Aaron Broussard on Meet the Press
I hope that many of you were able to watch Meet the Press on Sunday. The entire show was devoted to the hurricane. There some interesting points made about environmental damage (coastal erosion) as the root of New Orleans' vulnerability to hurricanes.
The most important segment of the program, however, was Tim Russert’s interview with Aaron Broussard, the president of Jefferson Parish. He eloquently made his case for the abandonment of the Parish by FEMA. He then broke down as he described the death of the mother of his emergency management director, who drowned on Friday after being trapped in her nursing home for 5 days. It was painful to watch, but a searing indictment of the inadequate response of the federal government to the aftermath of the storm.
Go to www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032608/ for transcript or podcast of the program
The most important segment of the program, however, was Tim Russert’s interview with Aaron Broussard, the president of Jefferson Parish. He eloquently made his case for the abandonment of the Parish by FEMA. He then broke down as he described the death of the mother of his emergency management director, who drowned on Friday after being trapped in her nursing home for 5 days. It was painful to watch, but a searing indictment of the inadequate response of the federal government to the aftermath of the storm.
Go to www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032608/ for transcript or podcast of the program
posted by Rabbi Stanton M. Zamek at
2:16 PM
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The direct link to the podcast is here.
The direct link to the transcript is here.
I read the whole transcript - very worthwhile. But if anyone is interested in listening just to the Broussard portion of the show, it begins about half way through the show.
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