Terry Ebbert
Terry Ebbert
criminal justice system
We have no criminal justice system functioning today.
We're going to be at this a long time.
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Monday we knew what we needed by numbers. We told FEMA we needed to move 30,000 people. Now we're just rolling on number 30,000. This should have been five days ago.
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There's some encouragement in the initial sweeps. ... The numbers (of dead) so far are relatively minor as compared with the dire predictions of 10,000.
break designed handle system
The system didn't break down. The system just wasn't designed to handle something so catastrophic.
national
This is a national emergency. This is a national disgrace.
asking mayor national pushing
This is a national disgrace. We have got a mayor who has been pushing and asking but we're not getting supplies.
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This is a national disgrace. FEMA has been here three days, yet there is no command and control. We can send massive amounts of aid to tsunami victims but we can't bail out the city of New Orleans.
people trailers
There may be instances where we have to evacuate people from trailers when we're not evacuating the city.
people
That's why these people are going to be very uncomfortable.
armed city gangs men moving
There are gangs of armed men in the city moving around the city.
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Beginning Saturday, we will be on the path of bringing New Orleans back. We feel it's vitally important for this city to stay alive, for commerce to start moving in the right direction.
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They keep coming out of the woodwork. The human suffering I've seen here is greater than anything I've ever been exposed to.
city commerce moving start stay vitally
It is vitally important for this city to stay alive, to start moving commerce in the right direction. But we have to do it in a progressive manner.