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Landing? >> you know, the disappointing piece of this account, and i understand from the people who read this book that the early years that laura bush describes are actually quite insightful and vividly portrayed. but the disappointing thing about her defense of her husband, especially when it comes to katrina is this is exactly what they said at the time. and if youre going to write a book in hindsight which she obviously is do being, then you can engage in some what-ifs. would they have manag...

Told us it was yesterday. president obamas been briefed. he has said that he will offer up the militarys help. were going to talk to pentagon correspondent, barbara starr, in just a moment about that, but right now the slick is about the size of delaware or jamaica, if thats easier for you to comprehend the size. its moving closer to the shore every minute. lets get to chad myers with the latest on this. last i heard from you, chad, about 16 miles off the coast? >> yes. and now we just got a f...

Flying over katrina, quote, he did not want some single life to be lost because someone was catering to the president. he did not want his convoy of vehicles to block trucks delivering water or food or medical supplies from guardsmen arriving to help. several bush aides said the severity of the storms damage did not sink in until thursday night, the day after the flyover. dvd of newscastson the disaster for the president to watch. he did go there late we are all his trucks and his impositions. b...

Did not want some single life to be lost because someone was catering to the president. he did not want his convoy of vehicles to block trucks delivering water or food or medical supplies from guardsmen arriving to help. several bush aides said the severity of the storms damage did not sink in until thursday night, the day after the flyover. and white house counselor made a dvd of news cast on the disaster for the president to watch. he did go there late we are all his trucks and his impositions...

Laura bushs explanation, he did not want his convoy of vehicles to block trucks delivering water or food or medical supplies, or to impede national guardsmen from around the nation arriving to help. some experts who lived through the disaster say that doesnt make sense. >> the national guardsmen were not arriving to help when he did his flyover. they had put a quarantine around the city on that wednesday of the flyover. and when he peered out the window, looking at the did he have devastating. f...

What was happening that day? >> first off, i think the memoir is very good and very well-written. particularly, she said west texas material at the outset, but when it gets to the presidency, its just in a way, constant defense of her husband. in this case, over the famous flyover of louisiana. its really an indefensible position to say he couldnt land anywhere in louisiana or mississippi because you were going to hinder rescue operations. you didnt have to go to downtown new orleans and stand i...

She talks about everything from katrina to a car crash when she was a teenager. thanks for joining us. >> thanks for having me. >> how is the book? >> very interesting, very introspect tiff, but also some juicy parts that we wrote about. >> juicy parts. >> lets get to the juicy parts. first of all, she justified about why it was best for president bush to land in the hurricane katrina zone. >> this was the infamous flyover, where he flew over the area. she is saying this was in the best interest...

Unfold this hour, a bomb threat has forced a continental commuter flight to be diverted to north carolina, the passengers were told have been taken off, the flight heading from houston to d.c. well bring you more when we get it. on the bottom, former first lady lauraa bush defending her husband saying the new orleans flyover after hurricane katrina was in the best interest of the victims and the aide workers a major ring of mexican drug smugglers uncovered in arizona, the feds say they moved...

>> neil: no, maybe because at the time ford just was a better business and had more appealing models. >> ford does a fine job but the yet markets were frozen, main street a suffering and we need to open up credit lines to get small business growing and jobs in main street america. were not flyover territory. we need wall street investment and bank investment on main treat. >> mayor, always a pleasure. >> thank you. up next, grover needs to get rest. i dont have have to take that crap from thos...

Gary tuckman got about as close as humanly possible to the volcanic activity and able to do a flyover in a helicopter this weekend. that may not sound like a good idea but he did it any way. gary joins us live from iceland. my hat is off to you for flying over a volcano that has been erupting. must have been unbelievable. >> reporter: well, first off, we should make it clear, i didnt fly the helicopter. if i flew the helicopter, there would be huge problems. we had a brave pilot who at one point...