I want America to understand, the city of New Orleans took on so much water, that 80 percent of it's flooded. And we still have a tremendous amount of work to do. And we need tremendous amount of more help from the federal government.
Mayor Nagin emphasizes the need for federal assistance in rebuilding New Orleans after the hurricane.
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An apology from Ray Nagin. Today, the New Orleans mayor said he was wrong yesterday to predict New Orleans would be a chocolate city once again, and to say that God wants New Orleans to be a majority African American city.
There will be no shelter of last resort. We will pre-stage buses to get people to the convention center and out of the city.
Read my lips. This is a plan for getting people out of the city. There is no shelter of last resort.
We, as black people, it's time. It's time for us to come together. It's time for us to rebuild a New Orleans, the one that should be a chocolate New Orleans. And I don't care what people are saying uptown or wherever they are. This city…