schools like to lane, loyola, xavier -- like tulane, loyola, and xavier. dr. norman francis is the longest tenured university president in the nation. in late august of 2005, the rising waters of the train would forever change his city, is university, and his life -- the rising waters of katrina would forever change his city, his university, and his life. it is summer, so it is peaceful around here. one cannot look at the surroundings and everything and think there was a storm that came through here five years ago. >> it is strange. we came back. there was 6 feet of water all along these buildings. this canal to the left overflowed. you cannot see the bridge that we're going to pass. tavis: this canal is in part responsible for so much of the water that hit the school? >> correct, and this broke further down by the lake. when the canal broke, the water that was supposed to be going into the lake went down and the like water came in. so that is the water that really started to flood this whole area. we talk about this catastrophe, but many people call it manmad

we see that here at the xavier. less than a month after the storm struck, of midst debris and flood damaged buildings, the university president promised that the school would reopen in a matter of months. [applause] some said he was crazy. some said it could not happen. [applause] but they did not count on what happens when one force of nature me to another. [laughter] by january, four months later, class was in session. less than a year after the storm, i had the privilege of delivering the commencement address to the largest graduating class in xavier's history. [applause] that is a symbol of what new orleans is all about. we see new orleans and the efforts of joslyn heights who is here today. katrina left her house 14 feet underwater. but after volunteers helped her rebuild, she joined the merkel to serve the community herself, part -- joined the miracle to serve the community herself [applause] . today, she manages a local center for mental health and wellness. we see the symbols that this city has become in the

tomorrow, we will see the city through the eyes of a xavier university president dr. norman francis, who is at the forefront of bringing back the college community. his views on the ups and downs of this journey. friday, we'll introduce you to a family that had to indoor both the hardships of the storm and the stereotypes surrounding their muslim religion. their story is particularly relevant in the national debate right now over the proposed mosque near ground zero. tonight, dave walker, a veteran reporter and columnist of the "times-picayune," who has been covering television and media for the paper for more than a decade now. it always a pleasure to have you on the program. what do you make of all the renewed focus? every network, every cable outlet, all the focus on new orleans now, is that good or bad? >> it is a combination of both. i spent the weekend compiling the list because it is so long. everybody here is bracing for what it is the coverage will be, because it is so complicated even five years after the storm. it is complicated because it what has happened

we see that here at xavier. less than a month after the storm struck, amidst debris and flood-damaged buildings, president -- the president promised this university would reopen it in a matter of months. some said he was crazy. some said it could not happen. but they did not count on what happens when one force of nature need another. and by january, four months later, class was in session. less than a year after the storm, i had the privilege of delivering the commencement address to the largest graduating class in xavier's history. that is a symbol of what new orleans is all about. we have seen new orleans in in the efforts of jocelyn heights who is here today. katrina left her house 14 feet underwater. but after volunteers helped to rebuild, she joined americorps to serve the community herself, part of a wave of volunteers who have been critical to rebuilding this region and this city. so today, she manages a local center for mental health and wellness. we see the symbol that this city has become in the st. b

now five years later, xavier university is rebuilt and thriving. white's old neighborhood is still mostly empty. earlier this month he sold his house to the state for a modest sum of money. it's slateded for demolition. he's disheartened at just how little of new orleans has been rebuilt. >> to look at the state of much of the city, if you go into a lot of neighborhoods off the big streets five years after katrina in an american city i think it is a great trajs de. i think it is a disgrace for the city to be in this condition now. i think that new orleans should be two or three times more along. >> brown: still white says he's glad he's back in new orleans and moving on with his life. >> for a long time, like many people, i went through a serious period of depression, of anger, of many different kinds of emotions . and then i came to realize the most valuable thing that i have i never lost. inside. it's that music tradition. it's the memory of all of those parades, of all of those older musicians who brought the spirit of new orleans' music and pas

please welcome manual xavier. >> hello. okay. there we go. how are you doing? first of all, thank you so much. it's such a great pleasure to be back in san francisco. i love this city and it's always a pleasure to be here. i want to thank mishell t. one is new. it will give you a back story. a few years ago, i had been attacked on the streets of brooklyn. i am deaf in my left ear. >> sitting on the l, i was made a wear, my voice of louder. he didn't know about the hearing loss in one here. i remained silent. i didn't turn around to expose the scar on the back of my head. so that i wouldn't have to explain the origination. instead of business cards, i should explain, it would read as follows. my name is emaniel. i became a prostitute. i found my salvation? writing. i pushlished a book. i was recently attacked on the streets where i lived. >> the surgery left me deaf. i do not have aids. men are not allowed to be a soldier. i am not asking for your money. please get home safe and keep this pen to share your story too. may be some day, i will get to hear your voic

please welcome manual xavier. >> hello. okay. there we go. how are you doing? first of all, thank you so much. it's such a great pleasure to be back in san francisco. i love this city and it's always a pleasure to be here. i want to thank mishell t. one is new. it will give you a back story. a few years ago, i had been attacked on the streets of brooklyn.

in a few hours, president obama will be in new orleans, speaking at xavier university reas suring the region of his commitment. >>> time 7:32 a.m. police and firefighters investigating an early morning highrise fire in san francisco it happened 5:30 a.m. in tenderloin. polk and lark are still blocked off they believe a burning mattress on the 7th floor caused the 2 alarm fire. the flames set off the buildings sprinkler system at least one person was taken to hospital. >>> all right. suspect arrested in the shooting of a fremont police officer. police say he was headed for the border when they caught him. 20-year-old man was arrested in san diego last night the driver of the car also arrested. police were following a cell phone signal approximate the suspect's -- from the suspect's vehicle when they stopped border traffic and got him. >> we asked them to shut the border down so we could do a car search. they closed the border down and were going through checking cards when he fled from one car and was later taken into custody. >> 39-year-old officer young remains in critical buzz stabl

president obama assured a crowd at louisiana's xavier university that rebuilding is still a priority.president obama: my administration is going to stand with you and fight along side you until the job is done. >> reporter: the tourists who were here this rainy summer weeknd have certainly put katrina behind them although they say tourism is down 5% from what it was five areas ago. it was standing room only for the jazz performance, leroy jones says five years later, most of his fellow artists are back. >> the musicians who experienced katrina and that have returned to new orleans are playing the music with more passion and more devotion than they have ever played with before. >> reporter: but many older musicians who relocated after katrina have not returned and new arrivals are taking their places. part of the changing landscape of this historic city. manuel gallegus, cbs news, new orleans. >>> the fight to save east bay child care centers, what some parents say they plan to do now to keep the centers operating. and who needs a fast car when you can go super sonic. how you can be th

president obama assured a crowd at louisiana xavier university that rebuilding is still a priority. >my administration is going to stand with you and fight alongside you until the job is done. >> reporter: the tourists who were here this rainy summer weekend have certainly put katrina behind them although locals say tourism is still down about 20% from what it was five years ago. it was standing room only for the nightly jazz performance at historic preservation hall. new orleans born trumpet early roy jones says five years later most of his fellow artists are back. >> the musicians who experienced katrina and that have returned to new orleans are playing the music with more passion and more devotion than they have ever played with before. >> reporter: but many older musicians who relocated after katrina have not returned and new arrivals are taking their places. part have the changing landscape of this historic city. and, with this anniversary now behind them, tomorrow and we get back to the business of recovery here. back to you. >> let me ask you this. it all started with a failed

on this five-year anniversary, the president told a crowd at louisiana xavier university the governments committed to rebuilding. >> my administration is going to stand with you and fight alongside you until the job is done. until new orleans is all the way back. >> our lives were forever changed. >> reporter: and as the preacher told the mourners at the jazz festival, the spirit of new orleans will never be broken, come hell or high water. manuel gallegus, cbs news, new orleans. >>> today in the gulf, engineers hope to begin removing a temporary cap that stopped the gulf oil leak. the government has ordered bp to stand by just in case the operation produces another leak. once the cap is removed, engineers hope to raise the failed blowout preventer. investigates believe the blowout preventer may explain what caused the explosion that triggered the leak. >>> jealousy appears to have trigger add a deadly weekend shooting rampage in western arizona. they say brian diaz shot and killed five people saturday, including his ex-girlfriend, the mother of his children. diaz was barred from seeing

on this five-year anniversary the president told a crowd at louisiana xavier university the government is committed to rebuilding. >> president obama: my administration is going to stand with you and fight ahonk side you until the job is done. [ applause ] >> president obama: until new orleans is all the way back. >> our lives were forever changed. >> reporter: and as the preacher told the mourners at the jazz funeral, the spirit of new orleans will never be broken, come hell or high water. and tonight there is a memorial with city leaders with music and prayer to monday or those who lost their life and, ann, tomorrow it is back to the business of recovery. >> and manuel, you talk about this spirit can't be broken; do you get the sense they are hope they'll they can rebuild? they still have a long way to go? >> reporter: absolutely, they are used to adversity and they are resilient people, all is adversity they've had with the oil spill. depends who you talk to. the tourists are having a good time, here to celebrate, we saw a bourbon street packed, but 6,000 people without permanent pl

he will speak at xavier university, marking the fifth anniversary of hurricane katrina. live coverage at 3:10 p.m. eastern on c-span tomorrow. >> we now have a generation coming up who did not have the arts very much as children and in the public schools. these are now the 20-year olds. i am very concerned about that group of people, because it is not clear to me that they will arts.o the >> he heads the kennedy center. he will talk about the future for the arts on c-span's today. "q&a". >> these interviews were conducted at the los angeles convention center. host: tom rogers is the ceo and president of tivo. thanks for being with us. guest: great to be here. host: tivo, your company, the brand is becoming a verb. tell me about tivo today. guest: that is a blessing and curse. obviously, we are very well- known brand. because of how it is used, there are many people think they have it but don't. there is a vast amount of difference between a generic dvr and tivo in some chilly. that was when tivo was a recording device. today is a different animal. yes, it allows you to r

speaking at xavier university, president obama said he'll stand with new orleans, as work continues to make the city whole. >> i want to the come here and tell the people of this city directly, my administration is going to stand with you and fight alongside you until the job is done. >> reporter: the aftermath of katrina overwhelmed the federal government which struggled to find help. the corpses on the streets, evacuees on rooftops, enraged americans. five years later, much has been restored. the city is one of the fastest growing in the u.s. still, some want the rebuilding accelerated. >> i'm still not healed yet, though. definitely not. >> federal government didn't stay and do everything they could. the federal government didn't make it easy. they made it very, very difficult. >> reporter: president obama hopes a social investment in health care and education in new orleans can heal katrina's wounds. >> together, we are helping to make new orleans a place that stands for what we can do in america. not just for what we can't do. >> reporter: a project should be finished next summer

live coverage of the president's speech at xavier university is getting away past 3:00 eastern time, the past 12:00 on the west coast, his speech and the five- year anniversary of hurricane katrina. thank you for being with us on this sunday. enjoy the west -- enjoy the rest of your weekend. . >> our guest has long been one of the senate's leading voices on foreign policy issues. senator lugar of indiana, thank you for coming back. guest: thank you. host: let me introduce our two reporters. matthew lee, warren strubele. i think you're going to start us off. >> thank. we have a busy week up ahead. i think the first thing on the agenda is president obama's speech to the american people at 8:00 p.m. on tuesday, nt change in the mission in iraq from combat to advise and assist. if i could, two questions. do you think we're pulling out too early? is the country ready to take security and other matters in its own hands? and as the military presence goes down, the state department is going to expand. i'm curious whether congress is ready to fund billions of dollars in civilian efforts in ir

speaking at xavier university, the president celebrated the resilience of the people of this region. in a short time ago, during this rainy afternoon here in new orleans, he sat down with us for an exclusive interview. just a block from here, you may not have known as you drove by houses with holes still in the roof where there had been live rescues. there's still fema markings and spray paint. and yet, new orleans is like this, this is a symbol of recovery. katrina was about so many things. it was about class and race and government and the environment. whatever happened to that national conversation we were supposed to have about it. >> well i think that we're still having it. i don't think that conversation happens in one instance. i think that there's a constant evolving debate about what are our obligations to each other. how do we make sure that in moments of devastation, that we are looking out for one another. how does government organize itself at the federal level interacting with state and local officials. how do we make sure that folks who were already vulnerable before a

at historically black xavier rebound story, mr.bama hailed the city's renaissance but admitted new orleans still has a long way to go. >> there's still too many people unable to find work, and there's still too many new orleanian folks who haven't been able to come home. i wanted to come here and tell the people of this city directly: my administration is going to stand with you and fight alongside you until the job is done, until new orleans is all the way back. ( applause ) >> reporter: the president also touched on the latest gulf disaster, promising to monitor b.p. until the damage from the oil spill is reversed. a cbs news poll shows that a large majority believes the government is not prepared to deal with another hurricane as powerful as katrina. visiting a public housing development later, the president met with maude smith. rescued from her home in the projects by boat, smith went to the superdome and to houston before returning home. the president promised today to finish building a new levee system for the city by next y

earlier, promises from president to a jubilant crowd at xavier university. >> my administration is going stand alongside you and fight with you until the job is done. >> reporter: some say federal aid has not helped everyone, particularly in new orleans lower-ninth ward where many homes are still gut. many blame washington red tape. >> if we had the money and help we need, it could be faster, but other than that, we are stuck. >> reporter: katrina left roughly 80% of new orleans underwater, exposing a levee system unable to withstand the storm. the new one is said to be strong enough to hold off the next big one. meantime, a parade complete with the new orleans brass band makes its way across the bridge, politicians vowing to rebuild. we're never, ever going to give up. >> reporter: and residents say no matter what the storm took way, their soul is here in new orleans. >> we're going have a better, a brighter and richer community. >> reporter: the city has plenty of spirit, but faces real problems like the countries a highest murder rate, homelessness and 55,000 abandoned buildings five

five years ago, xavier university was under water. its students had to transfer to other schools. it was shut down for five months. but now, it's back and today it was the setting for president obama talking about how far new orleans had come and how far it still needs to go. this afternoon, president obama lunched with his family at the parkway bakery and tavern in mid-city new orleans. >> going to try this alligator sausage. >> reporter: it's a restaurant that five years ago was under ten feet of water. as was much of the city, as i saw first-hand along with corpses and devastation. president obama today heralded the return of the parkway bakery and tavern -- >> i had the shrimp po'boy, and -- >> reporter: seeing it as a symbol of the city's resurgence and resilience. >> we are helping to make new orleans a place that stands for what we can do in america. not just for what we can't do. >> reporter: though he acknowledged much more needs to be done. >> there's still too many people unable to find work. and there's still too many new orleans folks who haven't been able to come hom

some of the people who came to carville, xavier martinez, the california painter, he renlted an old car as a studio out there at the beach. and that picture in the background here is one of his paintings. the associate editor at "sunset" magazine promoted it. another person, jack london, the writer, came out and partied in carville in an old car a doctor friend of his rented. george sterling, the poet who wrote "the cool, gray city of love" came out to carville a lot. and this guy really loved it. gillette burgess was a humorous, a writer. he wanted to be known as a serious novelist but he was better known for his children's books and nonsense works. he wrote "the purple cow." have you heard of that one? it's an old san francisco one. but he got so sick of it. tive written down here. he hated people reciting it back to him so he wrote, "a, yes, i wrote "the purple cow," i'm sorry now i wrote it. but i can tell you anyhow, i'll kill you if you quote it." he used carville in two of his novels, scenes and characters. one is a romantic. a guy rents one and brings his dates out there for a l

guest: xavier university is a major university within the city. it is a starkly black university at that had something to do with it. it is located in the heart of the city in an area that experienced some flooding and has been crucial to the rebuilding of new orleans. i think it is a great place for him to locate a speech. host: we will have that this afternoon at 3:10 eastern time. alabama, good morning. caller: part of the real tragedy was my uncle was in charge of the levees and he got the keys to the city during hurricane betsy. the tragedy was that if a category 3 hurricane hits the city, the city is gone. they had from 1960 until hurricane katrina to fix levees and knowing what would happen when it hit at high tide. i turned the tv off and i did not look at the newspaper. i knew what would happen. guest: as a comment, i think there were lots of folks that were putting out similar warnings about the potential of the impact of a hurricane and making those kind of warnings for literally decades. in that respect, many people in new orleans cons

>> reporter: now, the next big event is tomorrow when president obama will come and speak here at xavierversity. he, as well, is going to concentrate not so much on katrina. he'll remind people of it. but he'll talk mostly on the future. >> we'll have more from bob in our second half hour. >>> first, jeremy hubbard is here with the news this morning. paris hilton arrested in las vegas, on a cocaine charge. police say the heiress was a passenger in a car. they say they found cocaine on hilton. she was taken into custody but has already been released. >>> a deal has been approved that will create the world's largest airline. the justice department says it has no more antitrust concerns about the agreement to combine united and continental airlines. to win approval, though, the airlines could have to allow southwest to operate some flights at newark liberty airport in new jersey. >>> about 200 inmates rioted at folsom prison. seven inmates were hospitalized after guards fired shots during the melee. no officers were hurt in the riot. the prison is now on lockdown. >>> in miami, a car strand

. >> reporter: president obama's speech will be at xavier university here in new orleans, and, of course'll be talking not only about the sacrifice of the people here, but, of course, their resilience, ron? >> okay, thanks very much, bob reporting from new orleans. >>> and as mayor of new orleans ray nagin was in the eye of the storm literally and in the public eye when his city was washed away and has been built up building itself back up. he left office just this past may, and he joins us now this morning. good morning. welcome to the show, mayor nagin. >> good morning. it's good to be here. >> when did you first realize the scope of the disaster of the tragedy? was there a single moment? >> well, there was a moment right after the storm that fema executive who was here, marty bar harmondi came and gave me this devastating report of what katrina had done. >> in the middle of the disaster as we all remember you went on radio that is and lashed out blasting what you called the slow pace of the federal and state efforts to rescue the tens of thousands of people who were stranded. let's li

the president's talk at xavier university is expected to focus on what work is finished and what work still lies ahead. 80% of new orleans was under water after the levees designed to protect the city failed there. 1,600 people died. coming up, nbc bay area jay gray has a look at what crews are doing to get folks back to normal. >>> here at home, our top story, the gang member accused of shooting a fremont police officer is behind bars, captured feet away from the mexican border. officers spotted andrew barrientos headed toward san ysidro, and he bailed and ran. nbc bay area garvin thomas shows us how he failed to escape this time. >> reporter: police, of course, take the investigation into any shooting where somebody is seriously hurt very seriously. but when the victim is another police officer, it appears there is an extra intensity to the search for the shooter. in the case of andrew barrientos, it involved not just the oakland and fremont police, but police in san diego. the chp, department of justice, and ultimately needed to help of the u.s. border patrol. >>> according to poli

president obama told crowds at xavier university that rebuilding is still a top priority. >> my administrationng to stand with you and fight alongside you until the job is done. >> put away all memories, start anew. >> a levee system in the city will be finished next summer. >>> heavy seas and high winds have chased scientists away from the wreckage of the titanic on the floor of the atlantic ocean. >> but before they left, they got some new pictures of the shep that went down in 1912. they used two robots to take thousands of photos and hours of video. expedition titanic is check debris fields around the wreck. the team will return to the area after the weather settles down in a few days. >>> an update on the second major hurricane of the season that could threaten the u.s. >> also ahead, new shows and long-time series face off at last night's emmys. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> good morning. back out to vallejo. there's confusion on the chp reports as to where this accident is and what is blocked. it's actually in the commute direction. westbound 80 approaching the columbus parkway off-ramp. they ha

guest: xavier university is a major university within the city. starkly black university at that had something to do with it. it is located in the heart of the city in an area that experienced some flooding and has been crucial to the rebuilding of new orleans. i think it is a great place for him to locate a speech. host: we will have that this afternoon at 3:10 eastern time. alabama, good morning. caller: part of the real tragedy was my uncle was in charge of the levees and he got the keys to the city during hurricane betsy. the tragedy was that if a category 3 hurricane hits the city, the city is gone. they had from 1960 until hurricane katrina to fix levees and knowing what would happen when it hit at high tide. i turned the tv off and i did not look at the newspaper. i knew what would happen. guest: as a comment, i think there were lots of folks that were putting out similar warnings about the potential of the impact of a hurricane and making those kind of warnings for literally decades. in that respect, many people in new orleans consider kat

he will speak at xavier university. live coverage of the president's remarks tomorrow at 3:10 p.m. eastern here on c-span. >> coming up, a couple of town hall meetings with republican representative phil gingrey of georgia followed by representative mike ross of arkansas. after that, and alaska senate republican primary debate between li's of rakowski and challenger joe miller. >> now, a town hall meeting with rep phil gingrey, a republican representing georgia's 11th district. he talks about health care, immigration, the budget and partisanship in washington. following his remarks, he takes questions from local residents. this is about one hour 35 minutes. >> first of all, let me welcome all of you to our town hall meeting. as you know, this is a little bit unique. i have been doing town hall meetings for eight years now, this being my fourth term, but this is the first time ever that we have had the privilege of having c-span actually televise the entire town hall meeting. from the very start the -- from the opening remarks to the wonderful invocation that my good friend just off

actually culminate here on sunday when president obama will be here to give a speech, right here at xavierversity. largely about the city's resilience and rebuilding. >> this is the master bedroom. >> reporter: after five, long years, kenneth and jori dorsey are finally coming home. >> i'm happy right now. very happy right now. >> how are we doing, dave? >> reporter: like so many here, the dorseys were forced to flee, as floodwaters overtook the city. >> we lost everything. we lost our home. all our possessions. >> reporter: this week, a team of volunteers is coming together to help rebuild their home. >> it will be wonderful to sleep in our home, here in new orleans once again. >> reporter: the searing images of this disaster will not soon fade from memory. the misery, the desperation. >> this is the system that's going on here is wrong. >> reporter: and the inadequate response from all levels of government. ♪ but the big easy, knocked to its knees by katrina, is slowly making its way back. the population has rebounded to nearly 80% of its prestorm levels. wages are up, too, by 14%. >> ho

>> tomorrow, president obama delivers remarks on the fifth anniversary of hurricane katrina added xavier university in new orleans. that is live at 3:10 p.m. eastern, here on c-span. >> monday starts science and technology week on boat tv prime time. a future with total recall. stephen baker on the computer scientists and mathematicians who want to predict and manipulate our behavior. " tv and prime time, monday on c-span2. >> votes are still being counted in the alaska republican senate primary election held last tuesday. incumbent senator lisa murkowski trails her opponent by fewer than 2000 votes. we will show you a debate between them from earlier this month hosted by kakm television in anchorage, this is about 15 minutes. >> ladies and gentleman, our nation is in crisis. we are nearing a bankrupt situation where even our foreign creditors are preparing to foreclose on this nation. we must turn this nation around. where are we at this point? because of a crisis of leadership. we need to turn the nation back. we need to turn back over regulation. i am joe miller and i am running for t

. >> he's speaking on sunday at xavier university, i understand. what -- what else do you hear residents saying they want to hear from president obama? >> president obama is popular with folks here in south louisiana and new orleans in particular. some -- he's a little on the outs with some democratic colleagues. senator landrieu said she would like to hearty president say something about lifting the moratorium in place, that he put in place on offshore drilling. she said it is hurting everything from -- from big oil companys to small local businesses. the new orleans economy, the economy of louisiana is really suffering as a result of that moratorium. they're hoping -- democrat and republican alike are hoping that the president says -- does something, finds common ground between protecting the coastline and bringing back the oil industry that is so important to the state. >> it is a political year, not only in new orleans but all of louisiana, all of the country. is issue in particular of hurricane katrina still coming up as a political issue? >>