It's very important for people to come back to the city and take a look and understand.

We now have a comprehensive plan for rebuilding the city of New Orleans.

We are not taking any crap, ... If you come back to this city and you think it's going to be the way it was before, we have a rude awakening for you.

I understand they want to stay in their homes, but I tell you there is a very volatile situation in New Orleans at the moment,

I think this is kind of a put-up-or-shut-up moment, ... How concerned are you, city of New Orleans, about fixing this problem? . . . Are we going to be entertained by the violent nature of these murders, or are we really going to try to fix it? What's the deal?

[New Orleans] basically sits like a bowl, and most of the city is under sea level ... so if we get a storm like Ivan to hit us directly