i was 17 years old when hurricane katrina hit new orleans. this week marked the 17th anniversary of katrina. it was a surreal moment for me to reflect on the fact this was half a lifetime ago. in so many ways, it feels like yesterday. i have been thinking a lot about how new orleans shaped me as a husband, a father, a writer, a person. but also thinking about all the ways my life was offended in ways i do not think i have fully processed yet. i just wrote about this incredible documentary, "katrina babies," and done by a young man -- will he is similar age to me -- but 13 when katrina hit. he made a documentary about the way young black children who were children when katrina happened, who did not necessarily have the language or vocabulary to express how they were experiencing this trauma, he is giving them a platform to do a retrospective and look back and explain what that felt like and how it has continued to impact than the last 17 years. thinking about new orleans and my relationship to it, but even beyond katrina and my entire life bef

you were raised in new orleans, what was your life like? >> great, the best cityy in the world. one of the places you don't fully appreciate until you're o not there anymore. i was 17 years old in new orleans and this week marks the 17th anniversary of katrina so it's a surreal moment to reflect on the fact that that was half a lifetime ago andy. in many wayst feels like it was just yesterday so i've been thinking about how norms shaped me as a husband and father, a writer and a person but also thinking about the ways of life m was amended in ways i don't think i've fully processed yet and i wrote about this documentary katrina baby on hbo done by a young man, he was 13 when trina hits and he made a documentary on the way young black children who were children when katrina happened and didn't necessarily have the language or vocabulary to express how they experienced it, it meant, giving them a platform to look back and explain what it meant and felt like and continued to impact them so a been thinking about nw orleans this past week and my relationship to it but even beyond kat

i was 17 years old when hurricane katrina hit new orleans. six weeks marks the 70th anniversary of katrina so it's a surreal moment for me to reflect on the fact that this was half a lifetime ago and so many ways it feels like it was just yesterday. i've been thinking a lot about how new orleans shaped me as a husband and as a father and a writer and a person but also thinking about all the ways my life was up-ended in ways that i almost don't think i fully processed yet and i wrote about this in this incredible documentary katrina baby which came out on hbo done by a young man who is similar to me but he was 13 when katrina hit animated documentary about the way, how young black children who were children when katrina happened who didn't necessarily have the language of theve vocabulary to expressey how they were experiencing this trauma. he's giving them a platform to do a retrospective than l look back and explain what it meant and felt like and how it's affected him for the last 17 years. beyond katrina my entire life before that was wond

the word unique is overused, but new orleans is. people love to go to new orleans.to go there now. it's just too dangerous and that's a factual statement. new orleans now has the highest per capita murder rate of any city in the united states. so obviously, locale media notice that. here's bun report from -- one report from a local news channel. >> 220 homicides so far this year. that's more homicides than the first nine months of 2022 than all of last year. as new orleans makes national headlines for becoming the murder capital of the country. he points to the amount of nonfatal shooting victims so far this year. 454. >> so this is an emergency. there's no bigger. it's even worse than global warming or covid. people are dying at a greater rate than any other place in the united states. so if you're in charge of new orleans, you would respond immediately. you come up with some plan to stop the murders. but here's how the actual mayor of new orleans, latoya cantrell responded. >> news headlines spread around the world about new orleans being the murder capital of the

shortly after he arrived in new orleans. this man married marguerite he found himself in a fine creole family, which had a plantation at the mississippi river. he married one of the daughters, from a branch that was less wealthy than the other branch. and her branch of the family was in decline. and so yves and marguerite moved into a cottage on rue dauphin in the french quarter. and my aunt mod continue this story. among them was my friends fathers constan, constan lecorgne. he was a redeemer. this was after -- had taken over the state. they were voting. it was after that time that they called reconstruction, that awful tone. we construction was not when it -- it was when they were put in the seat of power. we dimension for the people who resisted that. but my grandfather constan was redeemer and he wanted to restore white supremacy., and the white lead -- the only difference between the white lead the ku klux klan was that the ku klux klan was secretive and that the white league was not. thank god for the white league, bec

many thousands moved to new orleans and constant, the carpenter, now competes with black craftsman to make a living and does badly. lacorn, my great-great-grandfather felt himself the victim. he saw the new world is anathema and descended into resentment. the occupation government was pro-negro in the coloreds held office seemed to to be a genuine aversion. reconstruction as we call it was the name of the first attempt to remake the united states as a racially mixed democracy. to some, not least to 4 million back slaves it meant power sharing with whites, perhaps wealth sharing and somewhere in the distance, shared humanity. these fantastical ideas work on radical reconstructions by millions of white opponents met with massive obstruction and violent defiance. that is one of constant's houses. the ku klux klan arose in tennessee in 1866 soon after the end of the civil war and it was a resistance movement. it was an armed militia that wanted to return to a world dominated by whites with only whites in economic and political authority. the name ku klux klan derives from the greek name f

i was 17-years-old when hurricane katrina hit new orleans. it shaped me as a father, writer, person, but also thinking about all the ways my life was upended in ways i don't think i fully processed yet. and i just wrote about this incredible documentary that came out on hbo and was done by a young man who was 13 when katrina hit and he made a documentary about the way that, how young black children were children whenn katrina happened but didn't necessarily have ther language or the vocabulary to express how they were experiencing the trauma he is sort of giving them a platform to look back and explain what that meant and felt like and how it continued to impact the lastt 17 years. so thinking a lot the past week and about the relationship to it but even my entire life before that was wonderful. it was w a fun, vibrant place ad unlike anywhere else in the world.d. >> were you in new orleans when it hit? >> we evacuated. it was something that we did once on an annual basis. it was like a rite of passage for living in new orleans. it's what you

he served as the 61st mayor of new orleans from 2010 until 2018. when he took office the city was still recovering from hurricane katrina and the middle of the bp oil spill. under mayor landrieu's leadership new orleans is recognized as one of the nation's greatest comeback stories. in 2015, mayor landrieu was named public official of the year by governing magazine. in 2016, he was voted america's top turnaround mayor in a politico survey. mayor landrieu gained national attention for his powerful decision to take down four confederate monuments in new orleans, which earned him the john f. kennedy profile in courage award. in his book, a white southerner confronts history, he recounts his personal journey confronting the issue of race and racism in america. in 2018, he launched e pluribus unum for justice and opportunity for all by breaking down the barriers that divide us by race and class. prior to serving as mayor he served two terms as lieutenant governor and 16 years in the state legislature. regarding education, he holds a ba from catholic uni

new orleans is not atlanta. it is not charleston. new orleans was the largest city in the south. of course the cork on the outlet for the mississippi river valley. what made it so important commercially is not only the products of the south, products of the midwest, they all came down to new orleans for trans shipment. so plugging that up was an important element of the blockade. it was a near mortal blow to the confederacy in terms of seizing that system. and could farragut have lost it? i think the easiest way for him to lose it is to say, it looks too difficult to me. it was protected by two substantial masonry for. it's i mean, some of the force in the river system were thrown up -- for donaldson and fort henry -- they were thrown up with mud and wood. they could have been overcome by ironclad. but they had substantial results there. and in the navy, one of the trivia questions last night was about the csis manassas, the first ironclad to engage in battle, in the defense of new orleans. the easiest way to lose it is to say, i don't have to do this. here's an interesting tidbi

, not regimen, the headlines out, not charleston, new orleans is the largest city in the south and its of course the cork on the outlet from the mississippi river valley and what made is so important commercially is not only the product of the south, but the products of the midwest and they all came down to new orleans for shipment so plugging that up, was an important element of the blockade and a mere mortal blow to the confederacy in terms of seizing the city so that is important and i think the easiest way for him to lose it is to say, and looks too difficult to me. and it was protected by two substantial masonry reports, some of that course and river systems of coursework thrown out, fort donaldson and fort henry, and what it and easily overcome by ironclad before jackson and court saint phillips of new orleans were substantial a barrier there as well in the confederate navy one of the trivia questions as i was a manassas, first ironclad to engage in battle and if it's in new orleans, so i think that the easiest way to lose it is for him to say that i don't think that we can do t

the homicide rate in new orleans is soaring, up 40% just this year now the big easy's taking drastic measures, hiring civilians to help with policing, including detective work like going to crime scenes to gather evidence >> this is also to reduce some of the work load currently placed on our patrol and district personnel >> reporter: a good idea >> no, not really. >> reporter: mike glasser, who heads up one of the city's police unions, blames plummeting morale for a crushing shortage of about 600 officers. from seattle to st. louis, atlanta to philadelphia, major cities across the country are also reporting a cop staffing crisis. >> if we're going to send civilians in there that are unarmed, inexperienced, untrained for what it turns into, that's dangerous for them and it's dangerous for the public >> reporter: highlighting the crime problem, during our brief interview today someone broke into a car in the police union's own parking lot is the city safe >> the city of new orleans is one that is grappling with violent crime, like many other cities throughout the country. >> reporter:

new orleans thatw has the high s the highest per capita murder rate of any city in the united states usly, local mediahere's noticed that. here's one reporeport frt from news channel. homicid >> two hundred and twenty homicides so far this year. that's more homicides inrs the first nine months of 2020 two.year >> then all of last year, as new orleans makes national headlines for becoming the murder capital , the country, rafeal going fauci with the metropolitan crime commission points to the amount of non-fatal shooting victims. so far thinonfats year. >> four hundred and fifty four . so thiere's is an emergency.s no there's no bigger it's even worse than global warming or are covid people are dying atso if a greater rate than any place in the united states . >> so if you were in charge ofy new orleans, you would respond immediately. >> you come up with some plan to stop the murders.l ma >> but here's how the actual mayor of orleans, latoya cantrell, responded. >> news headlines spread around the world about new orleans being the murderab capital of the u.s.. >> i dtho noatt embrace t

is she doing anything to keep the people of new orleans beside her cells, of course, safe? and recently came out and said she does not embrace that title. she does not identify as the mayor of the murder capital of the country. she is sort of sagging, i don't embrace those statistics, that is not me and i don't identify as that. meanwhile, around town a new investigation show she's living rent-free in a city of departments. so that the tune of $3,000 a month, city taxpayers are now funding her lavish lifestyle in this apartment where she doesn't pay utilities. she doesn't pay for a wi-fi. in fact she is using city employees to make plumbing repairs and those things on the city owned apartment. so the apartment, of course, designated for business use only. and you have to stop and think if anyone of us, if you or i were to use $30,000 of our office money for the businesses money or live in something that we are not supposed to, a business owned facility, then we wouldn't simply get the benefit of sagging, "all right, fine, i will pay it back." we would lose our jobs and stol

in new orleans, -- >> byron kelly was 13 years old when he was shot and killed in new orleans early this year. >> i keep telling myself don't cry. >> his mother carla thomas said it has been hard to get a hold of the police officers working the unsolved case. >> i have called them, send them text messages. nothing. nothing. >> police did not respond to our interview request. the homicide rate in new orleans is soaring up 40% just this year. now, the big easy is taking drastic measures hiring civilians to help with policing including detective work by going to crime scenes together evidence. >> this is also to reduce some of the workload currently placed on our patrol and district personnel. >> good idea? >> not really. >> mike glasser who heads up one of the police unions blames plummeting morale for a crushing shortage of about 600 officers from seattle to st. louis, atlanta and philadelphia. major cities across the country are also reporting a staffing crisis. >> if we are going to send civilians in the that are unarmed, inexperienced, untrained for what it turns into, that is dangerou

okay, this is a big deal got about to meet anyone coming and gently tell you about the battle of new orleanswhich was the pivot point in his life if you will and the story is he would usually spend longer telling about the bowel than it actually took to fight. we have mantle in the dining room and it's made out of hickory wood with the bark still on it. the story, the legend that has come to us from the family is that the mantle was made by a man who it served under jackson at the battle of new orleans, and that each year he worked on the mantle only on january 8, which is the anniversary of the battle. and for the 25th anniversary he presented it to jackson. so it's been here since 1840. it's moved around the house at different times. we think the dining room is the appropriate place but it was made out of hickory because jackson's nickname was old hickory. but to me the two most significant rooms in the house are jackson's bedroom and is a joint library. to me that's the beating heart of the house. the library was really a political at the center if you will, even though we are what, eight

. - louis armstrong was born in new orleans, the birthplace of jazz. from his southern roots to music ambassador of the world, his influence is still with us. unknown to the public, he fathered one child in his life, a daughter named sharon. he called her his little satchmo. this is her story. [cassette clicks] - [on cassette tapeÑ: this is louis satchmo armstrong, getting ready to send a bit of a letter to a fine young lady by the name of miss sweets preston. and i know sharon's a good girl. she better be. you sharon? did you hear what i said? at i have for you, i won't give it to you. i mean, if you miss one time being good, i ain't gonna give it to you. [laughs] tough daddy, tough man, because i come up the hard way, and i ain't let you get away with nothing. of course, i shouldn't say that. but i'm just kidding, baby. - my name is sharon preston-folta, and i am louis armstrong's daughter, his only child. i have waited my entire lifetime to say that publicly out loud, because up until this very moment, i wasn't allowed to admit to anyone other than

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new orleans has fallen by now. if you know your civil war history -- mansell lovell has retreated from new orleans -- and jefferson davis doesn't trust him with the last nugget of the river. so, he sends earl van doren down there in the summer of 62 to take command. that is when van dorn sends john c. breckenridge in turn to attack baton rouge. that is the end of the -- arkansas. so, van dorn it's over that department at the time that all these offenses are taking place. when i'm trying to get you -- if how many places this guy is at in a short span that he is in the war. i mean, no doubt jefferson davis trusts him up until this point. we have a problem again up in northern mississippi. the missourians, who crossed the river, are now under the command of sterling -- the same guy that was at -- van doren's supposed to go up there and unite with, him take over, and they are jointly going to attack the route junction of -- mississippi. remember the battle of shiloh? -- the offensive, which goes up, is in conjunction w

and after that the levees broke that were protecting new orleans, and new orleans flooded.ust as an effect from the rainfall that fell, not because of actually my storm surge or the damage immediately prosecute hurricane. now, we're kind of talking about a similar potential story if, in fact, that levee did break. all of that storm surge damage you see is down here in the fort myers area towards naples. that's where the storm surge came on. but to the north side is where all of the rain fell, some potts over 20 in. s of rain falling in under 24 hours. in 2003 there was a flood and a levee break along the river right there in kind of the same spot, and that happened because of 20 inches of rain that fell over a 3-day period. this time it falling in a 1-day period, you've got so much water in that area that it certainly puts a lot of stress on the levees. now, we don't know for sure if it has broken, but i can tell you this, we're at a record level ever here along that river, and this goes until about three -- days from now when we're still going to be at the record level eve

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was bought by a an absolutely fascinating man named bishop penn brook who owned a racehorse in new orleans was a brilliant entrepreneur who had been kicked out of west point. had gone down the river has a riverboat gambler and made for fortune and any both lexington was the one who promoted the race to the point that 30,000 people would city of new orleans would shut down when let's racing. the president came to watch says and it was a huge celebration. he sold the horse to --back to kentucky to an owner who had interest in scottish as well as the finest livestock breeding and that's how lexington came to such great success. geraldine brooks won the pulitzer prize for her book g "horse." cooper from new jersey please go ahead with your question or comment. i was wondering what made you want to write this book in the first place? am a very avid and i'm just a curious guy. liz think thank you sir we believe that there get an answer. >> guest: i wanted to write this book and i will tell you because most young girls become horse at five or its 15 is a typical he should do that. i became horse

i call people in birmingham, in new york, and new orleans. and it turned out new orleans really was the place to write about this. so by the end i ended up being the one to write about this and partially because i i had so many contacts, i already had the people in place to talk to and i already had the basic theories, one, because i'm writing a book, was writing a book about racial health disparities, but also because i had that experience with hiv, aids. yeah, you call this a of epiphany in, the book and new orleans. i remember it's hard to fathom just how much history is lost when this happens too when you lose elders early. ronald ronald lewis was the curator of the house dance and feathers in new orleans. he was one of the first people to pass away from it in the city. and that's black, right? it's not just we're not talking about individual lives. we're talking about pillars of community. and that's when i you know, how i covered it through the lens of the zulu social club and, you know, that is such a pillar of the community. and to wa

, and it turned out that new orleans really was the place to write about this.by the end, i ended up being the one to write about this, and partially because i had so many contacts, i already had the people in place to talk to, and i already had the basic theories, one because i'm writing a book, was writing a book about racial health disparity, but also because i had that experience with hiv/aids. >> yeah. you called this a moment of epiphany in the book. and new orleans, i remember, it's hard to fathom just how much history is lost when this happens, too, when you lose elders early. ronald lewis, who was the curator of the house in new orleans, one of the first people who passed away from it in the city and that's black history, right? it's not just-- we're not just talking about individual lives, we're talking about pillars of communities. >> and that's when i-- you know, how i covered it through the lens of this social club and that's such a pillar of the community and to watch you know, the people-- it was on, i was looking on their facebook page and it wou

new orleans has fallen by now.if you know your civil war history, i'm about to deep dive, here man's full lowell has retreated from new orleans -- up to vicksburg, and jefferson davis doesn't trust him with the last nugget on the river. so, he sends earl van dorn down there in the summer of 62 to take command. that is when van dorn sends john c breckenridge to attack baton rouge. that is the end of the the sdf arkansas. well, van dorn is over that's apartment at the time that all these offenses are taking place. when i'm trying to get you in a cursory overview is how many places this guy is at in the short span that he is in the war. i mean, no doubt jefferson davis trusts him up until this point. we have a problem again up in northern mississippi. the missourians, who crossed the river, are now under the command of stirling price, the same guy that was a alcorn tavern. van dorn it's supposed to go up there and unite with him, take over, and they are jointly going to attack the real traction of carnage, mississippi

you're telling me you are from new orleans as well.you've got the best of the best that you're serving folks. what kind of difference do you think you are making by serving people there who, in some cases, lost everything. they've been cold because they've been in high water in the middle of the night a few nights ago. what are you serving and how do you know it is making a difference, an impact? >> well, we believe something amazing happens over a shared meal. we do it as friends and family. but to be here and do it for these folks, like you said, who have lost so very much. it was just a couple of nights ago we were sending hot meals from one of the shelters. they had been eating mres the whole team. as our hot meals got there, a bus came in with people off sanibel island. they walked off dripping wet to a hot meal. if we hadn't gotten that meal over there, it would have been snacks and drinks. and so we are so proud to be there in their time of need and their crisis and meet them with hope and love in the form of a meal. . >> that's

and bought lexington and made the race where 30,000 people would show up and the whole city of new orleans shut down when lexington was racing and it was a huge, huge celebration. he had estate in the fineish breeding establishment and luxing ton had a great success. he, had a long life and was vey well cared for. >>host: geraldine won a puletzer price. >> what made you want to write this book in the first place. i'm an avid readerk and i'm a very curious guy, you know out here in new jersey. >>host: thank you, sir. we'll leave it there and get anti-seek stories. >>guest: i wanted to write this book and i'll tell you, most young girls become horse crazy at 5 or 15, which is a sensible age to do that and i became horse crazy at 50, and i don't recommend taking up riding at 50 but that's what happened to maine i had an experience on a trail ride and it was such an ecstatic experience and next thing i knew hi a horse of my own and all i wanted to think about was the horse and how to care for the horse and be a better rider and everything about it. i wasn't getting any work done in my writing

new orleans won 24 - nothing. last time the readers were shut out, 2014, a dennis allen - coached team. >>> jalen hurts putting the hurt on pittsburgh. the eagles hosted the steelers and the loan unbeaten nfl team displayed receiver aj brown. traded a first-round pick to get him. brown split the defenders, and caught a 39 yarder that opens scoring. pittsburgh could not stop the connection, three touchdowns in the first half. he finished with a season-high 156 yards receiving. fly, eagles, fly. they won 35 - 13. 7 and 0 for the second time in franchise history. >>> steve wilkes. the carolina panthers interim coach at atlanta. with 23 seconds left. quarter back d.j. walker. it's a route past deep and dj moore caught it. a 62 - yard touchdown tied it ended extra point will win it but a penalty push them back. for the win. no good. can you believe it? overtime in atlanta and in the extra period marcus mariota kept it, picked up a 1st down and more. put atlanta in field goal range. andy young koo did not disappoint. pe

the one who promoted the races to the point that 30,000 people would show up in the whole city of new orleans would shut down when lexington was racing. presidents came to watch the races and it was a huge celebration. then he sold the horse to -- back into kentucky, to an owner who had interests in scottish estates, as well as the finest livestock breeding establishment. and that was where lexington stood stud, to such great success. he had a long life and was very well cared for, which was a good thing. host: geraldine brooks won the pulitzer prize in 2006. cooper, bridgeton, new jersey. please go ahead with your question or comment. caller: i'm just wondering, what really wanted -- what made you want to write this book in the first place? i am an avid reader and a curious guy. you know, out here in new jersey. [laughter] host: thank you, sir. we will get an answer. ms. brooks: yeah, cooper, i wanted to write this book -- i will tell you, because most young girls become horse crazy at five or 15, which is a sensible age to do that. i became horse-crazy at 50. i don't recommend taking up wri