new orleans -- "new orleans boom & blackout" cannot of interest to see the machinery around new orleans imagery work. i spent the 100 days leading up to 2013 super bowl talking to a few different stories and moving chronologically in america. i begin with new orleans taxicab drivers who were forced into a lot of reforms leading up to the super bowl because the city governmenkevin felt that they wt doing what they should do and not being sort of the first ambassadors that a tourist would meet. there was a tourism master plan developed in 2010 for the city and the cadres came into the crosshairs of that master plan. the idea was there would be a supply chain where in a door slams at the airport, get into a cab and it's a new tab. they reached the french quarter and the stitch all fixed. the hotel works well. they can put the music venue that is easily found. the tickets are able to be caught without cash. all these things make a spirit curated and smooth and easy so the city could generate revenue. so you needed reforms to infrastructure but also to businesses like the cabbies in order to

new orleans ♪ ♪ and mr.h night and day ♪ and i tell you what, when you miss the one you care for more than you miss new orleans ♪ >> we thought she was gone forever. it was a funeral procession. that storm destroyed 80% of the city. i knew that 20 years from now, some kid was gonna come up to me and say mr. pierce, if new orleans -- what did you do? i decided, i'm an artist first and foremost. i'm going to respond as an artist. so i along with the creators and founders in new orleans and in new york did a production. it was a play from 50 years ago that is surreal about two men in a deserted void of nothingness. the the road and the tree and the lack of sense of purpose of who they are. they find purpose and they find a sense of their own humanity. who they are, and what do they stand for, waiting for something outside of themselves. there was an image of two men in new orleans on a raft, in the water, abandoned, slightly looking at something in the air. it was a classic play. classic in the sense that it sp

pierce, in new orleans' darkest hour, what did you do?" and i knew that i had to have a response, i'm an actor, so that's what i wanted my response to be. - you gravitate to your-- - and i said this is what i want to respond to, so we did "waiting for godot" right in the heart of the lower ninth ward where it was our ground zero-- - [evan] most devastated - it was sacred ground. it was sacred ground. thousands of people had died. hundreds of people had died, and, i knew that i wanted to respect them. and in the middle of that play, there was the most cathartic moment of my life. when my character stands there, in the midst of the desolation, and he says, "at this place, in this moment in time, "all mankind is us, let us do something "while we have the chance." it was as if i was stepping out of character, as if i was talking to my family members of the community of new orleans who had come from all different places, in the midst of this disaster, we knew that to honor the people that had lost their lives through no fault of their own. and

but for me to do something i believe in. >> new orleans has been growing thanks to a low cost of livingnerous tax credits and a rich culture. >> 30 to 40% less than new york or san francisco, so why off shore when you can to new orleans. you can come here and do it better and do it cheaper and do with it more enthusiastic people. >> there are some pretty exciting digital media and film-related tax credits that are available and the tax credits are second to none. >> at the epicenter of all of this entrepreneurial activity is the ip building. entrepreneurs row and the ice house. inspired by silicone alley in new york, the three have some of the companies. >> what you have here is a community of entrepreneurs that have moved into this building in the last year from the fastest growing companies in the country to feel goods, what this board represents is the entrepreneurial community within new orleans and it's one of the few innovative hubs springing up around the community. >> kyle and craig met at the ip building and found that they could collaborate. >> we're shipping out margaritas, w

she's from new orleans, mississippi/new orleans combination. i've never met her. she was supposed to be at the louisiana book festival, but i looked all over for her and didn't find her. i love her short stories. >> host: what makes new orleans -- >> guest: new orleans? what makes it special? >> host: what makes it, well, unique was the word i was going to use and a little bit different. it's one of the few unique places left. >> guest: i always say it's an ethnicity to come from new orleans. we have our own food, our own music and a real sense of place. it is not, it isn't like any other place in the country. it's much more mediterranean. it, in fact, in "capital dames" elizabeth playly, who's here in washington, is very much for the union, but as various times, as you know, i have trouble thinking of the south as our enemy. they're all our relatives in kentucky and in virginia and tennessee, and she says now new orleans, that's different. they're a bunch of french people in quadroons. so that was a sense that it was just a foreign place. now, it was a foreign pl

science. >> you had to work that in, didn't you, bob. >> reporter: cynthia mcfadden, nbc news, new orleans. >>> we're back in a moment with a fireball in the sky that led to speculation. >>> new fallout from the highway crash that killed a close friend of comedian tracy morgan and left morgan in a coma. crashed in a limo van carrying morgan has been charged with first-degree aggravated manslaughter among other crimes. kevin roper was behind the wheel of a walmart truck during the crash on the new jersey turnpike. investigators say he was awake for 24 hours but his attorney disputes that. >>> a big present for beatles' fans tonight. just after midnight, the entire catalogue of songs will be available on major music streaming services worldwide, including spotify, apple music, google play and amazon prime. the beatles were one of the last big groups to hold out from streaming. and today's announcement is expected to bring more users to streaming sites. >>> if you were in the west last night, you may have noticed something unusual streaking across the sky. a fireball seen in california, nevad

and new orleans is removing part of its history. in baltimore, it is a mistrial for officer william porter. one of six police officers charged in the connection of the death of freddie gray. porter was charged with involuntary manslaughter, second-degree assault, reckless endangerment and misconduct in office, but after three days of deliberation, a jury failed to reach a verdict. john, what happened in court today? >> reporter: tony, good evening, and it was this afternoon that the word came through, baltimore's trial of the century, the first of six individual trials of six individual police officers in, e jury had a mistrial. they couldn't come to a verdict against officer porter, the most serious which was manslaughter. and the judge set the jury home. and what happened, it's a very small protest going on for most of the day outside of the courthouse, but almost immediately, that got much bigger to the point that the traffic was blocked, and then the sheriffs from the courthouse were wrestling with a very loud protestor. they we

president fled to saudi arabia during the protests, convicted in absentia to life in prison issues the new orleans city council plans to take down memorials to the city's past. they honor confederate leaders. not everyone wants to see those memorials go. >> 60 feet high in the heart of downtown new other loans, this bronze statue of general robert e. lee has become a lightning rod. >> it maintains a system of white supremacy in the city by maintaining these statues. >> people can say anything is a symbol of racism. >> now there's a controversial plan to remove the monument, along with three others in the city, all tied to the civil war. the mayor leads the charge, calling them reminders of racial oppression and slavery and not reflective of a majority black city. >> we pay taxes here. we're the majority. we want these statues down. you're not going to have a city of majority jewish with a statue of hitler. >> opposition to removing the statues has been swift with 30,000 signing a petition to keep them up. leslie has lived in new orleans all her life. she says removing them will hurt the city. >> t

coming up the wizards going back on the south side of 500, but going to new orleans to try to fix that.Ñit, here is jim. >> hey, guys, we're playing catch phrase with will smith, kirstin dunst, and thank you notes. news reporters: it's a fish, but it's been changed. genetically altered by scientists. critics call the process creepy, and label it frankenfish. narrator: genetically engineered salmon was just approved by the fda - no labels required. disturbing, right? get this. if your state wants to label gmos, congress is trying a year-end sneak attack to block your right to label. call congress. demand clear labels, not high tech gimmicks. don't let them overturn state gmo labeling. protect our right to know. >>> sebastian salazar in the csn studios for us tonight. the wisz argues cannot get a way with a win in new orleans. >> yeah, it is tough to tell what is going on with this team. in december alone you have going over cleveland and miami. and then you have terrible losses. and taking on one of the pelicans teams, off to one of the worst starts in the nba. bradley biel is hitting out

in the east side of new orleans. police say... officer fredrick carter stopped a white mazda m-p-v.... for a license plate violation. as he walked toward the vehicle.... a shot was fired. the officer returned fire... killing the suspect. (chief michael harrison, new orleans police) "the officer will be reassigned pending investigation. and this will be a complete and thorough investigation by our force investigation team." officer carter was not hurt. chief harrison says... the officer's body camera caught the sound of a single gunshot... from the suspect. police will also go over footage recorded.... from the dash cam. today marks the third shooting at sandy hook elementary in newtown, connecticut. 20 students and six educators died in the massacre. to mark the tragedy.. dozens of moms dressed in orange yesterday in sesattle for the 'orange walk' to end gun violence. they're demanding tigher gun control laws to make it more difficul for people in certain groups to obtain firearms. a north carolina woman got quite the wake up call

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tomorrow in the southeast, we're still looking at the chance of storms from atlanta to new orleans, back into houston. although not as severe as what we are seeing right now. in the northeast, up and down the i-95 corridor, it is a slow go on the roads. rain heavy at times. keep in mind, it does come with record-breaking temperatures. highs in the mid to upper 70s. so no white christmas in eastern half of the country. but out in the rockies that is where the snow will fall. lester. >> thank you very much. >>> now to the chaos in and around minneapolis as activist begin a protest at the largest mall in the country and moved on to the area's international airport where they blocked roads and cut off access to a terminal causing a huge traffic back-up as holiday travelers try to make their flights. nbc's kevin tibbles now with late details. >> reporter: tense moments at the minneapolis st. paul airport as black lives matter supporters try to occupy one of the terminal buildings. police were seen taking several people in to custody. and security check points were closed for some 45 minutes.

but in new orleans, right now, it's a call for action. because if they see a crest 17 feet, that's manageable. they don't want it to get higher than 17 feet. that's only three feet from the tops of the levy. so they're going to stop opening spillways, probably tossing some of this water into lake pontchartrain. but again already authorities with a state of emergency are getting ready for the massive flow that will break many records south of the st. louis area. >> thanks so much to both of you. all of this water heading downstream towards louisiana. governor bobby jindal has already declared a state of emergency there. authorities are working hard to prepare for this onslaught of water. we're joined now by the louisiana lieutenant governor-elect billy nungesser. he's also, i should mention, the former president of plaquemines parish, which is south of new orleans. give us a sense of what the state is doing to prepare new orleans and baton rouge for this possible flooding. >> well, we're good at this. we've been through it many times befor

something different about to happen in new orleans? >> reporter: you see behind me, the general, one of the four monuments that will soon be coming down. as the mayor said removing the monuments won't be erasing history, but the messy past. >past. the decision to take down four confederate moniments in the city, came from a protest that erupted in chaos on thursday. city leaders called for a meeting to remove the statues, which includes a towering figure of confederate general, robert e. lee and jefferson davis, all erected 100 years ago. >> we will not protect monuments built to honor the biggest criminals in u.s. history. >> judging from 100 years ago, none of us would stand that. >> reporter: the general called for removing them this summer. for many they represent white supremacy and oppression. >> i believe that we can do better. we deserve better, and we must do it now. >> reporter: 30,000 people it signed a petition opposing the mayor's plan. thursday, one councilmember suggested keeping two of the statues up with plaques attach

he's run new orleans restaurant for nearly 15 years.nd he'll bring his stories from the big easy to the dish. and the members of this group called the best newcomer at this years la la plooz. they will perform ahead in our saturday session. first breaking news overnight as more severe weather batters the south. a clean up is under way in north central alabama including the city of birmingham after a tornado struck on friday. flooding is also a big problem. mimissssisissippi i stst. . lou were killed during christmas week. >> another storm system is moving across mississippi bringing wind, hail and winds over 40 miles per hour. >> this is bad. this is really bad. >> she came home to no sign of christmas joy. >> this is where i used to live. and it's gone. >> the house she shared with her husband, son and daughter for the past nine years is shattered among a grove of shattered degr trees. her 35-year-old son was the only one home. he's hospitalized with a broken pelvis and cuts. >> could have been worse. we could have been planning a fune

from the start of the documentation, butler had the problem with local women in new orleans. the ladies of new orleans did not like having union soldiers in admits, so they would make -- dst.heir mi they would make faces at them. ofthey sold them on one side the street, they would cross over to the other side. one woman dumped her chamber pot on the head of a navy admiral. enough ofutler said that and issue the "woman order." can i get somebody to read the woman order? female shall, by word, chester, or movement, insult or show contempt for any officer or soldiers of the -- shall bes, she regarded and held liable to be treated as a woman of the town avocation. be a, what does it mean to woman of the town plying her avocation? it an intimation of prostitution. >> yes, it means she is acting like a prostitute, if this is what she does. in other words, the implication here was that women who made a spec the coal of themselves in , or demonstrated against the soldiers, were no better than prostitutes. benjamin butler is the union ok, women saying, right letters, stay home, so uni

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but there was an uprising in the city of new orleans. white supremacist group called the crescent city white league. led an insurrection essentially against the post-civil war reconstruction government there. and the crescent city white league won that fight. they held the city of new orleans for days before the federal government came in and restored order. that was called the battle of liberty place. this is the monument that has stood in new orleans basically since then, marking that 19th century battle honoring the white supremacist militia that won that fight. well, today the new orleans city council decided that that monument is come down. the city council today voted to remove not just the battle of liberty place monument but also three other confederate statues, statues honoring general robert e. lee, john p.g.t. beauregard and confederate president jefferson davis. new orleans mayor landrieu made the order to take them down in june after the charleston, south carolina church massacre by a confederate flag-wheeleding assailant. t

why officers in new orleans are taking so long to reach people who call for help? >> a good study is shedding light on who isil is recruiting in the united states. looking at the 71 individuals arrested in the united states since march of 2014, and no single number emerged but something stood out. nearly 90% are male. 81% are u.s. citizens, and almost 3/4 of them are under the age of 30. 40% of those arrested are converts to islam. and that's nearly twice the number of americans who are muslim converts. defense secretary, ashe carter, told the house committee that the pentagon is sending more special operations troops to iraq and syria. >> we're deploying a special exx peddish ear force to assist iraqi and peshmerga forces to put more pressure on isil. these special operators will over time be able to conduct raids, free hostages, gather intelligence and capture isil leaders. >> mitch is a retired army special forces, and he joins me from denver, and colonel, good to have you on the program. let's get your take on the isil headlines of the day. defense secretary, a

a woman from new orleans, louise livingston of european descent but came from the eland of what it newsaiti and was an example of multiculturalism at this period of time because with the purchase of new orleans, that's when you first got that difference in american society that we, with any luck, celebrate today. so, there are a variety of different million -- different women here but die highly recommend the kids just take a look at the books because they are -- i'm really not trying to sell books. but die think it's something that is interesting. and the kids' books works with slightly less ambitious learners but chock-full of information. and wonderful pictures. so, i do think that there are ways in in this literature, which is why i wrote it, because i really want the kids to read it, and people say know all the time, what's important for girls? you know what? it's important to boys, too. the notion that only girls can read about women just makes me nuts. >> host: so, these two books, "lady's of liberty" founding mothers posterior eight grades? >> guest: absolutely. "capital dames,

all this water is heading eastward into the mississippi and on ward to memphis and new orleans, you are next. >> andy, thank you for the latest on the flooding. i want to bring in meteorologist kevin corriveau. kevin, how bad is this going to get? >> in terms of more rain, there is good news, because we do not have more rain, but we are looking at cooler temperatures. normally flooding like this is in the spring time but we are talking about temperatures at freezing or blow in this particular area. snow pushed through. that has now pushed out of the picture. we do not have more rain in the area, but the rain has been recorrecord breaking already ths month. st. louis, we are talking about they have received 440% of their monthly average. normally they would see two and a half inches. they have seen 11 and a half inches already this month. same for springfield, towards iowa and down towards memphis, they have seen 88%. over a foot of rain has fallen in this area, this i also the layout of the rivers. you can see as the rain fell across missouri, it's going to enter to the missouri river o

>>> in another dramatic showdown with police, more people are tased in new orleans. protesters in danger of losing their homes after hurricane katrina are determined not to lose their voice. >> let the people in! let the people in! >> december 20th, 2007. 10:00 a.m. the new orleans city council holds a hearing before a controversial vote, whether to demolish four of its largest public housing complexes. >> you want to talk about the people, the 4,500 families? that's not 4,500 people. that's 4,500 families! you hear me? >> one of several people inside is a rapper, sess 4-5, who grew in new orleans' projects. ♪ the more you listen >> i do feel like it was my duty to speak out and represent for those folks. >> loyola university law professor, bill quigley, is with protesters outside city hall. >> we were essentially locked out and people were outraged. they had been working on this for months and years, and you're talking about literally the opportunity for people to come home after katrina. >> as council members take their seats, pastor torin sanders sees chamber door

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. >> this couple was visiting from new orleans. >> we have barriers all around new orleans. >> she says this would not have happened. >> everywhere we go, there were barriers. this would not of happened -- have happened. >> the talk of more barriers is another topic in the conversation. this is another part. you can see that i am a little more elevated than street level, another safety precaution that is happening across the las this is ongoing, something that the county has been dealing with for quite some timthe commission meets in the first week in january. this will be brought up, and i'm sure certainly that ofthe other commissioners will look into it as well. know. 10 people are hospitalized tonight. three are in critical condition. two are in serious condition. the suspect, 24-year-old lakeisha holloway, is on suicide watch. she will be in wednesday for her court hearing. you can follow us on facebook and twitter. jeff: i murder suspect running 31-year-old guards -- 31-year-old garth claytor was arrested near rainbow and charleston. marie: we are four days away from christmas. all

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with "ncis," and then "ncis: new orleans." followed by a new edition of "48 hours." tonight, only cbs. >> gary: can treon harris find another couple big plays? that seems to be the only formula that florida has. >> verne: first 11 drives, 81 yards. the last drive, 81, capped by the touchdown catch by c.j. worton. first down, 10. >> gary: they've got 92 of those in two plays. >> verne: harrisa. >> verne: harris. that's almost the first positive running play of the night. >> gary: yes, it was -- that's what i was thinking in the open that treon harris was going to have to bring to the game all football game. he has not been able to do it so far, until that play, but hey, still a football game. first down, 10. harris. callaway is wide open. and he doesn't have time to look that way. jarran reed was chasing him. that's one reason. >> gary: but treon harris was rolling to his right and callaway was breaking to his left. treon harris comes this direction, callaway turns and that would have been with the pressure in his face an impossible throw, but if i'm florida and doug

the lineup tonight on cbs begins with "ncis," and then "ncis: new orleans." followed by a new edition of "48 hours." tonight, only cbs. >> gary: can treon harris find another couple big plays? that seems to be the only formula that florida has. >> verne: first 11 drives, 81 yards. the last drive, 81, capped by the touchdown catch by c.j. worton. first down, 10. in two plays. >> verne: harrisa. >> verne: harris. that's almost the first positive running play of the night. >> gary: yes, it was -- that's what i was thinking in the open that treon harris was going to have to bring to the game all football game. he has not been able to do it so far, until that play, but hey, still a football game. >> verne: sure. first down, 10. harris. callaway is wide open. and he doesn't have time to look that way. jarran reed was chasing him. that's one reason. >> gary: but treon harris was rolling to his right and callaway was breaking to his left. treon harris comes this direction, callaway turns and that would have been with the pressure in his face an florida and doug nussme

but in new orleans, an entrepreneur teamed up with a rocket science to create an innovative program for the nation. nbc's cynthia mcfadden shows us how it works. >> reporter: the 78 square blocks of the new orleans french quarter had vve a new sound.d. it is part of a seven-month old program. sort of uber for cops. riding three souped-up sufficients and off duty police patrol 24/7. complete with guns and the ability to make arrests. from drug deals, to robberies. it is an innovative program for a city where crime was out of control. rapes were up 39% last year. armed robberies, 37%. state troopers were brought in to help the police department historically mired in corruption. but more seemed to be needed and that is when sydney torres stepped in. the real estate business in the crash business after katrina. >> they called me the trashy nova. >> reporter: he teamed up with bob sims. a retired rocket scientist. >> i think we're batman and robin. >> reporter: the bat signal went up when burglars broke into torres' home. he took out an ad. >> you struck a nerve with the mayor who was none t

the lineup tonight on cbs begins with "ncis," and then "ncis: new orleans." ed by a new edition of "48 hours." tonight, only cbs. >> gary: can treon harris find another couple big plays? that seems to be the only formula that florida has. >> verne: first 11 drives, 81 yards. the last drive, 81, capped by the touchdown catch by c.j. worton. first down, 10. >> gary: they've got 92 of those in two plays. >> verne: harrisa. >> verne: harris. that's almost the first positive runninplay of the night. >> gary: yes, it was -- that's what i was thinking in the open that treon harris was going to have to bring to the game all football game. he has not been able to do it so far, until that play, but hey, still a football game. >> verne: sure. first down, 10. harris. callaway is wide open. and he doesn't have time to look that way. jarran reed was chasing him. that's one reason. >> gary: but treon harris was rolling to his right and callaway was breaking to his left. treon harris comes this direction, callaway turns and that would have been with the pressure in his face a