No, I wouldn't advise that, because you know, we have downed power lines. We have trees. Our sewer system is not working. The hospitals still have skeletal crews. We still have a lot of work to do.
Mayor Nagin advises against returning to New Orleans too soon due to ongoing hazards and recovery efforts.
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And I'm expressing my dissatisfaction, my outrage, and my demand that this foolishness stops.
This city will be a majority African-American city. It's the way God wants it to be. You can't have New Orleans no other way. It wouldn't be New Orleans.
The disconnect, I think is, you know, you know TV -- and you've been doing a great job of covering this, but until you actually come down here and you see the scope, I don't think the TV can really define the scope of the challenge.
Read my lips. We will rebuild New Orleans East and the Lower Ninth Ward.