Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20170830:04:33:00
There and we need your help. >> at the time presidents were not expected to turn up at the site of natural disasters, wu lbj couldn't say no when senator long called him. lbj broke precedent with how all other presidents dealt with disasters like hurricanes. he left for new orleans within a couple of hours after he hung up with senator long. when he got to new orleans, he visited an elementary school that was used as a shelter. it was sweltering hot, the place no water to drink had no electricity. it was so dark. people were so traumatized they didn't realize who was there in the shelter with ...