August 29 2005 News Today

>> reporter: what happened to waveland, mississippi, population 8,000, on august 29, 2005. >> it was annihilated. ill be honest with you. we were ground zero. >> reporter: 238 people in mississippi were killed by hurricane katrina. officer feeder his wife and seven wield old son brennan were among the victim is. be of the phone died she told him they were standing in the bathtub and the water was rising. >> i wasnt going to abandon my post at the city. i was tasked to do something. justs i know ...

Country. number one start-up. we have a medical quarter, all of this was done in a very short period of time when the whole rest of the world, including washington, d.c., did not have any confidence it could get done. so it can get done. and it is all of us together. hes been an astounding leader and shows what leadership can do. but it shows what citizens working together can do in short order. >> i just want to thank you very much for making the critical point. what happened on august 29, 2005...

May become the first hurricane of the 2015 atlantic season. forecasters at the national weather service expect tropical storm danny will strengthen as it slowly moves west over the atlantic. this is not a problem for tomorrow, not at all. this is down the road. but its about 1400 miles east of the caribbeans lesser antilles, and its moving bowling ball style, like hurricane andrew did back in the stay, bowling ball style toward -- well, you can see. forecasters say its generating tropical storm ...

Shot at point blank range. apparently by another soldier. he was helping recover from post traumatic stress syndrome. in fact, two are dead we are told. police have captured a suspect. this happened southwest of ft. worth. they have captured a suspect south of dallas. we will bring you the latest details on this as they come in. first here is craig on the rebirth of the superdome in new orleans. >> the stage is set as final preparations go into sundays super bowl xlvii here in new orleans, laz. ...

Has been shot himself. shot at point blank range. apparently by another soldier. he was helping recover from post traumatic stress syndrome. in fact, two are dead we are told. police have captured a suspect. this happened southwest of ft. worth. they have captured a suspect south of dallas. we will bring you the latest details on this as they come in. first here is craig on the rebirth of the superdome in new orleans. >> the stage is set as final preparations go into sundays super bowl xlvii her...

Has been shot himself. shot at point blank range. apparently by another soldier. he was helping recover from post traumatic stress syndrome. in fact, two are dead we are told. police have captured a suspect. this happened southwest of ft. worth. they have captured a suspect south of dallas. we will bring you the latest details on this as they come in. first here is craig on the rebirth of the superdome in new orleans. >> the stage is set as final preparations go into sundays super bowl xlvii her...

Limited disaster declaration, which will not reimburse the expenses that the state and local governments incur as they prepare for hurricane isaac. >> there are certain declarations that fema can make and others require presidential center. it has move from the regional office to the central office. they have the request. they have not yet acted upon it. but they do have the request. >> reporter: we have video from the tip of the boot of the hurricane. its sitting there. evacuees are being given...

canada. its little more than a post tropical cyclone but has bruised the eastern united states with property damage, flooding, and power outages. at least 20 deaths have been linked to the storm. more than four million customers still dont have electricity. businesses have a lot of clean willi ing up to do. the governor of virginia expects more reports of damage and death today. a state police official in flooded out vermont is afraid of what his crews might discover. the floodings rea...

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