They will turn to journalists to recount what so many indoor it and what none of us can forget. Amid the devastating numbers more than 1800 lives lost. And more than 1 million americans displaced, a million homes destroyed across five states. 150 billion in economic damage. Amid all of those numbers, americans will also look for answers. How much progress have we made in the years since katrina particularly in new orleans which was the hardest hit community and what are we doing to continue supporting the housing and overall recovery in the affected communities . Today is about providing answers but its also about more than that. We are also reaffirming their commitment to the people of the gulf to continue working with them and for them until the job of recovery is complete. You see, as long as there are people who want to come home and communities that need to be rebuilt, our job is not done. Thats the true meaning of commemoration. Not to simply mark a day on our calendars but to en
Local, state and federal legislation has been responsible for americas segregated cities. It is an honor to be here with richard for two reasons. Im a journalist and what that means is my work is deeply dependent on reporting, talking to people, getting to know people, getting into peoples lives, but its based in people who have really the time and the inclination to do the kind of deep research that richard does and demonstrate its. For all the praise i get nor work die, i try to make it clear that it its rooted in folks who do the deep, deep, research, that goes to bones of the country and unearths things were not so interested in talking about. Im deeply thankful to richard and just paying back the favor by being here in conversation with him. This second part is that there is a notion that i have been doing whatever i can to reverse in this country. For a long time we conceived of ourselves as a country with a quoteunquote racial problem and underneath of that is the notion that th
Governor, but we didnt have it then. But i think if you look at the way you also used digital media, the white house photographer was still taking still photos in 20012003 and we didnt change that until 2004. And i still dont understand facebook. Ronald christie on twitter. And how could we utilize this technology with the staff. And you notice president obama caries a blackberry and president bush did not. President obama uses email, president bush did not. So i think by the time you get into 2006, 2007, the white house staff was a lot more sophisticated in dealing with the emerging technology but for our cousins now in the Obama Administration, it is night and day, the Technology Capabilities that they have and the tools they have at their disposal to get their message out versus what we had. Um, mike hayden, who was one of bushs cia directors gave an interesting talk earlier today about the cross roads of of change that is going on in terms of security end of all of this. And it str
Governor, but we didnt have it then. But i think if you look at the way you also used digital media, the white house photographer was still taking still photos in 20012003 and we didnt change that until 2004. And i still dont understand facebook. Ronald christie on twitter. And how could we utilize this technology with the staff. And you notice president obama caries a blackberry and president bush did not. President obama uses email, president bush did not. So i think by the time you get into 2006, 2007, the white house staff was a lot more sophisticated in dealing with the emerging technology but for our cousins now in the Obama Administration, it is night and day, the Technology Capabilities that they have and the tools they have at their disposal to get their message out versus what we had. Um, mike hayden, who was one of bushs cia directors gave an interesting talk earlier today about the cross roads of of change that is going on in terms of security end of all of this. And it str
Governor, but we didnt have it then. But i think if you look at the way you also used digital media, the white house photographer was still taking still photos in 20012003 and we didnt change that until 2004. And i still dont understand facebook. Ronald christie on twitter. And how could we utilize this technology with the staff. And you notice president obama caries a blackberry and president bush did not. President obama uses email, president bush did not. So i think by the time you get into 2006, 2007, the white house staff was a lot more sophisticated in dealing with the emerging technology but for our cousins now in the Obama Administration, it is night and day, the Technology Capabilities that they have and the tools they have at their disposal to get their message out versus what we had. Um, mike hayden, who was one of bushs cia directors gave an interesting talk earlier today about the cross roads of of change that is going on in terms of security end of all of this. And it str