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Heavier rain. >> yeah, chris. those are good tips. it was very ominous to hear general honore and the other emergency responder down there that you talked to say if you decided to stay and youre calling 911 now and they are getting calls, all we can do is take your name and address. we cannot come and get you right now. but we do want to show you, chris, because we were watching a live feed from our affiliate, a reporter named sayshell saunders, being battered around in daytona and she seemed li...

Native people being put under water because of the loss of the wetlands. we have a real national security issue here, and its all of americas problem. you know, for the last half century, louisiana has been one of the life bloods of this economy giving up natural resources and getting very little back in terms of the fact that were the second poorest state in america. so we need the american peep as theyve done with katrina to look at the resources of the wetlands and the mouth of the mississipp...

Have another katrina. >> well talk more here coming up. again with hurricane season getting under way. tropical storm erika. trending westward, farther than anticipated. people here are keenly aware of that. we are jioined by general honor, spearheaded military reliefs here, also historian douglas brinkley, living and teaching here, and has written perhaps the book, "the great deluge, hurricane katrina, new orleans and mississippi gulf coast." a pleasure to have you beth back. general honore, yo...

Many people. when you talk to environmental activists they say until we find out a way to reverse all the damage done to the coastline, new orleans may remain as vulnerable as ever. melissa? >> thank you to msnbcs trymaine lee in new orleans. still with me at the table in new york, james perry, raised in new orleans, community advocate and, of course, my husband. laura flanders, host of grittv.org. a first, i want to bring in a man featured in trymaines story, three star lieutenant general, gene...

>> i could see people standing out here and i could see the look in their eyes of desperation, ready to get the heck out of here. >> reporter: today the superdome is one gleaming example of new orleans recovery but general honore says theres much more work to be done. >> when you take you something as large as katrina that disrupted the lives of almost a million people, when you count mississippi and louisiana, and homes and destruction and the displacement of half million people just out of the...

>> reporter: honore is unapologetic to the governments response to katrina but says officials are better prepared today than they were ten years ago. >> i just want to set the record straight. youre never going to be on time. for the people standing there waiting, in a disaster, you will never be on time. >> reporter: sad tales of those days but so many stories of resilience and people like general russell honore who came to right the ship. you think about 30,000 people rescued from their homes ...

Story throughout the day if there are any further developments. lets go dow towards remembrance though of hurricane katrina. its tenth anniversary. want to take a closer look at the heroes who stepped in to help the thousands of helpless residents who were left crippled on the gulf coast. joining me is msnbc trymaine lee. he won a pulitzer prize as part of a team covering katrina at the new orleans ties. thanks so much for making the time. i understand you did a story for us here about a certa...

So she had to put down her specific challenges and fill out the paperwork. the governor of alabama, the governor of mississippi both filled out their paperwork. >> she understands the political ramifications as a governor of giving up control of her state to the federal government when she says no. >> governor blanco tried to do her very best. she did not have a lot of experience, and it was an all-consuming event that no one could get under control. i write about presidents for a living. and i ...

The paperwork. the governor of alabama, the governor of mississippi both filled out their paperwork. >> she understands the political ramifications as a governor of giving up control of her state to the federal government when she says no. >> governor blanco tried to do her very best. she did not have a lot of experience, and it was an all-consuming event that no one could get under control. i write about presidents for a living. and i promise you fdr would not have hesitated over a governor of ...

Specific challenges and fill out the paperwork. the governor of alabama, the governor of mississippi both filled out their paperwork. >> she understands the political ramifications as a governor of giving up control of her state to the federal government when she says no. >> governor blanco tried to do her very best. she did not have a lot of experience, and it was an all-consuming event that no one could get under control. i write about presidents for a living. and i promise you fdr would not h...