along a rebuilt levee in st. bernard parrish, they sent a wreath into the sea. and in mississippi, they read names etched into that wall. president obama traveled to the gulf, and we ll have his words in a moment. but we begin tonight by asking how much has changed. it was five years ago this morning. katrina made landfall. and inside the superdome, where thousands of evacuees sat, the roof began to tear off. all we had was our cell phone to call out. massive waterfall in the center. no one knew that surviving the superdome and the convention center would be even more challenging than surviving the storm itself. we remember gene brown, desperate to find food to help. i have to do something. reporter: in the kitchen, she found orange juice and packets of sugar. this woman told me she d be without insulin for three days and as we began to talk with her, she collapsed. do we have regular insulin? reporter: the only nurse at the convention center, herself and evacuee, w
keep in mind, this is the very day 47 years ago that martin luther king jr. gave that famous speech, i have a dream. critics saying, political? really? plus, this weekend marks the fifth anniversary of hurricane katrina hitting new orleans. we ll take you there for a closer look at the then and the now, all kinds of great guests this hour. from the cnn center, this is cnn saturday morning. 8:00 a.m. here in atlanta, 7:00 a.m. in new orleans and 5:00 a.m. waking up early, early on west coast in san diego. i m brook bolduan. good morning. t.j. holmes is off this weekend. thank you for starting your stat day with me. also over the next of the 90 minutes we re talking hurricanes, not just part here but present. look at danielle swirling in the atlantic. the good news here is it is weakening. we ll show you where danielle is headed. also we re going to be looking back and retracing the path of katrina along with this man. general russel honore became the face of how the go
persistence and hope for recovery early this saturday persistence and hope for recovery early this saturday morning, august 28th, 2010. captioning funded by cbs hi, everyone, welcome to the early show. i m chris wragge. good morning. i m erica hill. of course we will go to washington for a little preview of today s big glenn beck rally. and paris hilton busted for cocaine in las vegas. a report on that as well. first we head to new orleans where dave price is standing by. of course it s the five-year anniversary of hurricane katrina. dave, good morning. good morning to both of you. it s hard to believe it has been five years. there s a clear line of demarkation here, not only in the landscape of new orleans and the gulf coast but in the lives of the people who live here. there is life before katrina and life after. we ll look back and we ll examine where we are now and it s all coming up in the next two hours or so. in the meantime, chris, back to you in new york.
good evening. tomorrow will mark the 50th day of this oil spill. tonight we would like you to look at some pictures. the admiral in charge says the cap on top of that well is keeping up to 462,000 gallons of oil from spewing into the water, but that s a portion of the oil which can still be seen spewing into the water. it is estimated there are between 25 and 39 million gallons of oil in that gulf now. we know over a million gallons of dispersant have been sprayed or injected into that water. the awful landfall of oil continues. the grim toll on innocent animals, beautiful surroundings and the people of the region. conservative estimates say we will be cleaning this up until autumn. that is if they find a way to shut it off soon. before we get to our correspondents, some late news. late today matt lauer sat down with president obama in michigan for an interview to air tomorrow morning on today. this is just into us, in this bit you are about to see the president showed so
good evening. the police and federal investigators say they have their man, the man who parked an suv in times square here in new york on saturday night and tried to blow it up. their chase led them to a departing jumbo jet at kennedy airport where he was taken off the plane. his name is faisal shahzad, 30 years old, lived in connecticut, naturalized american citizen. officials say he was trained in pakistan. as you re about to hear, his arrest came just over 53 hours after the nissan suv was found with smoke coming out of it. while his bomb-making skills have been described as wildly incompetent, in the would-be terrorism business, it is the thought that counts and the motivation and desire. our team is on this story tonight led by justice correspondent pete williams in times square. pete, good evening. reporter: brian, good evening. officials say since shahzad was arrested, he s been cooperative admitting he drove an suv here saturday night loaded with bomb components, an