to go live from inside of there because the feds want to protect the privacy of victims who have come here and who are grieving it in many ways. they lost their homes and need assistance from the federal government. there are a lot of things folks can do. we ve seen them coming in and out of here all morning long. they can go in there and get assistance for applying for special loans. either to clean up their property or to rebuild. they can get a hot meal, breakfast, lunch, dinner being served inside. temporary housing assistance also available for people who live in neighborhoods like this. brathwaite, neighborhoods that are still underwater and maybe they have to stay in a hotel pause they obviously can not go back into their homes. now a lot of people are talking about the power here. i want to tell you, that utility crews from all over the united states are on the ground. they have converged on this region. i have seen them in the last eight days that we have been here to put up n
into september, casey stiegel in belle chasse, louisiana, outside of. or liens. how is it there, casey? reporter: bill, we re at a fema center. this is one of five set up in the region the doors opened at the top of the hour. when we got here there was a long line of people sitting on steps waiting to go in. they have now been put inside. we have a steady stream of cars coming through here. this is a busy center because it is in plaquemines parish. just that way across the river, brathwaite. look at pictures again. we ve seen them over and over. that community inundated with water. neighborhoods completely under water, up to second story windows. a lot of folks in this community are coming to the fema centers where they can grab a hot meal. they can apply for assistance. they can get things like temporary housing in hotels. as you can see a lot of their homes uninhabitable. at this point, nearly 65,000
up over in the distance and we re start to really see progress in in terms of crews out not just in new orleans but all of the parishes around us where we saw significant amounts of damage. they re getting downed trees out of the way. they re trying to clear up some of the roads so people are able to start getting back into their homes. though frankly some people, still have to get to their homes by boat. that is what we re seeing in plaquemines parish. of course one of the areas hardest hit after a levee overtopped there. it was not one of these federally-made levee that was put in after hurricane katrina. it was a community built-earthen levee that was overtopping and inundated the community of brathwaite. some of those evacuation orders were lifted. people going in with police escort. going in by boat. people saw water levels up to the second story windows. reports that people had to
here s a guy just did 18 months for the death of tommy s daughter. on the right hand side of your screen that s gabe watson s defense attorney with us from brisbane, australia. adrienne brat wait. brathwaite. dad, let me ask you first, we are hearing stories that gabe watson who got married to a girl he knew from high school in 2008, your daughter was drowned in 2003, a lady named kim lewis. is there any allegation that gabe when he was killing or drowning your daughter, that this was a conspiracy, a plot with kim lewis, tom? to my knowledge and through the police investigation, no. i know that there s been a report recently in one of the newspapers in australia that makes a connection. but if there s a connection there were unan we re
here s a guy just did 18 months for the death of tommy s daughter. on the right hand side of your screen that s gabe watson s defense attorney with us from brisbane, australia. adrienne brat wait. brathwaite. dad, let me ask you first, we are hearing stories that gabe watson who got married to a girl he knew from high school in 2008, your daughter was drowned in 2003, a lady named kim lewis. is there any allegation that gabe when he was killing or drowning your daughter, that this was a conspiracy, a plot with kim lewis, tom? to my knowledge and through the police investigation, no. i know that there s been a report recently in one of the newspapers in australia that makes a connection. but if there s a connection there were unan we re