but also his love of that city and his time there in hurricane katrina. wendell, it s so good to see you. so good to see you. welcome to new orleans. thank you. thank you for having me to your home town. last time we met was in la. i m much happier that we re meeting here. yes, i know, it s beautiful. you suggested the world war ii museum. yeah, i suggested it because my dad fought in saipan during world war ii and it really made an impact on me, you know. he would talk about it briefly, and then he went through some things, some challenges afterwards that showed you how to deal with adversity. and so it taught me a lot. and so i like to come here as it expands. it really shows the sacrifices that people made, that the country made. it really shows you how to sturdy your character. it s an incredible museum. look at this amazing. it s a cool building. architectural design. very cool. gives you an idea of the planes and the warships that were there. and the rain held off for u
welcome to new orleans, this is mardi gras, the festival season that begins around the epiphany after the christmas season wrapped up and rolled right into the beginning of len where that period of sacrifice begins for so many americans freight look at this freight when you think of mardi gras, you think separate and of the beads that get tossed and all the fun that is at and may be a little too much drinking on. that makes so much of this possible, this is what makes ne orleans new orleans, the people the spirit, the food, the sense of community, and all the good that comes out of one big party. one of the oldest parading organizations is ricks, ricks emerged to draw tourism back to the city after the civil war, and is always one of the most
hey, everybody. now the real party starts. we have our two coanchors here. these are your babies, your latest edition. that is barclay and this is boomer. and they are freaked out by all the noise. say hi guys. they re so freaked out by all the noise and party machines. it s okay. welcome to new orleans new year s. where anything goes. we ve been doing this five years or more together. we ve been doing it like 6, 7 or 8 but you joined me about five years ago and made it let s just say a bit more fun. look at all the people around us. they come from all over. say hi, everybody. show some love. so this is the real party that we have every year. we like to call it the after party.
some of the influential social set including businessmen and colleagues and social set and even a grammy award winning musici musician. and i have to ask if wouldn t a little bit of sharing go a long way for the people across town? let s eat. morgan, welcome to new orleans. cheers. you have been in new orleans for a couple of days now? yes, it is amazing. i have been working at a place called total community action from the food pantry to the job services to the people who sudden suddenly the, it got cold, and suddenly freezing here for the last month, and their electric bill went from $85 to $400 and the people can come to get help, and it is a remarkable place. we are trained to think that if you work hard, if you do the right things, you, too, can have it. i think that s not true.
john sint is introducing me to some of his influential social set including businessmen, colleagues, even a grammy award-winning musician. but i still have to ask, when is enough enough? and in the presence of so much lavish success wouldn t just a little bit of sharing go a very long way for the people i ve been getting to know across town? let s eat. well, morgan, welcome to new orleans. cheers. you ve been in new orleans for a couple days now? i have. it s been amazing. i ve been working at a place called total community action. from their food pantry to their job services to, you know, people who suddenly it got cold, you know, suddenly it was freezing here for like the last month and their electric bill went from like $85 to $400. so these people can come get help. it s a remarkable place. yeah. we re trained to think that if you work hard, if you do the right things, you too can have