Democracy Now! Independent News (09/07/05) avi

Headlines for September 7, 2005: - Hours After Hurricane Struck Gulf, FEMA Requested Help - Bush to Oversee Investigation of Hurricane Response - 300,000 Households Seek FEMA Help With Housing - Toxic Water Being Pumped Back Into River & Lake - Pilots Reprimanded For Saving 100 Hurricane Victims - NO Police Accused of Beating/Detaining Reporters - Ex-FEMA Chief Tied to Hurricane Relief Lobbying - California State Legislature Oks Same Sex Marriage - Senate to Hold Roberts Hearings on Monday -- Three Displaced New Orleans Residents Discuss Race and Hurricane Katrina -- We speak with three residents of New Orleans who were forced to flee - David Gladstone, Beverly Wright and Curtis Muhammad - about who gets saved and who doesn't and even the question: will New Orleans be rebuilt? -- Radio Astrodome: Independent Media to Provide Critical Info for Displaced New Orleans Residents -- Independent media activists are setting up a low-power radio station at the Houston Astrodome to provide critical information to hurricane Katrina evacuees. We speak with those working on launching the station and the challenges involved. {Democracy Now! is a national, daily, independent, award-winning news program airing on over 350 stations in North America. Pioneering the largest public media collaboration in the U.S., Democracy Now! is broadcast on Pacifica, NPR, community, and college radio stations; on public access, PBS, satellite television; as a "podcast," and on the internet. The program is hosted by award-winning journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez and produced out of the Downtown Community Television Center, a community media center in New York Citys Chinatown. Democracy Now! is funded entirely through contributions from listeners, viewers, and foundations. We do not accept advertisers, donations from corporations, or donations from governments. This allows us to maintain our independence.} http://www.democracynow.org