You feel about it . Not good. Thanks for joining us, im joie chen. Down here in the place where the river meets the sea, theres a strong spirit even katrina couldnt wash away. Ten years after many of us, then young journalists, stood in the floodwaters and wondered whether this one of americas favorite cities would ever be the same. Theres an official focus on resilience. On the lights that are back. The fun of the French Quarter. The sense of community that has returned. Still, look closer. There are still fragile fractures in many places in the city. Our coverage begins with special correspondent Soledad Obrien on what new orleans found exposed by katrina after the storm. Reporter in new orleans iconic jackson square, crowds of tourists gather. To take in the sights and sounds of the big easy. Judging from the scene here, in the heart of the city, there seems to be no doubt, new orleans is back. But go just 20 minutes out of the city center and its a different picture altogether. How
Thanks for joining us, im joie chen. Down here in the place where the river meets the sea, theres a strong spirit even katrina couldnt wash away. Ten years after many of us, then young journalists, stood in the floodwaters and wondered whether this one of americas favorite cities would ever be the same. Theres an official focus on resilience. On the lights that are back. The fun of the French Quarter. The sense of community that has returned. Still, look closer. There are still fragile fractures in many places in the city. Our coverage begins with special correspondent Soledad Obrien on what new orleans found exposed by katrina after the storm. Reporter in new orleans iconic jackson square, crowds of tourists gather. To take in the sights and sounds of the big easy. Judging from the scene here, in the heart of the city, there seems to be no doubt, new orleans is back. But go just 20 minutes out of the city center and its a different picture altogether. How typical is this . How many ho
Thanks for joining us, im joie chen. Down here in the place where the river meets the sea, theres a strong spirit even katrina couldnt wash away. Ten years after many of us, then young journalists, stood in the floodwaters and wondered whether this one of americas favorite cities would ever be the same. Theres an official focus on resilience. On the lights that are back. The fun of the French Quarter. The sense of community that has returned. Still, look closer. There are still fragile fractures in many places in the city. Our coverage begins with special correspondent Soledad Obrien on what new orleans found exposed by katrina after the storm. Reporter in new orleans iconic jackson square, crowds of tourists gather. To take in the sights and sounds of the big easy. Judging from the scene here, in the heart of the city, there seems to be no doubt, new orleans is back. But go just 20 minutes out of the city center and its a different picture altogether. How typical is this . How many ho
But nothing, nothing, approaches what these women have done and what so many journalists, regardless of gender, i think you would all agree, men and women, did in opening the way to covering battlefields, to bringing the stories of american troops fighting in faraway places into our living rooms, into the front page of our newspapers. If nothing else, that era was such a turn in journalism that i probably dont have to explain to anybody in this room. And i thought that if were not all totally familiar with these womens backgrounds, we would just start by going down the line and have all of you briefly tell us how you came to be in vietnam. Its a far away place a long time ago. Lets just go down the line for a few minutes here. How did you get there . I got there it seems hard to believe, but someone in our day, like barbara, would be a pentagon correspondent. We reported on things like parties and gardening and cooking. We never really made the news because womens lives were so confine
Im a pentagon correspondent, and im thrilled, honored, and humbled to be with these women tonight. I work out of the pentagon. I have traveled to war zones, but nothing, nothing, approaches what these women have done and what so many journalists, regardless of gender, i think you would all agree, men and women, did in opening the way to covering battlefields, to bringing the stories of american troops fighting in faraway places into our living rooms, into the front page of our newspapers. If nothing else, that era was such a turn in journalism that i probably dont have to explain to anybody in this room. And i thought that if were not all totally familiar with these womens backgrounds, we would just start by going down the line and have all of you briefly tell us how you came to be in vietnam. Its a far away place a long time ago. Lets just go down the line for a few minutes here. How did you get there . I got there it seems hard to believe, but someone in our day, like barbara, would