President Bush speech on Hurricane Katrina

(16 Sep 2005) 1. US President George W. Bush walks to podium 2. SOUNDBITE (English) George W. Bush, US President: Good evening. I am speaking to you from the city of New Orleans nearly empty, still partly under water, and waiting for life and hope to return. Eastward from Lake Pontchartrain, across the Mississippi coast, to Alabama and into Florida, millions of lives were changed in a day by a cruel and wasteful 3. Aerial views of flooded city, taking from helicopter travelling with Bush 4. SOUNDBITE (English) George W. Bush, US President: And all who question the future of the Crescent City need to know: There is no way to imagine America without New Orleans, and this great city will rise 5. Pan view of Bush arriving on the deck of the USS Iwo Jima being met by local leaders 6. SOUNDBITE (English) George W. Bush, US President: When communities are rebuilt, they must be even better and stronger than before the storm. Within t