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Stopgap to avoid a shutdown. that bill headed to the senate ahead of tomorrow's midnight deadline. we're live on capitol hill this morning. we do begin this hour in louisiana. cnn correspondent nick valencia on the ground. there's extensive damage you've been showing us throughout the morning, nick, where you are. what are you hearing from survivors, from folks who weathered this? >> reporter: good morning, erica. the damage in gretna, louisiana, is widespread as you mentioned. i spoke to the resident that lives inside this house, a couple down, denise kennedy. she says she was home with her...

As we look inward for our salvation, Across the Universe columnist Jeff Spevak writes, we look at what we're writing and recording here. In our basements, in our studios. We're creating our own music. He hears it in two new local albums.