we had over 600 people show up in prekatrina i had 75. we embrace our new residents stepping up to the plate to get involved. we appointed new folks that had not been around before but it aided us in our ability to help ourselves. so i encourage you to always want to and try to expand that circle of inclusion to make sure that you are representative of the diversity that exists within your neighborhoods. this will help us jump start recovery. i don't want us to think that oh , this happened to 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

i was engaged in the broodmoore association prekatrina. i served as president right before the storms starting the year of 2005. the neighborhood organization was actually formed as the broodmoore civic improvement association in 1930. in 1970 it was incorporated as the broodmoore improvement association. one message i want to bring to you all is very important for us to organize ourselves new. build our community in our capacity today. and this will allow us and aid us in our recovery should a natural disaster strike. i will start with just moving forward kind of taking us through some of the challenges of broodmoore but it's the lessons that broadmoore neighbors we learnd and possibly share them with you to help you prepare and to build your own capacity should disaster strike much the broadmoore community we are 151 square blocks. centrally located. the circle is circled around broadmoore. we are in the heart of new orleans. it's a diverse community a microcosim of new orleans. home to 7,000 residents prekatrina and 66 percent of our ho

about 20% of the prekatrina population is back cutting the grass and sprucing up their homes. >> it'sbelievable i'm here. it's unbelievable that i have a new home. >> reporter: lower ninth ward residents are looking forward to seeing more people flag the ice cream truck down. >>> police say they found a drugged tiger cub, a live one inside some woman's luggage. screeners flagged the bag because of its weight. a trip revealed the hidden contraband. the cub was worth thousands of dollars. the cub is recovering at a wildlife conservation center. >>> speaking of tigers, tiger woods has found the leader board at the barklies. and tim lincicum struggles continue. sports, when we come back. [ male announcer ] when meg whitman arrived at ebay, they had 30 people and an idea. meg's job was to make it happen. it took leadership. focus. and the ability to bring people together. meg whitman delivered. named one of america's best ceo's by harvard business review, she grew ebay 15,000 strong and made small business dreams come true. now meg has a plan to create jobs. fix sacramento. and deliver res

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bringing the for its back to near prekatrina levels. >> how realistic it that you and your crew can turnhis around. >> i think it is absolutely a done deal. >> reporter: 65 point plan to improve the department. opening up meetings to the public. appointing a civilian to head the public integrity unit for the first time. creating a community outreach program. and introducing a zero tolerance code of conduct. >> we are going to fire you. if you fail to report misconduct. we're going to fire you. >> he says there still a long way to go, but he's not second-guessing his decision to come home. >> i am convinced that going home was the right thing for me. my family, my children, and the family's and children of the city of new orleans. i'm here to make a difference and that's what i do every day. >> we want to tell you about three storms in the atlantic that are not as dangerous as katrinament hurricane danielle weakened to a category 1 but earl grew into a full-fledged hurricane. fiona is forming behind them. the predicted storm track would bring earl to the east coast this week where high ti

business is now at 82% of prekatrina levels. >> we struggled through a few hurricanes, struggled throughge problems, and yet the allure of this city, this authentic eclectic place continued to bring the people back. >> yesterday hundreds of mourners placed notes, letter, cards into a casket bidding a solemn farewell to katrina and her aftermath. in a few hours, president obama will be in new orleans, speaking at xavier university. >>> time now 8:02 a.m. police and firefighters investigating an early morning highrise fire in san francisco it happened 5:30 a.m., in the tender loin between polk and larken. it is still blocked off. they believe a burning mattress on the 7th floor caused this 2 alarm fire the flames set off the sprinkler system at least one person was taken to hospital. >>> suspect arrested in the shooting of a fremont police officer. police say he was headed to the mexican border, 20-year-old andrew was arrested in san diego last night the driver was also arrested. police say they were following the pair on a cell phone signal from the suspects vehicle when they caught up wi

new orleans is at 78% of its prekatrina population. christie smith joins us live from oakland with one of the people forced to leave. the image burned into the minds of so many people. seeing people stuck on the roofs of their home, hoping just for a bit of help. you actually talked to one of these people. >> reporter: he was stranded on a roof top for three long days on day two he knew he wasn't getting help, so he had to dive into the murky water and try to find food for his family. he said it was awful, filled with oil. he finally found some food in a store that was flooded about a quarter of a mile away. along the way he says he saw people stuck on roof tops begging for help. eric butler was stuck there with 17 families. he said he got down finally when the water receded. a rescue crew eventually got the family out of oakland, a place they had never been before. a day after katrina, he said it was partly sunny, and then he looked outside, saw his dire under water, in no time the levees broke, that's when the first floor of his apar

do you see the population growing again to the point it was prekatrina? >> it's all about housing.me online -- in 2009, the census had us as the fastest city in america. we grew 8%. that trend will continue as the housing continues to come online. >> and in the end of the day, what do you feel was maybe personally, or as a city or as a country, the most important lesson learned? >> wellers the most important lesson learned is katrina exposed the soft underbelly of america, poverty, race and class in this country. i think it forced us to deal with that at a level we wouldn't necessarily deal w we're still struggling with it. don't get me wrong. the road home program just got a judge to say it's discriminatory. it's forcing us to deal with issues we normally wouldn't. >> mayor ray nagin, thank you for being with us. >> good to see you. >>> a family that watched a whale kill a trainer at seaworld is now suing the park saying their son was traumatized. we'll speak to them exclusively when we return. you're watching "the early show" on cbs. [ tires screech ] the quarter mile, or a quart