Hope they have some live TV reporting on the gathering in front of the White House right now...
karendc just phoned me with the following report:
"There is a gathering here of hurricane victims testifying to the TV cameras about their difficulty in getting out of New Orleans.
Probably about 200 people.
There's a lot of mainstream press here and a lot of people with signs that say shame...
Now they are walking across the street and standing directly in front of the White House and screaming, "Shame on Bush"."
I could hear the screams over the phone. Sounds like lots of anguish there. She's heading back to computer right now to upload her pictures and report in more detail...
Pictures and more details available soon at http://www.democracycellproject.net
Keep an eye open to see if MSM reports this anywhere...
Update [2005-9-8 15:46:2 by dwahzon]:UPDATED: There are pictures and brief report from Victoria Ellen and KarenDC who were onsite at the Moveon.org press conference with NOLA survivors in front of White House at this link...
http://www.democracycellproject.net/blog/archives/2005/09/_the_crowd_gath.html
Update [2005-9-8 15:46:2 by dwahzon]: KarenDC said that there were 12 survivors that spoke. They all were very clear that they wanted to tell their stories and make sure they were heard. One speaker was a teacher who said that she didn't know if any of her students were alive or dead and was very concerned about them. KarenDC said each of the speakers was surrounded by reporters as soon as each finished speaking. She does not know if any of them are from the group of survivors who are staying at the DC armory.