Kathleen Blanco: “We would not be here today if the levees had not failed.”

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.

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

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

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