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There's nothing like good old gumbo and i'm not saying that because i'm a louisiana girl but ask james carville and celebrity chef john besh, cooking up a pot for cnn. >> i'm john. >> and this james. we're here to cook gumbo. >> what kind of gumbo are we going to cook? >> louisiana seafood gumbo, the best and safest food in the world. >> straight out of the carville recipe pot. >> it's quintessential cooking that identifies louisiana, it's the one dish that's found all over the state. we're going to start with the rue. >> it is a combination of oil and flour. >> to that we'll add onions and ca...

by a gang of thugs. i'm not at a marketplace near our hotel where people are cowering in buildings. i mean, these people are not screwing around. libyan protesters burned what they say are government buildings. activists used facebook to rally anti-government protesters for what they call a day of rage today. unconfirmed reports from social networking sites say police opened fire on crowds from helicopters. protests in yemen are escalating as well. there were brawls in the streets of sanaa. police fired warning shots to break up the crowds. the unrefuse has sped to the main port ...

here on nbc. i'm matt lauer along with al roker here in a steamy new orleans. we've got ann and natalie back in new york city. ladies, good morning. >> good morning. i think we're both a little jealous, between the beignets, and the -- i won't say the cheerleaders -- but certainly all the great music. you look like you're having a lot of fun. >> it is a blast. as you can see, they've broken into the chant of who dat, who dat. we're going to have much more ahead coming up in this half hour. >> plus we're in a party mood, and you want to talk about tailgating. this is the tailgate city...

and welcome to a special split edition of "today" on this thursday morning, i'm meredith vieira in new york. my buddies matt lauer and al roker are in jackson square in the great city of new orleans. matt, i'm already tapping my feet under the desk because it looks like the stage is set for a big bash. >> yeah, you're not the only one tapping your feet. the people down here are ready to explode. this place is going to rock tonight. you want to look down at jackson square. a beautiful and historic portion of this great city. we've been here before. but today this place has been turned...

>> more with his ongoing battle with the palin "early" this friday morning, august 27, 20 with the palin "early" this friday morning, august 27, 20 10. captioning funded by cbs good friday morning. thanks for being with us. i'm erica hill. harry smith is live in new orleans for this special edition of katrina, five years later. good morning. >> erica, can you believe it is five years already? in one sense it seemed like it went by in the blink of an eye. we spent the last two days down here retracing our steps, all the way from gulfport, mississippi, through the coast of the missis...