now to new questions about fema director michael brown, who s already under fire for his response to hurricane katrina. as we ve reported, time magazine is investigating and they found that his emergency management background may be overstated. nbc s andrea mitchell as more on that story. andrea, good morning to you. good morning, matt. time magazine investigated and found that there were serious questions about the investigative background and the management training that he had. in fact it turns out that he had almost no management training. this as the washington post is also reporting today that the other top fema officials also had very little background in anything other than public relations. this also comes while there are serious questions about the delayed response to the hurricane disaster. almost two weeks after katrina hit, a clearer picture about what went wrong. much of the public outcry is aimed at fema, the federal
serious questions about the delayed response to the hurricane disaster. almost two weeks after katrina hit, a clearer picture about what went wrong. much of the public outcry is aimed at fema, the federal disaster agency. brownie, you re doing a heck of a job. reporter: michael brown is a political appointee, previously commissioner of the international arabian horse association, time magazine investigated claims on his official white house bio. the biggest discrepancy we found among several was the fact that the white house release listed him as an assistant city manager for the city of edmond, oklahoma, from 1975 to 1978, saying that during this time he had had oversight of emergency services division for that city and his vital experience to his charge as fema director. well, we called the city of edmond and find out he actually worked there from 1977 to 1980 and it was as an an assistant to the city manager which is an administrative role, sort of on par with an intern.
her. deep down she must have sensed the danger because she sent her grandchildren and children away from the house to higher ground. this is a picture with my mom and my dad together that we were able to save. tony was only 15 when katrina hit. i was trying to beg and beg to stay but my dad told me, you know, your mom knows best. just go on and go to your friend s house. tonette and hardy were sleeping in their house when the water rushed in. tonie found it rising around their bed. they went quickly to the attic. they said as they sat up in the attic the water started rising. the waves, it wasn t just little waves. it became bigger waves an he
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get back and contribute to the community. one of the many efforts we have been engaged in is rebuilding the housing. we have rebuilt 98% of the public housing that was lost as a result of katrina and we have doubled the number of low income units in the community. i think one of the concerns that people have raised is as the community starts to experience a rebirth, are the people who are most vulnerable in need of that housing losing their housing. so doubling those low income units was very important. but i would also hasten to add, chris, we still have a long way to go. ten years seems like a long time, but as many have commented, many of the challenges that we saw in new orleans and throughout the gulf began long before katrina hit. whatatrina did was to put a national spotlight on an ongoing challenge. and so what the president has committed to do since day one is to ensure that every american has opportunity. we improve our school system, we make college more affordable, we help