NBC Nightly News

[ScoopJohnD]

They will be broadcasting from New Orleans tomorrow night. Went to their website but couldn't get an inkling of the storyline, although tonight they examined the problems with getting the federal money to where it should be.

Also an article in the NY Times today about crime problem in NOLA. (Unfortunately a rather bleak picture was portrayed.)

But it got me wondering if the flurry of letters we were churning out(among other things) while perhaps not printed or acknowledged, actually put a buzz into the ear of some news organizations. Optomistic thinking perhaps but I like to think voices were heard.

[Jada]

I saw that too, Scoop. I'm glad when I see people such as Brian Williams (NBC Nightly News) and Anderson Cooper still talking about it frequently. It's so important that the rest of the nation be reminded that NOLA is still in need of assistance and that progress has been held up for too long.

[tybeedawg]

They will be broadcasting from New Orleans tomorrow night. Went to their website but couldn't get an inkling of the storyline, although tonight they examined the problems with getting the federal money to where it should be.

Also an article in the NY Times today about crime problem in NOLA. (Unfortunately a rather bleak picture was portrayed.)

But it got me wondering if the flurry of letters we were churning out(among other things) while perhaps not printed or acknowledged, actually put a buzz into the ear of some news organizations. Optomistic thinking perhaps but I like to think voices were heard.

I'd like to think that some journalists stil retain that ear to the ground quality that allows them to dig out some truth, rather than just regurgitating the party line spewed at them from corporations and the government.

Should be interesting, thanks for the heads up.

[Blitzzzzz]

Good story on Bay St. Louis last night. Still struggling after getting flattened.Caught it late night, so I can't remember which of the news stations had it. CNN, MSNBC??? Did anyone else see it?:cool:

[La Ti Da]

probably the same bleak article that was in the Providence Journal yesterday, it was a AP story about how dead the quarter is lately. Hopefully things will pick up with Mardi Gras

[ScoopJohnD]

Didn't see the piece you speak of Blitzzz but Bay St. Louis was featured in the Nightly News piece tonight so I'm guessing MSNBC covered it.

[Azeater]

I've been castigated for thinking less than splendid thoughts before so here goes. It is all about the disaster de jour. All of you know this already. This is a society possessing a very short attention span and what is hot is in the mind and what is not, is not. Florida is the latest but not the last. I don't say this out of any malice but it is a fact due to the mindset that seems to be engrossed in the one hour prime time that is perpetrated, investigated and resolved in the forty-five less commercials. That is the mindset unfortunately.

Mentioned about Bourbon being dead. I am sure it probably is and that is probably substantiated by the bank deposits of the businesses affected.

I think nothing does more good than continual letter writing by those concerned with the rebirth of a once grand city. Anyone who thinks writing one letter absolves them of further responsibility is mistaken. It is a continual task that must be maintained. An article in today’s TP makes it perfectly clear what this state is up against when it is mentioned how much money is available that has already been allocated to the state, and distributed, that is just sitting gathering mold and interest (not sure to whose benefit) yet not allocated due to the inability of local government to properly request it's disbursal.

So many problems, so little time!!!

[ScoopJohnD]

Here's the link to the page to access the Times article.

http://www.nytimes.com/pages/national/index.html

[mightyradgumbo]

Good story on Bay St. Louis last night. Still struggling after getting flattened.Caught it late night, so I can't remember which of the news stations had it. CNN, MSNBC??? Did anyone else see it?:cool:

Blitzzzz, I saw a story on MSNBC a month or so ago about Bay St. Louis last month regarding issues with the insurance devils-don't know if it was the same story. Everybody right up to the mayor of the town affected by the devestation.

[Blitzzzzz]

Blitzzzz, I saw a story on MSNBC a month or so ago about Bay St. Louis last month regarding issues with the insurance devils-don't know if it was the same story. Everybody right up to the mayor of the town affected by the devestation.
That sounds like the one, "Honk, If you've been screwed by State Farm!" Pretty amazing what the insurance companies are getting away with.:cool:

[ScoopJohnD]

Anyone who thinks writing one letter absolves them of further responsibility is mistaken.

I would never, ever disparage anyone who feels strongly enough to attempt to provoke change, whether that voice is used once or a thousand times. A voice is a voice, and no one has the right to judge the motivation or the depth of caring a person has just by the quantity of opinions expressed. I'll take one heartfelt letter over a thousand mass generated emails every time. A person may never write again, it does not lessen the depth of caring that provoked that person to write in the first place.

[breambob]

Thanks for the heads up, scoop.

"They will be broadcasting from New Orleans tomorrow night. Went to their website but couldn't get an inkling of the storyline, although tonight they examined the problems with getting the federal money to where it should be. "

It will be interesting if they get to the roots of the problem right now. If it's a FEMA / Bush bash it will be a wasted opportunity, if they get into the details of the corruption and waste on the state level it would be a coup for NBC.
I predict a mixture of both, mainly shallow sensationalism. No one is gonna dig deep enough on the national level to really get out the facts, but I'll hope for a suprise...

[mamaroux]

They will be broadcasting from New Orleans tomorrow night. Went to their website but couldn't get an inkling of the storyline, although tonight they examined the problems with getting the federal money to where it should be.

Also an article in the NY Times today about crime problem in NOLA. (Unfortunately a rather bleak picture was portrayed.)

But it got me wondering if the flurry of letters we were churning out(among other things) while perhaps not printed or acknowledged, actually put a buzz into the ear of some news organizations. Optomistic thinking perhaps but I like to think voices were heard.

I saw the show tonight... but will miss tomorrow's due to working until 7PM. please keep us informed... thank you!

[rosetree]

I'm putting my money on the story will be on the continuing crime problem ( it's not a problem, it's a plague). The lead stories on the local news here is the national press reports that crime here is getting in NYC, L.A. and other big cities.:(

[ScoopJohnD]

Thanks for the heads up, scoop.

"They will be broadcasting from New Orleans tomorrow night. Went to their website but couldn't get an inkling of the storyline, although tonight they examined the problems with getting the federal money to where it should be. "

It will be interesting if they get to the roots of the problem right now. If it's a FEMA / Bush bash it will be a wasted opportunity, if they get into the details of the corruption and waste on the state level it would be a coup for NBC.
I predict a mixture of both, mainly shallow sensationalism. No one is gonna dig deep enough on the national level to really get out the facts, but I'll hope for a suprise...

Tonights story I thought was too short (sometimes a neccessary evil with a network newscast) but balanced. Basically pointed out obstacles at all levels, from the ridiculous 10% matching requirement for municipalites in order to get federal money, to state red tape etc. It basically painted a vivid contrast to how fast projects primarily funded with private money, from the major to an individual business get completed as opposed the federally funded projects. Here's the link. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16992558/

You should be able to go to that sight tomorrow to see what was covered if you can't see the broadcast.

[NYMAMA]

I would never, ever disparage anyone who feels strongly enough to attempt to provoke change, whether that voice is used once or a thousand times. A voice is a voice, and no one has the right to judge the motivation or the depth of caring a person has just by the quantity of opinions expressed. I'll take one heartfelt letter over a thousand mass generated emails every time. A person may never write again, it does not lessen the depth of caring that provoked that person to write in the first place.

WELL SAID SCOOP

[PaulC]

FEMA Wants Over $300M in Katrina Aid Back
By FRANK BASS and MICHELLE ROBERTS, Associated Press Writers
2 hours ago

NEW ORLEANS - In the neighborhood President Bush visited right after Hurricane Katrina, the U.S. government gave $84.5 million to more than 10,000 households. But Census figures show fewer than 8,000 homes existed there at the time.

Now the government wants back a lot of the money it disbursed across the region.

The Federal Emergency Management Administration has determined nearly 70,000 Louisiana households improperly received $309.1 million in grants, and officials acknowledge those numbers are likely to grow.

In the chaotic period after two deadly hurricanes, Katrina and Rita, slammed the Gulf Coast in 2005 _ Katrina making landfall in late August, followed by Rita in late September _ federal officials scrambled to provide help in hard-hit areas such as submerged neighborhoods near the French Quarter.

But an Associated Press analysis of government data obtained under the federal Freedom of Information Act suggests the government might not have been careful enough with its checkbook as it gave out nearly $5.3 billion in aid to storm victims. The analysis found the government regularly gave money to more homes in some neighborhoods than the number of homes that actually existed.

The pattern was repeated in nearly 100 neighborhoods damaged by the hurricanes. At least 162,750 homes that didn't exist before the storms may have received a total of more than $1 billion in improper or illegal payments, the AP found.

The AP analysis discovered the government made more home grants than the number of homes in one of every five neighborhoods in the wake of Katrina. After Rita roared ashore, there were more home grants than homes in one of every 10 neighborhoods.

"We don't dispute that more households received expedited assistance in certain zip codes than are listed in the 2000 Census," said David Garratt, FEMA's deputy director for recovery. But he called this "not only justifiable, it's defensible."

Officials say a substantial number of those payments _ they cannot say precisely how many _ were made legitimately to homes where family members were separated after the storm, such as emergency workers who stayed behind as spouses and children fled. In such cases, a single family could qualify for more than one aid package. Garratt said officials were in a no-win position.

"We were faced with a situation where we had individuals who needed assistance, and needed it now," he said. "If we'd followed the standard procedures, it would have taken weeks."

Garratt acknowledged FEMA wasn't prepared to verify the identities and homes for everyone who needed help. He said the agency had multiple safeguards to ensure proper payments were made to people who applied online. But a new system designed to keep a tight rein on payments to people who telephoned their applications to FEMA was only partially finished when the storms hit, he said.

The Justice Department so far has prosecuted more than 400 people for storm-related fraud, and $18 million has been returned to FEMA or the American Red Cross, according to a recent report by the department's Katrina Fraud Task Force. The bulk of prosecutions have occurred in Louisiana (115), California (79), Texas (50) and Mississippi (46). The amount recovered so far, however, is slight compared with estimates of widespread fraud.

Among those already prosecuted: Lakietha Diann Hall, 35, of Dallas. Prosecutors said Hall and 10 others _ including her mother _ filed fraudulent assistance applications over the Internet claiming damage to her home in New Orleans. Hall, whom authorities said never lived in Louisiana, received $65,000 in disaster aid, court records show.

The New Orleans apartment complex where Hall claimed she lived was in a neighborhood of 18,100 homes before the storm; FEMA records show the government gave money to more than 21,000 homes there after Katrina.

Hall pleaded guilty to identity theft. She was sentenced in November to 70 months in prison and ordered to pay $100 each month until she repays the U.S. government $83,254 _ a court-imposed payment plan that will take nearly 70 years. Her co-defendants were sentenced to anywhere from probation to one year in prison.

Prosecutors also charged Nakia Grimes of Atlanta, who collected $2,000 in emergency aid after she claimed her home near the Louisiana Superdome was damaged. Grimes listed her ZIP code as one reserved for P.O. boxes in that part of New Orleans _ and she was one of three such people who received a total of $6,358 in checks. Grimes' check was mailed the same day she filled out her Internet application, court records show.

Investigators said Grimes, 31, also never lived in New Orleans. In March 2006, she was convicted of mail fraud, sentenced to four months' home detention and ordered to pay a $100 fine.

Census figures showing the number of households within ZIP codes don't always correspond precisely with the post office ZIP codes where FEMA sent grant money. But the AP's findings are similar to those of a February report by the Government Accountability Office, which found hurricane aid was used for to pay for guns, strippers and tattoos. The GAO concluded that between $600 million and $1.4 billion was improperly spent on Katrina relief alone.

In one neighborhood GAO scrutinized, at least one person gave an address as a cemetery. Records show FEMA gave 27,924 assistance grants worth $293 million in that neighborhood. The AP's analysis shows only 18,590 homes existed, meaning up to $98 million in aid could have been disbursed improperly or illegally.

Other agencies have moved at a more cautious and deliberative pace awarding assistance money.

The Louisiana Road Home program has handed out fewer than 400 grants to help homeowners return _ even though it's received more than 100,000 applications and is under increasing pressure from the governor and anxious homeowners. The Small Business Administration also got off to a slow start, cutting its first check more than a month after Katrina made landfall, despite receiving more than 26,000 applications.

Some south Louisiana residents said fraud was endemic in the chaotic days after the storms. Rick Caravalho, a local man walking across the French Quarter's Jackson Square on a recent morning, described it as "phenomenal." Caravalho lives close to where Bush acknowledged disappointed storm victims during his visit in September 2005.

A government official, Caravalho laughed, recently "was at the front door asking where 2003 Chartres Street was."

"There is no 2003 Chartres Street," he said. "It's a vacant lot."

In St. Bernard Parish, close to where Katrina made landfall south of New Orleans, the floodwaters rose above 20 feet and white FEMA trailers are still parked outside almost every house. Residents there told the same story. Martina Wiggins, waiting for her grandchildren to arrive home from school, said she was denied aid because someone had already applied using her address.

"They gave away the money too fast," Wiggins said bitterly. "A lot of people got money who didn't deserve it."

People who were forced to flee their homes were eligible for a wide range of federal help, ranging from rental assistance to $2,000 debit cards that could be used to replace personal possessions and buy food. Household payments were capped at $26,000.

Under agency rule changes about three weeks after Katrina, FEMA officials decided some separated households could receive aid. These exceptions included adult roommates who were separated, extended families and some adults still living with their families who were forced to evacuate separately. The government considers a "household" to represent all the people _ related or otherwise _ who live in a housing unit such as a house, apartment or mobile home.

Still, advocates said thousands of people in separated homes were improperly denied aid or never heard about the rule change. Catherine Bendor of the National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty said a federal court ruling in June criticized FEMA for not giving enough information to people applying for aid. But coming nearly a year after the storm, she said, the ruling comes too late for the majority of people who needed help.

"The application of the rule has been uneven and arbitrary," she said. "It appears they were making decisions on a case-by-case basis. So it's caused a lot of frustration. There were a lot of individuals who never should have been denied assistance."

In some cases, FEMA is still trying to collect refunds from individuals who improperly received more than one grant or who were ineligible for assistance. But for people like Keshian Mitchell, a 17-year-old Katrina refugee living in a dismal apartment complex in west Houston, it's small comfort.

"They ain't no help now," said Mitchell, who didn't find her parents until six months after Katrina laid waste to New Orleans. "Nobody's getting any more help _ they already spent all the money."

Crystal Dixon, who lives near Mitchell, agreed. Dixon, 25, said she saw people bilk taxpayers while she fought for basic assistance to help feed and clothe her five children, ages 1 to 10.

She met one woman who had moved to Houston two years before the storm but kept her Louisiana driver's license. The woman, who had no children, got cash assistance before Dixon was helped, Dixon said.

"I try to understand how confused things got," said Dixon. Her children played outside and chattered excitedly about nearly falling off a roof into flood-swollen streets, being rescued by a Coast Guard helicopter and scrounging for food and water at the overcrowded Superdome. "But I thought everyone should have been treated equally."

Cedric Miller, a 34-year-old busboy at a New Orleans restaurant, said FEMA officials seemed to be reacting as best they could to the devastation. But Miller also said: "There was a lot of fraud going on. ... There was a whole lot of that going on. It was a big ol' way-drawn-out mess."

___

[bluesgirl]

I was ready to post a link to that article. The NBC story will probably be all about that tonight. It's a shame.

[PaulC]

I was ready to post a link to that article. The NBC story will probably be all about that tonight. It's a shame.

It's an absolute cryin' shame how people scramble to take advantage of crisis situations,.. but the combined efforts of all those people of poor character are but a tiny drop in the bucket compared to the bungling ineptitude and wasteful actions of the "decider",.. and of course,.. the on going rape of Louisianna by Big Oil....

Little rats will always scamper about, but it's the fat cats who have lead by example,.. and what a pathetic example they have offered up.... Show the way,.. and the people will follow.....

Had a chance to have a long talk w/ Tab Benoit concernin' his thoughts about the big boys and their "treatment" of his beloved State... The man has some very strong opnions... I hope he can maintain the drive needed to help bring about some change.... Big Oil and their obscene profits have to kick in their fair share to replenish the wetlands and protect the Coast... It's beyond belief the amount of money they have extracted with no thought of pitchin' in to help America rebuild,.. strengthen,.. and thereby defend herself....

It only makes sense both in terms of monetary fairness and National security to shore up the Gulf Coast with portions of the money that the Oil Companies derive from their continued operations.... This subject matter alone should be in the headlines until real change is affected.... Protecting the Lousianna coast is protecting America.... Call in the Dutch if they need to,.. but get to work... The many hard workin' and honest jobs that would result would also help to rebuild New Orleans... How in the world could all of that escape a single mention in the State of the Union from a man who long ago "decided' to use fear as his springboard to power????....

[bluesgirl]

The only thing that bothers me about Tab was him saying stuff about moving out of the country if Bush won't help.

Well, Tab, we need people like you who will yell & scream until something happens. What good will moving to France do?

[PaulC]

Well, Tab, we need people like you who will yell & scream until something happens. What good will moving to France do?

Such a move greatly enhances the likelihood of catchin' a Jerry Lewis movie marathon... Then there's the incredible bread,.. wine,.. and cheese thing... Hung out in St. Emillion and Bordeux some this past summer,.. and along with beautiful scenery (that will lower the blood pressure all by itself),.. the afore mentioned big three brought many moments of immense joy and satisfaction... And never overlook the pure fun that sayin' "bonjour" a hundred times a day can bring,.. especially when you employ the whimsical high pitched tone of many of the locals ....

Booon-jour....

[bluesgirl]

Such a move greatly enhances the likelihood of catchin' a Jerry Lewis movie marathon... Then there's the incredible bread,.. wine,.. and cheese thing... Hung out in St. Emillion and Bordeux some this past summer,.. and along with beautiful scenery (that will lower the blood pressure all by itself),.. the afore mentioned big three brought many moments of immense joy and satisfaction... And never overlook the pure fun that sayin' "bonjour" a hundred times a day can bring,.. especially when you employ the whimsical high pitched tone of many of the locals ....

Booon-jour....

Gee, being able to eat food and hang out in France is so much more important than helping the people recover from a tragedy in your local area. :rolleyes:

[Jacquesimomo]

I just gotta give a big "etwah" (I know I've misspelled this, but for the life of me can't find the correct spelling) to Brian Williams. I can't help but believe that since he was there when the levies broke, and actually broke that disastrous news to many Americans, he has a much more personal understanding of NOLA's plight and is most probably keeping it in front of that news gathering team of reporters and producers. Same for Anderson Cooper. I get the sense that they truly understand what's at stake locally, state-wide and at a national level and that it must be kept as close to front and center as possible. I don't applaud the media's efforts often, but this is indeed such a case in my opinion.

[Jacquesimomo]

let me try this againe---levees.

[Jacquesimomo]

and again--- again; jeez... typing faster than normal...

[NeenAtlanta]

I just gotta give a big "etwah" (I know I've misspelled this, but for the life of me can't find the correct spelling) to Brian Williams. I can't help but believe that since he was there when the levies broke, and actually broke that disastrous news to many Americans, he has a much more personal understanding of NOLA's plight and is most probably keeping it in front of that news gathering team of reporters and producers. Same for Anderson Cooper. I get the sense that they truly understand what's at stake locally, state-wide and at a national level and that it must be kept as close to front and center as possible. I don't applaud the media's efforts often, but this is indeed such a case in my opinion.

It's Et Toi!

And I agree about Brian Williams & Anderson Cooper. Seems like they are the only ones keeping the story alive.

(FYI - did you know you can go back to one of your posts and edit it? I do it all the time with my misspellings).

[Jacquesimomo]

Thanks Neen! Well, I had written it as "etoi" but it looked funny to me---now I know I was on the right track. And, as for editing, well, I should know how to do that as it's part of my regular job responsiblities; but, I'm still learning this here bored so forgive my redundancies... thanks for the heads-up!

[mangoon]

From yesterdays NY DAILY NEWS


Another hard look
at the Big Easy



By RICHARD HUFF
DAILY NEWS TV EDITOR


Brian Williams in New Orleans.


NBC's Brian Williams has gotten E-mails from viewers saying he has spent too much time covering New Orleans and the region ravaged by Hurricane Katrina.
He had better get ready for more mail.

After tonight's "Nightly News," he'll head back to New Orleans, where he'll anchor Tuesday's broadcast.

"New Orleans needs it," he said. "If we, of all people, ever turn our backs on this story, we're worthy of scorn and much blame."

Williams - like Fox News' Shepard Smith and CNN's Anderson Cooper, to name two - has been closely linked with the Katrina story and its aftermath. He was in the Superdome when the storm hit. And this trip marks his 12th to the area.

"It's everyone's story," Williams said. "It doesn't matter who worked the most hours, or when. As an American, looking at a million displaced Americans, this is our story, it's an American tragedy caused by nature and exacerbated by bad decisions and inaction."

Tonight, Lisa Myers report on where the money earmarked for Katrina victims has gone. Tomorrow, Williams will report on how the New Orleans Fire Department is coping.

Williams, a former volunteer firefighter in Middletown, N.J., said a recent rule change in New Orleans allowing just three firefighters to respond with a fire engine "is very dicey."

He'll concentrate on those firefighters who are now living in FEMA trailers and trying to do their job, too.

Williams said the timing was purely due to his schedule, and had nothing to do with the fact that it's also a sweeps period, from which ratings are used to set advertising rates.

He's looking at returning again for Mardi Gras. "We need to go regularly," he said. "I'm just going down, and we will keep going and going and going."

[PaulC]

Gee, being able to eat food and hang out in France is so much more important than helping the people recover from a tragedy in your local area. :rolleyes:


You really nailed the intent of my other posts there.....

Sorry about that attempt to lighten up the mood some.. I was worried about gettin' hammered for rantin'... No matter really as it seems my posts that include serious substance matter get ignored as a matter of course.. I really need to work on my smiley faces...

You may have noticed that I brought Tab into the thread in the first place with this: "Had a chance to have a long talk w/ Tab Benoit concernin' his thoughts about the big boys and their "treatment" of his beloved State... The man has some very strong opnions... I hope he can maintain the drive needed to help bring about some change"... Again,.. let's hope he never stops workin' to enlighten,.. especially when it comes to the Oil industry and their rampant greed,.. but if Tab ever decides to move on,.. then I'm sure he will have done it for reasons that make sense to him....

By the way,.. The family and I happen to be Gulf Coast residents (only 1.5 miles to that actual Gulf thingie) for the the last 12+ years and had another 4 years prior to that... I kinda have a clue as to what the last 2 1/2 years have been like in these parts and for our neighbors in the Northern Gulf area.... Shoot after watchin' my home insurance go up 800% in the last decade,.. we were actually canceled last month and our home is but three years old and built way beyond code... I guess I need to consider myself very lucky as per late last week where many thousands found themself in need of immediate help down here in Florida.... That mother nature chick is long past the pissin' me off stage,.. but she sure has got her share of complaints too... I hear tale that a few right wing ditto heads may soon recognize that human actions may influence the weather patterns some???.. Imagine that...

Shoot I can't even get my neighbors (Republicans one and all) to consider a no chemical 20 foot buffer zone between their precious grass and the shared lake in our backyards.. The lake borders a State Park that all manner of wildlife calls home (bald eagle, otters, deer, bobcat, endangered Sand Hill Cranes and gopher tortoises, armadillo, fox, gattors, Ospreys, all manner of herons and egrets, great horned owls, king fishers, numerous different types of frogs and turtles, many fishies, even huge BLUE CRABS) but people refuse to honor the planet even when it's in their own back yard.... The oldest of the houses located in the area have been there but five years,.. but damn that lake, the Park, and all those pesky creatures tha dare dig in plant beds,.. the grass must be sprayed for buggies and fertilized right up to the shore.... Too many people are collectively clueless to the point of insanity... There's that W thing again.... Man alive,.. so much edumacation yet to find a home....

[PaulC]

Williams said the timing was purely due to his schedule, and had nothing to do with the fact that it's also a sweeps period, from which ratings are used to set advertising rates.

Imagine them using a real story to grab a hold of some eyes and ears,.. what will Paris Hilton think???....

[mightyradgumbo]

I just gotta give a big "etwah" (I know I've misspelled this, but for the life of me can't find the correct spelling) to Brian Williams. I can't help but believe that since he was there when the levies broke, and actually broke that disastrous news to many Americans, he has a much more personal understanding of NOLA's plight and is most probably keeping it in front of that news gathering team of reporters and producers. Same for Anderson Cooper. I get the sense that they truly understand what's at stake locally, state-wide and at a national level and that it must be kept as close to front and center as possible. I don't applaud the media's efforts often, but this is indeed such a case in my opinion.

I agree, jacquesimomo. Seldom do journalists-especially network ones-get credit for old fashion "stickin' to the story because it is still a story" values. Both Cooper and Williams should be commended for it.

[NeenAtlanta]

Caught Brian Williams last night. About half of his broadcast was about NOLA. He did pieces on the Firemen, children with PTSS, and again quoting all of the shocking statistics.

I'll be tuning in again tonight, it appears that he'll be broadcasting from NOLA all week.

I think his experience in those first few days after Katrina really moved him.

[PaulC]

Caught Brian Williams last night. About half of his broadcast was about NOLA. He did pieces on the Firemen, children with PTSS, and again quoting all of the shocking statistics.

I'll be tuning in again tonight, it appears that he'll be broadcasting from NOLA all week.

I think his experience in those first few days after Katrina really moved him.


For those who didn't see it (instead of whistlin' while you work),.. you can find and listen here...................

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032619/

[chicagomike]

Thanks Brian Williams. You showed the world what I already knew about my Brothers from New Orleans IAFF Local 632. PS. Nagin sucks !

[mmoose]

I don't usually post and lurk a lot, but I had to chime in here. Saw the video of Brian Williams and it is great. This really hits home as our city just lost 2 FireFighters in a blaze a couple of nights ago. We are all in mourning for the loss of these brave souls.