Kathleen Blanco: “I talked to every person in power including the President. You know, begging for help.”

We need your help. We need everything you've got.

Well, you know, I think that we expect that of ourselves. But we expect help to follow quickly. And I guess that was where the frustration came in.

We are working with local leaders, we are working with churches and we're asking FEMA to allow churches who so desire to use some of their land to set up these interim housing units.

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