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

response the storm left a ship sent of new orleans and the water and despite our construction efforts homelessness is still a major problem. in our reports. new orleans louisiana the city of music. on every corner a different tune. a lot of people don't really know that born great and i want to leave new orleans but then a day. in the french quarter on bourbon street tourists mingle with the musicians this pond scum bag pretty much but i don't know bad night was annoying now. and if you travel down to the lower ninth ward you'll hear another kind of shout. the sound of rebuilding. five years after hurricane katrina full streets in the lower ninth ward most devastated by katrina stand silent home still abandoned but others like this one are coming back here good you know you miss want to go to another house you know you miss one of those you know and despite all the empty homes new orleans streets are filled with those who don't have one i started being homeless and was three years. inside this mission to the moon. yet another kind of new orleans song is being sung. by some of the nine hundred thousand people in the city who are homeless we heard about the good

new orleans louisiana. this is also coming up later in the program data from about another consequence of the country's summer heat wave plus ketones in southern russia are spreading a deadly disease. the public around me looking at some of the best cars the world cup still looking at what you could drive up the money. he's told barton has been checking out what's hot in mo trains faslane in moscow that's in just a few minutes. this week up there has marked two years since full independence from georgia recognized by russia and a handful of other countries the tiny republic however is quickly becoming a whole tourist destination that is the last day reports. on their new cars just nineteen but his already an experienced chef when it comes to preparing local meals. you know traditional abkhazian food is pickles mills and smoked meat eater pull beef and cheese is a must. working in a small beetroot sort and so home is a summer job for this future costumes officer who. chooses occupation because i want to serv

in new orleans louisiana. this is also coming up later in the program children phrasings forced exile hundreds of children born in israel phrase the threat of deportation because that parent's visas have expired but with some parliamentarians claiming they are the mine they cherish courage so the state and also. as drug addicts turn to religious centers for hope is that some may be duped into joining sects. this week. for independence from georgia recognized by russia and a handful of other countries the tiny republic however is quickly becoming a holt tourist destination that as well as kaye reports. underneath is just nineteen but has already an experienced chef when it comes to preparing local meals pasko cooking traditional abkhazian food is pickles mills and smoked meat to pull cold beef and cheese is a must. nor a king in a small beach resort and so home is a summer job for this future customs officer people or the oval office or both of which i chose this occupation because i want to serve my motherland

new orleans louisiana. it's been a big day the germans have been knocking twenty years since they were formally reunited into a single nation the capital and the country were placed in hard see but the fall of the building wall paved the way for united germany on the thirty first of august one thousand nine hundred a treaty field east germany's integration with the west but some analysts say for creation process it wasn't and while. the. german democratic republic was bankrupt they didn't have any money anymore and what they were expecting was a fifteen billion marks loan from western germany and western germany was not ready to extend it so there was a very clear cut question from one day to the next how could this part of a unified germany survive and under these circumstances it was very clear that the political way to the power was the very clearly on the side of the westerners and no doubt many easterners must have felt. the next one thing is very clear the joblessness percentage is much higher in east

treated it's a story they want remembered so it never happens again preassure either party new orleans louisiana but american radio host alex jones says the actions of the government five years ago did the breach people's right to defend themselves what's scary here is the first time the federal government was able to take control of a u.s. city during an emergency they wouldn't bring food and water to the people of the superdome in fact they blockade in many cases their main mission was set the precedent to get the american people's guns five years later we still see the continued anti second amendment mission of the federal government we are now a total third world police state total terror in a setting in and the system doesn't know what to do because they haven't been able to get our guns yet and they tried to use katrina as a case point to set the precedent and a trend of illegal nationwide under federal and f.b.i. control to go into high and dry areas and take people's right to defend themselves and leave them by themselves to be right robbed and killed by the looters many of which were th

treated it's a story they want remembered so it never happens again preassure either party new orleans louisiana it is now just off the quarter past the hour here in the russian capital it's good to have your company today. all of our stories videos on blogs are online any time you want. here's a quick look at what's waiting for you there right now have you ever wondered what space smells like you don't have to guess anymore as we have all the answers on our website. plus the russian empire lost gold may be buried at the bottom of lake baikal. on the water with expedition trying to find the treasure that was seized during the civil war almost a century ago. russia's . except for designated areas has only seen underground betting flourish. and that's operational in the in the country's south and it's failing to rake in any money. now the region's author whose want to relocate it narrowed to the black sea resorts to attract more lower the stakes for investors. looks at what could be on the cards. this is a gambler spera dice the oracle all kinds of games from the army of one armed bandits to poker

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new orleans louisiana. well it's a big day for germans who are marking twenty years since they were formally reunited into a single nation the capital and their country were split in half after world war two but the fall of the berlin wall paved the way for a united germany on their thirty first of august one thousand nine hundred ninety treaty sealed east germany's integration with the west now for more on the challenges of reunification his government and business consultant christopher all talk he joins us live from germany good to see you sir so there was a lot of euphoria all across germany when reunification happened tell me how do people feel about it now. where the feeling is mixed the majority of the youth no days now entering universities applying for their first sharp things out there they feel very comfortable there is no east no west for them for them it's very easy but for the older politicians who remember the difficulties of the unification process for them that's quite look different and we

new orleans louisiana. well prius here in the studio to give us a few more details about this story you break down you know exactly how this happened why law enforcement officials said that they couldn't take away these guns was it legal well basically alone as you know in the aftermath of katrina it was kind of mass chaos everywhere you know the mayor of the city at the time ray nagin didn't actually call for an evacuation until the day the storm hit and at that point it was kind of too late they hadn't organized a lot of transportation to get people out of the city it was a couple of days before lots of people were getting their paychecks that they simply couldn't afford to leave the city so as a result there were lots of people as you saw in all of the news coverage that were stuck in their homes eighty percent of the city was flooded no martial law was ever declared that's a big misconception a lot of people think that martial law was declared in new orleans at the time that the only one that has the au

could see three inches from falling in new orleans, louisiana, to mobile, alabama.addition to that, tracking ng and, bianna, in minnesota, the state fair is all about cheese curds, corndogs and anything on a stick. >> i know about state fairs, being from texas. we'll compare notes after the show. >>> we want to turn, now, to chile, where drilling could begin as early as tomorrow on an escape tunnel to rescue those 33 trapped miners. the men have been trapped a half-mile underground for more than three weeks. now, we're getting new details about their mental state. >> there is something missing from the video that came out yesterday. several of the miners did not want to go on camera. we talked to a disaster psychologist about the video. he and others this morning are saying we shouldn't be fooled by the optimism we're seeing. new information says the video doesn't tell the whole story. the miners in this video seem happy. but five of them are not seen here. the chilean health minister says they are depressed and refuse to be filmed. a feeling that could spread to th

new orleans and this is not a part of our reality today. but as i mentioned earlier, we are vulnerable, we all are. and hurricane season for new orleans and louisiana come once a year. we know. june first-november one. we know that earthquake season is everyday. you never know. i don't want you to have blinders on to think this is not a part of reality right now. because it can happen. so, begin to organize today. this is just an example of a meeting flyer that we had in broadmoore post katrina, galvanizing our residents having festivals to get our people engaged and involved. some of the other things that you can do today is start developing repopulation strategies. in a disaster how will you find your people and determine what their needs and bear yers are? these are

new orleans and this is not a part of our reality today. but as i mentioned earlier, we are vulnerable, we all are. and hurricane season for new orleans and louisiana come once a year. we know. june first-november one. we know that earthquake season is everyday. you never know. i don't want you to have blinders on to think this is not a part of reality right now. because it can happen. so, begin to organize today. this is just an example of a meeting flyer that we

jay gray, nbc news, new orleans, louisiana. >> let's go international now. >>> the disaster in pakistan still unfolding tonight. untold numbers of people trapped and isolated by those floodwaters. matters made worse in one region because of a broken levee. the family of 26 waited too long to evacuate their village. two helicopters spotted them and airlifted them out. the floods in pakistan started in june and have affected as many as 17 million people. >>> the new york city cabdriver who was stabbed by a passenger this week met with the mayor today. ahmed shareef, his wife, and four children had a private visit with mayor bloomberg as the city tries to defuse tension over the attack. afterwards, shareef showed reporters scars from the stabbing. he says he found the mayor's words both positive and reassuring. >> sometime i feel very lonely and home sick. after i see the mayor and all, the respect for all this re religion and each other, now i feel better than before. >> shareef says the suspect, 21-year-old michael enright, attacked him after he asked shareef whether he was a muslim. enr

new orleans, five years after hurricane katrina, this is a special edition of "meet the press" with david gregory. substituting today, brian williams. >> august 29, 2005. hurrane katrina touches down on the louisiana coast. the city's levees fail. the next morning nearly 80% of new orleans is under water. a botched government response, a poor local evacuation plan. thousands are left without food, water, shelter or safety, trapped for days as the city is looted and its people suffer. 41,000 people were heroically rescued by u.s. armed forces, many of them brave coast guard pilots, but almost 1800 people are dead, and the storm has left an estimated $75 billion in damages throughout the gulf coast. five years later, what's changed and what hasn't? what lessons were learned? is this city's recovery moving in the right direction? joining us, two of the area's notable political leaders, louisiana senator mary landrieu and her brother, the newly elected mayor of new orleans, rich landrieu. then my interview with actor brad pitt, founder of the make it right foundation, in an effort to repair the devastated city. plus our special discussion with three men who have worked tirelessly to bring renewal and

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

and she joins us now from new orleans, louisiana.th us this morning. >> thanks, robin. >> i lost count of the amount of times you've been in the region. on the first anniversary of katrina, i was with you at a school along the mississippi gulf coast. you spend a lot of time here. what's the biggest difference you have seen the last five years? >> the differences are huge now, five years later. i mean, each time i came there was a little bit of improvement. but really now, i think after five years, things are starting to look great. and i'm going to go today, to a school that was the very first school i visited right after hurricane katrina, in st. bernard parish. st. bernard parish lost every, single school. almost every home and business, as well. it was like some of those other mississippi -- some of the mississippi gulf coast towns that lost almost everything. but they've got a really great story of rebuilding their school district. >> it's called a reflection breakfast. that's where you're speaking today. what will you tell the p

rebuilding after hurricane katrina and the impact it has had on neighborhoods in louisiana fell particularly new orleanse a professor from new orleans as our guest. caller: i have heard a lot of blending of the government, particularly the bush government about how the desk -- about the disaster in louisiana. you must include both the city government of new orleans and a state government of louisiana as being part of the problem. governorblanko did not allow the federal people to come in right away because the state government rules in those cases. they don't have to let the federal government come in. in a natural disaster of this type are the federal government was delayed by the governor. down in new orleans, there were many buses available that were not utilized. that is part of the administration maderay nagin. they could have done many people out that they fail. hurricane rita hit later and that had the city of lake charles but there was more of a bootstraps' operation. the people were willing to take responsibility for themselves and go to work and they had a much more effective recovery from hur

new orleans. as proud as we are of this city and as extraordinary as it is, all of southeast louisiana and all the gulf coast is a special place. and the federal government has underinvested in it year after year after year whether it's education or elt cahealth care. and as the mayor said r, the federal government has taken so much. the federal government has taken out of the gulf coast $165 billion in taxes that came from oil and gas off of our coast that went to the if you recafed treasury to rebuild all the places in america except the place it came from. so i have been a leading voice. i'm thrilled that rich has joined and many others to say it's time, as my father said many years ago, for new orleans and the louisiana gulf to get its fair share, and we certainly intend to do that. >> i want to ask you about one of the many promises made after katrina. i want to roll in a piece of sound from president george w. bush after katrina, speaking not far from here in jackson square. >> and tonight i also offer this pledge of the american people. throughout the area hit by the hurricane, we will do w

rebuilding after hurricane katrina and the impact it has had on neighborhoods in louisiana fell particularly new orleans. we have a professor from new orleans as our guest. caller: i have heard a lot of blending of the government, particularly the bush government about how the desk -- about the disaster in louisiana. you must include both the city government of new orleans and a state government of louisiana as being part of the problem. governorblanko did not allow the federal people to come in right away because the state government rules in those cases. they don't have to let the federal government come in. in a natural disaster of this type are the federal government was delayed by the governor. down in new orleans, there were many buses available that were not utilized. that is part of the administration maderay nagin. they could have done many people out that they fail. hurricane rita hit later and that had the city of lake charles but there was more of a bootstraps' operation. the people were willing to take responsibility for themselves and go to work and they had a much more effective recovery

host: new orleans, louisiana, melanie, democrats' line.aller: every child is not fit for college, but every child has a talent. in the schools of today, there should be programs that feature industrial, automotive talents, home economics. where would we be today without plumbers and electricians and contractors and bricklayers? if we would incorporate that into mainstream schools, we would have less juvenile delinquents, less prisons filled with these children who do not know what to do with themselves, because they have not passed the tests. guest: we at the american federation of teachers and i personally are big believers in career and technical education. ma'am, what i talk about preparing kids, which talk about preparing kids for life come -- we talk about preparing kids for life, careers, and college. there are certain career paths that can engage kids as well. the real key is how are we as a community -- not just teachers or parents alone, but how are we as a community going to wrap ourselves around kids engaged each and every one o

new orleans on sunday reassuring a region still scarred by a mammoth disaster and whose economy is under attack again after the 200 million gallon b.p. oil spill. alex stone, abc news, new orleans. >> still in louisianandal-tainted republican senator david bidder has cruised to an easy primary victory. he's already focussed his campaign on his democratic opponent, congressman charlie mullinson who won his party's primary. senator bidder was in a prostitution scandal in 2007. more recently he has shrugged off questions about his judgment when he allowed an aide to remain on staff after a violent attack on an ex-girlfriend. up next conservative talk show host glenn beck makes his controversial appearance in washington urging his followers to take action while a counterdemonstration is held not far away. and mexico's largest airline is grouououououou ♪ ♪ yes! ♪ oh my gosh, are those the jeans from last year? how'd you do it? ting right...whole grain. [ female announcer ] people who eat more whole grain tend to have healthier body weights. multigrain cheerios has five whole grains and 110 lightly sweetened calories. more grains. less you! multigrain cheerios. >>> the controversy continues this morning ov

. >> reporter: we are joined in new orleans by louisiana senator mary landrieu. thank you very much for being here. on a scale of one to ten, how close -- what number value would you give new orleans in terms of its road to recovery? >> we are about a six. we are excited and we have a ways to go. there's extraordinary things going on here. we want to thank everyone for helping us. we are building a brand-new public school system basically from the ground up. because so many of our schools were destroyed and new health care system. as you heard this morning the restaurants and food are back. which is the most important thing. >> yeah. i think that's part of a life blood of what goes on here. what do you think was the hardest thing for people here over the last five years? >> well, there's so many things that were hard. one of the most -- most difficult things was to have faith in the levee system because when those levees broke, it was not just katrina, it was a catastrophic failure of an infrastructure stis testimony that's protected the city for over 300 years. a