And we think the sponsors for the panel on the president ial year. Here to say a few words about the panel is andy taggart andir also coauthorau along with face organizer jerry nash of the boo mississippi politics. Its really a privilege for my partners and i got anty to pt opportunity to participate in this way and i thank all of you for participating the this is an extraordinary gift that the board and a paid staff of the book festival have contributed to our state and the sponsors are thrilled to have a chance to be a part ofchance t it. [applause] also welcome to the great treasure that ooh our State Capitol represents for all of us. You all if we were playing whats my line, among the three gentlemen to my left, one of them would be able legitimately to say im a pulitzer prizewinning president ial biographer, one would be able to say im the former majority leader of the United States senate, but only one of these three gentlemen, ladies and gentlemen, can say in good conscience tha
Theyre fantastic bookstores, and we are grateful for them as always. Former Governor Haley barbour needs no introduction. You are familiar with his many years of work in the Nations Capital and he gets around on the world stage. I was talking several years ago to richard ford, who at the time was doing teaching at Trinity College in dublin and he was wandering around the campus kind of exploring his new setting and the opened the door to lecture hall and there is Haley Barbour lecturing on International Politics right there in ireland. A governor with many talents, what may have been the most significant chapter from mississippi was the politicians and Public Servants began ten years ago this week as the wind began gathering in to what would be the monster storm of Hurricane Katrina. Overs the next year, the governor, his wife, marsha, all over mississippi and the gulf coast worked tirelessly in uncharted territory so in this new book americas great storm leading through Hurricane Katr
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Bus stalled on a flooded road. The storm now moved on from new orleans but not the misery of flooded streets, debris and damaged homes. Real bad, i mean, bad. Every time you get yourself situation another disaster comes through. Reporter but through it all even a little humor. Reporter if youre coming into mobile you should be okay, except for the gusts of wind and the blinding rain. Other than that everything is great. Reporter and now this entire system is moving into the midwest and northeast where you guys are. Its going to be a super soaker there as well. Matt and savannah, back to you. Weve been warned. Janet shamlian in pensacola, thank you. She says midwest, northeast, thats us. Thats right, and its going to be unrelenting for the next 48 hours. Show you where this thing is headed. Okay. Remnants of patricia, and more tropical moisture pushing in, and so were going to be watching this now through the day today. It starts to push out into the mississippi and ohio river valleys.
Several days. Nbcs Janet Shamlian is in pensacola against for us today. Janet, good morning. Reporter savannah, good morning. This is the storm that doesnt want to quit, pummeling the south for days, and its been setting rainfall records as it marches to the east. No letup this morning to the heavy rains, pounding winds and floods brutalizing the gulf coast, from pascagoula to pensacola, red flag warnings. The wind and rain unrelenting. The rain is punishing, but more than that its the wind. Gusts exceeding 35 miles an hour. The type of winds you would see in a tropical storm. Across the south, dramatic scenes as the storm moved through. Part of the causeway to dauphin, alabama, had to be shut down, waters streaming over the sea wall. I looked out from the balcony and saw it out here, and im little close for comfort. Reporter in baton rouge rescuers pulled 20 Elementary School students to safety when a bus stalled on a flooded road. Orleans but not the misery of flooded streets, debris