: words that would prove prophetic 12 years later for houston's own hurricane. though the levees here have bee thousands of successful rooftop rescues have taken place in texas. lessons perhaps learned from katrina and other hurricanes already having an impact. >> one of the most important changes that has happened from katrina to today has been an important change in the skill, competence, and expertise within the federal agencies. >> reporter: this time around fema and a variety of search and rescue operations in houston seemingly better prepared. here at the houston convention center 9,000 pe