Today (NBC) - 2005-09-26
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[0:02] [music] Good morning. Homecoming day.
[0:04] Millions displaced by hurricanes Katrina
[0:06] and Rita are heading back home to pick
[0:08] up the pieces of their shattered lives.
[0:12] Remnants of Rita. Tornadoes spun off by
[0:15] the storm roar across Alabama.
[0:19] And changing lives one house at a time.
[0:22] to help those left homeless. Rockefeller
[0:24] Center becomes Humanity Plaza today,
[0:26] Monday, September 26, 2005.
[0:33] >> From NBC News, this is [music] a special
[0:36] edition of Today with Katie Kurrick and
[0:41] Matt Lauer.
[0:43] >> And welcome to this very special split
[0:45] edition of Today on this Monday morning
[0:48] everybody. I'm Katie Kurrick.
[0:50] Rockefeller Plaza, as you can hear
[0:51] behind me with all the hammering, has
[0:54] been transformed into Humanity Plaza,
[0:57] which is quite the bustling scene. I
[0:59] need to get my hard hat and tool belt
[1:00] on. Meanwhile, Matt has made his way
[1:03] east to New Orleans, a city desperately
[1:06] trying to recapture its past glory. Hi,
[1:08] Matt. We miss you here. We need you
[1:10] here.
[1:11] >> Hey, I'm going to get up there tomorrow
[1:13] hopefully. Katie, good to see you. I'm
[1:14] in Jackson Square in New Orleans. Of
[1:16] course, this is where President Bush
[1:18] made his address to the nation in the
[1:19] wake of Hurricane Katrina, promising to
[1:21] rebuild this city. Suffice it to say,
[1:24] it's been a really rough week for the or
[1:25] rough five weeks for the people of New
[1:27] Orleans. But after surviving the one-two
[1:29] punch of Katrina and Rita, the people in
[1:31] the Big Easy are now finally beginning
[1:33] to look forward. Some are hoping to
[1:35] return to their homes, actually, as
[1:36] early as today. Slowly, pow