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Goodies for volunteers. and i got a tour earlier today. i m proud to say over the last two days, we have fed over 1,000 volunteers. the ed show thanks americans who are making a difference, and you are what makes america great. thanks so much. tomorrow, driving progress. we ll say thanks to the volunteers at st. bernard project, a nonprofit organization that has been rebuilding homes for folks displaced by katrina. the group changes lives, no doubt about it. and melissa harris perry spoke to a few people who can attest to that. she will join me next, stay with us. le announcer ] so you think your kids are getting enough vegetables? maybe not. v8 v-fusion juice gives them a full serving of vegetables plus a full serving of fruit. but it just tastes like fruit. [ male announcer ] get five dollars in money-saving coupons at v8juice.com. whose non-stop day starts with back pain. and a choice. take advil now and maybe up to four in a day. or choose aleve and two pills for a day free of ....
They just call up, and they go see the doctor. but here? there was a lady here that came here today that actually was in the emergency room. and they told her that it was going to be a seven-hour wait and that she should come over here to this free health care clinic at this facility. and she did. joining me now is the executive director of the national association of free clinics. and donny woodfield, director of the association of free clinics in new orleans, also known as the hip-hop doc. we re going to get to that in a moment. i love both of you for what you ve done. i ve seen you in action today. america loves you. we need more americans like you. nicole, what did you see today? i saw people who were waiting in line, and they were sad, and they were angry, and they told me they wanted a job. they didn t want to be uninsured. they didn t want to be unemployed. and they walked out of here feeling as if someone cared about them. they felt as if they had a purpose and they got their ....
Folks, that there are people watching this broadcast tonight across america who are seeing those folks that can relate to them far more than any politician that says, hey, we re going to repeal health care. some politicians standing up saying we re going to go backwards doesn t mean squat to those americans. you know what americans want, they want a job, they want a fair shake. and a lot of these folks here don t feel they ve gotten a fair shake in this economy and this is just the domino effect. they can t get the health care they need in this country. because it s for profit. those folks, that mother and that daughter, she is a nursing she s a nursing student from calgary, alberta. they were so moved by what they have seen us talk about on this program that they made the trip all the way down here to new orleans, just to help out. because you see, to them, we re the you know, we re the only industrialized country in the world that doesn t have universal health care. to them, seei ....
It s clear that in response to hurricane irene, we have learned a better way to prepare for short-term disasters. we can see it in the seriousness and the effectiveness of the federal, state and local government responses. but learning short-term lessons from katrina is not enough. six years later, the longer-term lessons about public policy, mutual investment, are what we as a people are still refusing to learn. and that does it for us tonight. i m melissa harris perry in for rachel mad do you. we ll see you tomorrow tonight. and i ll see you next hour o he ed show which starts right now. good afternoon, americans and welcome to the ed show tonight live from new orleans, louisiana. as people along the east coast are either recovering or still feeling the effects of hurricane irene, six years later, residents in this city of new orleans are still dealing with the blow from hurricane katrina. ....
See the doctor. but here? there was a lady here that came here today that actually was in the emergency room. and they told her that it was going to be a seven-hour wait and that she should come over here to this free health care clinic at this facility. and she did. joining me now is the executive director of the national association of free clinics. and donny woodfield, director of the association of free clinics in new orleans, also known as the hip-hop doc. we re going to get to that in a moment. i love both of you for what you ve done. i ve seen you in action today. america loves you. we need more americans like you. nicole, what did you see today? i saw people who were waiting in line, and they were sad, and they were angry, and they told me they wanted a job. they didn t want to be uninsured. they didn t want to be unemployed. and they walked out of here feeling as if someone cared about them. they felt as if they had a purpose and they got their health care taken care of toda ....