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Theres nothing like good old gumbo and im not saying that because im a louisiana girl but ask james carville and celebrity chef john besh, cooking up a pot for cnn. >> im john. >> and this james. were here to cook gumbo. >> what kind of gumbo are we going to cook? >> louisiana seafood gumbo, the best and safest food in the world. >> straight out of the carville recipe pot. >> its quintessential cooking that identifies louisiana, its the one dish thats found all over the state. were going to star...

by a gang of thugs. im not at a marketplace near our hotel where people are cowering in buildings. i mean, these people are not screwing around. libyan protesters burned what they say are government buildings. activists used facebook to rally anti-government protesters for what they call a day of rage today. unconfirmed reports from social networking sites say police opened fire on crowds from helicopters. protests in yemen are escalating as well. there were brawls in the streets o...

here on nbc. im matt lauer along with al roker here in a steamy new orleans. weve got ann and natalie back in new york city. ladies, good morning. >> good morning. i think were both a little jealous, between the beignets, and the -- i wont say the cheerleaders -- but certainly all the great music. you look like youre having a lot of fun. >> it is a blast. as you can see, theyve broken into the chant of who dat, who dat. were going to have much more ahead coming up in this half hour. >>...

and welcome to a special split edition of "today" on this thursday morning, im meredith vieira in new york. my buddies matt lauer and al roker are in jackson square in the great city of new orleans. matt, im already tapping my feet under the desk because it looks like the stage is set for a big bash. >> yeah, youre not the only one tapping your feet. the people down here are ready to explode. this place is going to rock tonight. you want to look down at jackson square. a beautiful and ...

>> more with his ongoing battle with the palin "early" this friday morning, august 27, 20 with the palin "early" this friday morning, august 27, 20 10. captioning funded by cbs good friday morning. thanks for being with us. im erica hill. harry smith is live in new orleans for this special edition of katrina, five years later. good morning. >> erica, can you believe it is five years already? in one sense it seemed like it went by in the blink of an eye. we spent the last two days dow...

palin and levi johnston say theyre not only back together, theyre engaged. and mo one will be more surprised than brinstols mom, sarah palin, today, wednesday, july 14, 2010. captions paid for by nbc-universal television and good morning. welcome to "today" on wednesday. im matt lauer. >> and im meredith vieira. >> this is something the world, this test, has been waiting for for more than a day and now another delay. what are they worried about? well talk to an expert about the possi...

coming together. well take you live to canada. also here in new orleans, there is a major development in this whole gulf oil disaster now on day 68. there is a storm abrewing out there in the gulf possibly. were keeping our eye on this because just an hour ago the national hurricane center said, in fact, we have our first named storm of the atlantic hurricane season. just got this word about 60 minutes ago from the hurricane center. the storms name is alex. it is headed this way, tow...

Gulf of mexico. our hearts go out to the people who are suffering, with regards to the people out there fishing. >> i think it had to happen. i am so sorry for the families down there. i feel the pain. i have relatives down there. i know the deal, but, you know what, im kind of glad it happened because we have to change the way we do things as a whole, and i hope thats what this leads to. you know, there needs to be messages out there saying, its okay to come down here. its okay to take part in ...

right? also, protests as the worlds financial powers come together in canada. how does this grab you? one group says if the rich countries cannot unite on policies it will cost the planet tens of millions of jobs. and did you watch this? game, set, match, history. what do you think about 11 hours and five minutes of intense tennis? what might that do to your body? we will ask elizabeth cohen. it is happening yet again here. more than a million jobless americans just totally cut off f...

Help. focus on the important things. weve got a thriving domestic seafood industry. support it. in the meantime, if you want to help us, come on down and join the fun. >> john, if they would let me come down there today, i would do that right now. i would drop everything and come down there. john besh. we could talk all day about this, especially about the food down there. thank you for joining us and tell us about this worthy cause. >> gulfaide.org. go there. >> excellent. appreciate it. stil...