. >> ifill: and, we talk to new orleans mayor mitch landrieu and brookings institution scholar amy liu about the comeback and the challenges five years after hurricane katrina. that's all ahead on tonight's "newshour." major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: and by the alfred p. sloan foundation. supporting science, technology, and improved economic performance and financial literacy in the 21st century. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: california's ban on same-sex marriage was overturned by a federal judge today when he ruled a ballot measure was unconstitutional. the landmark case brought by two gay couples who contended the ban violated their civil rights has been closely watched around the nation. "newshour" correspondent spencer michels has more on this long battle beginning with some background. >> reporter: it was a decade ago, in 2000, when california voters f

new orleans mayor mitch landrieu laid a wreath at the memorial to 100 still unidentified victims of katrina. while in the ninth ward, mostly still ravaged, a traditional second line procession marched acrop across the bridge, t where hundreds were stranded after the storm. across the spot where hundreds were stranded after the bridge. survivors returned to remember those lost. >> lawrence sanders. >> reporter: and to honor their memories by continuing the long struggle to come back. >> what we went through and where we are today. we're a whole lot better. >> reporter: though most agree, there's still a long way to go. jay gray, nbc news, new orleans. >>> last night in los angeles, new comedies ruled the roost at the 62nd annual prime time emmy awards. the first year series "modern family" ended the three year reign of 30 rock and "mad men" claimed top honors for a third straight year. more on television's big night in the spotlight. >> reporter: this year's emmys definitely had a musical theme. there were several musical numbers sprinkled throughout the show including a performance by jewel

his guests include senator mary landrieu and her brother mitch landrieu, mayor of new orleans. >>> up next, making a difference with the power of words. >>> finally tonight, back to new orleans for the story of a woman who has found a way to make a difference, especially for young people, by helping them turn feelings into words. nbc's kate snow has our report. >> it's so good to see you. >> reporter: renee watson hasn't seen the salom kids since the summer after katrina, 2006, when the new york writer donated her time to come here as a guest artist at their summer camp. >> part of what i do with young people all over is helping them cope with trauma using the arts. >> reporter: renee asked the kids to write stories, poetry and plays, a kind of therapy after all the trauma they'd just been through. >> writing it down helps you deal with how you feel. >> i just realized their stories were staying with me. i was thinking about these children all the time and wanted to honor their stories. >> reporter: their words inspired renee to write a book about four friends. >> we're from new orlea

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landrieu as their new mayor, ushering in what many hope will be lastinging change. landrieu has taken on a lot. new orleans remains the murder capital of the u.s. its police force, so riddled with corruption the new mayor asked the federal justice department to step in. >> there is no trust in the city for the police department. >> reporter: is the danziger bridge going to go down as the low point imagery for the nopd? >> yeah, it will. and i would have to say that it's not katrina that caused nopd to be like it was. it just manifested the dysfunction. >> reporter: still, most of the city's residents came back after katrina. it is believed about 75% of its close to half million former residents have returned. but the struggle to rebuild has been monumental and, for some, coming home was never an option. >> lower ninth feels so much the same today, five years later, as it did a month later, a year later. the debris has mostly gone, but it is not a place where you feel a vibrant sense of return. >> reporter: every visit i make back here, i'm always stunned to see wate

. >> reporter: new orleans mayor mitch landrieu said the force must find a way to regain the trust of people they are supposed to protect. >> the trust has to be restored or there is no way the city will ever take off. >> reporter: mayor landrieu appointed a new police chief earlier this year. it is unclear any order to shoot looters will play in the federal trials against police officers accused of shooting unarmed people. brian? >> thanh, we'll see you down there. we'll be in new orleans with extensive coverage of the anniversary beginning tomorrow night live in new orleans for this broadcast. >>> on friday night, our msnbc documentary airs. it's about what we saw during those first awful days. then on sunday, we'll have a special edition of "meet the e press" from new orleans. after that, president obama agreed to sit down with us for an exclusive interview which we'll air on "nightly news" sunday from there. >>> an update on hurricane season now, the current one. hurricane danielle continues to churn in the eastern atlantic. 85 mile an hour winds. danielle could brush past bermuda

>> i'll give you two words that i think is our hope it's called mitch landrieu. i think he's doing a terrific job. we have a police chief with a ph.d. and tons of young people, entrepreneurs coming in here. i think we're on the way. we've got a lot of problems to fight. the irony to me is i think we're the canary in the gold mine for the rest of the count. the rest of the country doesn't understand 30% of their energy sitting on wetlands. as it goes away, america, you're in much bigger trouble than we were and you refuse to look at it. >> as we introduce wendell pierce and the work he's done in this city, i want to take a look at a piece of videotape. this is wendell pierce arriving at the family home and realizing it's been flooded, decimated, looted, it's a shell of its former self. >> that's the house. we still own it. it's still our home. and we'll clean it up, rebuild it if we're allowed to. the neighborhood is inhabitable. life goes on. >> that's from the hbo documentary "when the levees broke." pontchartrain park is next door just across the tracks. i'm so

eastern, them mayor of new orleans, mitch landrieu, will talk about the changes in the five years after a game katrina. clive coverage is on c-span2. former -- >> former washington post staff writer kiron dindane recalls the life of the first female cabinet secretary, frances perkins. then james man talks about the core members of daud -- of the george w. bush for cabinet. and david rafah and keith mcfarland profile the life and career of louis johnson. but tv prime time all this week on c-span2. >> a live picture from the rayburn house office building on capitol hill well -- where a hearing on a continual efforts to clean of the gulf of mexico oil spill and whether food in the region is safe to eat. tuesday, the university of georgia released their report countering the claim that the saying that made most of the well has been recovered or dispersed. we expect this hearing to get underway shortly. the we will have live coverage of it for you here on c-span. alas, that brigade in iraq is leaving the country -- of the last combat brigade in iraq is leaving that country. we will have more

please welcome new orleans mayor mitch landrieu. [applause] >> thank you all so much. the people were wrong. if your telephone is on, the only forgiveness you get is if it rings when the saints go marching in. thank you so much for having me. we meet in difficult times. the national economy continues to struggle. millions are out of work. after three long months, the well in the gulf is capped but the die has been cast. over 200 million gallons of oil need to be cleaned up to save one of the most delicate and important ecosystems in the world. next week, we will commemorate the fifth anniversary of katrina. five years after, i stand here to thank all of you who helped us survive and recover and to rebuild. to the first responders and the millions of volunteers, the faith based organizations and taxpayers, the cities that took us in, to the many nations of the world who came to our aid, the people of new orleans thank you and offer our eternal gratitude. but for both katrina and the bp oil catastrophe, our future is not just about survival. it is about resurrection. it

. >> new orleans mayor mitch landrieu spoke to reporters five years after katrina. he also addressed the bp oil rig explosion and urged administration officials to monitor the situation in the gulf. this is about one hour. >> the afternoon and welcome to the national press club. i am a reporter for bloomberg news and the president of the national press club. we are the world's leading professional organization for journalists and are committed to the future of the profession. for more information about the press club, visit our web site at www.press.or.g to donate, please visit the same website. on behalf of our members worldwide, i would like to welcome our speaker and attendees which include guests of our speaker as well as working journalists. i would also like to welcome the c-span and public radio audience. after the speech, i will ask as many audience questions as time permits. i would now like to introduce our head table guests. from your right, frank snelix, a realtor and special guest. larry-3, a librarian and a member of the national press club. glenn marc

and i want everybody to hear -- to know when they hear me thank mitch landrieu, your new mayor, for his commitment to that partnership. even as we continue our recovery efforts, we are also focusing on preparing for future threats so that there is never another disaster like katrina. the largest civil works project in american history is underway to build a fortified levee system. and just as i pledged as a candidate, we're going to finish this system by next year so that this city is protected against a 100-year storm. we should not be playing russian roulette every hurricane season. and we are also working to restore protective wetlands and natural barriers that were not only damaged by katrina -- not just damaged by katrina but had been rapidly disappearing for decades. in washington where restoring competence and accountability. i am proud that my fema director, craig fugate, has 25 years of experience in disaster management in florida. he came from florida, a state that has known its share of hurricanes. we put together or group led by secretary donovan and secretary of balaton the

let me turn now to the current mayor of new orleans, mitch landrieu. good to see you. >> welcome. >> you've been mayor for 100 days or so. >> 117 days. >> i'm sorry, 117. in your opinion, from your perspective, how far in the rear-view mirror have the people of new orleans managed katrina? >> we had a major turning point where people really wanted to stop looking backwards and look forward. i said some time ago we're not really thinking about rebuilding the city. we're thinking about building the city we want to become. and i think there's been a significant turning point just in the recent future. >> i think a lot of people look at katrina and say what positive could come out of it but there are some positive things that could come out of it and that is this city you can now have a chance to re-create, it's a city that's more environmentally friendly. it's greener. some of the housing here is greener. what are you most proud of? >> first of all, i'm most proud of the citizen involvement, people stood up at one time. the overarching message when you lo

we have the outstanding mayor of new orleans, mitch landrieu. [cheers] we have the better-looking and younger senator from louisiana, mary landrieu. i believe that senator david vitter is here. right here. hold on a second now. we have congressman joe -- is here. congressman charlie -- is here. [cheers] congressman steve -- is here. secretary of housing and urban development who has been working tirelessly down here in louisiana, shaun donovan. we got our epa administrator, lisa jackson, here. home girl. fema istrator of the mal here. the person who is heading up our community service efforts across the country, patrick corbin cent, is here. the surgeonown, xavier grad, ieren might add, is here. we very proud to have these republics servants here. it is wonderful to be back in new orleans. and it is a great honor -- it is a great honor. you can see me now? ok. it is a great honor to be back at xavier university. inspiring to spend time with people who have demonstrated what it means to persevere in the face of tragedy, to rebuild in the face of

landrieu, and the younger brother of senator mary landrieu. winsor david vitter his nomination. he will face a democrat in the upcoming november election. that is from louisiana newspapers. republican line from richmond, virginia. good morning. caller: good morning, sir. i watched a lot of both of the rallies and it seemed to me that glenn beck was trying to promote a lot of good news and hope and christianity and so forth. that may be a dirty word for some people. on the other side, it seems we have reverend al sharpton, a man who i never even heard him mention the word she says. it seemed like everybody at their -- he never mentioned the word jesus. i wish people could take the message from alveda king. here is a woman whose father and uncle were murdered. she refused to become better. a person who loved other people. a person who was filled with joy and kindness and the bitterness and anger and playing the blame grain and criticizing everybody. what good is it to say that we will reclaim the dream if you have already destroyed it, if you tu

at 1:00 eastern, at new orleans mayor mitch landrieu talks about how new orleans is staring at five years after hurricane katrina. you can see live coverage on c- span2. last may, a house judiciary subcommittee on crime look into fraud against senior citizens. witnesses addressed mail, telemarketing, and internet scams that target seniors. it is about one hour 20 minutes. >> i am going to begin with my opening statement. we decided votes called, and once they begin with votes, -- we just had a votes called, and once they begin with votes, it will be about an hour and half before we come back. the subcommittee will come to order. i think it may make sense to give the opening statement when we come back. let me go, without objection, to our two witnesses who are here so that they will not have to come back. we recognize the gentle lady from wisconsin, second district of wisconsin, hometown is madison, serves on two the committees on energy and commerce and sits on the judiciary committee, and a colleague from north carolina, mr. coble, who was a member of this committee and also serves -- w

louisiana senator mary landrieu, and her brother, the newly elected mayor of new orleans, mitch landreau. then our interview with brad pitt whose make it right foundation has worked to rebuild homes in the lower ninth ward here. plus, our roundtable with actor wendell pierce. local radio host garland robinette, and his story in an author, doug brinkley. all this morning on "meet the press." >> that is at 8:00 this morning. then at 9:00, "press here." net neutrality, a term you should become familiar with if you plan on doing anything from watching youtube to checking your e-mail. one side of the debate says that all of the data on the internet should be treated equally. video and e-mails should all go through the same pipes at the same speed. and those people want new rules to make sure that happens. carley fiorina is against that idea and told the blog politico that new rules protecting data would be government entrepreneur feerns. google recently proposed that it should be allowed to pay for preferential treatment objen wireless internet networks, the kind that go to your phones. which