it is stressful. and you know you got to live someplace else, you know, it s hard. reporter: police only allowed these people home for a few hours. just enough time to gather clothes for their backs and toys for their kids. it s too dangerous to stay. even for animals. 90% of new orleans customers now have electricity, but 100,000 across louisiana don t. the heat index here topped 105 this weekend. with no air conditioning, the misery index is a lot higher than that. david st. maarten doesn t have power, so he s hauling a boat full of toys out of his neighborhood. his daughter emily was born premature five months ago and weighed a pound. emily is ready to come home from the hospital this week, but she can t until the power is back on. she is well enough to come home. and almost, so hopefully this week. if we get power, she can come home. reporter: most of the water
sales pitch he delivered. and they think he hasn t fulfilled the promise. a big speech for the first lady to talk about the president s values, to talk about his vision, and to really paint him as a human. she can do this better than any surrogate can. she can do this better than any politician can. she knows him best. of course, battle for for the female vote is critical. people are watching what the wives are saying. the idea of folks better off now than four years ago, the central question to the election. can democrats approach the issue? for a lot of folks, the answer is no. reporter: right, rob. it s very tricky for democrats. if you look at polls, most americans say things aren t better off country is on the wrong track. frustrated with the handling of the economy. that is the top issue. what democrats are going to try to do is flip it around.
he found his boat. his only source of income, destroyed. his home, he still needs a canoe to get there. it is stressful. and you know you got to live someplace else, you know, it s hard. reporter: police only allowed these people home for a few hours. just enough time to gather clothes for their backs and toys for their kids. it s too dangerous to stay. even for animals. 90% of new orleans customers now have electricity, but 100,000 across louisiana don t. the heat index here topped 105 this weekend. with no air conditioning, the misery index is a lot higher than that. david st. maarten doesn t have power, so he s hauling a boat full of toys out of his neighborhood. his daughter emily was born premature five months ago and weighed a pound. emily is ready to come home from the hospital this week, but she can t until the power is back on. she is well enough to come home. and almost, so hopefully this week.