A DAY TO JUST CHILL. >>> APPRECIATE YOU, THANK YOU. LET'S BRING IN THE MAYOR WHO IS JUST OUTSIDE OF NEW ORLEANS AND ACTUALLY KENNER IS RIGHT THERE ON THE LAKE. I'M HOPING YOU COULD TELL US ABOUT HOW YOUR CITY IS DOING RIGHT NOW, LOOKING ONLINE, SEEING ALL THE PICTURES WITH A LOT OF DOWN TREES AND A LOT OF DEVASTATION. HOW ARE YOU AND FOLKS THERE IN YOUR CITY HOLDING UP? >> WE ARE DOING FINE THIS MORNING. YOU KNOW, MOST OF OUR EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND RESCUES ARE OVER WITH. NOW WE ARE DOING ASSESSMENTS TO SOME OF OUR CITY. >> I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT. DO YOU ANTICIPATE YOU'LL NEED HELP FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT? >> WE'LL KNOW THAT LATER THIS MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. JUST THE EXTENT OF THE DAMAGE. IF IT'S MOSTLY PERSONAL PROPERTY AND PRIVATE RESIDENCES, THEY WILL NEED TO GO THROUGH THEIR OWN INSURANCES. WE WILL SEE. IT IS JUST A MATTER WHAT IT WILL TELL US. >> I ASSUME THAT THIS IS A SIGH OF RELIEF FOR EVERYBODY THERE GIVEN THE MAJOR DAMAGE THAT YOU ALL SAW DURING HURRICANE IDA JUST THREE YEARS AGO. HOW DID THAT PLAY IN TO HOW YOU PREPARED THE CITY THIS WEEK AND HOW YOU'RE ALL FEELING NOW? >> WELL, WE WOULD PREPARE THE SAME WAY, CLEANING THE STORM DRAINS. AS YOU PROBABLY KNOW. EVERYONE IN METRO NEW ORLEANS IS PUMPED OUT. WE DON'T HAVE ANY GRAVITY DRAINAGE, IT IS ALL PUMPED IN TO LAKEth LAKE AND THROUGH LARGE CANALS. SO WE WILL CLEAN ALL THE CATCH BASINS AND MAKE SURE THE PUMPS ARE UP AND RUNNING, AND SEE WITH A IT BRINGS. THIS STORM IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT BECAUSE IT DUMPED A LOT OF RAIN IN A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME AND KIND OF OVERWHELMED OUR CAPACITY. >> THAT'S CERTAINLY A PART OF WHAT MAKES THE NEW ORLEANS AREA PARTICULARLY INTERESTING WHEN IT COMES TO FLOOD RISKS. HOW IS YOUR CITY DOING IN TERMS OF POWER? WHAT DO YOU EXPECT THERE? >> WE STILL HAVE AROUND 20,000 RESIDENTS WITHOUT POWER, WHICH IS INSTITUTING A LITTLE LESS THAN HALF OF OUR CITY. AND SOME OF THEM CAME BACK EARLY THIS MORNING. SO THE POWER GRID DID NOT TAKE A LOT OF DAMAGE AND AS YOU CAN SEE, MOST OF THEM ARE ABOVEGROUND. WHEN A TREE FALLS, IT WILL NORMALLY TAKE THE POWER GRID WITH IT AND THAT IS WHAT THE DELAY IN RESTORING POWER IS. BUT WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF THAT, SO WE HOPE THEY WILL RESTORE IT SOME TIME THIS AFTERNOON OR BY TOMORROW. >> MAYOR, SO GLAD YOU ARE ALL DOING WELL AND