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New orleans really is starting to thrive. listen. >> a lot of great things happen in the city. if you see downtown, we have lots of folks here. 38,000 hotel rooms. 1100 restaurants open. we just got $1.8 billion to rebuild the schools. were heading in the right direction. >> reporter: it really is going in the right direction. you can see as you walk around the area its beginning to thrive, at least on the front. you know, the business side of it is starting to pick back up dramatically. boy, th...

Were joined by rick kritman, mayor of st. petersburg, florida, and the man at much of the attention tonight as is st. petersburg. give us a status report on st. pete. >> so were -- and thank you for having me on. were at a point where we are prepared for the storm, which is -- were going to get the hurricane-strength winds somewhere between 1:00 and 3:00 a.m. were expecting gusts or sustained winds of somewhere between 80 and 85 miles per hour with gusts up to 100 miles per hour. but what were r...

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Couldnt fit into this church, this st. elizabeth ann seton catholic church there in tucson. im sure its a capacity crowd as is. is the family -- are they allowing members of the community? i know tucson is so tight-knit. so many people knew christina. who is allowed in and who are these people standing in front of it? >> well, i had an opportunity to go into the church before this started about two hours ago. its a very large church. theyve invited guests. theyre not allowing everybody in the co...