Faith, in your government, your people who, who are supposed to be there for you, who can, who can you trust . You know . I mean took them forever to get down here to help people. When they did get down here, they had guns in peoples faces. Who does that . It is disgusting. I have no faith in the federal government. People, yes. People have helped us. Churches stepped up. The churches have been wonderful. The churches throughout mississippi, texas, thank you, texas, for opening people in texas were so warming and welcoming. I had people that went to texas. We evacuated to florida. And, because we knew that it wasnt going to be good. And then after we saw how, i was in a restaurant and they had a tv on the screen and they had delary street, the street two years over, you know how high a street sign is, all you could see was the street sign. That is the moment i knew i didnt have a home anymore. And that is when i completely lost it. And i had, i had my daughter there. I just ran out of
We get back on our feet. We will pay you back 100 fold. Mark my last question. The federal government, where do you see them in your community now . Doris icn this point, they are at this point see theyre beginning to pull out. The process,ith they have a longterm Recovery Team in place, but most of that support system is being withdrawn. Longterm presence, but a longterm smaller presence. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2015] announcer thursday, Hurricane Katrina attend anniversary coverage continues. Joinema administrator environmentalist, journalists and others as they evaluate recovery. Norlinpresident obama in new orleans to meet with residents. Our live coverage begins at 5 00 p. M. Here on cspan. Coming up next on cspan, november 2005 townhall meeting in norlins, moderated new orleans, moderated i the mayor. By the mayor. La
About, we did have a lot of water. The lowpressure gas lines were affected. Although you may not have had water in your neighborhood or in your house, because of the design of the gas system, it is a network system, built like a spider web. The water can enter the system from an area a mile away. Want to get there, it is a process we use where we have to tap into the main, and stuck the suck the water out. In this case, we have a lot of water. Under our houses next to mine that have gas. The lady to the right has gas. The good news is, if the houses near you are getting gas, you are not far behind. What they do, they call it chase water trouble. Apparently the area you are being served by is a low point preventing gas to get to your area. I dont know exactly, if you can see me and give me your specific address, i will go ahead and get the information specifically for your area to let you know what the eta is. C. Ray nagin we will try to accommodate you. I am a senior, you said you were
The certain themes that emerged . Guest no i covered obama for the Washington Post for quite a while. I was living in chicago and working for the Washington Post am i recognized Michelle Obama has led a remarkable life a trajectory which is fascinating and i felt that it was worth telling a story where she is at the center of her own narrative not just the. When i embarked on the project i very much wanted to figure out where she was coming from. This thing she was doing in the white house and what were the origins of that and that meant getting into her Family History and chicago history and the history that she had lived. Host chicagoans up being a major player in her story. Going back there and looking at the life of her father whom she called her northstar even after he had died. What was it about her parents her father in particular that gave her that outlook enter values . Guest thats right and many people will remember the 2008 campaign that she would say of her father that he i
We know steve would want you to get back to work. Please join me in thanking our guests. [applause] thank you so much. So, were going to excuse them stage left while you exit that direction and well see you downstairs for the book signing. Thank you. Booktv is on facebook. Like us to get publishing news, scheduling updates author information and talk directly with authors during the live program. Facebook. Com booktv. Now on booktvs after words, peter she vein discusses the childhood of first Lady Michelle obama. Her is interviewed by cassandra clayton, from the university of Maryland College of journalism. Peter she slevin, thank you for joining to us talk about you new book, Michelle Obama a life. Thank you. Great to be here. Host such a simple title for the story of the woman you called the most unlikely first lady in modern American History but its not just a story of her life. Its the story of modern american did you set out to tell the story in that context or did that develop as