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THE ECONOMY AND SCHOOL AND IN JUST A MOMENT, HOW COMMUNITIES HAVE CHANGED AND REBUILD DEPRECATE KATRINA. THIS PAST WEEK AT ANEWSEUM A FORM LOOKING AT...
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| 00:00:57 |
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NOW A RIVER THAT IS RUSHING PAST THEM UNDER THIS BRIDGE TOWARD DOWNTOWN ORLEANS. IN THAT FLASH OF A MOMENT, THEY REALIZED THAT WE ARE DOOMED. THE WATER...
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| 00:01:35 |
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THE GOVERNMENT'S REACTION TO THE CRISIS. PEOPLE WERE STRANDED ON ROOFTOPS. THIS WAS A SYMBOL OF A FAILURE OF OUR GOVERNMENT HERE AND ABROAD. IF KATRINA...
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| 00:02:07 |
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HAS IT CHANGED AMONG THE ETHNIC POPULATIONS IN YOUR CITY?
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| 00:02:10 |
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GUEST: IT HAS BEEN PRETTY ASTOUNDING DEMOGRAPHICALLY. IF YOU THINK BACK TO THE 1990'S, NEW ORLEANS HAD THE LOWEST
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| 00:02:18 |
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PERCENTAGE OF LATINOS FOR ANY MAJOR URBAN AREA IN THE COUNTRY. EVEN PRIOR TO KATRINA, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A LATINO POPULATION SPECIFICALLY ABOUT 3%-4%...
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| 00:04:22 |
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NEW ORLEANS BEING A CHOCOLATE CITY. HIS CONCERN WAS THAT NEW ORLEANS WAS GOING TO BE OVERRUN BY MEXICANS. IN SOME RESPECTS, THAT HAS NOT HAPPENED EXACTLY....
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| 00:05:02 |
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STORY INITIALLY WHERE PEOPLE WERE COMING IN THERE AND FLEEING THEIR HOMES AND TRYING FOR SAFETY. THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TODAY. FIVE YEARS AFTER...
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| 00:05:27 |
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SPREAD IT IS SEEN AS A CENTRAL PART OF THE REVITALIZATION. ABOVE ALL, IT REPRESENTS THE NEW ORLEANS SAINTS WHICH HAS BEEN CENTRAL IN THEIR SUPER BOWL...
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| 00:06:05 |
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GUEST: CERTAINLY THE INFLUX OF LATINOS HAS BEEN DRAMATIC. AS WELL, WE CERTAINLY
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| 00:06:14 |
GUEST, -
SEE EFFORTS IN SCHOOL REFORM. I ALSO FEEL THERE IS A MISSED OPPORTUNITY IN THE SENSE THAT WE HAD AN ADMINISTRATION IN THE IMMEDIATE AFTERMATH OF KATRINA...
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| 00:07:18 |
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ON C-SPAN THAT THIS IS WHAT PRESIDENT OBAMA SAID ONE YEAR AGO. >> NOW, EVEN WITH ALL THE ACTION WE HAVE TAKEN AND ALL THE PROGRESS WE HAVE MADE, WE KNOW...
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| 00:07:30 |
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BE DONE. WHETHER YOU'RE DRIVING THROUGH AN ORLEANS, A BILOXI, OR THE SOUTHERN PART OF LOUISIANA, IT IS CLEAR HOW FAR WE HAVE TO GO BEFORE WE CAN CALL...
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| 00:08:17 |
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CONTINUE TO NEED A MAJOR REBUILDING EFFORT ALONG THE LINES OF HOUSING. THAT IS THE NUMBER-ONE ISSUE.
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| 00:08:23 |
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IN THE AFTERMATH OF KATRINA, IT WAS DIFFICULT FOR AFRICAN AMERICANS TO RETURN TO THE CITY IN A NUMBER OF RESPECTS IN THE SENSE THAT IN SOME CASES WE CERTAINLY...
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| 00:09:28 |
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AND HOW MANY ARE NEW RESIDENCE? GUEST: WE HAVE LOST MAYBE 20%- 25%. NEW RESIDENTS ARE HARDER TO CALCULATE. MOST OF THE LATINO POPULATION OR AT LEAST...
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| 00:09:41 |
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SIGNIFICANT PERCENTAGE OF THEM IS RELATIVELY NEW. THAT PERCENTAGE OF THE TOTAL POPULATION HAS GONE UP FROM UNDER 5% TO AROUND 10%. THERE HAVE BEEN SIGNIFICANT...
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| 00:10:09 |
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CALLER: MY QUESTION IS BASED ON THE HOUSE AND. IT IS MORE SO IN THE NINTH
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| 00:10:21 |
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WARD AREA. I KNOW THE PRESIDENT WILL BE THERE TO THAT. I AM CONCERNED WHETHER HE WILL HELP REBUILD NEIGHBORHOODS AS WELL. [UNINTELLIGIBLE] GUEST: IF THE...
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| 00:10:47 |
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MY GUESS BUT I AM NOT SURE WHAT HIS SCHEDULE IS. HOST: HE WILL ALSO BE INTERVIEWED ON NBC THAT WILL TAKE PLACE AT 3:00 P.M. EASTERN TIME.
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| 00:10:57 |
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JOE IS JOINING US FROM NEW ORLEANS. WE HAVE A VIDEO FROM THE NINTH WARD, THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE FIVE YEARS AGO. CALLER: GOOD MORNING, I WAS LISTENING...
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| 00:11:15 |
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YOUR CALLERS ARE MISINFORMED. THE LOWER NINTH WARD WAS A RESIDENTIAL AREA AND 98% OF THOSE PEOPLE DOWN THERE WERE HOMEOWNERS. WHEN THE PEOPLE RETURNED,...
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| 00:12:22 |
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THERE WAS A FOCUS OF HOME OWNERSHIP AND GETTING PEOPLE BACK INTO HOMES AND WE DID NOT DEBATE COULD GREAT JOB IN THAT AREA. ONE OF THE MAJOR FAILURES...
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| 00:13:06 |
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EVERYBODY IS WAITING AND IT IS A LITTLE UNCLEAR. OUR ECONOMY REVOLVES AROUND CERTAINLY THE PORT WHICH IS
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| 00:13:14 |
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A MAJOR SOURCE OF REVENUE AND JOBS FOR THE CITY. TOURISM IS PART OF THAT. MANY PEOPLE IN NEW ORLEANS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE IMPACT OF THE BP OIL SPILL....
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| 00:13:52 |
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ALSO DIVIDE OUR LINES AMONG DEMOCRATS, REPUBLICANS, AND INDEPENDENCE AND IT COULD JOIN THE CONVERSATION ON TWITTER OF3 . (music) CALLER: I AM ORIGINALLY...
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| 00:15:57 |
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GUESCALLER: I GRADUATED IN 1957 AND MY PARENTS LIVED IN NEW YORK. WHEN I WENT AWAY TO COLLEGE, I MADE NEW YORK MY RESIDENCE. MY MOTHER STILL LIVES THERE....
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| 00:16:26 |
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STATEMENT AND THE CITY WOULD BE OVERRUN BY MEXICANS, MY PROBLEM WITH THE STATEMENT HAD MUCH TO DO WITH THE FACT THAT IT DREW MORE ATTENTION TO RE-THAN...
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| 00:17:37 |
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BLACK UNIVERSITY AT THAT HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH IT. IT IS LOCATED IN THE HEART OF THE CITY IN AN AREA THAT EXPERIENCED SOME FLOODING AND HAS BEEN...
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| 00:18:00 |
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CALLER: PART OF THE REAL TRAGEDY WAS MY UNCLE WAS IN CHARGE OF THE
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| 00:18:09 |
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LEVEES AND HE GOT THE KEYS TO THE CITY DURING HURRICANE BETSY. THE TRAGEDY WAS THAT IF A CATEGORY 3 HURRICANE HITS THE CITY, THE CITY IS GONE. THEY HAD...
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| 00:18:50 |
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THE IMPACT OF A HURRICANE AND MAKING THOSE KIND OF WARNINGS FOR LITERALLY DECADES. IN THAT RESPECT, MANY PEOPLE IN NEW ORLEANS CONSIDER KATRINA TO ...
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| 00:19:14 |
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OF WASTE ESPECIALLY IN TERMS OF GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE FOLLOWING KATRINA AND FRAUD IN NEW ORLEANS. CAN YOU RESPOND TO THAT? GUEST: THAT WAITE WAS CRUCIAL...
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| 00:19:31 |
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IN THE CITY THAT NEEDED THE MONEY AND THE RESOURCES FAIRLY QUICKLY TO GET BACK INTO THE CITY. IT MADE IT VERY DIFFICULT FOR THEM TO RETURN AT ALL THEY...
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| 00:20:10 |
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I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER IN THE AFTERMATH OF A VETERAN OF THAT THERE WAS A CRISIS MENTALITY.
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| 00:20:17 |
GUEST, -
THEY WANTED TO BUILD A CANAL AND THINK LETTER. WHEN YOU HAVE THAT CONTEXT, YOU HAVE MONEY THAT IS WASTED. IN SOME RESPECTS, THERE WAS A SERIES OF MESSAGES...
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| 00:21:15 |
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AND HISPANICS OR A MORE NOTICEABLE RACIAL DIVIDE THAT IN THE PAST? GUEST: IN THE AFTERMATH OF KATRINA, IT WAS ALMOST INEVITABLE YOU WOULD HAVE TENSIONS...
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| 00:21:27 |
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AMERICANS AND LATINOS IN THE SENSE THAT WAY PETTED THEM TOGETHER. IT WAS THE IDEA -- THE REAL SORT OF PROBLEMS THAT EVER PARENTS HAD IN TERMS OF BEING...
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| 00:22:58 |
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IN LOUISIANA FELL PARTICULARLY NEW ORLEANS. WE HAVE A PROFESSOR FROM NEW ORLEANS AS OUR GUEST. CALLER: I HAVE HEARD A LOT OF BLENDING OF THE GOVERNMENT,...
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| 00:23:15 |
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DISASTER IN LOUISIANA. YOU MUST INCLUDE BOTH THE CITY GOVERNMENT OF NEW ORLEANS AND A STATE GOVERNMENT OF LOUISIANA AS BEING PART OF THE PROBLEM. GOVERNORBLANKO...
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| 00:24:47 |
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CURRENT, CERTAINLY AT VARIOUS GOVERNMENT LEVELS. LOCAL GOVERNMENTS LET DOWN THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS DURING KITCHEN AND IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE CLEANUP...
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| 00:25:13 |
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THE LEVEES AND REBUILD COMMUNITIES. JOHNNY IS JOINING US FROM NEW ORLEANS, GOOD MORNING. PLEASE GO AHEAD. CALLER: YOU DOING OKAY?
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| 00:25:32 |
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HOST:GUEST: I AM A KEG. HOST: THANK THE LORD FOR BOBBY JINDAL. HE IS A GOOD
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| 00:25:39 |
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MAN.
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| 00:25:42 |
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THESE ARE HARD-WORKING PEOPLE AND I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY DID THAT GET ALONG. THE ONLY REASON OBAMA IS COMING DOWN HERE IS TO JOIN HIS LITTLE BLACK THE...
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| 00:26:05 |
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AS OPPOSED TO THE REST OF THE POPULATION GUEST:. THIS IS HITTING AFRICAN- AMERICANS MORE THAN ANY OTHER GROUP. WE'RE NOT CREATING THE KINDS OF JOBS...
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| 00:26:57 |
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DIALOGUE BUT WHEN YOU CROSS THE LINE USING ETHNIC SLURS OR DEROGATORY TERMS, WE WILL CUT YOU OFF AND WE ASK THAT YOU REFRAIN FROM DOING SO ON THIS NETWORK....
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| 00:28:54 |
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I AGREE WITH THE CALLER. I AM A LITTLE MORE OPTIMISTIC THAN THAT. THIS IS NOT THE END OF NEW ORLEANS. PEOPLE HAVE COME BACK IN LARGE NUMBERS. THERE ARE...
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| 00:30:14 |
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WALL STREET JOURNAL." THE MATTER IS STARTING THE POLITICALLY SENSITIVE PROCESS OF KNOCKING DOWN THE EMPTY AND RAVAGED HOMES THAT MARKED THE SAID WA NINTHRD...
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| 00:30:50 |
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DARREN IS TO BE A CONCERTED EFFORT ON THE PART OF THE GOVERNMENT. THE IDEA THAT YOU LEAVE THESE THINGS UP TO THE FREE MARKET IS A PROBLEM BECAUSE IT...
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| 00:32:00 |
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I WOULD ASK YOUR GUEST -- THIS WAS ASKED TO A PREVIOUS CALLER THAT PERHAPS WAS NOT IN THE ECONOMIC FIELD LIKE YOU ARE. THE QUESTION IS -- WHO OWNS...
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| 00:33:17 |
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HOMEOWNERS OWNED THE
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| 00:33:22 |
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LAND. THERE WERE STABLE HOMES THAT WERE SPAWNED BY THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE THERE. -- THAT WERE OWNED BY THE PEOPLE WHO LIVED THERE. I THINK WE NEED TO FIND...
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| 00:34:20 |
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WE'RE JOINED FROM BILOXI, MISSISSIPPI, GOOD MORNING. CALLER: GOOD MORNING, I HAVE A COMMENT. I HEAR PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT NEW ORLEANS AND
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| 00:34:34 |
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I UNDERSTAND THEY WERE HIT HARD BY KATRINA BUT ALSO THERE WERE OTHER GULF COAST RESIDENTS THAT OR HAD JUST AS HARD IF NOT HARDER BY KATRINA. EVERYBODY...
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| 00:35:14 |
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NEW ORLEANS IS A CASE STUDY IN MANY WAYS. I AGREE WITH THE
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| 00:35:19 |
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CALLER THAT YOUR EYES WAS NOT THE ONLY PLACE THAT WAS DEVASTATED. I AM FROM NEW ORLEANS AND EACH OF THE UNIVERSITY. I CERTAINLY RECOGNIZE THERE ARE...
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| 00:35:51 |
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BECAUSE I REMEMBER SEEING BRIEFS AND AREAS FEATURED ON TV AND THERE WAS A LOT OF DEVASTATION CAUSED TO THAT AREA. THERE WAS A A LOT OF CATASTROPHIC EVENTS...
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| 00:37:25 |
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KATRINA WAS A NATURAL DISASTER. THE EFFECTS FELT IN NEW ORLEANS WERE CREATED BY MAN AND A SENSE OF A POOR LEVEE SYSTEM AND OTHER THINGS. THE RESPONSE...
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NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.