african american city. >> reporter: it was racially divisive, but not enough to stop nagin from being reelected. and according to prosecutors, the rebuilding of new orleans after hurricane katrina would only make the new orleans mayor more powerful in asking for kickbacks and bribes. he continues to profess his innocence, but on september 8, nagin reports to a louisiana federal prison to begin serving a ten-year sentence. >> drew griffin joins me now from atlanta. nagin faces ten years. but really, in a lot of ways, that's getting off easy. >> it, anderson. prosecutors wanted 15. he could have gotten as much as 20. but listen to this. only in new orleans. the judge decides on the lesser sentence because mayor nagin got the short end of the stick in all this corruption. his share of the profits from this ring was a lot less, the judge argues than the people doing the bribing. so she gave him a lighter sentence. nagin is appealing his conviction.