Hurricane Katrina aftermath - MSNBC - 2005-09-06 (late night)
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[0:00] there. We'll talk to Pastor Joel
[0:01] Olstein, who pastor the largest church
[0:03] in America. He held a prayer and worship
[0:05] service for thousands of evacuees in
[0:07] Houston tonight. First up, there was a
[0:09] report that New Orleans Mayor Ray Negan
[0:11] had called for the forcible removal of
[0:13] those residents who until now have
[0:15] stayed in their homes in that city.
[0:16] However, police sources told Rita Cosby
[0:18] tonight that that report was quote false
[0:20] and they won't try to remove any of the
[0:22] estimated 10,000 people who remain
[0:24] there. This despite apparently quotes
[0:26] from the mayor that moved on the wire
[0:28] saying they had the manpower and they
[0:29] were kicking people out. Meanwhile,
[0:31] there were signs of progress tonight as
[0:32] the lights came on at the Hilton Hotel
[0:34] and at other scattered buildings in New
[0:36] Orleans. Meanwhile, the city which had
[0:38] been 80% underwater now just 60% flooded
[0:41] with water that officials say contains
[0:43] ecoli and that's dangerous of course.
[0:45] MSNBC News is MSNBC's David Schustster
[0:48] is live in New Orleans, a city that's
[0:50] been described as a ghost town. Is it
[0:52] David? Set the scene for us right now.
[0:54] What is New Orleans like?
[0:56] >> Yeah, I'd say Ghost Town is appropriate,
[0:57] but I would also say Tucker, it's a
[0:59] giant garbage pit. I mean, we talk so
[1:00] much about the part of the city, 60%
[1:03] that's underwater, but just the rest, I
[1:05] mean, the 40% as you saw, I mean, there
[1:06] is debris everywhere. I mean, there are
[1:08] trees down, there power lines, there's
[1:10] garbage from where people were. And
[1:12] remember, I mean, there's glass
[1:13] everywhere. We've