Jessie Jackson make another statement that the Red Cross was told by the State not to go into New Orleans.
Jessie Jackson asking why UNICEF wasnt asked, or Venezuela's offers. (oh plueeze)
The Red Cross?
Q. How many people were shooting at you
A. The same small percentage of people in any city.
Q. How many?
A. Can't give you a definitive number, numerous.
Q. How many are still out there
A. We are still out there looking for them.
A. Jackson....some of them are in the rescue centers
Q. How many rapes in the Superdome
A. We heard those claims
Q. How many officers shot
A. One shot in the head, one shot in the leg.
Jackson: People are seeing this through the keyhole of the media...these people are not refugees, they are citizens. Brings up whites-finding foods, blacks-looting...The case here is not looting, the case here is drowning.
That one is true. Go here: American Red Cross Katrina FAQ
The state Homeland Security Department had requested--and continues to request--that the American Red Cross not come back into New Orleans following the hurricane. Our presence would keep people from evacuating and encourage others to come into the city.