New Orleans Mayor reax to report on Katrina warnings

Описание: (2 Mar 2006)
AP Television - AP Clients Only
Washington, DC - 28 August 2005
1. Various views of FEMA video conference call
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Crawford, Texas - 28 August 2005
2. SOUNDBITE (English) George W. Bush, US President:
"I do want to thank the good folks in the offices of Louisiana and Alabama and Mississippi for listening to these warnings and preparing your citizens for this - huge storm."
AP Television
New Orleans, Louisiana - 1 March 2006
3. Videotape of FEMA briefings playing on laptop computer
4. New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin listening with headphones on
5. Pan from computer to Nagin listening
6. Cameras
7. Closeup of Nagin listening
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Ray Nagin, New Orleans Mayor:
"I'm surprised and somewhat shocked, you know this is different than what's been said in the past, even from Mr. Brown."
AP Television
Miami, Florida - 28 August 2005
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Max Mayfield, US National Hurricane Centre:
"I don't think that anyone can tell you with any confidence right now whether the levees will be topped or not, but that is obviously a very, very grave concern."
AP Television
Washington, DC - 28 August 2005
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Michael Brown, FEMA Director:
"My gut tells me and I told you (yesterday) my gut was that this was a bad one and a big one and you heard Max's comments. I still feel that way today."
AP Television
New Orleans, Louisiana - 1 March 2006
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Ray Nagin, New Orleans Mayor:
"Well, the realisation that there was full awareness prior to the storm. That there was a promise to do whatever it took and I did not see that executed."
12. Cameras
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Ray Nagin, New Orleans Mayor:
"Well, it seems that they were aware of everything. That there was a significant risk to wherever this storm hit - that it was going to create some pretty devastating effects, that the Superdome roof was a question mark, that we would need lots of help and that they needed to bring the army and DHS (Department of Homeland Security) involved in this effort. And it surprises me that if there was that kind of awareness, why was the response so slow?"
14. Cutaway of computer with video playing
15. SOUNDBITE (English) Ray Nagin, New Orleans Mayor:
"I was listening to what people were saying, I was believing them that they didn't know so therefore it was an issue of a learning curve if you will. You know, from this tape it looks like everybody was fully aware."
AP Television
Washington, DC - 28 August 2005
16. Michael Brown, FEMA Director speaking
STORYLINE:
Federal disaster officials warned US President George W. Bush and his homeland security chief before the Hurricane Katrina struck that the storm could breach levees, put lives at risk in New Orleans' Superdome and overwhelm rescuers, according to confidential video footage.
Bush didn't ask a single question during the final briefing before Katrina struck on August 29, but he assured soon-to-be-battered state officials: "We are fully prepared."
That was a shock to some who were on the front lines in the wake of the storm.
New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin, a critic of the administration's Katrina response, had a different take after watching the footage on Wednesday afternoon from an AP reporter's camera.
"I was listening to what people were saying, I was believing them that they didn't know so therefore it was an issue of a learning curve if you will. You know, from this tape it looks like everybody was fully aware," Nagin said.

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