katrina didn't cause new orleans' problem. it just made everything that we had much clearer. >> many police officers worked hard to secure the city and rescue survivors during the storm and the aftermath. but more than 200 overwhelmed nopd officers deserted their posts while others did little to help their desperate fellow citizens. >> can you do anything to help these people? >> we have people coming and helping, sir. >> who's coming? >> five years after katrina, there's still little public trust in the police department, and new orleans' murder rate remains the highest in the nation. but there are signs the divisions exposed by the storm are beginning to heal. >> mayor landrieu won with a majority of every racial group in the city, of every single neighborhood in the city. in this sense he's a consensus leader at a time when the city truly needs consensus on something. >> and then there was the new orleans saints' stunning last minute triumph in the 2010 super bowl. giving this battered city a chance to come together and cel

new orleans in general is shrouded in mystery. its history often ignored in textbooks and idealized in our cultural interactions. but in the past six years ago, new orleans and the mississippi river gulf coast areas have been central to the nation's most significant current events. the history of the city and its surrounding areas have contributed much to the history of america as a whole that is often ignored because new orleans for so long was not american and even after its americanization remained largely european in culture. but now with daniel rasmussen's book on the 1811 slave uprising with hey one of the most extensive looks at a little known piece of american history, and this year 200 years after the rebellion, and 150 years after the start of the civil war, it is even more important to take a look back and remember that people and the values for whom that war was fought. on a personal note, i just graduated from the university of maryland this week with a degree in historical archaeology. i have always been fascinated b

we want to be in new orleans. so is we're going to give $250,000 worth of medication to every patient that walks in the door. and i tell you, we have patients who can't afford a $4 medication. to have that 90 days frees up so much. >> why do you do this? the national association of free clinics. why do you go to different cities? and i will say there is no picking on new orleans here, okay? they have been through a lot. but you know what, so have other cities in this country when it comes to health care. and i could take this show on the road. i've been with you a number of different clinics. it's the same story. it hasn't changed. okay? so why do you go on the road and do this? >> the 1,200 clinics across the country have seen a 40 to 50% increase in patients. and the last two years. we knew we had to do something. we had to go to the clinics and have these clinics across the country to show what the face of the uninsured looks like. because so many people think, oh, that's not me. it's not anybody i know. but i'

kmart toward new orleans chanting freedom or death. their goal is to overthrow new orleans and establish a black republic. i want to focus on the idea of them wearing his military uniform. what does that mean? are saying we are real men with a mission. slaves are not people, they are animals without political existence with no rights, no claim to freedom and by putting on military uniforms, by claiming that the element of nationhood they say that our ideology is fundamentally wrong. a few plantations down, gilbert -- he sees his slave dominique bursting into his quarters just as charles burst into menlo landry's quarters hours before. but dominique is not there to kill francois but to warn him. the fastest way to freedom in slave society is to the trey revolt. will not participate in one and dominique tells him there is a large number of rebels slaves moving down the river pillaging farm that killing whites. francois tells dominique to travel to new orleans and ward ever won the rebels are coming to go to new orleans and take cover, ge

marsh fires are a fact of life for people who live in marshy areas like new orleans, they happen. the thing is, marshes are remote areas, they are difficult to get to so your options are limited when a fire breaks out there. this is one option, this is called a marsh buggy, it's basically a big tractor-like vehicle that can maneuver in and around these hard to reach swamps. some models have these long retractable arms that turn over soil that's burning and help stamp out the fire. louisiana, unfortunately, doesn't own any marsh buggies, the department of agriculture wanted two of them, they requested two of them, but they were cut out of this year's budget. the state couldn't afford them. here's another option, big airplanes that can fly over the fire and dump thousands of gallons of water on the flames to help put it out. the problem right now for residents of new orleans as reported by wdsu, the local nbc affiliate down here, the new orleans fire department said several airplanes would be needed and they are costly. big water-dumping airplanes are just too expensive. the state c

new orleans. campbell robertson, thank you for being with us. what would you add to the account we just shared about the prosecution's case? you wrote that it was a grisly account. i believe that was your word. >> well, this account started coming out over some time. there had been five police officers who pled guilty, some of whom were actually firing at the bridge that day, other ones who were involved in the coverup, one of them described as a massacre. so, as those guilty pleas were coming out, the, while everyone knew this was, everyone had suspected that this was a very bad scene, the grislyness of it began to come out one at a time with those guilty pleas. so when the prosecutors finally put it altogether, it was a pretty harrowing account of what happened that day. >> woodruff: and there were accounts of the police tampering with the evidence, planting a gun. tell us a little about that part of the prosecution's case. >> well, it's funny, the coverup, the prosecutors say the coverup began

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nice to see you and they're good to see you too so what is alec up to a new orleans this week. well as you explained it their corporate front group started in the seventies and they really grew very quickly in their early ninety's and only until now they face more scrutiny and as you mentioned during the day corporate lobbyists meet with state lawmakers state senators state assemblyman. and helped hash out model legislation that they call it that can be brought back to the state capitals across the country and introduced as legislation but right now is not. the evening here and new orleans now people are done with the legislation writing for the day and now it's party time time warner has a party that started about fifteen minutes where they bring out lawmakers from across the country and it's giving them gumbo and alcohol but there are parties all through the night there's about five or six different private receptions where corporate lobbyist after feeding people legislation now they're feeding them food and booze yeah any any details any secrets that you've uncovered well we

ed, what was it like to be in new orleans today on this grim anniversary? >> well, you know, lawrence, new orleans has come a long way in the last six years, but every resident that came through the door today here at this health care clinic was quick to say we have a long way to go. this health care clinic, i think, is symbolic of what we have to do as a country to make things better for americans, to give them an opportunity, and an opportunity to respond to a disaster as they did on the east coast this weekend. you know, we're a smarter country because we went through katrina. we're better informed and better equipped, and i think the american people are paying better attention to what's going on, that saved lives. back six years ago, there were some failures in government, failures in structures that affected a lot of people, and this recovery is going to go on for a long, long time, and you could see it in the eyes of the people here today that they have been through an awful lot, and i asked them about katrina, i asked them about the recovery, but the

. >> new orleans the city may never be the same. we hope that is an overstatement. >> dick cheney wants you to know he was in charge and not ree responsible. >> make sure you've got your vice president under control. >> dick cheney's memoir are already causing controversy. >> what the hell is going on here? >> you have failed me for the last time. >> this is really dick cheney unapologetic. >> an apology would have been in order. >> no apologies. >> no apologies. >> could have done that to america. >> this is his last political will and testament. >> to pump a book out by saying heads will be exploding with a condescending tone. >>> good evening from los angeles. today as many federal officials remain focussed on the cleanup and recovery efforts of hurricane irene, president obama turned his focus back to jobs. >> even as we deal with this crisis of the moment, our great ongoing challenge as a nation remains how to get this economy growing faster. our challenge is to create a climate where more businesses can post job listings, wher

we've seen that in the past two years here in new orleans. diabetes, cholesterol, and we also know we're going to have people that are going to want to talk to counsellors. they really are still going to need to talk about what katrina and bp oil spill did to them. >> and the clinics, they're not inexpensive. they're very expensive to run. and you folks do a fabulous job. i've been really honored to be a part of it to see it happen and be allowed to report what's going on. there how far away are you from your goal? >> we're about $145,000 away from our goal. and msnbc's viewers have been amazing. but at this point in time, ed, we really need that number to get these people that health care that they desperately need. so we're inviting everyone to go to freeclinics.us and make the donation that makes the most sense to you. so we can help these people still don't have access health care. >> i want to point out that folks that come to the health care clinics, 83% of them have jobs. this isn't about homelessness. this is about people who have got

that is what happened in new orleans. they didn't know how bad it was at first. >> absolutely. if the that happens, that scenario were to play out, that part of manhattan called the buildings getting their feet wet. the water will go out naturally, but a it is tidal water, and we don't have levees to track it. but the impact, natalie, right now in new orleans, six years after katrina next week, we are still replacing underground infrasfratructure damaged as a result of the storm. think of new york with underground metro systems, tunnels going under water networks, and i mean this could be a real mess on our hands, and the actions that the mayor took were right on to get the people concerned and get them evacuated. >> general, i want to point out to the viewers that we have pictures of long beach, new york, where, you know, the brunt of the storm will hit out there, but to your point as far as new york is concerned, and the infrastructure buried underneath of it, that i think that will prove to be a big test, because a lot of that stuff is really old. and in some cases, crumblin

yet it was new orleans that was hardest hit. the crescent city thought it had survived katrina's punch' but then the water kept rising and the levees started to fall. the tornts of water left behind a flood of tears. >> if you asked most americans, they'd say this was a natural disaster whereas the unrebutted evidence on the public record was that it was not. >> reporter: actor and is a tireist harry sheer is a part- time resident of new orleans. his documentary "the big uneasy" cites years of humanerer and bad planning as reasons for the flooding. >> the corps of engineers were claiming that the surge was so high it came over these walls and eroded the bottom. that's why they failed. and therefore it wasn't their fault. but what we've soon discovered is that the surge only got to about here. >> the gulf coast damage gets attributed to hurricane katrina. the new orleans damage gets abutted to the u.s. army corps of engineers. >> reporter: we now know the government's levy were not up to the task nor was its response to their fai

ronal serpas is the new chief of police in new orleans. >> it's clear that our department failed in some critical ways in the post- katrina environment. >> reporter: serpas is now working with the u.s. justice department to reform a police force that had become notorious for corruption. >> our department as a whole has continued to provide an excellent service but this is a damaging moment. this is a damaging issue. >> reporter: to change that, serpas instituted a 65-point reform plan. and since becoming chief, he's fired 35 officers and suspended more than 200 others. in all, more than one in 10 members of the new orleans force has been disciplined. >> no question that anything that was broken here can be fixed. it can be. >> for sherrell johnson, the pain is still fresh, still real. justice brings some comfort, but little else. >> it took the twinkle out of my eye, the song out of my heart. >> reporter: the five officers found guilty today will be sentenced in december, and, scott, four of them could face life in prison. >> pelley: thanks, bigad. the most compelling pictures that we've

it's great to be back in new orleans after so many years. [laughter] little bit older and with some gray hair. [laughter] i will talk for half an hour half an hour to present my book, that's not much time, but i will do my best, kind of give you an overview what my book is about. and after 35 minutes, 30 minutes we will have time for a q&a. and i'm sure you have many questions, and i'm hoping that i can answer at least some of your questions. you're going to raise. i'll show you some slides a little powerpoint presentation, some documents. i hope you can see the documents more or less well. it's a little bit bright light in here, so i will do my best. um, but i think it's important to have original documents so you can have, you know, a firsthand look on the research i did or i am doing about this work after '45. just before i start just a few remarks. my book is not just about war criminals, perpetrators of the holocaust, but also former nazis, ss members, collaborators from all over europe. so fascists, for example, from croatia, fascists

but look at the air quality in new orleans today. mayor mitch landrieu decided to fight it from the air and declared a state of emergency. now four blackhawk helicopters from the state national guard, with buckets of water affixed to them have been deployed. they'll fight it 500 gallons at a time. the wind has swept into to several louisiana parishes. a lightning strike started this fire and it may take until next week's predicted rains there to finally put it out. >>> switching now to news from overseas. we have no idea where gadhafi is. while he's no longer in charge in libya, there's a huge search for him under way and as they go about the search, they're discovering more about how lavish a lifestyle he maintained. stephanie gosk has the report from tripoli. >> reporter: tripoli is theirs but as long as moammar gadhafi is on the run, rebels say, the fight is not over. he has save havens and loyal followers. despite the $1 million bounty. the head of libya's interim council warned the city of gadhafi's hometown to surrender by satu

hurricane katrina hit new orleans and the gulf coast six years ago today. hurricane katrina hit new orleans and the gulf coast six years ago today. ties. in here, the planned combination of at&t and t-mobile would deliver our next generation mobile broadband experience to 55 million more americans, many in small towns and rural communities, giving them a new choice. we'll deliver better service, with thousands of new cell sites... for greater access to all the things you want, whenever you want them. it's the at&t network... and what's possible in here is almost impossible to say. from flooding, to power outages.. the damage left behind on the east coast. and how things are getting back to normal today. the final pieces of the puzzle.. on the new bay bridge span. how today's milestones are speeding up construction. more threats of commute disruption for bart riders today. the other agency that's taking a huge hit from all the protests. and.. the top school official taking a 200 thousand dollar pay cut. join us for cbs 5 early edition, >>> on the "cbs mornin

but it is a beautiful night here in new orleans. and i love this place because i get to spend a lot of time here in 1990 when the 49ers came and beat the denver broncos in the super bowl. to come back here relive some of that and, of course, the culture just to set the scene, i got the mississippi river across the way. over here, the famous cafe du monde. i'll tell more that in just a moment. jackson square behind me and the st. louis cathedral the catholic church and then bourbon street which i hear people frequent on occasion is just on the other side of that beautiful cathedral. again, more on that in just a moment. first, the business at hand. the 49ers rolled into their hotel this afternoon just outside the french quarter. this is the good test for them because they are getting ready to take on a football team hungry for another super bowl. ♪ [ music ] when the saints go marching in ♪ >> reporter: the saints are as much a part of this town as bourbon street. when new orleans won super bowl xliv, it lifted a dark cloud that

we'll be right back. >>> i'm hosting tonight's show from new orleans. but be here tonight wasn't really the plan. i'm here because hurricane irene made it impossible to fly to new york, like i was supposed to. but my unfortunate predicament is strangely apropos, because while hurricane irene has shut down the east coast, tonight is also the sixth anniversary of hurricane katrina, devastating this city, that i love and where i live. sixth anniversaries are not usually all that notable. while we are preparing as a nation to mark ten years since the attacks of september 11th, the sixth anniversary of the levee breach is less likely to make news. but my vantage point here in new orleans on this anniversary, while also looking ahead to september 11th, allows me to ponder the lessons we americans have learned and the ones we have not, from our two biggest calamities in recent history. hurricane katrina, like september 11th, 2001, was a rare moment, when we as americans suffered along with our fellow citizens, even as tragedy struck. we watched in horror as th

orleans after three weeks out on the proverbial literary whistle stop in foreign countries like new york, boston, chicago, cleveland, st. louis, and elsewhere. this book is called "render untoe rome, the secret life of money in the catholic church," and it follows a line of transactions that largely deal with the closure of churches and the disposition of churches of property as assets, and i focus on four major parts of the country, new orleans, boston are the longest sections, cleveland, and los angeles, and there are intervening chapters in rome where much to my surprise i got much more information than i imagined, but we lave in the age of miracle and wonder, and the internet gets information to people with such speed that i found myself literally up in my neck in material as i was finishing the book, and my wife actually said, oh -- i finished it in march at which point you really could have peeled me off the floor, but towards the end of october or november, and -- excuse me, i finished in november, anticipating a march publication date, and the book was published in june beca

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from new orleans, where the san francisco 49ers get ready to take on the new orleans saints in their first preseason game tomorrow night. once again, there is competition where rookie colin will get to test his athletic skills in his first preseason game. >> the coaches have said the best quarterback will play. do you envision yourself as being in the running to be the starting quarterback? >> it doesn't matter what position you're at, no one comes here to be a backup. so right now, i'm just learning as much as i can to compete for that job and then let the chips fall where they may. >> i told them is a lot of guys with talent, not a lot of guys compare that with work ethic and that mental ability that comes with that. i think he displayed it already. >> i asked jim if he was comfortable with kapernick as a backup. not only that, he would be comfortable with him being the number one quarterback. alex smith versus kapernick. game one tomorrow night. cbs 5 sports. >> opening round of the pga championship, rory battled through a injury to shoot an even par 70. that happened in the third

i put my mount to your misery new orleans. here, war lies piles so high. this floating prison of a cementary cries of range. this delta lies on its side. rows and rows upon it's own government and crushed. summertime is over and the living is dead. and around midnight all hopes are looted. no one will ever come clean of the katrina of the new orleans and the stinking house of the setting sun. but it's the black and the blue of the loving on the shoes, let alone a dime or water, america, you are always scotched earth in our mouth. always a rain of disaster of streams of our broken eyes. now the rags are the most turn. our pores the poorest that can be worn in the souls shop. now that all is lost and there is only nothing to lose. long live the courage and the poor. they begin to waiver. [applause]. >> vennetia. i was enranged at your body enettia. chicanery that cried out of an awfulor gast. slowly i found you should side streets where you practice a strolling stillness without any engine sounds and the skies turning on into color and then eternal magnifice

on august 29th, 2007, hurricane katrina toppled the levees that protect new orleans. killed more than 1,500 people. destroyed nearly 100,000 homes. displaced more than 1 million gulf coast residents. and crippled the mississippi gulf coast and southeastern louisiana. of we watched as americans were abandoned on the rooftops of their homes, and we realized that our system could not even get water to the people of a major american city for days. and this too reminded us that we are all vulnerable. not only to the danger of foreign enemies, but to the neglect of our own public institutions. the lessons of katrina were critical lessons. katrina exposed the consequences of our aging and inadequate infrastructure. the floodwaters also revealed the long-standing racial and economic differences that made an entire population vulnerable to disaster. and how long did those lessons last? did our priorities as a nation change in any profound way? whatever momentum our renewed sense of responsibility brought has been halted by this recession. right now, even as the wealth gap betw

if you wait until how bad it is, it becomes harder to change the outcome. >> with us from new orleans republican strategist mary matalin and democratic strategist james carville. thanks for being here. you heard craig fugate. did we learn the lessons of katrina from looking at irene? >> irene and katrina are two, both separate kind of events in their own way, but we learned some lessons in terms of preparedness. but the big thing is our flood protection is substantially better here. we're still not where it needs to be, you know, in terms of the pumps, but we're significantly better than we were on august 29th, six years ago. and i think in about another four years with we're going to be in pretty good shape here. but you wouldn't want to have a catastrophic engineering failure again like we had in 2005. that's very hard to prepare for. but, you know, i think that, you know, i think they have learned a lot. they had to have. >> mary, presidential candidate ron paul of texas said that the nation would be much better off without the federal emergency management agency. i want you to lis

after leaving new orleans and coming here, it was still a fight. comparing the schools, yes, i can see the different -- i can see the difference. those parents are there, and they bring in money for those schools, and they have all kinds of book fairs and arts festivals, computer labs, and at hunters point, it is a whole different story. you do not have a computer labs there. we do not have a parent involvement. it is a total difference. >> your perspective on jamal, awaiting the decision on whether he will be executed or spend his life in prison. >> he should be released. [applause] one of my professors actually is working on his case, so i have been following through her visits and conversations, but i think it is the quintessential example of what is happening with the intellects in our community. he is a brilliant brother. if you have not gone on youtube and seen him offering his insight on any number of social political issues -- i mean geopolitical issues, what is happening in afghanistan and iraq, what is happening with education in this cou

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