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it was the storm long feared, five years ago today. hurricane katrina unleashed a fury that devastated the gulf coast. in the end, katrina took 1800 lives and scarred the region forever. still today, people of louisiana, mississippi, alabama struggle to recover. but the courage of the people and determination provide a ray of hope for better tomorrow. good morning, everyone. i'm tamron hall. we are in new orleans this morning, marking the five years since hurricane katrina hit. >> good morning, tamron. i'm alex witt at msnbc world headquarters in new york and following the day's oth...

piazza. he took me on a tour of some of the hardest hit neighborhoods and introduced me to some of his friends along the way. so, tom, this is the 17th street canal. >> here is where one of the most serious breaches happened during katrina. if you had visited t eed this p two or three months after the storm, four months after the storm, six months after the storm, it looked truly like a war zone. just destruction every place, smashed houses, overturned cars. >> how jarring of a contrast is it to have a home, obviously, once here and now completely gone. the family choosing not to reb...