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more than 1800 people died from the storm and flooding after more than a million people had to be evacuated. the death and destruction along the gulf coast from florida to texas although the situation in new orleans is remember the most. they should get underway shortly. live coverage here on c-span2. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] it s been 10 years since hurricane katrina slammed into the gulf coast. we will hear an update shortly from housing secretary julian castro and the housing and urban development recovery department. one of several programs on the anniversary of katrina. we will e-mail but a program next monday at an all-day form bean house did buy the atlantic. this ll be hosted by the atlantic with fema administrator craig fugate. looking at the disaster pr ....
local politics was i had a little bit of a chip on my shoulder about my hometown. i wanted to see her you could combine the best of those worlds and have a community which was more prepared for the future, better educated, more economic development, and was also a place of great character, a place a city where everybody would love to live. steve: it was a full-time job with part-time pay? sec. castro: that is right. the charter that governed the mayor and council had been passed in 1951. it was a lot smaller city back then. the job that was definitely a full-time job. basicallyhe pay was $50 a meeting, so $50 a week, then one $3000 payment every year. 2015,ar after i left, in the voters actually passed an initiative so that the mayor could make $65,000 or something in that ballpark. you know, i like to think that my work in the work of others hopefully contributed to that. but when i was there it was basically $4000 or so. steve: this white house had considered you fo ....
there really trying to institute to constitute the foundation have it solely focused on serving the needs of the low income of 50 plus across the organization and as a result of the success that we had and the foundation, the ceo asked me if i would come over to their side and help develop a strategy for 2020 to make sure aarp was relevant to its members in the 21st century. as part of that transition and building strategy, the opportunity and opening came to be the ceo of aarp. while not planned, it was a wonderful transition for me to be able to move from being an initially a board member for the for-profit and are running the company. i m the only leader who has worked at all three organizations. some of the details, how big is your membership? members.e 38 million we are close to the largest membership organization in the world. diverse,rs are very one third republican, one third democrat, one third depended. very vocal independent. every vocal about the issues ....
deal with the big issues, but those problems that keep families up at night. from colorado to texas to arkansas, 11 states are headed to the polls and candidates on both sides are giving it all they ve got to convince voters that can occupy the oval office. i am the only democratic candidate who is saying no, we are not going to cut social security. how the candidates are hoping to win over colorado. what you need to know before heading to the caucus on tuesday. thank you for joining us for fox at a it when denver news at five. the race to super tuesday is on but before turning to the big day here as is a look at the south carolina primary results. the polls just closed a few minutes ago and cnn said hillary clinton is the winner the third when after beating sanders in iowa and nevada. now the republican candidates shift their focus to the polls joe st. george st. george joins us tonight and the two remaining democratic candidates are hoping to have a huge t ....
going to dominate the next few days. i want to time it out for you all and show you who will get hit the hardest coming up in just a little bit. evan: the front runners lived up to their name at the ballot box. voters gave hillary clinton a big win in nevada over bernie sanders and in the first southern state primary, donald trump easily won south carolina. his second straight victory, leaving marco rubio and ted cruz to fight it out for runner up. meghan hughes reports from columbia. reporter: with two wins under their belt, hillary clinton and donald trump are now looking ahead to the next contest with confidence. we are going right to to nevada and i think we re going to do terrific there. and the sec is going to be very very exciting. we expect to do very very well. reporter: a nevada win reinvigorating clinton s campaign where she went to texas and held a big late night rally at texas southern university. is this a great night or what? reporter: long li ....