[applause] >> hello, ibm suzanne morgan. i would program at an elementary school.ave been a teacher for four years, and this is the fourth year i have received a layoff notice. the reason i became an art teacher was because of the teachers who inspired me the most, our teachers. i was always ok in most subjects, but in art, i excellus. it was the one class in school i always vote good at. the goal is to have students who are joyful learners. we want students to have a joy for learning and have a multifaceted education, and every year, the scene to be focusing less on a joyful lerner and more on standardized test scores. as i said, i work in the star schools. there are students who may not have the same access to the arts as other schools. i am their access to bards. i am their creative outlet. i am their right to have the same opportunities as every other child. the arts are a vital part of so many lives and help so many children identify with the world around them. whether they paid, they dance, or they played guitar, art becomes a part of the child, and they need

morgan city. sandra, what is the flooding situation where you are? i know a lot of people there are very concerned. >> reporter: absolutely, suzanne. been here since the morning in front of this house in morgan city. and so far, we've seen the water rise about 5 inches since this morning. and this boat is normally parked in the back part of this house. the owner says they're going to tie it to a telephone pole to make sure it doesn't wash away from the rising waters. look at some of the extreme measures homeowners are taking. they have raised this two-bedroom house on stilts, basically lifting it eight feet in the air to make sure the property is protected. it's 140 years old. they want to make sure the water doesn't seep into it. let's bring in mario, whose dad owns this house. you've been working long days, mario, to make sure this stays high and dry. why do you stay here? >> i grew up here. we love the place and love the property and we want to protect it. we just enjoy it here. >> reporter: what has the effort been like, you literally had to jack this up eight feet? >> it's been hectic. it took us 17 hours to come in with a crew

morgan, has a testament to why you should stop ignoring the tornado siren. he is still here. his wife is walking around right now in tears, suzanneeing some of this for the first time herself. she wasn't even in town when all of this was happening. she couldn't get ahold of him. and he has been literally watching tv sometimes while the siren goes off. i'm not here to get on to you. i'm guilty, too. but still, it's a good story to hear, suzanne. >> yeah, we're so glad you're okay. >> you hear it as a platitude of perspective. i'm a computer programmer. business people have been laid off. and it's like i've been discouraged. and, you know, i am -- this so puts things into perspective. i know people who have lost their homes. our home wasn't hit. and i'm so thankful. and i know my kids and my family would be happy if our home was destroyed and i was alive. so i will go down to the basement the next time the siren goes off. >> reporter: suzanne, let me hand it back to you. but thank you for allowing us to bring that story again. important for people to hear, suzanne. >> thank you so much, tj. our own chad myers is joining us with the

suzanne, president musharraf is a voice from the past. he was never elected by the people of pakistan. he is not a figure in contemporary pakistani politics. piers morganpakistan and the people of pakistan consider him a part of our history. >> final question here. there are some people who are questioning pakistan's essentially telling the u.s. military to close military intelligence liaison centers in peshawar and qatar. it would seem those are very important intelligence centers to work against terrorist organizations. >> we've done that with mutual understanding. it is not a lateral action on the part of pakistan. there are operational reasons for these that i can't go into but the fact remains pakistan and the united states continue to remain in robust intelligence cooperation, we want to improve the relationship between our mill taerz in terms of going after the terrorists but we also have a case here, and that case is that there is too much mistrust of pakistan. yes, there is a history to it and we understand, for example under the musharraf regime, there wasn't cooperation. but the democratic government of pakistan has fully cooperated with the