mr. isaacson how much i enjoyed when c-span plays that aspen institute programs. i have something very serious that i think it is very important. they have lieutenant general honory during petrina. during this interview he senaid the president should declare he said to take every idea, pul. throw everything we have at it. i was hoping that the president would say something last night. i was very disappointed. host: you have an interesting perspective. you are from new orleans. he served as vice chair of the louisiana recovery board. go ahead and give us your thoughts. guest: i agree. we were slow off the mark at throwing every resource to contain the oil spill. i think other then thethe obvious things, there are big issues we should be facing. one is how do we restore our coastal areas, coastal wetlands and barrier islands. if you have restoreddwetlands and good barrier islands, it helps you when a tropical storm comes. these are the things that are affected by the oil spill. i grew up in louisiana, and people say you do not need the royalties from offshore oil. w

mr. isaacson how much i enjoyed when c-span plays that aspen institute programs. i have something very serious that i think it is very important. they have lieutenant general honory during petrina. during this interview he senaid the president should declare he said to take every idea, pul. throw everything we have at it. i was hoping that the president would say something last night. i was very disappointed.

. >> i want to pull out isaacson and ask a real short question for mr. petruzzi because i'm sitting there just in awe of what you done. i heard you talk about fundraising. and i know you're from bing. and i know you know people, right? and then, i'm thinking how scaleable is this? and then you spoke to that. so i just want to make sure that -- because i've seen successful charter schools that have wonderful fundraising arms. >> so our moto is to break even on public dollars. the reason we needed to fund raise is that we actually had to build two extra school buildings to support the student retention that we were achieving. we also have a -- the first three years we were basically building ninth grade academies that were growing and we had a first staff model -- >> but you the flexibility to do that because you -- >> because we fund raise. not from people i know but from the gate foundation and the del foundation. >> ok. thank you. thank you, mr. chairman. >> senator? >> sorry i missed the testimony. i had another hearing. but i did have a chance to read