so as you read, you think, oh, my gosh, like hurricane katrina just happened and there's, you know -- new orleans sunday water and there's a fried chicken recipe that comes interest that story. and it's all about tying the food back to the stories. >> so we have a tradition here on "cbs this morning: saturday." we'd love for you to sign this dish. >> oh, my gosh. i would be honored. >> if you could share this delicious meal with anyone, past or present, who would it be? >> it would be my grandmother, it would. she is the one who inspire me to fall in love with food, and i feel like i really hit my stride with cooking after she had passed. so i would love for her to come and see a lot of the recipes that she taught me on the table here today. >> good choice. >> and is one of your restaurants named after her? >> yeah. saba is in new orleans which means grandfather. and softa which means grandmother, we're opening in denver. >> chef shaya, thanks so much. for more head to cbsnews.com. >>> this morning in our "saturday sessions" the indy folk group mt. joy. philadelphia high school friend

was staff secretary for the president at some momentous times including september 11th and hurricane katrina. there's really no doubt democrats will be seizing on all of that paper, all of that paper trail, and scrutinizing every word they can find. now of course, president trump, he's talked about it this morning. he is confident in his pick. but some questions were raised this morning just outside the white house with spokesman raj shah. the question included how brett kavanaugh was picked and what his role might be if he were to be confirmed at the supreme court if any russia investigation, related case, landed there. take a listen. >> did anybody in the white house assure justice kennedy that he -- his replacement would be brett kavanaugh if he retired? >> no. >> would he recuse himself if any questions related to the mueller probe make it to the supreme court? >> those are complex legal issues. >> reporter: so the white house dodging that direct question there. the question it came up because judge kavanaugh, he has written about the possibility of indicting sitting presidents. and he s

. >> the same question with respect administration's response to hurricane katrina and -- hurricane maria in puerto rico. in reviewingrole disaster declaration recommendations that go to the president, so we are involved from that point. thelso together supplemental requests that the administration puts forward to the hill and they are necessary. last fall was a devastating hers came season -- devastating hurricane season in the atlantic . there were devastating impacts and clearly, additional resources were needed. the office of management and budget supported the president and putting those requests that congress considered to provide the resources necessary. >> ms. reed, u.s. companies are challenged by sets of eyes sports. right now, who is picking the winners and losers in the oval marketplace, and who if anyone should be? right now, sir, the united fores is not taking winners the united states workers because we are not operational, so as i mentioned in my testimony, we have 250,000 jobs -- thesed these ported jobs that could be reported. if i am confirmed, i will not pick winners o

talk about the remarkable change in the economic picture there and accelerated pace of recovery from katrina and the big school story which we'll talk about at noon but both of these mayors are the forefront of that revolution but i want to say by way of a short introduction to mayor landrieu, he left office, two fabulous terms in new orleans and toward the end gave a marvelous speech which you've probably heard has gone viral about the confederate monument controversy down there and that is the topic of his new book "in the shadow of statues, a white southerner looks at history." it's quite eloquent. >> i'm niche louisiana, we know a lot about swamps so i feel very comfortable. my big sister is in the back senator mary landrieu. say hey. mayor, nice to see you, thank y'all seating me next to him, another good looking ball headed man. we're working hard to take our rightful place in america and we haven't been given our due yet but we'll get there. i don't know why y'all asked me to come talk to you. for eight years i've been trying to find ways not to cut the grass or walk the dog. i was ab

and went to new orleans to talk about the remarkable change for the accelerated pace of recovery from katrina and the big school story which we are going to talk about, but both of these mayors are the forefront of that revolution. but i also want to say by way of a short introduction, mayor landrieu just left office after two fabulous terms in new orleans and towards the end gave a marvelous speech that has kind of gone viral about the confederate monument controversy down there. that's garnered attention in his recent speech. it's an eloquent statement from a white 7 to hit home. mr. >> len:, thank you for joining us. please, come to the podium. >> i think all of you for having me. >> first of all, thank all of you for having me. my name is mitch. i'm from louisiana. we know a lot about slumps so i feel very comfortable to be amongst all of you. my sister is in the back. i think she is going to talk about education in the future, so i will leave that to her. thank you all for ceding me next to another good-looking baldheaded man. we are working hard to take our rightful place in america. we

that you'd like to be this is what was before katrina more people. interested always in the water. there should be. welcome back after the white house announced it's inviting president putin to washington the media are still trying to come to terms with donald trump style of diplomacy probably boyko breakstone most been dumped the worst week for trump's foreign policy the u.s. president has upset everyone because she says risked it doesn't do claim to see like this was. true from north one of the rules of diplomacy on his whistle stop tour of europe went off piste and told the truth don't worry you threw in a fair few people used to it was an astonishing performance he managed to piss european allies and then in the interests of equality he has his own citizens to diplomacy is the art of learning in someone's face but nicely years is a method not found in any textbook he sobered up opponents and allies with a stream of clearly obvious as well finishing them all with a laser guided through that last one that's the most neater was the press to take a truth from here's the e.u.'s stic

households for disaster assistance between august 25th and november 30th alone, that's more than hurricanes katrina, reet a wilma, and sandy combined. >>> up to 100 cases of salmonella are linked to honey smacks cereal. 27 more people have been sickened in a multi-state outbreak that started in march. florida and colorado are the latest states to report illnesses, raising the total number of states to 33 and more than 100 people have been sickened by a para site possibly linked to mcdonald's salads in illinois and iowa. illinois reporting 90 cases with a quarter of the victims eating salad from mcdonald's in the days before they got sick. the fast-food chain cooperating with federal and local investigators. >>> hbo's "game of thrones" leading the pack with 22 emmy nominations for 2018. finishing a close second, another hbo drama, "west world," tallying 21 nominations. behind the sci-fi western, hulu's the han"the handmaid's t" "saturday night live" also with 21 emmy nominations. and get this, the roseanne show picked up two nominations despite being canceled in may because of the star's racist twee

we were told zero tolerance policy what was happening at the border was going to be his katrina. he was -- his support was going to crater and instead it's gone up and amongst hispanics. those who are supposed to expect or impact the most among the southern border. approval rating going up 10%. those here legally believe in a border. we welcome immigrants. we just don't want won ton illegal immigration we are where we don't know what's coming in our country. they thought they had the issues to get him with and instead his numbers have gone up. abby: also, it's about the economy. if you come to the country you want to live that american dream. this is where the opportunities are you look at the numbers right now with how the economy is doing. there is a reason why people are feeling good there is a reason why people are happy. they have more money in their pocketbook. give more money to their kids. that's what this is all about giving your children a better future than you have had as a lawyer excited about the supreme court. this is going to be an absolutely huge week. the presid

katrina, i will start with you, overreaction? >> well, i think this is pretty much standard, heather, the media and the left are sick. everything is doomed and dploom with the president. it started if trump is elected, we are all going to die and every single day the president has done nothing but deliver on campaign promises to people who elected by the way happened to be a lot of people. the idea somehow that the president is going make a bad pick when he actually campaigned on many of these people and their policies which are simply just originalists, people who want to follow the constitution, i think this is simply projection by the left because they are the ones that like to put in judges who legislate from the bench. it's not the right. we simply want to have a supreme court court that's going read the constitution and interpret it accordingly. heather: antoine i would ask you that, isn't what the supreme court judges supposed to do, judge based on constitution? >> let me correct katrina on one thing, 3 million more people

here to debate, katrina pearson and david brown. welcome to both of you. david, there's some pretty big names in the democrat party calling for the abolition of rights, barry sanders, alexandria ocasio-cortez. this is heart of the party, where the energy is. what do you say about that? >> i think it's an important conversation. the discussion about whether or not i.c.e. has strayed from the original mission is part of the broader discussion about i'm united nationimmigration and wht this president and his failed policy, particularly the policy of separating kids from their parents at the border is consistent with who we are at the country. there's a reason that 58% of americans oppose this president in battle ground states, oppose the president's immigration policy, same reason why more voters trust democrats on immigration overall. >> democrats, i think we have them up on the wall here, 25% are in favor, 27% oppose, republicans 1% i 5% in favor, 6% oppose. are they out of step, the democrat party and the leaders? >> of course they're out of step. the harv

. >> he is from new orleans, they aboved to alabama after losing their home during hurricane katrina na - hurricane katrina in 2005. >>> a massive fire near yosemite national park continues. >> reporter: a penalty for a bare area company. the decision by officials to fine google more than $5 billion. billion. >>> good morning. thank you for joining us on mornings on 2. it is wednesday, july 18th. steve is here with your forecast. here is the man. >>> anywhere from 60s to 100. so a big spread here. if you're up in man seen know county, meet advisories out. i to you projects of 104 to 108. any good news? yes. this looks like the hottest day. slow coolings in the next couple days. a high pressure over us. and about a thousand feet and below, we have an onshore breeze and fog. it will make a big difference in a lot of the temperatures. 50s and 60s, and some locations

of course, famously nato came to our aid after 9/11, and less famously so in the aftermath of katrina, helping to coordinate a rescue mission. craig, all of this is pennies on the dollars, really peanuts when you think about nato's core mission. that's the mission of deterrence. nato's presence on the world stage helps us prevent, deter a colossal war that we would get drawn into costing us untold sums in blood and treasure. >> stand by. president trump a live look in brussels as the president and first lady melania trump arrive for this dinner here in brussels. again, president trump arriving with the first lady, getting ready to walk down that blue carpet. he is shaking the hands there of the prime minister of belgium. we've seen a number of other world leaders head in. we don't know if president trump is the last. but again, will have this dinner. at some point perhaps during this hour, we're told we'll get one of those family photos as they are called. you may recall the last time there was one of these nato family photos, there was that awkward incident, shall we say -- awkward i

attend of may, stitch fix's ceo, katrina lake spoke at recode's annual code confidence and spoke with a level of candor that is rare for a chief executive lake admitted she was disappointed with the ipo. i'm going to quote her as saying absolutely disappointing and the people didn't really realize or know how to value the stock right out of the gate that is true it gained just 15 cents on the first day before surging to 22 bucks and change a few days later. lake was also adamant that stitch fix hasn't been trying sell itself to amazon. investigators don't like that kind of stock and that's why the stock lost 3.5% after she spoke. however, maybe people should have been paying closing attention to the rest of lake's a lot of value in itself fast forward a little over a week later and the company reports a stung figure higher than expected revenue of 29% year to year and acceleration from the first two quarters as a public company the company had 2.7 million active clients an astounding 30% increase they've rolled out a new game. it's called style shuffle that helps them collect even mor

maria: joining me is katrina pearson, good to see you this morning. your reaction to the president's statement? >> the president has set a number of times he does believe the russians metals in the election. a lot of people created facebook pages to push propaganda, not just the russians but i do grow tired of people holding donald trump to a standard that was nonexistent to previous presidents. this all occurred under the obama administration and not once was president obama asked to publicly rebuke vladimir putin or hold him accountable for what they discovered to be this, quote, meddling, donald trump carrying the weight of all previous administrations including members of congress's actions and that is not fair. maria: this is getting a little goofy at this point. i understand the russians have been undermining or trying to undermine the west for decades but at this point there are real issues to be talking about in the media is in a frenzy about are they meddling right now, where they meddling 5 minutes ago? but the fact donald trump is continuin

george bush didn't cause katrina. this was an intentional hurricane but what we have learned from this is that the administration's chaos can be overcome by our constitution. i'm glad that my state is in court suing to protect these children. we need to have guardians of the constitution, i'm glad we're fighting tooth and nail. if we speak up, we can win. donald trump folded like a cheap suit when the american people -- both republicans and democrats -- were offended by this policy so we know we can win these battles if we speak up and are resilient. >> i want to ask about i.c.e. there is a groundswell of democrats calling for i.c.e. to be abolished because of this. do you think i.c.e. should be abolished? >> i voted against i.c.e. in the first place. i've been a critic of it and we consider reorganization but we need to understand this. we can't let donald trump get off by putting a new name on a new agency because he is the source of the problem. >> but if you get rid of i.c.e., what do you have? what's the point of

what was this neighborhood before katrina? >> it was more working class, more african-americans, more nativeborn local folks, more children in the streets, more renters. after katrina, many of those renter families got jostled out because of the whole disruption to l ives here. >> were you living here during katrina? >> yes. in fact, we stayed in our house in bywater. we witnessed the entire day and week. katrina day, august 29, was incredibly intense. eveningeuphoric that that we had survived. we did not realize what was going on, because we were in a dark house cut off from the rest of the world, that the levees were breached. only the next day, biking around, surveying what happened did i start to surmise. this is not me that disaster, this is a full-blown catastrophe. was 10 times worse than the last. by the time we got out friday, the conditions were apocalyptic. you are in the lower ninth ward here. this was the hardest hit of all the katrina affected areas in louisiana and mississippi. this was the hardest hit because i

but with katrina, we've seen a big lift in the president's approval rating. there's slight decline in the president'laapprovating last week. to me the tribal warre has become so rigid it's almost as if nothing can movanything. while we see images which should be horrific of anybody of any political persuasion, it doesn't seem to move politics. >> i think that's right. the place where i want to pus on this -- and it's not about the politics, but it's about the false choice weare being offered. what the trump administration said is we have two choices, one is we can treat families unimaginably cruelly by separating them from their children or detaining the whole family for as long as they want to, or we cannot enforce our laws. both to have the first two options are illegal. courts ruled against the indefinite detention of the family and sparating children from the family, at this point. they're doing somethinnow is not allowed by the courts. they're saying, on the other hand, we have to enforce the law. we could give ankle bracelets which we've done before. fo

good faith efforts under way, but you know, sometimes people talk about it as if it's like hurricane katrina, but that was an act of god. that was something that was, you know, that was a terrible response, but george bush didn't start the rain in new orleans. this is a completely trump administration created crisis and the fact that they are stumbling to a partial solution, they get less than partial credit. >> david, what did you make of what the secretary said, that so many of the so-called parents, he is not sure they are parents, they are criminals and murders and child molesters and they have to do dna testing and they have only started in recent days? >> that is part of the problem with the posture over the last few weeks about not needing judges and sort of sending people back, almost toss people back across the bored ever. look, there's legitimate asylum claims and there's claims that are not legitimate. that is why we as the world's wealthiest country have to put the resources out to ajudicate things according to the rule of law. do it in an orderly fashion and not have a situation

bush, post-katrina. iraq was spinning out of control. in '06, if you go back and law school at the polling, pretty steady, you can see it coming. democrats did win pack the house. the next time control flip, the last big wave we had was in 2010. the obama midterm, republicans won back the house at this point in the summer of '10. that was a big win republican of '10. republicans were ahead generally in the generic ballot, two, six, four, even the ones that had the democrats up. 2010, it want until after labor day that the republican picked up. democrats up seven, that might be enough, that could change though. certainly in 2010 it came into focus. right now, democrats light where we are more than they were a month ago in the generic ballot. but there's may be twists and turns ahead. >>> coming up, record breaking heat. one last thing when "the 11th hour" continues. i'm alex trebek here to tell you about the colonial penn program. if you're age 50 to 85 and looking to buy life insurance on a fixed budget, remember the three p's. what are

this as refused to solve any border problems because they see the families as trump's hurricane katrina moment. the president spoke with maria bartiromo saying democrats will be beaten badly if that's the way they will campaign. >> 28-year-old socialist that just beat out joe crowley to abolish ice and get this. more democrats are getting in line at that today saying we need to abolish ice. trump: well, i think they keep thinking about it because they're going to get beaten so badly. ice, you know, these are the guys that take out ms13 because they're much tougher than ms13, like, by a factor of 10. and these are the ones -- if you get rid of ice, you're going to be afraid to walk out of your house. i love that issue that they're going to do that. they're seriously talking about that? because you are going to have a country that's crime ridden. the border patrol, the border patrol agents, ice, these people are incredible. liz: joining me now, former ice agent and u.s. border patrol agent david ward. great to see you, david. >> thanks for having me back. liz: what do you think of democra

let's take it up with trump 2020, katrina pearson. >> good to be here. elizabeth: should democrats say support us? >> i'm not sure they will do that just yet. but i will say that it is quite ironic how the tables have turned. and i think the left has donald trump, "medicare for all" brothers can show they are. the initiative that is part of the political arm already running as a may for democrats supporting a position on the immigration. the joke is the president said, coming from the assembly that that they are the ones that did not come to the table to handle the immigration issue to begin with. it is quite disturbing to see that you have a koch brothers now, i guess, trying to pick a fight with the american people and is not just donald trump it is president trump, he upset both sides of the apple card. the democrats and republicans alike and that's why people like him. now you have the "medicare for all" brothers essentially command saying, we are against the policies that donald trump is supporting to help americans for what exactly? i think that wi

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francisco, if you watch the so-called mainstream media this was going to be trump's katrina, zero tolerance policy, to tank his numbers. i'll put the poll up that we showed briefly, the wrong one at first but now we get it right. trump's approval rating with hispanics has increased by 10%. counter intuitive to coastal elites. hispanics that came here legally it's offensive to think immigration is the only issue that matters to them. economy has improved, lives are improving and they think laws ought to matter. does that surprise you? >> well, the numbers don't matter anything. let's keep our eye on the ball. immigration, i mean, if the. and congress have done zero on immigration which was promised. it was sworn to. >> hold on, you're saying the president has done nothing. yet the entire left wing says the trump administration is doing too much. >> no, they haven't even gotten a single dollar to put the first brick on the border wall. >> not true. >> they've done zero. >> wasn't there an allocation in the bunl snept it wasn't as much as trump supporters want, 1.6 billion. . it was for repair

>> this was going be trump's katrina, the zero tolerance at the border was going to tank his numbers. i'll put the poll up that we showed briefly earlier. it was the wrong one at first, but we'll get it right. president trump's approval rating among hispanics, since that policy has been in place, has increased by 10%, counterintuitive to coastal it elites, but to hispanics who came here legally, it's offensive to think that immigration is the only matter that prove matters to them. >> let's keep our eye on the ball. the president and congress have done zero on immigration, which was promised. it was sworn to in blood that it would be -- >> hold on a second. you're saying the president has done nothing. >> nothing. >> the entire left wing has premised its existence on the president trump administration doing too much at the border. >> they haven't gotten a single dollar to put the first brick on the wall. >> that's not true. come on now. >> francisco, there was an allocation in the budget, not as much as republicans wanted, but -- >> it was for repairs. >> thank goodness. >> we tried t

>> craig in tights. >> how about you do your segment. >> dylan and i are here with katrina, who's also a co-founder of tone it up who has great ideas to get the whole family active. you look amazing. >> congratulations. >> thank you. thanks so much. i can't believe i'm six months because it's flying by. >> you look amazing. >> there's so many things that you can do with your family. when it's summertime, the biggest thing is getting outside and doing something together. it's really fun if you asign someone from the family to choose an activity of the week. it could be getting outside maybe playing soccer or playing tennis or you can work out any time on the beach with our tone it up app and you can just feel like you're on the beach, especially because this hot weather, get inside, be in the air conditioning and get active. >> so you're six months pregnant. >> yes. >> and you're going to walk through exercises that pregnant women can do in any trimester. >> yeah, and everyone can do them. whether you're pregnant or not, we'd love for you to join us right now. these moves are amazing fo

careena and katrina areere to take us through some of the coolest workout tools and to get the entire family moving. >>> and i'll take you to one of the hottest restaurants around. it is so popular,s reservati are only made a year in advance. then we'll dig into some of the dishes that are making this the hottest table to at and it smells good out here. >> yum. weore we get to all of that, want to say congratulations to ne of our producers, one of our favorites,joelle. she and her family welcomed this beautiful baby girl. this is viviana marie. she is absolutely precious. mom, dad a big sister giana are all doing very well this morning, so ngratulations. enjoy your maternity leave and we will see you when you get back. >> and y knew that little girl would be dressed up the second she entered the world. >> in frilly pink things, yes. >>> also this morning, a former nfl player's h life taken an unusual turn after he gave up most of his belongis to crisscross the country in a van with his dog. >> and as nbc's kerry sanderss teus, for this football standout, it's actually a dream come tru

. >> it ought not to happen, ironically enough after katrina hit in new orleans, the mayor tried to do that same kind of executive order, and eventually the courts ruled that was unconstitutional. this is the question. he said different things about it, the order that would've allowed people to confiscate the weapons and ammunition and other property -- i don't know how you define that one. he said he never intended to do it, this is a way of the national guard getting ammunition and guns without using the normal procurement system, i don't know what that means. our committee and we are sending a letter with chairman goodlatt goodlatte, asking them for documentation and information to find out if any guns have been seized and why would you make this order in the first place and why would you keep renewing? he is renewed at different times well after the danger is gone and trying to realize if a hurricane as devastating as those two hurricanes were, if that ever justifies the denial of a civil liberty or the denial of a constitutional right. >> tucker: why not ban free speech, people sa

>>tr ironically enough after katrina hit new orleans, the mayor tried to do the same kind of executive order in the courts ruled it was unconstitutional. this is the question. the governor has said this about it. he issued the order that would've allowed them to confiscate weapons and ammunition and other property although i don't know how you would defineon that one. he said he never intended to do it, this was a way of getting his national guard to get ammunition and guns without using the normal procurementus system. i don't know what that means. what it does mean is that our committee and we are sending a letter with chairman goodlatte from the judiciary committee asking themte for some documentation to find out if any guns have been seized and number two, why would you make this order in the first place and why would you keep renewing? he's renewed it six different times well after the danger is t gone and trying to realize if a hurricane as devastating as those two hurricanes were if it ever justifies the denial of the civil liberty or the denial of a constitutional right. >> tuc

i saw what happened in louisiana, in new orleans, after katrina. the ranking member and i were there on the ground to see how people who had been quite prosperous were now having to abandon what was their home and they had to move to other places. the astrodome in houston, texas, became the home for many thousands of people who were fleeing the aftermath of katrina. i saw what happened after harvey and how people were suffering and trying to go back into homes that were completely devastated. and they had nowhere else to go. so we have no choice. we must re-authorize and four months, while it seems like it is an inappropriate amount of time, it does give us some additional time. my hope is that we will come to samkon collusion that will be acceptable such that we can have a long-term extension. realtors are calling to my attention the need for certainty in this program. it helps the economy to have certainty. my belief is, we can have certainty and we must extend. i yield back. ms. waters: i yield 30 seconds to the gentleman from texas. mr. breen:

at last but not least we have katrina cooper, ambassador cooper served as deputy chief admission of the australian embassy. and it's a position she assumed in october of last year, previously she served as australia's ambassador to mexico with nonresident accreditation too much of central america and before that served at fort moore's b and in chile and as senior legal advisor and in short she's had a distinguished career with the department of foreign affairs and trade which among other responsibilities manages australia's aid and development assistance program so thank you for being here today. let me start if i can with a broad general question, have each one of you comments from the perspective of your own particular agencies and government which is what is the role of development finance into the broader indo-pacific concept? we hear from secretary pompeo and secretary ross about the broader agenda. but i'd like to start by hearing from each of you about your perspective about why the region matters. your organization's activities and how that work ties into the broader indo-pacifi

a chinese american newspaper based in katrina. my question is directed to the ambassador. i wonder, can you talk briefly about engaging the players in this process. can considering the fact that -- considering the fact -- [inaudible] -- do you think china has the incentive to, you know, -- [inaudible] -- thank you. >> i think it's very difficult right now. at the same time i do think that china and the u.s. genuinely share an interest and recognize they share an interest in seeing a north korea that is not destabilizing the area and that does not have nuclear weapons. so i think we need to work on that fundamental, but i do agree. right now i think china is in a position where it feels it can kind of sort of let things go as they are and gradually not keep too much or not enforce perhaps the sanctions with quite the rigor they were before. it's a big challenge. >> so we have three minutes left. i see a lot of hands but we're going to ask three questions. that means you each have to ask for 20 seconds and then our panelists can decide which ones they want to answer. so here

welcome back to all the part that are with katrina marquis had of the view and authorized back and forth the investigation and assessment of evidence of crimes committed in syria since march two thousand and eleven. marcie the mechanism was created by the un general assembly in the file days of the barack obama's administration it was allows then the month before the inauguration of donald trump has this change of power in the united states a fact that the development of this body in any way. don't think so the general assembly. gave us this mandate the secretary general. shortly thereafter appointed. requested assistance from the high commissioner for human rights to appoint a star to. the secretary general define very quickly the terms of reference and then we started operating shortly after my my nomination so i don't think politics in the us or elsewhere have really affected the development of the good as far as i know as of late may this year the trumpet ministration was still holding out but the funding for it for the mechanism and according to the washington post they may be wrong