Hurricane Katrina - 2005-09-02 - CBS News

Name: Hurricane Katrina - 2005-09-02 - CBS News
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[0:01] four long days and nights have passed

[0:04] since hurricane Katrina pounded

[0:06] flattened and drowned New Orleans and

[0:08] much of the Southeastern Gulf Coast the

[0:10] death toll keeps rising and today one

[0:13] Louisiana Senator said 10,000 people may

[0:17] be dead in his State damage estimates

[0:19] for the entire hurricane Zone have

[0:21] climbed as high as $100

[0:23] billion today a full 4 days after the

[0:26] storm hit more federal aid finally

[0:29] started arriving in the area the

[0:31] National Guard transported food and

[0:33] water driving through streets in New

[0:35] Orleans that looked more like Rivers the

[0:38] guard or the Cavalry as one General call

[0:41] them also brought their guns and are

[0:43] under orders to take back the violent

[0:45] streets of the city President Bush

[0:48] criticized for doing too little too late

[0:51] tried to comfort some residents in

[0:53] Mississippi and promised to restore Law

[0:55] and Order in New Orleans the president

[0:57] said he was happy with the federal

[0:59] response to the disaster but he did

[1:01] concede he is not satisfied with the

[1:04] results the president spoke after the

[1:06] mayor of New Orleans said the federal

[1:08] government does not have a clue what is

[1:10] going on in his City and as gasoline

[1:13] prices Spike all over the country Mr

[1:15] Bush warned there may be gasoline Supply

[1:18] problems this Labor Day weekend

[1:20] hang all week long a team of veterans

[1:23] CBS news correspondents has been

[1:26] covering the deadly destruction and

[1:27] extraordinary misery caused by Hurricane

[1:30] Katrina we asked newsmen John Roberts

[1:33] and Lee Cowen to take a step back from

[1:35] their daily reporting in the epicenter

[1:37] of the storm an