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Embark on a program to tear these uninhabitable homes down. in new orleans in the lower 9th ward. thousands of homes in new orleans were torn down and they have rebuilt some up so if the floodwaters come through, they could be protected. we may see something similar here. martha: they need to avoid additional heartache and additional red tape. bill: from the outside you have this image of new orleans and these places like st. bernard's parish. there was 15 feet of water that receded. this water came in and left and it still caused the damage. martha: it just makes it more complicated and more ...

And one person i want to end with is somebody that many of you know the superintendent of schools in st. bernards parish, doris vorche. now, when katrina's waters rose doris and the faculty and staff of the high school saved the lives of hundreds of their neighbors, many of them old and sick, by moving them to shelter in the school's second floor. two days later, they led 1,200 people to safety. the day after that with her community in ruins, the superintendent was on her way to brounlg to make sure her schools would open that fall. failure is not an option became her motto. when some governme...

Of the high school saved the lives of hundreds of their neighbors, many of them old and sick, by moving them to shelter in the school's second floor. two days later, they led 1,200 people to safety. the day after that, with her community in ruins, the superintendent was on her way to baton rouge to make sure her schools would open that fall. failure is not an option, became her motto. when some government officials gave her the runaround, she plowed ahead on her own, secured loans, finding portable classrooms and books and doing everything it took to make sure her kids, our kids, could return ...

Yes, the people in louisiana have seen the latest video of the mostly clear blue waters in the gulf of mexico. and yes, they've heard the latest government report. that all but roughly 25% of the oil spilled into the gulf is gone. that doesn't mean people like louis bolero are going to believe it. what do you think when you hear all that? >> where is it? where did it go? >> a lifelong commercial fishermen, he now coordinates disaster response teams of st. bernard's parish. >> where did it go? who picked it up? we didn't. i mean, you know, it's still there. >> the long battle to stop the leak a...

Because of that. >> along with bp's new-found confidence that its damaged well is no longer a threat, sound like a political mop-up operation to st. bernard's parish. >> is it possible that people along the gulf coast are so weary and so beaten up that it's difficult to believe their own eyes? >> no, i don't think so. because we believe what we see. and that's why we continue to have some concern. >> so taffaro's staff still goes out every day to capture images of the oil still rolling into his parish, in part to convince bp its clean-up operations are sorely needed. if bp says, well, guys, we...