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New Orleans Residents Rescue Their Neighbors in Absence of Government Response Democracy Now! producer John Hamilton spent the past several days in Louisiana. He filed a report from the flooded streets of New Orleans as he rode in a boat with locals searching for survivors in their community. Bush Nominates Roberts to Replace Rehnquist as … Continued
Homeland Security Director Michael Chertoff Refuses To Resign Over Handling Of Hurricane Katrina Relief Michael Chertoff appears on Meet the Press and defends the federal government’s response to Hurricane Katrina. Louisiana Offical: The Federal Gov’t Has Abandoned Us On Sunday Aaron Broussard, the president of Jefferson Parish appeared on NBC’s Meet the Press and accused … Continued
Nightmarish Scenes at New Orleans Convention Center We begin our special coverage of Hurricane Katrina by going to New Orleans to hear the voices of refugees stranded outside the city’s Convention Center. As camera crews passed by on Thursday hundreds of stranded people started chanting for help. Daily News Reporter in New Orleans: Scope of … Continued
Bill Quigley in New Orleans Hospital: "No Water, Sick, Call Somebody for Help" We go to New Orleans and Law Professor Bill Quigley who is trapped in Memorial Hospital with hundreds of other people. There is no water or electricity in the hospital and relief efforts have yet to reach them. The Drowning of New … Continued
Report from Inside New Orleans Hospital: "Who is Left Behind?…The Sickest, The Oldest, The Poorest, The Youngest" As the devastation left in the wake of hurricane Katrina continues to unfold, we go to New Orleans to speak with law professor Bill Quigley of Loyola University. Quigley, who is volunteering at Memorial Hospital, said, "The people … Continued
Dozens Dead as Hurricane Katrina Slams into Gulf Coast: A Look at Extreme Weather, Oil Development and Who Gets Hit the Hardest Hurricane Katrina slammed into the Gulf Coast with devastating force Monday morning leaving at least 55 people dead and more than a million people in three states without power. We speak with David … Continued
Is Global Warming Causing More Devastating Hurricanes Worldwide? Hurricane Katrina forced a mass evacuation of New Orleans and may leave up to a million people homeless. As this unprecedented storm deluges the South, we look at new evidence that human-induced global warming is causing the increased strength of tropical storms. Two Thousand Bush Supporters Rally … Continued
20 Massacred in Port-au-Prince Soccer Stadium, Jailed Jean-Juste Mulls Presidential Run As reports emerge of a massacre of at least 20 civilians at a soccer stadium in Port-au-Prince, we go to Haiti for the latest as well as get an update on the condition of jailed Haitian priest, Father Gerard Jean-Juste, who is considering a … Continued
Bush Rejects Calls for Immediate Withdrawal from Iraq as Approval Rating Plummets to New Low President Bush mounted a major defense of the war in Iraq this week as he faces the lowest approval rating of his presidency. In his address in the Republican stronghold of Idaho, Bush rejected calls for an immediate withdrawal of … Continued
The Cannon of Christianity: Pat Robertson Calls for the Assassination of Hugo Chavez Christian televangelist Pat Robertson set off an international firestorm this week when he called for the assassination of Venezuela’s democratically elected president Hugo Chavez. We speak with journalist and author Chris Hedges and attorney Michal Ratner of the Center for Constitutional Rights. … Continued
