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Least 3 weeks and we had electric failures throughout the hurricane when the pumps didn't work. the american taxpayer paid $14 billion to increase and upgrade our levies and pumping system, they still didn't really work, the most galling thing, all day i've been watching all the networks, they are focused on afghans and bringing them to the united states. we can evacuate couple but can't evacuate our own people from the path of a natural disaster. they worried about afghans at risk. i'm worried about americans in new orleans tonight and it seems no one is worried about them now that the storm ...

Failures when the pumps didn't work, that is after you, the american taxpayer paid $14 million to upgrade our levees in our pumping system, they still didn't work for the most galling thing about all of this, all day i've been watchin all the networks, they are focused on afghan ease and bringing them to the united states. we can evacuate kabul, but we can't evacuate our own people from the path of a natural disaster. they worry about afghanistan risca, i'm worried about americans in louisiana and set risca tonight and it seems like nobody is worried about them they are hurting in they are dyi...

Systems to the test. also, does it mean because i understand if the speed of the wind has fallen slightly, but it may yet get more rainfall as a result? brain is definitely a concern in new orleans. i do not know how many of your viewers are aware but it is largely at sea level and rainwater has to be pumped out on a normal summer day. any rain has to be pumped out. those pumps are dependent on power. they had backed up power systems. the main power grid is down and they are having catastrophic failures. the sewage and water body in charge of the pumping system has been providing some updates ...

Holding up? >> the federal government invested 4. #$4.7 billion in th flood protection system in louisiana for just this reason. so far they are performing as designed. they are being tested and we are being pushed. this is a monster storm. i credit the national weather service because they were right the whole time they told us what would happen so we were able to prepare for it the right way. and the levees are doing the flood walls, pump stations, all of these components, this complex system that new orleans is doing exactly what it was supposed to do. >> right. i think this has been a reco...

With those? reporter: trying to keep the flooding out of the hotel. there are thousands of folks in the hotels, tourists, people who could not evacuate. more fancy than old sandbags but not perfect. we have been letting water drain out, the drains look like they are holding pretty well. the city of new orleans is a giant bowl, we're about 10 feet above sea level here, others are under. the levee system, officials this afternoon saying they have great confidence in the levee system. they learned a lot from katrina in the 16 years that have passed they spent 14.5 billion building up the levees. ...