counties. in montgomery county, this is particularly important this year because it s also the last for school system superintendent jerry weese. more from waller johnson high school in bethesda. reporter: more than 140,000 students heading back to montgomery county system schools this year, they re looking forward to having some newly renovated buildings and allegsoo brand-new elementary schools. but what plenty of folks are thinking about in this county is they ll have a new superintendent in a year as well. a new start for students in montgomery county, and after years of renovations, it s happening in a completely redone building for kids at walter johnson high school. they ve got one of the best schools in the county right now, so we re very happy about that. reporter: but new building or no, some are happy to be here, period. high school. oh, yeah, high school. reporter: all this excitement comes as the man who pushed for these and other changes in montgomer
incredibly warm water, we can t rule out a category 5 hurricane before it s done. this is just skimming by the virgin islands and they re just missing it, the worst of this storm and they re not getting the most intense part, the outer bands are affecting puerto rico and the other islands down there, but luckily, they are not getting the worst that we think this storm has to offer. there s three days between where it is now and the east coast and the parts we re concerned about here are cape hatteras, long island and cape cod especially. take a look at the track and exactly where it goes on in track is dramatically different. if it were to take the left side of the track up here, like that, then this would be a very bad situation, we would have hurricane conditions from cape hatteras up to the end of long island, at least cape cod and up into the canadian maritimes, if it were to take the eastside of that track it would just be a storm with some gust winds as it went by and s
an assessment of the recovery as president obama marks the anniversary with a new promise to the residents of new orleans. good evening thank you for joining us. i m adam may. new orleans is a shining example of resilience but other ways there is a long way to go for the city. the president spoke in louisiana a few hours ago. [music] amazing grace,. reporter: a french quarter funeral new orleans style for katrina. mourners say it s time to bury the old girl and with her the grief of the past five years. bury the memories. reporter: the government invested $15 million to build a 350-mile perimeter of levees flood gates and pumping stations. tourism is back 80% of what it was five years ago and another trend many come to find opportunity like twin brothers who have more heating and air work than they can keep up. i m hoping this is going to be a great neighborhood by the time we are done. reporter: as new houses are built estimated a thinker of the city s livable home