Is anyone watching CNN?

[Mai Ku Tiki]

I am kind of curious about that director of FEMA quote, is that on the web somewhere or was it in a live interview? I did not see it

Aloha!

It was one of Brown's live interviews today...I think CNN...maybe Wolfe...Situation Room...Wolf had him on a 3-way with a male victim (said he was former military himself) who was in Center and BEGGING for some water and medical care -a woman near him had just died in her wheelchair-and FEMA DIRECTOR said he was just hearing that Center victims were in need and water and food would be forthcoming!

Maybe people still don't get how desperate things are..those people are dialysis patients, infants, recent by-pass patients...I don't know how much more people need to hear and see before they are moved to compassion...

Sorry ..I really don't agree with your take on this one...Anderson's reaction was HUMAN..I hope ANYONE seeing a woman's body ravaged by rats on an AMERICAN street because NO ONE CARED ENOUGH would have reacted as he did. And he DID ask the hard question: How can politicians be congratulating thenselves for ANYTHING amidst this suffering? All they've done is pontificate. Those people need BREAD and WATER and MEDICINE and PROTECTION..not WORDS!
~Rose~

 

[babar]

I saw it on MSNBC on Keith Olberman.

 

[palmtreegirl]

I'm sure he is! And I am sure the reason CNN felt it neccesary to dredge it up again was because the press are as bad as the politicians, they can't ever admit they are wrong. Otherwise why even bring it up?
Sorry I watched it with my own eyes and the man lost it. He was not a reporter asking hard hitting questions he was on the verge of hysteria.

Once again, I saw it too and couldn't disagree with you more! He didn't lose it, he was angry and I bet if you had walked by a women's body being eaten by rats because no one has come to pick it up, you'd be pretty pissed too. ITA with with everything peachgirl has posted. I also saw the FEMA director state that until today they did not know of the situation at the convention center.

 

[LindsayDunn228]

I saw it. It was so sad.

Hee hee, to all the Anderson Cooper fans who have loved him since, "The Mole," I can top you. I have loved him since he was a reported on "Channel 1" that I watched in school. I knew him when!!

 

[Christine]

Is there any way to see th Anderson Cooper interview? Is there a link to it? I would love to see it. I checked CNN's site but couldn't figure out if it was there.

 

[GailT]

Gail,

He has an hour long show on CNN during prime time every night called Anderson Cooper 360. If you put his name in google you will get a lot more info

Thanks Alex, I'm going to do that right now. Have a great day

 

[peachgirl]

I didn't see a video of it on CNN.com, but there is a transcript. The portion of the show we're talking about starts about 1/3 of the way down the page.

http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0509/01/acd.01.html

 

[septbride2002]

Watched it today - it didn't seem to me that he was embarassed for himself, but for her. The senator truly doesn't get it. Meanwhile she is thanking everyone politically and spending very little time on the issues. Which is why I think so many people are angry. The politicians are standing back and congratulating themselves while people starve.

~Amanda

 

[Free4Life11]

Watched it today - it didn't seem to me that he was embarassed for himself, but for her. The senator truly doesn't get it. Meanwhile she is thanking everyone politically and spending very little time on the issues. Which is why I think so many people are angry. The politicians are standing back and congratulating themselves while people starve.

~Amanda

Ding ding ding! If she was going to thank anyone she should have been thanking the Coast Guard and Natl. Guard and Red Cross and Salvation Army, etc.

 

[Laura]

Ding ding ding! If she was going to thank anyone she should have been thanking the Coast Guard and Natl. Guard and Red Cross and Salvation Army, etc.

I agree.

For those who haven't seen the clip, click here: http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=901609

 

[Ava83]

http://www.crooksandliars.com/2005/09/01.html#a4740

You can find the interview here if your interested.

 

[Virgo10]

WTH is going on at the Convention Center?? They won't let people leave that hell hole. Watch the Geraldo and Sheppard Smith clip. I am speechless and ashamed of the leaders of this country.

http://www.crooksandliars.com/

 

[Mermaid02]

soooo, what do you guys think constitues a national emergency?

This is definately a national emergency. I agree the state "dropped" the ball, but come on.... I can't even FATHOM what the final death count will be... and the money to rebuild.... it's surreal and it affects us ALL! Yep- definately a National Emergency.

 

[lbgraves]

I read the transcript before seeing the link to the video & her condesending tone that seemed to come out in the transcript was even worse in the video. That is just infuriating! I think that he kept himself under controll. It seemed that he wanted to say even more & was very angry about what she was saying but kept himself in check.

 

[bgirldeb]

Also something to think about are the other states outside of LA,MS and AL where the evacuees are going. The way it is looking, many aren't going to go back to New Orleans ever. That definitely makes it a National issue.

 

[peachgirl]

WTH is going on at the Convention Center?? They won't let people leave that hell hole. Watch the Geraldo and Sheppard Smith clip. I am speechless and ashamed of the leaders of this country.

http://www.crooksandliars.com/

There has been some discussion about this on another thread last night.

I also noticed how Hannity really didn't want to hear what they were saying. I also noticed the same thing when they talked to Shep during O'Reilly's show. I'm pretty impressed at this point with Sheppard Smith and that's a huge change for me.

Shep was reporting this story several days ago. He was interviewing some state police officer and practically yelling at her to get an official over there to tell these people where to go for help. Now, days later they are still there.



I guess the President's appearance was nothing more than a photo op, because there are still people who aren't being fed or getting water and they are keeping them caged like animals.

Someone should answer for what is happening now. No matter what the excuses, after this length of time there is no one to hold responsible for this travesty except the Federal Government.

Unbelievable!