you've got a katrina response that is considered inadequate. and the voters responded. >> why all the glum faces? yesterday the people went to the polls. and they cast their vote for a new direction in the house of representatives. and while the ballots are still being counted in the senate it's clear the democrat party had a good night last night. >> and so we have a divided government. democrats running congress, a republican in the white house. that portends battles ahead. >> after that election many republicans are concluding that iraq is their vietnam and that this war is going to have a big political cost and bush needs to do something. >> congress must no longer follow him deeper into the quagmire in iraq. >> but then he takes one of the most unexpected steps you could imagine. he says there's going to be a surge of troops in iraq. >> on capitol hill president bush faced more skeptical, even hostile reaction to his plan to send more than 21,000 additional troops to iraq. >> 20,000 to 30,000 troops. we did that before. >> one senior offic

katrina exploezs this city's worst nightmare. the waterways on which they have worked and thrives for centuries now threatened to drown it. the city center surrounded by protective levies could fill up like a bathtub with storm surge. >> ladies and gentlemen, i wish i huh better news for you. but we are facing a storm that most of us have feared. a mandatory et evacuation order is called for all of the perish of new orleans. >> the storm is the size of the state of florida. it will be in the top five in terms of strength. >> they declared an evacuation. it was too late. >> thousands of people have been in line for hours here at the superdome where 30,000 people may end up spending the night inside this giant shelter that officials are confident will hold up. >> hurricane katrina, the category 4 storm is baring down on louisiana. >> this is what everyone feared. the storm surge. >> it is a very frightening scene outside. >> new orleans lost power and the roof is leaking at the louisiana superdome. >>> new orleans is to longer safe

. >> hurricane katrina is now bearing down on louisiana. >> where is the federal government? where are the troops? >> signs the economy