is to give them a chance to get that out of their system here as quickly as we can. you know what, ed? reporter: let s not hug the camera, pal. you know, let them. the worse you try to stop thernlgs t them, the worse they ll get. usually during mardi gras people do some pretty bad things. so i think this is pretty light the treatment you re getting. and again, ed, it s good. it s good that people are celebrating in new orleans. reporter: oh, absolutely. and the amazing thing is we ve been asking the officers. no reports of any problems. these people aren t fighting. they re not turning anything down. they re just happy. one of the officers told me here a little while ago. they re incredibly excited to see that. and you can t overstate what we hear repeatedly over and over here in new orleans, don-s what this team means to this city and what it has meant to the rebirth, the coming back of this city. yes. reporter: after hurricane katrina. and you hear that over and over agai