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.”

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.

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

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

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.