was not affected but the 20 percent aided new orleans in it's recovery. people were able to come back sooner. they could live on land that was not inundated with water. regardless if the disaster hits you you still have the responsibility. much is given and much is required. that's a part of the resiliency you will not only see in yourself or the neighbors that live adjacent from you or in a neighboring community not far from you. get involved and do your part in your recovery and do your part today to make it all worth it. and strengthen your neighborhood associations now. know your neighbors now. and understand that we are not just homes we are people. so thank you for your time and thank you for having me. and i really appreciate being here with you today. thank you. [applause] >> the mayor is engrossed in the remarks that latoya shared with us. on behalf of the city and county of san francisco and the mayor wanted to present you with this. we want to thank you and we are honored to have you here today. >> thank you. this is -- they are telling me or y

i think more importantly, houston is not new orleans. houston is not louisiana are mississippi or alabama, where the damage has occurred. >> a law professor says the judges in idaho have other options. >> in a case like this, it is politically charged. where one side wants new orleans and one side wants texas, one possibility is the panel could decide multi district litigation will take place in new orleans but could appoint a judge from outside of louisiana. >> four weeks, people have looked at the images from up -- images of oil flowing from the bottom of the ocean. the choice of a judge may it affect how many billions of dollars bp may ultimately have

we are in the heart of new orleans. it's a diverse community a microcosim of new orleans. home to 7,000 residents prekatrina and 66 percent of our homeowners have returned. we have 2400 properties in the neighborhood and we are leading the city in recovery. because of our organization being together predisaster it really had aided us in our recovery post. being one of the first neighborhoods to release a redevelopment plan for community in july of 2006. and we started planning in january of 2006. really about 7 months of real planning. but the message here is that we can start or you can really start your planning today. you don't have to wait. and that was one of the things that when daniel and ed visited broadmoore they said, we can really get our people involved now. because it's not a matter of, if, it's a matter of, when. we are all vulnerable. these are pictures of broadmoore. the homeses. we are a national historic district. we have 5 housing styles in broadmoore. it's a great place and we were not going to allow a group of, so called, constituents of broadmoore to

in new orleans it was a rare chance to build a new school system from the ground up . >> for paul vallas, the veteran superintendent louisiana hired in 2007 to do the job, the pressure was on. >> we need to move now. we need to start building buildings now, we need to modernize those classrooms now. >> reporter: almost from the time he arrived in new orleans paul vallas began making promises, talking publicly about all the big changes he intended to make in the schools. well, it's been three years, time for paul vallas's report card. >> i give paul very high marks. >> reporter: state superintendent paul pastorek hired paul vallas. >> if you would tell people five years ago what is happening today, no one would have believed it was possible. >> we went newspaper every grade in every subject. and we outperformed everyone else. congratulations. (applause) >> reporter: everyier paul vallas has been in new orleans, test scores have improved. although the city continues to score far below institutes statewide, the gains are among the highest in louisiana. vallas credits a host of innovations i

alleged in the indictment they killed two people and wounded four others. >> warner: the current new orleans police chief, ronal surpas, has expressed deep dismay, especially about the alleged cover-up. he spoke to producers of an upcoming documentary by the p.b.s. program "frontline", with the on-line news organization "pro-publica" and the "times- picayune" newspaper. >> what appears to me to have what appears to me is that the officers, based upon the admitted statements, immediately decided to not tell the truth. that's just disgusting. it's an insult to everybody who does this work. it's an insult. it's an insult to the community, obviously. >> warner: in may, serpas' boss -- the city's newly inaugurated mayor, mitch landrieu-- asked the justice department to conduct a top-to-bottom review of the department, saying he feared he'd inherited "one of the worst police departments in the country." there are additional probes underway into the killings of nine other civilians in the first week after hurricane katrina, including henry glover. he was found shot, then incinerated in a car just a

. >> couric: good evening, everyone, we here in new orleans just back from the gulf of mexico where b.p. is about to take a big step in trying to get control of the oil leak. it will test the new containment cap it installed on the well those see if it can handle the pressure of the oil pushing into it. that test had been delayed today out of what the government called "an abundunce of caution." the concern was that putting more pressure on the already damaged wellbore could do more harm than good and could even create more leaks. but late today, b.p. got the go- ahead for the test to begin. meanwhile, the siphoning operation continues above the well and we went out there today for a first-hand look. i headed out to the disaster site with the government's point man, admiral thad allen, and interior secretary kennal salazar. we landed on the helix producer. unlike a rig, it's not moored to anything on the ocean floor, it's a ship and a g.p.s. keeps it in place. it's a dramatic sight, oil is pumped in through a riser then after it's separated the natural gas is burned off. ever since the

how do you assess the fans in new orleans after everywhere you have been in your career? >> not having had a chance to live there in that area, we had just come from dallas where we had been with the cowboys, and i had been with the giants and philadelphia eagles, where i coached for the better part of 11 years, and we found was, again, right after katrina, all of a sudden, an area of people that had a history with their team, although their team did not have a great history, grandfathers, fathers who had seen the team play in the early but although there had been some trying times, there was something uniquely different. they seemed to believe in that next season, that next season, and it took them 43 years, but they were there, and what was more interesting is after katrina, et the superdome sold out in 2006 and had a waiting list for season tickets that first 2006 season. 2007, they were sold out again with a pretty good waiting list. 2008, 2009, probably 55,000 people on a waiting list, in a very small area, in an area where people might say they struggle making the p

catholic charities of the archdiocese of new orleans has set up relief centers in churches around the region. at saint anthony's in the fishing village of lafitte, people packed in the church hall to receive bags of food and gift cards for groceries. case managers helped people fill out bp claims and apply for government aid. a crisis counselor mingled in the crowd, offering emotional support and referrals for more intensive counseling services. and there were activiti to help the children focus on something other than the oil spill. at this center, there was also specific help for the vietnamese american community, which makes up more than 30% of the gulf coast fishing industry. >> those vietnamese immigrants are a very independent group of people. their culture is intact. i mean you go out to certain sections of new orleans east you'll see entire neighborhoods where all the signage is in vietnamese. for them to negotiate with the bp claims process, and food stamps, and a lot of forms that are only in english, and a lot of websites that are only in english, it's very difficult. >> re

. >> i'm still haunted by the specter of flying in over new orleans on the 5th -- 6th of september as a principal federal official and looking down at new orleans to a parking lot full of buses that were flooded and not used for evacuation because they were not moved in time. >> reporter: venice, louisiana's southernmost town, is at sea level. the risk here, storm surge and flooding. coast guard commander claudia gelder is sending her supplies and people to higher ground nine miles away. safe, but close enough to return quickly. >> the storm will move all around. we want to just make sure we are in the right place as soon as possible after the storm. >> reporter: bp's floating hotels for cleanup workers on the coast are vacant and moving to safe harbor, while all those fishing boats turned cleanup vessels are headed in. >> those folks will return today, but we won't deploy those tomorrow as we expect maybe landfall sometime tomorrow. >> reporter: at the leak site, the two drilling relief wells pulled up their pipes and started the slow journey out of the storm's path, while outside th

reports on the evacuation efforts at the rig site, and storm preparations underway in and around new orleans. >> lehrer: then, we talk to deborah solomon of "the wall street journal" about today's report from the administration's pay czar on executive bonuses given out at the height of the financial crisis. >> brown: judy woodruff reports on disillusioned democrats a year and a half into the obama administration. >> if you are elected as moses who is going to take everyone to the promised land, then you're bound to disappoint people. >> lehrer: mark shields and david brooks present their weekly analysis. >> brown: paul solman wraps up his series on europe's economic woes with a look at spain's unemployment problem. >> lehrer: and ray suarez interviews robert mccrum about how english has become the first worldwide language. >> if you said in say 800 or 900 b.c. in 2010 people would be discussing a global language, they would have looked at you in disbelief. >> lehrer: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: and with the ongoing support

>> new orleans, louisiana. >> new orleans, louisiana the yeah, let's hear it for the 504. how do you prepare for this whole darn thing here? >> practice. >> ok. that will get you to broadway but here you are in union square. ladies and gentlemen, two-time winner, mr. leonard oates. >> this is what i do every day. [ringing bells] >> leonard oates, ladies and gentlemen, reigning two-time champion mr. leonard oates. that completes the entire competition, ladies and gentlemen. let's hear it for everybody you heard today. the votes from the judges will now be tallied. that means up guys actually have to go to work now. we're going to name the tom three winners in the amateur and professional categories. the first place winner of the professional competition will take home a beautiful cable car bell with -- made by gilberto at the frens of the cable car museum. every year this man makes a beautiful cable car bell for this competition the mr. gad oy is pretty shy, he won't talk about his work but the craftsmanship speaks for itself the every bell every year is individually made b

we have one in new orleans. it is amazing. this has been an idea, not a berkeley or san francisco idea, something that requires a kind of special fill anthropi and what better way to buy food than people that need money in that city? so the farmer's market is helping to supply the school. now the kids are going out into the neighborhood and picking up cans and bottles and examing them, recycling them, making them into art work. it is a beautiful project. and it is a universal idea, as i say, it is not something that we dreamed up. this is the way people have been living since the beginning, buying things from local people. eating them together with the family and friends. we are just coming back to our senses. >> we have talked so much about children l. the question is, what is the best way to reach adults that have fast food ingrained into their system? thoseover those of us that know. >> planting the perfect ripe peach. i thought if he just could taste this. >> president clinton in terms of fast food addiction. [laughter]. >

many in new orleans feel that it was only after the new orleans saints and the city of new orleans hosted two playoff games back in january and saints went on to win the super bowl that misperceptions were finay ceased. misperceptions are happening again now. just about every day a story is report live from new orleans on the spill. the perception shapedy the media, even if unintentional is that oil is on the doorsteps of new orleans. at sensationalistic and true. yet. >> if reporting from these lo l locales continues, many will perceive new orleans as damaged destinations. marketing dollars will be needed to counter these misperceptions rn the long-term consequences and impact on tourism of a damaged brand are severe. thank you, mr. chairman and members of the subcommittee for this opportunity to be here today. >> the chair thanks all the witnesses for their fine testimony and the chair recognizes himself now for five minutes of -- for the purpose of questioning the witnesses. mr. feinberg, i'm going to begin with you. at this moment, bp is still processing claims, i understand, filed by

still about 300 miles southeast of new orleans. it could make landfall as early as 9:00 tonight. about 3 inches of rain and ndsut 3 inches of rain and we'll keep an e on throughout the day. here's the high temperatures. raleigh 102. washington, d.c., 102. new york city, 98. thanks so much. this weather report has been brought to you by avon. bill? >> okay, marysol. >>> well, as the tour de france races towards its paris conclusion this weekend, the most famous name in the history of cycling is facing fresh allegations from a former teammate. floyd landis, of course, won the tour. and then, later admitted to doping in order to win that. and he says lance armstrong has been using performance-enhancing drugs and lying about it for years. who do you believe? here's neal karlinsky. >> reporter: lance armstrong is facing a federal investigation into accusations that he used performance-enhancing drugs. you're saying lance armstrong fraud? >> well, depends on what your definition of fraud is. look. if he didn't win the tour, someone else

i recently met with people from the new orleans jazz preservation society, who will be attempting to place the first outlet, you might say, or the first permanent address, all to they tour outside of new orleans here in san francisco. and i have given information to san francisco jazz about them and vice versa, because there should be synergy between those two also, even though they will be presumably they're taking a look at the old -- actually new college site in the mission. and to an extent, with that in mind, and being someone who has frequented joshi's in san francisco, i see no problem with different areas of san francisco having music venues even of the same type whatsoever. i think it can work and i think it should work. jazz in san francisco has come a long, long way alat least the 1960's -- until at least the 1960's, and i don't know the exact date when it stopped. there were two musician unions in san francisco raich yeal divided, -- racially divided, and that was a mess. when i first got involved, jazz musicians of national reputation would come into san francisco, and t

>> the question there is, should we say to that department store in new orleans, your business is down in part because of the spill, people tourists aren't coming and baying. maybe one answer to that is you are eligible, but whereever you prove as your loss we'll give you 20 or 40%. we've got to come up with a c creative way. to decide what mighting eligible but a partial payment. any ideas you have, i welcome your thoughts. >> i think your selection was as a result of the fact that you had been in unchartered waters. how timely ould people expect their compensation to get paid? >> that is key. i think that once they areeems eligible, they have proven their loss, if it is an emergency payment we should get that payment out in two days. once here is the claim, now i've proven my claim, i need money for my mortgage to put food on the table, i'm out of work, within 48 hours we should get them a check. >> time is pired. let me thank you miss feinberg for the generosity of your time. i think the members that in inquired i may be the only o, i know that i came in after some ofhe questions wh

this one focuses on new orleans as we approach the fifth anniversary of hurricane katrina. we travel to the crescent city as residents continue the difficult road to content -- road to recovery. there are trying to get back the memories as august, 2005, remains vivid and painful. >> these are the back steps. >> all that is left? >> yes. we put them here because we wanted to show what we had in where we are now. it is important to keep weekend as mementos. my mother made sure the show that when we moved out here, she majored show that we needed lessons. she raised us in such a way that she put us through college. this is all that we have left of the old house. >> when the floodwaters came, what happened to the house? >> basically five minutes later you got onto the roof. once we got onto the roof, the house on the left side hit the house, the house on the right side hit our house, pushing it into the street. the current took our house away. where we are standing right now was basically under water. 25 feet of water up to the flagpole. >> talk about being woken up by the truc

in april two thousand and five new orleans hosted an international warden's convention for three days wardens from across north america shared their experiences and told business. it gave them the opportunity to shop around for the latest security systems for their prisons. and go lays looking at their needs are not need the fence fence that's give you a shock and then change to anything more than then we'll kill you big business each dollar cost two hundred fifty thousand dollars four thousand million dollars he of just to maintain you put a system like that. to get to what actually is very big if we can afford to incarcerate our murderers but there's a bigger cost if you don't there is a cost to sat in pain and suffering in misery there's a cost and terror and fear. in we don't want these people out so if the prisons are overcrowded then we should build big ones if you've been down go you know we've got a lot of room. to be soon much brighter if you need the sun from plants to impressions. don't come. in some. grand hotel emerald marco polo club supposed to turn. to gold. there is n

it's interesting, the irish history connected with new orleans. so the o'reilly family has been in louisiana for centuries. in cuba, nobody remembers him but it was the street of calle oreilly, famous until the 50's for its banks and bookstores. it was one of the favorite streets of (inaudible) secretary of the spanish count of fernandino, my grandfather, another irish man feeling at home in havana. there, at the busy corner of calle street and oreilly was a cafe bakery owned by a catelan. it was described by many foreigners, in particular british and irish who lived in havana at the time, as one of the best order and most elegant cafes in the world. its large door led to a main floor with a fantastic stone floor. i saw it in the 50's, i was very little but i still was there in the 50's, and have a fountain that all that water really produce a refreshing sound that drown the patrons' loud conversations. but what made dominica famous, according to some foreigners and historians, was its ice cream of countless flavors and its famous fruit ices: guav

because i heard alarming things about the new orleans neighborhoods that in neighborhoods in new orleans in which there was not the history of conversations or history of shared projects and activism. the decision about the future of the neighborhoods whether they would exist or not is being made by the federal government and many of the neighborhoods will be park lands. that's the opposite extreme of what you want to have happen in san francisco. san francisco is about neighborhoods but some neighborhoods are better than another. community challenge grants are a fun way to stimulate these conversations. i want to point out a few great people in the room that you don't already know. give you examples of further examples of what things are possible. so mark and canoli are here they run the neighborhood assembly's network and specialize in large group conversations. which is sort of a basic building block to think about if you you don't know where to start with these things. may be you have the space in your neighborhood that's crying out for a project but you don't know what you should do

i-10 from tallahassee to new orleans.m colorado and arizona. >> if you're flying expect airport delays in memphis, dallas, houston, new orleans and atlanta. >>> two families are reeling from a stunning case of mistaken identity. a funeral service for abby guerra will not take place. that is, a week after she was declared dead in a car accident, it turns out she's alive. >> but in a tragic twist, the family of marlena cantu are suffering in grief. as it turns out, marlena is the one who actually died in the crash-bill weir has the story. >> reporter: the college sophomore and four friends were in a car accident. the family of abby was told she died at the scene. the funeral was scheduled. but stunning news, abby is alive and in the hospital. her family and friends held a car wash to pay for funeral expenses. but now that money will be used for her medical care. >> we're all angry at the situation. i mean, this is a week that we could have been at her side and telling her to fight. maybe it would have given her more strengt

at the farmers market in new orleans, you can still find shrimp -- fresh caught and for sale. the shrimp seller here --whose husband catches the fish she markets -- was thankful for anything that helped get rid of the oil that was ruining their business. >> i'd like to see the oil gone which everybody want to do it, but i really don't have the information as far as the dispersant on good or bad. as long as it doesn't hurt, anything, it's fine with me. >> reporter: but some shoppers say it will hurt marine life. >> i think it's horrible. i think they should stop it. and i don't see how... how the president doesn't have the, the authority to stop b.p. from using this stuff? >> reporter: why? >> it's toxic. >> reporter: but how toxic is unclear. spraying chemical dispersants has slowed considerably since the well was capped, but the longer term effects are not known. a product with the catchy name of corexit is what's being used- - made by a company, some of whose executives have ties to b.p. on their web site, the illinois firm, nalco, posted this video to show how corexit works