where the married queen of vietnam church held mass two months after katrina. post-katrina many evacuated and then returned and soon helped to elect joseph galla to serve in congress. the deep water horizon rig explosion filled millions of barrels of oil into the gulf of mexico. joining me now from new orleans is cindy wen, the executive director of vietnamese economic training. good morning. talk to me about how the issues that are facing vietnamese new orleanans is? for the vietnamese community when ka troe in a hit 30 years prior to that we had to migrate to new orleans and rebuild our lives. so when katrina hit, it was like
it wrought led to this september 10 cover of the economist. the shaming of america. no other black american woman s face appears on the cover of the economist magazine in the decade before or after this image and yet this unnamed african-american woman apparently distraught, wearing the name of her home emblaze ne on her shirt shames the nation. it was shameful because it undermined our assertions that we are uniquely prosperous, just and fair, steeped in relative equality and uncompromised liberty, the televised deaths and suffering of thousands in america s most distinctive city did not fit the story we like to tell about who we are. perhaps that lingering shame is why so many elected officials have used the tenth anniversary of katrina to trumpet a good old-fashioned comeback. a website launched by city officials celebrates, quote, new orleans progress and creating a vision for its future. it s the kind of uncomplicated vision of this resilient city. meanwhile, katrina
and so relieved. two years in prison is too long. reporter: convicted last month of crossing the border illegally and spying and sentenced to eight more years. early today they were returned from iran s capital with the help of the swiss ambassador to iran. they are leaving right now, and i am very, very grateful for this. it has been a long time for them as we have done a lot of work. reporter: the families released a statement reporter: the release comes just a day before iran s president mahmoud ahmadinejad is to address the united nations. but eight days after he told nbc news exclusively their release was imminent. translator: i think these two will be freed in a couple of days. in a couple of days? translator: yes, in a couple of days. reporter: tonight, the two will rest in oman, finally reunited with their families. vicky nguyen, nbc bay area news. and loved ones here in bay area are beyond overjoyed, as well. many of them worked tirelessly over
big once again at the emmy awards as charlie sheen comes face to face with ashton kutcher, his replacement on two and a half men. we ll tell you what happened during their backstage meeting monday, september 19th, 2011. captions paid for by nbc-universal television and good morning. welcome to today on a monday morning. i m matt lauer alongside ann curry just back from iran. i mean just back. you got in yesterday afternoon. so good to be sitting back next to you. i wish we were all welcoming back the hikers instead of me. looks like it will take a couple more days. it s been put on hold for a little while, but you ve been following closely. i m sure we ll have the latest. welcome back. nice to have you here. meanwhile, a new look at the crash of the world war ii era plane that slammed into a crowd out in reno, nevada. and learning more about the some of the victims of that accident including the heroic actions of a father to save his son. we ll have the details on