My first words to him were, 'Mr. President, it is my estimation ... at least 90 percent of the population of New Orleans has been displaced. He was truly taken aback by that. |
My God, you mean it is that bad? |
My gut tells me ... this is a bad one and a big one. |
My obligation was to the White House and to make certain that the president understood what was going on and what the situation was. And I did that. |
My point is that the court made a mistake in their analysis. The distinctions in the case were misunderstood and misapplied. |
No. No. I'm still the director of FEMA. |
Paula, the federal Government did not even know about the convention centre people until today. |
People are getting the help they need, ... This is an ongoing disaster. This disaster didn't just end when Katrina left. |
People are getting the help they need. |
People want to lash out at me. People want to lash out at FEMA, I say that's fine. Just lash out that's fine, because my job is to continue to save lives, my job is to continue to save people and I'm going to do that. |
People were getting homes, jobs - everybody was getting served one way or another. |
Prior to working as the head of FEMA, I was in charge of horse shows. I know that if you leave alcohol around large, warm-blooded mammals, the results are never pretty. We had to move quickly. |
Right now, that is not our focus. |
So I guess you want me to be the superhero, to step in there and take everyone out of New Orleans. |
So, if Isabel comes onboard, hits land with a lot of rain, which we expect her to do, there's a very good chance of flooding and that's going to cause a lot of problems, |