when i arrived in new orleans, i had a tourist's knowledge of new orleans. it was so cool. never heard of the ninth word, that next day, your city is in trouble. read about my interactions with joy, looking forward to questions from a new orleans audience but i want to read one last passage. to set it up, a complicated thing. new orleans is two thirds black of katrina and you had a very wealthy community, his home was flooded, lake view, professional class, well-off white community, every home was destroyed. it really wasn't an equal opportunity storm in the sense that if you were of black homeowner you were more and three times more likely to lose your home than if you were a white homeowner. i think that was an important fact that somehow it all the craziness, it hasn't been an equal opportunity recovery. i mentioned there were forces, the shadow government is doing what they can to thwart low income people largely black from coming back, public housing, the four big housing projects here, there was some water damage that many in the building had no water damage but they

this new system surrounds 4 new orleans' parishes. it now includes, 133 miles of levees, flood walls, surge barriers and pumping stations. this innovation-the repel system is also one of the new solutions being tested by the corp. it's essentially a giant plug. when there is a breach it can be inflated on shore. then engineers float it towards the breach hoping the pull of the water will wedge the plug tightly enough to slow the leak. >> during katrina the 17th street canal was the site of one of the worst levee breaches todays it's one of the last pieces in the 14.5 billion dollar defense system. now has the design criteria been more strict more stringent this time around? >> yes the system design has really evolved based on the lessons that were learned during hurricane katrina. >> for example---an i-wall design was previously used on flood walls...which was a simple straight steel beam driven into the ground...now "t "walls made of concrete and steel provide more support around the base of the walls. the entire system is all designe

and was like whatever we can do to have you succeed, you know, we want you to succeed. >> new orleanss on the rise. a recession proof haven eager to support new businesses with entrepreneurs working together to succeed. >> new orleans is my huge business partner. it is on the label. it will stay on the label. business partners invest in your business and new orleans invests in my business. both people on the street, in the community, my friends, the businesses here. i mean, they want me to succeed. and, you know, and in ways that are beyond just capital investments. >>> it's time to answer some of your business questions so let's get our board of directors in to help us out. we have the editor of chief and we have the founder of the lifestyle brand by jen gruber. the first question is about getting products to your customers. >> we have been doing all self-distribution. at what point should we look to going to a distributor and how much should we be paying the distributor for their services? >> jen, i'm going to have you start. i know you have created products like the butler bag. how

to get him to talk about these things, and coincidentally as i was going to one of my trips to a new orleans resigned. unrelated to inquiry. he resigned and there's a new chief coming in so who knows? i know that there's never really been a steady the ship when issued in new orleans police department. >> that's funny, she took two-thirds of my question, but it points to a larger question that this is certainly not the first consent decree that the justice department has pursued against numerous departments. you can look at seattle. they are investigating ferguson. is there a larger story or failing as a result of how many police departments are under review for consent decrees as a result of this kind of activity speak with that doesn't seem to be a trend. i think cleveland may be going to one as well. that gets back to my point. earlier i think the importance of the local leadership setting the right tone, nothing to police officers we don't like you, respecting police officer. the job is demanding. leadinletting the officers knowu get off course you pay the price. i don't think it was the

weitzel's first assignment out of west point was to new orleans. 1859 he was 1889 -- in new orleans. he was assigned to work under major pgt beauregard. beauregard was busy at work in new orleans on several projects and needed a young assistant, so this bright, young, german native from cincinnati shows up in new orleans. he takes a steamship from his family home down the mississippi river to new orleans and shows up in a city very different than the one he has been in before. keep in mind, he grew up in the north and probably did not see many black people growing up here and probably none at west point other than the servants, so it's a very different city. beauregard's fast at work on the customhouse on canal street. if you have been to new orleans, the customhouse is a massive structure. still there today. it takes up an entire city block. weitzel helped beauregard on finishing up the customhouse project. the other project that maybe is more important to our story is to know for about 40 miles down the mississippi river that guarded the approach to new orleans from the gulf of mex

finally, he got to new orleans thatril 24, and he noted in his journal. and then his entries in the diary just about stop. --would write things like wrote,r days, he "huh." for 19 days, he wrote "nothing extraordinary happened. oh wait. he is selling cargo. he is making money. a extensive a blue, this was a business venture. where is the information -- obst businessthis was a venture. where's the information about his product? he sold a hogshead of tobacco. a hogshead was a standard container for tobacco. if you are familiar with the 55 gallon drum, they put them out on the highways, the hogshead was probably more like the height of this podium. it would hold maybe 70 or 80 gallons. they were filled with tobacco. clark said so little about his cargo. i thought, well, what was he doing? i thought, maybe i had better check the spanish archives. at least this was about money and the spanish treasury collected taxes on what clark did. i checked the spanish archives. , theretreasury record was one exhaustively detailed, several pages about here mo guillermo cl

samuel montgomery brown had come down from kentucky to new orleans to introduce a new twist of the spanish conspiracy. they had come up with a new plan. they wanted to hundred thousand dollars -- they wanted to hundred thousand dollars and a monopoly on the trade of new orleans. that is why they were there. at the same time, sebastian made it his business to invoice spain for his annual secret spanish salary of $2000. there is no reason to think he did not collect it. i'm sure he did because it never came up later that he had not collected it. here we have these guys getting their money. store in had a grocery frankfort, kentucky, so he had a cover recommended. he had an excuse. we have william clark buying coffee and sugar and allowing $245 for mr. sebastian, $670 for "mr. riddle" to go into it and get ferried back upstream. spanish archives show that the mission was completed according to plan. samuel montgomery brown did reach kentucky with these barrels. william clark's father, john, kept the letter of instruction from william written in new orleans telling his father, john clark, to p

a quarter of a million refugees, many of them headed for new orleans. ♪ is new orleans itself, thereowhere to go. it is surrounded by rivers, lakes, and swamplands. so, the town boards up and battens down in the shelter of its levees. already the civil defense emergency operating center is manned by nearly 200 people, representing all the city emergency services. stairsor comes down the to hear disturbing news. >> flooding has occurred just to the south. strong, northerly winds. >> we are expecting 12 feet of water in this area over the lakefront. >> the city civil tense director, charlie goodman. watern we get in shadow -- shallow water? >> i would suggest this. a vacuous these people from this parish line and from the lakefront. -- >> lake poncho train , hurricane wind will scoop the lake clear over the levy. the mayors warning goes out. >> if you look out on the boulevard you will find public service. >> in one place in particular the news strikes home. now jeany six years has been half paralyzed by polio, dividing days and nights between an iron lung and a rocking bed. both neede

creole arrived in new orleans on november 2. needless to say, the city was in virtual flames over this. the louisiana senator demanded war against great britain. for taking all of this american property and so on. the south carolina senator said this is the most outrageous action. we must go to war against great britain. in congress, john quincy adams wrote a petition that war with britain over the creole would be unjust. a petition to censor quincy adams was filed to but failed. a young congressman from ohio, joshua giddings, joshua. he proposed a resolution dealing with the creole issue. very clever. he has a long resolution. there is no federal slavery. you could hit them saying, good for you. it is a state matter. state rights. but when a ship leaves a state and goes into international waters of the atlantic for example, the persons on board are no longer subject to slave laws of that state. when the creole left virginia, virginia had no more jurisdiction over those slaves and the persons on board were simply returned to the

richmond of a slave in was determined by a price of a slave in new orleans. slaves in these delaware, maryland, virginia, etc. were sold in the fall after they had brought in the harvest. and they were sent around to new alliance so that they would arrive in a will it -- arrive in new orleans in the spring to work for the planting. it is no accident then that the third-largest city in the united states was new orleans. after new york and baltimore. now let's talk about the presidency. buren was president in 1837. he had a great resume. he was off to a good start. , as james famously said, is the economy stupid. and the great depression, the panic of 1837, continued. in 1840convention selected a war hero from ohio as its presidential nominee, william henry harrison. famous for winning the battle of to the canoe. -- the battle of tippecanoe. they needed a southerner to balance the ticket, so they selected john tyler. 1840 was theof first modern political campaign. political slogans were used for the first time. to begin new and tyler, two -- too, youe and tyler,

the spirit of new orleans has to bless you in order to do well here.e. >> he's good for luck. he's also good for money, but i think that you might want to go towards one of his girlfriends. it's the spirit that rolls over love and beauty and abundance. >> she sounds like the lady i need. >> yeah, she's a beauty. >> this is something i can only do in new orleans. >> why is it something you like to do here? >> strippers particularly, we have our beliefs, and it's so much about bringing attitude and luck and attention. and you're going into a really, really dark, seedy place, and you have to bring light. i can use all the help i can get. >> when you go out there sometimes, do you feel like you're doing battle? >> we go to those places where it's darker and people are showing a more animal side of theirselves and we're confronted with that, and that's a lot of weight to carry. >> her battleground is the french quarter. and come nightfall its dozens of gentlemen's clubs light up. its every intention is to fulfill their fantasies. we're doing this now, becau

within a few decades, this place, the gulf coast from new orleans to pensacola would become part of the united states but that is in the future of anyone that lets you do and the american revolution would imagine. it is the cooper kidded story that has a lot going on to one of the things i decided to do is follow its different people through the whole book in the beginning of the war to happen after the war. one of them was a man named him on. his family lived in french canada are out of time of the war they were expelled by the british when the british took over their homeland and renamed nova scotia. they were expelled from the acadian refugees that found themselves in different places and they were lucky enough to get to louisiana and get protection from the french because they took over in new orleans and at the end of the war they also provided them with land and they place in their empire. so let me take you to him he doesn't know yet and the others around the french louisiana don't yet know that spain declared war on britain. the sun hadn't yet risen as they gathered south of the

new orleans say its doesn't have the money. they save costly reformed to the prison and police department have drained city coffers. >> they are now pursuing the scorched earth policy and strategy that threatens to severely cripple this city's ability to deliver essential services. >>> new advice for doctors about treating high blood pressure. a more aggressive approach is needed. the national institutes stopped a trail a year early to share the potentially life saving advice. the new study suggests they target a systolic of 120, lower than recommend. it reduced the rates of heart abeing ta aattack and failure in patients by a third. >>> it is called shark wrestling and imagings of the unusual sport is a new social media sensation. >> biggest one ever! >> reporter: elliott is known as the shark wrestler of nan tucket. reeling in then jumping in the water with giant sharks. some more than 7 feet long. >> i have caught 500 maybe. i have caught a lot. >> that's so cool. >> reporter: but he is also putting his hob toe good use. >>

dallas at new orleans next sunday night on nbc. who were without drew brees today, also led early but lost at carolina. mark ingram with this touchdown run. cowboys at the saints next week on sunday night football. >>> to the big easy we go next week. of course when you're playing only 16 games and you're 0-3, it is desperation time and that will be the case for the saints. we'll find out about drew brees, whether he can play or not. we know tony romo is out for dallas for a few more weeks. brandon weeden was okay. the defense for dallas gave up 39 points to the falcons but that's the matchup next week. >> we were there a few years ago and drew brees came in there and put 60 on the board out there. so this is one of those you hope drew brees can come back and play. he's the leader of that football team. but this is -- right now in the nfc east, who do you like? you know, the dallas cowboys, you say they have got the lead, but they have all the injuries. the giants now have played their best game of the year last time in out. the ea

dallas at new orleans next sunday night on nbc. who were without drew brees today, also led early but lost at carolina. mark ingram with this touchdown run. cowboys at the saints next week on sunday night football. >>> to the big easy we go next week. of course when you're playing only 16 games and you're 0-3, it is desperation time and that will be the case for the saints. we'll find out about drew brees, whether he can play or not. we know tony romo is out for dallas for a few more weeks. brandon weeden was okay. the defense for dallas gave up 39 points to the falcons but that's the matchup next week. >> we were there a few years ago and drew brees came in there and put 60 on the board out there. so this is one of those you hope drew brees can come back and play. he's the leader of that football team. but this is -- right now in the nfc east, who do you like? you kn, the dallas cowboys, you say they have got the lead, but they have all the injuries. the giants now have played their best game of the year last time in out. the eagl

>> no. >> but when durst was arrested in new orleans the case was reborn.t durst is a person of interest in this case. >> he is definitely in the mix? >> he is in the mix. someone we will consider as part of our larger investigation. >> the chief is not alone. the fbi and county d.a. are investigating a possible connection. however, durst is not the only person of interest. there are five others. so for now the chief advises caution. >> the evidence, the circumstantial evidence is just not there at this point. >> that old composite sketch, could this be robert durst? the chief isn't quite sure it's particularly accurate. >> were you impressed by the similarities? >> i am impressed by the similarities but my questions are being able to recognize somebody on a very small space and window and then being able to recount that in a description that's pretty precise. >> that sketch, ridiculous said durst attorney. >> that doesn't look anything like him. it looks like mr. potato head. >> so who was that witness of 18 years ago? would he still remember? the cops hav

it was bigger than new orleans. it was really in a sense the epicenter of shipping across the gulf coast. they had hurricanes before storms, but they always weathered them. they always dealt with them. is a belief in a major hurricane not hit galveston along the gulf coast, that the storms had a natural curb and texas was not part of that curve. so adding to that, there was the belief at the u.s. weather bureau said they were the supreme forecasting entity in north america and if not the world, yet in fact the cuban government, that the jazz duets in cuba have the most forecasting center for caribbean hurricanes. however, the u.s. weather bureau did not believe in consulting with the cubans, did not want people thinking cubans were superior to them. so basically shut down the cuban forecasts coming out of cuba because the u.s. controlled the telegraph lines. so on that fateful morning of september 8, when cupid knew that there was a major hurricane moving through the caribbean, day near their forecasts was to intens

music. >> seth: okay, great. >> kenan: maybe a little new orleans music. >> seth: some new orleans jazz. >> and so i thought we would just start off with fried oysters, a little bit of caviar. >> seth: okay. >> late night food, y'all. ♪ >> seth: great. >> check it out. >> seth: all right, so what are we doing over here? ♪ >> the classic sazerac cocktail. >> seth: i can't -- i'm gonna cut out the music, because i can't take instruction while i hear music. [ laughter ] >> i'm loving it. like, okay, let's keep it going. >> seth: i was gonna have a nervous breakdown. [ laughter ] >> the oldest, like, the original cocktail in america, the sazerac. >> seth: okay. >> kenan: don't worry, i'll keep the music goin'. >> from new orleans. >> seth: okay, great. ♪ >> that's right. just like me from new orleans. >> seth: if you could do the jazz, kenan. [ light laughter ] >> all right look, i'm gonna get you tonight. >> seth: what is this? this is sazerac? >> we're basically taking a little bit of herb, just swish it around in a cup. >> seth: okay. oh, really, that's it? >> there you go. you got a cou

my first tournament is in new orleans. so we get in the car, and we drive down to new orleans. and i'm playing in the ata nationals with-- you know, a thousand other people when it came from ages-- boys and girls ten to 18, all the way up to men-- >> you had to have been intimidated. >> you know what? no. because i was that cocky. >> (laughter) >> i was such a cocky little kid. not saying that much has changed. >> (laughter) >> but-- but it was fun. i mean, to be able to be around so many other kids and really say, "wow, this is exciting." and, when you get there-- for me, it was all about the trophy. so you get there, and you see this table full of all these trophies. and i was like, "wow. you get trophies?" and from, really, that moment on, it was about trophies for me. >> so it-- it's interesting. the friends and family network that coordinate all of this, they make huge sacrifices, don't they to help you enjoy and-- and move on in the game, right? >> let me tell you. my parents have been (sigh) unbelievable. obviously, without them, i wouldn't be where i am-- >> all their n

nci new orleans most watched new series.r a bomber on a new orleans bridge. here is a preview. >> there he is. >> got our suspect. jackson square. he is running! ncis! stop! get down! get down! he has got a gun! everybody, get down! easy. put the gun down. >> put the gun down! what is he going to do? scott bakula is not going to tell us. >> i'm not. >> that would spoil it. let's talk about you, mr. bakula. since you're here, let's talk about you. >> we can talk about you, you if you'd like. >> that with be boring. >> i have heard comments but, right? i just happen to have them here! >> no, that's okay. that's okay. very boring stuff. let's talk about you because it says scott bakula is the best reason to watch and even root for a series. what makes you so great? go ahead and impress us, mr. ba bakula. >> do i have to follow that? can i stop there. >> what a great compliment to what you do and i hope you're having as much fun as you appear to be. >> i'm having a great time. we are shooting in new orleans every day. i have tod

levees, into the southwest section of new orleans.n betsy's wake, there's only darkness, confusion, and death. devastation. the church bells are quiet now. hurricane winds and have done their worst. surge has topped them. >> the fatality list as follows -- her body was found in the franklin ditch. she was swept away by floodwaters. small bunker. >> they passed the house. [indiscernible] my husband. my brother. getcreamed, tell them to out! the levees broke! >> they lifted us into the boat. of [indiscernible] refugeesr 25,000 swarming already overcrowded shelters. >> a landmark court case, loving versus virginia, ruled it was unconstitutional to prohibit interracial marriage. up next on american history tv, author and professor peter wallenstein examines the context of loving versus virginia. he discusses the complexities of the case. the virginia historical society >> was not a white woman. richard loving, all agreed, was a white man. virginia state law not only rendered their 1958 marriage illegal, but also required a penalty of at l

it involves, too, the spectacular district attorney of new orleans, a man they call the jolly green giant. >> you believe that lee harvey oswald did not shoot president kennedy? >> i do not want to get involved in the speculations as to individuals, but i will say that there's no question about the fact that there was a plot and there were a number of individuals involved. >> in 1967, he announced "i've solved the case. i've found the real assassin." >> we will make arrests based on that, and we will make charges based on that, and we will obtain convictions based on that. >> now, you wouldn't have paid much attention to this, except he was district attorney of new orleans. >> i've spent hour after hour with jim garrison. he has presented his case to me, detail by detail. >> the mark lane's and the conspiracy theorists all flocked initially to garrison. >> and i can report that a powerful domestic force, a force that is still part of the american structure, planned and initiated those acts that resulted in the assassination of president kennedy. >> they all thought here's a guy who's fina

, which that was not supposed to be the louisiana purchase, it was initially to get the port of new orleans, but then napoleon offered louisiana because he had to pull back resources in the larger war in europe and the revolution in haiti. also it had not been productive for him as he had hoped, so they offered all of louisiana and monroe was part of making those arrangements. that is probably the most famous part of his time in europe. he also negotiated a treaty with the british. the british signed, the americans never did. that treaty could have prevented the war of 1812. >> many people forget that there was a rivalry between the u.s. and france during this time. can you explain? cassandra good: it was a three-way rivalry, spain has fallen in importance, but the spanish and french and americans are fighting over who will control shipping to each other and the colonies, especially with the armies. so the u.s. could have easily gone to war with france as well. the french were seizing american ships as the british had been, but the french did not have the level of naval power that the u.s.

in new orleans, the blood-spattered bad old days are making a comeback. men are gunned down, murdered. so we know murder has gone up this year. why? >> if i had to answer i would probably be a wealthy man. >> reporter: while violent crime overall has dipped, in the last year homicides in the big easy have jumped 22% from historic lows. but it's not just new orleans. in atlanta, murders are up 12% over last year. chicago is up 20%. dallas up 23%. in the nation's capital, homicides are up 43%. goodly, an 18-year police veteran, blames it on too many kids with too many guns with too little hope. >> we have a lot of youth that just don't know how to handle aggression. >> reporter: but could something else be to blame? some suggest police have become less aggressive and less visible in high crime areas in the aftermath of public outrage following the deaths of michael brown and freddie gray noting cities near or where those incidents happen have had seen a huge jump in homicide rates from last year. ferguson's neighbor, st. louis, is seeing homicides up nearly

jamie wanted a taste of the real new orleans and we just couldn't say no to that face.n we wanted more of that local flavor so betty says... oh yeah, that's betty. you're going to want to do this alligator thing. and betty didn't lead us wrong. a little later we passed some dancing. and who doesn't like dancing? especially when it's followed by fireworks everyone's nola is different. follow yours. >> let's get that all important accuweather forecast for tomorrow's mass on the parkway. cecily is live tonight. what's the latest word? >> it's looking good. i want to tell you a story, gene said they are putting statues of the virgin mary would stay away. the rain is going to be staying to the south. the weekend is looking nice. tonight it's cooled down to 62° in philadelphia. our high up to 72°, 2 below normal. it's a chilly night. allantown 60°. the winds have diminished. earlier we had wind gusts of 20 miles per hour. 8 miles per hour in fill delve y notice along the coast they are stronger where we have a coastal flood advisory in effect until tomorrow evening. we are ta

dallas at new orleans next sunday night on nbc. the saints, who were without drew brees today, also led early but lost at carolina. mark ingram with this touchdown run. cowboys at the saints next week on sunday night football. >>> to the big easy we go next week. of course when you're playing only 16 games and you're 0-3, it is desperation time and that will be the case for the saints. we'll find out about drew brees, whether he can play or not. we know tony romo is out for dallas for a few more weeks. brandon weeden was okay. the defense for dallas gave up 39 points to the falcons but that's the matchup next week. >> we were there a few years ago and drew brees came in there and put 60 on the board out there. so this is one of those you hope drew brees can come back and play. he's the leader of that football team. but this is -- right now in the nfc east, who do you like? you know, the dallas cowboys, you say they have got the lead, but they have all the injuries. the giants now have played their best game of the year last time in

next week we go to new orleans where the dallas cowboys who had a big lead today and watched that go away against atlanta, taking on the saints. "football night" starts at 7:00 eastern time and then we go to the dome there. atlanta, 3-0 under dan quinn. what a start. 39-28. and the carolina panthers off to a great start as well against the saints. mccown played today, brees inactive today. we'll see about next week. mccown 310 yards in the losing effort. but it's dallas and new orleans next week on sunday night football. >> cris: matthew stafford wants one more chance. every time they put demaryius thomas in there in the slot, they have tried to get him the ball. >> al: third and six. pressure, throwing, caught in the end zone by daniels! owen daniels for the touchdown! so daniels has had a few drops tonight, and he finally collects one and does it in the end zone to make it a two-possession lead. >> cris: it's one of those things that will never show up on the stat page, what peyton manning just did right there. he knew exactly where the pressure was going to come from. he redirecte

he was inducted into new orleans rock 'n' roll hall of fame.years old. >>> "the boston herald" reports that oral arguments in the appeal of tom brady's suspension won't happen until the first week of february. even if the arguments are heard february 1st, it's unlikely any decision would be made before the super bowl on february 7th. the nfl wants a federal appeals court to reinstate its four-game ban of brady for his role in the deflategate controversy. >>> the los angeles dodgers clenched the national league western division title. the dodgers scored eight runs as they beat the san francisco giants. l.a.'s lefty ace clayton kershaw threw a one-hit shutout for an 8-0 victory. l.a. will be making its third consecutive trip to the postseason, that is the first for the franchise. the dodgers will face the n.l. east champion new york mets in the division series. >>> and it was a tough night as yankees stadium, at least for one fan, enjoying some front row seats. first, he has a pop foul glance off his fingertips. then he boots a ground ball that c

and new orleans. this is a city that gives you lot to work with. >> it sure does. never been there for a while and people said oh you'll be back and two years later i'm back. ,,,,,,,, >>> west palm beach florida, a flifr wearing a body camera was in his car when another vehicle cuts in front of him and they collide. the air bag deployed and the officer used some pretty rough language as he checked on the >>> west palm beach arrived. >> he's a motorcycle cop. he's actually very lucky. on a motorcycle he would have been dead. >>> we begin with the story of a rookie police officer saving the life of a 12-year-old girl. clinging to a bridge in pasadena tuesday night when the officer arrived. the child was described by police as sobbing and desperate and ready to jump. carter evans has the story. >> the nameless, faceless girl on the curb in this police photo narrowly missed becoming a suicide statistic because of this rookie police officer on routine patrol. >> possible jumper on the bridge. notify pasadena. >> by the time the call went out officer chris perez who has