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he's disheartened at just how little of new orleans has been rebuilt. >>o look at the state of much of the city, if you go into a lot of neighborhoods off the big streets five years after katrina in an american city, i think it is a great tragedy. i think it is a disgrace for the city to be in this condition now. i think that new orleans should be two or three times more along. >> brown: still, white says he's glad he's back in new orleans and moving on with his life. >> for a long time, like many people, i went through a serious period of depression, of anger, of many different kinds of emotions. and then i came to realize the most valuable thing that i have i never lost. it's inside. it's that music tradition. it's the memory of all of those parades, of all of those older musicians who brought the spirit of new orleans' music and passed it on to me that i could help to pass it on to others. and the spirit of that music is with me every day. every time i play my instrument, everything i ever knew and felt about new orleans is still alive. ♪ >> brown:

was not affected but the 20 percent aided new orleans in it's recovery. people were able to come back sooner. they could live on land that was not inundated with water. regardless if the disaster hits you you still have the responsibility. much is given and much is required. that's a part of the resiliency you will not only see in yourself or the neighbors that live adjacent from you or in a neighboring community not far from you. get involved and do your part in your recovery and do your part today to make it all worth it. and strengthen your neighborhood associations now. know your neighbors now. and understand that we are not just homes we are people. so thank you for your time and thank you for having me. and i really appreciate being here with you today. thank you. [applause] >> the mayor is engrossed in the remarks that latoya shared with us. on behalf of the city and county of san francisco and the mayor wanted to present you with this. we want to thank you and we are honored to have you here today. >> thank you. this is -- they are telling me or y

al roker back here in new orleans. never got to the point of being a hurricane but boy, hermine did a lot of damage. >> it really did and continues to. let's take a look over the last 24 hours, some areas picking up as much as 16 inches of rain. georgetown, texas, getting almost that lmt. killeen, texas, getting 11. it is now moving through oklahoma into parts of missouri and arkansas and we have flood threats out there. we have flood warnings for parts of eastern oklahoma, western arkansas, and flood watches all the way up into illinois. we look for rainfall amounts anywhere from about 2 to 5 inches of rain in that affected area over the next 24 hours. so hermine continues to period out but still doing a lot of damage. >> all right, mr. roker, thank you very much. we'll get your local forecast in just a couple of minutes. right now let's throw it back to meredith in new york. >> matt and al, thank you very much. now let's turn to the raging controversy over one florida church's plan to burn the koran on 9/11. the lead

coaching the saints and new orleans back to life is his new book. thank you so much. thanks for tuning in. until next time, keep the faith. >> for more information on today's show, visit tavis i am tavis smiley. join us next time with sam nunn. >> all i know is his name is james, and he needs extra help with his reading. >> i am james. >> yes. >> to everyone making a difference, you help us all live better. >> nationwide insurance proudly supports tavis smiley. with every question and every answer, nationwide insurance is prone to join tavis smiley to help improve financial literacy and the economic and power meant. -- economic empowerment. >> and by contributions to pbs by viewers like you. thank you. ♪ [captioning made possible by kcet public television] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org- national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-

we are in the heart of new orleans. it's a diverse community a microcosim of new orleans. home to 7,000 residents prekatrina and 66 percent of our homeowners have returned. we have 2400 properties in the neighborhood and we are leading the city in recovery. because of our organization being together predisaster it really had aided us in our recovery post. being one of the first neighborhoods to release a redevelopment plan for community in july of 2006. and we started planning in january of 2006. really about 7 months of real planning. but the message here is that we can start or you can really start your planning today. you don't have to wait. and that was one of the things that when daniel and ed visited broadmoore they said, we can really get our people involved now. because it's not a matter of, if, it's a matter of, when. we are all vulnerable. these are pictures of broadmoore. the homeses. we are a national historic district. we have 5 housing styles in broadmoore. it's a great place and we were not going to allow a group of, so called, constituents of broadmoore to

. >> woodruff: and jeffrey brown updates the story of new orleans musician and scholar michael white, five years after katrina. >> i went through a serious period of depression, of anger, of many different kinds of emotions. and then i came to realize the most valuable thing that i have i never lost. it's inside. it's that music tradition. >> lehrer: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> lehrer: the president tonight made it official. the u.s. military is moving from fighting to advising in iraq. he said it's time now to focus on restoring the u.s. economy. here's part of his address from the oval office at the white house. >> tonight i am announcing that the american combat mission in iraq has ended. operation iraqi freedom is over. and the iraqi people now have lead responsibility for the security of

coaching the saints and new orleans back to life is his new book. thank you so much. thanks for tuning in. until next time, keep the faith. >> for more information on today's show, visit tavis i am tavis smiley. join us next time with sam nunn. >> all i know is his name is james, and he needs extra help with his reading. >> i am james. >> yes. >> to everyone making a difference, you help us all live better. >> nationwide insurance proudly supports tavis smiley. with every question and every answer, nationwide insurance is prone to join tavis smiley to help improve financial literacy and the economic and power meant. -- economic empowerment. >> and by contributions to pbs by viewers like you. thank you. ♪ [captioning made possible by kcet public television] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org- and the skilled craftsmen >> "next morning we came to

and you went to new orleans. >> new orleans, i'm still full. i got back from new orleans on saturday. i am still full. i'm like one meal a day. >> jimmy: there's a lot of food there. >> oh, my gosh. >> jimmy: they love food there. >> i would eat, like, six or seven meals a day. >> jimmy: training for iron man or something. [ laughter ] >> you don't think that you are. it's just that everything involves a po-boy like no matter what you're doing. >> jimmy: mother? did you go to that place? >> no, i went to parkway though. i went where obama went when he went with his daughters. >> jimmy: i heard mother's is the way to go. >> really? >> jimmy: yeah, i also heard that's the po-boy. >> want to go back and eat? >> jimmy: yeah. no, you just eat -- they just serve you so much. it's insane. food and drink. >> oh, yeah, the drink. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: yeah, yeah, yeah. i mean, that's so good. >> i had a dinner at commander's palace, which is this, like, institution, like, amazing fancy restaurant in new orleans the last night that we were there. and i

. >> woodruff: and jeffrey brown updates the story of new orleans musician and scholar michael white, five years after katrina. >> i went through a serious period of depression, of anger, of many different kinds of emotions. and then i came to realize the most valuable thing that i have i never lost. it's inside. it's that music tradition. >> lehrer: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs wshour has been provided by: and with the ongoi support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> lehrer: the president tonight made it official. the u.s. military is moving from fighting to advising in iraq. he said it's time now to focus on restoring the u.s. economy. here's part of his address from the oval office at the white house. >> tonight i am announcing that the american combat mission in iraq has ended. operation iraqi freedom is over. and the iraqi people now have lead responsibility for the security of thei

there was so many great piano players in new orleans. we can have some enjoyment about the fact that we made music. tavis: you and your band have to be the easiest people to catch in concert. you are on the road more than anyone i know and you play all of the place all the time. you are easy to find. >> we love to play music. if i did not have music, i don't know what i would do with myself. i did to know how to do something else but i would not want to do anything but play music. tavis: if dr. john is only doing one thing, i am glad you are playing the piano. his new project is called "tribal." if you have never seen dr. john in concert, do yourself a favor, catch him. a great band, a great artist. dr. john, clyde the have you on the program. >> thank you so much. tavis: you can catch us on the weekend and also on pbs.org. bernanke for watching and as always, keep the faith. >> for more information, visit tavis on pbs.org. tavis: join us a 40 emmy winners next time. >> all analysis name is james any need help with reading. >> james. >>

got rave reviews in new orleans and also got a pretty emotional reaction from the crowd here in new york tonight. now producers want to take the show around the country, maybe even around the world. >> when we created this, you know, we definitely wanted it to be something that can be experienced everywhere. >> i would dream, and i think we all dream that we'll tour america and tour the world and keep these stories alive. >> i want them to leave singing. you know, there's a song that we sing at the end, and the lyrics are -- ♪ hold on ♪ be strong ♪ do what you got to do ♪ time brings changes ♪ we'll see each other through ♪ make it back to ♪ it's up to me and you ♪ got to hold on ♪ say got to hold on >> the really cool part about that performance, again, it was written by 16 local new orleans women. and they went through 18 months of this, i mean, intense sessions of writing, and said it was almost -- it was a writing process but also therapy in a way. >> right. cathartic for all of them. >> absolutely. powerful piece. >> yeah. it looks -- >> incredible show. yeah. it w

new york, for katrina's fifth anniversary. >> in particularly in new orleans, and really everywhere, always keep the world alive after disasters, after conflicts. >> reporter: written during a year and a half by 16 new orleans women, some of whom are also performers in the show, "swimming upstream" is a mix of poetry and song. humor and pain. rage and resilience. >> this story reminds people that though we've come a long way, we still have a long way to go. >> reporter: ensler who directs the play, earned huge acclaim in the '90s for "the vagina monologues." she is battling uterine cancer. and says bringing "swimming upstream" back to audiences has uplifted her spirits. >> i've had a great prognosis. >> reporter: and new orleans natives who saw the show in new york this week, are grateful, too. >> they've grasped the loss, recovery, and building. ♪ hold on be strong ♪ ♪ do what you got to do time brings changes ♪

it's friday, september 17th. >>> i came up here, i moved from new orleans to new york to get away from all this rough summertime weather, but yesterday was rough here in the city. >> it's surprising to hear tornados in new york. especially because we have so many skyscrapers. so it really was a scare for a lot of folks here. but luckily it moved quickly. that storm touched us and left. >> get out of here, man, let's get past hurricane season. good morning, everybody. i'm rob nelson. >> and i'm vinita nair. >>> well, plenty of us around here have seen big snowstorms and felt the heat of a new york summer, but few have ever had the likes of a storm that rolled through last night. >> there's damage to be cleaned up today and thousands still in the dark. details now from our bill ritter. >> reporter: new york hardly known as tornado country, but one or more twisters might have touched down in the nation's biggest city thursday night. >> i just started screaming, "there's a tornado. i'm in the middle of a tornado. it was just black and" -- >> reporter: brooklyn resident heather holiday was

how about trying to move the ball against the new orleans defense? >> we will not try to move the ball against the new orleans defense, we will move the ball, and we will score. >> reporter: coach, obviously there is a sense of frustration that has spilt over -- >> no, it's not a sense of frustration, i'm just being honest. you know, i had a conversation about this earlier today and i came in here ready to talk about new orleans and we get all this other, i'm just tired of talking about that. >> reporter: i understand. >> i'm ready to go. >> reporter: okay. >> the saints and 49ers monday on the cw, 44, cable 12. our coverage begins at 5:00 and we'll have a postgame show. >> comes with the territory, right? you're a head coach you got to take questions that may not be at your convenience. >> it was a frustrating game for the 49ers and i'll say it again, the giants lose 1-0, they can come back the next day and people can talk about the next game. they got 7 days in between games and that's a lot of time for coaches and fans and players to be sitting. >

new york, for katrina's fifth anniversary. >> in particularly in new orleans, and really everywhere, always keep the world alive after disasters, after conflicts. >> reporter: written during a year and a half by 16 new orleans women, some of whom are also performers in the show, "swimming upstream" is a mix of poetry and song. humor and pain. rage and resilience. >> this story reminds people that though we've come a long way, we still have a long way to go. >> reporter: ensler who directs the play, earned huge acclaim in the '90s for "the vagina monologues." she is battling uterine cancer. and says bringing "swimming upstream" back to audiences has uplifted her spirits. >> i've had a great prognosis. >> reporter: and new orleans natives who saw the show in new york this week, are grateful, too. >> they've grasped the loss, recovery, and building. ♪ hold on be strong ♪ ♪ do what you got to do time brings changes ♪ ♪ we'll see each other through make it better ♪ ♪ it'

got rave reviews in new orleans and also got a pretty emotional reaction from the crowd here in new york tonight. now producers want to take the show around the country, maybe even around the world. >> when we created this, you know, we definitely wanted it to be something that can be experienced everywhere. >> i would dream, and i think we all dream that we'll tour america and tour the world and keep these stories alive. >> i want them to leave singing. you know, there's a song that we sing at the end, and the lyrics are -- ♪ hold on ♪ be strong ♪ do what you got to do ♪ time brings changes ♪ we'll see each other through ♪ make it back to ♪ it's up to me and you ♪ got to hold on ♪ say you got to hold on >> the really cool part about performance is, again, it was written by 16 local new orleans women. and they went through 18 months of this, i mean, intense sessions of writing, and said it was almost -- it was a writing process but also therapy in a way. >> right. cathartic for all of them. >> absolutely. powerful piece. >> yeah. it looks -- >> incredible show. yeah. >>

we have one in new orleans. it is amazing. this has been an idea, not a berkeley or san francisco idea, something that requires a kind of special fill anthropi and what better way to buy food than people that need money in that city? so the farmer's market is helping to supply the school. now the kids are going out into the neighborhood and picking up cans and bottles and examing them, recycling them, making them into art work. it is a beautiful project. and it is a universal idea, as i say, it is not something that we dreamed up. this is the way people have been living since the beginning, buying things from local people. eating them together with the family and friends. we are just coming back to our senses. >> we have talked so much about children l. the question is, what is the best way to reach adults that have fast food ingrained into their system? thoseover those of us that know. >> planting the perfect ripe peach. i thought if he just could taste this. >> president clinton in terms of fast food addiction. [laughter]. >

at this point, 9-7 new orleans. smith played decently tonight. vernon davis, 41. the 49ers have the lead at 14- 9. but mike's team can't stand prosperity. smith, despite the smile on his face, is intercepted, deflected, intercepted by porter. one of four 49er turnovers. here is philip adams, let the punt go through his hands. 22-14. with time running out, frank busted up the gut for 7 yards. 49ers down by two. very controversial play, this is why you have replay. smith to davis. at first it's called short. replay shows he was in the end zone, they give two points to the 49ers, tied at 22-22. this is why the saints are the champs. marcus over the middal and garrett field go from 37 yards out. 49ers out gain the saints 1417 yards but the final score, saints 25-22. >> not to take away anything from them, world championship team, we did a lot of stuff to ourselves today. >> it's unfortunate. >> what they do? nothing. they didn't do nothing. we beat ourselves. >> 0-2 is tough. next week to kansas city, you lose that, 0-3 and you go, the rest of the year we may be playi

>> new orleans, louisiana. >> new orleans, louisiana the yeah, let's hear it for the 504. how do you prepare for this whole darn thing here? >> practice. >> ok. that will get you to broadway but here you are in union square. ladies and gentlemen, two-time winner, mr. leonard oates. >> this is what i do every day. [ringing bells] >> leonard oates, ladies and gentlemen, reigning two-time champion mr. leonard oates. that completes the entire competition, ladies and gentlemen. let's hear it for everybody you heard today. the votes from the judges will now be tallied. that means up guys actually have to go to work now. we're going to name the tom three winners in the amateur and professional categories. the first place winner of the professional competition will take home a beautiful cable car bell with -- made by gilberto at the frens of the cable car museum. every year this man makes a beautiful cable car bell for this competition the mr. gad oy is pretty shy, he won't talk about his work but the craftsmanship speaks for itself the every bell every year is individually made b

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i grew up in new orleans in the 1940's, 1950's, and 1960's. i had to sit in the back of the i had to sit in the back of the bus. that always bothered me. it always bothered my father. boarding a bus and having to sit behind a sign saying that no coloreds allowed beyond this point. freedom came when my parents bought their own cars. that was power. that was freedom. cars have always meant more to me than the sum of their parts. they were a way to escape and see other worlds. they were a way for me to see my parents in charge of something rather than sitting behind a sign. >> how did your parents explain to you back in those days owhy there is a division between white and black? >> they did not. we went to catholic schools. i came home from high-school one day complaining to my father, who was a scientist for the science foundation and a teacher, complaining to him that the priest, one of my priests, was a racist. this happened to be a priest that taught me geometry and chemistry. my father did not say anything. he told me to get my chemistry an

the top for a long time in the black in new orleans public schools. even when i m overseas and i may wind up in france or somewhere else and i see a black person behind me and i wonder if they came from the united states and ask them where they grew up. if they grew up in new orleans, i ask that they knew a daniel brown thomas sr. and they said he taught them. that gives me the greatest amount of pride, that he chose not to hate. the chose to take mother katharine drexel's guidance and he did. >> you are sitting at a dinner party. does someone asked you what your favorite car is worth about her kidney operation? >> usually about a car and my response is that i don't have a favorite car. i have a lot of gigolo. -- i am an automotive gigolo. i like the alterative powered electric cars right now. i love diesel. my third car is one that can give you the most horsepower, the most torque, with the least fuel consumption. give me a car like that and i am happy. >> who built the best cars? >> everybody now builds very good cars, honestly. people were getting

to talk about new orleans. if you want to talk about that. >> okay. let's talk about trying to stop drew brees. >> we will not try to stop drew brees. we will stop drew brees. next question. >> okay. how about trying to move the ball against the new orleans defense? >> we will not try to move the ball against the new orleans defense. we will move the ball. and we will score. >> coach, obviously, there is a sense of frustration that's spilled over -- >> no. it's not a sense of frustration. i'm just being honest. i mean, you know, i had a conversation about this early today. and i came in here ready to talk about new orleans and i'm tired of talking about that. i'm ready to go. >> i understand. listen, mike i know this hasn't been an easy week and i know these are questions you don't want to talk about. >> but i understand you to understand something. this is not about me really being frustrated and wow he's pissed. i'm just done with that. if you had any idea today to me that brought closure, this morning when w

there was joy in new orleans. the super bowl champion saints beat the minnesota vikings and brett favre 14-9 in their home opener, the first game since winning the super bowl and our network, by the way, reports last night's broadcast of the game was the highest-rated regular season nfl game in 13 years. a whole lot of folks watched the game last night. and a reminder, if you don't mind, you can see the premier of my hour-long documentary on what has happened in the five years after katrina in new orleans in that region and where they might be headed. it's called "new orleans: an american story." we're very proud of this hour of television. it airs tonight, 10:00 eastern on msnbc. tonight, as we mentioned it will be l.a.'s turn in the spotlight where the major tv networks are all here in this room drawing forces to draw attention to cancer research, prevention and treatment. more on that later on. >>> first, we have an appropriate making a difference report tonight about a simple change in strategy that can improv

showers from san antonio to new orleans. thunderstorms from phoenix to el paso. >> mostly 70s from albuquerque to boise. a cool 56 in fargo. 72 in the twin cities. 82 in detroit. almost 70 in boston. 80 here in new york. a summer-like 88 in baltimore. near record highs in the southeast. >>> on this first day of fall, no less, a gargantuan discovery is upstaging the largest home in america. >> what is that, you ask? it's a mushroom of all things. it's a mammoth mushroom to say the least, found on the grounds of the historic biltmore estate in north carolina. if you're wondering about the size of that thing it's about five pounds, eight inches tall, 48 inches around. they say it feels like aer in of ball. it contains 7 trillion spores. >> the biltmore is not saying what they plan to do with the humongous fungus. visitors have suggested everything from a huge pot of stir fry to mushroom pancakes. >> that's a scary looking mushroom. >> it's a little much. more after this, stay with us. you go next if you had a hoveround power ch

i put my mount to your misery new orleans. here, war lies piles so high. this floating prison of a cementary cries of range. this delta lies on its side. rows and rows upon it's own government and crushed. summertime is over and the living is dead. and around midnight all hopes are looted. no one will ever come clean of the katrina of the new orleans and the stinking house of the setting sun. but it's the black and the blue of the loving on the shoes, let alone a dime or water, america, you are always scotched earth in our mouth. always a rain of disaster of streams of our broken eyes. now the rags are the most turn. our pores the poorest that can be worn in the souls shop. now that all is lost and there is only nothing to lose. long live the courage and the poor. they begin to waiver. [applause]. >> vennetia. i was enranged at your body enettia. chicanery that cried out of an awfulor gast. slowly i found you should side streets where you practice a strolling stillness without any engine sounds and the skies turning on into color and then eternal magnifice

. >>> and the national football league teams up with united way, rebuilding homes in new orleans. the "no place like home" initiative will help families who are still struggling to recover from hurricane katrina. >>> and new orleans residents will have a home field advantage tonight when the super bowl champion saints take on the minnesota vikings to kick off the nfl season. and you can catch that game right here on your nbc station. >>> all day long you can stay on top of the very latest developments in those stories and others as they break on msnbc. and tonight be sure to watch brian williams with "nbc nightly news." >>> and, finally, here's a look at what's coming up later this morning on the "today" show. islam under fire. a florida pastor refuses to give up his controversial plan to burn the koran. >>> and "today" kicks off "matt now" live in the crescent city as the super bowl champion new orleans saints gear up for tonight's season opener. >>> and now keep it on this channel for continuing local news, weather, sports, and more. i'm lynn berry. thanks for watching "early to

. >>> the falcons had luck in new orleans. the saints' garrett hartley missed a 29-yarder for the win. that opened the door for atlanta's matt bryant to put the game away right down the middle. falcons beat the champs. >>> the seahawks' washington returned two kickoffs for touchdowns. his first 101 yards to start the third quarter. his second, 99 yards to put the seahawks on top late in the fourth. washington and the seahawks shocked the chargers, 27-20. >>> finally, there's something you don't see every day. red sox/yankees. tenth inning.

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i was born in new orleans. my family still lives here. i'm gonna be here until we make this right. >>> bernadette woods is in for marty bass. >> we warm up into the 70s but we have warmer air coming our way. this is what we have going on. everything ranging from 51. 40s out west. some of the suburbs are in the 40s. taking it a little bit close are. 63 in annapolis, closer to the wart. as we head through the afternoon, we're getting up to 77, a lot of sunshine, a beautiful day. then the changes come and we'll have that forecast. >>> he's the seoul survivor of -- sole survivor of the shooting in the johns hopkins hospital, plus a review on the security. >>> ravens head coach har baghdad could be -- harbaugh could be fined. >>> and paris hilton pleads guilty to cocaine possession, but will she phase jail time? more news in a couple of minutes. ♪ [ monkey cheeps ] [ male announcer ] a bath becomes even more pleasurable when you know that your water is being heated in an environmentally- conscious way while saving you hundreds of dollars on

i was born in new orleans. my family still lives here. i'm gonna be here until we make this right. >>> following this morning, a trip across the world to find an age-old truth when it comes to parents and children. cbs news correspondent steve hartman was sent to argentina. he kicks off a brand new series qult everybody in the world has a story." >> reporter: cordoba is argentina's second biggest city. with more than 1.3 million stories to choose from. of course, we're just here to tell. this one. sundro. the 28-year-old lives with his girlfriend. he says when he was a teenager, growing up on his parents' farm, he and his dad would argue constantly. his mom says the biggest battles were always over his future. she says her husband pretty much insisted sandro take over the farm. >> translator: but he said he wanted to be a writer. his dad said, you're crazy. i didn't raise you, bring you into this world to be a writer or anything else. >> reporter: the fights escalated until one day at the age of 16, sandro ran away from home. his dad was

i was born in new orleans. my family still lives here. i'm gonna be here until we make this right. >>> good morning. here are some stories we're following for you. today the senate holds the key procedural vote on a proposal to repeal the military's don't ask, don't tell. >>> the fbi is investigating a shooting at the fort bliss army base near el paso, texas. the shooter was killed by responding officers. >>> a crispness in the air as you wake up this morning. >> temperatures in the 40s in many areas. we're holding onto 60 at reagan national and 63 on the bay. eastern shore you're 52. it's going to warm up very nicely today. it's going to warm up so much our computer is going to wake up too. the bay will be cooler. even into the lower 80s. this nice dry air that cooled off so nicely last night heats up quickly. looking at today at a glance, 64 by 9. 74 beautiful at noon. enjoy because heat is coming. angie. >> reporter: heat wave. that sounds so odd. let's talk about the construction. no surprise here. we're going to be dealing with this

it would destroy her home and ravage new orleans. lanisha is forced to use her inner strength to survive the storm against all odds. this is the last meaning of this particular group of our book club kids, so we want to say hello one more time to ava thornton, sabrina fernandez and spencer carl otto. good morning to everybody. >> before we get to our book club kids, i want to ask you, you're an award winning adult book writer and author. and you decided to write a book for kids on hurricane katrina. why? >> i have wanted to write a book for children since i was in the third grade. and hurricane katrina worried me so much, i felt devastated for the children. so i wanted to write about a character that showed how strong and how wonderful they were. so lanisha really takes tragedy and turns it into a triumph. >> first of all, let's talk to eva. what's your question. >> hi, well, there's a certain supernatural element to the story that i like and i wanted to know what made you want to include this trait in the characters of molly yaya an

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