written already and it said here "i hereby present the key to the city to the electrician at the superdome in new orleans: thank you very much. . >> all right thank you. now, i would like to invite managing ed tore gym gardner to have a question and answer question session with our two mayors, all right thank you. >>> thank you welcome good morning and i'm quite impressed at the videos from both city and is you look at those and you feel in general very popular and optimism that has been missing for a while. currently our most recent predecessor source and the conversations have been been what needs to be cut and pushed down the road until times are better and in a way it's kind-of surprising how quickly that has changed and clearly we are in different times not having to deal with this fiscal crisis that we have dealt with what does that give you the freedom do and what to focus on that might have been on the back burner with the emergency? [inaudible] first shot >>> so, i'm very caution to say it took a lot of hard work, i remember the day we walked into the office to a 40 million defici

i had to drive in through all of that to get to the protest and i went in and saw people in the superdomerodome in houston. how do you see weapons from mass destruction in iraq that wasn't there and you couldn't see people suffering in new orleans that was there? >> we will never forget that. what you just said was so important. there is, of course, respect for the office of the presidency of the united states. and, in fact, i think there was so much respect and dirns on the part of the democratic party post 9/11, because we recognized that terrorism was this fundamental thing that impacted all of us, despite the fact that you may not have voted for this president, you nonetheless supported him but so much so, so much so, refusing to ask the questions that needed to be asked by the patriot act, that we allowed ourselves to be taken down a path that had horrible consequences for our economy, for our public safety, and for our national security. >> and civil liberties. and when you look at this, bob, he talked president bush yesterday about seeing the character of the nation. and that's why

most of the superdome went dark in the third quarter. remember that?mp from the broadcast booth, grab a ledge and lower himself into the stands. from there, he wanted to run onto the field and report what was going on. lance barrow who was producing for cbs thought better of the idea and kept nantz in his seat. >> they're probably going thank you, lance barrow. doubt me, don't. jim nantz. >>> live television can be shall we say, a dicey thing, especially when mistakes can last forever on the internet. ben tracy shows us a north dakota tv news anchor who's learning that lesson the hard way. >> reporter: first days on the job can be tough. this one was awful. >> [ bleep ] gay. >> good evening, i'm van tieu. >> a.j. clemente apparently unaware he was on the air swore as he got flustered practicing his lines for his first time behind the anchor desk. he then tried to recover. >> thanks, van, i'm very excited. i graduated from west virginia university, and i'm used to you know, from being from the east coast. >> reporter: after the newscast clemente used tw

louisville will take on top- needed connecticut -- top- seeded connecticut at the superdome. >>> andmen team won the championship after a thrilling final with michigan. >> louisville beat michigan 82- 76 last night. kevin ware shattered his tib pia in an elite eight game. and the rim was lowered so he could cut down the net. >>> michigan fans started several fires after their team lost the game. firefighters responded to furniture being set on fire in the streets as disappointed wolverine fans walked out of bars and the arena in michigan. there were seven fires and two arrests. in louisville, police fired tear gas and riot police were called in an after -- after an officer was attacked an bottles were thrown. a university spokesman said ten arrests were made. >>> 8:36. back here at home. if you are driving around san francisco here's a heads up for you, the great highway still closed this morning. crews are still cleaning up the sand kicked up by the strong wind we had yesterday. still no word on when the great highway will reopen. >>> we want to check in with sal who was telling us

louisville will take on top- needed connecticut -- top- seeded connecticut at the superdome. >>> andhe championship after a thrilling final with michigan. >> louisville beat michigan 82- 76 last night. kevin ware shattered his tib pia in an elite eight game. and the rim was lowered so he could cut down the net. >>> michigan fans started several fires after their team lost the game. firefighters responded to furniture being set on fire in the streets as disappointed wolverine fans walked out of bars and the arena in michigan. there were seven fires and two arrests. in louisville, police fired tear gas and riot police were called in an after -- after an officer was attacked an bottles were thrown. a university spokesman said ten arrests were made. >>> 8:36. back here at home. if you are driving around san francisco here's a heads up for you, the great highway still closed this morning. crews are still cleaning up the sand kicked up by the strong wind we had yesterday. still no word on when the great highway will reopen. >>> we want to check in with sal who was telling us yesterday abou