Its good to be back in the big easy. [applause] and this is the weather in august all the time, right . [laughter] as soon as i land in new orleans, the first thing i do is get hungry. [laughter] when i was here with the family a few years ago, i had some food at the parkway bakery. I still remember it, how good it that is how good it was. And one day after i leave office, maybe i will finally hear a rebirth of the maple leaf on tuesday night. [laughter] [cheering] i will get a chance to see the mardi gras, and tell me what carnival is for. But right now i just go to meetings. [laughter] i want to thank michelle for the introduction, and more importantly for the great work she is doing, what she symbolizes, what she represents in terms of the city bouncing back. I want to a knowledge a great friend and someone who has worked tirelessly on behalf of the city. He is following a family legacy of service. Your mayor, Mitch Landrieu. [applause] his beautiful wife. [applause] senator bill ca
Create a sense of citizenship and community in distressed communities, where they have responsivity and take responsibility, not just relying on politicians, not just relying on socalled leaders, but theres a sense of ownership, even in terms of how many problems they have. In the book of isaiah in the old testament, god says, i will do a new thing in you. We have to stop practicing insanity. Time to put the poor children, the elderly, the working class in the front of the line. Gwen we wanted to hear the voices of people who have lived here and have done this, but we also want to hear your voices. If you are not in the room, watching us via live stream or on cspan, feel free to tweak, facebook, use atlanticnola to let us hear your voice, so you dont feel excluded from this conversation. If you are in the room, you will find cards on your table written, new orleans is you can fill those out and put them on the wall outside of the ballroom. We will look at them as the day goes by. Pleas
O, say, can you see, by the dawns early light, what so proudly we haild at the twilights last gleaming . Whose broad stripes and bright stars, thro the perilous fight, oer the ramparts we watchd, were so gallantly streaming . And the rockets red glare, the bombs bursting in air, gave proof thro the night that our flag was still there. O say, does that starspangled banner yet wave oer the land of the free and the home of the brave . [applause] the home of the brave [applause] soledad that was beautiful. It was Francis Scott key who gave us the anthem. But that rendition was full of the soul of the city. We all know what it means to miss new orleans. We all know too well. As the floodwaters rose, so they also fell. We are living in rebirth and rejuvenation. Presenting tonights sponsor the rockefeller center. A round of applause. [applause] this extremely generous organization has provided support to Committee Groups throughout the storm. They stop by for the decade after. The Rockefeller
O, say, can you see, by the dawns early light, what so proudly we haild at the twilights last gleaming . Whose broad stripes and bright stars, thro the perilous fight, oer the ramparts we watchd, were so gallantly streaming . And the rockets red glare, the bombs bursting in air, gave proof thro the night that our flag was still there. O say, does that starspangled banner yet wave oer the land of the free and the home of the brave . [applause] the home of the brave [applause] soledad that was beautiful. It was Francis Scott key who gave us the anthem. But that rendition was full of the soul of the city. We all know what it means to miss new orleans. We all know too well. As the floodwaters rose, so they also fell. We are living in rebirth and rejuvenation. Presenting tonights sponsor the rockefeller center. A round of applause. [applause] this extremely generous organization has provided support to Committee Groups throughout the storm. They stop by for the decade after. The Rockefeller
O, say, can you see, by the dawns early light, what so proudly we haild at the twilights last gleaming . Whose broad stripes and bright stars, thro the perilous fight, oer the ramparts we watchd, were so gallantly streaming . And the rockets red glare, the bombs bursting in air, gave proof thro the night that our flag was still there. O say, does that starspangled banner yet wave oer the land of the free and the home of the brave . [applause] the home of the brave [applause] soledad that was beautiful. It was Francis Scott key who gave us the anthem. But that rendition was full of the soul of the city. We all know what it means to miss new orleans. We all know too well. As the floodwaters rose, so they also fell. We are living in rebirth and rejuvenation. Presenting tonights sponsor the rockefeller center. A round of applause. [applause] this extremely generous organization has provided support to Committee Groups throughout the storm. They stop by for the decade after. The Rockefeller