with us here. talking about the white house correspondents dinner, gets under way soon. mark preston is here tonight. the big dinner and the president's speech, and before we do that, let's talk about and we'll get to the dinner, let's talk about the tragedy playing out on the gulf coast now. there are lots of folks who are upset because some are saying, it is the obama administration's katrina even in "the new york times," they laid out the timeline. the administration criticized bp for the response to the oil spill, but u.s. skipped chances to act. the government did skip chances to act. is there a difference here? is there some nuance we should be aware of? >> it fits the story line. it is louisiana, it is a natural -- not a natural catastrophe, but a catastrophe in that neck of the woods. it is easy to say this is another katrina. i think the administration would argue that it is not and they have acted very quickly. we see in "the new york times" where they question that and criticize that the white house today puts out a blog posting where they detail everything