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marking 35 years on the air. in those 35 years, coverage of the biggest events, like our coverage of hurricane katrina. setting its sights on the central coast. on the banks of the mississippi liver. it s a very strange feeling, careening a hurricane, particularly one this size. reporter: in a walmart earlier in the day. people come up to you, have you heard an reporter: you should go to the gulf coast in mississippi, because we haven t been in touch with our relatives in waveland and no one is reporting from there. when i got to waveland unlike anything i d seen before. i want to show you a few shots around me just the complete devastation. reporter: i went out with this fema body recovery team. we went to the house of a
and people started to see the potential for cnn. the fact that cnn was on the air there and showing a war beaking out in realtime and i think the technology that exists now, it allows us to all of us to go to places and be on the breaking wave of history, and to bring viewers along on that journey, and that s just an extraordinary thing, and there s very honestly few places are doing the kind of reporting cnn is doing. actually sending people you know out to a story. having bureaus around the world. that s one of the things i m incredibly proud about for cnn. of all the people you ve spoken to in your 12 however many years being here. wow. what are the more memorable interviews? i like talking to people who regular people who find themselves caught up in certain things beyond their control. i m the same. not about celebrity es. not celebrities. people in waveland mississippi, coming home finding homes, what s the next step?
the beach is right there. we had an above ground pool. everybody loved it. and just now you have nothing to come to. nothing, nothing. are you going to get this done eventually? do you believe in your heart? if it kills me, i m going to get it done. yelp. you will get your home back? yeah. somehow. heart-breaking, shep. and all over waveland these sort of abandoned lots stand like ghosts. ghosts of the lives that were once lived here, haunting reminders of what was taken away five years ago by katrina s fury. shep? shepard: jonathan hunt, live in waveland mississippi. jonathan, thanks. just to the west in new orleans the army corps of engineers reports a new multi-million-dollar system of levies is nearly complete. that system designed to keep this from happening again.
shepard: five years ago tonight a monster storm called hurricane katrina was barreling toward the gulf coast and the region is still recovering from the devastation that followed a former first lady laura bush visited louisiana today. katrina damaged or destroyed more than 1,000 schools but mrs. bush started a foundation that $5 million to rebuild them. each time i visit, i m struck by the strength and optimism of the school leaders who have spent every day of the last five years working to ensure that students across the gulf coast can receive a great education. shepard: katrina leveled the entire coast line of mississippi. and some areas having more trouble rebuilding than others. in fact, even in the same city,