others relying on the kindness of strangers, like jesse schafer, the third and fourth. after watching a dozen feet of rising water swallow their home in less than an hour, the father-son samaritans jumped into their fishing boats in the pre-dawn dark and went hunting for the helpless. each say he saved 60 people and dozens of pets. >> they were caught in the attic, it's hard to know if they were in there or not, if they couldn't have hacked their way out. >> we never seen anything like this. not even katrina. >> reporter: billy nungesser, the colorful parish president, who came to fame during the bp spill, was back in front of cameras, imploring his neighbors in still-dry homes to get out, before another breech. >> we've got about six hours. that's enough time to get everybody out. we need you to move quickly. >> reporter: but responders had to spend tense hours waiting for winds to calm before they could evacuate this nursing home. while other authorities fanned out in an urgent effort to get others to flee, like this family. anita celebrating her birthday by running f

others relying on the kindness of strangers, like jesse schafer, the third and the fourth. after watching 12 feet of water swol low their home in less than an hour, they jump into their fishing boat and went hunting for the helpless. each says he saved around 60 people and dozens of pets. but is the ct is the cries of t children they'll remember the most. >> three kids we saw screaming on top of that roof, screaming their lungs out. so we wouldn't mess them, you know? >> reporter: when they came across ten people on one roof, the younger schafer gave up his seat on his own boat to make room for the old and sick. and had to wait to be rescued himself. >> when i was sitting on the roof for an hour today to give someone my spot on the boat, i was like, i'll sit here in a hurricane, on a roof in hurricane winds, risking my life for someone else. >> we rescued a lot of people, saw a lot of things that you never thought you'd see. >> reporter: and it will be awhile before plaquemines is dry again. the whole gulf coast, for that matter. isaac may not have brought the block buster

yes, jesse schafer, the third and the fourth, they got into their fishing boats, started looking for the hopeless. saved 120 people. dozens of pets. and get this. at one point, the son, jesse schafer the fourth, gave up his seat in the boat because there were too many people on one roof top. he sat there and waited to be rescued himself. >> when i was sitting on that roof today, give up my spot on the boat, i was like -- i'll sit here in a hurricane, on a roof in hurricane winds, risking my life for someone else. >> we rescued a lot of people. saw a lot of things we never thought we'd see. >> reporter: diane, a day the shafers and their neighbors will never forget. >> and what a family story, the two of them. thank you, bill. as we said, more on the storm, always, at abcnews.com. george and i and the entire abc news political team, back here, tonight, 10:00 eastern. see you then. Ñ[= captioned by closed captioning services, inc. this is the... here is our third group of semi-finalists--

schafer fisheries in thompson, illinois is addressing both those problems. ever since the fish first turned up the company has been looking for innovative ways to process and market asian carp. >> on the fresh side, it would be the asian community here in the u.s. and on the frozen side it would be ethnic communities around the world. the u.s. is the only country that does not eat a carp. >> americans have this mentality >> reporter: schafer says that once all the bones are removed an asian carp filet yields a relatively small and expensive four to five ounce portion that can't compete with more economical alternatives, which is why they have turned to alternative methods of extracting the meat. >> basically we run it through a mincing machine which is soft meat separator. >> reporter: the meat is then ground up much like beef and nothing is wasted. >> so this removes all the bones and anything you don't want in the meat. >> yep so here are your tendons you can see and all your bones are in there. >> reporter: and this will go eventually go to become fertili

schafer, why do you call it books that shaped america? >> well, we actually call it books that shaped america as opposed to some of the other words we considered like changed america. because we think that books slowly have an impact on american society, and shaped seemed to be the better word to imply that kind of con connotat. >> when you think of the word shaped and what you just said, what book in this exhibit comes to mind -- >> well, actually, that's the fabulous part of this exhibit. no one book is shaping america. so many books have had such a profound influence on american culture and society and, indeed, the very essence of what america is that it would be impossible, and it really would be improper to pick one book from the 88 that are here. >> okay. there's 88 books. it starts out, the exhibit starts out with "common sense." >> yes, it does, although the earliest book is actually ben franklin's book on electricity. that's 1751. so we have two books about "common sense" in the show. one is dr. spock's book on raising your child

we were over the scene crossing along schafer's lane. it struck the vehicle while traveling to new jersey. it did continue its trip to new jersey. one person in the car was taken to the hospital and there is no word on that person. the condition. >> the board of estimates rejected a decision. the officers were accused of forcing a man into a car and abandoning him. two of the three officers were found guilty of misconduct. johnson's family sued the city for $100 million and agreed on the $150,000 settlement that needed the approval of the board of estimates but the board said no. >> my job is to assess a policy and directions for the city and i do not believe that taxpayers should shoulder the burden for paying for individuals whose contract was outside of the arm. >> she is talking about the scope of employment and whether the citizens should pay. lookhnson's it lawyer will at the appellate court. >> there are five more cameras to catch the drivers. they're all in school zones, along johnnycake road in catonsville, reisterstown road and

but power is the least of the problems for families like the schafer's, forced to climb in an attic window to see what little is left inside the home. the family quickly gathers for comfort and strength from these small victories, finding some clothes or keepssake because the big picture is an image that right now is just too difficult to bear. suzanne lost her home seven years ago but says this time things are even worst. >> absolutely worse than katrina, yeah. >> reporter: the house that took a year and a day to rebuild is under water again. but as they leave, the resolve it took to come back the first time reappears as they start to deal with what isaac's left behind. >> we'll be good. right? >> got to be. >> reporter: because like so many here, they are survivors. >> and a live look now at just part of the problem so many here are facing. you can see the downed power pole here and the lines pulled down and into the standing water. it seems scenes like that are playing out across the region. one of the reasons that officials here have a now dust to dawn curfew just to keep people safe.

dwyane schafer -- an active conservative. he has a serious surgery, potentially life-threatening. anesthesia. of one of his sons texted me and the first thing he said was, 'what are tehe exit polls?' >> that's hardcore. >> they define politics as super pacs. you understand the law. america is put off by the unlimited money into elections and races. do you think they should change d or altered? >> the way i'd change them and the way you would are slightly different. this is all driven out of the mess of campaign finance reform. the current campaign finance laws exist to protect incumbents. they were drafted by incumbent elected officials. that is their intended effect. >> and have to be changed by incumbents. >> i believe in free speech. if it was up to me, i'd require immediate disclosure. if there is someone who cares passionately about the race -- and the incumbents cna shake down lobbyists and don't need funding. >> what would you change? >> i'd have them write checks to the campaign. they write it to the third party. they have ads supporting me. i have no say. it is a ridiculo

. >> roberta schafer, the last book you have in here was published in 2002. >> yes. we kind of decided to put a cutoff on it. we thought if we're really going to be looking at books that shaped america, we have to give them an opportunity, give books an opportunity to prove their worth in shaping america. so this is an organic endeavor by the library of congress. we intend to keep looking at books that keep shaping america, but we thought, you know, about a decade, that's a good place to stop. so since we're in 2012 now, let's stop at 2002, and we'll keep revisiting it. .. many of them continued to be and have not gone out of principle even though it wasn't specific criteria so many of them have been translated and carried american ideals across the world. >> i want to ask about another specific book which is a lovely dickenson's book of poetry. >> of course emily dickinson is a must have american poet. but the particular book we have on the show is done by a cooperative in key west and they reproduced the book of poetry and a facsimile of her house in amherst and a

. >> thank you, tacy schafer from brookings. i wanted, actually, to extend the first question that shuja asked about the appropriate model for india's future economic growth. you suggest that the precocious india model may not be sustainable. i think reading between the lines of your presentation you also suggest that the conventional model where you start with agriculture and then graduate to flip-flops and textiles may not be adequate for a country of india's size, although textile, certain he, has been -- certainly, has been an important sector. are we looking at a time when india is going to need to experiment with different approaches or, perhaps more fundamentally, follow the logic of what works in a economy where the private sector has already begun doing more and use that to drive india's future development while concentrating on things like governance and education? >> so i think i would separate your question into two parts. one is, you know, this whole private sector versus government-led model of growth, and the othe

sabrinarry o'neil, schafer was our guest. guest: paul ryan is seen as a true fiscal conservative.t was a nod to the conservative voters who want to see him standing up for free market policy prescriptions and when he selected paul rand, that was extremely helpful to him among his base. it was new blood for the left to say, look how bad he is, he is going to be one of those conservatives who hates women. host: terry o'neil? policiesaul ryan's could not be worse for women. i do not know how he is -- feels about women but his policies could not be more devastating. there is the budget which is the romney-ryan budget and that budget devastates woman. women cluster in a very small number of job classifications. only in 25 out of over 500 job class that -- classifications do you see women have a 50% more of the jobs. women are two-thirds of minimum- wage workers. two-thirds of the minimum wage workers are female. paul renne's policies would devastate low income workers by taking away things like food stamps and headstart and pell grants and after-school programs. these are all programs