Fema briefing President on CNN now

[mettski]

looks interested doesn't he.. lot of back patting going on.

[CajunMama]

instead of the sarcastic reply could you please tell us what he's saying? Some of us don't have access to television at work.

[mettski]

instead of the sarcastic reply could you please tell us what he's saying? Some of us don't have access to television at work.

to be honest, they are just breifing him, they have a model of the coast in front of them and the gov of al and gov of miss and fema director etc. etc. are all telling him what's happended. he is just listening for the moment.

[cjrciadt]

Telling him the total number of rescues (over 5000), plus current operations.

[RichG]

airman saying they are doing air resuces AT NIGHT.

[RichG]

President saying where things aren't working right they will fix it. Also said where they are working right they will duplicate the effort.

[RichG]

Bush said " New Orleans will be a great city again" we will rebuild

[coolwater]

He's speaking alot but not much is being said.

[RichG]

Bush " we will stablize the people then rebuild"

[mettski]

was typing bits of what the president was saying... this is the best i got.

incredibly proud of coastcards and congratulates the governors for being leaders. the fed gov job is big a massive and we're going to do it. primary focus is to save life. we have a responsibility to clean up this mess. i want to thank congress for acting so quickly. we are going to restore order. people expect law and order and we're going to work hard to get it. we've got to get food to people, its our primary mission. we've got a lot of rebuilding, but first we going to save lives. out of this chaos is going to come a fantastic gold coast. out of new orleans is going to become that great city again. i'm here to thank people and comfort people. i want to say something about compassion, know is the time to love your neighbour. my dad and bill clinton are going to help the governors raise funds. if you want to help give cash to red cross and salvation army. we need to stablise the situation. i want thank everyone here, fema working 24hrs a day. if its not going right, we're going to make it right. im not looking forward to this trip, i've got a feel of it from flying over before. the entire coast has been obliterated. thankyou.

[coolwater]

Shouldn't he already have been briefed?

[solarflare]

what was that reference to Trent Lott losing his house and that he will once again have a great house?

[CajunMama]

thank you for the info. it's appreciated

[Talon402]

Well, this was/is his bullhorn moment here; similar to the bullhorn after at 9/11. He needs to just come out and say, "looters will be dealth with ruthlessly, shoot to kill, it will not stand, i've ordered, we will regain control, etc...." He said kind of that, but I think more direct words and a harsh tone are needed at this juncture. Most of the world, and us are in disbelief. That's what America needs to hear.

[weunice]

airman saying they are doing air resuces AT NIGHT.

I can verify this. Living in BR, we have rescue helicopters flying over at a pretty good rate all day and all night. The rescue operations seem to be better organized than the evacuation and relief efforts from my perspective.

[wwicko]

Shouldn't he already have been briefed?

I'm sure he has been. This briefing is for teevee marketing.