How should the city function . Ins is an opportunity unique the United States. I dont want to see a dresden kind of thing, or frankfurt. , that looks like new york in a small way. I dont want the fabric and the character of the city to change. But is what i liked about it when i came here. Reporter thank you very much. Jim on our Facebook Page were asking you if the gulf region is better off than it was before Hurricane Katrina. You can join the conversation at facebook. Com cspan. Or on twitter. 29 marks theaugust anniversary of hi Hurricane Katrina. On wednesday night, the 2006 2 of new orleans. You have nothing left. Your whole community. Your family. Everyone is gone. Friendsater and your that you dont use to see that that used to seeing. That you used to see. You will never forget it for the rest of your life. Followed by a town hall meeting. Im relying on you. , federalis state level level. I dont have them. Meoted for you to represent on the local level. I dont know where else t
The seventh ward. In new orleans. It is behind tremaine, behind the Historic District. Itis not historically district itself. Even though there are Historic Homes here. This is where we are at a year after the storm. The houses, 56 feet. These houses were built in the traditional style. Maybe not raised enough. This style of home is double shotgun. What is great about these homes as far as being built for this environment is they are raised. They cant be ventilated. They have windows and doors and all sides. Good for air circulation. Construction is what is the best thing about it. They have cyprus framing, and its the old river cyprus that grows in water. It doesnt get flood damaged. Many of these people have hard pine floors, which straighten out just fine. You see there is a big mix of homes, old and new. Is this a predominantly africanamerican neighborhood . Predominantly. For the most part. It reflects the citys balance, i would say. This might be the street. But, you see, you don
Perhaps five to six feet, depending on the home. These houses are raised in the traditional style. Maybe not raised enough. This style of home, this is a double shotgun. What is great about these houses is, first being built for these environments, they are raised. Water can go underneath them. They can be ventilated. They have windows and doors on all sides. Good for air circulation. But the construction is what the best thing about it. It is cyprus framing and it is the old river cyprus that grows in water. So it doesnt get flood damage. Many of these people have hard line floors which strained out just fine. There is a big mix of homes old and new. Reporter is this an africanamerican neighborhood . Sue i would say predominantly but not entirely. It reflects the city, i would say. This might be the street. But, you see, you dont know. Here is the high watermark on that home. You see the grade is a little bit higher and it is raised a little bit. When you see these high watermarks, it
Apple news today. Company getting a big investment from Berkshire Hathaway, the Ride Sharing Service he just invested in there could be looking for a u. S. Ipo. Shares of yahoo up on quicken loans founder part of a Consortium Bidding for the company. Warren buffett says hell back it. Major m a deals, pfizer making a 4. 5 million purchase. But first, Berkshire Hathaway has revealed a new 9. 8 million stake in apple. Meanwhile, apple ceo tim cook visiting china in an effort to reinvigorate sales in that country. Hes expected to meet with chinese officials and is already met with the president of didi just days after apple announced that billion dollar investment in the ride hailing startup. Met with some other startup creators as well, posted waebo which has gone viral already. I think the story is the app store. 7 billion in business that regular Chinese People have done on the app store. Between that billion and billion last year and i think what thats about is to say you may think tha
Brutal day for stocks. The dow and s p having their worst day in a month. Concerns there could be a fed bombshell tomorrow in the form of the minutes. Home depot sold off hard, and you have to wonder, is the market saying this is as good as it gets. We kick it off with dan, whos been bearish. Ive been skeptical. To me, ill just say this. Im not actually bearish. The market has been banging around 2050. For it seems like weeks. When you look at the s p 500 in particular, i think its just above an important year term Technical Support level. Thats about 2037. Thats the april low. I think you have room down to 2000. Thats no reason to run for the hills if you think about it. Its just a couple of whoa listen, im of the mindset, not too different from last may, weve been banging it around. It will take something somewhat external or miscue by the fed to break us out of the range one way or the other. The miscue could be the fed could be out of the picture here. Look over the last week or so