Kathleen Blanco

They have M-16s and they're locked and loaded. These troops know how to shoot and kill, and I expect they will.

They have M-16s and they're locked and loaded. These troops know how to shoot and kill, and I expect they will.

They have M-16s and they're locked and loaded. These troops know how to shoot and kill, and I expect they will.

They have M-16s and they're locked and loaded. These troops know how to shoot and kill, and I expect they will.

Please, be our lasting partner. That's what we need from you. Stand by us as we rebuild.

I want the governor, I want the mayor, and I want the president, I want all three of them to come before her six children and tell us where she is.

I knew on Saturday before the storm and it's in all the documentation that I presented to Congress that this category 5 was going to out match any of Louisiana's resources.

I talked to every person in power including the President. You know, begging for help.

It's pretty sad. We've had these frustrations day in and day out. The housing situation is critical.

We had to come out here because Blanco didn't do her job. We had to come out here and find my mother's body.

We would not be here today if the levees had not failed.