to peter kovacs. peter, you heard one question from the press corps about politicizing this response, this visit has already been politicized, donald trump visited louisiana before the president, it's been pointed out locally that you need infrastructure to support a presidential visit, he flew down on a smaller airplane, the 757 serves as air force one today. they tried to keep the traveling package of security smaller, still, it's a major undertaking but as you have always pointed out, it means a lot to folks to see their president. >> yes, i think it does and i don't think that stops with the president. i think it meant a lot to folks to see donald trump. i think the leadership of congress, the republican leadership of congress should come. one thing -- and i met the general during katrina and i think one thing we both learned from kat kat is that a picture is not worth a thousand words because whatever you see on television doesn't convey the magnitude of it. you know, more than 100,000 homes floo

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. >>> let's continue -- i want to continue the discussion right now with peter kovac, editor of "theorial we read to you at the top of the segment. just heard from pamela and she kind of brings it home, the devastation and really what's important at times like this. why did you all want to put this editorial out, this letter to president obama? >> you know, in 1965, lyndon johnson was president during hurricane betsy. and he received the call from russell long who urged him to democr come to louisiana and president johnson said, don't worry, i'll send my best man. russell famously said, we don't want your best man, we want you. and president johnson was in louisiana the day after i believe hurricane betsy and he went into a shelter that was darkened and had no electricity and it was night and he shined a flashlight in his face and he said, i'm lyndon baines johnson and i'm your president and i'm here to make sure you get all the help you need. and i don't know, i guess they don't make presidents like that anymore. >> you guys make comparisons. in this article, you make comparisons to

. >>> peter kovacs, thanks for coming on today. to louisiana and throw up some pictures of you and your fellow journalists from the paper literally ripping down flood damaged walls and removing debris. here you go from victims' homes. you have abeenbeen a huge part this ground effort, the army of just regular folks trying to help out. what has that been like? >> well, it's messy work and it's hot. i would say at "the advocate," someone between one-fifth and one-sixth of our people endured flooding, and we formed groups and we went out and tried to help them gut their houses. those who didn't have family members to do that. and that was what occurred over the weekend. that's what i guess the pictures you showed are of. >> we have them from kathy anderson. this affected everyone, including journalists, trying to cover the story. to your opinion piece in the paper, you write, in part, where are you, mr. president? what was your response to the president's arrival today? >> you know, we're glad to see the president. we're glad to see h

peter kovac wrote this. the optics of obama golfing while people in floodwaters is striking.se to the state's agony in 2005, a chapter of history no one should repeat, talking about former president bush and katrina. should the president be there, craig in. >> well, again, i'll take issue with the term passive federal response. this has not been a passive federal response. we were on the ground when this this inc. started, coast guard was doing thousands of rescues. >> just to be clear, the passive response is 2005 in the wake of hurricane katrina. >> well, they're trying to draw the conclusion that it is about the response and the response is basically in support of the governor. so i would defer to others about that, but i want to keep focused on what we're doing to support the survivors and the fact that governor edwards and his team, this is an ongoing event. we have rivers that are crested, but haven't come back down. we still have an active response going on in the midst of all this. >> the most important thing is the victims, aside from the politics. its about the peop