Daily life we will rely more on them and can exploit the fact that they can remember everything. And we can share things with other people easier. So we have this conversation, theres no need to have the same conversation again with somebody else. Because we just know about it. I think the other thing thats going to help is many of the basic necessities become basically free. Food will become much cheaper and our living will become cheaper and transportation. Already happening massively. So that were going to have a situation where where a lot of things, used to be very expensive. But as a society a different question. If you all worked less would be better for us because we could share better. We tend to work more and more. But all the things that are happening today. Theres nothing really new here. And you might move to mars. Who knows . At least a few of us will move to mars like maybe one or two people. Jaron ok. 20 years. Oh, gosh. If i was going to put them top on my list, ive come to believe we need to take charge of our climate. That we cant we cant take a standoff approach to it. And the thing that some of you might not coopt to is we can no longer treat it as the thing that we only try to not harm but have to actively engage with it and start to guide it. And thats still a controversial idea but i dont think we have a choice. Fresh water supply and take charge of having clean safe water for everybody in the world. Very touch. Tougher politically, maybe than technologically at this point, i if were going to have a sharing economy, it has to be authentic and actually support everybody. Not be a phony thing where it makes hyper billionaires and a bunch of insecure people. [applause] i suspect the math doesnt actually work out. And we have to whether we chose a more market based or social system, either way it has to be an honest one. As we have more and more technological options it becomes trickier to sort out that we must do it. I love the stuff like 1 16 thiesing new synthesizing new clothes and efficiency and i think its great and totally worthy to make technology becausethefun and beautiful and you adore it. I think thats a legitimate reason and want to see 20 things like that that i dont anticipate. Im a little less interested in extreme longevity if we dont have an Overall Societal solution. The trend right now is to create fake longevity for people where you have like these simulations of peoples personalities after they die for the poor. And then actual biological longevity for the rich. And that if we create that, that distinction. This is actually you see these projects now. Thats not sustainable. That will cause that will make a liar of Steven Pinker and i never want to do that. In a way what i want from the world more than anything else is a way for you each person to find such diverse ways of succeeding that its too confusing to conflicts anymore. That might be a slightly complicated way to put it. Where theres so many ways to succeed that people arent as opposed to each other and interest anymore. Were members of so many classes. Your both a nerd and islamic and punk or something. What, thats the path to peace. I hope we have a world of ever increasing diversity and skill. [applause]. Thank you all for coming out here. Lets thank sebastian and jaron again for speaking with us. [applause]. Next, mayor Mitch Landrieu on building rebuilding new orleans after Hurricane Katrina. Saturday, august 20 nine marks the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, one of the five deadliest storms in americas history. Special coverage on cspan begins on monday. Event. All day that evening at 8 00, more from the event. 8 00, a tour of the damage and recovery efforts. At 9 30, a hearing from the public on what they experienced. They loaded us up on these military tracks. Then they declared the city of new orleans, jefferson parish, and Orleans Parish a war zone. We were the prisoners of war. On tuesday, a tour of the damage in st. Bernard parish. That is your whole life. Family,our friends, its all gone. Now its a year later and you still dont see the friends and family you used to see. You dont forget it. You will never forget the rest of your life. 2005llowed at 9 00 with a townhall meeting. I am relying on you. I voted for you. So represent me on a local level. I dont know where else to go. I dont know what else to do. Thursday night starting at 8 00, more from new orleans with craig fugate. At 9 00, we will show you president obamas trip to the region. Hurricane katrina anniversary coverage all this week on cspan. New orleans mayor Mitch Landrieu spoke to members of the National Press club on tuesday to mark the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. He discussed his citys urban renewal and economic recovery and the continuing efforts to restore the Crescent City and its people. This is an hour. John welcome to the National Press club. I am president. Our guest today is new orleans mayor, Mitch Landrieu who joins us near the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. First, i want to introduce our distinguished head table which includes club members and guests of the speaker. Adamthe audiences right, shapiro, ceo of adam shapiro public relations. Pat mcgrath, former International Correspondent for tv. Gtb wctg bill loveless. The acting assistant secretary for health in the u. S. Department of health and Human Services and she is a former Health Commissioner for the city of new orleans and she is a guest of our speaker. The Senior Business editor for National Public radio and a National Press club board member. Donna brazil, a clinical strategist and syndicated columnist, she is a guest of the speaker. She is a new orleans native and she served on the louisiana recovery authority. Reporter for the Salt Lake Tribune and Vice President of the National Press club. A reporter with energy wire. He also organized the National Press club katrina rebuilding trip in 2008. Martin, a new orleans native. Peter harkness, the founder and publisher of governing magazine. Glenn marcus, a freelance documentary filmmaker and a member of the press clubs press freedom committee. [applause] i also want to welcome our cspan and public radio audiences. You can follow todays lunch on twitter. Npclive. Hurricane katrina was the costliest Natural Disaster in the history of the United States. It forced the evacuation of nearly 90 of the residents of new orleans. Nearly 1500 of them lost their lives. 15 feet of water covered many neighborhoods. Five years later, the citys recovery was steady, but slow. Thousands of houses were vacant or uninhabitable. The prekatrina economy had yet to reappear. Thats when our speaker stepped up. He was louisianas Lieutenant Governor at that time. He said he wanted to take over the recovery effort, as the citys next mayor. This was a job that his father had held in the 1970s. When Mitch Landrieu was elected in 2010, he became the first white mayor of a black authority majority city in the United States since his father held office. He enjoyed broad support across racial and demographic lines. When he was reelected in 2014, he nearly matched the 66 winning percentage he had posted four years earlier. Now, as we near the 10th anniversary of katrina, data on tourism and the economy show new orleans, in many respects, is a strong as it was. A recent poll from the Kaiser Family foundation and National Public radio found that many residents feel the city has made significant headway. At the same time, the poll exposed deep Racial Disparities in the recovery. It also showed concern that the rich cultural gumbo that makes the city special is changing. Where do we go from here . Lets leave it for the speaker to tell us. Ladies and gentlemen, please give a warm National Press club welcome to new orleans mayor Mitch Landrieu. [applause] mayor landrieu thank you, to the folks that are in the room. Thank you to the head table. Thank you so much for having me. 10 years ago, Hurricane Katrina hit the gulf coast. In the blink of an eye, everything changed. American citizens, 1800 of my brothers and sisters were killed. One million were displaced, one million homes were damaged. 250,000 were destroyed. Communities were torn apart. And scattered to the wind. In new orleans, the levees broke. Infrastructure manmade failure of epic proportions. That resulted in floodwaters surging over the rooftops of a Great American city. 80 of the city was under water. 150 billion in damages. In a moment, everything was gone. Homes, roads, schools, hospitals. Police and fire stations, Grocery Stores, parks our lives as we knew them were gone. As the floodwaters swallowed our neighborhoods, it became a life or death struggle for thousands, who are still stuck in the cities. Those stories are seared in our souls forever. The rushing flood, pulling people under. Survivors trapped for days with little or no help. Hundreds on the rooftops, people trying to keep their heads above water. The blazing louisiana son. Sun. American citizens crowded in front of the superdome in held masses at the convention center. More stranded in the port of st. Bernard. Floating, bloated bodies on the streets of america. Our nation sat, jaw dropped, gaping at the images. Considering the possibility that an entire city could be gone, and wondering how this happened in our beloved country. In the midst of all of this death and all of this destruction, Something Else happened. The sun came up. In the hours, days, and weeks that followed, another flood came in. This time, it was a torrent of people. Louisiana state department of wildlife and fisheries agents and the u. S. Coast guard, with our friends and neighbors pulling thousands of people out of the water. At their side, the cajun armada, a small navy of private vessels from all across coastal louisiana, recreational boaters of all kinds, saving lives on the flooded streets of new orleans. Backing them up, a whole legion of people coming literally from everywhere. In came the national guard, the military, along with policemen, fire, ems, medics, and other relief volunteers from coast to coast. Within days, canadian mounties had boots on the ground in a small city outside of new orleans. Israeli relief workers followed, and countries from australia to the uae gave millions of dollars and sent supplies. The red cross, second harvest, salvation army, catholic charities, united way, habitat for humanity, and so many others. United by faith, civic purpose, rushed to our site and to our aid. And together, together with started to clean up. We started clearing away the devastation of putting our lives back together. Together, crying over photos that somehow escaped with a deluge. Together, sleeping on church floors, in tents. A mostly still dark city lit by campfires, midwest and northeastern accents blended in with the southern drawl. Americans helping americans, citizens helping citizens, neighbors lifting of neighbors are in it was a teacher in baton rouge coming showing kindness to a child on her first day of school outside of new orleans. A nurse in atlanta who helped in a vacuum we get medication. A landlord in shreveport who found places for families to stay. As former houston mayor bill white said, people saw this as an opportunity for us to do something that was right for our country, as well as for our fellow americans. It was one of our countrys darkest moments. But we found salvation, light, and hope from the angels among us. Those angels made real for us the song of david, that joy cometh in the morning. Now, as we approach the 10th anniversary of katrina, we new orleans want to remember all of those that we lost. And we want to again count our blessings, and again say thank you to those of you that helped us survive. Over the last 10 years, new orleans has been through hell and high water. Not just katrina, but hurricanes rita, ike, gustav, the bp oil spill, and the national recession. All of it. But we wont bow down. Because we dont know how. By our nature, we are resilient, we are a hopeful people. Even after all we have been through, a recent poll in new orleans done by the Kaiser Family foundation with npr found that a whopping 78 of residents are optimistic about new orleans future. New orleans has gone from literally being underwater to being one of the fastestgrowing major cities in america. With thousands of new jobs, new industries rapidly improving schools, rising property values, and a new flood protection that will relist reduce the risk from future floods. This is one of the most remarkable stories of tragedy and triumph, resurrection and redemption. In one word resilience. We are americas comeback city. In new orleans, necessity really was the mother of invention. After katrina, it was do or die. The storm laid down a gauntlet, and with this huge tragedy came a huge responsibility to make it right. During katrina, many died. And for many more, the storm was a neardeath experience. It changed us. And those who have endured such pain will tell you that when everything is slipping away, the natural instinct is to tighten your grip on that which used to be secure, struggling to hold on to just what was. But heres the thing. The people of new orleans took up the challenge that fate had laid at our feet, resolving not just to rebuild the city we once were, but to create the city that we always dreamed she could be. To do it, we had to fight through the agony that comes with disaster and change. There is no doubt that our progress has been anything but a straight line. And lord knows we have a very long way to go. After all, the storm did not create all of our problems. Our issues are generations in the making, and are shared by every other part of america. After katrina, ive often told an old joke that my dad used to tell me. Boudreau and thibodeau got a pilot to go all the way to canada to shoot moose. They bagged six moose. As they were loading on the plane to return, the pilot says you cant put all six moose on the plane, we will crash. Thibodeau and boudreau said last year we shot six in the and the pilot let us take them in the plane you are flying right now. The pilot gave up, got in the plane, and took off. Even on full power, the plane couldnt handle the road, handle the load, and crash. Recklessly, thibodeau and boudreau survived. They are lying in the pile of rubble. Boudreau sees thibodeau and says do have any idea where we are . Thibodeau says we are the same place we were less your we crashed. Last year when we crashed. [laughter] mayor landrieu thats just some home cooking from the south. The problem is obvious, it is especially clear after katrina. If we do the same thing over and over again, we should expect the same outcome. After years of angst and anxiety, after years of fits and hearts, we made the decision to change. And what has emerged on the other side is a premier example of urban innovation in america. Because we had to. Because we had to, new orleans is taken on the toughest challenges, showing the whole nation what it takes to make progress. Forever proving that where there are new solutions to all of the old problems that we have. For example, 10 years ago, new orleans schools were considered some of the worst in the country. Two thirds of our kids were failing, in failing schools. We moved past was a broken topdown system and have created a new way, defined by choice and equity, defined by accountability. I hope that we can join together to celebrate the remarkable progress that has been made for our kids. I want to thank all of our students, administrators, but those from new orleans and those who have moved in to help more recently. They worked tirelessly on behalf of our kids. Today, nearly every student attends a public charter school. Families who used only have one choice for their kids can now apply to nearly every school in the city. In new orleans, geography is no longer a kids destiny, and we have raised the bar across the board, insisting that schools serve every child. In new orleans we know every child can learn and every child has the right to a great education. In addition, we set our kids need to clean, healthy, safe school buildings. 1. 8 billion in federal funds is being invested to rebuild, renovate, and refurbish nearly every school in the city. That means Outstanding New 21st century learning spaces that can help our kids arrive and realize their godgiven potential. Before katrina, the achievement gap between the kids in new orleans and the kids and the rest of the state was over 25 points. Now, the gap is nearly closed. Before katrina, the Graduation Rate hovered around 50 . Now 73 are graduating on time. Fewer kids dropping out, more kids enrolling in college, also this year, hundreds of new orleans seniors have earned scholarships at over 300 different colleges and universities. One of these High School Graduates is a kid named jairon, a few years ago he wasnt going to pass the 10th grade, let alone go to college. His mom and dad sold drugs, unfortunately, they both went to prison. He struggled. He enrolled in one of the new schools with a special focus on college. For him, and for us, it has made all the difference. He said in life, you have two choices, to be defeated, or to conquer. I choose to conquer. And he did. This fall, he will be a freshman at morehouse college, and a bigtime shout out to this great historically black college and university, and fisher gr