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So just because the sun is out and the storm is passed, doesnt mean that the storm surge wont affect us. and thats the forecast now. 4 to 7 feet storm surge tomorrow afternoon. >> tomorrow afternoon. and that would be serious in tampa. chief lee bercaw, thank you so much. always great to speak with you. thank you. >> thank you. >> obviously, we keep talking about this storm surge, the threat in tampa, the threat where i am in steinhatchee of 10 to 15 feet. what exactly does that mean? whats the ...

Every week. and then in late 2005, katrina happened. >> in august 2005, the gulf is underwater, new orleans is underwater. and it is very evident that not only are the preparations for this abysmal, but the racial disparity in the way people were treated and cared for was appalling, and the indifference from washington and other levels of government was appalling. >> they told us, go to the superdome. if you want to be rescued, go to the superdome. if you want to be rescued, go to the superdome....

In america, this. no, it isnt. a lot of that— in america, this. no, it isnt. a lot of that is _ in america, this. no, it isnt. a lot of that is the _ in america, this. no, it isnt. a lot of that is the partisan - in america, this. no, it isnt. al lot of that is the partisan divide. unfortunately can i take smart events like this to change minds. they dont always change minds, which is part of the challenge. i think as we see more efforts to develop alternative fuels, alternative energies in re...

She was horrified to see documents which she believed showed that there were expenses claimed by a senior journalist, nick parker, that he had met with medical records tracer in july and august 2005 to discuss miss millers pregnancy. in essence, what she is saying is that this evidence which the sun and its parent group admits no liability to you, shows, in her view, that she was a target of unlawful activity. she goes on to talk about rebekah brooks, the then editor of the sun. she says it is h...

Army staff sergeant jimmy macnaughton was just 27 years old when he laid down his life for our country in august 2005. he was the first nypd officer killed in the iraq war. and yet a plan to rename a new york city street in his honor was continued by a community board outraging his family and fellow officers. >> plain and simply i just dont get it. we followed the district 2 the guys, his fellow officers fueled the rules what they had to do, thought it was a done deal, and the community said no....

President bush was in his own administration and it was about the end of the first term or so around that time, february of 2005 is when the huge tsunami hit southeast asia and he asked his father as well as president clinton to work together to go to the region, to try to come up with this kind of massive humanitarian aid and they did that. they traveled for four days together, a long plane ride and president bill clinton said it was one of the greatest gifts he ever had working with president ...

Worked in lower manhattan. a few weeks ago they started a petition, a couple hundred signatures, i showed them around, showed them a few more and thought they were fairly confident it would go through. >> he wanted to rename the street. >> correct. they denied it but this time we remember the fallen so chris brinkley, an army veteran heading up the petition, 5500 signatures, they want to know if family members are ever forgotten. the people who passed by a daily basis, they look up and see a rea...

Hold. according to tmz her therapist and lawyer sent the help after a mental break down. she has dealt with a series of arrests and hospitalizations this year alone. all right. ainsley? ainsley: thank you, steve. in august 2005, army reservist staff sergeant jimmy income naughty there i mcnaughten firstnypd officer q killed by a sniper. today his family and fellow officers are outraged after a manhattan community board down in tribeca rejected their request to co-name a street after him. not jus...

Hill producer chad pergram. >> william shakespeare wrote beware of the ides of march. but in washington, its august. august is just a month but the most volatile month in politics. martin luther king delivered his i have a dream speech on the steps of the memorial in 1963. president nixon resigned in 1974. the calendar was barely in august when soviets shot down a korean airliner killing over 20 people. iraq innovated kuwait leading to the gulf war. hurricane katrina hit the coast in august 2005...

In august 2005, a powerful category 3 hurricane named katrina slams into the gulf coast, paralyzing southern louisiana and parts of mississippi. the massive storm floods communities and destroys entire neighborhoods. katrina causes more than $100 billion in damage and kills more than 1,800 people. just weeks later, louisiana is hit again, along with texas, as hurricane rita, a category 3 storm, makes landfall. after witnessing katrina, millions flee to escape rita. one of the largest evacuations...