orleans and its residents reeling. i went in there, it looked like somebody had taken a bomb and just blew up everything. it was unbelievable. unbelievable. for ten years, the hander sons struggled until they submitted an application to sbp. someone called and said, we have your application, and we re going to help you out, to gets back in your home. this is the living room. this is the dining room. when i saw it, i was like, wow! it s beautiful! i had nothing to do with the colors. i do all the outside work. liz mccartney has spent the last decade bearing witness to katrina s destruction and helping flood survivors find a path home. she was recognized as a champion of change by the white house. and in january of 2013, liz was one of the citizen co-chairs of president obama s second inauguration. i also say it s not me. we have this great team like i don t know we get a lot of
to help you out, get back to your home. this is the living room, the dining room. when i saw it, i was like, wow! it s beautiful. i had nothing to do with the colors. i do the outside work. liz mccartny spent the last decade baring witness to katrina s destruction and helping flood survivors find a path home. she was recognized as a champion of change by the white house. in january of 2013, liz was one of the citizen co-chairs of president obama s second inauguration. i also am always like, it s not me. we have this great team, right? i don t know. we get a lot of people stepping up and saying, i can do my part. and i will do my part. for liz mccartny and co-founder zach rosenberg, who continue to run the organization together, their professional journey has been mirrored by a personal one. the co-founders got married in 2010. today, they re raising a family of their own in new orleans. liz says neither journey was planned. when zach and i started, we
for ten years, the hendersons struggled to rebuild until they submitted an application to sbp. someone called me, and she said, ms. henderson, we have your application and we re going to help you out, get back to your home. this is the living room, the dining room. when i saw it, i was like, wow! it s beautiful. i had nothing to do with the colors. i do the outside work. liz mccartny spent the last decade baring witness to katrina s destruction and helping flood survivors find a path home. she was recognized as a champion of change by the white house. in january of 2013, liz was one of the citizen co-chairs of president obama s second inauguration. i also am always like, it s not me. we have this great team, right? i don t know. we get a lot of people stepping up and saying, i can do my part. and i will do my part. for liz mccartny and co-founder zach rosenberg, who continue to run the organization together, their professional journey has been mirrored by a
. back to the people in south carolina, they re starting with what is likely to be a very long recovery from last week s devastating storms. neighbors in columbia say they re banding together this weekend to assess the damage and clean up the debris. charity organizations are rounding up volunteers helping residents remove ruined possessions from their flooded out homes. two disaster recovery centers are open in the columbia area. state officials say they re to help flood survivors who need money for paying rent and other essential home repairs. south carolina didn t get any help from mother nature this weekend. more rain returned to the region yesterday. but there is relief in sight as the storm slowly weakens and moves off the coast. we saw rainfall totals historic across south carolina, over two feet of rain across a widespread region of the carolinas last weekend. we re watching a weak system off shore now. in some cases we saw a couple of inches across south carolina.
here are some stories to watch today on abc news. senator john kerry travels from afghanistan to pakistan today. he s addressing shaky relations with pakistan after osama bin laden s dramatic takedown. president obama travels to memphis to deliver a high school commencement address and also meet with local government leaders and flood survivors. and president obama s former chief of staff rahm emanuel is now sworn in as the new mayor of chicago. he replaces richard daley, the city s longest-serving mayor. he says it was his dream job. clipping coupons used to be what frugal housewives did to save a few cents here and there but not anymore. and it s also very trendy. sort of an extreme sport with its own reality tv show and that has some retailers pushing back. here s linsey davis with the story. reporter: tough times call