that he has seep a lot of what new orleans is challenged by, a lot of the obstacles but particularly, looking forward to the town hall because it is an opportunity for the people who are living new orleans every day to express to them what is the utmost concern. >> yeah, and i think that what people in new orleans would tell the president is you're not going to be able to see some of those issues sitting in a school gym. you are going to actually is to go out onto the ground, walk the streets, those areas, where we are still trying to and struggling to get help from the federal government that was promised. in fact, president obama, when avenues candidate for office, promised some very specific things, like category 5 flood protection, like coastal restoration. we still don't have those things yet. and so, maybe the president needs to see a little bit more on the ground what those issues are so that we can get those real commitments from him, now these president and in a position to help us with these issues specifically. >> interesting, too, i called the white house before i was doing this interview with you