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and watch out. how texting while you're shopping can leave you soaking wet. there but for the grace of god. that could happen to me. no question about it. >> you text and walk? >> i try to recover from it. but every once in a while i do. >> it's too difficult. >> she got up and walked away, like nothing happened. >> and nobody's looking around. everybody is like, this is usual. >> right out of the fountain. good morning, everyone. robin is off today. great to have elizabeth vargas here. >> great to be here. and new details on steve jobs. he is the head of apple. he's taking a med...

surfaced. our exclusive, live interview with ron reagan. and watch out. how texting while you're shopping can leave you soaking wet. there but for the grace of god. that could happen to me. no question about it. >> you text and walk? >> i try to recover from it. but every once in a while i do. >> it's too difficult. >> she got up and walked away, like nothing happened. >> and nobody's looking around. everybody is like, this is usual. >> right out of the fountain. good morning, everyone. robin is off today. great to have elizabeth vargas here. >> great to be here. and new detail...

there's been a lot of progress. no question. here in louisiana, mississippi, other areas that were so devastated by hurricane katrina. but there still remain a lot of problems, even charges of discrimination in the recovery effort. we're going to get to all of that this morning as we mark the fifth anniversary of hurricane katrina roaring into louisiana. all of that coming up in the next three hours. but first, let's go back to carol in new york. can't believe it's been five years. thanks, john. here's a quick look at what else is new this morning. new video released 3693 miners ...

new one that's been built through harry connick's program or brad pitt's program. and so many other houses that are either abandoned or undergoing reconstruction. it is going to be an awfully long time before this entire city is back years, if not decades. that will wrap it up for our coverage. anderson cooper will be back at 10:00 tonight. carol? >> something that hasn't changed, you know, even through all of the -- hell those people have been through in new orleans, friendliest and nicest people you would ever want to meet. awesome. >> they sure are. it is a great place to come spe...

place three months after the flooding. so, thets do this. let's start with a glimmer of hopeful job news after a wave of grim economic reports. the number of americans applying for first time unemployment benefits fell last week. 473,000 initial jobless claims, down 31,000 from a week earlier, and the first drop in three weeks. patricia wu is break down the report for us. still a lot of claims, but what does that number really mean? what does it represent? >> well, it's still a lot, but wall street is going to take this one as good news. it's the only positive data we've seen in a ...