Obama, Landrieu Worked Out Kinks In Recovery Funding

The President, during a speech in New Orleans on the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, credits the advent of recent recovery projects to coordination with local leaders, and Senator Mary Landrieu (D-LA) in particular.

President Obama remarks that, now, “funds set aside for rebuilding efforts actually [go] toward rebuilding efforts.” (0:32)

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Obama: Administration Dramatically Reduced Numbers In Temporary Housing In New Orleans

President Obama expresses his pride in having moved many from temporary, FEMA-sponsored housing in New Orleans, into permanent housing since taking office nearly three years after Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast. (0:33)

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Obama Lauds Landrieu's Commitment To Justice Reform

In a speech commemorating the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, President Obama delivers remarks on the reformation of the notorious New Orleans criminal justice department, and thanks New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu for his continued commitment to the issue. (0:28)

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Obama Promises Reinforced Levees In New Orleans By Next Year

President Obama, speaking in New Orleans on the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, promises the city that the administration is working to complete a reinforced levee system by next year, which would protect the city from future storms. The President also remarks that the administration will continue working to restore Louisiana’s natural wetlands and storm barriers. (0:29)

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President Assures New Orleans Of Improved Emergency Planning & Response

President Obama remarks in a speech in New Orleans on the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina that never again will so many Americans be left behind in a natural disaster. (0:21)

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U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Rebuilding New Orleans

Brigadier General Michael Walsh, Commander of the Mississippi Valley Division of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reported that $1.2 billion is going directly toward helping small and disadvantaged businesses recover from the effects of Hurricane Katrina (0:56)
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Preventative Hurricane System "Stronger And More Resilient" Than Ever

Brigadier General Michael Walsh, Commander of the Mississippi Valley Division of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, says the Corps has completed more than one-third of the construction for improvements in the greater New Orleans area following the damage caused by Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Walsh says "the system is stronger and more resilient than prior to Katrina or any other time in history". (0:40)
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Bishop Jenkins: A Refugee In My Own Country

By Michael Combier-Talk Radio News Service

Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Louisiana, Reverend Charles E. Jenkins, talks about his personal experience after Hurricane Katrina. (0:56)
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We deserve a better FEMA, says Sen. Landrieu

At a hearing on the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) delivery of relief donations, Senator Mary Landrieu (D-La.) says FEMA must move away from stubborn requests and must proactively identify problems on the ground. Landrieu says FEMA should be more collaborative and that Americans deserve a better FEMA. (0:49)
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838,000 pages of documents not a good foundation?

At a hearing on the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) post-catastrophe housing needs, Senator Mary Landrieu (D-La.) says that the Homeland Security Committee called 325 witnesses, 838 000 pages of documentation and 22 public hearings after Hurricane Katrina. She says the government thought it was a good foundation to give FEMA a head start to come up with strategies to implement for post-catastrophe housing but all that FEMA produced was a late report with blank pages. (1:09)
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FEMA submits late report with blank paper, says Sen. Landrieu

At a hearing on the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) post-catastrophe housing planning, Senator Mary Landrieu (D-La.) says that it is hard not to conclude that someone instructed details not to be filled in the report. Landrieu says the law required FEMA in clear terms to come up with strategies but FEMA merely turned in a late report with blank paper. (0:46)
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"The revolution may not be televised, but it will be uploaded"

Rev. Lennox Yearwood, President of the Hip Hop Caucus, speaks with Talk Radio News Correspondent Elia Herman at the National Conference for Media Reform in Minneapolis about his work inspiring young people to get involved with politics and policy. (10:22)
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Katrina relief: We cannot "put the port above the people"

At a Committee on Financial Services subcommittee hearing, Rep. Gene Green (D-Texas) responds to Mississippi’s allocation of Hurricane Katrina relief funds by saying that they should not “put the port above the people.” (1:07)
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