the problem extends well beyond new orleans. the agriculture department estimates that 23.5 ilonli americann lion ivefood deserts, more than a quarter of them children. the reason food deserts exist comes down to simple economics. large grocery chains and high-end supermarkets say they don't have enough of a customer base in some neighborhoods to make opening a store profitable. >> there are a lot of different solutions to food deserts and one size doesn't fit all. >> reporter: increasingly though churches and other faith-based organizations are stepping in to help. nat turner's project is called our school at blair grocery, a learning center named after a store that existed on the site before hurricane katrina. his garden or "urban farm," as turner likes to call it, is more than just a pipeline for providing fresh produce. his students learn composting, poultry husbandry, and greenhouse management, among other things. >> it's a safe space for young people to work in and be around in a neighborhood that otherwise is kind of wild

it's not the new orleans that pays it's the state. o things the state is required to pay for. $19 billion put in into new live construction and the state was required to put up 10% of that but they were given 30 years to pay their had $12.1 billion. >> bill: let's assume whatever you are saying, so this is all bogus. let's assume for the sake of argument that barack obama didn't know what he was talking about. >> he he wasn't. he didn't know what he was talking about. >> bill: that doesn't matter though. for tonight, it doesn't matter. because what the president clearly did back then when he was a senator was he used a wedge issue that you say he totally botched, didn't know what he was talking about to insight. >> racial animosity. >> he may have known or the facts. he may not have known the facts. what he did do is step over the line by intimating that the city of new orleans had been treated in a bigoted fashion. the city of new orleans city of mostly black people is being forced to pay the 10% stafford match when it's not the city

new orleans. as we will see the language of love proved pivotal to the public a variation of these events. when the americans found their imaginations captured whenever this dhaka was replayed as a love story. no matter how dire the event of the day, pro war commentators could be counted on to but a romantic gloss on public events. the war of 1812 provided an ideal moment for americans from anonymous unknown like the author of the soldiers ballett to the leading national statesman to mold the meaning of love of country is a romantic and venture they won the hearts of patriotic maidens and one in which the thrill of the romantic love contributed directly to the glow of victory. now, before i take you on this unconventional cultural chronology of the war, i do want to first pause to take a careful look at contemporary theory of political economy. we will go back to soldiers and love songs that we can appreciate the significance of this rhetoric of romantic patriotism unless we first get a good grasp

new orleans got far more money than new york tea and a great deal of mon that he was not matched by the stafford act. the process of the federal government taking care of the people of new orleans, in fact, was far larger because of the problem was much larger. huan entire city that was a disaster, as opposed to the immediate crisis of 9/11 and the world trade center. but factual inaccuracies are at the heart of the modern left. if they have to rely on the facts, they will lose every time. so they just routinely engage in demagoguery, which the vice-president did today, talking about the middle class. all of this is the same stuff, a consistent pattern of fundamental dishonesty and appeals to race nways that the press ought to be making totally discredited. >> greta: i have a slightly different view of it. i think if this were the year 2008 tmight have a greater impact. but we have had a chance now, 3 1/2 years of a president obama administration. you either love it, hate it or you are indifferent. now he has a record. back in 2007, i think that we put him under the microscope -- as we

or a hurricane hits new orleans.r is revealed for the world to see. >> sean: now, let's go back and look side by side. remember, it was an important moment as philadelphia speech on race. let's compare that president obama on speaking about race, to the one in 2007. side by side. >> i have to give a special shoutout to my pastor... the guy who puts up with me, counsels me, listens to my wife complain about me. he's a friend. and a great leader to everybody. give an extraordinary welcome to my pastor, dr. reverend jeremiah wright jr. >> i have already condemned nunequivocal terms, the statements of reverend wright that have caused such controversy, and in some cases pain. for some, nagging questions remain. diknow him to be an occasionally fierce critic of american domestic and foreign policy? of course. when hurricane andrew struck in florida, people said, look at this devastation! we don't expect to you come up with your own money. here! what's happening down in new orleans? where's your dollar? where's your staffor

they were only finally surmounted at the battle of new orleans. recent history has actually shown that there were more regular troops and better ammunition in new orleans than popular myth had in 1850 but in 1815 what people were really celebrating was the idea that jackson had gone to battle with this total buckskin ragtag militia, ky boys and they finally succeeded in overcoming earlier militia problems. yes? >> the american navy had some influence in the war of 1812, finally got established and i am wondering if your theory on romantic passion had anything related to the navy because i thought sailors were more romantic than that. were there any stories like that? >> were sailors more romantic? , thank you for the question. i have a whole chapter on sailors in the book. figure out what you're going to abstracts allied didn't mention the sailors but you are right. they are in the same patriotic that we have been talking about. >> was general hall's involvement in the revolution? >> he was an officer in the american revolution. quite successful.

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. >> down in new orleans, there is a federal law called the stafford act. the local government has to give a match. here is the thing. when 9/11 happened in new york city, they waved the stafford act. forget that dollar you have to put in. here is $10. and that was the right thing to do when hurricane andrew struck in florida, they said look at this devastation, don't expect you to put that money in. what's happening in new orleans? where is your dollar, where is your stafford act money? makes no sense. tells me the but let hasn't been taken out. tells me that somehow the people in new orleans, they don't care about as much. >> president obama, that was five years ago. decide for yourself whether this shows a side of barack obama never been seen before as the daily caller suggestsor nothing new. the president seems to be speaking at a difference cadence and a different kind of voice than he does in other speeches. decide the same thing about this. the content of this next video the huffington post first linked this video to it earlier today, paul ryan speaki

pretty sizable crowds there in new orleans. >> people in the united states may wonder why in new orleansally aren't that many venezuelans in new orleans. the answer is because venezuelans in the united states mainly concentrate in miami, but what happened in january of this year, president chavez decides to close down the consulate because it's persona non grata. venezuelans organize and go to new orleans in caravan. they charter flights, and they go en masse, as many that can. there are 20,000 registered voters in miami. i don't know if everyone went to new orleans, but that's the reason you see those lists there in miami. we had an opportunity to speak to some of the voters, and this is what they had to say. >> i think it's impressive the effort that many people have done, especially coming on the bus here to new orleans, a trip that may 16 hours. they arrived here to new orleans just to vote and take the bus back to their homes. i think that that is commendable. >> we're going to prove to the world that we can do a change of the situation in venezuela with the vote, everybody. we drov

i swear to you i used this thing when did the morning show in new orleans. oh, my word. >> the >>> this morning on "world news now" -- round one. the presidential candidates are hours away from their first face-to-face debate. >> and while they were doing last-minute preparations, the vice presidential candidates were trading barbs. it is wednesday, october 3rd. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >>> good morning, everybody. i'm rob nelson. >> and i'm paula faris on this wednesday. right? >> yeah, wednesday. >> i always have to -- i even have to think about what year it is, what month. >> it's hump day. >> i do think i know my name. >> check. we are good. halfway there. >> i'm ron burgundy. i'm paula faris. >>> we'll have a debate preview from denver in a moment. >>> also this half hour, a key ruling in one of the most controversial issues this election season -- those laws requiring voters to show some form of identification. >> big ruling in pennsylvania. >>> also cutting through the confusion in the huge food recall that started with p

i used this in new orleans. any second.ow when it goes off. >> a sleep theme here, right? >> yes. >> get closer, i think my mike is off. recent studies. [ alarm sound ] #. >> that is annoying as you know what. i think if you hit snooze, the thing rolls off. i know it won't do it on the air. that was anti-climatic. it would roll off the table. roll on your floor. whack y wake you up. >> my meek is off. >> there is a new study. >> hey you come here often. >> hey. >> hey how you doing? >> act hours eight hours uninte false. natural state is to have segmented period of sleep. two chunks. they're saying, really, the main culprit of this is invention of the light bulb. back in the day, they used to go to bed after the sun went down, weak up f weak up for an hour, do whatever. go become to sleep. >> act houeight hours, don't str that. not going to happen. >> to sleep in chung ks. >> speaking of getting a good sleep. >> need a little cuddle. story out of japan. a sleep shop. cuddle shop. >> oh, look. look. clocky. it's going. look.

bush went to new orleans a few weeks after the hurricane and committed $125 billion to help new orleans has been near new orleans knows an enormous amount of federal money which the president chose not to talk about. >> jon: didn't he in the same speech speaking glowing words about reverend wright? >> i think he was said unapologetically christian and black. but the president doesn't normally mention race when he gives a speech like that. that made it different but i don't think it makes it a scandal. it's the level of 47% statement which is what i think the republicans were trying to do by dragging out this on tape. it didn't work. i think it fell flat. >> i would agree with judy. remember that the president also said about new orleans and katrina that the administration was colorblind in terms of that, but what i have to say, they cover this in politico, how come nobody has been discussion whether the obama administration has made a difference in the african-american communities. >> will the unemployment rate has sky right and he hasn't helped in the african-american communities. i am

here and new orleans so that new orleans wouldn't go under water. what happened is that the river decided that it basically wanted to continue going down the atchafalaya. the thalweg of the mississippi moved almost right into the entrance to the low sill structure and basically took out a wing wall. the forces were that powerful. it also undermined the foundation of the low sill structure. the water, in addition to going around it, did go underneath the structure. it was only because the structure's pile found it, and that the piles were very, very deep, that the structure remained standing. we basically just had to open the gates and let the river go because they were so afraid to lose the structure. although emergency repair work to strengthen the low sill structure began immediately, it was obvious that more control was needed. at an additional cost of almost $300 million, the army corps proceeded with the construction of another control structure and accompanying channel. we learned that we would basically not be able to control the flows unless

by the way, i'm not just paraphrasing, "they don't care about new orleans."id they weren't a part of the american family. >> vince, new orleans received really a fortune in government assistance. i'm not going to decide whether they deserved it or not here. if people thought they deserved it, they deserved it. but new orleans received a bloody fortune in bloody assistance. what is obama referring to? >> he's referring to stafford act specifically. the stafford act is an act that requires local governments and municipalities to pay a small portion of the federal assistance. but here's the irony. the president of the united states, then u.s. senator barack obama, voted against waiving pa stafford act just weeks before he gave the speech, specifically for victims of hurricane katrina. >> he voted against it? let's get this right. he makes this speech but you're saying a few weeks before he makes the speech he voted against the stafford act, which, what, you had to suspend that in order to get as much money into new orleans as possible? and he voted nay? >> he vo

new orleans took a direct hit. residents lost their homes. one school o. perry walker high lost its instruments. a nonprofit association of jazz fans in japan immediately sent funds and in doing so help revive the spirit of a city with a rich jazz history. fast forward six years to march 2011. this time musicians in japan's northeast are struck by disaster. the tsunam pummelled the port and taking away the instruments of the city jazz band. they swing dolphins couldn't swing anymore. a month after the disaster the dolphins were back on stage and playing new instruments most of them donated thanks to the efforts of jazz musicians in new orleans. the o. perry walker high school band never forgot the help they received after katrina. they organized congress serts to raise money for their japanese friends. >> i was in the sam predicament five, six years ago and it gives us the opportunity to help them like they helped us. >> many of us lost our instruments. we were able to play again. i was so excited. >> reporter: these young people relate to one another thro

it was about new orleans being below sea level. >> one second. one second. they were offended by that. anderson, here's the deal. speaking in front of a black audience, he was talking to the congressional black caucus. what he said, i heard him speak to the naacp in 2009 when he talked about charter school, things along those lines, he got criticized for lecturing african-americans. i didn't hear anybody white complain about that. that was all -- let's just be honest, politicians always talk in a different way, different approach, whether you are democrat or conservative. >> roland, what critics are saying his whole message of we are not a white america, black america, blue state america, red state america, this shows him being divisive. to that you say what? i think we lost roland. he's on a train. >> erick. >> as a native of louisiana i'm offended by this portrayal by democrats that somehow louisiana and new orleans were treated horribly by the bush administration because they were black. mississippi got hit as well. i have entire family and friends gone b

stories and more coming up at 6:00. >> and there is a taste of new orleans.elcome to the mission district today. >> that is not food but music. >> occasion was a new orleans-style second line parade led by preservation hall. >> the land led it down mission to the preservation hall west of the chapel. >> elvis costello

tells me that somehow the people down in new orleans, they don't care about as much. >> martha: earlierm the daily caller about this video. watch this. >> he says, it tells me they don't care about the people of new orleans as much. obama is telling a majority black audience that the federal government doesn't like them because they're black. he is whipping up fear and paranoia and hatred. this is exactly the opposite of what a uniter does and i think it's very revealing. >> martha: president obama's campaign blaming this video's release on mitt romney supporters who are trying to divert attention from romney's 47% remark. >> brian: first it was school lunches, now the government wants to police your dinner table, too. the usda wants parents to make meals at home that meet the new healthy school lunch standards. the same standards that have students across the country complaining they're not getting enough to eat and singing about it. on its blog, the agency urges parents to look at the school menu and incorporate those foods into family dinners to help reinforce the government's health

he contrasted how families in new orleans were treated by the government after hurricane katrina comparedo new york city residents after 911. >> what is happening in new orleans. where is your dollars? where is your money? makes no sense. tells me the bullet hasn't been taken out. [ applause tells me that somehow the people in new orleans they don't care about as much. >> the obama campaign was quick to fire back in morning. >> fox news reported on it, five years ago. >> i think it is a silly and desperate attempt by republicans to try to get us way from the real issues. >> reporter: tonight both candidates will have their moment to talk about the big issues, including the economy and 50 million are expected to watch this debate. brandi hitt, abc7 news. >> you can catch abc news special coverage of the debate starting at 6:00. after the debate: >> if you would like to join your fellow voters to watch tonight's debate, there are plenty of viewing parties we have a full list on abc7news.com under see it on tv. >>> some voters say i'm going to least country if the other guy wins. jetblue is

in 1812, there were only really surmounted at the battle of new orleans. now, recent history has actually shown that there were more regular troops and better ammunition at new orleans then popular myth had in 1815 but in 1815 what people were really celebrating with the idea that jackson had gone to battle with the buckskin ragtag militia, the kentucky boys and that they had finally succeeded in overcoming earlier militia problems. >> the claritin navy had some influences in the war of 1812, not established there and i'm wondering if your theory on the romantic passion, anything they related to the navy because i always thought sailors for more romantically passionate so were there any stories like that? [laughter] >> thank you so much. the question was worth a more romantically attached? i actually have a whole chapter on sailors in the book. if you give a talk like this you have to figure out what you're going to abstract. but you are right. there are -- and they are very much in the same kind of pitcher and extremely were talking about. >> what was the

government of short-changing hurricane katrina victims in new orleans. >> what's happening down in new orleans? where's your dollar? where's your stafford act mony? makes no sense. tells me the bullet hasn't been taken out. tells me that somehow the people down in new orleans, they don't care about as much. >> greta: and now, former vice-presidential candidate, sarah palin, posting her response on facebook to the video. many of you have seen theuent 07 speech in which then senator obama suggested that because of racism, the federal government didn't waive the stafford act to assist new orleans after katrina. 10 days before senator obama gave this speech, the federal government did in fact waive the stafford act for new orleans. and to add insult to injury, barack obama was one of 14 senators who voted against the bill that, included the provision to give supplemental emergency assistance to new orleans of he was being dishonest and divisive, which we have seen far too often from him in the last four years. former governor sarah palin is here. i am curious, i know he voted against the s

because you're part of the american family. >> what's happening down in new orlean where is your dollar? where is your staffordct makeso sense. doesn't mean the bullet has been taken out. tells me thasomehow the people down i new orans don't care about as much. president obama, that was five years ago you cide whether this shows a side of barack oba never seen bore as the dai collarhing. someay the present is spking in a different kind of voice than he doe in other speech. you can also decide the same thing about this, about theoop tent of the next video, the huffington post" first linked thisvide to it earlr. ul ryan speaking at a 2011 nner hosted by "the american spectator." some of the leftembers say thiss like mitt onhe 47%. rsurvey, poll after poll, still shows that we are a cenr-rit 70-30 country. 70% of americans want th american dream. ey believe the american idea. only 30% want the welfare stat what that tells us is that at let half those people currently in that category are there noof their wi or their will. >> now liberal websites a focusin the ryan speh. consertives e fosin

when you start to compare new orleans to september 11 in new york and also the hurricane andrew, youto play on people's worst fears and emotions. sense of separation. bost why did we have allen -- >> bob: why did we have allen west comment on this? what do you think? why colonel west? >> greg: allen west versus barack obama would be a dream debate. >> eric: it would be incredible. who would you prefer? i don't know why they had allen west, who do you prefer to comment? >> bob: somebody who knew something about what they were talking about. >> eric: what are you talking about? >> bob: reverend wright. >> kimberly: we're talking about the video. >> eric: video showing a different -- president obama in that crowd, wherever he was, in virginia, he talks a certain way to his audience. not necessarily tying anything to reality. just talks to the audience. pointing out that dialect changes sometimes, accusations change. >> bob: the dialect? is this new? talk to your constituency? >> kimberly: c'mon. you make so many excuses and you're so afraid to say the obvious. c'mon. how all of a sudden

he contrastedhow families in new orleans were treated by the government after hurricane katrina coaredtocity redents ater 91 >> wt isappening in new orleans. where is your dollars? where is your money? makes no sense. tells me the bullet hasn't been taken out. [ applause tells me that somehow the people in new orleans they don't care about as much. >>he obama cmpaign was quk t fiack in mning. >> f ns ported o i, five years ago. >> ihink it silly and despate temp b publicans tryo geus way from te alssues. >> reporter: tonight both candidates will have their moment to talk about the big issues, including the economy and 50 million are expected to watch this debate. brandi hitt, abc7 news. >> you can catch abc news specialoverage of the debat starng at:00 ter th bate: >> if you would like to join your fellow voters to watch tonight's debate, there are plenty of viewing parties we have a full list on abc7news.com under see it on tv. >>> some voters say i'm going to least country if the other guy wins. jetblue is offering them a way to do that the airline is giving away two -- 2012 seats to c

like drew of new orleans, and athena. >> i'm going to bring new orleans, a piece of greece. >> reporter: her musical family cheers her on. listen to her grandmother. ♪ i see trees of green, red roses, too ♪ >> some of them have raw talent. some are ready and others need a little bit of time. >> reporter: all the signs say this could be an incredible idol year. nancy parker, fox news. >> got to watch and see. >> absolutely. >> the news tonight is far from over. >> the news edge at 11:00 starts right now. >>> a big win. >> great play by shawn weatherspoon. >> and a huge blow. the nats win their first game against the cardinals and football fans are wondering what is next for rg3. thanks for staying up with us tonight. >> it was a day like none other. two huge games on the same day, being played at the same time. many fans headed out to sports bars today to watch both games. the skins took on the undefeated falcons and nationals playing in their first postseason game in decades. >> absolutely red all the way through. if i could do red, burgandy and gold, it would be it. >> it was a difficu

. >> what is happening down in new orleans? where is your dollar? where is your money? it tells me that some how people in new orleans, they don't care about it as much. >> cenk: that is a really interesting debate. we'll have that on the show. and then toby zeigler from the "west wing"." >> it's not rocket science, it's labeled, but it takes a voter extra ten seconds to find it. >> cenk: how he would have done last night. all that and the elbow of the day. well somebody elbowed themselves. you might have been able to guess it. that's all on "the young turks." guess what time is it? you know it. you guessed that too. it's go time. >> romney: i will not under any circumstances raise taxons middle income families. >> obama: he said his big bold idea is never mind. >> the defendant was not able to defend himself. >> i'm sorry i'll stop the subsidy to pbs. i love big bird. >> he has been rehearsing for this since last june. >> i have no idea what you're talking about. i may need to get a new accountant. >> some fundamental dishonesty that we saw last night. >> we need more