[jeffers]

Do we have here at FR, Governor Blanco's two days of statements archived, the ones to the effect that she had New Orleans under perfect control, that reports to the contrary were fiction (implying that help was neither needed or wanted), all made while the police stations and hospitals were being overrun?

If so, I think they will prove to be valuable later on.

[DocRock]

"Do we have here at FR, Governor Blanco's two days of statements archived,"[snip]

I don't have those, but I just got the 30 minute news conference she gave this afternoon. I condensed it to an 11 MB .wmv video format and have it hosted for downloading. I don't want to post it here because it is so long it might hijack this thread, (not my style). I'll post it on my homepage and you can download it anytime.

FRegards,

DocRock

[Txsleuth]

Was that the same statement where she said that water was clean...?

[Ellesu]

http://media.swagit.com/s/wbrz/The_Advocate/08272005-3.html

Blanco/Bush declares state of emergency

http://media1.dfw.swagit.com/s/wbrz/The_Advocate/08282005-8.html
Blanco presser

http://media1.dfw.swagit.com/s/wbrz/The_Advocate/08282005-10.html

Blanco expresses concerns

http://media.swagit.com/s/wbrz/The_Advocate/08292005-16.html

Blanco speech after storm

http://media1.dfw.swagit.com/s/wbrz/The_Advocate/08292005-11.html
OEP presser


http://media.swagit.com/s/wbrz/The_Advocate/08302005-21.html

Blanco addresses Superdome condition

http://media.swagit.com/s/wbrz/The_Advocate/08302005-11.html

Blanco and Landrieu describe damage

http://media.swagit.com/s/wbrz/The_Advocate/08312005-21.html

Blanco working through extreme circumstances

http://media.swagit.com/s/wbrz/The_Advocate/09012005-7.html

Blanco speaks on 4th day of storm