you compare new orleans east with the lower ninth ward. how were people treated differently? it came down more to class. there was a program called rode home, $10 billion program in u.s. history but the formula was based on appraised value. the worth of the home at the time of kat kat rather than replacement value. basically a home in the white community was appraised at twice the worth of a home in in black community so everyone, lower income blacks, working class blacks, middle income blacks were left short. they didn t get enough money to rebuild so a program that was supposed to make people whole gave more money on the white side of town than the black community and that s why there are are so many fewer african-americans today in the city. but gary is that a problem of a class distinction or that a racial distinction? well, that s a racial distinction but it s interesting to compare new orleans east black middle-class professional class community ten years after katrina it s
he s doing. so he knows that he s really got to reenergize his base. that s what he s doing in some of those public comment that is you played. that s what he s doing behind the scenes at some of the fund-raisers. kristen, thanks so much. president obama has had some tough words for the congressional black caucus this weekend, asking them to fall in line behind him. with frustrated lawmakers questioning if he s done enough for poor and working-class blacks, the president went on to say and tell the caucus member that is as with the civil rights movement, progress takes time. but he challenged his critics to keep marching with him. stop complaining, stop grumbling, stop crying. we are going to press on. we ve got work to do. joining me now is missouri congressman emmanuel cleaver, the chairman of the congressional black caucus. sir, nice to see you this morning. the president said stop complaining. and congresswoman mechanics een waters today said she didn t