four terms as mayor. he remained a fighter. reporter: political ally, senator barbara miculs we, will be mikulski, will be one of the speakers at his funeral. he was a friend. but he was a friend to a lot of people. heaftion a friend to the he was a friend to the cab driver. he was a friend to the waitress at werner s. he was a friend to the top businesses in the community. he knew everybody. and most of all, he worked to know them. reporter: schaefer was born in baltimore, november 2, 1921. he served in the army, became a lawyer, then got into politics, winning most elections by a landslide. for all of his impatience, with excuses and bureaucracy, he always had time for a citizen who approached them with anything and had a problem. and he went to work, every day, committed to doing the work of the people. reporter: schaefer s favorite job was mayor. he tackled the problems and promoted the city with humor. he was big so the city could be big. he used all of
front that is off the east coast is going to take this storm and push it to the north and throw it out to the atlantic. that is not a concern. we are focusing now on tropical storm earl and that will cause the problems and make us watch this forecast ever so carefully. here s how the forecast will play out. no problems whatsoever and even looks like puerto rico and the virgin islands will be safe from this storm. by the time the middle of next week arrives, we should deal with another category 3 and should be between bermuda and the bahamas and that means the east coast is in play with this storm, unlike danielle. the squiggly line to the far left would be a threat to the carolina coast lines. thomas, this is a storm that bears watching. triple threat and there s also a storm that is just starting to organize, just off the coast of africa. this should be fiona some time during the weekend. we have eight to ten days to worry about that. bill, thanks so much. five years aft
gulf region. the lower ninth ward, not far from where we are is the hard e hit part of new orleans when the levees failed. we saw horrifying pictures of people stranded on rooftops waiting to be rest cued. according to a new estimate, about 25,000 people who lived there before katrina, only 1,000 have returned to what s called the nine. thousands of people sought shelter at the new orleans convention center and the superdome, but they ended up stranded there for weeks, with little food and no water. at least six deaths consider confirmed at the superdome and four bodies were recovers at the center. the gulf was still struggling to recover when the oil disaster happened this spring. $6.4 billion in federal funds helped the recover in this region. so have people been able to return this city to the city they love? among the people who love new orleans so much, is tom piazza. he took me on a tour to see some neighborhoods hard hit by katrina, we checked on how they re doing no
all the water is contaminated, raw sewage swilling round, putrefying carcasses of cattle polluting the water. there is a very high risk of epidemic now, that s the big concern. ifill: and, we talk to new orleans mayor mitch landrieu and brookings institution scholar amy liu about the comeback and the challenges five years after hurricane katrina. that s all ahead on tonight s newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: and by the alfred p. sloan foundation. supporting science, technology, and improved economic performance and financial literacy in the 21st century. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and. this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. woodruff: california s ban on same-sex marriage was overturned by a federal judge today when he ruled a ballot measure was unconstitutional. the landmark case broug
all the water is contaminated, raw sewage swilling round, putrefying carcasses of cattle polluting the water. there is a very high risk of epidemic now, that s the big concern. ifill: and, we talk to new orleans mayor mitch landrieu and brookings institution scholar amy liu about the comeback and the challenges five years after hurricane katrina. that s all ahead on tonight s newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: and by the alfred p. sloan foundation. supporting science, technology, and improved economic performance and financial literacy in the 21st century. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and. this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. woodruff: california s ban on same-sex marriage was overturned by a federal judge today when he ruled a ballot measure was unconstitutional. the landmark case broug