i believe they were unprepared. i believe the system is archaic and obso lite in many ways. no, i don t believe what they did was adequate and right. i believe it was the system design and their performance and part of it is the fact that the utilities are a monopoly. that s where the buck stops at the top. you know, this is poor plan poor decision making. we knew about the storm well in advance. democratic congressman steve israel who represents huntington area of long island is calling for the former fema director james dewit to sort it out. if the army corp of engineers can turn lights on in cabul
political issues. key battle grounds that he is hitting. the president will be in colorado. another one he is hitting . ohio, both sides fighting hard for that one . you saw mitt romney and paul ryan there today in fact . you mentioned new orleans. that is later on monday and the president getting storm damage. mitt romney did that yesterday. and tuesday in virginia and all leading to charlotte when the president will arrive to the democratic national convention. big week ahead for the president. thank you, ed, so much. and the latest reports on the damage from hurricane isaac has the death tollstappeding at six. they are standing by live in new orleans. a city where memories was katrina remain fresh, johnathon. that s right, uma. they learned a lot of lessons from katrina . army corp of engineers shoring
we sat down with tj lewis at the time. and we were not able to get them to come up with engineering plans or assurance that they would replace the bridge, i said to ty, i said ty, you are leaving me no other alternative to get an attorney. he said i understand, no hard feelings on my part. we had given up at that point in time trying to reason. and we got assistance from an attorney, and the bottom line is, that we ve lived there 15 years, there is two times that we had high water come over the bridge. that s never been the cause of the bridge washing out. it is creek coming down. gretchen: it seems like the county said it is the army corp of engineers and you are stranded . keep us posted and i know you
drain age dish was clogged with logs. they told my husband. we are backed up. if you can clean the ditch do it. he used his back hoeand removed huge dogs and the water poured off of the lane and we were sighted a felony for cleaning the ditch. what? a felony charge. it gave the property appearance of being a wet land. state government flood your property and the federal government charges you for building on a wet land. jack had to go deep down and he was not finding water. he was down 8 feet and could not find a water table. the jury cleared jack of all charges. we won. but after we were home for a month maybe, the army corp of
newsroom. reporter: the spray tan stuff, i ll be watching. here s the news. u.s. senate approving 6.9 billion dollars in disaster aid following a record year for natural disasters. fema and the army corp of engineers running short on funds to help victims of hurricanes, tornadoes and wildfires. the house will take up a competing bill next week worth 3.7 billion dollars. intense fire aboard a norwegian cruise ship killing two and injuring nine. more than 200 passengers forced to flee the ship. three rescue workers hospitalized with minor injuries. no terrorism suspected. i m arthel neville. now back to greta. greta: there is no nice way to this say. you are being ripped off. new labor report says you can blame your state government.