Canitra Thompson, a Petersburg mother to seven children, says she is filled with joy as she was selected by Tri-Cities Habitat for Humanity for a new home.
and on the fourth rock, it just up ended and toppled and blew me into the next door neighbor s yard. reporter: just a wild ride for so many here. now the recovery really begins in earnest. so they re piling up all the sheet metal. everything they can. they ll begin to haul it away but i think a lot of people are working through their shock and beginning to understand that that is something that won t happen in days or weeks or months in some cases. it will take years. you talked about those habitat homes. there were about 60 in the hardest hit neighborhood. rancho brazos. many of those damaged. some wiped completely away from their slabs. one that they just finished the day before was entirely swept away. habitat has talked to everyone. they re going to rebuild and a lot of people leaning on what they call angels here for a second time.
a racist saying he s built habitat homes to colored people. should he give up on politics at this point? he should shut his mouth is what he should do. i m a black woman obviously. i ve been called the n word. i ve been called it by democrats and liberal leaning people just like by blacks and conservatives. you know, it s bad. it should be condemned. it also should be condemned when people like liberal commentator used the n word to mitt romney during last year s campaign. i didn t really see a lot of coverage of that. it s bad all of the way around. the issue is anybody that does this is a fool and should be ashamed and of course he s a racist. i am so sick and tired of politicians crying after the fact when they get caught. when you say things like this, you suffer political consequences. it s not just a matter of saying something racist. when you re an elected official i could care less what a political pundit says but