Here from africa, we have the irish to french. We have catholics, jews, protestants, and even now, we have a growing asian culture as well as an arabic culture. New orleans has always been a melting pot and this is how it affected the cultures because when you get all these ingredients together, youve got a good gumbo. And that music is so different because the rhythms are syncopated. They come from africa and the caribbean and they are syncopated. Theyre not real straight up and down humming beats} we are out there expressing it in our body thats why we does like nobody else. Olidays are syncopated its not like we just jump up and down and clap our hands. We shake our booty and everything. You can see them around jazz fest and mardi gras. That may not be looking good but theyve got a nice pair of shoes on and they are ready to dance. It is a good thing because you are spreading new orleans music. In some sense, it is not so good because we need musicians and artists to come home so that they can preserve our cultures and traditions and pass it on to the other generations. This is going to be a very difficult task now that they spread out, so the object of the musicians village is to get our artist to come back and andvigorate our culture passed down our wonderful traditions. The culture is an integral part of the business of new orleans. Without it, new orleans will suffer to medically in regards to tourism to suffer dramatically in regards to tourism. [harmonica] as you travel several miles northwest of the ninth ward, you come upon a section flooded around the 17th street canal or the main canal and it did not hold up during the storm surge. Sue sperry from the reservation Resource Center drove us through this part of the area. A lovely you have break or a flood protection while collapse a levee break or flood detection wall collapse, it is like turning a water hose onto a place of huge scale. There is sort of this one little person in theg a vacant lot. The looting over here has been awful. People steal everything,ailboxes, windows, shutters plant material. I dont know how long those tvs have been there. A big pile. But maybe the koppel keep us out of here. Cop will keep us out of here. They are doing all the work. The army corps of engineers is currently still working on the paris to the canal wall breached their and also construction of the Flood Control devices to try for friend another occurrence of flooding to try and prevent another occurrence of flooding. Just down the canal and on our left is with the breach occurred on the 17th street canal. What happened here, unlike what thetwo of the Industrial Canal where the water came over the top of the flood wall and cause it to fail, the water was not up to the top of the football here. At flooded it failed before the water reached the top. The flood wall collapsed over a section and that produced or produced flooding on the protective side. Similar breaches occurred on the london avenue canal. [indiscernible] we have done two things. We made a temporary repair to those locations, but the primary thing is what you see behind me because in this work, we no longer have to lie on those flood walls protecting. We still need those walls because and a condition square the structure behind us has to be closed, this would be when there was a storm surge greater than five feet greater, we still have to have those canals to contain the water to significantly lower levels. Place in thetaking future, well be making a permanent repair at that location. What is going on behind you . We are standing on the 17th street canal, one of three canals that convey rainwater from the central part of the main debris of new orleans out to lay concentrating. Behind you, there is about two miles of doubtful canal and on either side of floodwall. As you may recall during katrina, that floodwall failed because we did not believe he could rely on those flood walls, what we are doing here is constructing a temporary closure that will take those flood walls out of the line of protection. Because you have to make provisions for water still to be pumped out of the city, in addition to this temporary closer you see behind me, there installed the temporary closure. What we have been doing since katrina is making repairs to the during katrina out of roughly 350 miles of levees. , 41 miles were severely damaged and i was hundred miles sustained damage. The work we have completed today is only about 10 or little less than 20 of everything that congress has appropriated funds to do. In addition to the repairs that were accomplished prior to the first of june, some of it still is an effort to. Ebuild the levees some of the levees were below the design pipe and none of the project for new orleans have been completed, so there is additional effort to complete all of the project. There is an additional frame of pictures that will provide and for the system and provide a higher level of protection and a more durable system, so that the kinds of things we experience would be lessa likely. Another part of that effort is a look at dividing even higher levels of protection, and congress authorized us to do backand gave us six months on the first of july and another 1. 5 years to produce the final report. The think without we know from that, although it is hard to draw conclusions about the features, is that providing higher level of protection will mean things are fundamentally different than the existing system. 11 months later, we are in Hurricane Season now and a lot believee still dont they are safe, what is your opinion . If another katrina took place , exactly as katrina happened with the exact trackback katrina that we knew the areas were flooded with the flooded again and it is a basic reality that katrina was in enormous, very powerful storm and it overwhelmed the system. Unfortunately happen again. Some of the things that occurred, like the failures on we outpolled canals where, are protected against those now, so it would not be as significant as katrina. Holy cross came and went. Here it stayed for weeks and weeks and weeks. What type of neighborhood was this . Middleclass . Worth. Was high net very, very are expensive. It can see there is a little mansioning that has happened. Even house like that actually, the house even like lot was 250,000 which is a considering it is a teeny tiny house. These nicer ones, maybe these newer ones, and the closer to the lake, the more expensive, 350,000, 400,000 houses. The twostory ones or the ones of the pool. This doesnt look like a neighborhood sue no, this neighborhood is very challenged. Again, it was severely, severely damaged. However, they have a very Strong Neighborhood Association and they have done a lot. We have been working with here it is we have been working with them quite a bit and it is a Historic District that is coming back. It is going to take a while because of the amount of damage, but most of the people of the here had insurance. In thise more means land is always going to be viable because of where it is. Again, when people say just give us category five levees, we will he rest it is pretty deserted by now. Sue it is. This is where the wealthier people lived, but i just havent gone anywhere. I am almost afraid to go visit other family members in other cities or go out of town as i do not want to know, i dont want to feel normal again until we are normal here because i do not and to go to normal life everything to be perfect because i guess i dont want to be influenced that i may not want to come back. And if i compare this time, six months ago, 9, 10, 11 months ago, we have come a long way because i cannot believe what i was saying, even when i came back one month after. But look at it. You know . Weve got cars on the road. This was the road where people were sleeping and dying. , neverot rushhour thought i would be happy to say it, but weve got traffic we got stuff open. One year later, i pretty optimistic . Sue im very optimistic. I would not live here if i was not. I do have family in other cities i could live in, perfectly good but i am verya, optimistic that the city will come back and be strong and attacked business and attract business and we will prosper economically. The one thing that i personally worry about is will he preserve , our culture, our food can we preserve that . A littlehe city is not city anymore. Weve got people coming in from everywhere, and this city will change. We just wanted to change in the right direction. We want to preserve all of the great things about this city and fix all the things that really should be fixed. I think we can be of best practice for urban planning. This has never been attempted before. Well, no one has ever had this, you know, the tragedy of opportunity likely have had in new orleans, which is you really have not, since the civil war, or certainly not in modern times, quite the slate clean and started over. How should the city be planned . How should the city function . This is an opportunity very unique in the United States. I dont want to see it to where you would recognize it isnt an historic city. Or frankfurt, if that looks like small way, so i dont want the fabric and the character of the city to change. That is what i loved about it, why i came here. Sue, thank you very much. Former president george w. Bush traveled to the Gulf Coast Region friday to mark the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. One of his stops included gulfport, mississippi, for ceremony honoring First Responders. This is 10 minutes. [no audio] george w. Bush if somebody shoots you when you are deluding, we are not going are looting, we are not going to prosecute the shooter. [laughter] [applause] guess what happened . There wasnt any looting. Was in marcia, the face of the recovery, with fantastic readers. It is a reminder that these major catastrophes, it is important to have strong leadership at the state level in order to help the citizens, their respective states and Haley Barbour provided that leadership and the people of mississippi are grateful to you, haley. [applause] i am thrilled to be here on stage with to find United States senators. One was the senator during this period of time, trent lott and along with Commerce Liquor dig yourself they do all the service [applause] for making sure that billions can down to help in the recovery. I kind of got tired of their phone calls. [laughter] need a little we more money, but the money was well spent in this part of the world is coming back stronger than it was before andrea grateful to be in your presence. [applause] before and we are grateful to be in your presence. [applause] i like to thank billy hughes for welcoming me and laura, the first lady of this important city, and last time i was here, it did not look quite as pretty. The place was totally devastated and to seal the boats, drains as a testimony to the recovery of the gulf coast. You know, when i think about katrina, i think about the lives lost. And i know you will join me over the time to pray for the loved ones who still mourn the lives lost. It is important not to get stuck in the past. It is important to realize how positive the future can be. Forget flying over wavelength and billy long goal was the mayor, i dont know if he is you and not i mean tommy. Where is tommy . My old friend tommy. [applause] tommy, when you are mayor, you had a better seat. [laughter] it at 869, its hard to see that far but i did see waving. I hope youre doing well. I remember eddie, i dont know ddie . Didemember e you ever change her shorts . Still got them on. [laughter] i will tell you, it looks like you made a size larger, two sizes. [laughter] and rocky foremen, i developed the county supervisor rocky is around, but it was a joy to meet these local officials. How about my friend aj all the way holloway . [applause] is e ihe remember we walked through biloxi, holloway . A doubt in everybodys mind whether these cities could orover, and not in your mind the mind of the leaders running the cities and counties, it was an impressive display of leadership on the gulf coast. His frontier is brent her . E . Great to see you. I really want to praise the First Responders who were here and i want to praise our military. That stormtion of was just unbelievable. Most americans have no clue what it was like. They could see it on tv, but you cannot get a feel for unless you were here. What most americans cant really get a feel of was the courage, perseverance, and dedication of the thousands who rushed into harms way. Many of whom are in this audience. America and the people of mississippi or you a great debt of gratitude. Great debt of gratitude. [applause] the 10th anniversary is a good time to honor courage and resolve. It is also a good time to remember how blessed we are to live in such a compassionate nation. I do not know if you remember, but there were Church Groups all around the state of mississippi and all around the nation who came down to help feed the hungry and house goes coed foster home those who had lost a home. In my judgment, they responded to a higher calling, to love a neighbor like you would like to be loved yourself. It is a great testimony to the character of the American People for people to come and help total strangers. I remember walking the rubble and meeting the baptist mens luncheon group. They were feeding people and i was kind of hungry, so they fed me, but it was so inspiring. I hope you remember that. And help the people of the country who are honoring your sacrifices as they Pay Attention to the 10th anniversary recognize that the uniqueness of america is found in the compassion of its citizenry and this storm brought us out a lot. I want to thank the governor and his team as well as the business people, the workers who have worked to get the gulf coast back up and running. Everybody is going to tell you there is more work to be done, but if you do not have the perspective that ive got, which is my memory of what it looked like, it may be hard to see how much progress has been made. You have made a lot. A lot. This is a vibrant part of our country. [applause] by the way, [indiscernible] [applause] they laugh people ask me all the time how he is doing . I say, just fine. He still has his sense of humor, he was the guy who said, who wouldve thought getting out of 91 would be more dangerous than jumping out of a net plane 89 . [laughter] in the great fox is still feisty. [applause] they asked what life is like after the presidency. It is great. In texas. O be living we love texas. It is our home. We are happy to have returned. When you are over 65 years old and youre sitting around your friends, all you do is talk about medicine that you take and your grandkids. [applause] , they willgot two be the smartest grandkids on the earth. I mean, they can speak mandarin comes to life is wonderful. We are thrilled to be back here with you and we thank you for the example you set. It is a great state for the great people. God bless. [applause] [applause] on the next washington journal, we will talk more about Hurricane Katrina by dedicating our entire threehour program to your phone calls, this the comments and tweets. We will also take a look at the events this week marking the 10th anniversary and archival footage from cspans Video Library today at 7 00 a. M. Eastern on cspan. Our katrina coverage continues later in the day from new orleans with former president the clinton. He will be joined by members of congress and local residents for public commemoration ceremony. That will be live at 6 00 p. M. Eastern on cspan. Wisconsin governor and 20 16th president ial candidate scott walker was at South Carolina citadel friday, where he talked about Foreign Policy and u. S. Interests abroad. This comes as part of cspans road to the coverage load to the white house coverage. It is 30 minutes. Good afternoon. Lets try that again good afternoon. Thats what i like to hear. My name is evan oliver, vice external affairs. I would like to thank Governor Scott walker for coming today and providing this lunch. It is my honor to introduce Governor Scott walker. [applause] Governor Walker thank you. And good cadet oliver luck to your future service to the United States army. We appreciate that. It is a great honor to be with you, the cadets of the citadel. Thank you antilife particular to the Citadel Republican Society for your help in hosting not only thank you to the cadets, in particular, this is about Republican Society for help in hosting not only me but my wife. There are some who would question whether our leaders are able to rise to the challenges of our time and whether our country is capable of continued greatness. They suggest that at best days may have already come and gone. I do not share that view of america. You see, the greatness of america is certainly not determined by the politicians in washington who merely follow while others believed or spend all their days discussing the problem but never acting. Future leaders of this exceptional country are sitting here, in this room, and in similar places across america. Those of you who will join the military like others on the front lines around the world and across our services, you, you are modernday patriots. You will be sworn to defend our constitution and keep danger from our shores, willing to risk your lives and liberty. You will lead others into the master as they risk theres into the master as they risk there is. You will not sign up to be Nation Builders are diplomatic ponds, you will be warriors to freedom. America need not fear when the select of the core of the cadets reports for duty. When many of you take the oath, be will make you you will making a solemn promise to the people of the United States of america. Today, i will make one to you. If elected president , i will send you into battle when, and only when, our National Security is at risk, and i will send you with a plan for victory. If i have the honor of serving as your commander and chief, our forces will be strong, our weapons will be modern, and america will be an intimidated.