beginning. let's go back to adrian now, see if we can get her mic working there. adrian telling us the story of the folks in new orleans and what they want the president to know. >> yeah, my bad, a little operator error on my end, but they want the president to know how much they are hurting. for example, in that short amount of time, you notice that blue crate over there, it was once filled with bags of ice. they gave away ice here for free, and that's something small, but it's making a big difference in the looives of th people here. they are desperate, they are hungry, and they are starving for hope and some relief. listen in to some of the things that have been happening here in new orleans. >> when we woke up this morning, somebody stole our gas cans off the porch, and i was like, you know, i was happy they didn't take the generator, but don't come back is all i got to say. don't try that again, that's all i want to tell them. i just hope everything come on clear up in the city so we can