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♪ stop the music. stop the music. stop. no more. that's it. stop the music. >> my little brother. come on, now. >> we got noise complaints. >> this is a memorial for curly jane. >> you all can't play your instruments out here without a permit. >> all right. you all can't stop me from singing in the streets, right? ♪ >> that's from hhbo's "treme" looking at post-katrina new orleans and giving you a
Safety. electricity is out in many parts of the metropolitan area. over 350,000 homes without power, which is complicating matters. but, you know, we're still right in the middle of this. this storm is nasty, and unfortunately sort of stationary. >> senator, as you -- >> it doesn't seem want to to move. >> as we talk about what's being seen in plaquemines parish and people asked to evacuate, those who couldn't, climbing to their rooftops waiting for rescue, you said they were local levees topped there nork, not the fede ones. is there an effort or concern that there needs to be federal attenti...
Intermittent. if it doesn't get much worse than it is now, i think we're in decent shape and the worst situation is just not having power and a bit of discomfort that comes with that. but, of course, we have to stay vigilant. it's the day after katrina leaves the city that the levees break and that the. >> james, my last question, who will get more sleep? you or your wife here in northern. >> actually i think she's asleep. if she were awake, i would be getting text messages. >> after post-katrina. thank you so much, husband of our own melissa harris, perry.
breaking public health scare. a confirmed case of mad cow disease in california has the agriculture department here in washington on full alert. the fatal brain disease not only can be passed among cattle, scientists think an equally deadly variation can be transmitted to humans who eat contaminated beef or dairy products. the first confirmed case here in the united states in six years. elizabeth cohen joins us from the cnn center in atlanta. elizabeth, one of the reasons people get so scared is the potential. what does this mean for the food supply? >> you know, for this one cow tha...
Motor industry, but you secure 6.3 million for a beach where your own property sits. >> the property value has gone down. secondly, far more importantly, is that the beach renourishment program is national program. it gets a state match, a local match and federal tax dollars invest in it. the reason why is because we have the national flood insurance program. if you do not have a lot of sand between the ocean and the structures then you're going to pay more damage when a hurricane comes. we saw that in katrina and post-katrina what we're doing is raising the cost of flood insurance. the sugges...